Dottie Ray, an Iowa City legend, passed away on Tuesday, August 6. I feel so fortunate that I was able to be her guest on the Dottie Ray Show with Jen Jordan, the recycling coordinator for the City of Iowa City, to talk about an ECO Iowa City, an...
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Thursday, Jul 21, 2016
Corn sweat, what on earth is that you ask? Well, let me tell you. Corn sweat is evapotranspiration and according to the United States Geological Survey evapotranspiration is the sum of evaporation and transpiration. The transpiration aspect of...
Monday, Jul 11, 2016
J.P. Claussen, Paul Roesler and Janice Weiner are in the race to fill the seat of Tom Yates, who resigned in May . There will be a July 19 special election to fill his vacant seat. Claussen is a former West High special education teacher, ...
Thursday, Jun 30, 2016
Ouch, ouch, ouch! That hurts, that really really hurts! Do you want to know why stings and bites hurt and why some insect stings are worse than others? Then look no further than "The Sting of the Wild". Schmidt, the "the King of the Sting" and"
Thursday, Jun 30, 2016
A good friend of the Iowa City Public Library passed away earlier this week. Dave Hicks played music and told stories for many events at the library, often with with Guy Drollinger and Mike Haverkamp. Dave, Mike and Guy played Civil War era...
Monday, Jun 27, 2016
Monday is July 4th and there are fireworks all over Iowa. In fact, if you want to want to get a head start on your holiday fireworks, the City of Iowa will be hosting a fireworks display on Sunday, July 3rd. It's Jazz Fest weekend, a not-to-be...
Tuesday, Jun 21, 2016
The Iowa City Press Citizen ran a story today about the beer caves found under Brewery Square! The story by Andy Davis is about the work the Office of the State Archaeologist and the University of Iowa Geographical and Sustainability Sciences...
Tuesday, Jun 14, 2016
I love histories and stories and I enjoy learning about the famous. Biographies, autobiographies and memoirs have been long been written by and about the noteworthy. These books make up a large portion of the library’s nonfiction collection, but...
Monday, Jun 13, 2016
Have you wondered about these signs? The signs are easy to explain, but story behind the US 6, is a long and winding one. U.S. Route 6 (US 6), is a main route of the U.S. Highway system. It currently runs east-northeast from Bishop, California...
Tuesday, Jun 7, 2016
Today is the 2016 primary election in Iowa. You must be registered as a Democrat or a Republican to vote, but you can do that at your polling site. To find out where to vote you can call us at the library at 319-356-5200 or the Johnson County...
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About Maeve
Maeve previously worked at the Iowa City Public Library as the Adult Services Coordinator.