PROGRAMS & EVENTS FOR ADULTS Some programs require pre-registration. To register for these free programs, call 608-827-7403, email info@midlibrary.org, or stop by at the library's lower level Reference Desk. Subscribe to News about Adult Programming for Email Delivery
B.Y.O.C (Bring Your Own Craft) TODAY at 1:00pm Sign-up Required - Click Here to Register Online! In the Main Level Programming Room Join your fellow crafters at the library! Drop in to work on projects and maybe exchange some tips and tricks. Please bring your own supplies and materials. The library will provide light refreshments. more info...
Join your fellow crafters at the library! Drop in to work on projects and maybe exchange some tips and tricks. Please bring your own supplies and materials. The library will provide light refreshments.
Nerf Night at the Library! - Program for All Ages / Everyone TODAY at 5:30pm Registration Required - Click Here to Register Online! In the Upper Level Library Nerf at the Library (Ages 12 & Up)Join us for this epic Nerf battle between the stacks of the Middleton Library. We'll gather after-hours in the library for an evening of battle fun with Nerf Outings Madison! Bring your own Nerf blasters or borrow one from NOMAD (supplies are limited). This event is for ages 12 & up. Each participant must have a signed waiver, which will be sent in the week leading up to the event. Those under 18 must have the waiver signed by a guardian. more info...
Nerf at the Library (Ages 12 & Up)
Join us for this epic Nerf battle between the stacks of the Middleton Library. We'll gather after-hours in the library for an evening of battle fun with Nerf Outings Madison! Bring your own Nerf blasters or borrow one from NOMAD (supplies are limited).
This event is for ages 12 & up. Each participant must have a signed waiver, which will be sent in the week leading up to the event. Those under 18 must have the waiver signed by a guardian.
Monday Movie Matinee: Ice Age - Program for All Ages / Everyone Monday January 27 at 1:00pm In the downstairs Archer Room (through the lobby stairwell) Monday Movie Matinee: Ice Age (All Ages) Monday, January 27, 1:00-2:30pmManny the mammoth, Sid the loquacious sloth, and Diego the sabre-toothed tiger go on a comical quest to return a human baby back to his father, across a world on the brink of an ice age.Rated PG, run time 1 hour, 21 min.If you need accommodations to attend this event, please contact info@midlibrary.org or 608-827-7403. more info...
Monday Movie Matinee: Ice Age (All Ages)
Monday, January 27, 1:00-2:30pm
Manny the mammoth, Sid the loquacious sloth, and Diego the sabre-toothed tiger go on a comical quest to return a human baby back to his father, across a world on the brink of an ice age.
Rated PG, run time 1 hour, 21 min.
If you need accommodations to attend this event, please contact info@midlibrary.org or 608-827-7403.
Techno Minutes Tuesday January 28 at 10:00am In the Lower Level Library Sign up for these 30-minute-or-less computer classes by calling 827-7403, stopping by the library's Reference Desk, or emailing info@midlibrary.org. Tablets, phones and laptops are welcome at our sessions. Please let staff know at sign-up if you plan to bring your own equipment.Topics Could Include:• How to use a mouse, laptop/phone/tablet basic questions• Help navigating the LINKcat catalog• Signing up for an email/social networking account• Opening and attaching email files• Scanning photographs and basic editing• Accessing full-text magazine articles online• Sprucing up your resume with style formatting• Using Libby on your computer or mobile device more info...
Sign up for these 30-minute-or-less computer classes by calling 827-7403, stopping by the library's Reference Desk, or emailing info@midlibrary.org. Tablets, phones and laptops are welcome at our sessions. Please let staff know at sign-up if you plan to bring your own equipment.
Topics Could Include:• How to use a mouse, laptop/phone/tablet basic questions• Help navigating the LINKcat catalog• Signing up for an email/social networking account• Opening and attaching email files• Scanning photographs and basic editing• Accessing full-text magazine articles online• Sprucing up your resume with style formatting• Using Libby on your computer or mobile device
Virtual Author Talk with Literary Agent Seth Fishman Tuesday January 28 at 12:00pm Virtual Welcome to our new ongoing series of virtual author talks in partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium! Each month, enjoy talks and interactive Q&A sessions with bestselling-authors streamed live. Recordings will be available for viewing after live events.You’re writing a book (or thinking about it), but what happens next? Join us for an inside look into working with an agent and the beginning stages of the publishing process with Seth Fishman, Vice President and Literary Agent at The Gernert Company.Click on the link below to register and receive your unique link to join the discussion:https://libraryc.org/midlibrary/65387 About the Author: Head of the Los Angeles office, Seth is a Vice President and agent at The Gernert Company, which he joined in 2010 after beginning his career as an agent at Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc. Born in Midland, Texas, he graduated from Princeton University and earned an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England. His interests are wide-ranging, but in particular he's looking for the new voice, the original idea, the entirely breathtaking creative angle in both fiction and nonfiction. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and children, and is the author of the award-winning picture book, A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars, along with Power Up and The Ocean In Your Bathtub, as well as two YA books. Thanks to the Friends of the Middleton Public Library for sponsoring this series. more info...
Welcome to our new ongoing series of virtual author talks in partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium! Each month, enjoy talks and interactive Q&A sessions with bestselling-authors streamed live. Recordings will be available for viewing after live events.
You’re writing a book (or thinking about it), but what happens next? Join us for an inside look into working with an agent and the beginning stages of the publishing process with Seth Fishman, Vice President and Literary Agent at The Gernert Company.
Click on the link below to register and receive your unique link to join the discussion:
https://libraryc.org/midlibrary/65387
About the Author:
Head of the Los Angeles office, Seth is a Vice President and agent at The Gernert Company, which he joined in 2010 after beginning his career as an agent at Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc. Born in Midland, Texas, he graduated from Princeton University and earned an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England. His interests are wide-ranging, but in particular he's looking for the new voice, the original idea, the entirely breathtaking creative angle in both fiction and nonfiction. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and children, and is the author of the award-winning picture book, A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars, along with Power Up and The Ocean In Your Bathtub, as well as two YA books.
Thanks to the Friends of the Middleton Public Library for sponsoring this series.
Reading with Libby Wednesday January 29 at 6:00pm Sign-up Required - Click Here to Register Online! Virtual Join us for step-by-step instructions on how to download free library eBooks and audio books on your tablet. We’ll show you how to download the Libby app, search for books, and download them to your device. Users of all devices welcome. This class will be virtual on Zoom. more info...
Join us for step-by-step instructions on how to download free library eBooks and audio books on your tablet. We’ll show you how to download the Libby app, search for books, and download them to your device. Users of all devices welcome. This class will be virtual on Zoom.
Techno Minutes Thursday January 30 at 2:00pm In the Lower Level Library Sign up for these 30-minute-or-less computer classes by calling 827-7403, stopping by the library's Reference Desk, or emailing info@midlibrary.org. Tablets, phones and laptops are welcome at our sessions. Please let staff know at sign-up if you plan to bring your own equipment.Topics Could Include:• How to use a mouse, laptop/phone/tablet basic questions• Help navigating the LINKcat catalog• Signing up for an email/social networking account• Opening and attaching email files• Scanning photographs and basic editing• Accessing full-text magazine articles online• Sprucing up your resume with style formatting• Using Libby on your computer or mobile device more info...
Ballroom Dance Demonstration with Fred Astaire Dance Studio Thursday January 30 at 6:00pm Registration Required - Click Here to Register Online! In the downstairs Archer Room (through the lobby stairwell) Take your first step on this dance journey during this performance and group dance lesson! Whether you're interested in a new hobby, lessons for a special event, or taking your skills to the next level, join instructors from Fred Astaire Dance Studio - Madison West for a fun Ballroom and Latin dance demonstration. more info...
