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You Build It!
2026-02-18 16:00:00 2026-02-18 17:00:00 America/Chicago You Build It! Calling all architects! Enjoy open building time with Magna-Tiles, LEGO Bricks, blocks, and construction straws. Challenge yourself or your friends to build something new! Martin Luther King Branch - Children's Area

Wednesday, February 18
4:00pm - 5:00pm

Add to Calendar 2026-02-18 16:00:00 2026-02-18 17:00:00 America/Chicago You Build It! Calling all architects! Enjoy open building time with Magna-Tiles, LEGO Bricks, blocks, and construction straws. Challenge yourself or your friends to build something new! Martin Luther King Branch - Children's Area

Martin Luther King Branch

Children's Area

Calling all architects! Enjoy open building time with Magna-Tiles, LEGO Bricks, blocks, and construction straws. Challenge yourself or your friends to build something new!

AGE GROUP: | Young Children (0-5) | Elementary (6-12) |

EVENT TYPE: | STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) | Crafts, Games, & Play |

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Martin Luther King Branch
Phone: 414-286-3000
Branch manager
Tiffany Thornton
Hours
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Today's hours

We're open 10:00AM to 6:00PM

Mon, Jan 19 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Tue, Jan 20 12:00PM to 8:00PM
Wed, Jan 21 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Thu, Jan 22 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Fri, Jan 23 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Jan 24 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Jan 25 Closed
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Upcoming Events

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Family Play and Learn - Construction
Thu, Jan 22, 10:30am - 11:30am
Community Room
Join us for imaginative play for families with young children. Pack up the tools! Get ready to plan and build with blocks and trucks with your young children at the construction site.
City of Milwaukee Job Fair
Thu, Jan 22, 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Community Room
Connect with representatives from various departments, explore the application process, and take the next step toward your career with the City of Milwaukee.
Teen Game Lab: Dream It, Build It, Play! - Let's Game - Tabletop Game Prototyping
Thu, Jan 22, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Makerspace
Join us as we bend the rules on tabletop gaming classics. In this workshop we will play classic board games like chess and Uno.
Teen Game Night
Fri, Jan 23, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Community Room
Fan of video games? Board games? Any games????Then come to the library for a night of fun!
International Holocaust Remembrance Day: One Family's story
Mon, Jan 26, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Community Room
International Holocaust Remembrance Day: One Family's Story
Teen Game Lab: Dream It, Build It, Play! - Cardboard Carnival
Tue, Jan 27, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Makerspace
Step right up to have a hand in building a cardboard carnival! Join us in building interactive games like working claw grabber and more! Use cardboard, glue and more to help build our carnival games
Cancelled
Everyone On Digital Connections Training @ MPL
Tue, Jan 27, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Milwaukee Public Library is teaming up with Everyone On to provide digital skills training.
Death Cafe
Tue, Jan 27, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Study Room 115 and 117
A Death Café is a place for people of all ages to discuss issues related to death and dying, while sharing a warm drink and a sweet snack.
Open Maker Time
Tue, Jan 27, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Makerspace
Drop into the Makerspace to work on your next project. Get hands on with creative activities and explore your interests.
Teen Zone
Wed, Jan 28, 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Study Room 115 and 117
Game, snack, hang. Bring a friend to your local library to decompress after school !
You Build It!
Wed, Jan 28, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Children's Area
Calling all architects! Enjoy open building time with Magna-Tiles, LEGO Bricks, blocks, and construction straws. Challenge yourself or your friends to build something new!
Employ Milwaukee Resource Table
Thu, Jan 29, 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Resource Table 1
Employ Milwaukee will be at the library to share information about employment opportunities, paid training programs, and much more.
Teen Game Lab: Dream It, Build It, Play! - Game Art Design
Thu, Jan 29, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Makerspace
We're making a memory card game! Create your own unique artwork with playdough and then digitize it for our collaborative memory card game.
Cancelled
Mini Mug Meals!
Fri, Jan 30, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Come make and enjoy a quick mug meal! All materials provided.
Maker Mondays
Mon, Feb 02, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Makerspace
On Maker Mondays, drop in for a library led activity in our new makerspace.
Adult Story Time
Mon, Feb 02, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Community Room
A story Time designed especially for adults!
Cancelled
Everyone On Digital Connections Training @ MPL
Tue, Feb 03, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Milwaukee Public Library is teaming up with Everyone On to provide digital skills training.
King Makers - Fiber Arts Group
Tue, Feb 03, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Community Room
A place to work on your favorite fiber arts or mending project
Flash Fiction Mini-Course
Tue, Feb 03, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Study Room 114
Flash Fiction Mini-Course taught by author and writing instructor Kaitlin Wisel
Teen Zone
Wed, Feb 04, 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Study Room 115 and 117
Game, snack, hang. Bring a friend to your local library to decompress after school !
You Build It!
Wed, Feb 04, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Children's Area
Calling all architects! Enjoy open building time with Magna-Tiles, LEGO Bricks, blocks, and construction straws. Challenge yourself or your friends to build something new!
Cancelled
There Was a Party for Langston!
Sat, Feb 07, 10:30am - 11:15am
Come celebrate 100 amazing years of Langston Hughes! We'll read together, learn about the his life and poetry, listen to the jazz music that inspired him and work on our own poetry.
Black History Month Challenge Kickoff
Sat, Feb 07, 12:00pm - 4:30pm
Community Room
Celebrate BHM with the Milwaukee Public Library! Special Story time featuring the work of Langston Hughes, family crafts, special presentation by author Zaire Lanier, a writer at Compulsion Games
Cancelled
Everyone On Digital Connections Training @ MPL
Tue, Feb 10, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Milwaukee Public Library is teaming up with Everyone On to provide digital skills training.
Flash Fiction Mini-Course
Tue, Feb 10, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Study Room 114
Flash Fiction Mini-Course taught by author and writing instructor Kaitlin Wisel
Teen Zone
Wed, Feb 11, 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Study Room 115 and 117
Game, snack, hang. Bring a friend to your local library to decompress after school !
You Build It!
Wed, Feb 11, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Children's Area
Calling all architects! Enjoy open building time with Magna-Tiles, LEGO Bricks, blocks, and construction straws. Challenge yourself or your friends to build something new!
Push The Button
Fri, Feb 13, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Study Room 115 and 117
Pin your personality! Design and press one-of-a-kind buttons to wear or share.
Adult Story Time
Mon, Feb 16, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Community Room
A story Time designed especially for adults!
Cancelled
Everyone On Digital Connections Training @ MPL
Tue, Feb 17, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Milwaukee Public Library is teaming up with Everyone On to provide digital skills training.
Flash Fiction Mini-Course
Tue, Feb 17, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Study Room 114
Flash Fiction Mini-Course taught by author and writing instructor Kaitlin Wisel
Teen Zone
Wed, Feb 18, 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Study Room 115 and 117
Game, snack, hang. Bring a friend to your local library to decompress after school !
You Build It!
Wed, Feb 18, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Children's Area
Calling all architects! Enjoy open building time with Magna-Tiles, LEGO Bricks, blocks, and construction straws. Challenge yourself or your friends to build something new!
Teen Game Night
Fri, Feb 20, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Community Room
Fan of video games? Board games? Any games????Then come to the library for a night of fun!
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