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Owl with books

Friends of the Library's BIG Book Sale

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 9:00am - 7:30pm
Auditorium & Meeting Room 1 & 2 (CEN) at Central Library - Downtown Green Bay
Library Branch: Central Library - Downtown Green Bay
Room: Auditorium & Meeting Room 1 & 2 (CEN)
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: General Interest
Owl with books

Friends of the Library BIG Book Sale

Wednesday, April 29, 2026 at 9:00am - 7:30pm
Auditorium & Meeting Room 1 & 2 (CEN) at Central Library - Downtown Green Bay
Library Branch: Central Library - Downtown Green Bay
Room: Auditorium & Meeting Room 1 & 2 (CEN)
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: General Interest
Owl with books

Friends of the Library BIG Book Sale

Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 9:00am - 5:30pm
Auditorium & Meeting Room 1 & 2 (CEN) at Central Library - Downtown Green Bay
Library Branch: Central Library - Downtown Green Bay
Room: Auditorium & Meeting Room 1 & 2 (CEN)
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: General Interest

Button-Up! Teen Badge Makerspace

Friday, May 1, 2026 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Meeting Room (SW) at Southwest Branch - Green Bay
Library Branch: Southwest Branch - Green Bay
Room: Meeting Room (SW)
Age Group: Tweens & Teens
Program Type: Arts & Culture, Crafts, Hobbies, & DIY, General Interest, Just for Fun
Event Details:

Make your own pin-buttons to showcase your style and personality. Create your own badge from your original artwork or preselected images at our makerspace event!

two people dressed in Renaissance garb demonstrating sword fighting

Renaissance Faire

Saturday, May 9, 2026 at 11:00am - 3:00pm
Combined Meeting Room 1 & 2 (WH) at Weyers-Hilliard Branch - Howard
Library Branch: Weyers-Hilliard Branch - Howard
Room: Combined Meeting Room 1 & 2 (WH)
Age Group: Adults, All Ages, Children, Tweens & Teens
Program Type: Arts & Culture, Crafts, Hobbies, & DIY, Exhibit, General Interest, Just for Fun, Live Music/Performance
Event Details:

Hear ye, hear ye!  Join us to experience magic and merriment at the 6th annual Brown County Library Renaissance Faire.  Step back in time for a mix of history, fantasy, and arts.

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How-To Fest

Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 5:00pm - 7:45pm
Auditorium & Meeting Room 1 & 2 (CEN) at Central Library - Downtown Green Bay
Library Branch: Central Library - Downtown Green Bay
Room: Auditorium & Meeting Room 1 & 2 (CEN)
Age Group: Adults, Tweens & Teens
Program Type: Arts & Culture, Crafts, Hobbies, & DIY, Gardening & Food, General Interest, Health & Wellness, Just for Fun
Event Details:

Local experts will lead a wide variety of short presentations and demonstrations throughout the library designed to help you discover new skills, explore creative interests and gain practical knowledge. This is your chance to learn and try so

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House Buying 101

Monday, May 18, 2026 at 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Wrightstown Branch
Library Branch: Wrightstown Branch
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Finance/Goodcents, General Interest
Event Details:

Are you interested in purchasing your own home but feel unsure about where to start?

Children's Building Blocks

Learn Through Play Literacy Day: Construction Fun

Tuesday, May 19, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Meeting Room (PUL) at Pulaski Branch
Library Branch: Pulaski Branch
Room: Meeting Room (PUL)
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime & Early Learning
Event Details:

Help your child get ready to read with hands-on activities designed to promote early literacy skills. Learn through play with building blocks, construction vehicles, and puzzles.

For ages 3-5.

Miller and Mike juggling

The Silliest Summer Reading Kickoff With Curious George

Saturday, June 6, 2026 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Auditorium & Meeting Room 1 & 2 (CEN) at Central Library - Downtown Green Bay
Library Branch: Central Library - Downtown Green Bay
Room: Auditorium & Meeting Room 1 & 2 (CEN)
Age Group: Adults, All Ages, Children, Tweens & Teens
Program Type: Crafts, Hobbies, & DIY, Gardening & Food, Just for Fun, Live Music/Performance, Storytime & Early Learning
Event Details:

All Ages. Miller and Mike will perform their interactive comedy juggling show. Get ready to laugh with fun for the whole family! Meet Curious George from the popular children's books by H.A. Rey and get a photo!

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Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary Animal Meet and Greet

Friday, June 12, 2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Auditorium & Meeting Room 1 & 2 (CEN) at Central Library - Downtown Green Bay
Library Branch: Central Library - Downtown Green Bay
Room: Auditorium & Meeting Room 1 & 2 (CEN)
Age Group: Children
Program Type: General Interest, STEM
Event Details:

Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary will bring their live animal friends for a fun, educational experience! You’ll learn about how these animals live in the wild but also hear how they came to live at the Wildlife Sanctuary.

