Upcoming Events

In honor of her 250th birthday this month, join us on Saturday, December 6th, for a visit with Jane Austen herself! 

The library offers several options for hunting for your ancestors and to learn more about your family's history.

Golden Memories of Christmas Past

Event Details

The Rock Island Public Library Board of Trustees meets regularly at 5 pm on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at the Downtown Library, 401 19th Street.

Please note this group will start meeting on the third Wednesday of each month (rather than the third Thursday) beginning in September! 

Get out of the cold and join us for a FREE concert with the Grace Notes Flute Quartet. This concert is suitable for music lovers of all ages. Light refreshments will be provided.

Join us for a FREE musical concert with the QC Chordbusters. This concert is suitable for music lovers of all ages. Light refreshments will be provided.

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

Remembering Black history.....

Go Ask Alice -- the Movie

This month's book selection is a non-fiction book about the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s-era nearby state of Indiana, A Fever in the Heartland by Timothy Egan..

Join us for a FREE concert with a Tony Hoeppner & Friends. This concert is suitable for music lovers of all ages. Light refreshments will be provided.

Investing & Taxes Part 1 -- A Society for Financial Awareness Presentation

This year's lecture series explores the events surrounding American Independence, from the colonial era to the writing of the Constitution. This month, the topic is the French and Indian War and its importance to future of the United States.

Investment & Taxes - Part 2
A Society for Financial Awareness Presentation

March's book selection is Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult. Given the Iowa High School Book Award in 2010, it is now banned from that state's public schools.

Join us for a FREE ragtime concert with Cherry & Jerry! This concert is suitable for music lovers of all ages. Light refreshments will be provided.

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

More details will be posted soon.

For 200 years, since the first Draisienne running machine, the bicycle has offered us free climate-friendly travel, in the early days saving us from being over-run in dung, up to today, reducing air pollution. 

Neil Dahlstrom is an archivist, speaker, and writer (author of Tractor Wars, The John Deere Story, and Lincoln's Wrath). 

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky