Computer Area and Technology Upgrades

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Virtual Sparkle! The History of Aluminum Trees

Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Virtual
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Exhibit, History/Genealogy, Lecture/Speaker, Special Event, Technology, Virtual
Age Group:
Families, Teens, Adults

Aluminum Specialty’s dazzling Evergleam Aluminum Trees are still adding sparkle to the Holidays!

Virtual Event
Program Location: Virtual
Age Group: Families, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Exhibit, History/Genealogy, Lecture/Speaker, Special Event, Technology, Virtual
Event Details:

Aluminum Specialty’s dazzling Evergleam Aluminum Trees are still adding sparkle to the Holidays!

Sharon Verbeten

Getting Published: Traditional vs. Self Publishing

Wednesday, January 21, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Balkansky Community Room A at Manitowoc Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture/Speaker
Age Group:
Adults
Lecture/Speaker:

Learn from experts about a variety of topics that hit close to home and span the globe.

Have a book idea you'd like to get published? Need to dust off that manuscript? Professional editor and published author Sharon Verbeten will share her seasoned skills and knowledge to help you navigate the complex world of publishing.

Program Location: Manitowoc Public Library
Room: Balkansky Community Room A
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture/Speaker
Event Details:

Lecture/Speaker

Learn from experts about a variety of topics that hit close to home and span the globe.

Have a book idea you'd like to get published? Need to dust off that manuscript? Professional editor and published author Sharon Verbeten will share her seasoned skills and knowledge to help you navigate the complex world of publishing.

Beneath the Surface: Cobia’s Drydock Story

Thursday, January 22, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Balkansky Community Room ABC at Manitowoc Public Library
Program Type:
History/Genealogy, Lecture/Speaker
Age Group:
All Ages

Join the Wisconsin Maritime Museum's Submarine Curator Karen Duvalle for a behind-the-scenes look at the drydocking of the USS Cobia in Sturgeon Bay.

Program Location: Manitowoc Public Library
Room: Balkansky Community Room ABC
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: History/Genealogy, Lecture/Speaker
Event Details:

Join the Wisconsin Maritime Museum's Submarine Curator Karen Duvalle for a behind-the-scenes look at the drydocking of the USS Cobia in Sturgeon Bay.

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Accessibility

Individuals requesting accommodation for disabilities should contact the Library's ADA Manager Stacey Bialek at 920-686-3008 or sbialek@manitowoc.org. Reasonable accommodations will be made as quickly as possible, often within a week.

Unattended Children

Children under the age of 8 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian at all times.

Great Decisions: Trump Tariffs and the Future of the World Economy with Pablo Toral, PhD

Monday, February 2, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:45pm
Balkansky Community Room ABC at Manitowoc Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture/Speaker
Age Group:
Adults
Lecture/Speaker:

Learn from experts about a variety of topics that hit close to home and span the globe.

Great Decisions, a project of the Foreign Policy Association, is a grassroots world affairs education program which brings together Americans from across the nation to discover and discuss foreign policy issues.

Program Location: Manitowoc Public Library
Room: Balkansky Community Room ABC
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture/Speaker
Event Details:

Lecture/Speaker

Learn from experts about a variety of topics that hit close to home and span the globe.

Great Decisions, a project of the Foreign Policy Association, is a grassroots world affairs education program which brings together Americans from across the nation to discover and discuss foreign policy issues.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

Individuals requesting accommodation for disabilities should contact the Library's ADA Manager Stacey Bialek at 920-686-3008 or sbialek@manitowoc.org. Reasonable accommodations will be made as quickly as possible, often within a week.

Great Decisions: Ruptured Alliances and the Risk of Nuclear Proliferation with Martin Farrell, PhD

Monday, February 9, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:45pm
Balkansky Community Room ABC at Manitowoc Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture/Speaker
Age Group:
Adults
Lecture/Speaker:

Learn from experts about a variety of topics that hit close to home and span the globe.

Great Decisions, a project of the Foreign Policy Association, is a grassroots world affairs education program which brings together Americans from across the nation to discover and discuss foreign policy issues.

Program Location: Manitowoc Public Library
Room: Balkansky Community Room ABC
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture/Speaker
Event Details:

Lecture/Speaker

Learn from experts about a variety of topics that hit close to home and span the globe.

Great Decisions, a project of the Foreign Policy Association, is a grassroots world affairs education program which brings together Americans from across the nation to discover and discuss foreign policy issues.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

Individuals requesting accommodation for disabilities should contact the Library's ADA Manager Stacey Bialek at 920-686-3008 or sbialek@manitowoc.org. Reasonable accommodations will be made as quickly as possible, often within a week.

