🐰🌧️Delavan Aram Public Library April 2026

April 2026 | Delavan Aram Public Library Newsletter

Support the new library through a Delavan Aram Public Library Foundation Fundraiser!

DAPLF Fundraiser: The Great Delavan Cake Off! | April 28 @ 9am at Delavan-Darien High School | No cake, no entry! $5 at the door

DAPLF Fundraiser Event: A Presentation by Author & Historian Ginny Hall, The History of Delavan Parks | May 2 @ 10am at Town Bank Community Room | Tickets $25 each OR 2 for $40

Join our team as a Summer Page! Applications will close April 17th.

Click here for more details!

Cook the Book with Pepperoni Pub making their signature pizza! April 14 @5:30PM at Town Bank Community Room

April Spice Club featuring: Caraway Seeds

Explore the world of spices without the cost. Beginning on the 15th of each month, we'll feature a new spice for you to take home, along with a companion recipe!

This program is sponsored by Prairie Lakes Library System.

Author Event: Patricia Skalka writer of the Door County Mysteries series | April 11 @ 10:30am at the City of Delavan

123 S Second Street, Delavan

Author Event: 1,000 Words with Thor Ringler & Seth Jovaag |

April 30 @ 5:30pm at Barrett Memorial Library

65 W Geneva St, Williams Bay

Blood Drive with Versiti

April 4 10am-2pm - Register for a time, walk-ins welcome

Navigating the World with Dyslexia with Dr. Sue Brandley

April 7 @5:30pm

1893 World's Fair, the Columbian Exposition: A Historical Presentation with Jason Rehorst|

April 17 @ 1pm at Town Bank Community Room

Monthly Book Clubs

Thursday Night:

April 2 @ 6:30pm

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade's worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. What do you do when the future, no longer a ladder toward your goals in life, flattens out into a perpetual present? What does it mean to have a child, to nurture a new life as another fades away? These are some of the questions Kalanithi wrestles with in this profoundly moving, exquisitely observed memoir.

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Social Justice:

April 8 @ 4:00pm Banned Together by Ashley Hope Perez

Books are disappearing from shelves across the country. What does this mean for authors, illustrators, and—most crucially—for young readers?

This bold collection explores book bans through various lenses, and empowers teens to fight back. From moving personal accounts to clever comebacks aimed at censorship, fifteen legendary YA authors and illustrators confront the high-stakes question of what is lost when books are kept from teens.

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History Makers:

April 29 @ 11:00am The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson

On Winston Churchill's first day as prime minister, Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. Poland and Czechoslovakia had already fallen, and the Dunkirk evacuation was just two weeks away. For the next twelve months, Hitler would wage a relentless bombing campaign, killing 45,000 Britons (30,000 of them Londoners) and destroying two million homes. It was up to Churchill to hold the country together and persuade President Franklin Roosevelt that Britain was a worthy ally--that she was willing to fight to the end.

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Novel Ideas meets every third Saturday of the month @ Boxed & Burlap downtown location at 2:15PM. Bring your own books and recommend them to the group! Click here for more details

Check out our Spring Break schedule by clicking here!

Book Bedazzling! | April 6 1pm-6:45pm & April 7 10:30am-6:30pm

Bring your own book or choose from a small selection of library provided titles (first come, first serve).

DIY Thumb Page Holders |

April 23 @ 4pm

Black Out Poetry

Drop-in

April 15

@12pm - 6:45pm

Paper Vases for the Mom in Your Life | April 25 @ 10:30am

AARP Free Tax Aide 2026 - Fridays 10am - 3pm at City of Delavan

Last call for Tax Aide! Final day is April 10th!

Tax Aide is back for another year! AARP volunteers offer tax preparation assistance to seniors, adults, and those needing additional assistance. They are able to prepare both federal and Wisconsin state taxes.

Appointments are required to meet with tax preparers - to schedule, please call the library at 262-728-3111. Appointments can be made for either Delavan (Fridays) or Elkhorn (Mondays & Tuesdays) location.

Please note: AARP Tax Aide will be located at the City of Delavan Council Chambers, 123 S 2nd St, Delavan.

Curbside Pickup still avaliable!

Kids sleeping in the car? Just had knee/hip surgery? Feeling a bit sick?

The Delavan Library offers Curbside Pickup at our temporary location for anyone who is on the go or unable to enter the library. Call us at 262-728-3111 to make arrangements.

We'll check out your items, pack them up, and bring them right out to you.

Feature Film Fridays at the temp space | April 10 @ 1pm showing Meet Me in St. Louis starring Judy Garland

Coffee & Conversation - second Wednesday monthly with Jake Sawyers from ADRC | April 8 @ 10am

Take car of those car troubles with BadgerLink's Chilton Library.

Got car trouble? Chilton Library is free through Badgerlink with your library card!

Kick the Clutter! A decluttering support group with Deronica Bulger from SynerG Realty, LLC.

Join our "Downsizers Club" with Deronica Bulger from SynerG Realty, LLC.

Looking for library expansion updates? Find us at the library blog!

Events for ALL AGES

Check out our calendar for even more events this month, and coming up!

Kids/Toddler

Teens

Adult/Seniors

Thank you for all of your support!

Capital Campaign, Phase III

We are thrilled with the progress of our library's renovation/expansion project! Did you know there is a weekly blog with weekly construction updates? While you're following along with our progress, the Delavan Aram Public Library Foundation (DAPLF) continues to work diligently towards a Phase III goal of $500,000 in grants, pledges, and/or donations. If you have a lead on a grant or possible donor, we'd love to hear it.

As all projects go, funding is still needed especially for unique items like in the Discover Zone with hands-on toys and games. Or, maybe you know someone interested in sponsoring our Whisper Room, a small recording studio? Or, perhaps you know someone who might be interested in donating funding towards furniture?

Our space is special and our community makes it even more so. Donations of any size can be made at the link here or on the image below. If you have a lead or a question, please reach out to our Director, Michelle Carter, at director@aramlibrary.org

Donate to the Aram Public Library Expansion Project.

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