The Iowa City Public Library, with support from the Friends Foundation, is excited to host Brooke Gladstone of WNYC's On the Media and author of The Trouble with Reality, during this year's Intellectual Freedom Festival.

Gladstone will give a presentation about fake news and the media on Sunday, September 24, from 2 to 3 p.m., at the Englert Theatre. She will be joined by Lyle Muller, executive director of IowaWatch.org, the Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism.

The event is free and open to the public. Doors will open at 1:30 p.m.; seating is first come-first served.

Staff from Prairie Lights Books will have copies of Gladstone’s book available for purchase before and after the event. Gladstone will sign copies after the event until 3:45 p.m.

The Iowa City Public Library will host a discussion about the 2017 One Community, One Book selection from 10:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday, September 23, in Meeting Room A.

This year’s selection is The Butterfly Mosque: A Young American Woman’s Journey to Love and Islam by G. Willow Wilson. Praised as “an eye-opening look at a misunderstood and often polarizing faith” by Booklist, “The Butterfly Mosque” is Wilson’s story of converting to Islam and falling in love with an Egyptian man in a volatile post-9/11 world.

One Community, One Book is a community-wide reading project of the University of Iowa Center for Human Rights. This book discussion is co-sponsored by the Library, the UNESCO City of Literature, the University of Iowa Center for Human Rights, and the Iowa City Human Rights Commission.

Wilson will be speaking at the 2017 Iowa City Book Festival in October, but she will not be at this discussion.

Enjoy the views from one of Iowa City's iconic buildings: Plaza Towers.

ICPL Rocks My Block@Plaza Towers is a fundraiser for the Iowa City Public Library on Saturday, September 30, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Plaza Towers, across the City Plaza from the Library at 221 East College Street.

Tickets are $50 per person, with all proceeds benefiting the Library.

Guests will tour four unique homes of various sizes (1100, 1500, 2200, and 3300 sq. ft.) before gathering at Neumann Monson Architects to learn about the design and construction of the building. Light refreshments will be served.

We'd like to thank the generosity of our hosts, Joyce and Dick Summerwill, Linda and Ed Farkas, Suzanne Lagina, Jim Mondanaro, and Neumann Monson Architects. We'd also like to thank McComas-Lacina Construction for sponsoring this event.

For more information, contact Patty McCarthy at 319-356-5249 or patty-mccarthy@icpl.org.

The Iowa City Public Library Friends Foundation is now accepting donations of handmade arts and crafts for the Sixth Annual Arts & Crafts Bazaar.

This year’s bazaar will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, December 2, in Meeting Room A. Proceeds from the sale support the Iowa City Public Library Friends Foundation to benefit Library programs and collections.

Those wishing to donate items may bring them to the Library during open hours before Thursday, November 30. All items must be handmade, and be delivered with an ICPL Arts and Crafts Bazaar donation form.

For more information, contact Kelley Schlitz at 319-887-6005 or kelley.schlitz@icpl.org.