Upcoming Events
Teen Game Club
Hang out with your friends and get to play against other teens at Teen Game Club! Everything from our card games (Uno, Sushi Go!, etc.) to our video games (Switch, PS4 & Xbox One) will be available to play. Feel free to also bring your own games! Open to grades 7-12, no registration required.
3:00pm - 5:00pm View DetailsBaby & Me Playtime
Looking for a low-key storytime for your infant and an opportunity to make friends? Baby and Me Playtime will introduce you to a book and song or rhyme for your baby then give you time to socialize with other babies and their caregivers afterwards. For ages birth to 2.
Registration recommended. Limited walk-in availability.
4:00pm - 4:45pm View DetailsLive Author Talk Watch Party: On Childhood Migration from Central America with Javier Zamora
Join us for this live watch party in the Johnson Room featuring an author talk with New York Times bestselling author Javier Zamora as he chats with us about his riveting tale of survival and perseverance as told in his award-winning memoir Solito.
Zamora’s adventure is a three-thousand-mile journey from his small town in El Salvador, through Guatemala and Mexico, and across the U.S. border. He will leave behind his beloved aunt and grandparents to reunite with a mother who left four years ago and a father he barely remembers. Traveling alone amid a group of strangers and a “coyote” hired to lead them to safety, Javier expects his trip to last two short weeks.
At nine years old, all Javier can imagine is rushing into his parents’ arms, snuggling in bed between them, and living under the same roof again. He cannot foresee the perilous boat trips, relentless desert treks, pointed guns, arrests and deceptions that await him; nor can he know that those two weeks will expand into two life-altering months alongside fellow migrants who will come to encircle him like an unexpected family.
Solito provides an immediate and intimate account not only of a treacherous and near-impossible journey, but also of the miraculous kindness and love delivered at the most unexpected moments. Solito is Javier Zamora’s story, but it’s also the story of millions of others who had no choice but to leave home. Register today to learn more about this gripping and moving story!
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Trivia Night
Tuesday, November 19, 7:30-9:00 p.m. Join us on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at Comomango (52 Wall Street) for a little friendly competition. Prizes provided by Comomango. Registration required.
Madison Movie Chat: “Travels with my Aunt”
Monday, November 18, 6:30-7:30 p.m. (virtual). Join us for this movie discussion via Kanopy, a free streaming service available with your library card. Our next film will be “Travels with My Aunt,” based on the novel by Graham Greene and starring Maggie Smith. Click through the link to register.
Penguins, Polar Bears, Peaks, and Parks: Bio-Geographical Journeys to the Earth’s Four (four?) Poles in one Year
Saturday, November 16, 2:00-3:00 p.m. Dr. Richard Benfield took four journeys in 2023 to the four geographic poles: North Pole, South Pole and the other two. Other two? Where are they? In this one-hour presentation, we will focus on the four poles and the animals and people who live there: their landscapes, their livelihoods and their flora and fauna.
Saturday Sleuths Book Club
Saturday, November 16, 10:00-11:30 a.m. Our November thriller is The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins. This is an in-person discussion. There will be snacks!
No Shelf Control: A Book Club for Tweens!
Thursday, November 14, 6:00-7:00 p.m. Book of the month is Fuzzy Mud by Louis Sachar. Please give us a call at 203.245.8722 to RSVP!