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Library2GO - RED week - Fall Schedule 2022

All Day 8/22 - 8/26
Library2Go Mobile Library
Library Branch: Library2Go Mobile Library
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Outreach
Event Details:
We are fully open for entry and browsing, masks encouraged, but not required. You can also continue to pick up holds and have us choose items for you with Mobile Library2Go Curbside!  Curbside service: Place an item on hold and we wil...

Outreach: Family Fun Day

10:00am - 4:00pm
Offsite
Library Branch: Offsite
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Outreach, Special Event
Event Details:
Rock Island Library staff will be at the Martin Luther King Community Center's Family Fun Day. Look for our Library2Go bookmobile in the parade, then stop by our booth for information about library services and library cards for all ages!  ...

Library2GO - GOLD week - Fall Schedule 2022

All Day 8/29 - 9/2
Library2Go Mobile Library
Library Branch: Library2Go Mobile Library
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Outreach
Event Details:
We are fully open for entry and browsing, masks encouraged, but not required. You can also continue to pick up holds and have us choose items for you with Mobile Library2Go Curbside!  Curbside service: Place an item on hold and we wil...

Fine Free Friday!

9:00am - 6:00pm
All locations
Library Branch: All locations
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Special Event
Event Details:
Fridays are FINE again in September 2022! To celebrate National Library Card Sign-Up Month, we’ll waive overdue fines on your current checkouts that are returned on a Friday in September. It's your chance to renew your expired library card with a ...

Library2GO - RED week - Fall Schedule 2022

All Day 9/6 - 9/9
Library2Go Mobile Library
Library Branch: Library2Go Mobile Library
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Outreach
Event Details:
We are fully open for entry and browsing, masks encouraged, but not required. You can also continue to pick up holds and have us choose items for you with Mobile Library2Go Curbside!  Curbside service: Place an item on hold and we wil...

Book Sale at Southwest

10:00am - 1:00pm
Southwest Library
Library Branch: Southwest Library
Room: Southwest Community Room
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Special Event
Event Details:
Join Rock Island Library staff and Milan Blackhawk Library District Board Member Tari Weeks, as we present the monthly book sale in the Southwest Community Room. Fill a bag for a donation! Shopping bags available. Stop in and pick up some great ba...

Fine Free Friday!

9:00am - 6:00pm
All locations
Library Branch: All locations
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Special Event
Event Details:
Fridays are FINE again in September 2022! To celebrate National Library Card Sign-Up Month, we’ll waive overdue fines on your current checkouts that are returned on a Friday in September. It's your chance to renew your expired library card with a ...

Library2GO - GOLD week - Fall Schedule 2022

All Day 9/12 - 9/16
Library2Go Mobile Library
Library Branch: Library2Go Mobile Library
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Outreach
Event Details:
We are fully open for entry and browsing, masks encouraged, but not required. You can also continue to pick up holds and have us choose items for you with Mobile Library2Go Curbside!  Curbside service: Place an item on hold and we wil...

September Southwest Craft - Take n Make

All Day
Southwest Library
Registration
Library Branch: Southwest Library
Room: Southwest Community Room
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: DIY
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 35
Event Details:
Using 5 oz clear dixie cups and material, create a lovely lit fall garland! ...

History of the Rock Island Arsenal: Production - RI Arsenal by the Numbers

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Downtown Library
Library Branch: Downtown Library
Room: Downtown Community Room
Age Group: Adult, Everyone
Program Type: Presentation
Event Details:
In celebration of its 160th anniversary, come learn about the history of the Rock Island Arsenal from Army Sustainment Command historians. This presentaion will cover production at the Rock Island Arsenal over its many years....

Fine Free Friday!

9:00am - 6:00pm
All locations
Library Branch: All locations
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Special Event
Event Details:
Fridays are FINE again in September 2022! To celebrate National Library Card Sign-Up Month, we’ll waive overdue fines on your current checkouts that are returned on a Friday in September. It's your chance to renew your expired library card with a ...

Library2GO - RED week - Fall Schedule 2022

All Day 9/19 - 9/23
Library2Go Mobile Library
Library Branch: Library2Go Mobile Library
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Outreach
Event Details:
We are fully open for entry and browsing, masks encouraged, but not required. You can also continue to pick up holds and have us choose items for you with Mobile Library2Go Curbside!  Curbside service: Place an item on hold and we wil...

