Library News
STEM DAY Drop-in Event on November 8
The Sioux City Public Library will debut their new STEM cart and invite curious young minds to drop in anytime from 4-6pm at the Aalfs Downtown Library and try their hands at making a wiggle bot! Wiggle bots are lively little robots brought to life by an electric motor and a kid's imagination!
November’s Open Book Club Title: Meet Me by the Fountain by Alexandra Lange
Summary: Few places have been as nostalgized, or as maligned, as malls. Since their birth in the 1950s, they have loomed large as temples of commerce, the agora of the suburbs. In their prime, they proved a powerful draw for creative thinkers such as Joan Didion, Ray Bradbury, and George Romero, who understood the mall’s appeal as both critics and consumers. Yet today, amid the aftershocks of financial crises and a global pandemic, as well as the rise of online retail, the dystopian husk of an abandoned shopping center has become one of our era’s defining images. Conventional wisdom holds that the mall is dead. But what was the mall, really? And have rumors of its demise been greatly exaggerated?
1st Saturday Family Storytime: DINOVEMBER! on November 4
Stomp into the Library for a roaring good time! Join us on Saturday, November 4 at 11 am for a dinosaur storytime featuring books, songs, and activities about everyone’s favorite prehistoric reptiles. After storytime, we’ll make a fun dinosaur craft! All ages welcome. Free parking on weekends! Registration is required.
Sioux City True Crime Talk
Sarah, Local History Librarian Specialist at the Sioux City Public Library and a true crime fan herself will present several narratives of such homicides from Sioux City’s past using archived newspaper clippings, microfilm, and web resources.
Upcoming Events
Library Storytime at Morningside Branch
- Apr 1, 10:30 AM
- Garretson Room, Morningside Branch Library
1st Saturday Family Storytime: Bouncing Bunny Jamboree!
- Apr 4, 11 AM
- Aalfs Downtown Library
Library Storytime at Morningside Branch
- Apr 8, 10:30 AM
- Garretson Room, Morningside Branch Library
Kids & Teens
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Each week on Tuesday at 11 am at the Perry Creek Library or Wednesday at 10:30 am at the Morningside Branch Library join us for a fun and interactive storytime for ages 0 through 5! Curious young minds experience the magic that stories offer, build vocabulary, and develop early literacy skills for future reading success!
Locations:
Aalfs Downtown Library
529 Pierce Street
712-255-2933
Monday – Wednesday 9am – 8pm
Thursday – Saturday 9am – 5pm
Sunday (Sept – May) 1pm – 5pm
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Free parking on weekends and after 5pm on weekdays
Morningside Branch Library
4005 Morningside Avenue
712-255-2924
Monday – Wednesday 10am – 6pm
Thursday – Friday 10am – 5pm
Saturday 9am – 5pm
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Perry Creek Branch Library
2912 Hamilton Boulevard
Plaza Professional Center, Lower B
712-255-2926
Monday – Friday 10:30am – 5:30pm