Events Calendar

This informal program is an opportunities for babies and toddlers and their caregivers to gather, play, and spend time together. We'll supply books, toys, and a welcoming inviting space for you and your little one to spend time with other kids and families of a similar age at the library. Intended for children under 3 and their caregivers. Siblings welcome! 

Attention word lovers: exercise your brain by playing Scrabble with other adults!

READ and PLAY with your favorite baby, ages birth to 17 months! Reading, singing, talking, and playing with your baby from the beginning is important because the roots of language are developing in a baby’s brain even before they can talk! Library programs are always free. Siblings and childcare groups are welcome.

READ and PLAY together with children 5 & under! Stories and songs for about 20 mins, and playtime or a hands-on activity to follow.

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.

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

Do you have clothing or other fabric items that need mending? 

Volunteers from the Sewing Machine Project are offering free mending at Hawthorne Neighborhood Library every other Wednesday from noon - 2:00 pm. These helpful sewers mend clothing and can handle many other fabric-related repairs (exception: no zipper repairs).

Mending is done on the spot on a first come, first served basis. There’s no drop off or pick up, we do what we can do in the time allowed.

Drop in anytime between 12:00 - 2:00 pm!

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

This is the last Vaccine Clinic held at the Goodman South Madison Library for the foreseeable future!

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.

No appointments or registration necessary. But If you would like to plan ahead, appointments can be made at the Public Health of Madison and Dane County website below. No ID or insurance required.

Drop by the table at the front entrance to learn how you can be included in shaping the future of health care for you, your family, your community, and generations to come with All of Us-UW.

Then, be sure to join us here at the Central Library on Saturday, May 20 starting at 10:30 am for History in our Veins, a Discovery and Wellness Event!

Please join us to play chess at our weekly, drop-in program! All ages and experience levels welcome.

Drop-in knitting. All experience levels welcome. Children under 9 must be accompanied by an adult for duration of program. Yarn and Needles provided for in-library use.

Visit the Dream Bus to browse books and other library materials, place or pick up holds, and sign up for a library card.

Learn more at dreambus.org

Join local artist Amy Mietzel for hands-on art projects!

Visit the Dream Bus to browse books and other library materials, place or pick up holds, and sign up for a library card.

Learn more at dreambus.org

Visit the Dream Bus to browse books and other library materials, place or pick up holds, and sign up for a library card.

Learn more at dreambus.org

Love anime, or been wanting to get into it? Join us Wednesday evenings in May for Meadowridge Library Anime Club's FullMAYtel Alchemist! Each Wednesday in May, we'll watch an episode of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. This anime is recommended for ages 14 and up. Registration is not required.

Drop in knitting: Learn a new craft or work on that unfinished project with other neighborhood knitters.

A group of four unlikely friends who are living together in a retirement village start a sleuthing group and work on unsolved crimes. When someone turns up dead, it's their first real case. A British cozy mystery that's funny and wry, with fully realized characters. Join us for discussion and perhaps dessert. Newcomers warmly welcomed!