Research Your Family Tree

Researching Your Family Tree: Thursday, Sept. 26, 2:30 to Library of Congress, immigrants waiting for ferry 3:30 pm or Oct. 8, from 6:00 to 7:00 pm,  Rock Island Main Library, 401 19th Street Curious to research your family history but not sure where to start? The Rock Island County Genealogical Society can help! The hour-long session will help participants get their research started.

Meet "the Angel of the Warsaw Ghetto" Oct. 1

Irena Sendler: Angel of the Warsaw Ghetto. Tuesday, Oct. 1st, 6:30 to 7:30 pm,

Rock Island Main Library, 401 19th Street.

 

As a Polish Catholic social worker during WWII, Irena Sendler risked her life to save others. With ingenuity, calmness and courage, she was responsible for rescuing 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto. Irena never thought of herself as hero, and said she simply did what needed to be done, and followed her heart. In this 60-minute performance and question and answer session, Judy Winnick will portray this extraordinary woman.

 

Event presented in partnership with the Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities.

Join us Thursday for a Movie, A Book Sale or Both!

Independent Movie Night, Thurs., Oct. 3, 6:00 pm.

A father and daughter pose as refugees to find a home with a well-off family in Jerusalem. Hebrew with English subtitles. 89 minutes.


Movies (and popcorn) are free and open to the public. Movies are not rated; content may not be suitable for all.

 

Friends of the Rock Island Library host their monthly half-price book sale on Thursday, Oct. 3, 9:00am to 8:00pm, Rock Island 30/31 Branch Library, 3059 30th Street. Used book and material sale; benefits Rock Island Library programs.

 

We want to know what you think!

Revised Library Logo The Rock Island Public Library has partnered with the University of Illinois Extension on an opinion study aimed at gathering public input on library services, usage patterns, and perceptions.

 

Library users have until October 5, 2013 to complete an online survey that will provide the library with input on why they do or do not use libraries, the services they find most beneficial, and their feelings about the role of the library in their community. To take the survey, click this link:

 

A printed copy of the survey may also be picked up and completed at the Rock Island Main, 30/31 or Southwest Branch Libraries.Development of the survey was funded by a grant from the Rock Island Community Foundation.

 

Explore Illinois Mining History

Uprisings: Illinois Miners Revolt! Wednesday, Oct. 9th, 6:30 to 7:30pm, Rock Island Main Library, 401 19th Street. IllinoisRoad Scholar Rosemary Feurer will discuss the role of miners throughout the state, incorporating the lost history of African-American miners, and the first successful miners uprising in 1897-1898. Also, learn how downstate miners during 1894-1935 created a culture that led to an uprising against their union, mining corporations, and state and federal officials.

 

This program is made possible in part by an award from the Illinois Humanities Council, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Illinois General Assembly. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.Illinois Humanities Logo


More Ways to Learn at Your Library!

Getting Started with Computers, Monday, Oct. 7th, 11:00 am to noon, Rock Island Main Library, 401 19th Street. This one-hour class starts with the very basic lessons on computers and how to start using them. Registration is required - space is limited. Call the Rock Island Library's Reference Desk, 732-7341, to sign up. No computer skills are required.

 

Library How-To: Download Music, Thursday, Oct. 10th, 2:00 to 3:00 pm, Rock Island Main Library, 401 19th Street.Learn how to use the Library's music service, to download music to your computer and personal devices. Participants must have a Rock Island, Bettendorf, Davenport, or Sherrard District Library card to use Freegal.

 

Getting Started with the Internet, Tuesday, Oct. 15th, 11:00 am to noon, Rock Island Main Library, 401 19th Street. This class will help you to use the Internet more effectively. Learn about some of the Library's databases, search engines, and how to move around online. Reservation is required - space is limited. Call the Rock Island Library's Reference Desk, 309-732-7341, to register. Keyboarding and mouse skills required.

 

Getting Started with Email, Monday, Oct. 21st, 11:00am to noon, Rock Island Main Library, 401 19th Street.  Need help setting up an email account or learning how to use yours?  This class should help!  Learn how to send email, attach files, and more!  Registration required - space is limited.  Call the Rock Island Library's Reference desk, 309-732-7341, to register.  Keyboarding and mouse skills required.

