Upcoming Events

Celebrate Women's History Month on Saturday, March 28th, with a visit from Mary Todd Lincoln!

Looking to add to your spring decor? Join us on Wednesday, April 8th, to make a diamond art hummingbird! All supplies will be provided. 

Registration is required.  

More details will be posted soon.

Learn the basics of "quilting" by creating quilted coasters. Participants will choose fabrics, measure, cut, iron, pin, and use a sewing machine in this basic tutorial. The outcome?

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. 

Join us on the second Saturday of each month from 10:30am - 12:30pm at the Downtown Library to learn how to step up your sewing game! 

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!

Love plants but not the upkeep? Try a forever succulent! These beauties are made with glass beads and no watering or repotting is required. 

In this DIY session you will make one mini succulent plant. All supplies will be provided.

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

Looking to add to your summer decor? Join us on Monday, June 29th, to make a diamond art butterfly! All supplies will be provided. 

Registration is required.  

More details to come!

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!

   When we think of “Ford,” many things come to mind: cars, Detroit, Michigan, trucks, Henry, the founder and inventor of mass production, the ongoing family company, and what a big influence the name has had in Americ