September 17-21

Library Card Sign-Up Drive

Copies of To Kill a Mockingbird will be distributed to individuals who sign up for a library card at area libraries while supplies last.

Tuesday, September 25, 7pm

Bi-State Book Club Open Book Discussion

Moline Public Library, 3210 41st St. Moline, IL

The Bi-State book club invites you to join them for a discussion of To Kill a Mockingbird

Friday, September 28, 7pm

Big Read Kickoff!! Banned Books Reading
Quad City Arts Center, 1715 2nd Ave., Rock Island, IL 61201

The Big Read in the Quad Cities will officially get underway and kick off Banned Books Week as local writers, artists, teachers, musicians, and performers read from their favorite banned or contested books, such as To Kill a Mockingbird. Each reader will introduce his/her book and then read a selection. Quad City Arts Literary Arts Administrator and poet Ryan Collins will host. Free and open to the public. Part of Quad City Arts Free Friday Series.

Tuesday, October 9, 7pm

Harper Lee Film Festival

Davenport Public Library Fairmount Street Branch, 3000 N. Fairmount St., Davenport, IA 52804

Screening of the classic film adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird, starring Gregory Peck.

Thursday, October 11, 6pm

Discussion and Mock Trial

Rogalski Center, St. Ambrose University, 518 W. Locust St., Davenport, IA 52803

Discussion of the “Trial of Tom Robinson vs. Mayella Ewell” in To Kill a Mockingbird. Followed by a Practice Trial of the St. Ambrose University Mock Trial Team arguing a trial with similar social/racial overtones and relevance.

Tuesday, October 16, 7pm

Harper Lee Film Festival
Davenport Public Library Fairmount Street Branch, 3000 N. Fairmount St., Davenport, IA 52804

Screening of Infamous starring Sandra Bullock as Harper Lee.

Friday, October 19, 7pm

Mary Badham Residency
Adler Theater, 136 E. 3rd St., Davenport, IA 52801

Mary Badham (Best Actress Oscar nominee for her role as Scout) will be speaking at two screenings of To Kill a Mockingbird, one in the morning for local middle and high school students and one in the evening that is free and open to the public. She will speak for about 10 minutes after each screening and then take questions from the audience.

Monday, October 22 through Wednesday, October 24

Charles Shields Residency

Charles Shields will conduct a three-day residency, talking to various schools and community groups about his biography of Harper Lee Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee.

Tuesday, October 23, 7pm

Harper Lee Film Festival hosted by Charles Shields
Davenport Public Library Fairmount Street Branch, 3000 N. Fairmount St., Davenport, IA 52804

Screening of Capote, starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman (who won Best Actor Academy Award for his performance) as Truman Capote, and Catherine Keener as Harper Lee. Harper Lee biographer Charles Shields will introduce the film and lead a discussion about the relationship between Harper Lee and Truman Capote after the film.

Wednesday, October 24, 7pm

The Story of the Book Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee
Midwest Writing Center, 225 E. 2nd Street, Suite 303, Bucktown Center for the Arts, Davenport, IA 52801

Charles Shields will discuss the process he used to write his biography of Harper Lee

Friday, October 26, 6pm

Coexistence Essay Contest Winners Read Their Winning Essays

Bucktown Center for the Arts, 225 E. 2nd St., Davenport, IA 52801

Winners from the To Kill a Mockingbird/Coexistence essay contest will read their essays as part of the Final Friday series at the Bucktown Center for the Arts.

Tuesday October 30, 7pm

Harper Lee Film Festival

Davenport Public Library Fairmount Street Branch, 3000 N. Fairmount St., Davenport, IL

Screening of The Making of To Kill a Mockingbird.