Join us at ICPL for a fantstic celebration of the Lunar New Year! Enjoy a vibrant lion dance performance presented by APAPA (Eastern Iowa Chapter of Asian and Pacific Islander American Public Affairs Association). Afterward, please stick around and...
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Upcoming events
Thursday, January 30, 2025 - 10:30am
Storytime Room
Today's Storytime will be all about shadows! Next week is Groundhog's Day, which means if a groundhog comes out of its hole on this day and sees its shadow we'll have six more weeks of winter weather; no shadow means an early spring....
Monday, February 3, 2025 - 10:30am
Storytime Room
Join us every Monday for a special Chinese Bilingual Storytime with Children's Librarian Fang! Together we will enjoy songs, rhymes, stories and fun crafts in Chinese and English. Children of all ages and their caregivers are welcome to join us...
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 - 10:30am
Storytime Room
Join us every Tuesday for a fun Spanish Bilingual Storytime with Children's Librarian Miriam! Every week, there will be a fun theme with plenty of repetition from previous weeks in order to enhance language learning. Get ready for a lot of...
Wednesday, February 5, 2025 - 10:30am
Meeting Room A, Storytime Room
StoryJAM is a music and movement program designed to model, encourage, and facilitate music-making as an early literacy skill. Parents and caregivers are encouraged to participate as much as possible. Singing is a projectile activity, please be...
Monday, February 10, 2025 - 10:30am
Storytime Room
Join us every Monday for a special Chinese Bilingual Storytime with Children's Librarian Fang! Together we will enjoy songs, rhymes, stories and fun crafts in Chinese and English. Children of all ages and their caregivers are welcome to join us...
Tuesday, February 11, 2025 - 10:30am
Storytime Room
Join us every Tuesday for a fun Spanish Bilingual Storytime with Children's Librarian Miriam! Every week, there will be a fun theme with plenty of repetition from previous weeks in order to enhance language learning. Get ready for a lot of...
Tuesday, February 11, 2025 - 11:00am
Other
Enjoy fabulous food and beverages from Oasis Falafel and fuel the Iowa City Public Library at the same time! Oasis Falafel is offering Eat Out to Read from 11 am to 8 pm on February 11th, at 206 N Linn St in downtown Iowa City. A generous percentage...
Wednesday, February 12, 2025 - 10:30am
Meeting Room A, Storytime Room
StoryJAM is a music and movement program designed to model, encourage, and facilitate music-making as an early literacy skill. Parents and caregivers are encouraged to participate as much as possible. Singing is a projectile activity, please be...
Thursday, February 13, 2025 - 10:30am
Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C
Join Orchestra Iowa’s talented chamber ensembles as they introduce preschool-aged children to the instruments of the orchestra! Focused on fun and learning, Pied Piper Concerts offer children the opportunity to enjoy an up-close and personal chamber...