Take your first step on this dance journey during this performance and group dance lesson! Whether you're interested in a new hobby, lessons for a special event, or taking your skills to the next level, join instructors from Fred Astaire Dance Studio - Madison West for a fun Ballroom and Latin dance demonstration.
Techno Minutes Tuesday February 4 at 10:00am In the Lower Level Library Sign up for these 30-minute-or-less computer classes by calling 827-7403, stopping by the library's Reference Desk, or emailing info@midlibrary.org. Tablets, phones and laptops are welcome at our sessions. Please let staff know at sign-up if you plan to bring your own equipment.Topics Could Include:• How to use a mouse, laptop/phone/tablet basic questions• Help navigating the LINKcat catalog• Signing up for an email/social networking account• Opening and attaching email files• Scanning photographs and basic editing• Accessing full-text magazine articles online• Sprucing up your resume with style formatting• Using Libby on your computer or mobile device more info...
Virtual Author Talk with Sabrina Sholts Tuesday February 4 at 1:00pm Virtual Welcome to our new ongoing series of virtual author talks in partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium! Each month, enjoy talks and interactive Q&A sessions with bestselling-authors streamed live. Recordings will be available for viewing after live events.Join us for this enlightening presentation with Smithsonian curator Sabrina Sholts as she talks about how the very fact of being human increases our pandemic risks—and gives us the power to save ourselves. Click on the link below to register and receive your unique link to join the discussion:https://libraryc.org/midlibrary/66515 About the Author: Sabrina Sholts is a biological anthropologist and Curator of Biological Anthropology at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). Her research explores intersections of human, animal, and environmental health in the past and present. She received her PhD in Anthropology at UC Santa Barbara and was a postdoctoral researcher at UC Berkeley in Integrative Biology and at Stockholm University in Biophysics and Biochemistry. Sholts has published widely in academic journals including American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Environmental Health Perspectives, JAMA, PNAS, Scientific Reports, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, and Nature Ecology & Evolution, and written for popular audiences in Scientific American and Smithsonian Magazine. She was named as a World Economic Forum Young Scientist in 2019. In addition, she was Lead Curator of the exhibition Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World at the NMNH (2018-2022) and a scientific advisor for the related exhibition Épidémies: Prendre soin du vivant at the musée des Confluences in Lyon, France (2024-2025). Thanks to the Friends of the Middleton Public Library for sponsoring this series. more info...
Join us for this enlightening presentation with Smithsonian curator Sabrina Sholts as she talks about how the very fact of being human increases our pandemic risks—and gives us the power to save ourselves.
https://libraryc.org/midlibrary/66515
Sabrina Sholts is a biological anthropologist and Curator of Biological Anthropology at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). Her research explores intersections of human, animal, and environmental health in the past and present. She received her PhD in Anthropology at UC Santa Barbara and was a postdoctoral researcher at UC Berkeley in Integrative Biology and at Stockholm University in Biophysics and Biochemistry. Sholts has published widely in academic journals including American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Environmental Health Perspectives, JAMA, PNAS, Scientific Reports, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, and Nature Ecology & Evolution, and written for popular audiences in Scientific American and Smithsonian Magazine. She was named as a World Economic Forum Young Scientist in 2019. In addition, she was Lead Curator of the exhibition Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World at the NMNH (2018-2022) and a scientific advisor for the related exhibition Épidémies: Prendre soin du vivant at the musée des Confluences in Lyon, France (2024-2025).
Coffee Shop Night Tuesday February 4 at 4:00pm In the Main Level Programming Room Do you like working in a coffee shop, but don't like paying for coffee? Drop by the library any time from 4pm-7pm for a Coffee Shop Night! There will be space set aside for working and socializing, and light refreshments will be provided. more info...
Do you like working in a coffee shop, but don't like paying for coffee? Drop by the library any time from 4pm-7pm for a Coffee Shop Night! There will be space set aside for working and socializing, and light refreshments will be provided.
Techno Minutes Thursday February 6 at 2:00pm In the Lower Level Library Sign up for these 30-minute-or-less computer classes by calling 827-7403, stopping by the library's Reference Desk, or emailing info@midlibrary.org. Tablets, phones and laptops are welcome at our sessions. Please let staff know at sign-up if you plan to bring your own equipment.Topics Could Include:• How to use a mouse, laptop/phone/tablet basic questions• Help navigating the LINKcat catalog• Signing up for an email/social networking account• Opening and attaching email files• Scanning photographs and basic editing• Accessing full-text magazine articles online• Sprucing up your resume with style formatting• Using Libby on your computer or mobile device more info...
Superbowl Appetizers with Chef Laura Thursday February 6 at 6:00pm Registration Required - Click Here to Register Online! In the downstairs Archer Room (through the lobby stairwell) Registration opens Monday, January 6Learn the tips and tricks of the trade from professional chef Laura Eyler, founder of Thyme Savor Cuisine. On the menu:Mexican Street Corn NachosSpinach & Feta PinwheelsYou will receive the recipes for the items created and samples will be provided.Laura Eyler has been a chef in area restaurants and for the last 25 years, manager of a large deli. With her culinary arts degree and 30 years of professional cooking experience under her belt, she has the licensing and the experience cooking and managing that is needed to be a personal chef. more info...
Registration opens Monday, January 6
Learn the tips and tricks of the trade from professional chef Laura Eyler, founder of Thyme Savor Cuisine.
On the menu:
Mexican Street Corn Nachos
Spinach & Feta Pinwheels
You will receive the recipes for the items created and samples will be provided.
Laura Eyler has been a chef in area restaurants and for the last 25 years, manager of a large deli. With her culinary arts degree and 30 years of professional cooking experience under her belt, she has the licensing and the experience cooking and managing that is needed to be a personal chef.
All Ages LEGO Day! - Program for All Ages / Everyone Saturday February 8 at 1:00pm Registration Required - Click Here to Register Online! In the downstairs Archer Room (through the lobby stairwell) Drop in for some LEGO fun for all ages! You'll find parts and pieces available to let your creative side go wild. Like a little structure? There will also be LEGO sets for teens and adults across the hall. Continue building sets started last month, or start something new! Registration required. more info...
Drop in for some LEGO fun for all ages! You'll find parts and pieces available to let your creative side go wild. Like a little structure? There will also be LEGO sets for teens and adults across the hall. Continue building sets started last month, or start something new! Registration required.
Handmade Valentines Sunday February 9 at 2:00pm Registration Required - Click Here to Register Online! In the downstairs Archer Room (through the lobby stairwell) Description: Craft Valentine cards, gift tags, or a banner by hand and from the heart using rubber stamps, paper punches, washi tape, sequins, glitter, ribbon, shipping tags, paper doilies, and vintage ephemera such as Golden books, sheet music, wrapping paper and road atlas pages. Sachi Komai from Anthology in Madison will bring the supplies; you provide the clever puns. Teens are welcome to attend.Presenter bio: Sachi Komai is the co-owner of Anthology, a paper and gift shop in the heart of downtown Madison, with her sister for the past 17 years. She earned an MFA from UW-Madison and has taught workshops in card making, book making, lettering and embroidery more info...
Description: Craft Valentine cards, gift tags, or a banner by hand and from the heart using rubber stamps, paper punches, washi tape, sequins, glitter, ribbon, shipping tags, paper doilies, and vintage ephemera such as Golden books, sheet music, wrapping paper and road atlas pages. Sachi Komai from Anthology in Madison will bring the supplies; you provide the clever puns. Teens are welcome to attend.
