Techno Minutes

Schedule a one on one appointment for tech help! Sign up for these 30 minute or less sessions by calling 608 827 7403, stopping by the library s service desk, or emailing [email protected]. Tablets, phones and laptops are welcome at our sessions. Please let staff ......More

Schedule a one on one appointment for tech help! Sign up for these 30 minute or less sessions by calling 608 827 7403, stopping by the library s service 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=26269

Middleton Public Library - Lower Level

Young Entrepreneur Craft Fair - Program for All Ages / Everyone

Young Entrepreneur Craft Fair (All Ages) Saturday, November 7 10am 12pm Come shop at our Young Entrepreneur Craft Fair! Kids ages 9 18 will be selling crafts made entirely by them! Coasters, ornaments, plushies, you name it, they ll have it! After shopping......More

Young Entrepreneur Craft Fair (All Ages) Saturday, November 7 10am 12pm Come shop at our Young Entrepreneur Craft Fair! Kids ages 9 18 will be selling crafts made entirely by them! Coasters, ornaments, plushies, you name it, they ll have it! After shopping at the library, head to the Senior Center for their Fall Craft Fair from 9 1! Double the shopping, double the fun! Anyone interested in selling at the craft fair must fill out the application form found at midlibrary.org/craftfair by September 19th. https://www.midlibrary.org/EventDetail?ID=25372

Middleton Public Library - Upper Level

How-To Fest - Program for All Ages / Everyone

This hands on, all ages festival will showcase local expertise, bringing the community together to learn new skills and hobbies in short 5 10 min tabling demonstrations. All are invited to attend! Topics include: How to macrame How to sketch in a lasso art......More

This hands on, all ages festival will showcase local expertise, bringing the community together to learn new skills and hobbies in short 5 10 min tabling demonstrations. All are invited to attend! Topics include: How to macrame How to sketch in a lasso art style How to declutter a space How to make sea shell decorations How to send and receive postcards from around the world How to make your home more environmentally friendly How to start swimming for fitness How to make friends with a disabled person How to keep quails for eggs How to prepare and apply for college How to woodblock print How to sew a scrunchi from scraps How to create stop animation on a smart phone How to knit https://www.midlibrary.org/EventDetail?ID=25489

Middleton Public Library - Upper Level

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=25419

Middleton Public Library - Archer Room

Virtual Author Talk with Kelly and Zach Weinersmith

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 out of this world virtual conversation with New York Times bestselling authors Kelly and Zach Weinersmith as they dive into their book A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space Should We Settle Space and Have We Really Thought This Through? 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/218450 About the Author: Zach Weinersmith is best known as the cartoonist of the comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. He also co wrote the bestselling science books Soonish and A City on Mars with his wife and worked with the artist Boulet to create a children s retelling of the story of Beowulf called Bea Wolf. Dr. Kelly Weinersmith is an adjunct faculty member at Rice University and is currently President of the Helminthological Society of Washington and the American Society of Parasitologists. Her research on animal behavior and parasites has been featured in The Atlantic National Geographic BBC World Science Nature and more. Kelly co wrote the New York Times bestsellers Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That ll Improve And/Or Ruin Everything and A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space Should We Settle Space and Have We Really Thought This Through?. In 2024 she and her co author/husband Zach received a Hugo Award and the Royal Society Trivedi Book Prize for A City on Mars. Kelly is also co host of the podcast Daniel and Kelly s Extraordinary Universe. Thanks to the Friends of the Middleton Public Library for sponsoring this series. https://www.midlibrary.org/EventDetail?ID=26421

Middleton Public Library - Virtual

What the Light is Hiding with Author Tamara Dean

Long before modern Dark Sky initiatives, some Wisconsinites resisted the electric lights that promised to ruin their nighttime freedom and ease among shadows. Based on Dean s essay Night Vision from her book, Shelter and Storm: At Home in the Driftless, this presentatio......More

Long before modern Dark Sky initiatives, some Wisconsinites resisted the electric lights that promised to ruin their nighttime freedom and ease among shadows. Based on Dean s essay Night Vision from her book, Shelter and Storm: At Home in the Driftless, this presentation explores rural electrification and night vision technology through the fascinating stories of nonconformists who over the past century have embraced or sought to conquer the darkness. *Copies of the book will be available for purchase after the presentation* Presenter bio: Tamara Dean s latest book, Shelter and Storm: At Home in the Driftless (University of Minnesota Press, 2025), invites readers to step into the Driftless Area and consider how we tend the earth in times of uncertainty, what we owe our neighbors, and ways we thrive in community. Her award winning essays and stories have appeared in The American Scholar, The Georgia Review, the Guardian, One Story, Orion, The Southern Review, STORY Magazine, and elsewhere. She teaches workshops through writers.com, Madison Writers Studio and other writing centers across the nation. More at www.tamaradean.media. https://www.midlibrary.org/EventDetail?ID=25544