 

Getting Started with Microsoft Word, Monday, Oct. 28th, 11:00am to noon, Rock Island Main Library, 401 19th Street. Want to learn more about Microsoft Word?  Learn how to create letters, papers, and work on your resume.  Registration is required - space is limited.  Call the Rock Island Library's Reference desk, 309-732-7341, to register.  Keyboarding and mouse skills required.

 

Library How-To: Download Books, Tuesday, Oct. 29th, 6:30 to 7:30 pm, Southwest Branch, Learn how to use the Library's ebook and eaudiobook service OverDrive, to download books to your personal devices and computer.

The Imagination of Edgar Allen Poe

E. A. POE: Edgar Allan Poe's Imagination!, a one-man show on the work of Edgar Allen Poe with Dan Haughey  will be presented Monday, Oct. 14, 6:00 pm at the Rock Island Main Library Community Room, 401 19th Street.

 

Actor Dan Haughey becomes a modern literary critic for a prominent newspaper as he interprets excerpts from some of Poe's most entertaining and creative works. In this 45-minute drama some of Poe's greatest poems, short stories, and satires, including   The Raven, Annabel Lee, The Bells, and The Tell Tale Heart  Haughey both performs and critiques Poe's work in the guise of a skeptical critic.

 

The program is free and open to the public.

Trivia for a Good (Library) Cause

Books for Kids Trivia Night, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 6:30 to 9:30 pm

, Quad City Botanical Center, 2525 4th Avenue, Rock Island. Event is an annual fundraiser for the Rock Island Library Foundation's Lorene Evans Watts fund for children's books, materials and supplies at the Rock Island Public Library.  $10 per per player; teams of eight. Light snacks may be brought in; beverages must be purchased at cash bar. To sign up for a table, call the library at 309-732-7305 or email kerns.kellie@rigov.org

 

Two More Events for Teens

Teen Gaming Night, Thur., Oct. 10, 6:00 to 7:30 pm, Rock Island Main Library, 401 19th Street. Teens can play Xbox 360 and Wii Games on the library's big screen, try out some board games, and enjoy snacks, For ages 12 to 18 only.

 

Teen Iron Chef contest: Tues, Oct. 15, 6:00 to 7:00 pm, Rock Island Main Library, 401 19th Street.  Teens ages 12 to 18 can take part in a monthly Iron Chef competition. Choose your ingredients and test your culinary skills against other teens for the next Iron Chef crown. Ages 12-18 only.

 

Teen Allegiant Party, Tues, Oct. 22, 6:00 to 7:30 pm, Rock Island Main Library, 401 19th Street. Celebrate the release of the final book in the popular "Divergent" teen book trilogy by Veronica Roth. Snacks, trivia, plus a movie, for ages 12 to 18.

 

Teen Halloween Party, Thurs., Oct. 31, 6:00 to 7:30 pm, Rock Island Main Library, 401 19th Street.  Celebrate Halloween at the Rock Island Public Library. Snacks, scary movie, costume contest & games for ages 12 to 18.

Art by Dee Schricker at Main Library

Works by Dee Schricker will be on display at the Main Library from Oct. 2-31.

 

Entitled "Unique Techniques," the show is open for viewing during regular library hours.  Works include paint, raku clay work, fabric and metal. Ms. Schricker is a partner in the Boho Chic Fine Arts gallery at Bucktown Center for the Arts,  225 E 2nd Street, Davenport.

 

"Creating, whether it is clay, painting, fabric art or even a new glaze recipe, is my daily passion.  To make something beautiful out of a lump of clay, a blank canvas, odd pieces of cloth or found objects, gives a satisfaction I cannot find anywhere else.  When someone purchases a piece of my art to display in their home, to me it is an honor like no other," Dee Schricker.

 

 

Frieze Lectures Explore Global Connections

Lectures on "It IS a Small World After All: Globalism's Impact on Literature, Art and Culture" will be offered in the Rock Island Main Library Community Room, 401 19th Street, at 2:00 pm on Tuesdays, October 22, 29, November 5 and 12.

Join us in October for:

 

Tuesday, October 22: Dr. Peter Kivisto, who holds Augustana's Richard A. Swanson Chair in Social Thought and was this year named Distinguished Professor at Finland's University of Turku, will speak on the role of ethnicity in the 21st century, setting the stage for a series that explores the gradual erosion of racial and societal dividing lines.

 

Tuesday, October 29: Dr. Margaret Morse, a member of Augustana's Department of Art History, will provide an overview of African Art from the College's collection, examining these works in their original contexts while discussing how Western perceptions of African masks and sculpture have influenced traditional and current artistic production on the continent.

