System-wide Project

For most of the 20th century, racial covenants were an insidious tool used nationwide to segregate whites from Blacks and other minorities in America’s burgeoning suburbs and residential neighborhoods.  Racial covenants were clauses inserted into property deeds to prevent non-Whites and non-Christian’s from buying or occupying land. Although no longer valid or enforceable, they can still be found in the land deeds of almost every American community, including Dane County.

Join us for a presentation to kick off a historical exhibit that will travel through Dane County public libraries over the next year!

Celebrate the freedom to read with all Dane County Libraries during the Beyond the Page Banned

Kick off Banned Books Week with a story time for school-age kids fe

Join us for a discussion of last year's most challenged book according to

https://www.cambridgelib.org/banned-book-club-discussion

This event is part of

This event is part of Banned Books Week 2024!

Join library staff for a discussion of one of our country's banned and challenged books, Drama by Raina Telgemeier. This discussion is recommended for older kids and teens. If you have any questions, please email Mary Ostrander at mostrander [at] stolib.org or call 608-873-6281. Free copies of the book are provided courtesy of Beyond the Page.
 

This program will tie into the Wisconsin Department of Tourism’s “Top Chef Wisconsin”-inspired 2024 “Culinary” theme. Delve into letters that first class Titanic passengers wrote to loved ones at home, describing the elaborate lunch feasts and other delicacies.

This program will tie into the Wisconsin Department of Tourism’s “Top Chef Wisconsin”-inspired 2024 “Culinary” theme. Delve into letters that first class Titanic passengers wrote to loved ones at home, describing the elaborate lunch feasts and other delicacies.