Community Calendar

Join us after storytime for play and socialization for toddlers and preschoolers. Children will get time to explore play and pretend with cars, toys, or any place their imagination takes them.

Best for children ages 1-4 years and their grown-ups.

We strive to make our programs inclusive to all. For accommodation requests, please reach out to youthservicesandprogrammingstaff@davenportlibrary.com.

Come enjoy stories, songs, rhymes, and plenty of playful fun! This afternoon storytime is a great way for little ones and their grown-ups to learn and grow together while building early literacy skills through reading and play. All ages welcome, best for children ages 0-5.

We strive to make our programs inclusive to all. For accommodation requests, please reach out to youthservicesandprogrammingstaff@davenportlibrary.com.

Kids can come get creative with a new artistic style each week! Registration is required, this program is great for kids of all ages.

We strive to make our programs inclusive to all. For accommodation requests, please reach out to youthservicesandprogrammingstaff@davenportlibrary.com.

Join us for our Middle Grade Book Club, Tween the Pages!

Registration required. Books may be picked up at the Fairmount Branch. This club is for patrons ages 8 to 11.​ Copies are available while supplies last.

This month our book is Ghost by Jason Reynolds.

From the Publisher:

Ghost has a crazy natural talent, but no formal training. If he can stay on track, literally and figuratively, he could be the best sprinter in the city. But Ghost has been running for the wrong reasons—it all started with running away from his father, who, when Ghost was a very little boy, chased him and his mother through their apartment, then down the street, with a loaded gun, aiming to kill. Since then, Ghost has been the one causing problems—and running away from them—until he meets Coach, an ex-Olympic Medalist who blew his own shot at success, and who is determined to keep other kids from blowing theirs.

We strive to make our programs inclusive to all. For accommodation requests, please reach out to youthservicesandprogrammingstaff@davenportlibrary.com.

Architects, Trends and Styles that Created Our Unique Sense of Place

Part Two of Ellen Shapley’s series “Untold and Unusual Stories” stars three 20th century architects and one Hollywood “starlet,” all Davenport natives and all part of the QC’s rich architectural heritage. Our story starts in 1939 in McClelland Heights, weaves its way across Locust Street with a couple of stops along the way and then heads out toward the northern reaches of Brady Street in the 1940s. Next, we’ll make our way East to Chicago, then on to New York and Connecticut to follow the remarkable careers of our young architects. Finally, back in Davenport, we’ll catch up with the starlet turned prolific “femme fatale” of movies and TV for a delightful story of her visits with mom, Alma. Creative in her own right, some say Alma designed the star’s 1922 childhood home and the gardens that surrounded it.

Ellen is an architectural historian, enthusiast and sleuth who loves to explore our cities and share her observations. She’s created tours and given talks in Chicago, Portland and Hood River, Oregon, and, right here in the QC. Check out her Facebook page: ArchiTouring the Quad-Cities.

We strive to make our programs inclusive to all. For accommodation requests, please reach out to specialcollections@davenportlibrary.com.

Celebrate the LGBTQ+ community every month with our Read with Pride book club! We read fiction and nonfiction titles by queer authors and/or featuring queer characters.

We meet the third Tuesday of the month at the Fairmount Branch at 6:30pm. Books are available on a first come, first serve basis at Fairmount. This program is best suited to adults. Registration is required.

September 2026 - Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart
October 2026 - Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson
November 2026 - Martyr by Kaveh Akbar
December 2026 - Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab
January 2027 - I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
February 2027 - Funny Boy by Shyam Selvadurai

Come dance your wiggles out! We’ll sing songs, dance, and read fun stories. And stick around afterwards for free play for the little ones!

All ages welcome, best for children ages 18 months to 4 years.

We strive to make our programs inclusive to all. For accommodation requests, please reach out to youthservicesandprogrammingstaff@davenportlibrary.com.

Join us after storytime for play and socialization for toddlers and preschoolers. Children will get time to explore play and pretend with cars, toys, or any place their imagination takes them.

Best for children ages 1-4 years and their grown-ups.

We strive to make our programs inclusive to all. For accommodation requests, please reach out to youthservicesandprogrammingstaff@davenportlibrary.com.

Come enjoy stories, songs, rhymes, and plenty of playful fun! This afternoon storytime is a great way for little ones and their grown-ups to learn and grow together while building early literacy skills through reading and play. All ages welcome, best for children ages 0-5.

We strive to make our programs inclusive to all. For accommodation requests, please reach out to youthservicesandprogrammingstaff@davenportlibrary.com.

An after-school club for girls in 3rd-8th grade who are interested in learning to code. The club is for beginners to explore coding in a fun and friendly environment. Registration is required.

We strive to make our programs inclusive to all. For accommodation requests, please reach out to youthservicesandprogrammingstaff@davenportlibrary.com.