 

The fall partnership has brought Augustana College professors into the Rock Island Main Library since 1998 for college-level lectures on literature, art, music and the sciences with no tests or grades. This year's series is dedicated to the memory of late library board member Ruth Evelyn Katz, who created the series as part of the Library's 125th anniversary. (The name refers to an architectural feature surrounding the top of the Main Library building.)

The Rock Island Library has partnered with the University of Illinois Extension on an opinion survey to learn how we can better serve you as residents of the Quad Cities region. The purpose of the study is to gain a better understanding of how the public accesses library services, determine what services are of interest, and understand public perception about our organization.

If you've previously taken a City of Rock Island survey, please note that this is a separate study, one that focuses on library questions and perceptions only. We would appreciate a few minutes of your time on these questions as well.

Individual survey responses are anonymous and confidential and will be viewed only by University of Illinois Extension staff. Results of the survey will be available to you. Please complete the survey by  Oct. 5, 2013.

To complete the survey online,copy and paste this link into your web browser: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Z2CBLDQor visit our website http://rockislandlibrary.org/, and click on the Rock Island Public Library Opinion Survey link.

If you prefer to take a paper copy of the survey, it is attached to this newsletter email.  Please print the survey, fill it out and  return it in a sealed envelope to any of  the dropboxes at  our three library locations (Main, 30/31 and Southwest Branches.)  You may also pick-up a blank copy of the survey at our Information Desks.

Thanks for letting us know what you think! Angela Campbell, Rock Island Library Director

Survey development funded by Rock Island Community Foundation.


This newsletter will bring you up to date with new services, events and people at your Rock Island Public Library. Want to know more? Check out our online calendar or pick up a printed monthly calendar at Rock Island Libraries.

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Getting Started with the Internet, Tuesday, September 3rd. 2:00 pm, Rock Island Main Library, 401 19th Street. This class will help you to use the Internet more effectively. Learn about some of the Library's databases, search engines, and how to move around online.  Reservation is required - space is limited.  Call the Rock Island Library's Reference Desk, 309-732-7341, to register.  Keyboarding and mouse skills required.

 

Registration is required - space is limited.  Call the Rock Island Library's Reference Desk, 309-732-7341, to register. No computer skills required.

 

Independent Movie Night, Thurs., Sept. 5, 6:00pm:

A young widow clinging to the memory of her late husband is profoundly affected by the arrival of a young photographer in her village.  97 minutes.Portuguese with English subtitles.

 

Movies (and popcorn) are free and open to the public. Movies are not rated; content may not be suitable for all.

 

Friends of the Rock Island Library host their monthly half-price book sale on Thursday, Sept. 5, 9:00am to 8:00pm, Rock Island 30/31 Branch Library, 3059 30th Street. Used book and material sale; benefits Rock Island Library programs.

 

Both events occur monthly on the first Thursday.

 

From a walking tour of Rock Island saints and sinners to a lecture program on how the early brewing industry affected the lives of women, local history is on tap at the Rock Island Library in September. The events are part of the library's partnership with Experience Quad Cities and its second-annual East West Riverfest focus on arts, culture and heritage from Sept. 6-22.  Rock Island Library events are free and open to the public.

 

Lace up your shoes for a walk among "Reformers and Reprobates." From local reformers such as Miss Ellen Gale and Minnie Potter to the reprobates of the John Looney era, Rock Island history is full of fascinating saints and sinners.

 

Hear their stories through a downtown walking tour sponsored by the Rock Island Public Library on Thursday, Sept. 12, from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. Local historian Jill Doak will lead a tour that encompasses several Looney-era sites, including Bill Gabel's "soft drinks" establishment, Anthony Bilburg's saloon, the Looney and Kelly office building, and the former sites of the Como and Sherman Hotels, as well as the sites of Rock Island reformers, including the Rock Island Argus building,  the Potter House, Dr. DeSilva's home, the YMCA, several historic churches, and of course, the Rock Island Library. The tour meets at 6:00 pm inside the Main Library, 401 19th Street, and then leaves the library to move around the downtown. Registration is not required, but is appreciated. Walk-ins are welcomed.  Call 309-732-7303 or email lockheart.lisa@rigov.org to sign up, so we know not to leave you behind!

