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Library Card Design Voting is Now Open!

March 6th - March 27th!

Please help us select our 3 special edition library cards! You can vote online or in person at all Davenport Public Library locations.

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Death Cafe

3rd Wednesdays , March - May @ 5:30pm | Eastern

At a Death Café, people, often strangers, gather to eat treats, drink coffee, and discuss death. The objective is to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives.

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Civil Air Patrol Lecture Series: United States Air Force @ 75

Wednesday, March 29th @ 6pm | Eastern

The Civil Air Patrol is celebrating its 75th anniversary. Join us in recounting its history in the Quad Cities and nationally.

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Rain Gardens & Local Cost Share Programs

Wednesday, March 29th @ 6pm | Eastern & Monday, April 24th @ 3pm | Fairmount

Join us to learn about rain gardens and the benefits of adding this eye-catching water quality feature to any home.

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Baby Storytime

Mar 23 | 10:00 AM

Baby Storytime
  • Story Room
  • Storytimes
QCMade: 7G Distributing

Mar 23 | 3:30 PM

QCMade: 7G Distributing
  • Off-Site
  • Educational
Stories @ Main

Mar 24 | 10:00 AM

Stories @ Main
  • Building as a whole
  • Storytimes

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Music Selector’s Choice: Dropkick Murphys

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Music Selector’s Choice: Dropkick Murphys

March 23, 2023 -

An long-standing punk band with outspoken pro-union political views, Dropkick Murphys has been an icon of the punk scene and a voice for the workers’ perspective since its founding in 1996. In all that time, however, only bassist Ken Casey has been a constant member; one of the original founders

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1000 Books Before Kindergarten

1000 Books Before Kindergarten is a self-paced program for babies, toddlers and children that ends when a child begins kindergarten. Celebrate milestones as children make progress toward reading 1,000 books!

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RAYGUN Custom Shirts

Purchase your own AMERICA NEEDS PUBLIC LIBRARIES t-shirt from RAYGUN! Only $25 each with proceeds going to the FRIENDS of the Davenport Public Library to support Library programming. 

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FRIENDS

The mission of the FRIENDS of the Davenport Public Library is to raise funds and manage an endowment portfolio that will provide resources to support the literary and educational purposes of Davenport Public Library.

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