Parents will learn English communication skills to talk about school, reading with children, and more. Free childcare and dinner provided each week. For more information please call 244-3911.
(Los participantes aprenderán a comunicarse mejor en inglés, a hablar sobre la escuela, sobre leer con los niños, y más. ¡Cena gratuita cada semana a las 5 pm, y cuidado de niños disponible! Para más información, llame a 244-3911.)
Library: Goodman South Madison Library

Lots of Books for Everyone!
Join the Friends of the Meadowridge Branch Library for a Fall Book Sale on Friday, October 26th from 5:30-7:30 and Saturday, October 27st from 9:00-1:00. Bag Sale beginning at noon, buy a bag'o'books for five bucks!
The sale will be at the Meadowridge Library, 5726 Raymond Road, Madison, WI 53711. All proceeds benefit the Meadowridge Library.

She Talks Data brings together women around the world who work with data. We aspire to create a comfortable and supportive environment to drive authentic dialogue and to establish meaningful connections through small-group gatherings. Our goal is to build a community of women who can come together to grow professionally and personally.

Our goal for this workshop is to start the conversation for ladies in the pre-college through pre-data career phase of their journey. If you are curious about data and would like to see how you can leverage it to build a career - this is the workshop for you!
No experience is necessary.

Saturday morning fun with stories, songs, crafts, and snacks, especially for dads and their kids. *Moms, Grandparents and other super important people welcome, too! All ages.

Join area Tinkergarten leaders for a storytime aimed at young learners (2-5 years). Tinkergarten storytime will include reading a few favorite books and lots of time for adults and children to move, sing, and play.

Venus will provide guided mindfulness practice, cardio and strength exercises. Join us to destress and energize your mind and body.

Just in time for Halloween, Jacki is hosting an all-ages workshop that will look at the fascinating structures within. Animals that look completely different on the outside all share a similar blueprint on the inside, and we are all more alike than we realize. We will look at basic skeletal anatomy and practice making our own skeletons of anything from badgers and giraffes to whales and even cartoon characters! Freehand or some guides will be available.

Get help with basic computer questions: email, printing, filling out online forms, etc.

Drop-in computer help is a partnership between Madison Public library and WISE, Wisconsin Senior Employment Program

Celebrate Día de los Muertos with Araceli Esparza. Learn how to make an altar, talk about the elements of an altar, and hear a Dia de los Muertos story. Make your own papel picado and taste pan de muerto. And, join local artist Rodrigo Carapia as he creates a painting on canvas related to Día de los Muertos.
Celebra el Día de los Muertos con Araceli Esparza. Aprende a hacer un altar, habla de los elementos de un altar, y escucha una historia de dia de los muertos. Haz tu propio papel picado y saborea el pan de muerto. Y, únase al artista local Rodrigo Carapia mientras crea una pintura sobre lienzo relacionada con el día de los muertos.

This program was made possible in part by support from Beyond the Page, Madison Community Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Stop into the Bubbler Room to learn more about Jacki and why she is wild about the wild things in this world! Draw with her or take on your own interpretation of creatures real and unreal with various making materials.

Let's celebrate Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)! Día de los Muertos is an ancient Mexican holiday when families joyfully honor and remember family, friends, and ancestors. We will make folk crafts, calaveras (sugar skulls), papel picado (cut tissue paper designs), mariposas (butterflies), and snack on Pan de Muertos (bread of the dead) to share this beautiful Mexican tradition. No registration necessary.

¡Vamos a celebrar Día de los Muertos! Día de los Muertos es una antigua fiesta Mexicana donde las familias alegremente honran y recuerdan a la familia, amigos, y antepasados. Haremos artesanías populares, calaveras de azúcar, papel picado, mariposas, y merendaremos Pan de Muertos para compartir esta bella tradición Mexicana. No hay necesidad de registrarse.

The Media Lab at Central Library is a free space to explore digital media production in the realms of stop motion animation, 3D world design, green screen video, audio design and graphic design. Drop in and explore the lab or work on projects with the expertise of our media lab staff.

Lab staff listing for today:
Bradley DLO- Expertise in beat making and audio recording
Sophie- Expertise in digital art, graphic design, and animation

Children 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

The Bubbler and the Media Lab are supported by grants from Madison Public Library Foundations and The Friends of the Madison Public Library.

Free one-on-one coaching sessions for writing projects of any kind, including school assignments, resumes and cover letters, personal letters, applications, forms, newsletters, articles, memoirs, poems and absolutely any other kinds of writing.

Appointments for writing assistance may be made the week of assistance. Call 266-6395 to make a 45-minute appointment. Due to high demand, you are encouraged to call as soon as the library opens (Tuesdays at 10 a.m., or Saturdays at 9 a.m.)

Madison Writing Assistance is a free service is provided by the UW-Madison Writing Center and is made possible through the generous support of the Evjue Foundation, the UW Anonymous Fund, Altrusa Internaional of Madison and the UW-Madison Writing Center.

Join us at the library for a full-length family movie. We'll provide the popcorn! This week we'll be showing Sherlock Gnomes. Hope to see you there!

Friends of Goodman South Madison Library host the annual city-wide Friends of the Library meeting.

Do you love Pokémon TCG (The Card Game)? Learn to play during the first 15 minutes, and then compete against other kids!