Big Sky: Book Madness
World’s Greatest Detectives, Super Sleuths, and Bounty Hunters! – Round 1
Polish your magnifying glass and start dusting for prints! Book Madness returns this year as 32 of the literary world’s greatest detectives, super sleuths, and bounty hunters face off in a March Madness-style tournament of books to determine which character is truly the greatest detective of them all. Pick up a bracket to fill out at the library downtown or at the Big Sky High School branch during our after school hours, or vote online every week.
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- MO
- TU
- WE
- TH
- FR
- SA
Events for February
27
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 + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Permaculture with Paul Wheaton
Cooper Room
Events for February
28
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
Pea Green Boat Live Broadcast
Cooper Room
4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Big Sky 3D Printing
Big Sky Branch Library
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Ten Questions with Featured Artist Marcy James
Cooper Room
Events for March
1
Library Card Sign-Up Initiative with Soil Cycle
Missoula Public Library
Big Sky: Book Madness
Big Sky Branch Library
AUOR Family Passport Program
Missoula Public Library
11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Blue Block Day
Families First Classroom
2:00 pm
Learn to Video Edit
MCAT
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Middle School Writers’ Group
Virtual Event
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Symphony Kids
Imaginarium
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 - 7:00 pm
The Democracy Project
Art Box
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Dads and Dialogue
Families First Classroom
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
MakerSpace Classes
MakerSpace
Events for March
2
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
Learn to Video Edit
MCAT
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
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
4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Big Sky 3D Printing
Big Sky Branch Library
Events for March
3
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Community Connections
Families First Classroom
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
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
National Youth Art Month First Friday Reception
Level Four
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
D&D Guild for Adults
Virtual Event
Events for March
4
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
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Tech Time @ MPL
Ellingson Room
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Young Kids Dance Party
MCAT
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 - 4:00 pm
MakerSpace Classes
MakerSpace
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Sewing and Mending
MakerSpace
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Virtual Reality Tour
MCAT
Events for March
5
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Music Sunday at MCAT Studios
MCAT
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Community Radio DJ Auditions
MCAT
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
One Day Short Film Production
MCAT
Events for March
6
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 + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Seeley Lake Library: Open Podcasting Studio
Seeley Lake Branch Library
7:00 pm
Frenchtown Library: World Cinema
Frenchtown Branch Library
Events for March
7
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 - 4:00 pm
Video Camera Tour
MCAT
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Big Sky 3D Printing
Big Sky Branch Library
4:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Big Sky Gaming Station
Big Sky Branch Library
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Volunteer Day
Families First Classroom
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Parenting Education Workshops
Families First Classroom
Events for March
8
Big Sky: Book Madness
Big Sky Branch Library
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
International Women’s Day
Families First Classroom
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Swan Valley Book Chat
Swan Valley Branch
2:00 pm
Learn to Video Edit
MCAT
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
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 - 6:30 pm
Learn MCAT’s 3 Camera Studio
MCAT
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
The Democracy Project
Art Box
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Dads and Dialogue
Families First Classroom
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
2nd Wednesday Night Book Group
Blackfoot Room
Events for March
9
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Parenting Consultation Drop-In Day
Families First Consult Rooms
10:30 am - 11:45 am
Android Basics
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Blue Block Day
Families First Classroom
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
2:00 pm
Learn to Video Edit
MCAT
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 + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Big Sky 3D Printing
Big Sky Branch Library
Events for March
10
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Community Connections
Families First Classroom
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 - 6:00 pm
MakerSpace Classes
MakerSpace
6:30 pm
World Wide Cinema
Cooper Room
Events for March
11
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
10:00 am - 10:45 am
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Blender 3 for Absolute Beginners
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
Summer Camp Expo
Level Two
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
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Virtual Reality Tour
MCAT
Events for March
12
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Music Sunday at MCAT Studios
MCAT
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Irish Dancing
Imaginarium
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Model Matza Bakery with Chabad Jewish Center of Missoula
Demonstration Kitchen
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
One Day Short Film Production
MCAT
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Community Radio DJ Auditions
MCAT
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Model Matza Bakery with Chabad Jewish Center of Missoula
Demonstration Kitchen
Events for March
13
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Genealogy for the Absolute Beginner
Blackfoot Room
2:00 pm
Learn to Video Edit
MCAT
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Missoula Job Service Workshops
Cooper Room B
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Lego Club
Imaginarium
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
Events for March
14
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Preschool Art with a Purpose
Families First Classroom
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Video Camera Tour
MCAT
2:00 pm
Memory Café
Cooper Room
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Big Sky 3D Printing
Big Sky Branch Library
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
6:00 pm
Community Cooking at the Library
Demonstration Kitchen
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Western Montana Genealogical Society
Blackfoot Room
Events for March
15
Big Sky: Book Madness
Big Sky Branch Library
11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Blue Block Day
Families First Classroom
2:00 pm
Learn to Video Edit
MCAT
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Middle School Writers’ Group
Virtual Event
