Events Calendar

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August 2019

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				9:30am Pinney Playdate 10:00am Free Mending Study Room 211 10:00am Picture Books and Paint Brushes - A Storytime Meeting Room 10:00am Dream Bus at East Madison Community Center East Madison Community Center (8 Straubel Ct) 10:30am Preschool Storytime Community Room 11:00am Whoopensocker Improv & Theater Performance Meeting Rooms 301 & 302 1:00pm The VA Outreach Study Room 211 1:00pm Media Academy @ Lussier Center 2:00pm Alicia Ashman Library Thursday Book Club: Saints For All Occasions Meeting Room 2:00pm Minecraft Club Community Room 3:00pm Personal Archiving Lab Drop-In Tutorial Local History Room 3:00pm Knitting at the Library 3:30pm Read to a Dog YS Study Room 1 3:30pm Read to a Dog 4:00pm Front Porch Murals 4:00pm Madison Writing Assistance: General and Job-Related Writing Help Study Room 5:00pm East Wild Rumpus: An Anji Play experience 5:00pm Open Media Lab Media Lab 5:00pm Hold for LVN Conversation Corps Community Room 5:00pm Collaborative Ceramic Lantern-Making Workshop Bubbler 6:00pm Chapters Teen Writing Club 6:00pm Literacy Network SCALE Program Community Room A 6:00pm Codecinella Tech Talk: Web Performance Conference Room 104 6:30pm Peace and Justice Book Circle - There There by Tommy Orange Meeting Room 115 6:30pm Central Cinema Cinesthesia presents sex, lies, and videotape (1989) Meeting Room 302 6:30pm Lakeview Book Discussion of "No One Is Coming to Save Us" Community Room - Fireplace Side	10:00am Friends of Hawthorne Library Community Room 10:30am Wire Sculpture with Amy Mietzel Meeting Room 10:30am Create Your Comic Story, starring you! @ Goodman South Library Meeting Room 115 10:30am Storytime for the Very Young Community Room B 1:00pm Dream Bus at Allied Park Allied Park (2370 Revival Ridge) 1:00pm Wire Sculpture with Bare Knuckle Arts Study Room A (Blue) 3:00pm Madison Writing Assistance: General and Job-Related Writing Help Study Room 103 6:00pm Friday Family Fun Night with Colorful Critter Bookmarks! Meeting Room 6:00pm August Night Light Art Opening Madison Room 7:00pm Granblue Fantasy: The Animation (anime) Community Room	9:00am Bicycle/Race Ride & Book Talk featuring Adonia Lugo Meeting Room 115 9:00am Friends of Sequoya Book Sale! 9:00am Dream Bus at Vandenburg Heights Park Vandenburg Heights (1054 N. Pine St, Sun Prairie) 9:30am Block Party! Children's Program Room 12:00pm Drop-In Basic Computer Help 12:30pm Samosas with Neeta Saluja Community Room B and Kitchen 1:00pm Open Media Lab Media Lab 1:00pm Cyanotypes & Clay Workshop Bubbler 1:30pm Madison Writing Assistance: General and Job-Related Writing Help Aqua Room 128 2:00pm Library LEGO Club Meeting Room 115
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1:00pm Dream Bus at Sun Prairie Public Library Sun Prairie Public Library (1350 Linnerud Dr, Sun Prairie)	10:15am Family Music Time Community Room 10:30am Preschool Storytime Community Room B 10:30am Preschool Storytime Community Room 11:00am Storytime for the Very Young Meeting Room 115 11:00am Family Music Time Community Room 12:00pm Drop-In Basic Computer Help 12:00pm General Job Assistance Study Room 204 12:30pm Mindful Moments: A Drop-In Meditation Group Meeting Room B 12:30pm Craft Corner 2:00pm Open Media Lab Media Lab 2:30pm