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Giving Tuesday

A gift to the library fund helps us to present unique programs, offer valuable online and educational resources, and host special events for the Alpena County community.  Make a gift through the Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan www.cfnem.org or directly to the Library  https://alpenalibrary.org/support-the-library/

Tea with Claire- Jane Austen’s Sanditon: From Unfinished Swan Song to British Costume Drama

Judith A. Stillion Conference Room

Commemorating Jane Austen’s 250th birthday on Dec. 2, 2025, join author, former UK resident, and Anglophile Claire Evans for a look at Austen’s final, unfinished manuscript and its path from family heirloom to a fully imagined costume drama, airing on American PBS. Learn about the real-life people and locations that informed Austen’s last work before…

Free