Reading and exploring are combined to keep your summer busy and fun! Pick up a gameboard to challenge your reading adventure at home and join us weekly at the library for STEAM inspired activities! June 3 – August 11: See schedule for details. Sponsored By: Don K Family Foundation, Glacier Grins, Kalispell Parks & Recreation, […]
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Teen Summer Reading Experience Game Board
Grab a Teen Summer Experience Gameboard at any Flathead County Library location to begin your summer quest! As part of Summer Experience 2025, the gameboard invites teens to read, explore, and create. Flip through the gameboard's pages to find the Reading Challenge, interactive map, and summer schedule of Teen Workshops, including info on a special […] |
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Reading and exploring are combined to keep your summer busy and fun! Join us weekly at the library for STEAM inspired activities! Ages 3-5 and caregivers. |
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Reading and exploring are combined to keep your summer busy and fun! Join us weekly at the library for STEAM inspired activities! Ages 3-5 and caregivers. Stay cool while we dive into special water themed stories that'll be sure to make a splash. Caregivers be prepared to get wet. For children 0-5 with a caregiver. Free admission and no registration necessary. Reading and exploring are combined to keep your summer busy and fun! Join us weekly in Depot Park for STEAM inspired activities! Kids ages 3-10 and caregivers. |
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Reading and exploring are combined to keep your summer busy and fun! Join us weekly at the library for STEAM inspired activities! Kids ages 6-10 and caregivers. Reading and exploring are combined to keep your summer busy and fun! Join us weekly at the library for STEAM inspired activities! Kids ages 6-10 and caregivers. Weekly in Depot Park. Make connections with other parents and learn fun techniques for using books, songs, and rhymes at home. Rhythm and repetition will get your little one recognizing and requesting favorite songs. Especially for ages birth - 3. |
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Reading and exploring are combined to keep your summer busy and fun! Join us weekly at the library for STEAM inspired activities! Ages 3-5 and caregivers. Reading and exploring are combined to keep your summer busy and fun! Join us weekly at the library for STEAM inspired activities! Ages 3-5 and caregivers. Reading and exploring are combined to keep your summer busy and fun! Join us weekly at the library for STEAM inspired activities! Ages 3-5 and caregivers. |
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Make connections with other parents and learn fun techniques for using books, songs, and rhymes at home. Rhythm and repetition will get your little one recognizing and requesting favorite songs. […] Make connections with other parents and learn fun techniques for using books, songs, and rhymes at home. Rhythm and repetition will get your little one recognizing and requesting favorite songs. […]
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Create your own unique pattern of flowing colors using ink and wax. Learn a modern way to do the ancient dyeing traditions of Batik. Space limited. Seats available first come, first served. Bigfork Arnlund Community Room: Friday August 1, 3:30-5pm; Kalispell Teen Zone: Wednesday August 13, 3:30-5pm |
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Kids Summer Reading Experience
Teen Summer Reading Experience Game Board
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Reading and exploring are combined to keep your summer busy and fun! Join us weekly at the library for STEAM inspired activities! Ages 3-5 and caregivers. |
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Reading and exploring are combined to keep your summer busy and fun! Join us weekly at the library for STEAM inspired activities! Ages 3-5 and caregivers. Stay cool while we dive into special water themed stories that'll be sure to make a splash. Caregivers be prepared to get wet. For children 0-5 with a caregiver. Free […] Reading and exploring are combined to keep your summer busy and fun! Join us weekly in Depot Park for STEAM inspired activities! Kids ages 3-10 and caregivers. |
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Reading and exploring are combined to keep your summer busy and fun! Join us weekly at the library for STEAM inspired activities! Kids ages 6-10 and caregivers. Reading and exploring are combined to keep your summer busy and fun! Join us weekly at the library for STEAM inspired activities! Kids ages 6-10 and caregivers. Weekly in Depot Park. Make connections with other parents and learn fun techniques for using books, songs, and rhymes at home. Rhythm and repetition will get your little one recognizing and requesting favorite songs. Especially for ages birth - 3. |
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Reading and exploring are combined to keep your summer busy and fun! Join us weekly at the library for STEAM inspired activities! Ages 3-5 and caregivers. Reading and exploring are combined to keep your summer busy and fun! Join us weekly at the library for STEAM inspired activities! Ages 3-5 and caregivers. Reading and exploring are combined to keep your summer busy and fun! Join us weekly at the library for STEAM inspired activities! Ages 3-5 and caregivers. |
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Stay cool while we dive into special water themed stories that'll be sure to make a splash. Caregivers be prepared to get wet. For children 0-5 with a caregiver. Free […] Make connections with other parents and learn fun techniques for using books, songs, and rhymes at home. Rhythm and repetition will get your little one recognizing and requesting favorite songs. […] Make connections with other parents and learn fun techniques for using books, songs, and rhymes at home. Rhythm and repetition will get your little one recognizing and requesting favorite songs. […] |
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Kids Summer Reading Experience
Teen Summer Reading Experience Game Board
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Join us for a fun party to cap off this year's Summer Reading Experience! Remember to bring your completed gameboard to a librarian to get a ticket for the Summer […] |
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Join instructors from Kalispell’s FamilySearch Center for genealogy classes geared toward individuals and families aged 13 and older. Learn personal researching skills, connect with family history groups, and get expert help navigating genealogical sites. This program will repeat every 2nd & 4Th Tuesday each month. Stay cool while we dive into special water themed stories that'll be sure to make a splash. Caregivers be prepared to get wet. For children 0-5 with a caregiver. Free admission and no registration necessary.