 

Learn About the WPA in the Quad Cities: The Rock Island Public Library will present Dr. Jeff Hancks from Western Illinois University for a program on The WPA in the Quad Cities on Monday, Sept. 16 at 2:00 pm in the Main Library, 401 19th Street. This free program will meet in the second-floor Community Room and is open to all ages.

 

The Works Project Administration (WPA) and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) were federal work relief programs begun under Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. As the largest and most ambitious of the Depression-era agencies, these programs employed millions to carry out construction, parks, and arts projects. Dr. Hancks will speak generally on the various relief projects carried out nationwide during the Great Depression and specifically on projects benefiting the Quad City area, such as the Rock Island Longview Park Greenhouse, Lock & Dam #15, the Moline Municipal Airport and Black Hawk State Park. Rock Island native Jeff Hancks is a special collections librarian at Western Illinois University in Macomb.

 

Proper Ladies & Painted Women: Women, Work, and Reform in a Wet City: Learn about the rich history of brewing in the Quad Cities, and how that industry affected the lives of local women, with a free lecture program by Augustana College professor Dr. Jane Simonsen on Thursday, Sept. 19 from 6:30 to 7:30 pm. The free program takes place in the Community Room of the Rock Island Main Library, 401 19th Street, and is open to the public.  Dr. Jane Simonsen is an associate professor of history at Augustana College, where she specializes in U.S. women's history, gender studies and Native American studies.

 

Additional events going on at the Rock Island Library during the East West Riverfest time period include free morning and evening children's storytimes,  three "Smart Start" Saturday storytimes, free Lego block construction times, the "Ripples of Inspiration" art exhibit at the Main Library, adult classes in how to use Email and Microsoft Word, and an eBook demo at the Southwest Branch. For more details about library events, visit the Rock Island Library website at www.rockislandlibrary.org, sign up for an email newsletter, follow the library on Facebook or Twitter, or call 309-732-7323 (READ.)

 

Free copies of the East West Riverfest guide are also available at all Rock Island Public Libraries. More than 300 events at 60 different community venues are posted on the East West Riverfest website at www.eastwestriverfest.com.

It's National Library Week: Celebrate Libraries with Us!

Communities Matter at Your Library" is the theme of National Library Week, April 14-20, and to celebrate, the Rock Island Public Library is bringing together varying interests, services, and communities of learners and readers.

 

Take a Pass! Two new cultural and attraction passes became available just this week for checkout at the Rock Island Main, 30/31 and Southwest Branch Libraries. You can now checkout a free family pass for:

 

  • The Figge Art Museum in Davenport - admits four
  • Niabi Zoo in Coal Valley - admits two adults and up to 4 children, and
  • The Quad City Botanical Center - admits 4

Passes check out for seven days, and must be picked up and returned in person at the issuing library branch. There is a $1 per day fee if passes are not returned on time.

 

A new awareness service from Prairie State Legal Services also started this week at the Main Library, 401 19th Street. Trained volunteers from Prairie State Legal Services will be available from 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm on Mondays and Wednesdays on the 2nd floor of the library to offer information and assistance with navigating public benefits for food, cash, medical assistance, disability and township assistance. Prairie State Legal Services volunteers cannot offer legal advice.

 

Read on for more special events this week!

 

5:30 to 7:30 pm, Blues and Gospel film and discussion, Main Library Community Room, 401 19th Street. The scholar-led discussion on Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Episode 1, Feel Like Going Home and Say Amen,Somebody, is the first of three Rock Island Library programs in the America's Music: A Film History of Our Popular Music from Blues to Bluegrass to Broadway series.

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America's Music is a grant-funded series of film viewings, discussions and performance events at Rock Island, Moline, Bettendorf and Davenport Public Libraries, River Music Experience and Western Illinois University-Quad Cities. For more events in the series, visit www.americasmusicqc.com

 

10:30 am, Special "How I Became a Pirate" storytime presented by Circa 21, Southwest Branch, 9010 Ridgewood Road. Captain Braid Beard (Janos Horvath), from the Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse's new musical adventure, will stop by to help read stories, talk like a pirate and help with pirate crafts for ages birth to five. The musical is based on the popular children's book of the same name, by Melinda Long.
  • 4:00 pm: Lego Time, Rock Island Southwest Branch, 9010 Ridgewood Road. Make something fun for display at the library with Lego-brand building blocks.

Later in the week, on Friday, April 19, join us for a dinosaur storytime at 10:30 am at the Rock Island Main Library Children's Room. Free story and dinosaur activity, especially for ages birth to five.

