Frank L. Weyenberg Library

10/22/2026

Get ready for some other-worldly suspense at the Weyenberg Library! Alien screens on Saturday, October 24th at 10am.

10/21/2026

Join us on Sunday, October 25th at 1:30pm for our next installment of our Fine Arts & Between Two Worlds Series. We will be hosting Listen Up! a Jewish vocal band for an evening of powerful harmonies and percussion that you can feel in your kishkes! Get ready to sing along with the soundtrack of Jewish connection.

This program is co-sponsored by the Weyenberg Library Foundation and the Between Two Worlds grant.

10/14/2026

Stop by tomorrow at 4:30 to join the Frank L. Weyenberg Cribbage Club. All skill levels are welcome at this event.

10/13/2026

Our Cryptids of Wisconsin & Illinois event is on Thursday, October 15th at 6pm. Take a fun road trip from the top of Wisconsin to the bottom of Illinois as we talk about historic sightings of bizarre creatures big and small!

Presenter Barnaby Jones will share evidence and recent reports of these creatures as well. From Sasquatch in the Northwoods, to the Beast of Bray Road, Lake Monsters, and Dragons, there is something for everyone in these two states!

10/09/2026

To close out Banned Books Week, check out the ALA's "Censorship by the Numbers" graphic. This graphic shows that in 2025, the ALA documented the second highest censorship attempts ever documented. Last year, 4,235 unique titles were challenged!

Check out more data and info at: https://www.ala.org/bbooks/book-ban-data

10/08/2026

As a part of the American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom (OIF), they maintain a database of censorship attempts.

Check it out and search the OIF's database for titles and authors to learn if there have been efforts to censor them in libraries here:

Censorship Search Portal Banned Books Microsite Nav About Banned & Challenged Books Most Challenged Books Book Ban Data Censorship Cases Bot Censorship Search Portal Book Résumés Free Downloads Banned Books Week Report Censorship Toggle navigation The freedom to read is the freedom to learn. It is...

10/07/2026

Let books be! In 2025, the American Library Association tracked 713 censorship incidents in libraries. Check out the slides below for the compiled data.

Source: https://www.ala.org/bbooks/book-ban-data

10/06/2026

Join us on Sunday at 1:30pm for an afternoon of Celtic, Bluegrass, and Gospel Music with Derek Byrne and Paddygrass. This next installment of our Fine Arts series is sure to move you to sing, dance, and discover something new!

Our Friends of the Weyenberg Library group will also be hosting a book sale in our Tolzman Community Room alongside this program. Stop by between 12:15-3pm to check out their wares!

10/06/2026

Check out these top 11 most challenged books of 2025 - have you read any of them?

1. Sold by Patricia McCormic
2. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
3. Gender Q***r: a memoir by Maia Kobabe
4. Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas
5. (TIE) Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
5. (TIE) Tricks by Ellen Hopkins
7. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
8. (TIE) A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
8. (TIE) Identical by Ellen Hopkins
8. (TIE) Looking for Alaska by John Green
8. (TIE) Storm and Fury by Jennifer Armentrout

10/05/2026

It's Banned Books Week!

In 2025, the American Library Association (ALA) documented 487 book censorship attempts at libraries, schools, and universities. Follow along this week as we celebrate the freedom to read by sharing some facts and statistics from the ALA.