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Popo's Halloween Puppet Festival 2016

Try on a costume and have a laugh with Iowa City's famous Popo the Clown featuring Deanne Wortman and Dave Panther.

Recorded on October 22, 2016 at the Iowa City Public Library.

Children's

Ready, Set, Polka with Pint Size Polkas

Mike Schneider of Pint Size Polkas takes us through a toe-tapping, hand-clapping musical adventure.

Recorded on June 28, 2016 at the Iowa City Public Library.

Children's

Civil Rights Photography Beyond the South with Mark Speltz

Author and Historian Mark Speltz will be here to read from his new book North of Dixie: Civil Rights Photography Beyond The South. The history of the civil rights movement is commonly illustrated...

Arts, Music, and Hobbies, Local History

Fields of Opportunity: Records of African American Excellence

The creation of the book "Invisible Hawkeyes: African Americans at the University of Iowa During the Long Civil Rights Era" reveals how inspired collaborators can do special things. What...

Local History

Author Visit: Michelle Hoover

Iowa native Michelle Hoover, author of the critically acclaimed The Quickening, returns with a new novel, Bottomland, about a German family in Iowa dealing with Anti-German sentiment after World...

Books and Writing All Iowa Reads

Music is the Word Storytime: Regina Orchestra

Fifth Graders from Regina Orchestra entertain us with a special morning concert as part of the Music is the Word series.

Recorded on May 5, 2016 at the Iowa City Public Library.

Children's

How to Build a Bike

Learn how to build your own bike with University of Iowa professor, Steve McGuire.

Recorded on September 14, 2016 at the Iowa City Public Library.

Arts, Music, and Hobbies

Ghosts of Johnson County

A presentation on Ghosts of Johnson County from our 1996 Summer Reading Program.

Recorded July 16, 1996 at Iowa City Public Library

Children's

Musical Storytime: Piano Special with Casey

Iowa City Public Library Children's Librarian, Casey, entertains us with piano music.

Recorded on July 17, 2014 at Iowa City Public Library.

Children's

Tell Me Your Story: Dottie Ray

Ellen Buchanan interviews Iowa City journalist/broadcaster Dottie Ray. During her career, Ray interviewed more than 32,000 guests during more than 14,000 shows, which she conducted from her Iowa...

Interviews Tell Me Your Story