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Family Storytime

10:15am–10:45am
Children
Wrightstown Branch
Library Branch: Wrightstown Branch
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime & Early Learning

Stories, fingerplays, songs and movement activities for children of all ages with a parent or caregiver.

Storytimes for Groups & Families Preschool (Ages 3-5)

10:15am–10:45am
Children
Central Library - Downtown Green Bay
Library Branch: Central Library - Downtown Green Bay
Room: Youth Services Dept. (CEN)
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime & Early Learning

(Childcare groups welcome). Enjoy simple stories, action songs, fingerplays, rhymes, and other interactive fun that lays the foundation for later learning to read. Ages 3-5

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Storytime at Veterans Memorial Park (Denmark)

10:30am–11:00am
Children
Off Site
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime & Early Learning
Event Details:

Location: Veterans Memorial Park shelter, Wisconsin Ave., Denmark.  

Free Healthy Lunch for Kids!

11:00am–11:00am
Children, Tweens & Teens
Central Library - Downtown Green Bay
Library Branch: Central Library - Downtown Green Bay
Room: Backyard Reading Garden (CEN)
Age Group: Children, Tweens & Teens
Program Type: Gardening & Food, Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Lunch truck arrives at Central Library weekdays at 11:00 - 11:10 AM*  Wednesday, June 10 - Friday, August 14  (NO lunch July 3rd)   

FREE Healthy Lunch for Kids!

11:15am–11:30am
Children, Tweens & Teens
East Branch - Green Bay
Library Branch: East Branch - Green Bay
Room: Combined Meeting Room East & West (EA)
Age Group: Children, Tweens & Teens
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Lunch truck arrives at East Library weekdays at 11:20 - 11:35 AM*  Wednesday, June 10 - Friday, August 14  (NO lunch July 3rd)   

Career Connections: Brown County Job Fair

1:00pm–3:00pm
Adults
Kress Family Branch - De Pere
Library Branch: Kress Family Branch - De Pere
Room: Combined Emil & Gail Fischer Room (KR)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Jobs & Careers
Event Details:

Connect with employers and current job opportunities in Brown County. Bring your resume and come prepared to interview. Job Center experts will also be present if you need help with finding employment.

Einstein's Sandbox

1:00pm–3:00pm
Children, Tweens & Teens
Wrightstown Branch
Library Branch: Wrightstown Branch
Age Group: Children, Tweens & Teens
Program Type: Crafts, Hobbies, & DIY, STEM
Event Details:

TINKER | CREATE | LEARN

Fairy & Gnome Homes

2:00pm–3:00pm
Children
Central Library - Downtown Green Bay
Library Branch: Central Library - Downtown Green Bay
Room: Combined Meeting Room 1 & 2 (CEN)
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Gardening & Food, Storytime & Early Learning
Event Details:

Use your imagination to construct miniature shelters for fairies and gnomes! All supplies provided. Visit the Cellcom Edible Children's Garden before or after to search for fairies and gnomes and see what's growing!

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Party

10:00am–11:00am
Children, Tweens & Teens
Kress Family Branch - De Pere
Library Branch: Kress Family Branch - De Pere
Room: Combined Emil & Gail Fischer Room (KR)
Age Group: Children, Tweens & Teens
Program Type: Books, Authors & Writing, Crafts, Hobbies, & DIY, General Interest, Just for Fun
Event Details:

Have fun with crafts and games  centered around the series that celebrates the antics and awkwardness of middle school. Ages 7-12

Family Storytime

10:15am–10:45am
All Ages, Children
Ashwaubenon Branch
Library Branch: Ashwaubenon Branch
Room: Meeting Room (ASH)
Age Group: All Ages, Children
Program Type: Storytime & Early Learning
Event Details:

Stories, fingerplays, songs and movement activities for children of all ages with a parent or caregiver.

Please check website for location.

Free Healthy Lunch for Kids!

11:00am–11:00am
Children, Tweens & Teens
Central Library - Downtown Green Bay
Library Branch: Central Library - Downtown Green Bay
Room: Backyard Reading Garden (CEN)
Age Group: Children, Tweens & Teens
Program Type: Gardening & Food, Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Lunch truck arrives at Central Library weekdays at 11:00 - 11:10 AM*  Wednesday, June 10 - Friday, August 14  (NO lunch July 3rd)   

FREE Healthy Lunch for Kids!

11:15am–11:30am
Children, Tweens & Teens
East Branch - Green Bay
Library Branch: East Branch - Green Bay
Room: Combined Meeting Room East & West (EA)
Age Group: Children, Tweens & Teens
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Lunch truck arrives at East Library weekdays at 11:20 - 11:35 AM*  Wednesday, June 10 - Friday, August 14  (NO lunch July 3rd)   

Free Healthy Lunch for Kids!

