Madison Public Library Foundation Summer 2015 Newsletter

LIBRARY NEWS Branch Spotlight: Meadowridge Library

Short Story: Meet Hawthorne Library Page Arriella Waddell Tell us a little about yourself. My husband and I moved from Alaska six years ago to Madison. I’m originally from Canada and have family in Toronto. I attended Madison College and am finishing up my degree at UW-Madison. I plan to attend UW-Milwaukee’s Library & Information Science program.

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What is your role at the library, and how long have you worked here? I work at Hawthorne Library as a Page II and started in July 2013. Besides circulation duties, I assist Tracy Moore, our Youth Services Librarian, with after-school and special events programming.

FOUNDATION NEWS New Foundation Grants Address Achievement Gap Madison Public Library Foundation recently granted $56,000 to Madison Public Library for its summer reading program for schoolage children, a new story time for African-American families, expanded materials for Spanish speakers and seven other projects.

What is your favorite part of the job? I love the staff at Hawthorne and how comfortable everyone is with each other. The positive work environment is very important to me. I also enjoyed volunteering with Janice Scurio, Teen Librarian at Meadowridge, at HeroCon in early May.

The grants were made possible through donations to the foundation’s annual fund, which supports a variety of requests from library leadership.

What are your hobbies or interests? I’m an avid reader, writer and gamer. I watch a lot of episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Gossip Girl on Netflix in my spare time.

The new Meadowridge Library features an open floor plan and a new kids’ technology area equipped with tablets.

There’s been a lot of excitement and activity at Madison Public Library’s southwest side location in the last year, beginning with the library’s relocation last fall to a new space a few doors down from its former location in the Meadowood Shopping Center, and the Meadowood Neighborhood Center’s recent move into the reconstructed former library space. But the three-phase construction is now complete, and the library and center are preparing to celebrate their new facilities with a public Open House on Wednesday, June 24, from 5-8 p.m.

Speaking at the event will be Madison Mayor Paul Soglin, Madison Metropolitan School District Superintendent Jennifer Cheatham and District 20 Ald. Matthew Phair.

The celebration includes the debut of the library and center’s Meadowridge collaborative programming space Library and that features a community kitchen, Meadowood a unique asset for a library.

Community Supervising Librarian Alice Oakey Center Public said the library plans to work Open House with the neighborhood center to Wednesday, June 24, better serve the many financially 5-8 p.m. challenged residents living nearby.

Efforts will include an afterschool snack program, guest speakers on educational topics, teen programs, and laptops and tablets so library visitors can complete job applications and improve their job skills. Madison Public Library Foundation secured grants and provided funding to support many of these initiatives.

If you haven’t visited Meadowridge since it opened in September, stop by to see how the design makes use of natural light, as well as its Quiet Reading Room, meeting rooms, fireplace and new technology for all ages.

What is your favorite book or genre of book? My favorite author is Neil Gaiman, especially his book American Gods. Speculative fiction (a genre that encompasses any fiction with supernatural, fantastical, or futuristic elements) is my go-to reading material. My writing goals include producing across genres (fiction/YA fiction/song lyrics/video game narrative) like Gaiman has done.

—Compiled by Katharine Clark Arriella Waddell

Bubbler Junior Promotes Hands-On Summer Learning Have you heard about The Bubbler? This program’s hands-on pop-up workshops introduce participants to local artists, makers and craftspeople who share their talents and resources through a wide range of demonstrations, performances, and make-and-take workshops in all nine libraries and at partner locations around the city.

This summer, Madison Public Library is excited to introduce the Bubbler Junior program through a series of interactive workshops for kids. At Paste Paper Exploration workshops, young participants will explore a fun, simple way to make art with their fingers. At Sock Monsters workshops, kids will enjoy making their own stuffed monster (or animal or alien) from socks. Artist Michael Velliquette will lead children in Cut Paper Art workshops, making amazing art while learning cut paper art techniques.

Other workshops include Basics of Circuit Building with Karen Corbeill, Start Sewing workshops, and screen printing projects. For a full list of dates, locations and registration information for all of our programs, visit madisonpubliclibrary.org/kids/bubbler-junior.

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Bo Ryan to Return for Rock & Read

Events Highlight Summer Reading

Special guest Bo Ryan, who coached his Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team to the NCAA championship game this year, will again attend Madison Public Library Foundation’s Rock & Read fundraiser on Sunday, June 21, to share his passion for reading.

Celebrate reading at the library’s downtown Summer Library Carnival on Wednesday, July 29. Enjoy a performance by Miller and Mike at Overture Center for the Arts at 10:30 a.m. or 1:30 p.m., then cross the street and head to Central Library for a carnival including games, crafts and other reading fun.

The second annual event will take place in the Capital Brewery Bier Garten in Middleton from 3-6 p.m. on Father’s Day. Guests will enjoy live music by Yid Vicious and the Madgadders, literacy-themed kids’ crafts from Monroe Street Arts Center, and ice cream from Schoep’s. Burgers and Capital beer will be available for purchase.

Event proceeds will go to Madison Public Library’s Summer Reading Clubs. Admission is a suggested donation of $5 per person. Tickets, including Family Sponsor packages, are available at mplfoundation.org.

The foundation thanks the following businesses supporting Rock & Read: Presenting Sponsor Zendesk; Sustaining Sponsors Capitol Bank and Children’s Dental Center; Contributing Sponsors Group Health Cooperative, Hausmann-Johnson Bauch Financial, TDS Telecom, WPS Charitable Foundation, Woodman’s Markets and Yahara Music Library; and In-Kind Donors Schoep’s Ice Cream and Monroe Street Arts Center.

On Tuesday, August 4, bring your little music lovers to Olbrich Gardens for the Every Hero Has a Story concert and picnic. Bubbles and activities start at 6 p.m. At 7 p.m., Stuart Stotts will get the whole family dancing while you picnic. Rain or shine, fun will be had no matter the weather. More details about these events and others are available at madisonpubliclibrary.org/kids.

SAVE THE DATE!

11/13/15 EX LIBRIS VOLUME V: BEER FOR BRUNCH 7 p.m., Central Library

“Read Up at Madison Public Library strengthens our common focus on preventing summer learning loss and building a powerful collaborative spirit that has gotten kids and families excited about reading,” said Youth Services Supervisor Krissy Wick. “In 2015, we’ll double the number of kids and families reached by this program to 500, in large part because of the generosity of Madison Public Library Foundation.”

Goodman South Madison Library will be the location for the Read Up is a collaborative program of the library, Madison library’s first Black Story Hour. The library will use the foundation’s Metropolitan School District, United Way, Madison School & $4,200 grant to recruit low-income black parents and caregivers Community Recreation, and UW-Madison. Last summer, the library who are not typical library users, and invite local community started Read Up at two MMSD summer school sites to improve leaders to participate.

Both groups will learn lessons that will students’ literacy and prevent what’s known as the “summer slide.” promote reading and cultural literacy in the A $5,000 grant will expand the program and community, said Goodman South Madison cover the cost of giving away five books to Other Grants manager Janetta Pegues. participants for their home libraries.

Awarded to Library “Goodman South Madison Library is • Professional development for interested in addressing the achievement gap, library staff, $7,500 supporting African-American families, and • Staff Day, $7,500 helping them develop the skills to teach their • Teen internship program, $6,000 children to read in a culturally relevant and • Yahara Music Library, $7,500 exciting way,” Pegues said.

• Director’s discretionary funds, All Read Up program participants get a start to their personal library by choosing five books to take home and keep.

$5,000 • T een digital creation platform, $6,000 • Support for high-traffic collections, $2,300 For more about the foundation’s 2015 grants, visit mplfoundation.org/news.

