Events

Events Calendar

ALL EVENTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

2024

Month of  September – West Wing Art Gallery, located in the Naples Regional Library:  Photographers in Residence at Audubon’s Corkscrew Swamp
Month of  October – West Wing Art Gallery, located in the Naples Regional Library:  The Naples Camera Club
Tuesday, October 8 – Patti DeGroot Signature Series:  The Bayeux Tapestry: A Well-Told Story of the Conquest of England
Month of  November – West Wing Art Gallery, located in the Naples Regional Library:  Marcia Kozlowski
Tuesday, November 19 – Patti DeGroot Signature Series:  Kaiser Wilhelm II
Thursday, November 7 – Author Spotlight Event:  Chanel Cleeton – SOLD OUT
Month of  December – West Wing Art Gallery, located in the Naples Regional Library:  Marcia Kozlowski
Tuesday, December 10 – Patti DeGroot Signature Series:  Frohe Weihnachten: Unwrapping the Charms of German Christmas Traditions

2025

Monday, January 13 – Nick Linn Lecture Series:  Kate Quinn
Friday, January 17 – Patti DeGroot Signature Series:  Amelia Earhart – Pioneer in Aviation
Monday, January 20 – Nonfiction Author Series:  Micheal Finkel – SOLD OUT
Monday, February 3 – Nonfiction Author Series:  Elizabeth B. White – SOLD OUT
Tuesday, February 11 – Patti DeGroot Signature Series:  La Serenissima
Monday, February 17 – Nick Linn Lecture Series:  William Kent Krueger
Monday, February 24 – Nonfiction Author Series:  Erik Larson – SOLD OUT
Monday, March 10 – Nick Linn Lecture Series:  Jamie Ford
Tuesday, March 11 – Patti DeGroot Signature Series:  “And the Living is Easy”:  The Life and Music of George Gershwin
Monday, March 17 – Nonfiction Author Series:  Adam Lazarus – SOLD OUT
Monday, March 24 – Nick Linn Lecture Series:  Lisa Gardner
Thursday, April 3 – Author Spotlight Event:  Stephanie Dray
Tuesday, April 8 – Patti DeGroot Signature Series:  Operation Double Cross

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Nick Linn Lecture Series

January – March
The Nick Linn Lecture Series is the main fundraiser for Friends of the Library.  The 2025 season will be the twenty-second 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. To request a ticket and be placed on the wait list, email Marlene Haywood at mhaywood@collier-friends.org or call the office 239-262-8135 and leave a message.
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Elizabeth Letts

Nonfiction Author Lecture Series

January-March

We are pleased to announce the 2025 Nonfiction Author Series will be held at the Hilton Naples and will include breakfast.  This event is sold out.  To be placed on a waiting list, email Marlene Haywood at mhaywood@collier-friends.org or call the office 239-262-8135 and leave a message.

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

Author Spotlight Events

November and April
The Author Spotlight Events 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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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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COVID-19 PROTOCOLS AND POLICIES

  • WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE ATTENDEES AT OUR EVENTS TO FOLLOW THE PROTOCOLS ESTABLISHED BY OUR VENUE HOSTS. UNVACCINATED PATRONS ARE REQUESTED TO WEAR MASKS.
  • 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.