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Trek poster

United Federation of Trek

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Large Conference Room at Billings Public Library

Program Type:

Other

Age Group:

Adults
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Library Branch: Billings Public Library
Room: Large Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Other
Event Details:

A group of Star Trek fans get together, watch an episode, and discuss! Trivia and behind-the-scenes stories, as well as the themes of the episode and Star Trek in general. Costumes encouraged.
 

Cat Tales

Cat Tales – Practice Reading Skills with Shelter Cats

Friday, April 25, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Story Tower at Billings Public Library

Program Type:

Extravaganza!

Age Group:

Children, Tweens
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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.

Team Puzzle Building Challenge

Friday Night Fun: Team Puzzle Building Championships

Friday, April 25, 2025 at 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Community Room at Billings Public Library

Program Type:

Gaming

Age Group:

Everyone
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Library Branch: Billings Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Gaming
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for our Fourth Annual Team Jigsaw Puzzle Championships!

Leslie Budewitz Author Talk

Author Leslie Budewitz Presents “’Stagecoach Mary’ Fields: At the Junction of History and Myth”

Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Community Room at Billings Public Library

Program Type:

Author Visit

Age Group:

Adults
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Library Branch: Billings Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Visit
Event Details:

Step back into Montana’s past with Agatha Award-winning author Leslie Budewitz, who will be appearing at BPL to talk about her collection, All God’s Sparrows, as well as Montana history and her inspiration, the real-life Mary Fie

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Music Under the Big Sky (Digital Display)

All Day 4/30
Montana Room at Billings Public Library

Program Type:

Fine Art

Age Group:

Everyone
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Library Branch: Billings Public Library
Room: Montana Room
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Fine Art
Event Details:

Enjoy an artful collection of images featuring musicians across the Big Sky state!

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Louis Habeck Art Exhibition March 3-April 30

All Day 4/30
First Five Years Wall at Billings Public Library

Program Type:

Fine Art

Age Group:

Everyone
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Library Branch: Billings Public Library
Room: First Five Years Wall
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Fine Art
Event Details:

On display March 3 - April 30, come in and experience a beautiful exhibition of Business Animal Portraits created by noted local artist, Louis Habeck!

 

Friday Night Fun: Fire Safety with the Billings Fire Department

Billings Fire Department-Friday Night Fun

Friday, May 2, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Community Room at Billings Public Library

Program Type:

Extravaganza!, Presentation

Age Group:

Children, Tweens, Teens, Everyone
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Library Branch: Billings Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Everyone
Program Type: Extravaganza!, Presentation
Event Details:

Come join the Billings Fire Department at the Library! They will bring a fire engine to show kids what the inside of a fire engine looks like. They will also be here to teach kids about important fire safety. 

Kidlit Festival 2025 - Youth workshop with Jessica Vitalis

Rocky Mountain Kid Lit - Youth Writing Workshop with Jessica Vitalis

Saturday, May 3, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Community Room at Billings Public Library

Program Type:

Author Visit

Age Group:

Tweens, Teens
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Library Branch: Billings Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Author Visit
Event Details:

Creating Compelling Characters with Jessica Vitalis

pressed flowers in frame

Pressed Flowers Workshop with Linda Franson

Saturday, May 3, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Community Room at Billings Public Library

Program Type:

Fine Art

Age Group:

Teens, Adults
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Library Branch: Billings Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Fine Art
Registration Required
Event Details:

 

Registration for a free picture frame has closed, but the event is still open to all! 

Kidlit Festival 2025 - Publishing Panel

Rocky Mountain KidLit Panel: Self-Publishing and Small Presses

Saturday, May 3, 2025 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Community Room at Billings Public Library

Program Type:

Author Visit

Age Group:

Everyone
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Library Branch: Billings Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Author Visit
Event Details:

Everyone is invited to this free panel!  Participants with the Rocky Mountain Kidlit Festival will be on hand to discuss how-to's of self-publishing, and also share their experiences working with small press publishing houses. 

