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Announcing the 2024 Sioux City Reads Title: Take What You Need by Idra Novey

The Sioux City Reads program, a community-based reading initiative where a book chosen by Sioux Cityans becomes the basis for a series of programs, discussions, and events; returns with a new title for 2024: Take What You Need by Idra Novey.

Take What You Need traces the parallel lives of Jean and her beloved but estranged stepdaughter, Leah, who’s sought a clean break from her rural childhood. In Leah’s urban life with her young family, she reveals how much she misses her stepmother’s hard-won insights and joyful lack of inhibition. When Jean dies, Leah must return to sort through what’s been left behind. What Leah discovers is staggering: Jean has filled her ramshackle house with giant sculptures she’s welded from scraps of the area’s industrial history. There’s also a young man now living in the house who played an unknown role in Jean’s last years and in her art.

By |November 16th, 2023|Adults, Events, Sioux City Reads|

Book Club in a Bag Kits!

Check out a Book Club in a Bag kit from the Sioux City Public Library! 
Adult patrons who are interested in leading their own book clubs, who are looking for recommendations for a book club, or people who want to share the same book with friends, can now check out a Book Club in a Bag kit from the Sioux City Public Library! 
What’s included: 
1) A handy book club tote bag. 
2) Six (6) copies of a book curated to

By |October 25th, 2023|Adults|

Sioux City Reads 2024 Nominee: The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro

Join the Sioux City Public Library for Sioux City Reads, a community-based reading initiative where Sioux Cityans are involved every step of the way – from book selection to attending programming and book discussions together.
In the 2024 Sioux City Reads book nominee The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro, A woman is haunted by the Mexican folk demon La Llorona as she unravels the dark secrets of her family history in this ravishing and provocative horror novel.

By |July 15th, 2023|Adults, Sioux City Reads|

Sioux City Reads 2024 Nominee: The Brightest Star by Gail Tsukiyama

Join the Sioux City Public Library for Sioux City Reads, a community-based reading initiative where Sioux Cityans are involved every step of the way – from book selection to attending programming and book discussions together.
The 2024 Sioux City Reads book nominee The Brightest Star by Gail Tsukiyama, is a magnificent historical novel based on the life of the groundbreaking actress Anna May Wong—the first and only Asian American woman to gain movie stardom in the early days of Hollywood.

By |July 15th, 2023|Adults, Sioux City Reads|

Sioux City Reads 2024 Nominee: Take What You Need by Idra Novey

Join the Sioux City Public Library for Sioux City Reads, a community-based reading initiative where Sioux Cityans are involved every step of the way – from book selection to attending programming and book discussions together.
In the 2024 Sioux City Reads book nominee Take What You Need by Idra Novey, the author has conjured a novel of “astonishing and singular” honesty (Rumaan Alam) with two determined, unforgettable female voices.

By |July 15th, 2023|Adults, Sioux City Reads|

Sioux City Reads 2024 Nominee: Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma by Claire Dederer

Join the Sioux City Public Library for Sioux City Reads, a community-based reading initiative where Sioux Cityans are involved every step of the way – from book selection to attending programming and book discussions together.
In the 2024 Sioux City Reads book nominee Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma by Claire Dederer, you will find a timely, passionate, provocative, blisteringly smart interrogation of how we make and experience art in the age of cancel culture, and of the link between genius and monstrosity.

By |July 15th, 2023|Adults, Sioux City Reads|

Vote for the 2024 Sioux City Reads Book!

Join the Sioux City Public Library for Sioux City Reads, a community-based reading initiative where Sioux Cityans are involved every step of the way – from book selection to completing challenges and attending book discussions.

Now through September 30, cast your vote to help select the next Sioux City Reads title at SiouxCityLibrary.org/siouxcityreads. Copies of each book are available for check out at any Sioux City Public Library location or through the Libby App.

By |July 14th, 2023|Adults, Sioux City Reads|

Hoop Dancer – Starr Chief Eagle

Saturday, April 22 • 2 Performances
11 am at the Aalfs Downtown Library
2 pm at the Sioux City Art Center
Join us for 2 amazing performances with Starr Chief Eagle, courtesy of the Sioux City Public Library. Chief Eagle is an American Indian Culture Interpreter representing the Lakota Sioux people. Specializing in traditional Lakota Hoop Dancing and storytelling, her performances provide a fun, interactive, and educational introduction to Lakota culture. These events are FREE and open to the public of all ages.  

By |March 18th, 2023|Adults, Events, Kids, Sioux City Reads|

Art at the Library with Denise Semple

Wednesday, April 19 • Aalfs Downtown Library
3 – 6 pm: Open Studio and Art Demonstration
6:30 – 7:30 pm: Discussion
Enjoy a day of art with the Sioux City Public Library! Local artist Denise Semple will hold an artist demonstration open to the public. Visit Denise, browse books, then join us at 6:30pm for a discussion about her art, subject matter, and culture. Followed by Q & A.

By |March 18th, 2023|Adults, Events, Kids, Sioux City Reads|

Book Discussion: Calling For a Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah

Saturday, April 8 • Morningside Branch Library • 2 – 3 pm
Join fellow Sioux City readers as they discuss the 2023 Sioux City Reads title, ‘Calling For a Blanket Dance’ by Oscar Hokeah. This book discussion is free and open to the public.

By |March 2nd, 2023|Adults, Events, Sioux City Reads|