Missoula Public Library
Library Notices
- MPL Board of Trustees meets on Nov 30 at 6pm. Open to the public. Zoom link
Using The Library
Calendar of Events
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- TH
- FR
- SA
Events for October
30
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Halloween All Under One Roof at MPL
Missoula Public Library
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Research Studies for Kids
UM Living Lab
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Music Sunday at MCAT Studios
MCAT
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Community Radio DJ Auditions
MCAT
Events for October
31
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Aging Mastery Program
Blackfoot Room
2:00 pm
Learn to Video Edit
MCAT
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Lego Club
Imaginarium
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies for Kids
UM Living Lab
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Screenwriting Workshop
Ellingson Room
Events for November
1
Native American Heritage Month Events at MPL
Missoula Public Library
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Preschool Art with a Purpose
Families First Classroom
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Engineer It
spectrUM Classroom
4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Big Sky 3D Printing
Big Sky Branch Library
5:30 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
7:00 pm
Frenchtown Foreign Films
Frenchtown Branch Library
Events for November
2
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies for Kids
UM Living Lab
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Middle School Writers’ Group
Art Box
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Big Sky Writers’ Group
Big Sky Branch Library
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Symphony Kids
Imaginarium
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Re-Imagining Death: Conversations about Dying, Loss, and Grief
Cooper Room B
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Learn MCAT’s 3 Camera Studio
MCAT
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Forbidden Passport: Rediscovering Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter
Virtual Event
Events for November
3
10:00 am
Seeley Lake Book Group
Seeley Lake Branch Library
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Child Development Screening
Families First Consult Rooms
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
SpectrUM Special Guest: Insectarium
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies for Kids
UM Living Lab
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Kids Cook with Chop Chop
Demonstration Kitchen
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Robotics Club
spectrUM Classroom
4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Big Sky 3D Printing
Big Sky Branch Library
Events for November
4
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Community Connections
Families First Classroom
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Watercolor Painting Class
Cooper Room
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Lego Club
Imaginarium
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies for Kids
UM Living Lab
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Young Adult Writers’ Group
Art Box
Events for November
5
10:00 am - 10:45 am
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Research Studies for Kids
UM Living Lab
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Game Day @ Your Library
Cooper Room
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Young Kids Dance Party
MCAT
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Community Connections
Families First Classroom
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Stop Animation Workshop for Kids
MCAT
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Making Fall Decor
MakerSpace
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
D&D Guild for Teens
Virtual Event
Events for November
6
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Research Studies for Kids
UM Living Lab
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Music Sunday at MCAT Studios
MCAT
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Community Radio DJ Auditions
MCAT
Events for November
7
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Aging Mastery Program
Blackfoot Room
2:00 pm
Learn to Video Edit
MCAT
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Lego Club
Imaginarium
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies for Kids
UM Living Lab
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Screenwriting Workshop
Ellingson Room
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Ways of Remembering: Staging Grief Together: A Three-Part Theatre Workshop.
Cooper Room B
7:00 pm
Frenchtown Foreign Films
Frenchtown Branch Library
Events for November
9
9:30 am - 11:00 am
Wednesday Webinars
Cooper Room A
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Swan Valley Book Chat
Swan Valley Branch
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies for Kids
UM Living Lab
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Middle School Writers’ Group
Art Box
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Big Sky Writers’ Group
Big Sky Branch Library
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Learn MCAT’s 3 Camera Studio
MCAT
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
2nd Wednesday Night Book Group
Blackfoot Room
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Forbidden Passport: Rediscovering Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter
Virtual Event
Events for November
10
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Consult Drop In Day
Families First Consult Rooms
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm
Memory Café
Demonstration Kitchen
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
SpectrUM Special Guest: Insectarium
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Montana Art
Art Box
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies for Kids
UM Living Lab
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Robotics Club
spectrUM Classroom
4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Big Sky 3D Printing
Big Sky Branch Library
Events for November
11
No Events
Events for November
12
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Research Studies for Kids
UM Living Lab
10:00 am - 10:45 am
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Young Kids Dance Party
MCAT
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Community Connections
Families First Classroom
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Stop Animation Workshop for Kids
MCAT
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Genealogy for the Absolute Beginner
Blackfoot Room
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
Events for November
13
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Research Studies for Kids
UM Living Lab
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Music Sunday at MCAT Studios
MCAT
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Community Radio DJ Auditions
MCAT
Events for November
14
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Aging Mastery Program
Blackfoot Room
2:00 pm
Learn to Video Edit
MCAT
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Missoula Job Service Workshops
Cooper Room
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Lego Club
Imaginarium
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies for Kids
UM Living Lab
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Screenwriting Workshop
Ellingson Room
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Ways of Remembering: Staging Grief Together: A Three-Part Theatre Workshop.
