Bo Ryan to Return for Rock & ReadSpecial 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.

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.

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New Foundation Grants Address Achievement Gap

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.

Events Highlight Summer ReadingCelebrate 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.

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.

Summer 2015

Short Story: Meet Hawthorne Library Page Arriella Waddell

Madison Public Library Foundation recently granted $56,000 to Madison Public Library for its summer reading program for school-age children, a new story time for African-American families, expanded materials for Spanish speakers and seven other projects.

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

Read Up is a collaborative program of the library, Madison Metropolitan School District, United Way, Madison School & Community Recreation, and UW-Madison. Last summer, the library started Read Up at two MMSD summer school sites to improve students’ literacy and prevent what’s known as the “summer slide.” A $5,000 grant will expand the program and cover the cost of giving away five books to participants for their home libraries.

“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 library’s first Black Story Hour. The library will use the foundation’s $4,200 grant to recruit low-income black parents and caregivers who are not typical library users, and invite local community leaders to participate. Both groups will learn lessons that will

promote reading and cultural literacy in the community, said Goodman South Madison manager Janetta Pegues.

“Goodman South Madison Library is interested in addressing the achievement gap, supporting African-American families, and helping them develop the skills to teach their children to read in a culturally relevant and exciting way,” Pegues said.

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.

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 champ-ioning 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.

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Other Grants Awarded to Library

• Professional development for library staff, $7,500

• Staff Day, $7,500• Teen internship program, $6,000• Yahara Music Library, $7,500• Director’s discretionary funds,

$5,000• Teen digital creation platform,

$6,000• Support for high-traffic

collections, $2,300For more about the

foundation’s 2015 grants, visit mplfoundation.org/news.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

What is your favorite book or genre of book? My favorite author is Neil Gaiman, especially his book American Gods. Spec-ulative 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

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 cele-brate 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 collaborative programming space that features a community kitchen, a unique asset for a library. Supervising Librarian Alice Oakey said the library plans to work with the neighborhood center to better serve the many financially 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 Sep-tember, 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.

Meadowridge Library and Meadowood Community

Center Public Open House

Wednesday, June 24, 5-8 p.m.

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7 p.m., Central Library

LIBRARY NEWS

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 a few blocks from the library’s current 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

• a flexible 250-seat program room

• dedicated spaces for children and teens

• multiple study rooms

• a quiet reading area

• 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

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.

Inquiring Minds | Your Questions Answered

Book Club Corner: Meet the Prairie Point Book ClubDescription: 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.

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.

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.

FOUNDATION NEWS

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 an expanded emphasis on serving the literacy 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 self-expression, 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 fast-growing 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 in six libraries, and 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.

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.

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Newsletter EditoraMy Mertz

Contributing Writerstana elias

Katharine clarK

sarah larsen

Newsletter DesignerGeorGia rucKer

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From the Director’s Desk

Greg Mickells, Director of Madison Public Library

Jessica Mac NaughtonFoundation President

Congratulations to the

Prairie Point Book Club!

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.

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.

Dry Bones by Craig Johnson • June 3, 7 p.m.HotelRED, 1501 Monroe St.The Wisconsin Book Festival will co-host this event with Mystery to Me Bookstore. Longmire mystery series author Johnson will read from the series’ 13th book, which involves Sheriff Walt Longmire’s coldest case yet. The series inspired the hit A&E TV drama Longmire.

The Rainy Season: Three Lives in the New South Africa by Maggie Messitt • June 4, 7 p.m, Central LibraryThis nonfiction work by independent narrative and immersion journalist Messitt introduces readers to the remote bushveld com-munity of Rooiboklaagte and opens a window into the beautifully complicated reality of daily life in South Africa.

The Jesus Cow by Michael Perry • June 10, 7 p.m., Central LibraryThe New York Times bestselling author, radio show host and songwriter Perry turns to fiction with this story of a miraculous bovine that unleashes chaos. A registered nurse by training, Perry lives in northern Wisconsin with his family.

A Conversation With Sheryl WuDunn, Interviewed by Neil Heinen • June 16, 3 p.m.Monona Terrace Community & Convention Center Lecture HallThe Book Festival teams up with Madison Community Foundation to co-present a discussion by financial executive, journalist and author Sheryl WuDunn on the art and science of giving and fundraising. WuDunn, co-author of A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity, will discuss the book she wrote with her husband, Nicholas Kristof, a columnist at The New York

Times. WuDunn shares her experiences as a professional woman, journalist, author, women’s rights advocate and financial executive. Tickets are $15 and available at madisoncommunityfoundation.org.