Great Decisions: U.S.-China Relations with Shale Horowitz, PhD

Monday, February 16, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:45pm
Balkansky Community Room ABC at Manitowoc Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture/Speaker
Age Group:
Adults
Lecture/Speaker:

Learn from experts about a variety of topics that hit close to home and span the globe.

Great Decisions, a project of the Foreign Policy Association, is a grassroots world affairs education program which brings together Americans from across the nation to discover and discuss foreign policy issues.

Program Location: Manitowoc Public Library
Room: Balkansky Community Room ABC
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture/Speaker
Event Details:

Lecture/Speaker

Learn from experts about a variety of topics that hit close to home and span the globe.

Great Decisions, a project of the Foreign Policy Association, is a grassroots world affairs education program which brings together Americans from across the nation to discover and discuss foreign policy issues.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

Individuals requesting accommodation for disabilities should contact the Library's ADA Manager Stacey Bialek at 920-686-3008 or sbialek@manitowoc.org. Reasonable accommodations will be made as quickly as possible, often within a week.

Counselor Rachel Gordon

Mental Health and Teens: A Primer for Adults

Thursday, February 19, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Balkansky Community Room A at Manitowoc Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture/Speaker
Age Group:
Adults
Lecture/Speaker:

Learn from experts about a variety of topics that hit close to home and span the globe.

Today's teens have a lot of stressors--school, work, friends, social media. And that can lead to a dangerous slide into substance abuse, suicide, cyberbullying and more.

Program Location: Manitowoc Public Library
Room: Balkansky Community Room A
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture/Speaker
Event Details:

Lecture/Speaker

Learn from experts about a variety of topics that hit close to home and span the globe.

Today's teens have a lot of stressors--school, work, friends, social media. And that can lead to a dangerous slide into substance abuse, suicide, cyberbullying and more.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

Individuals requesting accommodation for disabilities should contact the Library's ADA Manager Stacey Bialek at 920-686-3008 or sbialek@manitowoc.org. Reasonable accommodations will be made as quickly as possible, often within a week.

Great Decisions: Ukraine and the Future of European Security with Yoshiko Herrera, PhD

Monday, February 23, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:45pm
Balkansky Community Room ABC at Manitowoc Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture/Speaker
Age Group:
Adults
Lecture/Speaker:

Learn from experts about a variety of topics that hit close to home and span the globe.

Great Decisions, a project of the Foreign Policy Association, is a grassroots world affairs education program which brings together Americans from across the nation to discover and discuss foreign policy issues.

Program Location: Manitowoc Public Library
Room: Balkansky Community Room ABC
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture/Speaker
Event Details:

Lecture/Speaker

Learn from experts about a variety of topics that hit close to home and span the globe.

Great Decisions, a project of the Foreign Policy Association, is a grassroots world affairs education program which brings together Americans from across the nation to discover and discuss foreign policy issues.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

Individuals requesting accommodation for disabilities should contact the Library's ADA Manager Stacey Bialek at 920-686-3008 or sbialek@manitowoc.org. Reasonable accommodations will be made as quickly as possible, often within a week.

Great Decisions: Multilateral Institutions in a Changing World Order with Amitabh Pal

Monday, March 2, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:45pm
Balkansky Community Room ABC at Manitowoc Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture/Speaker
Age Group:
Adults
Lecture/Speaker:

Learn from experts about a variety of topics that hit close to home and span the globe.

Great Decisions, a project of the Foreign Policy Association, is a grassroots world affairs education program which brings together Americans from across the nation to discover and discuss foreign policy issues.

Program Location: Manitowoc Public Library
Room: Balkansky Community Room ABC
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture/Speaker
Event Details:

Lecture/Speaker

Learn from experts about a variety of topics that hit close to home and span the globe.

Great Decisions, a project of the Foreign Policy Association, is a grassroots world affairs education program which brings together Americans from across the nation to discover and discuss foreign policy issues.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

Individuals requesting accommodation for disabilities should contact the Library's ADA Manager Stacey Bialek at 920-686-3008 or sbialek@manitowoc.org. Reasonable accommodations will be made as quickly as possible, often within a week.

Master Gardeners

Branching Out: Pruning Trees & Shrubs with Manitowoc Master Gardeners

Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Balkansky Community Room A at Manitowoc Public Library
Program Type:
Class/Workshop, Lecture/Speaker, Special Event
Age Group:
Adults

Join Manitowoc Public Library and Master Gardeners of Manitowoc County for a weekend lecture by University of Wisconsin Extension's VJ Pandian that will be focused on pruning your shrubs and trees into shape.

