Events and programs for adult patrons.
Book Discussions
The third Thursday of the month, January through November, we discuss books chosen by reference staff. The books cover a wide range of subjects. Funding for this program is provided by the Friends of the Manitowoc Public Library. This series is free and open to the public. Refreshments are served.
- BookendS: Room by Emma DononghueMay 21, 2012
- BookendS is a book discussion group geared toward young adults, 18 to 30 (but we don't check IDs). It takes place the third Monday of each month at Manitowoc Coffee, right across the street from Manitowoc Public Library.
About the Book . . .
To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire
world. It is where he was born and grew up; it's where he lives with his
Ma as they learn and read and eat and sleep and play. At night, his Ma
shuts him safely in the wardrobe, where he is meant to be asleep when
Old Nick visits.
Room is home to Jack, but to Ma, it is the prison
where Old Nick has held her captive for seven years. Through
determination, ingenuity, and fierce motherly love, Ma has created a
life for Jack. But she knows it's not enough...not for her or for him.
She devises a bold escape plan, one that relies on her young son's
bravery and a lot of luck. What she does not realize is just how
unprepared she is for the plan to actually work.
Told entirely in the
language of the energetic, pragmatic five-year-old Jack, Room is a
celebration of resilience and the limitless bond between parent and
child, a brilliantly executed novel about what it means to journey from
one world to another. View Event » - Book Discussion: Two Rivers by T. GreenwoodJune 21, 2012
- Join us for a lively discussion about Two Rivers.
T. Greenwood's new novel is a powerful, haunting tale of enduring love, destructive secrets, and opportunities that arrive in disguise . . . In Two Rivers, Vermont, Harper Montgomery is living a life overshadowed by grief and guilt. Since the death of his wife, Betsy, twelve years earlier, Harper has narrowed his world to working at the local railroad and raising his daughter, Shelly, the best way he knows how. Still wracked with sorrow over the loss of his life-long love and plagued by his role in a brutal, long-ago crime, he wants only to make amends for his past mistakes. Then one fall day, a train derails in Two Rivers, and amid the wreckage Harper finds an unexpected chance at atonement.
View Event » - Book Discussion: Alice I Have Been by Melanie BenjaminJuly 19, 2012
- Join us for a lively book discussion featuring Alice I Have Been.
Few works of literature are as universally beloved as Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
Now, in this spellbinding historical novel, we meet the young girl
whose bright spirit sent her on an unforgettable trip down the rabbit
hole–and the grown woman whose story is no less enthralling.
But oh my dear, I am tired of being Alice in Wonderland. Does it sound ungrateful?
Alice Liddell Hargreaves’s life has been a richly woven tapestry: As a
young woman, wife, mother, and widow, she’s experienced intense passion,
great privilege, and greater tragedy. But as she nears her eighty-first
birthday, she knows that, to the world around her, she is and will
always be only “Alice.” Her life was permanently dog-eared at one
fateful moment in her tenth year–the golden summer day she urged a
grown-up friend to write down one of his fanciful stories. (Syndetics) View Event » - Book Discussion: Rebecca by Daphne Du MaurierAugust 16, 2012
- Join fellow readers and library staff to discuss the 1938 Gothic novel, Rebecca.
The second Mrs. de Winter narrates the
haunting events surrounding her marriage to Maxim de Winter and her
growing obsession with his first wife, the beautiful, now dead Rebecca.
View Event »
View Book Discussions Archive » View All Events »Book Sales
- Krazy Daze Used Book SaleJuly 14, 2012
- The Friends of Manitowoc Public Library are having the craziest of used book sales during Downtown Manitowoc's Krazy Daze Sidewalk Sale Event.
Join us for outrageous bargains and lots of fun! View Event »
View All Events »Brown Bag Seminars
Adult Brown Bag Seminars are the second Wednesday of each month. Join us for a mini-seminar over the lunch hour. Bring your own lunch and we’ll supply the treats. Enjoy a wide variety of presenters ranging from floral arranging to Money Markets. Programs begin at 12:15 p.m. and end before 1 p.m in the Balkansky Community Room. This series is free and open to the public. Refreshments are served.
- Photo Adventures in Cuba with Dr. Judith KringsJune 13, 2012
- Please join us as we welcome Judith Krings Ph.D, PCC who will share with us her newly published book Photo Adventures in Cuba: Unlock Your Power of Positivity.
Bring your lunch and enjoy snacks and beverages provided by the Friends
of Manitowoc Public Library. This 45 minute seminar is free and open to
the public. View Event »
View All Events »Critic's Choice Film Series
The first Thursday of each month, January through November, thought provoking films are viewed and then discussed. Films in this series may not be appropriate for all audiences. Program funding provided by the Manitowoc Public Library Foundation Endowment. This series is free and open to the public. Refreshments are served.
- Critic's Choice Film Series: The DescendantsJune 7, 2012
- Join us for this Academy Award-winning 2011 film directed by Alexander Payne and starring George Clooney.
Matt King is an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki. The event leads to a rapprochement with his young daughters while Matt wrestles with a decision to sell the family's land handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries.
Following the film, stay for a discussion facilitated by Library staff. Refreshments will be served. View Event » - Critic's Choice Film Series: Extremely Loud and Incredibly CloseOctober 4, 2012
- Join us for this 2012 film directed by Stephen Daldry. It stars Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock and John Goodman.
A nine-year-old amateur inventor, jewelry designer, astrophysicist, tambourine player and pacifist, searches New York for the lock that matches a mysterious key left by his father when he was killed in the September 11 attacks.
Following the film, stay for a discussion. Refreshments will be served. View Event »
View Critic's Choice Film Series Archive » View All Events »Great Decisions
Our Great Decisions is an eight week series in February and March. Join us Monday evenings at 6 p.m. to learn about world affairs. Great Decisions is a project of the Foreign Policy Association (www.fpa.org). Co-sponsored by the Manitowoc Public Library Foundation, Friends of Manitowoc Public Library, League of Women Voters of Manitowoc County, Lakeshore Peacemakers, University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc, and Silver Lake College. This series is free and open to the public. Refreshments are served.
There are no events posted
Meetings
There are no events posted
Special Events
Throughout the year Manitowoc Public Library offers a variety of special events including presentations by guest authors, entertainers and scholars, as well as collaborative community events.
- An Evening with Mark TwainJune 18, 2012
- Mark Twain is visiting from Missouri to share his wit and wisdom. View Event »
View All Events »Sunday Matinee
The second Sunday of the month from September through May, our Sunday Matinee Classics Series features a mix of vintage and contemporary flicks, starring favorite actors of yesterday and today. 1:30 p.m. in the Balkansky Community Room. This series is free and open to the public. Refreshments are served.
There are no events posted
Writers Read
This series, the first Monday of each month, beginning at 6 p.m. in the Library Board Room, presents opportunities for authors, published and unpublished, to read their work aloud. Writers Read programs also present opportunities to share writing techniques, publishing tips, and more. This series is free and open to the public. Refreshments are served.
There are no events posted
Library Wide
- Student Art Month @ your LibraryMay 30, 2012
- Original artwork by Manitowoc Public School District students will be on display throughout the month of May at Manitowoc Public Library. View Event »
- Friends of MPL Board of Directors MeetingJune 11, 2012
- The Friends of Manitowoc Public Library is an organization devoted to supporting the Library by being strong advocates for the library, by volunteering at the library and by funding library programs and projects.
The Friends of MPL Board of Trustees meets the second Monday of each month at 9:15 a.m. View Event »
View All Events »