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Toddler Tales @ Southwest Branch

Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Southwest Community Room at Southwest Branch
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Early Learning
Event Details:

 Children and their caregivers are invited to enjoy this story time full of books, action rhymes and songs.  For ages 0 - 5 years old. 

Library Branch: Southwest Branch
Room: Southwest Community Room
Age Group: Early Learning
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

 Children and their caregivers are invited to enjoy this story time full of books, action rhymes and songs. 

For ages 0 - 5 years old. 

Rock Island Arsenal Lecture Series: 250 Years of the US Army

Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Downtown Collaboration Area at Downtown Library
Program Type:
Presentation
Age Group:
Adult
Event Details:

This lecture series is commemorating the 250th anniversary of the creation of the United States Army in 1775. All talks in this series are presented by the staff of Army Sustainmen...

Library Branch: Downtown Library
Room: Downtown Collaboration Area
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Presentation
Event Details:

This lecture series is commemorating the 250th anniversary of the creation of the United States Army in 1775. All talks in this series are presented by the staff of Army Sustainment Command's History Office, based on the Rock Island Arsenal.

Early Learning Outreach-RIMSD HeadStart & Preschool For All Visits

Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 9:00am - 11:00am
Offsite
Program Type:
Early Learning
Age Group:
Early Learning
Event Details:

Youth Services staff will be reading and sharing literacy activities with the RIMSD Head Start and Preschool for All classes.

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Offsite
Age Group: Early Learning
Program Type: Early Learning
Event Details:

Youth Services staff will be reading and sharing literacy activities with the RIMSD Head Start and Preschool for All classes.

Brown background with text reading "Coffee & Conversations Meet Neighbors Create Community" next to a cup of coffee with a heart in the middle. The Rock Island Public Library in the bottom left next to text that reads "2nd & 4th Saturday @10am | Southwest Library"

Coffee & Conversations

Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Southwest Community Room at Southwest Branch
Program Type:
Mental Health, Discussion
Age Group:
Adult
Event Details:

Meet neighbors and create community at Coffee & Conversations every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month at the Southwest Library! Coffee, light refreshments, and optional activit...

Library Branch: Southwest Branch
Room: Southwest Community Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Mental Health, Discussion
Event Details:

Meet neighbors and create community at Coffee & Conversations every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month at the Southwest Library! Coffee, light refreshments, and optional activities will be provided.

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Toddler Tales @ Southwest Branch

Wednesday, October 15, 2025 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Southwest Community Room at Southwest Branch
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Early Learning
Event Details:

 Children and their caregivers are invited to enjoy this story time full of books, action rhymes and songs.  For ages 0 - 5 years old. 

Library Branch: Southwest Branch
Room: Southwest Community Room
Age Group: Early Learning
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

 Children and their caregivers are invited to enjoy this story time full of books, action rhymes and songs. 

For ages 0 - 5 years old. 

Overhead view of Mississippi River at Arsenal bridge and Lock 15

A River Runs Through It - The Mississippi: River of Life

Wednesday, October 15, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Downtown Community Room at Downtown Library
Program Type:
Movie
Age Group:
Everyone
Event Details:

The Mississippi - River of Life is a production of the US Army Corps of Engineers.  See how the river adds to the productivity of our economy and everyday recreational opportu...

Library Branch: Downtown Library
Room: Downtown Community Room
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Movie
Event Details:

The Mississippi - River of Life is a production of the US Army Corps of Engineers.  See how the river adds to the productivity of our economy and everyday recreational opportunities of our people.

Early Learning Outreach-RIMSD HeadStart & Preschool For All Visits

Thursday, October 16, 2025 at 9:00am - 11:00am
Offsite
Program Type:
Early Learning
Age Group:
Early Learning
Event Details:

Youth Services staff will be reading and sharing literacy activities with the RIMSD Head Start and Preschool for All classes.

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Offsite
Age Group: Early Learning
Program Type: Early Learning
Event Details:

Youth Services staff will be reading and sharing literacy activities with the RIMSD Head Start and Preschool for All classes.

Silent Book Club

Thursday, October 16, 2025 at 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Watts-Midtown Community Room at Watts-Midtown Branch
Program Type:
Book Club, Mental Health
Age Group:
Teen, Adult, Everyone
Event Details:

Looking for a book club with no assigned reading or focused discussions? Then joining a Silent Book Club may be for you! The Rock Island Public Library is excited to host the Quad ...

Library Branch: Watts-Midtown Branch
Room: Watts-Midtown Community Room
Age Group: Teen, Adult, Everyone
Program Type: Book Club, Mental Health
Event Details:

Looking for a book club with no assigned reading or focused discussions? Then joining a Silent Book Club may be for you!

