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2629 Beaver Avenue, Suite 1, Des Moines(319) 247-26651105 Third St. SE , Cedar Rapids
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Book Lovers Book Club
<p>Newcomers always welcome to this general interest book club.</p><p>Sept. 13: “Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine” by Gail Honeyman</p><p>Oct. 11: “Gingerbread” by Helen Oyeyemi</p><p>Nov.8: “The Dutch House” by Ann Patchett</p><p>All titles available as Book Club Kits at Ladd Library the month before the discussion.</p> 2022-10-11 19:30:00 -0500
10/11/226:30 p.m.Ladd LibraryCedar Rapids -
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Book Binding
<p>Explore the art of book binding by seeing examples of resident artist Harper Folsom's work, learning about different techniques and using tools provided to create your own unique bound book. Suggested for ages 13 and older.</p><p>Saturday, Oct. 8, 10-11:30 am<br>Downtown Library, Children’s Program Room</p><p>Friday, Oct. 21, 10-11:30 am<br>Ladd Library, Community Room</p> 2022-08-30 11:30:00 -0500
10/08/2210:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids Public LibraryCedar Rapids -
Walking Book Club
<p>Walk and talk about a book! Meet in the library Commons; if the weather allows, we will walk around Greene Square. If not, we will walk around the library. Print and digital copies of the book are available to borrow. Come to one or both sessions each month.</p><p>Monday, Oct. 10 & 17, noon-1 pm: “Anxious People” by Fredrik Backman</p> 2022-08-25 13:00:00 -0500
10/10/2212:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Public LibraryCedar Rapids -
Book Club
<p>This month Book Club participants will be reading books that have been banned in libraries across the country. </p>10/17/226:00 p.m.Ely Public LibraryEly -
Book Lovers Book Club
<p>Newcomers always welcome to this general interest book club.</p><p>Sept. 13: “Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine” by Gail Honeyman</p><p>Oct. 11: “Gingerbread” by Helen Oyeyemi</p><p>Nov.8: “The Dutch House” by Ann Patchett</p><p>All titles available as Book Club Kits at Ladd Library the month before the discussion.</p> 2022-11-08 19:30:00 -0600
11/08/226:30 p.m.Ladd LibraryCedar Rapids -
LGBTQ+ Book Club
<p>Book sharing, snacks, and fellowship - what could be better? Bring your favorite books with queer characters and themes or talk about a favorite book from a queer point of view. All are welcome!</p><p>This is a book sharing discussion, so bring your suggestions, from memoirs to graphic novels to science fiction. Snacks provided.</p><p>Sept. 27: Discuss “On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous” as a group.</p><p>Oct. 25 & Nov. 22: Book and movie title sharing</p> 2022-10-25 19:30:00 -0500
10/25/226:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Public LibraryCedar Rapids -
LGBTQ+ Book Club
<p>Book sharing, snacks, and fellowship - what could be better? Bring your favorite books with queer characters and themes or talk about a favorite book from a queer point of view. All are welcome!</p><p>This is a book sharing discussion, so bring your suggestions, from memoirs to graphic novels to science fiction. Snacks provided.</p><p>Sept. 27: Discuss “On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous” as a group.</p><p>Oct. 25 & Nov. 22: Book and movie title sharing</p> 2022-11-22 19:30:00 -0600
11/22/226:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Public LibraryCedar Rapids -
Book Binding
<p>Explore the art of book binding by seeing examples of resident artist Harper Folsom's work, learning about different techniques and using tools provided to create your own unique bound book. Suggested for ages 13 and older.</p><p>Saturday, Oct. 8, 10-11:30 am<br>Downtown Library, Children’s Program Room</p><p>Friday, Oct. 21, 10-11:30 am<br>Ladd Library, Community Room</p> 2022-08-30 11:30:00 -0500
10/21/2210:00 a.m.Ladd LibraryCedar Rapids -