Minecraft Monday Meeting Room 115 3:00pm Dream Bus at The Crossings The Crossings (1128 Morraine View Dr) 5:00pm Downtown Wild Rumpus: An Anji Play experience 5:30pm Alzheimer's and Dementia Alliance Bi-Monthly Meeting Community Room 6:00pm Memoirs Salon Meeting Room 115 6:00pm Alicia Ashman Library CHESS CLUB: 6 p.m. Lessons; 6:45 p.m. Open Play Meeting Room	10:15am Pop-Up Puppet Theatre Community Rooms A and B 10:30am Preschool Storytime Meeting Room 11:30am Storytime for the Very Young Meeting Room 12:00pm One-on-One Computer Assistance Study Room 1:00pm Sequoya Knitting Group Study Rooms 104 & 105 Combined 1:00pm Media Academy @ Lussier Center 2:00pm Zoo to You Meeting Rooms A & B Combined 2:00pm Ukulele for Kids Meeting Room 3:00pm Personal Archiving Lab Drop-In Tutorial Local History Room 4:00pm Terrific Tuesdays Teen Room 4:30pm Drop-in Math Help Study Room 1 4:30pm Sequoya Kid's Chess Club Meeting Rooms A & B Combined 5:00pm Dream Bus at Aldo Leopold Park Aldo Leopold Park (2906 Traceway Dr) 5:00pm Open Media Lab Media Lab 5:00pm Open Studio with Bubbler Artist-in-Residence Juliette Walker Bubbler 5:15pm Claiming the Media Back: Film Production with Cell Phones Meeting Room 115 6:00pm Sequoya All Ages Chess Club Meeting Rooms A & B Combined 6:00pm Live Abroad and Teach English Workshop Conference Room 104 6:00pm Read Like a Badger Summer Reading Club Concert and Picnic 6:00pm SCALE Skills in Computer and Literacy Education with Literacy Network Community Room	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 Community Room - Fireplace Side 10:45am Preschool Storytime Children's Program Room 11:15am Book Baby Community Room - Fireplace Side 12:00pm Dream Bus at Mendota Elementary Mendota Elementary School (4002 School Rd) 12:00pm Pop Up Making with the Bubbler Teen Room 1:00pm Drop-In Basic Computer Help 1:30pm NewBridge Movie Program--DUMBO (PG) Meeting Room 3:30pm Chess Club Study Room A (Blue) 4:30pm Rescheduled to Aug 14-Read to a Dog 5:00pm West Wild Rumpus: An Anji Play experience 5:30pm Meadowridge Anime Club Study Room A (Blue) 6:00pm Madison Outdoor Emergency Care Class Community Room 6:00pm Knitting at the Library Community Room - Fireplace Side 6:30pm Alicia Ashman Darn Yarn Group Study Room 6:30pm Suminigashi Meeting Room 6:30pm CANCELLED Story Starlings -- T(w)een Writing Group Teen Room 7:00pm Mystery Book Group discusses Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke Meeting Room A	9:30am Pinney Playdate 10:00am Free Mending Study Room 211 10:00am Picture Books and Paint Brushes - A Storytime Meeting Room 10:30am Preschool Storytime Community Room 12:00pm Daytime Book Discussion of "Born a Crime" by Trevor Noah Community Room - Fireplace Side 1:00pm Spanish Conversation Group Meeting Room A 1:00pm Media Academy @ Lussier Center 3:00pm Knitting at the Library 3:00pm Personal Archiving Lab Drop-In Tutorial Local History Room 5:00pm East Wild Rumpus: An Anji Play experience 5:00pm Dream Bus at Reindahl Park Reindahl Park (1818 Portage Rd) 5:00pm Open Media Lab Media Lab 5:00pm Summer Herbal Medicine / Wild Edible Walk Community Room - Table Side 5:00pm Collaborative Ceramic Lantern-Making Workshop Bubbler 5:30pm Read to a Dog Study Room 1 6:00pm Literacy Network SCALE Program Community Room A 6:00pm Chapters Teen Writing Club	10:00am Toddler and Preschool Dance Party Meeting Rooms