Step into Sioux City’s past with Local History Librarian Specialist Sarah Enright on Bad Seeds: A Sioux City True Crime Downtown Walking Tour. This guided walking tour loops through the heart of downtown, beginning and ending at the Sioux City Public Library. Along the way, you’ll visit the real locations where shocking crimes unfolded, uncovering the people, motives, and moments that left lasting marks on the community.
For fans of All the Light We Cannot See and In Memoriam, a moving and deeply humane story about a trans man who must relinquish the freedoms of pre-war Berlin to survive first the Nazis and then the Allies, while protecting the ones he loves.
Jump start your summer of fun at the Library at this drop-in event! Sing and dance at the Family Karaoke Party, visit the Creation Stations to make seed bombs and more, go on a scavenger hunt, decorate a flower to add to the Library's mural, and much more! Plus, pick up your Summer Reading Starter Pack and sign up on the Beanstack App.
We are kicking off Adult Summer Reading with Trivia Night at Buffalo Alice on Wednesday, June 3 from 6:30-8:30pm! Play some trivia, win books, and learn more about the Adult Summer Reading Program!
Join us for 20-minute early literacy experience just for the little ones (babies ages 0-12 months and their families)! Babies learn and engage with rhymes, songs, books, and bounces. Feel free to bring a blanket for you and baby to sit on the floor together (chairs available). Comfy clothes suggested. Free parking on weekends.
Join us for 20-minute early literacy experience just for the little ones (babies ages 0-12 months and their families)! Babies learn and engage with rhymes, songs, books, and bounces. Feel free to bring a blanket for you and baby to sit on the floor together (chairs available). Comfy clothes suggested. Free parking on weekends.
Established in 2003, the purpose of All Iowa Reads is to foster a sense of unity through reading. Iowans are encouraged to come together in their communities to read and talk about a single book title in the same calendar year. Join the Sioux City Public Library for a discussion on this year's book, The Quiet Librarian by Allen Eskens.
Join us for 20-minute early literacy experience just for the little ones (babies ages 0-12 months and their families)! Babies learn and engage with rhymes, songs, books, and bounces. Feel free to bring a blanket for you and baby to sit on the floor together (chairs available). Comfy clothes suggested. Free parking on weekends.
Set over the course of a single day, an electrifying debut novel from “a powerful new literary voice” (Vogue) following one woman’s journey across a transformed city, carrying the weight of her past and a fervent hope for the future.
Explore the Library with friends from the garden! Read colorful stories, craft a paper nature crown, and search for hidden pollinators around the Library!