All day
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9:30am
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Baby & Toddler Storytime (ages birth to 3)
Wednesday, Aug 7, 2024, 9:30am to 10:30am
READ and PLAY with your favorite baby or toddler! Reading, singing, talking and playing with your baby from the beginning is important because the roots of language are developing in a baby’s brain even before they can talk! Library programs are always free. Siblings and childcare groups are welcome.
Youth Program Room
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10:00am
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Multi-age Storytime (ages 5 and under)
Wednesday, Aug 7, 2024, 10:00am to 10:30am
READ and PLAY together with children 5 & under! Engaging with books, songs and playful experiences all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills and helps to build a lifelong love of reading. Library programs are always free. Siblings and childcare groups are welcome.
Youth Program Room
Meeting Rooms A and B Combined
Scrabble at the Library
Community Room - Table Side
Wednesday, Aug 7, 2024, 10:00am to 12:00pm
Attention word lovers: exercise your brain by playing Scrabble with other adults!
Community Room - Table Side
NewBridge Book Discussion of "The Authenticity Project" by Clare Pooley
Wednesday, Aug 7, 2024, 10:00am to 11:00am
Join us for a book discussion of "The Authenticity Project" by Clare Pooley. New members always welcome! Please check with library staff for location or Zoom link.
"Julian Jessop, an eccentric, lonely artist and septuagenarian believes that most people aren't really honest with each other. But what if they were? And so he writes--in a plain, green journal--the truth about his own life and leaves it in his local café. It's run by the incredibly tidy and efficient Monica, who furtively adds her own entry and leaves the book in the wine bar across the street. Before long, the others who find the green notebook add the truths about their own deepest selves--and soon find each other In Real Life at Monica's Café.
The Authenticity Project's cast of characters--including Hazard, the charming addict who makes a vow to get sober; Alice, the fabulous mommy Instagrammer whose real life is a lot less perfect than it looks online; and their other new friends--is by turns quirky and funny, heartbreakingly sad and painfully true-to-life. It's a story about being brave and putting your real self forward--and finding out that it's not as scary as it seems. In fact, it looks a lot like happiness." -- Amazon.com
*Offsite
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10:30am
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Storytime
Wednesday, Aug 7, 2024, 10:30am to 11:30am
READ and PLAY together with children 5 & under! Stories, songs, and rhymes for about 20 minutes, followed by playtime and an art project.
Engaging with books, songs and playful experiences all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills - and helps to build a lifelong love of reading.
No registration, free of cost, and older siblings are welcome!
Community Room
Multi Age Storytime (children & families 5 & under)
Wednesday, Aug 7, 2024, 10:30am to 11:30am
READ and PLAY together with children under age 5! Engaging with books, songs and playful experiences all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills and helps to build a lifelong love of reading. Library programs are always free. Older and Younger siblings and childcare groups are welcome.
Youth Program Room
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11:30am
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Red Cross Blood Drive
Wednesday, Aug 7, 2024, 11:30am to 4:00pm
Alicia Ashman Library and the American Red Cross are hosting an upcoming blood drive. Come give blood in August and earn a $20 Amazon.com Gift Card by email. See rcblood.org/Help
Please join us in this lifesaving mission! Schedule an appointment today at RedCrossBlood.org and enter the sponsor code: aliciaashmanlibrary
Drive Details: Site: Alicia Ashman Library Address: 733 N. High Point Rd., Madison, WI, 53717 Room Name: Capitol Bank Community Room Date: Wednesday, August 7, 2024 Time: 11:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Community Room
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12:00pm
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Free Mending @ Hawthorne Library
Wednesday, Aug 7, 2024, 12:00pm to 2:00pm
Do you have clothing or other fabric items that need mending?
Volunteers from the Sewing Machine Project are offering free mending at Hawthorne Neighborhood Library every other Wednesday from noon - 2:00 pm. These helpful sewers mend clothing and can handle many other fabric-related repairs (exception: no zipper repairs).
Mending is done on the spot on a first come, first served basis. There’s no drop off or pick up, we do what we can do in the time allowed.
Drop in anytime between 12:00 - 2:00 pm!
*In Hawthorne Library
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12:30pm
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Wiggles and Words Multi-Age Storytime
Wednesday, Aug 7, 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.
Meeting Room 115
Dream Bus at Camden Court Apartments feat. Drop-In Maker Activities
Wednesday, Aug 7, 2024, 12:30pm to 1:15pm
Visit the Dream Bus to browse books and other library materials, place or pick up holds, and sign up for a library card. Learn more at dreambus.org.
Join Making & Learning Intern Yaritza at Dream Bus and Parks Alive stops this summer for a fun, maker activity! While you're there, explore Madison Public Library's summer reading program WE READ:
- Pick up your WE READ Card Game
- Fill your WE READ tote bag with books from the library collection
- Answer the Share Your Voice question of the week to earn a prize
Yaritza is bilingual in English and Spanish and will offer art and making programs throughout the summer. Learn more about Yaritza.
2601 Old Camden Square
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1:30pm
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Dream Bus at The Meadowlands Apartments feat. Drop-In Maker Activities
Wednesday, Aug 7, 2024, 1:30pm to 2:15pm
Visit the Dream Bus to browse books and other library materials, place or pick up holds, and sign up for a library card. Learn more at dreambus.org.
Join Making & Learning Intern Yaritza at Dream Bus and Parks Alive stops this summer for a fun, maker activity! While you're there, explore Madison Public Library's summer reading program WE READ:
- Pick up your WE READ Card Game
- Fill your WE READ tote bag with books from the library collection
- Answer the Share Your Voice question of the week to earn a prize
Yaritza is bilingual in English and Spanish and will offer art and making programs throughout the summer. Learn more about Yaritza.
