Events Calendar

Join us for a casual playdate for babies ages birth to 18 months and their caregivers. This neighborhood event will include play materials, books, and early literacy resources. Siblings are welcome and registration is not required.

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.

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.
 

Interested in starting a mending project, or simply want to learn more? Join Bird Ross to learn more about what it takes to start a mending program. Participants are welcome to arrive early and see the Central Library’s Free Mending Program in progress.

This class is recommended for adults. No registration required.

This program is part of the Care & Repair program series, which is made possible thanks to support from Beyond the Page, National Endowment for the Humanities and Madison Community Foundation. See all upcoming programs at madpl.org/careandrepair.

About the artist: Bird Ross has been cultivating 2 + 3-dimensional and time-based work from textiles, paper, thread, ephemera, and her imagination over the years including costumes, lines of clothing, baskets, and puppets. Bird loves teaching folks of all ages about the joys of the mighty sewing machine and emphasizes its great qualities to solve many conundrums. She founded the Mending Project in Madison in 2016, as an initiative of the Sewing Machine Project. Visit her website to learn more: http://www.birdross.com/

Presentado por University League en asociación​ con la Biblioteca Sequoya. Todos son bienvenidos--no hay necesidad de ser miembro de la University League. Los libros y las discusiones son completamente en español. Se puede prestar un libro (El Portero por Reinaldo Arenas) en el escritorio marcado con "Ask Here" (Biblioteca Sequoya, 4340 Tokay Blvd) mientras duren las reservas, o puede usar una copia electrónica con su tarjeta de biblioteca local.

Este evento tambien se realizará virtualmente a través de Zoom. Más información sobre este programa se le enviará por correo electrónico cuando se registre. Zoom es una plataforma de video gratuita, y puede mirar en un navegador, a través de la aplicación móvil gratuita para ios o android, o llamar para participar solo por voz. Para participar virtualmente a través de Zoom, por favor regístrese abajo. No es necesario registrarse para participar en persona. 

Presented by the University League in partnership with the Sequoya Library. Everyone is welcome, one does not have to be a member of University League. Books and discussion are completely in Spanish. Please ask for a copy of the book (El Portero by Reinaldo Arenas) at the "Ask Here" desk (Sequoya Library, 4340) while supplies last, or you may read an electronic copy with your local library card.

This event will also be hosted virtually through Zoom; more information will be emailed to you upon registration. Zoom is a free video platform, and you can watch on a browser, through the free mobile app for ios or android, or call in to participate by voice only. If you would like to join by Zoom, please register below. Registration is not necessary for in-person attendance.

Are you concerned about your memory? Some change can be normal as we age, but significant memory loss is not a normal part of aging. Join Kayla Olson, Dementia Care Specialist from the Aging & Disability Resource Center of Dane County (ADRC), to learn about the differences in age-related changes and dementia.

Registration is recommended for this event. To register, click the button below or call Lakeview Library at 608-246-4547.

Usual Suspects

Directed by Bryan Singer. Performances by Kevin Spacey, Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri, Kevin Pollak.  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1995.  Rated R.  106 min.  Crime / Drama / Mystery

The film follows the interrogation of Roger "Verbal" Kint, a small-time con man who is one of only two survivors of a massacre and fire on a ship docked at the Port of Los Angeles He tells an interrogator a convoluted story about events that led him and four other criminals to the boat, and of a mysterious mob boss known as Keyser Soze, who commissioned their work. Using flashbacks and narratuion, Kint's story becomes increasingly complex.

Join the Alicia Ashman book club for lively, thoughtful discussions every first Thursday of the month (excluding December). Everyone is welcome and books are available at the Checkout Desk week of the event.

Lady Tan’s Circle for Women by Lisa See

Read aloud to a furry friend from Alliance for Therapy Dogs. Bring a favorite book or try a new one from our collection. First come, first served.

Calling all kids! Join Nate from the Bubbler to learn the basics of photography. During this session, Nate will give tips on photography skills -- which you’ll get to try your hand at by completing a photography scavenger hunt in the library. Be ready to use your imaginations and creativity! 

No experience or equipment is required to take part in this program. The Bubbler will provide all cameras. This program is open to kids of all ages, but kids ages 7 and under will need a parent or guardian to accompany them.

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.

Join us for the opening reception for Sequoya Library's fall 2024 Artist-in-Residence, Stephen Kennedy, who will be exhibiting his Madison map series from September through December. Stephen will open with a short presentation and Q&A about his creative cartographic practice. Light refreshments will be available. 

Atlas of an Isthmus: Creative Cartography of Madison & Beyond runs September 1-December 31, 2024.

Join us for a book group discussion of "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher. Books are available at the library. New members always welcome!

"You can’t stop the future. 
You can’t rewind the past.
The only way to learn the secret . . . is to press play.

Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a strange package with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers several cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker—his classmate and crush—who committed suicide two weeks earlier. Hannah's voice tells him that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he'll find out why. 
                
Clay spends the night crisscrossing his town with Hannah as his guide. He becomes a firsthand witness to Hannah's pain, and as he follows Hannah’s recorded words throughout his town, what he discovers changes his life forever." -- Amazon.com