A $7,500 grant will allow Spanish speakers to enjoy additional resources and relationship building at Madison’s libraries.

The funds will enhance the library’s Spanish language materials, especially at locations near MMSD immersion schools, and establish a professional materials collection in Spanish for use in Spanish and bilingual programming.

Tickets On Sale for Cocktail Party With Reichl, Women Artisans Female chefs, food entrepreneurs, bakers, chocolatiers, brewmasters and mixologists will come together to showcase more than a dozen women’s contributions to the local food scene at Meet the Make-Hers, a cocktail party featuring James Beard Award winner and food writer Ruth Reichl.

Inspired by Reichl’s championing of women in the culinary arts, Madison Public Library & Madison Public Library Foundation will host the fundraiser on Tuesday, June 2, from 5:30-7 p.m. Meet

the Make-Hers follows the foundation’s annual Lunch for Libraries fundraiser and precedes an evening Wisconsin Book Festival talk, with Reichl headlining both events.

All proceeds will benefit the Wisconsin Book Festival. Tickets are $125, and a limited number are available at mplfoundation.org.

The foundation also added a special seating area for Lunch for Libraries: Relish With Ruth. Guests will enjoy an opening reception, lunch and the program via a closed-circuit broadcast. These tickets include a signed copy of Delicious! A Novel and are available at mplfoundation.org.

FOUNDATION NEWS

Description: We are a group of older women whose ages range from the 70s to the 90s. We are all residents of Prairie Point, the independent living unit of the Attic Angel retirement community.

We meet in Attic Angel’s dining room once a month.

Inquiring Minds | Your Questions Answered

Q:

What is the foundation’s next capital project?

Madison Public Library Foundation wants to let you, our loyal donors and supporters, in on a big secret.

Last month the foundation began what it’s calling the “quiet phase” of a $2.5 million capital campaign for the new Pinney Library, which will be constructed Jessica Mac Naughton a few blocks from the library’s current Foundation President location in Ruedebusch Development and Construction’s Royster Corners development. It’s the first east side capital project for the library and the foundation in more than 10 years, and the new facility is sorely needed to better serve the many low-income and fixed-income residents living in the neighborhoods that Pinney serves.

Pinney is the third-busiest among Madison’s nine libraries, with 642,000 checkouts per year. It’s well beyond capacity for programs, and the existing technology does not meet the community’s needs. The new library will double its current size

to 20,000 square feet while adding the following features: • vastly improved technology infrastructure with computers, laptops, tablets and free Wi-Fi

What book are you currently reading? Little Bee by Chris Cleave. It’s the story of a teenage Nigerian orphan and a wealthy British woman whose lives come together in a horrific encounter, and one of them has to make a terrible choice. Two years later, they meet again, and the story begins there.

• a flexible 250-seat program room • dedicated spaces for children and teens • multiple study rooms

What author would you like to have as a book club guest? Julia Child. We loved her biography.

If you could invite any person to join your book club, who would it be? Well, perhaps not join, but we would love to have Gregory Mickells, director of Madison Public Library, come talk to us.

If you could host book club anywhere, where would it be? At the new Central Library. None of us have been there because of transportation and parking difficulties.

• a quiet reading area

Congratulations to the Prairie Point Book Club!

• an outdoor courtyard space for programs The foundation aims to raise $1 million in private cash and $1.5 million in in-kind donations for the $11.5 million project, and as with Meadowridge and Central libraries, any funds raised in excess of the goal will be used to seed a permanent endowment for Pinney

Its members have won a gift card to Chocolaterian. Your club can win a gift card and be featured in Book Club Corner, too. Visit mplfoundation.org/ book-club-corner.

So is the campaign a secret? Well, not exactly. But the foundation won’t officially kick off the fundraising campaign until the end of the year. In the meantime, you can help by attending public input sessions to help shape the new library’s layout and amenities.

Visit mplfoundation.org/support/pinney-campaign for upcoming events and to learn more about the new Pinney Library.

Submit and Vote on Library Dream Ideas for the Pop! Challenge Bubbling with ideas for a better library? Madison Public Library Foundation kicked off the Pop! Challenge in April to mark National Library Week, which this year had the theme of “Unlimited Possibilities @ Your Library.” The foundation is collecting dream ideas to make Madison Public Library even better, and the winning concepts will receive up to $20,000 in foundation funding. Want to “I would like to see an outdoor play and learning center at the library.

Libraries are largely indoor spaces, but children often think of play areas as being outdoors, so I would like to see an outdoor space that crosses this boundary.”

“I have young children and would enjoy seeing a sensory area in the children’s section. Perhaps this might include a water table, or tables with Play-Doh and other hands-on activities.”

see new or expanded collections? How about a new service? No idea is too outlandish!

Join Friends to Maximize Library Support Are you a member of your favorite Madison Public Library’s Friends group? Although it would seem like most Madison Public Library Foundation supporters would also be Friends members, we find that many times, they are not because they may not fully understand the difference between the two organizations and how they work together.

The public will select their favorite ideas from June 1-12, and the foundation will announce the winning projects in mid-June. To submit an idea or to vote, visit mplfoundation.org/popchallenge.

Need inspiration? Check out some recent ideas below.

“I like the idea of a fun and interactive library scavenger hunt. You could even incorporate popular book characters for visitors to meet.”

– Jordan Krall

—Mandy Hollar

There is a Friends of the Library group for each Madison Public Library location. Their events bring in money for programs, services and collections at their respective locations; last year, the Friends groups contributed a combined total of nearly $30,000 to the libraries.

The Friends also provide volunteers, conduct advocacy work, and create supplemental funds for special projects and collections. The Friends run a book store at Central Library, and fundraising book and bake sales at many of the libraries.

“I am a big trivia buff. I play whenever I can and tape Jeopardy every day. If there were a free or low-cost Jeopardy challenge, I would attend and so would several of my friends.”

– Lyn Ehrhardt

The foundation and Friends groups often support each other. The foundation is the fiscal sponsor for the Monroe Street Library League (Monroe Street Library’s

“Friends” group) and the Friends of the Lakeview Library. The foundation also assists the Friends of the Library with Book Club Cafe, an annual springtime event, while the Friends line up volunteers for foundation fundraisers.

“The Friends know the unique needs of their own library and are specifically invested in the programs, materials and books their donations and memberships purchase,” said Friends of Sequoya Library President Nadine Pfotenhauer. “At the same time, the support ‘umbrella’ from the foundation ensures that no branch in the entire system will be underserved, and there will be wisely invested donations in areas that are needing and deserving of support.”

The cost to join is just $5 for an individual and $10 for a family. Visit madisonpubliclibrary.org/support/ friends to join or learn more.

Perks of joining a Friends group include members-only prices at Friends book sales, plus advance notice of upcoming Friends events and invitations to volunteer at them.

Members may gain a deeper connection with their library by belonging to the Friends.

—Jerry Tolochko

A newsletter published quarterly by

Madison Public Library Foundation, Inc. Executive Director

Jennifer J. Collins Newsletter Editor

201 W. Mifflin Street Madison, Wisconsin 53703 608.266.6318 mplfoundation.org info@mplfoundation.org

Tana Elias Katharine Clark Sarah Larsen

Newsletter Designer

Georgia Rucker

Madison Public Libraries • Alicia Ashman 733 N. High Point Rd. • Hawthorne 2707 E. Washington Ave. • Lakeview 2845 N. Sherman Ave. • Meadowridge 5726 Raymond Rd. • Monroe Street 1705 Monroe St. • Pinney 204 Cottage Grove Rd. • Sequoya 4340 Tokay Blvd.

• Goodman South Madison 2222 S. Park St. • Central Library 201 W. Mifflin St.

