Storytime

FilmScene at The Chauncey 404 E College St, Iowa City, IA

Join your favorite librarians for a very special storytime!  

Lunar New Year Storytime

FilmScene at The Chauncey 404 E College St, Iowa City, IA

Join Midwest Chinese Academy for a festive Lunar New Year storytime! Enjoy a heartwarming Chinese New Year story about family reunion and learn how to say “Happy New Year” in Mandarin. Perfect

Book Character Meet & Greet

FilmScene at The Chauncey 404 E College St, Iowa City, IA

  Bring your camera and snap a picture with Clifford and Frog & Toad!

Write Out Loud Student Award Ceremony

Macbride Auditorium 17 N. Clinton St., Iowa City, IA

Students in grades 1 through 8 in Corridor area districts have been invited to submit writing to One Book Two Book! Those submissions are evaluated by a team at ACT

MusicIC Presents: THE BLACK ANGEL: Music, Myth, and Memory

Downtown Iowa City

MusicIC, Iowa City’s premiere chamber music festival exploring the connections between music and literature, presents THE BLACK ANGEL: Music, Myth, and Memory, a three-day festival examining how composers across centuries have

Page Against the Machine

Pentacrest (at Clinton St and Washington St), Iowa City, IA

Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature & the Iowa City Public Library co-present: Page Against the Machine is a global reading event that encourages people of all ages and backgrounds to take

Reading and Signing with Author Frances Mei Hardin

Sidekick Coffee & Books 1310 1/2 Melrose Avenue, Iowa City, IA

Hosted by Sidekick Coffee and Books Join Sidekick for an afternoon with Frances Mei Hardin, MD, as she reads from and signs her debut memoir, Surgeon on the Edge. Part

Prairie Lights Reading: Karen Parkman – The Jills

Prairie Lights Books 15 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City, IA

Iowa Writers' Workshop graduate Karen Parkman will read from her new novel, The Jills. Listed by both PEOPLE Magazine and CrimeReads as a "best book of February," The Jills is praised by Chloe Benjamin, New York Times

Rooftop Music & Reading Series

Market House 202 N. Linn St., Iowa City, IA

Join the Porchlight Literary Arts Center on the deck of Market House for an evening of music, poetry, and prose. The Rooftoop Music & Reading Series brings together some of

Prairie Lights Reading: Susan McCarty – 2008

Prairie Lights Books 15 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City, IA

Susan McCarty will read from her new novel, 2008. The University of Chicago Press offers this summary of 2008: "It’s 2008: the age of the blog, the dawn of social media, and

Self Published Book Fair

Sidekick Coffee & Books 1310 1/2 Melrose Avenue, Iowa City, IA

Hosted by Sidekick Coffee and Books This fun-filled event highlights local authors and features several genres, from childrens to adult fiction and non-fiction. This event is a great way to

Prairie Lights Reading: Will Swain – Certainly Uncertain

Prairie Lights Books 15 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City, IA

Will Swain will read from his new book, Certainly Uncertain: The Limitations of Knowledge and the Uncertainty of Belief. Renee Zukin, Educator, Entrepreneur, & Author of Every Day, I’m Brave, praises Certainly Uncertain as