How to Be an Author
Summer Learning Program
Have you been dreaming about writing your own book—but don’t know where to begin? Maybe you’ve always wanted to capture your memories, yet the blank page feels overwhelming. Now’s your chance to turn that dream into reality. Join award-winning author Dr. T.K. Cassidy at MPL for an inspiring and relaxed conversation about bringing your story to life. Discover how to spark your ideas, map out a plan, and confidently craft a compelling fiction story or heartfelt memoir. Your story matters—come learn how to tell it.
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Events for July
27
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
LEGO Club
Imaginarium
6:00 pm - 7:45 pm
Learn Computer Animation with Blender
MCAT
Events for July
28
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Big Sky Branch: Be a Chemist
Big Sky Branch Library
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Infant to 3-Year-Old Playgroup
Imaginarium
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
Tiny Tales at EmPower Place
EmPower Place
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Frenchtown Grab-and-Go lunches
Frenchtown Branch Library
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Summer Teen Tuesdays
Art Box
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Read with Dogs!
Imaginarium
5:45 pm - 7:45 pm
Learn the Basics of Audio Recording
MCAT
6:00 pm - 6:45 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
4HistoryBuffs
Cooper Room
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
The Garden Meal
Demonstration Kitchen
Events for July
29
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Frenchtown Story Time
Frenchtown Branch Library
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Swan Valley Branch Story Time
Swan Valley Branch
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Museum of the Rockies Presents: Reading with a Raptor
Imaginarium
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Museum of the Rockies Presents: Montana Dinosaurs 101
Cooper Room A
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Learn Computer Video Editing
MCAT
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Big Sky Drop-In D&D
Big Sky Branch Library
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Middle School Writers’ Group
Art Box
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
The Community Flag – Help Make a Flag for Missoula!
MakerSpace
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Big Sky Writers’ Group
Big Sky Branch Library
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Learn Computer Video Editing
MCAT
Events for July
30
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Game On! @ MPL
Imaginarium
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Big Sky Branch Tech Time
Big Sky Branch Library
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
The Community Flag – Help Make a Flag for Missoula!
MakerSpace
Events for July
31
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Tiny Tales in the Park
Westside Park
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Yarns @ MPL
Blackfoot Room
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Young Adult Writers’ Group
Art Box
IndigiPalooza MT
4:00 pm - 5:45 pm
Learn Computer Animation with Blender
MCAT
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Indigipalooza MT: Speaking Truth About Power featuring Waubgeshig Rice, Nora Mabie, and B. Toastie Oaster
Cooper Room
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
D&D Guild for Adults
Virtual Event
Events for August
1
IndigiPalooza MT
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Young Kids Dance Party
MCAT
11:30 am
Story Time
Imaginarium
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 - 3:30 pm
Saturday Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
Events for August
2
No Events
Events for August
3
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Art with a Purpose
Families First Classroom
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
LEGO Club
Imaginarium
6:00 pm - 7:45 pm
Learn Computer Animation with Blender
MCAT
Events for August
4
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Infant to 3-Year-Old Playgroup
Imaginarium
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
Tiny Tales at EmPower Place
EmPower Place
12:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Big Sky Arts & Crafts
Big Sky Branch Library
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Frenchtown Grab-and-Go lunches
Frenchtown Branch Library
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Summer Teen Tuesdays
Art Box
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Read with Dogs!
Imaginarium
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Poetry Workshop – Anti-poetry, surrealism and the hybrid form!
Blackfoot Room
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Dads and Dialogue
Families First Classroom
6:00 pm - 6:45 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
Events for August
5
9:00 am - 8:00 pm
Spice It Up: Library Spice Club
Demonstration Kitchen
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Frenchtown Story Time
Frenchtown Branch Library
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Swan Valley Branch Story Time
Swan Valley Branch
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Stories and Games for Diverse Abilities
Families First Classroom
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Learn Computer Video Editing
MCAT
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Big Sky Drop-In D&D
Big Sky Branch Library
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Middle School Writers’ Group
Art Box
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
The Community Flag – Help Make a Flag for Missoula!
