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Please note that this calendar only contains library programs. For room availability, please contact the appropriate library directly.

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Thursday, October 10, 2024

Time Items
All day
 
9:30am
9:30am to 10:30am
Art for Little Ones

Art for Little Ones

Youth Program Room
Thursday, Oct 10, 2024, 9:30am to 10:30am

Join artist Amy Mietzel for hands-on art activities inspired by picture books! We'll start by doing a read-aloud of the book - then create art using unique materials and fun supplies. Additional books that fit the theme will also be available for caregivers and youth to read together and check-out. For ages 2-5. Siblings & groups welcome. 

September – What did you do today? – Watercolor & Crayon Resist

October – Let’s Play Monsters– Drawing 

November – The Blue Table – Sculpture 

December – Grumpy Pants – Mixed Media

Youth Program Room
 
10:00am
10:00am to 12:00pm
Free Mending

Free Mending

Study Room 211
Thursday, Oct 10, 2024, 10:00am to 12:00pm

We’re here to mend anything you need for the colder months, including clothing, coats, and any other fabric-related repairs, except for zippers. Sewers from the Sewing Machine Project will be available to mend your things for free every Thursday of the month.

Study Room 211
 
10:00am to 10:45am
Baby Gym

Baby Gym

Meeting Rooms A and B Combined
Thursday, Oct 10, 2024, 10:00am to 10:45am

Calling all babies!  Come hear a story and play with fun toys picked just for you in a relaxed atmosphere. 

For children ages birth to 2 years old. No registration required.

Meeting Rooms A and B Combined
 
10:00am to 11:30am
Bubbler Room Closed 9am-12pm
Bubbler
 
10:30am
10:30am to 11:30am
Multi-age Storytime

Multi-age Storytime

Community Room Combined
Thursday, Oct 10, 2024, 10:30am to 11:30am

READ and PLAY together with children ages 5 and under! Engaging with books, songs and playful experiences all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills. It also helps to build a lifelong love of reading. Library programs are always free. Siblings and childcare groups are welcome.

Community Room Combined
 
11:00am
11:00am to 2:00pm
Application Assistance

Application Assistance

*In Goodman South Madison Library
Thursday, Oct 10, 2024, 11:00am to 2:00pm

Find help navigating application processes and filling out forms required for housing, immigration, food, health, and other community support services.

In partnership with the City of Madison and Madison Public Library, the African Center for Community Development provides in-person assistance. Examples include: 

  • Disability
  • Employment
  • Housing
  • Passport
  • Social security
  • Unemployment
  • WIC

For questions about the program or to schedule an appointment, please call the African Center at 608-957-5623 or 608-294-0066.

*Neither The African Center for Community Development nor Madison Public Library can provide legal assistance or advice.  We cannot fill out applications on your behalf or assess program eligibility.
 

*In Goodman South Madison Library
 
11:30am
11:30am to 12:15pm
Chair Yoga @ Alicia Ashman

Chair Yoga @ Alicia Ashman

Community Room
Thursday, Oct 10, 2024, 11:30am to 12:15pm

If you've ever wondered if yoga was right for you, join Instructor Sarah Dimick of Zen Ed at on Thursdays from 11:30a.m.-12:15p.m. at Alicia Ashman library in this safe and accessible yoga for all ages and all bodies. Attend one or attend them all; no experience needed. Poses are done on the chair or while standing, so no need to get on the ground. Chair yoga is a great way to relieve stress, soothe sore muscles, and find greater ease of movement.

Dates: 9/12, 9/19, 10/10, 10/24, 11/07, 11/21, 12/05, 12/19 

Space is limited and registration is required. Registration for ALL chair yoga sessions will open on August 29 at 10:00AM.

About the presenter

Sarah Dimick is a licensed school psychologist and certified children's, adult, and senior yoga instructor, with extensive experience leading various levels of movement classes. She is also co-owner of Zen Ed, a women-owned wellness and education business.

Community Room
 
12:00pm
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Daytime Book Discussion of "Black Cake" by Charmaine Wilkerson

Daytime Book Discussion of "Black Cake" by Charmaine Wilkerson

Community Room - Fireplace Side
Thursday, Oct 10, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Read the book and join the discussion of "Black Cake" by Charmaine Wilkerson. New members always welcome!

"We can’t choose what we inherit. But can we choose who we become?

In present-day California, Eleanor Bennett’s death leaves behind a puzzling inheritance for her two children, Byron and Benny: a black cake, made from a family recipe with a long history, and a voice recording. In her message, Eleanor shares a tumultuous story about a headstrong young swimmer who escapes her island home under suspicion of murder. The heartbreaking tale Eleanor unfolds, the secrets she still holds back, and the mystery of a long-lost child challenge everything the siblings thought they knew about their lineage and themselves.

