Back by popular demand! Brown Bag Lunch Discussions are hour-long sessions featuring local personalities and prominent figures from the artistic, cultural, historical, educational, and media sectors to present a range of topics that audiences can both enjoy and engage in...
If you know BTS, the Korean pop band, you know their music is filled iwith literary influences! Join us monthly to discuss the books that have inspired BTS albums. Share your thoughts and theories on other BTS content with fellow...
Non-Fiction Doesn’t Mean Boring A Non-Fiction Workshop led by Ron Elbe When: Saturday, September 28, 2-4pm Where: Midwest Writing Center (c/o RIPL, 401 91th St. Rock Island, IL 61201) Cost: $15 for MWC Members, $20 for non-members, free to high school and college students;...
Shine a light on intellectual freedom at our annual Banned Books Read-In, presented with the Midwest Writing Center. Locals read passages from favorite books that have faced challenges or outright bans. Come to read or just listen. Remember to register...
What: THE ATLAS 14 Two-Part Reading and Release Party Where: The Rock Island Public Library Downtown Branch (401 19th St., Rock Island, IL) and Rozz-Tox (2108 3rd Ave., Rock Island, IL) When: Thursday, August 15; Part One at RIPL – doors at...
Modeled after the Young Emerging Writers high school program, the YEW Summer Camp consists of close instruction in prose, poetry, and drama, and culminates in the publication of a chapbook and a public reading of the students’ work. Guest instructors...
SPECTRA Lives @ Rozz-Tox on Thursday 7/18! The QC's original reading series returns after a long slumber to team up with some of the 2019 Young Emerging Writers for one of the biggest lit events in the QC this summer! First, at...
THE ROCK ISLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY PRESENTS // READY, SET...
Regional Artists, Writers, and Vendors will be setting up at the 8th Annual QC Planet Comic & Arts Con in the District of Rock Island, IL! There will be Q&A panels, Costume/Cosplay contests for Kids & Adults, and a few...
ROZZ-TOX PRESENTS // DAVID R COLLINS WRITER'S CONFERENCE FACULTY READY & OPEN MIC free admission | all ages 5:30PM social | 7-9PM readings featured readers: KALI VANBAALE / KELLY DANIELS / RACHEL YODER / ANAÏS DUPLAN /...