Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids Public Library

Where to ring in 2026 across Eastern Iowa

The Robert and Elizabeth Allsop Charitable Trust recently announced a “significant” investment in the westside Cedar Rapids library project.

The 24th annual TubaChristmas brought the sound of dozens of tubas playing Christmas music in unison to the Cedar Rapids Downtown Public Library Saturday morning.

The Herbert Hoover Presidential Foundation is bringing history to life at the Cedar Rapids Public Library with the traveling exhibit “Hoover on the Road.” This special showcase offers an interactive, family-friendly experience that highlights the life, legacy and enduring impact of America’s 31st president, Herbert Hoover.

Dozens of Iowa libraries will receive the funding early next year to use as they see fit.

Featuring Eastern Iowa women who have experienced powerful paths of achievement for themselves, their families and their communities.

The Gazette asked Allison Zordell, materials librarian at the Cedar Rapids Public Library, to share her book suggestions with our HER readers.

After nearly 200 years, Baker & Taylor — the largest single supplier of content to American libraries — would be ceasing its operations. The news quickly ricocheted through literary circles in Iowa and beyond, leaving many wondering what’s next for libraries left behind.

More than 500 donors contributed to the Cedar Rapids Public Library’s $10 million capital campaign, including one who donated $3.5 million and will be honored with the naming of the new westside library.

State Library of Iowa attributes delivery changes to “rising costs and federal budget uncertainty.”

The community is invited to two improv shows July 23 and July 25 at Whipple Auditorium in the Cedar Rapids Public Library.

Children got the opportunity to express themselves through art thanks to a program offered by the Cedar Rapids Public Library on Friday.

A proposed 192-unit affordable housing development in southwest Cedar Rapids aims to complement and support the ongoing construction of the city’s new Westside Library.

Also, Cedar Rapids library’s ‘artist-in-residency’ program put on pause

Federal funding for Iowa library systems — and the public services they support — could be at risk following a presidential directive targeting a federal agency that provides financial support to libraries across the U.S.