What'cha Reading Book Club
<p>Join us for our What'cha Reading Book Club. This book club just encourages you to read and then come share what you've read recently. It doesn't matter what you like to read or how much you read, just that you read and like talking to other people about books.</p><p>So join us for this low pressure no assigned reading book club.</p> 2022-01-20 15:00:00 -0600
10/23/221:00 p.m.Craft'dCedar Rapids -
What'cha Reading Book Club
<p>Join us for our What'cha Reading Book Club. This book club just encourages you to read and then come share what you've read recently. It doesn't matter what you like to read or how much you read, just that you read and like talking to other people about books.</p><p>So join us for this low pressure no assigned reading book club.</p> 2022-01-20 15:00:00 -0600
11/20/221:00 p.m.Craft'dCedar Rapids -
Free Book Friday
<p><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US">Getting books to you is what we do. Pop in to the Commons of the Downtown Library and select a free young adult or chapter book. Selection varies. No ulterior motives here - we just like books. </span><span data-ccp-props='{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}'> </span></p> 2022-08-23 16:00:00 -0500
11/04/222:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Public LibraryCedar Rapids -
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What'cha Reading Book Club - Holiday Party
<p>Join us for our What'cha Reading Book Club - Holiday Party. If your budget allows, please bring a wrapped copy of your favorite book for a White Elephant Book Exchange.<br><br><br>This book club just encourages you to read and then come share what you've read recently. It doesn't matter what you like to read or how much you read, just that you read and like talking to other people about books.<br><br>So join us for this low pressure no assigned reading book club.</p> 2022-01-20 15:00:00 -0600
12/18/221:00 p.m.Craft'dCedar Rapids -
Friends of the Library Big Book Sale
<p>The Friends of the Cedar Rapids Public Library are holding their large fall book sale at the Downtown Library!</p><p>Purchase new and gently used books and giftables to support the literacy programs of the library.</p><p>The sale will be:<br>Friday, 9 am-5 pm<br>Saturday, 9 am-5 pm<br>Sunday, 1 pm-5 pm</p> 2022-09-01 17:00:00 -0500
11/04/229:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids Public LibraryCedar Rapids -
Friends of the Library Big Book Sale
<p>The Friends of the Cedar Rapids Public Library are holding their large fall book sale at the Downtown Library!</p><p>Purchase new and gently used books and giftables to support the literacy programs of the library.</p><p>The sale will be:<br>Friday, 9 am-5 pm<br>Saturday, 9 am-5 pm<br>Sunday, 1 pm-5 pm</p> 2022-09-01 17:00:00 -0500
11/06/221:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Public LibraryCedar Rapids -
What'cha Reading Book Club with author guest, Erin Casey
<p>Join us on October 23 for a very special What'cha Reading Book Club. Author Erin Casey will be on hand to share what she's been reading and to talk about the final book in her Purple Door District series.</p><p>What'cha Reading Book Club just encourages you to read and then come share what you've read recently. It doesn't matter what you like to read or how much you read, just that you read and like talking to other people about books.</p> 2022-09-12 15:00:00 -0500
10/23/221:00 p.m.Craft'dCedar Rapids -
Banned Book Club
<p>Join us to peacefully discuss banned/challenged books! Our next selection will be "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>When:</strong> Thursday, October 27, 2022 at 7pm.</p><p><strong>Where:</strong> Ely Public Library OR via Zoom</p><p><a data-id="l-5511669937" href="https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89484786257?pwd=Mk5EcWhVSWliYmNyV3VFRU1DT2l5UT09" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join Zoom</a></p>10/27/227:00 p.m.Ely Public LibraryEly -
