Lapsit Storytime

A special storytime for babies who are not yet walking and their grown-ups. Emphasis will be on interaction between caregivers and babies through music, action, and stories. If your child is already on the move, check out our Walkers & Wigglers Storytime instead.

Story Room, Eastern

"Body Problems" Book Talk & Signing with M. Wolff, PhD

Join the Davenport Public Library on Thursday, October 30th at Eastern for a book talk and signing with author M. Wolff, a highly decorated professor of Religion and Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies at Augustana College. Body Problems: What Intersex Priest Sally Gro......More

Join the Davenport Public Library on Thursday, October 30th at Eastern for a book talk and signing with author M. Wolff, a highly decorated professor of Religion and Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies at Augustana College. Body Problems: What Intersex Priest Sally Gross Teaches Us About Embodiment, Justice, and Belonging, published in August 2025, is their first book. After their talk, The Atlas Collective bookstore will sell copies of Body Problems and Wolff will be available for signings. Registration is appreciated but not required.Visit Wolff’s website to check out their other publications and events.“In Body Problems, M. Wolff offers groundbreaking insight into Sally Gross, a South African intersex priest and activist whose body was continuously policed and politicized. Gross’s role in founding Intersex South Africa and her involvement with the African National Congress are celebrated in the Apartheid Museum, but the complex dimensions of her life—from her Jewish heritage to her Christian priesthood and Buddhist practices—remain largely unexplored. Wolff illuminates these lesser-known aspects of Gross’s spirituality and theorizes her resistance to the regulation of intersexuality. The book urges readers to rethink bodies and belonging, particularly as they relate to formations of gender and religion. Wolff presents Gross’s life as a guide for discerning our commitments to social justice and responsible relations. Body Problems is a timely and expansive contribution to ongoing discourses on the medical, religious, and political construction of bodies.” (Description provided by publisher).

Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Eastern

Wizarding Club

Calling all wizards! Kids (ages 7-11) can join us on the first Monday of the month to celebrate all things wizarding world! Activities will vary, but include trivia, crafts, snacks, and spells! Accio fun! Registration is required.

Story Room, Eastern

Walkers & Wigglers Storytime

Come dance your wiggles out! We’ll sing songs, dance, and read fun stories. And stick around afterwards free play for the little ones! All ages welcome, best for children ages 18 months to 4 years.

Story Room, Eastern

Lapsit Storytime

A special storytime for babies who are not yet walking and their grown-ups. Emphasis will be on interaction between caregivers and babies through music, action, and stories. If your child is already on the move, check out our Walkers & Wigglers Storytime instead.

Story Room, Eastern

Book Lovers

Romance readers! Join us for Book Lovers, a brand new book club featuring a variety of romance novels! Join us on the first Thursday night of each month at 6:30 at the Eastern Branch to discuss our favorite romance tropes and happily ever afters. A limited number of cop......More

Romance readers! Join us for Book Lovers, a brand new book club featuring a variety of romance novels! Join us on the first Thursday night of each month at 6:30 at the Eastern Branch to discuss our favorite romance tropes and happily ever afters. A limited number of copies of the book will be available at the Eastern Branch on a first-come, first-served basis. This program is intended for adults; registration is appreciated but not required!Here are the books we'll be reading in 2025!May: Fangirl Down by Tessa BaileyJune: The Pairing by Casey McQuistonJuly: An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa ColeAugust: Hate to Want You by Alisha RaiSeptember: Beautiful Bastard by Christina LaurenOctober: Before I Let Go by Kennedy RyanNovember: The Duchess Deal by Tessa DareDecember: Late Bloomer by Mazy Eddings

Meeting Room B, Eastern

Teen Movie + Craft: Jurassic Park

To celebrate Dinovember, we will watch Jurassic Park, one of humanity's most beloved tales of dinosaurs vs. humans and do a craft. Teens only (ages 11-19). Registration is optional. If you register, you will be sent a reminder email for the event. ​Film Synopsis: Geneti......More

To celebrate Dinovember, we will watch Jurassic Park, one of humanity's most beloved tales of dinosaurs vs. humans and do a craft. Teens only (ages 11-19). Registration is optional. If you register, you will be sent a reminder email for the event. ​Film Synopsis: Genetically engineered dinosaurs run amok on a remote island. It's up to a paleontologist, a paleobotanist and a mathematician to outmaneuver the deadly beasts and find their way back to civilization. Based on Michael Crichton's best seller. This film is rated PG-13.

Meeting Room B, Eastern

Walk Like a Dinosaur

Are you curious about how dinosaurs and their relatives move? ​Join Putnam Museum curator, Chris Chandler, as we practice how to walk, crawl, and fly like dinosaurs and their kin. We'll explore what can be learned about these amazing creatures through how they move. So,......More

Are you curious about how dinosaurs and their relatives move? ​Join Putnam Museum curator, Chris Chandler, as we practice how to walk, crawl, and fly like dinosaurs and their kin. We'll explore what can be learned about these amazing creatures through how they move. So, get ready to walk like Iguanodon, stomp like Brachiosaurus, and run like Deinonychus (think Velociraptor, only bigger).​This program is designed for patrons ages 5 to 9.

Meeting Room A, Fairmount

Pokémon Club

Are you new at the Pokémon Trading Card Game? Do you already have a deck and are ready to learn more? Pokémon Club is an opportunity for Pokémon enthusiasts (ages 6-12) to battle, share, and play with each other. We’ll also discuss how to build and care for your collec......More

Are you new at the Pokémon Trading Card Game? Do you already have a deck and are ready to learn more? Pokémon Club is an opportunity for Pokémon enthusiasts (ages 6-12) to battle, share, and play with each other. We’ll also discuss how to build and care for your collection. Join us the second Saturday of every month to learn and to play Pokémon!

Story Room, Eastern

Works Cited

Discuss scholarly topics and current events in a comfortable coffee shop atmosphere. Use your Davenport Public Library card number to access the MasterFile Premier article below.September 13, 2025 10AM: The Day the Music Died. Atlantic Monthly, 335(6), 46–59.October 11,......More

Discuss scholarly topics and current events in a comfortable coffee shop atmosphere. Use your Davenport Public Library card number to access the MasterFile Premier article below.September 13, 2025 10AM: The Day the Music Died. Atlantic Monthly, 335(6), 46–59.October 11, 2025 10AM: A Laboratory Evaluation of the Effects of Empathy Training on Racial Bias. The Psychological Record, 74, 271-289. November 8, 2025 10AM

Meeting Room B, Eastern