Events Calendar

Join us to create LEGO designs, print, and take home a work of art!  Using LEGO dots and flats, we’ll compose messages and imagery on baseplates, experiment with ink, and print with the new MPL Provisional Press. Let’s engage the creative possibilities of relief printmaking while having fun with LEGOS!

All LEGOs and printmaking materials will remain in the library, but each participant will leave with a print or two of their own design. No registration required.

Are you a kid who loves LEGOs? Do you enjoy engineering and designing LEGO creations?  If that is you - come join us for LEGO Club! The library will provide lots of LEGOs, and you provide the imagination. No registration required. LEGOs will have to stay at the library, so bring a camera to capture your creations.

Beginner Students: Practice speaking, reading, and writing English with the Literacy Network.

Fall 2024 classes are September 21 - December 14, Saturdays, 10 am - 12 pm (no class November 30), in-person at the Literacy Network (701 Dane St, Madison, WI 53713). This class is free for students 18 years old and up living in Dane County. A class for intermediate students will be held at the Goodman South Public Library at the same time.

For more information and to sign up, please call Bex Fabrizio at Literacy Network at (608) 268-6425 or email her at bex@litnetwork.org.

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Practica hablar, leer, y escribir en inglés con Literacy Network. ¡Los estudiantes de nivel principiante son bienvenidos! Las clases para el semestre de verano son del 1 de junio al 17 de agosto ADD: (no class November 30) en persona en Literacy Network, 701 Dane Street, Madison WI 53715. Estas clases son gratuitas para adultos (18 años y mayores) que vivan en Dane County. ¡Los estudiantes de nivel intermedio son bienvenidos en la otra clase en Biblioteca Goodman South Madison (en el frente de Literacy Network) en el horario mismo!

Intermediate Students: Practice speaking, listening, reading, and writing English with the Literacy Network.

Fall 2024 classes are September 21 - December 14, Saturdays, 10 am - 12 pm (no class November 30), in-person at Goodman South, Madison Public Library. This class is free for students 18 years old and up living permanently in Dane County. A class for beginner students will be held at Literacy Network at the same time.

For more information and to sign up, please call Bex Fabrizio at Literacy Network at (608) 268-6425 or email her at bex@litnetwork.org(link sends e-mail).

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Practica hablar, escuchar, leer, y escribir en inglés con Literacy Network. ¡Los estudiantes de nivel intermedio son bienvenidos! Las clases para el semestre de ontono son del 21 de septiembre al 14 de diciembre (no hay clase el 30 de noviembre) en persona en la Biblioteca Goodman South, 2222 Park St Dane Street, Madison WI 53715. Estas clases son gratuitas para adultos (18 años y mayores) que vivan en Dane County. ¡Los estudiantes de nivel principiante son bienvenidos en la otra clase en Literacy Network (en el frente de la biblioteca) en el horario mismo!

Join us this Saturday from 10:30-12:30 in the youth services programming room at Central Library for hands-on art and craft projects inspired by this week's Overture Center's Kids in the Rotunda performance  (free performances happening at the Overture Center across the street at 9:30am & 1:00pm). All ages welcome with fun projects accessible to every level. Don't forget your library card to browse awesome books and materials about art, music, dance, and fun while you're here! 

Children ages 7 and under should be accompanied by a grown up. 

Bring your little one (ages birth-5) to sing, dance, explore instruments, and play! Teacher Junko Yamauchi Stewart will lead these fun music & movement activities for families to do together. 

The Munch Mobile Lunch Van will make a stop at Lakeview Library on Saturdays this fall.  All people in and around the library can get a free lunch between 12:00 and 12:20pm.

Pumpkins aren’t just for jack-o-lanterns! Expand your pumpkin baking repertoire beyond pie. In this class you’ll learn about Pumpkin Spice Mousse, Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Icing and Pumpkin White Chocolate Cookies. All these easy desserts can be made ahead.

Space is limited for this event; registration is required. Please use the sign up link below or call (608) 246-4547 to register. Registration opens two weeks prior to program date.

About the Presenter

Punky Egan earned the title of Certified Master Baker, one of less than 200 in the country, from the professional organization RBA (Retail Bakers of America). Through her 45-year professional baking career, she owned Sucré Patisserie and Dessert Lounge, was a consultant to the baking industry, and recipe developer. At Madison College, she was the director of the baking program as well as lead instructor. She co-authored 3 cookbooks, wrote baking articles for professional publications, created instructional baking videos for her baking students. She had a regular baking segment on a local TV station and was even on the Food Network!

The Madison Writing Assistance (MWA) program offers free, one-to-one writing support for community members at library branches throughout the city. Our friendly, experienced writing coaches are happy to help with writing projects across a wide range of genres, including resumes, cover letters, application essays, grant proposals, fiction writing, memoirs, and more.

Schedule an appointment online with the link below, by phone, or in person.

MWA services are made possible through generous donations from the Evjue Foundation and UW Anonymous Fund, along with administrative and program support from the UW-Madison English Department, the UW-Madison Writing Center, and our Library and neighborhood center partners.

Join us for the 2024-2025 Go Big Read: Panel on Disability! In collaboration with the Go Big Read program, Madison Central Public Library is hosting a panel on disability and accessibility in the community. Topics to be discussed include transportation, housing, employment, and accessible infrastructure. The panel will be moderated by the City of Madison's Disability Rights & Services Specialist, Rebecca Hoyt, and the panel will have representation from the City of Madison’s Disability Rights Commission, Access to Independence, UW-Madison, and more. 

