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Beyond Xmas


The First State Ringers play their favorites and will let us
know why throughout the performance. 

The show starts Saturday, May 9 at Noon
at the Chapel Street Players Theater, 643 Creek View Rd.

Annual Brunch Meeting May 17

This year, our ๐…๐๐…๐‹ ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก includes ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€!

๐—” ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ. Sixteen letters will be available for you to bid on. ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜ $๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ. Credit cards and checks accepted. ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜†!

๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ - $1.00 per book. Cash only accepted.

๐—”๐—น๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ก๐—™๐—Ÿ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜†!

While supporting the capital campaign you can
  • Hear about our new Bรถsendorfer concert grand piano 
  • Be entertained by Newark comedian Kris Yonko
  • Dine finely on Caffe Gelato fare

Tickets are $25 for members and $40 for non-members. 

Register for Brunch

Music to Our Ears

Only a few dates left in our free Concert Series for Winter and Spring 2026. See the graphic above for details and visit the library calendar to register:  
Library Calendar


FRIENDS Mission Statement:


The Friends of the Newark Free Library is a non-profit organization that provides volunteer and financial support to the Newark Free Library to enhance its ability to serve our community.

Our accomplishments:

  • Continuous financial and personnel support for the FNFL Capital campaign in support of the new library, securing state and county funding, and $250,000 in waived building permit fees from the City of Newark!

  • Contributed monetary support for cultural and music programs many people would otherwise not have access to including the Copeland String Quartet, which consists of members of the Delaware Symphony Orchestra, the all-female Coda Brass Quintet, Brazilian Jazz Duo Minas, piano and violin concerts, the First State Ringers, and the Deltones.

  • Supported children/adult drama programs including Pillow Plays by the Wilmington Drama League and Delaware Shakespeare’s first performance at the library

  • Funded entertainment for the library's 50th Anniversary Celebration

  • Participated in Newark Community Days and the City of Newark Halloween Parade, distributing over 1000 free children/adult books.

  • In 2024-25, the Friends contributed nearly $38,000 in support of the Newark Library programs and endeavors.







Support the Friends

Give to the capital campaign

First State Ringers
Sat., May 9, 12 Noon at the Chapel Street Players Theater, 643 Creek View Rd.
Register here


Annual Brunch Meeting
Sunday, May 17, 11:30 Newark Senior Center 
For more information and to register, click here




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