This group meets on the 2nd Tuesday of each month in the Community Room.  We welcome all skill levels of knitters and crocheters. 

Join the Teen Book Club to talk about your favorites and new books! 

This month, we meet at the Main Library, 401 19th St, on the 2nd floor.  Open ages 11-18

Monarch Mondays

Grades- K-3rd

Dates:  December 14th-  "Scaredy Squirrel"

              Each title is from the 2010 Monarch Award list which is an Illinois Children's Choice Award. 

              Enjoy the story and craft.

The Library Board of Trustees meets on the third Tuesday of each month from 11:30 to 12:30 p.m. in the Library Director's office. The public may address the board at the beginning of each meeting.

This event has been cancelled for tonight.

See our 2010 calendar for more Messy Mondays!

All locations close early at 5:30 p.m. today

All locations are closed today for Christmas Eve

All locations are closed today for the Christmas holiday.

Enjoy the winter break by stopping in at the Main Library to play some games and get out of the house for the afternoon.

Rock Island Main Library 2nd floor

Open to ages 11-18. 

All locations close early today for the New Year's Eve holiday.

All locations are closed today for New Year's Eve

All locations are closed today for New Year's Day

RHYME TIME!

For ages birth - 5 years old at the Southwest Branch Library.

Come hear stories, sing songs and do crafts. 

Visit the Friends of the Library used book store at our 30/31 Branch Library, 3059 30th Street, for even bigger deals on used books, magazines and more!  Proceeds benefit your library!

Rhyme Time

For ages birth - 5 years old at the Main Library.

Come enjoy stories, sing songs and make crafts.

Enjoy a good movie at the Main Rock Island Public Library. Each month a significant Independent Film will be shown in the Community Room of the Main Library–401 19th Street–in downtown Rock Island. All showings will begin at 6:00 p.m. They are free and open to the public. This month’s feature is Ali Zaoua (Morocco-France, 98 minutes).

Ali, Kwita, Omar, and Boukber are a group of street urchins living on the hard streets of Casablanca. Their everyday lives are filled with violence, begging, and indifference. In order to survive they create a bond of friendship and family between then. The bond is cut short when Ali is senselessly killed at the beginning of the film by a blow to the head; his life taken by a single act of a rival gang. Ali's friends decide not to report his death to the police, who would have the boy buried in a potter's field. Instead they decide to give him a worthy burial, to bury Ali on the private island he so often dreamed of. Ali Zaoua captures the power of dreams and presence of hope in the harshest of circumstances.

PLEASE be advised that none of these films are rated and some may not be suitable for children.