11:30am–11:45am
Children, Tweens & Teens
Southwest Branch - Green Bay
Library Branch: Southwest Branch - Green Bay
Room: Main Area (SW)
Age Group: Children, Tweens & Teens
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Lunch truck arrives at Southwest Library weekdays 11:40-11:50 AM* on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday from June 10-August 14  (NO lunch on Thursdays or July 3rd).   

Food Truck Fridays

11:30am–1:30pm
Adults
Central Library - Downtown Green Bay
Library Branch: Central Library - Downtown Green Bay
Room: 1st Floor Lobby (CEN)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Gardening & Food, General Interest
Event Details:

Enjoy a variety of the area's best food truck offerings all summer long! Grab something to eat and enjoy your lunch in sunny downtown Green Bay. Food trucks will be located in the library parking lot.

Family Storytime

10:30am–11:00am
Children
Southwest Branch - Green Bay
Library Branch: Southwest Branch - Green Bay
Room: Meeting Room (SW)
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime & Early Learning

Stories, fingerplays, songs and movement activities for children of all ages with a parent or caregiver.

Dinosaur Dimensions: Meet Life-Size Dino Puppets.

11:00am–12:00pm
All Ages, Children, Tweens & Teens
Central Library - Downtown Green Bay
Library Branch: Central Library - Downtown Green Bay
Room: Auditorium (CEN)
Age Group: All Ages, Children, Tweens & Teens
Program Type: Live Music/Performance
Event Details:

"Meet the dinosaurs!"  - an amazing collection of realistic puppets that present an experience like no other. From cute baby Triceratops to life-size Raptors, to a stationary meet & greet T-Rex - you do not want to miss out on this!

Library Lunch & Learn: Volunteering after 55

11:30am–12:30pm
Adults
Kress Family Branch - De Pere
Library Branch: Kress Family Branch - De Pere
Room: Combined Emil & Gail Fischer Room (KR)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: General Interest
Event Details:

Leanne Baeten, RSVP Director of The Volunteer Center of Brown County will discuss the benefits and challenges of volunteering and finding the connections that meet the needs of the individual and the nonprofit.

Camping Storytime & Playdate

9:30am–10:15am
Children
Kress Family Branch - De Pere
Library Branch: Kress Family Branch - De Pere
Room: Combined Emil & Gail Fischer Room (KR)
Age Group: Children
Program Type: General Interest, Just for Fun, Storytime & Early Learning
Event Details:

Enjoy the great indoors with stories all about camping and an interactive playdate.

Learn Through Play Literacy Day: Dinosaurs!

10:30am–11:30am
Children
Pulaski Branch
Library Branch: Pulaski Branch
Room: Meeting Room (PUL)
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime & Early Learning
Event Details:

Help your child get ready to read with hands-on activities designed to promote early literacy skills. Learn through play with stations for digging for fossils, counting with dinosaurs, and dinosaur puzzles.

For ages 3-5.

Community Resource Tuesdays

2:00pm–3:45pm
Adults
Central Library - Downtown Green Bay
Library Branch: Central Library - Downtown Green Bay
Room: 1st Floor Lobby (CEN)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: General Interest
Event Details:

Need help but don't know where to start?  Each week, a different community resource/social service agency will be on-site to provide information about their programs and services.  Stop in each week to get connected and find the support

Comedy Magic and Wonder with Jim Lenz

2:30pm–3:30pm
Children
Weyers-Hilliard Branch - Howard
Library Branch: Weyers-Hilliard Branch - Howard
Room: Combined Meeting Room 1 & 2 (WH)
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Just for Fun
Event Details:

Join Jim Lenz for a fast-paced, laugh-out-loud comedy magic show that celebrates reading, curiosity, and the joy of learning.

Evenings in the Library's Edible Garden

6:00pm–7:30pm
Adults, All Ages, Children, Tweens & Teens
Central Library - Downtown Green Bay
Library Branch: Central Library - Downtown Green Bay
Room: Cellcom Children's Edible Garden (CEN)
Age Group: Adults, All Ages, Children, Tweens & Teens
Program Type: Gardening & Food
Event Details:

Drop in at the library's Cellcom Children's Edible Garden where a Master Gardener is on hand to give you an informal tour, share advice about gardening, and/or guide you in harvesting any fresh veggies and herbs that are ready to pick.

The Art of Asking for Help

11:00am–12:00pm
Adults
Ashwaubenon Branch
Library Branch: Ashwaubenon Branch
Room: Meeting Room (ASH)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Accepting help from others isn't easy.

Library Morning at the Brown County Fair

9:00am–12:00pm
Children
Off Site
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Bookmobile, Just for Fun, Live Music/Performance, STEM, Storytime & Early Learning
Event Details:

Summer Reading Program participants can earn free tickets to morning activities!  (Additional guests pay regular admission.)