Presenter bio: Sachi Komai is the co-owner of Anthology, a paper and gift shop in the heart of downtown Madison, with her sister for the past 17 years. She earned an MFA from UW-Madison and has taught workshops in card making, book making, lettering and embroidery
Techno Minutes Tuesday February 11 at 10:00am In the Lower Level Library Sign up for these 30-minute-or-less computer classes by calling 827-7403, stopping by the library's Reference Desk, or emailing info@midlibrary.org. Tablets, phones and laptops are welcome at our sessions. Please let staff know at sign-up if you plan to bring your own equipment.Topics Could Include:• How to use a mouse, laptop/phone/tablet basic questions• Help navigating the LINKcat catalog• Signing up for an email/social networking account• Opening and attaching email files• Scanning photographs and basic editing• Accessing full-text magazine articles online• Sprucing up your resume with style formatting• Using Libby on your computer or mobile device more info...
Documentary Screening + Discussion: Food and Country Tuesday February 11 at 5:00pm Sign-up Required - Click Here to Register Online! In the downstairs Archer Room (through the lobby stairwell) Join us for a screening of the documentary Food and Country with a discussion to follow. America's policy of producing cheap food at all costs has long hobbled small independent farmers, ranchers, and chefs. Worried for their survival, trailblazing food writer Ruth Reichl reaches out across political and social divides to uncover the country's broken food system and the innovators risking it all to transform it. Not rated. Runtime 100 min. more info...
Join us for a screening of the documentary Food and Country with a discussion to follow. America's policy of producing cheap food at all costs has long hobbled small independent farmers, ranchers, and chefs. Worried for their survival, trailblazing food writer Ruth Reichl reaches out across political and social divides to uncover the country's broken food system and the innovators risking it all to transform it. Not rated. Runtime 100 min.
Virtual Author Talk with Waubgeshig Rice Tuesday February 11 at 6:00pm Virtual Welcome to our new ongoing series of virtual author talks in partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium! Each month, enjoy talks and interactive Q&A sessions with bestselling-authors streamed live. Recordings will be available for viewing after live events.You’re invited to a riveting conversation with bestselling author Waubgeshig Rice to chat about his newest book Moon of the Turning Leaves, the hotly anticipated sequel to the bestselling novel Moon of the Crusted Snow.Click on the link below to register and receive your unique link to join the discussion:https://libraryc.org/midlibrary/66999 About the Author: Waubgeshig Rice is an author and journalist originally from Wasauksing First Nation. His books include the Independent Publishers Book Award-winning short story collection Midnight Sweatlodge and the national bestselling novel Moon of the Crusted Snow. Reporting for CBC News for the bulk of his journalism career, in 2014 he received the Anishinabek Nation’s Debwewin Citation for excellence in First Nation Storytelling, and from 2018 to 2020, he hosted Up North, CBC Radio’s afternoon show for northern Ontario. Thanks to the Friends of the Middleton Public Library for sponsoring this series. more info...
You’re invited to a riveting conversation with bestselling author Waubgeshig Rice to chat about his newest book Moon of the Turning Leaves, the hotly anticipated sequel to the bestselling novel Moon of the Crusted Snow.
https://libraryc.org/midlibrary/66999
Waubgeshig Rice is an author and journalist originally from Wasauksing First Nation. His books include the Independent Publishers Book Award-winning short story collection Midnight Sweatlodge and the national bestselling novel Moon of the Crusted Snow. Reporting for CBC News for the bulk of his journalism career, in 2014 he received the Anishinabek Nation’s Debwewin Citation for excellence in First Nation Storytelling, and from 2018 to 2020, he hosted Up North, CBC Radio’s afternoon show for northern Ontario.
Genealogy Drop-in Workshop Wednesday February 12 at 6:00pm Sign-up Required - Click Here to Register Online! In the downstairs Archer Room (through the lobby stairwell) Come share tips on researching your genealogy, exchange information with others, and talk shop while working on your own project. All levels of genealogy expertise are welcome. We will have laptops to use for Ancestry.com research. Feel free to bring your own devices and materials. more info...
Come share tips on researching your genealogy, exchange information with others, and talk shop while working on your own project. All levels of genealogy expertise are welcome. We will have laptops to use for Ancestry.com research. Feel free to bring your own devices and materials.
Techno Minutes Thursday February 13 at 2:00pm In the Lower Level Library Sign up for these 30-minute-or-less computer classes by calling 827-7403, stopping by the library's Reference Desk, or emailing info@midlibrary.org. Tablets, phones and laptops are welcome at our sessions. Please let staff know at sign-up if you plan to bring your own equipment.Topics Could Include:• How to use a mouse, laptop/phone/tablet basic questions• Help navigating the LINKcat catalog• Signing up for an email/social networking account• Opening and attaching email files• Scanning photographs and basic editing• Accessing full-text magazine articles online• Sprucing up your resume with style formatting• Using Libby on your computer or mobile device more info...
Adult Craft: Paper Flower Bouquets Thursday February 13 at 6:00pm Registration Required - Click Here to Register Online! In the downstairs Archer Room (through the lobby stairwell) Make a bouquet of paper flowers for a loved one…or yourself! All materials provided. Ages 16+. Registration required. more info...
Make a bouquet of paper flowers for a loved one…or yourself! All materials provided. Ages 16+. Registration required.
Homeschool Hangout: Love Your Library! - Program for All Ages / Everyone Friday February 14 at 1:00pm Sign-up Required - Click Here to Register Online! In the downstairs Friends Community Room (through the lobby stairwell) Homeschool Hangout: Love Your Library!Friday, February 14 @ 1pmEver wanted a behind-the-scenes look at your library? Join us for this tour of the library with fellow homeschool families, ending with a fun library scavenger hunt! more info...
Homeschool Hangout: Love Your Library!
Friday, February 14 @ 1pm
Ever wanted a behind-the-scenes look at your library? Join us for this tour of the library with fellow homeschool families, ending with a fun library scavenger hunt!
B.Y.O.C (Bring Your Own Craft) Saturday February 15 at 1:00pm Sign-up Required - Click Here to Register Online! In the Main Level Programming Room Join your fellow crafters at the library! Drop in to work on projects and maybe exchange some tips and tricks. Please bring your own supplies and materials. The library will provide light refreshments. more info...
Cookie Decorating - Program for All Ages / Everyone Saturday February 15 at 1:00pm Registration Required - Click Here to Register Online! In the downstairs Archer Room (through the lobby stairwell) Registration opens January 15Add a little sweetness to your day with this fun cookie decorating event! All supplies provided--just bring your creativity. Sessions begin at 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, and 2:30. Please register only for 1 session. Registration Required.Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult. more info...
Registration opens January 15
Add a little sweetness to your day with this fun cookie decorating event! All supplies provided--just bring your creativity.
Sessions begin at 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, and 2:30. Please register only for 1 session. Registration Required.
Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.
Cookie Decorating - Program for All Ages / Everyone Saturday February 15 at 1:30pm Registration Required - Click Here to Register Online! In the downstairs Archer Room (through the lobby stairwell) Registration opens January 15Add a little sweetness to your day with this fun cookie decorating event! All supplies provided--just bring your creativity. Sessions begin at 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, and 2:30. Please register only for 1 session. Registration Required.Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult. more info...
