Middle School

Linda Sarsour will appear live on Crowdcast. Join us at: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/we-are-not-here-to-be-bystanders

Beyond the Ingenue: Trailblazers will perform selections from the entire revue by local, professional actors of new works commissioned from songwriters. The cast, production team, and academic experts will also host a post show discussion on the process behind the project and cultural significance of these historical figures.

Madame Chu will demonstrate making a Peranakan spicy noodle dish and participants will have hands-on experience in making the dish called Mee Siam. She will talk about her aunt’s recipe, its origin and variations throughout Southeast Asia. Register online or call 288-6160.

Chef Paul Tseng will talk about the cultural influences of Sichuan cooking, the uses of the Sichuan pepper, and demonstrate how to make three dishes with varying spice levels. Register online or call 288-6160.

Lucas Koehler and his jass quartet, The Lucas Koehler Combo, will introduce you to five styles of jazz music including early swing, hot and sweet jazz, bebop, cool jazz and fusion.

In 2012, playwrights from across the country authored monologues focusing on engaging, embarrassing, hilarious, and heart-warming stories about food, and submitted them to Forward Theater Company's SOUL FOOD Monologue Festival in Madison, Wisconsin. A selection of these monologues will be performed in the intimate setting of the library. Afterwards, the actors will take questions from the audience about the monologues. Register online or call (608) 266-6390.

Darius doesn't think he'll ever be enough, in America or in Iran. Darius Kellner speaks better Klingon than Farsi, and he knows more about Hobbit social cues than Persian ones. He's about to take his first-ever trip to Iran, and it's pretty overwhelming--especially when he's also dealing with clinical depression, a disapproving dad, and a chronically anemic social life. In Iran, he gets to know his ailing but still formidable grandfather, his loving grandmother, and the rest of his mom's family for the first time. And he meets Sohrab, the boy next door who changes everything.

A one-hour storytelling event to tie in with the season and the community Halloween House event that is hosted on library grounds.

Get a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Hephaestus, a brand new musical from Madison native Nathan Fosbinder.

This program will feature scenes and songs from Music Theatre of Madison's production, Hephaestus, interspersed with analysis and background from professors William Aylward or William Brockliss, experts in Greek mythology from UW-Madison's Department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies.

Get a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Hephaestus, a brand new musical from Madison native Nathan Fosbinder.

This program will feature scenes and songs from Music Theatre of Madison's production, Hephaestus, interspersed with analysis and background from professors William Aylward or William Brockliss, experts in Greek mythology from UW-Madison's Department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies.