2nd Wednesday Night Book Group
This group reads a variety of fiction and nonfiction titles selected by participants every spring. Paperback copies available to purchase at cost in The Store @ MPL located on the library’s first floor. Discussions facilitated by members on Zoom. If you are interested in participating in this online discussion please email Christine with “2nd Wednesday Book Group” in the subject line.
View book titles for upcoming discussions on our Book Groups page.
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- SA
Events for December
27
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Magic Play Monday
Families First Learning Lab Classroom
3:00 pm
Introduction to Video Editing: Adobe Premiere
MCAT
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Lego Club
Imaginarium
Events for December
28
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Preschool Art with a Purpose
Art Box
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm
Introduction to Video Editing: Final Cut Pro
MCAT
Events for December
29
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Middle School Writers’ Group
Virtual Event
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Big Sky Writers’ Group
Big Sky Branch Library
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
The Democracy Project
spectrUM Classroom
Events for December
30
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Community Connections
Familes First Learning Lab Stage
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
SpectrUM Special Guest: Insectarium
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Art with a Purpose
Families First Learning Lab Classroom
Events for January
2
No Events
Events for January
3
Missoula Writes: 14th Annual Writing Contest
Missoula Reads 2022 Challenge
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Magic Play Monday
Families First Learning Lab Classroom
3:00 pm
Introduction to Video Editing: Adobe Premiere
MCAT
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Lego Club
Imaginarium
6:45 pm
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
Events for January
4
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Preschool Art with a Purpose
Art Box
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm
Introduction to Video Editing: Final Cut Pro
MCAT
Events for January
5
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Winter Resource Fair
Cooper Room
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Middle School Writers’ Group
Virtual Event
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Big Sky Writers’ Group
Big Sky Branch Library
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
The Democracy Project
spectrUM Classroom
6:45 pm
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
Events for January
6
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Community Connections
Familes First Learning Lab Stage
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
SpectrUM Special Guest: Insectarium
spectrUM Discovery Area
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Kids Cooking Activity
Demonstration Kitchen
Events for January
7
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Community Connections
Familes First Learning Lab Stage
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Yarns @ MPL
Blackfoot Board Room
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm
Introduction to Video Editing: Adobe Premiere
MCAT
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Young Adult Writers’ Group
Virtual Event
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Learn Photoshop Workshop
MCAT
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
D&D Guild for Adults
Virtual Event
Events for January
8
10:00 am - 11:00 am
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Stop Animation for Kids
MCAT
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
Events for January
9
No Events
Events for January
10
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Magic Play Monday
Families First Learning Lab Classroom
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Missoula Job Service Workshops
Cooper Room
3:00 pm
Introduction to Video Editing: Adobe Premiere
MCAT
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Lego Club
Imaginarium
6:45 pm
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
Events for January
11
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Preschool Art with a Purpose
Art Box
2:00 pm
Memory Café
Virtual Event
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm
Introduction to Video Editing: Final Cut Pro
MCAT
6:00 pm
Community Cooking at the Library
Demonstration Kitchen
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
IP Basics with RIPL
Cooper Room B
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Western Montana Genealogical Society
Blackfoot Board Room
Events for January
12
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
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Middle School Writers’ Group
Virtual Event
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Big Sky Writers’ Group
Big Sky Branch Library
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Parenting Montana Workshop
Families First Learning Lab Classroom
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
The Democracy Project
spectrUM Classroom
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
2nd Wednesday Night Book Group
Virtual Event
6:30 pm
MakerSpace Classes
MakerSpace
6:45 pm
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
Events for January
13
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Community Connections
Familes First Learning Lab Stage
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Kids Montana Art
Art Box
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
SpectrUM Special Guest: Insectarium
spectrUM Discovery Area
6:00 pm
Family Movie Night
Frenchtown Branch Library
Events for January
14
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Community Connections
Familes First Learning Lab Stage
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Watercolor Painting Class
Cooper Room
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Yarns @ MPL
Blackfoot Board Room
3:00 pm
Introduction to Video Editing: Adobe Premiere
MCAT
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Young Adult Writers’ Group
Virtual Event
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Learn Photoshop Workshop
MCAT
6:30 pm
World Wide Cinema
Cooper Room
Events for January
15
10:00 am - 11:00 am
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Stop Animation for Kids
MCAT
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Cat Castles
Cooper Room
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
D&D Guild for Teens
Virtual Event
Events for January
16
No Events
Events for January
18
Leiser’s Footsteps Exhibit
Level Four
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Preschool Art with a Purpose
Art Box
3:00 pm
