Events Calendar

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January 2025

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
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			8:00am Library closed for New Year's 12:00pm CANCELED: Open Studio with Thurber Park Artist-in-Residence: Jennifer Bastian *Offsite	10:00am Free Mending Study Room 211 1:00pm Grupo de Discusión Sobre Literatura en Español (simultaneously in-person and ONLINE) Study Room 105 1:00pm Holiday Week Special: Thursday Adult Knitting Group Meeting Rooms A and B Combined 2:00pm Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 (feature film) Community Room 2:00pm Alicia Ashman Thursday Book Club Community Room 3:30pm Teen Room Sign Paint Party Teen Room 4:00pm Minecraft Club Community Room B 5:30pm A Ballad of Interesting Events Season 2 Volume 2!! Study Room A 6:00pm Chapters Teen Writing Club Community Room A 6:00pm Pinney Adult Game Night Community Room B 6:30pm Book Discussion of UW-Madison's Go Big Read "Sitting Pretty" Community Room Combined	5:30pm Hawthorne Library Anime Club (title to be announced) Community Room 6:00pm First Friday Films: Chop & Steele Community Room - Fireplace Side	9:00am Friends of Sequoya Library Book Sale (6672 Odana Road) Offsite 11:00am Pinney Saturday Music Series - presenting The Cajun Strangers Community Rooms A and B Combined*
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	10:30am [FULL] Chair Yoga & Gentle Movement for Older Adults Community Room Combined 11:30am Hora de cuentos bilingües / Bilingual Storytime Meeting Room 115 1:30pm Munch Mobile Meals In Goodman South Madison Library 2:00pm Personal Archiving Lab: Drop-In Tutorials Study Room 209* 3:00pm A Ballad of Interesting Events Season 2 Volume 1 Study Room A 4:00pm Ashman All Ages Chess Club Community Room 6:30pm First Monday, First Person Community Room B 6:30pm Pen Pals Writing Group Studio	10:00am Volunteer Event: Native Seed Packaging Community Room Combined 10:30am Growing Voices Music Class Meeting Room 12:00pm One-on-One Computer Assistance with Marcus Family Study Room 1:00pm One-on-One Computer Assistance With Marcus Family Study Room 1:00pm Adult Knitting Group Meeting Rooms A and B Combined 2:00pm Application Assistance In Lakeview Library 2:00pm One-on-One Computer Assistance With Marcus Family Study Room* 3:45pm Munch Mobile Meals Offsite 4:30pm Sequoya Kids' Chess Club Meeting Rooms A and B Combined* 6:00pm Sequoya All Ages Chess Club Meeting Rooms A and B Combined 6:00pm [FULL] Volunteer Event: Native Seed Packaging Community Rooms A and B Combined 6:30pm Social Fabric Stitch Along Community Room	10:00am Learn Together Play Together, Playgroup for Children ages 0-3 who are DHH Community Room B 10:00am Scrabble at the Library Community Room - Table Side 12:00pm Open Studio with Thurber Park Artist-in-Residence: Jennifer Bastian Offsite 1:00pm Volunteer Event: Native Seed Packaging Meeting Room 115* 3:00pm All-ages knitting circle In Meadowridge Library 3:30pm LEGO Club at Pinney Youth Program Room* 4:00pm Kids Open Dungeon and Dragons Meeting Rooms A and B Combined 5:00pm Youth Graphic Novel Club discussion of Monster Locker Studio 5:30pm [FULL] One-on-One Computer Assistance Study Room 1 6:00pm [FULL] One-on-One Computer Assistance Study Room 1 6:00pm Knitting at the Library Community Room - Fireplace Side 6:30pm [FULL] One-on-One Computer Assistance Study Room 1 7:00pm Mystery Book Discussion: Still Life Meeting Rooms A and B Combined 7:00pm One-on-One Computer Assistance Study Room 1	9:30am Art for Little Ones Youth Program Room 10:00am Bubbler