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Bookmobile at Broadview Senior Center, Acton and Brush Meadows Apartments

June 17, 2021, 11:30 AM - 5:00 PM @ Bookmobile

11:30-1:30 Broadview Senior Center, 13725 4th St 2:00-3:00 Acton 4:00-5:00 Brush Meadow Apts, 1203 Lake Elmo Road

Bookmobile at Worden, Huntley and Josephine Crossing

June 18, 2021, 11:30 AM - 4:00 PM @ Bookmobile

11:30-1:00 Worden, Main Street 1:30-2:30 Huntley, Main Street 3:00-4:00 Front Street & Golden Hollow

Book Bike - Children's Clinic

June 18, 2021, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM @ 1232 N 30th St STE 100, Billings, MT 59101

Join the BPL Book Bike for games, activities and fun! We'll have free books to take and you can even get your own library card!

Bookmobile at Laurel, Community College and Boulder Park

June 21, 2021, 11:30 AM - 4:30 PM @ Bookmobile

11:30-1:00 Lions Park, Laurel, S 8th Ave 1:45-3:00 City College Library, 3803 Central Ave 3:30-4:30 Boulder Park

Bookmobile at Robbie & 45th, Elder Grove School, and Energy Blvd

June 22, 2021, 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM @ Bookmobile

11:00-12:30 Robbie & 45th St W 1:30-2:30 Elder Grove School, 64th St W & Hesper 3:30-5:00 Energy Blvd & Daystar Drive

Book Bike - Friendship House

June 22, 2021, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM @ 3123 8th Ave S, Billings, MT 59101

Join the BPL Book Bike for stories, activities and fun!

Book Bike - Little Seeds Daycare

June 23, 2021, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM @ 2800 4th Ave N, Billings, MT 59101

Join the BPL Book Bike at Little Seeds for stories, activities and more!

Bookmobile **No Stops Today**

June 23, 2021, 11:30 AM - 4:45 PM @ Bookmobile

*No Stops Today*

Bookmobile at Custer Senior Center & Pompey's Pillar

June 24, 2021, 11:30 AM - 4:00 PM @ Bookmobile

11:30-2:00 Custer Senior Center, 322 6th St 3:00-4:00 Pompey's Pillar

Bookmobile at Ave D, Poly & Westfield and Bobby Jones & 54th

June 25, 2021, 11:30 AM - 4:45 PM @ Bookmobile

11:30-1:00 Ave D & 15th 2:00-3:00 Poly & Westfield 4:00-4:45 Bobby Jones & 54th

Book Bike - Children's Clinic

June 25, 2021, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM @ 1232 N 30th St STE 100, Billings, MT 59101

Join the BPL Book Bike for games, activities and fun! We'll have free books to take and you can even get your own library card!

Bookmobile at 925 North 18th, North Park, Banff & Crater Lake, 30th & Howard

June 28, 2021, 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM @ Bookmobile

11:00-12:00 925 North 18th 12:15-1:20 North Park 2:45-3:45 Banff & 3700 Crater Lake 4:00-5:00 30th St W & Howard

Book Bike - McKinley Clubhouse (Boys & Girls Club)

June 29, 2021, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM @ 820 North 31st Street Billings, MT 59101

Join the BPL book bike for stories, activities and fun!

Book Bike - Little Seeds Daycare

June 30, 2021, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM @ 2800 4th Ave N, Billings, MT 59101

Join the BPL Book Bike at Little Seeds for stories, activities and more!

Kids Take and Make Kit - Alka-Seltzer Rockets

June 1, 2021, 10:00 AM - June 30, 2021, 6:00 PM @ Pick up Children's Desk or through our curbside services.

Each kit includes supplies for a craft or activity designed to engage your child’s imagination and creativity. June’s Kit is an Alka-Seltzer Rocket and will be available via curbside or by stopping by the Children’s Desk starting June 1st. Each kit will include all the supplies needed for a child 6-12 to build and launch their own rocket. Kits are available on a first come, first serve basis, no registration is required.

Tales & Tails & Tunes Featuring Pianist Dan Fogel

June 17, 2021, 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM @ Billings Public Library's Facebook page

Join pianist Dan Fogel June 17th at 11 am, for a special effects virtual concert for kids of all ages! Dan will whimsically write a story featuring music inspired and featured in literature throughout the decades. Enjoy music from Lion King, Wizard of Oz, Jurassic Park, Harry Potter and more! This program will be live-streamed on Billings Public Library’s Facebook page. No registration is required!

