Events - Adults

Come join our fun seated movement class aimed at maintaining joint flexibility and fostering brain connections.

 We look forward to celebrating in the first-floor Shattuck Community Room.

This event is for those experiencing early-stage dementia, mild memory loss, or cognitive impairment, and for family and friends of those affected.

No registration is required.

The program will run about an hour and a half long.

Sponsored by the Fox Valley Memory Project, Neenah Public Library, and Valley VNA.

Memory Cafés are for those experiencing early-stage dementia, mild memory loss, or cognitive impairment, and for family and friends of those affected. It’s a great opportunity for lively discussions, information gathering, refreshments, camaraderie, and lots of creative fun thrown in! We have a gerontology professional on hand to answer questions and an enormous wealth of experience among participants to be shared. We’d be delighted if you would join us!

This program was made possible by the Friends of the Neenah Library and the Neenah Public Library Trust Fund. Donations to the Friends and the Trust Fund are always accepted and appreciated.

Amateur detectives welcome!

Join us in the Yaz Community Room on the first floor. We will share an hour as we discuss The Poacher's Son by Paul Doiron. Pick up a physical copy at our second floor reference desk or borrow a digital audiobook through hoopla.  If assistance is needed, reach out to our adult reference desk at 920-886-6315 or library@neenahlibrary.org.

Free and no registration necessary.

The Poacher's Son by Paul Doiron

Set in the wilds of Maine, this is an explosive tale of an estranged son thrust into the hunt for a murderous fugitive—his own father. The Poacher’s Son is a sterling debut of literary suspense. Taut and engrossing, it represents the first in a series featuring Mike Bowditch.

Maine game warden Mike Bowditch returns home one evening to find an alarming voice from the past on his answering machine: his father, Jack, a hard-drinking womanizer who makes his living poaching illegal game. An even more frightening call comes the next morning from the police: They are searching for the man who killed a beloved local cop the night before—and his father is their prime suspect. Jack has escaped from police custody, and only Mike believes that his tormented father might not be guilty.

Now, alienated from the woman he loves, shunned by colleagues who have no sympathy for the suspected cop killer, Mike must come to terms with his haunted past. He knows firsthand Jack’s brutality, but is the man capable of murder? Desperate and alone, Mike strikes up an uneasy alliance with a retired warden pilot, and together the two men journey deep into the Maine wilderness in search of a runaway fugitive. There they meet a beautiful woman who claims to be Jack’s mistress but who seems to be guarding a more dangerous secret. The only way for Mike to save his father now is to find the real killer—which could mean putting everyone he loves in the line of fire.

The Poacher’s Son is a sterling debut of literary suspense. Taut and engrossing, it represents the first in a series featuring Mike Bowditch.

(Description from author's website)

Join our deliciously new book Club!  

Try some new recipes, share a dish, and talk about cooking.  

This month's theme: Sweet Treats 

Check out our display on the Lucky Day Shelf or browse our stacks to find a cookbook on our theme.  Try a few recipes, and feel free to bring in samples of your favorite!  

No reservation is required for this one-hour event. 

Location: Yaz Room 

Direct questions to Dan: higgins@neenahlibrary.org 

Cookbook Book Club FAQ
 

Do I need to bring a dish to pass? 

No. While we welcome book club members to bring a sample of a dish from a cookbook fitting the month's theme, it is not required.

If I don't bring a dish, can I still sample other dishes?

Yes. This isn't a potluck, just a gathering of home cooks sharing their experiences with cookbooks or cooking the foods of that month's theme.

Does a recipe or dish need to be from a cookbook dedicated to the month's theme?

No. Recipes can come from sections of cookbooks dedicated to the month's theme or could be a great family recipe you would like to share.

Do I need to do a formal review of the cookbook I read?

No. This isn't a book report club 😉. This is a casual gathering of cooks who want to help each other improve their kitchen skills and add to their recipe boxes. 

If I bring a slow cooker, will there be an outlet available to plug it in?

We will do our best to make outlets available for slow cookers and other devices as needed.

The Neenah Public Library Board of Trustees meets on the third Wednesday of every month at 4:00 p.m. The public is welcome to attend meetings. The meetings are held in the first floor Shattuck Community Room 

All ages and skill levels are welcome! Chess sets will be provided. Coaching and beginner help is available. No registration is necessary. The event takes place on the library's second floor and lasts from 5:30 pm until 8:30 pm.

Please email zaborowske@neenahlibrary.org with any questions.

Bring music you're working on, something you're having trouble with, play a solo or a duet for the group, play along with your fellow ukers. All skill levels are welcome!

We'll meet in the first floor Storytime room and jam sessions last up to 90 minutes.

Free, open to all, and no registration necessary.

Contact Mehta at hess@neenahlibrary.org if you have any questions.  

For nearly 150 years historians have portrayed Orville Babcock as one of the principal actors in the corrupt Ulysses S. Grant administration. This narrative has left Babcock to be seen as only a classic villain beside a naive and sometimes simple-minded Grant. Local historian, Peter Adams has approached the subject by studying Babcock and Grant not just as historical figures, but as men. 

History programs are sponsored by the Neenah Historical Society and co-sponsored by the Neenah Public Library

Nicole, with Absolute Wellness, will guide you through an hour-long active stretching with balance exercises. This class is for all abilities. Remember to bring a towel or yoga mat and a water bottle.

We will meet in the Shattuck Community Room.

Free, open to the public, and no registration necessary.

Please contact the Neenah Library if you have questions at 920-886-6315.

Come join Nicole from Absolute Wellness in a relaxing yet powerful 30-minute chair exercise experience! Learn how to engage your core while doing full body movements all while sitting down.  Some standing exercises will also be offered with modifications for using the chair.

We will meet in the first-floor Shattuck Room.

Free, open to the public, and no registration necessary.

The Neenah Public Library is excited to have the University of Lawrence Student Quintet back for a series of spring jazz concerts. Join us at 2:00 pm every Sunday in April as we celebrate Jazz Month. This year the students will be focusing on the groundbreaking work of Charles Mingus (April 7th), Ornette Coleman (April 14th), Kenny Garrett (April 21st), and Jaimie Branch (April 28th). These are all-ages show.

No reservation necessary. Concerts take place in the Shattuck Room.