 

Wednesday: Download eBooks and eAudiobooks

Free sessions on how to use the Library's OverDrive eBook subscription to check out eBooks and eAudiobooks for free to read on an electronic device:

Wednesday, April 17, 6:00 pm Southwest Branch.

Details online - click the OverDrive or OneClickdigital logos on the right side of our webpage.

 

Thursday, April 18: Teen Movie Night

Join us at 6:00 pm, on Thursday, April 18, for a Teen Movie Night at the Rock Island Main Library, 401 19th Street.

 

The free movie screening, snacks and more fun is especially created for ages 12 to 18.

 

Saturday: Special El Dia Family Storytimes

Quetzacoatl imageStart your family's Saturday off right with tales from around the world for the whole family!

 

Each of the short storytimes start at 10:00 am, and include a fun activity:

 

 

Saturday, April 20: Main Library Children's Room

Saturday, April 27: Main Library Children's Room

 

El Dia is an annual celebration of children's books and reading, created by author Pat Mora. Free!

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Help your garden bloom with new ideas in "Liven Up Your Landscape" programs at the Main Library, 401 19th Street.

 

Starting a Rain Garden, Monday, April 1, 6:30 pm, Dan Mays, Scott County Master Gardener, will share some tips and tricks to getting started, and some recommendations you won't find anywhere else. Pick up an application for the City of Rock Island's Rain Garden  program at the end of the evening.

Flying Flowers in Your Garden, Monday, April 8, 6:30 pm, Roxie and Dallas DeShane, River Bend Wildland Stewards, will share what host plants each butterfly wants for their larvae. Learn what you can do to attract these "flying flowers" to your garden this spring. Handouts will be available.

 

Vegetable Gardening - A Feast For the Eyes and Palate, Monday, April 15, 6:30 pm, Make your vegetable garden the star of the neighborhood by choosing edible plants that are nutritious, tasty, and beautiful. Sandy Russell from Tastes of the Rainbow will show how using organic or heirloom seeds will add color and flavor to your vegetable garden.

 

Check our library website for dates!

 

Starting April 1, you can say "charge it" at Rock Island Public Libraries. All Rock Island Libraries will accept MasterCard, VISA, Discover and American Express. as a payment option on DVD checkouts, fines, charges, and donations to the library.

 

Charges for DVD checkouts will no longer be placed on account.

 

Spring Cleaning?

Mark your calendars for the library's annual drive-up-and-drop off event for shredding personal papers. The free Community Shred Collection Day is Thursday, April 25, from 3:30 to 5:30 pm, in the alley outside the Main Library.  Please note that Thursday is correct; there was an error in the Township newsletter.

 

Representatives from Document Destruction & Recycling Services will be on hand to collect personal papers for secured bulk shredding at their monitored facility in Davenport. Additional shred days held at other libraries. Check the Money Smart website or call 309-732-7303.

 

America's Music Coming to the Library

 

From April 11 to May 23, the halls of local libraries and non-profits will resound with the beat of uniquely American musical genres, thanks to the grant-funded "America's Music" project.

 

Bettendorf, Davenport, Moline and Rock Island Public Libraries, in collaboration with River Music Experience and Western Illinois University-Quad Cities, will host the six-week series, which features documentary film screenings, scholar-led discussions of twentieth-century American popular music and live performances.

 

"America's Music: A Film History of Our Popular Music from Blues to Bluegrass to Broadway" covers a wide span of musical interests, including blues and gospel, Broadway, jazz, bluegrass and country, rock n' roll, mambo, and hip hop. Upcoming events include :

 

Thursday, April 11: 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm, Kick-off of the America's Music project, featuring a live performance by Iowa Blues Challenge winners The Candymakers, at RiverMusic Experience.

 

Tuesday, April 16: 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm, Blues & Gospel Week, featuring a Blues & Gospel film and discussion of Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Episode 1 and Say Amen,Somebody: Rock Island Main Library Community Room, 401 19th Street.

 

Or, email americasmusicqc@gmail.com or call 309-524-2470.

