Events Calendar

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Thursday, July 18, 2024

Time	Items
All day
10:30am	10:30am to 11:15am Multi-age Storytime Multi-age Storytime Alicia Ashman Library Community Room Thursday, Jul 18, 2024, 10:30am to 11:15am READ and PLAY together! Engaging with books, songs and child-led play all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills and helps to build a lifelong love of reading. After about 20-30 minutes of stories and songs, 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, friends and childcare groups are welcome. Community Room
4:00pm	4:00pm to 5:00pm Teen Poetry Jam Teen Poetry Jam Alicia Ashman Library Community Room Thursday, Jul 18, 2024, 4:00pm to 5:00pm Make your own blackout poetry from withdrawn library book pages, play with word magnets to make your own fridge poetry, compete to write the the worst poem ever, and more fun with poetry! Come enjoy snacks and camaraderie at this event for teens! Community Room
5:00pm	5:00pm to 8:00pm Parks Alive - Owl Creek Park Parks Alive - Owl Creek Park 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 Thursday, Jul 18, 2024, 5:00pm to 8:00pm Connect with Madison Public Library at Parks Alive. Stop by to get a library card, learn about library resources, and pick up a WE READ Library bag and a card game that inspires youth to read over the summer! Parks Alive builds stronger neighborhoods and connects neighbors to their parks through fun, family-friendly activities, music and free food. Events are held in parks across the city and throughout the summer. Connect with your neighbors and engage with your community at a Parks Alive event near you! Learn more at Parks Alive https://www.cityofmadison.com/parksalive. *Offsite