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29 Oct, 2023

STEM DAY Drop-in Event on November 8

By |October 29th, 2023|Events, Kids, Library News, Teens, Youth|

The Sioux City Public Library will debut their new STEM cart and invite curious young minds to drop in anytime from 4-6pm at the Aalfs Downtown Library and try their hands at making a wiggle bot! Wiggle bots are lively little robots brought to life by an electric motor and a kid's imagination!

22 Oct, 2023

November’s Open Book Club Title: Meet Me by the Fountain by Alexandra Lange

By |October 22nd, 2023|Adults, Events, Library News, Open Book Club|

Summary: Few places have been as nostalgized, or as maligned, as malls. Since their birth in the 1950s, they have loomed large as temples of commerce, the agora of the suburbs. In their prime, they proved a powerful draw for creative thinkers such as Joan Didion, Ray Bradbury, and George Romero, who understood the mall’s appeal as both critics and consumers. Yet today, amid the aftershocks of financial crises and a global pandemic, as well as the rise of online retail, the dystopian husk of an abandoned shopping center has become one of our era’s defining images. Conventional wisdom holds that the mall is dead. But what was the mall, really? And have rumors of its demise been greatly exaggerated? 

15 Sep, 2023

October’s Open Book Club Title: Trespasses by Louise Kennedy

By |September 15th, 2023|Adults, Events, Library News, Open Book Club|

October's title is Trespasses by Louise Kennedy. Book Summary: Amid daily reports of violence, Cushla lives a quiet life with her mother in a small town near Belfast. By day she teaches at a parochial school; at night she fills in at her family’s pub. There she meets Michael Agnew, a barrister who’s made a name for himself defending IRA members.

1 Sep, 2023

Vote for the 2024 Sioux City Reads Book!

By |September 1st, 2023|Adults, Library News, Sioux City Reads|

Join the Sioux City Public Library for Sioux City Reads, a community-based reading initiative where Sioux Cityans are involved every step of the way – from book selection to completing challenges and attending book discussions. Now through September 30, cast your vote to help select the next Sioux City Reads title at SiouxCityLibrary.org/siouxcityreads. Copies of each book are available for check out at any Sioux City Public Library location or through the Libby App.