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Learn to bake with demos from Punky Egan at Lakeview Library in Fall 2024

Madison Public Library is partnering with Madinah Academy to host a series of storytimes and 101 events about and during Ramadan in 2025

Kids and families can learn to make a scale model of Goodman South Madison Library with the My Library/Your Library program in February and March 2025 at Madison Public Library

Madison Public Library's website - madisonpubliclibrary.org - may experience some planned maintenance interruptions on February 13, 2025, followed by a new look!

Madison Public Library is honored to partner with the City of Madison Clerk's Office once again to provide a location for voter registration, in-person absentee voting, and election day voting.

Try out new, dynamic art forms as a family at Goodman South Madison or Monroe Street Library for a drop-in Art Club featuring artist Deckard Salm. 

Central Library's monthly film series, Cinesthesia, takes place on Wednesday nights from 6-8:30pm

Parents and teens can each learn skills to help their kids thrive in this program hosted in partnership by Madison Public Library and Dane County Extension

Come to the library for an old fashioned board game night or play Minecraft, try the Nintendo Switch or join a Dungeons & Dragons group! 

An inter-generational art series will take place at Alicia Ashman Library every Tuesday in February and March. 

Madison Public Libraries will be closed on January 20, 2025 for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Join us for a casual playdate for babies ages birth to 18 months and their caregivers.

This summer, Chef Lily is hosting a variety of cooking classes at the Lakeview Library. 

Get a team together or sign up as an individual for a puzzle competition at Central Library on Saturday, January 11 from 9:30am - 1pm

Through December 31, every contribution to the Madison Public Library Foundation annual fund will have double the impact, thanks to a $100,000 matching gift from several anonymous loyal donors!

Volunteers Needed! Help Package Native Seeds ahead of Madison Public Library's Seed giveaway in March 2025

A stitching and needle arts community gathering where you can work on projects together and learn new skills at Hawthorne Library on the first and third Tuesday of each month.

Join an interactive story hour at Pinney Library or Goodman South Madison Library hosted in partnership with the UW-Madison African Studies department for kids and families. 

Get trained to use the library's podcasting equipment during this podcasting tutorial

A Library Takeover team will host A Mirror of Northside Community Mural and Pop-Up Portrait event at Lakeview Library on November 30 from 11am - 3pm