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2	3 "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest February 3, 2025 Feeling inspired by life’s little disasters, or perhaps your imagination runs wild with the worst-case scenarios? Enter our Poetry/Verse Contest and share your creative take on this year’s theme: Terrible Things Could Happen to You! Inspired by our On The Same Page book pick, Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures. 🖋️ Who can enter? Anyone ages 8 and up! Categories: Tween (8-11) Teen (12-17) Adult (18+) 📅 Key Dates: Entries open: February 3, 2025 Entries close: February 24, 2025 🏆 Winners: One winner per category will be announced February 28, 2025, on Facebook and in our newsletter. Every participant will receive a small gift from the Library. Winners will get the prize! ✨ Guidelines: Up to 600 words, written in verse (poetry in any style is welcome). No violent or inappropriate content, please. Participants are allowed to submit up to 3 poems. Please send them together in the same document. Entries must be submitted as a PDF or Word document via email to programs@madisonlib.org with your name, library card number, email, , phone number, and entry title included in the email for the adult participants. Junior participants do not need a library card to enter. So sharpen your pencils (or flex those typing fingers), and don’t wait for disaster to strike—submit your entry today! Full contest rules are available at madisonlib.org. See more details Books in Disguise Books in Disguise February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Look for our displays throughout the library of books hiding in gift boxes. Each “disguise” will have a brief hint about its contents. Go ahead take a chance. Holy Bagumba! You may just find a new book bestie! See more details Old School Poetry Old School Poetry February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Throughout the month, we’ll have a typewriter set up near our special collections cases foryou to write a poem to your love, whoever or whatever that love may be. Therewill also be a submission box nearby if you’d like to share those poems. See more details • • •	4 Books in Disguise Books in Disguise February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Look for our displays throughout the library of books hiding in gift boxes. Each “disguise” will have a brief hint about its contents. Go ahead take a chance. Holy Bagumba! You may just find a new book bestie! See more details Old School Poetry Old School Poetry February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Throughout the month, we’ll have a typewriter set up near our special collections cases foryou to write a poem to your love, whoever or whatever that love may be. Therewill also be a submission box nearby if you’d like to share those poems. See more details "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest February 4, 2025 Feeling inspired by life’s little disasters, or perhaps your imagination runs wild with the worst-case scenarios? Enter our Poetry/Verse Contest and share your creative take on this year’s theme: Terrible Things Could Happen to You! Inspired by our On The Same Page book pick, Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures. 🖋️ Who can enter? Anyone ages 8 and up! Categories: Tween (8-11) Teen (12-17) Adult (18+) 📅 Key Dates: Entries open: February 3, 2025 Entries close: February 24, 2025 🏆 Winners: One winner per category will be announced February 28, 2025, on Facebook and in our newsletter. Every participant will receive a small gift from the Library. Winners will get the prize! ✨ Guidelines: Up to 600 words, written in verse (poetry in any style is welcome). No violent or inappropriate content, please. Participants are allowed to submit up to 3 poems. Please send them together in the same document. Entries must be submitted as a PDF or Word document via email to programs@madisonlib.org with your name, library card number, email, , phone number, and entry title included in the email for the adult participants. Junior participants do not need a library card to enter. So sharpen your pencils (or flex those typing fingers), and don’t wait for disaster to strike—submit your entry today! Full contest rules are available at madisonlib.org. See more details Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures February 4, 2025 from 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Calling all adventurers! Dive into a world of imagination, strategy, and camaraderie with our new Dungeons & Dragons program for adults. Whether you're a seasoned Dungeon Master or a curious beginner, this is your chance to embark on epic quests, battle fearsome foes, and shape your own story in the world’s greatest tabletop role-playing game. Led by an experienced Dungeon Master, each session will transport you to fantastical realms where the only limit is your creativity. New to D&D? No problem! We'll provide pre-made characters and guidance to get you started on your journey. Come solo or with friends to forge alliances and make memories that will last a lifetime. Details: When: 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month, 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Where: Madison Library District Community Room Who Should Attend: Adults ages 18+ who are ready to embark on thrilling adventures, solve mysteries, and conquer dungeons. Whether you're here to slay dragons, outwit traps, or simply have a great time with fellow adventurers, this program offers a welcoming environment for all players. Sharpen your swords, memorize your spells, and roll the dice—an unforgettable adventure awaits! For more information check out our webpage: MLD Adult Arena See more details • • • •	5 Books in Disguise Books in Disguise February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Look for our displays throughout the library of books hiding in gift boxes. Each “disguise” will have a brief hint about its contents. Go ahead take a chance. Holy Bagumba! You may just find a new book bestie! See more details Old School Poetry Old School Poetry February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Throughout the month, we’ll have a typewriter set up near our special collections cases foryou to write a poem to your love, whoever or whatever that love may be. Therewill also be a submission box nearby if you’d like to share those poems. See more details "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest February 5, 2025 Feeling inspired by life’s little disasters, or perhaps your imagination runs wild with the worst-case scenarios? Enter our Poetry/Verse Contest and share your creative take on this year’s theme: Terrible Things Could Happen to You! Inspired by our On The Same Page book pick, Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures. 