Event List

Looking for a book club with no assigned reading or focused discussions? Then joining our Silent Book Club® may be for you!

This afternoon book club meets at the Southwest Branch on the 4th Wednesday* of each month during the spring and fall seasons (club will not meet in January, over the summer, or in December).

More detail to be added here.

Calling all yarn enthusiasts - we would love for you to join our Adult Knitting Circle!

Join us as we discuss Tom Lake by Ann Patchett! Reserve a copy through our library system HERE.

Looking for a book club with no assigned reading or focused discussions? Then joining our Silent Book Club® may be for you!

Crank #1 by Ellen Hopkins

The Heider Tractor

This year's lecture series explores the events surrounding American Independence, from the colonial era to the writing of the Constitution.

Looking for a book club with no assigned reading or focused discussions? Then joining our Silent Book Club® may be for you!

Calling all yarn enthusiasts - we would love for you to join our Adult Knitting Circle!

Join us as we discuss Mrs. Christie at the Mystery Guild Library by Amanda Chapman!

Oliver tractors

People Kill People by Ellen Hopkins

This movie was a historical event for the City of Rock Island, and is an extra-special feature for our city's entertainment history.

This year's lecture series explores the events surrounding American Independence, from the colonial era to the writing of the Constitution.

Calling all yarn enthusiasts - we would love for you to join our Adult Knitting Circle!

Join us as we discuss The Winds from Further West by Alexander McCall Smith!

Massey Ferguson

Looking for a book club with no assigned reading or focused discussions? Then joining our Silent Book Club® may be for you!

All are welcome to join the discussion at 2:00 p.m. in the Community Room of the Downtown Library [2nd floor] on the 4th Tuesday afternoon of each month.

This afternoon book club meets at the Southwest Branch on the 4th Wednesday* of each month during the spring and fall seasons (club will not meet in January, over the summer, or in December).

Please Meet Singing Bird (wife of warrior chief Black Hawk) - Kim Sigafus Presentation, Illinois Humanities Road Scholar

At the end of the 19th century, Chicago completely transformed the way Americans eat, and the Union Stockyards on the South Side were the center of that revolution.