Donors Honored With Breakfast Reception

Photo by Hannah Majeska

Amy Mertz

Contributing Writers

LIBRARY NEWS

Book Club Corner: Meet the Prairie Point Book Club

Madison Public Library Foundation invited donors who contribute $250 or more each year, as well as those who have made planned gifts to the foundation, to its Annual Donor Reception in April.

Cathy Barrow (left, seated), author of Mrs. Wheelbarrow’s Practical Pantry, discussed her tips and techniques for canning and preserving fruits, vegetables, meats and fish, as well as cheesemaking. Guests were treated to a morning of breakfast pastries from Chocolaterian, served with jams and jellies from The Summer Kitchen, a Dane County Farmers’ Market favorite.

From the Director’s Desk At Madison Public Library, we are committed to promoting literacy in all forms and for all ages. Our early literacy programming for young children and training for their parents and caregivers is extensive. We also provide digital literacy training for adults in our computer and Internet classes.

One area that perhaps you were not aware of is our literacy programming for teens. In the past two years, we have placed Greg Mickells, Director of Madison an expanded emphasis on serving the literacy Public Library needs of teens. Our Teen Services librarians­— Jesse Vieau, Janice Scurio and Beth McIntyre—host hundreds of classes and workshops each year serving teens throughout the city. Many of these programs happen “behind the scenes” through partnerships with other agencies who serve teens. Here is a sampling of some of the terrific work our Teen Services librarians are providing to help teens gain life skills, and be better prepared for school and their career.

• Vieau leads a variety of grant-funded programs working with teens in the justice system through partnerships with the Juvenile Court Detention Center, the Juvenile Court Shelter Home and Neighborhood Intervention Program. These programs foster selfexpression, skill development and collaboration for participants, who gain exposure to technology while also finding their voices.

I would encourage you to check out our ARTinside program at madisonbubbler.org/art-inside/, which explored the creative side of young people during their time in detention.

• Our librarians are partnering with middle schools in the Madison Metropolitan School District to integrate digital literacy into the eighth-grade literature curriculum through stop motion animation workshops and video projects, tying in literature while also giving students a glimpse into the skills needed for the fastgrowing video and animation creation/production industry.

• Grant-funded LEGO Mindstorms and Minecraft workshops offer teens the chance to create and play with others, learning animation and programming skills as they collaborate. A series of summer camps will offer similar experiences with stop motion animation, game design and video production.

• This summer, the library will again participate in the Wanda Fullmore Youth Internship Program through the City of Madison, hosting and mentoring eight teens Teens create stop motion animation book in six libraries, and trailers at a recent library workshop. providing additional teen internships with South Madison neighborhood partners.

Madison Public Library remains dedicated to providing engaging out-of-school experiences for teens in our community throughout the year. Special thanks to our donors, community partners and an incredible staff who make this commitment to Teen Services a reality.

June Packed With Wisconsin Book Festival Events Wisconsin Book Festival Director Conor Moran is busy lining up dozens of events for the fall festival weekend on October 22-25, but to keep you satisfied throughout the summer, there are five events on the books for June in addition to the Ruth Reichl Book Talk & Signing (see page 1). All but one are free to attend.

A Conversation With Sheryl WuDunn, Interviewed by Neil Heinen • June 16, 3 p.m.

Monona Terrace Community & Convention Center Lecture Hall The Book Festival teams up with Madison Community Foundation Sheryl WuDunn to co-present a discussion by Dry Bones by Craig Johnson • June 3, 7 p.m. financial executive, journalist and author Sheryl HotelRED, 1501 Monroe St. Wisconsin Book Festival events, WuDunn on the art and science of giving and such as September’s Pinney Mini The Wisconsin Book Festival will co-host this fundraising. WuDunn, co-author of A Path Book Festival, take place yearevent with Mystery to Me Bookstore. Longmire round and are supported with Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity, mystery series author Johnson will read from the funds raised by Madison Public will discuss the book she wrote with her husband, series’ 13th book, which involves Sheriff Walt Library Foundation.

Nicholas Kristof, a columnist at The New York Longmire’s coldest case yet. The series inspired Times.

WuDunn shares her experiences as a professional woman, the hit A&E TV drama Longmire. journalist, author, women’s rights advocate and financial executive.

The Rainy Season: Three Lives in the New South Africa by Tickets are $15 and available at madisoncommunityfoundation.org.

Maggie Messitt • June 4, 7 p.m, Central Library Summerlong by Dean Bakopoulos • June 20, 7 p.m.

This nonfiction work by independent narrative and immersion A Room of One’s Own, 315 W. Gorham St. journalist Messitt introduces readers to the remote bushveld comBakopoulos’ publisher calls this book the author’s breakout novel. munity of Rooiboklaagte and opens a window into the beautifully It’s a humorous look at the tension building deep within a married complicated reality of daily life in South Africa. couples’ small-town life during a long, hot summer. Bakopoulos, The Jesus Cow by Michael Perry • June 10, 7 p.m., who earned his MFA at UW-Madison, is a writer-in-residence at Central Library Grinnell College in Iowa.

The New York Times bestselling author, radio show Madison Public Library Foundation accepts donations and host and songwriter Perry turns to fiction with this sponsorships year-round on behalf of the Book Festival. Consider story of a miraculous bovine that unleashes chaos. A making a gift at wisconsinbookfestival.org to help the organization registered nurse by training, Perry lives in northern continue to deliver quality programming and events.

Wisconsin with his family.

FOUNDATION NEWS

Description: We are a group of older women whose ages range from the 70s to the 90s. We are all residents of Prairie Point, the independent living unit of the Attic Angel retirement community.

We meet in Attic Angel’s dining room once a month.

Inquiring Minds | Your Questions Answered

Q:

What is the foundation’s next capital project?

Madison Public Library Foundation wants to let you, our loyal donors and supporters, in on a big secret.

Last month the foundation began what it’s calling the “quiet phase” of a $2.5 million capital campaign for the new Pinney Library, which will be constructed Jessica Mac Naughton a few blocks from the library’s current Foundation President location in Ruedebusch Development and Construction’s Royster Corners development. It’s the first east side capital project for the library and the foundation in more than 10 years, and the new facility is sorely needed to better serve the many low-income and fixed-income residents living in the neighborhoods that Pinney serves.

Pinney is the third-busiest among Madison’s nine libraries, with 642,000 checkouts per year. It’s well beyond capacity for programs, and the existing technology does not meet the community’s needs. The new library will double its current size

to 20,000 square feet while adding the following features: • vastly improved technology infrastructure with computers, laptops, tablets and free Wi-Fi

What book are you currently reading? Little Bee by Chris Cleave. It’s the story of a teenage Nigerian orphan and a wealthy British woman whose lives come together in a horrific encounter, and one of them has to make a terrible choice. Two years later, they meet again, and the story begins there.

• a flexible 250-seat program room • dedicated spaces for children and teens • multiple study rooms

What author would you like to have as a book club guest? Julia Child. We loved her biography.

If you could invite any person to join your book club, who would it be? Well, perhaps not join, but we would love to have Gregory Mickells, director of Madison Public Library, come talk to us.

If you could host book club anywhere, where would it be? At the new Central Library. None of us have been there because of transportation and parking difficulties.

• a quiet reading area

Congratulations to the Prairie Point Book Club!

• an outdoor courtyard space for programs The foundation aims to raise $1 million in private cash and $1.5 million in in-kind donations for the $11.5 million project, and as with Meadowridge and Central libraries, any funds raised in excess of the goal will be used to seed a permanent endowment for Pinney

Its members have won a gift card to Chocolaterian. Your club can win a gift card and be featured in Book Club Corner, too. Visit mplfoundation.org/ book-club-corner.