Room Closed 9am-12pm Bubbler 10:00am Free Mending Study Room 211 12:00pm Red Cross Blood Drive Meeting Rooms A and B Combined 1:00pm Grupo de Conversación en Español (simultaneously in-person and ONLINE) Study Room 104 2:00pm Nobody (feature film) Community Room 3:05pm Munch Mobile Lunch Van In Lakeview Library 4:00pm Minecraft Club Community Room B* 5:30pm A Ballad of Interesting Events Season 2 Volume 2!! Study Room A 6:00pm Chapters Teen Writing Club Community Room A 6:30pm [FULL] Cooking with Chef Paul: Rice Many Ways Community Room - Fireplace Side	10:00am Volunteer Event: Native Seed Packaging Quiet/Socializing Room 12:00pm Second Harvest FoodShare Study Room 211 1:00pm Volunteer Event: Native Seed Packaging Community Room 5:00pm Tween + Teen Time Community Room - Fireplace Side 5:30pm Hawthorne Library Anime Club (title to be announced) Community Room 6:00pm Pinney Friday Flicks - It Ends With Us (2024) Community Room B	9:30am Puzzlepalooza: Jigsaw Puzzle Competition and Puzzle Exchange 3rd Floor Combined 9:30am Lakeview Play Date Community Room - Fireplace Side 10:00am Chinese Storytime -- 中文故事会 Meeting Rooms A and B Combined 10:30am Art after Overture Youth Program Room 1:30pm Cooking with Chef Lily Community Room Combined 2:00pm Embroidered Recipes: A Culinary and Cultural Journey hosted by Unidas por Hilos Community Rooms A and B and Kitchen Combined
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	10:30am Chair Yoga & Gentle Movement for Older Adults Community Room Combined 11:30am Hora de cuentos bilingües / Bilingual Storytime Meeting Room 115 12:00pm General Job Assistance Study Room 211 12:00pm Chair Yoga @ Alicia Ashman Community Room 12:30pm Mindful Moments: a Drop-In Meditation Group Meeting Rooms A and B Combined 1:30pm Munch Mobile Meals In Goodman South Madison Library 2:00pm Personal Archiving Lab: Drop-In Tutorials Study Room 209* 3:00pm A Ballad of Interesting Events Season 2 Volume 1 Study Room A 4:00pm Children’s African Story Hour Youth Program Room 6:00pm Simply Stitched: Drop-In Sewing Group Meeting Room A 6:00pm Board Game Cafe Community Room - Table Side 6:30pm Pen Pals Writing Group Studio	10:00am AnjiPlayDate Offsite 10:30am Growing Voices Music Class Meeting Room* 1:00pm Adult Knitting Group Meeting Room A 2:00pm Application Assistance In Lakeview Library 3:45pm Munch Mobile Meals Offsite	9:15am Tots in Motion Community Room B 10:00am Scrabble at the Library Community Room - Table Side 10:15am Tots in Motion Community Room B 10:30am Read & Breathe: A Mindful Storytime for all ages Community Room 10:30am Storytime Community Room 12:00pm Open Studio with Thurber Park Artist-in-Residence: Jennifer Bastian Offsite 3:00pm All-ages knitting circle In Meadowridge Library 4:00pm Kids Open Dungeon and Dragons Meeting Rooms A and B Combined 5:30pm One-on-One Computer Assistance Study Room 1 6:00pm Knitting at the Library Community Room - Fireplace Side 6:00pm One-on-One Computer Assistance Study Room 1 6:00pm Podcasting kit tutorial Media Lab 6:30pm Central Cinema Cinesthesia presents Naked Lunch (1991) Meeting Room 302 6:30pm One-on-One Computer Assistance Study Room 1 7:00pm One-on-One Computer Assistance Study Room 1	10:00am Free Mending Study Room 211 10:30am Art for Little Ones Community Room Combined 1:00pm Grupo de Discusión Sobre Literatura en Español (simultaneously in-person and ONLINE) Study Rooms 104 and 105 Combined 2:00pm Third Thursday Book Discussion: Switchboard Soldiers Meeting Rooms A and B Combined 2:00pm Didi (feature film) Community Room 3:05pm Munch Mobile Lunch Van In Lakeview Library 4:00pm