Murder Mystery Play Auditions
Monday, August 26 OR Tuesday, August 27 • 7-8:45 pm Location | Iowa Community Center, 338 N Iowa Ave It's back! Preparation for the Friends Murder Mystery Play are underway. We are searching for our cast of characters, no experience needed! We hope to see you there. Registration is not required. [...]
Movies in the Park: “The Secret Life of Pets”
Monday, August 5 • approx. 8 pm All ages, under 12 with adult Location | Cortesi Veterans Memorial Park, near Kenilworth Ave & Villa Ave Bring a lawn chair and a picnic blanket to enjoy a movie outdoors on the big screen. This week's movie is The Secret Life of Pets (© Universal Pictures, 2016: PG,… [...]
July 8, 2019 Building Project Update!
July 8, 2019 Update This week marks the one year anniversary of the start of construction on the library building. The first phase included new connections to water and sewer, new storm drains, new parking lot, three new rooftop HVAC units, new bathrooms, lighting, and the new elevator near the new entrance and stairway. This… [...]
Upcoming Reads: August 2019
The following fiction books are releasing in August. Click on the titles to place books on hold and be notified as they become available for you to checkout. August 6 City of Windows by Robert Pobi “During the worst blizzard in memory, an FBI agent in a moving SUV in New York City is killed… [...]
Upcoming Reads: July 2019
The following books are releasing in July. Click on the titles to place books on hold and be notified as they become available for you to checkout. July 2 Heart of Barkness by Spencer Quinn “Chet the dog, ‘the most lovable narrator in all of crime fiction’ (Boston Globe) and P.I. Bernie encounter heartache and… [...]
Upcoming Reads: June 2019
The following are just some of the fiction books releasing this June. Click on the titles to place books on hold and be notified when they are available for you to checkout. June 4 City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert “In 1940, nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris has just been kicked out of Vassar College, owing to her… [...]
Upcoming Reads: May 2019
Check out the following list of books releasing this May, just in time for our annual Summer Reading Program. You will find a variety of genres, including mystery and suspense fiction with plots involving haunted houses and island life. Click on the titles to place books on hold and be notified when they become available.… [...]
Upcoming Reads: April 2019
Discover new literary fiction this April. New releases include historical fiction on war-torn Germany and Russia, along with books imagining the personal lives of American political figures like Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Mary Todd, and Abraham Lincoln. Also watch for T.C. Boyle and Alexander McCall Smith’s next books. Click on the titles below to place holds… [...]
Upcoming Reads: March 2019
Check out the following list of books coming to library shelves this March. The list includes Dave Eggers’s next book, The Parade, and multiple suspense thrillers with unreliable characters like Before She Knew Him by Peter Swanson and Call Me Evie by J.P. Pomare. Click on the title to place a book on hold and… [...]
Books on the Big Screen in 2019
The following sixteen books are set to release as motion pictures in 2019. Read the stories in print if you haven't already, before venturing to watch the movies in theaters. The list includes multiple classics, along with bestsellers and award-winners. You can click on the title to check a book's availability and place it on… [...]