Events Calendar

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September 2019

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	(All day) Library Closed for Labor Day	10:00am Meeting of Minds Meeting Room 302 12:00pm West Madison Senior Center Lunches Community Rooms A and B and Kitchen 12:00pm One-on-One Computer Assistance Study Room 1:00pm Sequoya Knitting Group Meeting Room A 3:00pm Personal Archiving Lab Drop-In Tutorial Local History Room 3:00pm Teen Tuesday Meeting Room 115 4:30pm [CANCELED] Drop-in Math Help 4:30pm Sequoya Kid's Chess Club Meeting Rooms A & B Combined 5:00pm Open Media Lab Media Lab 6:00pm Sequoya All Ages Chess Club Meeting Rooms A & B Combined	9:30am Toddler Time Meeting Room B 10:00am Scrabble at the Library Community Room - Table Side 10:15am Toddler Time Meeting Room B 12:00pm West Madison Senior Center Lunches Community Rooms A and B and Kitchen 1:00pm Drop-In Basic Computer Help 1:30pm NewBridge Movie Program--SHAZAM (PG-13) Meeting Room 3:30pm Chess Club Study Room A (Blue) 4:00pm Teen Tech Time Teen Room 4:30pm The Odyssey Project Meeting Room 115 4:30pm Read to a Dog 5:30pm Manga Discussion Night Study Room A (Blue) 5:30pm Girl Scouts of WI Badgerland Council Community Room 6:00pm Knitting at the Library Community Room - Fireplace Side 6:30pm Alicia Ashman Darn Yarn Group Study Room 7:00pm Mystery Book Group discusses The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan Meeting Room A	10:00am Free Mending Study Room 211 10:05am One-On-One Computer Assistance Study Room 2 12:00pm West Madison Senior Center Lunches Community Rooms A and B and Kitchen 1:00pm VA Outreach Study Room 211 1:00pm Spanish Literature Group Meeting Room A 2:00pm Alicia Ashman Library Thursday Book Club: Educated, A Memoir Meeting Room 3:00pm Knitting at the Library 3:00pm Personal Archiving Lab Drop-In Tutorial Local History Room 3:30pm Read to a Dog 3:30pm Read to a Dog YS Study Room 1 4:30pm Madison Public Library Board Conference Room 104 5:00pm Open Media Lab Media Lab 5:00pm Open Studio with Bubbler Artist-in-Residence Emily Balsley Bubbler 6:00pm Central Cinema Cinesthesia presents The Red Shoes (1948) Meeting Room 302 6:00pm Chapters Teen Writing Club 6:30pm Lakeview Book Discussion of "The Shadow of the Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafón Community Room - Fireplace Side 6:30pm Peace and Justice Book Circle - Algorithms of Oppression by Safiya Noble Meeting Room 115 6:30pm Writing & Editing Assistance Study Room 204 6:30pm CarFit Community Room - Table Side 7:00pm UW Opera Props Presents --Tenors, Tenors, Tenors! Meeting Room	6:00pm Friday Family Fun Night! Board Games, Puzzles and Mandalas to color. Meeting Room 7:00pm Cold Pursuit (feature film) Community Room	10:00am Shape-ly Character Workshop with Artist-in-Residence Emily Balsley Bubbler 10:30am Stories & Sweets Community Room 11:00am Read to a Dog 1:00pm Open Media Lab Media Lab 1:00pm Drop-In Basic Computer Help 1:00pm Illustrator Meet Up & Drawing Session with Artist-in-Residence Emily Balsley Bubbler 2:00pm Library LEGO Club Meeting Room 115
