Hey all you guy readers out there, come join our newest book club! Our mission is to match ICPL guys with books (and other readable things) in a fun, guys-only environment. With pizza of course! Aimed at guys in Grades 5-8. Guys Read , is a...
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Thursday, Oct 18, 2012
We're into the second half of the YALSA Teen Read Week ™ ! What have you been reading so far? I'm in the middle of Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus which City High School's book club "City Reads" is discussing next Wednesday after school....
Thursday, Oct 4, 2012
If there's Soccer being played, then it stands to reason we're going to have a FoxSoccer-FIFA Club meeting. It's Champions League ties this week (*sings falsetto* "The Chaam-pions") so chances are good that we'll be watching either the Benfica v FC Barcelona or Ajax v Real Madrid replays. Will Cesc be able to stay upright against the feisty Portuguese home side? (no spoilers!)
Friday, Sep 28, 2012
You do not have to be a lover of sushi to enjoy this documentary, it is actually about so much more than just a type of food. The focus of the film is on 85 year-old sushi master Jiro Ono and the workings of his tiny ten-seat Michelen 3 star...
Thursday, Sep 27, 2012
West High School's book club " A Novel Idea " meets today after school at 2:30 in the West High Library. They've been reading the wildly popular dystopian Fantasy novel "Divergent" by Veronica Roth. It won the 2011 Goodreads Choice Awards "
Thursday, Sep 13, 2012
Thursday is the first of many Thursday Fox Soccer / FIFA12 Club meetings in the Computer Lab upstairs from 3-5. We decided to form the club after seeing Justin Hoenke's (of Portland, ME Public Library) club and talking with a couple West High teens...
Monday, Aug 27, 2012
I first discovered Frank Ocean through his 2011 free online mixtape “ Nostalgia, Ultra ” which had some original R&B tracks and others that were sampled music put to original lyrics. If you follow music news then you might remember the...
Friday, Aug 24, 2012
We're excited to announce that the Iowa City CoderDojo has partnered with us to offer their volunteer-led coding workshops here for students in grades 5-12! Our first meeting will be on Saturday, September 22nd from 2-4 p.m. in the Computer Lab...
Friday, Jun 1, 2012
Just wanted to give a shout out to all the 2012 local high school graduates! You may have had to contend with a landfill on fire but you didn't have to destroy an evil Mayor ! There are some photo galleries of the ceremonies at the Press-Citizen,...
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About Jason
Jason is Adult Services Coordinator. He oversees reference services offered at the Info Desk, Switchboard, Digital Media Lab, Koza Family Teen Center, and Page Station. He coordinates programming opportunities for adults and teens.