The Downtown Library will be open 10am - 6pm on Thursday, February 20, 2025 for a staff training. The Bookmobile will not be in service.

Tweens

Upcoming events

Grades K-6. Chess Club. First and third Monday of the month. 4 to 5 p.m. Storytime Room. Learn how to play chess or practice and improve your chess skills with Mark Capron, who was recently inducted into the Iowa Chess Hall of Fame! Iowa City Public Library.

Monday, February 17, 2025 - 4:00pm

Storytime Room

Are you interested in learning how to play chess or to practice and improve your chess skills? Grades K-6th are welcome to join us for Chess Club twice a month on the first and third Monday of the month, from 4:00-5:00. Mark Capron, who was...

Tweens Kids Gaming & Pop Culture
Girls Who Code. Register here (QR code pictured). Iowa City Public Library.

Tuesday, February 18, 2025 - 4:00pm

Digital Media Lab

Girls Who Code Club is for girls and non-binary youth in grades 3-5 who are interested in learning how to code. No previous experience necessary! The goal of this club is to create a safe and supportive environment of peers and role models where...

Tweens Kids Science & Technology

Thursday, February 20, 2025 - 4:00pm

Storytime Room

Don't just learn science - DO science with the UI Science Booster Club! This event is for 3rd-6th graders. 与UI科学促进会一起动手进行科学实践, 面向3-6年级同学。

Tweens Science & Technology

Friday, February 21, 2025 - 5:00pm

Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C

To celebrate Free Week in the Iowa City Downtown District, kids, families, and adults are invited to a free evening at the library to enjoy music while they paint! We will offer a large variety of "Paint by Number" Kits ranging in...

Adults Teens Tweens Kids Families Arts & Crafting Music

Saturday, February 22, 2025 - 10:00am

Iowa City Book Festival, Other

A celebration of children's literature with festival from the Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature and ICPL that will feature author appearances, a book fair, workshops, crafts, storytimes and a celebration of student writing, all free and open...

Adults Teens Tweens Kids Babies Families Classes & Workshops

Sunday, February 23, 2025 - 2:00pm

Storytime Room

This Black History Month art project was inspired by the women of Gee’s Bend, who live in a small and remote black community in Alabama, and have created hundreds of quilt masterpieces now recognized as a unique art form and a significant African-...

Tweens Kids Families Arts & Crafting
Girls Who Code. Register here (QR code pictured). Iowa City Public Library.

Tuesday, February 25, 2025 - 4:00pm

Digital Media Lab

Girls Who Code Club is for girls and non-binary youth in grades 3-5 who are interested in learning how to code. No previous experience necessary! The goal of this club is to create a safe and supportive environment of peers and role models where...

Tweens Kids Science & Technology

Thursday, February 27, 2025 - 4:00pm

Storytime Room

Tweens are invited to a monthly book club to listen to a graphic novel read-aloud. We'll enjoy a 30-minute excerpt of a different book each month, and then do an activity based on the book. Plus, cookies will be served! For our February...

Tweens Book Discussion

Friday, February 28, 2025 - 5:30pm

Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C

Join us for a used book sale starting Friday night and continuing on Saturday, March 1st from 10 to 3PM! Shop an assortment of fiction, non-fiction, cookbooks, young adult, juvenile fiction, children’s books, DVDs and audiobooks. All sales support...

Adults Teens Tweens Kids Babies Families

Saturday, March 1, 2025 - 10:00am

Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C

Join us for a used book sale! Shop an assortment of fiction, non-fiction, cookbooks, young adult, juvenile fiction, children’s books, DVDs and audiobooks. All sales support the Library and its programs, collections, and facilities. Visit www....

Adults Teens Tweens Kids Babies Families