| March 27 Civil War Program Canceled |
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Due to a emergency with our speaker, our Tuesday, March 27 program at 2:00 pm at the Main Library with Civil War scholar Tom Emery, of Carlinville, IL, has been cancelled. This was previously announced as "Eddie: Lincoln's Forgotten Son." The event will be rescheduled in April, so stay tuned! |
| Children's Room Hosts Circa Cast Member |
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Circa 21 Theatre will bring a special story event to the Rock Island Main Library Children's Room, at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, April 2. The program features their upcoming children's play, Diary of a Worm, Spider and a Fly, based on the children's book by Doreen Cronin and illustrator Harry Bliss. The event will feature a story presented by actor Marc Ciemiewicz, playing the character of "Worm" and a related craft.
Is Spider getting too big for his own skin? Will Fly find her superhero powers in time to save her Aunt Rita from Peril? Will Worm learn to stand on his own feet ... even though he doesn't have feet? We invite you to take a look at the world from a bug's perspective. Perhaps you'll see that their lives are not all that different from yours! This exciting new children's musical is based on the popular books Diary Of A Worm, Diary Of A Spider, and Diary Of A Fly.
For show information, please contact Circa 21. The library event is free and open to the public. |
| Changes to April 5 Library Schedules |
| Due to a staff in-service, Rock Island Libraries will close at noon on Thursday, April 5. As a result, the independent movie previously scheduled for that night has been cancelled. |
| Spring Cleaning? Save personal papers for our Shred Day! |
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Four area libraries, including Rock Island, are again working together to offer Community Shred Days as part of Money Smart Week Quad Cities, April 21-28, 2012. To use the service, patrons may just pull up and drop their materials in locked bins with bonded staff of Document Destruction Services and Recycling Services of Davenport. All items will be secured and shredded off-site for confidentiality. No shredding is done onsite. The Rock Island Shred Day location is:
April Art Show A Tribute to Children of the Holocaust, Portrait Collages that Bridge the Gap Between Then and Now, by artist and educator Barbara Powers, will be on exhibit at the Main Library from April 9 to June 8.
The exhibit and Ms. Power's school visits are funded by grants from the Scott County Regional Authority and the Rock Island Community Foundation. The exhibit joins a number of Anne Frank and Holocaust remembrance events in the community planned by the Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities. |
