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.

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
Event Details:

        

Use all of your senses with hands-on art.  We will enjoy

a story and several art projects. 

Outreach: Reading Rocks Book Club

1:15pm - 2:15pm
Teen
Outreach
Offsite Event
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Library Branch: Outreach
Age Group: Teen
Program Type: Discussion, Book Club

Daughters of the Steppes: Night Witches of World War II

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Adult, Everyone
Downtown Library
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Library Branch: Downtown Library
Room: Downtown Community Room
Age Group: Adult, Everyone
Program Type: Presentation
Event Details:

This presentation conveys the stories of some of the most talented, brave, and resourceful women of their generation, the only female air force to appear in combat in World War 2.