Thanksgiving Holiday Closings

All Rock Island Library buildings will close at 6pm Wednesday, Nov. 27, and remain closed Thursday and Friday, Nov. 28 & 29, for the Thanksgiving holiday. Library2Go routes are also cancelled. 

Stay in touch with our digital services and PrairieCat app! All locations reopen on Saturday, Nov. 30 with normal 10am to 2 pm hours. 

Southwest Petite Picassos

10:30am - 11:30am
Children
Southwest Branch
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Library Branch: Southwest Branch
Room: Southwest Community Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Early Learning
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Use all of your senses with hands-on art.  We will enjoy

a story and several art projects. 

Cowboy Courage: Westerns and the Portrayal of Bravery

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Adult
Downtown Library
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Library Branch: Downtown Library
Room: Downtown Community Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Discussion
Event Details:

The presentation, based on William Hampes' book, Cowboy Courage, uses both a discussion about and video clips from film and television Westerns to show how they demonstrate the ways different types of courage (physica

30/31 Book Club

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Adult
Downtown Library
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Library Branch: Downtown Library
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Discussion, Book Club
Event Details:

A short novella is discussed this month, A River Runs Through It by Noman MacLean.  MacLean received a slew of rejections on this title, one publisher stating "It has trees in it."