Red text reading "Adult Knitting Circle," featuring six skeins of colorful yarn against a light blue background

Adult Knitting Circle

Monday, October 20, 2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Downtown Community Room at Downtown Library
Program Type:
Mental Health, DIY
Age Group:
Adult, Everyone
Event Details:

Do you love to knit or crochet? We would love for you to join our Adult Knitting Circle! Whether you are in the middle of a project or looking to start something new, this club is ...

Library Branch: Downtown Library
Room: Downtown Community Room
Age Group: Adult, Everyone
Program Type: Mental Health, DIY
Event Details:

Do you love to knit or crochet? We would love for you to join our Adult Knitting Circle!

Monthly Board of Trustees Meeting

Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Downtown Community Room at Downtown Library
Purpose of Meeting:

Event Details The Rock Island Public Library Board of Trustees meets regularly at 5 pm on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at the Downtown Library, 401 19th Street. Time for public...

Downtown Library
Library Branch: Downtown Library
Room: Downtown Community Room
Purpose of Meeting

Event Details

The Rock Island Public Library Board of Trustees meets regularly at 5 pm on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at the Downtown Library, 401 19th Street.

Monthly Board of Trustees Meeting

Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Downtown Community Room at Downtown Library
Program Type:
Board Meeting
Age Group:
Everyone
Event Details:

Event DetailsThe Rock Island Public Library Board of Trustees meets regularly at 5 pm on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at the Downtown Library, 401 19th Street. Time for public com...

Library Branch: Downtown Library
Room: Downtown Community Room
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Board Meeting
Event Details:

Event Details

The Rock Island Public Library Board of Trustees meets regularly at 5 pm on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at the Downtown Library, 401 19th Street.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Colorful cover of His Only Wife

Midtown Readers Book Club

Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Watts-Midtown: Norm & Janet Moline Conference Room at Watts-Midtown Branch
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adult
Event Details:

Join us as we discuss His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie! Reserve a copy through our library system HERE. This group meets at the new Watts-Midtown Library in the Norm & Ja...

Library Branch: Watts-Midtown Branch
Room: Watts-Midtown: Norm & Janet Moline Conference Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Join us as we discuss His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie!

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

storytime

Toddler Tales @ Southwest Branch

Wednesday, October 22, 2025 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Southwest Community Room at Southwest Branch
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Early Learning
Event Details:

 Children and their caregivers are invited to enjoy this story time full of books, action rhymes and songs.  For ages 0 - 5 years old. 

Library Branch: Southwest Branch
Room: Southwest Community Room
Age Group: Early Learning
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

 Children and their caregivers are invited to enjoy this story time full of books, action rhymes and songs. 

For ages 0 - 5 years old. 

Book cover with red and white text reading "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte, featuring a young White woman braiding her hair

Southwest Book Club

Wednesday, October 22, 2025 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Southwest Community Room at Southwest Branch
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adult
Event Details:

Looking to join a book club? We would love to have you join our Southwest Book Club! This month, we will be discussing Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë.  Charlotte Bron...

Library Branch: Southwest Branch
Room: Southwest Community Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Looking to join a book club? We would love to have you join our Southwest Book Club! This month, we will be discussing Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. 

Early Learning Outreach-RIMSD HeadStart & Preschool For All Visits

Thursday, October 23, 2025 at 9:00am - 11:00am
Offsite
Program Type:
Early Learning
Age Group:
Early Learning
Event Details:

Youth Services staff will be reading and sharing literacy activities with the RIMSD Head Start and Preschool for All classes.

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Offsite
Age Group: Early Learning
Program Type: Early Learning
Event Details:

Youth Services staff will be reading and sharing literacy activities with the RIMSD Head Start and Preschool for All classes.

Brown background with text reading "Coffee & Conversations Meet Neighbors Create Community" next to a cup of coffee with a heart in the middle. The Rock Island Public Library in the bottom left next to text that reads "2nd & 4th Saturday @10am | Southwest Library"

Coffee & Conversations

Thursday, October 23, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Southwest Community Room at Southwest Branch
Program Type:
Mental Health, Discussion
Age Group:
Adult
Event Details:

Meet neighbors and create community at Coffee & Conversations every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month at the Southwest Library! Coffee, light refreshments, and optional activit...

Library Branch: Southwest Branch
Room: Southwest Community Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Mental Health, Discussion
Event Details:

Meet neighbors and create community at Coffee & Conversations every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month at the Southwest Library! Coffee, light refreshments, and optional activities will be provided.

