Come join the book club for a lively, thoughtful discussion of "Prodigal Summer" by Barbara…
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![Photo of partially-cut vegetables next to a cute little container labeled "Compost," courtesy of Lenka Dzurendova on Unsplash](/sites/www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2025-03/lenka-dzurendova-FTCQPjPfFS4-unsplash.jpg?itok=InafZ4Ba "Photo of partially-cut vegetables next to a cute little container labeled "Compost," courtesy of Lenka Dzurendova on Unsplash")
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Meeting Rooms A and B Combined
The Midvale Heights Neighborhood Association's Green Team invites you to a talk with Lorenza Zebell, Program Director at Sustain Dane. She will speak about reducing food waste--from the big…
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Meeting Room 115
Madison Public Library will be providing free garden seeds for community members at eight locations this year!
The library is looking for volunteers to help with packaging the…
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*Offsite
Madison Public Library Foundation's 2025 Lunch for Libraries event will feature Abraham Verghese, M.D. He will appear live at Monona Terrace to discuss his latest…
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Community Room
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…
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Community Room - Fireplace Side
Join us for a book group discussion of "The Coworker" by Frieda McFadden. Books are available at the library. New members always welcome!
"Dawn Schiff is strange. At least, everyone at work…
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Meeting Room 115
Starting garden plants from seed can be a rewarding activity. Maybe you’ve it tried a time or two and for you it was a frustrating activity. In this talk you will hear from a Dane…
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*Offsite
Join us for a book discussion of "Family Lore" by Elizabeth Acevedo. New members always welcome! Please check with library staff for location or Zoom link.
"Flor has a gift: she can…
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Meeting Rooms A and B Combined
Join us for a discussion of this month's mystery book, Northwoods by Amy Pease. New members always welcome! Copies of the book may be available at the Ask Desk.
Synopsis: The dark…
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Meeting Rooms A and B Combined
All community members are invited to the District 11 Book Club, hosted by Alder Bill Tishler. Author Jeremi Suri will be joining in person to discuss his 2022 book, Civil War by Other Means:…
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Meeting Rooms A and B Combined
This talk is the consumer guide to buying, growing and enjoying healthy houseplants. You will leave this talk with guidelines for potting and repotting houseplants, watering them and ways to keep…
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Community Room - Fireplace Side
Do you love visiting local garden centers with the intention of selecting and purchasing plants that will bloom and grow in your flowerbeds for many years? However, when you encounter all the…
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Meeting Room 115
Come join the book club for a lively, thoughtful discussion of "There There" by Tommy Orange.Everyone is…
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Conference Room 104
an Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom by Ilyon Woo
Escaping slavery in Georgia, Ellen Craft, who could pass for white, disguised herself as wealthy invalid man, and her husband William…
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Meeting Rooms A and B Combined
Join us for a discussion of this month's book, The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley. New members are always welcome! Copies of the book may be available at the Ask Desk.
*This…
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Community Room - Fireplace Side
Join us for a mystery book group discussion of "Everybody Knows" by Jordan Harper. Books are available at the library. New members always welcome!
"Welcome to Mae Pruett’s Los Angeles, where…
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Community Room
This talk is the consumer guide to buying, growing and enjoying healthy houseplants. You will leave this talk with guidelines for potting and repotting houseplants, watering them and ways to…
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*Offsite
Join us for a book discussion of "The Violin Conspiracy" by Brendan Slocumb. New members always welcome! Please check with library staff for location or Zoom link.
"Ray McMillian loves…
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Meeting Rooms A and B Combined
Join us for a discussion of this month's mystery book, Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy Sayers. New members always welcome! Copies of the book may be available at the Ask Desk.
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Community Room
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…
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Community Room - Fireplace Side
Join us for a book group discussion of "Tastes Like War" by Grace Cho. Books are available at the library. New members always welcome!
"Grace M. Cho grew up in a small, rural American town…
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Conference Room 104
Two stories, 200 years apart, centered on an apothecary shop in London and the vials sold to women looking to be rid of the men in their lives. Join us for discussion and sometimes dessert.…
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Community Room
Square-foot gardening has been around since the 1970’s. Mel Bartholomew wrote the original square-foot gardening book and now has a new version out which is just as popular as the first one. This…
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Meeting Rooms A and B Combined
Join us for a discussion of this month's book, The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese. New members are always welcome! Copies of the book may be available at the Ask Desk.
*This…
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Community Room - Fireplace Side
Join us for a mystery book group discussion of "What Happened to Nina?" by Dervla McTiernan. Books are available at the library. New members always welcome!
"Nina and Simon are the perfect…