Events at Madison Public Library | Madison Public Library

Madison Public Library offers thousands of free programs a year all around Madison, including storytimes, author talks, job skills training, and more.

You can view the next 5 upcoming events at each location below. Looking for a specific event? Try our Events Search page. You can view events in a month display on our Month Calendar.

Alicia Ashman Library

Oct

11

Madison Public Library-Alicia Ashman Branch 25th Anniversary Celebration

10:00am - 12:00pm

Community Room

Oct

13

Miss Michelle's Music Party

10:30 - 11:00am

Community Room

Oct

13

Chair Yoga at Alicia Ashman

12:30 - 1:15pm

Community Room

Oct

14

Nature Everywhere Programming: Miss Maple's Seeds

10:30 - 11:30am

Community Room

Oct

15

Read & Breathe: A Mindful Storytime for all ages

10:30 - 11:15am

Community Room

Central Library

Oct

11

CANCELED -- Mini Cake Sculptures: An Art Workshop with National Velvet

10:00am - 12:00pm

Bubbler

Oct

13

Housing Navigation Services with Urban Triage

9:30am - 1:00pm

Study Room 210

Oct

13

Personal Archiving Lab: Drop-In Tutorials

2:00 - 4:00pm

Media Lab

Oct

14

Coffee & Connection

2:00 - 3:00pm

Cafe Area

Oct

14

Wisconsin Book Festival Presents: Quan Barry for The Unveiling

7:00 - 8:00pm

Meeting Rooms 301 and 302 Combined

Goodman South Madison Library

Oct

11

Madison Writing Assistance at Goodman South

1:30 - 2:30pm

Blue Room 128

Oct

11

National Voter Education Week

12:00 - 3:00pm

*In Goodman South Madison Library

Oct

11

Madison Writing Assistance at Goodman South

2:30 - 3:30pm

Blue Room 128

Oct

11

Anime Club

2:00 - 4:30pm

Meeting Room 115

Oct

11

Madison Writing Assistance at Goodman South

3:30 - 4:30pm

Blue Room 128

Hawthorne Library

Oct

10

Hawthorne Library Anime Club (title to be announced)

5:30 - 8:00pm

Community Room

Oct

13

Application Assistance

2:00 - 5:00pm

*In Hawthorne Library

Oct

13

Tech Time: Minecraft & More

4:00 - 5:00pm

Community Room

Oct

14

CANCELED -- One-on-One Computer Assistance with Marcus

12:00 - 1:00pm

*In Hawthorne Library

Oct

14

CANCELED -- One-on-One Computer Assistance With Marcus

1:00 - 2:00pm

*In Hawthorne Library

Lakeview Library

Oct

10

Teen Cooking Club

5:00 - 6:00pm

Teen Room

Oct

10

National Voter Registration

3:00 - 6:00pm

*In Lakeview Library

Oct

11

[FULL] One-on-One Computer Assistance

10:00 - 10:30am

Study Room 1

Oct

11

[FULL] One-on-One Computer Assistance

10:30 - 11:00am

Study Room 1

Oct

11

[FULL] One-on-One Computer Assistance

11:00 - 11:30am

Study Room 1

Meadowridge Library

Oct

11

Gatsby Games

10:00am - 2:00pm

Community Room B and Kitchen

Oct

11

How to Crochet: Taught by Jay!

1:00 - 2:00pm

Study Room A

Oct

11

The Great Gatsby Escape Room

10:00am - 2:00pm

Community Room A

Oct

13

Multi-Age Storytime

10:30 - 11:15am

Community Rooms A and B and Kitchen Combined

Oct

13

CANCELED -- A Ballad of Interesting Events Season 3 Volume 1!!

3:00 - 5:00pm

Study Room A

Monroe Street Library

Oct

14

Growing Voices Music Class

10:30 - 11:00am

Meeting Room

Oct

15

Read to a Dog

3:00 - 4:30pm

Meeting Room

Oct

18

Art Club for Families - Air Dry Sculptures

10:30am - 12:00pm

*In Monroe Street Library

Oct

21

Growing Voices Music Class

10:30 - 11:00am

Meeting Room

Oct

25

Trick or Treat on Monroe Street

9:00am - 5:00pm

*In Monroe Street Library

Pinney Library

Oct

10

KOGA Yoga

10:30 - 11:15am

Youth Program Room

Oct

10

Pinney Friday Night Flicks - presenting "Superman" (2025)

6:00 - 8:15pm

Community Room B

Oct

11

Meet the Author! Book Talk & Art Activity with Amanda Stewart / ¡Conoce a la autora! Charla sobre el libro y actividad artística con Amanda Stewart

10:00 - 10:45am

Youth Services - Patio / Playlab / Program Room

Oct

11

Book Discussion of UW-Madison's Go Big Read "James"

1:30 - 3:00pm

Community Room B

Oct

13

Children’s African Story Hour - Nigeria (Book: I'll See You in Ijebu)

4:00 - 5:00pm

Youth Program Room

Sequoya Library

Oct

10

Preschool Storytime

10:00 - 10:30am

Meeting Rooms A and B Combined

Oct

10

Madison Writing Assistance at Sequoya

3:00 - 4:00pm

Study Room 104

Oct

10

Madison Writing Assistance at Sequoya

4:00 - 5:00pm

Study Room 104

Oct

10

Madison Writing Assistance at Sequoya

5:00 - 6:00pm

Study Room 104

Oct

10

Register to Vote at the Library

3:00 - 6:00pm

*In Sequoya Library

Dream Bus

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Oct

10

Dream Bus at Rolling Prairie Apartments

3:00 - 3:45pm

415 S Bird St

Oct

10

Dream Bus at The Element Apartments

4:00 - 4:45pm

102 Park Circle

Oct

14

Dream Bus at Lori Mann Carey Elementary (Southside)

2:45 - 3:30pm

501 E Badger Rd

Oct

14

Dream Bus at Leopold Elementary

4:00 - 4:45pm

2602 Post Rd

Oct

14

Dream Bus at Monona Shores Apartments

5:15 - 6:00pm

2 Waunona Woods Ct

Around Madison

These events happen in parks and other locations around Madison. Click through to a particular event to get more details.

Oct

16

Wisconsin Book Festival Presents: Charlotte Zolotow Lecture: Christina Soontornvat - The Universe And The Details

7:30 - 8:30pm

*Offsite

Oct

17

Wisconsin Book Festival Presents David F. Walker and Marcus Kwame Anderson for BIG JIM AND THE WHITE BOY

5:00 - 6:00pm

*Offsite

Oct

22

Wisconsin Book Festival presents Rebecca Hogue Wojahn for Saving Our Sturgeon

11:00am - 12:00pm

*Offsite

Nov

04

Wisconsin Book Festival Presents: Percival Everett for James

7:00 - 8:30pm

*Offsite

Online

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Nov

12

ONLINE-Teejop & Beyond: Past/Present/Future: The Artistic Legacy of Truman Lowe

7:00 - 8:00pm

*Online