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2:00pm Sunday Jazz @ Sequoya - Chris Ruppenthal & Ben Dameron Meeting Rooms A & B Combined	9:30am Book Baby Meeting Rooms A & B Combined 10:00am Mystery in the Morning: DEATH IN A STRANGE COUNTRY by Donna Leon Meeting Room 10:30am Memory Screening Study Room 1 10:45am WonderWorks Meeting Rooms A & B Combined 12:00pm CANCELED General Job Assistance Study Room 204 1:00pm Knit & Nibble at Hawthorne Library Community Room 1:00pm Drop-In Basic Computer Help 2:00pm Open Media Lab Media Lab 2:30pm Minecraft Monday Meeting Room 115 6:00pm Memoirs Salon Green Room 103 6:00pm QPR - Suicide Prevention Training for Adoptive and Guardianship Parents Meeting Room 115 6:00pm Chess at the Library Community Room - Table Side	10:00am Mindful Movement Meeting Room 10:30am Preschool Storytime Meeting Room 11:30am Storytime for the Very Young 12:00pm West Madison Senior Center Lunches Community Rooms A and B and Kitchen 12:00pm One-on-One Computer Assistance Study Room 1:00pm Sequoya Knitting Group Meeting Room A 2:00pm CANCELED How to use Oils, Vinegars and Spices for Heart Healthy Recipes Community Room B and Kitchen 3:00pm Teen Tuesday Meeting Room 115 3:00pm Personal Archiving Lab Drop-In Tutorial Local History Room 4:30pm Cancelled: Drop-in Math Help 5:00pm Open Media Lab Media Lab	9:30am Toddler Time Meeting Room B 10:00am Scrabble at the Library Community Room - Table Side 10:00am Storytime for the Very Young Children's Program Room 10:15am Toddler Time Meeting Room B 10:15am Toddler Time Community Room - Fireplace Side 10:45am Preschool Storytime Children's Program Room 11:15am Book Baby Community Room - Fireplace Side 12:00pm West Madison Senior Center Lunches Community Rooms A and B and Kitchen 1:00pm CANCELED Drop-In Basic Computer Help 1:30pm NewBridge Movie Program--THE PUBLIC (PG-13) Meeting Room 2:30pm Pinney Afternoon Book Group discusses And Then There Were None by Christie @LELC Lake Edge Lutheran Church (4032 Monona Dr) 3:30pm Chess Club Study Room A (Blue) 4:00pm Teen Tech Time Teen Room 4:30pm The Odyssey Project Meeting Room 115 5:30pm Meadowridge Anime Club Study Room A (Blue) 6:00pm Knitting at the Library Community Room - Fireplace Side 6:00pm Board Game Night Community Room 6:15pm Empanadas and Salsa with Chef Paul Tseng Community Rooms A and B and Kitchen 6:30pm This is Home: A Refugee Story (2018) Meeting Rooms A & B Combined	(All day) Library Closed for Staff Inservice Day 12:00pm West Madison Senior Center Lunches Community Rooms A and B and Kitchen 12:00pm Daytime Book Discussion of "The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu" by Joshua Hammer 1:00pm Spanish Conversation Group--Moved to Fitchburg Public Library	1:00pm Drop-In Basic Computer Help 5:45pm Movie Night: The Public Community Room 6:00pm Family Friday Movie Night--THE LEGO MOVIE 2 (PG) Meeting Room 7:00pm New Game! (anime) Community Room 7:00pm Wisconsin Book Festival Presents Christopher Leonard for Kochland 7:00pm Wisconsin Book Festival presents Christopher Leonard for KOCHLAND Meeting Rooms 301 & 302	9:30am DANEnet Fix It Clinic Meeting Room 115 9:30am Let's Talk about It: Immigration, migration and our Southern border Meeting Rooms A & B Combined 9:30am Monroe Street Library League Book Sale Meeting Room 10:00am Yoga Sprouts 10:00am Donuts with Dad Meeting Room 10:00am Partners in Practice Community Room 11:00am Read To a Dog 11:00am Read to a Dog YS Study Room 1 1:00pm Open Media Lab Media Lab 1:00pm Mystery Games at Hawthorne Study Room 1:00pm Drop-In Basic Computer Help 1:30pm LEGO Club Meeting Rooms A & B Combined 3:00pm Mindful Saturday Meeting Room
