Madison Public Library

Time Out Book Club: American Born Chinese

Location: Madison Public Library
Date: Thursday, December 12, 2013 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm

 

Time Out Book Club: The Forest of Hands and Teeth

Location: Madison Public Library
Date: Thursday, November 14, 2013 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm

In Mary's world there are simple truths. The Sisterhood always knows best. The Guardians will protect and serve. The Unconsecrated will never relent. And you must always mind the fence that surrounds the village; the fence that protects the village from the Forest of Hands and Teeth. But, slowly, Mary’s truths are failing her.

Time Out Book Club: Catching Fire

Location: Madison Public Library
Date: Thursday, October 10, 2013 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm

Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. After all, they have just won for themselves and their families a life of safety and plenty. But there are rumors of rebellion among the subjects, and Katniss and Peeta, to their horror, are the faces of that rebellion. The Capitol is angry.

Time Out Book Club: Daughter of the Forest

Location: Madison Public Library
Date: Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm

Lovely Sorcha is the seventh child and only daughter of Lord Colum of Sevenwaters. Bereft of a mother, she is comforted by her six brothers who love and protect her. Sorcha is the light in their lives, they are determined that she know only contentment.

Time Out Book Club: Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian

Location: Madison Public Library
Date: Thursday, August 8, 2013 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm

Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.

Time Out Book Club: Unwind

Location: Madison Public Library
Date: Thursday, July 11, 2013 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm

In America after the Second Civil War, the Pro-Choice and Pro-Life armies came to an agreement: The Bill of Life states that human life may not be touched from the moment of conception until a child reaches the age of thirteen.

Monthly Friends of the Library Meeting

Location: Madison Public Library
Date: Tuesday, April 9, 2013 - 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Join the Madison Friends of the Library to find out more!

Weave a Purse/Tote Basket

Location: Madison Public Library
Date: Friday, June 28, 2013 - 9:00am - 3:00pm

Learn to weave a purse or tote basket at the Madison Public Library on Friday, June 28, from 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.  Crystal Kitchens will teach you how to handle reed, how to start a basket with flat reed, fill in the bottom, and shape the basket.  Dyed reed will be available for decorating.  The finished product should be approximately 4.5" x 9" x 8".

Triangle Loom Weaving

Location: Madison Public Library
Date: Friday, May 17, 2013 - 9:00am - 3:00pm

Learn how to weave on a triangle frame loom at the Madison Public Library on Friday, May 17, from 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.  During the workshop you will learn to weave with continuous thread, and how to finished and join the triangles.  We will use a 36" loom to make a child's shawl or an adult scarf.  We will have a fashion show of scarves, shawls, ruanas, and ponchos to give you ideas.  You'll learn how to make your own triangle looms in various sizes.  No weaving experience is necessary.

Weave a Melon/Egg Basket

Location: Madison Public Library
Date: Friday, April 26, 2013 - 9:00am - 3:00pm

Learn to weave a Melon/Egg Basket at the Madison Public Library on Friday, April 26, from 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.  During the class you will learn how to handle reed, make a God's eye, shape a ribbed basket, and make an 8-inch basket.  Both dyed reed and seagrass will be available for decorating your basket.

If you've already made a melon basket, you can learn how to add shaping to make a "fanny" basket.

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