High School

Play Clubs:  I and You

Play Club is part book club, part performance experience.  This program presents the opportunity to explore a play in depth through guided discussion, performance of scenes by actors, and discussion with director and actors. Participants will gain a new perspective on what makes a play work and how it is brought to life on stage.

Participants will sign up at the library for Play Club and will receive a copy of the play, I and You by Lauren Gunderson, to read prior to Play Club.  

Anton Treuer will come to speak about his book, Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians but Were Afraid to Ask.  He will also talk about his work as a professor and an Ojibwe tribal member.

Short Biography (taken from http://antontreuer.com)

The Middleton Public Library will welcome 2017-2018 Wisconsin Poet Laureate Karla Huston on Thursday, September 7th, for a poetry reading and book signing. Huston is the author of eight chapbooks of poems, the latest entitled Grief Bone, (Five Oaks Press), as well as a full collection, A Theory of Lipstick (Main Street Rag Publications). Huston’s work has garnered numerous awards, including a Pushcart Prize for the poem “Theory of Lipstick.” She received an Outstanding Achievement Award from the Wisconsin Library Association for her collection of the same title.

“Pop Up!” screenings will feature full length international festival films with discussions led by UWMadison & other local humanities experts who will connect themes addressed in the films with Wisconsin’s multicultural communities.

Film: Neruda (Chile/Argentina)

“Pop Up!” screenings will feature full length international festival films with discussions led by UWMadison & other local humanities experts who will connect themes addressed in the films with Wisconsin’s multicultural communities.

Film:  Things to Come (France)

A philosophy teacher soldiers through the death of her mother, getting fired from her job, and dealing with a husband who is cheating on her. 

“Pop Up!” screenings will feature full length international festival films with discussions led by UWMadison & other local humanities experts who will connect themes addressed in the films with Wisconsin’s multicultural communities.

Film: Phoenix (Germany)

A disfigured Holocaust survivor sets out to determine if the man she loved betrayed her trust.

“Pop Up!” screenings will feature full length international festival films with discussions led by UWMadison & other local humanities experts who will connect themes addressed in the films with Wisconsin’s multicultural communities.

Film: Lo & Behold, Reveries of the Connected World

Filmmaker Werner Herzog examines the past, present and future of the Internet and how it affects human interaction and modern society.

“Pop Up!” screenings will feature full length international festival films with discussions led by UWMadison & other local humanities experts who will connect themes addressed in the films with Wisconsin’s multicultural communities.

Film: The Salesman

This Iranian film won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2017.

“Pop Up!” screenings will feature full length international festival films with discussions led by UWMadison & other local humanities experts who will connect themes addressed in the films with Wisconsin’s multicultural communities.

Film: My Love, Don’t Cross That River (South Korea)  

Jo and Kang have been inseparable for 76 years. Observing this couple for 15 months, director Moyoung Jin captures the tender moments of their twilight days - as the two face the reality that their time together will soon be approaching an end.

“Pop Up!” screenings will feature full length international festival films with discussions led by UWMadison & other local humanities experts who will connect themes addressed in the films with Wisconsin’s multicultural communities.

Film: A Quiet Passion (UK)

The story of American poet Emily Dickinson from her early days as a young schoolgirl to her later years as a reclusive, unrecognized artist.