We will be discussing The Story of Diva & Flea by Mo Willems from the Bluestem Illinois Children's Choice Award nominee list. The book for next month will be available for checkout. For grades 3rd - 5th. In February...
Need some minutes for your Winter Reading Challenge log? Join us for Books on the Beach, a free family "read-in." Presented by Rock Island Library and the Quad City Botanical Center, event features storytimes, make and take craft, STEAM discovery,...
Rescheduled. Jason Reynolds, award-winning author of books for young adult and middle grade audiences, will be speaking to Rock Island/Milan School District students and interested members of the public at Rock Island High School Auditorium
Our second Roaring Rhetoric event is marked down on the calendars!! We hope you all are excited about this one! We are just as excited for this show, since both features are dear friends who have great history with the...
Roaring Rhetoric, the Quad Cities one and only spoken word open mic showcase is at it again! This show is dope for two reasons... One, the features of the night are exclusively women! Two, the features of the night are...
MWC & the SPECTRA Reading Series are thrilled to host public reading of the David R. Collins Writers’ Conference faculty, to be followed by an open mic featuring conference participants. Food & drinks will be available for purchase. *DRC Conference...
Our fourth installment of Roaring Rhetoric, new and striving Rozz-Tox chapter! Putting on and building up for the spoken word and poetry community! Our two featured artists are ones to catch.... Andre Davis and Daniel! A little about them.... Andre...
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!...
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...
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 –...