Friends of Hiawatha Public Library Books and Bake Sale
<p>Getting ready for the holidays? The Friends of Hiawatha Public Library Books and Bake Sale is the answer! Do all your shopping (and save lots of money) in one place.</p> 2022-09-26 13:00:00 -0500
11/19/2210:00 a.m.Hiawatha Public LibraryHiawatha -
An Evening with Dr. Victor Ray
<p>Next Page Books will host Dr. Victor Ray, University of Iowa associate professor and author of On Critical Race Theory: Why it Matters and Why You Should Care, at 7pm Wednesday, October 12 at CSPS Hall. This event is free and open to the public.</p><p>On Critical Race Theory explains the centrality of race in American history and politics, and how the often-mischaracterized intellectual movement became a political necessity.</p><p>Dr. Ray draws upon the radical thinking of giants such as Ida B. Wells, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to clearly trace the foundations of critical race theory in the Black intellectual traditions of emancipation and the civil rights movement. From these foundations, Ray explores the many facets of our society that critical race theory interrogates, from deeply embedded structural racism to the historical connection between whiteness and property, ownership, and more.</p><p>ABOUT THE AUTHOR</p><p>After receiving his Bachelor of Arts in urban studies at Vassar, Ray earned his PhD from Duke University in 2014. His work has been published in several peer-reviewed journals, including American Sociological Review and The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. He is a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and his research has been funded by the Ford Foundation. His social and critical commentary has appeared in outlets such as The Washington Post, Newsweek, Harvard Business Review, and Boston Review.</p><p>In 2021, Ray was named to the F. Wendell Miller Associate Professorship at the University of Iowa. He serves on the faculty of the Department of Sociology and Criminology and the African American Studies Program.</p> 2022-09-12 20:30:00 -0500
10/12/227:00 p.m.Next Page BooksCedar Rapids -
Art Lovers Book Club: The House of Fragile Things: Jewish Art Collectors and the Fall of France by James McAuley
<p>In the dramatic years between 1870 and the end of World War II, a number of prominent French Jews—pillars of an embattled community—invested their fortunes in France’s cultural artifacts, sacrificed their sons to the country’s army, and were ultimately rewarded by seeing their collections plundered and their families deported to Nazi concentration camps.<br><br>In this rich, evocative account, James McAuley explores the central role that art and material culture played in the assimilation and identity of French Jews in the<em> fin-de-siècle</em>. Weaving together narratives of various figures, some familiar from the works of Marcel Proust and the diaries of Jules and Edmond Goncourt—the Camondos, the Rothschilds, the Ephrussis, the Cahens d'Anvers—McAuley shows how Jewish art collectors contended with a powerful strain of anti-Semitism: they were often accused of “invading” France’s cultural patrimony. The collections these families left behind—many ultimately donated to the French state—were their response, tragic attempts to celebrate a nation that later betrayed them.</p> 2022-03-17 17:00:00 -0500
10/20/224:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Nature's Best Hope
