August Library News

 

DELAVAN DAZE BOOK SALE – August 10 and 11

The Friends of Aram Public Library are getting ready for their annual summer book sale scheduled for Friday, August 10, and Saturday, August 11, during Delavan Daze.   The special preview sale for Friends' members only will be held in the library's lower level meeting room on Friday from 12 noon to 4 p.m. Memberships will be available for $5 at the door.  Saturday's sale opens to the public under the tent on the front lawn at 8 a.m. and continues until 3 p.m.

Adult fiction and non-fiction in all genres, both hard and soft covered books, will be available.  The sale includes mysteries, romances, biographies, travel, history, health, self-improvement, hobbies, cookbooks, sports, and more.  Movies, audiobooks, and books for children and teens, both entertaining and educational, will also be for sale.

This sale has gained a reputation over its many years for the quality and quantity of offerings because of the generosity of its donors.  It allows the Friends to provide extra materials, equipment, and furnishings for the library, sponsor free programs for the public, and support our popular summer reading programs.

Donations are currently being accepted and may be brought to the library during regular hours.

 

FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES

Storytime with Miss Kris – Wednesday, August 1 at 10 a.m.

Miss Kris is will be taking a break after August 1 to prepare lots of fun new storytimes for you!  Storytime will start up again in September – watch for more information!

SUMMER READING PROGRAM FINALE: 

Patchwork Quilt, David H.B. Drake - Saturday, August 4 at 10 a.m.

The Summer Reading Program Finale!  Snuggle down and sing along with favorite folk songs, lullabies, bedtime stories, and children's dream time fun.  David H.B. Drake performs on guitar, banjo, dulcimer, concertina, and will feature the Native American flute for his story of the Dreamcatcher.

 

Chalk Art – Thursday, August 9

Children are invited to help celebrate Delavan Daze by decorating the sidewalk around the library.  The theme for this year’s Chalk Walk is “Dog Days of Summer.”  All supplies will be provided. Check back in early August for further information.

THE LAST DAY TO TURN IN READING RECORDS is Friday, August 10, for toddlers, youth, and teens.  Adult reading records are due Saturday, August 4.   Coupons for in-library use, such as free books, beverages, or printing must be used by the expiration date shown on the coupon.   Winners of the weekly drawings must pick up their prizes by September 1.

THE GALAXY TRADING POST prize store will be open Tuesdays from 12:30 to 3 p.m. and Saturdays from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. through August 11.   

FOR TWEENS (age 9-12)

Spooktacularly Scary Stories - Wednesday, August 1 at 1 p.m.
Listen to our terrifying tales and share some of your own, if you dare.  Snacks will be provided.

FOR TEENS (age 13+).

It's My Party and I'll Die If I Want To: Zombie Prom - Friday, August 3 at 6 p.m.
Eat . . . I mean USE your brrrraaaaaaiiiiiinnnns and run, don't walk, to ZOMBIE PROM. 

FOR ADULTS

Making Salsa - Friday, August 3 from 1 to 3 p.m.

This workshop on preserving tomatoes and salsas will teach you how to safely can tomatoes and salsas from your home garden.  UW Extension instructor Jenny Wehmeier will review current research and information on Wisconsin tomato and pepper varieties, conditions, and elevations.  Participants will also prepare their own fresh salsa to take home and enjoy.  Please bring a cutting board, a knife, a small container with a lid, and an apron.  Register by phone (262-728-3111 Ext. 100) or at the library Adult Services desk.

Monday Movie:  P.S. I Love You (PG-13) - August 6 at 12 p.m.

Holly Kennedy is beautiful, smart, and married to the love of her life - a passionate, funny, and impetuous Irishman named Gerry.  When Gerry's life is taken by an illness, it takes the life out of Holly.  After weeks holed up watching old movies, a message from Gerry mysteriously arrives, marking the beginning of a series of letters instructing her to perform unusual requests.  With the help of her girlfriends, Holly begins a year of wild adventures and a life journey that Gerry has planned for her, helping her to discover who she is without him.  P.S. I Love You is based on the best-selling novel by Cecelia Ahern.  Refreshments will be served.

Book Discussion: To Be Sung Underwater by Tom NcNeal - Wednesday, August 15 at 7 p.m.

Judith Whitman believes in the sort of love that 'picks you up in Akron, Ohio, and sets you down in Rio de Janeiro.' Before her marriage to a banker, before her career as a film editor in Los Angeles, Judith was 17 and living in Nebraska, where she met Willy Blunt, a carpenter whose pale blue eyes and easy smile awakened in Judith the reckless girl he alone imagined her to be. Marrying Willy seemed a natural thing to promise, but a violent episode followed by acceptance to a prestigious university carried Judith away. Twenty years later, Judith's sturdy-seeming marriage is suddenly hazy with secrets, and her thoughts drift back to the time when she and Willy had escaped to a small world where sunlight seemed always to fall from a softer angle. What happens now when she holds in her hand the number for the man who believed it, long ago, when she declared her love?

Legal and Financial Planning for Alzheimer’s -

Part 1 - Thursday, August 16 at 3 p.m.
Part 2 - Thursday, August 23 at 3 p.m.

This 2-session program, presented by the Southeastern Wisconsin Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, is designed to help those affected by dementia, to help those caring for them, and to help their family members to better understand the legal and financial issues that may impact them. 

This program will help you to:

• Understand the importance of advance planning
• Identify the steps to getting legal, financial and future care plans put in place
• Become familiar with specific legal issues, future care options, and financial issues pertaining to dementia
• Use hands-on tools for making plans now 

Register at the library (728-3111, sbergstrom@aramlibrary.org) or by contacting the Alzheimer’s Association (920-728-4088, bonnie.beam@alz.org)

Monday Movie: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (R) - August 20 at 12 p.m.

This panoramic tale of Savannah's eccentricities focuses on a murder and the subsequent trial of Jim Williams: self-made man, art collector, antiques dealer, bon vivant, and semi-closeted homosexual. John Kelso, a magazine reporter, finds himself in Savannah amid the beautiful architecture and odd doings to write a feature on one of Williams’ famous Christmas parties. He is intrigued by Williams from the start, but his curiosity is piqued when he meets Jim's violent, young and sexy lover, Billy. Later that night, Billy is dead, and Kelso stays on to cover the murder trial.  This movie is based on John Berendt’s book of the same title. Refreshments will be served.

SUMMER HOURS through September 1: 

Monday and Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

NEW SCHOOL YEAR HOURS BEGIN SEPTEMBER 4:  

            Monday-Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.

            Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

            Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

            Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m.