Davenport, IA – The CASI Memory Café is a gathering place for individuals with cognitive memory loss and their care partners, family or friends to meet on a monthly basis to socialize away from their normal activities. The next Memory Café is meeting today, September 14 from 2:00-4:00pm.

Fans of all ages are invited to join the Library in celebrating the magic and friendship of My Little Pony! The celebration will take place at Eastern (6000 Eastern Avenue) on Saturday, September 30 at 10:00am and will include lots contests and crafts.

Dress up like your favorite pony (or create your own!) and compete in our Ultimate MLP Costume Contest to win prizes and movie passes. Costume categories will be:

Bring your favorite stuffed animal to the library for their very own sleepover! Drop off a cuddly friend at Fairmount (3000 Fairmount Street) any time between 9am and 5:30pm on Friday, September 22nd. Then come back on Saturday, September 23rd at 9:30am for breakfast snacks and a chance to see what kind of mischief your stuffed animals got into overnight!

Professor and historian Art Pitz will be presenting his annual Middle East lecture series at the Davenport Public Library and Rock Island Public Library in September and October.  Pitz will be discussing the complexities and hot-button topics relating to the Middle East, beginning with “ISIS Today: Dead or Alive?” at Eastern (6000 Eastern Avenue) on Wednesday, September 27 at 6:00 pm.  The com