Upcoming Events

Join us on Thursday, April 2nd, as local artist April Greetings leads a spring-themed cardmaking class! This is a guided program and all supplies will be provided. Attendees will leave with several spring-themed greeting cards.

Debunking Myths About Dietary Supplements

Thursday, April 2, 2026 @ 2 pm – 3:30 pm at the Rock Island Public Library, 401- 19^th Street, Rock Island IL 

This month's Alpha Book Club selection is The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer! This thought-provoking work on nonfiction will be sure to spark a great conversation! All are welcome to join and registration is not required.

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Join us for a FREE ragtime concert with Cherry & Jerry! This concert is suitable for music lovers of all ages. Light refreshments will be provided.

Please join our new Southwest Stitch Club! This is a gathering of crafters of all levels and all craft interests. Simply bring along your handicraft and expect to meet your neighbors. All are welcome!

This year's lecture series explores the events surrounding American Independence, from the colonial era to the writing of the Constitution.

Looking to add to your spring decor? Join us on Wednesday, April 8th, to make a diamond art hummingbird! All supplies will be provided. 

Registration is required.  

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.

Renowned storyteller and author Brian “Fox” Ellis presents a first-person impression of Robert Ridgway and the story of his lifelong work at the Smithsonian Institution.

Learn the basics of "quilting" by creating quilted coasters. Participants will choose fabrics, measure, cut, iron, pin, and use a sewing machine in this basic tutorial. The outcome?

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For 200 years, since the first Draisienne running machine, the bicycle has offered us free climate-friendly travel, in the early days saving us from being over-run in dung, up to today, reducing air pollution. 

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

Do you love the smell of popcorn and the thrill of watching movies with others? Join in on the fun and come to our Downtown Movie Club! This month's selection is Brad Pitt's latest racing film. Light refreshments will be provided. 

Cristina Henríquez: Voice, Culture, and Human Connection

Please join us on the third Saturday of each month from 11-1 at the Rock Island Library for "Living With Loss"- A gentle, supportive, conversation group open to anyone navigating grief, caregiving, experiencing the weight of change, or have questi

Calling all yarn enthusiasts - we would love for you to join our Adult Knitting Circle!

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To kick off National Library Week, we're opening the book on what it takes to run a public library! Join us on four Mondays for the first-ever RIPL Library Citizen's Academy, and become a library expert.

Celebrate National Library week with this creative bookend craft! Design your own light up bookend to take home, and give your bookshelves a literal glow-up.

This afternoon book club meets at the Southwest Branch on the 4th Wednesday* of each month during the spring and fall seasons (club will not meet in January, over the summer, or in December).

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky