Library Events

Join us at the Silvis Public Library for our summer reading program send off.
Pick up any prizes you earned,  make buttons, get your face painted, and enjoy a bubble show!
Refreshments will be provided. Sponsored by Porkies.

Join us at the Silvis Public Library for our summer reading program send off.
Pick up any prizes you earned,  make buttons, get your face painted, and enjoy a bubble show!
Refreshments will be provided. Sponsored by Porkies.

Join us at the silvis public library for our summer reading program send off.
pick up any prizes you earned, make buttons, get your face painted, and enjoy a bubble show!
refreshments will be provided. Sponsored by Porkies.

Local artist Chelsea Long of The Light Within will show us how to tie dye amazing patterns onto plain bandanas. Limited to 20 participants. Registration opens July 8^th and is required via Engaged Patrons and is for in-house guests only.
  Sponsored by Friends of Silvis Public Library and Royal Neighbors Chapter 20167.

This program is for ages 12-18.
Teens, join us at the library for this mosaic art project using old CDs!
Limited to the first 10 participants. Leftover kits will not be available. Registration not required. Sponsored by Optimist Club of Silvis.

Wear your pjs and bring your favorite stuffed animal to the library for a sleepover! We will read them a bedtime story and then they will spend the night at the library while you go home. The next day you will pick them up and see all the shenanigans they got in to. Registration not required.

Sponsored by Friends of the Silvis Library and Royal Neighbors Chapter 20167.

Celebrate Smokey Bear's 80th birthday by participating in a special reading challenge focused on wildfires and the environment! Join Smokey in expanding your knowledge and understanding of these important topics.
The first 50 participants will receive special registration bags filled with goodies. Plus, all participants who complete the challenge will receive a brand new book as a reward. Don't miss this opportunity to learn and grow alongside Smokey Bear!
Stop in to the library to register beginning August 1st. 

Car Show! Live Music! Craft & Food Vendors! Kids Games! Bounce Zone! School Supply Giveaway! Sponsored by Silvis Main Street and Weber Automotive .

Join Catalina as she cooks up a traditional Mexican dish – Quesabirria. She’ll be sharing her recipe and showing us how it’s done. 

Limited to the first 20 participants. Registration is not required, walk-ins welcome. Sponsored by Friends of Silvis Public Library and Royal Neighbors Chapter 20167.

Mandalas symbolize unity, harmony, and the interconnectedness of all things. The process of creating them is a tool for meditation. Today’s craft will combine the sea with serenity as we make our own versions of mandalas on real sand dollars.

Limited to 20 participants. Registration opens July 26^th and is required via Engaged Patrons and is for in-house guests only. Sponsored by Friends of Silvis Public Library and Royal Neighbors Chapter 20167.

Chris Vallillo is a singer-songwriter, roots musician, and historian. He has spent several years collecting and documenting the music of rural Illinois. He makes the people and places of “unmetropolitan” America come to life in song.

Did you know we're cooking up some awesome history events just for grown-ups? But here's the kicker – we're turning it into a game! Think you're up for the challenge? Here's the deal: Attend 6 events, get your card punched, and hand it in by Dec 21st, 2024, for a shot at a sweet prize!

With 8 amazing Celebrating History events to choose from, your journey to becoming a history buff awaits! Snag your punch card at the Birthday Party & Book Launch on June 24th @ 6pm or from the front desk anytime after. After attending a Celebrating History event, stop by the desk and staff will grab your card and punch it for you. Which event are you most eager to attend? Will it be The History of Picture Postcards with Katherine Hamilton-Smith or Roots of Rural Music - Live Music & History with Chris Vallillo?
  Sponsored by Silvis Public Library.

Join us for the start of our Pre-K Day for ages 0-5! We will be reading stories, making a craft, and having snacks. Registration is required. This is limited to the first 25 participants. Registration is required for this portion of Pre-K Day! Sponsored by Friends of Silvis Public Library.

Come check out our sensory stations for Pre-K Day! Stations will include kinetic sand, water beads, shaving cream, Floam, and a new sensory bin. Registration is not required. This is limited to the first 25 participants. This program is for ages 0-5.

Stop by and pick up a takeaway craft kit for Pre-K Day! Registration is not required. This is limited to the first 25 participants.  This program is for ages 0-5. Sponsored by Friends of Silvis Public Library.

One day, Lori Gottlieb is a therapist who helps patients in her Los Angeles practice. The next, a crisis causes her world to come crashing down. Enter Wendell, the quirky but seasoned therapist in whose of­fice she suddenly lands. With startling wisdom and humor, Gottlieb invites us into her world as both clinician and patient, examining the truths and fictions we tell ourselves and others as we teeter on the tightrope between love and desire, meaning and mortality, guilt and redemption, terror and courage, hope and change. 

Books in regular and large print as well as books on CD will be available for checkout at the circulation counter. New members are always welcome!    

Last chance to turn in your reading log and collect your FREE BOOK!
Celebrate Smokey Bear's 80th birthday by participating in a special reading challenge focused on wildfires and the environment!
The first 50 participants received special registration bags filled with goodies. Plus, all participants who complete the challenge will receive a brand new book as a reward. Don't miss this opportunity to learn and grow alongside Smokey Bear!
Stop in to the library TODAY to pick up your prize!  Sponsored by Silvis Public Library.