Madison Public Library - Meadowridge Library

Please join us for an evening of slam poetry brought to us by Charles Payne. Charles's workshop will help participants delve into crucial conversations across differences. And by doing so, participants will foster a deeper understanding of themselves. The learning objectives were designed to challenge participants to think, write, and share experiences they've had that contributed to their sense of belonging by giving participants a brave space to share their personal stories and challenging them to listen critically. 

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.

Celebrated Latina civil rights activist and foreword writer Dolores Huerta once said, "Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world." These are the stories of some of the Latina activists from Wisconsin who have lived Huerta's words.

Come discuss this bestseller during National Hispanic Heritage Month with Yesianne Ramirez, a native Puerto Rican.

Book discussed: When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago.  When I Was Puerto Rican is a 1993 autobiography written by Puerto Rican native Esmeralda Santiago.

Guest storyteller: Kasiya Phiri 

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Learn how easy it can be to make healthy pizza. Then enjoy munching on your pizza while watching the movie Being Bucky, all about UW-Madison's own Bucky Badger. The pizza making is open to 15 people, ages 10-14. The movie is open to all and is offered in partnership with the Wisconsin Film Festival.

This event is made possible by a grant from Beyond the Page, Madison Community Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Public performance rights for the film generously donated by Fulton Market Films, fultonmarketfilms.com.

Join three Madison-area African American writers - poet Fabu, novelist Sherry Lucille, and playwright and novelist Catrina Sparkman - as they discuss their poetry and prose in relation to the work of three African American literary giants who also lived and worked in the Madison area during the 20^th century: novelist Jean Toomer, playwright Lorraine Hansberry, and poet Sarah Webster Fabio.