🖋️ Who can enter? Anyone ages 8 and up! Categories: Tween (8-11) Teen (12-17) Adult (18+) 📅 Key Dates: Entries open: February 3, 2025 Entries close: February 24, 2025 🏆 Winners: One winner per category will be announced February 28, 2025, on Facebook and in our newsletter. Every participant will receive a small gift from the Library. Winners will get the prize! ✨ Guidelines: Up to 600 words, written in verse (poetry in any style is welcome). No violent or inappropriate content, please. Participants are allowed to submit up to 3 poems. Please send them together in the same document. Entries must be submitted as a PDF or Word document via email to programs@madisonlib.org with your name, library card number, email, , phone number, and entry title included in the email for the adult participants. Junior participants do not need a library card to enter. So sharpen your pencils (or flex those typing fingers), and don’t wait for disaster to strike—submit your entry today! Full contest rules are available at madisonlib.org. See more details Creative Writing Club Creative Writing Club February 5, 2025 from 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Share your writing with other storytelling enthusiasts or join to make friends! Join the Creative Writers Club for ages 18+. We will share your favorite piece of writing and talk about why writing is our passion. See more details • • • •	6 Books in Disguise Books in Disguise February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Look for our displays throughout the library of books hiding in gift boxes. Each “disguise” will have a brief hint about its contents. Go ahead take a chance. Holy Bagumba! You may just find a new book bestie! See more details Old School Poetry Old School Poetry February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Throughout the month, we’ll have a typewriter set up near our special collections cases foryou to write a poem to your love, whoever or whatever that love may be. Therewill also be a submission box nearby if you’d like to share those poems. See more details "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest February 6, 2025 Feeling inspired by life’s little disasters, or perhaps your imagination runs wild with the worst-case scenarios? Enter our Poetry/Verse Contest and share your creative take on this year’s theme: Terrible Things Could Happen to You! Inspired by our On The Same Page book pick, Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures. 🖋️ Who can enter? Anyone ages 8 and up! Categories: Tween (8-11) Teen (12-17) Adult (18+) 📅 Key Dates: Entries open: February 3, 2025 Entries close: February 24, 2025 🏆 Winners: One winner per category will be announced February 28, 2025, on Facebook and in our newsletter. Every participant will receive a small gift from the Library. Winners will get the prize! ✨ Guidelines: Up to 600 words, written in verse (poetry in any style is welcome). No violent or inappropriate content, please. Participants are allowed to submit up to 3 poems. Please send them together in the same document. Entries must be submitted as a PDF or Word document via email to programs@madisonlib.org with your name, library card number, email, , phone number, and entry title included in the email for the adult participants. Junior participants do not need a library card to enter. So sharpen your pencils (or flex those typing fingers), and don’t wait for disaster to strike—submit your entry today! Full contest rules are available at madisonlib.org. See more details Crafty Corner Crafty Corner February 6, 2025 from 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Bring your handwork, knitting, crocheting, cross-stitch, or whatever it is you do for an informal evening of crafting and adult comradery. This month, we'll be meeting in the activity room. See more details Crafty Corner Crafty Corner February 6, 2025 from 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Bring your handwork, knitting, crocheting, cross-stitch, or whatever it is you do for an informal evening of crafting and adult comradery. See more details • • • • •	7 Books in Disguise Books in Disguise February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Look for our displays throughout the library of books hiding in gift boxes. Each “disguise” will have a brief hint about its contents. Go ahead take a chance. Holy Bagumba! You may just find a new book bestie! See more details Old School Poetry Old School Poetry February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Throughout the month, we’ll have a typewriter set up near our special collections cases foryou to write a poem to your love, whoever or whatever that love may be. Therewill also be a submission box nearby if you’d like to share those poems. See more details "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest February 7, 2025 Feeling inspired by life’s little disasters, or perhaps your imagination runs wild with the worst-case scenarios? Enter our Poetry/Verse Contest and share your creative take on this year’s theme: Terrible Things Could Happen to You! Inspired by our On The Same Page book pick, Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures. 🖋️ Who can enter? Anyone ages 8 and up! Categories: Tween (8-11) Teen (12-17) Adult (18+) 📅 Key Dates: Entries open: February 3, 2025 Entries close: February 24, 2025 🏆 Winners: One winner per category will be announced February 28, 2025, on Facebook and in our newsletter. Every participant will receive a small gift from the Library. Winners will get the prize! ✨ Guidelines: Up to 600 words, written in verse (poetry in any style is welcome). No violent or inappropriate content, please. Participants are allowed to submit up to 3 poems. Please send them together in the same document. Entries must be submitted as a PDF or Word document via email to programs@madisonlib.org with your name, library card number, email, , phone number, and entry title included in the email for the adult participants. Junior participants do not need a library card to enter. So sharpen your pencils (or flex those typing fingers), and don’t wait for disaster to strike—submit your entry today! Full contest rules are available at madisonlib.org. See more details Free Family Friendly Films Free Family Friendly Films February 7, 2025 from 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Want to watch a fun movie on a big screen? We have got new ones and classics all lined up for an afternoon of movie fun! A schedule of of the month's afternoon films are available @ madisonlib.org. All children 12 and under must be accompanied by responsible party, age 14+. See more details On the Same Page: Dramatic Romance Readings On the Same Page: Dramatic Romance Readings February 7, 2025 from 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm We'll have a big stack of cheesy romance novels and will challenge participants to give the sappiest reading of their back covers. Silly? Absolutely. Fun? Most definitely. Of course, you don't have to give a reading to participate. You can just come and laugh. See more details • • • • •	8 Books in Disguise Books in Disguise February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Look for our displays throughout the library of books hiding in gift boxes. Each “disguise” will have a brief hint about its contents. Go ahead take a chance. Holy Bagumba! You may just find a new book bestie! See more details Old School Poetry Old School Poetry February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Throughout the month, we’ll have a typewriter set up near our special collections cases foryou to write a poem to your love, whoever or whatever that love may be. Therewill also be a submission box nearby if you’d like to share those poems. See more details "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest February 8, 2025 Feeling inspired by life’s little disasters, or perhaps your imagination runs wild with the worst-case scenarios? Enter our Poetry/Verse Contest and share your creative take on this year’s theme: Terrible Things Could Happen to You! Inspired by our On The Same Page book pick, Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures. 