Community Calendar

Want to participate in No Mow May? Help the pollinators! Stop into the Maker Space to create your very own No Mow May Sign! The signs are already assembled, you just need to write the words!  

Cricut for Beginners: Library Bags The Cricut machine is a cutting and crafting tool that can bring creative ideas to life. This activity will allow you to cut, write, and press vinly adhesive creating a unique canvas book bag. This is a drop-in activity. Children under 12 need adult assistance.

Earth Day Festival at Kress Pavilion 10am-4pm – Kress Pavilion Featuring workshops, talks, activities for kids, and a marketplace of ideas featuring groups and organizations from all over the county and beyond. including a special visit by Open Door Bird Sanctuary. Lunch will be available for purchase from Greens ‘N Grains. Kids Activities include: Decorate…

Adventures with the Mug Press The Egg Harbor Library’s makerspace is open for all ages. Drop in to explore and use any equipment available. Users of this space need to register at the circulation desk during library hours. Use our Cricut Mug Press and create your own Summer Reading mug. All materials provided call 920-868-2664…

Thursday, July 18 10:00 am – 11:00 am Egg Harbor Library 4-H in Door County Join Candis Dart from 4H to explore some of the very local adventures you can have with 4-H.

Frit Cast Molds for Spring Create your own piece of art using a mold and colors of glass frit. These items are made by layering glass frit in a mold to create your piece. You will be able to choose between making a dragonfly, butterfly or turtle. Your creation will be fired and ready for…

7pm.  Join us in the Great Hall for a fun evening – don’t forget your dancing shoes!  Door County Folk Alliance dances are community based, alcohol free, and family friendly. (We do ask that children attending are mature enough to listen and follow instructions, and remain in the custody of a parent/guardian). Come with or…

Frank Lloyd Wright, America’s most famous architect found inspiration in Wisconsin, his home state.  Come and hear Kristine Hasen, author of this comprehensive guide to Wright’s designs – a must for architecture or history fans or for anyone looking for something inspirational.  Books will be available for sale!

“Paper Valley: The Fight for the Fox River Cleanup” is the true 1990s story behind the world’s largest, most divisive, most politically charged environmental river cleanup of its kind, a model for dealing with new and future pollution problems. Over two decades later, co-authors P. David Allen II, retired US. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist,…

September The Egg Harbor Library’s makerspace is open for all ages. Drop in to explore and use any equipment available. Users of this space need to register at the circulation desk during library hours.  This month Glass Fusing is available as a walk-in open studio activity.  There will be materials available to create a fall…

Join us in the Children’s Library for a story and to meet Egg Harbor’s therapy dogs, Alfie & Nellie.

Ingrid Hanson-Popp has been a caregiver and understands the frazzle. In 2022, she banded with 24 other caregivers to create the book, Becoming an Orphan: Lovingly Letting Our Parents Go. Written by caregivers for caregivers, they offer stories, help, and hope in bite-sized nuggets to tired caregivers searching for answers. As a classic pianist, Ingrid…

In addition to all of our special programs, we have a continuous list of weekly programs! For more information visit kresspavilion.org/news/ Below you will find links with additional information on all of the special programs at the Kress this summer! June All Month Long: Rainbow Glass Fish June 1st | 1PM | Free – Let’s…

August The Egg Harbor Library’s makerspace is open for all ages. Drop in to explore and use any equipment available. Users of this space need to register at the circulation desk during library hours. This month we will be exploring the Addi Express Knitting Machine and the Addi Egg Cord Knitting machine.  There will be several…

Woodland Peoples – June 1 through September 30 2023 Egg Harbor honors the Indigenous History of Door County, as expressed in the work of Native Artists living and creating in our Communities throughout the Great Lakes.  This exhibit features the art of Menominee, Oneida, Ojibwa, Potawatomi and Ho Chunk artists, including artists who are active…

August 10th 1-2 Food Dehydration Workshop: Fruits and Vegetables, in the MakerSpace Egg Harbor Library has a food dehydrator for check-out from the Library of Things.  Dehydrated foods are a great way to preserve a garden’s harvest or a bounty from a farmer’s market.  Vegetables such as kale, swiss chard, onion and tomatoes can be dried and…