Nappanee Public Library News
By JESSICA FLORES
Communications Specialist Nappanee Public Library
Nappanee Public Library announces the following upcoming events:
Lego Club Meeting
The Nappanee Public Library Lego Club will meet next on Thursday, April 16. Kids ages 5 and up are invited to take part in age-group-appropriate challenges and free building time on the third Thursday of every month during the school year at the Library from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. This month’s building challenge is “Under the Sea.”
No registration is required, and parents are welcome to stay and participate. Children under 6 must be accompanied by an adult, and all materials will be provided.
For more information, call the Library at (574) 773-7919, or go to www.nappaneelibrary.org.
Library Offers Tour
Did you know you could use a sewing machine and serger or check out a portable die cut machine at the Nappanee Public Library? How about craft patterns or jigsaw puzzles?
There are more than books at the Library! New cardholders and those interested in learning more about the Library are invited to a guided tour of the Nappanee Public Library at 7 p.m. Monday, April 20.
In addition to discovering where to find current bestsellers, a favorite cookbook, or the daily news, participants will be introduced to many special services. These include the Library’s makerspace, online catalog, eMedia, computers and copiers for use in the library; framed original art, CDs, DVDs and many other materials for loan.
The library, located at 157 N. Main St., holds the tour the third Monday of every month and by appointment.
For more information, call (574) 773-7919, or go to www.nappaneelibrary.org.
Book Club Discusses Semple Novel
Read along with the Cover to Cover Book Club at the Nappanee Public Library. The club will meet from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 21, to discuss “Where Did You Go, Bernadette” by Maria Semple.
When her notorious, hilarious, volatile, talented, troubled, agoraphobic mother goes missing, teenage Bee begins a trip that takes her to the ends of the earth to find her in this uproarious novel.
For more information or to reserve a copy of the book, call (574) 773-7919, or go to www.nappaneelibrary.org. The Cover to Cover Book Club meets at the library on the third Tuesday of each month.
3D Printer Training
Nappanee Public Library cardholders with an interest in the maker movement, engineering, drafting, crafting, and other techno-creative endeavors are invited to become certified on the Library’s new Makerbot 3D printer. The next training session takes place from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 23.
Learn how to program, run and troubleshoot projects on the machine and become certified to use it independently.
Register by Thursday, April 16, by calling (574) 773-7919, or go to www.nappaneelibrary.org.