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Mount Horeb Library Event with attendees looking at Skype projected on screen

Skype Author Visit with Tara Westover

"It is so great to hear from the author, to ask questions and interact. It takes reading a book to another level of understanding." Mt. Horeb Public Library

Author Visit: Collected Works of Meg Medina

“I was able to take a small crew of kiddos downtown yesterday to hear young adult author Meg Medina speak! Meg talked to us about the importance of finding our One True Story: the story we will spend our lives telling.

Actors perform in front of the Rosemary Garfoot Public Library tree mural

From Page to Stage with Forward Theater

“I attended my first 'Beyond the Page' event tonight. This is a wonderful opportunity to engage in conversation about drama and prepare to view the play." Rosemary Garfoot Public Library Event

A writer addresses the audience at DeForest Public Library

Hidden Voices: African American Voices In Wisconsin

“Beautifully presented, enlightening talk by three local writers on the African American writing experience & history.” Madison Central Public Library Event

Beyond the Page is a permanent endowment held by the Madison Community Foundation that annually funds humanities programming in all Dane County libraries- forever.

Calendar

Strangers No Longer: Latino Belonging and Faith in Twentieth-Century Wisconsin
6:00 pm at Fitchburg Public Library
Unjust Deeds: A History of Racial Covenants in Dane County and Beyond
6:30 pm at Waunakee Public Library
Food & Stories on the 100th Anniversary of The Great Gatsby
1:00 pm at Verona Public Library (Community Room)
Sky Dome Planetarium
1:00 pm at Middleton Public Library (upper level)
Unjust Deeds: A History of Racial Covenants in Dane County and Beyond
1:00 pm at Rosemary Garfoot Public Library (Cross Plains, WI)

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Banned Books Week

Celebrate the freedom to read in the Dane County public libraries. Banned Books Week is Sept 22-28, 2024 but we have events through mid October. Learn more here.