Cookie Decorating - Program for All Ages / Everyone Saturday February 15 at 2:00pm Registration Required - Click Here to Register Online! In the downstairs Archer Room (through the lobby stairwell) Registration opens January 15Add a little sweetness to your day with this fun cookie decorating event! All supplies provided--just bring your creativity. Sessions begin at 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, and 2:30. Please register only for 1 session. Registration Required.Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult. more info...
Cookie Decorating - Program for All Ages / Everyone Saturday February 15 at 2:30pm Registration Required - Click Here to Register Online! In the downstairs Archer Room (through the lobby stairwell) Registration opens January 15Add a little sweetness to your day with this fun cookie decorating event! All supplies provided--just bring your creativity. Sessions begin at 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, and 2:30. Please register only for 1 session. Registration Required.Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult. more info...
MogaMove: Mindfulness + Yoga Monday February 17 at 7:00pm Registration Required - Click Here to Register Online! In the downstairs Archer Room (through the lobby stairwell) Join MogaMind cofounder Patrick Cunningham for MogaMove, a gentle flow-based yoga and mindfulness class accessible for all ages, body types, and abilities. All are welcome!Registration is required, as space is limited. more info...
Join MogaMind cofounder Patrick Cunningham for MogaMove, a gentle flow-based yoga and mindfulness class accessible for all ages, body types, and abilities. All are welcome!
Registration is required, as space is limited.
Techno Minutes Tuesday February 18 at 10:00am In the Lower Level Library Sign up for these 30-minute-or-less computer classes by calling 827-7403, stopping by the library's Reference Desk, or emailing info@midlibrary.org. Tablets, phones and laptops are welcome at our sessions. Please let staff know at sign-up if you plan to bring your own equipment.Topics Could Include:• How to use a mouse, laptop/phone/tablet basic questions• Help navigating the LINKcat catalog• Signing up for an email/social networking account• Opening and attaching email files• Scanning photographs and basic editing• Accessing full-text magazine articles online• Sprucing up your resume with style formatting• Using Libby on your computer or mobile device more info...
Virtual Author Talk with Lee Hawkins Tuesday February 18 at 1:00pm Virtual Welcome to our new ongoing series of virtual author talks in partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium! Each month, enjoy talks and interactive Q&A sessions with bestselling-authors streamed live. Recordings will be available for viewing after live events.We welcome you to our conversation with journalist and author Lee Hawkins as he talks to us about the examination of his family’s legacy of post-enslavement trauma and resilience in this riveting memoir, I Am Nobody's Slave: How Uncovering My Family’s History Set Me Free. Click on the link below to register and receive your unique link to join the discussion:https://libraryc.org/midlibrary/67483 About the Author: LEE HAWKINS was a 2022 Pulitzer Prize finalist as a lead reporter on a series about the Tulsa Massacre of 1921 at the Wall Street Journal, where he worked for nineteen years. He has received several fellowships, including The Carter Center’s Rosalynn Carter Fellowship for Mental Health Journalism, the Alicia Patterson Foundation Journalism Fellowship, the O’Brien Fellowship for Public Service Journalism, the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism National Fellowship for reporting on child well-being. Hawkins is a five-time winner of the National Association of Black Journalists’ “Salute to Excellence” Award. He is the creator and host of the podcast “What Happened in Alabama?” and lives in the New York City area. Thanks to the Friends of the Middleton Public Library for sponsoring this series. more info...
We welcome you to our conversation with journalist and author Lee Hawkins as he talks to us about the examination of his family’s legacy of post-enslavement trauma and resilience in this riveting memoir, I Am Nobody's Slave: How Uncovering My Family’s History Set Me Free.
https://libraryc.org/midlibrary/67483
LEE HAWKINS was a 2022 Pulitzer Prize finalist as a lead reporter on a series about the Tulsa Massacre of 1921 at the Wall Street Journal, where he worked for nineteen years. He has received several fellowships, including The Carter Center’s Rosalynn Carter Fellowship for Mental Health Journalism, the Alicia Patterson Foundation Journalism Fellowship, the O’Brien Fellowship for Public Service Journalism, the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism National Fellowship for reporting on child well-being. Hawkins is a five-time winner of the National Association of Black Journalists’ “Salute to Excellence” Award. He is the creator and host of the podcast “What Happened in Alabama?” and lives in the New York City area.
Movie Screening--The Notebook Thursday February 20 at 1:00pm Sign-up Required - Click Here to Register Online! In the downstairs Archer Room (through the lobby stairwell) An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to an older, invalid woman whom he regularly visits. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths. Though her memory has faded, his words give her the chance to relive her turbulent youth and the unforgettable love they shared. Rated PG-13. Runtime 123 min. more info...
An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to an older, invalid woman whom he regularly visits. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths. Though her memory has faded, his words give her the chance to relive her turbulent youth and the unforgettable love they shared.
Rated PG-13. Runtime 123 min.
Techno Minutes Thursday February 20 at 2:00pm In the Lower Level Library Sign up for these 30-minute-or-less computer classes by calling 827-7403, stopping by the library's Reference Desk, or emailing info@midlibrary.org. Tablets, phones and laptops are welcome at our sessions. Please let staff know at sign-up if you plan to bring your own equipment.Topics Could Include:• How to use a mouse, laptop/phone/tablet basic questions• Help navigating the LINKcat catalog• Signing up for an email/social networking account• Opening and attaching email files• Scanning photographs and basic editing• Accessing full-text magazine articles online• Sprucing up your resume with style formatting• Using Libby on your computer or mobile device more info...
2025 Sustainable U - Salt Use and Ecosystems - Program for All Ages / Everyone Thursday February 20 at 6:00pm In the downstairs Archer Room (through the lobby stairwell) more info...
Winter Reading Program Ends! - Program for All Ages / Everyone Saturday February 22 at 12:00am Readers of all ages (adults, that means you too!) are invited to pick up your reading log starting December 14. Make a BINGO by completing reading challenges, or set your own goals!Return the log to the library by Saturday, February 22 for a prize coupon AND an entry into the GRAND PRIZE drawing! more info...
Readers of all ages (adults, that means you too!) are invited to pick up your reading log starting December 14. Make a BINGO by completing reading challenges, or set your own goals!
Return the log to the library by Saturday, February 22 for a prize coupon AND an entry into the GRAND PRIZE drawing!
How-To Fest - Program for All Ages / Everyone Saturday February 22 at 1:00pm The Middleton Public Library is excited to host its first-ever “How-To Fest”! This hands-on, all-ages festival will showcase local expertise, bringing the community together to learn new skills and hobbies in short 5-10 min demonstrations.Do you have a skill to share? Please read below for more information, and to apply.The library is looking for a diversity of skills to share! Examples include: how to sew a buttonhow to practice chair yogahow to ID invasive and poisonous plantshow to use a fire extinguisherhow to adopt and foster dogsand more!The possibilities are endless, and we welcome your creativity!Applications may be submitted online at https://www.midlibrary.org/HowToFest or in person at the library service desk.Applications are due by December 31, 2024. Submission of an application is not a guarantee of participation. Participants will be notified by January 13, 2025. more info...
The Middleton Public Library is excited to host its first-ever “How-To Fest”! This hands-on, all-ages festival will showcase local expertise, bringing the community together to learn new skills and hobbies in short 5-10 min demonstrations.
Do you have a skill to share? Please read below for more information, and to apply.
The library is looking for a diversity of skills to share! Examples include:
The possibilities are endless, and we welcome your creativity!
Applications may be submitted online at https://www.midlibrary.org/HowToFest or in person at the library service desk.
