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Join us for a book discussion of "Mama Makes Up Her Mind (and Other Dangers of Southern Living)" by Bailey White. New members always welcome!  Please check with library staff for location or…

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Storytime at Hawthorne
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Community Room

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…

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Youth Program Room

READ and PLAY with your favorite baby! 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…

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The Better Sister by Alafair Burke
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Meeting Rooms A and B Combined

Join us for a discussion of this month's mystery book, The Better Sister by Alafair Burke. 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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Teen Room

Join us for a book group discussion of "Madame Bovary" by Gustave Flaubert. Books are available at the library. New members always welcome!

"Emma Bovary is beautiful and bored, trapped in…

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The Capitol Quintet
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Community Rooms A and B Combined

The Pinney Saturday Music Series welcomes performers on the first Saturday of the month! (Intended audience is adults, teens, and older children.)

Saturday April 5th, 11am-…

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Storytime at Hawthorne
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Community Room

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…

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Youth Program Room

READ and PLAY with your favorite baby! 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…

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glass walled reading room with art installation
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Reading Room

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…

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The mostly-green cover of Silent Spring, the 50th Anniversary edition, by Rachel Carson
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Meeting Rooms A and B Combined

Earth Day, observed on April 22, is a global call to action for environmental protection. Since its launch in 1970, it has united millions in advocating for a healthier planet.

In…

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Storytime at Hawthorne
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Community Room

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…

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Youth Program Room

READ and PLAY with your favorite baby! 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…

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Conference Room 104

In Renaissance Italy, the brief life of Lucrezia de’Medici, married at age 15 to an Italian Duke, then murdered (probably by her husband), is explored in this novel that paints the time and place…

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The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates.
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Meeting Rooms A and B Combined

Join us for a discussion of this month's book, The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates. New members are always welcome! Copies of the book may be available at the Ask Desk.

Synopsis: In a…

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Community Room - Fireplace Side

Join us for a mystery book group discussion of "The London Séance Society" by Sarah Penner. Books are available at the library. New members always welcome!

"1873. At an abandoned château on…

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Meeting Room 115

Come join the book club for a lively, thoughtful discussion of "Prodigal Summer" by Barbara…

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Meeting Rooms A and B Combined

Join us for Saturday Jazz! This month, we welcome The Dalton Gang.

The Dalton Gang is a three-piece jazz combo based out of Madison, Wisconsin. They will feature Nicky Sund on the drumset,…

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Storytime at Hawthorne
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Community Room

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…

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Youth Program Room

READ and PLAY with your favorite baby! 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…

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Youth Program Room

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.…

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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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Storytime at Hawthorne
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Community Room

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…

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Youth Program Room

READ and PLAY with your favorite baby! 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…

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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…