Virtual Books and Babies

June 17, 2021, 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM @ Billings Public Library YouTube Channel

This weekly video series will include stories, rhymes, and finger plays intended to foster a love of reading at an early age and build important early literacy skills.

Story Time in Español

June 18, 2021, 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

La biblioteca pública de Billings ahora ofrece La Hora de Lectura en español! Billings Public Library now offers Story Time in Spanish. We are excited to partner with Justin, a MSU- B student, who learned Spanish while living in Argentina, to share your favorite picture books in Spanish. Join us on the Billings Public Library’s YouTube Channel on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of the month at 10:30 am and explore the Spanish language.

Adventures in Story Time - Virtual

June 22, 2021, 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM @ Billings Public Library YouTube Channel

In this new edition of Story Time, your child will enjoy books, songs, and a craft designed around a theme. Each weekly video is a chance to practice reading readiness skills like listening during stories, letter awareness and predicting. Supplies for the craft featured in the video are available for pickup through curbside or by stopping by the Children’s desk (when open). Supplies are limited and available on a first-come first-serve basis.

Celebrate Pollinator Week- Virtual Pollinator Exhibit Tour

June 23, 2021, 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM @ Billings Public Library YouTube Channel

Join us as we celebrate Pollinator Week with a special virtual tour of our pollinator display. This video will air Wednesday, June 23rd at 10:30 am on Billings Public Library’s YouTube Channel.

Montana Audubon Center presents Incredible Insects

June 24, 2021, 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM @ Zoom

Join the Montana Audubon Center, on June 24th at 12:30 pm to learn all about the incredible insects we have wandering around us! Enjoy a story, see some crawling critters and learn about what makes them incredible! To register and receive your Zoom Link email the Children’s Desk at kidsdesk@billingsmt.gov

Virtual Books and Babies

June 24, 2021, 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM @ Billings Public Library YouTube Channel

This weekly video series will include stories, rhymes, and finger plays intended to foster a love of reading at an early age and build important early literacy skills.

Adventures in Story Time - Virtual

June 29, 2021, 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM @ Billings Public Library YouTube Channel

In this new edition of Story Time, your child will enjoy books, songs, and a craft designed around a theme. Each weekly video is a chance to practice reading readiness skills like listening during stories, letter awareness and predicting. Supplies for the craft featured in the video are available for pickup through curbside or by stopping by the Children’s desk (when open). Supplies are limited and available on a first-come first-serve basis.

EdZoocation Corner with ZooMontana featuring North American River Otter and Bald Eagle

June 30, 2021, 10:30 AM @ Billings Public Library YouTube Channel

After enjoying Tuesday’s Adventure in Story Time – Tales and Tails Edition stay tuned on Wednesday’s to meet an animal living at ZooMontana from our featured weekly habitat. Zoo Educators will share interesting and education facts about all kinds of animals during these pre-taped videos available on Billings Public Library’s YouTube Channel Wednesdays at 10:30 am.

Animal Shelter Supply Drive

June 1, 2021, 10:00 AM - July 30, 2021, 6:00 PM

Celebrate summer by donating supplies to the Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter. Starting on June 1st, the library will accept donations of canned cat food, dry kitten food, soft dog and cat treats, puppy potty pads, catnip, large dog bones, rubber gloves, paper towels, dog collars and leashes, breakaway cat collars, toys for dogs and cats and clumping clay litter. The Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter is the largest-volume shelter in Montana, intaking over 5,000 animals per year. The shelter cares for Billings' lost and transitioning companion animals looking for their forever homes.

Yoga in the Park with Bess

June 23, 2021, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM @ Pioneer Park

Join Bess Lovec for free yoga classes at Pioneer Park (northwest side). Bess focuses on hatha yoga, incorporating vinyasa flow. Beginners and advanced yoga students are welcome. *Space is limited. Registration and waiver forms are required. Call 657-8290 or email refdesk@billingsmt.gov. Yoga books and DVDs will also be available on the Library’s book bike for checkout after class.