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2:00pm Lego Club Children's Program Room 2:00pm Sunday Jazz @ Sequoya - Nighttime Trio Meeting Rooms A & B Combined	9:30am Book Baby Meeting Rooms A & B Combined 10:15am Toddler Time Community Room 10:30am Preschool Storytime Community Room B 10:30am Preschool Storytime Community Room 10:45am WonderWorks Meeting Rooms A & B Combined 11:15am Book Baby Community Room 12:00pm General Job Assistance Study Room 204 1:00pm Knit & Nibble at Hawthorne Library Community Room 1:00pm Drop-In Basic Computer Help 2:00pm Open Media Lab Media Lab 2:30pm Minecraft Monday Meeting Room 115 3:00pm Library LEGO Club Community Room - Fireplace Side 4:00pm Lakeview Tabletop Adventure Club Teen Room 4:00pm Madison Writing Assistance: General and Job-Related Writing Help Study Room 1 5:30pm This is Home: A Refugee Story (2018) Community Room 6:00pm Alicia Ashman Library CHESS CLUB: 6 p.m. Lessons; 6:45 p.m. Open Play Meeting Room 6:30pm LEGO Club Community Room B and Kitchen 6:30pm "How I Discovered How Hilarious Depression Truly Is" presented by John Moe Meeting Room 302	10:00am Meeting of Minds Meeting Room 301 10:30am Preschool Storytime Meeting Room 10:30am Madison Writing Assistance: General and Job-Related Writing Help Aqua Room 128 11:30am Storytime for the Very Young 12:00pm West Madison Senior Center Lunches Community Rooms A and B and Kitchen 12:00pm One-on-One Computer Assistance Study Room 1:00pm Sequoya Knitting Group Meeting Room A 2:00pm CANCELED Freezer Meals for Two with Healthy Oils and Vinegars Community Room B and Kitchen 3:00pm Teen Tuesday Meeting Room 115 3:00pm Personal Archiving Lab Drop-In Tutorial Local History Room 4:30pm Sequoya Kid's Chess Club Meeting Rooms A & B Combined 4:30pm Drop-in Math Help Study Room 1 5:00pm Open Media Lab Media Lab 5:30pm Hand Lettering Basics Workshop with Artist-in-Residence Emily Balsley Bubbler 6:00pm Sequoya All Ages Chess Club Meeting Rooms A & B Combined 6:00pm Family Memoir Writing Workshop with Jen Rubin Meeting Room 115 6:00pm SCALE Skills in Computer and Literacy Education with Literacy Network Community Room 6:00pm Cookbook Club: Pasta Community Room - Table Side	9:30am Toddler Time Meeting Room B 10:00am Scrabble at the Library Community Room - Table Side 10:00am Storytime for the Very Young Children's Program Room 10:15am Toddler Time Meeting Room B 10:15am Toddler Time Community Room - Fireplace Side 10:30am Music + Movement @ the YMCA Lussier Family East YMCA (711 Cottage Grove Rd) 10:45am Preschool Storytime Children's Program Room 11:15am Book Baby Community Room - Fireplace Side 12:00pm West Madison Senior Center Lunches Community Rooms A and B and Kitchen 1:00pm Drop-In Basic Computer Help 1:30pm NewBridge Movie Program--WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? (PG-13) Meeting Room 3:30pm Chess Club Study Room A (Blue) 4:00pm Teen Tech Time Teen Room 4:00pm Madison Writing Assistance: General and Job-Related Writing Help 4:30pm The Odyssey Project Meeting Room 115 4:30pm One-on-one Math Tutoring 5:30pm Meadowridge Anime Club Study Room A (Blue) 6:00pm Knitting at the Library Community Room - Fireplace Side 6:00pm Girls Code Madison Community Room 6:00pm Go Big Read Book Discussion of The Poison Squad by Deborah Blum Study Room 6:15pm Macarons with Chef Krista Hefty Community Room B and Kitchen 6:30pm Adult Board Game Night