🖋️ Who can enter? Anyone ages 8 and up! Categories: Tween (8-11) Teen (12-17) Adult (18+) 📅 Key Dates: Entries open: February 3, 2025 Entries close: February 24, 2025 🏆 Winners: One winner per category will be announced February 28, 2025, on Facebook and in our newsletter. Every participant will receive a small gift from the Library. Winners will get the prize! ✨ Guidelines: Up to 600 words, written in verse (poetry in any style is welcome). No violent or inappropriate content, please. Participants are allowed to submit up to 3 poems. Please send them together in the same document. Entries must be submitted as a PDF or Word document via email to programs@madisonlib.org with your name, library card number, email, , phone number, and entry title included in the email for the adult participants. Junior participants do not need a library card to enter. So sharpen your pencils (or flex those typing fingers), and don’t wait for disaster to strike—submit your entry today! Full contest rules are available at madisonlib.org. See more details • • •
9 Books in Disguise Books in Disguise February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Look for our displays throughout the library of books hiding in gift boxes. Each “disguise” will have a brief hint about its contents. Go ahead take a chance. Holy Bagumba! You may just find a new book bestie! See more details Old School Poetry Old School Poetry February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Throughout the month, we’ll have a typewriter set up near our special collections cases foryou to write a poem to your love, whoever or whatever that love may be. Therewill also be a submission box nearby if you’d like to share those poems. See more details "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest February 9, 2025 Feeling inspired by life’s little disasters, or perhaps your imagination runs wild with the worst-case scenarios? Enter our Poetry/Verse Contest and share your creative take on this year’s theme: Terrible Things Could Happen to You! Inspired by our On The Same Page book pick, Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures. 🖋️ Who can enter? Anyone ages 8 and up! Categories: Tween (8-11) Teen (12-17) Adult (18+) 📅 Key Dates: Entries open: February 3, 2025 Entries close: February 24, 2025 🏆 Winners: One winner per category will be announced February 28, 2025, on Facebook and in our newsletter. Every participant will receive a small gift from the Library. Winners will get the prize! ✨ Guidelines: Up to 600 words, written in verse (poetry in any style is welcome). No violent or inappropriate content, please. Participants are allowed to submit up to 3 poems. Please send them together in the same document. Entries must be submitted as a PDF or Word document via email to programs@madisonlib.org with your name, library card number, email, , phone number, and entry title included in the email for the adult participants. Junior participants do not need a library card to enter. So sharpen your pencils (or flex those typing fingers), and don’t wait for disaster to strike—submit your entry today! Full contest rules are available at madisonlib.org. See more details • • •	10 Books in Disguise Books in Disguise February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Look for our displays throughout the library of books hiding in gift boxes. Each “disguise” will have a brief hint about its contents. Go ahead take a chance. Holy Bagumba! You may just find a new book bestie! See more details Old School Poetry Old School Poetry February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Throughout the month, we’ll have a typewriter set up near our special collections cases foryou to write a poem to your love, whoever or whatever that love may be. Therewill also be a submission box nearby if you’d like to share those poems. See more details "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest February 10, 2025 Feeling inspired by life’s little disasters, or perhaps your imagination runs wild with the worst-case scenarios? Enter our Poetry/Verse Contest and share your creative take on this year’s theme: Terrible Things Could Happen to You! Inspired by our On The Same Page book pick, Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures. 🖋️ Who can enter? Anyone ages 8 and up! Categories: Tween (8-11) Teen (12-17) Adult (18+) 📅 Key Dates: Entries open: February 3, 2025 Entries close: February 24, 2025 🏆 Winners: One winner per category will be announced February 28, 2025, on Facebook and in our newsletter. Every participant will receive a small gift from the Library. Winners will get the prize! ✨ Guidelines: Up to 600 words, written in verse (poetry in any style is welcome). No violent or inappropriate content, please. Participants are allowed to submit up to 3 poems. Please send them together in the same document. Entries must be submitted as a PDF or Word document via email to programs@madisonlib.org with your name, library card number, email, , phone number, and entry title included in the email for the adult participants. Junior participants do not need a library card to enter. So sharpen your pencils (or flex those typing fingers), and don’t wait for disaster to strike—submit your entry today! Full contest rules are available at madisonlib.org. See more details • • •	11 Books in Disguise Books in Disguise February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Look for our displays throughout the library of books hiding in gift boxes. Each “disguise” will have a brief hint about its contents. Go ahead take a chance. Holy Bagumba! You may just find a new book bestie! See more details Old School Poetry Old School Poetry February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Throughout the month, we’ll have a typewriter set up near our special collections cases foryou to write a poem to your love, whoever or whatever that love may be. Therewill also be a submission box nearby if you’d like to share those poems. See more details "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest February 11, 2025 Feeling inspired by life’s little disasters, or perhaps your imagination runs wild with the worst-case scenarios? Enter our Poetry/Verse Contest and share your creative take on this year’s theme: Terrible Things Could Happen to You! Inspired by our On The Same Page book pick, Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures. 