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Saturday, August 17, 2024

Time Items
All day
 
9:00am
9:00am to 4:00pm
Friends of Sequoya Library Book Sale (6672 Odana Road)

Friends of Sequoya Library Book Sale (6672 Odana Road)

*Offsite
Saturday, Aug 17, 2024, 9:00am to 4:00pm

This sale takes place at the Friends of Sequoya Bookshop, 6672 Odana Road.

On the first Saturday of each month, Friends of Sequoya Book Sales take place at our shop located at 6672 Odana Road in Market Square (next to Play-it-Again Sports). Some months also have a "bonus" sale on third Saturdays!

Masks are welcome but not required.

*Offsite
 
9:00am to 4:45pm
Madison Tabletop Role-playing

Madison Tabletop Role-playing

Community Room
Saturday, Aug 17, 2024, 9:00am to 4:45pm

For people interested in a wide variety of role-playing games, including traditional role-playing games such as Original D&D, 1st Edition AD&D, Classic Traveller, Pendragon, and Call of Cthulhu, as well as retro-clones like Old School Essentials, Labyrinth Lord, Swords & Wizardry, and others.

We also play more contemporary RPGs such as Savage Worlds and GURPS, as well as games like Beyond the Wall, Torchbearer, Powered By The Apocalypse and FATE.

If you played any of these games in the past, or are COMPLETELY NEW to them, we're happy to have you come and play. 

Meets every third Saturday at Hawthorne Library.

Community Room
 
9:30am
9:30am to 11:30am
LEGO Club

LEGO Club

Community Room - Fireplace Side
Saturday, Aug 17, 2024, 9:30am to 11:30am

Are you a kid who loves LEGOs? Do you enjoy engineering and designing LEGO creations?  If that is you - come join us for LEGO Club! The library will provide lots of LEGOs, and you provide the imagination. No registration required. LEGOs will have to stay at the library, so bring a camera to capture your creations.

Community Room - Fireplace Side
 
10:00am
10:00am to 12:00pm
Free Vision Screening @ Goodman South

Free Vision Screening @ Goodman South

Blue Room 128
Saturday, Aug 17, 2024, 10:00am to 12:00pm

Come to the Goodman South Library for a free vision screening by the Madison Central Lions!

There is no age limit however we do request that minors are accompanied by a guardian.

Madison Central Lions have been serving Madison since 1922.

Blue Room 128
 
10:00am to 12:00pm
Community English - Intermediate

Community English - Intermediate

Meeting Room 115
Saturday, Aug 17, 2024, 10:00am to 12:00pm

Intermediate Students: Practice speaking, reading, and writing English with the Literacy Network.

Summer 2024 classes are June 1 - August 17, Saturdays, 10 am - 12 pm, in-person at Goodman South, Madison Public Library. This class is free for students 18 years old and up living in Dane County. A class for beginner students will be held at the Literacy Network at the same time.

For more information and to sign up, please call Bex Fabrizio at Literacy Network at (608) 268-6425 or email her at bex@litnetwork.org.

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Practica hablar, leer, y escribir en inglés con Literacy Network. ¡Los estudiantes de nivel intermedio son bienvenidos! Las clases para el semestre de verano son del 1 de junio al 17 de agosto en persona en la Biblioteca Goodman South, 2222 Park St Dane Street, Madison WI 53715. Estas clases son gratuitas para adultos (18 años y mayores) que vivan en Dane County. ¡Los estudiantes de nivel principiante son bienvenidos en la otra clase en Literacy Network (en el frente de la biblioteca) en el horario mismo!

Meeting Room 115
 
10:00am to 11:30am
Community English - Beginner

Community English - Beginner

*Offsite
Saturday, Aug 17, 2024, 10:00am to 11:30am

Beginner Students: Practice speaking, reading, and writing English with the Literacy Network.

Summer 2024 classes are June 1 - August 17, Saturdays, 10 am - 11:30 pm, in-person at the Literacy Network (701 Dane St, Madison, WI 53713). This class is free for students 18 years old and up living in Dane County. A class for intermediate students will be held at the Goodman South Public Library at the same time.

For more information and to sign up, please call Bex Fabrizio at Literacy Network at (608) 268-6425 or email her at bex@litnetwork.org.

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Practica hablar, leer, y escribir en inglés con Literacy Network. ¡Los estudiantes de nivel principiante son bienvenidos! Las clases para el semestre de verano son del 1 de junio al 17 de agosto en persona en Literacy Network, 701 Dane Street, Madison WI 53715. Estas clases son gratuitas para adultos (18 años y mayores) que vivan en Dane County. ¡Los estudiantes de nivel intermedio son bienvenidos en la otra clase en Biblioteca Goodman South Madison (en el frente de Literacy Network) en el horario mismo!

*Offsite
 
11:30am
11:50am to 12:10pm
Munch Mobile Lunch Van

Munch Mobile Lunch Van

*In Lakeview Library
Saturday, Aug 17, 2024, 11:50am to 12:10pm

The Munch Mobile Lunch Van will make a stop at Lakeview Library on Saturdays this summer.  All people in and around the library can get a free lunch between 11:50am and 12:10pm.

*In Lakeview Library
 
12:30pm
12:30pm to 1:30pm
Wiggles and Words Multi-Age Storytime

Wiggles and Words Multi-Age Storytime

*In Goodman South Madison Library
Saturday, Aug 17, 2024, 12:30pm to 1:30pm

Join us to READ and Play together. When children engage with books, songs, and play, they develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills which helps to build a lifelong love of reading. 

This program is geared toward children under age 5. All older and younger siblings as well as childcare groups are welcome to join.

Library programs are always free.

*In Goodman South Madison Library
 
1:30pm
1:30pm to 3:00pm
Goodman South Madison Book Club — Firekeeper's Daughter
Meeting Room 115
 
1:30pm to 2:30pm
Cooking with Chef Lily

Cooking with Chef Lily

Community Room Combined
Saturday, Aug 17, 2024, 1:30pm to 2:30pm

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.

Community Room Combined
 
2:00pm
2:00pm to 4:00pm
Jazz at Sequoya: Max Brown Quintet

Jazz at Sequoya: Max Brown Quintet

Meeting Rooms A and B Combined
Saturday, Aug 17, 2024, 2:00pm to 4:00pm

Join us for Saturday Jazz! This month, we welcome the Max Brown Quintet.

Trombonist Max Brown leads this group of talented young musicians featuring Peter Mathistad (Tenor), Lance Letellier (Piano), Aden Stier (Bass), and Jordan Kowalski  (Drums), who are all active in the Madison jazz scene. Their set will focus on Jazz Messengers' tunes, hard bop and post bop.

Jazz at Sequoya features local musicians on the third Saturday of every month. The series is generously funded by the Friends of Sequoya Library.

Meeting Rooms A and B Combined