Meeting Room A 6:30pm Monroe Street Library book discussion Meeting Room 6:30pm Alicia Ashman Darn Yarn Group Study Room 7:00pm Go Big Read Book Discussion of The Poison Squad by Deborah Blum Children's Program Room	9:00am Bubbler Closed 9am-12pm Bubbler 9:30am Pinney Playdate 10:00am Free Mending Study Room 211 10:05am (CANCELED) One-On-One Computer Assistance 10:30am Preschool Storytime Community Room 11:30am Book Baby Meeting Room 12:00pm West Madison Senior Center Lunches Community Rooms A and B and Kitchen 1:00pm Spanish Literature Group Meeting Room A 1:00pm VA Outreach Study Room 211 3:00pm Sci-Fi Fantasy Book Group: The Martian by Andy Weir Meeting Room 3:00pm Knitting at the Library 3:00pm Personal Archiving Lab Drop-In Tutorial Local History Room 3:30pm Voices of the South Side--cancelled Navy Room 126 4:00pm Madison Writing Assistance: General and Job-Related Writing Help Study Room 4:00pm Arts in the Alley - Double Scroop Ice Cream Cones 5:00pm Madison Metropolitan School District -FYCE Green Room 103 5:00pm Open Studio with Bubbler Artist-in-Residence Emily Balsley Bubbler 5:00pm Wisconsin Book Festival Presents Bud Selig for The Good of the Game 5:00pm Open Media Lab Media Lab 5:00pm Madison Metropolitan School District -FYCE Aqua Room 128 5:30pm MMSD - Family, Youth and Community Engagement Leadership Academy Meeting Room 115 6:00pm Kids Code Madison Community Room 6:00pm Chapters Teen Writing Club 6:00pm SCALE Class (Literacy Network) Community Room A 6:30pm Getting Your Garden Ready for Winter Meeting Rooms A & B Combined 6:30pm Lakeview Mystery Book Group Discussion of "Girl Waits with Gun" by Amy Stewart Community Room - Fireplace Side 6:30pm Writing & Editing Assistance Study Room 204 7:00pm Wisconsin Book Festival presents Jesse Lee Kercheval and Rebecca Dunham Meeting Room 301 7:00pm All Books Considered discusses My Antonia by Willa Cather Meeting Room	9:30am Preschool Storytime Meeting Rooms A & B Combined 10:30am Storytime for the Very Young Community Room B 10:30am Preschool Storytime Meeting Rooms A & B Combined 1:30pm Intro to Easy Yoga Plus Meeting Room B 3:00pm Madison Writing Assistance: General and Job-Related Writing Help Study Room 103 6:00pm Friends of Lakeview Library Book Sale Community Room 6:00pm International Films--FABULEUX DESTIN D'AMELIE POULAIN=Amelie From Montmartre Meeting Room 7:00pm The Rider (feature film) Community Room	9:00am Madison Traditional Gaming Community Room 9:00am Friends of Lakeview Library Book Sale Community Room 10:00am Ancient Earthworks Society Series Meeting Room 115 10:00am Tamarind Curry Chicken with Madame Chu Community Room B and Kitchen 10:00am Yoga Sprouts 10:30am Cuentos y Canciones en Inglés y Español/Bilingual Storytime 12:00pm It's the year 2039. Where's your podcast? (A Preserve This Podcast workshop) Bubbler 1:00pm Drop-In Basic Computer Help 1:00pm Bread Making with Chef Krista Hefty Community Room B and Kitchen 1:00pm Open Media Lab Media Lab 1:30pm Goodman South Book Club - The Power by Naomi Alderman Meeting Room 115 1:30pm Madison Writing Assistance: General and Job-Related Writing Help Aqua Room 128
