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Salsa Making for Kids

4:00pm - 4:30pm
Arts & Crafts
Open
Registration
Location: Nappanee Public Library
Room: Kids Craft Room
Age Group: Kids 5-12
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 16
Event Details:

Help make a batch of salsa and snack while hearing a story.

Creative Canvas

5:30pm - 7:00pm
Arts & Crafts
Waitlist
Registration
Location: Nappanee Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Join us as we paint a flowering cactus. 

Make-a-Mix

10:00am - 11:00am
Cooking and Food
Open
Registration
Location: Nappanee Public Library
Room: Cube
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Cooking and Food
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 6
Event Details:

Make real food convenient by making a different mix each month to store in your pantry!

This month make homemade baking mix. 

Cakesicles

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Cooking and Food
Open
Registration
Location: Nappanee Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1
Age Group: Teens 12-18
Program Type: Cooking and Food
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:

Mold, dip, and decorate your own cakesicles.

Evening Move & Do

6:00pm - 6:30pm
Open
Registration
Location: Nappanee Public Library
Room: Kids Storytelling Area
Age Group: Babies 0-1, Toddlers 1-3
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Move and Do is not your traditional storytime - there is constant movement, socializing, and discovery during this play-based program, designed for our community's littlest learners.

Move & Do

10:00am - 10:30am
Open
Registration
Location: Nappanee Public Library
Room: Kids Storytelling Area and Craft Room
Age Group: Babies 0-1, Toddlers 1-3
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 19
Event Details:

Move and Do is not your traditional storytime - there is constant movement, socializing, and discovery during this play-based program, designed for our community's littlest learners.

UNO Club

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Games
Location: Nappanee Public Library
Room: Kids Storytelling Area and Craft Room
Age Group: Kids 5-12
Program Type: Games
Event Details:

Join us monthly to play all different kinds of Uno. Drop in anytime and play at your own pace.

Cover to Cover Book Club

5:30pm - 7:00pm
Book Club
Open
Registration
Location: Nappanee Public Library
Room: Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 15

Disclaimer(s)

Must be a valid NPL cardholder to get a copy of the book. 

Event Details:

Join fellow book lovers as they discuss "Of Women and Salt" by Gabriela Garcia. New members are always welcome! Please register to receive a copy of the book.
Titles will alternate between fiction and non-fiction.

Augmented Reality Sandbox

All Day
Educational
Location: Nappanee Public Library
Room: Reference Area
Age Group: PreK 3-5, Kids 5-12, Teens 12-18, Adults
Program Type: Educational
Event Details:

The Elkhart County Soil and Water Conservation District is lending NPL the Augmented Reality Sandbox through June 15. It's a fun way to see how the topography of an area can effect water movement and erosion.

Evie's History Bytes

All Day
Educational, Historical
Virtual Event
Location: Nappanee Public Library
Room: Podcast Platform
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Educational, Historical
Event Details:

Martha is joined by Jeanie Dudley and Rick Jenkins to talk about service clubs in Nappanee. 

Episode Name: Literary and Service Clubs in Nappanee 

Summer Reading Kickoff Party

11:00am - 2:00pm
Location: Nappanee Public Library
Age Group: Everyone
Event Details:

Celebrate the start of Summer Reading at our Kickoff Party! Sign up for Summer Reading during the party and earn a free Kona Ice! Go on a library scavenger hunt, spin the prize wheel, and pick up your reading logs.

To the Moon: Snoopy Soars with NASA

9:00am - 5:00pm
Educational, Historical
Location: Nappanee Center
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Educational, Historical
Event Details:

New Exhibition at the Evelyn Lehman Culp Heritage Collection June 3 - August 16. 

Chapter Chats

11:30am - 12:00pm
Book Club
Open
Registration
Location: Nappanee Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1
Age Group: Kids 5-12
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:

Join us weekly during Summer Reading for our Chapter Chats Book Club!

Yarn Art

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Arts & Crafts
Open
Registration
Location: Nappanee Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1
Age Group: Teens 12-18
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 24
Event Details:

Use canvas, glue, and yarn to create a textured landscape.

Horizon Education Alliance

3:00pm - 7:00pm
Educational
Location: Nappanee Public Library
Room: Cube
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Educational
Event Details:

Join other adults as you work towards getting your High School Equivalency (HSE) Diploma.

Contact Lena to register 574-367-0381 or lmaldonado@heaindiana.org 

Chalkboard Herb Pot

5:30pm - 7:00pm
Arts & Crafts
Open
Registration
Location: Nappanee Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 6
Event Details:

Make a chalkboard herb pot! 

Expand Your Horizons Gathering

6:30pm - 8:00pm
Open
Registration
Location: Nappanee Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 2
Age Group: Adults
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

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

Book Cooks

11:00am - 11:45am
Cooking and Food
Open
Registration
Location: Nappanee Public Library
Room: Kids Craft Room
Age Group: Kids 5-12
Program Type: Cooking and Food
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 17
Event Details:

Lets cook up some fun! Each week we will make a new recipe, that will include something home grown, and enjoy a story together! 

Yoga

9:30am - 10:30am
Health & Wellness
Open
Registration
Location: Nappanee Public Library
Room: Meeting Room 1
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:

Join us for a little self love Yoga practice. This practice will be "Yoga for Gardeners". Suited perfectly for actual gardeners but also for the metaphorical gardener in each of us. 


Bring your own mat, towel, and water!

Firefly Storytime

10:00am - 10:45am
Storytime
Open
Registration
Location: Nappanee Public Library
Room: Kids Storytelling Area and Craft Room
Age Group: Babies 0-1, Toddlers 1-3, PreK 3-5
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

The Indiana Early Literacy Firefly Awards rewards one outstanding picture book each year. Join us on Wednesday mornings as we read the 2024 Nominees. Books include Bear Has a Belly by Jane Whittingham, Firefighter Flo!

Free Movie: The Super Mario Bros. Movie

10:00am - 12:00pm
Movie
Location: Nappanee Public Library
Room: Outside
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Movie
Event Details:

A plumber named Mario travels through an underground labyrinth with his brother Luigi, trying to save a captured princess. Free movie showing at the Nappanee Theatre.

Concessions will be available for purchase. 

Free Movie: The Super Mario Bros. Movie

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Movie
Location: Nappanee Public Library
Room: Outside
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Movie
Event Details:

A plumber named Mario travels through an underground labyrinth with his brother Luigi, trying to save a captured princess. Free movie showing at the Nappanee Theatre.

Concessions will be available for purchase.