Applications are due by December 31, 2024. Submission of an application is not a guarantee of participation.
Participants will be notified by January 13, 2025.
Techno Minutes Tuesday February 25 at 10:00am In the Lower Level Library Sign up for these 30-minute-or-less computer classes by calling 827-7403, stopping by the library's Reference Desk, or emailing info@midlibrary.org. Tablets, phones and laptops are welcome at our sessions. Please let staff know at sign-up if you plan to bring your own equipment.Topics Could Include:• How to use a mouse, laptop/phone/tablet basic questions• Help navigating the LINKcat catalog• Signing up for an email/social networking account• Opening and attaching email files• Scanning photographs and basic editing• Accessing full-text magazine articles online• Sprucing up your resume with style formatting• Using Libby on your computer or mobile device more info...
Stop Motion Animation for Adults Wednesday February 26 at 6:00pm Sign-up Required - Click Here to Register Online! In the downstairs Archer Room (through the lobby stairwell) Discover the basics of stop-motion animation! We will use Legos/clay or other items to create subjects for our movies and will start by brainstorming ideas and creating storyboards. Then we will use iPads with Stop Motion Studio to animate our story and make a finished movie. This class will be in the Archer Room. more info...
Discover the basics of stop-motion animation! We will use Legos/clay or other items to create subjects for our movies and will start by brainstorming ideas and creating storyboards. Then we will use iPads with Stop Motion Studio to animate our story and make a finished movie. This class will be in the Archer Room.
Adult Book Discussion--Time is a Mother Thursday February 27 at 10:00am Sign-up Required - Click Here to Register Online! In the downstairs Archer Room (through the lobby stairwell) Join us for a discussion of Time is a Mother by Ocean Vuong.*Copies of the book are available at both service desks.Ocean Vuong's second collection of poetry looks inward, on the aftershocks of his mother's death, and the struggle - and rewards - of staying present in the world. Time Is a Mother moves outward and onward, in concert with the themes of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, as Vuong continues, through his work, his profound exploration of personal trauma, of what it means to be the product of an American war in America, and how to circle these fragmented tragedies to find not a restoration, but the epicenter of the break. more info...
Join us for a discussion of Time is a Mother by Ocean Vuong.
*Copies of the book are available at both service desks.
Ocean Vuong's second collection of poetry looks inward, on the aftershocks of his mother's death, and the struggle - and rewards - of staying present in the world. Time Is a Mother moves outward and onward, in concert with the themes of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, as Vuong continues, through his work, his profound exploration of personal trauma, of what it means to be the product of an American war in America, and how to circle these fragmented tragedies to find not a restoration, but the epicenter of the break.
Techno Minutes Thursday February 27 at 2:00pm In the Lower Level Library Sign up for these 30-minute-or-less computer classes by calling 827-7403, stopping by the library's Reference Desk, or emailing info@midlibrary.org. Tablets, phones and laptops are welcome at our sessions. Please let staff know at sign-up if you plan to bring your own equipment.Topics Could Include:• How to use a mouse, laptop/phone/tablet basic questions• Help navigating the LINKcat catalog• Signing up for an email/social networking account• Opening and attaching email files• Scanning photographs and basic editing• Accessing full-text magazine articles online• Sprucing up your resume with style formatting• Using Libby on your computer or mobile device more info...
Key 2025 Tax Planning Considerations for Retirement Thursday February 27 at 6:00pm Sign-up Required - Click Here to Register Online! In the downstairs Archer Room (through the lobby stairwell) Optimize your retirement or retirement planning with actionable steps!Income, investments, charitable giving, RMDs, Social Security, and medicare tax will be explored. Presented by Laurie Ellis-McLeod, AERIE Preferred Financial Group more info...
Optimize your retirement or retirement planning with actionable steps!Income, investments, charitable giving, RMDs, Social Security, and medicare tax will be explored. Presented by Laurie Ellis-McLeod, AERIE Preferred Financial Group
Movie Screening--Conclave Monday March 3 at 1:00pm Sign-up Required - Click Here to Register Online! In the downstairs Archer Room (through the lobby stairwell) Conclave follows one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events – selecting the new Pope. Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with running this covert process after the unexpected death of the beloved Pope. Once the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders have gathered from around the world and are locked together in the Vatican halls, Lawrence uncovers a trail of deep secrets left in the dead Pope’s wake, secrets which could shake the foundations of the Church. Rated PG. Runtime 120 min. more info...
Conclave follows one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events – selecting the new Pope. Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with running this covert process after the unexpected death of the beloved Pope. Once the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders have gathered from around the world and are locked together in the Vatican halls, Lawrence uncovers a trail of deep secrets left in the dead Pope’s wake, secrets which could shake the foundations of the Church. Rated PG. Runtime 120 min.
Techno Minutes Tuesday March 4 at 10:00am In the Lower Level Library Sign up for these 30-minute-or-less computer classes by calling 827-7403, stopping by the library's Reference Desk, or emailing info@midlibrary.org. Tablets, phones and laptops are welcome at our sessions. Please let staff know at sign-up if you plan to bring your own equipment.Topics Could Include:• How to use a mouse, laptop/phone/tablet basic questions• Help navigating the LINKcat catalog• Signing up for an email/social networking account• Opening and attaching email files• Scanning photographs and basic editing• Accessing full-text magazine articles online• Sprucing up your resume with style formatting• Using Libby on your computer or mobile device more info...
Coffee Shop Night Tuesday March 4 at 4:00pm In the Main Level Programming Room Do you like working in a coffee shop, but don't like paying for coffee? Drop by the library any time from 4pm-7pm for a Coffee Shop Night! There will be space set aside for working and socializing, and light refreshments will be provided. more info...
Genealogy Drop-In Workshop Wednesday March 5 at 6:00pm Sign-up Required - Click Here to Register Online! In the downstairs Archer Room (through the lobby stairwell) Come share tips on researching your genealogy, exchange information with others, and talk shop while working on your own project. All levels of genealogy expertise are welcome. We will have laptops to use for Ancestry.com research. Feel free to bring your own devices and materials. more info...
Techno Minutes Thursday March 6 at 2:00pm In the Lower Level Library Sign up for these 30-minute-or-less computer classes by calling 827-7403, stopping by the library's Reference Desk, or emailing info@midlibrary.org. Tablets, phones and laptops are welcome at our sessions. Please let staff know at sign-up if you plan to bring your own equipment.Topics Could Include:• How to use a mouse, laptop/phone/tablet basic questions• Help navigating the LINKcat catalog• Signing up for an email/social networking account• Opening and attaching email files• Scanning photographs and basic editing• Accessing full-text magazine articles online• Sprucing up your resume with style formatting• Using Libby on your computer or mobile device more info...
Techno Minutes Tuesday March 11 at 10:00am In the Lower Level Library Sign up for these 30-minute-or-less computer classes by calling 827-7403, stopping by the library's Reference Desk, or emailing info@midlibrary.org. Tablets, phones and laptops are welcome at our sessions. Please let staff know at sign-up if you plan to bring your own equipment.Topics Could Include:• How to use a mouse, laptop/phone/tablet basic questions• Help navigating the LINKcat catalog• Signing up for an email/social networking account• Opening and attaching email files• Scanning photographs and basic editing• Accessing full-text magazine articles online• Sprucing up your resume with style formatting• Using Libby on your computer or mobile device more info...