So is the campaign a secret? Well, not exactly. But the foundation won’t officially kick off the fundraising campaign until the end of the year. In the meantime, you can help by attending public input sessions to help shape the new library’s layout and amenities.

Visit mplfoundation.org/support/pinney-campaign for upcoming events and to learn more about the new Pinney Library.

Submit and Vote on Library Dream Ideas for the Pop! Challenge Bubbling with ideas for a better library? Madison Public Library Foundation kicked off the Pop! Challenge in April to mark National Library Week, which this year had the theme of “Unlimited Possibilities @ Your Library.” The foundation is collecting dream ideas to make Madison Public Library even better, and the winning concepts will receive up to $20,000 in foundation funding. Want to “I would like to see an outdoor play and learning center at the library.

Libraries are largely indoor spaces, but children often think of play areas as being outdoors, so I would like to see an outdoor space that crosses this boundary.”

“I have young children and would enjoy seeing a sensory area in the children’s section. Perhaps this might include a water table, or tables with Play-Doh and other hands-on activities.”

see new or expanded collections? How about a new service? No idea is too outlandish!

Join Friends to Maximize Library Support Are you a member of your favorite Madison Public Library’s Friends group? Although it would seem like most Madison Public Library Foundation supporters would also be Friends members, we find that many times, they are not because they may not fully understand the difference between the two organizations and how they work together.

The public will select their favorite ideas from June 1-12, and the foundation will announce the winning projects in mid-June. To submit an idea or to vote, visit mplfoundation.org/popchallenge.

Need inspiration? Check out some recent ideas below.

“I like the idea of a fun and interactive library scavenger hunt. You could even incorporate popular book characters for visitors to meet.”

– Jordan Krall

—Mandy Hollar

There is a Friends of the Library group for each Madison Public Library location. Their events bring in money for programs, services and collections at their respective locations; last year, the Friends groups contributed a combined total of nearly $30,000 to the libraries.

The Friends also provide volunteers, conduct advocacy work, and create supplemental funds for special projects and collections. The Friends run a book store at Central Library, and fundraising book and bake sales at many of the libraries.

“I am a big trivia buff. I play whenever I can and tape Jeopardy every day. If there were a free or low-cost Jeopardy challenge, I would attend and so would several of my friends.”

– Lyn Ehrhardt

The foundation and Friends groups often support each other. The foundation is the fiscal sponsor for the Monroe Street Library League (Monroe Street Library’s

“Friends” group) and the Friends of the Lakeview Library. The foundation also assists the Friends of the Library with Book Club Cafe, an annual springtime event, while the Friends line up volunteers for foundation fundraisers.

“The Friends know the unique needs of their own library and are specifically invested in the programs, materials and books their donations and memberships purchase,” said Friends of Sequoya Library President Nadine Pfotenhauer. “At the same time, the support ‘umbrella’ from the foundation ensures that no branch in the entire system will be underserved, and there will be wisely invested donations in areas that are needing and deserving of support.”

The cost to join is just $5 for an individual and $10 for a family. Visit madisonpubliclibrary.org/support/ friends to join or learn more.

Perks of joining a Friends group include members-only prices at Friends book sales, plus advance notice of upcoming Friends events and invitations to volunteer at them.

Members may gain a deeper connection with their library by belonging to the Friends.

—Jerry Tolochko

A newsletter published quarterly by

Madison Public Library Foundation, Inc. Executive Director

Jennifer J. Collins Newsletter Editor

201 W. Mifflin Street Madison, Wisconsin 53703 608.266.6318 mplfoundation.org info@mplfoundation.org

Tana Elias Katharine Clark Sarah Larsen

Newsletter Designer

Georgia Rucker

Madison Public Libraries • Alicia Ashman 733 N. High Point Rd. • Hawthorne 2707 E. Washington Ave. • Lakeview 2845 N. Sherman Ave. • Meadowridge 5726 Raymond Rd. • Monroe Street 1705 Monroe St. • Pinney 204 Cottage Grove Rd. • Sequoya 4340 Tokay Blvd.

• Goodman South Madison 2222 S. Park St. • Central Library 201 W. Mifflin St.

Donors Honored With Breakfast Reception

Photo by Hannah Majeska

Amy Mertz

Contributing Writers

LIBRARY NEWS

Book Club Corner: Meet the Prairie Point Book Club

Madison Public Library Foundation invited donors who contribute $250 or more each year, as well as those who have made planned gifts to the foundation, to its Annual Donor Reception in April.

Cathy Barrow (left, seated), author of Mrs. Wheelbarrow’s Practical Pantry, discussed her tips and techniques for canning and preserving fruits, vegetables, meats and fish, as well as cheesemaking. Guests were treated to a morning of breakfast pastries from Chocolaterian, served with jams and jellies from The Summer Kitchen, a Dane County Farmers’ Market favorite.

From the Director’s Desk At Madison Public Library, we are committed to promoting literacy in all forms and for all ages. Our early literacy programming for young children and training for their parents and caregivers is extensive. We also provide digital literacy training for adults in our computer and Internet classes.

One area that perhaps you were not aware of is our literacy programming for teens. In the past two years, we have placed Greg Mickells, Director of Madison an expanded emphasis on serving the literacy Public Library needs of teens. Our Teen Services librarians­— Jesse Vieau, Janice Scurio and Beth McIntyre—host hundreds of classes and workshops each year serving teens throughout the city. Many of these programs happen “behind the scenes” through partnerships with other agencies who serve teens. Here is a sampling of some of the terrific work our Teen Services librarians are providing to help teens gain life skills, and be better prepared for school and their career.

• Vieau leads a variety of grant-funded programs working with teens in the justice system through partnerships with the Juvenile Court Detention Center, the Juvenile Court Shelter Home and Neighborhood Intervention Program. These programs foster selfexpression, skill development and collaboration for participants, who gain exposure to technology while also finding their voices.

I would encourage you to check out our ARTinside program at madisonbubbler.org/art-inside/, which explored the creative side of young people during their time in detention.

• Our librarians are partnering with middle schools in the Madison Metropolitan School District to integrate digital literacy into the eighth-grade literature curriculum through stop motion animation workshops and video projects, tying in literature while also giving students a glimpse into the skills needed for the fastgrowing video and animation creation/production industry.

• Grant-funded LEGO Mindstorms and Minecraft workshops offer teens the chance to create and play with others, learning animation and programming skills as they collaborate. A series of summer camps will offer similar experiences with stop motion animation, game design and video production.

• This summer, the library will again participate in the Wanda Fullmore Youth Internship Program through the City of Madison, hosting and mentoring eight teens Teens create stop motion animation book in six libraries, and trailers at a recent library workshop. providing additional teen internships with South Madison neighborhood partners.

Madison Public Library remains dedicated to providing engaging out-of-school experiences for teens in our community throughout the year. Special thanks to our donors, community partners and an incredible staff who make this commitment to Teen Services a reality.

June Packed With Wisconsin Book Festival Events Wisconsin Book Festival Director Conor Moran is busy lining up dozens of events for the fall festival weekend on October 22-25, but to keep you satisfied throughout the summer, there are five events on the books for June in addition to the Ruth Reichl Book Talk & Signing (see page 1). All but one are free to attend.

A Conversation With Sheryl WuDunn, Interviewed by Neil Heinen • June 16, 3 p.m.

Monona Terrace Community & Convention Center Lecture Hall The Book Festival teams up with Madison Community Foundation Sheryl WuDunn to co-present a discussion by Dry Bones by Craig Johnson • June 3, 7 p.m. financial executive, journalist and author Sheryl HotelRED, 1501 Monroe St. Wisconsin Book Festival events, WuDunn on the art and science of giving and such as September’s Pinney Mini The Wisconsin Book Festival will co-host this fundraising. WuDunn, co-author of A Path Book Festival, take place yearevent with Mystery to Me Bookstore. Longmire round and are supported with Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity, mystery series author Johnson will read from the funds raised by Madison Public will discuss the book she wrote with her husband, series’ 13th book, which involves Sheriff Walt Library Foundation.

