Storytimes near BETTENDORF PUBLIC LIBRARY INFORMATION CENTER

Bettendorf Public Library, Junior League Program Room

A celebration of reading, these story times include longer stories, songs, and music. Ages 3-5. Children ages 3-5 are invited to attend these 30-minute sessions filled with stories, songs, finger plays, and action rhymes. Weekly themes are presented. No registration is required.

Bettendorf Public Library, Creation Studio

The Creation Studio is open for drop-in use of the tools and space. The Creation Studio offers community access to new and emerging technologies, such as 3D printers, and other equipment which inspires interest in creativity, design, and STEAM activities. Come explore your creativity and ingenuity! Equipment available for use includes: Sawgrass SG500 Sublimation Printer Epilog Fusion Edge 24 Laser Engraver/Cutter Brother cs6000i Sewing Machines Cricut Maker Silhouette Cameo Prusa MK4 3d printer Prusa XL 3d printer AccuCut Die Cut Machine 3D Pens Spiral and Comb Binders Button Makers Paracord Bracelet Jigs Photography Light Box Laminator Heat Press Mug and Tumbler Heat Press Software available for use includes: Adobe Creative Suite 3D Simplify Cricut Design Studio Silhouette Studio For more information, go to www.bettendorflibrary.com/create. The Creation Studio is sponsored by the Bettendorf Public Library Foundation. Click here to see more Creation Studio programs.

Bettendorf Public Library, Junior League Program Room

Your favorite role-playing games each Thursday! Come play your favorite role-playing games with us every Thursday! Whether you're a bard or an orc, there's always an exciting adventure waiting for you. Just remember, your carefully crafted plans could be ruined by a single dice roll! See you there!

Bettendorf Public Library, Bettendorf Room

Enjoy a family-friendly movie on the big screen—with popcorn! The Bad Guys, struggling to find acceptance in their newly minted lives as Good Guys, are pulled out of retirement and forced to do "one last job" by an all-female squad of criminals. Thursday Theater is funded by the Friends of the Bettendorf Public Library.

Bettendorf Public Library, Creation Studio

Flesh out a new (or old) D&D character! Join D&D expert Miriam Hobart as she guides us through the ins and outs of creating a new D&D character. If you already have a character created, Miriam has tips for refining and accentuating your tried-and-true players! D&D Character Creation is funded by the Friends of the Bettendorf Public Library.

Bettendorf Public Library, Faye's Field

Join us for a concert by Lojo Russo! Lojo Russo is a full-time, touring, performing songwriter playing a free-spirited blend of roots, folk, Americana, Celtic, and blues, along with dynamic and diverse arrangements of vintage rock covers. Lojo has been making music along the muddy waters of the Mississippi since she first picked up a guitar at the age of ten. With a self-taught approach to music Russo has developed a unique understanding of genres and songwriting. Playing a range of instruments in jam, Celtic, blues and folk bands around the Twin Cities (MN) has continued to define and refine her writing and music style. These days Lojo Russo makes her home in the Quad Cities (IA) where she still lives along the mighty Mississippi writing, creating, and performing her free-spirited blend of rhythm & roots at home, around the Midwest, and the country. Attendees are encouraged to bring food and drink. In the case of inclement weather, the concert will be held inside the library. The Summer Concert Series is funded by the Bettendorf Public Library Foundation and supported by Title Sponsors: TBK Bank and the REM Iowa Host Home Program, as well as The Bettendorf Rotary Club and Duck Creek Tire & Service.

Bettendorf Public Library, Junior League Program Room

An enriching literacy experience designed for children ages 0–3 and a caregiver. Designed to promote the building blocks of literacy, this story time starts with singing, short stories, and music. The end of each story time includes play time with an array of age-appropriate toys and books. Ages birth to 3 with an adult.

Bettendorf Public Library, Malmros Room

A club for kids to get together and discuss a graphic novel they read. Meetings are held every other month. Recommended for ages 9–12, we will discuss a graphic novel each meeting. July's book is Stepping Stones by Lucy Kinsley. Pick the book up at the Youth Services Desk to read prior to the discussion. Registration is required.

