by Amy Mertz | Feb 19, 2020 | News, Uncategorized
The new Pinney Library is for everyone — even the tiniest of patrons, and their caregivers. The PlayLab at Pinney Library promotes early literacy through child-directed play for children ages birth to 5. PlayLab programming will encourage community support and family...
by Amy Mertz | Feb 18, 2020 | News, Uncategorized
UW-Madison Art Department Professor Tom Loeser (pictured above, left) recently completed an artistic seating area for the new Pinney Library that was constructed from ash trees decimated by the emerald ash borer infestation. Titled Pair of Perches for Pinney People...
by mplf intern | Jan 29, 2020 | News, Patron Stories
Students like Kazuyuki Negishi are proof that libraries are for everyone, and learning is lifelong. Within the last year, Negishi relocated to Madison from his home country of Japan. Since his move, he has been taking classes to learn English. Negishi frequents...
by Amy Mertz | Dec 13, 2019 | Giving, News, Newsletter
Thanks to an anonymous donor, all contributions to Madison Public Library Foundation’s annual fund between now and December 31 will qualify for a 100 percent match! Donations to the annual fund support Madison Public Library’s collections, programs, services, employee...
by Amy Mertz | Dec 13, 2019 | Giving, News, Newsletter, Uncategorized
Leo loves fonts and wants to design them someday. Zoey likes to explore careers and new materials in the Spotlight Station. Amy enjoys building small cardboard houses for her dolls. Jaycob likes to build and take apart technology. These third-graders at Madison...
by Amy Mertz | Dec 13, 2019 | Giving, News, Newsletter
Madison Public Library Foundation recently learned that philanthropist John “Jack Lussier, who died in 2018, left a nearly $1 million charitable trust gift to support future library endeavors. The dollars received in 2018 and 2019 will be directed to the foundation’s...
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