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Books & Babies: Classic

3:15pm - 4:00pm
Babies
Books and Babies
Library Branch: Billings Public Library
Room: Story Tower
Age Group: Babies
Program Type: Books and Babies

Books and Babies

Want to foster a love of reading at an early age and build important early literacy skills for your young child (ages 0-2)? Join us for stories, rhymes, and finger plays intended for our littlest pre-readers!

Sensory Story Time

10:00am - 11:00am
Babies, Children, Tweens
Story Time
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Billings Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Babies, Children, Tweens
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for stories, songs, and more on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of the month at 10:00 am in the Community Room. Sensory Story Time is for neurodivergent and differently abled child

Books & Babies: Musical

10:15am - 11:00am
Babies
Books and Babies
Library Branch: Billings Public Library
Room: Story Tower
Age Group: Babies
Program Type: Books and Babies
Event Details:

Introducing the musical edition to our ever popular Books and Babies program! Music creates a positive connection to literacy and language between your child (ages 0-2) and you! Join us for books, hands-on musical play and fun!

Take and Make Popsicle Stick Mushroom Fairy House Kit Available Today!

All Day
Babies, Children, Tweens
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Billings Public Library
Room: Virtual Event
Age Group: Babies, Children, Tweens
Event Details:

Create your own magical fairy house! Each popsicle stick mushroom fairy house kit makes one house and is available for pickup at the Children’s Desk starting May 1st on a first come, first serve basis.

ASL Social Hour

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Babies, Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, Everyone
Other
Library Branch: Billings Public Library
Room: Story Tower
Age Group: Babies, Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Other
Event Details:

This is an open event for people to join who are looking to learn and practice American Sign Language as well as meet others who either know or are learning ASL in a welcoming environment together.

Take and Make Soil Your Undies Challenge! Kit Available Today

All Day
Babies, Children, Tweens
Arts & Crafts
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Billings Public Library
Room: Virtual Event
Age Group: Babies, Children, Tweens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Beginning May 12th!

Closed- Memorial Day

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Billings Public Library, Bookmobiles, Off Site

Take and Make Craft Tiny Art Show Kit

All Day
Babies, Children, Tweens
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Billings Public Library
Room: Virtual Event
Age Group: Babies, Children, Tweens
Event Details:

This summer is all about art. With this kit you will be able to showcase your artistic talent to the community! Each kit includes a tiny paint canvas, easel, paint brush and paints.

Books & Babies: Classic

3:15pm - 4:00pm
Babies
Books and Babies
Library Branch: Billings Public Library
Room: Story Tower
Age Group: Babies
Program Type: Books and Babies

Books and Babies

Want to foster a love of reading at an early age and build important early literacy skills for your young child (ages 0-2)? Join us for stories, rhymes, and finger plays intended for our littlest pre-readers!

Books & Babies: Musical

10:15am - 11:00am
Babies
Books and Babies
Library Branch: Billings Public Library
Room: Story Tower
Age Group: Babies
Program Type: Books and Babies
Event Details:

Introducing the musical edition to our ever popular Books and Babies program! Music creates a positive connection to literacy and language between your child (ages 0-2) and you! Join us for books, hands-on musical play and fun!

Books & Babies: Classic

3:15pm - 4:00pm
Babies
Books and Babies
Library Branch: Billings Public Library
Room: Story Tower
Age Group: Babies
Program Type: Books and Babies

Books and Babies

Want to foster a love of reading at an early age and build important early literacy skills for your young child (ages 0-2)? Join us for stories, rhymes, and finger plays intended for our littlest pre-readers!

