Upcoming Events

Check out the upcoming events, meetings, and performances at the City of Coralville. Highlights include:

• Meetings: Citizen’s Community Policing Advisory Board (November 22), City Council (November 23), Planning & Zoning Commission (December 1)
• Thanksgiving holiday (November 25 & 26)
• Holiday trash schedule (November 25-December 3)
• Free community meal (December 10)

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Shop Local this Holiday Season

Show 'em some love

When holiday shopping on Black Friday and Small Business Saturday, remember to shop local. Local businesses employ our friends, family, and neighbors!

Shop JoCo digital community gift card

Give the gift of your favorite shops, restaurants, and attractions with the Shop JoCo digital community gift card. Use it at any of the almost 100 participating Johnson County merchants! And soon, you can even use it to buy Coralville Transit bus passes, Center for the Performing Arts tickets, and golf at Brown Deer! Shop JoCo gift card

We Don't Want to Talk About It

(But we need to)

You know the cold white stuff that starts to fall from the sky this time of year and needs to be shoveled?

You might not want to talk about it, but we can't ignore the fact that it is coming. We'll just leave this handy information right here for those who like to plan ahead:  Guide to snow removal

Yard Waste Season Winds Down

Pickup ends in late November

If you have leaves and other fall yard waste to get rid of, now is the time to set it out; yard waste pickup runs until late November, weather permitting.

Coralville yard waste bags are $5/five at Coralville Hy-Vee stores, Theisen's, and City Hall. Use only Coralville yard waste bags; others will not be picked up. If you use a 33-gallon container, annual yard waste stickers are $25 at City Hall. Yard waste

Pass the Turkey & Gravy, Not Illness 

Free COVID-19 test kits

This Thanksgiving, make sure the only thing you pass around the table is food. You can get a free COVID-19 test kit at City Hall and the Library as an added precaution to celebrate safely.

Everything you need is included, and instructions are in English and Spanish. Take the kit home, take the test, and return it to the dropbox at the State Hygienic Lab in Coralville, or use the enclosed UPS shipping label. You will get your results by email. COVID-19 test kit

Save the Date for Aisle of Lights

Thousands of luminarias shine

Sunday, December 12 | 5:00-9:00 pm

Coralville glows when you light luminarias on your sidewalks and turn on your holiday lights for Aisle of Lights!
 
To make luminarias, get free sacks and sand (bring a container) at the Aquatic Center parking lot December 6-12, and use your own candles. To spread the magic, pick up bags and sand for your neighbors too. Sponsored in part by GreenState Credit Union. Sand donated by Hawkeye Ready Mix. Aisle of Lights

What's Open, What's Closed on Thanksgiving

Hours, closures, and trash & recycling

City Hall, the Library, Recreation Center, and Indoor Pool will be closed on Thursday and Friday, November 25 and 26. Transit will not operate on Thanksgiving, and on Friday the buses will run a Saturday route and schedule. 

Trash and recycling for Thursday routes will be picked up the Monday after Thanksgiving. The week after Thanksgiving, all routes will be picked up one day later than usual.  Thanksgiving schedule

Make a Difference in Coralville

Five City boards are accepting applications

Bring your voice to our community! Apply for a seat on the Board of Adjustment or the Coralville Arts, Civil Service, Parks and Recreation, or Planning and Zoning Commission through November 24.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion will be considered.
Get involved

Center for the Performing Arts

Get tickets

Handel's Messiah  |  November 21

Orchestra Iowa and the Chamber Singers of Iowa City present this holiday classic. Orchestra Iowa’s Messiah

Handel's Messiah  |  December 3

Conductor Ed Kottick brings together an orchestra, professional soloists, and the Muscatine Civic Chorale to fill the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts with a joyful holiday celebration! CCPA Messiah

Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical  |  December 10-12, 17-19

Your family will love this captivating musical, reveling in the anarchy of childhood, the power of imagination, and the inspiring girl who dreams of a better life. Presented by City Circle Theatre Company. Matilda the Musical

What's Happening at the Library

Novel Conversations Zoom Discussion

Halfway Home: Race, Punishment, and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration by Reuben Jonathan Miller
Thursday, November 18 | 7:00 pm

A mass-incarceration sociologist examines the lifelong realities of a criminal record, and how America's justice system is less about rehabilitation and more about structured disenfranchisement.
One Community, One Book Zoom discussion

Family Storytime

Saturday, November 27 | 10:30 am

Stories, songs, and rhymes in Schwab Auditorium. Find more details on the Library Facebook page!