Minecraft Club Community Room B* 5:00pm Cooking Club Community Room 5:30pm A Ballad of Interesting Events Season 2 Volume 2!! Study Room A 5:30pm Mystery Book Group Discussion of "The Heiress" by Rachel Hawkins Offsite 6:00pm Chapters Teen Writing Club Community Room A* 6:00pm Pinney Adult Game Night Community Room B 6:30pm Adult Board Game Night Meeting Rooms A and B Combined	5:00pm Teen Cooking Club Teen Room 5:30pm Hawthorne Library Anime Club (title to be announced) Community Room 5:30pm Friday Family Films - Inside Out 2 Meeting Room 115	9:00am Madison Tabletop Role-playing Community Room 9:30am LEGO Club Community Room - Fireplace Side 10:00am Art Club for Families - Model Magic In Monroe Street Library 10:00am Podcasting kit tutorial Media Lab* 10:00am Bilingual Storytime (ages 5 and under) / Hora de cuentos bilingües (para los niños de 0 a 5 años) Youth Program Room 11:00am Neighborhood Book Schmooze In Monroe Street Library 1:00pm Community gathering for I Am A Man: The Re-humanization of Black Men Art Exhibition Meeting Room 115* 1:30pm Goodman South Madison Book Club — Lessons in Chemistry UW Space Place (2300 S. Park) 2:00pm Jazz at Sequoya: Mideast Salsa Meeting Rooms A and B Combined
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	9:00am Library closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day 1:30pm Munch Mobile Meals In Goodman South Madison Library 3:00pm A Ballad of Interesting Events Season 2 Volume 1 Study Room A*	10:00am Storytime for the Very Young Meeting Rooms A and B Combined 10:00am AnjiPlayDate Offsite 10:30am Growing Voices Music Class Meeting Room* 1:00pm Adult Knitting Group Meeting Rooms A and B Combined 2:00pm Application Assistance In Lakeview Library 3:45pm Munch Mobile Meals Offsite 4:30pm Sequoya Kids' Chess Club Meeting Rooms A and B Combined 4:30pm Cooking with Chef Lily Community Room Combined 6:00pm Sequoya All Ages Chess Club Meeting Rooms A and B Combined 6:30pm Social Fabric Stitch Along Community Room	9:15am Tots in Motion Community Room B 10:00am Scrabble at the Library Community Room - Table Side 10:15am Tots in Motion Community Room B 10:30am Read & Breathe: A Mindful Storytime for all ages Community Room 10:30am Storytime Community Room 12:00pm Open Studio with Thurber Park Artist-in-Residence: Jennifer Bastian Offsite 1:00pm Bubbler Room Closed 12-3pm Bubbler* 3:00pm All-ages knitting circle In Meadowridge Library 4:00pm Art Club for Families - Model Magic Meeting Room 115* 4:00pm Kids Open Dungeon and Dragons Meeting Rooms A and B Combined 4:30pm We Make: Buttons and Magnets Community Room 5:30pm One-on-One Computer Assistance Study Room 1 6:00pm Knitting at the Library Community Room - Fireplace Side 6:00pm One-on-One Computer Assistance Study Room 1 6:30pm One-on-One Computer Assistance Study Room 1 7:00pm One-on-One Computer Assistance Study Room 1	10:00am Bubbler Room Closed 9am-12pm Bubbler 10:00am Free Mending Study Room 211 10:30am Multi-age Storytime Community Room Combined 2:00pm Midnight Cowboy (feature film) Community Room 3:05pm Munch Mobile Lunch Van In Lakeview Library 4:00pm It Takes A Village After school enrichment: Let's Game Day Meeting Room 115* 4:00pm Minecraft Club Community Room B 5:30pm A Ballad of Interesting Events Season 2 Volume 2!! Study Room A 6:00pm Literacy Network Free English Classes Community Rooms A and B and Kitchen Combined 6:00pm Chapters Teen Writing Club Community Room A 7:00pm Grupo de Conversación en Español (simultaneously in-person and ONLINE) Meeting Room A	10:00am Preschool Storytime Meeting Rooms A and B Combined 4:30pm It Takes A Village After school enrichment: TEEN Choice Meeting Room 115 5:30pm Hawthorne Library Anime Club (title to be announced) Community Room 6:00pm Pinney Friday Flicks - Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) Community Room B	10:30am Stories & Songs with Junebug Youth Program Room 1:00pm Sweet Rolls Community Room - Fireplace Side 1:00pm Puzzle Swap! Meeting Rooms A and B Combined 2:00pm Friends of Pinney Annual Meeting, featuring author Jeff Nania Community Rooms A and B Combined
