Milwaukee County Federated Library System

06/09/2026

06/08/2026

Need help with car repairs, maintenance, or troubleshooting? 🚗🔧

ChiltonLibrary through BadgerLink is designed to support do-it-yourselfers and amateur mechanics through both basic and advanced car repair and maintenance. You can access trusted repair guides, maintenance schedules, wiring diagrams, and even step-by-step training videos.

And it's all free with your library card! 🚘

Get under the hood with confidence and learn something new today.
https://tinyurl.com/badger-car

06/04/2026

Your goals are within reach! Start building new skills anytime, anywhere with self-paced online courses on Gale Presents: Udemy. Access with your library card: https://www.mcfls.org/udemy/

06/02/2026

Read Books and Win Prizes!
Join the Adult Summer Reading Program
June 1 - August 31, 2026

Every five books you read this summer will earn you a raffle ticket to win one of our great prizes - earn up to five raffle tickets (25 books read). Register and track your reading online at http://cudahyfamilylibrary.beanstack.com, or stop by the library to pick up a reading record to track your reading on paper and let us take care of the computer stuff. Prize drawings will be held on Tuesday, September 1, 2026 – need not be present to win.

Thank you to our donors! Bars & Recreation ; Board & Brush Oak Creek, WI;
CFL Endowment Fund; Chipotle Mexican Grill; Friends of Cudahy Library; Green Bay Packers; Milwaukee County Zoo; Mister car wash; Starbucks; Target; Texas Roadhouse; Transfer Pizzeria Café

06/02/2026

Sunshine, adventures, and stacks of great books? Sounds like summer at the library! ☀️📚

Join the Summer Reading Program at your local library and turn pages into prizes, chapters into challenge wins, and lazy afternoons into epic adventures. You'll find every kind of book: mystery, fantasy, comics, history, comedy, drama. And vampires. Don't forget the vampires. 🦇 Come in and get signed up for Summer Reading, and make this your best reading summer yet!

Find your closest library here to get started: https://www.mcfls.org/locs/

City of Milwaukee Libraries Atkinson Branch Bay View Branch Capitol Branch Center Street Branch Central Library - Drive Up East Branch Good Hope B

06/01/2026

How well do you really know Jane Austen? 👑✍️ Join us Thursday, June 4 at 6:00 PM for a fascinating presentation by Merri Cvetan exploring the key moments that shaped Jane Austen’s journey to becoming one of the most celebrated authors of all time. 📚

This program is sponsored by the Friends of Shorewood Public Library.

05/30/2026

Remember these? Hard to believe we used to flip through drawer after drawer just to find one book! 😅

But now we have CountyCat — your one-stop online library catalog for discovering your next great read (without the papercuts).

With CountyCat, you can:
📚 Place holds in seconds
❤️ Save your favorite books in custom lists
🏛 Browse materials from libraries across the county
🔎 Find your favorite authors
…and so much more!

CountyCat makes it easy to find a favorite bestseller, a cozy mystery, or your next audiobook obsession. Dive in and start exploring! https://countycat.mcfls.org/

05/28/2026

As our Milwaukee schools are focusing improving literacy in our students, did you know that 25% of ADULTS in Milwaukee County read at a 3rd grade level or below? All residents of Milwaukee County can access free online reading training from the public libraries. An easy to navigate platform that talks you through the lessons makes it easy to work through the rules for pronunciation, grammar, spelling, and much more. Great for English language learners too! You can get started by watching a quick demo here:

Available to all residents of Milwaukee County. Improve your readin...

05/20/2026

📣 DON'T MISS IT! Antiques Appraisals This Saturday

Got something you've always wondered about? Now's your chance! Mark Moran will be at the Hales Corners Library on Saturday, May 23rd, offering expert appraisals of antiques and collectibles. 🕰️

⏰ Spots are VERY limited and will fill fast—call NOW to claim yours!
📞 414-529-6150

Bring your treasure and discover its story (and maybe its value)!

Please note: Items such as weapons, coins or paper money, fine jewelry/precious gems, N**i memorabilia, traps, and Beanie Babies cannot be appraised.

👉 Don’t wait—once spots are gone, they’re gone!