Virtual Author Talk with Vanessa Riley

Welcome to our ongoing series of virtual author talks in partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium! Each month enjoy talks and interactive Q& A sessions with bestselling authors streamed live. Recordings will be available for viewing after live events. Join u......More

Welcome to our ongoing series of virtual author talks in partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium! Each month enjoy talks and interactive Q& A sessions with bestselling authors streamed live. Recordings will be available for viewing after live events. Join us for an unforgettable experience as we chat online with Vanessa Riley about her newest book Fire Sword and Sea based on the folk story of the female pirate Jacquotte Delahaye. Click on the link below to register submit your questions for the author and receive your unique link to join the discussion: https://libraryc.org/midlibrary/106863 About the Author: Vanessa Riley is an award winning author and proud recipient of the 2024 Georgia Mystery/Detective Fiction Author of the Year. She writes Sagas and Book Club Fiction that brings to life the hidden narratives of Black women and women of color in novels like Island Queen and Queen of Exiles. Her stories celebrate strong sisterhoods diverse communities and resilience across historical fiction romance and mystery genres.Her work has been featured in the Atlanta Journal Constitution Washington Post Entertainment Weekly NPR Publishers Weekly and The New York Times. Thanks to the Friends of the Middleton Public Library for sponsoring this series. https://www.midlibrary.org/EventDetail?ID=25589

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Olympic Extravaganza: All Ages Drop-In Crafts - Program for All Ages / Everyone

Stop by the library for some Olympics themed crafts! Make a paper laurel wreath and an Olympic bookmark to take home! Be sure to check out the other Olympics themed events happening throughout the day! Other events require registration. If you need accommodati......More

Stop by the library for some Olympics themed crafts! Make a paper laurel wreath and an Olympic bookmark to take home! Be sure to check out the other Olympics themed events happening throughout the day! Other events require registration. If you need accommodations to attend this event, please contact [email protected] or 608 827 7403. https://www.midlibrary.org/EventDetail?ID=25296

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Adult Craft: Snowmen on Skis

Create a tiny snowman on skis to decorate your home this winter! Registration required. If you need accommodations to attend this event, please contact [email protected] or 608 827 7403. https://www.midlibrary.org/EventDetail?ID=25437

Middleton Public Library - Friends Community Room

Family Bingo: Olympics Edition - Program for All Ages / Everyone

Bingo cards will be filled with Olympic events instead of numbers. We will play 5 rounds with prizes awarded for each round. https://www.midlibrary.org/EventDetail?ID=25436

Middleton Public Library - Archer Room

Movie Screening--Cool Runnings - Program for All Ages / Everyone

Fact based tale about the course traveled by Jamaica s bobsled team en route to the 1988 Olympics. Rated PG, Runtime 98 min. https://www.midlibrary.org/EventDetail?ID=25531

Middleton Public Library - Archer Room

Yoga with Patrick

Patrick Cunningham is a yoga teacher for all ages and abilities whose welcoming style invites everyone to join, any way they can. Whether teaching a calm stretch or leading a yoga flow with soul music, Patrick helps people feel better, move more, and share a few laughs ......More

Patrick Cunningham is a yoga teacher for all ages and abilities whose welcoming style invites everyone to join, any way they can. Whether teaching a calm stretch or leading a yoga flow with soul music, Patrick helps people feel better, move more, and share a few laughs along the way. Patrick is also the creator and performer behind Pogie the Yogie, a kids show bringing movement, mindfulness, and joy to families, kind of like a mindful Mr. Rogers. All episodes are free at YouTube/@PogieTheYogie. Registration is required, as space is limited. https://www.midlibrary.org/EventDetail?ID=25410

Middleton Public Library - Archer Room

Techno Minutes

Sign up for these 30 minute or less computer classes by calling 827 7403, stopping by the library s Reference Desk, or emailing [email protected]. Tablets, phones and laptops are welcome at our sessions. Please let staff know at sign up if you plan to bring your own e......More

Sign up for these 30 minute or less computer classes by calling 827 7403, stopping by the library s Reference Desk, or emailing [email protected]. Tablets, phones and laptops are welcome at our sessions. Please let staff know at sign up if you plan to bring your own equipment. Topics Could Include: How to use a mouse, laptop/phone/tablet basic questions Help navigating the LINKcat catalog Signing up for an email/social networking account Opening and attaching email files Scanning photographs and basic editing Accessing full text magazine articles online Sprucing up your resume with style formatting Using Libby on your computer or mobile device Please check in at the lower level service desk when you arrive for your appointment. https://www.midlibrary.org/EventDetail?ID=25389