<p dir="ltr">Doug Tallamy is the T. A. Baker Professor of Agriculture in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, where he has authored 106 research publications and has taught insect related courses for 41 years. Chief among his research goals is to better understand the many ways insects interact with plants and how such interactions determine the diversity of animal communities. His books include Bringing Nature Home, The Living Landscape, co-authored with Rick Darke, Nature's Best Hope, a New York Times Best Seller, The Nature of Oaks, winner of the American Horticultural Society’s 2022 book award. In 2021 he co-founded Homegrown National Park with Michelle Alfandari. His awards include recognition from The Garden Writer’s Association, Audubon, The National Wildlife Federation, Allegheny College, The Garden Club of America and The American Horticultural Association.</p><p dir="ltr"> </p><p dir="ltr">Bring your copy of a book authored by Dr. Tallamy and arrive at 6:30PM for a signing. Copies will not be available at the door. Presentation begins at 7pm. Must pre-register. This event is in partnership with and made possible by the Monarch Research Project. Cost: $5M, $10NM</p><p dir="ltr">Pre-registration is required for this program. We cannot accept walk-in participants. Thank you!</p><p><br></p> 2022-09-02 20:30:00 -050010/08/226:30 p.m.Indian Creek Nature CenterCedar Rapids -
Early Learning Story Time
<p>Story time for young children with stories, songs, and other interactive activities, designed for children ages 2-5.</p><p>Tuesday, Sept. 6, 13, & 27, Oct. 4, 11, 18, & 25, & Nov. 1 & 15, 10-10:30 am<br>Downtown Library, Children’s Program Room</p><p>Monday, Sept. 26, Oct. 3, 10, 17, & 24 & Nov. 14, 10-10:30 am<br>Ladd Library, Community Room</p><p>There will also be special Early Learning Story Times on Sept. 19 and Sept. 20 for Banned Books Week and Nov. 8 with Resident Artist Harper Folsom.</p> 2022-10-10 10:30:00 -0500
10/10/2210:00 a.m.Ladd LibraryCedar Rapids -
Early Learning Story Time
<p>Story time for young children with stories, songs, and other interactive activities, designed for children ages 2-5.</p><p>Tuesday, Sept. 6, 13, & 27, Oct. 4, 11, 18, & 25, & Nov. 1 & 15, 10-10:30 am<br>Downtown Library, Children’s Program Room</p><p>Monday, Sept. 26, Oct. 3, 10, 17, & 24 & Nov. 14, 10-10:30 am<br>Ladd Library, Community Room</p><p>There will also be special Early Learning Story Times on Sept. 19 and Sept. 20 for Banned Books Week and Nov. 8 with Resident Artist Harper Folsom. </p> 2022-10-11 10:30:00 -0500
10/11/2210:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids Public LibraryCedar Rapids -
Morbid Curiosities & Mabbott Poe
<p>The University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections & Archives is home to the Thomas Ollive Mabbott Papers, an intriguing collection of materials compiled by Mabbott, who was editor of the <em>Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe</em>. The papers include sources and inspirations for Poe’s work, first printings, and more.</p><p>See select items up close before meeting the master of Gothic horror himself, portrayed by storyteller Darrin Crow, in <em>Morbid Curiosities – An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe</em>. The 80-minute performance begins at 7 p.m. and features some of Poe’s most beloved stories and poetry, including “The Masque of the Red Death,” “The Raven,” and “The Tell-Tale Heart.”</p><p><strong>Morbid Curiosities & Mabbott Poe</strong></p><p>Monday, Oct. 10 at 6:30 p.m.</p><p>Main Library Gallery, University of Iowa Libraries</p><p>Learn more/parking: <a href="http://lib.uiowa.edu/gallery" target="_blank">lib.uiowa.edu/gallery</a></p><p><a href="https://uiowa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_a5dQLcptMnfYdX8" target="_blank"><strong>Please RSVP here for this free event.</strong></a></p><p>RSVP REQUIRED.</p><p>Presented by the University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections & Archives and the Main Library Gallery in partnership with the Iowa City Book Festival.</p><p><br></p><p><em>Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa–sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact Sara Pinkham in advance at 319-467-1805 or </em><a href="mailto:sara-pinkham@uiowa.edu" target="_blank"><em>sara-pinkham@uiowa.edu</em></a><em>.</em></p> 2022-09-19 20:30:00 -0500
10/10/226:30 p.m.Main Library Gallery, University of Iowa LibrariesIowa City -
Curator Guided Tour: A Hub, a Network, an Archive
