Iowa City Public LIbrary Schedule Oct. 2-12

Iowa City Public Library

October 2, 2012
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9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. "Cracking the Codes: The System of Racial Inequity" A workshop with Dr. Shakti
Meeting Room A
Group Name: Women's Resource & Action Center - University of Iowa
Contact Person: Laurie Haag
Contact Phone: 319-335-1486
Contact Email: laurie-haag@uiowa.edu
Second Contact Name: Linda Kroon
Second Contact Phone: 319-335-1486
Second Contact Email: linda-kroon@uiowa.edu
Open to the public
Details: A day of focused exploration that invites participants to constructively face internalized oppression through the lens of race. Other creative strategies are used in order to maximize learning, healing, and opportunities for new behavior.
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10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. [CANCELLED] ICN #556505 - Iowa IDEA
Meeting Room D (ICN)
Group Name: ICN
Contact Person: Toni Blair, ITSW3
Contact Phone: 1-800-248-4483
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10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Toddler Storytime: with Vickie
Storytime Room
Staff or Desk Contact: Children's Desk
Contact Phone: 319-356-5200 
Open to the public
Details: Specifically planned for toddlers or young preschoolers. The same program is performed Mondays and Tuesdays each week. Ideal for young children with short attention spans who need short stories, fingerplays, and action rhymes.
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12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. ICPL Tech Help
Computer Lab
Staff or Desk Contact: Reference Desk
Contact Phone: 319-356-5200 
Contact Email: refquest@icpl.org
Open to the public
Details: Technology getting the better of you? Have questions about computers, ebook readers, iPods, or your cell phone? Want to learn how to surf the net, get a free email account, Skype, or set up a Facebook page? Or do you just want to learn more about the online products and services available at ICPL? Let us help! Bring your questions or the gadget that's giving you grief and stop by any one of the ICPL Tech Help sessions: Mondays from 10:00-noon, Tuesdays 1:00-5:00, or Wednesday 10:00-noon in the 2nd Floor Computer Lab
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12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. University of Iowa Greek House Directors
Meeting Room E (2nd Floor)
Group Name: University of Iowa Greek House Directors
Contact Person: Jo Fischer
Contact Phone: 319-360-7262
Contact Email: granmajofischer@gmail.com
Second Contact Name: Bev Palmer
Second Contact Phone: 319-330-3660
Closed to the public
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1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. ICN #557648 - Confidential Hearing
Meeting Room D (ICN)
Group Name: ICN
Contact Person: Toni Blair, ITSW3
Contact Phone: 1-800-248-4483
Closed to the public
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4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ICN #556611 - BrailleNote for Paraeducators - Fall 2012
Meeting Room D (ICN)
Group Name: ICN
Contact Person: Toni Blair, ITSW3
Contact Phone: 1-800-248-4483
Closed to the public
Details: Rosa Mauer, rmauer@iowa-braille.k12.ia.us
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4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Library-Community Writing Center
Computer Lab
Staff or Desk Contact: Reference Desk
Contact Phone: 356-5200 
Open to the public
Details: Adults and teens: get one-on-one help with your writing from University of Iowa writing tutors at the Library-Community writing center satellite in the Second Floor Training Lab.
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6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Citizens against the new jail
Meeting Room D (ICN)
Group Name: International Socialist Organization
Contact Person: Michael Rack
Contact Phone: 319-594-8389
Contact Email: mcrack12@gmail.com
Second Contact Name: Tom Lewis
Second Contact Phone: 319-594-2634
Second Contact Email: tom-lewis@uiowa.edu
Open to the public
Details: Meeting to discuss opposition to the the building of a new jail in Iowa City.
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7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Film Screening: Young Frankenstein
Meeting Room A
Staff or Desk Contact: Reference Desk 
Contact Phone: 319-356-5200 
Contact Email: bfisher@icpl.org
Open to the public
Details: Directed by Mel Brooks and starring Gene Wilder. 106 min. With an introduction by Corey Creekmur, Associate Professor, UI Depts. of English and Cinema & Comparative Literature. Shown in conjunction with the UI Obermann Center for Advanced Studies Symposium "Genetics in Literature, Life and the Laboratory" and The National Institutes of Health Traveling Exhibit "Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature, now on display in the Old Capitol Town Center. 

