Missoula on Main

All Under One Roof

Missoula Public Library and our All Under One Roof partners (spectrUM Discovery Area, Missoula’s Community Media Resource (MCAT), UM Living Lab, and Families First Learning Lab) celebrate Missoula on Main (formerly First Night).

ARTS Missoula presents this celebration of arts and cultures on New Year’s Eve, now in its 29th year! Join us for tons of fun for all ages from 12-5 PM on Saturday, December 31.

For full details on all Missoula on Main events happening in the library and around the community visit ARTS Missoula’s event website. Library services will be limited to self-service resources during this event. The All Under One Roof Partner Events are:

UM Living Lab

Location: Level One
12–4pm
Ring in the new year with a kids’ + family dance party at the UM Living Lab. Music, limbo, and wishes for the New Year!

MCAT

Location: Level One
12–5pm
MCAT offers free a personal recorded Palm Reading to learn the secrets of the New Year before they even happen! If you are not in the mood for a Spoiler Alert, we will also have glamorous backdrops for your selfie pictures and take-away flash cards with New Year traditions of different cultures from around the world.

spectrUM Discovery Area

Location: Level Two
12–5pm
Celebrate First Night with spectrUM Discovery Area on New Year’s Eve! We’ll be bringing in the New Year with our favorite science experiments.

Families First Learning Lab

Location: Level Two
12–5pm
Join Families First Learning Lab for cookie and apron decorating, a gratitude workshop for parents and kids, and extra exhibits on the 2nd floor.

MPL – MakerSpace

Location: Level One MakerSpace & Level Two Art Box
12–5pm
Be kind, Missoula! – Help keep Missoula kind by performing shining acts of kindness. Laser cut a star or snowflake ornament in our Makerspace, then decorate it with a creative act of kindness in the Art Box to take home or leave for someone else to take from our “kindness garland” to complete. Pick up new acts of kindness and share a pic of you completing your act on the library’s social media throughout January!

MPL – Demonstration Kitchen

Location: Level Three
12–5pm
Come press apples and make delicious homemade apple cider in our demo kitchen! Then create your own make-and-take mulled cider spice blend or follow one of our recipes.