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Memory Matters: Understanding Alzheimer's and Dementia | Alzheimer's Association and ICPL

Do you know someone with Alzheimer's disease or dementia? In the United States alone, more than 6 million individuals are living with Alzheimer’s and 11 million are serving as their unpaid...

Gardening, Nature, and Home

Ballot Basics: Voting Matters | League of Women Voters and Iowa City Public Library

Election law changes in Iowa mean new procedures for voters to prepare and vote in the November 8 General Election. All are welcome at this program on ballot basics presented by Travis Weipert,...

Student Poet Ambassador Johnnie Each and Poet Laureate Debra Marquart | Iowa City Book Festival 2022

A reading by Iowa Student Poet Ambassador, Johnnie Each, and Iowa Poet Laureate Debra Marquart.

Books and Writing Iowa City Book Festival

Poetry in Public | Iowa City Book Festival 2022

Poetry in Public celebrates our community’s rich literary tradition and local writing talent by displaying poems by writers of all ages. Hear from 2022 Selected Poets.

Books and Writing Iowa City Book Festival

Author Visit: "Her Word is Bond" with Cristalle 'Psalm One' Bowen

“Nowhere near famous but still infamous,” Psalm One is a legend to rap nerds, scholars, and “heads,” and has gone on to work with the brightest names in rap and have her work celebrated and taught...

Books and Writing Iowa City Book Festival

Author Visit: "Slippery Steps" with Don McLeese in conversation with Kyle Munson | Iowa City Book Festival 2022

"Slippery Steps isn’t your typical, hell-and-back recovery memoir. I never intended to quit drinking, rarely gave it a thought. I’d spent decades as a successful and productive journalist. I...

Books and Writing

Author Visit: "This Story Will Change" with Elizabeth Crane | Iowa City Book Festival 2022

One minute Elizabeth Crane and her husband of fifteen years are fixing up their old house in Upstate New York, finally setting down roots after stints in Chicago, Texas, and Brooklyn, when his...

Books and Writing Iowa City Book Festival

Author Visit: "They Knew" with Sarah Kendzior | Iowa City Book Festival 2022

In "They Knew," New York Times bestselling author Sarah Kendzior explores the United States’ “culture of conspiracy,” putting forth a timely and unflinching argument: uncritical faith in...

Books and Writing Iowa City Book Festival

On Critical Race Theory with Victor Ray | Iowa City Book Festival 2022

From renowned scholar Dr. Victor Ray, On Critical Race Theory explains the centrality of race in American history and politics, and how the often mischaracterized intellectual movement became a...

Books and Writing Iowa City Book Festival

Author Visit: María Sánchez with Curtis Bauer | Iowa City Book Festival 2022

Curtis Bauer and María Sánchez will discuss Sánchez’s new memoir, Land of Women. Sánchez, who will appear via Zoom, is a third-generation Spanish veterinarian whose memoir looks at how we view...

Books and Writing Iowa City Book Festival