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October 3, 2012
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9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. ICN #557299 - FBA: Models of Behavior, Positive and Negative
Meeting Room D (ICN)
Group Name: ICN
Contact Person: Toni Blair, ITSW3
Contact Phone: 1-800-248-4483
Closed to the public
Details: Sean Casey, DE
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10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. ICPL Tech Help
Computer Lab
Staff or Desk Contact: Reference Desk
Contact Phone: 319-356-5200 
Contact Email: refquest@icpl.org
Open to the public
Details: Technology getting the better of you? Have questions about computers, ebook readers, iPods, or your cell phone? Want to learn how to surf the net, get a free email account, Skype, or set up a Facebook page? Or do you just want to learn more about the online products and services available at ICPL? Let us help! Bring your questions or the gadget that's giving you grief and stop by any one of the ICPL Tech Help sessions: Mondays from 10:00-noon, Tuesdays 1:00-5:00, or Wednesday 10:00-noon in the 2nd Floor Computer Lab
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10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Organizing for America 
Meeting Room A
Group Name: Obama Campaign
Contact Person: Brian Salkin
Contact Phone: 732-690-6181
Contact Email: bsalkin@ofaiowa.org
Open to the public
Details: Get Out The Vote training
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10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Banned Books Preschool Storytime: with Katherine
Storytime Room
Staff or Desk Contact: Children's Desk
Contact Phone: 319-356-5200 
Open to the public
Details: In Celebration of Banned Books Week: September 30 - October 6.
A preschool-age oriented program for preschoolers where longer stories and books are shared with fewer activities. Preschool Storytime is recommended for children who are 3,4, or 5 years old.
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10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. One Community One Book discussion: The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir
Meeting Room B
Staff or Desk Contact: ReferenceDesk 
Contact Phone: 319-356-5200 
Contact Email: bfisher@icpl.org
Open to the public
Details: The Latehomecomer: a Hmong Family Memoir by Kao Kalia Yang is a memoir of her Hmong family, and others like them, who escaped the jungles of Laos after the Vietnam war, to go to the refugee camps of Thailand and on to St Paul, Minnesota. It is an eloquent, firsthand account of a people who without a native written language have worked hard to make their voices heard. For more information: http://www.icpl.org/one-book/ Co-sponsored with the Senior Center This program is part of the 2012 ICPL Intellectual Freedom Festival, an annual event that affirms everyone's right to freedom of thought and expression. All programs are free and open to the public.
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11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Hold for ICN
Meeting Room D (ICN)
Group Name: ICN
Contact Person: Toni Blair, ITSW3
Contact Phone: 1-800-248-4483
Closed to the public
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1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Computer Basics
Computer Lab
Staff or Desk Contact: ICPL
Contact Phone: 356-5200 
Open to the public
Details: Taught by an ICPL Librarian, Computer Basics is a class for beginners who have little or no experience with computers. Learners will get to know the parts of a computer, learn how to operate the computer and the mouse, become familiar with the "desktop" and its elements, open programs and files in various ways, and learn to work in the windows environment. Class size is limited to four. Register online or by calling 356-5200.
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3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Strive for Success Computer Class
Computer Lab
Staff or Desk Contact: Andrea
Contact Phone: 319-887-6044
Contact Email: aflemming@icpl.org
Co-Sponsor Contact: Caleb Thomas
Closed to the public
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4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. ICPL Friends Foundation Board of Directors Meeting
Meeting Room B
Staff or Desk Contact: Patty McCarthy
Contact Phone: 319-356-5249
Closed to the public
Details: Meeting of the Iowa City Public Library Friends Foundation Board of Directors
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6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Mindbridge Meeting
Meeting Room E (2nd Floor)
Group Name: Mindbridge
Contact Person: Catherine Schaff-Stump
Contact Phone: 319-454-6963
Contact Email: cstump@kirkwood.edu
Second Contact Name: Michele Maakested
Second Contact Phone: 319-936-6203
Second Contact Email: mmaak@hotmail.com
Open to the public
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6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. University of Chicago Information Session
Meeting Room A
Group Name: The University of Chicago
Contact Person: Rebecca Fenn
Contact Phone: 650 743-0632
Contact Email: rfenn@uchicago.edu
Second Contact Name: Sarah Idzik
Second Contact Phone: 774 702 8650
Open to the public
Details: College information session. Open to the public
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7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Rainbow Reading Group: "Role Models" by John Waters
Meeting Room B
Group Name: Rainbow Reading Group
Contact Person: Todd A. DeGraff
Contact Phone: 319-351-6463
Contact Email: faunides@yahoo.com
Second Contact Name: Bridget Malone
Second Contact Phone: 319-887-3618
Second Contact Email: bmalone@kirkwood.edu 
Open to the public
Details: This is an LGBT book discussion group, open to the public.

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October 4, 2012
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10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Preschool Storytime Hike to the Fire Station
ICPL Lobby/Fire Station #1
Staff or Desk Contact: Children's Desk
Contact Phone: 319-356-5200 
Open to the public
Details: Meet in the lobby and hike to the Fire Station for a tour of the fire and rescue vehicles, living quarters, and stories with Debbie D. Bring a snack. Tickets are required and are limited to 6 per request. They become available beginning October 1st: stop by the Children's desk or phone 356-5200.
