Events Calendar

Enjoy dance, creative movement, songs and stories that get children thinking creatively and problem solving while having fun. Creative Movement and Dance is brimming with energy, curiosity, creativity, and fun geared towards kids aged 2-4 and but with plenty of fun to be had for caregivers and siblings. All levels of participation are welcome and we suggest caregiver interaction especially for children under 3yrs.

Dancers will learn about physical and spatial concepts by exploring the ideas through self generated movement and play. The highest priorities are having fun, learning concepts that are useful for both dance and life at large, and expanding physical and linguistic vocabularies.

Tell Us! is a survey initiative that gives residents an opportunity to provide feedback to the library and share their visions for improvement for Madison's south and west side libraries. Library Planner Rynn K. will be on hand to facilitate and take notes as a small group of West side residents discuss the survey and provide feedback. This event has online sign up and is limited to 12 participants.

Join Madison Public Library Foundation for their next Educational Series presentation — College Prep for Parents and Grandparents: Smart Strategies to Fund Higher Education.

Jamie Hanson, co-founder of Akamai College Consultants, will discuss the do’s and don’ts of saving for college, and explore the different options for relatives or friends who want to help a student pay for college.

With a little advance planning, families can make some savvy moves to help prepare for college expenses without negatively impacting potential financial aid. 

Hanson, a Behavior Financial Advisor and frequent speaker on funding education, works to empower families to become informed consumers of higher education. With 15-plus years of experience, her unique knowledge and strategic approach help them save time and money in the college planning process.

If you have a question in advance of this event, send it to events@mplfound​ation.org. You'll also have the chance to ask a question during the live event using the Q&A feature on Zoom. 

Please register for the workshop. If you cannot attend live, you'll be able to access a recording of the presentation which will be emailed to you.

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!

Like to walk and talk?  Read hidden gems and get to know some great people?  Join us for the Northside Walking Book Club on third Fridays at 2 p.m.  We gather at Lakeview Library, and then take a walk in the neighborhood while discussing a book.  You can pick up the book in advance at Lakeview Library so you'll be ready to discuss it at the meeting--just let staff know you're looking for the Northside Walking Book Club book.  Dogs and strollers are welcome!  Call the library at 608-246-4547 for more details and to let us know if you'd like to join us.

"Daisy Jones & the Six" by Taylor Jenkins Reid

"Daisy is a girl coming of age in L.A. in the late sixties, sneaking into clubs on the Sunset Strip, sleeping with rock stars, and dreaming of singing at the Whisky a Go Go. The sex and drugs are thrilling, but it’s the rock ’n’ roll she loves most. By the time she’s twenty, her voice is getting noticed, and she has the kind of heedless beauty that makes people do crazy things.

Also getting noticed is The Six, a band led by the brooding Billy Dunne. On the eve of their first tour, his girlfriend Camila finds out she’s pregnant, and with the pressure of impending fatherhood and fame, Billy goes a little wild on the road.

Daisy and Billy cross paths when a producer realizes that the key to supercharged success is to put the two together. What happens next will become the stuff of legend.

The making of that legend is chronicled in this riveting and unforgettable novel, written as an oral history of one of the biggest bands of the seventies. Taylor Jenkins Reid is a talented writer who takes her work to a new level with Daisy Jones & The Six, brilliantly capturing a place and time in an utterly distinctive voice." -- Amazon.com

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

It Takes A Village After-School Enrichment sessions are created in an effort to promote community, and a safe place for youth patron between 12 and 18 years old. We will supply various activities from crafts, board games and electronic games also.

Tweens and teens are invited to cook with Chef Lily at Lakeview Library!  Participants will prepare and enjoy a wide variety of recipes, while learning about meal planning, following recipes, and using kitchen gadgets and tools.  

Food generously provided by Willy St. Co-op North.

School age children (elementary and middle school) are invited to join us for our first Dungeons & Dragons campaign with our guest Dungeon Master Jared. This Friday group targets children with some D&D experience.

This pilot campaign meets every Friday from 4:30-6:30. Drop ins welcome!

About D&D: Dungeons and Dragons is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game that allows each player to create their own character to play. These characters embark upon imaginary adventures within a fantasy setting. A Dungeon Master (DM) serves as the game's referee and storyteller, while maintaining the setting in which the adventures occur.

Join us for a Friday Family film!  Sit back and enjoy a great family movie at the Goodman South Madison Library. Snacks provided​!!!

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Adaptation of the first of J.K. Rowling's popular children's novels about Harry Potter, a boy who learns on his eleventh birthday that he is the orphaned son of two powerful wizards and possesses unique magical powers of his own. He is summoned from his life as an unwanted child to become a student at Hogwarts, an English boarding school for wizards. There, he meets several friends who become his closest allies and help him discover the truth about his parents' mysterious deaths at the hands of a powerful adversary.

Meet Lakeview Library's May artist, Preeti Ojha, and enjoy her exhibition, Painting from Life and Nature, on display in the library's community room. Light refreshments will be provided.

Preeti's Artist Statement

My painting inspirations come from everyday life, people, and my surroundings. As an artist I find painting outdoors very nurturing to my soul. I enjoy doing portraits from live models, there is a meditative spirit in the room when everyone is drawing or painting together from a real breathing person sitting in front of you.

The paintings displayed in this exhibit are all painted Alla Prima, a painting technique in which a canvas is completed in one session.

The landscapes are done at different locations in and around Madison, with a group of local artists. The portraits are done at Atwood Atelier, under the guidance of artist Philip Salamone. I’m thankful to the Madison area community of artists and friends who’ve enabled me to explore and supported me in this journey.