{"id":3613,"date":"2015-02-09T20:03:24","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T20:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/?p=2745"},"modified":"2015-02-09T20:03:24","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T20:03:24","slug":"looking-for-love-in-the-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/2015\/02\/09\/looking-for-love-in-the-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking for Love in the Library"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you been searching for a good book with which to spend Valentine\u2019s Day?\u00a0 Want to use your card game skills to attract a mate?\u00a0 Looking for a rare book to discuss over dinner with that special someone?\u00a0 If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you should stop by the UI Main Library this week to check out some of our Valentine\u2019s Day events!<\/p>\n

\"Pants<\/a><\/p>\n

Pants 4 U
“My heart pants 4 U,” August 1, 1907<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Play with Hearts–Tuesday, February 10th<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n

12:00pm-2:00pm<\/p>\n

Come to Group Area D (across from Food for Thought Caf\u00e9) to learn how to play the game, Hearts.\u00a0 You can also enjoy some vintage baked goods made from recipes from special collections\u2019 historic recipe collection.\u00a0 There will even be recipes available for you to plan your own Valentine\u2019s meal!<\/p>\n

Blind Date with a Book–Wednesday, February 11th<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n

12:00pm-2:00pm<\/p>\n

Stop by Group Area D to check out a book.\u00a0 But this time, there will be no judging by the cover.\u00a0 We\u2019ll set you up with a blind date that you get to take home with you for some Valentine\u2019s reading.\u00a0 A Spinster\u2019s Tale or Love in the Time of Cholera: Which one will you take home tonight?<\/p>\n

Love in the Stacks\u2014Thursday, February 12th<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n

12:00pm-4:00pm<\/p>\n

Drop into Group Area D and we\u2019ll help you out with some Valentine\u2019s gifts!\u00a0 View items from the University of Iowa Special Collections and University Archives while you make buttons from prints of our more romantic books, or send an e-card<\/a>\u00a0 to your loved ones.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

You never know where love will find you, but you do know where to find us.\u00a0 We\u2019ll see you in Group Area D!<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you been searching for a good book with which to spend Valentine’s Day?  Want to use your card game skills to attract a mate?  Looking for a rare book […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3613"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3613"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3614,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3613\/revisions\/3614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}