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.
Come play pop culture trivia through the decades with Sioux City Public Library staff at Buffalo Alice on Wednesday, September 10 from 6:30-8:30pm! Play some trivia, win books, and learn more about the Sioux City Public Library.
The New York Times best-selling author of The Nix is back with a poignant and witty novel about a modern marriage and the bonds that keep people together. Mining the absurdities of contemporary society, Wellness reimagines the love story with a healthy dose of insight, irony, and heart.
Look for a different movie every Monday at 1 pm! August 25th Film: This 1989 film (Rated R) centers on the hottest day of the year in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, where everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.
Look for a different movie every Monday at 1 pm! August 18th Film: This 1991 film (Rated R) is the story of two best friends who hit the road for an adventure, but find themselves running from the police after their trip takes a deadly turn.
Look for a different movie every Monday at 1 pm! August 11th Film: This 2017 film (Rated R) follows the unexpected arrival of a wounded Union soldier at a girls school in Virginia during the American Civil War, leading to jealousy and betrayal.
Come enjoy traditional rhythms and dances from Guinea West Africa with Duniya Drum and Dance! This event is free and open to all ages.
With lyrical precision, psychological directness, resonating symbolic power, and a rage that is at once unrelenting and compassionate, Baldwin tells the story of the stepson of the minister of a storefront Pentecostal church in Harlem one Saturday in March of 1935. Originally published in 1953, Baldwin said of his first novel, ”Mountain is the book I had to write if I was ever going to write anything else.”
Look for a different movie every Monday at 1 pm! August 4th Film: This 2024 movie (Rated PG-13) is about a retired tornado-chaser and meteorologist, who is persuaded to return to Oklahoma to work with a new team and new technologies.
Look for a different movie every Monday at 1 pm! July 28th Film: This 2023 film is the latest movie in one of the most popular film franchises of the 21st century, and is based on an equally-popular young adult dystopian series of books.
