Frank B. Koller Memorial Library

American Mahjong - Dragon Ladies
2026-05-13 10:00 - 14:30, 2026-05-06 10:00 - 14:30, 2026-04-29 10:00 - 14:30, 2026-04-22 10:00 - 14:30, 2026-04-15 10:00 - 14:30, 2026-04-08 10:00 - 14:30, 2026-04-01 10:00 - 14:30, 2026-03-25 10:00 - 14:30 (America/Chicago) and 8 more dates | Koller Library, 5761 HWY 51, Manitowish Waters, WI, 54545, United States
All are welcome. Even newbies. The group is willing to teach. They play American style Mahjong. Occasionally this group does not meet. Please call the library to make sure the group is meeting the day you intend to come. Thanks!

Living with Dementia with Terri Leedom
2026-02-27 10:00 - 11:00 | Koller Library, 5761 HWY 51, Manitowish Waters, WI, 54545, United States
Join author Terri Leedom for a presentation of her story and books focused on dementia. She’ll discuss her background and inspiration for her first book, My Silly Granny, a children’s book about dementia, as well as her book Play the Game, written for adult caregivers. Terri will discuss what dementia is, including early signs, diagnosis, and daily living with the disease, and talk about her mom’s journey with it.
Her presentation will conclude with questions, discussion and stories from the audience, similar to a support group discussion.
Terri Leedom is a retired graphic designer and an award-winning author and speaker. Her first book, My Silly Granny (2022), is a light-hearted children’s book inspired by her mother’s journey with dementia and has won three children’s book awards. Her second book, Play the Game, is written for adult caregivers and offers heartfelt insight, guidance, and shared experiences from those supporting loved ones through dementia.
Terri lives in West Des Moines, Iowa and enjoys spending time with her family and romping with her granddogs. She also enjoys crafting macramé, traveling, photography, music, and the Green Bay Packers. Terri is most inspired outdoors, connecting with nature.

Artist Reception - Christina Myers
2026-02-21 10:00 - 11:30 | Koller Library, 5761 HWY 51, Manitowish Waters, WI, 54545, United States
Artist closing reception – remarks at 10:30am.
Christina Myers is a photographer from Minocqua, Wisconsin and Los Angeles, California. At Warner Bros. Entertainment, where she worked for almost a decade, she photographed collections for F·R·I·E·N·D·S, Gilmore Girls, The Big Bang Theory, DC Entertainment (including Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and DC Universe), The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Warner Classics (including Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, and Rebel Without a Cause), Looney Tunes, and many others. She holds a B.S. in Cinema and Photography from Ithaca College.
Christina also has a passion for outdoor and adventure photography, as well as environmental portraiture, and appreciates environments where life uniquely thrives at the edge. One of her favorite places to photograph is the woodlands of Northern Wisconsin, where her family lives. Her favorite images are ones which capture something sublime and out-of-the-ordinary, especially at the same time.
Her environmental portraiture work was been most recently featured in the solo show “Milestones” at the Mercer Public Library in Mercer, Wisconsin, where she was a 2025 Artist-in-Residence. She has also shown her work in the 2024 solo exhibition “Mojave on the Verge” at the Minocqua Public Library and in “CA X WI” at the Susan B. Smith Fine Arts Gallery at the Campanile Center for the Arts. Other local spots which have shown Christina’s work include the Northwoods Gallery at Nicolet College, and Lakeland Area Photographic Club exhibitions at The Rhinelander-Oneida County Airport, Great Northern Coffee Traders in Minocqua, the North Lakeland Discovery Center in Manitowish Waters, and the Presque Isle Community Library in Presque Isle.
Connect with Christina online at Instagram.com/digitalchristy
About the Collection: Milestones
Milestones is a community-focused exhibit that explores the significant events, accomplishments, stages in life, and achievements that shape and connect people. There are many different milestones explored in this exhibit: the beginning of friendships, the making of discoveries, the unearthing of truths, a return home, a journey onward, a celebration of a new year, and more. Accompanying the milestones shared in this exhibit to provide context are the stories behind the photographs.
The photographs in the Milestones exhibit are crafted in the style of environmental portraiture, which captures a person in their natural environment, and often shows elements of their life, character, work, or interests. The setting is part of the subject’s identity, and helps tell the story about who they are. The exhibit also explores iconography, the visual language of symbols that tell stories, communicate ideas, and reflect cultural identities. The portraits display visual symbols and motifs associated with Wisconsin, with the Northwoods, with tourism, with rural living, and with milestones.