A preschool-age oriented program for preschoolers where longer stories and books are shared with fewer activities. Preschool Storytime is recommended for children who are 3,4, or 5 years old.
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10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Senior Tech Zone
Computer Lab
Staff or Desk Contact: Reference Desk
Contact Phone: 356-5200 opt. 5
Contact Email: refquest@icpl.org
Co-Sponsor: Johnson County Livable Communities
Co-Sponsor Phone: 338-0515
Open to the public
Details: Want to learn how to use Google or make better searches? Or would you like to try your hand at Facebook, blogging or learn how to scan? Or maybe you just need some extra help using a computer. Come join your peers for a two-hour drop in session, no sign-up needed and it is free!
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12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Riverside Theatre Board Committee
Meeting Room E (2nd Floor)
Group Name: Riverside Theatre
Contact Person: Kristi Bontrager
Contact Phone: 319-621-5943
Contact Email: k.bontrager@mchsi.com
Second Contact Name: Jennifer Holan
Second Contact Phone: (319) 887-1360
Second Contact Email: development@riversidetheatre.org
Closed to the public
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12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Women to Women
Meeting Room A 
Group Name: Organizing for America
Contact Person: Kate Cummings
Contact Phone: 319-610-5899
Contact Email: kcummings@ofaiowa.com
Second Contact Name: Brian Salkin
Second Contact Phone: 732-690-6181
Open to the public
Details: Outreach event hosted by Organizing for America
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1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. ICN #557268 - OSHA Training for Funeral Directors
Meeting Room D (ICN)
Group Name: ICN
Contact Person: Toni Blair, ITSW3
Contact Phone: 1-800-248-4483
Closed to the public
Details: Send charges to Suzanne Gebel - 1454 30th Street, Suite 204 / West Des Moines, IA 50266 - ph: #800-982-6561
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3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. FoxSoccer/FIFA Club for teens
Computer Lab
Staff or Desk Contact: Jason
Contact Phone: 319-887-6075
Contact Email: teens@icpl.org
Open to the public
Details: Join us in the Computer Lab where we'll choose a FoxSoccer match to replay, challenge others on FIFA12 for PS3, or just hang out and talk about the week's Football/Soccer results. 
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3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Teen Tech Zone
Computer Lab
Staff or Desk Contact: ReferenceDesk
Contact Phone: 319-356-5200 
Contact Email: teens@icpl.org
Open to the public
Details: Need some help with the newest Facebook update? Want to start up a Twitter account? Interested in photography, music, or blogging? Feel the need to correct that Wikipedia page? Want to play video games? Teen Tech Zone is a computer lab set aside for a few hours of gaming, chatting, and general technology tinkering. Stop by, ask a couple of questions, or just hang out.
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3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Wii Gaming for School-age Children
Storytime Room
Staff or Desk Contact: Children's Desk, Intern
Contact Phone: 356-5200, 
Open to the public
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7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. ICPL Intellectual Freedom Festival: Documentary screening "What Remains of Us"
Meeting Room A 
Staff or Desk Contact: ReferenceDesk
Contact Phone: 319-356-5200 
Contact Email: bfisher@icpl.org
Open to the public
Details: What Remains of Us (original title: Ce qu'il reste de nous) is a 2004 Canadian documentary film exploring the survival of the nonviolent resistance movement in Tibet. The documentary was shot over eight years without the knowledge of the Chinese authorities. 76 min. 
The Intellectual Freedom Festival at the Iowa City Public Library is an annual event that affirms everyone's right to freedom of thought and expression. All programs are free and open to the public. 

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October 5, 2012
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10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. English Conversation Group
Meeting Room E (2nd Floor)
Staff or Desk Contact: ReferenceDesk
Contact Phone: 319.356.5200 
Co-Sponsor: Kirkwood Community College & ICPL
Co-Sponsor Contact: Kirkwood CC
Co-Sponsor Phone: 319.887.3656
Open to the public
Details: Informal conversation for non-native speaking adults to help with English skills. 
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10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Book Babies with Karen
Storytime Room
Staff or Desk Contact: Karen Gorden
Contact Phone: 319-887-6016
Contact Email: Child1@icpl.org
Open to the public
Details: Rhymes, fingerplays, songs and short stories designed to stimulate your infant's language development. For babies 6 months to 18 months old. We ask that there be a lap for every baby. 
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12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. International Authors: At Language's Edge:
Meeting Room A 
Staff or Desk Contact: ReferenceDesk
Contact Phone: 319.356.5200 
Co-Sponsor: U of I International Writing Program
Co-Sponsor Contact: Natasa Durovicova 
Co-Sponsor Phone: 335-0128
Co-Sponsor Email: natasa-durovicova@uiowa.edu
Open to the public
Details: In what ways has translating, or writing across more than one language, been important to literary thinking and/or the creative process—your own, or that of an author you admire.
