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Today You Are Perfect, an Iowa City poetry reading series, celebrates National Poetry Month at the Iowa City Public Library. Join us to hear Donika Kelly, Ryan Collins, and Genevieve Trainor read ...

Want a place where you can hangout with others who love writing? Want to practice your craft and also get feedback from a larger group? From 4-5 we'll have prompts to help get your creativity ...

Want a place where you can hangout with others who love writing? Want to practice your craft and also get feedback from a larger group? From 4-5 we'll have prompts to help get your creativity ...

Put some poetry on a candle in this creative National Poetry Month event! You’ll select a favorite line of poetry, play with typography to make it look good (in a program like Word, Powerpoint, ...

We have some creative tech events planned for April: Put a Poem On It Thursday, April 7, 7-8pm Digital Media Lab, in person Put some poetry on a candle in this creative National Poetry Month event! ...

In honor of National Poetry Month, write and perform a poem entirely through the guise of a sock puppet. First, you will create your puppet using an array of provided materials. Next, you'll be ...

Whether you already love making digital art or you're a beginner who wants to try something new, try our Digital Creativity Challenge .  All ages and skill levels are encouraged to play around with ...

April is National Poetry Month, and there’s lots of great ways to celebrate! Organized by the  Academy of American Poets to raise awareness and appreciation of verse in the United States, since ...

March is Women's History Month, an annual celebration of the contributions of women to American history. Anytime is a good time, however, to introduce kids to some important female historical figures. ...

The Iowa City Public Library will be home to a Literary Kiosk in December. The result of a partnership between University of Iowa Libraries and the Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature, the kiosk ...

A fun piece of Iowa City history lives in our Library’s archives:  the accession books that show the book purchases that the Library made in its early years. The Iowa City Public Library opened on January 21, 1897, and the first 1,050 entries in...

Each year, while traveling literally over the river and through the woods to southeastern Michigan for Thanksgiving, I'm determined that the family unity and togetherness will start the moment we back out of the driveway. Translation: no screens,...

April is National Poetry Month and the Iowa City Public Library is ready to celebrate. The Library will host its Totally Tweens: Poetry Workshop from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 9, in Meeting Room A. Tweens in third through sixth grades are...

As a cataloger, I see a lot of interesting, brand-new books every day. Sometimes the covers and titles are just so interesting I have to take a peek inside. Since it's National Poetry Month, I'll share some of the most recent poetry books that...

. April is National Poetry Month ICPL is hosting a variety of programs to celebrate:   Landscape Iowa: Poems of James Hearst, Sung. Wednesday, April 8th  7:00 p.m. Meeting Room A Dr. Scott Cawelti explores the life and...

The Iowa City Public Library received funding from Humanities Iowa, a private, non-profit state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, to host a presentation called Landscape Iowa: Poems of James Hearst at 7 p.m. on Wednesday,...

The Main Coon's Haiku and Other Poems for Cat Lovers is a 2015 new poetry book for children that I checked-out in preparation for the library's annual Poetry Workshop for Kids coming up Saturday, April 11th, from 2:00--4:00 p.m.  I enjoy...

Roz Chast's graphic memoir of taking care of her ailing parents has captured a lot of hearts in 2014.  Can't We Talking About Something More Pleasant?  spent 20 weeks on the NPR Hardcover Nonfiction Bestseller list, and made Maureen Corrigan's...

The Iowa City Public Library will celebrate Teen Read Week Oct. 12-18 with special events and programs aimed at encouraging teens to read for fun. Teen Read Week is a time to celebrate reading for fun while encouraging teens to take advantage of...

Think you can’t read 5 books in 10 days? If more than 2.7 million people can attempt the 30-day Ab Challenge , then a goal that only challenges you to find leisure time rather than workout time should be no sweat. ICPL’s Adult Summer Reading...