🖋️ Who can enter? Anyone ages 8 and up! Categories: Tween (8-11) Teen (12-17) Adult (18+) 📅 Key Dates: Entries open: February 3, 2025 Entries close: February 24, 2025 🏆 Winners: One winner per category will be announced February 28, 2025, on Facebook and in our newsletter. Every participant will receive a small gift from the Library. Winners will get the prize! ✨ Guidelines: Up to 600 words, written in verse (poetry in any style is welcome). No violent or inappropriate content, please. Participants are allowed to submit up to 3 poems. Please send them together in the same document. Entries must be submitted as a PDF or Word document via email to programs@madisonlib.org with your name, library card number, email, , phone number, and entry title included in the email for the adult participants. Junior participants do not need a library card to enter. So sharpen your pencils (or flex those typing fingers), and don’t wait for disaster to strike—submit your entry today! Full contest rules are available at madisonlib.org. See more details Madison Library Foundation Meeting Madison Library Foundation Meeting February 11, 2025 from 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Location: Activity Room Want to volunteer to help the library? The Madison Library Foundation is a non-profit Friends of the Library group who needs your help! See more details • • • •	12 Books in Disguise Books in Disguise February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Look for our displays throughout the library of books hiding in gift boxes. Each “disguise” will have a brief hint about its contents. Go ahead take a chance. Holy Bagumba! You may just find a new book bestie! See more details Old School Poetry Old School Poetry February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Throughout the month, we’ll have a typewriter set up near our special collections cases foryou to write a poem to your love, whoever or whatever that love may be. Therewill also be a submission box nearby if you’d like to share those poems. See more details "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest February 12, 2025 Feeling inspired by life’s little disasters, or perhaps your imagination runs wild with the worst-case scenarios? Enter our Poetry/Verse Contest and share your creative take on this year’s theme: Terrible Things Could Happen to You! Inspired by our On The Same Page book pick, Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures. 🖋️ Who can enter? Anyone ages 8 and up! Categories: Tween (8-11) Teen (12-17) Adult (18+) 📅 Key Dates: Entries open: February 3, 2025 Entries close: February 24, 2025 🏆 Winners: One winner per category will be announced February 28, 2025, on Facebook and in our newsletter. Every participant will receive a small gift from the Library. Winners will get the prize! ✨ Guidelines: Up to 600 words, written in verse (poetry in any style is welcome). No violent or inappropriate content, please. Participants are allowed to submit up to 3 poems. Please send them together in the same document. Entries must be submitted as a PDF or Word document via email to programs@madisonlib.org with your name, library card number, email, , phone number, and entry title included in the email for the adult participants. Junior participants do not need a library card to enter. So sharpen your pencils (or flex those typing fingers), and don’t wait for disaster to strike—submit your entry today! Full contest rules are available at madisonlib.org. See more details On the Same Page: Teribble Things Can Happen to You: Emergency Prep On the Same Page: Teribble Things Can Happen to You: Emergency Prep February 12, 2025 from 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Asevery Incandesto fan knows, TerribleThings Can Happen to You! Join us tonight as Jennifer Porter, INL FireDepartment Deputy Chief of Operations, and Ben Porter, Shelley Fire Department,teach us how to deal with the horrors in your future. See more details • • • •	13 Books in Disguise Books in Disguise February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Look for our displays throughout the library of books hiding in gift boxes. Each “disguise” will have a brief hint about its contents. Go ahead take a chance. Holy Bagumba! You may just find a new book bestie! See more details Old School Poetry Old School Poetry February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Throughout the month, we’ll have a typewriter set up near our special collections cases foryou to write a poem to your love, whoever or whatever that love may be. Therewill also be a submission box nearby if you’d like to share those poems. See more details "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest February 13, 2025 Feeling inspired by life’s little disasters, or perhaps your imagination runs wild with the worst-case scenarios? Enter our Poetry/Verse Contest and share your creative take on this year’s theme: Terrible Things Could Happen to You! Inspired by our On The Same Page book pick, Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures. 🖋️ Who can enter? Anyone ages 8 and up! Categories: Tween (8-11) Teen (12-17) Adult (18+) 📅 Key Dates: Entries open: February 3, 2025 Entries close: February 24, 2025 🏆 Winners: One winner per category will be announced February 28, 2025, on Facebook and in our newsletter. Every participant will receive a small gift from the Library. Winners will get the prize! ✨ Guidelines: Up to 600 words, written in verse (poetry in any style is welcome). No violent or inappropriate content, please. Participants are allowed to submit up to 3 poems. Please send them together in the same document. Entries must be submitted as a PDF or Word document via email to programs@madisonlib.org with your name, library card number, email, , phone number, and entry title included in the email for the adult participants. Junior participants do not need a library card to enter. So sharpen your pencils (or flex those typing fingers), and don’t wait for disaster to strike—submit your entry today! Full contest rules are available at madisonlib.org. See more details • • •	14 Books in Disguise Books in Disguise February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Look for our displays throughout the library of books hiding in gift boxes. Each “disguise” will have a brief hint about its contents. Go ahead take a chance. Holy Bagumba! You may just find a new book bestie! See more details Old School Poetry Old School Poetry February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Throughout the month, we’ll have a typewriter set up near our special collections cases foryou to write a poem to your love, whoever or whatever that love may be. Therewill also be a submission box nearby if you’d like to share those poems. See more details "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest February 14, 2025 Feeling inspired by life’s little disasters, or perhaps your imagination runs wild with the worst-case scenarios? Enter our Poetry/Verse Contest and share your creative take on this year’s theme: Terrible Things Could Happen to You! Inspired by our On The Same Page book pick, Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures. 