Alpha Books will meet to discuss "Loving Frank" by Nancy Horan, in the Community Room of the Main Library. 3 p.m. To participate, just read the book and show up.

If you've borrowed a book from the book club kit, bring it along to exchange for next month's book.

50 years ago, on Feb. 1, 1960, four black college students changed history - just by sitting down at a Woolworth's lunch counter. Join us 50 years later for a free program to celebrate this critical turning point in the civil rights movement on:

Monday, Feb. 1, 2010, 6:45 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Rock Island Library Community Room

Viewing and discussion of a short film,

February One: The Story of the Greensboro Four.

Presented by the Rock Island Public Library and The Afro-American Heritage Center. This is the first of four programs on Civil Rights Memories planned for the next year.

Free and open to the public.