Saturday mornings are for investigation! Elementary aged children and parents/guardians/ care-givers are invited to participate in a STEAM project that they will work on individually or with others.
Participants will be encouraged to share their findings or work with the group. We will also celebrate the scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and artists who inspired today’s project.
Saturday, December 14 – Engineering: Building Challenge
Saturday, December 21- Math: Calculating Distance, Rate and Time
Saturday, December 28 – Making Snow and Slime
Saturday, January 4 – Computer Science: Making a Cardboard Guitar Play
Saturday, January 11- Art: Poured Canvas Art
Saturday, January 18 – Physics: Bubbles and Balloons
Saturday, January 25 – Ecology: Biomes vs Habitats
Saturday, February 1 – Biology: Building our Own Cell
Saturday, February 8 – Robotics: Make Your Own Robot
Saturday, February 15 – Acoustics: Seeing Sound
Saturday, February 22 – Art: Creating Optical Illusion Art
Saturday, February 29 – Optics: Explore Light with Prisms
We always recommend confirming details before attending. We hope to see you there!
Group lessons, organized chess activities, friendly tournaments, and free time to just play chess.
Join the Scholastic Chess Club the first and third Sundays of the month (Sept-May) from 2-5 pm at Downtown Library. Students grades K-12 are welcome to come and learn how to play this great universal game! Take part in group lessons, organized chess activities, friendly tournaments, and free time to just play chess. For more information, connect with the Cedar Rapids Chess Club on Facebook or visit www.chessiniowa.org/crchess.
We always recommend confirming details before attending. We hope to see you there!
“Mother Goose on the Loose” is a 20-minute nursery rhyme program for newborns to three-year-olds, followed by a 30-minute playtime. This program helps strengthen babies’ and toddlers’ foundation for literacy with rhymes, rhythm, repetition, story and movement.
We always recommend confirming details before attending. We hope to see you there!
Graphic novel and comic book club for ages 8-12 years! Read, learn, and connect with fellow enthusiasts your age.
Our new graphic novel club for ages 8-12 years will be taking a critical look at popular graphic novels by favorite authors. Read, learn, and connect with fellow enthusiasts your age.
We always recommend confirming details before attending. We hope to see you there!
Teens will have the opportunity to play an assortment of video games, board games, or card games.
Each week, teens will have the opportunity to play an assortment of video games, board games, or card games. Special Virtual Reality events will happen as well!
We always recommend confirming details before attending. We hope to see you there!
Join us for stories, rhymes, and songs.
Grow your child’s love of reading by attending Preschool Story Time. Each week explore new stories, songs, and rhymes.
We always recommend confirming details before attending. We hope to see you there!
“Mother Goose on the Loose” is a 20-minute nursery rhyme program for newborns to three-year-olds, followed by a 30-minute playtime. This program helps strengthen babies’ and toddlers’ foundation for literacy with rhymes, rhythm, repetition, story and movement.
We always recommend confirming details before attending. We hope to see you there!
Join us at the Coralville Public Library for a free Movie Night!
Love, Actually
Wednesday, December 18, 6:00 pm
Nine intertwined stories examine the complexities of the one emotion that connects us all: love. Love, Actually is a contemporary holiday classic.
Starring Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Keira Knightley, and many others.
This movie is approximately 2 ¼ hours long. Refreshments, including fresh popcorn, will be provided!
Melanie Smith will be here to help us stay in shape all winter long! Join us as we kick, lunge and punch the winter blues away. Ages 8+ are welcome.
This exercise class will feature medium intensity exercise. All exercises can be modified for all abilities. Some yoga mats will be available but feel free to bring your own as supplies are limited. Water will also be provided.
Please register by calling the library or online at www.crlibrary.org on the events page.
We always recommend confirming details before attending. We hope to see you there!
Join us for stories, rhymes, and songs.
Grow your child’s love of reading by attending Preschool Story Time. Each week explore new stories, songs, and rhymes.
We always recommend confirming details before attending. We hope to see you there!