🖋️ Who can enter? Anyone ages 8 and up! Categories: Tween (8-11) Teen (12-17) Adult (18+) 📅 Key Dates: Entries open: February 3, 2025 Entries close: February 24, 2025 🏆 Winners: One winner per category will be announced February 28, 2025, on Facebook and in our newsletter. Every participant will receive a small gift from the Library. Winners will get the prize! ✨ Guidelines: Up to 600 words, written in verse (poetry in any style is welcome). No violent or inappropriate content, please. Participants are allowed to submit up to 3 poems. Please send them together in the same document. Entries must be submitted as a PDF or Word document via email to programs@madisonlib.org with your name, library card number, email, , phone number, and entry title included in the email for the adult participants. Junior participants do not need a library card to enter. So sharpen your pencils (or flex those typing fingers), and don’t wait for disaster to strike—submit your entry today! Full contest rules are available at madisonlib.org. See more details • • •	15 Books in Disguise Books in Disguise February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Look for our displays throughout the library of books hiding in gift boxes. Each “disguise” will have a brief hint about its contents. Go ahead take a chance. Holy Bagumba! You may just find a new book bestie! See more details Old School Poetry Old School Poetry February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Throughout the month, we’ll have a typewriter set up near our special collections cases foryou to write a poem to your love, whoever or whatever that love may be. Therewill also be a submission box nearby if you’d like to share those poems. See more details "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest February 15, 2025 Feeling inspired by life’s little disasters, or perhaps your imagination runs wild with the worst-case scenarios? Enter our Poetry/Verse Contest and share your creative take on this year’s theme: Terrible Things Could Happen to You! Inspired by our On The Same Page book pick, Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures. 🖋️ Who can enter? Anyone ages 8 and up! Categories: Tween (8-11) Teen (12-17) Adult (18+) 📅 Key Dates: Entries open: February 3, 2025 Entries close: February 24, 2025 🏆 Winners: One winner per category will be announced February 28, 2025, on Facebook and in our newsletter. Every participant will receive a small gift from the Library. Winners will get the prize! ✨ Guidelines: Up to 600 words, written in verse (poetry in any style is welcome). No violent or inappropriate content, please. Participants are allowed to submit up to 3 poems. Please send them together in the same document. Entries must be submitted as a PDF or Word document via email to programs@madisonlib.org with your name, library card number, email, , phone number, and entry title included in the email for the adult participants. Junior participants do not need a library card to enter. So sharpen your pencils (or flex those typing fingers), and don’t wait for disaster to strike—submit your entry today! Full contest rules are available at madisonlib.org. 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16 Books in Disguise Books in Disguise February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Look for our displays throughout the library of books hiding in gift boxes. Each “disguise” will have a brief hint about its contents. Go ahead take a chance. Holy Bagumba! You may just find a new book bestie! See more details Old School Poetry Old School Poetry February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Throughout the month, we’ll have a typewriter set up near our special collections cases foryou to write a poem to your love, whoever or whatever that love may be. Therewill also be a submission box nearby if you’d like to share those poems. See more details "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest February 16, 2025 Feeling inspired by life’s little disasters, or perhaps your imagination runs wild with the worst-case scenarios? Enter our Poetry/Verse Contest and share your creative take on this year’s theme: Terrible Things Could Happen to You! Inspired by our On The Same Page book pick, Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures. 🖋️ Who can enter? Anyone ages 8 and up! Categories: Tween (8-11) Teen (12-17) Adult (18+) 📅 Key Dates: Entries open: February 3, 2025 Entries close: February 24, 2025 🏆 Winners: One winner per category will be announced February 28, 2025, on Facebook and in our newsletter. Every participant will receive a small gift from the Library. Winners will get the prize! ✨ Guidelines: Up to 600 words, written in verse (poetry in any style is welcome). No violent or inappropriate content, please. Participants are allowed to submit up to 3 poems. Please send them together in the same document. Entries must be submitted as a PDF or Word document via email to programs@madisonlib.org with your name, library card number, email, , phone number, and entry title included in the email for the adult participants. Junior participants do not need a library card to enter. So sharpen your pencils (or flex those typing fingers), and don’t wait for disaster to strike—submit your entry today! Full contest rules are available at madisonlib.org. See more details • • •	17 Books in Disguise Books in Disguise February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Look for our displays throughout the library of books hiding in gift boxes. Each “disguise” will have a brief hint about its contents. Go ahead take a chance. Holy Bagumba! You may just find a new book bestie! See more details Old School Poetry Old School Poetry February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Throughout the month, we’ll have a typewriter set up near our special collections cases foryou to write a poem to your love, whoever or whatever that love may be. Therewill also be a submission box nearby if you’d like to share those poems. See more details "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest February 17, 2025 Feeling inspired by life’s little disasters, or perhaps your imagination runs wild with the worst-case scenarios? Enter our Poetry/Verse Contest and share your creative take on this year’s theme: Terrible Things Could Happen to You! Inspired by our On The Same Page book pick, Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures. 🖋️ Who can enter? Anyone ages 8 and up! Categories: Tween (8-11) Teen (12-17) Adult (18+) 📅 Key Dates: Entries open: February 3, 2025 Entries close: February 24, 2025 🏆 Winners: One winner per category will be announced February 28, 2025, on Facebook and in our newsletter. Every participant will receive a small gift from the Library. Winners will get the prize! ✨ Guidelines: Up to 600 words, written in verse (poetry in any style is welcome). No violent or inappropriate content, please. Participants are allowed to submit up to 3 poems. Please send them together in the same document. Entries must be submitted as a PDF or Word document via email to programs@madisonlib.org with your name, library card number, email, , phone number, and entry title included in the email for the adult participants. Junior participants do not need a library card to enter. So sharpen your pencils (or flex those typing fingers), and don’t wait for disaster to strike—submit your entry today! Full contest rules are available at madisonlib.org. See more details Closed for Presidents' Day Closed for Presidents' Day February 17, 2025 See more details • • • •	18 Books in Disguise Books in Disguise February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Look for our displays throughout the library of books hiding in gift boxes. Each “disguise” will have a brief hint about its contents. Go ahead take a chance. Holy Bagumba! You may just find a new book bestie! See more details Old School Poetry Old School Poetry February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Throughout the month, we’ll have a typewriter set up near our special collections cases foryou to write a poem to your love, whoever or whatever that love may be. Therewill also be a submission box nearby if you’d like to share those poems. See more details "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest February 18, 2025 Feeling inspired by life’s little disasters, or perhaps your imagination runs wild with the worst-case scenarios? Enter our Poetry/Verse Contest and share your creative take on this year’s theme: Terrible Things Could Happen to You! Inspired by our On The Same Page book pick, Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures. 