Events

Stay Up Late with Adam Mansbach

Please join us for a night with Adam Mansbach on Saturday, March 2, 2013, at 7:00 pm at The Brink Lounge. Get your tickets online now for $5 or $7 at the door. Proceeds benefit OMAI/First Wave and Madison Public Library Foundation in support of the 2013 Wisconsin Book Festival. Mansbach is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Go the F*ck to Sleep, which has been translated into 40 languages and is forthcoming as a feature film from Fox 2000. His novels include the California Book ...read more

Posted by Jon - Central Library on February 19, 2013

Start a Small Business or Manage Your Budget

Interested in starting or growing your small business? Need advice on financing or budgeting? Join Madison Public Library and Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC) for these free upcoming classes. Researching Your Business Idea Thursday, February 28, 6:00pm - 8:00pm at Verona Public Library Thursday, May 30, 6:00pm - 8:00pm at Pinney Library Learn how to explore the potential of your business idea by conducting market research. Market research is a systematic, ...read more

Posted by Sean - Central on February 8, 2013

Mock Caldecott Winner

On Saturday, January 12th, Madison Public Library hosted its very first Mock Caldecott Award event at the Sequoya Branch. 15 picture books were examined and discussed before voting took place. Here are the results: The Winner: Nighttime Ninja, by Barbara DaCosta, illustrated by Ed YoungThe Honor books: More, by I. C. Springman, illustrated by Brian Lies, and Jazz Age Josephine, by Jonah Winter, illustrated by Marjorie Priceman Watch this space for the upcoming announcement of the American ...read more

Posted by Krissy on January 14, 2013

MPL Foundation to Raise $100K for Book Festival

The Madison Public Library Foundation will raise $100,000 to partner with the Madison Public Library in hosting the 2013 Wisconsin Book Festival.The foundation board approved a proposal from Library Director Greg Mickells that envisions a co-sponsored festival, with the $111,500 of in-kind support from the library and the rest in private funds raised by the foundation. The Wisconsin Humanities Council, the festival's host since its inception in 2002, has already pledged $20,000 in support over ...read more

Posted by Jon - Central Library on January 11, 2013

Upcoming Book Sales

Stock up on bargains at these upcoming book sales: Spring Book and Bake Sale - Lots of Treats for Everyone! Saturday, February 9, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm at Meadowridge Library Friends of Sequoya Library Book Sale (at Westgate Mall) - Location: 442 Westgate Mall (next to TJMaxx). Thousands of books for sale each month. Most books are donations, some library withdrawls also for sale. Nonfiction titles are sorted by category for easy browsing. Fiction titles for all ages! CD and DVD ...read more

Posted by Sean - Central on January 10, 2013

Discover Library eBooks

Want to learn how to access free ebooks or downloadable audiobooks from your local library? Join us for a series of classes and individualized training sessions this spring to learn more about free library ebooks. Ebook Training Appointments Make an appointment to meet with library staff or interns to learn to use your ebook reader or tablet to access the library’s free ebook and downloadable audiobook collection. You will receive individualized help, from setting up and ...read more

Posted by Tana on January 8, 2013

Animation Creation

Thanks to a generous grant from the Irwin A. and Robert D. Goodman Foundation, Goodman South Madison Library is launching a new series of after-school animation workshops for neighborhood teenagers. The weekly introductory workshops (led by a professional animator) will offer teens the chance to get their hands on a variety of animation tools and computer software while learning how to script, capture and edit animated narrative sequences. The animation program offers a glimpse of the ...read more

Posted by Jesse on December 23, 2012

Preview Your New Central Library!

The Madison Public Library Foundation recently launched My New Library. My New Library is a web site devoted to the new Central Library, which is scheduled to open next fall. On the site you can learn about the project: reasons for the new library; floor plans, construction updates, and photos; goals, progress, and supporters; and news and events. You can also watch the video included with this post by clicking on the thumbnail to find out what the site—and the new library—is all about. We can' ...read more

Posted by Jon - Central Library on October 2, 2012

Share Your Library with Madison

Is the library your home away from home? Your favorite place to stop by to pick up weekend movies or last minute homework resources? Your free wireless place of choice? Show all of Madison your favorite library during two online "events" - Isthmus's MyMadisonDay and the City of Madison's Share Your Favorite Place. MyMadisonDay is happening Friday, September 21, 6 am to Saturday, September 22, 6 am. It's a 24-hour snapshot of Madison life in videos, photos, tweets, Facebook ...read more

Posted by Tana on September 21, 2012

Bookless a Hit

Bookless by the numbers: 1 day 3 floors 12 QR codes 100 artists 241 tweets (and counting) 749 pictures taken at the Photo Booth 5112 attendees $28,700 raised Did you take pictures at Bookless? Add them to our Bookless MPL Flickr pool. Special thanks to: ...organizers Trent Miller and Courtney Davis for bringing this amazing event to life...library staff and volunteers who helped them...the artists who transformed our library and graciously worked with event attendees to create memorable ...read more

Posted by Tana on February 3, 2012