Upcoming Events

Come enjoy a Wacky Movie at Watts-Midtown for all ages!! This month's film is from the year 2002 stars a wooly mammoth, ground sloth, and saber-tooth tiger who come across a human baby and have to work together to get him back to his tribe.

Join us for some painting fun at our Winter Paint & Sip event! We will have painting stations set up for you to create your own masterpiece! This is not a guided class, but there will be projects you may choose from.

Enjoy a musical interlude  over the lunch hour. Thanks  to sponsors Jim and Carol Horstmann, a variety of musical performances will be  presented on the first  Tuesdays  of the month from December through April. 

On August 28, 1955, while visiting family in Money, Mississippi, 14-year-old Emmett Till, an African American from Chicago, was brutally murdered after allegedly flirting with a white woman in Bryant’s Grocery and Meat Market in the small town’s s

Come enjoy a Wacky Movie at Watts-Midtown for all ages!! This month's film is from the year 2003 staring Mike Myers and is based on a beloved Dr. Seuss book.

Does it get any better than curling up with a crafting project while playing a favorite movie in the background? Only if you do it with friends!

Do you love to knit or crochet? We would love for you to join our Adult Knitting Circle!

What do men like Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Zachary Taylor, Winfield Scott, Albert Sidney Johnston, Robert Anderson and Andrew Jackson all have in common? They all participated in the Black Hawk War!

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

Join us on Monday, February 24th, at our Watts-Midtown Branch Library for a presentation on how to best care for our aging parents. Presented in partnership with the Quad Cities Women's Outdoor Club and Alternatives. More details to come!

Enjoy a musical interlude  over the lunch hour. Thanks  to sponsors Jim and Carol Horstmann, a variety of musical performances will be  presented on the first  Tuesdays  of the month from December through April. 

Come enjoy a Wacky Movie at Watts-Midtown for all ages!! This month's film is an Oscar winner from the year 2001. It stars an ogre and donkey tasked with saving a princess for the lord of the land.

Does it get any better than curling up with a crafting project while playing a favorite movie in the background? Only if you do it with friends!

What do men like Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Zachary Taylor, Winfield Scott, Albert Sidney Johnston, Robert Anderson and Andrew Jackson all have in common? They all participated in the Black Hawk War!

Illinois used to have several watch factories within the state. In 1922, the Illinois Watch Company, located in Springfield, put together a video showing the entire process of assembling a wrist or pocket watch.