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All day
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9:30am
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Baby & Toddler Storytime (ages birth to 3)
Wednesday, Oct 9, 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 9, 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
Learn Together Play Together, Playgroup for Children ages 0-3 who are DHH
Wednesday, Oct 9, 2024, 10:00am to 11:00am
Wisconsin Sound Beginnings welcomes children ages 0-3 years old who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) and their parents/caregivers to join a story/song hour. During this interactive group time, family members will join their child in learning and playing through accessible songs, stories, and language activities through listening/talking and sign language. There is no cost to attend but registration is required. For questions or more information, contact Lauren Burke from the Wisconsin Sound Beginnings team at BurkeLa01@uww.edu
Registration link: https://cesa1.app.neoncrm.com/event.jsp?event=7364&
Community Room B
Scrabble at the Library
Community Room - Table Side
Wednesday, Oct 9, 2024, 10:00am to 12:00pm
Attention word lovers: exercise your brain by playing Scrabble with other adults!
Community Room - Table Side
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10:30am
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Storytime
Wednesday, Oct 9, 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 9, 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 9, 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
Read & Breathe: A Mindful Storytime for all ages
Wednesday, Oct 9, 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
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11:00am
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Baby Storytime (ages birth to 17 mo)
Wednesday, Oct 9, 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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2:30pm
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3:00pm
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Chess for All Ages
Wednesday, Oct 9, 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 9, 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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LEGO Club at Pinney
Wednesday, Oct 9, 2024, 3:30pm to 4:30pm
It's time for LEGO Club! Join us the 2nd Wednesday of each month (Sep 11, Oct 9, Nov 13, Dec 11), for ages 5 to 12. Leave your own LEGOs at home - we've got plenty to share! Sometimes there's a theme, but there's always opportunity to free build.
Youth Program Room
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4:00pm
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One-On-One Computer Assistance
Wednesday, Oct 9, 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
Art Club for Families - Painting
Wednesday, Oct 9, 2024, 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Calling all kids and families! Join us for a very fun art series where we will explore our creativity.
This week, artist Rita, will teach us to paint our pinch pots that we made last week! Didn't make it last week? No problem! We will have canvases to paint on and a few extra pinch pots from the previous week.
Kids of all ages are welcome to join, and there is no registration necessary.
Meeting Room 115
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4:30pm
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Kids' Open Dungeons and Dragons
Meeting Rooms A and B Combined
Wednesday, Oct 9, 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
We Make: Painted Canvas Zipper Pouches
Wednesday, Oct 9, 2024, 4:30pm to 5:30pm
Join other young people and their caregivers for a relaxing art workshop. Decorate a canvas zipper pouch with puffy paint and acrylic paint markers! Wear messy clothing as paint markers are not washable. 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
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5:00pm
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6:00pm
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[FULL] TexTITLES: Conversations on Fiber and Cloth
Wednesday, Oct 9, 2024, 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Text+Titles = TexTITLES: Conversations Around How Textiles Connect Us
The Textile Arts Center of Madison (TAC) and Pinney Library are pleased to invite you to join a monthly facilitated conversation around how textiles connect us all. Each month, the guided discussion will center on a specific title, article(s), podcast, or other selected media reviewed by participants prior to the gathering. Discussions will center around textile and fiber art with a focus on historical, social, economic, and environmental concerns related to fibers, fabrics, makers/artists, techniques, use, value, and more. As possible, some copies of book titles selected will be available for checkout through the Madison Public Library; however, in some instances participants will need to procure access to the media on their own. The first three conversations are scheduled in the Pinney Library Reading Room, featuring the inspiring permanent art installation titled Us, Midwest created by local artist Yeonhee Cheong. Please register for each conversation you wish to attend at the TAC website.
Conversations are from 6-7:30 pm on the 2nd Wednesday evening of the month:
Oct. 9 On Mending by Ceila Pym (purchase via Pym's website: celiapym.com/on-mending)
Nov. 13 Threads of Life by Clare Hunter (available to reserve and check out from Madison Public Library: LinkCAT)
Dec. 11 Material Intelligence digital magazine, Linen and Paper issues (access free online: https://www.materialintelligencemag.org/)
Space is limited. Please register for each conversation you wish to attend at the TAC website. (https://www.textileartsmadison.org/textitles-1)
Reading Room
Knitting at the Library
Community Room - Fireplace Side
Wednesday, Oct 9, 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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District 11 Book Club: A Brief History of Motion
Meeting Rooms A and B Combined
Wednesday, Oct 9, 2024, 7:00pm to 8:30pm
On October 9th, the District 11 Book Club will discuss Tom Standage’s 2021 book, A Brief History of Motion: From the Wheel to the Car to What Comes Next, published by Bloomsbury Publishing.
In his New York Times review of Standage's book, Simon Winchester writes, “Shopping malls, gas stations, drive-ins — and redlining, Robert Moses, urban blight, white flight — all were born of this utopia turned dystopia, and Standage writes with a masterly clarity before turning his attention, as need dictates, to the topic of Our Automotive Future.”
While transportation fueled Madison’s growth, it also brought significant challenges to the city. Joining the book club discussion will be Tom Lynch, the City of Madison's Transportation Director, who will share insights into the city's transportation history and its current challenges. Director Lynch will give a brief presentation on Madison’s transportation milestones, starting with the arrival of the first train in 1854, the electric streetcar in 1892, and the automobile in 1901. The rise of the automobile, combined with the National Housing Act of 1934 and the Federal Highway Act of 1956, contributed to suburbanization, urban sprawl, and parking issues. Today, Madison is working to address these challenges through citywide initiatives like Vision Zero, Complete Green Streets, and the new Bus Rapid Transit system.
Pick up or borrow a copy of A Brief History of Motion and join District 11 Alder Bill Tishler, Tom Lynch, and others for a lively discussion at the Sequoya Library on Wednesday, October 9th, at 7:00 PM. A limited number of free copies will be available at the "Ask Desk" on a first-come, first-served basis. This casual, public event is open to everyone, and even if you haven't finished the book, you're encouraged to attend and join in the conversation!
Meeting Rooms A and B Combined
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