🐰🌧️Delavan Aram Public Library May 2026

May 2026 | Delavan Aram Public Library Newsletter

Delavan Public Library wins Libraries Transforming Communities Grant!

Delavan Aram Public Library has been selected by The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office to recieve a "Libraries Transforming Communities (LTC): Accessible Small and Rural Communities" grant in the amount of $10,000!

Delavan received this grant in order to fund the makerspace, part of the library's new expansion project.

To see more about the library expansion, visit our blog.

Library Card Design Competition!

In anticipation of our new library, we're asking the community to design limited edition library cards. An original design from each of the following age groups will be selected & printed in limited edition for our open house event!

Age Groups: 0-5, 6-12, 13-17, 18+

> Original designs only
(no use of AI generated art)
> Any media is allowed!
> Designs without the the library name will have logo added before production.

Submissions are due August 22.
Community will vote during the month of September.

For the entry form, click here!

Delavan Public Library event: Cook the Book with Jaime's Cafe!

Cook the Book with Jaime's Cafe on how to make an omelette! April 14 @5:30PM at Town Bank Community Room

Delavan Public Library event: Growing Microgreens with Regeneration Farm

Growing Microgreens with Regeneration Farm May 11 @5pm Please register

Delavan Public Library event: Pet First Aid with Jim Cobb

Pet First Aid with Jim Cobb from Backwoods Survival May 14 @5:30pm virtual or in-person

Delavan Public Library event: Decluttering with Deronica Bulger

Decultter: Making a Plan and Getting It Done with Deronica Bulger | May 15 @1pm

Delavan Public Library event: Film Screening - Ken Burns

The American Revolution: A Film by Ken Burns | Begins May 22

Each session will feature a different episode. Each episode is approximately 2 hours. To see each film, please attend each session: May 29, June 5, 12, 19, and 26 1-3pm

@ Delavan Common Council Chambers

Monthly Book Clubs

Thursday Night:

May 7 @ 6:30pm

The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin

It's 1969 in New York City and word has spread of the arrival of a traveling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the day they will die. The Gold children sneak out to hear their fortunes. The prophecies inform their next five decades.

Place Hold

Social Justice:

May 13 @ 4:00pm

Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese

Saul Indian Horse is a child when his family retreats into the woods. When winter approaches, Saul loses everything.

Alone in the world and placed in a boarding school, Saul is surrounded by violence, but finds salvation in hockey.

Place Hold

History Makers:

May 27 @ 11:00am

The Big Burn by Timothy Egan

On August 20, 1910, a battering ram of wind moved through the drought-stricken national forests of Washington, Idaho, and Montana, whipping hundreds of small blazes burning across the forest floor into a roaring inferno.

Place Hold

Novel Ideas meets May 23rd @ Boxed & Burlap downtown location at 2:15PM. Bring your own books and recommend them to the group! Click here for more details

FNAF: Survive the Pizzaplex | May 1 @ 3-5pm | Please register.

Feature Film Fridays at the temp space |May 8 @ 1pm showing Wild Mountain Thyme starring Emily Blunt

Coffee & Conversation - second Wednesday monthly with Jake Sawyers from ADRC | May 13 @ 10am

May Spice Club featuring: Anise

Explore the world of spices without the cost. 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.

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.

Find the Aram Public Library project blog updates.

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 with all projects, funding is still needed, especially for unique items like the Makerspace's tools and crafting items. 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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830 Geneva Street Suite B., Delavan, WI, 53115
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