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Basic Sewing Machine Skills

6:30pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room D
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Library Branch: Council Bluffs Public Library
Room: Meeting Room D
Age Group: Age 14 & Up, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Class, Makerspace
Registration Required
Event Details:
Learn the basics of how to use a sewing machine: from setting it up properly, to sewing straight lines! We’ll cover: sewing machine parts and accessories, how to thread the machine, how to install the bobbin, and more! Bring your sewing questions and...

Storytime In the Treehouse!

10:30am - 11:00am
Tree House
Library Branch: Council Bluffs Public Library
Room: Tree House
Age Group: Kids, Age 5 & Under
Event Details:
Join us for a half hour of stories, songs, and fun. Most appropriate for kids 5 years old and younger and an adult companion. *The same theme repeats throughout the week. ...

Homeschool Huddle

11:30am - 2:30pm
Meeting Room B
Library Branch: Council Bluffs Public Library
Room: Meeting Room B
Age Group: Kids, Grades K-6
Program Type: Drop-In
Event Details:
Homeschool Huddle is a monthly program, September-April. It is most appropriate for families with homeschool students in grades K-6. Themes change monthly.  September: Oregon Trail October: Art November: Writing December: Healthy Livi...

Game On!

3:00pm - 5:00pm
Teen Central
Library Branch: Council Bluffs Public Library
Room: Teen Central
Age Group: Teens, Grades 6-12
Program Type: Gaming
Event Details:
Get ready for an afternoon of pulse-pounding video game action. Play on the Switch, PS4, or Xbox One alone or with friends. DON’T MISS OUT! This event is open to patrons in grades 6 through 12. ...

Machine Embroidery Class

6:30pm - 8:00pm
Makerspace
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Library Branch: Council Bluffs Public Library
Room: Makerspace
Age Group: Age 14 & Up, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Makerspace, Technology
Registration Required
Event Details:
Come by the Makerspace and learn how to embroider your name on fabric! Choose from a selection of fonts and colors, and build your skills with our embroidery machine. The Brother Stellaire embroidery machine makes converting images or text into a ...

Promise Road: How the Lincoln Highway Changed America

6:30pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room B
Library Branch: Council Bluffs Public Library
Room: Meeting Room B
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Presentation
Event Details:
Learn about the audiovisual exhibit telling the story of the national Lincoln Highway. This interactive exhibit will be on display at the library during the months of October and November. The building of the Lincoln Highway was initiated in 1913....

Worlds Away Book Club

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room D
Library Branch: Council Bluffs Public Library
Room: Meeting Room D
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:
Escape the ordinary and plunge into the unique, alternate worlds depicted in science fiction and fantasy genres. Our Worlds Away Book Club will transport you into other cultures, peoples, eras and galaxies with our selection. Join: Pick up di...

Fingerprint Art Magnet

11:00am - 1:00pm
Tree House
Library Branch: Council Bluffs Public Library
Room: Tree House
Age Group: Kids, Grades K-6
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Drop-In
Event Details:
Drop in and design your own spooky fingerprint art! Choose your three favorites and turn them into magnets to take home. This program is most appropriate for kids ages kindergarten through 6th grade.   ...

Learn to Sculpt Butter with Sarah Pratt

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room B
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Library Branch: Council Bluffs Public Library
Room: Meeting Room B
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Class, Presentation
Registration Required
Event Details:
In 1911, J.K. Daniels sculpted the Fair's first butter cow and was succeeded by J.E. Wallace of Florida. In 1957, Earl Frank Dutt of Illinois took over the sculpting duties. Norma “Duffy” Lyon of Toledo, Iowa, began sculpting in 1960, becoming the fo...

Robotics Club

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Teen Central
Library Branch: Council Bluffs Public Library
Room: Teen Central
Age Group: Teens, Grades 6-12
Program Type: Drop-In, Technology
Event Details:
Love tinkering, technology, and coding? Then Robotics Club is for you! Build unique robotic kits, solo or with a friend, and watch them come to life. This event is open to patrons in the 6th-12th grades. ...

3D Printing Drop-In

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Makerspace Drop-In
Library Branch: Council Bluffs Public Library
Room: Makerspace Drop-In
Age Group: Adults, Family, Everyone
Program Type: Drop-In, Makerspace, Technology
Event Details:
Stop by the Makerspace to learn about the process of 3D Printing! Take home a 3D printed Ghosty! This is a drop-in class. Pop by any time between 2:00 and 4:00 pm. ...

After School Specials!