Nicholas Kristof, a columnist at The New York Longmire’s coldest case yet. The series inspired Times.

WuDunn shares her experiences as a professional woman, the hit A&E TV drama Longmire. journalist, author, women’s rights advocate and financial executive.

The Rainy Season: Three Lives in the New South Africa by Tickets are $15 and available at madisoncommunityfoundation.org.

Maggie Messitt • June 4, 7 p.m, Central Library Summerlong by Dean Bakopoulos • June 20, 7 p.m.

This nonfiction work by independent narrative and immersion A Room of One’s Own, 315 W. Gorham St. journalist Messitt introduces readers to the remote bushveld comBakopoulos’ publisher calls this book the author’s breakout novel. munity of Rooiboklaagte and opens a window into the beautifully It’s a humorous look at the tension building deep within a married complicated reality of daily life in South Africa. couples’ small-town life during a long, hot summer. Bakopoulos, The Jesus Cow by Michael Perry • June 10, 7 p.m., who earned his MFA at UW-Madison, is a writer-in-residence at Central Library Grinnell College in Iowa.

The New York Times bestselling author, radio show Madison Public Library Foundation accepts donations and host and songwriter Perry turns to fiction with this sponsorships year-round on behalf of the Book Festival. Consider story of a miraculous bovine that unleashes chaos. A making a gift at wisconsinbookfestival.org to help the organization registered nurse by training, Perry lives in northern continue to deliver quality programming and events.

Wisconsin with his family.

FOUNDATION NEWS

Description: We are a group of older women whose ages range from the 70s to the 90s. We are all residents of Prairie Point, the independent living unit of the Attic Angel retirement community.

We meet in Attic Angel’s dining room once a month.

Inquiring Minds | Your Questions Answered

Q:

What is the foundation’s next capital project?

Madison Public Library Foundation wants to let you, our loyal donors and supporters, in on a big secret.

Last month the foundation began what it’s calling the “quiet phase” of a $2.5 million capital campaign for the new Pinney Library, which will be constructed Jessica Mac Naughton a few blocks from the library’s current Foundation President location in Ruedebusch Development and Construction’s Royster Corners development. It’s the first east side capital project for the library and the foundation in more than 10 years, and the new facility is sorely needed to better serve the many low-income and fixed-income residents living in the neighborhoods that Pinney serves.

Pinney is the third-busiest among Madison’s nine libraries, with 642,000 checkouts per year. It’s well beyond capacity for programs, and the existing technology does not meet the community’s needs. The new library will double its current size

to 20,000 square feet while adding the following features: • vastly improved technology infrastructure with computers, laptops, tablets and free Wi-Fi

What book are you currently reading? Little Bee by Chris Cleave. It’s the story of a teenage Nigerian orphan and a wealthy British woman whose lives come together in a horrific encounter, and one of them has to make a terrible choice. Two years later, they meet again, and the story begins there.

• a flexible 250-seat program room • dedicated spaces for children and teens • multiple study rooms

What author would you like to have as a book club guest? Julia Child. We loved her biography.

If you could invite any person to join your book club, who would it be? Well, perhaps not join, but we would love to have Gregory Mickells, director of Madison Public Library, come talk to us.

If you could host book club anywhere, where would it be? At the new Central Library. None of us have been there because of transportation and parking difficulties.

• a quiet reading area

Congratulations to the Prairie Point Book Club!

• an outdoor courtyard space for programs The foundation aims to raise $1 million in private cash and $1.5 million in in-kind donations for the $11.5 million project, and as with Meadowridge and Central libraries, any funds raised in excess of the goal will be used to seed a permanent endowment for Pinney

Its members have won a gift card to Chocolaterian. Your club can win a gift card and be featured in Book Club Corner, too. Visit mplfoundation.org/ book-club-corner.

So is the campaign a secret? Well, not exactly. But the foundation won’t officially kick off the fundraising campaign until the end of the year. In the meantime, you can help by attending public input sessions to help shape the new library’s layout and amenities.

Visit mplfoundation.org/support/pinney-campaign for upcoming events and to learn more about the new Pinney Library.

Submit and Vote on Library Dream Ideas for the Pop! Challenge Bubbling with ideas for a better library? Madison Public Library Foundation kicked off the Pop! Challenge in April to mark National Library Week, which this year had the theme of “Unlimited Possibilities @ Your Library.” The foundation is collecting dream ideas to make Madison Public Library even better, and the winning concepts will receive up to $20,000 in foundation funding. Want to “I would like to see an outdoor play and learning center at the library.

Libraries are largely indoor spaces, but children often think of play areas as being outdoors, so I would like to see an outdoor space that crosses this boundary.”

“I have young children and would enjoy seeing a sensory area in the children’s section. Perhaps this might include a water table, or tables with Play-Doh and other hands-on activities.”

see new or expanded collections? How about a new service? No idea is too outlandish!

Join Friends to Maximize Library Support Are you a member of your favorite Madison Public Library’s Friends group? Although it would seem like most Madison Public Library Foundation supporters would also be Friends members, we find that many times, they are not because they may not fully understand the difference between the two organizations and how they work together.

The public will select their favorite ideas from June 1-12, and the foundation will announce the winning projects in mid-June. To submit an idea or to vote, visit mplfoundation.org/popchallenge.

Need inspiration? Check out some recent ideas below.

“I like the idea of a fun and interactive library scavenger hunt. You could even incorporate popular book characters for visitors to meet.”

– Jordan Krall

—Mandy Hollar

There is a Friends of the Library group for each Madison Public Library location. Their events bring in money for programs, services and collections at their respective locations; last year, the Friends groups contributed a combined total of nearly $30,000 to the libraries.

The Friends also provide volunteers, conduct advocacy work, and create supplemental funds for special projects and collections. The Friends run a book store at Central Library, and fundraising book and bake sales at many of the libraries.

“I am a big trivia buff. I play whenever I can and tape Jeopardy every day. If there were a free or low-cost Jeopardy challenge, I would attend and so would several of my friends.”

– Lyn Ehrhardt

The foundation and Friends groups often support each other. The foundation is the fiscal sponsor for the Monroe Street Library League (Monroe Street Library’s

“Friends” group) and the Friends of the Lakeview Library. The foundation also assists the Friends of the Library with Book Club Cafe, an annual springtime event, while the Friends line up volunteers for foundation fundraisers.

“The Friends know the unique needs of their own library and are specifically invested in the programs, materials and books their donations and memberships purchase,” said Friends of Sequoya Library President Nadine Pfotenhauer. “At the same time, the support ‘umbrella’ from the foundation ensures that no branch in the entire system will be underserved, and there will be wisely invested donations in areas that are needing and deserving of support.”

The cost to join is just $5 for an individual and $10 for a family. Visit madisonpubliclibrary.org/support/ friends to join or learn more.

Perks of joining a Friends group include members-only prices at Friends book sales, plus advance notice of upcoming Friends events and invitations to volunteer at them.

Members may gain a deeper connection with their library by belonging to the Friends.

—Jerry Tolochko

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LIBRARY NEWS

Book Club Corner: Meet the Prairie Point Book Club

Madison Public Library Foundation invited donors who contribute $250 or more each year, as well as those who have made planned gifts to the foundation, to its Annual Donor Reception in April.

Cathy Barrow (left, seated), author of Mrs. Wheelbarrow’s Practical Pantry, discussed her tips and techniques for canning and preserving fruits, vegetables, meats and fish, as well as cheesemaking. Guests were treated to a morning of breakfast pastries from Chocolaterian, served with jams and jellies from The Summer Kitchen, a Dane County Farmers’ Market favorite.

