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Bubbler

The Bubbler Room will be closed to the public from 9:00-11:00am to accommodate a community partner. 

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Community Room

The Hawthorne Anime Club was created to give people a place to gather, watch, and talk about Japanese animation.  The club is intended for adults and older teens. All screenings will be in…

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Meeting Rooms A and B Combined

Get a glimpse of what’s screening at this year’s Wisconsin Film Festival (April 3-10, 2025). Every year the Madison Public Library and the Wisconsin…

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Cover of Waitress movie
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Community Room B

March 14 is "3.14" or "Pi Day" - Celebrate with a movie about PIES!

Check out our Friday Night Flicks at Pinney Library, every 2nd & 4th Friday beginning at…

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Youth Program Room

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…

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Community Room

Drop-in and play games on the library's iPads, MacBooks, and Nintendo Switch. Minecraft, Roblox, Mario Kart, & more! There is a limited number of devices, so participants will take turns as…

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Community Rooms A and B Combined

Get a glimpse of what’s screening at this year’s Wisconsin Film Festival (April 3-10, 2025). Every year the Madison Public Library and the Wisconsin…

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Studio

Ready to color your way through winter with a rainbow of art projects? Join us for Warm Creativity on Cold Afternoons with Bernie & Zuzu! Returning for a mini-winter season, Bernie is…

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Studio

Bernie of bernie & zuzu is back in the Pinney Studio with encouraging prompts to enhance your art flow.

We are all inherently creative! If you’ve ever worried that you aren’t creative…

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Youth Program Room

READ and PLAY with your favorite baby or toddler! Reading, singing, talking and playing with your baby from the beginning is important because the roots of language are developing in a baby’s…

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Youth Program Room

READ and PLAY together with children under age 5! Engaging with books, songs and playful experiences all help children develop communication skills, patience, empathy, and pre-reading skills​ and…

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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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Community Room

A special storytime series woven together with playful mindfulness practices for children and their caregivers to do together. Comfy clothing encouraged!

Books, songs and mindful practices…

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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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Meeting Room 302

Central Cinema Cinesthesia presents Amores Perros (2000).

"In Mexico City, the lives of three strangers—a young man mixed up in the gritty underworld of dogfighting, a glamorous woman who…

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Meeting Room 115

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…

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Community Room

Saturday Night

Directed by Jason Reitman.  Performances by Gabriel Labelle, Rachel Sennott, Cory Michael Smith, Ella Hunt, Dylan O'Brien.  Columbia Pictures Industries, 2025.…

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Meeting Rooms A and B Combined

The library is looking for volunteers to help with creating mini-maker kits! If you would like to donate your time and effort to this project, please register!

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Meeting Room 115

Join us for a Friday Family film!  Sit back and enjoy a great family movie at the Goodman South Madison Library. Snacks provided​!!!

 

Based on the Super…

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Community Room

The Hawthorne Anime Club was created to give people a place to gather, watch, and talk about Japanese animation.  The club is intended for adults and older teens. All screenings will be in…

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Youth Program Room

Unleash your kid's creative power! Join us for a fun-filled, creative adventure where imagination meets sustainability! In this youth-focused program designed and led by artist-in-residence…

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Community Room - Fireplace Side

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

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Community Room

Drop-in and play games on the library's iPads, MacBooks, and Nintendo Switch. Minecraft, Roblox, Mario Kart, & more! There is a limited number of devices, so participants will take turns as…

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rainbow stickers
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Studio

Ready to color your way through winter with a rainbow of art projects? Join us for Warm Creativity on Cold Afternoons with Bernie & Zuzu! Returning for a mini-winter season, Bernie is…

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*In Goodman South Madison Library

Calling all kids! Work with Madison Public Library Media Production Instructor, Nate, to create a scale model of the Goodman South Madison Library! This long term project will create a large scale…