Bettendorf Public Library, Creation Studio

The Creation Studio is open for drop-in use of the tools and space. The Creation Studio offers community access to new and emerging technologies, such as 3D printers, and other equipment which inspires interest in creativity, design, and STEAM activities. Come explore your creativity and ingenuity! Equipment available for use includes: Sawgrass SG500 Sublimation Printer Epilog Fusion Edge 24 Laser Engraver/Cutter Brother cs6000i Sewing Machines Cricut Maker Silhouette Cameo Prusa MK4 3d printer Prusa XL 3d printer AccuCut Die Cut Machine 3D Pens Spiral and Comb Binders Button Makers Paracord Bracelet Jigs Photography Light Box Laminator Heat Press Mug and Tumbler Heat Press Software available for use includes: Adobe Creative Suite 3D Simplify Cricut Design Studio Silhouette Studio For more information, go to www.bettendorflibrary.com/create. The Creation Studio is sponsored by the Bettendorf Public Library Foundation. Click here to see more Creation Studio programs.

Bettendorf Public Library, Junior League Program Room

Designed for ages 2-6, stories followed by an extended time for play and imagination. 15 minutes of stories complete with books, rhymes, and songs - followed by 30 minutes of imaginative play time with various hands-on toys for building, pretending, and discovering.

Bettendorf Public Library, Junior League Program Room

Come enjoy a morning of free building!

Bettendorf Public Library, Junior League Program Room

All-ages& all skill levels chess club. Stop in and join us for some friendly games of chess! No experience required; we are happy to teach you the rules to help you get started. All skill levels welcome!

Bettendorf Public Library, Bettendorf Room

Celebrate the "Plant a Seed, Read" Summer Reading Program with free games of bingo! Winners will take home a plant as their prize. Adults and teens are welcome in the Creation Studio for an hour of bingo, where winners will walk away with a new plant. Doors open 15 minutes early. Playing cards are limited, and registration is required. This event is funded by the Friends of the Bettendorf Public Library.

Edgewood Park

Meet your youth librarians at the park for an hour of Pokémon Go each Monday. Meet us at Edgewood Park for a morning of Pokémon Go! Rain or extreme heat means we'll play Pokémon cards in the library instead.

Bettendorf Public Library, Junior League Program Room

An enriching literacy experience designed for children ages 0–3 and a caregiver. Designed to promote the building blocks of literacy, this story time starts with singing, short stories, and music. The end of each story time includes play time with an array of age-appropriate toys and books. Ages birth to 3 with an adult.

Bettendorf Public Library, Creation Studio

The Creation Studio is open for drop-in use of the tools and space. The Creation Studio offers community access to new and emerging technologies, such as 3D printers, and other equipment which inspires interest in creativity, design, and STEAM activities. Come explore your creativity and ingenuity! Equipment available for use includes: Sawgrass SG500 Sublimation Printer Epilog Fusion Edge 24 Laser Engraver/Cutter Brother cs6000i Sewing Machines Cricut Maker Silhouette Cameo Prusa MK4 3d printer Prusa XL 3d printer AccuCut Die Cut Machine 3D Pens Spiral and Comb Binders Button Makers Paracord Bracelet Jigs Photography Light Box Laminator Heat Press Mug and Tumbler Heat Press Software available for use includes: Adobe Creative Suite 3D Simplify Cricut Design Studio Silhouette Studio For more information, go to www.bettendorflibrary.com/create. The Creation Studio is sponsored by the Bettendorf Public Library Foundation. Click here to see more Creation Studio programs.

Bettendorf Public Library, Bettendorf Single Room

Explore our cookbook collection for a recipe that matches our theme—pie—and make a dish to share with the group. Sign up to join our cookbook club! Each quarter, we explore a new theme or ingredient while diving into recipes from the library’s cookbook collection. Prior to the meeting, browse the library’s cookbook section (call number 641.5) or our online resources AtoZ Food America and AtoZ World Food to find a recipe that matches the theme. Bring your dish to the meeting to share, and enjoy sampling creations while discussing culinary tips, tricks, and inspiration with fellow attendees. This meeting's theme is pie! What to bring to the meeting: Your dish A copy of your recipe The cookbook you used Space is limited and registration is required. This book club is funded by the Friends of the Bettendorf Public Library.