<p>Join co-curators Nataša Ďurovičová and Lisa Gardinier for a special guided tour of their exhibition, <a href="https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/gallery/exhibit/iwp55years/"><em>A Hub, a Network, an Archive: 55 Years of International Writers in Iowa City</em></a>. All are welcome! Meet inside the Main Library Gallery.</p><p>About the exhibit: The International Writing Program (IWP) has brought close to 1,600 writers from more than 150 countries to the University of Iowa since 1967. In celebration of the program’s 55th anniversary, the exhibition tells the story of IWP’s genesis, its role in cultural diplomacy, Iowa City as a site of literary praxis and global networking, and the images of Iowa that writers have carried home with them as represented in their work. Included are University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections & Archives materials such as the Paul Engle Papers, the International Writing Program Records, the Toothpaste/Coffee House Press Records, and more. Items from the University of Iowa Libraries circulating collection, IWP’s Shambaugh House, and friends of IWP also make an appearance, in addition to a selection of large portraits of writers by photographer Thomas Langdon.</p><p>Presented by the University of Iowa Libraries Main Library Gallery in partnership with the Iowa City Book Festival.</p><p><em>Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa–sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact the Main Library Gallery in advance at 319-467-1805 or <a href="mailto:sara-pinkham@uiowa.edu">sara-pinkham@uiowa.edu</a>.</em> </p> 2022-08-30 15:30:00 -0500
10/08/222:30 p.m.Main Library Gallery, University of Iowa LibrariesIowa City -
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Early Learning Story Time
<p>Story time for young children with stories, songs, and other interactive activities, designed for children ages 2-5.</p><p>Tuesday, Sept. 6, 13, & 27, Oct. 4, 11, 18, & 25, & Nov. 1 & 15, 10-10:30 am<br>Downtown Library, Children’s Program Room</p><p>Monday, Sept. 26, Oct. 3, 10, 17, & 24 & Nov. 14, 10-10:30 am<br>Ladd Library, Community Room</p><p>There will also be special Early Learning Story Times on Sept. 19 and Sept. 20 for Banned Books Week and Nov. 8 with Resident Artist Harper Folsom.</p> 2022-10-17 10:30:00 -0500
10/17/2210:00 a.m.Ladd LibraryCedar Rapids -
Read to Dogs
<p>Trained, certified therapy dogs provide companionship to emerging readers as they earn a free library book and bookmark. Everyone is welcome to read to the dogs. Stay for a performance at 7 pm. This program is presented in partnership with Therapy Dogs International. </p> 2022-10-03 19:10:00 -0500
10/20/226:30 p.m.Ladd LibraryCedar Rapids -
Early Learning Story Time
<p>Story time for young children with stories, songs, and other interactive activities, designed for children ages 2-5.</p><p>Tuesday, Sept. 6, 13, & 27, Oct. 4, 11, 18, & 25, & Nov. 1 & 15, 10-10:30 am<br>Downtown Library, Children’s Program Room</p><p>Monday, Sept. 26, Oct. 3, 10, 17, & 24 & Nov. 14, 10-10:30 am<br>Ladd Library, Community Room</p><p>There will also be special Early Learning Story Times on Sept. 19 and Sept. 20 for Banned Books Week and Nov. 8 with Resident Artist Harper Folsom. </p> 2022-10-18 10:30:00 -0500
10/18/2210:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids Public LibraryCedar Rapids -
Haunted Prague
<p>Prague is the most mysterious of places, one of Europe’s most hauntingly beautiful—and just plain haunted—destinations. Nowhere is this truer than in its fabled Jewish Quarter. Join Michele Patrick, author of <em>Haunted Prague: Stories of Spirits, Sorcerers, and the Supernatural,</em> for a journey through magical Prague, with a special focus on the history, mysteries—and legends—of the Jewish Quarter and its people since the 10<sup>th</sup> century. She’ll also discuss the most important attractions in the Quarter, why Prague is the most haunted of places, and the importance of legends to the Czech and Slovak peoples. She’ll finish by offering a Halloween appropriate reading from the stories of the Jewish Quarter found in <em>Haunted Prague.</em> A book signing of <em>Haunted Prague</em> will follow event.</p> 2022-08-29 20:30:00 -0500
