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.
- SU
- MO
- TU
- WE
- TH
- FR
- SA
Events for May
30
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
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Video Camera Tour
MCAT
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Read with Dogs!
Imaginarium
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 - 8:00 pm
Acting Improv @ MCAT Studios
MCAT
Events for May
31
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
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Water Worlds
Level Two
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities 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
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
The Democracy Project
Art Box
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Fossils Rock! Lecture Series
Cooper Room B
Events for June
1
Pet Food and Toy Drive
Missoula Public Library
8:00 am - 6:00 pm
Art Unleashed: A Transformative Community Art Project at Your Local Library!
Missoula Public Library
Summer Learning Program
Missoula Public Library
AUOR Family Passport Program
Missoula Public Library
10:00 am
Seeley Lake Book Group
Seeley Lake Branch Library
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
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 - 5:00 pm
Girls Who Code Club
MakerSpace
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Kids Cook with ChopChop
Demonstration Kitchen
4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Big Sky 3D Printing
Big Sky Branch Library
Events for June
2
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Community Connections
Families First Classroom
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Watercolor Painting Class
Cooper Room
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Yarns @ MPL
Blackfoot 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
Events for June
3
10:00 am - 10:45 am
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
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
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Altered Books for Everyone
Cooper Room
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
D&D Guild for Teens
Virtual Event
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Virtual Reality Tour
MCAT
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Sewing and Mending
MakerSpace
Events for June
4
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 June
5
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
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Intro to 10-Minute Playwriting
Blackfoot Room
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
An Intro to Gardening for Wildlife
Cooper Room B
Events for June
6
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
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Video Camera Tour
MCAT
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Read with Dogs!
Imaginarium
4:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Big Sky Gaming Station
Big Sky Branch Library
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
Events for June
7
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
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities 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
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Direct Animation with Justine Lai
MakerSpace
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
Events for June
8
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Parenting Consultation Drop-In Day
Families First Consult Rooms
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
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 - 5:00 pm
Girls Who Code Club
MakerSpace
Events for June
9
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Community Connections
Families First Classroom
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Watercolor Painting Class
Cooper Room
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Yarns @ MPL
Blackfoot 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
Events for June
10
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Knit in Public Day
Main Street Lawn
10:00 am - 10:45 am
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
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
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
Virtual Reality Tour
MCAT
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
All Ages Metal Music Fest
Level One
Events for June
11
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 June
12
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
2:00 pm
Learn to Video Edit
MCAT
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Lego Club
Imaginarium
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Intro to 10-Minute Playwriting
Blackfoot Room
Events for June
13
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Preschool Art with a Purpose
Families First Classroom
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Big Sky Arts & Crafts
Big Sky Branch Library
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Eating & Reading
Futura Mobile Park
12:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Dream Bigger Montana
Families First Classroom
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Plant a Pollinator Garden
Imaginarium
2:00 pm
Memory Café
Cooper Room
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Video Camera Tour
MCAT
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Read with Dogs!
Imaginarium
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Science That Serves: Become a Community Naturalist
Cooper Room
Events for June
14
11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Blue Block Day
Families First Classroom
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Families First Out to Lunch
Caras Park
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Swan Valley Book Chat
Swan Valley Branch
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Big Sky Summer Game Day
Big Sky Branch Library
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
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
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Surviving & Thriving: Perpetuating Oral Tradition
Cooper Room B
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
2nd Wednesday Night Book Group
Blackfoot Room
Events for June
15
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Eating & Reading
Travois Village
12:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Dream Bigger Montana
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 - 4:00 pm
Big Sky Family Movie
Big Sky Branch Library
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
SpectrUM Special Guest: Insectarium
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
You’re an Engineer
Imaginarium
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Girls Who Code Club
MakerSpace
5:45 pm
Frenchtown Book Club
Frenchtown Branch Library
Events for June
16
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Community Connections
Families First Classroom
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Watercolor Painting Class
Cooper Room
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Yarns @ MPL
Blackfoot 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 June
17
10:00 am - 10:45 am
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
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 - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Missoula Pride: Business Ally Panel Discussion
Cooper Room A
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
D&D Guild for Teens
Virtual Event
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Missoula Pride: Queer Communities in Confinement Panel Discussion and Q&A
Cooper Room B
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Virtual Reality Tour
MCAT
Events for June
18
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 June
20
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Preschool Art with a Purpose
Families First Classroom
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Big Sky Arts & Crafts
Big Sky Branch Library
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Eating & Reading
Futura Mobile Park
12:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Dream Bigger Montana
Families First Classroom
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Ready or Not: Strategies to Discover Ancestors Playing Hide and Seek
Cooper Room A
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Library Pen Pals
Imaginarium
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Video Camera Tour
MCAT
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Read with Dogs!
Imaginarium
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Science That Serves: Become a Community Naturalist
Cooper Room
Events for June
21
11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Blue Block Day
Families First Classroom
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm
Learn to Video Edit
MCAT
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Big Sky 3D Printing
Big Sky Branch Library
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Middle School Writers’ Group
Art Box
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
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Dads and Dialogue
Families First Classroom
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Fossils Rock! Lecture Series
Cooper Room B
6:30 pm
3rd Wednesday Book Group
Blackfoot Room
Events for June
22
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
12:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Dream Bigger Montana
Families First Classroom
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Eating & Reading
Travois Village
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 - 4:00 pm
Big Sky Family Movie
Big Sky Branch Library
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
SpectrUM Special Guest: Insectarium
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Girls Who Code Club
MakerSpace
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Families First Downtown ToNight
Caras Park
Events for June
23
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Community Connections
Families First Classroom
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Watercolor Painting Class
Cooper Room
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Yarns @ MPL
Blackfoot 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
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
D&D Guild for Adults
Virtual Event
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
4HistoryBuffs
Cooper Room
Events for June
24
10:00 am - 10:45 am
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
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
Virtual Reality Tour
MCAT
Events for June
25
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 June
26
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
2:00 pm
Learn to Video Edit
MCAT
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Lego Club
Imaginarium
Events for June
27
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
American Red Cross Blood Drive at MPL
Cooper Room
12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Big Sky Arts & Crafts
Big Sky Branch Library
12:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Dream Bigger Montana
Families First Classroom
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Eating & Reading
Futura Mobile Park
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Video Camera Tour
MCAT
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Read with Dogs!
Imaginarium
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
Events for June
28
11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Blue Block Day
Families First Classroom
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Families First Out to Lunch
Caras Park
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Mini Concert Series with the Missoula Symphony
Swan Valley Community Center
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Be a Physicist! with spectrUM
Potomac Branch Library
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Big Sky 3D Printing
Big Sky Branch Library
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm
Learn to Video Edit
MCAT
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Mini Concert Series with the Missoula Symphony
Seeley Lake Branch Library
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
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Montana Racial Equity Project Book Club
Ellingson Room
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Wednesdays with the Mayor
Cooper Room B
Events for June
29
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
12:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Dream Bigger Montana
Families First Classroom
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Eating & Reading
Travois Village
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
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 - 4:00 pm
Big Sky Family Movie
Big Sky Branch Library
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
SpectrUM Special Guest: Insectarium
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Girls Who Code Club
MakerSpace
Events for June
30
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
10:30 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Watercolor Painting Class
Cooper Room
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Yarns @ MPL
Blackfoot Room
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
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 July
1
10:00 am - 10:45 am
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Research Studies + Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
10:30 am
Story Time
Art Box
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
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Altered Books for Everyone
Cooper Room
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
D&D Guild for Teens
Virtual Event
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Virtual Reality Tour
MCAT
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Sewing and Mending
MakerSpace