Banned Books Reading

6:00pm - 8:00pm
Downtown Library
Library Branch: Downtown Library
Room: Downtown Community Room
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Special Event
Event Details:
Join the Rock Island Public Library and the Midwest Writing Center for their annual "Banned Books Reading!" Local authors, librarians, and guests will read passages from their favorite challenged/banned items to celebrate our Freedom to Read. Everyon...

Fine Free Friday!

9:00am - 6:00pm
All locations
Library Branch: All locations
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Special Event
Event Details:
Fridays are FINE again in September 2022! To celebrate National Library Card Sign-Up Month, we’ll waive overdue fines on your current checkouts that are returned on a Friday in September. It's your chance to renew your expired library card with a ...

Library2GO - GOLD week - Fall Schedule 2022

All Day 9/26 - 9/30
Library2Go Mobile Library
Library Branch: Library2Go Mobile Library
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Outreach
Event Details:
We are fully open for entry and browsing, masks encouraged, but not required. You can also continue to pick up holds and have us choose items for you with Mobile Library2Go Curbside!  Curbside service: Place an item on hold and we wil...

Fine Free Friday!

9:00am - 6:00pm
All locations
Library Branch: All locations
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Special Event
Event Details:
Fridays are FINE again in September 2022! To celebrate National Library Card Sign-Up Month, we’ll waive overdue fines on your current checkouts that are returned on a Friday in September. It's your chance to renew your expired library card with a ...

Library2GO - RED week - Fall Schedule 2022

All Day 10/3 - 10/7
Library2Go Mobile Library
Library Branch: Library2Go Mobile Library
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Outreach
Event Details:
We are fully open for entry and browsing, masks encouraged, but not required. You can also continue to pick up holds and have us choose items for you with Mobile Library2Go Curbside!  Curbside service: Place an item on hold and we wil...

Library2GO - GOLD week - Fall Schedule 2022

All Day 10/10 - 10/14
Library2Go Mobile Library
Library Branch: Library2Go Mobile Library
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Outreach
Event Details:
We are fully open for entry and browsing, masks encouraged, but not required. You can also continue to pick up holds and have us choose items for you with Mobile Library2Go Curbside!  Curbside service: Place an item on hold and we wil...

October Southwest Craft - Take n Make

All Day
Southwest Library
Registration
Library Branch: Southwest Library
Room: Southwest Community Room
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: DIY
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 35
Event Details:
Using bright orange and green paper and string - create a fun Jack-o-Lantern Halloween garland. ...

History of the Rock Island Arsenal: "An Arsenal for Democracy:" Rock Island Arsenal and a World at War

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Downtown Library
Library Branch: Downtown Library
Room: Downtown Community Room
Age Group: Adult, Everyone
Program Type: Presentation
Event Details:
In celebration of its 160th anniversary, come learn about the history of the Rock Island Arsenal from Army Sustainment Command historians. ...

Fall Foliage Guided Hike at Black Hawk Historic Site

10:00am - 12:00pm
Offsite
Registration
Library Branch: Offsite
Age Group: Adult, Family, Everyone
Program Type: Tour
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 25
Event Details:
Join us for a guided hike through Black Hawk State Historic Site! This hike is open to people of all ages and will cover the beauty of the site during the fall months. Hikers are encouraged to wear comfortable shoes and clothing, to bring along water...

November Southwest Craft - Take n Make

All Day
Southwest Library
Registration
Library Branch: Southwest Library
Room: Southwest Community Room
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: DIY
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 35
Event Details:
Make cute paper pumpkins and ears of fall corn using pony beads and pipe cleaners! ...

History of the Rock Island Arsenal: REARM

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Downtown Library
Library Branch: Downtown Library
Room: Downtown Community Room
Age Group: Adult, Everyone
Program Type: Presentation
Event Details:
In celebration of its 160th anniversary, come learn about the history of the Rock Island Arsenal from Army Sustainment Command historians. ...

December Southwest Craft - Take n Make

All Day
Southwest Library
Registration
Library Branch: Southwest Library
Room: Southwest Community Room
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: DIY
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 35
Event Details:
Using a paper plate and papers, create a fun Christmas Tree mobile art project. ...