MakerSpace
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Big Sky Writers’ Group
Big Sky Branch Library
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Learn Computer Video Editing
MCAT
Events for August
6
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
11:00 am
Seeley Lake Book Club
Seeley Lake Branch Library
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Owl Pellet Excavation
Art Box
2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Game On! @ MPL
Imaginarium
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Big Sky Branch Tech Time
Big Sky Branch Library
Events for August
7
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Tiny Tales in the Park
Westside Park
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Yarns @ MPL
Blackfoot Room
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Watercolor Painting Collaborative @ MPL
Cooper Room
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Young Adult Writers’ Group
Art Box
4:00 pm - 5:45 pm
Learn Computer Animation with Blender
MCAT
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
First Friday with the Library of Congress’s Chief of Rare Books and Special Collections
Level Four
Events for August
8
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Young Kids Dance Party
MCAT
11:30 am
Story Time
Imaginarium
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
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Saturday Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
Events for August
9
No Events
Events for August
11
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Infant to 3-Year-Old Playgroup
Imaginarium
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
Tiny Tales at EmPower Place
EmPower Place
12:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Big Sky Arts & Crafts
Big Sky Branch Library
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Frenchtown Grab-and-Go lunches
Frenchtown Branch Library
2:00 pm
Memory Café
Cooper Room B
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Summer Teen Tuesdays
Art Box
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Read with Dogs!
Imaginarium
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
How to Be an Author
Blackfoot Room
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Unearth a Musical Story – String Orchestra of the Rockies Concert
Cooper Room
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Dads and Dialogue
Families First Classroom
Events for August
12
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Frenchtown Story Time
Frenchtown Branch Library
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Resource Access Day (RAD)
Level Four
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Swan Valley Branch Story Time
Swan Valley Branch
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Swan Valley Book Chat
Swan Valley Branch
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Big Sky Drop-In D&D
Big Sky Branch Library
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Middle School Writers’ Group
Art Box
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
The Community Flag – Help Make a Flag for Missoula!
MakerSpace
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Big Sky Writers’ Group
Big Sky Branch Library
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Potomac Branch Library Book Club
Potomac Branch Library
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
2nd Wednesday Night Book Group
Blackfoot Room
Events for August
13
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Game On! @ MPL
Imaginarium
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Big Sky Branch Tech Time
Big Sky Branch Library
Events for August
14
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Tiny Tales in the Park
Westside Park
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Yarns @ MPL
Blackfoot Room
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Watercolor Painting Collaborative @ MPL
Cooper Room
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Young Adult Writers’ Group
Art Box
4:00 pm - 5:45 pm
Learn Computer Animation with Blender
MCAT
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
D&D Guild for Adults
Virtual Event
Events for August
15
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Young Kids Dance Party
MCAT
11:30 am
Story Time
Imaginarium
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Stop Animation Workshop for Kids
MCAT
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Sensory Story Time
Imaginarium
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Saturday Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
Events for August
17
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Art with a Purpose
Families First Classroom
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
LEGO Club
Imaginarium
6:00 pm - 7:45 pm
Learn Computer Animation with Blender
MCAT
Events for August
18
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Infant to 3-Year-Old Playgroup
Imaginarium
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
American Red Cross Blood Drive at MPL
Cooper Room
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
Tiny Tales at EmPower Place
EmPower Place
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Frenchtown Grab-and-Go lunches
Frenchtown Branch Library
12:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Big Sky Arts & Crafts
Big Sky Branch Library
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Summer Teen Tuesdays
Art Box
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Read with Dogs!
Imaginarium
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Poetry Workshop – Anti-poetry, surrealism and the hybrid form!