CART Captioning will be available. Please email the UW-Madison Go Big Read Coordinator (bwillig@wisc.edu) with any questions or accommodation needs.

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. Registration is requested and will ask you to indicate if you will be attending in-person or virtually.

Panel Members:  

Brelynn Bille (she/her/hers) is a current Master of Public Affairs candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and holds a bachelor's degree in Community and Nonprofit Leadership. As a first-generation university student, having a disability on campus has introduced additional and unexpected barriers, bringing her to more routine activism in college. Partaking in activism independently and as a member of the Disability Cultural Center Coalition, Brelynn uses her knowledge and enjoyment of public policy as a vehicle for her work on campus. Through her work with the National Disability Mentoring Coalition, she has worked with a cohort to build a student activism guide for other universities to use to build these community spaces for disabled students. As an intern for the U.S. Department of State under the Special Advisor of International Disability Rights, Brelynn has helped with projects relating to areas all over the world, as well as a domestic roundtable of leaders in the technology industry to share strategies and resources that will expand digital accessibility. 

Emmett Lockwood (he/they) is a senior at the University of Wisconsin - Madison majoring in Political Science and Gender and Women’s Studies with minors in American Indian and Indigenous Studies and the Integrated Studies of Science, Engineering, and Society. Lockwood is a Disability Justice practitioner and self-advocate passionate about public policy, critical access - especially in rural and indigenous communities. Lockwood was a member of the UW-Madison Disability Cultural Coalition, which successfully won a DCC on UW-Madison's campus in 2023, and has served in various  leadership roles at the Associated Students of Madison. Lockwood is a student researcher at both the University of Wisconsin - Madison and the University of Michigan where they conduct research around how capitalism has complicated legal definitions of disability and who is entitled to protection under the A.D.A., and in open source research methodologies in Disability Studies. Lockwood works on UW-Madison's campus as a multiply disabled, queer and transgender student. Lockwood ha salso previously served as an intern for Senator Bernie Sanders, the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, LINK Houston, and the Department of Health Services for the State of Wisconsin. 

Miso Kwak is a PhD student in Special Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Informed by her own lived experience as a blind student and educator, she is interested in better understanding how young disabled people think about and engage with disability identity and self-advocacy. In her spare time, Miso enjoys running, watching cooking shows, and playing and listening to music. 

Wendy Weiler is an accessibility advocate recognized for her work both nationally and throughout Wisconsin. Wendy was injured in a motor vehicle accident in 1990 and sustained a spinal cord injury.  As a full-time wheelchair user, her passion for addressing the challenges and inequities faced by people with disabilities has driven her work as a disability and inclusion consultant for the past three decades. Wendy’s work includes All Wheels Up (to address inaccessible air travel), Access to Independence, Beyond Compliance Taskforce, the Wisconsin Arts Board Accessibility Committee, Madison Youth Choirs, among others. She holds degrees in biology and business, and earned a law degree from Marquette University.  Wendy has held positions in business law & ethics education, travel & living cost consultancy, and technical science services.  

As an avid adventurer and lifelong learner, Wendy enjoys traveling around the globe with her husband and two daughters. She resides in beautiful south central Wisconsin

Nicki Vander Meulen is a 45 year old attorney, Wisconsin Disability Policy fellow, and a Madison Metropolitian School District School Board member. When Nicki was elected to the school board in 2017, she became the first openly autistic school board member in the United States. On the board she has fought to make MMSD more inclusive, reduce seclusion and restraint, and improve outcomes for all marginalized communities. Nicki has made it her mission in life to fight for those who cannot fight for themselves.
 

The Madison Writing Assistance (MWA) program offers free, one-to-one writing support for community members at library branches throughout the city. Our friendly, experienced writing coaches are happy to help with writing projects across a wide range of genres, including resumes, cover letters, application essays, grant proposals, fiction writing, memoirs, and more.

Schedule an appointment online with the link below, by phone, or in person.

MWA services are made possible through generous donations from the Evjue Foundation and UW Anonymous Fund, along with administrative and program support from the UW-Madison English Department, the UW-Madison Writing Center, and our Library and neighborhood center partners.

The Madison Writing Assistance (MWA) program offers free, one-to-one writing support for community members at library branches throughout the city. Our friendly, experienced writing coaches are happy to help with writing projects across a wide range of genres, including resumes, cover letters, application essays, grant proposals, fiction writing, memoirs, and more.

Schedule an appointment online with the link below, by phone, or in person.

MWA services are made possible through generous donations from the Evjue Foundation and UW Anonymous Fund, along with administrative and program support from the UW-Madison English Department, the UW-Madison Writing Center, and our Library and neighborhood center partners.

Join the Arts + Literature Laboratory for the 5th annual Midwest Video Poetry Fest for live reading and video collaborations followed by a screening of the best new poetry videos from around the world. These films include original poems, experimental works, animation, translations, and more. Filmmakers, poets, and festival organizers will be on hand for a short Q&A after the screening.

The evening's live video poetry collaboration is by Deshawn McKinney and Lauden Nute.

This event will be held live at Arts + Literature Laboratory in Madison. Seating is limited.