Events Calendar

*DUE TO COLD TEMPS, THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN CANCELED!

*Note: this event takes place at the Lussier Community Education Center -- 55 S. Gammon Rd*

Do your cooped-up kids need a warm, free place to run and be loud? Come experience Anji Play! In this weekly award-winning program, kids lead the play while adults step back and observe with deep curiosity.  This educational approach rooted in True Play was created in Anji County in China. Madison Public Library is a pioneer in developing a library-based Anji Play model. Open to all ages. No registration required. 

Read and play with your favorite baby or toddler! 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.

Storytime for the Very Young is intended for children ages 0 to 3 years old.

No Storytime for the Very Young on February 18 or April 1 due to voting.

Growing Voices Music Class is an interactive class for caregivers and their children, birth-4, to play, learn, and bond with music. In our classes we sing, play instruments, dance, and have fun together! 

For school-aged kids who know the basic moves of chess and want to practice their skills. Sessions begin with a 30 minute strategy or tactics lesson, followed by open game time. Come on in to play against other opponents your age!

Sequoya Library chess clubs are held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month (except for election days).

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Join The Kids Chef, Lily Kilfoy, for a series of cooking classes for school-age kids, tweens, and their families. Participants will learn about different foods, where they come from, how to follow recipes, and how to use a variety of tools.  Registration is not required, but participation will be limited to the first 25 attendees. 

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

So, we’re gathering to make art as the world is on fire? Yes. 
Explore firsthand what it feels like to collaborate with an artist who has committed his decades-long art practice to centering our climate crisis and fostering community action and creation as a way to protect our future.

Join artist-in-residence, TetraPAKMAN and a community of like-minded individuals who believe art-making is not just a creative process, but an act of care and protection in these unstable times. Through tactile, hands-on engagement, you will get to add to meaningful projects that reflect a long-term vision for collective well-being. Participants will be invited to paint carbon emissions statistics on bedsheets and build onto layers of 4ft tall sculptures made of familiar household items. 

While we believe this work is most impactful in spaces with people of all ages, these workshops in particular will be designed for adults as well as youth ages (8+) who attend with an adult. Feel free to register for one session — or all three!

Come on in for a friendly game of chess with your neighbors. All ages welcome!

Sequoya Library chess clubs are held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month (except for election days).

See all Sequoya chess dates