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Kids Cooking Class
Demonstration Kitchen
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 - 7:00 pm
The Democracy Project
Art Box
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Fossils Rock! Lecture Series
Cooper Room B
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Dads and Dialogue
Families First Classroom
6:30 pm
3rd Wednesday Book Group
Blackfoot Room
Events for March
16
10:30 am - 11:45 am
eBooks and Audiobooks
Cooper Room A
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
2:00 pm
Learn to Video Edit
MCAT
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 B
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
You’re an Engineer
Imaginarium
4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Big Sky 3D Printing
Big Sky Branch Library
5:45 pm
Frenchtown Book Club
Frenchtown Branch Library
Events for March
17
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
St. Patrick’s Day Celebration
Families First Classroom
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Community Connections
Families First Classroom
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
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
D&D Guild for Adults
Virtual Event
6:30 pm
Cheap Date Night
Cooper Room
Events for March
18
10:00 am - 10:45 am
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Tech Time @ MPL
Ellingson Room
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Young Kids Dance Party
MCAT
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
First Reads with Montana Repertory Theatre
Cooper Room
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Virtual Reality Tour
MCAT
Events for March
19
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Music Sunday at MCAT Studios
MCAT
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Community Radio DJ Auditions
MCAT
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
One Day Short Film Production
MCAT
Events for March
20
2:00 pm
Learn to Video Edit
MCAT
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Lego Club
Imaginarium
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Mycoremediation: How Mushrooms Digest Toxic Waste into Possibility
Cooper Room A
7:00 pm
Frenchtown Library: World Cinema
Frenchtown Branch Library
Events for March
21
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Preschool Art with a Purpose
Families First Classroom
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
American Red Cross Blood Drive at MPL
Cooper Room
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Video Camera Tour
MCAT
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Big Sky 3D Printing
Big Sky Branch Library
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Parenting Education Workshops
Families First Classroom
6:00 pm - 7:45 pm
Montana Racial Equity Project Book Club
Virtual Event
Events for March
22
Big Sky: Book Madness
Big Sky Branch Library
11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Blue Block Day
Families First Classroom
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm
Learn to Video Edit
MCAT
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 - 6:30 pm
Learn MCAT’s 3 Camera Studio
MCAT
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
The Democracy Project
Art Box
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Wednesdays with the Mayor
Cooper Room B
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Dads and Dialogue
Families First Classroom
Events for March
23
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
2:00 pm
Learn to Video Edit
MCAT
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Fossils Rock! Lecture Series
Cooper Room B
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
SpectrUM Special Guest: Insectarium
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Afternoon Art with a Purpose
Art Box
4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Big Sky 3D Printing
Big Sky Branch Library
Events for March
24
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
MakerSpace Classes
MakerSpace
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Community Connections
Families First Classroom
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
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Young Adult Writers’ Group
Art Box
Events for March
25
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Friends of the Library Book Sale
Cooper Room B
10:00 am - 10:45 am
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Five Valleys Seed Library Seed Swap
Cooper Room A
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Young Kids Dance Party
MCAT
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
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Virtual Reality Tour
MCAT
Events for March
26
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Friends of the Library Book Sale
Cooper Room B
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Music Sunday at MCAT Studios
MCAT
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Community Radio DJ Auditions
MCAT
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
One Day Short Film Production
MCAT
Events for March
27
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 + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Permaculture with Paul Wheaton
Cooper Room
Events for March
28
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Preschool Art with a Purpose
Families First Classroom
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Video Camera Tour
MCAT
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Big Sky 3D Printing
Big Sky Branch Library
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Selling Blood to Make Ends Meet: Economic Inequality in America
Cooper Room A
Events for March
29
Big Sky: Book Madness
Big Sky Branch Library
11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Blue Block Day
Families First Classroom
2:00 pm
Learn to Video Edit
MCAT
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
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
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
MakerSpace Classes
MakerSpace
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Learn MCAT’s 3 Camera Studio
MCAT
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
The Democracy Project
Art Box
Events for March
30
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
2:00 pm
Learn to Video Edit
MCAT
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
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Sensory Fun Activities
Art Box
4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Big Sky 3D Printing
Big Sky Branch Library
Events for March
31
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Community Connections
Families First Classroom
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Yarns @ MPL
Blackfoot Room
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 + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Young Adult Writers’ Group
Art Box
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
D&D Guild for Adults
Virtual Event
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
4HistoryBuffs
Cooper Room
Events for April
1
Library Card Sign-Up Initiative with Soil Cycle
Missoula Public Library
AUOR Family Passport Program
Missoula Public Library
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Week of the Young Child Kick-Off
Families First Classroom
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
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Tech Time @ MPL
Ellingson Room
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Young Kids Dance Party
MCAT
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
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Sewing and Mending
MakerSpace
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Virtual Reality Tour
MCAT