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. 20 with normal 10am to 2 pm hours. 

Community Comforts Donation Drive

All Day
Everyone
Outreach
Offsite Event
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Library Branch: Outreach
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Special Event
Event Details:

This fall, Rock Island Public Library is asking for donations for our first Community Comforts Donation Drive.

Outreach/Headstart-Longfellow&Academy

9:00am - 10:45am
Children
Offsite
Offsite Event
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Library Branch: Offsite
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Early Learning
Event Details:

Children's staff from the Rock Island Public Library will be providing early childhood literacy to our friends at the RI/M Head Start and Preschool for All classes.  

Outreach ~ Kinder Care

9:30am - 11:00am
Children
Offsite
Offsite Event
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Library Branch: Offsite
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Early Learning
Event Details:

Children's staff  from the Rock Island Public Library

will be providing early learning childhood literacy

to our friends at Kinder Care.

Community Conversations with the Midwest Writing Center: Local Author Devin Hansen

5:00pm - 7:30pm
Everyone
Downtown Library
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Library Branch: Downtown Library
Room: Downtown Community Room
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Discussion
Event Details:

Community Conversations are a partnership between the Rock Island Public Library and the Midwest Writing Center, featuring a look at important issues to the community through the lenses of reading, writing, and discussion.