The 1st Annual “Teen YouTube Red Carpet Event” was a Complete Success!  Media, with their cameras flashing, surrounded the directors, producers and movie stars at last night’s Red Carpet Premiere.  The local teen librarians, headed by Davenport Public Library Teen Librarian, Christie Vogt and Scott County Library Teen Librarian, Sara Carlin, put on an [...]

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Do you want to visit the downtown library, but don’t want to pay for parking?  Then visit us after 5:00 p.m. during the week or anytime on the weekend and you won’t have to pay even a penny!�

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The birthday celebration for the legendary Bix Beiderbecke brought in over 250 people on Tuesday, March 11 at the Davenport Public Library – Fairmount Street.  While celebrating what would have been Bix’s 105th birthday, people ate hotdogs and cake, drank coffee and lemonade, and listened to the toe-tapping music of the Bix All-Star Band.  Rave [...]

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The Davenport Public Library is seeking children ages 8-13 to join its Theatre Club.  This is a chance for budding artists to learn how to organize a show and perform before an audience.  No experience required!  The Theatre Club is a reader’s theatre so participants will not need to memorize the script. Theatre Club rehearsals will [...]

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The Davenport Public Library has teamed up with Iowa Student Loan’s College Access Network to present a magnificent series for teens preparing for college and their parents.  Please join us at the Davenport Public Library, Fairmount Street (3000 N. Fairmount Street) on the fourth Saturday of each month, from January through May as we explore [...]

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Start spring off in stride with the Davenport Public Library and Tree of Life as they team up to present a workshop series entitled Discover Wellness.  This series is based on the National Bestseller, Discover Wellness: How Staying Healthy Can Make You Rich.  During this three part series we will uncover The Obesity Epidemic, Healthy [...]

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