In recognition of LGBT Pride Month in June, Madison Public Library will celebrate with thoughtful discussion, inclusive events, and expanded sessions of last year’s popular Drag Queen Storytime.
Event Description:
In recognition of LGBT Pride Month in June, Madison Public Library will celebrate with thoughtful discussion, inclusive events, and expanded sessions of last year’s popular Drag Queen Storytime.
Event Details:
The Pinney Book Group hosts a discussion of I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson. New attendees always welcome.
In recognition of LGBT Pride Month in June, Madison Public Library will celebrate with thoughtful discussion, inclusive events, and expanded sessions of last year’s popular Drag Queen Storytime.
Event Details:
"In Northern Italy in 1983, seventeen year-old Elio begins a relationship with visiting Oliver, his father's research assistant, with whom he bonds over his emerging sexuality, their Jewish heritage, and the beguiling Italian landscape." (132mins|USA; excerpted from IMDB.com)
Stop in the Madison Community Foundation room (Study Room #2) and view a Sherlockian movie or show of your choice!
Apply Sherlock's methods of deduction to solve clues and puzzle your way out of Baker Street.
Space is limited and registration is required.
For adults.
Please call (608)873-6281, email storef [at] stolib.org, or stop at the 2nd Floor Information Desk to register.
Read The Hound of the Baskervilles and join us in discussing the novel.
Library Director Richard MacDonald will cover the influence of Edgar Allen Poe on Conan Doyle, and Doyle’s influence on the development of the mystery genre. We'll also discuss how Sherlock has continued to appear in literature over the years.
Copies of the book will be available on the second floor of the library.
No registration necessary.
A door prize will be given away!
Come meet Ole, Stoughton’s police dog, and Officer O'Neil.
They will help us learn what it takes to be a police dog and handler. There will even be a demonstration of Ole at work.
This K9 program is best suited for adults (families may prefer to attend our event on 4/12).
No registration is required.
Icons & Iconoclasts: Fashion of the Sixties Presenter—Holly Easland
The Decade that began with modest tailored silhouettes worn by First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy soon exploded into a wild expression that became known as a “youthquake,” ushering in defiant silhouettes, psychedelic prints and showering vibrant clashing color everywhere. Fashion, art and music were as one, and the rebels who shook up the era helped to bring forth an underlying freedom of dressing that has become intrinsic and still resounds in our choices today.
Music of the 1960s: Context and Characters Presenter – Kyle Johnson
Power and Protest in the 1960s: the Vietnam War and Reactions Around the World Presenter – Dr. Vaneesa Cook