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	10:00am Let's Play! Youth Program Room 10:30am Baby Story (and Play) Time Community Room 10:30am Chair Yoga & Gentle Movement for Older Adults Community Room Combined 10:30am Growing Voices Music Class Community Rooms A and B and Kitchen Combined 11:30am Wiggles and Words Multi-Age Storytime Meeting Room 115 12:00pm Chair Yoga @ Alicia Ashman Community Room 12:00pm General Job Assistance Study Room 211 12:30pm Mindful Moments: a Drop-In Meditation Group Meeting Rooms A and B Combined 1:00pm Day of a Thousand Stars! Community Room 1:30pm Munch Mobile Meals In Goodman South Madison Library 2:00pm Monday Meetup Meeting Rooms A and B Combined* 2:00pm Personal Archiving Lab: Drop-In Tutorials Study Room 209 3:00pm A Ballad of Interesting Events Season 2 Volume 1 Study Room A 3:00pm We Read to a Dog Community Room - Fireplace Side 3:30pm Minecraft Club Meeting Room 115 4:00pm Gaming Club Community Room 6:00pm Simply Stitched: Drop-In Sewing Group Meeting Room A 6:30pm Pen Pals Writing Group Studio	10:00am AnjiPlayDate Offsite 10:00am Storytime for the Very Young Meeting Rooms A and B Combined* 10:30am Growing Voices Music Class Meeting Room 1:00pm Adult Knitting Group Meeting Rooms A and B Combined 2:00pm Application Assistance In Lakeview Library 3:45pm Munch Mobile Meals Offsite 4:30pm Cooking with Chef Lily Community Room Combined 6:30pm Go Big Read: Make Your Own Zine Memoir...A Workshop! Bubbler	9:15am Tots in Motion Community Room B 9:30am Red Cross Blood Drive Meeting Rooms 301 and 302 Combined 10:00am Scrabble at the Library Community Room - Table Side 10:15am Tots in Motion Community Room B 10:30am Read & Breathe: A Mindful Storytime for all ages Community Room 10:30am Storytime Community Room 12:00pm Open Studio with Thurber Park Artist-in-Residence: Jennifer Bastian Offsite 3:00pm All-ages knitting circle In Meadowridge Library 4:00pm Kids Open Dungeon and Dragons Meeting Rooms A and B Combined 4:30pm We Make: Snowflakes Community Room 5:30pm One-on-One Computer Assistance Study Room 1 6:00pm Knitting at the Library Community Room - Fireplace Side 6:00pm One-on-One Computer Assistance Study Room 1 6:30pm One-on-One Computer Assistance Study Room 1 7:00pm One-on-One Computer Assistance Study Room 1	10:00am Free Mending Study Room 211 10:30am Multi-age Storytime Community Room Combined 11:30am Baby Play Date Meeting Room 115 2:00pm Gladiator (feature film) Community Room 3:05pm Munch Mobile Lunch Van In Lakeview Library 4:00pm It Takes A Village After school enrichment: Let's Game Day Meeting Room 115* 4:00pm Minecraft Club Community Room B 5:00pm Cooking Club Community Room 5:30pm A Ballad of Interesting Events Season 2 Volume 2!! Study Room A 6:00pm ONLINE - Go Big Read Book Discussion Online 6:00pm Chapters Teen Writing Club Community Room A* 6:00pm Literacy Network Free English Classes Community Rooms A and B and Kitchen Combined	10:00am Preschool Storytime Meeting Rooms A and B Combined 4:00pm Cooking with Chef Laura Community Room 5:30pm Hawthorne Library Anime Club (title to be announced) Community Room