Library Closings

The library will be closed Monday, June 19,

for the Juneteenth holiday.

What's Happening

Members-only Preview Sale

June 1 | 5 pm - 7 pm

Library Basement

Not a member? Memberships will be sold at the door! Yearly memberships are as little as $15. Seniors may purchase a membership for $10.

Benefits of becoming a Friend:

Exclusive access to Friends Preview Night book sales, special deals in the Friends Used Book Shop, the opportunity to serve on the Friends Board, and the satisfaction of knowing that your tax-deductible support enriches library programming and events.

Public Sale

June 3 | 9 am - 2 pm

Library Basement

The Friends of the Waterloo Public Library $5-a-Bag Book Sale brings you the best deal in town. If you love books, this sale is for you!

We supply the bags; you fill them up!

Please note, the basement will be closed the Monday following this sale, so Friends have the opportunity to tidy up.

All proceeds benefit library events and programming

SUMMER LIBRARY PROGRAMMING IS HERE!

JUNE 5 - JULY 15

June Events

June 6 | Mess Fest!

10:30 am - 11:30 am

W. 3rd Street by the library's parking lot. Weather permitting.

June 9 | Puppet Show

10:30 am - 11 am

Meeting Room AB

June 12 | DIY No Sew Doll Fashion

TWO SESSIONS in Meeting room AB

10 am - 12 pm (K-2nd grade)

3 pm - 5 pm (3rd - 5th grade)

June 16 | Mad Mixture with the Grout Museum

10:30 am - 11:15 am | Meeting Room AB

June 21 | Lego Lab @ the Library

TWO SESSIONS in Meeting room AB

10 am - 11 am

3 pm - 4 pm

June 22 | Lego Lab @ the Library

TWO SESSIONS in Meeting room AB

10 am - 11 am

3 pm - 4 pm

June 26 | Sheltered Reality: Music with Meaning

10:30 am - 11:30 am | Meeting Room AB

Find Your Voice - Share Your Story

Get Published during the Summer Library Program! Ask at the Youth Desk to find out how you can publish YOUR story and have it available for checkout.

June Events

June 6 | Dungeons & Dragons for Beginners

4 pm-5:30 pm | Conference Room

Registration Required.

June 13 | Dungeons & Dragons: Beginners Campaign

4 pm-6 pm | Conference Room

Registration Required.

June 23 | Afterhours Minecraft Party

6 pm-8 pm | Teen Zone

Registration Required.

June 26 | Sheltered Reality: Music with Meaning

2 pm-3 pm | Meeting Room AB

June Events

June 5 | Ukulele Songwriting Workshop

6 pm-7 pm | Meeting Room AB

Registration Required.

June 14 | Book Talk with Cedar Valley Author Jim O'Loughlin

6 pm-8 pm | Meeting Room AB

June 20 | Hive Workshop: DIY Journal

5:30 pm-7:30 pm | The Hive

Registration Required.

June 29 | An Evening of Music and Poetry with Iowa Poet Laureate Debra Marquart

6 pm-7 pm | Meeting Room AB

Join us for this free six-part series where experts in their fields will discuss new and innovative ways to help seniors age at home. Presented by Fortified Life in collaboration with the Waterloo Public Library.

June 13 | Why Technology Can Help Aid in Successful Aging

10 am - 11 am | Meeting Room AB

July 11 | Lifestyle Design on Your Terms

10 am - 11 am | Meeting Room AB

August 8 | Lifestyle Design on Your Terms - Deeper Dive

10 am - 11 am | Meeting Room AB

Access reading recommendations for both fiction and nonfiction, browse genres, and discover new authors and read-alike titles. Learn more here.

Recurring Events

June 2

10 am - 12 pm

Meeting Room AB

Join us on the first Friday of the month to catch a new release (or classic film) on the big screen.

This month's movie is Spoiler Alert .

Popcorn and soda are provided free of charge. Sponsored by Friends of the Waterloo Public Library.

Book Clubs

June 12

6 pm - 7 pm

Virtual

If you're looking to broaden your reading horizons, have we got the book club for you! The Well Read Club meets virtually every month to discuss a selected fiction or nonfiction title. We'll read anything and everything!

We will be discussing Kindred by Octavia Butler.

To participate, email Anderson at landerson@waterloopubliclibrary.org at least one day before the event. Virtual meeting details to follow registration.

June 22

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

SingleSpeed Brewing, Waterloo

Love Sci-Fi, Fantasy, or any type of Speculative Fiction? If so, join the Altered Reality Book Club at the WPL! This book club will meet at SingleSpeed Brewing Co. in Waterloo on the fourth Wednesday of each month.

We will be discussing The Princess Bride by William Goldman.

To participate, please email Sarah at ssellers@waterloopubliclibrary.org.

Once registered, you'll receive more meeting details. A limited number of copies of each month's selected titles will be available for checkout. You may also download digital copies from Hoopla.com.

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