Posted by Beth on Wednesday, Apr 8, 2015
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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 poetry of Iowa farmer-poet James Hearst. Dr Cawelti puts the poetry of James Hearst to music, accompanying himself on accoustic steel-string guitar. *This event is sponsored in party by Humanities Iowa and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Totally Tweens: Poetry Workshop
Saturday, April 11th 2:00 p.m.
Meeting Room A
Tweens are invited to write their own peoms and learn about various poetic forms from haiku, concrete poems, acrostic poems, limericks, etc. Participants may share their poems aloud with the group if they wish. All mateirals will be provided. Refreshemnts will be served. A poetry slam will take place the last 15 minutes of the workshop, with parents invited. Registration is required, click here or call the library at 319-356-5200 to register.
Poetry Month Open Mic Night
Monday, April 13th 7:00 p.m.
Meeting Room A
Read your favorite poem. It can be your own work or the work of another poet you admire. Limit of 5 minutes per reader.
Where in the World: Places in Poetry
Tuesday, April 28th, Noon
Meeting Room A
Members of the Iowa City/Johnson County Senior Center group "Reading Aloud" will be reading poems about places. * This event is cosponsored by the Iowa City/Johnson County Senior Center.
Stop by and check out the Library's Poetry Month displays on the first and second floors, or express yourself with our giant magnetic poetry game on the 2nd floor.
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Title: Program Librarian
Where you'll see me in the library: I work at the Information Desk, the Help Desk and in the Digital Media Lab during Drop-in Tech Help. I teach some of the Genealogy workshops and I'll be at most of the Library Events & Programs for adults too, so I'm pretty much everywhere.
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