Event List

Join us at the library to create a custom, handmade pair of earrings. Design a pair for yourself or create a unique gift for a loved one, just in time for Mother's Day! Use recycled book pages to decorate earrings.

We will have books, crafts, and projects available for little ones.

Learn to make something new from scratch! Make a fun variety of homemade crafts and recipes completely from scratch! Follow along with easy tutorials and learn new skills. Handmade items also make great gifts and treats!

Join the Heritage Collection Staff for lunch! Grab your lunch and come and learn about Nappanee History. Each month, we will be discussing and discovering a different topic. 

Topic: Henry Frazier

Bring your Hot Wheels cars and tracks to the library and play with friends. 

This crafty group meets once a month to chat and cross-stitch together. New members are welcome! 

Coppes Napanee is 150 years old! Join Martha each month as she dives deeper into their history and shares a variety of fun facts. 

Our newest Book Club for our littlest readers and their caregivers. During Little Bookworms, you will pick up a copy of the book, find a spot somewhere in the library, and read the book together with your child.

Get help researching your family history using library genealogy resources.
Drop in. No registration needed.

Each month make trendy DIY projects from Pinterest. Come hang out, get creative, and leave with something awesome you made yourself! 

Project: Button bouquet 

Join us twice a month for a simple and fun BINGO session! Play for prizes of all kinds. No registration needed. Donations are welcome to help us keep the prizes fresh and exciting.

Meet at the library every month for a Block Party. Get creative with imaginative building play using Lincoln Logs, Magna Tiles, & Keva Planks.

Join the Michiana Bee Keepers for their monthly meeting and learn more about bees and bee keeping

Join Jen for a fun day of crafting at the Heritage Collection. Each month will be a new craft. 

May: Tin Punching 

Join us every other month to make a new slime. All supplies are provided.

Taste of Nappanee is an immersive walking and tasting experience that brings Nappanee’s history to life through stories, places, and flavors.

It's almost time for summer break! Get in the summer mood and paint a wooden mason jar and fill it with wooden bug cutouts.

Paint a lighthouse painting.

Taste of Nappanee is an immersive walking and tasting experience that brings Nappanee’s history to life through stories, places, and flavors.

We will have books, crafts, and projects available for little ones.

Join Seth, our library Director for an afternoon chat. 

Get updates on the current library renovation and learn more about what's going on at NPL. 

Refreshments will be available while supplies last. 

From avid readers of the genres to people wanting to dive into something new, this is the place for you.

Always wearing a straw hat with $1.98 price tag hanging from it, Minnie Pearl was a well known comedian and country singer who appeared at the Grand Ole Opry for more than 50 years.

Create a custom mosaic picture frame using glass!