Let’s Move The Needle : Book Launch and Community Crafting Event

Name: Let’s Move The Needle : Book Launch and Community Crafting Event
Start: 2024-12-01T14:00:00-06:00
End: 2024-12-01T16:00:00-06:00
Location: Iowa City Public Library

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Let’s Move The Needle : Book Launch and Community Crafting Event

December 1 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Free

Sunday, December 1, 2024 –2:00pm to 4:00pm

Meeting Room A

Join author, artist and craftivist Shannon Downey for a community stitching event and book launch. Filled with reflection, activities, exercises, prompts, and stories, her new book, Let’s Move the Needle, is both a how-to guide and a testament to the power of art and handwork to build community and make change. Everyone can be a changemaker, and change-making can be enjoyable, and a bit sassy!

Shannon Downey is the founder of Badass Cross Stitch and Seriously Badass Women, and is an artist, activist, craftivist, community builder, and general instigator. She is on the faculty at Columbia College Chicago and currently lives in Chicago, Illinois.

2-3:00 PM Reading, Q&A and book-signing – Prairie Lights Books will be here with copies of Shannon Downey’s Let’s Move the Needle for sale.

3-4:00 PM Community Stitch-Fest – Get inspired and have some fun! Bring a project or we’ll have instructions and a pattern for learning.

Cosponsored by Prairie Lights Books and Home Ec Workshop.

If you need disability-related accommodations in order to participate in this event, please contact the Library.

This event is open to the public.

Details

Date:: December 1
Time:: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Cost:: Free
Event Categories:: Crafts & DIY, Education / Workshop, Free Event
Event Tags:: community, downtown, iowa city
Website:: https://www.icpl.org/events/58218/lets-move-needle-book-launch-and-community-crafting-event

Organizer

: Iowa City Public Library

Venue

: Iowa City Public Library
: 123 S Linn St
Iowa City, IA 52240 United States + Google Map

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