Author Archive for Kara

Tuesday, Apr 18, 2017

Music on Wednesday is on FRIDAY this week. Join Preucil School of Music on Friday April 21, 2017 at Noon in Meeting Room A for A Musical Bouquet. The performance features local student musicians playing an assortment of songs from Bach, Beethoven,...

Tuesday, Apr 4, 2017

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout's newest book is a heartwarming story of family, redemption and love. Strout's writing is known to be complex-she takes a simple story and weaves in layers of emotion, reconciliation, self-discovery...

Thursday, Mar 9, 2017

Coming soon to a stop near you - ICPL's new BOOKMOBILE! The Iowa City Public Library is pleased to introduce new Bookmobile services to our community. The purpose of the Iowa City Public Library’s Bookmobile is to offer collections and services...

Thursday, Mar 9, 2017

Yesterday was a happy day! The West Side Remote Book Returns are once again available at the University of Iowa Community Credit Union drive-thru located at 825 Mormon Trek Blvd. The Remote Book Returns at this location were damaged in a "Car vs....

Tuesday, Feb 28, 2017

My New Year's Resolution was to switch from listening to audiobooks via CDs in my car to listening on my smart phone. WOW! I love listening to eAudiobooks on my phone! They go everywhere with me - in the car, on a walk, while eating breakfast, and...

Thursday, Feb 23, 2017

Iowa Safe at Home is an address confidentiality program of the Iowa Secretary of State's Office designed to help victims of domestic crimes. Melanie Shellenberger from the Iowa Secretary of State's Office will share information about this program...

Tuesday, Jan 31, 2017

Today I learned about a series of "Know Your Rights" brochures, available AT THIS LINK , provided by our Human Rights Office. The brochures are available in English, French, Arabic, Spanish and Chinese and cover these topics: Unlawful...

Monday, Jan 30, 2017

Wednesday Sisters author, Meg Waite Clayton's, newest novel, The Race for Paris , captures the fictionalized story of two women who served as journalists during World War II. Clayton layers the story between the brutality of war, determination of...

Thursday, Jan 26, 2017

The Mormon Trek Remote Book Return is unavailable until further notice. We're working on a replacement. Please return books to the Downtown Library or to the Eastside book return at the First Avenue Hy-Vee. We are sorry for the inconvenience. Our...

Thursday, Dec 15, 2016

Alternating between 1952 and 2016 in the Barbizon Hotel in New York City, the lives of four women are illuminated by ghosts of the past and future uncertainty. Darby is a Midwesterner who moves to the city to attend secretarial school. Her first...

About Kara

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Kara was the Community and Access Services Coordinator. She retired in June 2020.