On Saturday, April 11 from 1 to 3 pm, visit the Aalfs Downtown Library for a Seed Swap - Kickstart your garden with a visit to the Sioux City Public Library. We are giving away free flower seed packets to help our community bloom! Select up to 15 packets per person. Do you have seed to swap or share? Feel free to bring any seeds you’d like to share with members of the community.
A poignant and heart-wrenching coming-of-age story that follows the friendships, hopes, fears, and struggles of a group of Native high school students from Winnipeg, Manitoba’s North End, illuminating what it’s like to grow up in the heart of an Indigenous city.
Hop into Spring with fluffy-tailed storybook friends! This event will be filled with hoppi-ness, stories, and songs about bunnies. Plus, attendees will get to make their own bunny ears!
Register your team of 4-6 puzzlers and work to complete a 750 piece puzzle for a chance to win prizes! All teams will complete the same puzzle. Puzzles are designed for adults, but families with older children are welcome to form a team. Smaller teams may be combined with other teams at the event. * Due to demand, groups may only register for one puzzle event.
Get registered for these STEM-themed events (for Ages 4-12) happening at the Aalfs Downtown Library on Saturday, March 28. Ages 4-8 will explore coding concepts with the Library's Bee Bots and Ages 9-12 will build model electrical circuits using Spintronics.
On Wednesday, March 25 at 6 pm, join us for a video presentation: Memories of Five Nisei at the Aalfs Downtown Library. Video Summary: Five second-generation Japanese Americans share memories of their lives, with a focus on the World War II internment camp experience. The Nisei speakers, who are all in their 80s and 90s, will also compare their camp experiences with the detention centers in Texas for Central American refugees.
On Sunday, March 22 at 2 pm, join us for a film screening: Farewell to Manzanar. Film Summary: After the attack on Pearl Harbor, seven-year-old Jeanne Wakatsuki, her family and 11,000 other Americans of Japanese descent and their immigrant parents are imprisoned in the internment camp Manzanar in California.
Celebrate 2026’s Sioux City Reads season at Trivia Night at Buffalo Alice on Wednesday, March 11 from 6:30-8:30pm! Play some trivia, win books, and learn more about Sioux City Reads.
Are you interested in promoting literacy and supporting a strong Sioux City Public Library? Join the Sioux City Public Library Board of Trustees! The Board is currently looking for a new member.
You could not, would not want to miss a storytime as fun as this! Featuring a very special appearance by The Cat in the Hat. Create a Seuss-tastical craft after storytime!