Hidden Chapter Book Club

Beyond Books - Exploring Archives & Special Collections

Tue, Feb 03, 10:30am - 11:15am

Children's Herzfeld Activity Center

A 20-minute story time for young children is followed by open play time. For children ages 3 and under, with a caregiver.

Tech-splanation @ MPL

Tue, Feb 03, 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Business Commons, Gift of Schoenleber Foundation and Elaine C. Lange - Collaboration Table #2

Do you have a question about your smartphone, tablet, or other electronic device? Need help accessing library resources? We can help!

Tue, Feb 03, 4:30pm - 6:30pm

Art, Music & Recreation Room

February 3, Tuesday, 4:30-6:30pm (Milwaukee's African American Civil Servants) April 14, Tuesday, 2:30-6:30pm (Celebrate 414 day)

Housing Help - Homeless Outreach with Milwaukee County

Wed, Feb 04, 2:30pm - 4:30pm

Chinese Room,Main Street - First Floor

Meet with a member of Milwaukee County's Street Outreach team and get connected to street, shelter and/or housing resources.

Adaptive Yoga - Yoga Class Suitable For People Of All Abilities

Thu, Feb 05, 10:30am - 11:45am

Rotary Club of Milwaukee Community Room

Join us at the beautiful Central Library for yoga and fellowship. Registration is encouraged. Walk-ins welcome.

Thu, Feb 05, 10:30am - 11:00am

Children's Story Steps

Young children and their caregivers are invited to story time filled with fun stories, songs, and finger plays designed to help little ones develop important early literacy skills.

Job Search and Resume Assistance - Provided by Goodwill Workforce Connection Center

Thu, Feb 05, 11:00am - 11:20am

Children's Room - Back Area

Share simple stories, playful songs and gentle movement in this lapsit story time for babies aged 0-18 months, with a caregiver.

Thu, Feb 05, 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Main Street - Second Floor

A Goodwill Consultant will be available to provide job search assistance, resume-building help, and interview preparation.

Sat, Feb 07, 10:30am - 11:30am

Children's Herzfeld Activity Center,Children's Room - Back Area

Stories and a fun letter craft help build pre-reading and fine motor skills to support early literacy. This interactive program focuses on letter recognition. Each week, learn all about a new letter!

A Life in Major League Baseball: Stories from Tim O'Driscoll

Sat, Feb 07, 11:00am - 12:00pm

Central Library Tours

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Central Library has many significant architectural features. Join a Docent Tour Guide as they share the splendor of Central Library's past!

Sat, Feb 07, 1:00pm - 2:30pm

Richard E. and Lucile Krug Rare Books Room

The official MLB scorer for Milwaukee, Tim O'Driscoll will tell stories from his almost 40-year career in professional baseball.

Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Services

Mon, Feb 09, 10:00am - 1:00pm

Other - See description for location

Community Access to Recovery Services (CARS) specializes in helping Milwaukee County residents get connected with resources to support those living with a mental health and substance use disorder.

Kids Who Care

Mon, Feb 09, 4:00pm - 4:45pm

Children's Herzfeld Activity Center

Kids who care are the coolest! So, let's practice random acts of kindness and spread some love.

First-Time Homebuyer Seminar - Presented by UW Credit Union

Tue, Feb 10, 10:30am - 11:15am

Children's Herzfeld Activity Center

A 20-minute story time for young children is followed by open play time. For children ages 3 and under, with a caregiver.

Monthly Makers

Tue, Feb 10, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Children's Herzfeld Activity Center

Calling all makers and artists! Do you love creating? Want to try and learn a new skill but don't know where to start? Join us for a monthly maker session to try a new creative outlet each month!

Tue, Feb 10, 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Innovation and Learning Lab

If you're thinking about buying a home or are simply wondering about the process, you've come to the right place!

Wed, Feb 11, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Children's Room - Back Area

Come build with us! We'll supply a variety of building materials and you'll bring the creativity. Meet friends and see what you can create together.

Adaptive Yoga - Yoga Class Suitable For People Of All Abilities

Thu, Feb 12, 10:30am - 11:00am

Children's Story Steps

Young children and their caregivers are invited to story time filled with fun stories, songs, and finger plays designed to help little ones develop important early literacy skills.

Thu, Feb 12, 10:30am - 11:45am

Rotary Club of Milwaukee Community Room

Join us at the beautiful Central Library for yoga and fellowship. Registration is encouraged. Walk-ins welcome.

Job Search and Resume Assistance - Provided by Goodwill Workforce Connection Center

Thu, Feb 12, 11:00am - 11:20am

Children's Room - Back Area

Share simple stories, playful songs and gentle movement in this lapsit story time for babies aged 0-18 months, with a caregiver.

