by Colleen Dobbins | Sep 16, 2024 | Adults, Children, News, Teens
Local astronomer Mike Myer returns for another outdoor program using our big Galileo telescope (pictured here in a previous presentation). Following a half-hour briefing in the meeting room, the program will continue in the parking lot. There, according to Myer,...
by Colleen Dobbins | Sep 4, 2024 | Adults, News, Teens
Stephen Gilpin, Iola-born indie comics artist and illustrator, will speak at the library 7 p.m. Thurs., Sept. 19. He’s the second in this fall’s Local Author Speaker Series at IPL, following Donna Hawk, who spoke in August about her new paranormal mystery,...
by Melissa Smoot | Nov 9, 2023 | Adults, Teens
Best Selling Author, Shawn Warner, will be at the library on November 18 from 2 pm to 5 pm. He wrote “Leigh Howard and the Ghosts of Simmons Pierce Manor” which went viral on TikTok when he was seen selling it at a grocery store. There will also be books...
by Colleen Dobbins | Oct 4, 2023 | Adults, Children, Teens
Skywatch with Stan Grigsby and the new SEKLS sunscope. Stan will give an overview and play-by-play and guide safe viewing of the eclipse. The eclipse begins at 10:20 a.m, and will reach magnitude at 11:45 when the sun will be approximately 73 percent blocked. Free...
by Melissa Smoot | Jun 5, 2023 | News, Teens
TEENS & TWEENS, CHILL OUT at the library this summer–something different to do, every Tues. afternoon. Coloring sheets and colored pencils provided. Feel Free to bring your own supplies.
by Colleen Dobbins | Apr 21, 2023 | Adults, News, Teens
Today, with participation from local businesses, the library distributes hundreds of short traditional poems to be carried and shared throughout the day, concluding a celebration of April as National Poetry Month. Printed on blossom-hued paper, each poem is rolled...
