Christmas Holiday Closings

All Rock Island Library locations, including Library2Go bookmobile routes, are closed for the Christmas holiday on Tuesday, Dec. 24 and Wednesday, Dec. 25. Libraries are open normal hours  Monday and Thursday of Christmas week, but there will be no Goodwill computer assistance program on Dec. 26. 

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An Evening with Chef Kwame Onwuachi

Program Type:

Special Event

Age Group:

Adult, Everyone
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Event Details

Chef Kwame Onwuachi will join Illinois Libraries Presents and Rock Island Public Library VIRTUALLY to present on his exciting career in food, as chronicled in his bestselling memoir, Notes from a Young Black Chef. 

A James-Beard award-winning chef, Onwuachi opened five restaurants before turning thirty. He was a 2015 Top Chef contestant and can currently be seen judging Food Network's Chopped. In 2021, Onwuachi became the youngest Executive Producer at Food & Wine magazine.

Register Here: 

https://bit.ly/June22_KwameOnwuachi