 

"America's Music: A Film History of Our Popular Music from Blues to Bluegrass to Broadway" is a project of the Tribeca Film Institute in collaboration with the American Library Association, Tribeca Flashpoint, and the Society for American Music and has been made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Additional local funding from Riverboat Development Authority.

fuzzy green plantSpring will be here (soon, we promise!), so why not get in the mood for all things green with a new program series from your library? Liven Up Your Landscape will help your garden and yard bloom with new ideas. March programs include :

 

Go Wild-Go Native, Wednesday, March 6, 6:30 pm, Rock Island Main Library 2nd floor. Looking for some new ideas for your garden? Head to the Library for an evening with Marilyn Andress from the Interstate RC&D-RiverBend Wildland Stewards. Marilyn will present benefits, tips and recommendations for adding wild and native plants to your garden.

 

Putting Some Herbs in Your Life, Wednesday, March 13, 6:30 pm, Rock Island Main Library 2nd floor. Herbs add flavor and color to your garden and your home. Peg Christensen, from QC Herbs, will share her knowledge about herbs and how easily you can add them to your most areas of your life - kitchen, bathroom, closets and more.

 

There's more in April: Check our library website for dates!

Meet a Mallards Player At Lego Club

Quad City Mallards logoPlayers from the Quad City Mallards will be joining us for the Lego Club at our Southwest Branch next week. Join us and make something creative:

 

4:00 pm, Wednesday, Feb. 20, Southwest Branch, 9010 Ridgewood Road. Lego Club is free and is open to grades K through 6.

 

 

Teen Fun @ Your Library

Anime style eye, Wikipedia Creative Commons licenseTeen Iron Chef Contest, 6:00 pm, Thursday, Feb. 21, Main Library, 401 19th Street

 

Teen Anime Night, 6:00 pm, Tuesday, Feb. 26, Main Library. Watch some anime, enjoy some snacks and learn about Japanese culture.

Learn how to download eBooks from your library!

Overdrive Ebook and Audio Book download service 6:00 pm, Feb. 19, RI Southwest Branch, 9010 Ridgewood Road;

 

2:30 pm, Feb. 28, RI Main Library, 401 19th Street.

 

Free sessions on how to use the Library's OverDrive eBook subscription to check out eBooks and eAudiobooks for free to read on your Kindle, Nook, iPad, Kobo, smartphone, tablet, personal computer. (Want more eAudiobooks? Look into our OneClickdigital all eAudiobook subscription.)

 

Details online - click the OverDrive or OneClickdigital logos on the right side of our webpage.

Hug-A-Book Shares the Joy of Reading!

Cartoon of Max Reader Mouse Share the joy of books and reading with your child at Hug-A-Book, an annual early learning event for ages two to five, hosted by the Rock Island Public Library Children's Department:

 

Thursday, August 16, 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm, Rock Island Main Library Community Room, 401 19th Street.

 

This year's event features a special program with children's music educator Adrienne Biskie. Enhance your child's development through musical play and stories. Each child receives a FREE book and Hug-A-Book bag to keep, courtesy of the Merrill Harris Hug-A-Book Memorial Fund.

The event is free. Questions? Call 309-732-7360 or visit the library website.

Chocolate, Chocolate, Chocolate - Movie Fest for Adults

Chocolat movie cover Delicious summer movies for adults continue, with an August 21 showing of Chocolat and chocolate sampling. Chocolate samples start at 5:00 pm, with the movie showing at 5:30 pm, in the Rock Island Main Library Community Room, 401 19th Street. The movie is rated PG-13.

 

In the movie based on the book by Joanne Harris, a woman and her daughter open a chocolate shop in a small French village that shakes up the rigid morality of the community.

New Children's Events!

A new series of evening storytimes start up Monday, August 13, to meet the needs of parents and families who work. The storytimes for ages birth to five all feature a story and a learning activity. Dates, times and places are:

  • Monday, August 13, 6:30 pm, Main Library Children's Room, 401 19th Street;
  • Monday, August 20, 6:30 pm, 30/31 Branch, 3059 30th Street;
  • Monday, August 27, 6:30 pm, Southwest Branch, 9010 Ridgewood Road.

Introduce your kid to science with new Saturday programs! Saturday Legos and a fun STEM-tivitiy are great ways to show that enginnering and science are fun. (STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and math.) Join us Saturday, Aug. 18 for Legos at 10:30 am, and a program on "bubble-ology" at 11:30 am. How do bubbles work? What's the science behind them? Join us in the Main Library Children's Room and find out!

 

Captain Underpants book cover Book Launch for "Captain Underpants." Fans of Dav Pilkey's Captain Underpants series need wait no longer for

Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkletrousers. To celebrate this new book release, join us Thursday, August 30, at 6:30 pm in the Main Library Children's Room, 401 19th Street. The event for grades K-5 features a chance to get your name on the hold list for the long-awaited title, play some games, make a craft and hear part of the story. One new book will be launched each month!