The International Authors program series provides an opportunity for the community to meet and converse with Writers in Residence from around the world at the UI International Writing Program. International Authors, the International Writing Program's discussion series, is sponsored by The Iowa City Public Library and the UI International Writing Program. Programs are free and open to the public.
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1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Web Basics
Computer Lab
Staff or Desk Contact: ICPL
Contact Phone: 356-5200
Open to the public
Details: Taught by an ICPL Librarian, Web Basics class is for computer users who have very little or no experience with the World Wide Web. Participants will become familiar with a web browser, learn to navigate on the Web and in Web pages, use a search engine to look for information, use a Web directory, and learn about evaluating the results of their Web searches. Attendees should take the Library's Computer Basics class before signing up for Web Basics, or have basic experience with computers and the mouse. Class size is limited to four. Register online or by calling 356-5200. 
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1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Book Babies - Music Together
Storytime Room
Staff or Desk Contact: Karen Gordon
Contact Phone: 319-356-5200 
Contact Email: Child1@icpl.org
Open to the public
Details: It's a toe-tapping fun time with Lauren of Preucil School of Music. For babies 6 months to 18 months old including older siblings. We ask that there be a lap for every baby. 
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7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Lois Lowry - Author Visit
Meeting Room A 
Storytime Room
Staff or Desk Contact: Jason Paulios
Contact Phone: 319-887-6075
Contact Email: teens@icpl.org
Co-Sponsor: Prairie Lights Books
Co-Sponsor Contact: Jan Weissmiller
Co-Sponsor Phone: 319-337-2681
Co-Sponsor Email: info@prairielights.com
Open to the public
Details: Prairie Lights and the Iowa City Public Library co-sponsor a visit from bestselling author Lois Lowry. She will be reading from her new novel in the Giver Quartet, "Son." Thrust again into the dark, claustrophobic world of "The Giver," readers will meet an intriguing new heroine, fourteen-year-old Claire. Jonas from "The Giver" is here too, and Kira, the heroine of "Gathering Blue." In a final clash between good and evil, a new hero emerges.

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October 6, 2012
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9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. UI-Black Student Union Retreat
Meeting Room A
Group Name: Black Student Union
Contact Person: Omolola Jimoh
Contact Phone: 319-335-3555
Contact Email: omolola-jimoh@uiowa.edu
Second Contact Name: Anthony Ferguson 
Second Contact Phone: 443-831-1279
Second Contact Email: anthony-ferguson@uiowa.edu
Open to the public
Details: The BSU general student body as well as the exec board will be meeting to have the 2012-2013 BSU retreat
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10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Iowa Youth Congress
Meeting Room B
Group Name: Iowa Youth Congress
Contact Person: Francis Collins
Contact Phone: 515-725-2836
Contact Email: francescollins-dusseault@iowa.gov
Second Contact Name: Renee Mallu
Second Contact Phone: 515-725-2836
Closed to the public
Details: Regional Meeting preparing students for ICG annual mtg in November.
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10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Family Storytime with Old Capitol Chapter of the NationalFederation of the Blind
Storytime Room
Staff or Desk Contact: Children's Desk, Andrea
Contact Phone: 319-356-5200
Open to the public
Details: Stories, action games and songs. Stay after to make your name in Braille. Family Storytime is recommended for all ages, but parents are asked to sit with their younger children. 
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1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Crash Course Crafts
Computer Lab
Staff or Desk Contact: ReferenceDesk
Contact Phone: 319-356-5200 
Contact Email: teens@icpl.org
Open to the public
Details: Hey Teens! Need a break from technology? Emily will be here to help you unplug with a bunch of fun quick crafts in the Computer Lab. Try your hand at beginner knitting, friendship bracelets, duct tape designs, and felties. Craft supplies are at the ready if you just want to drop by and hang out, or you can bring a project you're working on (remember, we're in a computer lab, so keep the projects you bring simple and non-messy, please). And if you're not into crafting and you want to be, stop by! We'll find something for you to make. The goal of Crash Course Crafts is to learn, share, and create cool crafts, so feel free to offer suggestions for crafts and projects!
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1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Teen Tech Zone
Computer Lab
Staff or Desk Contact: ReferenceDesk
Contact Phone: 319-356-5200 
Contact Email: teens@icpl.org
Open to the public
Details: Need some help with the newest Facebook update? Want to start up a Twitter account? Interested in photography, music, or blogging? Feel the need to correct that Wikipedia page? Want to play video games? Teen Tech Zone is a computer lab set aside for a few hours of gaming, chatting, and general technology tinkering. Stop by, ask a couple of questions, or just hang out.