Can Byron and Benny reclaim their once-close relationship, piece together Eleanor’s true history, and fulfill her final request to “share the black cake when the time is right”? Will their mother’s revelations bring them back together or leave them feeling more lost than ever?" -- Amazon.com

Community Room - Fireplace Side
 
12:00pm to 5:00pm
Red Cross Blood Drive, sponsored by Nakoma League

Red Cross Blood Drive, sponsored by Nakoma League

Meeting Rooms A and B Combined
Thursday, Oct 10, 2024, 12:00pm to 5:00pm

Donate blood and help maintain a stable blood supply. Every day the Red Cross must collect more than 13,000 pints of blood for patients across the country. Encourage family and friends to join you in donating on October 10th from 12:00 to 5:00 at Sequoya Library. A pint of blood from you could be a gift of life for someone in need. Download the Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-RED CROSS to learn more and make an appointment.

All who come to give blood in October will receive a $10 Amazon.com Gift Card by email--plus automatic entry for a chance to win one of three $5,000 gift cards. See details at RedCrossBlood.org/Treat.

The Red Cross encourages donors to answer screening questions on the day of their donation through Rapid Pass: redcrossblood.org/RapidPass

This drive is sponsored by the Nakoma League.

Meeting Rooms A and B Combined
 
1:00pm
1:00pm to 3:00pm
Grupo de Conversación en Español (simultaneously in-person and ONLINE)

Grupo de Conversación en Español (simultaneously in-person and ONLINE)

Study Rooms 104 and 105 Combined
Thursday, Oct 10, 2024, 1:00pm to 3:00pm

¡Acompáñenos!  Los miembros del Grupo de Conversación en Español de University League ofrecen este programa de conversación gratis para adultos con nivel intermedio o avanzado, del segundo jueves del mes, en la biblioteca Sequoya.  Los principiantes que quieran escuchar el idioma, serán bien recibidos.

Este evento tambien se realizará virtualmente a través de Zoom. Más información sobre este programa se le enviará por correo electrónico cuando se registre. Zoom es una plataforma de video gratuita, y puede mirar en un navegador, a través de la aplicación móvil gratuita para ios o android, o llamar para participar solo por voz.

Our October 10 session will be very informal.  Nevertheless, please come prepared to share with the group a secret about Madison--an activity, a locale, a cultural event, etc.--that you think will interest the group.

Come join us! Members of the University League's Spanish Conversation Interest Group host this free monthly conversation for adults with intermediate to advanced level Spanish skills on the second Thursday each month (Oct. 12, 2023 - August 8, 2024). Beginners who want to listen to the language are also invited.

This event will also be hosted virtually through Zoom; more information will be emailed to you upon registration. Zoom is a free video platform, and you can watch on a browser, through the free mobile app for ios or android, or call in to participate by voice only.

Study Rooms 104 and 105 Combined
 
2:00pm
2:00pm to 4:15pm
Days of Heaven (feature film)

Days of Heaven (feature film)

Community Room
Thursday, Oct 10, 2024, 2:00pm to 4:15pm

Days of Heaven

Directed by Terrance Malick.  Performances by Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard, Linda Manz, Robert J. Wilke.  Paramount PIctures, 1978.  94 minutes.  Rated PG.  Drama / Romance.

In the mid-1910s, a Chicago steelworker (Richard Gere) accidentally kills his supervisor, and flees with his girlfriend (Brooke Adams) and his little sister (Linda Manz) to the Texas panhandle, where they find work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer (Sam Shepard). A love triangle, a swarm of locusts, a hellish fire—Malick captures it all with dreamlike authenticity, creating a timeless American idyll that is also a gritty evocation of turn-of-the-century labor.

Community Room
 
3:00pm
3:15pm to 4:00pm
Dream Bus at Sandburg Elementary
4114 Donald Dr
 
3:30pm
3:30pm to 5:30pm
Savvy Caregiver, hosted by ADRC

Savvy Caregiver, hosted by ADRC

Community Room A
Thursday, Oct 10, 2024, 3:30pm to 5:30pm

Register online by September 30th for this FREE Dane County Aging & Disability Resource Center series.

This is a 6-week course for caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's Disease or related dementias.  Please plan to attend all 6 sessions.

