Upcoming Events

Make real food convenient by making a different mix each month to store in your pantry! Mixes are perfect for easy cooking or baking and makes wonderful gifts!

This month make a spaghetti sauce mix. 

Unwind, create, and get a little intrigued! Join us at the ELC Heritage Collection for Crime and Crafting, a monthly gathering where crafters of all kinds bring their projects and enjoy the suspense of true crime.

Nappanee Public Library Board of Trustees meeting

Learn how to use a 3D Pen to create fun and useful items out of nothing more than melted plastic and imagination. This month we will be making a feather necklace.

Get to know other participants from the Expand Your Horizons Reading Challenge! We will discuss tasks, book lists, and offer up suggestions.

Free movie showing at the Nappanee Theatre. Concessions will be available for purchase.

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: Nappanee 6

Listen to the newest episode of Maggie's Book Bites. Maggie and her book-loving guests will be talking about all things books - The good, the bad, favorites, and books we are looking forward to. Listen for reviews and recommendations.

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.

Make rolled beeswax candles at the Heritage Collection. A variety of different colors of wax and shapes will be available to make your candle special. 

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

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: Kite themed embroidery hoop

Calling all busy moms and dads who love books but barely have time to read! The Read Between the Nap Club is a laid-back, judgment-free book club that meets every other month - because we know life gets hectic!

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

Paint a firework painting using a paper roll. 

Stroll the streets. Hear the history. Taste the traditions.

Stroll the streets. Hear the history. Taste the traditions.

Share your reflections on the USA 250th anniversary through a new oral history project across Elkhart County.

Calling all romance lovers! The Grumpy Sunshine Book Club is your new happy place. Every other month, choose a book that features a specific romance trope.

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.

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