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5:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Reading from "After Capitalism" by Dada Maheshvarananda
Meeting Room B
Group Name: Dada Maheshvarananda
Contact Person: Andy Douglas
Contact Phone: 319-358-0828
Second Contact Name: Doug Narveson
Second Contact Phone: 319-594-8844
Open to the public
Details: A Reading from "After Capitalism" by author and activist Dada Maheshvarananda.

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October 7, 2012
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1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Old School Board Game Sunday 
Meeting Room A
Staff or Desk Contact: ReferenceDesk
Contact Phone: 356-5200 
Contact Email: bfisher@icpl.org
Open to the public
Details: Do you like board games? Good old fashioned roll the dice or pick a card games? Then grab some friends and join us for ICPL's Old School Board Game Sundays! 1:00 - 4:00 PM in Meeting Room A on the following Sundays: OCT. 7, NOV. 4, DEC. 2, JAN.6 & FEB 3 We'll have a variety of games to play, but if you have a favorite, bring it along!!
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1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Board Meeting - Hawkeye Chapter ACLU - Iowa
Meeting Room E (2nd Floor)
Group Name: Board of Directors, Hawkeye Chapter - ACLU-Iowa
Contact Person: Robert D. Givens
Contact Phone: 319-354-6639
Contact Email: robgiv@mchsi.com
Second Contact Name: Evan Fales
Second Contact Phone: 338-1441
Second Contact Email: evan-fales@uiowa.edu
Closed to the public
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2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Children's R.E.A.D. Times: with Therapy Dogs of Johnson County
Storytime Room
Staff or Desk Contact: Children's Services Desk
Contact Phone: 356-5200, 
Open to the public
Details: School-age readers are welcome to come read aloud to trained therapy dogs for 15 minutes on a first come, first served basis. Sign up, read, and win a prize book. Sponsored by the Therapy Dogs of Johnson County.
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3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Kappa League Orientation
Meeting Room D (ICN)
Group Name: Kappa League
Contact Person: Alex Lodge
Contact Phone: 3184369108
Contact Email: lodgealex@gmail.com
Second Contact Name: Boyd James
Second Contact Phone: 5636768861
Second Contact Email: boydjames4@hotmail.com
Closed to the public
Details: Orientation Meeting for Kappa League
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3:45 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. CAT Planning Meeting
Meeting Room B
Group Name: C.A.T. Collaborative Autism Team
Contact Person: Mary Roberts
Contact Phone: 319-855-3287
Contact Email: robertsmary70@yahoo.com
Second Contact Name: Brian Hagmeier
Second Contact Phone: 319-855-3289
Second Contact Email: hagmeier.brian@iccsd.k12.ia.us
Closed to the public
Details: Meeting of Collaborative Autism Team to plan for upcoming ICCSD community meeting.

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October 8, 2012
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10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. ICPL Tech Help
Computer Lab
Staff or Desk Contact: Reference Desk
Contact Phone: 319-356-5200 
Contact Email: refquest@icpl.org
Open to the public
Details: Technology getting the better of you? Have questions about computers, ebook readers, iPods, or your cell phone? Want to learn how to surf the net, get a free email account, Skype, or set up a Facebook page? Or do you just want to learn more about the online products and services available at ICPL? Let us help! Bring your questions or the gadget that's giving you grief and stop by any one of the ICPL Tech Help sessions: Mondays from 10:00-noon, Tuesdays 1:00-5:00, or Wednesday 10:00-noon in the 2nd Floor Computer Lab
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10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Toddler Storytime: with Nancy
Storytime Room
Staff or Desk Contact: Children's Desk
Contact Phone: 319-356-5200 
Open to the public
Details: Specifically planned for toddlers or young preschoolers. The same program is performed Mondays and Tuesdays each week. Ideal for young children with short attention spans who need short stories, fingerplays, and action rhymes.
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12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. ICPL Intellectual Freedom Festival: Censorship in China
Meeting Room A
Staff or Desk Contact: ReferenceDesk
Contact Phone: 319-356-5200 
Contact Email: jhiett@icpl.org
Open to the public
Details: Detours, diversions, dalliances and dodges: Censorship and its circumventions in China with guest speaker Judy Polumbaum, UI Professor of Mass Communications & Journalism. Judy Polumbaum has studied Chinese media for three decades. She will describe China's censorship traditions and mechanisms and offer thoughts on how and why they sometimes work and sometimes don't work. 
The Intellectual Freedom Festival at the Iowa City Public Library is an annual event that affirms everyone's right to freedom of thought and expression. All programs are free and open to the public. 
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1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Resumes & Cover Letters
Computer Lab
Staff or Desk Contact: ICPL
Contact Phone: 356-5200
Open to the public
Details: Join us to learn some resume essentials, review the different types of resumes, learn about writing objective statements, look at the Microsoft Word Resume Templates, and learn what employers look for in a cover letter. Taught by an ICPL Librarian. Class size is limited to four. Register online or by calling 356-5200. 