A & B Combined 10:30am Storytime for the Very Young Community Room B 1:00pm Dream Bus at Allied Park Allied Park (2370 Revival Ridge) 2:00pm Pop-up Puppet Theatre Community Room 5:30pm CANCELLED - Family Movie: Norm of the North: Keys to the Kingdom Meeting Room 115 6:00pm Friday Family Movie Night: JOHNNY TREMAIN (G) Meeting Room 7:00pm Fighting With My Family (feature film) Community Room	9:00am Dream Bus at Northeast YMCA Northeast YMCA (1470 Don Simon Dr, Sun Prairie) 10:00am Create Your Comic Story, starring you! @ Central Library 10:00am Donuts with Dad Meeting Room 11:00am Read to a Dog YS Study Room 1 12:00pm Drop-In Basic Computer Help 1:00pm Cyanotypes & Clay Workshop Bubbler 1:00pm Mystery Games at Hawthorne Study Room 1:00pm Open Media Lab Media Lab 1:30pm LEGO Club Meeting Rooms A & B Combined 6:00pm Saturday Night Library Community Room
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1:00pm Dream Bus at Sun Prairie Public Library Sun Prairie Public Library (1350 Linnerud Dr, Sun Prairie)	10:00am Mystery in the Morning: MURDER CARRIES A TORCH by Ann George Meeting Room 10:15am Family Music Time Community Room 10:30am Preschool Storytime Community Room B 10:30am Preschool Storytime Community Room 11:00am Family Music Time Community Room 12:00pm CANCELED Drop-In Basic Computer Help 12:00pm Dream Bus at Elver Park Elver Park (1250 McKenna Blvd) 12:00pm General Job Assistance Study Room 204 12:30pm Craft Corner 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 Lakeview Tabletop Adventure Club - D&D Open House Community Room - Table Side 5:00pm Downtown Wild Rumpus: An Anji Play experience 6:00pm Chess at the Library Community Room - Table Side	9:30am CANCELED-0-Family Storytime @ the YMCA Lussier Family East YMCA (711 Cottage Grove Rd) 10:00am Community Coffee at Interim Pinney 10:30am Preschool Storytime Meeting Room 11:30am Storytime for the Very Young Meeting Room 12:00pm One-on-One Computer Assistance Study Room 1:00pm Media Academy @ Lussier Center 1:00pm Sequoya Knitting Group Meeting Room A 3:00pm Create Your Comic story, starring you! @ Alicia Ashman Meeting Room 3:00pm Personal Archiving Lab Drop-In Tutorial Local History Room 4:00pm Terrific Tuesdays Teen Room 4:30pm [CANCELED] Drop-in Math Help Study Room 1 5:00pm Dream Bus at Aldo Leopold Park Aldo Leopold Park (2906 Traceway Dr) 5:00pm Open Media Lab Media Lab 5:30pm Dementia Education Program with Alzheimer's and Dementia Alliance of Wisconsin Community Room B 6:00pm Cookbook Book Club - Salads Community Room 6:00pm SCALE Skills in Computer and Literacy Education with Literacy Network Community Room	10:00am Scrabble at the Library Community Room - Table Side 10:00am Baby Gym Meeting Rooms A & B Combined 10:15am Toddler Time Community Room - Fireplace Side 10:30am Music + Movement @ the YMCA Lussier Family East YMCA (711 Cottage Grove Rd) 11:15am Book Baby Community Room - Fireplace Side 12:00pm Dream Bus at Kennedy Heights Community Center Kennedy Heights Community Center (199 Kennedy Heights) 1:00pm Drop-In Basic Computer Help 1:30pm NewBridge Movie Program--THE MUSTANG (R) Meeting Room 2:00pm Create your Comic Story, starring you! @ Monroe Street 2:30pm Pinney Afternoon Book Group discusses This Is How It Always Is by Frankel @LELC Lake Edge Lutheran Church (4032 Monona Dr) 3:30pm Cooking with Chef Lily Teen Room 3:30pm