Thu, Feb 12, 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Main Street - Second Floor

A Goodwill Consultant will be available to provide job search assistance, resume-building help, and interview preparation.

Sat, Feb 14, 10:30am - 11:30am

Children's Herzfeld Activity Center,Children's Room - Back Area

Stories and a fun letter craft help build pre-reading and fine motor skills to support early literacy. This interactive program focuses on letter recognition. Each week, learn all about a new letter!

Sat, Feb 14, 11:00am - 12:00pm

Central Library Tours

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Central Library has many significant architectural features. Join a Docent Tour Guide as they share the splendor of Central Library's past!

Innovative Inventors

Mon, Feb 16, 4:00pm - 4:45pm

Children's Herzfeld Activity Center

This Black History Month celebrate with the book "Inventions to Count On: A Celebration of Black Inventors" by Dana Marie Miroballi and make an invention of your very own!

Cozy Crafting

Mon, Feb 16, 5:30pm - 7:00pm

Frank P. Zeidler Humanities Room

Get cozy, craft, and meet up with friends and neighbors @Central Library!

Drop-In Art with Milwaukee Art Museum

Tue, Feb 17, 10:30am - 11:15am

Children's Herzfeld Activity Center

A 20-minute story time for young children is followed by open play time. For children ages 3 and under, with a caregiver.

Tech-splanation @ MPL

Tue, Feb 17, 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Business Commons, Gift of Schoenleber Foundation and Elaine C. Lange - Collaboration Table #2

Do you have a question about your smartphone, tablet, or other electronic device? Need help accessing library resources? We can help!

Tue, Feb 17, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Children's Room,Children's Room - Back Area

Drop-in to make art with the Milwaukee Art Museum Kohl's Art Studio in the Community Program. Find inspiration from artworks you can see at the Museum and learn something new together!

Hidden Chapter Book Club

Tue, Feb 17, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Frank P. Zeidler Humanities Room,Old Board Room

The Hidden Chapter Book Club gathers monthly to read, sip, and discover. February meeting will discuss James: a novel by Percival Everett and view special collections that celebrate Black Milwaukee.

Aurora Mobile Health Clinic

Wed, Feb 18, 1:00pm - 3:30pm

Mozart's Grove

Your health matters. Come talk to us! Aurora Mobile Health is providing free health services at Milwaukee Public Library Central Library for community members.

Adaptive Yoga - Yoga Class Suitable For People Of All Abilities

Wed, Feb 18, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Children's Room - Back Area

Come build with us! We'll supply a variety of building materials and you'll bring the creativity. Meet friends and see what you can create together.

Thu, Feb 19, 10:30am - 11:45am

Rotary Club of Milwaukee Community Room

Join us at the beautiful Central Library for yoga and fellowship. Registration is encouraged. Walk-ins welcome.

Thu, Feb 19, 10:30am - 11:00am

Children's Story Steps

Young children and their caregivers are invited to story time filled with fun stories, songs, and finger plays designed to help little ones develop important early literacy skills.

Job Search and Resume Assistance - Provided by Goodwill Workforce Connection Center

Thu, Feb 19, 11:00am - 11:20am

Children's Room - Back Area

Share simple stories, playful songs and gentle movement in this lapsit story time for babies aged 0-18 months, with a caregiver.

Thu, Feb 19, 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Main Street - Second Floor

A Goodwill Consultant will be available to provide job search assistance, resume-building help, and interview preparation.

Sat, Feb 21, 10:30am - 11:30am

Children's Herzfeld Activity Center,Children's Room - Back Area

Stories and a fun letter craft help build pre-reading and fine motor skills to support early literacy. This interactive program focuses on letter recognition. Each week, learn all about a new letter!

There Was a Party for Langston

Sat, Feb 21, 11:00am - 12:00pm

Central Library Tours

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Central Library has many significant architectural features. Join a Docent Tour Guide as they share the splendor of Central Library's past!

Mon, Feb 23, 4:00pm - 4:45pm

Children's Herzfeld Activity Center

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 Story Quilt

Tue, Feb 24, 10:30am - 11:15am

Children's Herzfeld Activity Center

A 20-minute story time for young children is followed by open play time. For children ages 3 and under, with a caregiver.

Tue, Feb 24, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Children's Herzfeld Activity Center

Create a story quilt-like collage inspired by Faith Ringgold this Black History Month.

Intellectual Property Brief Advice Clinic

Wed, Feb 25, 3:00pm - 5:00pm

East View Conference Room

Attend a free, brief consultation with an IP attorney to ask questions about getting started on protecting your patent or trademark.