🖋️ Who can enter? Anyone ages 8 and up! Categories: Tween (8-11) Teen (12-17) Adult (18+) 📅 Key Dates: Entries open: February 3, 2025 Entries close: February 24, 2025 🏆 Winners: One winner per category will be announced February 28, 2025, on Facebook and in our newsletter. Every participant will receive a small gift from the Library. Winners will get the prize! ✨ Guidelines: Up to 600 words, written in verse (poetry in any style is welcome). No violent or inappropriate content, please. Participants are allowed to submit up to 3 poems. Please send them together in the same document. Entries must be submitted as a PDF or Word document via email to programs@madisonlib.org with your name, library card number, email, , phone number, and entry title included in the email for the adult participants. Junior participants do not need a library card to enter. So sharpen your pencils (or flex those typing fingers), and don’t wait for disaster to strike—submit your entry today! Full contest rules are available at madisonlib.org. See more details Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures February 18, 2025 from 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Calling all adventurers! Dive into a world of imagination, strategy, and camaraderie with our new Dungeons & Dragons program for adults. Whether you're a seasoned Dungeon Master or a curious beginner, this is your chance to embark on epic quests, battle fearsome foes, and shape your own story in the world’s greatest tabletop role-playing game. Led by an experienced Dungeon Master, each session will transport you to fantastical realms where the only limit is your creativity. New to D&D? No problem! We'll provide pre-made characters and guidance to get you started on your journey. Come solo or with friends to forge alliances and make memories that will last a lifetime. Details: When: 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month, 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Where: Madison Library District Community Room Who Should Attend: Adults ages 18+ who are ready to embark on thrilling adventures, solve mysteries, and conquer dungeons. Whether you're here to slay dragons, outwit traps, or simply have a great time with fellow adventurers, this program offers a welcoming environment for all players. Sharpen your swords, memorize your spells, and roll the dice—an unforgettable adventure awaits! For more information check out our webpage: MLD Adult Arena See more details • • • •	19 Books in Disguise Books in Disguise February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Look for our displays throughout the library of books hiding in gift boxes. Each “disguise” will have a brief hint about its contents. Go ahead take a chance. Holy Bagumba! You may just find a new book bestie! See more details Old School Poetry Old School Poetry February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Throughout the month, we’ll have a typewriter set up near our special collections cases foryou to write a poem to your love, whoever or whatever that love may be. Therewill also be a submission box nearby if you’d like to share those poems. See more details "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest February 19, 2025 Feeling inspired by life’s little disasters, or perhaps your imagination runs wild with the worst-case scenarios? Enter our Poetry/Verse Contest and share your creative take on this year’s theme: Terrible Things Could Happen to You! Inspired by our On The Same Page book pick, Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures. 🖋️ Who can enter? Anyone ages 8 and up! Categories: Tween (8-11) Teen (12-17) Adult (18+) 📅 Key Dates: Entries open: February 3, 2025 Entries close: February 24, 2025 🏆 Winners: One winner per category will be announced February 28, 2025, on Facebook and in our newsletter. Every participant will receive a small gift from the Library. Winners will get the prize! ✨ Guidelines: Up to 600 words, written in verse (poetry in any style is welcome). No violent or inappropriate content, please. Participants are allowed to submit up to 3 poems. Please send them together in the same document. Entries must be submitted as a PDF or Word document via email to programs@madisonlib.org with your name, library card number, email, , phone number, and entry title included in the email for the adult participants. Junior participants do not need a library card to enter. So sharpen your pencils (or flex those typing fingers), and don’t wait for disaster to strike—submit your entry today! Full contest rules are available at madisonlib.org. See more details Creative Writing Club Creative Writing Club February 19, 2025 from 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Share your writing with other storytelling enthusiasts or join to make friends! Join the Creative Writers Club for ages 18+. We will share your favorite piece of writing and talk about why writing is our passion. See more details • • • •	20 Books in Disguise Books in Disguise February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Look for our displays throughout the library of books hiding in gift boxes. Each “disguise” will have a brief hint about its contents. Go ahead take a chance. Holy Bagumba! You may just find a new book bestie! See more details Old School Poetry Old School Poetry February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Throughout the month, we’ll have a typewriter set up near our special collections cases foryou to write a poem to your love, whoever or whatever that love may be. Therewill also be a submission box nearby if you’d like to share those poems. See more details "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest February 20, 2025 Feeling inspired by life’s little disasters, or perhaps your imagination runs wild with the worst-case scenarios? Enter our Poetry/Verse Contest and share your creative take on this year’s theme: Terrible Things Could Happen to You! Inspired by our On The Same Page book pick, Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures. 