Month of April – West Wing Art Gallery– Andrew Danecek
Friday, October 16 – Annual Board Meeting
Thursday, November 12 – Author Spotlight Series – Marie Bostwick
Month of December – West Wing Art Gallery– Through the Eyes of Children
Thursday, December 10 – Patti DeGroot Signature Series – A Christmas Carol
2027
Monday, January 11 – Nick Linn Lecture Series – Liz Moore
Wednesday, January 13 – Patti DeGroot Signature Series – “Sally Ride”
Monday, January 18 – Nonfiction Author Series – To Be Announced
Thursday, January 28 – Author Spotlight Series – To Be Announced
Thursday, February 11 – Patti DeGroot Signature Series – Steiff Teddy Bear
Monday, February 22 – Nick Linn Lecture Series – Dave Barry
Monday, March 1 – Nonfiction Author Series – To Be Announced
Monday, March 8 – Nick Linn Lecture Series – Patrick Ryan
Friday, March 12 – Patti DeGroot Signature Series – Motown
Monday, March 15 – Nonfiction Author Series – To be announced
Monday, March 22 – Nick Linn Lecture Series – To be announced
Thursday, April 8 – Author Spotlight Series – Martinn E. Winters
Thursday, April 15 – Patti DeGroot Signature Series – To be announced
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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.
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.
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.
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.