From the Director’s Desk At Madison Public Library, we are committed to promoting literacy in all forms and for all ages. Our early literacy programming for young children and training for their parents and caregivers is extensive. We also provide digital literacy training for adults in our computer and Internet classes.

One area that perhaps you were not aware of is our literacy programming for teens. In the past two years, we have placed Greg Mickells, Director of Madison an expanded emphasis on serving the literacy Public Library needs of teens. Our Teen Services librarians­— Jesse Vieau, Janice Scurio and Beth McIntyre—host hundreds of classes and workshops each year serving teens throughout the city. Many of these programs happen “behind the scenes” through partnerships with other agencies who serve teens. Here is a sampling of some of the terrific work our Teen Services librarians are providing to help teens gain life skills, and be better prepared for school and their career.

• Vieau leads a variety of grant-funded programs working with teens in the justice system through partnerships with the Juvenile Court Detention Center, the Juvenile Court Shelter Home and Neighborhood Intervention Program. These programs foster selfexpression, skill development and collaboration for participants, who gain exposure to technology while also finding their voices.

I would encourage you to check out our ARTinside program at madisonbubbler.org/art-inside/, which explored the creative side of young people during their time in detention.

• Our librarians are partnering with middle schools in the Madison Metropolitan School District to integrate digital literacy into the eighth-grade literature curriculum through stop motion animation workshops and video projects, tying in literature while also giving students a glimpse into the skills needed for the fastgrowing video and animation creation/production industry.

• Grant-funded LEGO Mindstorms and Minecraft workshops offer teens the chance to create and play with others, learning animation and programming skills as they collaborate. A series of summer camps will offer similar experiences with stop motion animation, game design and video production.

• This summer, the library will again participate in the Wanda Fullmore Youth Internship Program through the City of Madison, hosting and mentoring eight teens Teens create stop motion animation book in six libraries, and trailers at a recent library workshop. providing additional teen internships with South Madison neighborhood partners.

Madison Public Library remains dedicated to providing engaging out-of-school experiences for teens in our community throughout the year. Special thanks to our donors, community partners and an incredible staff who make this commitment to Teen Services a reality.

June Packed With Wisconsin Book Festival Events Wisconsin Book Festival Director Conor Moran is busy lining up dozens of events for the fall festival weekend on October 22-25, but to keep you satisfied throughout the summer, there are five events on the books for June in addition to the Ruth Reichl Book Talk & Signing (see page 1). All but one are free to attend.

A Conversation With Sheryl WuDunn, Interviewed by Neil Heinen • June 16, 3 p.m.

Monona Terrace Community & Convention Center Lecture Hall The Book Festival teams up with Madison Community Foundation Sheryl WuDunn to co-present a discussion by Dry Bones by Craig Johnson • June 3, 7 p.m. financial executive, journalist and author Sheryl HotelRED, 1501 Monroe St. Wisconsin Book Festival events, WuDunn on the art and science of giving and such as September’s Pinney Mini The Wisconsin Book Festival will co-host this fundraising. WuDunn, co-author of A Path Book Festival, take place yearevent with Mystery to Me Bookstore. Longmire round and are supported with Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity, mystery series author Johnson will read from the funds raised by Madison Public will discuss the book she wrote with her husband, series’ 13th book, which involves Sheriff Walt Library Foundation.

Nicholas Kristof, a columnist at The New York Longmire’s coldest case yet. The series inspired Times.

WuDunn shares her experiences as a professional woman, the hit A&E TV drama Longmire. journalist, author, women’s rights advocate and financial executive.

The Rainy Season: Three Lives in the New South Africa by Tickets are $15 and available at madisoncommunityfoundation.org.

Maggie Messitt • June 4, 7 p.m, Central Library Summerlong by Dean Bakopoulos • June 20, 7 p.m.

This nonfiction work by independent narrative and immersion A Room of One’s Own, 315 W. Gorham St. journalist Messitt introduces readers to the remote bushveld comBakopoulos’ publisher calls this book the author’s breakout novel. munity of Rooiboklaagte and opens a window into the beautifully It’s a humorous look at the tension building deep within a married complicated reality of daily life in South Africa. couples’ small-town life during a long, hot summer. Bakopoulos, The Jesus Cow by Michael Perry • June 10, 7 p.m., who earned his MFA at UW-Madison, is a writer-in-residence at Central Library Grinnell College in Iowa.

The New York Times bestselling author, radio show Madison Public Library Foundation accepts donations and host and songwriter Perry turns to fiction with this sponsorships year-round on behalf of the Book Festival. Consider story of a miraculous bovine that unleashes chaos. A making a gift at wisconsinbookfestival.org to help the organization registered nurse by training, Perry lives in northern continue to deliver quality programming and events.

Wisconsin with his family.

LIBRARY NEWS Branch Spotlight: Meadowridge Library

Short Story: Meet Hawthorne Library Page Arriella Waddell Tell us a little about yourself. My husband and I moved from Alaska six years ago to Madison. I’m originally from Canada and have family in Toronto. I attended Madison College and am finishing up my degree at UW-Madison. I plan to attend UW-Milwaukee’s Library & Information Science program.

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What is your role at the library, and how long have you worked here? I work at Hawthorne Library as a Page II and started in July 2013. Besides circulation duties, I assist Tracy Moore, our Youth Services Librarian, with after-school and special events programming.

FOUNDATION NEWS New Foundation Grants Address Achievement Gap Madison Public Library Foundation recently granted $56,000 to Madison Public Library for its summer reading program for schoolage children, a new story time for African-American families, expanded materials for Spanish speakers and seven other projects.

What is your favorite part of the job? I love the staff at Hawthorne and how comfortable everyone is with each other. The positive work environment is very important to me. I also enjoyed volunteering with Janice Scurio, Teen Librarian at Meadowridge, at HeroCon in early May.

The grants were made possible through donations to the foundation’s annual fund, which supports a variety of requests from library leadership.

What are your hobbies or interests? I’m an avid reader, writer and gamer. I watch a lot of episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Gossip Girl on Netflix in my spare time.

The new Meadowridge Library features an open floor plan and a new kids’ technology area equipped with tablets.

There’s been a lot of excitement and activity at Madison Public Library’s southwest side location in the last year, beginning with the library’s relocation last fall to a new space a few doors down from its former location in the Meadowood Shopping Center, and the Meadowood Neighborhood Center’s recent move into the reconstructed former library space. But the three-phase construction is now complete, and the library and center are preparing to celebrate their new facilities with a public Open House on Wednesday, June 24, from 5-8 p.m.

Speaking at the event will be Madison Mayor Paul Soglin, Madison Metropolitan School District Superintendent Jennifer Cheatham and District 20 Ald. Matthew Phair.

The celebration includes the debut of the library and center’s Meadowridge collaborative programming space Library and that features a community kitchen, Meadowood a unique asset for a library.

Community Supervising Librarian Alice Oakey Center Public said the library plans to work Open House with the neighborhood center to Wednesday, June 24, better serve the many financially 5-8 p.m. challenged residents living nearby.

Efforts will include an afterschool snack program, guest speakers on educational topics, teen programs, and laptops and tablets so library visitors can complete job applications and improve their job skills. Madison Public Library Foundation secured grants and provided funding to support many of these initiatives.

If you haven’t visited Meadowridge since it opened in September, stop by to see how the design makes use of natural light, as well as its Quiet Reading Room, meeting rooms, fireplace and new technology for all ages.