🖋️ Who can enter? Anyone ages 8 and up! Categories: Tween (8-11) Teen (12-17) Adult (18+) 📅 Key Dates: Entries open: February 3, 2025 Entries close: February 24, 2025 🏆 Winners: One winner per category will be announced February 28, 2025, on Facebook and in our newsletter. Every participant will receive a small gift from the Library. Winners will get the prize! ✨ Guidelines: Up to 600 words, written in verse (poetry in any style is welcome). No violent or inappropriate content, please. Participants are allowed to submit up to 3 poems. Please send them together in the same document. Entries must be submitted as a PDF or Word document via email to programs@madisonlib.org with your name, library card number, email, , phone number, and entry title included in the email for the adult participants. Junior participants do not need a library card to enter. So sharpen your pencils (or flex those typing fingers), and don’t wait for disaster to strike—submit your entry today! Full contest rules are available at madisonlib.org. See more details • • •	21 Books in Disguise Books in Disguise February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Look for our displays throughout the library of books hiding in gift boxes. Each “disguise” will have a brief hint about its contents. Go ahead take a chance. Holy Bagumba! You may just find a new book bestie! See more details Old School Poetry Old School Poetry February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Throughout the month, we’ll have a typewriter set up near our special collections cases foryou to write a poem to your love, whoever or whatever that love may be. Therewill also be a submission box nearby if you’d like to share those poems. See more details "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest February 21, 2025 Feeling inspired by life’s little disasters, or perhaps your imagination runs wild with the worst-case scenarios? Enter our Poetry/Verse Contest and share your creative take on this year’s theme: Terrible Things Could Happen to You! Inspired by our On The Same Page book pick, Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures. 🖋️ Who can enter? Anyone ages 8 and up! Categories: Tween (8-11) Teen (12-17) Adult (18+) 📅 Key Dates: Entries open: February 3, 2025 Entries close: February 24, 2025 🏆 Winners: One winner per category will be announced February 28, 2025, on Facebook and in our newsletter. Every participant will receive a small gift from the Library. Winners will get the prize! ✨ Guidelines: Up to 600 words, written in verse (poetry in any style is welcome). No violent or inappropriate content, please. Participants are allowed to submit up to 3 poems. Please send them together in the same document. Entries must be submitted as a PDF or Word document via email to programs@madisonlib.org with your name, library card number, email, , phone number, and entry title included in the email for the adult participants. Junior participants do not need a library card to enter. So sharpen your pencils (or flex those typing fingers), and don’t wait for disaster to strike—submit your entry today! Full contest rules are available at madisonlib.org. See more details Free Family Friendly Films Free Family Friendly Films February 21, 2025 from 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Want to watch a fun movie on a big screen? We have got new ones and classics all lined up for an afternoon of movie fun! A schedule of of the month's afternoon films are available @ madisonlib.org. All children 12 and under must be accompanied by responsible party, age 14+. See more details On the Same Page/Adult Makers: Illustration On the Same Page/Adult Makers: Illustration February 21, 2025 from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Tonight,we’ll talk about and try our hand at illustrating and visually developing acharacter. Have a story and character in mind that you’d like to illuminate. Leave the kids at home tonight for an evening of grownup creativity and socializing. See more details • • • • •	22 Books in Disguise Books in Disguise February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Look for our displays throughout the library of books hiding in gift boxes. Each “disguise” will have a brief hint about its contents. Go ahead take a chance. Holy Bagumba! You may just find a new book bestie! See more details Old School Poetry Old School Poetry February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Throughout the month, we’ll have a typewriter set up near our special collections cases foryou to write a poem to your love, whoever or whatever that love may be. Therewill also be a submission box nearby if you’d like to share those poems. See more details "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest February 22, 2025 Feeling inspired by life’s little disasters, or perhaps your imagination runs wild with the worst-case scenarios? Enter our Poetry/Verse Contest and share your creative take on this year’s theme: Terrible Things Could Happen to You! Inspired by our On The Same Page book pick, Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures. 🖋️ Who can enter? Anyone ages 8 and up! Categories: Tween (8-11) Teen (12-17) Adult (18+) 📅 Key Dates: Entries open: February 3, 2025 Entries close: February 24, 2025 🏆 Winners: One winner per category will be announced February 28, 2025, on Facebook and in our newsletter. Every participant will receive a small gift from the Library. Winners will get the prize! ✨ Guidelines: Up to 600 words, written in verse (poetry in any style is welcome). No violent or inappropriate content, please. Participants are allowed to submit up to 3 poems. Please send them together in the same document. Entries must be submitted as a PDF or Word document via email to programs@madisonlib.org with your name, library card number, email, , phone number, and entry title included in the email for the adult participants. Junior participants do not need a library card to enter. So sharpen your pencils (or flex those typing fingers), and don’t wait for disaster to strike—submit your entry today! Full contest rules are available at madisonlib.org. 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23 Books in Disguise Books in Disguise February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Look for our displays throughout the library of books hiding in gift boxes. Each “disguise” will have a brief hint about its contents. Go ahead take a chance. Holy Bagumba! You may just find a new book bestie! See more details Old School Poetry Old School Poetry February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Throughout the month, we’ll have a typewriter set up near our special collections cases foryou to write a poem to your love, whoever or whatever that love may be. Therewill also be a submission box nearby if you’d like to share those poems. See more details "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest February 23, 2025 Feeling inspired by life’s little disasters, or perhaps your imagination runs wild with the worst-case scenarios? Enter our Poetry/Verse Contest and share your creative take on this year’s theme: Terrible Things Could Happen to You! Inspired by our On The Same Page book pick, Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures. 