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6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. The Wahls Foundation
Meeting Room C
Group Name: Wahls Foundation Board
Contact Person: Annette Reed
Contact Phone: 319-351-0300
Contact Email: Annette@Hawkeyeworldtravel.com
Second Contact Name: Dr. Terry Wahls
Second Contact Phone: 319-512-8112
Closed to the public
Details: October 2012 Board Meeting
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6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. SCA monthly meeting
Meeting Room D (ICN)
Group Name: Society for Creative Anachronism
Contact Person: Cindy Wilson
Contact Phone: 319-627-4852
Contact Email: lwilson@Lcom.net
Open to the public
Details: monthly group meeting
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7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Iowa City Astronomy Club
Meeting Room E (2nd Floor)
Group Name: Iowa City Astronomy Club
Contact Person: Dan Bastemeyer
Contact Phone: 319-338-3618
Second Contact Name: Jim Baker
Second Contact Phone: 688-9853
Open to the public
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7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. League of Women Voters: Justice Center Discussion
Meeting Room A
Group Name: League of Women Voters
Contact Person: Pat Jensen
Contact Phone: 319-338-8123
Contact Email: dpjensen@mschsi.com
Open to the public
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7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Johnson County Humane Society monthly meeting
Meeting Room B
Group Name: Johnson County Humane Society
Contact Person: Janice Becker
Contact Phone: 319-354-6080
Open to the public

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October 9, 2012
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10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Toddler Storytime: with Vickie
Storytime Room
Staff or Desk Contact: Children's Desk
Contact Phone: 319-356-5200 
Open to the public
Details: Specifically planned for toddlers or young preschoolers. The same program is performed Mondays and Tuesdays each week. Ideal for young children with short attention spans who need short stories, fingerplays, and action rhymes.
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12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. ICPL Tech Help
Computer Lab
Staff or Desk Contact: Reference Desk
Contact Phone: 319-356-5200 
Contact Email: refquest@icpl.org
Open to the public
Details: Technology getting the better of you? Have questions about computers, ebook readers, iPods, or your cell phone? Want to learn how to surf the net, get a free email account, Skype, or set up a Facebook page? Or do you just want to learn more about the online products and services available at ICPL? Let us help! Bring your questions or the gadget that's giving you grief and stop by any one of the ICPL Tech Help sessions: Mondays from 10:00-noon, Tuesdays 1:00-5:00, or Wednesday 10:00-noon in the 2nd Floor Computer Lab
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4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Library-Community Writing Center
Computer Lab
Staff or Desk Contact: Reference Desk
Contact Phone: 356-5200 
Open to the public
Details: Adults and teens: get one-on-one help with your writing from University of Iowa writing tutors at the Library-Community writing center satellite in the Second Floor Training Lab.
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6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Iowa Filmmakers Alliance Meeting
Meeting Room E (2nd Floor)
Group Name: Iowa Filmmakers Alliance
Contact Person: Pat Atkinson
Contact Phone: 319-471-3246
Second Contact Name: Mark Britton
Second Contact Phone: 319-270-0887
Open to the public
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6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Toastmasters Area 36 Humorous speech and evaluation Contest
Meeting Room A
Group Name: Toastmasters Area 36
Contact Person: Ben Trachsel
Contact Phone: 319-330-0871
Contact Email: BenTrachsel@gmail.com
Second Contact Name: Meg Schneider
Second Contact Phone: 319-325-1945
Second Contact Email: megschneider1138@gmail.com
Open to the public
Details: Winners from Toastmaster Clubs in Area 36 compete to see who has the best humorous speech. Evaluation contest winners from Toastmaster clubs compete in a speech evaluation contest.
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6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. ICN #556999 - Iowa Shares Meeting
Meeting Room D (ICN)
Group Name: ICN
Contact Person: Toni Blair, ITSW3
Contact Phone: 1-800-248-4483
Closed to the public
Details: Iowa Shares members discuss organization and learn how to fundraise through workplace giving programs.
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7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. JC DogPAC Board Meeting
Meeting Room C
Group Name: JC DogPAC
Contact Person: Andy Dudler
Contact Phone: 319-621-6075
Second Contact Name: Teresa Ruggle
Second Contact Phone: 319-356-2806
Open to the public
Details: Monthly Johnson County Dog Park Action Committee Meeting

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October 10, 2012
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10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. ICPL Tech Help
Computer Lab
Staff or Desk Contact: Reference Desk
Contact Phone: 319-356-5200 
Contact Email: refquest@icpl.org
Open to the public
Details: Technology getting the better of you? Have questions about computers, ebook readers, iPods, or your cell phone? Want to learn how to surf the net, get a free email account, Skype, or set up a Facebook page? Or do you just want to learn more about the online products and services available at ICPL? Let us help! Bring your questions or the gadget that's giving you grief and stop by any one of the ICPL Tech Help sessions: Mondays from 10:00-noon, Tuesdays 1:00-5:00, or Wednesday 10:00-noon in the 2nd Floor Computer Lab
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10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Preschool Storytime: with Andrea
Storytime Room
Staff or Desk Contact: Children's Desk
Contact Phone: 319-356-5200 
Open to the public
Details: A preschool-age oriented program for preschoolers where longer stories and books are shared with fewer activities. Preschool Storytime is recommended for children who are 3,4, or 5 years old.
