Darcy Maulsby: Adventures Along the Historic Lincoln Highway in Iowa

Gibson Memorial Library 200 W Howard St, Creston, IA, United States

Adventures Along the Historic Lincoln Highway in IowaNothing says freedom like the great American road trip, especially when you cruise the historic Lincoln Highway in Iowa. Better known today as […]

David Connon: Research Your Civil War Ancestors

Lakin Library and Envisioning Center 725 Main St, Tabor, IA, United States

Researching Your Civil War AncestorExperienced researcher David Connon shares strategies for tracking down your Civil War ancestor, North or South. Time permitting, audience members could share their research, and he […]

Tom Milligan: Grant Wood

Dayton Public Library Dayton, IA, United States

Grant Wood: Prairie RebelIn this 45-minute, one-man show, Grant Wood chats with the audience as if talking to an old friend across the backyard fence, or maybe at his home […]

Larry Stone: Gladys Black

Carroll Public Library 118 E 5th St, Carroll, IA, United States

Gladys Black: The Legacy of Iowa’s Bird LadyThe late Gladys Black of Pleasantville was widely known throughout Iowa as a conservationist, educator and amateur expert on birds. Larry and co-author […]

Darcy Maulsby: Adventures Along the Historic Lincoln Highway in Iowa

Ida Grove Public Library 100 E 2nd St, Ida Grove, IA, United States

Adventures Along the Historic Lincoln Highway in Iowa Nothing says freedom like the great American road trip, especially when you cruise the historic Lincoln Highway in Iowa. Better known today […]

Darcy Maulsby: Iowa’s Lost History from the Titanic

Lakin Library and Envisioning Center 725 Main St, Tabor, IA, United States

Iowa’s Lost History from the Titanic What do an orphan train rider, a kidnapper, a missionary, a wealthy businessman, a wedding guest, a betrayed wife, a farmer and an immigrant […]

CutlureAll’s Open Book Presents: JJ Kapur and Zach Mecham

Knoxville Public Library 213 E Montgomery St, Knoxville, IA, United States

JJ Singh KapurJJ Kapur began his interfaith work in Iowa in high school. He started a youth organization called “The Turbanators,” which focused on “turban-ating” the negative stigma surrounding Sikhism […]

Darcy Maulsby: Savor Iowa’s Culinary History

Polk County Conservation Board 12130 NW 128th St, Madrid, IA, United States

Savor Iowa’s Culinary History Savor Iowa’s amazing food heritage! Iowa’s delectable cuisine is quintessentially Midwestern, grounded in its rich farming heritage and spiced with diverse ethnic influences. From the chili-and-cinnamon-rolls […]

Abby Dubisar: Farm Women as Global Citizens

Fairfield Public Library 103 W Adams Ave, Fairfield, IA, United States

Farm Women as Global Citizens: Post-WWII Authority of the “First Lady of the Farm”This presentation draws upon the lifework of Ruth Buxton Sayre, known during her lifetime as “First Lady […]

Jeff Stein: Making Waves

Bricker-Price Block 105 S Chestnut Ave, Earlham, IA, United States

Making Waves: The People and Places of Iowa BroadcastingRadio and television exploded onto the scene in the 20th century and completely changed our lives. Today, we can hardly imagine a […]

Debra Marquart: Poetry, Music & the Environment

Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch 5290 Asbury Rd, Dubuque, IA, United States

POETRY, MUSIC & THE ENVIRONMENTDebra Marquart is available to read from her creative work (poetry, fiction, memoir) and to perform music alone, or with her band, The Bone People. A singer-songwriter, […]

Randy Lengeling: Grant Wood

LeClaire Community Library 323 Wisconsin St, Le Claire, IA, United States

Grant Wood: Artistic Rags to Riches—An American Success StoryThis is an animated PowerPoint presentation, with archival photographs and video segments, that looks at Wood’s personal life story, his artistic development […]