Quarterly Book Sale

Friday, October 24, 2025 at 10:00am - 1:00pm
Downtown Community Room at Downtown Library
Program Type:
Book Sale
Event Details:

Quarterly book sale. Bag up great deals on books and other items.  Unless otherwise marked, sales are by donation. Fill some boxes or bags and make us an offer! 

Library Branch: Downtown Library
Room: Downtown Community Room
Program Type: Book Sale
Event Details:

Quarterly book sale. Bag up great deals on books and other items.  Unless otherwise marked, sales are by donation. Fill some boxes or bags and make us an offer! 

Quarterly Book Sale

Saturday, October 25, 2025 at 10:00am - 1:00pm
Downtown Community Room at Downtown Library
Program Type:
Book Sale
Event Details:

Quarterly book sale. Bag up great deals on books and other items.  Unless otherwise marked, sales are by donation. Fill some boxes or bags and make us an offer! 

Library Branch: Downtown Library
Room: Downtown Community Room
Program Type: Book Sale
Event Details:

Quarterly book sale. Bag up great deals on books and other items.  Unless otherwise marked, sales are by donation. Fill some boxes or bags and make us an offer! 

Cover of the book to be discussed this month

Seniors Read Banned Books -- "The Bluest Eye," by Toni Morrison

Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Downtown Community Room at Downtown Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adult
Book Clubs:

Connect with other readers to discuss books.

Event Details:

"The Bluest Eye," by Toni MorrisonIn Morrison’s acclaimed first novel, Pecola Breedlove—an 11-year-old Black girl in an America whose love for its blond, blue-eyed children can dev...

Library Branch: Downtown Library
Room: Downtown Community Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club

Book Clubs

Connect with other readers to discuss books.

Event Details:

"The Bluest Eye," by Toni Morrison

storytime

Toddler Tales @ Southwest Branch

Wednesday, October 29, 2025 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Southwest Community Room at Southwest Branch
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Early Learning
Event Details:

 Children and their caregivers are invited to enjoy this story time full of books, action rhymes and songs.  For ages 0 - 5 years old. 

Library Branch: Southwest Branch
Room: Southwest Community Room
Age Group: Early Learning
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

 Children and their caregivers are invited to enjoy this story time full of books, action rhymes and songs. 

For ages 0 - 5 years old. 

Early Learning Outreach-RIMSD HeadStart & Preschool For All Visits

Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 9:00am - 11:00am
Offsite
Program Type:
Early Learning
Age Group:
Early Learning
Event Details:

Youth Services staff will be reading and sharing literacy activities with the RIMSD Head Start and Preschool for All classes.

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Offsite
Age Group: Early Learning
Program Type: Early Learning
Event Details:

Youth Services staff will be reading and sharing literacy activities with the RIMSD Head Start and Preschool for All classes.

An image of Godzilla (with its tail in the foreground) from the film Godzilla Minus One.

Monster Movie Monday

Monday, November 3, 2025 at 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Watts-Midtown Community Room at Watts-Midtown Branch
Program Type:
Movie
Age Group:
Teen, Adult, Family
Event Details:

Celebrate Godzilla Day with another Monster Movie Monday! This time, we're showing one of the most celebrated Godzilla films ever made: weather permitting, we'll be outside, but if...

Library Branch: Watts-Midtown Branch
Room: Watts-Midtown Community Room
Age Group: Teen, Adult, Family
Program Type: Movie
Event Details:

Celebrate Godzilla Day with another Monster Movie Monday!

An image of Godzilla (with its tail in the foreground) from the film Godzilla Minus One.

Monster Movie Monday

Monday, November 3, 2025 at 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Watts-Midtown: Terrace/Patio at Watts-Midtown Branch
Program Type:
Movie
Age Group:
Teen, Adult, Family
Event Details:

Celebrate Godzilla Day with another Monster Movie Monday! This time, we're showing one of the most celebrated Godzilla films ever made: weather permitting, we'll be outside, but if...

Library Branch: Watts-Midtown Branch
Room: Watts-Midtown: Terrace/Patio
Age Group: Teen, Adult, Family
Program Type: Movie
Event Details:

Celebrate Godzilla Day with another Monster Movie Monday!

storytime

Toddler Tales @ Southwest Branch

Wednesday, November 5, 2025 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Southwest Community Room at Southwest Branch
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Early Learning
Event Details:

 Children and their caregivers are invited to enjoy this story time full of books, action rhymes and songs.  For ages 0 - 5 years old. 

Library Branch: Southwest Branch
Room: Southwest Community Room
Age Group: Early Learning
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

 Children and their caregivers are invited to enjoy this story time full of books, action rhymes and songs. 

For ages 0 - 5 years old.