Summerlong by Dean Bakopoulos • June 20, 7 p.m.A Room of One’s Own, 315 W. Gorham St.Bakopoulos’ publisher calls this book the author’s breakout novel. It’s a humorous look at the tension building deep within a married couples’ small-town life during a long, hot summer. Bakopoulos, who earned his MFA at UW-Madison, is a writer-in-residence at Grinnell College in Iowa.

Madison Public Library Foundation accepts donations and sponsorships year-round on behalf of the Book Festival. Consider making a gift at wisconsinbookfestival.org to help the organization continue to deliver quality programming and events.

June Packed With Wisconsin Book Festival Events

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.

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.

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.”

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.

Join Friends to Maximize Library Support

“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.”

—Jerry Tolochko

“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.”

—Mandy Hollar

“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

“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

Submit and Vote on Library Dream Ideas for the Pop! ChallengeBubbling 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

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

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.

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.

Donors Honored With Breakfast Reception

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.

Wisconsin Book Festival events, such as September’s Pinney Mini Book Festival, take place year-round and are supported with funds raised by Madison Public Library Foundation.

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LIBRARY NEWS

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 a few blocks from the library’s current 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

• a flexible 250-seat program room

• dedicated spaces for children and teens

• multiple study rooms

• a quiet reading area

• 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

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.

Inquiring Minds | Your Questions Answered

Book Club Corner: Meet the Prairie Point Book ClubDescription: 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.

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.

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.

FOUNDATION NEWS

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 an expanded emphasis on serving the literacy 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 self-expression, 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 fast-growing 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 in six libraries, and 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.

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.

A newsletter published quarterly byMadison Public library Foundation, inc.

Executive Director JenniFer J. collins

Newsletter EditoraMy Mertz

Contributing Writerstana elias

Katharine clarK

sarah larsen

Newsletter DesignerGeorGia rucKer

201 W. Mifflin Street

Madison, Wisconsin 53703

608.266.6318

mplfoundation.org

info@mplfoundation.org

From the Director’s Desk

Greg Mickells, Director of Madison Public Library

Jessica Mac NaughtonFoundation President

Congratulations to the

Prairie Point Book Club!

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.

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.

Dry Bones by Craig Johnson • June 3, 7 p.m.HotelRED, 1501 Monroe St.The Wisconsin Book Festival will co-host this event with Mystery to Me Bookstore. Longmire mystery series author Johnson will read from the series’ 13th book, which involves Sheriff Walt Longmire’s coldest case yet. The series inspired the hit A&E TV drama Longmire.

The Rainy Season: Three Lives in the New South Africa by Maggie Messitt • June 4, 7 p.m, Central LibraryThis nonfiction work by independent narrative and immersion journalist Messitt introduces readers to the remote bushveld com-munity of Rooiboklaagte and opens a window into the beautifully complicated reality of daily life in South Africa.

The Jesus Cow by Michael Perry • June 10, 7 p.m., Central LibraryThe New York Times bestselling author, radio show host and songwriter Perry turns to fiction with this story of a miraculous bovine that unleashes chaos. A registered nurse by training, Perry lives in northern Wisconsin with his family.

A Conversation With Sheryl WuDunn, Interviewed by Neil Heinen • June 16, 3 p.m.Monona Terrace Community & Convention Center Lecture HallThe Book Festival teams up with Madison Community Foundation to co-present a discussion by financial executive, journalist and author Sheryl WuDunn on the art and science of giving and fundraising. WuDunn, co-author of A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity, will discuss the book she wrote with her husband, Nicholas Kristof, a columnist at The New York

Times. WuDunn shares her experiences as a professional woman, journalist, author, women’s rights advocate and financial executive. Tickets are $15 and available at madisoncommunityfoundation.org.

Summerlong by Dean Bakopoulos • June 20, 7 p.m.A Room of One’s Own, 315 W. Gorham St.Bakopoulos’ publisher calls this book the author’s breakout novel. It’s a humorous look at the tension building deep within a married couples’ small-town life during a long, hot summer. Bakopoulos, who earned his MFA at UW-Madison, is a writer-in-residence at Grinnell College in Iowa.

Madison Public Library Foundation accepts donations and sponsorships year-round on behalf of the Book Festival. Consider making a gift at wisconsinbookfestival.org to help the organization continue to deliver quality programming and events.

June Packed With Wisconsin Book Festival Events

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.

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.

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.”

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.

