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Iowa City Book Festival 2016: The Lazarus Project

Aleksandar Hemon and Velibor Božović discuss their collaboration on Hemon's novel, "The Lazarus Project."

The Iowa City Book Festival is a six-day celebration of books,...

Books and Writing

Iowa City Book Festival 2016: Dan Barry and James Brooks

James Brooks, professor at UC Santa Barbara, reads from his latest book, Mesa of Sorrows: A History of the Awat'ovi Massacre. New York Times reporter and columnist, Dan Barry, reads from his...

Books and Writing

Iowa City Book Festival 2016: Leonard Pitts, Jr.

Commentator and novelist, Leonard Pitts, Jr., reads from his book, "Grant Park."

The Iowa City Book Festival is a six-day celebration of books, reading and writing. It is...

Books and Writing

The Jefferson Hotel and the Murals of Mildred Pelzer

Mildred Pelzer's mural, "Raildroad Arrives" is on loan to ICPL during renovation at Longfellow Elementary School. Sean Ulmer, executive director of the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art,...

Local History Weber Days

Local History Resources at ICPL

The Iowa City Public Library has many unique collections that focus on historical information about the Iowa City area. Adult Services Coordinator, Maeve Clark, discusses the online resources that...

Local History Weber Days

The Plain and Colorful Story of Feed Sacks

Author, Linzee Kull McCray, shares stories and images from her book, "Feed Sacks: The Colorful History of a Frugal Fabric." It brings together tales of hardship, resilience, and social...

Local History Weber Days

Voxman and Eble: Iowa City's Music Men

Starting in the 1950s, Himie Voxman and Charlie Eble traveled throughout the United States and Europe, collecting sheet music for arrangement, study, and sale in Iowa City. Katie Buehner, head of...

Local History Weber Days

Bike to Work Week: Legal Cycling with Lawyer Jim Freeman

Jim Freeman of Bike Law discusses bicycle safety, laws affecting cyclists, dangerous situations, interactions with law enforcement, what to do if you're involved in a collision, and...

Current Issues and Politics

DNA Day: Student Genetic Ancestry Testing

Charles "Chip" Aquadro, Ph. D., discusses his course, Personal Genomics & Medicine. During this course, students learn about their own genetic composition through ancestry...

Current Issues and Politics

La Chicana: Memories of the Chicago Barrio and Readings in Latino Poetry

The Reading Aloud poetry group from the Iowa City Senior Center reads pieces from noted Latino poets that address the historical and contemporary experience of Latinos and Chicanos in the Americas...

Arts, Music, and Hobbies