Dubuque County Library District

Chair Yoga
2025-01-17 11:15 - 12:15, 2025-01-24 11:15 - 12:15, 2025-01-31 11:15 - 12:15 (America/Chicago) | Asbury Branch, 5290 Grand Meadow Drive, Asbury, Iowa, 52002
Come and stretch your body in the most relaxed way… from your chair! You’ll get a full body strength and stretching workout from head to toe every time in only 60 minutes! January 10th – January 31st. RSVP is Required. RSVP for all 4 weeks HERE

Virtual Craft Club
2025-01-25 11:00 - 12:00 | Virtual
Join us for this monthly crafting program. In January we’re making giant paper snowflakes. Designed for adults, teens welcome. RSVP Required by January 20th.

Craft Club: Giant Snowflakes
2025-01-27 17:30 - 18:30 | Holy Cross Branch, 895 Main Street, Holy Cross, Iowa, 52053
Join us for this monthly crafting program. In January we’re making giant paper snowflakes. Designed for adults, teens welcome. RSVP recommended, drop-ins welcome as supplies last.

Tea Tasting
2025-01-29 17:30 - 19:30 | Asbury Branch, 5290 Grand Meadow Drive, Asbury, Iowa, 52002
Discover the secrets to the perfect cup of tea with Grace Deane, owner of Byzanteaum Tea Shop! In this engaging two-hour program, savor the rich flavors of green, black, and herbal teas while mastering the art of brewing like a pro. Bring your curiosity—and your taste buds—for a tea experience you won’t forget! For ages 10 and up. RSVP Required. Sponsored by the Friends of the Dubuque County Library District.

Craft Club: 3D Heart Cards
2025-02-03 18:00 - 19:00 | Asbury Branch, 5290 Grand Meadow Drive, Asbury, Iowa, 52002
Join us for this monthly crafting program for adults. In February we’re making 3D Heart Valentines Cards. RSVP recommended, drop-ins welcome as supplies last.

Sound Healing
2025-02-13 18:00 - 19:00 | Asbury Branch, 5290 Grand Meadow Drive, Asbury, Iowa, 52002
Explore the concept of sound healing at a Free Sound Healing session with Jen Roling. Relax while you listen to crystal sound bowls played in a method to help with stress, anxiety, and sleep quality, while promoting relaxation and self-care. RSVP required. This class is full. To join the waitlist please email LydiaS@dubcolib.org

Page Turners
2025-02-19 18:30 - 19:30 | Asbury Branch, 5290 Grand Meadow Drive, Asbury, Iowa, 52002
This month’s book club read is The Alchemist by Paulo Coeho. Copies will be available at the Asbury branch. New members should email LydiaS@dubcolib.org to join.

Knitting Class
2025-02-22 10:00 - 11:00 | Asbury Branch, 5290 Grand Meadow Drive, Asbury, Iowa, 52002
Interested in learning to knit? Join us for an introductory lesson on knitting. Yarn and needles provided. Teens and adults welcome. RSVP required. This class is currently full, to join the waitlist please email LydiaS@dubcolib.org

Midwest Bedrock with Author Kevin Koch
2025-03-03 18:00 - 19:00 | Asbury Branch, 5290 Grand Meadow Drive, Asbury, Iowa, 52002
Join local author Kevin Koch to discuss his book, Midwest Bedrock: The Search for Nature’s Soul in America’s Heartland.

What exactly is the Midwest? Kevin Koch’s search for the answer is equal parts natural history, memoir, and travelogue, and includes a chapter-long visit to all twelve midwestern states. From the headwater of the Mississippi at Lake Itasca, to Wisconsin’s Ice Age Trail, to to Iowa’s Effigy Mounds, to Ohio’s Hocking Hills, Koch is an attentive and thoughtful guide, who leads readers to the natural wonders and beauty of America’s heartland.

Midwest Bedrock eloquently redefines and reimagines that fuzzy obscure geographic region that outsiders often describe as drive-through or fly-over country.

Kevin Koch is Professor of English at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa.

RSVP recommended.

Working with the Enemy: Prisoners of War in Iowa during World War II
2025-03-10 18:00 - 19:00 | Asbury Branch, 5290 Grand Meadow Drive, Asbury, Iowa, 52002
Join us for a presentation on Iowa’s World War II history with Professor Chad Timm.
This presentation is focused creation of two POW camps in Iowa during the Second World War: one in the Northern Iowa town of Algona and one in the Southwestern Iowa town of Clarinda. Some of the topics discussed will be life in a prisoner of war camp, community relations, the POW labor program, branch camps in more than 30 Iowa communities and the arrival of Japanese prisoners at Camp Clarinda in early 1945. The story of POW interment in Iowa is a fascinating story of Iowans being confronted by the enemy: an enemy they not only needed to help them meet their wartime goals, but also challenged them to find their humanity.
Chad W. Timm is an Associate Professor of Education at Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa. He taught high school history for 15 years and has also been teaching future social studies teachers since 2010. His Master’s Degree in Agricultural History and Rural Studies and his PhD in Education are both from Iowa State University.

This event is brought to you by Humanities Iowa and the State Historical Society Inc.

RSVP recommended.

Chair Yoga
2025-03-14 11:15 - 12:15 | Asbury Branch, 5290 Grand Meadow Drive, Asbury, Iowa, 52002
Come and stretch your body in the most relaxed way… from your chair! You’ll get a full body strength and stretching workout from head to toe every time in only 60 minutes! The class runs 4 weeks, from March 14th to April 4th. RSVP is Required. Registration is currently at capacity, to be placed on a waitlist please email LydiaS@dubcolib.org

Page Turners
2025-03-19 18:30 - 19:30 | Asbury Branch, 5290 Grand Meadow Drive, Asbury, Iowa, 52002
This month’s book club read is The Fury by Alex Michaelides. Copies will be available at the Asbury branch. New members should email LydiaS@dubcolib.org to join.

Craft Club: DIY Welcome Signs
2025-03-20 17:00 - 18:00 | Farley Branch
Join us for this monthly crafting program for adults. In March we’re making custom Welcome Signs. RSVP recommended, drop-ins welcome as supplies last.

Chair Yoga
2025-03-21 11:15 - 12:15, 2025-03-28 11:15 - 12:15, 2025-04-04 11:15 - 12:15 | Asbury Branch, 5290 Grand Meadow Drive, Asbury, Iowa, 52002
Come and stretch your body in the most relaxed way… from your chair! You’ll get a full body strength and stretching workout from head to toe every time in only 60 minutes! The class runs 4 weeks, from March 14th to April 4th. RSVP HERE

Chair Yoga
2025-03-21 11:15 - 12:15, 2025-03-28 11:15 - 12:15 | Asbury Branch, 5290 Grand Meadow Drive, Asbury, Iowa, 52002
Come and stretch your body in the most relaxed way… from your chair! You’ll get a full body strength and stretching workout from head to toe every time in only 60 minutes! The class runs 4 weeks, from August 8th to August 29th. RSVP HERE

Craft Club: DIY Welcome Signs
2025-03-24 18:00 - 19:00 | Asbury Branch, 5290 Grand Meadow Drive, Asbury, Iowa, 52002

Knitting Class
2025-03-26 17:00 - 18:00 | Peosta Branch, 8342 NICC Drive, Peosta, Iowa, 52068
Interested in learning to knit? Join us for an introductory lesson on beginning knitting. Yarn and needles provided. Teens and adults welcome. RSVP required.

Craft Club: DIY Welcome Signs
2025-03-26 17:00 - 18:00 | Epworth Branch, 110 Bierman Road, Epworth, Iowa, 52045

Craft Club: DIY Welcome Signs
2025-03-31 18:00 - 19:00 | Holy Cross Branch, 895 Main Street, Holy Cross, Iowa, 52053

Tai Chi @ 9:30
2025-04-01 09:30 - 10:30 | Asbury Branch, 5290 Grand Meadow Drive, Asbury, Iowa, 52002
Tai Chi consists of slow, fluid, gentle movements that are accessible for individuals at any fitness level.
This twice weekly class is taught by a certified Tai Chi instructor and is suitable for beginners.
Class is held Tuesday and Thursday mornings 9:30 am to 10:30 am from April 1st to May 22nd.
RSVP is required.
Registering for this first class counts for all 16 classes.
If you would like to register for the 11:00 am class click HERE.

Tai Chi @ 11:00
2025-04-01 11:00 - 12:00 | Asbury Branch, 5290 Grand Meadow Drive, Asbury, Iowa, 52002
Tai Chi consists of slow, fluid, gentle movements that are accessible for individuals at any fitness level.
This twice weekly class is taught by a certified Tai Chi instructor and is suitable for beginners.
Class is held Tuesday and Thursday mornings 11:00 am to 12:00 pm from April 1st to May 22nd.
RSVP is required.
Registering for this first class counts for all 16 classes.
If you would like to register for the 9:30 am class click HERE.

Tai Chi @ 9:30
2025-04-03 09:30 - 10:30, 2025-04-08 09:30 - 10:30 | Asbury Branch, 5290 Grand Meadow Drive, Asbury, Iowa, 52002
Tai Chi consists of slow, fluid, gentle movements that are accessible for individuals at any fitness level.
This twice weekly class is taught by a certified Tai Chi instructor and is suitable for beginners.
Class is held Tuesday and Thursday mornings 9:30 am to 10:30 am from April 1st to May 22nd.
RSVP is required. To RSVP, click HERE

Tai Chi @ 11:00
2025-04-03 11:00 - 12:00 | Asbury Branch, 5290 Grand Meadow Drive, Asbury, Iowa, 52002
Tai Chi consists of slow, fluid, gentle movements that are accessible for individuals at any fitness level.
This twice weekly class is taught by a certified Tai Chi instructor and is suitable for beginners.
Class is held Tuesday and Thursday mornings 11:00 am to 12:00 pm from April 1st to May 22nd.
RSVP is required, to RSVP click HERE

Craft Club: Felt Gnomes
2025-04-07 17:00 - 18:00 | Peosta Branch, 8342 NICC Drive, Peosta, Iowa, 52068
Join our new librarian to make Felt Gnomes! Teens and adults welcome. RSVP Recommended, drop-ins welcome as supplies last.