Blackfoot Room
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Dads and Dialogue
Families First Classroom
6:00 pm - 6:45 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
Events for August
19
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Frenchtown Story Time
Frenchtown Branch Library
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Swan Valley Branch Story Time
Swan Valley Branch
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Learn Computer Video Editing
MCAT
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Big Sky Drop-In D&D
Big Sky 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
5:45 pm - 7:45 pm
Learn the Basics of Audio Recording
MCAT
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Sewing for Beginners
MakerSpace
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Indigenous Cartography and the Earliest Maps of Missoula
Cooper Room B
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Learn Computer Video Editing
MCAT
6:30 pm
3rd Wednesday Book Group
Blackfoot Room
Events for August
20
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Death Cafe @ MPL
Clyde Coffee
1:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Financial Community Education
Cooper Room A
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Game On! @ MPL
Imaginarium
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Big Sky Branch Tech Time
Big Sky Branch Library
5:45 pm
Frenchtown Book Club
Frenchtown Branch Library
Events for August
21
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Tiny Tales in the Park
Westside Park
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Yarns @ MPL
Blackfoot Room
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Watercolor Painting Collaborative @ MPL
Cooper Room
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Young Adult Writers’ Group
Art Box
4:00 pm - 5:45 pm
Learn Computer Animation with Blender
MCAT
Events for August
22
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Stop Animation Workshop for Kids at River City Roots Festival
Caras Park
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Young Kids Dance Party
MCAT
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
End of Summer Celebration
Kiwanis Park
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
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Saturday Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
Events for August
23
No Events
Events for August
24
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Art with a Purpose
Families First Classroom
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
LEGO Club
Imaginarium
6:00 pm - 7:45 pm
Learn Computer Animation with Blender
MCAT
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Connecting to Land Through an Indigenous Lens
Cooper Room B
Events for August
25
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Infant to 3-Year-Old Playgroup
Imaginarium
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
Tiny Tales at EmPower Place
EmPower Place
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Frenchtown Grab-and-Go lunches
Frenchtown Branch Library
12:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Big Sky Arts & Crafts
Big Sky Branch Library
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Summer Teen Tuesdays
Art Box
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Read with Dogs!
Imaginarium
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
The Garden Meal
Demonstration Kitchen
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Dads and Dialogue
Families First Classroom
6:00 pm - 6:45 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
4HistoryBuffs
Cooper Room
Events for August
26
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Frenchtown Story Time
Frenchtown Branch Library
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Swan Valley Branch Story Time
Swan Valley Branch
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Stories and Games for Diverse Abilities
Families First Classroom
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Learn Computer Video Editing
MCAT
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Big Sky Drop-In D&D
Big Sky 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
6:00 pm
Library Board of Trustees Meeting
Blackfoot Room
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Clothing as a Canvas – Connecting through Creativity
Cooper Room B
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Learn Computer Video Editing
MCAT
Events for August
27
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Game On! @ MPL
Imaginarium
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Big Sky Branch Tech Time
Big Sky Branch Library
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Lolo Branch: Book Club
Lolo Community Library
Events for August
28
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Yarns @ MPL
Blackfoot Room
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Watercolor Painting Collaborative @ MPL
Cooper Room
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Young Adult Writers’ Group
Art Box
4:00 pm - 5:45 pm
Learn Computer Animation with Blender
MCAT
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
D&D Guild for Adults
Virtual Event
Events for August
29
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Young Kids Dance Party
MCAT
11:30 am
Story Time
Imaginarium
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 - 3:30 pm
Saturday Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
Events for August
30
No Events
Events for August
31
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Art with a Purpose
Families First Classroom
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
LEGO Club
Imaginarium
6:00 pm - 7:45 pm
Learn Computer Animation with Blender
MCAT
Events for September
1
Library Card Sign-Up Month
Missoula Public Library
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Infant to 3-Year-Old Playgroup
Imaginarium
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
Tiny Tales at EmPower Place
EmPower Place
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Read with Dogs!
Imaginarium
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Teen Tuesdays
Art Box
4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Big Sky Branch 3D Printing Services
Big Sky Branch Library
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Lolo Branch: Tech Desk
Lolo Community Library
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Dads and Dialogue
Families First Classroom
6:00 pm - 6:45 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
Events for September
2
9:00 am - 8:00 pm
Spice It Up: Library Spice Club
Demonstration Kitchen
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Preschool STEM Building
Families First Classroom
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Learn Computer Video Editing
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
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Learn Computer Video Editing
MCAT
Events for September
3
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
11:00 am
Seeley Lake Book Club
Seeley Lake Branch Library
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
YMCA Yoga at the Library
Cooper Room A
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Game On! @ MPL
Imaginarium
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Teen Library Community
Art Box
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Lolo Branch: LEGO Club
Lolo Community Library
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Exploring Music Making with Garageband Software
MCAT
4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Big Sky Branch 3D Printing Services
Big Sky Branch Library
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Big Sky Branch Tech Time
Big Sky Branch Library
Events for September
4
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Swan Valley Branch Story Time
Swan Valley Branch
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Yarns @ MPL
Blackfoot Room
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Watercolor Painting Collaborative @ MPL
Cooper Room
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Young Adult Writers’ Group
Art Box
Events for September
5
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Young Kids Dance Party
MCAT
11:30 am
Story Time
Imaginarium
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
D&D Guild for Teens
Virtual Event
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Saturday Tiny Tales
Imaginarium