July 2019
Bittersweet Bookies
Discussing "The Last Days of Night" by Graham Moore. Participants and listeners are welcome.
Find out more »August 2019
Book Sale
Browse the books in the hallway between the library and visitor center. Find books for all ages. Proceeds benefit the Fish Creek Library.
Find out more »September 2019
Bittersweet Bookies
The group will discuss "My Dear Hamilton” by Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie. Participants and listeners welcome.
Find out more »October 2019
Movie @ 2
Come to watch a movie based on the book, “The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald.
Find out more »Bittersweet Bookies
Discussing “Becoming” by Michelle Obama. Participants and listeners are welcome.
Find out more »November 2019
Movie @ 2
Watch a documentary movie featuring author Toni Morrison. The film explores race, history, America and the human condition. Free and open to the public.
Find out more »Bittersweet Bookies
Discussing “The Radium Girls” by Kate Moore. Participants and listeners are welcome.
Find out more »December 2019
Movie @ 2
Screening a movie about 17-year-old Stella, who spends most of her time in the hospital where routines, boundaries and self-control all get put to the test when she meets a charming teen who has the same illness.
Find out more »January 2020
Movie @ 2
Watch a movie about a struggling singer-songwriter who wakes up after a mysterious global blackout to discover that The Beatles never existed in this fantasy drama. Visit DoorCountyLibrary.org for the movie title.
Find out more »Bittersweet Bookies
Discussing "The Library Book" by Susan Orlean. Participants and listeners are welcome.
Find out more »February 2020
Movie @ 2
Watch a 2018 movie about Ruth Bader Ginsburg facing adversity and numerous obstacles in her fight for equal rights and taking on a groundbreaking tax case that could change the direction of her career. Visit DoorCountyLibrary.org for the movie title.
Find out more »Book Discussion
Discussing "Virgil Wander" by Leif Enger. Participants and listeners welcome. Part of Door County Reads.
Find out more »March 2020
Movie @ 2
Watch a Golden Globe-nominated film, a comedy-drama that follows a family who, upon learning their grandmother only has a short while left to live, decide not to tell her and schedule a family gathering before she dies. Visit DoorCountyLibrary.org for the movie title.
Find out more »Bittersweet Bookies
Discussing “Radium Girls” by Kate Moore. Participants and listeners welcome.
Find out more »June 2021
Bittersweet Bookies
Discussing "The Only Woman in the Room" by Marie Benedict. Available both in-person and virtually. Participants and listeners welcome. For more information on how to join via Zoom, visit doorcountylibrary.org.
Find out more »July 2021
Bittersweet Bookies
Discussing "This Tender Land" by William Kent Krueger. Available both in-person and virtually. Participants and listeners welcome. For more information on how to join via Zoom, visit doorcountylibrary.org.
Find out more »August 2021
Bittersweet Bookies
Discussing "Giver of the Stars" by Jojo Moyes. Participants and listeners welcome. Held in-person.
Find out more »September 2021
Movie at the Library
Join us for a poignant movie that nestles in the truth of our own lives starring Anthony Hopkins as a mischievous 80-year-old and his daughter, played by Olivia Colman (PG-13).
Find out more »Bittersweet Bookies
Discussing "Twelve Years Overseas: An Educator's Journey Across the Globe" by Fish Creek author, Carol Hoffman. Participants and listeners welcome. Held in-person.
Find out more »October 2021
Movie at the Library
Join us for a showing of the movie based on the book “News of the World” by Paulette Jiles. (Rated PG- 13)
Find out more »Bittersweet Bookies
Discussing "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents" by Isabel Wilkerson. Participants and listeners welcome. Held in-person and virtually. Email [email protected] to get a Zoom link.
Find out more »November 2021
Movie at the Library
A showing of the movie based on a true story about a devoted high school football coach who leads a scrawny team of orphans to the state championship during the Great Depression (Rated PG-13).
Find out more »Bittersweet Bookies
Discussing "Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End" by Atul Gawande. Participants and listeners welcome. Held in-person and virtually. Email [email protected] to get a Zoom link.
Find out more »December 2021
Movie at the Library
A showing a documentary about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre on the one hundredth anniversary of the crime.
Find out more »Bittersweet Bookies
Join us in-person for a book picking party! Discussing what titles will be on the reading list for 2022. For those who would like to Zoom, contact [email protected] for the link.
Find out more »January 2022
Movie at the Library
Join us for a showing of “How Ya Doin” with Michael Perry, a Wisconsin author and humorist who looks back on his “Clodhopper” tales of life in Wisconsin with an eye toward how his stories of the past connect us to the future. Part of Door County Reads.
Find out more »Bittersweet Bookies
Discussing "The Secrets We Kept" by Lara Prescott. Participants and listeners welcome. Held in-person and via Zoom. Email [email protected] for the Zoom link.
