Events Calendar

READ and PLAY together with children ages 5 and under! Engaging with books, songs and playful experiences all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills. It also helps to build a lifelong love of reading. Library programs are always free. Siblings and childcare groups are welcome.

(Note: We’ll have Art for Little Ones on Thursday, February 9.)

Are you behind on your rent because of the pandemic, either directly or indirectly? You are not alone. Many people are experiencing financial hardship right now.

The African Center for Community Development will be at the Pinney Library on Thursdays, 11:00 am - 3:00 pm, to help individuals and families who owe back rent apply for Dane Core assistance. Eligible households in need of rental and utility assistance should stop by. Working with City of Madison to provide rental assistance. For questions about the program, please call African Center at (608) 957-5623 or (608) 294-0066. More info at https://africancentermadison.org/housing-support/ (link is external)

Read the book and join the discussion of "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. New members always welcome!

Synopsis: "One Hundred Years of Solitude tells the story of the rise and fall, birth and death of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendiá family. Inventive, amusing, magnetic, sad and alive with unforgettable men and women—brimming with truth, compassion, and a lyrical magic that strikes the soul—this novel is a masterpiece in the art of fiction." -- Amazon.com

Midnight Run

Directed by Martin Brest.  Performances by Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Dennis Farina.  Universal  Rated R.  122 min.  Comedy / Action / Crime /Thriller

Jack Walsh is a skip-tracer, a former cop who now works for bondsmen, bringing back clients who have tried to jump bail. Jonathan Mardukas is an accountant who embezzled millions of dollars from the mob in Vegas, and then jumped bail. Oddly enough, what these two men have most in common is the way they see themselves as more ethical than the system.

The two men are played in "Midnight Run" by Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin, an odd couple who spend most of the movie trying to survive a cross-country trip while the FBI is trying to capture them and the underworld is trying to kill them. Along the way, of course, they discover that, despite their opposite natures, they really do like and respect one another.

Come meet Sequoya Library Artist-in-Residence Poornima Moorthy! Add to works in progress like our community art pieces or Poornima's Unruly Art Journal Project, or just come create in good company.

Play Minecraft in both creative and survival worlds!

Join us for a series of mental wellbeing and healing workshops presented by Nikyra McCann of Still Standing Enterprise LLC.

Coping with Mental Illness: Everyone has encountered mental illness - either personally or vicariously through someone we know. Living with or assisting someone with navigating an ongoing or temporal state can be exhausting.

This workshop promotes techniques to find coping mechanisms that work best for each individual attendee!

Calling all teens and tweens! Join us every Thursday evening to learn more about an influential artist and make your own masterpiece to add to your very own portfolio! All supplies will be provided, so just show up and have fun! 

This week we will be learning about Claude Monet and expressionism. Participants will create their own waterlily painting to add to their portfolio!

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 led by local author Carole Madrzak.

Come spend an hour quieting your mind with ink, paint, and brushes. The activity for this mindful art will be creating zen circles. This process-focused art is used a means to get centered and grounded. It is less of an art class, and more of a facilitated experience. Absolutely no art skill is required. We will crowdsource possibilities of what you might do with your circles when dry.

Limited space; registration is required. Please use the sign up link below or call (608) 246-4547 to register.

About the presenter

Theresa Kim is an artist, coach, and facilitator. She has long used art as her own personal grounding practice. It brings her great joy to hold space for others doing the same.