Event List

Cat Tales – Practice Reading Skills with Shelter Cats

Friday, May 23, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Story Tower at Billings Public Library

Program Type:

Extravaganza!

Age Group:

Children, Tweens

Reading aloud helps your beginning reader expand their vocabulary and improve reading comprehension. Learning to read can be scary; a friendly face, particularly one with a soothing purr, can ease reading anxieties and build confidence.

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Library Branch: Billings Public Library

Room: Story Tower

Age Group: Children, Tweens

Program Type: Extravaganza!

Event Details:

Reading aloud helps your beginning reader expand their vocabulary and improve reading comprehension. Learning to read can be scary; a friendly face, particularly one with a soothing purr, can ease reading anxieties and build confidence.

Closed- Memorial Day

All Day

Billings Public Library, Bookmobiles, Off Site

Closing

Branches:

Billings Public Library, Bookmobiles, Off Site

Summer Kickoff!

All Day

Off Site

Program Type:

Extravaganza!

Age Group:

Everyone

Running from May 1st to to June 20th! Send us or post a photo of you using any book lockers with the hashtag to be entered into a summer basket raffle! Will Pick raffle winner at our June 20th Stethoscopes & Stories ice cream event!

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Offsite Event

Library Branch: Off Site

Age Group: Everyone

Program Type: Extravaganza!

Event Details:

Running from May 1st to to June 20th! Send us or post a photo of you using any book lockers with the hashtag to be entered into a summer basket raffle! Will Pick raffle winner at our June 20th Stethoscopes & Stories ice cream event!

Tagging Buddies!

Friday, June 20, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm

South Lobby at Billings Public Library

Program Type:

Extravaganza!, Presentation

Age Group:

Everyone

Join Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter at the library! Every third Friday of the month in the lobby and come get free ID tags for your animals! We will be having a meet and greet with different type of animals.

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Library Branch: Billings Public Library

Room: South Lobby

Age Group: Everyone

Program Type: Extravaganza!, Presentation

Event Details:

Join Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter at the library! Every third Friday of the month in the lobby and come get free ID tags for your animals! We will be having a meet and greet with different type of animals.

Dolly Parton Imagination Library 20th Anniversary Celebration

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library Celebration

Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm

Community Room at Billings Public Library

Program Type:

Extravaganza!

Age Group:

Everyone

Join us as we celebrate the 30^th Anniversary of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. Sing your heart out to Dolly’s biggest hits with Dollyoke, make a fun craft and participate in our kids-only Dolly Parton Costume Contest.

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Library Branch: Billings Public Library

Room: Community Room

Age Group: Everyone

Program Type: Extravaganza!

Event Details:

Join us as we celebrate the 30^th Anniversary of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. Sing your heart out to Dolly’s biggest hits with Dollyoke, make a fun craft and participate in our kids-only Dolly Parton Costume Contest.

Bike Library @ 406 Pride

Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:00pm - 5:00pm

Off Site

Program Type:

Extravaganza!

Age Group:

Everyone

Stop by and see the BPL Book Bike at 406 Pride. We'll have free books, fun activities, giveaways, and more! Learn about all the library offers, sign up for a library card, and enter to win a fabulous prize. See you there!

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Offsite Event

Library Branch: Off Site

Age Group: Everyone

Program Type: Extravaganza!

Event Details:

Stop by and see the BPL Book Bike at 406 Pride. We'll have free books, fun activities, giveaways, and more! Learn about all the library offers, sign up for a library card, and enter to win a fabulous prize. See you there!

Lemons & Lockers

Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:00am - 1:00pm

South Lobby at Billings Public Library

Program Type:

Extravaganza!

Age Group:

Everyone

Join the locker team for a lemonade stand! We will be set up outside the Main Lockers at the Billings Public Library. Come learn about the lockers, how they work, and how you can place hold at them. Plus cool off with some lemonade!

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Library Branch: Billings Public Library

Room: South Lobby

Age Group: Everyone

Program Type: Extravaganza!

Event Details:

Join the locker team for a lemonade stand! We will be set up outside the Main Lockers at the Billings Public Library. Come learn about the lockers, how they work, and how you can place hold at them. Plus cool off with some lemonade!

Meet Arthur at the Library

Monday, June 30, 2025 at 11:00am - 1:00pm

Community Room at Billings Public Library

Program Type:

Extravaganza!

Age Group:

Babies, Children

Meet Arthur at the Library! 📚🐰

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Library Branch: Billings Public Library

Room: Community Room

Age Group: Babies, Children

Program Type: Extravaganza!

Event Details:

Meet Arthur at the Library! 📚🐰

Closed- Independence Day

All Day

Billings Public Library, Bookmobiles, Off Site

Closing

Branches:

Billings Public Library, Bookmobiles, Off Site

Tagging Buddies!

Friday, July 18, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm

South Lobby at Billings Public Library

Program Type:

Extravaganza!, Presentation

Age Group:

Everyone

Join Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter at the library! Every third Friday of the month in the lobby and come get free ID tags for your animals! We will be having a meet and greet with different type of animals.

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Library Branch: Billings Public Library

Room: South Lobby

Age Group: Everyone

Program Type: Extravaganza!, Presentation

Event Details:

Join Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter at the library! Every third Friday of the month in the lobby and come get free ID tags for your animals! We will be having a meet and greet with different type of animals.

Big Machine Petting Zoo

Saturday, July 19, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm

Parking Lot at Billings Public Library

Program Type:

Extravaganza!

Age Group:

Everyone

Big Machine Petting Zoo

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Library Branch: Billings Public Library

Room: Parking Lot

Age Group: Everyone

Program Type: Extravaganza!

Event Details:

Big Machine Petting Zoo

Soil Your Undies at the Library!

Thursday, July 24, 2025 at 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Oculus 1st Floor at Billings Public Library

Program Type:

Extravaganza!, STEAM

Age Group:

Everyone

Join us at the library to celebrate soil health!

Did you participate in the May Soil Your Undies Challenge? If so bring your undies back to show off at the library and earn summer reading points!

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Library Branch: Billings Public Library

Room: Oculus 1st Floor

Age Group: Everyone

Program Type: Extravaganza!, STEAM

Event Details:

Join us at the library to celebrate soil health!

Did you participate in the May Soil Your Undies Challenge? If so bring your undies back to show off at the library and earn summer reading points!

Tagging Buddies!

Friday, August 15, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm

South Lobby at Billings Public Library

Program Type:

Extravaganza!, Presentation

Age Group:

Everyone

Join Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter at the library! Every third Friday of the month in the lobby and come get free ID tags for your animals! We will be having a meet and greet with different type of animals.

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Library Branch: Billings Public Library

Room: South Lobby

Age Group: Everyone

Program Type: Extravaganza!, Presentation

Event Details:

Join Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter at the library! Every third Friday of the month in the lobby and come get free ID tags for your animals! We will be having a meet and greet with different type of animals.