by Melissa Smoot | Mar 17, 2025 | Adults, News
CELEBRATING NATIONAL POETRY MONTH, the library hosts Traci Brimhall, Kansas Poet Laureate, Thurs., April 3 at 7 p.m. Traci Brimhall is a university distinguished professor of creative writing and narrative medicine at Kansas City University. She is the author of five...
by Melissa Smoot | Mar 5, 2025 | News
The March Calendar has SO MANY fun events for children, adults, and families. Check out our Social Media for fun pictures, details, and notices for upcoming programs. Adult Programs: In stitches every Monday at 6 pm with Jennifer Tarter. March 4 Iola Poets with Anna...
by Melissa Smoot | Feb 2, 2025 | Adults
GRASSHOPPERS SO BIG that cowboys ride them to herd cattle. Summers so hot, corn pops in the field. Thurs., Feb. 20, at 7:00, author and folklorist Jim Hoy will entertain and explain “Kansas Legends and Folktales”. Hoy, also a professor of English, works...
by Melissa Smoot | Jan 30, 2025 | Iola Reads
Our Spring 2025 Adult book will be available February 3. We selected Agatha Christie’s The Body in the Library. It’s seven in the morning. The Bantrys wake to find the body of a young woman in their library. She is wearing evening dress and heavy make-up,...
by Melissa Smoot | Jan 30, 2025 | News
The February Calendar is FULL of fun events for children, adults, and families. Check out our Social Media for fun pictures, details, and notices for upcoming programs. Adult Programs: In stitches every Monday at 6 pm with Jennifer Tarter. February 5 – Book Talk...