Bettendorf Public Library, Other

Join us for story time and an outdoor activity at Friendship Park. This summer, we are bringing the library to you! Join us every other week for story time at one of Bettendorf's parks! Story time will include a story, songs, and a fun outdoor activity. Get directions to Friendship Park .

Bettendorf Public Library

Join an art educator from the Figge Art Museum for a hands on art program! For children in grades K-2. Registration is required. This program is sponsored by the Bettendorf Public Library Foundation. Join an art educator from the Figge Art Museum for a hands on art program! For children in grades K-2. Registration is required. Children's Summer Reading Programming is presented by: TwinState | Necker's Jewelers Through the Bettendorf Public Library Foundation

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Join an art educator from the Figge Art Museum for a hands on art program! For children in grades 3-6. This program is sponsored by the Bettendorf Public Library Foundation. Registration is required. Join an art educator from the Figge Art Museum for a hands on art program! For children in grades 3-6. This program is sponsored by the Bettendorf Public Library Foundation. Registration is required. Children's Summer Reading Programming is presented by: TwinState | Necker's Jewelers Through the Bettendorf Public Library Foundation

Bettendorf Public Library, Creation Studio

The Creation Studio is open for drop-in use of the tools and space. The Creation Studio offers community access to new and emerging technologies, such as 3D printers, and other equipment which inspires interest in creativity, design, and STEAM activities. Come explore your creativity and ingenuity! Equipment available for use includes: Sawgrass SG500 Sublimation Printer Epilog Fusion Edge 24 Laser Engraver/Cutter Brother cs6000i Sewing Machines Cricut Maker Silhouette Cameo Prusa MK4 3d printer Prusa XL 3d printer AccuCut Die Cut Machine 3D Pens Spiral and Comb Binders Button Makers Paracord Bracelet Jigs Photography Light Box Laminator Heat Press Mug and Tumbler Heat Press Software available for use includes: Adobe Creative Suite 3D Simplify Cricut Design Studio Silhouette Studio For more information, go to www.bettendorflibrary.com/create. The Creation Studio is sponsored by the Bettendorf Public Library Foundation. Click here to see more Creation Studio programs.

Bettendorf Public Library, Bettendorf Room

Celebrate the end of the Grandest Game series with a special book release party! Teens are welcome to craft, snack, and play trivia at this special book release party. We'll even give away one copy of Jennifer Lynn Barnes' newest Grandest Game book for a lucky teen to keep!

Adventurous Brewing

Join us for a book discussion of Orbital by Samantha Harvey Winner of the Booker Prize 2024, Orbital deftly snapshots one day in the lives of six women and men traveling through space. Selected for one of the last space station missions of its kind before the program is dismantled, these astronauts and cosmonauts have left their lives behind to travel at a speed of over seventeen thousand miles an hour as the earth reels below. We glimpse moments of their earthly lives through ommunications with family, their photos and talismans; we watch them whip up dehydrated meals, float in gravity-free sleep, and exercise in regimented routines to prevent atrophying muscles; we witness them form bonds that will stand between them and utter solitude. Most of all, we are with them as they behold and record their silent blue planet. Their experiences of sixteen sunrises and sunsets and the bright, blinking constellations of the galaxy are at once breathtakingly awesome and surprisingly intimate. Profound and contemplative, Orbital is a moving elegy to our environment and planet. Get Lit is a book discussion group for those adventurous souls who would like to read a little something different. A limited number of books are available at the Information Desk on a first come basis. Get Lit meets outside the library at Adventurous Brewing in Bettendorf. Please note Adventurous Brewing is a 21 and older location. Can't make the meeting? Join us online in our Goodreads group Get Lit - Bettendorf Public Library or drop by our Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/bplgetlit/. For more information email jgillette@bettendorf.org . Get Lit is sponsored by The Friends of the Bettendorf Public Library.

