Libraries Together and its partners for the Scott County Reads Together initiative have put together an outstanding schedule of events for the John Price residency happening this April. Download your copy here!

Click below for details on how to create and submit your video.  The contest is open to Quad-City Teens ages 13-19 and is sponsored by Libraries Together and the Putnam Museum and IMAX Theatre.

The Scott County Reads writing contest ends Friday, February 5. 

Anyone living within a 50 mile radius of the Quad Cities, in either Iowa or Illinois, is eligible to enter the contest. Personal essays on your favorite place in Scott County will be accepted through Friday, February 5, 2010. Get creative with your favorite place – is it a tree, in front of a piece of art, a restaurant? We want to know, in 500 words or less.

The Bettendorf Public Library’s Brown Bag Lunch program will be on Friday, January 23 at 12:00 PM.  This month features “Tennessee” Tony Cavitt, a Nashville native, who will perform a collection of music from the Original Carter Family.

This month’s Senior Day program is on Thursday, January 28 at 1:30 PM.  The topic this month is staying active in the retirement years.  Dan Saskowski, manager of the Cath Lab and Cardiac Treatment Unit at Terrace Park, will discuss and demonstrate ways to keep fit and healthy.  Please wear comfortable clothes and shoes if you wish to participate in demonstrations.  Refreshments will be provided after the program.

Libraries Together, a group comprised of the four public libraries in Scott County, Iowa, has received a grant award of $3,000 from Humanities Iowa, a state-based affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, in support of the “Scott County Reads Together” initiative happening April 2010.

The grant money will cover a four-day residency of Iowa author, John T. Price. Between April 12 and April 15, look for exciting events featuring the author of Man Killed by Pheasant: And Other Kinships. This memoir will appeal to anyone who is interested in the environment, has ever lived in the Midwest, or has ever been attacked by a pheasant.  More information about this residency will be coming soon.

For more information visit the “Scott County Reads Essay Contest” at the top of the page.