Middleton Public Library - Lower Level

The Remarkable Life of Reed Peggram: The Man Who Stared Down World War II in the Name of Love

Ethelene Whitmire will discuss how she uncovered the true, heart wrenching story of a queer, African American scholar who traveled to Paris, Copenhagen, and Florence, and who defied the odds to live a life of love, freedom, and dignity in the face of Nazi captivity duri......More

Ethelene Whitmire will discuss how she uncovered the true, heart wrenching story of a queer, African American scholar who traveled to Paris, Copenhagen, and Florence, and who defied the odds to live a life of love, freedom, and dignity in the face of Nazi captivity during World War II. Award winning historian Ethelene Whitmire unearthed a trove of Reed s letters when she met one of his descendants at a lecture, awed that she d heard so little of this charismatic man and his fascinating true story of love and war. In The Remarkable Life of Reed Peggram, she introduces us to an unforgettable character who fled from country to country as fighting advanced, was captured by Nazis and outwitted them in a daring escape, and risked it all in a personal fight for a life of love, freedom, beauty and dignity in a world set against him. *Copies of the book will be available for purchase* Ethelene Whitmire is a writer and professor, and the former chair of the Department of African American Studies at the University of Wisconsin Madison. Ethelene is the author of The Remarkable Life of Reed Peggram (forthcoming February 2026) and Regina Anderson Andrews, Harlem Renaissance Librarian. Her research has won awards and funding from the Ford Foundation, the Fulbright Program, the Lois Roth Foundation, the American Scandinavian Foundation, and the American Library Association. https://www.midlibrary.org/EventDetail?ID=25291

Middleton Public Library - Archer Room

Genealogy Drop-In Workshop

Come share tips on researching your genealogy, exchange information with others, and talk shop while working on your own project. All levels of genealogy expertise are welcome. We will have laptops to use for Ancestry.com research. Feel free to bring your own devices an......More

Come share tips on researching your genealogy, exchange information with others, and talk shop while working on your own project. All levels of genealogy expertise are welcome. We will have laptops to use for Ancestry.com research. Feel free to bring your own devices and materials. https://www.midlibrary.org/EventDetail?ID=25536

Middleton Public Library - Archer Room

Virtual Author Talk with Dr. Lindsey Stewart

Welcome to our ongoing series of virtual author talks in partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium! Each month enjoy talks and interactive Q& A sessions with bestselling authors streamed live. Recordings will be available for viewing after live events. Femini......More

Welcome to our ongoing series of virtual author talks in partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium! Each month enjoy talks and interactive Q& A sessions with bestselling authors streamed live. Recordings will be available for viewing after live events. Feminist philosopher Dr. Lindsey Stewart s book The Conjuring of America: Mojos Mermaids Medicine and 400 Years of Black Women s Magic tells the stories of Negro Mammies of slavery the Voodoo Queens and Blues Women of Reconstruction and the Granny Midwives and textile weavers of the Jim Crow era. Join us to take part in the magic and celebrate the legacy of America s founding Black women. Click on the link below to register submit your questions for the author and receive your unique link to join the discussion: https://libraryc.org/midlibrary/107440 About the Author: Lindsey Stewart is a Black feminist philosopher and an Associate Professor of philosophy at the University of Memphis. She is the author of The Politics of Black Joy. Her work has been featured in Blavity Signs Hypatia and the British Journal for the History of Philosophy and she holds a 2021 Michael Beaney Prize. She lives in Memphis Tennessee. https://www.midlibrary.org/EventDetail?ID=25590

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Music Bingo for Adults: Valentine's Edition

Join us for a night of fun, music, and friendly competition! Bingo cards will be filled with titles of famous love songs (and maybe some breakup anthems) instead of numbers. We ll play 5 rounds with prizes awarded for each round. https://www.midlibrary.org/EventDeta......More

Join us for a night of fun, music, and friendly competition! Bingo cards will be filled with titles of famous love songs (and maybe some breakup anthems) instead of numbers. We ll play 5 rounds with prizes awarded for each round. https://www.midlibrary.org/EventDetail?ID=25542

Middleton Public Library - Archer Room