Events

Join us for Make Music Madison 2025 at Sequoya Library! At noon, we welcome Paul Theisen.

Paul Theisen plays guitar and a looper/pedals to make live multipart arrangements of songs. He…

Join us for Make Music Madison 2025 at Sequoya Library! At 1pm, we welcome Winds of Southern Wisconsin.

Winds of Southern Wisconsin is an early music group, playing Renaissance and Baroque…

Join us for Make Music Madison 2025 at Sequoya Library! At 2pm, we welcome Mad City Ukes.

Mad City Ukes is a vibrant community of about 30 ukulele players whose singing and strumming quickly…

Join us for Make Music Madison 2025 at Sequoya Library! At 3pm, we welcome Grand Aul Day.

Grand Aul Day is a five piece band based in Madison, WI, who play Celtic music.

Join us for Make Music Madison 2025 at Sequoya Library! At 4pm, we welcome Our Flag Means ROCK.

Our Flag Means ROCK IS a mostly-acoustic duo/tribute band for the beloved, gone-too-soon…

Navigate this new world as Season 2 comes to a close. A new threat looms over the horizon will our heroes be brave enough to stop what comes? Will they be wise enough to solve the mystery? How…

Read aloud to a furry friend from Alliance of Therapy Dogs at Lakeview Library. Bring a favorite book or try a new one from our collection. First come, first served.

Read to a Dog with Guardian Whiskers at the Meadowridge Library. Two therapy teams (2 dogs) available for reading, first come, first served. Bring a book from home, borrow one from the library, or…

Play Minecraft in both survival and creative worlds!  There is a limited number of computers, so participants will sign up for a 45-minute turn, beginning at 4:00pm or 4:45pm.

Stop by and see us at the Parks Alive event at Elver Park (1250 McKenna Blvd)!  Meet your local library staff, sign up for a library card, and pick up your WE READ maps and bags!…

Join us at Goodman South Madison Library Tuesdays where we'll have activities available to engage with from 1-3PM and enrichment opportunities coordinated by Teen Librarian Will G. and featuring…

Share your historic images! Your personal collections of photos and films could appear in the upcoming PBS Wisconsin documentary, “Wisconsin Hometown Stories: Madison.” Bring them to this scanning…

Stop by and see us at the Parks Alive event at Sandburg Park (2902 Independence Lane)!  Meet your local library staff, sign up for a library card, and pick up your WE READ maps and…

Children learn by creating and doing! Express yourself through a variety of affirming, mixed-media projects for all ages with artist Rosi! 

Children of all ages are welcome! No…

Please join us to play chess at our weekly, drop-in program! All ages and experience levels welcome.

Drop-in knitting. All experience levels welcome. Children under 9 must be accompanied by an adult for duration of program. Yarn and Needles provided for in-library use.

Children learn by creating and doing! Stop by to make art with our summer artist in residence, Elias. Each week will offer a different fun, hands-on project for kids of all ages!  Children of…

Join other kids, teens, and community members for a relaxing art workshop. Explore and play with different watercolor techniques; wet & dry, splatter, salt, and sponge.

Stop by and see us at the Parks Alive event at Hammersley Park (6114 Hammersley Rd)!  Meet your local library staff, sign up for a library card, and pick up your WE READ maps and…

Share your historic images! Your personal collections of photos and films could appear in the upcoming PBS Wisconsin documentary, “Wisconsin Hometown Stories: Madison.” Bring them to this scanning…

The Munch Mobile Lunch Van will make a stop at Lakeview Library on Thursdays. All people in and around the library can get a free lunch.

Goodman South Madison is excited to continue our Dungeons & Dragons programming for youth. This is a drop in Dungeons and Dragons program for kids of all ages (kids ages 7 and under will need…

Kids, teens, and their caregivers are invited to cook with Chef Lily at Hawthorne Library! Participants will prepare and enjoy a wide variety of recipes, while learning about meal planning,…

So you want to rule the world but the pesky Giants are already in the way? Well lets take over this realm and live in luxury. Our brave heroes who once united to liberate the world have now…

Gathers most Thursday evenings! Middle and high school students can meet other aspiring authors, bounce ideas off one another, share their stories, and feel the creativity flow! Writing club is…