Tails & Tales: Pet Journaling Workshop with Danell Jones

June 23, 2021, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM @ Online via Zoom

Are you an animal lover with a furry friend you’d love to write about? Join us for a one-hour Zoom class “Pet Journaling with Danell Jones.” In this hands-on workshop, you have fun describing your sweet one and capturing his antics on paper. It doesn’t matter if you are cat lover or a dog lover, a fish aficionado, or a parakeet fanatic, you’ll have a great time writing about your pet. Local author and writing instructor Danell Jones is the incoming president of the Billings Public Library Foundation and serves as the activities director and chief hug-manager for a five-year old border collie mix named Bella. For ages 18 and up.

LitCentric Book Discussion Group

June 29, 2021, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

LitCentric Book Discussion Group uses a combination of self-purchased titles and library-owned book club kits. We meet the last Tuesday of the month January through October via Zoom. Email refdesk@billingsmt.gov to sign up.

TECH Lab Open Hours

June 17, 2021, 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM @ TECH Lab (Integra Learning Lab, located on the 2nd floor)

TECH Lab Open Hours

June 18, 2021, 12:30 PM - 5:30 PM @ TECH Lab (Integra Learning Lab, located on the 2nd floor)

Letters to a Young Poet #3

June 21, 2021, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Become pen pals with Montana Poet Laureate, Melissa Kwasny. A new poem and prompt will be posted on the Billings Public Library teen webpage every Monday during Summer Reading (June 7 – July 12). Write your own poem as a response and mail it (real mail, not email!) to Melissa. Supplies including stationary, envelopes, and stamps are available from the library. There is no specific day that you have to write your letters.

TECH Lab Open Hours

June 21, 2021, 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM @ TECH Lab (Integra Learning Lab, located on the 2nd floor)

Outdoor Book Club for Teens

June 22, 2021, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM @ Pioneer Park

Join us this summer for 3 sessions of Picnic in the Park! We will discuss a different book at each meeting. The first book we will be reading is "Elatsoe" by Darcie Little Badger, available to pick up from the library starting June 1. The book is yours to keep! We will meet on Tuesday, June 22 at 11am-12pm at Pioneer Park for a group discussion, snacks, and fresh air.

TECH Lab Open Hours

June 22, 2021, 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM @ TECH Lab (Integra Learning Lab, located on the 2nd floor)

TECH Lab Open Hours

June 23, 2021, 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM @ TECH Lab (Integra Learning Lab, located on the 2nd floor)

TECH Lab Open Hours

June 24, 2021, 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM @ TECH Lab (Integra Learning Lab, located on the 2nd floor)

Microgreens Workshop

June 25, 2021, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM @ Billings Public Library's Community Patio

Grow your own microgreens! An outdoor workshop for TEENS at Billings Public Library with guest presenter, Emilie Burditt. Learn about microgreens, how to start growing them, and leave with your own starter kit. The workshop will take place in person, socially distanced, on the patio outside of the Library Community Room. Attend to receive the secret code that you can enter for Summer Reading points!

TECH Lab Open Hours

June 25, 2021, 12:30 PM - 5:30 PM @ TECH Lab (Integra Learning Lab, located on the 2nd floor)

Letters to a Young Poet #4

June 28, 2021, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Become pen pals with Montana Poet Laureate, Melissa Kwasny. A new poem and prompt will be posted on the Billings Public Library teen webpage every Monday during Summer Reading (June 7 – July 12). Write your own poem as a response and mail it (real mail, not email!) to Melissa. Supplies including stationary, envelopes, and stamps are available from the library. There is no specific day that you have to write your letters.

TECH Lab Open Hours

June 28, 2021, 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM @ TECH Lab (Integra Learning Lab, located on the 2nd floor)

TECH Lab Open Hours

June 29, 2021, 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM @ TECH Lab (Integra Learning Lab, located on the 2nd floor)

TECH Lab Open Hours

June 30, 2021, 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM @ TECH Lab (Integra Learning Lab, located on the 2nd floor)

Teen Movie Night

June 30, 2021, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM @ Babcock Theater

Billings Public Library and The Babcock present a FREE showing of "How to Train Your Dragon" on June 30th at 6:00 PM. Watch this animated favorite as part of the Tails & Tales Teen Summer Reading Program! TEENS can register ahead of time to receive free books and the chance to win more prizes! Open to the public. **Please note that the Billings Public Library newsletter has a typo for the start time of the movie. The movie will start at 6pm, not 6:30pm. Made possible by The Town Pump Charitable Foundation’s Keep Kids Reading Grant.