10/19/227:00 p.m.National Czech & Slovak Museum & LibraryCedar Rapids -
Early Learning Story Time
<p>Story time for young children with stories, songs, and other interactive activities, designed for children ages 2-5.</p><p>Tuesday, Sept. 6, 13, & 27, Oct. 4, 11, 18, & 25, & Nov. 1 & 15, 10-10:30 am<br>Downtown Library, Children’s Program Room</p><p>Monday, Sept. 26, Oct. 3, 10, 17, & 24 & Nov. 14, 10-10:30 am<br>Ladd Library, Community Room</p><p>There will also be special Early Learning Story Times on Sept. 19 and Sept. 20 for Banned Books Week and Nov. 8 with Resident Artist Harper Folsom.</p> 2022-08-19 10:30:00 -0500
11/14/2210:00 a.m.Ladd LibraryCedar Rapids -
An Evening with Clara McKenna
<p>Join us for a conversation with author Clara McKenna at Craft'd in downtown Cedar Rapids. Clara is the author of the Stella and Lyndy Mystery series set in Edwardian England. Book 4 in the series releases in October.</p><p>About the Author<br>Clara McKenna is the author of the acclaimed Stella and Lyndy Mystery Series as well as other historical mysteries written under a different name. She is a member of Historical Novel Society and Sisters in Crime, as well as a founding member of Sleuths in Time, a cooperative group of historical mystery writers who encourage and promote each other's work. McKenna has spent most of her working life in academia and is an avid traveler, a vintage teacup collector, a poet, and a self-professed anglophile. She lives with her family in a Victorian farmhouse near Ames, Iowa, and can be found online at <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2FClaraMckenna.com%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2YrCOEIBHiakuXyJU1oVdimSmmVotjrPui4DfpSjIvCkUj39VlQBxvXUg&h=AT2zb6F1sjL9N6maXLUxWX5a688PH3-LL4xSW0qpgpZKZrO_GbZ9HCJOke85WTsgwXV89gTZ_tzjI8RYcoVDCUhsQUKDnPsSJEeYzb3xSuhG-emLBbAhR_TkkzzHUpe2AWkWZA&__tn__=q&c[0]=AT2gnhDJcu9mGPZKDHZaE_nF_ODXwWl5ruewSLQYaKTmIlhkm6STyl04UPkJGq1dsV0pZR7AGhYFhK39uhNUUXFBiAZXehxjN7kuKbr0PAXJ8U8gsYf8Hq5pfSR-6gssPUeJinUZAD4NqKr0dcQf9bEp" rel="nofollow noopener" tabindex="0" target="_blank">ClaraMckenna.com.</a></p><p>About the Book<br>Against all expectations in Edwardian England, newly married American heiress Stella Kendrick and British aristocrat Viscount “Lyndy” Lyndhurst are bucking traditions—and investigating murder—on their honeymoon in the latest installment of the Stella & Lyndy Mysteries from acclaimed author Clara McKenna.</p><p>Leaving behind tragedies surrounding their wedding at Morrington Hall, travel-worn Stella and Lyndy arrive at the grand Majestic Hotel in York to more misfortune—their stately honeymoon suite has been given away to Horace Wingrove, owner of England’s largest confectionery. Stella refuses to let an innocent booking mistake spoil the mood, but her optimism vanishes when Horace suffocates in the room where she and Lyndy should have stayed . . .</p><p>Unlike authorities on the scene, Stella can’t believe the business magnate’s death can be explained away as an accident. Troubling signs are everywhere—strange murmurs in the hallway, tight-lipped hotel staff, and a stolen secret recipe for Wingrave’s famous chocolate. Then there are Horace’s murky intentions for visiting the historic cathedral city, and those who were closely watching his every move . . .</p><p>As Stella and Lyndy tour Yorkshire and mingle with royals as husband and wife, they face a sinister mystery that puts their vows to the test. Can the couple work together to discover the truth about their romantic destination and the strange happenings haunting their trip before they’re treated to another terrifying surprise?</p> 2022-09-13 19:30:00 -0500
10/26/226:30 p.m.Craft'dCedar Rapids