Events Calendar

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10:30am	10:30am to 11:15am Read & Breathe: A Mindful Storytime for all ages Read & Breathe: A Mindful Storytime for all ages Alicia Ashman Library Community Room Wednesday, Nov 13, 2024, 10:30am to 11:15am A special storytime series woven together with playful mindfulness practices for children and their caregivers to do together. Comfy clothing encouraged! Books, songs and mindful practices all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills as well as a lifelong love of reading. After about 20-30 minutes of stories, songs, and a few mindfulness games we'll end with a time for child-led play together in our children's area. You are welcome to stay as long as you like! Library programs are always free. Siblings and friends are welcome. Community Room
12:00pm	12:00pm to 2:00pm Open Studio with Thurber Park Artist-in-Residence: Jennifer Bastian Open Studio with Thurber Park Artist-in-Residence: Jennifer Bastian All Libraries / Offsite Alicia Ashman Library Central Library Goodman South Madison Library Hawthorne Library Imagination Center at Reindahl Park Lakeview Library Meadowridge Library Monroe Street Library Pinney Library Sequoya Library Offsite Wednesday, Nov 13, 2024, 12:00pm to 2:00pm All are welcome to stop by Thurber Park (3325 Thurber Ave) for weekly Hold & Release Open Studios Sessions with Artist-in-Residence, Jennifer Bastian. Hold & Release is a two-year artist residency at Thurber Park Artist Studio, an indoor public park space currently occupied by artist Jennifer Bastian. Jennie's residency is focused on the grief in our world right now. Jennifer shares, "for some it is delayed processing of loss due to the ongoing Covid pandemic and ramp-up back to 'normal,' for others it is due to income inequality or racial inequity in a segregated city, others are impacted by the reality of multiple concurrent genocides around the world. I believe we need space to slow down and process our grief. Art can help us access the emotions our daily lives do not leave room for." During Open Studios Sessions you can stop in and create amongst other community members. Drawing, collage and fibers materials will be available for mixed media making. Jennie will be available to talk about ongoing projects. This residency is geared towards adults, young people are welcome with adult supervision. Please note: One or more individuals in this small space are immunocompromised. For that reason, we are requesting all attendees kindly mask before entering. Masks are provided on-site if needed. *Offsite

*Offsite

Wednesday, Nov 13, 2024, 12:00pm to 2:00pm

All are welcome to stop by Thurber Park (3325 Thurber Ave) for weekly Hold & Release Open Studios Sessions with Artist-in-Residence, Jennifer Bastian.

Hold & Release is a two-year artist residency at Thurber Park Artist Studio, an indoor public park space currently occupied by artist Jennifer Bastian.
Jennie's residency is focused on the grief in our world right now. Jennifer shares, "for some it is delayed processing of loss due to the ongoing Covid pandemic and ramp-up back to 'normal,' for others it is due to income inequality or racial inequity in a segregated city, others are impacted by the reality of multiple concurrent genocides around the world. I believe we need space to slow down and process our grief. Art can help us access the emotions our daily lives do not leave room for."

During Open Studios Sessions you can stop in and create amongst other community members. Drawing, collage and fibers materials will be available for mixed media making. Jennie will be available to talk about ongoing projects. This residency is geared towards adults, young people are welcome with adult supervision.

Please note: One or more individuals in this small space are immunocompromised. For that reason, we are requesting all attendees kindly mask before entering. Masks are provided on-site if needed.

Events Calendar

Wednesday, November 13, 2024