 

Of course, we're also continuing our weekly storytimes and Lego clubs. Check our calendar of events for times, dates and locations!

Dog (and Cat) Days of Summer

Cats and Dogs movie poster August is traditionally referred to as the dog days of summer, but cats get their day, too, with our free family movie:

  • 3:00 pm, Friday, August 24, Cats & Dogs, 2001, A look at the top-secret, high-tech espionage war going on between cats and dogs, which their human owners are blissfully unaware of. Rock Island Main Library Community Room, 401 19th Street.

The "Friday Fest" movie is offered during an early dismissal day for Rock Island/Milan schools. It's free.

Cut and Paste, Wedge and Throw Art Show
Cycle of Rings, Ben Jasper

Aug. 2-30, 2012, Main Library, 2nd Floor Art Gallery, 401 19th Street.

Our August art show features the works of  retired Augustana art department chair and collage artist, Ben Jasper, and two of his former students, potters Joel Knanishu and Kevin Pearson.  Named for the respective processes of the three artists, it's an artistic reunion of sorts. The show is available for viewing during regular library hours. More information at this link.

Want to know more about what's coming up at your library? Click News or Calendar on our website. You can also print a monthly events calendar. The links below will get you started.

 

Website calendar of events

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Find our branches:

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Books are Brain Food for Adults

Join us this week for our LAST Recipe Club and Swap event for adults!

 

chocolate bars Monday, July 23 at 6:00 pm in the Main Library Community Room. Chef Rachel Doumia will demonstrate a dessert and offer chocolate cake samples. Participants are encouraged to bring their favorite dessert recipe to share in the recipe swap portion of the event. (Admit it: We had you at chocolate.)

 

Are you reading to win? Entry forms and boxes at all Rock Island locations for the Adult summer reading club. Top prize is a new Sony® eReader. Entries due by July 27. Winners will be notified by phone Friday, August 3.

Reading is So Delicious for Kids

Egyptian fruit bat photoWednesday, July 25 is BAT time! Join us for the Incredible Bats Show, 10:00 am, Rock Island Main Library Community Room, 401 19th Street.


Licensed USDA Class C exhibitors Sharon and Daniel Peterson have presented multimedia shows on bat education for the past 15 years. The show offers facts about the diet, living habits and many benefits of an often misunderstood and feared creature. Attendees will also meet the couple's live Egyptian Fruit Bats. The bats were born in captivity, and are one of a sub-order of Old World fruit bats, Rousettus Aegyptiacus. (Native species of bats cannot be captured, sold or traded. Most are protected by state and federal laws.)  Details here.

One week left to read! The Reading is So Delicious summer reading logs are due back July 27, so keep reading!

 

All programs are free. No library card required. Questions, call the Children's Room at 309-732-7360,

 

Teens: Feed your Mind - READ!

Teens have two program choices this week (and two more next week.) Sweet!

 

illustration of a round pizza The Great Pizza Taste Test, 5:30 pm, Tuesday, July 24. Blind taste tests of area pizzas. You pick your favorite! Rock Island Main Library, ages 12 to 18.

 

Teen Movie/Food Event, 5:30 pm, Thursday, July 26. Come see Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, starring Johnny Depp, and make a food craft you can eat. (Nothing too gross, we promise!) Sweeney Todd is a musical about a murderous barber, so the content may not be suitable forSweeney Todd movie poster younger or more sensitive teens. (Better for ages 16 and up generally, but use your own judgment.)

 

And here's a heads up for next week:

 

Final Teen Iron Chef contest, 4:00 pm, July 30, Main Library.

 

Mark your calendars for the Teen Summer Wrap-up Party, Tuesday, July 31! It starts at 5:30 pm in the Main Library Community Room. Teens can pick up their prizes, play Wii and other games, eat snacks, and just generally bask in their summer reading success.

 

 

Keep reading! Teen summer reading prizes include books, DVDs, gift cards, or the grand prize, an Amazon Kindle® eReader!

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Week 8 of Summer Reading

Our thanks to:

Summer Reading events and prizes sponsored by Friends of the Rock Island Public Library, Milan-Blackhawk Area Public Library District (Southwest Branch events) and the Rock Island Public Library Foundation (summer art and drama.)

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