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Madison Public Library is partnering with Madinah Academy to host a series of storytimes and 101 events about and during Ramadan in 2025

Kids and families can learn to make a scale model of Goodman South Madison Library with the My Library/Your Library program in February and March 2025 at Madison Public Library

Parents and teens can each learn skills to help their kids thrive in this program hosted in partnership by Madison Public Library and Dane County Extension

In honor of Black History Month, Madison Public Library's music selector Guy Hankel pulled a list of five albums by notable Black artists that have had an outsized influence on American music. Learn more about each album and artist, then see how you can access these tunes from the library's collection

Madison Public Library offers several opportunities to attend a Growing Voices Music Class for ages birth-5. Kids and caregivers can dance, sing, and play with different instruments.

Enjoy family-friendly movie nights at Goodman South Madison Library on the third Friday of each month.

Madison Public Libraries will be closed on January 20, 2025 for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Get a team together or sign up as an individual for a puzzle competition at Central Library on Saturday, January 11 from 9:30am - 1pm

Through December 31, every contribution to the Madison Public Library Foundation annual fund will have double the impact, thanks to a $100,000 matching gift from several anonymous loyal donors!

A stitching and needle arts community gathering where you can work on projects together and learn new skills at Hawthorne Library on the first and third Tuesday of each month.

Join an interactive story hour at Pinney Library or Goodman South Madison Library hosted in partnership with the UW-Madison African Studies department for kids and families. 

Get trained to use the library's podcasting equipment during this podcasting tutorial

A Library Takeover team will host A Mirror of Northside Community Mural and Pop-Up Portrait event at Lakeview Library on November 30 from 11am - 3pm

Join a 4-part series on How the Body Works to explore Health Education and Health Professions with Dr. Jasmine Zapata!

Metro Transit employees will visit Madison Public Library to provide information on their transportation services

Bubbler Artist Angela Johnson partnered with Masson Lab to create Root Growth Flip Book Kits that will be distributed during three informal art-making events at Madison Public Libraries in November

Learn to identify ducks, geese, and other waterfowl during fall migration thanks to Madison Public Library and the Feminist Bird Club-Madison

UW-Madison Go Big Read and Madison Public Library are hosting a panel on disability on Saturday, October 12 from 2-3:30pm at Central Library