Patrons of all ages can meet and greet poets, listen to poems, attend a poetry workshop or get a poem for their pocket. Launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996, National Poetry…

The Iola Public Library will host a meet-and-greet for Paul Griffin, author of books for juvenile and young adult readers, from 5 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, in the library meeting room. The event…

Roger Carswell returns to the library at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 21, with photos and tales of a three-week tour last fall of eastern Germany and western Poland.  He traveled with a friend he met…

UPDATED: The tarot card event has been canceled, after organizers learned the city has a prohibition against such activity. Read the article below: “In popular culture, tarot cards are seen as a fortune-telling instrument predicting…

Escape is a form of resistance.  During World War I, prisoners of a German war camp spent nine months digging a tunnel 180 feet long, 2 feet wide and just 16 inches deep. Then, they…

Local history buffs and owners of old houses filled Iola Public Library’s meeting room Thursday night for “Researching Your Home and the People Who Lived There.” Diana Staresinic-Deane, speaker from Kansas Humanities, identified sources of…

If you live in an old house and have always wondered about its past and the people in it, the Iola Public Library has a program for you: “Researching Your Home and the People Who…

The Iola Public Library’s annual Everything Chocolate Sale, which is a fundraiser for the Friends of the Library, returned after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic. It began in 2018. Linda Johnson and Yvonne…

Iola Reads is leaning into renewed interest in World War I. The horrors of the first global war are vividly captured in the Oscar-nominated movie “All Quiet On the Western Front” at the same time…

Lesa Cole, children’s librarian at Iola Public Library, presented the program at the February meeting of the Allen County Area Retired School Personnel.  Cole said literacy begins at birth so they were excited when the…