Virtual Author Talk with Dan Heath Wednesday March 12 at 1:00pm Virtual Welcome to our new ongoing series of virtual author talks in partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium! Each month, enjoy talks and interactive Q&A sessions with bestselling-authors streamed live. Recordings will be available for viewing after live events.Are you ready to for a revolutionary guide to fixing what’s not working—in systems and processes, organizations and companies, and even in our daily lives? Join us for an enlightening conversation with bestselling author Dan Heath as he talks with us about his newest book, Reset: How to Change What’s Not Working. Click on the link below to register and receive your unique link to join the discussion:https://libraryc.org/midlibrary/68351 About the Author: Dan Heath is the #1 New York Times bestselling co-author (or author) of five beloved business books: Switch, Made to Stick, Decisive, The Power of Moments, and Upstream. His latest book, Reset: How to Change What’s Not Working, will debut on January 21, 2025. His books have been translated into 33 languages and have sold over 4 million copies worldwide. His writing honors include: One of the best nonfiction books of the year, according to Amazon. One of the best audiobooks of the year, according to Apple. And the OWL award for Best Business Book of the Year. Dan hosts a podcast called: “What It’s Like to Be...” In every episode, he interviews someone from a different profession: a couples therapist, a rancher, a Secret Service Agent, and more. It’s consistently a Top 10 podcast in Apple’s Careers category. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from the University of Texas at Austin. Thanks to the Friends of the Middleton Public Library for sponsoring this series. more info...
Are you ready to for a revolutionary guide to fixing what’s not working—in systems and processes, organizations and companies, and even in our daily lives? Join us for an enlightening conversation with bestselling author Dan Heath as he talks with us about his newest book, Reset: How to Change What’s Not Working.
https://libraryc.org/midlibrary/68351
Dan Heath is the #1 New York Times bestselling co-author (or author) of five beloved business books: Switch, Made to Stick, Decisive, The Power of Moments, and Upstream. His latest book, Reset: How to Change What’s Not Working, will debut on January 21, 2025. His books have been translated into 33 languages and have sold over 4 million copies worldwide. His writing honors include: One of the best nonfiction books of the year, according to Amazon. One of the best audiobooks of the year, according to Apple. And the OWL award for Best Business Book of the Year. Dan hosts a podcast called: “What It’s Like to Be...” In every episode, he interviews someone from a different profession: a couples therapist, a rancher, a Secret Service Agent, and more. It’s consistently a Top 10 podcast in Apple’s Careers category. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from the University of Texas at Austin.
Ireland - A Colorful Tour of the Emerald Isle Wednesday March 12 at 6:00pm Sign-up Required - Click Here to Register Online! In the downstairs Archer Room (through the lobby stairwell) This fun and informative pictorial presentation will discuss some of the key points of Irish culture, both past and present. Of course, no Irish discourse would be complete without visiting a few pubs to tilt a Guinness along the way!Joe Fahey is originally from Belleville and has recently retired from 45 years of corporate life. As the head of international marketing for a large multinational company, he traveled the world and has been to places that are historic, exotic, beautiful and occasionally off-beat. His exposure to various cultures and interaction with local people has resulted in priceless experiences and great stories.Now that he is retired, Joe is sharing his stories with others in an informative and entertaining format. He has 17 different presentations about locations around the world and is in the process of publishing his first book. He relishes his new purpose to share his adventures with inquisitive minds throughout southern Wisconsin and beyond. more info...
This fun and informative pictorial presentation will discuss some of the key points of Irish culture, both past and present. Of course, no Irish discourse would be complete without visiting a few pubs to tilt a Guinness along the way!
Joe Fahey is originally from Belleville and has recently retired from 45 years of corporate life. As the head of international marketing for a large multinational company, he traveled the world and has been to places that are historic, exotic, beautiful and occasionally off-beat. His exposure to various cultures and interaction with local people has resulted in priceless experiences and great stories.
Now that he is retired, Joe is sharing his stories with others in an informative and entertaining format. He has 17 different presentations about locations around the world and is in the process of publishing his first book. He relishes his new purpose to share his adventures with inquisitive minds throughout southern Wisconsin and beyond.
Movie Screening--A Real Pain Thursday March 13 at 1:00pm Sign-up Required - Click Here to Register Online! In the downstairs Archer Room (through the lobby stairwell) Mismatched cousins David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the odd-couple's old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history. Rated R. Runtime 89 min. more info...
Mismatched cousins David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the odd-couple's old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history. Rated R. Runtime 89 min.
Techno Minutes Thursday March 13 at 2:00pm In the Lower Level Library Sign up for these 30-minute-or-less computer classes by calling 827-7403, stopping by the library's Reference Desk, or emailing info@midlibrary.org. Tablets, phones and laptops are welcome at our sessions. Please let staff know at sign-up if you plan to bring your own equipment.Topics Could Include:• How to use a mouse, laptop/phone/tablet basic questions• Help navigating the LINKcat catalog• Signing up for an email/social networking account• Opening and attaching email files• Scanning photographs and basic editing• Accessing full-text magazine articles online• Sprucing up your resume with style formatting• Using Libby on your computer or mobile device more info...
Homeschool Hangout: Pi Day Party! - Program for All Ages / Everyone Friday March 14 at 2:00pm Registration Required - Click Here to Register Online! In the downstairs Friends Community Room (through the lobby stairwell) Homeschool Hangout: Pi Day Party! Friday, March 14 @ 2pmJoin homeschool families for Pi Day fun! All you need is your creativity!Registration required. more info...
Homeschool Hangout: Pi Day Party!
Friday, March 14 @ 2pm
Join homeschool families for Pi Day fun! All you need is your creativity!
Registration required.
Pi Day Pizza Tasting - Program for All Ages / Everyone Friday March 14 at 3:15pm Sign-up Required - Click Here to Register Online! In the downstairs Archer Room (through the lobby stairwell) Celebrate Pi Day at the library with an all ages pizza tasting and other pizza and Pi related activities! Taste and vote for your favorite pizza, try out some pizza math, and make Pi Day hats. There's something for everyone (math lovers and pizza lovers alike) to enjoy! Pizza and crafts available while supplies last.Registration is appreciated, but not required. Children 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult. more info...
Celebrate Pi Day at the library with an all ages pizza tasting and other pizza and Pi related activities! Taste and vote for your favorite pizza, try out some pizza math, and make Pi Day hats. There's something for everyone (math lovers and pizza lovers alike) to enjoy! Pizza and crafts available while supplies last.
Registration is appreciated, but not required. Children 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult.
Cyber CSI: Solving Crimes a Byte at a Time Saturday March 15 at 1:00pm Sign-up Required - Click Here to Register Online! In the downstairs Archer Room (through the lobby stairwell) What is Digital Forensics? Join Madison Police Department Investigator Brian Shaul for a presentation about this growing field of police work, and learn some helpful tips to keep your digital data secure. more info...
What is Digital Forensics? Join Madison Police Department Investigator Brian Shaul for a presentation about this growing field of police work, and learn some helpful tips to keep your digital data secure.
MogaMove: Mindfulness + Yoga Monday March 17 at 7:00pm Registration Required - Click Here to Register Online! In the downstairs Archer Room (through the lobby stairwell) Join MogaMind cofounder Patrick Cunningham for MogaMove, a gentle flow-based yoga and mindfulness class accessible for all ages, body types, and abilities. All are welcome!Registration is required, as space is limited. more info...
Techno Minutes Tuesday March 18 at 10:00am In the Lower Level Library Sign up for these 30-minute-or-less computer classes by calling 827-7403, stopping by the library's Reference Desk, or emailing info@midlibrary.org. Tablets, phones and laptops are welcome at our sessions. Please let staff know at sign-up if you plan to bring your own equipment.Topics Could Include:• How to use a mouse, laptop/phone/tablet basic questions• Help navigating the LINKcat catalog• Signing up for an email/social networking account• Opening and attaching email files• Scanning photographs and basic editing• Accessing full-text magazine articles online• Sprucing up your resume with style formatting• Using Libby on your computer or mobile device more info...
