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Wednesday, December 11, 2024

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6pm
6:00pm to 7:30pm
TexTITLES: Conversations on Fiber and Cloth

TexTITLES: Conversations on Fiber and Cloth

Pinney Library
Reading Room
Wednesday, Dec 11, 2024, 6:00pm to 7:30pm

Text+Titles = TexTITLES: Conversations Around How Textiles Connect Us

The Textile Arts Center of Madison (TAC) and Pinney Library are pleased to invite you to join a monthly facilitated conversation around how textiles connect us all. Each month, the guided discussion will center on a specific title, article(s), podcast, or other selected media reviewed by participants prior to the gathering.  Discussions will center around textile and fiber art with a focus on historical, social, economic, and environmental concerns related to fibers, fabrics, makers/artists, techniques, use, value, and more. As possible, some copies of book titles selected will be available for checkout through the Madison Public Library; however, in some instances participants will need to procure access to the media on their own.  The first three conversations are scheduled in the Pinney Library Reading Room, featuring the inspiring permanent art installation titled Us, Midwest created by local artist Yeonhee Cheong. Please register for each conversation you wish to attend at the TAC website.

Conversations are from 6-7:30 pm on the 2nd Wednesday evening of the month: 

Oct. 9  On Mending by Ceila Pym (purchase via Pym's website: celiapym.com/on-mending)

Nov. 13 Threads of Life by Clare Hunter (available to reserve and check out from Madison Public Library: LinkCAT)

Dec. 11 Material Intelligence digital magazine, Linen and Paper issues (access free online: https://www.materialintelligencemag.org/)

Space is limited. Please register for each conversation you wish to attend at the TAC website. (https://www.textileartsmadison.org/textitles-1)

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7pm
7:00pm to 8:30pm
District 11 Book Club talk on the history of Madison with Stu Levitan

District 11 Book Club talk on the history of Madison with Stu Levitan

Sequoya Library
Meeting Rooms A and B Combined
Wednesday, Dec 11, 2024, 7:00pm to 8:30pm

For this District 11 Book Club, Stu Levitan will give an illustrated talk on Madison in the 70s, adapted from his forthcoming book, Madison: The Illustrated Sesquicentennial History, Volume 2, 1932 to 1979. 

Stu Levitan has been a mainstay of Madison media and government since 1975. An award-winning print and broadcast journalist, he has written extensively for local and national programs on radio and television.  A former county supervisor, he is the only person in Madison history to chair all three of the city's primary land use and housing committees. Since 1987, he has also been a labor mediator/arbitrator for the State of Wisconsin.

Following the talk, there will be time for questions and answers with the author. 

Attendees are encouraged to read Levitan's previous volume to prepare for what is sure to be a fascinating exploration into Madison's past. Copies of the 2006 Madison: The Illustrated Sesquicentennial History, Volume 1, 1856–1931 are available at the Ask Desk at Sequoya Library on a first-come, first-served basis. 

Meeting Rooms A and B Combined