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1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. eBooks & eAudiobooks
Computer Lab
Staff or Desk Contact: ICPL
Contact Phone: 356-5200
Open to the public
Details: Do you download? Join the ICPL staff for a demonstration of our OverDrive service. We will show you how to download both eBooks and eAudiobooks. We can answer any questions about the service or troubleshoot any problems that you may have. Class size is limited to four. Register online or by calling 356-5200. 
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3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. ICPL Kids Tech Club
Computer Lab
Staff or Desk Contact: Children's Desk
Contact Phone: 319.356.5200, 
Contact Email: aflemming@icpl.org
Open to the public
Details: Wednesdays, October 10 - November 14, 3:30-4:30 pm. Six weeks of learning and sharing computer and technology skills for Grades 4-6. Registration is required and begins September 4. Registration for past participants begins October 1. Contact the Children's Desk, 319-356-5200 or email aflemming@icpl.org to register.
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6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Think Bicycles
Meeting Room E (2nd Floor)
Group Name: Thnk Bicycles
Contact Person: Bradley Parsons
Contact Phone: 319-936-7845
Contact Email: bradley-parsons@uiowa.edu
Second Contact Name: Audrey Wiedemeier
Second Contact Phone: 515-451-4903
Second Contact Email: audreywied@gmail.com
Open to the public
Details: Think Bicycles Informational Meeting
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7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. FMLA Film Screening: MissRepresentation
Meeting Room A
Group Name: Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance.
Contact Person: Margaret Vohs
Contact Phone: 515-771-4892
Contact Email: margaret-vohs@uiowa.edu
Second Contact Name: Rebecca Ehlers 
Second Contact Phone: 630-901-7455
Open to the public

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October 11, 2012
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10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Preschool Storytime : Spanish Musical Storytime with Dame Cinco
Meeting Room A
Staff or Desk Contact: Children's Desk
Contact Phone: 319-356-5200 
Open to the public
Details: It's fun to learn Spanish to the tunes of Dame Cinco, Nicole Upchurch
A preschool-age oriented program for preschoolers where longer stories and books are shared with fewer activities. Preschool Storytime is recommended for children who are 3, 4, or 5 years old.
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10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Senior Tech Zone
Computer Lab
Staff or Desk Contact: Reference Desk
Contact Phone: 356-5200 opt. 5
Contact Email: refquest@icpl.org
Co-Sponsor: Johnson County Livable Communities
Co-Sponsor Phone: 338-0515
Open to the public
Details: Want to learn how to use Google or make better searches? Or would you like to try your hand at Facebook, blogging or learn how to scan? Or maybe you just need some extra help using a computer. Come join your peers for a two-hour drop in session, no sign-up needed and it is free!
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3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. FoxSoccer/FIFA Club for teens
Computer Lab
Staff or Desk Contact: Jason
Contact Phone: 319-887-6075
Contact Email: teens@icpl.org
Open to the public
Details: Join us in the Computer Lab where we'll choose a FoxSoccer match to replay, challenge others on FIFA12 for PS3, or just hang out and talk about the week's Football/Soccer results. 
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3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Teen Tech Zone
Computer Lab
Staff or Desk Contact: ReferenceDesk
Contact Phone: 319-356-5200 
Contact Email: teens@icpl.org
Open to the public
Details: Need some help with the newest Facebook update? Want to start up a Twitter account? Interested in photography, music, or blogging? Feel the need to correct that Wikipedia page? Want to play video games? Teen Tech Zone is a computer lab set aside for a few hours of gaming, chatting, and general technology tinkering. Stop by, ask a couple of questions, or just hang out.
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3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Wii Gaming for School-age Children
Storytime Room
Staff or Desk Contact: Children's Desk, Intern
Contact Phone: 356-5200, 
Open to the public
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6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. ICN #557303 - ISD Sign Language Class I
Meeting Room D (ICN)
Group Name: ICN
Contact Person: Toni Blair
Contact Phone: 1-800-248-4483
Contact Email: icn.schedule@lib.state.ia.us
Closed to the public
Details: Iowa School for the Deaf non-credit Sign Language class for families & friends of deaf students.
