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OUR Community Reads Author Visit: Lucy Gilmore

6:30pm–8:30pm
Adults
Meeting Room B
Library Branch: Council Bluffs Public Library
Room: Meeting Room B
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Talk, OUR Community Reads
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Lucy Gilmore, author of OUR Community Reads 2026 title Lonely Hearts Book Club, joins us for an author talk and Q&A. Book signing to follow.

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Iowa's Rogues and Heroes

6:30pm–8:00pm
Adults
Meeting Room B
Library Branch: Council Bluffs Public Library
Room: Meeting Room B
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Talk, History/Genealogy, Presentation
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Are you familiar with the Sir Francis Drake scam and the Iowa man who perpetrated it? Have you heard of the 17-year-old Iowa girl who saved a train full of passengers?

This event is in the "Adults" group
Library Branch: Council Bluffs Public Library
Room: Meeting Room B
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Talk, History/Genealogy, Presentation
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Before television, radio, and film, there was vaudeville. Did you know that there were famous vaudeville actors from Iowa?

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Paul Revere's Ride

6:30pm–8:00pm
Adults
Meeting Room B
Library Branch: Council Bluffs Public Library
Room: Meeting Room B
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Talk, History/Genealogy, Presentation
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2026 marks the 250th birthday of the United States and the Council Bluffs Public Library invites you to be a part of the celebration of America 250

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George Washington: The Indispensable Man

6:30pm–8:00pm
Adults
Meeting Room B
Library Branch: Council Bluffs Public Library
Room: Meeting Room B
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Talk, History/Genealogy, Presentation
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We invite you to this presentation with award-winning author and teacher Don Hickey as he presents an illustrated lecture entitled "George Washington: The Indispensable Man", which will show how this remarkable man left an indelible imprint o