Spoken Word Club is a weekly generative writing workshop that provides teen writers with a safe space to share their work, get inspired, and meet other teen writers in Iowa City. Each meeting will have writing and performance examples, activities,...
Teens
Upcoming events
Tuesday, June 11, 2024 - 6:30pm
Digital Media Lab
You need first-hand experience with AI to fully understand the hype! In this workshop, we'll generate text, images, and music with various online tools. You'll leave with a better ability to identify AI-created content and ideas for how you might...
Wednesday, June 12, 2024 - 2:30pm
Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C
This program is intended for people of all ages who are neurodivergent, or who experience intellectual or developmental disabilities. Join us to play Squishmallow bingo (with prizes!), then create a piece of Squishmallow fan art by painting a mini...
Saturday, June 15, 2024 - 10:30am
Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C
Join us for a book sale during Iowa City Pride Festival! The Iowa City Public Library Friends Foundation is hosting its largest book sale of the year on Saturday, June 15 from 10:30 am-3:00 pm in Meeting Room A of the Iowa City Public Library. Shop...
Saturday, June 15, 2024 - 8:30pm
Other
Join ICPL staff and members of the Cedar Amateur Astronomers for a special ICPL Astronomy Night event at the Eastern Iowa Observatory & Learning Center at the Palisades-Dows Preserve. Members of the CAA will give tours of the facility beginning...
Thursday, June 20, 2024 - 6:30pm
Digital Media Lab
Bring in a couple of your paperback books with misleading or unpleasant cover designs, and we'll create custom book jackets! After measuring your book, we'll use Canva to make a template you can fill with their clip art, background images you find...
Wednesday, June 26, 2024 - 2:30pm
Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C
Sparkles is an adaptive and inclusive cheer and dance team for students with and without disabilities. Join members of City High and UI Sparkles to watch a performance, learn some cheer terminology and movements, and learn a short cheer routine to...
Thursday, June 27, 2024 - 6:00pm
Digital Media Lab
Do you knit, crochet, spin, punch needle, embroider? Bring your current project and join us the last Thursday of the month for an evening of conversation and fiber arts of all kinds. Whether you're new the hobby or a seasoned veteran, all...
Thursday, June 27, 2024 - 6:00pm
Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C
This July, explore different ways to record your days and find meaning in the details! We’ll discuss different methods of daily record keeping, journaling, and creative acts, with a focus on simple and unique ways to both document and express...
Saturday, June 29, 2024 - 11:00am
Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C
As part of the Adult Summer Reading Program, local Taiji instructor Heaiming Chen of Four Hands Taiji, will lead us through an introduction to Taiji. Tai Chi (or Taiji) is a gentle, low-impact exercise that combines physical movement, breathing...