Wisconsin Film Festival Sneak Peek Tuesday March 18 at 6:00pm Registration Required - Click Here to Register Online! In the downstairs Archer Room (through the lobby stairwell) Get a glimpse of what’s screening at this year’s Wisconsin Film Festival (April 3-10, 2025). Join us to see trailers of this year’s films and learn about the ins-and-outs of the Festival with Festival staff. https://wifilmfest.org/ more info...
Get a glimpse of what’s screening at this year’s Wisconsin Film Festival (April 3-10, 2025). Join us to see trailers of this year’s films and learn about the ins-and-outs of the Festival with Festival staff.
https://wifilmfest.org/
Gmail & More Wednesday March 19 at 6:00pm Sign-up Required - Click Here to Register Online! In the downstairs Archer Room (through the lobby stairwell) Join us as we explore Gmail and other applications Google has to offer, such as: Google Drive, Google Calendar, and more! This class will be in the Archer Room. more info...
Join us as we explore Gmail and other applications Google has to offer, such as: Google Drive, Google Calendar, and more! This class will be in the Archer Room.
Adult Book Discussion--The Art Thief Thursday March 20 at 10:00am Sign-up Required - Click Here to Register Online! In the downstairs Archer Room (through the lobby stairwell) Join us for a discussion of The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession by Michael Finkel.*Copies of the book are available at the service desk*Stéphane Bréitwieser is the most prolific art thief of all time. He pulled off more than 200 heists, often in crowded museums in broad daylight. His girlfriend served as his accomplice. His collection was worth an estimated $2 billion. He never sold a piece, displaying his stolen art in his attic bedroom. He felt like a king. Until everything came to a shocking end. more info...
Join us for a discussion of The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession by Michael Finkel.
*Copies of the book are available at the service desk*
Stéphane Bréitwieser is the most prolific art thief of all time. He pulled off more than 200 heists, often in crowded museums in broad daylight. His girlfriend served as his accomplice. His collection was worth an estimated $2 billion. He never sold a piece, displaying his stolen art in his attic bedroom. He felt like a king. Until everything came to a shocking end.
Virtual Author Talk with Clara Bingham Thursday March 20 at 1:00pm Virtual Welcome to our new ongoing series of virtual author talks in partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium! Each month, enjoy talks and interactive Q&A sessions with bestselling-authors streamed live. Recordings will be available for viewing after live events.oin us for a transformative conversation with award-winning journalist and author, Clara Bingham, as she chats with us about her new book, The Movement: How Women’s Liberation Transformed America, 1963-1973. Click on the link below to register and receive your unique link to join the discussion:https://libraryc.org/midlibrary/68839 About the Author: Clara Bingham is an award-winning journalist and the author of The Movement, Witness to the Revolution, Women on the Hill, and the co-writer of Class Action. A former Washington, DC, correspondent for Newsweek, her writing has appeared in Vanity Fair, The Guardian, and The Daily Beast, among others. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Thanks to the Friends of the Middleton Public Library for sponsoring this series. more info...
oin us for a transformative conversation with award-winning journalist and author, Clara Bingham, as she chats with us about her new book, The Movement: How Women’s Liberation Transformed America, 1963-1973.
https://libraryc.org/midlibrary/68839
Clara Bingham is an award-winning journalist and the author of The Movement, Witness to the Revolution, Women on the Hill, and the co-writer of Class Action. A former Washington, DC, correspondent for Newsweek, her writing has appeared in Vanity Fair, The Guardian, and The Daily Beast, among others. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Techno Minutes Thursday March 20 at 2:00pm In the Lower Level Library Sign up for these 30-minute-or-less computer classes by calling 827-7403, stopping by the library's Reference Desk, or emailing info@midlibrary.org. Tablets, phones and laptops are welcome at our sessions. Please let staff know at sign-up if you plan to bring your own equipment.Topics Could Include:• How to use a mouse, laptop/phone/tablet basic questions• Help navigating the LINKcat catalog• Signing up for an email/social networking account• Opening and attaching email files• Scanning photographs and basic editing• Accessing full-text magazine articles online• Sprucing up your resume with style formatting• Using Libby on your computer or mobile device more info...
Moths of the Conservancy - Conservancy Days Thursday March 20 at 6:00pm In the downstairs Archer Room (through the lobby stairwell) Please register for this event at:https://middleton.recdesk.com/community/program?category=33 more info...
Please register for this event at:https://middleton.recdesk.com/community/program?category=33
BINGO! - Program for All Ages / Everyone Monday March 24 at 10:00am Registration Required - Click Here to Register Online! In the downstairs Archer Room (through the lobby stairwell) BINGO for all ages! Prizes awarded for each round. Sessions begin at 10:00, 11:00, 1:00, and 2:00. Please register for 1 session only. more info...
BINGO for all ages! Prizes awarded for each round.
Sessions begin at 10:00, 11:00, 1:00, and 2:00. Please register for 1 session only.
BINGO! - Program for All Ages / Everyone Monday March 24 at 11:00am Registration Required - Click Here to Register Online! In the downstairs Archer Room (through the lobby stairwell) BINGO for all ages! Prizes awarded for each round. Sessions begin at 10:00, 11:00, 1:00, and 2:00. Please register for 1 session only. more info...
BINGO! - Program for All Ages / Everyone Monday March 24 at 1:00pm Registration Required - Click Here to Register Online! In the downstairs Archer Room (through the lobby stairwell) BINGO for all ages! Prizes awarded for each round. Sessions begin at 10:00, 11:00, 1:00, and 2:00. Please register for 1 session only. more info...
BINGO! - Program for All Ages / Everyone Monday March 24 at 2:00pm Registration Required - Click Here to Register Online! In the downstairs Archer Room (through the lobby stairwell) BINGO for all ages! Prizes awarded for each round. Sessions begin at 10:00, 11:00, 1:00, and 2:00. Please register for 1 session only. more info...
Techno Minutes Tuesday March 25 at 10:00am In the Lower Level Library Sign up for these 30-minute-or-less computer classes by calling 827-7403, stopping by the library's Reference Desk, or emailing info@midlibrary.org. Tablets, phones and laptops are welcome at our sessions. Please let staff know at sign-up if you plan to bring your own equipment.Topics Could Include:• How to use a mouse, laptop/phone/tablet basic questions• Help navigating the LINKcat catalog• Signing up for an email/social networking account• Opening and attaching email files• Scanning photographs and basic editing• Accessing full-text magazine articles online• Sprucing up your resume with style formatting• Using Libby on your computer or mobile device more info...
Spring Break Movie: The Wild Robot - Program for All Ages / Everyone Tuesday March 25 at 1:00pm In the downstairs Archer Room (through the lobby stairwell) Spring Break Movie: The Wild Robot (All ages)Tuesday, March 25 @ 1pmAfter a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island and has to survive the harsh environment. Based on the novel by Peter Brown. more info...
Spring Break Movie: The Wild Robot (All ages)
Tuesday, March 25 @ 1pm
After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island and has to survive the harsh environment. Based on the novel by Peter Brown.
