Newsletters - Madison Public Library Foundation

Engaging Library Takeover Ideas Sought

Madison Public Library is accepting applications through October 1 for Library Takeover, a program created to support communities to make their...

We Read: Youth Voices Contest Deadline September 17

Madison Public Library is seeking young writers in the Madison area! Have a story to share? Pen a tale with the theme of “teamwork” and submit it...

Donations Allow Parents as First Teachers Program to Serve More Families

Gifts to Madison Public Library Foundation are helping Madison Public Library’s Parents as First Teachers program, coordinated by the library’s...

Book Festival Earns Grant, Plans Fall In-Person Events

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...

Summer Is Action-Packed for Library’s We Read Program

Madison Public Library is offering several new ways for local residents to participate in We Read/Nosotros Leemos — its year-round, all-ages...

Joyful Reopening for Madison Public Library’s Nine Locations

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...

Reindahl Imagination Center Architect Selected, Urban Planner Hired

This spring, the City of Madison authorized Joseph Lee & Associates, LLC, to provide architectural, engineering design and construction...

Library’s Madison BCycle Art Bike Unveiling June 10

Madison Public Library and Madison Public Library Foundation will sponsor a bicycle in Madison BCycle’s Art Bike Program, which aims to raise...

Matching Gifts Attract 66 New Sustainers; New Challenge This Summer for First-Time and Returning Donors

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 —...

Friends Groups Support Go Big Read

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...