Chess Club Study Room A (Blue) 4:30pm Read to a Dog 5:00pm Panels + Pizza: A graphic novel discussion club 5:00pm West Wild Rumpus: An Anji Play experience 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 Healthy Kid Snacks with Chef Krista Hefty Community Rooms A and B and Kitchen	9:30am Pinney Playdate 10:00am Free Mending Study Room 211 10:00am Picture Books and Paint Brushes - A Storytime Meeting Room 10:00am Dream Bus at East Madison Community Center East Madison Community Center (8 Straubel Ct) 10:30am ADRC Free Memory Screening Study Room A (Blue) 10:30am Preschool Storytime Community Room 1:00pm Media Academy @ Lussier Center 1:00pm The VA Outreach Study Room 211 3:00pm Sci-Fi / Fantasy Book Discussion Study Room 3:00pm Personal Archiving Lab Drop-In Tutorial Local History Room 3:00pm Knitting at the Library 4:00pm Library LEGO Club Community Room 4:00pm Indigo dyeing with Hannah Bennett Meeting Rooms A & B Combined 5:00pm East Wild Rumpus: An Anji Play experience 5:00pm CANCELED: Collaborative Ceramic Lantern-Making Workshop Bubbler 5:00pm Open Media Lab Media Lab 6:00pm Chapters Teen Writing Club 6:00pm Literacy Network SCALE Program Community Room A 6:30pm Lakeview Mystery Book Group Discussion of "Since We Fell" by Dennis Lehane Community Room - Fireplace Side 6:30pm Paris to Pittsburgh documentary Meeting Rooms A & B Combined 7:00pm All Books Considered discusses Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport Meeting Room	10:00am Drop-In Basic Computer Help 10:30am Storytime for the Very Young Community Room B 1:00pm Dream Bus at Allied Park Allied Park (2370 Revival Ridge) 5:45pm Movie Night - "Captain Marvel" Community Room 6:00pm International Feature Films--VIRGEN DE LOS SICARIOS=Our Lady of the Assassins Meeting Room 7:00pm School Live! (anime) Community Room	9:00am Friends of Sequoya Book Sale! 9:00am Madison Traditional Gaming Community Room 9:00am Dream Bus at Vandenburg Heights Park Vandenburg Heights (1054 N. Pine St, Sun Prairie) 9:30am Maker Morning Children's Program Room 10:30am Madison Babywearing Meeting Room 115 10:30am Cuentos y Canciones en Inglés y Español/Bilingual Storytime 11:00am Cooking with Chef Lily Kilfoy (ages 5-8) Community Room B and Kitchen 12:00pm Drop-In Basic Computer Help 1:00pm Open Media Lab Media Lab 1:00pm Cooking with Chef Lily Kilfoy (Family) Community Room B and Kitchen 1:30pm Goodman South Book Club - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Meeting Room 115 2:00pm Saturday Family Movie Matinee: SPIDER-MAN Into the Spider-Verse Meeting Room 2:00pm Lego Club Children's Program Room 3:00pm Cooking with Chef Lily Kilfoy (Mixed ages 5-12) Community Room B and Kitchen
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1:00pm Dream Bus at Sun Prairie Public Library Sun Prairie Public Library (1350 Linnerud Dr, Sun Prairie)	10:15am Family Music Time Community Room 10:30am Preschool Storytime Community Room B 11:00am Family Music Time Community Room 12:00pm General Job Assistance Study Room 204 12:30pm Craft Corner 1:00pm Drop-In Basic Computer Help 1:00pm Knit & Nibble Community Room 2:00pm Open Media Lab Media Lab 2:30pm Minecraft Monday Meeting Room 115 2:30pm Read to a Dog Study Room 1 3:00pm Lakeview Tabletop Adventure Club Community Room - Table Side 3:00pm Dream Bus at The Crossings The Crossings (1128 Morraine View Dr) 6:00pm