6834 Milwaukee St
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2:00pm
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Mini Archiving Lab at Sequoya Library: Drop-In Tutorial
Wednesday, Aug 7, 2024, 2:00pm to 3:30pm
The Mini Archiving Lab is a collection of portable equipment that can be used to digitize analog media, such as VHS tapes, audio cassettes, photographs, negatives, and more. Sequoya Library will be hosting the Mini Archiving Lab in July and August 2024! Drop in any time between 2pm and 3:30pm on July 17th or August 7th for a tutorial on how to digitize and preserve your personal media.
After attending this tutorial, you can make a reservation to use the Mini Archiving Lab by calling 608-266-6385 or asking at the Ask Here desk. If you are unable to attend a tutorial but would still like to use the Mini Archiving Lab, we will arrange a one-on-one tutorial on the day of your reservation instead.
More information about the Personal Archiving Lab
Meeting Room B
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2:30pm
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Dream Bus at Harmony Apartments feat. Drop-In Maker Activities
Wednesday, Aug 7, 2024, 2:30pm to 3:00pm
Visit the Dream Bus to browse books and other library materials, place or pick up holds, and sign up for a library card. Learn more at dreambus.org.
Join Making & Learning Intern Yaritza at Dream Bus and Parks Alive stops this summer for a fun, maker activity! While you're there, explore Madison Public Library's summer reading program WE READ:
- Pick up your WE READ Card Game
- Fill your WE READ tote bag with books from the library collection
- Answer the Share Your Voice question of the week to earn a prize
Yaritza is bilingual in English and Spanish and will offer art and making programs throughout the summer. Learn more about Yaritza.
116 Milky Way
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3:00pm
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All-Ages Knitting Circle
Wednesday, Aug 7, 2024, 3:00pm to 4:30pm
Drop-in knitting. All experience levels welcome! Children under 9 must be accompanied by an adult for duration of program. Yarn and Needles provided for in-library use.
Please contact Meadowridge Library at 608-288-6160 for more details and information!
*In Meadowridge Library
Chess for All Ages
Wednesday, Aug 7, 2024, 3:00pm to 6:00pm
Please join us to play chess at our weekly, drop-in program! All ages and experience levels welcome.
Study Room A
Growing Voices Music Class
Wednesday, Aug 7, 2024, 3:00pm to 3:45pm
Growing Voices Music Class is an interactive class for caregivers and their children, birth-5, to play, learn, and bond with music. In our classes we sing, play instruments, dance, and have fun together!
Youth Program Room
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3:30pm
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We Read Bubbler Artist in Residence with Elias
Wednesday, Aug 7, 2024, 3:30pm to 5:00pm
Stop by to make art with our summer artist in residence, Elias! Each week will offer a different fun, hands-on project for kids of all ages!
Wednesdays, June 26-August 14, 3:30-5:00pm
Note: No program on July 17.
Community Room Combined
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4:00pm
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One-On-One Computer Assistance
Wednesday, Aug 7, 2024, 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Need help with basic computer or Internet skills? Get assistance with opening an email account, writing a Word document, navigating the internet, keeping your files safe, and more.
Call 608-266-6350 to make a 30-minute appointment.
Computer Assistance is sponsored by the Digital Equity Project.
Study Room 211
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4:30pm
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We Make with Bubbler Artist in Residence Savannah Starlin - Eco Jars
Wednesday, Aug 7, 2024, 4:30pm to 5:30pm
Join Bubbler Artist in Residence Savannah Starlin for a relaxing art workshop. Take what you make with you when you leave. No registration required & free of cost.
Make your own mini eco jar using a variety of materials such as stones, moss, and twigs.
We Make Summer Session meets weekly on Wednesdays, June 26th - August 28th.
Youth 8 years and younger must bring an older caregiver with them.
Community Room
Kids' Open Dungeons and Dragons
Meeting Rooms A and B Combined
Wednesday, Aug 7, 2024, 4:30pm to 6:30pm
School-age children (elementary and middle school) are invited to join us for this kid-led Dungeons & Dragons campaign. Be a part of an adventuring party where you'll use your imagination and creativity to explore a fantasy world in an epic quest. Our Dungeon Master Jared will provide support and help guide campaigns along with our adult D&D experts and our Youth Librarian Ruth.
This weekly session is for beginners.
About D&D: Dungeons and Dragons is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game that allows each player to create their own character to play. These characters embark upon imaginary adventures within a fantasy setting. A Dungeon Master (DM) serves as the game's referee and storyteller, while maintaining the setting in which the adventures occur.
Meeting Rooms A and B Combined
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5:00pm
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Parks Alive - Hammersley Park
Wednesday, Aug 7, 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
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6:00pm
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Knitting at the Library
Community Room - Fireplace Side
Wednesday, Aug 7, 2024, 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Drop in knitting: Learn a new craft or work on that unfinished project with other neighborhood knitters.
Community Room - Fireplace Side
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7:00pm
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Mystery Book Discussion: Back to the Garden
Meeting Rooms A and B Combined
Wednesday, Aug 7, 2024, 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Join us for a discussion of this month's mystery book, Back to the Garden by Laurie King. New members always welcome! Copies may be available at the Ask Desk.
Synopsis: Inspector Raquel Laing investigates a fifty-year-old case at a storied and glamourous California estate after renovations turn up a human skull that may have been the work of a serial killer.
Meeting Rooms A and B Combined
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