Events

Events Calendar

ALL EVENTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

2025

Month of September – West Wing Art Gallery – Paint Together Art Group of Island Walk
Month of October – West Wing Art Gallery – DPI-SIG Naples Digital Photography Club
Thursday, October 9 – Author Spotlight Series – Sarah Penner
Wednesday, October 29 – Patti DeGroot Signature Series – Spies and Espionage:  Fact vs. Fiction – Naples Regional Library 
Month of November – West Wing Art Gallery – DPI-SIG Naples Digital Photography Club
Thursday, November 6 – Author Spotlight Series – Lew Paper
Month of December – West Wing Art Gallery – AVAILABLE FOR LOCAL ARTIST – CONTACT CYNDE DECKER AT cdecker@collier-friends.org for more information.
Thursday, December 4 – Patti DeGroot Signature Series – John Telischak of Naples Historical Society “Talk of the Town” – Naples Regional Library 

2026

Month of January – West Wing Art Gallery – Oswaldo Ventura
Tuesday, January 6 – Patti DeGroot Signature Series – “Abigail Adams – America’s First, Second Lady” –  South Regional Library 
Monday, January 12 – Nick Linn Lecture Series –  Taylor Adams
Monday, January 19 – Nonfiction Author Series –  Evan Friss
Thursday, January 22 – Patti DeGroot Signature Series –  Houdini – His Life, His Magic – South Regional Library 
Month of February – West Wing Art Gallery – Oswaldo Ventura
Monday, February 2 – Nonfiction Author Series:  Joe Posnanski
Wednesday, February 11 – Patti DeGroot Signature Series – “A Riveting Invention: Levi Strauss and the Pants that made History” – Headquarters Library 
Monday, February 16 – Nonfiction Author Series:  Jonathan Eig
Monday, February 23 – Nick Linn Lecture Series – Brian Freeman
Monday, March 9 – Nick Linn Lecture Series –  Michael Kortya
Thursday, March 12 – Patti DeGroot Signature Series – “The Beatles – The invasion of the Global Sensation”  – South Regional Library 
Tuesday, March 17 – Nonfiction Author Series – Hampton Sides
Monday, March 23 – Nick Linn Lecture Series –  Michael Connelly
Thursday, April 9 – Author Spotlight Series – Rowan Beaird

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Nick and Sara Linn with author Jamie Ford

Nick Linn Lecture Series

January – March
The Nick Linn Lecture Series is the main fundraiser for Friends of the Library.  The 2026 season will be the twenty-third season that readers will gather and listen to authors who know how to entertain our minds and spirits with words, characters and stories. New York Times best-selling authors participate in this event. For more information, email Marlene Haywood at mhaywood@collier-friends.org.
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Author Erik Larson with Friends Finance Manager, Cynde Decker

Nonfiction Author Lecture Series

January-March

We are pleased to announce the 2026 Nonfiction Author Series will be held at the Hilton Naples and will include breakfast.  Details coming soon.

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FOL Signature Series Event | Friends of the Library of Collier County Signature Series

Author Spotlight Series

October, November and April
The Author Spotlight Series will be held in downtown Naples at The Norris Center. Come to The Norris Center for popular authors who will stimulate and delight you with their stories and ideas…make it a day and have lunch first at one of the many wonderful restaurants in Naples.
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A Signature Series speaker presents a slide.

Patti DeGroot Signature Series

October – April
These events are member-only performances or lectures. The programs are held at one of the three regional library locations with wonderful performers and lecturers engaged to stimulate our minds and entertain us.
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  • WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE ATTENDEES AT OUR EVENTS TO FOLLOW THE PROTOCOLS ESTABLISHED BY OUR VENUE HOSTS.
  • PLEASE DO NOT ATTEND ANY EVENT IF YOU ARE FEELING ILL OR IF YOU HAVE HAD CONTACT WITH ANYONE WITHIN THE LAST TEN DAYS THAT HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.