Events

The library hosts a range of events on both a recurring and occasional basis. (Looking for a listing of all NMC events? Check out NMC's General Events Calendar and Student Activities Calendar).

'Bring Your Own' Book Club

Bring Your Own Book Club flyerComing this fall – all of the fun and connection of a book club with none of the pressure to finish the same book at the same time.​ No assigned reading! No pressure!

We invite you to come share your latest read, your favorite read or your current read! Or just to listen and hear recommendations from other readers.

Starting in September, the group will meet monthly on 3rd Tuesdays @ Noon in the Library Fireplace Room.

We will meet during lunchtime, so we encourage you to bring your lunch. Tea provided!

Craft Studio

Craft Studio poster

Meet new friends and explore your creative side! Join us every other Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Library Fireplace Room for an evening of crafting and connection. Whether you’re a crafting pro or a total beginner, this is your space to de-stress and get creative.

How it works:

  • Guided Project: Every session, we’ll host a featured mini-workshop with all materials provided.
  • Open Studio: Prefer to do your own thing? Bring your current project and supplies, or check out equipment from our Library of Things – including sewing machines, a loom, knitting needles, or a calligraphy set.
  • Mix & Match: Do both! Start with our guided craft and then move on to your own work!

Mark your calendars: 

  • 9/2 & 9/16: Collage and 'junk journaling'
  • 9/30: Beading with Indigenous artist Mary Deherrera
  • 10/14: Continue work on beading projects 
  • 10/28, 11/4, 11/18 & 12/2: TBD based on participant interest

Whether you’re looking to try your hand at a new skill or you just need a place to finish that scarf you started last semester, this space is for you. We provide the atmosphere and the tools – you provide the creativity.

Global Literature Reading Group

The NMC Global Literature Reading Group meets twice a year, bringing together NMC students, faculty, and staff from all disciplines to discuss a book about life in another culture. The group aims to stimulate critical thinking, literary enjoyment, awareness of global diversity, and cultural interconnections in support of the college’s strategic direction to ensure that NMC learners are prepared for success in a global society and economy. Anyone is welcome to join!

Book Censor's Library book coverOur Fall 2026 selection is The Book Censor's Library by Bothayna Al-Essa (tr. Ranya Abdelrahman and Sawad Hussain).

Copies will be available for pickup at no charge at the library service desk starting in August, with a discussion to take place from noon to 1 p.m. on Thursday, November 12 in the Library Fireplace Room.

Some Recent Global Lit Reads

  • A Spell of Good Things by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ (Spring 2026)
  • Thin Places: A Natural History of Healing and Home by Kerri ní Dochartaigh (Fall 2025)
  • Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe by Kapka Kassabova (Spring 2025)
  • Behind You is the Sea by Susan Muaddi Darraj (Fall 2024)
  • The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir by Karen Cheung (Spring 2024)
  • The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak (Fall 2023)
  • Planet of Clay by Samar Yazbek (Spring 2023)
  • Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov (Fall 2022)
  • The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa (Spring 2022)
  • The Underground Girls of Kabul by Jenny Nordberg (Fall 2021)
  • The Future We Choose by Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac (Spring 2021)
  • Snow by Orhan Pamuk (Fall 2020)
  • The Line Becomes a River by Francisco Cantú (Spring 2020)
  • Blue Label by Eduardo Sanchez Rugeles (Fall 2019)
  • Tears of Salt: A Doctor's Story by Pietro Bartolo & Lidia Tilotta (Spring 2019)
  • Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah (Fall 2018)
  • A House Without Windows by Nadia Hashimi (Spring 2018)
  • The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba (Fall 2017)
  • My Son's Story by Nadine Gordimer (Spring 2017)

Curiosities: Voyages Beyond the Stacks

Finally, a 'book club' for the book club skeptic!

Structured as an ongoing series of topical explorations, CURIOSITIES is a chance to connect with fellow lifelong learners at NMC. We take one topic at a time, spending four consecutive weeks per topic. Each week we gather to discuss a shared bit of reading, listening or viewing.

Curiosities is currently dormant, but stay tuned for one-off events in a similar vein this year, and in the meantime you can check out the resources we explored in past sessions of the series below.

Past 'Curiosities' Topics

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