2:30pm - 4:00pm
Tree House
Library Branch: Council Bluffs Public Library
Room: Tree House
Age Group: Kids, Grades K-6
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Drop-In
Event Details:
Drop in on early out days for after school fun! Most appropriate for kids in grades K-6. The same theme repeats throughout the week.  Glass blowing is an art that has been around for over 2000 years!  Today you’ll have the chance to make...

Tinker Zone: Mini Clay Monsters

3:00pm - 5:00pm
Teen Central
Library Branch: Council Bluffs Public Library
Room: Teen Central
Age Group: Teens, Grades 6-12
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Drop-In, Tinker Zone
Event Details:
Get your hands into some clay and create a creepy mini-creature! This event is open to patrons in the 6th-12th grades while supplies last. ...

Barbie: the History

6:30pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room A
Library Branch: Council Bluffs Public Library
Room: Meeting Room A
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Presentation
Event Details:
She might be the most famous doll in the world. For more than sixty years, Barbie has been played with, analyzed, collected, criticized and loved. In this illustrated lecture, historian Leslie Goddard delves into the history of Barbie and her invento...

Blood Drive

9:00am - 2:00pm
Meeting Room B
Library Branch: Council Bluffs Public Library
Room: Meeting Room B
Age Group: Adults
Event Details:
Give Blood – Give Life Call 1-800-RED-CROSS or click HERE to schedule an appointment. ...

Storytime In the Treehouse!

9:45am - 10:15am
Tree House
Library Branch: Council Bluffs Public Library
Room: Tree House
Age Group: Kids, Age 5 & Under
Program Type: Story Time
Event Details:
Join us for a half hour of stories, songs, and fun! Most appropriate for kids 5 and under and an adult companion. *The same theme repeats throughout the week. ...

MACCH Street Outreach Council Bluffs

10:00am - 11:00am
Room E
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Council Bluffs Public Library
Room: Room E
Purpose of Meeting
Are you sleeping outside, living in your car, or staying in an abandoned building? Due to the growing need for supportive services in our community and to expand our outreach efforts, Heartland Family Services and New Visions Homeless Services hav...

Storytime In the Treehouse!

10:30am - 11:00am
Tree House
Library Branch: Council Bluffs Public Library
Room: Tree House
Age Group: Kids, Age 5 & Under
Event Details:
Join us for a half hour of stories, songs, and fun. Most appropriate for kids 5 years old and younger and an adult companion. *The same theme repeats throughout the week. ...

3D Printing Drop-In

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Makerspace Drop-In
Library Branch: Council Bluffs Public Library
Room: Makerspace Drop-In
Age Group: Adults, Family, Everyone
Program Type: Drop-In, Makerspace, Technology
Event Details:
Stop by the Makerspace to learn about the process of 3D Printing! Take home a 3D printed Ghosty! This is a drop-in class. Pop by any time between 2:00 and 4:00 pm. ...

Author Chat Book Club

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Meeting Room C
Library Branch: Council Bluffs Public Library
Room: Meeting Room C
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Talk, Book Club
Event Details:
Join guidebook author and TV host Rick Steves as he shares the latest in smart European travel. In this entertaining, information-packed slideshow lecture, Rick will teach you the secrets of safe, smart, inexpensive travel — low on stress and high on...

Tinker Zone: Mini Clay Monsters

3:00pm - 5:00pm
Teen Central
Library Branch: Council Bluffs Public Library
Room: Teen Central
Age Group: Teens, Grades 6-12
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Drop-In, Tinker Zone
Event Details:
Get your hands into some clay and create a creepy mini-creature! This event is open to patrons in the 6th-12th grades while supplies last. ...

Planning Commission

5:00pm - 8:30pm
Meeting Room B
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Council Bluffs Public Library
Room: Meeting Room B
Purpose of Meeting
Monthly Planning Commision Meeting ...

Creative Movement with Motion Works Dance

10:30am - 11:00am
Meeting Room A
Library Branch: Council Bluffs Public Library
Room: Meeting Room A
Age Group: Kids, Age 5 & Under
Program Type: Story Time
Event Details:
Join us for a half hour of music, dance, stories, and FUN with Motion Works Dance. For kids 5 years old and younger and an adult companion. ...

3D Printing Drop-In

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Makerspace Drop-In
Library Branch: Council Bluffs Public Library
Room: Makerspace Drop-In
Age Group: Adults, Family, Everyone
Program Type: Drop-In, Makerspace, Technology
Event Details:
Stop by the Makerspace to learn about the process of 3D Printing! Take home a 3D printed Ghosty! This is a drop-in class. Pop by any time between 2:00 and 4:00 pm. ...