Upcoming Events

 Room available for PUG day training

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

For ages 0 - 5 years old.

We welcome the LEAD Friday groups from Eugene Field Elementary to the library to learn about library cards, our collection, programs and be reading leaders!

Join us on September 28th, as local artist April Greetings leads a fall-themed cardmaking class! This is a guided program and all supplies will be provided. Attendees will leave with several fall-themed greeting cards.

Interested in 3-D printing? Our 3-D print pens are a great place to start learning, and they're available for checkout! Stop by this event and start a project of your own and try out our different pens.

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

For ages 0 - 5 years old.

Join us for the first of two episodes of "The Vote", a PBS American Experience documentary following the movement of American women to gain the right to vote. Part two will be aired on October 15, at the same time.

After school activities every week on Tuesday (Watts-Midtown) and Thursday (Southwest) for school age kids (K-6). 

This week we will be making shrunken apple heads!!

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

For ages 0 - 5 years old. 

After school activities every week on Tuesday (Watts-Midtown) and Thursday (Southwest) for school age kids (K-6). 

This week we will be making shrunken apple heads!!

Looking for assistance with computer skills and searching for jobs?

In today’s world, it seems like AI is everywhere that you look. It can feel overwhelming, confusing, and even scary.

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

For ages 0 - 5 years old.

Using the stipulations of book banning laws such as that passed in 2023 by the Iowa legislature and signed into law by their Gorvernor, Kim Reynolds, and looking at the restrictions of similar laws recently enacted in other states of our republic,

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

For ages 0 - 5 years old.

After school activities every week on Tuesday (Watts-Midtown) and Thursday (Southwest) for school age (K-6). 

This week will be full of ghostly activities. We may even find one in the library!!!

Join us for a unique evening of learning about animal biology with science educator Andrea Martinez!

Do your toddlers love to get messy?  Bring them to Petite Picassos where they can use all of their senses with hands on art.  We will take care of the mess as they create their masterpieces.  

Join the Army Sustainment Command Historians as they explore the history of the Rock Island Arsenal, the US Military, and the Quad Cities. This year, the lecture series will explore the U.S. Civil War at both a national and local level.

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Illinois Libraries Present and Erika Sánchez, award-winning author of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter.