February 6, 2025
  • Books in Disguise
    February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from 

    Look for our displays throughout the library of books hiding in gift boxes. Each “disguise” will have a brief
    hint about its contents. Go ahead take a chance. Holy Bagumba! You may just
    find a new book bestie!

    See more details

  • Old School Poetry
    February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from 

    Throughout the month, we’ll have a typewriter set up near our special collections cases for you to write a poem to your love, whoever or whatever that love may be. There will also be a submission box nearby if you’d like to share those poems.

    See more details

  • "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest
    February 6, 2025

    Feeling inspired by life’s little disasters, or perhaps your imagination runs wild with the worst-case scenarios? Enter our Poetry/Verse Contest and share your creative take on this year’s theme: Terrible Things Could Happen to You! Inspired by our On The Same Page book pick, Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures.

    🖋️ Who can enter?
    Anyone ages 8 and up! Categories:

    • Tween (8-11)
    • Teen (12-17)
    • Adult (18+)

    📅 Key Dates:

    • Entries open: February 3, 2025
    • Entries close: February 24, 2025

    🏆 Winners: One winner per category will be announced February 28, 2025, on Facebook and in our newsletter. Every participant will receive a small gift from the Library.  Winners will get the prize!

    Guidelines:

    • Up to 600 words, written in verse (poetry in any style is welcome).
    • No violent or inappropriate content, please.
    • Participants are allowed to submit up to 3 poems. Please send them together in the same document.
    • Entries must be submitted as a PDF or Word document via email to programs@madisonlib.org with your name, library card number, email, , phone number, and entry title included in the email for the adult participants. Junior participants do not need a library card to enter.

    So sharpen your pencils (or flex those typing fingers), and don’t wait for disaster to strike—submit your entry today! Full contest rules are available at madisonlib.org.

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  • Cook with a Book
    February 6, 2025 from 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

    Have you ever wanted to make treacle tart from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone? Or how about the scones from the Inheritance Games? Or maybe you would like to try the mallowmelt from Keeper of the Lost Cities. Then join us for our teen Cook with a Book!

    For this activity, we will make donuts from Flora and Ulysses The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo!

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  • Crafty Corner
    February 6, 2025 from 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

    Bring your handwork, knitting, crocheting, cross-stitch, or whatever it is you do for an informal evening of crafting and adult comradery.

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February 7, 2025
  • Books in Disguise
    February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from 

    Look for our displays throughout the library of books hiding in gift boxes. Each “disguise” will have a brief
    hint about its contents. Go ahead take a chance. Holy Bagumba! You may just
    find a new book bestie!

    See more details

  • Old School Poetry
    February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from 

    Throughout the month, we’ll have a typewriter set up near our special collections cases for you to write a poem to your love, whoever or whatever that love may be. There will also be a submission box nearby if you’d like to share those poems.

    See more details

  • "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest
    February 7, 2025

    Feeling inspired by life’s little disasters, or perhaps your imagination runs wild with the worst-case scenarios? Enter our Poetry/Verse Contest and share your creative take on this year’s theme: Terrible Things Could Happen to You! Inspired by our On The Same Page book pick, Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures.

    🖋️ Who can enter?
    Anyone ages 8 and up! Categories:

    • Tween (8-11)
    • Teen (12-17)
    • Adult (18+)

    📅 Key Dates:

    • Entries open: February 3, 2025
    • Entries close: February 24, 2025

    🏆 Winners: One winner per category will be announced February 28, 2025, on Facebook and in our newsletter. Every participant will receive a small gift from the Library.  Winners will get the prize!

    Guidelines:

    • Up to 600 words, written in verse (poetry in any style is welcome).
    • No violent or inappropriate content, please.
    • Participants are allowed to submit up to 3 poems. Please send them together in the same document.
    • Entries must be submitted as a PDF or Word document via email to programs@madisonlib.org with your name, library card number, email, , phone number, and entry title included in the email for the adult participants. Junior participants do not need a library card to enter.

    So sharpen your pencils (or flex those typing fingers), and don’t wait for disaster to strike—submit your entry today! Full contest rules are available at madisonlib.org.

    See more details

  • Free Family Friendly Films
    February 7, 2025 from 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

    Want to watch a fun movie on a big screen? We have got new ones and classics all lined up for an afternoon of movie fun! 

    A schedule of of the month's afternoon films are available @ madisonlib.org

    All children 12 and under must be accompanied by responsible party, age 14+.

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  • On the Same Page: Dramatic Romance Readings
    February 7, 2025 from 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

    We'll have a big stack of cheesy romance novels and will challenge participants to give the sappiest reading of their back covers. Silly? Absolutely. Fun? Most definitely. Of course, you don't have to give a reading to participate. You can just come and laugh. 

     

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February 8, 2025
  • Books in Disguise
    February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from 

    Look for our displays throughout the library of books hiding in gift boxes. Each “disguise” will have a brief
    hint about its contents. Go ahead take a chance. Holy Bagumba! You may just
    find a new book bestie!

    See more details

  • Old School Poetry
    February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from 

    Throughout the month, we’ll have a typewriter set up near our special collections cases for you to write a poem to your love, whoever or whatever that love may be. There will also be a submission box nearby if you’d like to share those poems.

    See more details

  • "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest
    February 8, 2025

    Feeling inspired by life’s little disasters, or perhaps your imagination runs wild with the worst-case scenarios? Enter our Poetry/Verse Contest and share your creative take on this year’s theme: Terrible Things Could Happen to You! Inspired by our On The Same Page book pick, Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures.

    🖋️ Who can enter?
    Anyone ages 8 and up! Categories:

    • Tween (8-11)
    • Teen (12-17)
    • Adult (18+)

    📅 Key Dates:

    • Entries open: February 3, 2025
    • Entries close: February 24, 2025

    🏆 Winners: One winner per category will be announced February 28, 2025, on Facebook and in our newsletter. Every participant will receive a small gift from the Library.  Winners will get the prize!

    Guidelines:

    • Up to 600 words, written in verse (poetry in any style is welcome).
    • No violent or inappropriate content, please.
    • Participants are allowed to submit up to 3 poems. Please send them together in the same document.
    • Entries must be submitted as a PDF or Word document via email to programs@madisonlib.org with your name, library card number, email, , phone number, and entry title included in the email for the adult participants. Junior participants do not need a library card to enter.

    So sharpen your pencils (or flex those typing fingers), and don’t wait for disaster to strike—submit your entry today! Full contest rules are available at madisonlib.org.

    See more details

February 9, 2025
  • Books in Disguise
    February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from 

    Look for our displays throughout the library of books hiding in gift boxes. Each “disguise” will have a brief
    hint about its contents. Go ahead take a chance. Holy Bagumba! You may just
    find a new book bestie!

    See more details

  • Old School Poetry
    February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from 

    Throughout the month, we’ll have a typewriter set up near our special collections cases for you to write a poem to your love, whoever or whatever that love may be. There will also be a submission box nearby if you’d like to share those poems.

    See more details

  • "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest
    February 9, 2025

    Feeling inspired by life’s little disasters, or perhaps your imagination runs wild with the worst-case scenarios? Enter our Poetry/Verse Contest and share your creative take on this year’s theme: Terrible Things Could Happen to You! Inspired by our On The Same Page book pick, Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures.

    🖋️ Who can enter?
    Anyone ages 8 and up! Categories:

    • Tween (8-11)
    • Teen (12-17)
    • Adult (18+)

    📅 Key Dates:

    • Entries open: February 3, 2025
    • Entries close: February 24, 2025

    🏆 Winners: One winner per category will be announced February 28, 2025, on Facebook and in our newsletter. Every participant will receive a small gift from the Library.  Winners will get the prize!

    Guidelines:

    • Up to 600 words, written in verse (poetry in any style is welcome).
    • No violent or inappropriate content, please.
    • Participants are allowed to submit up to 3 poems. Please send them together in the same document.
    • Entries must be submitted as a PDF or Word document via email to programs@madisonlib.org with your name, library card number, email, , phone number, and entry title included in the email for the adult participants. Junior participants do not need a library card to enter.

    So sharpen your pencils (or flex those typing fingers), and don’t wait for disaster to strike—submit your entry today! Full contest rules are available at madisonlib.org.

    See more details

February 10, 2025
  • Books in Disguise
    February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from 

    Look for our displays throughout the library of books hiding in gift boxes. Each “disguise” will have a brief
    hint about its contents. Go ahead take a chance. Holy Bagumba! You may just
    find a new book bestie!

    See more details

  • Old School Poetry
    February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from 

    Throughout the month, we’ll have a typewriter set up near our special collections cases for you to write a poem to your love, whoever or whatever that love may be. There will also be a submission box nearby if you’d like to share those poems.

    See more details

  • "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest
    February 10, 2025

    Feeling inspired by life’s little disasters, or perhaps your imagination runs wild with the worst-case scenarios? Enter our Poetry/Verse Contest and share your creative take on this year’s theme: Terrible Things Could Happen to You! Inspired by our On The Same Page book pick, Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures.

    🖋️ Who can enter?
    Anyone ages 8 and up! Categories:

    • Tween (8-11)
    • Teen (12-17)
    • Adult (18+)

    📅 Key Dates:

    • Entries open: February 3, 2025
    • Entries close: February 24, 2025

    🏆 Winners: One winner per category will be announced February 28, 2025, on Facebook and in our newsletter. Every participant will receive a small gift from the Library.  Winners will get the prize!

    Guidelines:

    • Up to 600 words, written in verse (poetry in any style is welcome).
    • No violent or inappropriate content, please.
    • Participants are allowed to submit up to 3 poems. Please send them together in the same document.
    • Entries must be submitted as a PDF or Word document via email to programs@madisonlib.org with your name, library card number, email, , phone number, and entry title included in the email for the adult participants. Junior participants do not need a library card to enter.

    So sharpen your pencils (or flex those typing fingers), and don’t wait for disaster to strike—submit your entry today! Full contest rules are available at madisonlib.org.

    See more details

  • Toddler Time
    February 10, 2025 from 9:30 am - 10:00 am
    Location: Community Room

    For toddlers who are "walkers" (ages 10 to 23 months) and their "grown-up" -- enjoy songs, stories, and sensory building activities together.

    Have more than one child?  Wondering which early literacy library program to attend?  Go to the age specific event for your oldest child.

    Additional activities and links will be available after the program on the Madison Library District Book Babies blog.

    See more details

  • Spanish Storytime
    February 10, 2025 from 10:30 am - 11:15 am

    NEW!  Children ages 2 to 5 with their attending adult will enjoy stories and related fun which may include songs, games, and rhymes in Spanish. 

    Take-n-Go Kiddie Craft Kits will be available at Storytime. If you miss Storytime, extras are available at the Youth Reference Desk in the Children's section while supplies last.

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  • Game and Chess Club
    February 10, 2025 from 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

    For tweens and teens ages 9- 18   Learn the art of Chess and other games with the master of fun and strategy, Nick Allison. Game supplies will be provided.

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February 11, 2025
  • Books in Disguise
    February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from 

    Look for our displays throughout the library of books hiding in gift boxes. Each “disguise” will have a brief
    hint about its contents. Go ahead take a chance. Holy Bagumba! You may just
    find a new book bestie!

    See more details

  • Old School Poetry
    February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from 

    Throughout the month, we’ll have a typewriter set up near our special collections cases for you to write a poem to your love, whoever or whatever that love may be. There will also be a submission box nearby if you’d like to share those poems.

    See more details

  • "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest
    February 11, 2025

    Feeling inspired by life’s little disasters, or perhaps your imagination runs wild with the worst-case scenarios? Enter our Poetry/Verse Contest and share your creative take on this year’s theme: Terrible Things Could Happen to You! Inspired by our On The Same Page book pick, Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures.

    🖋️ Who can enter?
    Anyone ages 8 and up! Categories:

    • Tween (8-11)
    • Teen (12-17)
    • Adult (18+)

    📅 Key Dates:

    • Entries open: February 3, 2025
    • Entries close: February 24, 2025

    🏆 Winners: One winner per category will be announced February 28, 2025, on Facebook and in our newsletter. Every participant will receive a small gift from the Library.  Winners will get the prize!

    Guidelines:

    • Up to 600 words, written in verse (poetry in any style is welcome).
    • No violent or inappropriate content, please.
    • Participants are allowed to submit up to 3 poems. Please send them together in the same document.
    • Entries must be submitted as a PDF or Word document via email to programs@madisonlib.org with your name, library card number, email, , phone number, and entry title included in the email for the adult participants. Junior participants do not need a library card to enter.

    So sharpen your pencils (or flex those typing fingers), and don’t wait for disaster to strike—submit your entry today! Full contest rules are available at madisonlib.org.

    See more details

  • Toddler Time
    February 11, 2025 from 9:30 am - 10:00 am
    Location: Community Room

    For toddlers who are "walkers" (ages 10 to 23 months) and their "grown-up" -- enjoy songs, stories, and sensory building activities together.

    Have more than one child?  Wondering which early literacy library program to attend?  Go to the age specific event for your oldest child.

    Additional activities and links will be available after the program on the Madison Library District Book Babies blog.

    See more details

  • Storytime
    February 11, 2025 from 10:30 am - 11:15 am

    Children ages 2 to 5 with their attending adult will enjoy stories and related fun which may include songs, games, and rhymes.

    Have more than one child?  Wondering which early literacy library program to attend?  Go to the age specific event for your oldest child.

    Take-n-Go Kiddie Craft Kits will be available at Storytime. If you miss Storytime, extras are available at the Youth Reference Desk in the Children's section while supplies last. 

    Additional links, books and activities will be available after Storytime on the Madison Library District Story Time blog.

    See more details

  • Kid 'n Tween Tuesday STEAM
    February 11, 2025 from 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

    For kids & tweens ages 6-11 with an accompanying adult. Come to the library and participate in an activity that's about science, technology, engineering, art or math!

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  • After Dinner Storytime
    February 11, 2025 from 6:30 pm - 7:15 pm

    Children ages 2 to 5 with their attending adult will enjoy stories and related fun which may include songs, games, and rhymes. 

    Take-n-Go Kiddie Craft Kits will be available at Storytime. If you miss Storytime, extras are available at the Youth Reference Desk in the Children's section while supplies last. 

    Additional links, books and activities will be available after Storytime on the Madison Library District Story Time blog.

    See more details

  • Madison Library Foundation Meeting
    February 11, 2025 from 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
    Location: Activity Room

    Want to volunteer to help the library? The Madison Library Foundation is a non-profit Friends of the Library group who needs your help!

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February 12, 2025
  • Books in Disguise
    February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from 

    Look for our displays throughout the library of books hiding in gift boxes. Each “disguise” will have a brief
    hint about its contents. Go ahead take a chance. Holy Bagumba! You may just
    find a new book bestie!

    See more details

  • Old School Poetry
    February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from 

    Throughout the month, we’ll have a typewriter set up near our special collections cases for you to write a poem to your love, whoever or whatever that love may be. There will also be a submission box nearby if you’d like to share those poems.

    See more details

  • "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest
    February 12, 2025

    Feeling inspired by life’s little disasters, or perhaps your imagination runs wild with the worst-case scenarios? Enter our Poetry/Verse Contest and share your creative take on this year’s theme: Terrible Things Could Happen to You! Inspired by our On The Same Page book pick, Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures.

    🖋️ Who can enter?
    Anyone ages 8 and up! Categories:

    • Tween (8-11)
    • Teen (12-17)
    • Adult (18+)

    📅 Key Dates:

    • Entries open: February 3, 2025
    • Entries close: February 24, 2025

    🏆 Winners: One winner per category will be announced February 28, 2025, on Facebook and in our newsletter. Every participant will receive a small gift from the Library.  Winners will get the prize!

    Guidelines:

    • Up to 600 words, written in verse (poetry in any style is welcome).
    • No violent or inappropriate content, please.
    • Participants are allowed to submit up to 3 poems. Please send them together in the same document.
    • Entries must be submitted as a PDF or Word document via email to programs@madisonlib.org with your name, library card number, email, , phone number, and entry title included in the email for the adult participants. Junior participants do not need a library card to enter.

    So sharpen your pencils (or flex those typing fingers), and don’t wait for disaster to strike—submit your entry today! Full contest rules are available at madisonlib.org.

    See more details

  • Book Babies
    February 12, 2025 from 9:30 am - 10:00 am

    For babies (ages 0- 9 months)  who are not yet "walkers" and their "grown-up" --  enjoy songs, stories, baby sign-language, movement and sensory activities together.

    Have more than one child?  Wondering which early literacy library program to attend?  Go to the age specific program for your oldest child.

    Additional activities and links will be available after the program on the Madison Library District Book Babies blog.

    See more details

  • Storytime
    February 12, 2025 from 10:30 am - 11:15 am

    Children ages 2 to 5 with their attending adult will enjoy stories and related fun which may include songs, games, and rhymes. 

    Have more than one child?  Wondering which early literacy library event to attend?  Go to the age specific program for your oldest child.

    Take-n-Go Kiddie Craft Kits will be available at Storytime. If you miss Storytime, extras are available at the Youth Reference Desk in the Children's section while supplies last. 

    Additional links, books and activities will be available after Storytime on the Madison Library District Story Time blog.

    See more details

  • Young League of Writers
    February 12, 2025 from 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

    Would you like to share your writing with other teens your age or just make new friends?
    Join the Young League of Writers for ages 12-18. We will meet for an 1 1/2 hours to share what we've all been working on and talk about what makes writing great. Sign-up here for notifications!

    For this activity, we will learn "how to write emotion well" as we get to know our characters. 

    For more information, go to www.madisonlib.org/teen-zone.

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  • On the Same Page: Teribble Things Can Happen to You: Emergency Prep
    February 12, 2025 from 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

    Asevery Incandesto fan knows, TerribleThings Can Happen to You! Join us tonight as Jennifer Porter, INL FireDepartment Deputy Chief of Operations, and Ben Porter, Shelley Fire Department,teach us how to deal with the horrors in your future.

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