This course will cover:

  • Strategies to manage activities of daily living
  • Skills to assess your loved one and how to adjust your approach to care
  • Understanding of the different types of dementia and how decline in cognition affects behavior
  • Ability to manage emotions and feelings of caregiving
  • Decision-making skills and confidence-building to achieve caregiving goals
Community Room A
 
3:45pm to 4:15pm
Munch Mobile Meals

Munch Mobile Meals

*Offsite
Thursday, Oct 10, 2024, 3:45pm to 4:15pm

The River Food Pantry's Munch Truck will be stopping outside Hawthorne on Thursdays from 3:55PM - 4:15PM.

About River Food Pantry & Munch Truck

Launched in 2016, Munch(link is external) is our mobile meals program that delivers free healthy meals to children and adults in over a dozen low-income neighborhoods throughout Madison. Each meal contains a sandwich or main menu item, a fruit or vegetable, a grain, a treat, and a drink. Everyone is welcome to take home a free meal. No registration or ID is required.

Neighborhoods served by Munch have large populations of children eligible for free school lunch. To bridge the gap that exists when school lunch is not available, Munch operates up to 6 days per week, Monday–Saturday, any time school cafeterias are closed (including breaks and periods of remote learning).

For any questions or comments, please contact the Munch staff at munch@riverfoodpantry.org(link sends e-mail) or (608) 661-1223.

*Offsite
 
4:00pm
4:00pm to 6:30pm
It Takes A Village After school enrichment: Let's Game Day
*In Goodman South Madison Library
 
4:00pm to 5:00pm
Madison Writing Assistance at Hawthorne

Madison Writing Assistance at Hawthorne

Family Study Room
Thursday, Oct 10, 2024, 4:00pm to 5:00pm

The Madison Writing Assistance (MWA) program offers free, one-to-one writing support for community members at library branches throughout the city. Our friendly, experienced writing coaches are happy to help with writing projects across a wide range of genres, including resumes, cover letters, application essays, grant proposals, fiction writing, memoirs, and more.

Schedule an appointment online with the link below, by phone, or in person.

MWA services are made possible through generous donations from the Evjue Foundation and UW Anonymous Fund, along with administrative and program support from the UW-Madison English Department, the UW-Madison Writing Center, and our Library and neighborhood center partners.

Family Study Room
 
4:00pm to 5:30pm
Minecraft Club

Minecraft Club

Community Room B
Thursday, Oct 10, 2024, 4:00pm to 5:30pm

Play Minecraft in both creative and survival worlds! Ability to fully use both a computer keyboard and a computer mouse required. Recommended for ages 8 and up.

Community Room B
 
4:15pm to 5:00pm
Dream Bus at The Meadowlands Apartments
6834 Milwaukee St
 
5:00pm
5:00pm to 6:00pm
Hawthorne Youth Cooking Club

Hawthorne Youth Cooking Club

Community Room
Thursday, Oct 10, 2024, 5:00pm to 6:00pm

Young people, ages 6-17 years old, are invited to cook with Chef Lily at Hawthorne Library! Participants will prepare and enjoy a wide variety of recipes, while learning about meal planning, following recipes, and using kitchen gadgets and tools.

Community Room
 
5:00pm to 6:00pm
Madison Writing Assistance at Hawthorne

Madison Writing Assistance at Hawthorne

Family Study Room
Thursday, Oct 10, 2024, 5:00pm to 6:00pm

The Madison Writing Assistance (MWA) program offers free, one-to-one writing support for community members at library branches throughout the city. Our friendly, experienced writing coaches are happy to help with writing projects across a wide range of genres, including resumes, cover letters, application essays, grant proposals, fiction writing, memoirs, and more.

Schedule an appointment online with the link below, by phone, or in person.

MWA services are made possible through generous donations from the Evjue Foundation and UW Anonymous Fund, along with administrative and program support from the UW-Madison English Department, the UW-Madison Writing Center, and our Library and neighborhood center partners.

Family Study Room
 
5:15pm to 6:00pm
Dream Bus at Harmony Apartments
116 Milky Way
 
5:30pm
5:30pm to 7:45pm
A Ballad of Interesting Events Season 2 Volume 2!!

A Ballad of Interesting Events Season 2 Volume 2!!

Study Room A
Thursday, Oct 10, 2024, 5:30pm to 7:45pm

Navigate this new world as Season2 comes to a close and second threat looms over the horizon will our heroes be brave enough to stop what comes? Will they be wise enough to solve the mystery? How many fart jokes can I squeak in?? Find out in A Ballad of Interesting Events. This campaign is geared towards middle and high school age youth and takes place on Thurday evenings at Meadowridge Library. 