Wed, Feb 25, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Children's Room - Back Area

Come build with us! We'll supply a variety of building materials and you'll bring the creativity. Meet friends and see what you can create together.

Adaptive Yoga - Yoga Class Suitable For People Of All Abilities

Thu, Feb 26, 10:30am - 11:00am

Children's Story Steps

Young children and their caregivers are invited to story time filled with fun stories, songs, and finger plays designed to help little ones develop important early literacy skills.

Thu, Feb 26, 10:30am - 11:45am

Rotary Club of Milwaukee Community Room

Join us at the beautiful Central Library for yoga and fellowship. Registration is encouraged. Walk-ins welcome.

Job Search and Resume Assistance - Provided by Goodwill Workforce Connection Center

Thu, Feb 26, 11:00am - 11:20am

Children's Room - Back Area

Share simple stories, playful songs and gentle movement in this lapsit story time for babies aged 0-18 months, with a caregiver.

Thu, Feb 26, 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Main Street - Second Floor

A Goodwill Consultant will be available to provide job search assistance, resume-building help, and interview preparation.

Geek Out!

Thu, Feb 26, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Children's Herzfeld Activity Center

Have a passion for geek media and culture? Come to Geek Out! a monthly program for teens who are enthusiastic for learning, creating and enjoying all things in geek, nerd or pop culture!

Sat, Feb 28, 10:30am - 11:30am

Children's Herzfeld Activity Center,Children's Room - Back Area

Stories and a fun letter craft help build pre-reading and fine motor skills to support early literacy. This interactive program focuses on letter recognition. Each week, learn all about a new letter!

We Stand on Their Shoulders - A History of Women and Voting

Sat, Feb 28, 11:00am - 12:00pm

Central Library Tours

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Central Library has many significant architectural features. Join a Docent Tour Guide as they share the splendor of Central Library's past!

Sun, Mar 01, All day

Main Street - First Floor

The traveling display "'We Stand on Their Shoulders': A History of Wisconsin Women and Voting" explores moments when women in Wisconsin gained political rights and highlights a few key leaders.

We Stand on Their Shoulders - A History of Women and Voting

Mon, Mar 02, All day

Main Street - First Floor

The traveling display "'We Stand on Their Shoulders': A History of Wisconsin Women and Voting" explores moments when women in Wisconsin gained political rights and highlights a few key leaders.

Painting A Symphony

Mon, Mar 02, 4:00pm - 4:45pm

Children's Herzfeld Activity Center

March is Women's History Month! Let's learn about abstract artist Joan Mitchell and create some feelings paintings of our own.

We Stand on Their Shoulders - A History of Women and Voting

Tue, Mar 03, All day

Main Street - First Floor

The traveling display "'We Stand on Their Shoulders': A History of Wisconsin Women and Voting" explores moments when women in Wisconsin gained political rights and highlights a few key leaders.

We Stand on Their Shoulders - A History of Women and Voting

Tue, Mar 03, 10:30am - 11:15am

Children's Herzfeld Activity Center

A 20-minute story time for young children is followed by open play time. For children ages 3 and under, with a caregiver.

Tech-splanation @ MPL

Tue, Mar 03, 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Business Commons, Gift of Schoenleber Foundation and Elaine C. Lange - Collaboration Table #2

Do you have a question about your smartphone, tablet, or other electronic device? Need help accessing library resources? We can help!

Wed, Mar 04, All day

Main Street - First Floor

The traveling display "'We Stand on Their Shoulders': A History of Wisconsin Women and Voting" explores moments when women in Wisconsin gained political rights and highlights a few key leaders.

We Stand on Their Shoulders - A History of Women and Voting

Wed, Mar 04, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Children's Room - Back Area

Come build with us! We'll supply a variety of building materials and you'll bring the creativity. Meet friends and see what you can create together.

Thu, Mar 05, All day

Main Street - First Floor

The traveling display "'We Stand on Their Shoulders': A History of Wisconsin Women and Voting" explores moments when women in Wisconsin gained political rights and highlights a few key leaders.

Adaptive Yoga - Yoga Class Suitable For People Of All Abilities

Thu, Mar 05, 10:30am - 11:45am

Rotary Club of Milwaukee Community Room

Join us at the beautiful Central Library for yoga and fellowship. Registration is encouraged. Walk-ins welcome.

Thu, Mar 05, 10:30am - 11:00am

Children's Story Steps

Young children and their caregivers are invited to story time filled with fun stories, songs, and finger plays designed to help little ones develop important early literacy skills.