Program Location: Manitowoc Public Library
Room: Balkansky Community Room A
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Class/Workshop, Lecture/Speaker, Special Event
Event Details:

Join Manitowoc Public Library and Master Gardeners of Manitowoc County for a weekend lecture by University of Wisconsin Extension's VJ Pandian that will be focused on pruning your shrubs and trees into shape.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

Individuals requesting accommodation for disabilities should contact the Library's ADA Manager Stacey Bialek at 920-686-3008 or sbialek@manitowoc.org. Reasonable accommodations will be made as quickly as possible, often within a week.

Great Decisions: America and the World: Trump 2.0 Foreign Policy with Beth Dougherty, PhD

Monday, March 9, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:45pm
Balkansky Community Room ABC at Manitowoc Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture/Speaker
Age Group:
Adults
Lecture/Speaker:

Learn from experts about a variety of topics that hit close to home and span the globe.

Great Decisions, a project of the Foreign Policy Association, is a grassroots world affairs education program which brings together Americans from across the nation to discover and discuss foreign policy issues.

Program Location: Manitowoc Public Library
Room: Balkansky Community Room ABC
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture/Speaker
Event Details:

Lecture/Speaker

Learn from experts about a variety of topics that hit close to home and span the globe.

Great Decisions, a project of the Foreign Policy Association, is a grassroots world affairs education program which brings together Americans from across the nation to discover and discuss foreign policy issues.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

Individuals requesting accommodation for disabilities should contact the Library's ADA Manager Stacey Bialek at 920-686-3008 or sbialek@manitowoc.org. Reasonable accommodations will be made as quickly as possible, often within a week.

Great Decisions: U.S. Engagement of Africa with Heinz Klug, S.J.D

Monday, March 16, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:45pm
Balkansky Community Room ABC at Manitowoc Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture/Speaker
Age Group:
Adults
Lecture/Speaker:

Learn from experts about a variety of topics that hit close to home and span the globe.

Great Decisions, a project of the Foreign Policy Association, is a grassroots world affairs education program which brings together Americans from across the nation to discover and discuss foreign policy issues.

Program Location: Manitowoc Public Library
Room: Balkansky Community Room ABC
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture/Speaker
Event Details:

Lecture/Speaker

Learn from experts about a variety of topics that hit close to home and span the globe.

Great Decisions, a project of the Foreign Policy Association, is a grassroots world affairs education program which brings together Americans from across the nation to discover and discuss foreign policy issues.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

Individuals requesting accommodation for disabilities should contact the Library's ADA Manager Stacey Bialek at 920-686-3008 or sbialek@manitowoc.org. Reasonable accommodations will be made as quickly as possible, often within a week.

*ONLINE ONLY* Great Decisions: The Future of Human Rights and International Law with Alise Coen, PhD

Monday, March 23, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:45pm
Virtual
Program Type:
Lecture/Speaker
Age Group:
Adults
Lecture/Speaker:

Learn from experts about a variety of topics that hit close to home and span the globe.

Great Decisions, a project of the Foreign Policy Association, is a grassroots world affairs education program which brings together Americans from across the nation to discover and discuss foreign policy issues.

Virtual Event
Program Location: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture/Speaker
Event Details:

Lecture/Speaker

Learn from experts about a variety of topics that hit close to home and span the globe.

Great Decisions, a project of the Foreign Policy Association, is a grassroots world affairs education program which brings together Americans from across the nation to discover and discuss foreign policy issues.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

Individuals requesting accommodation for disabilities should contact the Library's ADA Manager Stacey Bialek at 920-686-3008 or sbialek@manitowoc.org. Reasonable accommodations will be made as quickly as possible, often within a week.

Potty Training 101

Thursday, April 16, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Balkansky Community Room BC at Manitowoc Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture/Speaker
Age Group:
Adults
Lecture/Speaker:

Learn from experts about a variety of topics that hit close to home and span the globe.

Frustrated over training your toddler? Looking for some helpful advice? Join Dr. Rebecca Schmitt, a pediatrician with Holy Family Memorial Hospital for a panel discussion about expectations, tips and tricks of potty training. 

Program Location: Manitowoc Public Library
Room: Balkansky Community Room BC
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture/Speaker
Event Details:

Lecture/Speaker

Learn from experts about a variety of topics that hit close to home and span the globe.

Frustrated over training your toddler? Looking for some helpful advice? Join Dr. Rebecca Schmitt, a pediatrician with Holy Family Memorial Hospital for a panel discussion about expectations, tips and tricks of potty training. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

Individuals requesting accommodation for disabilities should contact the Library's ADA Manager Stacey Bialek at 920-686-3008 or sbialek@manitowoc.org. Reasonable accommodations will be made as quickly as possible, often within a week.