Meet Buddy the Dinosaur!
All aboard for dino-sized fun! Join Montana PBS at the Missoula Public Library on Friday, July 10, from 2–4 PM for a special visit from Buddy the Dinosaur from Dinosaur Train on PBS KIDS! Kids can meet Buddy, grab a free coloring book, and enjoy exciting dinosaur-themed activities. It’s free, it’s fun, and it’s the perfect adventure for your little explorers!
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Events for June
1
Missoula Public Library Celebrates Pride 2026
Missoula Public Library
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Art with a Purpose
Families First Classroom
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
LEGO Club
Imaginarium
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
6:00 pm - 7:45 pm
Learn Computer Animation with Blender
MCAT
Events for June
2
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
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Summer Teen Tuesdays
Art Box
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Read with Dogs!
Imaginarium
6:00 pm - 6:45 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Dads and Dialogue
Families First Classroom
Events for June
3
9:00 am - 8:00 pm
Spice It Up: Library Spice Club
Demonstration Kitchen
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Kids STEM Building
Families First Classroom
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Stories and Games for Diverse Abilities
Families First Classroom
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Learn Computer Video Editing
MCAT
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies & Science 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
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Learn Computer Video Editing
MCAT
Events for June
4
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
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Game On! @ MPL
Imaginarium
2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Teen Library Community
Art Box
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Cooking for Kids!
Demonstration Kitchen
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Missoula Well-Being Concert
Level One
Events for June
5
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
11:00 am - 2:00 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
2:00 pm - 5:00 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 June
6
10:00 am - 10:45 am
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Young Kids Dance Party
MCAT
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Unearth a Story: Kickoff Summer Learning!
Cooper Room
11:30 am
Story Time
Imaginarium
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Stop Animation Workshop for Kids
MCAT
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Saturday Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
Events for June
8
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Art with a Purpose
Families First Classroom
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
BodyCraft Pop-Up for Youth with Bare Bait Dance
Imaginarium
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
LEGO Club
Imaginarium
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
Events for June
9
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
Memory Café
Cooper Room
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
America @ 250
Missoula Public Library
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Summer Teen Tuesdays
Art Box
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Read with Dogs!
Imaginarium
6:00 pm - 6:45 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
How to Be an Author
Blackfoot Room
Events for June
10
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 - 2:00 pm
Kids STEM Building
Families First Classroom
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 - 5:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Learn Computer Video Editing
MCAT
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies & Science 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
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
America @ 250
Missoula Public Library
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Learn Computer Video Editing
MCAT
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
2nd Wednesday Night Book Group
Blackfoot Room
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Potomac Branch Library Book Club
Potomac Branch Library
Events for June
11
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Game On! @ MPL
Imaginarium
2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Teen Library Community
Art Box
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
Events for June
12
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 - 4:00 pm
Plant a Pollinator Garden
Art Box
2:00 pm - 5:00 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 June
13
10:00 am - 10:45 am
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
World Wide Knit in Public with Yarns @ MPL
Missoula Public Library
11:30 am
Story Time
Imaginarium
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Stop Animation Workshop for Kids
MCAT
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Altered Books and Free Book Giveaway
Cooper Room
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 June
14
8:00 am
Adopt-a-Dino Week
Level Two
1:00 pm - 1:50 pm
PainSavvy Health Literacy
Blackfoot Room
Events for June
15
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Art with a Purpose
Families First Classroom
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
LEGO Club
Imaginarium
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
6:00 pm - 7:45 pm
Learn Computer Animation with Blender
MCAT
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Beginner Cupcake Decorating Demonstration
Demonstration Kitchen
Events for June
16
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 - 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 - 5:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Summer Teen Tuesdays
Art Box
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Read with Dogs!
Imaginarium
6:00 pm - 6:45 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
Events for June
17
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Frenchtown Story Time
Frenchtown Branch Library
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Kids STEM Building
Families First Classroom
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Swan Valley Branch Story Time
Swan Valley Branch
2:00 pm - 5:00 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
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies & Science 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
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Jane Eyre: orphan, governess, gothic heroine… queer?
Cooper Room B
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Learn Computer Video Editing
MCAT
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Sewing for Beginners
MakerSpace
6:30 pm
3rd Wednesday Book Group
Blackfoot Room
Events for June
18
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Death Cafe @ MPL
Blackfoot Room
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 - 5:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Game On! @ MPL
Imaginarium
2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Teen Library Community
Art Box
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
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 June
19
No Events
Events for June
20
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
10:00 am - 10:45 am
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Young Kids Dance Party
MCAT
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Dino Story Time & Pasta Paleontology
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 - 5:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Saturday Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Teen Pride LGBTEA
Art Box
Events for June
21
No Events
Events for June
22
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Art with a Purpose
Families First Classroom
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
LEGO Club
Imaginarium
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
6:00 pm - 7:45 pm
Learn Computer Animation with Blender
MCAT
Events for June
23
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 - 5:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
America @ 250
Missoula Public Library
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Summer Teen Tuesdays
Art Box
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
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 June
24
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Frenchtown Story Time
Frenchtown Branch Library
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Kids STEM Building
Families First Classroom
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Swan Valley Branch Story Time
Swan Valley Branch
2:00 pm - 5:00 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
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies & Science 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
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Learn Computer Video Editing
MCAT
6:00 pm
Library Board of Trustees Meeting
Blackfoot Room
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
The Story of Kimjang & Kimchi Culture
Cooper Room B
Events for June
25
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Tiny Tales
Imaginarium
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Introduction to Podcasting
MCAT
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Game On! @ MPL
Imaginarium
2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Teen Library Community
Art Box
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Big Sky Branch Tech Time
Big Sky Branch Library
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
DIY Recycled CD Suncatchers
Art Box
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Lolo Book Club
Lolo Community Library
Events for June
26
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 - 5:00 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 June
27
10:00 am - 10:45 am
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
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 - 5:00 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 June
28
No Events
Events for June
29
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Art with a Purpose
Families First Classroom
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Lego Dinosaurs and Trivia
Imaginarium
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
LEGO Club
Imaginarium
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
6:00 pm - 7:45 pm
Learn Computer Animation with Blender
MCAT
Events for June
30
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 - 5:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Summer Teen Tuesdays
Art Box
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Read with Dogs!
Imaginarium
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Bookmobile at AniMeals: Read with Cats!
AniMeals
5:45 pm - 8:45 pm
America @ 250
Missoula Public Library
Events for July
1
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 - 2:00 pm
Kids STEM Building
Families First Classroom
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 - 5:00 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
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies & Science 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
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Learn Computer Video Editing
MCAT
Events for July
2
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 - 5:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Game On! @ MPL
Imaginarium
2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Teen Library Community
Art Box
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Big Sky Branch Tech Time
Big Sky Branch Library
Events for July
3
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 - 5:00 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 July
4
10:00 am - 10:45 am
MCAT Tour & Training
MCAT
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Research Studies & Science Activities for Kids
UM Living Lab
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 - 5:00 pm
Discovery Area Science Activity
spectrUM Discovery Area
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Saturday Tiny Tales
Imaginarium