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1:30pm Block Party with Alexis! Children's Program Room 2:00pm Sunday Jazz @ Sequoya - Matt Rodgers Duo Meeting Rooms A & B Combined	9:30am Book Baby Meeting Rooms A & B Combined 10:15am Toddler Time Community Room 10:30am Preschool Storytime Community Room B 10:30am Preschool Storytime Community Room 10:45am WonderWorks Meeting Rooms A & B Combined 11:15am Book Baby Community Room 12:00pm CANCELED General Job Assistance Study Room 204 12:30pm Mindful Moments: A Drop-In Meditation Group Meeting Rooms A & B Combined 1:00pm Knit & Nibble at Hawthorne Library Community Room 1:00pm Drop-In Basic Computer Help 2:00pm Open Media Lab Media Lab 2:30pm Read to a Dog Study Room 1 2:30pm Minecraft Monday Meeting Room 115 3:00pm Maker Monday Teen Room 4:00pm Madison Writing Assistance: General and Job-Related Writing Help Study Room 1 6:00pm Chess at the Library Community Room - Table Side 6:30pm Restoring the Sauk Prairie: A Story of Hope and Healing Meeting Room 6:30pm LEGO Club Community Room B and Kitchen	9:00am Madison Public Library at Cybersecurity Basics Workshop 10:00am Mindful Movement Meeting Room 10:00am Meeting of Minds Meeting Room 301 10:00am Family Storytime @ the YMCA Lussier Family East YMCA (711 Cottage Grove Rd) 10:30am Spanish Family Storytime / Cuentos para la familia Meeting Room 115 10:30am Preschool Storytime Meeting Room 10:30am Madison Writing Assistance: General and Job-Related Writing Help Aqua Room 128 11:30am Storytime for the Very Young Meeting Room 12:00pm West Madison Senior Center Lunches Community Rooms A and B and Kitchen 12:00pm CANCELLED: One-on-One Computer Assistance Study Room 1:00pm Sequoya Knitting Group Meeting Room A 3:00pm Teen Tuesday Meeting Room 115 3:00pm Personal Archiving Lab Drop-In Tutorial Local History Room 4:30pm Drop-in Math Help Study Room 1 5:00pm Open Media Lab Media Lab 5:30pm Hand Lettering Community Room - Table Side 6:00pm SCALE Skills in Computer and Literacy Education with Literacy Network Community Room 6:00pm South Side Art and Placemaking Walk Meeting Room 115 6:00pm Bubbler Drop-in Screen Printing Bubbler 7:00pm Wisconsin Book Festival presents Samantha Power for THE EDUCATION OF AN IDEALIST Madison Room 7:00pm Pinney Evening Book Group discusses Rosemary by Kate Clifford Larson @LELC Lake Edge Lutheran Church (4032 Monona Dr)	9:30am Toddler Time Meeting Room B 10:00am Storytime for the Very Young Children's Program Room 10:00am Scrabble at the Library Community Room - Table Side 10:15am Toddler Time Community Room - Fireplace Side 10:15am Toddler Time Meeting Room B 10:30am Music + Movement @ the YMCA Lussier Family East YMCA (711 Cottage Grove Rd) 10:45am Preschool Storytime Children's Program Room 11:00am Badgercare+ Enrollment Study Room 211 11:15am Book Baby Community Room - Fireplace Side 12:00pm West Madison Senior Center Lunches Community Rooms A and B and Kitchen 12:30pm French Reading and Conversation Group 1:00pm Drop-In Basic Computer Help 1:30pm NewBridge Movie Program--ALADDIN (PG) Meeting Room 3:30pm Chess Club Study Room A (Blue) 4:00pm Teen Tech Time Teen Room 4:00pm Madison Writing Assistance: General and Job-Related Writing Help 4:30pm The Odyssey Project Meeting Room 115 4:30pm One-on-one Math Tutoring Study Room 5:30pm Meadowridge Anime Club Study Room A (Blue) 6:00pm Evening Family Storytime Meeting Room B 6:00pm Knitting at the Library Community Room - Fireplace Side 6:00pm Madison Travel Circle: Great Artisanal Cooking - Find It in Southern Italy! Community Room	9:00am Bubbler Closed 9am-12pm Bubbler 9:30am Pinney Playdate 10:00am Free Mending Study