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6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Wellesley College Fair
Meeting Room B
Group Name: Wellesley College Locals
Contact Person: Patty McCarthy
Contact Phone: 319-356-5249
Second Contact Name: Mindwell Egeland
Second Contact Phone: 319-384-8908
Open to the public
Details: Information session presented by local alumnae of Wellesley College. 
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6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. 14th Pat Meyer Vision Award
Meeting Room A
Group Name: Johnson County Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Contact Person: Shy Chisato Nishikawa
Contact Phone: 319-325-9223
Contact Email: shynl@dvipiowa.org
Second Contact Name: Domeestic Violence Intervention Program
Second Contact Phone: 319-351-1042
Second Contact Email: dvip@dvipiowa.org
Open to the public
Details: Pat Meyer Vision Award is sponsored annually by the Johnson County Coalition Against Domestic Violence to recognize the outstanding work of an individual or organization on behalf of victims of domestic violence. 

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October 12, 2012
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9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. University of Iowa College of Pharmacy Kappa Psi Blood Pressure Screenings
Meeting Room B
Group Name: Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity
Contact Person: Liz Hills
Contact Phone: 319-610-3383
Contact Email: elizabethm.hills@gmail.com
Second Contact Name: Stephanie Wong
Second Contact Phone: 319 335 8967
Second Contact Email: stephanie-a-wong@uiowa.edu
Open to the public
Details: The University of Iowa's College of Pharmacy Students will be offering FREE blood pressure screenings open to the public from 9am-11am 
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10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Facebook
Computer Lab
Staff or Desk Contact: ICPL
Contact Phone: 356-5200
Open to the public
Details: Get you up to speed on how to create, use, and maintain a Facebook page, including understanding the complex Facebook privacy policies and settings. Taught by an ICPLLibrarian. Class size is limited to four. Register online or by calling 356-5200. 
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10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. English Conversation Group
Meeting Room E (2nd Floor)
Staff or Desk Contact: ReferenceDesk
Contact Phone: 319.356.5200 
Co-Sponsor: Kirkwood Community College & ICPL
Co-Sponsor Contact: Kirkwood CC
Co-Sponsor Phone: 319.887.3656
Open to the public
Details: Informal conversation for non-native speaking adults to help with English skills. 
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10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Book Babies (am) - with Karen
Storytime Room
Staff or Desk Contact: Karen Gordon
Contact Phone: 319-356-5200 
Contact Email: Child1@icpl.org
Open to the public
Details: Rhymes, fingerplays, songs and short stories designed to stimulate your infant's language development. For babies 6 months to 18 months old. We ask that there be a lap for every baby. 
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12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. International Authors: Works In Progress:
Meeting Room A
Staff or Desk Contact: ReferenceDesk
Contact Phone: 319.356.5200 
Co-Sponsor: U of I International Writing Program
Co-Sponsor Contact: Natasa Durovicova 
Co-Sponsor Phone: 335-0128
Co-Sponsor Email: natasa-durovicova@uiowa.edu
Open to the public
Details: In conjunction with "Works-in- Progress," UI festival that will 'provide artists with a forum for presenting works-in-progress to a discerning, yet sympathetic, public,' this panel raises basic questions about the mechanisms of creative work: how does one begin, and how does one know when to stop? What if no progress is made for a long time? What is the best, and worst, feedback you've ever been given? Collaborative and/or performance-based, this panel will be an opportunity to discuss and present work in an open format.
The International Authors program series provides an opportunity for the community to meet and converse with Writers in Residence from around the world at the UI International Writing Program. International Authors, the International Writing Program's discussion series, is sponsored by The Iowa City Public Library and the UI International Writing Program. Programs are free and open to the public.
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1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Book Babies (pm) - with Karen
Storytime Room
Staff or Desk Contact: Karen Gordon
Contact Phone: 319-356-5200 
Open to the public
Details: Rhymes, fingerplays, songs and short stories designed to stimulate your infant's language development. For babies 6 months to 18 months old. We ask that there be a lap for every baby. 
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7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Hispanic Heritage Month Film Screening: A Better Life 
Meeting Room A
Staff or Desk Contact: ReferenceDesk
Contact Phone: 319-356-5200 
Contact Email: bfisher@icpl.org
Open to the public
Details: A Better Life (2011) Directed by Chris Weitz (Twilight: New Moon) and starring Demián Bichir, and José Julián. Carlos is an undocumented Mexican immigrant who works as a gardener in in LA and is raising his 15 year old son alone. He keeps a low profile, works hard and holds traditional values. His son Luis has grown up in LA, and is tempted by the gang lifestyle, but Carlos will do whatever he can to keep Luis from the gangs and give him the opportunities that he never had.
This film is shown in conjunction with the 14th Annual Iowa Latino Conference.