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All day
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10:00am
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Free Mending
Thursday, Oct 31, 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
Costume Toddler Dance Party
Meeting Rooms A and B Combined
Thursday, Oct 31, 2024, 10:00am to 10:45am
Shake Rattle and Roll, it's time to dance! Enjoy some fun tunes in a cool, toddler friendly environment. For ages 14 months to 3 years. No registration required. Wear your favorite "dress up" clothes or costumes. Dance your self silly to some spooky tunes!
Meeting Rooms A and B Combined
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10:30am
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Growing Voices Music Class
Thursday, Oct 31, 2024, 10:30am to 11:30am
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! After the class, participants can stay for free play.
Community Room Combined
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11:00am
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Application Assistance
*In Goodman South Madison Library
Thursday, Oct 31, 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
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2:00pm
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Go By Metro: Fast Fare
Thursday, Oct 31, 2024, 2:00pm to 4:00pm
This Go By Metro series is dedicated to everything Fast Fare! Metro Transit and City employees will be distributing the new reloadable cards. Staff will also be available to answer questions, and help rider’s set up online accounts, add any half-price entitlements and trade in unused passes/cards. Metro Transit staff can also answer route questions about the new Bus Rapid Transit Route A. No registration is required.
Community Room
Beetlejuice (feature film)
Thursday, Oct 31, 2024, 2:00pm to 3:45pm
Beetlejuice
Directed by Tim Burton. Performances by Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Jeffrey Jones, Catherine O'Hara. Warner Brothers, 1988. 92 minutes. Rated PG. Comedy / Drama
A happy couple with a lovely country house die in a car accident and must haunt their old home while waiting to be processed into heaven. Too nice to be scary, they befriend the new tenant's daughter. When they fail to prevent the girl's parents from ruining the house, they ask a devilish spirit for help.
Community Room
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3:00pm
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3:30pm
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Savvy Caregiver, hosted by ADRC
Thursday, Oct 31, 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
Session dates: October 10, October 17, October 24, October 31, November 7, November 14.
Community Room A
Munch Mobile Meals
Thursday, Oct 31, 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
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4:00pm
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It Takes A Village After school enrichment: Let's Game Day
*In Goodman South Madison Library
Thursday, Oct 31, 2024, 4:00pm to 6:30pm
It Takes A Village After-School Enrichment sessions are created in an effort to promote community, and a safe place for youth patrons between 12 and 18 years old. We will supply various gaming activities board games and electronic games also VR gaming
*In Goodman South Madison Library
Madison Writing Assistance at Hawthorne
Thursday, Oct 31, 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
Minecraft Club
Thursday, Oct 31, 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
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5:00pm
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Madison Writing Assistance at Hawthorne
Thursday, Oct 31, 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
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5:30pm
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A Ballad of Interesting Events Season 2 Volume 2!!
Thursday, Oct 31, 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
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6:00pm
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Madison Writing Assistance at Hawthorne
Thursday, Oct 31, 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
Chapters Teen Writing Club
Thursday, Oct 31, 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
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