🖋️ Who can enter? Anyone ages 8 and up! Categories: Tween (8-11) Teen (12-17) Adult (18+) 📅 Key Dates: Entries open: February 3, 2025 Entries close: February 24, 2025 🏆 Winners: One winner per category will be announced February 28, 2025, on Facebook and in our newsletter. Every participant will receive a small gift from the Library. Winners will get the prize! ✨ Guidelines: Up to 600 words, written in verse (poetry in any style is welcome). No violent or inappropriate content, please. Participants are allowed to submit up to 3 poems. Please send them together in the same document. Entries must be submitted as a PDF or Word document via email to programs@madisonlib.org with your name, library card number, email, , phone number, and entry title included in the email for the adult participants. Junior participants do not need a library card to enter. So sharpen your pencils (or flex those typing fingers), and don’t wait for disaster to strike—submit your entry today! Full contest rules are available at madisonlib.org. See more details • • •	24 Books in Disguise Books in Disguise February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Look for our displays throughout the library of books hiding in gift boxes. Each “disguise” will have a brief hint about its contents. Go ahead take a chance. Holy Bagumba! You may just find a new book bestie! See more details Old School Poetry Old School Poetry February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Throughout the month, we’ll have a typewriter set up near our special collections cases foryou to write a poem to your love, whoever or whatever that love may be. Therewill also be a submission box nearby if you’d like to share those poems. See more details "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest "Terrible Things Could Happen To You" poetry/verse contest February 24, 2025 Feeling inspired by life’s little disasters, or perhaps your imagination runs wild with the worst-case scenarios? Enter our Poetry/Verse Contest and share your creative take on this year’s theme: Terrible Things Could Happen to You! Inspired by our On The Same Page book pick, Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures. 🖋️ Who can enter? Anyone ages 8 and up! Categories: Tween (8-11) Teen (12-17) Adult (18+) 📅 Key Dates: Entries open: February 3, 2025 Entries close: February 24, 2025 🏆 Winners: One winner per category will be announced February 28, 2025, on Facebook and in our newsletter. Every participant will receive a small gift from the Library. Winners will get the prize! ✨ Guidelines: Up to 600 words, written in verse (poetry in any style is welcome). No violent or inappropriate content, please. Participants are allowed to submit up to 3 poems. Please send them together in the same document. Entries must be submitted as a PDF or Word document via email to programs@madisonlib.org with your name, library card number, email, , phone number, and entry title included in the email for the adult participants. Junior participants do not need a library card to enter. So sharpen your pencils (or flex those typing fingers), and don’t wait for disaster to strike—submit your entry today! Full contest rules are available at madisonlib.org. See more details • • •	25 Books in Disguise Books in Disguise February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Look for our displays throughout the library of books hiding in gift boxes. Each “disguise” will have a brief hint about its contents. Go ahead take a chance. Holy Bagumba! You may just find a new book bestie! See more details Old School Poetry Old School Poetry February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Throughout the month, we’ll have a typewriter set up near our special collections cases foryou to write a poem to your love, whoever or whatever that love may be. Therewill also be a submission box nearby if you’d like to share those poems. See more details • •	26 Books in Disguise Books in Disguise February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Look for our displays throughout the library of books hiding in gift boxes. Each “disguise” will have a brief hint about its contents. Go ahead take a chance. Holy Bagumba! You may just find a new book bestie! See more details Old School Poetry Old School Poetry February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Throughout the month, we’ll have a typewriter set up near our special collections cases foryou to write a poem to your love, whoever or whatever that love may be. Therewill also be a submission box nearby if you’d like to share those poems. See more details Library Board Meeting Library Board Meeting February 26, 2025 from 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Location: Community Room See more details • • •	27 Books in Disguise Books in Disguise February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Look for our displays throughout the library of books hiding in gift boxes. Each “disguise” will have a brief hint about its contents. Go ahead take a chance. Holy Bagumba! You may just find a new book bestie! See more details Old School Poetry Old School Poetry February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Throughout the month, we’ll have a typewriter set up near our special collections cases foryou to write a poem to your love, whoever or whatever that love may be. Therewill also be a submission box nearby if you’d like to share those poems. See more details Take a Break Book Club: Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures Take a Break Book Club: Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures February 27, 2025 from 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm It begins, as the best superhero stories do, with a tragic accident that has unexpected consequences. The squirrel never saw the vacuum cleaner coming, but self-described cynic Flora Belle Buckman, who has read every issue of the comic book Terrible Things Can Happen to You!, is the just the right person to step in and save him. What neither can predict is that Ulysses (the squirrel) has been born anew, with powers of strength, flight, and misspelled poetry—and that Flora will be changed too, as she discovers the possibility of hope and the promise of a capacious heart. See more details • • •	28 Books in Disguise Books in Disguise February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Look for our displays throughout the library of books hiding in gift boxes. Each “disguise” will have a brief hint about its contents. Go ahead take a chance. Holy Bagumba! You may just find a new book bestie! See more details Old School Poetry Old School Poetry February 3, 2025 - February 28, 2025 from Throughout the month, we’ll have a typewriter set up near our special collections cases foryou to write a poem to your love, whoever or whatever that love may be. Therewill also be a submission box nearby if you’d like to share those poems. See more details On the Same Page: The Science of Superheroes On the Same Page: The Science of Superheroes February 28, 2025 from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Howdo they do that? Well, they’re superheroes. But how do they do that? Cometonight and make sense of it all. We’ll have interactive stations where you cantry out some of the science principles involved; then at 7:00, BYUI’s BrianPyper, the funnest physicist you’ll meet, will give a keynote with lots ofaudience participation. It will be an evening of learning and fun that youwon’t soon forget! See more details • • •

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