Join Friends to Maximize Library Support

“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.”

—Jerry Tolochko

“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.”

—Mandy Hollar

“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

“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

Submit and Vote on Library Dream Ideas for the Pop! ChallengeBubbling 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

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

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.

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.

Donors Honored With Breakfast Reception

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.

Wisconsin Book Festival events, such as September’s Pinney Mini Book Festival, take place year-round and are supported with funds raised by Madison Public Library Foundation.

Sheryl WuDunn

Teens create stop motion animation book trailers at a recent library workshop.

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LIBRARY NEWS

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 a few blocks from the library’s current 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

• a flexible 250-seat program room

• dedicated spaces for children and teens

• multiple study rooms

• a quiet reading area

• 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

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.

Inquiring Minds | Your Questions Answered

Book Club Corner: Meet the Prairie Point Book ClubDescription: 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.

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.

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.

FOUNDATION NEWS

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 an expanded emphasis on serving the literacy 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 self-expression, 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 fast-growing 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 in six libraries, and 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.

Madison Public Libraries• Alicia Ashman 733 N. High Point Rd.

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• 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.

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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.

Dry Bones by Craig Johnson • June 3, 7 p.m.HotelRED, 1501 Monroe St.The Wisconsin Book Festival will co-host this event with Mystery to Me Bookstore. Longmire mystery series author Johnson will read from the series’ 13th book, which involves Sheriff Walt Longmire’s coldest case yet. The series inspired the hit A&E TV drama Longmire.

The Rainy Season: Three Lives in the New South Africa by Maggie Messitt • June 4, 7 p.m, Central LibraryThis nonfiction work by independent narrative and immersion journalist Messitt introduces readers to the remote bushveld com-munity of Rooiboklaagte and opens a window into the beautifully complicated reality of daily life in South Africa.

The Jesus Cow by Michael Perry • June 10, 7 p.m., Central LibraryThe New York Times bestselling author, radio show host and songwriter Perry turns to fiction with this story of a miraculous bovine that unleashes chaos. A registered nurse by training, Perry lives in northern Wisconsin with his family.

A Conversation With Sheryl WuDunn, Interviewed by Neil Heinen • June 16, 3 p.m.Monona Terrace Community & Convention Center Lecture HallThe Book Festival teams up with Madison Community Foundation to co-present a discussion by financial executive, journalist and author Sheryl WuDunn on the art and science of giving and fundraising. WuDunn, co-author of A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity, will discuss the book she wrote with her husband, Nicholas Kristof, a columnist at The New York

Times. WuDunn shares her experiences as a professional woman, journalist, author, women’s rights advocate and financial executive. Tickets are $15 and available at madisoncommunityfoundation.org.

Summerlong by Dean Bakopoulos • June 20, 7 p.m.A Room of One’s Own, 315 W. Gorham St.Bakopoulos’ publisher calls this book the author’s breakout novel. It’s a humorous look at the tension building deep within a married couples’ small-town life during a long, hot summer. Bakopoulos, who earned his MFA at UW-Madison, is a writer-in-residence at Grinnell College in Iowa.

Madison Public Library Foundation accepts donations and sponsorships year-round on behalf of the Book Festival. Consider making a gift at wisconsinbookfestival.org to help the organization continue to deliver quality programming and events.

June Packed With Wisconsin Book Festival Events

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.

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.

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.”

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.

Join Friends to Maximize Library Support

“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.”

—Jerry Tolochko

“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.”

—Mandy Hollar

“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

“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

Submit and Vote on Library Dream Ideas for the Pop! ChallengeBubbling 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

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

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.

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.

Donors Honored With Breakfast Reception

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.

Wisconsin Book Festival events, such as September’s Pinney Mini Book Festival, take place year-round and are supported with funds raised by Madison Public Library Foundation.

Sheryl WuDunn

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Bo Ryan to Return for Rock & ReadSpecial 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.

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.

FOUNDATION NEWS

LIBRARY NEWS

a quarterly newsletter from the Madison Public Library Foundation

New Foundation Grants Address Achievement Gap

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.

Events Highlight Summer ReadingCelebrate 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.

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.

Summer 2015

Short Story: Meet Hawthorne Library Page Arriella Waddell

Madison Public Library Foundation recently granted $56,000 to Madison Public Library for its summer reading program for school-age children, a new story time for African-American families, expanded materials for Spanish speakers and seven other projects.

