Events Calendar

The stories of our lives connect generations and communities. Whether you want to share your own life experiences or pass on your family’s stories, this workshop will help you get started and stay motivated.

Each week we’ll discuss aspects of writing from life, including storytelling techniques, organizing your project, and the complications of writing about living people. Suggested themes and prompts will help you write 2-3 pages each week. Each class session includes time to share what you’ve written in a supportive environment. You’ll leave with lots of ideas to keep you writing. Attendees should bring paper and pen/pencils for in-class exercises.

About the instructor: Sarah White has taught reminiscence writing around Dane County and online since 2004. She is a professional freelance writer, personal historian, and writing coach.

Registration is required (opens January 9) as space is limited.  Register here for the entire series.

READ and PLAY together with children under age 5!

Engaging with books, songs and playful experiences all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills​ and helps to build a lifelong love of reading. We will start with a short storytime and then have playtime.

Library programs are always free. Siblings and childcare groups are welcome.

 This Tuesday morning program gives toddlers and preschoolers the opportunity to sing, dance, explore instruments, and play! Music and movement activities promote brain development and connect us to our family and community. Join Junko Yamuachi Stewart for one of our Tuesday morning classes. The first class runs from 10:30-11 and the second class runs from 11:00-11:30.  Choose the class time that works best for you. No registration is required!

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 located at the Lakeview Library on Tuesdays, 11:00 am - 5:00 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.

Join Author & Story Coach, Catrina J. Sparkman for a five week interactive class on how to release your inner storyteller. Whether you are penning your own personal memoir for posterity, crafting fictionalize stories for publication, or even if you just simply want to entertain the grandkids, come and learn the essential keys that make great stories work and how to engage your audience so that they’ll want to hear those stories again and again.

Week 1: Meet the Author (Book Reading Q&A Catrina) (February 28th  12:30-2pm)
 

Week 2: Essential Elements of Story:  A Storyteller’s Tool Kit (March 7th  12:30-2pm)

• PowerPoint Presentation
• Story Building Exercise 
• Share Out 

Week 3: Building Unforgettable Characters (March 14th 12:30-2pm)

• PowerPoint Presentation
• Story Building Exercise 
• Share Out 

Week 4: Creating Nail Biting Conflict (March 21st 12:30-2pm)

• PowerPoint Presentation
• Story Building Exercise 
• Share Out 

Week 5: Understanding Plot and Structure (March 28th 12:30-2pm)

• PowerPoint Presentation
• Story Building Exercise 
• Share Out 

Free COVID-19 vaccines and boosters at the Lakeview Library, administered by Public Health Madison & Dane County!

1st, 2nd, or booster doses of Pfizer and Moderna available while supplies last.

Everyone 6 months and older is welcome. 6 months-17 year olds need a parent or guardian present.

Walk-ins encouraged. Appointments are available but not required. Please visit https://publichealthmdc.com/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccine/vaccination-appointments to book an appointment.

No ID or insurance required.

Join The Kids Chef, Lily Kilfoy, for a series of cooking classes for school-age kids, tweens, and their families. Participants will learn about different foods, where they come from, how to follow recipes, and how to use a variety of tools.  Registration is not required, but participation will be limited to the first 25 attendees. Food generously provided by Willy St. Co-op North.

Join us for this series teaching the fundamentals of film making! Nate Clark from the Bubbler will be teaching this engaging series where teens and tweens will create an informational video about Meadowridge Library! Nate is an animator and filmmaker working in both the video game and film industry. He has worked on award winning games and films, and local independent films in the city of Madison. Professional projects Nate has worked on have been nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, the BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects, Game of the Year, Teen Choice Award for Choice Summer Movie: Drama, and the BFCA Critics Choice Award for Best Visual Effects. Nate has been working with the Madison Public Library since 2012, and the Media Lab at the Madison Public Library since its inception in 2013. Nate will be attending every other session and teen services librarian, Rachel, will be running the other work sessions. Nate's sessions will be 2/28, 3/14, 3/28, 4/11, 4/25, 5/9, 5/23, and 6/6.

This week will be working on script writing. 

Drop-in anytime between 4:30PM-5:30PM and make bead project. A variety of bead sizes and materials will be available. Tween and teens are highly encouraged to attend!

Youth 7 and under will require extra assistance from a caregiver.