Middleton Public Library - Archer Room

Virtual Author Talk with Paul Vigna

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 eye opening conversation with veteran journalist Paul Vigna as we examine his provocative book The Almightier: How Money Became God Greed Became Virtue and Debt Became Sin in which he explores the question: how did money go from a tool of commerce into the dominant faith of modern society? 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/219149 About the Author: Paul Vigna is an author journalist editor and speaker with a particular focus on capital markets and cryptocurrencies. He is the author of Guts: The Anatomy of The Walking Dead and coauthor of The Age of Cryptocurrency and The Truth Machine. For 25 years he was a reporter and editor for Dow Jones Newswires and the Wall Street Journal pioneering coverage of the cryptocurrency sector. He has appeared on CNN CNBC MSNBC Fox and PBS.Asha lives on Anishinaabe Huron Wendat and Haudenosaunee Territory with her husband and two beautiful children with whom she co creates a better world for the seven generations to come. Thanks to the Friends of the Middleton Public Library for sponsoring this series. https://www.midlibrary.org/EventDetail?ID=26422

Middleton Public Library - Virtual

B.Y.O.C (Bring Your Own Craft)

Join your fellow crafters at the library! Drop in to work on projects and maybe exchange some tips and tricks. Please bring your own supplies and materials. The library will provide light refreshments. https://www.midlibrary.org/EventDetail?ID=25689

Middleton Public Library - Storytime Room

Let's Play at MCPASD's Early Learning Center! - Program for All Ages / Everyone

Let s Play! Join community agencies and MCPASD staff to explore learning through play & hands on activities. This free event is on Tuesday November 17 from 5:30pm 7:00pm at the Early Learning Center 2429 Clark St Middleton WI. Make sure to visit the Middleton P......More

Let s Play! Join community agencies and MCPASD staff to explore learning through play & hands on activities. This free event is on Tuesday November 17 from 5:30pm 7:00pm at the Early Learning Center 2429 Clark St Middleton WI. Make sure to visit the Middleton Public Library s info table at this event! ĄVamos a jugar! Únase a agencias comunitarias y al personal de MCPASD para explorar el aprendizaje a través del juego y actividades prácticas. Martes 17 de noviembre de 2026 5:30pm 7:00pm Centro de Aprendizaje Temprano 2429 Clark St Middleton WI https://www.midlibrary.org/EventDetail?ID=26507

Middleton Public Library

Food as Medicine

Our food choices are a major influence on our health and something we get to control. Learn how to improve your food intake, based on your specific needs, and enjoy food as it was meant to be enjoyed. Recent studies show an association between food intake and the rising......More

Our food choices are a major influence on our health and something we get to control. Learn how to improve your food intake, based on your specific needs, and enjoy food as it was meant to be enjoyed. Recent studies show an association between food intake and the rising incidence of several types of cancer and decades of research point to the influence food intake has on longevity. Come and learn more about what your food choices mean for you. Presenter bio: Eileen Mikus is a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist with a Masters in Nutrition from Tufts University and a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition from University of Michigan. She has experience in diabetes prevention and treatment, food intolerances, and geriatric nutrition. She enjoys presenting credible nutrition information to the public as an RD Nutrition Expert . https://www.midlibrary.org/EventDetail?ID=25870

Middleton Public Library - Archer Room

Virtual Author Talk with Rebecca Roanhorse

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. Step i......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. Step into a sprawling world of celestial magic political intrigue and ancient prophecies with New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Roanhorse as we dive deep into her acclaimed Between Earth and Sky trilogy. Black Sun Fevered Star and Mirrored Heavens are inspired by the rich and diverse cultures of the pre Columbian Americas reshaping modern speculative fiction with unmissable worldbuilding. 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/220547 About the Author: Rebecca Roanhorse is a New York Times bestselling and Nebula Hugo and Locus Award winning speculative fiction writer. She has published multiple award winning short stories and novels including two novels in The Sixth World series Star Wars: Resistance Reborn Race to the Sun for the Rick Riordan imprint and the Hugo Award winning epic fantasy trilogy Between Earth and Sky. She was the guest editor of America s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy (2023) and a contributor to the New York Times 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. She has also written for Marvel comics and games and her TV writing includes FX s A Murder at the End of the World and the Marvel series Echo for Disney+. She has had her own work optioned by Paramount Amazon Studios Netflix and AMC Studios. Thanks to the Friends of the Middleton Public Library for sponsoring this series. https://www.midlibrary.org/EventDetail?ID=26423

Middleton Public Library - Virtual