Upcoming Events

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

Looking for volunteer hours? Join us for Teen Advisory Group, and learn about volunteering at the library. At TAG, you will:

Join us for a night of fun at the Watts-Midtown Branch! We're taking advantage of our extended hours (thanks Bucktown!) to offer a free evening of snacks and entertainment for teens. Join us for retro gaming and pizza in the Teen Space. 

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. 

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

Looking for volunteer hours? Join us for Teen Advisory Group, and learn about volunteering at the library. At TAG, you will:

Join us for a night of fun at the Watts-Midtown Branch! We're taking advantage of our extended hours (thanks Bucktown!) to offer a free evening of snacks and entertainment for teens. Join us for retro gaming and pizza in the Teen Space. 

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

Looking for volunteer hours? Join us for Teen Advisory Group, and learn about volunteering at the library. At TAG, you will:

Join us for a night of fun at the Watts-Midtown Branch! We're taking advantage of our extended hours (thanks Bucktown!) to offer a free evening of snacks and entertainment for teens. Join us for retro gaming and pizza in the Teen Space. 

   Genesius Guild Presents is is a special performance by the Genesius Theatre Guild of the Quad Cities in preparation for its summer season at Rock Island's Lincoln Park.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Rock Island Knows Tractors Part 9 -- Tractor Wars, the Movie