Upcoming Events

Join the Virtual Author Talk from home, on a computer or smart phone.

Art @ your library® Show Opens today with a Reception for the Artists in the second floor rotunda from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

April is National Poetry Month, a time to celebrate the creative expression of poetry and its importance in our culture.

Join us monthly, February through November, for our book club "Reading Roundtable"; a book discussion for adult readers. Pick up a bookmark or flyer at the Recommendations Desk with a list of books for upcoming discussions.

Join the Virtual Author Talk from home, on a computer or smart phone.

Meet Stephanie Foo, author of the 2025 Dubuque County Reads book selection, What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma, on Thursday, April 10 at 6:30 p.m.

Join Sunil Malapati as the Dubuque Shakespeare Project holds discussions regarding Shakespeare's tragedies and comedies.

Henry IV – Part 2

Nervous about venturing out into the wider world? Whether you’ve recently started college, are a high school senior, or you're just getting started on your own as an adult, this class will help you to be ready for whatever life throws at you.

Grab a friend and head to the library to make cool art, eat snacks, and learn how to make your own felt cactus pincushions. This program is for ages 10 and older—including adults!

Want to learn how to play the ukulele? Join librarian Ben every other Tuesday to work on chords, exercises, and songs all geared toward beginners. If you are brand new to the instrument consider arriving early for help with tuning your uke.

Boost your confidence and improve your self-defense skills at this hands-on, participant-lead class with instructor Eryka Cook of Empowermental. Eryka has decades of experience and a black belt in Karate and she wants you to feel empowered!

Free horror movie, Are You Dead Yet? (2024). Written and directed by Jayme Schmitt. Filmed in Dubuque. 1 hour 40 minutes. Not rated, but intended for adult audiences.

Get ready to kick up your heels with Carnegie-Stout and learn how to line dance! Adam Kieffer of Adam's Dance Connection will be your instructor, guiding adults ages 18+ through the basics of line dancing in four sessions held once a month.

Join the Virtual Author Talk from home, on a computer or smart phone.

Do you have questions about what you could do to help keep yourself safe? Do you have limitations or struggles with your mobility, flexibility, or relationship with your body that make you feel less confident?

faces & voices Cultural Celebrations 

2025 Black History and Reading Challenge

Book Discussions will take place on the following Sunday of each month at 3:00pm as follows:

Want to learn how to play the ukulele? Join librarian Ben every other Tuesday to work on chords, exercises, and songs all geared toward beginners. If you are brand new to the instrument consider arriving early for help with tuning your uke.

The May Music @ your library® concert will feature two local acts; Ben Dunegan and Marzipan Mailbox. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the concert goes from 6 to 7:30p.m. This event is free and open to the public.

Join us monthly, February through November, for our book club "Reading Roundtable"; a book discussion for adult readers. Pick up a bookmark or flyer at the Recommendations Desk with a list of books for upcoming discussions.

Do you have questions about what you could do to help keep yourself safe? Do you have limitations or struggles with your mobility, flexibility, or relationship with your body that make you feel less confident?