All day
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9:30am
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Baby & Toddler Storytime (ages birth to 3)
Wednesday, Oct 2, 2024, 9:30am to 10:30am
READ and PLAY with your favorite baby or toddler! 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.
Youth Program Room
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10:00am
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Multi-age Storytime (ages 5 and under)
Wednesday, Oct 2, 2024, 10:00am to 10:30am
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. Library programs are always free. Siblings and childcare groups are welcome
Youth Program Room
Scrabble at the Library
Community Room - Table Side
Wednesday, Oct 2, 2024, 10:00am to 12:00pm
Attention word lovers: exercise your brain by playing Scrabble with other adults!
Community Room - Table Side
NewBridge Book Discussion of "The Story of Arthur Truluv" by Elizabeth Berg
Wednesday, Oct 2, 2024, 10:00am to 11:00am
Join us for a book discussion of "The Story of Arthur Truluv" by Elizabeth Berg. New members always welcome! Please check with library staff for location or Zoom link.
"For the past six months, Arthur Moses’s days have looked the same: He tends to his rose garden and to Gordon, his cat, then rides the bus to the cemetery to visit his beloved late wife for lunch. The last thing Arthur would imagine is for one unlikely encounter to utterly transform his life.
Eighteen-year-old Maddy Harris is an introspective girl who visits the cemetery to escape the other kids at school. One afternoon she joins Arthur—a gesture that begins a surprising friendship between two lonely souls. Moved by Arthur’s kindness and devotion, Maddy gives him the nickname “Truluv.” As Arthur’s neighbor Lucille moves into their orbit, the unlikely trio band together and, through heartache and hardships, help one another rediscover their own potential to start anew.
Wonderfully written and full of profound observations about life, The Story of Arthur Truluv is a beautiful and moving novel of compassion in the face of loss, of the small acts that turn friends into family, and of the possibilities to achieve happiness at any age." -- Amazon.com
*Offsite
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10:30am
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Read & Breathe: A Mindful Storytime for all ages
Wednesday, Oct 2, 2024, 10:30am to 11:15am
A special storytime series woven together with playful mindfulness practices for children and their caregivers to do together. Comfy clothing encouraged!
Books, songs and mindful practices all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills as well as a lifelong love of reading. After about 20-30 minutes of stories, songs, and a few mindfulness games we'll end with a time for child-led play together in our children's area. You are welcome to stay as long as you like!
Library programs are always free. Siblings and friends are welcome.
Community Room
Storytime
Wednesday, Oct 2, 2024, 10:30am to 11:30am
READ and PLAY together with children 5 & under! Stories, songs, and rhymes for about 20 minutes, followed by playtime and an art project.
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.
No registration, free of cost, and older siblings are welcome!
Community Room
Baby Storytime
Community Room - Fireplace Side
Wednesday, Oct 2, 2024, 10:30am to 11:30am
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.
Community Room - Fireplace Side
Multi Age Storytime (children & families 5 & under)
Wednesday, Oct 2, 2024, 10:30am to 11:30am
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. Library programs are always free. Older and Younger siblings and childcare groups are welcome.
Youth Program Room
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11:00am
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Baby Storytime (ages birth to 17 mo)
Wednesday, Oct 2, 2024, 11:00am to 11:30am
READ and PLAY with your favorite baby! 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.
Youth Program Room
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12:00pm
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Free Mending @ Hawthorne Library
Wednesday, Oct 2, 2024, 12:00pm to 2:00pm
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!
*In Hawthorne Library
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2:30pm
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3:00pm
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Chess for All Ages
Wednesday, Oct 2, 2024, 3:00pm to 6:00pm
Please join us to play chess at our weekly, drop-in program! All ages and experience levels welcome.
Study Room A
All-Ages Knitting Circle
Wednesday, Oct 2, 2024, 3:00pm to 4:30pm
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.
Please contact Meadowridge Library at 608-288-6160 for more details and information!
*In Meadowridge Library
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3:30pm
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4:00pm
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One-On-One Computer Assistance
Wednesday, Oct 2, 2024, 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Need help with basic computer or Internet skills? Get assistance with opening an email account, writing a Word document, navigating the internet, keeping your files safe, and more.
Call 608-266-6350 to make a 30-minute appointment.
Computer Assistance is sponsored by the Digital Equity Project.
Study Room 211
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4:30pm
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Youth Graphic Novel Club discussion of Sorceline
Wednesday, Oct 2, 2024, 4:30pm to 5:15pm
Join us at Pinney Library on the first Wednesday of every month to discuss an older kids/tween graphic novel! No reservation needed. Light snacks provided.
Sorceline by Sylvia Douye
"For as long as she can remember, Sorceline has had a knack for the study of mythical creatures. Now a student at Professor Archibald Balzar’s prestigious school of cryptozoology, she’s eager to test her skills and earn a spot as one of Balzar’s apprentices." (From publisher)
Studio
We Make: Pinback Buttons and Magnets
Wednesday, Oct 2, 2024, 4:30pm to 5:30pm
Join other young people and their caregivers for a relaxing art workshop. Make custom buttons and magnets by sourcing images from recycled books and magazines, or draw your own! Take what you make with you when you leave.
All materials are provided, no registration, and free of cost.
Youth 8 years and younger must bring an adult, or responsible older sibling, with.
Community Room
Kids' Open Dungeons and Dragons
Meeting Rooms A and B Combined
Wednesday, Oct 2, 2024, 4:30pm to 6:30pm
School-age children (elementary and middle school) are invited to join us for this kid-led Dungeons & Dragons campaign. Be a part of an adventuring party where you'll use your imagination and creativity to explore a fantasy world in an epic quest. Our Dungeon Master Jared will provide support and help guide campaigns along with our adult D&D experts and our Youth Librarian Ruth.
This weekly session is for beginners.
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.
Meeting Rooms A and B Combined
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5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Knitting at the Library
Community Room - Fireplace Side
Wednesday, Oct 2, 2024, 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Drop in knitting: Learn a new craft or work on that unfinished project with other neighborhood knitters.
Community Room - Fireplace Side
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7:00pm
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Mystery Book Discussion: The Long Call
Meeting Rooms A and B Combined
Wednesday, Oct 2, 2024, 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Join us for a discussion of this month's mystery book, The Long Call by Ann Cleeves. New members always welcome! Copies may be available at the Ask Desk.
Synopsis: When a man with a significant tattoo is found murdered in North Devon, Detective Matthew Venn is forced to return to the strict evangelical community of his childhood to uncover deadly secrets
Meeting Rooms A and B Combined
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