Alicia Ashman Library CHESS CLUB: 6 p.m. Lessons; 6:45 p.m. Open Play Meeting Room	9:30am Family Storytime @ the YMCA Lussier Family East YMCA (711 Cottage Grove Rd) 10:30am Preschool Storytime Meeting Room 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 One-on-One Computer Assistance Study Room 1:00pm One-On-One Computer Assistance Study Room 1 1:00pm Media Academy @ Lussier Center 1:00pm Sequoya Knitting Group Meeting Room A 3:00pm Personal Archiving Lab Drop-In Tutorial Local History Room 4:00pm Create Your Comic Story, starring you! @ Lakeview 4:30pm All About Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Aged Balsamic Vinegar Community Room B and Kitchen 4:30pm Drop-in Math Help Study Room 1 4:30pm Sequoya Kid's Chess Club Meeting Rooms A & B Combined 5:00pm Dream Bus at Aldo Leopold Park Aldo Leopold Park (2906 Traceway Dr) 5:00pm Open Media Lab Media Lab 6:00pm Sequoya All Ages Chess Club Meeting Rooms A & B Combined 6:30pm Writing & Editing Assistance Study Room 204	9:30am Create Your Comic Story, starring you! @ Alicia Ashman Meeting Room 10:00am Scrabble at the Library Community Room - Table Side 10:00am Baby Gym Meeting Rooms A & B Combined 10:30am Music + Movement @ the YMCA Lussier Family East YMCA (711 Cottage Grove Rd) 11:00am FoodShare Outreach Study Room 211 12:00pm Pop Up Making with the Bubbler Teen Room 12:00pm West Madison Senior Center Lunches Community Rooms A and B and Kitchen 12:00pm Dream Bus at Mendota Elementary Mendota Elementary School (4002 School Rd) 1:00pm Drop-In Basic Computer Help 1:30pm NewBridge Movie Program--BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (PG-13) Meeting Room 3:30pm Chess Club Study Room A (Blue) 5:30pm Meadowridge Anime Club Study Room A (Blue) 6:00pm Book discussion of The Bird King by Willow Wilson Study Room 6:00pm Fall kick-off - MadR - Madison R User Group Meeting Room 301 6:00pm Knitting at the Library Community Room - Fireplace Side 6:30pm Alicia Ashman Darn Yarn Group Study Room	9:30am Pinney Playdate 10:00am Free Mending Study Room 211 10:30am Preschool Storytime Community Room 11:45am MPL All Staff Book Discussion Community Room 12:00pm West Madison Senior Center Lunches Community Rooms A and B and Kitchen 1:00pm Media Academy @ Lussier Center 1:00pm FoodWIse Meeting Room 115 1:00pm Thursday Book Group discusses Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver Meeting Room B 3:00pm Knitting at the Library 3:00pm Personal Archiving Lab Drop-In Tutorial Local History Room 4:00pm Read to a Dog Meeting Room 4:00pm Create Your Comic Story, starring you! @ Sequoya Library 5:00pm Dream Bus at Reindahl Park Reindahl Park (1818 Portage Rd) 5:00pm Open Media Lab Media Lab 6:00pm Chapters Teen Writing Club 6:00pm Literacy Network SCALE Program Community Room A 6:30pm The Salad Days Book Club - The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman	10:30am Storytime for the Very Young Community Room B 1:00pm Dream Bus at Allied Park Allied Park (2370 Revival Ridge) 6:00pm Fourth Friday Features: ARRANGED Meeting Room 7:00pm Brigsby Bear (feature film) Community Room	9:00am Dream Bus at Northeast YMCA Northeast YMCA (1470 Don Simon Dr, Sun Prairie) 10:00am Yoga Sprouts with Katie Children's Program Room 10:00am Finding Your Family History Meeting Room 115 10:00am Donuts with Dads Meeting Rooms A & B Combined 1:00pm Twilight Film Screening and Discussion 1:00pm Drop-In Basic Computer Help 1:00pm Create Your Comic Story, starring you! @ Sequoya Library 1:00pm Open Media Lab Media Lab 2:00pm Saturday Family Matinee - Wonder Park Community Room - Fireplace Side