Cooper Room B
Events for November
15
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Preschool Art with a Purpose
Families First Classroom
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Volunteer Day
Families First Classroom
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Engineer It
spectrUM Classroom
4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Big Sky 3D Printing
Big Sky Branch Library
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Volunteer Day
Families First Classroom
5:30 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Healthy Cooking with All Nations Health Center
Demonstration Kitchen
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Tuesday Yoga @ the Library
Cooper Room
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Western Montana Genealogical Society
Blackfoot Room
Events for November
16
9:30 am - 11:00 am
Wednesday Webinars
Cooper Room A
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Swan Valley History Presentation
Swan Valley Community Center
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Missoula Job Service Workshops
Cooper Room
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies for Kids
UM Living Lab
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Middle School Writers’ Group
Art Box
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Big Sky Writers’ Group
Big Sky Branch Library
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Learn MCAT’s 3 Camera Studio
MCAT
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Dads and Dialogue
Families First Classroom
6:30 pm
3rd Wednesday Book Group
Blackfoot Room
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Forbidden Passport: Rediscovering Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter
Virtual Event
Events for November
17
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
SpectrUM Special Guest: Insectarium
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies for Kids
UM Living Lab
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Robotics Club
spectrUM Classroom
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
You’re an Engineer
Imaginarium
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
eBooks and Audiobooks
Cooper Room A
4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Big Sky 3D Printing
Big Sky Branch Library
Events for November
18
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Community Connections
Families First Classroom
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Yarns @ MPL
Blackfoot Room
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Watercolor Painting Class
Cooper Room
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Lego Club
Imaginarium
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies for Kids
UM Living Lab
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Young Adult Writers’ Group
Art Box
6:30 pm
Cheap Date Night
Cooper Room
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
4HistoryBuffs
Cooper Room
Events for November
19
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Research Studies for Kids
UM Living Lab
10:00 am - 10:45 am
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Young Kids Dance Party
MCAT
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Community Connections
Families First Classroom
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Western Montana Genealogical Society Work Day
Blackfoot Room
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Stop Animation Workshop for Kids
MCAT
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
D&D Guild for Teens
Virtual Event
Events for November
20
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Research Studies for Kids
UM Living Lab
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Music Sunday at MCAT Studios
MCAT
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Community Radio DJ Auditions
MCAT
Events for November
21
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Aging Mastery Program
Blackfoot Room
2:00 pm
Learn to Video Edit
MCAT
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Lego Club
Imaginarium
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies for Kids
UM Living Lab
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Screenwriting Workshop
Ellingson Room
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Ways of Remembering: Staging Grief Together: A Three-Part Theatre Workshop.
Cooper Room B
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Montana Conversations: Sqelixʷ ‘Salish’ Storytelling with Aspen and Cameron Decker
Cooper Room B
7:00 pm
Frenchtown Foreign Films
Frenchtown Branch Library
Events for November
22
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Preschool Art with a Purpose
Families First Classroom
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Engineer It
spectrUM Classroom
4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Big Sky 3D Printing
Big Sky Branch Library
5:30 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Tuesday Yoga @ the Library
Cooper Room
Events for November
23
No Events
Events for November
24
No Events
Events for November
25
No Events
Events for November
26
10:00 am - 10:45 am
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Young Kids Dance Party
MCAT
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Tech Time @ MPL
Ellingson Room
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Community Connections
Families First Classroom
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Stop Animation Workshop for Kids
MCAT
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
Events for November
27
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Music Sunday at MCAT Studios
MCAT
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Community Radio DJ Auditions
MCAT
Events for November
28
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Aging Mastery Program
Blackfoot Room
2:00 pm
Learn to Video Edit
MCAT
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Lego Club
Imaginarium
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies for Kids
UM Living Lab
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Screenwriting Workshop
Ellingson Room
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Ways of Remembering: Staging Grief Together: A Three-Part Theatre Workshop.
Cooper Room B
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Montana Conversations: A̓stqʷ: Salish Cedar Bark Baskets with Aspen and Cameron Decker
Cooper Room B
Events for November
29
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Preschool Art with a Purpose
Families First Classroom
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Engineer It
spectrUM Classroom
4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Big Sky 3D Printing
Big Sky Branch Library
5:30 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Tuesday Yoga @ the Library
Cooper Room
Events for November
30
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies for Kids
UM Living Lab
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Middle School Writers’ Group
Art Box
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Big Sky Writers’ Group
Big Sky Branch Library
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Learn MCAT’s 3 Camera Studio
MCAT
Events for December
1
Find the Elf on the Shelf
Level Two
AUOR Family Passport Program
Missoula Public Library
Spirit of Giving at MPL
Level One
10:00 am
Seeley Lake Book Group
Seeley Lake Branch Library
10:30 am - 11:45 am
iPhone/iPad Basics
Cooper Room A
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
SpectrUM Special Guest: Insectarium
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Kids Cook with Chop Chop
Demonstration Kitchen
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Robotics Club
spectrUM Classroom
4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Big Sky 3D Printing
Big Sky Branch Library
Events for December
2
9:30 am - 10:30 am
Holiday Tunes with the Missoula Youth Orchestra
Level Four
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Community Connections
Families First Classroom
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Yarns @ MPL
Blackfoot Room
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Watercolor Painting Class
Cooper Room
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Lego Club
Imaginarium
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Young Adult Writers’ Group
Art Box
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Virtual Reality Tour
MCAT
Events for December
3
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
10:00 am - 10:45 am
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Young Kids Dance Party
MCAT
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Parade of Lights
Families First Classroom
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Parade of Lights Drop-in Craft
Art Box
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Stop Animation Workshop for Kids
MCAT
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Visit Santa Before the Parade of Lights
Imaginarium
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Sewing and Mending
MakerSpace
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
D&D Guild for Teens
Virtual Event
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Explore
Missoula's New Library
Learn more about MPL's design inspiration and features in this video tour of the downtown building.
Heritage Quest
A genealogy database to help research your family history. Search census records, books, articles, and more.
Game Space
Play a variety of Xbox One and Nintendo Switch video games. Please see library staff on Level One for controllers.
Tech Connect
MPL offers basic technology sessions for those new to using computers, mobile devices, and the internet.