by Amy Mertz | Jun 10, 2021 | News, Newsletter, Uncategorized
For the third consecutive year, the National Endowment for the Arts granted the Wisconsin Book Festival $10,000 to help cement its reputation as one of the top literary festivals in the country. The grant will allow the festival to attract and host award-winning...
by Amy Mertz | Jun 10, 2021 | Event, News, Newsletter, Uncategorized
Madison Public Library is offering several new ways for local residents to participate in We Read/Nosotros Leemos — its year-round, all-ages community celebration of reading — this summer. We Read programs will move outdoors with grab-and-go mini-maker kits created by...
by Amy Mertz | Jun 10, 2021 | Event, News, Newsletter, Uncategorized
Madison Public Library welcomed more than 4,000 eager patrons through the doors of its nine locations on May 24 as it reopened its facilities to the public for the first time since mid-March 2020. “I found out that the libraries were opening again on the 24th, which...
by Amy Mertz | Jun 9, 2021 | News, Newsletter, Uncategorized
This spring, the City of Madison authorized Joseph Lee & Associates, LLC, to provide architectural, engineering design and construction administration services for the Imagination Center at Reindahl Park, which will be located near the intersection of East...
by Amy Mertz | Jun 9, 2021 | News, Uncategorized
The Madison Public Library Foundation board of directors worked with a strategic planning consulting agency this year to develop new mission and vision statements, identify core values and set strategic goals for the next three years. MISSION | Mobilize the Madison...
by Amy Mertz | Jun 9, 2021 | Event, Giving, News, Newsletter, Uncategorized
Madison Public Library and Madison Public Library Foundation will sponsor a bicycle in Madison BCycle’s Art Bike Program, which aims to raise awareness for and bring attention to important causes in our communities. The BCycle Art Bike Program will have 28 bikes and...
by Amy Mertz | Jun 9, 2021 | Giving, News, Newsletter, Uncategorized
Madison Public Library Foundation kicked off a campaign on Library Giving Day (April 7) that ran through the end of April to recruit new Sustainer — aka monthly — donors. Thanks to a generous matching gift from Tom DeChant, Paul Gibler and an anonymous donor, the...
by Amy Mertz | Jun 9, 2021 | Giving, News, Newsletter, Uncategorized
When it became apparent that Madison Public Library’s Friends groups would have to cancel their annual Book Club Café spring fundraiser, some of the groups came together to support UW-Madison’s Go Big Read program in its place. Monroe Street Library League, Friends...
by Amy Mertz | Mar 24, 2021 | News, Uncategorized
We’re continuing our series of updates from staff members since they began working from home last spring. This month, get to know foundation Donor Relations Manager Dayna Long. I used my extra time at home over the last year to do a lot of baking. I baked 15...
by Amy Mertz | Nov 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
Ex Libris: Box Set Edition, the 2020 version of our 10th annual fall fundraiser, was a hit! Each box, available for pickup in early November, included: locally made beverages a certificate booklet redeemable for food and beverages from local businesses nonperishable...
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