Creative Writing Workshop Wednesday March 26 at 6:00pm Registration Required - Click Here to Register Online! In the Main Level Programming Room Interested in creative writing? Join us for a beginner-friendly workshop! This month's topic will be settings and descriptions. We will read and discuss a few short pieces of writing, then have some time to practice your own writing. No experience necessary - all skill levels welcome!Registration is required.Please note, this workshop will include the same material as the 2024 workshop on settings and description.If you need accommodations to attend this event, please contact info@midlibrary.org or 608-827-7403. more info...
Interested in creative writing? Join us for a beginner-friendly workshop! This month's topic will be settings and descriptions. We will read and discuss a few short pieces of writing, then have some time to practice your own writing. No experience necessary - all skill levels welcome!
Registration is required.
Please note, this workshop will include the same material as the 2024 workshop on settings and description.
Virtual Author Talk with Jennifer Weiner Wednesday March 26 at 6:00pm Virtual Welcome to our new ongoing series of virtual author talks in partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium! Each month, enjoy talks and interactive Q&A sessions with bestselling-authors streamed live. Recordings will be available for viewing after live events.You’re invited to a glimmering conversation with New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner as we chat about the signature emotional depth of her books that have been inspiring readers toward self-discovery for decades. Hearing from the queen of fun herself, we’ll chat with the author about her New York Times bestselling novels, Good In Bed, In Her Shoes, Big Summer, The Breakaway and many more.Click on the link below to register and receive your unique link to join the discussion:https://libraryc.org/midlibrary/69327 About the Author: Jennifer Weiner is a #1 New York Times bestselling author whose books have spent over five years on the New York Times bestseller list, with more than 11 million copies in print in 36 countries. She is the author of the novels Good in Bed (2001) and In Her Shoes (2002), which was turned into a major motion picture starring Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette and Shirley MacLaine. And the author of That Summer (2021); The Breakaway (2024); and The Griffin Sisters’ Greatest Hits (forthcoming 2025) . She is also the author of The Littlest Bigfoot middle-grade trilogy, Her nonfiction collection Hungry Heart: Adventures in Life, Love, and Writing (2016), was a finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay. Thanks to the Friends of the Middleton Public Library for sponsoring this series. more info...
You’re invited to a glimmering conversation with New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner as we chat about the signature emotional depth of her books that have been inspiring readers toward self-discovery for decades. Hearing from the queen of fun herself, we’ll chat with the author about her New York Times bestselling novels, Good In Bed, In Her Shoes, Big Summer, The Breakaway and many more.
https://libraryc.org/midlibrary/69327
Jennifer Weiner is a #1 New York Times bestselling author whose books have spent over five years on the New York Times bestseller list, with more than 11 million copies in print in 36 countries. She is the author of the novels Good in Bed (2001) and In Her Shoes (2002), which was turned into a major motion picture starring Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette and Shirley MacLaine. And the author of That Summer (2021); The Breakaway (2024); and The Griffin Sisters’ Greatest Hits (forthcoming 2025) . She is also the author of The Littlest Bigfoot middle-grade trilogy, Her nonfiction collection Hungry Heart: Adventures in Life, Love, and Writing (2016), was a finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay.
Techno Minutes Thursday March 27 at 2:00pm In the Lower Level Library Sign up for these 30-minute-or-less computer classes by calling 827-7403, stopping by the library's Reference Desk, or emailing info@midlibrary.org. Tablets, phones and laptops are welcome at our sessions. Please let staff know at sign-up if you plan to bring your own equipment.Topics Could Include:• How to use a mouse, laptop/phone/tablet basic questions• Help navigating the LINKcat catalog• Signing up for an email/social networking account• Opening and attaching email files• Scanning photographs and basic editing• Accessing full-text magazine articles online• Sprucing up your resume with style formatting• Using Libby on your computer or mobile device more info...
The Bones of Bascom Hall with Betsy Draine and Michael Hinden Thursday March 27 at 6:00pm Sign-up Required - Click Here to Register Online! In the downstairs Archer Room (through the lobby stairwell) Join authors Betsy Draine and Michael Hinden as they discuss their latest book, The Bones of Bascom Hall.Campus police at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are baffled by the discovery of human remains in the attic of the administration building. Drawn into the investigation, visiting professor Nora Barnes connects the bones to the Vietnam-era bombing of Sterling Hall. But someone doesn’t want her probing the past. She’s side-swiped by a car while riding a bicycle and almost crushed in the art library’s motorized book stacks. Meanwhile, her high-spirited husband, Toby Sandler, is hot on the trail of lost architectural plans drafted by Frank Lloyd Wright.Inspired by an event that traumatized Madison and shocked the nation, this absorbing novel blends fact and fiction and is sure to delight both mystery enthusiasts and UW alumni.Copies of the book will be available for purchase.Presenters: Betsy Draine and Michael Hinden are the coauthors of Murder in Lascaux, The Body in Bodega Bay, Death on a Starry Night, and The Dead of Achill Island, the first four mystery novels featuring Nora Barnes and Toby Sandler. They also coauthored the memoir A Castle in the Backyard: The Dream of a House in France and translated The Walnut Cookbook by Jean-Luc Toussaint. They are professors emeriti of English at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. more info...
Join authors Betsy Draine and Michael Hinden as they discuss their latest book, The Bones of Bascom Hall.
Campus police at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are baffled by the discovery of human remains in the attic of the administration building. Drawn into the investigation, visiting professor Nora Barnes connects the bones to the Vietnam-era bombing of Sterling Hall. But someone doesn’t want her probing the past. She’s side-swiped by a car while riding a bicycle and almost crushed in the art library’s motorized book stacks. Meanwhile, her high-spirited husband, Toby Sandler, is hot on the trail of lost architectural plans drafted by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Inspired by an event that traumatized Madison and shocked the nation, this absorbing novel blends fact and fiction and is sure to delight both mystery enthusiasts and UW alumni.
Copies of the book will be available for purchase.
Presenters: Betsy Draine and Michael Hinden are the coauthors of Murder in Lascaux, The Body in Bodega Bay, Death on a Starry Night, and The Dead of Achill Island, the first four mystery novels featuring Nora Barnes and Toby Sandler. They also coauthored the memoir A Castle in the Backyard: The Dream of a House in France and translated The Walnut Cookbook by Jean-Luc Toussaint. They are professors emeriti of English at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
All Ages LEGO Day! - Program for All Ages / Everyone Friday March 28 at 1:00pm Registration Required - Click Here to Register Online! In the downstairs Archer Room (through the lobby stairwell) LEGO fun for all ages! You'll find parts and pieces available to let your creative side go wild. Like a little structure? There will also be LEGO sets for teens and adults across the hall. Enjoy two days of LEGO fun - sign up for one, or both! more info...
LEGO fun for all ages! You'll find parts and pieces available to let your creative side go wild. Like a little structure? There will also be LEGO sets for teens and adults across the hall. Enjoy two days of LEGO fun - sign up for one, or both!
All Ages LEGO Day! - Program for All Ages / Everyone Saturday March 29 at 9:30am Registration Required - Click Here to Register Online! In the downstairs Archer Room (through the lobby stairwell) LEGO fun for all ages! You'll find parts and pieces available to let your creative side go wild. Like a little structure? There will also be LEGO sets for teens and adults across the hall. Enjoy two days of LEGO fun - sign up for one, or both! more info...
B.Y.O.C (Bring Your Own Craft) Saturday March 29 at 1:00pm Sign-up Required - Click Here to Register Online! In the Main Level Programming Room Join your fellow crafters at the library! Drop in to work on projects and maybe exchange some tips and tricks. Please bring your own supplies and materials. The library will provide light refreshments. more info...