Introduction to Video Editing: Final Cut Pro
MCAT
Events for January
19
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Middle School Writers’ Group
Virtual Event
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Big Sky Writers’ Group
Big Sky Branch Library
6:00 pm - 7:45 pm
Journey to Vitality
Cooper Room A
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
The Democracy Project
spectrUM Classroom
6:30 pm
3rd Wednesday Book Group
Virtual Event
6:45 pm
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
Events for January
20
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Community Connections
Familes First Learning Lab Stage
2:00 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
You’re an Engineer
Imaginarium
Events for January
21
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Community Connections
Familes First Learning Lab Stage
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Watercolor Painting Class
Cooper Room
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Yarns @ MPL
Blackfoot Board Room
3:00 pm
Introduction to Video Editing: Adobe Premiere
MCAT
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Young Adult Writers’ Group
Virtual Event
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Learn Photoshop Workshop
MCAT
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
D&D Guild for Adults
Virtual Event
6:30 pm
Cheap Date Night
Cooper Room
Events for January
22
10:00 am - 11:00 am
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
10:00 am
Life on the Edge Exhibit
spectrUM Discovery Area
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Stop Animation for Kids
MCAT
Events for January
23
No Events
Events for January
24
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Magic Play Monday
Families First Learning Lab Classroom
3:00 pm
Introduction to Video Editing: Adobe Premiere
MCAT
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Lego Club
Imaginarium
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Re-Imagining Death: Conversations about Dying, Loss, and Grief
Cooper Room A
6:45 pm
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
Events for January
25
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Preschool Art with a Purpose
Art Box
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm
Introduction to Video Editing: Final Cut Pro
MCAT
11:00 pm - 4:00 pm
American Red Cross Blood Drive at MPL
Cooper Room
Events for January
26
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Middle School Writers’ Group
Virtual Event
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Big Sky Writers’ Group
Big Sky Branch Library
6:00 pm - 7:45 pm
Montana Racial Equity Project Book Club
Cooper Room
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
The Democracy Project
spectrUM Classroom
6:30 pm
MakerSpace Classes
MakerSpace
6:45 pm
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
Events for January
27
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Community Connections
Familes First Learning Lab Stage
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
SpectrUM Special Guest: Insectarium
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Art with a Purpose
Families First Learning Lab Classroom
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
MSU Master Gardener Level 1 Class Series
Cooper Room B
Events for January
28
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Community Connections
Familes First Learning Lab Stage
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Watercolor Painting Class
Cooper Room
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Yarns @ MPL
Blackfoot Board Room
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm
Introduction to Video Editing: Adobe Premiere
MCAT
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Young Adult Writers’ Group
Virtual Event
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Learn Photoshop Workshop
MCAT
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
4HistoryBuffs
Cooper Room
Events for January
29
10:00 am - 11:00 am
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Stop Animation 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 January
30
No Events
Events for January
31
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Magic Play Monday
Families First Learning Lab Classroom
3:00 pm
Introduction to Video Editing: Adobe Premiere
MCAT
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Lego Club
Imaginarium
6:45 pm
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
Events for February
1
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Preschool Art with a Purpose
Art Box
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm
Introduction to Video Editing: Final Cut Pro
MCAT
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
The Biology of SARSCoV2
Cooper Room
5:30 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
Events for February
2
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Middle School Writers’ Group
Virtual Event
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Big Sky Writers’ Group
Big Sky Branch Library
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Dads and Dialogue
Families First Learning Lab Classroom
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
The Democracy Project
spectrUM Classroom
6:45 pm
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Once Upon a Symphony
Cooper Room
Events for February
3
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Community Connections
Familes First Learning Lab Stage
12:00 pm
Community Cooking at the Library
Demonstration Kitchen
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
SpectrUM Special Guest: Insectarium
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Once Upon a Symphony
Cooper Room
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Kids Cooking Activity
Demonstration Kitchen
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
MSU Master Gardener Level 1 Class Series
Cooper Room B
Events for February
4
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Community Connections
Familes First Learning Lab Stage
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Yarns @ MPL
Blackfoot Board 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
3:00 pm
Introduction to Video Editing: Adobe Premiere
MCAT
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Young Adult Writers’ Group
Virtual Event
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Learn Photoshop Workshop
MCAT
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Teddy Bear Sleepover
Imaginarium
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
D&D Guild for Adults
Virtual Event
Events for February
5
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Ice Cream for Breakfast
Art Box
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Teddy Bear Sleepover
Imaginarium
10:00 am - 11:00 am
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Stop Animation for Kids
MCAT
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area