What is your favorite book or genre of book? My favorite author is Neil Gaiman, especially his book American Gods. Speculative fiction (a genre that encompasses any fiction with supernatural, fantastical, or futuristic elements) is my go-to reading material. My writing goals include producing across genres (fiction/YA fiction/song lyrics/video game narrative) like Gaiman has done.

—Compiled by Katharine Clark Arriella Waddell

Bubbler Junior Promotes Hands-On Summer Learning Have you heard about The Bubbler? This program’s hands-on pop-up workshops introduce participants to local artists, makers and craftspeople who share their talents and resources through a wide range of demonstrations, performances, and make-and-take workshops in all nine libraries and at partner locations around the city.

This summer, Madison Public Library is excited to introduce the Bubbler Junior program through a series of interactive workshops for kids. At Paste Paper Exploration workshops, young participants will explore a fun, simple way to make art with their fingers. At Sock Monsters workshops, kids will enjoy making their own stuffed monster (or animal or alien) from socks. Artist Michael Velliquette will lead children in Cut Paper Art workshops, making amazing art while learning cut paper art techniques.

Other workshops include Basics of Circuit Building with Karen Corbeill, Start Sewing workshops, and screen printing projects. For a full list of dates, locations and registration information for all of our programs, visit madisonpubliclibrary.org/kids/bubbler-junior.

Summer 2015

Nonprofit Organization U.S. Postage PAID Madison, WI Permit No. 1110

A quarterly newsletter from the Madison Public Library Foundation

Bo Ryan to Return for Rock & Read

Events Highlight Summer Reading

Special guest Bo Ryan, who coached his Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team to the NCAA championship game this year, will again attend Madison Public Library Foundation’s Rock & Read fundraiser on Sunday, June 21, to share his passion for reading.

Celebrate reading at the library’s downtown Summer Library Carnival on Wednesday, July 29. Enjoy a performance by Miller and Mike at Overture Center for the Arts at 10:30 a.m. or 1:30 p.m., then cross the street and head to Central Library for a carnival including games, crafts and other reading fun.

The second annual event will take place in the Capital Brewery Bier Garten in Middleton from 3-6 p.m. on Father’s Day. Guests will enjoy live music by Yid Vicious and the Madgadders, literacy-themed kids’ crafts from Monroe Street Arts Center, and ice cream from Schoep’s. Burgers and Capital beer will be available for purchase.

Event proceeds will go to Madison Public Library’s Summer Reading Clubs. Admission is a suggested donation of $5 per person. Tickets, including Family Sponsor packages, are available at mplfoundation.org.

The foundation thanks the following businesses supporting Rock & Read: Presenting Sponsor Zendesk; Sustaining Sponsors Capitol Bank and Children’s Dental Center; Contributing Sponsors Group Health Cooperative, Hausmann-Johnson Bauch Financial, TDS Telecom, WPS Charitable Foundation, Woodman’s Markets and Yahara Music Library; and In-Kind Donors Schoep’s Ice Cream and Monroe Street Arts Center.

On Tuesday, August 4, bring your little music lovers to Olbrich Gardens for the Every Hero Has a Story concert and picnic. Bubbles and activities start at 6 p.m. At 7 p.m., Stuart Stotts will get the whole family dancing while you picnic. Rain or shine, fun will be had no matter the weather. More details about these events and others are available at madisonpubliclibrary.org/kids.

SAVE THE DATE!

11/13/15 EX LIBRIS VOLUME V: BEER FOR BRUNCH 7 p.m., Central Library

“Read Up at Madison Public Library strengthens our common focus on preventing summer learning loss and building a powerful collaborative spirit that has gotten kids and families excited about reading,” said Youth Services Supervisor Krissy Wick. “In 2015, we’ll double the number of kids and families reached by this program to 500, in large part because of the generosity of Madison Public Library Foundation.”

Goodman South Madison Library will be the location for the Read Up is a collaborative program of the library, Madison library’s first Black Story Hour. The library will use the foundation’s Metropolitan School District, United Way, Madison School & $4,200 grant to recruit low-income black parents and caregivers Community Recreation, and UW-Madison. Last summer, the library who are not typical library users, and invite local community started Read Up at two MMSD summer school sites to improve leaders to participate.

Both groups will learn lessons that will students’ literacy and prevent what’s known as the “summer slide.” promote reading and cultural literacy in the A $5,000 grant will expand the program and community, said Goodman South Madison cover the cost of giving away five books to Other Grants manager Janetta Pegues. participants for their home libraries.

Awarded to Library “Goodman South Madison Library is • Professional development for interested in addressing the achievement gap, library staff, $7,500 supporting African-American families, and • Staff Day, $7,500 helping them develop the skills to teach their • Teen internship program, $6,000 children to read in a culturally relevant and • Yahara Music Library, $7,500 exciting way,” Pegues said.

• Director’s discretionary funds, All Read Up program participants get a start to their personal library by choosing five books to take home and keep.

$5,000 • T een digital creation platform, $6,000 • Support for high-traffic collections, $2,300 For more about the foundation’s 2015 grants, visit mplfoundation.org/news.

A $7,500 grant will allow Spanish speakers to enjoy additional resources and relationship building at Madison’s libraries.

The funds will enhance the library’s Spanish language materials, especially at locations near MMSD immersion schools, and establish a professional materials collection in Spanish for use in Spanish and bilingual programming.

Tickets On Sale for Cocktail Party With Reichl, Women Artisans Female chefs, food entrepreneurs, bakers, chocolatiers, brewmasters and mixologists will come together to showcase more than a dozen women’s contributions to the local food scene at Meet the Make-Hers, a cocktail party featuring James Beard Award winner and food writer Ruth Reichl.

Inspired by Reichl’s championing of women in the culinary arts, Madison Public Library & Madison Public Library Foundation will host the fundraiser on Tuesday, June 2, from 5:30-7 p.m. Meet

the Make-Hers follows the foundation’s annual Lunch for Libraries fundraiser and precedes an evening Wisconsin Book Festival talk, with Reichl headlining both events.

All proceeds will benefit the Wisconsin Book Festival. Tickets are $125, and a limited number are available at mplfoundation.org.

The foundation also added a special seating area for Lunch for Libraries: Relish With Ruth. Guests will enjoy an opening reception, lunch and the program via a closed-circuit broadcast. These tickets include a signed copy of Delicious! A Novel and are available at mplfoundation.org.

LIBRARY NEWS Branch Spotlight: Meadowridge Library

Short Story: Meet Hawthorne Library Page Arriella Waddell Tell us a little about yourself. My husband and I moved from Alaska six years ago to Madison. I’m originally from Canada and have family in Toronto. I attended Madison College and am finishing up my degree at UW-Madison. I plan to attend UW-Milwaukee’s Library & Information Science program.

201 W. Mifflin Street Madison, WI 53703 mplfoundation.org

a quarterly newsletter from the Madison Public Library Foundation

What is your role at the library, and how long have you worked here? I work at Hawthorne Library as a Page II and started in July 2013. Besides circulation duties, I assist Tracy Moore, our Youth Services Librarian, with after-school and special events programming.

FOUNDATION NEWS New Foundation Grants Address Achievement Gap Madison Public Library Foundation recently granted $56,000 to Madison Public Library for its summer reading program for schoolage children, a new story time for African-American families, expanded materials for Spanish speakers and seven other projects.

What is your favorite part of the job? I love the staff at Hawthorne and how comfortable everyone is with each other. The positive work environment is very important to me. I also enjoyed volunteering with Janice Scurio, Teen Librarian at Meadowridge, at HeroCon in early May.

The grants were made possible through donations to the foundation’s annual fund, which supports a variety of requests from library leadership.

What are your hobbies or interests? I’m an avid reader, writer and gamer. I watch a lot of episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Gossip Girl on Netflix in my spare time.

The new Meadowridge Library features an open floor plan and a new kids’ technology area equipped with tablets.

