Calling all Trainers! Join us for an all-day Pokémon celebration across the Sioux City Public Library system. Hunt down your favorite Pokémon in on epic library-wide scavenger hunts and try your hand at some cool Pokémon crafts. Different branches will host different activities, so journey around to catch 'em all!
Come into the Library and enjoy a recent release on our big screen. Feel free to bring your own covered beverage. Popcorn provided by JOLLY TIME Popcorn.
Practice reading to gentle canine listeners at this drop-in event featuring specially trained therapy dogs. No registration required. Happening at the Aalfs Downtown Library every Tuesday in the month of June from 2 - 3 pm.
Build and decorate your own bird house and bird feeder! All ages welcome at this family-friendly event happening from 2 to 4 pm on Saturday, June 13 at the Aalfs Downtown Library.
Teens will create one-of-a-kind reusable bags using t-shirts, scissors, and fabric markers. Bring your own t-shirt or use one of our thrifted shirts! Snacks will be provided. Registration is required.
Step into Sioux City’s past with Local History Librarian Specialist Sarah Enright on Bad Seeds: A Sioux City True Crime Downtown Walking Tour. This guided walking tour loops through the heart of downtown, beginning and ending at the Sioux City Public Library. Along the way, you’ll visit the real locations where shocking crimes unfolded, uncovering the people, motives, and moments that left lasting marks on the community.
For fans of All the Light We Cannot See and In Memoriam, a moving and deeply humane story about a trans man who must relinquish the freedoms of pre-war Berlin to survive first the Nazis and then the Allies, while protecting the ones he loves.
Jump start your summer of fun at the Library at this drop-in event! Sing and dance at the Family Karaoke Party, visit the Creation Stations to make seed bombs and more, go on a scavenger hunt, decorate a flower to add to the Library's mural, and much more! Plus, pick up your Summer Reading Starter Pack and sign up on the Beanstack App.
We are kicking off Adult Summer Reading with Trivia Night at Buffalo Alice on Wednesday, June 3 from 6:30-8:30pm! Play some trivia, win books, and learn more about the Adult Summer Reading Program!
Join us for 20-minute early literacy experience just for the little ones (babies ages 0-12 months and their families)! Babies learn and engage with rhymes, songs, books, and bounces. Feel free to bring a blanket for you and baby to sit on the floor together (chairs available). Comfy clothes suggested. Free parking on weekends.