The Cedar Rapids Public Library wants you to make us your New Year’s Resolution for 2016! This is one resolution you can actually keep. Stop by either the Downtown or Ladd Library during the month of January and pick up library punch card. Each card has six tasks; one for each of the first six… View more
The New York Public Library recently followed a copy of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” through their library system, recording in detail the odyssey it took from when a patron put it on hold to when it was checked out. We thought this was a really wonderful idea, and while our library system is exponentially smaller than… View more
Pink Floyd released the ‘Dark Side Of The Moon’ LP in March of 1973. It was on the Billboard charts for fourteen consecutive years after that date. The LP holds the record as the longest time spent on the charts. According to Billboard, the album still sells an estimated 8-9,000 copies a week and it… View more
The Cedar Rapids Public Library is thrilled to offer a new four-week program designed to introduce kids ages 5-7 years of age and their adults to early coding skills based on the book Hello Ruby. Hello Ruby is a book designed to be a whimsical way to learn about technology, computing and coding. The four-week… View more
Learning to read or write doesn’t start with the first day of school. Developing language and literacy skills starts at birth. Parents are a child’s first teacher and those early years are instrumental in how a child will perform later in life. The Cedar Rapids Public Library offers a variety of resources for parents and… View more
On Tuesday, November 3, 2015, voters will be asked to vote on a special 27 cent levy to provide funding for the Cedar Rapids Public Library. The Library Board of Trustees determined that the library needed to find a sustainable source of funding to maintain service at current levels. While the demand for library services… View more
Children aged 6 months to 6 years can receive FREE hearing, vision, dental and developmental health screenings on Tuesday, October 27, from 10 am to 2 pm. There will also be community resources available to provide information about health, insurance and nutrition programs. All families are invited to join us.
Road trips can be great fun if the driver is armed with all the right tools: good snacks, good company, and a good audiobook! The Cedar Rapids Public Library has audiobooks on CD for checkout in our libraries, as well as downloadable audiobooks that can loaded onto your phone or other device anytime. OneClick Digital… View more
The Cedar Rapids Public Library (CRPL) will host free garden classes presented by the Linn County Master Gardeners (LCMG) at the Ladd Library beginning August 31. New Perennials for 2015 August 31, 6:30 pm, presented by Deb Walser, LCMG Every year the garden catalogs are full of NEW amazing perennials. How do we select the… View more
The Cedar Rapids Public Library loves partnering with local experts to educate our community on everything from gardening to music! We are very excited to partner with local theatre group RHCR and their talented cast of “Disney’s Cinderella Kids” on a new series of theatre programs called Take the Stage! This Saturday, parents of children… View more