Adults

Upcoming events

Friday, April 11, 2025 - 10:00am

Meeting Room E

Want to practice your English skills in a fun and informal group? Join us Friday mornings to practice conversations skills, learn new expressions, improve your pronunciation, and meet new friends from around the world. ¿Quieres practicar tu inglés...

Adults

Friday, April 11, 2025 - 10:30am

Book End Bookstore

Browse a selection of photography and art to flip through at your leisure, for display, or find some interesting photos to use for collaging and vision board making. This April at The Book End Art and Coffee Table Books are buy one get one free!...

Adults Families

Friday, April 11, 2025 - 12:00pm

Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C, Livestream

The inner workings of authoritarian regimes are, by their nature, opaque. Knowledge of how such a regime keeps records is usually understood only after the ruling elite collapses and some level of public access to the archives is gained. The...

Adults Current Issues

Friday, April 11, 2025 - 7:30pm

Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C, Meeting Room D, Meeting Room E

Join us for a brilliant evening at the Iowa City Public Library as we celebrate and support our Library! “Bright Future: Celebrating the Iowa City Public Library” is a special after-hours fundraising party dedicated to fostering appreciation and...

Adults
Digital Media Lab Help Hours

Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 10:00am

Digital Media Lab

Saturday hours: 10am-2pm, 2:30-6pm Want some help starting a digital media project like scanning slides, editing a video, or converting a VHS tape? Expect to have questions while you use Adobe software? During Help Hours, a staff member can help you...

Adults

Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 10:30am

Book End Bookstore

Browse a selection of photography and art to flip through at your leisure, for display, or find some interesting photos to use for collaging and vision board making. This April at The Book End Art and Coffee Table Books are buy one get one free!...

Adults Families

Sunday, April 13, 2025 - 12:30pm

Book End Bookstore

Browse a selection of photography and art to flip through at your leisure, for display, or find some interesting photos to use for collaging and vision board making. This April at The Book End Art and Coffee Table Books are buy one get one free!...

Adults Families
A visual vocabulary for computers and the internet!

Sunday, April 13, 2025 - 1:00pm

Digital Media Lab

In this workshop, Victor will present a visual vocabulary for understanding computers and the internet as it is today. We will explore a timeline of important telecommunication events like the installation of transatlantic cables to the development...

Adults Classes & Workshops Science & Technology

Sunday, April 13, 2025 - 1:00pm

Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C

National Scrabble Day is April 13 and celebrates the birth of the game's creator, American architect Alfred Mosher Butts. Conceived in 1933, it took until 1948 for the game to become the SCRABBLE game we know and love. Join the Iowa City...

Adults Teens Gaming & Pop Culture
Digital Media Lab Help Hours

Sunday, April 13, 2025 - 2:30pm

Digital Media Lab

Note the later start time today: there's a class from 1-2pm. Thanks! Want some help starting a digital media project like scanning slides, editing a video, or converting a VHS tape? Expect to have questions while you use Adobe software? During Help...

Adults