Library Director Paula Kiely and the Milwaukee Public Library Board of Trustees will hold a public meeting to update the community on the plans for the redevelopment of the East Library property on Wednesday, February 8 from 6-7 p.m. at the East Library. MPL’s East Library is located at 1910 E. North Avenue. This one-story, [...]

Antoinette Jackson and her family helped celebrate the last book check-out at Villard Avenue Library on Fri., Sept. 30, which will be closed for two weeks in preparation for the grand opening of the new Villard Square branch at 5190 N. 35th St. Antoinette grew up using the Villard Avenue library and often brings her [...]

All Milwaukee Public Library (MPL) locations will be closed on Friday, July 1 for a City-mandated furlough day. In addition, all MPL locations will be closed Saturday, July 2 through Monday, July 4 for the Independence Day holiday. All MPL locations will re-open for business with normal hours on Tuesday, July 5. For more information [...]

The Milwaukee Public Library (MPL) encourages all children ages 12 and younger to Be A Super Reader this summer. Children can achieve Super Reader status and earn prizes by reading themselves, reading to someone else, or having someone read to them throughout the summer. New in 2011: Children have a new mission this summer – [...]

A yearlong project that gives worldwide audiences access to UWM’s historical archive documenting the March on Milwaukee and the city’s civil rights struggle kicks off Sept. 16 at the Milwaukee Public Library downtown. The March on Milwaukee Civil Rights History Project is a new digital resource (www.marchonmilwaukee.uwm.edu) that features primary sources from the UWM Archives [...]