Week Calendar

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.

In this introductory sewing class, join local fashion designer Shay Moore as we make mental health journal covers! Instruction and all materials will be provided. 

Registration is required. 

Want to start a garden, but not sure where to start? Join us for our five-part Vegetable Gardening Series this spring, presented in partnership with the University of Illinois Extension Office! 

This month's  Alpha Book Club selection is 1943 coming-of-age story, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith! All are welcome to join and registration is not required.

To celebrate National Library Week, join us for a screening of PBS Independent Lens's brand new documentary Free for All: The Public Library. The film is an hour long, and there will be a discussion afterwards.

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.

Looking for assistance with computer skills and searching for jobs?

Please join us for an evening with Dave Markward as he shares his personal journey of understanding racism in America.

Alexis Nikole Nelson is a forager and an outdoor educator using her platforms, TikTok account alexisnikole and Instagram page blackforage