Find out more »February 2022
Movies at the Library
Join us for a showing of a movie that follows the rise of Aretha Franklin's career from a child singing in her father's church's choir to her international superstardom, a remarkable true story of the music icon's journey to find her voice.
Find out more »March 2022
Bittersweet Bookies
Discussing "The Personal Librarian" by Marie Benedict and Victoria Murray. Participants and listeners welcome. Held in-person and via Zoom. Email [email protected] for the Zoom link.
Find out more »Movies at the Library
Join us for a showing of dramatic romantic comedy about a retired American boxer who returns to the village of his birth in 1920s Ireland, where he falls for a spirited redhead whose brother is contemptuous of their union. Starring John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara and Barry Fitzgerald.
Find out more »April 2022
Bittersweet Bookies
Discussing "The Henna Artist" by Alka Joshi. Participants and listeners welcome. Held in-person and via Zoom. Email [email protected] for the Zoom link.
Find out more »Movies at the Library
Join us for a showing of a film-noir, mystery where a pulp novelist travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime (NR).
Find out more »May 2022
Bittersweet Bookies
Discussing “The Lost Apothecary” by Sarah Penner. Participants and listeners welcome. Held in-person and via Zoom. Call 920.868.3471 for the Zoom link.
Find out more »Movies at the Library
Join us for a comedy-drama featuring two sisters who join the first female professional baseball league and struggle to help it succeed amidst their own growing rivalry. Featuring Tom Hanks and Geena Davis (PG).
Find out more »June 2022
Bittersweet Bookies
Discussing “The Night Watchman” by Louise Erdrich. Participants and listeners welcome. Held in-person and via Zoom. Call 920.868.3471 for the Zoom link.
Find out more »Movies at the Library
Watch an adventure comedy from the 1980s about a soon to be divorced Beverly Hills socialite is determined to prove to her husband and herself that she can finish what she starts out to do, by becoming a den mother to a troop of Beverly Hills Girl Scouts (PG.)
Find out more »Read-Aloud Stories
Listen to stories read aloud by Mrs. MacReady in the grass in front of the library.
Find out more »Read-Aloud Stories
Listen to stories read aloud by Mrs. MacReady in the grass in front of the library.
Find out more »July 2022
Stories & Crafts
Led by Ms. MaryAnn. Theme is Oceans & Seas.
Find out more »Movies at the Library
Join us for a sports comedy from 1993 about a new kid in town taken under the wind of a young baseball prodigy and his rowdy team. That summer of 1962 resulted in many adventures like no summer before (PG).
Find out more »Stories & Crafts
Led by Ms. MaryAnn.
Find out more »August 2022
Bittersweet Bookies
Discussing “The Lincoln Highway” by Amor Towles, in person and via Zoom. Call 920.868.3471 for the Zoom link.
Find out more »Stories & Crafts
Different stories and themes each week. Led by Mrs. MacReady.
Find out more »Stories & Crafts
Different stories and themes each week. Led by Mrs. MacReady.
Find out more »Stories & Crafts
Different stories and themes each week. Led by Ms. MaryAnn.
Find out more »September 2022
Bittersweet Bookies
Discussing “Eleanor” by David Michaelis in person and via Zoom. Call 920.868.3471 for the Zoom link.
Find out more »Movies at the Library
A young man moves to Salem and awakens three witches (PG).
Find out more »October 2022
Bittersweet Bookies
Discussing “Eleanor” by David Michaelis in person and via Zoom. Call 920.868.3471 for the Zoom link.
Find out more »Movies at the Library
A young man moves to Salem and awakens three witches (PG).
Find out more »November 2022
Bittersweet Bookies
Discussing “The Daughters of Yalta” by Catherine Grace Katz. Call 920.868.3471 for Zoom link.
Find out more »Movies at the Library
A family-friendly Halloween movie (TV-G).
Find out more »December 2022
Holiday Card Making
All ages.
Find out more »Bittersweet Bookies
Selecting books for 2023.
Find out more »Movies at the Library
Classic musical about a failing Vermont inn (NR).
Find out more »January 2023
Cult Movie Night
The Hong Kong Cavaliers stop evil alien invaders (PG).
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A writer attempts to solve a murder down south (R).
Find out more »February 2023
Bittersweet Bookies
Discuss "Raft of Stars" by Andrew J. Graff, over Zoom or in-person.
Find out more »Cult Movie Night – CANCELED
A bad boy wins over a good girl in 1950s Baltimore (PG-13.)
Find out more »March 2023
Cult Movie Night
A boy accidentally joins a band of time-traveling dwarves (PG.)
Find out more »April 2023
Bittersweet Bookies
Discuss “Facing the Mountain” by Daniel James Brown.
Find out more »Cult Movie Night
A duo saves Planet Druidia from the evil Spaceballs (PG.)
Find out more »May 2023
Bittersweet Bookies
Discuss “The Dictionary of Lost Words” by Pip Williams.
Find out more »Sensory-Friendly Movie
Walking around & talking allowed during the movie. Subtitles on & lights dim. Thor fights a god-killer (PG-13.)
Find out more »Cult Movie Night
An ex-con & an ex-cop take another family's child (PG-13.)
Find out more »June 2023
Bittersweet Bookies
Discuss banned books.
Find out more »Story Time
Listen to a story on the lawn.
Find out more »“Your Community, Your History”
Learn to research local history & genealogy.
Find out more »Movie Screening
Two girls have adventures with forest spirits (G.)
Find out more »Story Time
Listen to a story on the lawn.
Find out more »July 2023
Children’s Storytime
Listen to a story on the lawn.
Find out more »Children’s Storytime
Listen to a story on the lawn.
Find out more »Bittersweet Bookies
Discuss "West with Giraffes" by Lynda Rutledge, in-person & over Zoom.
Find out more »Summer Movie
A cat & dog are swept into a hazardous trek (G.)
Find out more »Children’s Storytime
Listen to a story on the lawn.
Find out more »Children’s Storytime
Listen to a story on the lawn.
Find out more »August 2023
Children’s Storytime
Listen to a story on the lawn, weather permitting.
Find out more »Book Sale
Shop the shelves of the Fish Creek Library. All proceeds benefit this library branch.
Find out more »Summer Movie
A group of young misfits called the Goonies discover an ancient map and set out to find a legendary pirate's treasure (PG).
Find out more »Book Sale
Shop the shelves of the Fish Creek Library. All proceeds benefit this library branch.
Find out more »Activities at the Library
9am-4pm. Book Sale. Shop the shelves, all proceeds benefit this library branch. 12pm. Children's Storytime. Listen to a story on the lawn, weather permitting. 1:30pm. Bittersweet Bookies. Discuss “The Music of Bees” by Eileen Garvin, in-person & via Zoom.
Find out more »Book Sale
Shop the shelves of the Fish Creek Library. All proceeds benefit this library branch.
Find out more »Book Sale
Shop the shelves of the Fish Creek Library. All proceeds benefit this library branch.
Find out more »September 2023
Deep Time Door County
Learn about the geologic past of the Door Peninsula. There will be fossils on display, activities for kids and people are encouraged to bring in their fossil finds to share with others. Free.
Find out more »October 2023
Bittersweet Bookies Club
Book is TBD. In-person and zoom available.
Find out more »Cult Movie Night
Four horror and science fiction segments. PG.
Find out more »November 2023
Bittersweet Bookies Club
Discuss "Horse" By Geraldine Brooks. In-person and zoom available.
Find out more »Sensory-Friendly Movie
Lights will be dimmed, snacks will be available and subtitles will be on. Movie is about a silent film star who falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusional and jealous screen partner try to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.
Find out more »Cult Movie Night
Join us on a trip to Planet Mongo to fight to save the Earth. (PG)
Find out more »December 2023
Holiday Cardmaking and Crafting
Make cards and enjoy treats.
Find out more »January 2024
Bittersweet Bookies Club
Book discussion. In-person and zoom available.
Find out more »Vintage Music and Vinyl Records
David Watkins speaks about the history of vinyl records and shares his DJ skills.
Find out more »February 2024
Local Native History Documents
Learn the histories of the Potawatomi and Menominee Tribes in Wisconsin from this PBS series. Door County Reads event.
Find out more »Vintage Music and Vinyl Records
David Watkins speaks about the history of vinyl records and shares his DJ skills.
Find out more »Cult Movie Night
Movie exploring the lives of the eccentric women of Grey Gardens. (NR)
Find out more »March 2024
Prepare for the Solar Eclipse!
Join Coggin Heeringa from Crossroads at Big Creek to talk about the solar eclipse happening on April 8th.
Find out more »Bittersweet Bookies Club
Discuss "March" by Geraldine Brooks.
Find out more »DIY Button Making
Make your own buttons! Draw something, cut it out to make a 1 inch button to pin to whatever you would like.
Find out more »Cult Movie Night
Roger Corman tale of Dr. James Xavier's devastating experiments on himself and the unforeseen. (NR)
Find out more »April 2024
Sensory-Friendly Movie
Lights will be dimmed, snacks will be available and subtitles will be on. Watch a film about a New Yorker newly separated from his wife moves in with his best friend, a divorced sportswriter, but their ideas of housekeeping and lifestyles are as different as night and day. (G)
Find out more »Cult Movie Night
Film about a family who gets lost on the road and stumbles upon a hidden, underground, devil-worshiping cult led by the fearsome Master and his servant Torgo. (NR)
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