Sensory Story Time

10:00am - 11:00am
Babies, Children, Tweens
Story Time
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Billings Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Babies, Children, Tweens
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for stories, songs, and more on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of the month at 10:00 am in the Community Room. Sensory Story Time is for neurodivergent and differently abled child

Books & Babies: Musical

10:15am - 11:00am
Babies
Books and Babies
Library Branch: Billings Public Library
Room: Story Tower
Age Group: Babies
Program Type: Books and Babies
Event Details:

Introducing the musical edition to our ever popular Books and Babies program! Music creates a positive connection to literacy and language between your child (ages 0-2) and you! Join us for books, hands-on musical play and fun!

Books & Babies: Classic

3:15pm - 4:00pm
Babies
Books and Babies
Library Branch: Billings Public Library
Room: Story Tower
Age Group: Babies
Program Type: Books and Babies

Books and Babies

Want to foster a love of reading at an early age and build important early literacy skills for your young child (ages 0-2)? Join us for stories, rhymes, and finger plays intended for our littlest pre-readers!

Books & Babies: Classic

3:15pm - 4:00pm
Babies
Books and Babies
Library Branch: Billings Public Library
Room: Story Tower
Age Group: Babies
Program Type: Books and Babies

Books and Babies

Want to foster a love of reading at an early age and build important early literacy skills for your young child (ages 0-2)? Join us for stories, rhymes, and finger plays intended for our littlest pre-readers!

Sensory Story Time

10:00am - 11:00am
Babies, Children, Tweens
Story Time
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Billings Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Babies, Children, Tweens
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for stories, songs, and more on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of the month at 10:00 am in the Community Room. Sensory Story Time is for neurodivergent and differently abled child

Books & Babies: Musical

10:15am - 11:00am
Babies
Books and Babies
Library Branch: Billings Public Library
Room: Story Tower
Age Group: Babies
Program Type: Books and Babies
Event Details:

Introducing the musical edition to our ever popular Books and Babies program! Music creates a positive connection to literacy and language between your child (ages 0-2) and you! Join us for books, hands-on musical play and fun!

Meet Arthur at the Library

11:00am - 1:00pm
Babies, Children
Extravaganza!
Library Branch: Billings Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Babies, Children
Program Type: Extravaganza!
Event Details:

Meet Arthur at the Library! 📚🐰

Books & Babies: Classic

3:15pm - 4:00pm
Babies
Books and Babies
Library Branch: Billings Public Library
Room: Story Tower
Age Group: Babies
Program Type: Books and Babies

Books and Babies

Want to foster a love of reading at an early age and build important early literacy skills for your young child (ages 0-2)? Join us for stories, rhymes, and finger plays intended for our littlest pre-readers!

Closed- Independence Day

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Billings Public Library, Bookmobiles, Off Site

Books & Babies: Musical

10:15am - 11:00am
Babies
Books and Babies
Library Branch: Billings Public Library
Room: Story Tower
Age Group: Babies
Program Type: Books and Babies
Event Details:

Introducing the musical edition to our ever popular Books and Babies program! Music creates a positive connection to literacy and language between your child (ages 0-2) and you! Join us for books, hands-on musical play and fun!

Books & Babies: Classic

3:15pm - 4:00pm
Babies
Books and Babies
Library Branch: Billings Public Library
Room: Story Tower
Age Group: Babies
Program Type: Books and Babies

Books and Babies

Want to foster a love of reading at an early age and build important early literacy skills for your young child (ages 0-2)? Join us for stories, rhymes, and finger plays intended for our littlest pre-readers!

Sensory Story Time

10:00am - 11:00am
Babies, Children, Tweens
Story Time
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Billings Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Babies, Children, Tweens
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for stories, songs, and more on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of the month at 10:00 am in the Community Room. Sensory Story Time is for neurodivergent and differently abled child

Books & Babies: Musical

10:15am - 11:00am
Babies
Books and Babies
Library Branch: Billings Public Library
Room: Story Tower
Age Group: Babies
Program Type: Books and Babies
Event Details:

Introducing the musical edition to our ever popular Books and Babies program! Music creates a positive connection to literacy and language between your child (ages 0-2) and you! Join us for books, hands-on musical play and fun!