November’s Open Book Club: Midwestern Food by Paul Fehribach
An acclaimed chef offers a historically informed cookbook that will change how you think about Midwestern cuisine.
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Oct, 2025
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Oct, 2025
1st Saturday Family Storytime: DINOVEMBER on November 1
Celebrate DINOVEMBER with a Dinosaur storytime featuring books, songs, and activities about everyone’s favorite prehistoric reptiles. After storytime, we’ll make a fun dinosaur craft! Parking is free at the Aalfs Downtown Library on weekends.
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Sep, 2025
Trivia @ the Library: A Teen After-Hours Event on October 30
Show off your smarts at this after-hours, teens-only trivia night! Bring the squad and play as a team or form a group with other attendees. This event is free and open to teens ages 12-18. Prizes and snacks provided! Registration is required. COSTUMES ENCOURAGED!
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Sep, 2025
Sioux City True Crime: A Century of Suspicion on October 21 and 25
Sioux City has never been short on secrets. From unsolved murders to headline-making trials, crime has shaped our community’s history for more than a century. Join Local History Librarian Specialist, Sarah, as she uncovers one gripping case from each decade of the 20th century.
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Sep, 2025
Read-To-Me-Dogs in Costume on October 25
Children in grades K-5 are invited to drop-in and practice reading to gentle (and costumed!) canine listeners at the Library! Happening at the Aalfs Downtown Library Saturday, October 25 from 2 - 3 pm.
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Sep, 2025
Hallow-Read: Kids Reading Challenge (October 1-31)
October is HALLOW-READ month! Kids can log their reading and earn creepy badges all month long (October 1-31). Ages 0-5 have a goal of reading 30 books over the course of the month. Ages 6-18 have a goal of reading 5 hours over the course of the month. Hit the reading goal of 30 books or 5 hours read in October and earn an adorable Jack-O'-Lantern backpack plushie!
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Aug, 2025
Cemetery Walk at Graceland Park Cemetery on October 11
Beneath the quiet stones of Graceland Park Cemetery lie stories of lives cut short, secrets buried deep, and crimes that shook Sioux City. Join Sarah Enright, Local History Librarian Specialist, for a one- hour walking tour on Saturday, October 11 from 10 to 11 am, where you’ll visit the gravesites of crime victims and hear the true stories behind the investigations and headlines.
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Aug, 2025
October’s Open Book Club: Bird Milk & Mosquito Bones by Priyanka Mattoo
From a wry, insightful, and very funny new voice, here is one woman’s peripatetic search for home, from Kashmir to England to Saudi Arabia to Michigan to Rome and, finally, to Los Angeles.
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Aug, 2025
1st Saturday Family Storytime: Pumpkin Patch Party on October 4
Carve out some time to party with pumpkins and pals! Enjoy seasonal stories and rhymes, followed by a fun craft and jack-o'-lantern hunt! Come for a gourd time!
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Aug, 2025
Monday Matinee @ Morningside: September 22 at 1 pm
Look for a different movie every Monday at 1 pm! September 22nd Film: This 2023 movie (Rated R) is set in the 1960s and follows story of the headstrong Kathy who is drawn to Benny, a member of Midwestern motorcycle club, The Vandals. As the club transforms into a dangerous underworld of violence, Benny must choose between Kathy and his loyalty to the club.