Natural Pages Book Group - When an Owl Knows
2026-02-17 17:00 - 18:30 | Koller Library, 5761 HWY 51, Manitowish Waters, WI, 54545, United States
THIS MONTH’S MEETING IS AT THE LIBRARY. A partnership between the Discovery Center and Koller Library, each month we will focus on a different nature-based book each month, with discussions led by either Discovery Center or library staff. Books will be available for checkout at the library in the weeks prior to the meeting.
The book we will discuss this month is What an Owl Knows by Jennifer Ackerman. In this book, the author joins scientists in the field and explores how researchers are using modern technology and tools to learn how owls communicate, hunt, court, mate, raise their young, and move about from season to season. Ackerman brings this research alive with her own personal field observations; the result is an awe-inspiring exploration of owls across the globe and through human history, and a spellbinding account of the world’s most enigmatic group of birds.
Registration Link: https://nldc.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/nldc/event.jsp?event=51632&

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library - Vilas County - REGISTER
2026-02-07 10:00 - 12:00 | Koller Library, 5761 HWY 51, Manitowish Waters, WI, 54545, United States
The Vilas County Imagination Library goes LIVE on February 7th!

Starting 2/7, Vilas County families will be able to sign their children up to receive free books through the Imagination Library.

This organization will be at the library on February 7th to get people signed up!
See more about their organization on their facebook page.

Knowledge at Noon: Animal Tracking and Sign
2026-02-04 12:00 - 13:00 | WI
Bring a bag lunch for a one-hour presentation exploring the natural world. North Lakeland Discovery Center naturalist Licia will be presenting Animal Tracking and Sign. FREE. AT THE LIBRARY.

Writers Gathering - NEW GROUP
2026-02-03 15:00 - 17:00 | Koller Library, 5761 HWY 51, Manitowish Waters, WI, 54545, United States
Calling all writers! Join us for an inaugural writers’ gathering at the Koller Memorial Library hosted by library director Callie, the first in monthly or bimonthly writers’ meetings. Our first session will determine group meeting schedule and activities.
This session will also include: a writing prompt, discussion time, free-writing time, and the opportunity to share a brief writing sample verbally for group feedback.
We welcome all writers, from beginners to experienced wordsmiths, writing in all genres and for all age groups. So whether you write fiction, poetry, nonfiction, screenplays, picture books, or anything else, this group is for you! One caveat: writing “with” artificial intelligence is not permitted. Those words on the page need to come from your blood, sweat and tears—in other words, from your mind and heart—or it’s not your art.

Yoga
2026-02-02 09:30 - 10:30 | Koller Library, 5761 HWY 51, Manitowish Waters, WI, 54545, United States
Yoga with Darcy FREE

Holiday Story Hour
2025-12-28 10:00 - 11:00 | WI
Leah will host a story hour for the kiddos. Open to all. Geared toward younger kids.

Closed for Thanksgiving
2025-11-27 - 2025-11-28 | WI
We are closed Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday!

Yoga
2025-11-14 13:30 - 14:30 | WI
Free Yoga will be held at the library.

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2025-11-10 14:00 - 15:30 | Koller Library, 5761 HWY 51, Manitowish Waters, WI, 54545, United States
Please join Wisconsin storyteller Tracy Chipman for an oral storytelling program sharing stories from the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The stories were collected by Ms. Chipman during fieldwork with The Hebridean Folklore Project in the 1990s. This program shares the sense of place of these remote islands & the richness of Scottish Gaelic culture. All stories told are shared with permission by the oral tradition bearers.

Traveling Naturalist - Bubble-ology
2025-08-22 10:00 - 11:00 | Koller Library, 5761 HWY 51, Manitowish Waters, WI, 54545, United States
Traveling Naturalist from the North Lakeland Discovery Center, Children’s Nature Program, July 23, 10a.m.
Topic: Bubble-ology
Event will be held at the library.
Everyone is welcome, but these programs are geared toward a younger audience.

Children's Area Remodel and Stuart Greenfield Celebration
2025-08-19 10:00 - 12:00 | Koller Library, 5761 HWY 51, Manitowish Waters, WI, 54545, United States
The Greenfield family invites the community to help celebrate Stuart Greenfield and to learn more about our children’s area remodel project, which is made possible by a very generous donation by the Jennifer & Andrew Greenfield Family Foundation. For this event, we will highlight the upcoming plans for the children’s area, and enjoy Stu’s photography in our exhibit space. Please join us. Free, with fancy snacks served.

StoryWalk - Something Spectacular: A Rock's Journey
2025-08-16 10:00 - 11:30 | Koller Library, 5761 HWY 51, Manitowish Waters, WI, 54545, United States
Library assistant Leah walks through the woods reading the story of the week. Kids follow along and help with the storytelling. There is a themed craft which follows the walk.
This event is FREE, but please pre-register with the North Lakeland Discovery Center. Register online or call. discoverycenter.net (715) 543-2085
StoryWalk is a joint program between the Koller Library and the North Lakeland Discovery Center.