Room 211 10:05am One-On-One Computer Assistance Study Room 1 10:30am Preschool Storytime Community Room 11:30am Book Baby Meeting Room 12:00pm West Madison Senior Center Lunches Community Rooms A and B and Kitchen 1:00pm Thursday Book Group discusses March: Book One by John Lewis Meeting Room B 3:00pm Knitting at the Library 3:00pm Personal Archiving Lab Drop-In Tutorial Local History Room 3:30pm Voices of the South Side Meeting Room 115 4:00pm Read to a Dog Meeting Room 4:00pm Madison Writing Assistance: General and Job-Related Writing Help Study Room 4:00pm Arts in the Alley - Bugs, Butterflies, and Dragonflies 5:00pm Open Media Lab Media Lab 5:00pm Open Studio with Bubbler Artist-in-Residence Emily Balsley Bubbler 6:00pm Chapters Teen Writing Club 6:00pm SCALE Class (Literacy Network) Community Room A 6:00pm MadR - Madison R User Group monthly meet-up Meeting Room 301 6:00pm Kids Code Madison Community Room 6:30pm The Salad Days Book Club - My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry 6:30pm Using Oral History in Family and Community History Projects 6:30pm Community Volunteer Opportunity Workshop Community Room - Table Side 6:30pm Credit and Budgeting Financial Workshop Meeting Room 115 7:00pm Go Big Read Book Discussion of The Poison Squad by Deborah Blum Meeting Rooms A & B Combined	9:30am Friends of Pinney Fall Book Sale 9:30am Preschool Storytime Meeting Rooms A & B Combined 10:30am Storytime for the Very Young Community Room B 10:30am Preschool Storytime Meeting Rooms A & B Combined 1:30pm Easy Yoga Plus Meeting Rooms A & B Combined 3:00pm Madison Writing Assistance: General and Job-Related Writing Help Study Room 103 6:00pm Fourth Friday Features--Marx Bros. A NIGHT AT THE OPERA (1935) Meeting Room 7:00pm 91 Days (anime) Community Room	10:00am Donuts with Dad Meeting Rooms A & B Combined 10:00am Project Amplify Media Lab 10:00am English for Parents - Ingles Para Padres Meeting Room 115 10:00am A Very Bubbler Saturday Meeting Room 1:00pm Open Media Lab Media Lab 1:00pm Tai Chi Animal Frolics Meeting Rooms A & B Combined 1:00pm Drop-In Basic Computer Help 1:00pm Bike and Talk Action Workshop Meeting Room 115 1:30pm Madison Writing Assistance: General and Job-Related Writing Help Aqua Room 128 2:00pm Family Movie Matinee: Secret Life of Pets 2 Community Room - Fireplace Side
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2:00pm Sunday Jazz @ Sequoya - Bad Philosopher Meeting Rooms A & B Combined 4:00pm Wisconsin Book Festival volunteer training Conference Room 104	9:30am Book Baby Meeting Rooms A & B Combined 10:15am Toddler Time Community Room 10:30am Preschool Storytime Community Room 10:30am Preschool Storytime Community Room B 10:45am WonderWorks Meeting Rooms A & B Combined 11:00am Storytime for the Very Young Meeting Room 115 11:15am Book Baby Community Room 12:00pm General Job Assistance Study Room 204 1:00pm Drop-In Basic Computer Help 1:00pm Knit & Nibble at Hawthorne Library Community Room 2:00pm Open Media Lab Media Lab 2:30pm Minecraft Monday Meeting Room 115 3:00pm Sumi Ink Club @ Lakeview Library 4:00pm Lakeview Tabletop Adventure Club Community Room - Table Side 4:00pm Madison Writing Assistance: General and Job-Related Writing Help Study Room 1 6:30pm LEGO Club Community Room B and Kitchen 7:00pm When Cartoon Worlds Collide: A Twistedly Absurd Mashup of Politics and Comics Meeting Room 302