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1:00pm Dream Bus at Sun Prairie Public Library Sun Prairie Public Library (1350 Linnerud Dr, Sun Prairie)	10:30am Preschool Storytime Community Room B 12:00pm General Job Assistance Study Room 204 12:00pm Dream Bus at Elver Park Elver Park (1250 McKenna Blvd) 12:30pm CANCELLED: Mindful Moments: A Drop-In Meditation Group Meeting Rooms A & B Combined 12:30pm Craft Corner 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 CANCELLED - Minecraft Monday Meeting Room 115 5:00pm Panels + Pizza: A Graphic Novel Discussion Club Teen Room 6:00pm Chess at the Library Community Room - Table Side	9:30am Family Storytime @ the YMCA Lussier Family East YMCA (711 Cottage Grove Rd) 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 4:00pm Library LEGO Club Community Room - Fireplace Side 4:30pm Drop-in Math Help Study Room 1 4:30pm How to Use Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Aged Balsamic Vinegar Community Room B and Kitchen 5:00pm Dream Bus at Aldo Leopold Park Aldo Leopold Park (2906 Traceway Dr) 5:00pm Open Media Lab Media Lab 6:30pm Writing & Editing Assistance Study Room 204 7:00pm Pinney Evening Book Group discusses Dear Committee Members by Schumacher @LELC Lake Edge Lutheran Church (4032 Monona Dr)	10:00am Scrabble at the Library Community Room - Table Side 10:00am Baby Gym Meeting Rooms A & B Combined 10:30am Music + Movement @ the YMCA Lussier Family East YMCA (711 Cottage Grove Rd) 12:00pm Pop Up Making with the Bubbler Teen Room 12:00pm West Madison Senior Center Lunches Community Rooms A and B and Kitchen 12:00pm Dream Bus at Kennedy Heights Community Center Kennedy Heights Community Center (199 Kennedy Heights) 1:00pm Drop-In Basic Computer Help 1:30pm NewBridge Movie Program--FOUL PLAY (PG) Meeting Room 3:30pm Chess Club Study Room A (Blue) 5:00pm Create Your Comic Story, starring you! @ Meadowridge Community Rooms A and B 5:30pm Meadowridge Anime Club Study Room A (Blue) 6:00pm Knitting at the Library Community Room - Fireplace Side 6:00pm Madison Travel Circle presents Green, Green Ireland Community Room 6:30pm Monroe Street Library Book Discussion Meeting Room 6:30pm Intro to Pranic Healing Meeting Room	10:00am Free Mending Study Room 211 10:00am Dream Bus at East Madison Community Center East Madison Community Center (8 Straubel Ct) 12:00pm West Madison Senior Center Lunches Community Rooms A and B and Kitchen 3:00pm Personal Archiving Lab Drop-In Tutorial Local History Room 3:00pm Knitting at the Library 5:00pm Open Media Lab Media Lab 6:00pm Chapters Teen Writing Club 6:00pm Bitcoin 101 Meeting Rooms A & B Combined 7:00pm Book Discussion of Summer Hours at the Robbers Library by Sue Halpern Children's Program Room	10:00am Music for Life, Music Together with Catherine Olson Meeting Rooms A & B Combined 10:30am Storytime for the Very Young Community Room B 1:00pm Dream Bus at Allied Park Allied Park (2370 Revival Ridge) 6:00pm FIFTH FRIDAY Poetry Reading Featuring Sandy Stark Meeting Room 7:00pm Konohana Kitan (anime) Community Room	1:00pm Drop-In Basic Computer Help 1:00pm Open Media Lab Media Lab