There’s been a lot of excitement and activity at Madison Public Library’s southwest side location in the last year, beginning with the library’s relocation last fall to a new space a few doors down from its former location in the Meadowood Shopping Center, and the Meadowood Neighborhood Center’s recent move into the reconstructed former library space. But the three-phase construction is now complete, and the library and center are preparing to celebrate their new facilities with a public Open House on Wednesday, June 24, from 5-8 p.m.

Speaking at the event will be Madison Mayor Paul Soglin, Madison Metropolitan School District Superintendent Jennifer Cheatham and District 20 Ald. Matthew Phair.

The celebration includes the debut of the library and center’s Meadowridge collaborative programming space Library and that features a community kitchen, Meadowood a unique asset for a library.

Community Supervising Librarian Alice Oakey Center Public said the library plans to work Open House with the neighborhood center to Wednesday, June 24, better serve the many financially 5-8 p.m. challenged residents living nearby.

Efforts will include an afterschool snack program, guest speakers on educational topics, teen programs, and laptops and tablets so library visitors can complete job applications and improve their job skills. Madison Public Library Foundation secured grants and provided funding to support many of these initiatives.

If you haven’t visited Meadowridge since it opened in September, stop by to see how the design makes use of natural light, as well as its Quiet Reading Room, meeting rooms, fireplace and new technology for all ages.

What is your favorite book or genre of book? My favorite author is Neil Gaiman, especially his book American Gods. Speculative fiction (a genre that encompasses any fiction with supernatural, fantastical, or futuristic elements) is my go-to reading material. My writing goals include producing across genres (fiction/YA fiction/song lyrics/video game narrative) like Gaiman has done.

—Compiled by Katharine Clark Arriella Waddell

Bubbler Junior Promotes Hands-On Summer Learning Have you heard about The Bubbler? This program’s hands-on pop-up workshops introduce participants to local artists, makers and craftspeople who share their talents and resources through a wide range of demonstrations, performances, and make-and-take workshops in all nine libraries and at partner locations around the city.

This summer, Madison Public Library is excited to introduce the Bubbler Junior program through a series of interactive workshops for kids. At Paste Paper Exploration workshops, young participants will explore a fun, simple way to make art with their fingers. At Sock Monsters workshops, kids will enjoy making their own stuffed monster (or animal or alien) from socks. Artist Michael Velliquette will lead children in Cut Paper Art workshops, making amazing art while learning cut paper art techniques.

Other workshops include Basics of Circuit Building with Karen Corbeill, Start Sewing workshops, and screen printing projects. For a full list of dates, locations and registration information for all of our programs, visit madisonpubliclibrary.org/kids/bubbler-junior.

Summer 2015

Nonprofit Organization U.S. Postage PAID Madison, WI Permit No. 1110

A quarterly newsletter from the Madison Public Library Foundation

Bo Ryan to Return for Rock & Read

Events Highlight Summer Reading

Special guest Bo Ryan, who coached his Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team to the NCAA championship game this year, will again attend Madison Public Library Foundation’s Rock & Read fundraiser on Sunday, June 21, to share his passion for reading.

Celebrate reading at the library’s downtown Summer Library Carnival on Wednesday, July 29. Enjoy a performance by Miller and Mike at Overture Center for the Arts at 10:30 a.m. or 1:30 p.m., then cross the street and head to Central Library for a carnival including games, crafts and other reading fun.

The second annual event will take place in the Capital Brewery Bier Garten in Middleton from 3-6 p.m. on Father’s Day. Guests will enjoy live music by Yid Vicious and the Madgadders, literacy-themed kids’ crafts from Monroe Street Arts Center, and ice cream from Schoep’s. Burgers and Capital beer will be available for purchase.

Event proceeds will go to Madison Public Library’s Summer Reading Clubs. Admission is a suggested donation of $5 per person. Tickets, including Family Sponsor packages, are available at mplfoundation.org.

The foundation thanks the following businesses supporting Rock & Read: Presenting Sponsor Zendesk; Sustaining Sponsors Capitol Bank and Children’s Dental Center; Contributing Sponsors Group Health Cooperative, Hausmann-Johnson Bauch Financial, TDS Telecom, WPS Charitable Foundation, Woodman’s Markets and Yahara Music Library; and In-Kind Donors Schoep’s Ice Cream and Monroe Street Arts Center.

On Tuesday, August 4, bring your little music lovers to Olbrich Gardens for the Every Hero Has a Story concert and picnic. Bubbles and activities start at 6 p.m. At 7 p.m., Stuart Stotts will get the whole family dancing while you picnic. Rain or shine, fun will be had no matter the weather. More details about these events and others are available at madisonpubliclibrary.org/kids.

SAVE THE DATE!

11/13/15 EX LIBRIS VOLUME V: BEER FOR BRUNCH 7 p.m., Central Library

“Read Up at Madison Public Library strengthens our common focus on preventing summer learning loss and building a powerful collaborative spirit that has gotten kids and families excited about reading,” said Youth Services Supervisor Krissy Wick. “In 2015, we’ll double the number of kids and families reached by this program to 500, in large part because of the generosity of Madison Public Library Foundation.”

Goodman South Madison Library will be the location for the Read Up is a collaborative program of the library, Madison library’s first Black Story Hour. The library will use the foundation’s Metropolitan School District, United Way, Madison School & $4,200 grant to recruit low-income black parents and caregivers Community Recreation, and UW-Madison. Last summer, the library who are not typical library users, and invite local community started Read Up at two MMSD summer school sites to improve leaders to participate.

Both groups will learn lessons that will students’ literacy and prevent what’s known as the “summer slide.” promote reading and cultural literacy in the A $5,000 grant will expand the program and community, said Goodman South Madison cover the cost of giving away five books to Other Grants manager Janetta Pegues. participants for their home libraries.

Awarded to Library “Goodman South Madison Library is • Professional development for interested in addressing the achievement gap, library staff, $7,500 supporting African-American families, and • Staff Day, $7,500 helping them develop the skills to teach their • Teen internship program, $6,000 children to read in a culturally relevant and • Yahara Music Library, $7,500 exciting way,” Pegues said.

• Director’s discretionary funds, All Read Up program participants get a start to their personal library by choosing five books to take home and keep.

$5,000 • T een digital creation platform, $6,000 • Support for high-traffic collections, $2,300 For more about the foundation’s 2015 grants, visit mplfoundation.org/news.

A $7,500 grant will allow Spanish speakers to enjoy additional resources and relationship building at Madison’s libraries.

The funds will enhance the library’s Spanish language materials, especially at locations near MMSD immersion schools, and establish a professional materials collection in Spanish for use in Spanish and bilingual programming.

Tickets On Sale for Cocktail Party With Reichl, Women Artisans Female chefs, food entrepreneurs, bakers, chocolatiers, brewmasters and mixologists will come together to showcase more than a dozen women’s contributions to the local food scene at Meet the Make-Hers, a cocktail party featuring James Beard Award winner and food writer Ruth Reichl.

Inspired by Reichl’s championing of women in the culinary arts, Madison Public Library & Madison Public Library Foundation will host the fundraiser on Tuesday, June 2, from 5:30-7 p.m. Meet

the Make-Hers follows the foundation’s annual Lunch for Libraries fundraiser and precedes an evening Wisconsin Book Festival talk, with Reichl headlining both events.

All proceeds will benefit the Wisconsin Book Festival. Tickets are $125, and a limited number are available at mplfoundation.org.

The foundation also added a special seating area for Lunch for Libraries: Relish With Ruth. Guests will enjoy an opening reception, lunch and the program via a closed-circuit broadcast. These tickets include a signed copy of Delicious! A Novel and are available at mplfoundation.org.