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

Read Up is a collaborative program of the library, Madison Metropolitan School District, United Way, Madison School & Community Recreation, and UW-Madison. Last summer, the library started Read Up at two MMSD summer school sites to improve students’ literacy and prevent what’s known as the “summer slide.” A $5,000 grant will expand the program and cover the cost of giving away five books to participants for their home libraries.

“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 library’s first Black Story Hour. The library will use the foundation’s $4,200 grant to recruit low-income black parents and caregivers who are not typical library users, and invite local community leaders to participate. Both groups will learn lessons that will

promote reading and cultural literacy in the community, said Goodman South Madison manager Janetta Pegues.

“Goodman South Madison Library is interested in addressing the achievement gap, supporting African-American families, and helping them develop the skills to teach their children to read in a culturally relevant and exciting way,” Pegues said.

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.

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 champ-ioning 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.

Tickets On Sale for Cocktail Party With Reichl, Women Artisans

All Read Up program

participants get a start to their

personal library by choosing

five books to take home and keep.

Branch Spotlight: Meadowridge Library

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Other Grants Awarded to Library

• Professional development for library staff, $7,500

• Staff Day, $7,500• Teen internship program, $6,000• Yahara Music Library, $7,500• Director’s discretionary funds,

$5,000• Teen digital creation platform,

$6,000• Support for high-traffic

collections, $2,300For more about the

foundation’s 2015 grants, visit mplfoundation.org/news.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

What is your favorite book or genre of book? My favorite author is Neil Gaiman, especially his book American Gods. Spec-ulative 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

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 cele-brate 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 collaborative programming space that features a community kitchen, a unique asset for a library. Supervising Librarian Alice Oakey said the library plans to work with the neighborhood center to better serve the many financially 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 Sep-tember, 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.

Meadowridge Library and Meadowood Community

Center Public Open House

Wednesday, June 24, 5-8 p.m.

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7 p.m., Central Library

Bo Ryan to Return for Rock & ReadSpecial 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.

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.

FOUNDATION NEWS

LIBRARY NEWS

a quarterly newsletter from the Madison Public Library Foundation

New Foundation Grants Address Achievement Gap

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.

Events Highlight Summer ReadingCelebrate 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.

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.

Summer 2015

Short Story: Meet Hawthorne Library Page Arriella Waddell

Madison Public Library Foundation recently granted $56,000 to Madison Public Library for its summer reading program for school-age children, a new story time for African-American families, expanded materials for Spanish speakers and seven other projects.

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

Read Up is a collaborative program of the library, Madison Metropolitan School District, United Way, Madison School & Community Recreation, and UW-Madison. Last summer, the library started Read Up at two MMSD summer school sites to improve students’ literacy and prevent what’s known as the “summer slide.” A $5,000 grant will expand the program and cover the cost of giving away five books to participants for their home libraries.

“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 library’s first Black Story Hour. The library will use the foundation’s $4,200 grant to recruit low-income black parents and caregivers who are not typical library users, and invite local community leaders to participate. Both groups will learn lessons that will

promote reading and cultural literacy in the community, said Goodman South Madison manager Janetta Pegues.

“Goodman South Madison Library is interested in addressing the achievement gap, supporting African-American families, and helping them develop the skills to teach their children to read in a culturally relevant and exciting way,” Pegues said.

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.

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 champ-ioning 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.

Tickets On Sale for Cocktail Party With Reichl, Women Artisans

All Read Up program

participants get a start to their

personal library by choosing

five books to take home and keep.

Branch Spotlight: Meadowridge Library

Nonprofit Organization U.S. Postage

PAIDMadison, WI

Permit No. 1110201 W. Mifflin StreetMadison, WI 53703

mplfoundation.org

A quarterly newsletter from the Madison Public Library Foundation

SAVE THE DATE!

Other Grants Awarded to Library

• Professional development for library staff, $7,500

• Staff Day, $7,500• Teen internship program, $6,000• Yahara Music Library, $7,500• Director’s discretionary funds,

$5,000• Teen digital creation platform,

$6,000• Support for high-traffic

collections, $2,300For more about the

foundation’s 2015 grants, visit mplfoundation.org/news.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

What is your favorite book or genre of book? My favorite author is Neil Gaiman, especially his book American Gods. Spec-ulative 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

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 cele-brate 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 collaborative programming space that features a community kitchen, a unique asset for a library. Supervising Librarian Alice Oakey said the library plans to work with the neighborhood center to better serve the many financially 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 Sep-tember, 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.

Meadowridge Library and Meadowood Community

Center Public Open House

Wednesday, June 24, 5-8 p.m.

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7 p.m., Central Library