Bettendorf Public Library, Creation Studio

The Creation Studio is open for drop-in use of the tools and space. The Creation Studio offers community access to new and emerging technologies, such as 3D printers, and other equipment which inspires interest in creativity, design, and STEAM activities. Come explore your creativity and ingenuity! Equipment available for use includes: Sawgrass SG500 Sublimation Printer Epilog Fusion Edge 24 Laser Engraver/Cutter Brother cs6000i Sewing Machines Cricut Maker Silhouette Cameo Prusa MK4 3d printer Prusa XL 3d printer AccuCut Die Cut Machine 3D Pens Spiral and Comb Binders Button Makers Paracord Bracelet Jigs Photography Light Box Laminator Heat Press Mug and Tumbler Heat Press Software available for use includes: Adobe Creative Suite 3D Simplify Cricut Design Studio Silhouette Studio For more information, go to www.bettendorflibrary.com/create. The Creation Studio is sponsored by the Bettendorf Public Library Foundation. Click here to see more Creation Studio programs.

Bettendorf Public Library, Junior League Program Room

A celebration of reading, these story times include longer stories, songs, and music. Ages 3-5. Children ages 3-5 are invited to attend these 30-minute sessions filled with stories, songs, finger plays, and action rhymes. Weekly themes are presented. No registration is required.

Bettendorf Public Library, Lillienthal Room

Show off your Stardew knowledge with a special fan club! Tweens and teens in grades 4-8 are encouraged to share their love of all things nerdy, geeky, or fan-related at this new program! Each meeting will be dedicated to a different fandom, chosen by club members, with themed snacks, books, shows, games, or crafts! No registration is necessary. In July, we'll nerd out over Stardew Valley. The library has two Nintendo Switches, but if you want to bring your own, feel free! Fan Club is funded by the Friends of the Bettendorf Public Library.

Bettendorf Public Library, Faye's Field

All are welcome to drop in and check out the Plant Discovery Bus, brought to you by the Quad City Botanical Center. Stop by for the chance to explore unique seeds and plant your very own! The Plant Discovery Bus will be parked in Faye's Field, directly across from the Library. This event is sponsored by the Bettendorf Public Library Foundation.

Bettendorf Public Library, Malmros Room

Friendly discussion of contemporary (and, occasionally, classic) fiction and nonfiction. F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896 – 1940) was an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz" was first published in 1922. Copies of the story are available at the previous month's meeting and then at the Information Desk. Remote attendance is possible; please register in order to have the login information sent to you. If you plan to attend in person, there is no need to register.

Bettendorf Public Library, Bettendorf Room

WQPT/PBS Summer of Adventure PBS/WQPT Summer of Adventure! Join WQPT- PBS for their Summer of Adventure Program! Spark creativity and make memories! Come out and see your friends from WQPT PBS and PBS KIDS!

Bettendorf Public Library, Creation Studio

The Creation Studio is open for drop-in use of the tools and space. The Creation Studio offers community access to new and emerging technologies, such as 3D printers, and other equipment which inspires interest in creativity, design, and STEAM activities. Come explore your creativity and ingenuity! Equipment available for use includes: Sawgrass SG500 Sublimation Printer Epilog Fusion Edge 24 Laser Engraver/Cutter Brother cs6000i Sewing Machines Cricut Maker Silhouette Cameo Prusa MK4 3d printer Prusa XL 3d printer AccuCut Die Cut Machine 3D Pens Spiral and Comb Binders Button Makers Paracord Bracelet Jigs Photography Light Box Laminator Heat Press Mug and Tumbler Heat Press Software available for use includes: Adobe Creative Suite 3D Simplify Cricut Design Studio Silhouette Studio For more information, go to www.bettendorflibrary.com/create. The Creation Studio is sponsored by the Bettendorf Public Library Foundation. Click here to see more Creation Studio programs.