Study Room A
 
6:00pm
6:00pm to 8:00pm
Textile Embellishment with Stencils with Bernie from bernie & zuzu

Textile Embellishment with Stencils with Bernie from bernie & zuzu

Studio
Thursday, Oct 10, 2024, 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Put your own artwork on your favorite clothes! Bring your own denim jeans, shirt or jacket, or heavy cotton canvas tote bag or fanny pack (*please note we will not have clothing for you to embellish, you need to bring your own). Stenciling on fabric is a simple way to embellish an article of clothing or accessory! We will use special textile paints that are both washable and permanent. No prior experience with art or drawing skills are needed. Be prepared to get messy as paint and/or ink will be used during this workshop.

Both textile stenciling workshops are the same content and are in high demand; please select one session date.  This 2-hour workshop is ideal for older teens 16+ and adults.  Space is limited and registration is required, opens on Sept. 26, 2024. If full, call Pinney Library information desk at 608-224-7100 to be placed on a short waiting list in case of cancellations.

 

bernie & zuzu is named for Bernie Witzack (she/her, a human) who is the creative force behind bernie & zuzu, and the extraordinary zuzu (a cat) who takes care of the business side of things. At bernie & zuzu, we create handmade, hand-painted, and screen-printed goods in small batches. We specialize in unique, one-of-a-kind art, home goods, accessories and prints with an emphasis on bright, bold color and playful shapes. bernie & zuzu is run out of a studio in the Madison Enterprise Center and we screen print at Polka Press, Madison’s local printmaking collective. We hope our artwork and goods inspire tiny moments of beauty, wonder and joy. 

Bernie studied Studio Art at Beloit College and has been making and exhibiting her art ever since. She earned an MFA in Fine Art & Design from the University of Michigan in 2013, focusing on improvisational drawing and painting. She then went on to study graphic design at Madison College, falling in love with screen printing along the way. She was working full time as a graphic designer and pursuing her art on the side when the pandemic hit in spring 2020. She left the design field in spring 2021 to focus on her art full time, launching bernie & zuzu in fall of 2021.

You can find bernie & zuzu’s goods at the Dane County Farmer’s Market on Saturday mornings from April-October, at Little Luxuries, Hatch Art House, and Communication Madison. They also vend at local art markets such as The Eastside Winter Market, Femmestival, The Crafty Fair and the Madison Maker Markets. bernie & zuzu have an online shop at www.bernieandzuzu.com

Studio
 
6:00pm to 7:00pm
Madison Writing Assistance at Hawthorne

Madison Writing Assistance at Hawthorne

Family Study Room
Thursday, Oct 10, 2024, 6:00pm to 7:00pm

The Madison Writing Assistance (MWA) program offers free, one-to-one writing support for community members at library branches throughout the city. Our friendly, experienced writing coaches are happy to help with writing projects across a wide range of genres, including resumes, cover letters, application essays, grant proposals, fiction writing, memoirs, and more.

Schedule an appointment online with the link below, by phone, or in person.

MWA services are made possible through generous donations from the Evjue Foundation and UW Anonymous Fund, along with administrative and program support from the UW-Madison English Department, the UW-Madison Writing Center, and our Library and neighborhood center partners.

Family Study Room
 
6:00pm to 8:00pm
Chapters Teen Writing Club

Chapters Teen Writing Club

Community Room A
Thursday, Oct 10, 2024, 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Gathers most Thursday evenings! Middle and high school students can meet other aspiring authors, bounce ideas off one another, share their stories, and feel the creativity flow! Writing club is led by local author Carole Madrzak.

Community Room A
 
6:30pm
6:30pm to 7:30pm
Cooking with Chef Paul: Plant-Based Meals

Cooking with Chef Paul: Plant-Based Meals

Community Room - Table Side
Thursday, Oct 10, 2024, 6:30pm to 7:30pm

Join Chef Paul to explore the unlimited choices of plant-based meals.

Limited space; registration is required. Registration opens two weeks prior to the program date. Click the sign-up button below or contact Lakeview Library at (608) 246-4547 to register.

Presented in partnership with Willy Street Co-Op.

 

About the Presenter

Paul grew up in Taiwan surrounded by fresh hanging foods in the market, but he didn’t have an appreciation for Taiwanese or Chinese ingredients until attending culinary school in Chicago where he developed a love for cooking. After serving in many kitchens over the years, he wanted to share the skills he learned with others which led him to teach. He says about teaching, "Cooking and sharing what I have learned is my passion. Teaching a cooking class gives me a chance to share my knowledge about the differences and uniquenesses of foods that people overlook. I want to show people how to be respectful, creative, and economical about food. To feel delighted when they learn an easy cooking technique using just a couple of simple fresh ingredients. The food is the real star, we are just the facilitators."

Community Room - Table Side