by Amy Mertz | Oct 14, 2024 | Giving, News
The Wisconsin Book Festival is partnering with the University of Wisconsin–Madison Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) again for the festival’s upcoming Fall Celebration on October 17–20. CEAS began in 1962 and is a focal point in connecting East Asia to UW–Madison....
by Amy Mertz | Sep 17, 2024 | Giving, News
Local artist Bird Ross, co-founder of the Women Artists Forward Fund and the Forward Art Prize in 2018, has created an art fundraiser to benefit Madison Public Library. The Less Be Raisin Nibble exhibit consists of collages of different textures, colors, and papers...
by Amy Mertz | Sep 17, 2024 | Giving, News
Roots & Wings Foundation — a family foundation launched in 2020 by Epic CEO and founder Judy Faulkner and her husband, Gordon — recently gave Madison Public Library Foundation a multiyear grant totaling $360,000 to support early literacy programs and resources at...
by Amy Mertz | Sep 17, 2024 | Giving, News, Uncategorized
Madison Public Library Foundation recently gave Madison Public Library a $500 mini-grant to support a reorganization of the library’s Spanish and bilingual (English/Spanish) World Language Collection materials. The World Language Collection includes books, movies,...
by Amy Mertz | Jul 24, 2024 | Giving, News
Looking for a new book from the Dream Bus? Its summer intern can help you find your next summer read! Meet this year’s Making & Learning Intern, Yaritza Garcia, a senior at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. Her internship is funded through gifts to Madison...
by Amy Mertz | Jul 24, 2024 | Giving, News
Madison Public Library and Madison Public Library Foundation’s Making Justice program, a community-based learning model for at-risk and court-involved teenagers, is entering its second decade of successful programming with new events and thoughtful projects. Making...
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