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.
Get registered for these STEM-themed events happening at the Aalfs Downtown Library in November and December! Ages 8-12 will use robotic building blocks to design and code on the Library’s iPad and ages 3-7 will have an imaginative journey with stories, beginning coding concepts, and the Library's Bee Bots!
Sábado, 19 de octubre - 11 am. Por favor acompáños para una hora de cuentos, actividades y diversión para toda la familia. ¡Todos son bienvenidos! Estacionamiento es gratis los fines de semana.
Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to Library Storytime! Join us on Satuday, October 5 at 11 am for some fun on the farm as we share stories, songs and activities featuring our favorite barnyard friends!
The Library is hosting an OPEN HOUSE on Saturday, October 5 from 10am – 1pm at the Aalfs Downtown Library. Drop-in to learn and see all the Library has to offer while enjoying a fun experience for the whole family!
September is Library Card Sign Up Month at the Sioux City Public Library, and this September the Library is launching 3 to Go, a new personalized book bundle service. Using 3 to Go, patrons or their children will receive three books hand-picked for them by Sioux City Public Librarians.
Experience West African stories, poetry, and drumming in this interactive and hands-on presentation featuring Kofi Dennis, Wolf Trap Performing Arts Master Teacher and Drummer. Perfect for preschool and elementary age children and their families. Free and open to everyone!
Naturalists from the Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center are bringing some of their feathered friends to the Aalfs Downtown Library for a meet and greet to celebrate the finale of Adult Summer Reading. You will learn all about these owls and see them for yourself up close!
Come in from the heat to enjoy a free movie on the big screen. We'll provide the popcorn, courtesy of Jolly Time Popcorn. Feel free to bring your own beverage (must have a lid or resealable cap).
Join us for a birthday celeBEARtion! 2024 marks the 80th birthday of Smokey the Bear! Only you (and all your closest friends!) can join Smokey Bear for birthday fun at the Library! The Sioux City Fire Department will be there to share fire safety tips and attendees can check out a fire engine up close! At this fun birthday celebration, you will not only meet Smokey Bear but get to sing Happy Birthday to him! Registration is required.
