Social Media
Facebook Posts
VOLUNTEERS ARE STACKING THEM IN. Donating books, sorting books, moving books. All getting ready for the Friends of the Library Annual Book Sale. Previews for members of Friends begins 6:00 Thurs., Oct. 16; the sale continues through Sun. Oct. 18.
0 CommentsComment on Facebook
Iola Reads books are getting distributed today! Books will be available at the following locations: Iola Public Library, Community National Bank, Vision Source, Senior Center, City of Iola, Townhouse, Wild Bloom Coffee, Iola Pharmacy, G&W Foods, CHC SEK, Bennett Laundry, Ashley Clinic, and, Allen Community College. Be sure to get yours!
0 CommentsComment on Facebook
COME CROCHET A PURSE, a pouch, an octopus--whatever you wish. In Stitches adult crochet with Jen meets 6-8:00 Mon., Oct. 6, in the library lounge. All skill levels welcome, no reservations required.
0 CommentsComment on Facebook
CALENDAR OCT. 6 -- OCT. 11
MON. Library Board Meeting, 5:30 pm, meeting room
In Stitches adult crochet with Jen, 6-8:00, library lounge, all welcome.
TUES. SEKS Poetry Group, 5:30 pm, meeting room
Free genealogy assistance with Marilyn, 6-7:45.
WED. Story time for library littles, with Lesa, 10:30, meeting room.
THUR. Youth crochet with Jen, 6-7:00, library lounge.
FRI. No Scheduled Programming
SAT. No Scheduled Programming
1 CommentsComment on Facebook
Struggling with your laptop? Cell phone driving you crazy? Come in on Wednesday, October 8 anytime from 2-6 pm for some Technology Assistance and let us help.
0 CommentsComment on Facebook
Iola Library's 2nd Annual Art Fest is coming up on Saturday, November 1. Call or come in to reserve your booth. Adult booths are available for $10 and Kid's booths are $5. We will have 12 booths with 6 foot rectangular tables and 5 booths with 3 foot square tables.
2 CommentsComment on Facebook
Today after First Friday Storytime, we released the last Monarch butterfly.
See yesterday's post for more of this adventure. Here are the littles releasing the last guy.
Byeeeeeeee
0 CommentsComment on Facebook
Our Fall 2025 Children’s book will be available October 6. We selected Margot Lee Shetterly’s Hidden Figures, Young Reader’s Edition.
From World War II through NASA’s golden age, four African-American women confidently and courageously steeped into the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (now known as NASA). Their job? To provide the mathematical calculations that would help increate airplane production during wartime and eventually send the United States into space for the very first time. Hidden Figures follows the stories of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, who participated in some of the United States’ greatest aeronautic successes. These women lived through and persevered against the backdrop of some of the biggest movements ever to shape our nation’s history: the Civil Rights era, the Space Race, and the fight for gender equality.
The events that we have selected for this book are:
Tuesday, October 28 – Spin, Pop, Boom – Mad Science of KC – 6:30 pm at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center
Thursday, November 6 – Hidden Figures Movie Night – 6:30 pm at the Iola Public Library
Come to the Iola Library and enjoy space snacks and a movie
Iola Reads is a one book, one community project started in 2005 and is a collaboration of the library, USD 257, and the Bowlus Fine Arts Center, with support from the Allen County Historical Society (courtesy of Donna H.).
Learn more about the history of this community program under “Iola Reads – One Book, One Community Committee” on the Services Page.
1 CommentsComment on Facebook
Reminder:
Tomorrow is First Friday Storytime at 10:30am. This is a repeat of Wednesday's Storytime, where we will enjoy storytime and songs in the meeting room, followed by a fun October scavenger hunt in the backyard.
0 CommentsComment on Facebook
Did you know….that monarchs taste with their feet?
Did you know….that a group of monarchs is called a flutter or a kaleidoscope?
We had 2 monarchs emerge at the library this week. It took 13 and 14 days respectivly for the process. The first one wiggled it’s way out yesterday and was tagged by Casey Diver and released. The second one emerged yesterday while we were in storytime. That one was tagged today and will be released tomorrow with the First Friday storytime littles. Thank you Casey @ Diver K-State Extension Southwind District.
They will be traveling to Mexico. Let’s hope they make it safe and sound.
If you are not aware, there is a program called Monarch Watch. monarchwatch.org/
If you happen to find a fallen monarch butterfly that has a tag on it. (it’s a tiny sticker on the wing), visit the above mentioned site and log its location. If it’s healthy, do let it return to it’s trip.
You never know what you’re going to learn at the Iola Public Library!
0 CommentsComment on Facebook
Iola Public Library
218 E. Madison
Iola, Kansas 66749
► Hours
Mon - Thur: 9:00 - 8:00
Fri & Sat: 9:00 - 5:00
Fax (620) 365-5137
► Phone
Our Location
