Special Closing, August 21

All Rock Island Public Library buildings will be closed Wednesday, August 21 so that all staff can attend Staff Development. Library2Go bookmobile will be off the road for the day. Book returns and online services will be available. 

Southwest Petite Picassos

10:30am - 11:30am
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
Downtown Library
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Library Branch: Downtown Library
Room: Downtown Community Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Discussion
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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
Downtown Library
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Library Branch: Downtown Library
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Discussion, Book Club
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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."