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Join maker Kay Lyle of Manicule Studio in Columbia Falls for one last chance to try your hand at using a Letterpress. Come between 1-5pm to print a small poster using the letterpress! |
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You're invited to a fun and informative tour of your public library! Get a behind the scenes look into how your tax dollars work to bring great library services to […] You're invited to a fun and informative tour of your public library! Get a behind the scenes look into how your tax dollars work to bring great library services to the Flathead Valley! The second Wednesday of each month at 11am at your Kalispell Public Library. Tours are approximately 45 minutes long.
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Create your own unique pattern of flowing colors using ink and wax. Learn a modern way to do the ancient dyeing traditions of Batik. Space limited. Seats available first come, […] |
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Bring a dragon’s stare to life! Design and sculpt a captivating dragon eye using air-dry clay, colored pencils, watercolors and glass cabochons. You'll create a one-of-a-kind sculpture that looks straight […] |
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Teen Summer Reading Experience Game Board
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Finished your gameboard and earned the dragon amigurumi kit? Come to a special Crafternoon just for you! If you haven’t started your kit, staff will be there to help you. […] |
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Finished your gameboard and earned the dragon amigurumi kit? Come to a special Crafternoon just for you! If you haven’t started your kit, staff will be there to help you. […] |
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Teen Summer Reading Experience Game Board
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Make One Take One Mini Art Gallery
Make One: Paint a mini canvas and add a magnet to the back. Take One: Choose a mini painting created by someone else to take home and enjoy. Want to keep yours too? No problem! Just make an extra to leave behind so the gallery keeps growing. Work on your painting in the library or […] |
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Join instructors from Kalispell’s FamilySearch Center for genealogy classes geared toward individuals and families aged 13 and older. Learn personal researching skills, connect with family history groups, and get expert […] |
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Finished your gameboard and earned the dragon amigurumi kit? Come to a special Crafternoon just for you! If you haven’t started your kit, staff will be there to help you. If you’ve already finished, bring any leftover materials and either start a dragon twin, or try the other pattern using yarn you’ve created yourself! Kalispell […] |
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All meetings of the Board of Trustees are open to the public. Regular meetings are scheduled for the fourth Thursday of each month. This meeting will take place in the South Campus Conference Room (2nd Floor). |
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Finished your gameboard and earned the dragon amigurumi kit? Come to a special Crafternoon just for you! If you haven’t started your kit, staff will be there to help you. […] |
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Join instructors from Kalispell’s FamilySearch Center for genealogy classes geared toward individuals and families aged 13 and older. Learn personal researching skills, connect with family history groups, and get expert help navigating genealogical sites. This program will repeat every 1st and 3rd Tuesday in Kalispell and every 2nd and 4th Tuesday in Bigfork. Sing, dance, read and explore while also building social and emotional skills. This fun and interactive program is for toddlers who love to move! Caregiver participation encouraged. Especially for ages 2-4. Sing, dance, read and explore while also building social and emotional skills. This fun and interactive program is for toddlers who love to move! Caregiver participation encouraged. Especially for ages 2-4. |
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Make connections with other parents and learn fun techniques for using books, songs, and rhymes at home. Rhythm and repetition will get your little one recognizing and requesting favorite songs. Especially for ages birth to 24 months. Join us every Wednesday for hands-on exploration, including LEGO Club and STEAM Space (science, technology, engineering, art, and math activities). We’ll create art, play games, construct new worlds with LEGOs, tackle an engineering challenge or learn a new craft. Especially for kids in grades K-5. Must be accompanied by an adult. Join us every Wednesday for hands-on exploration, including LEGO Club and STEAM Space (science, technology, engineering, art, and math activities). We’ll create art, play games, construct new worlds with LEGOs, tackle an engineering challenge or learn a new craft. Especially for kids in grades K-5. Must be accompanied by an adult. |
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Enjoy longer stories and musical activities that promote listening skills and following directions. Following storytime, children can explore activities that highlight math, art, dramatic play and science. Especially for ages 4 and 5. Enjoy longer stories and musical activities that promote listening skills and following directions. Following storytime, children can explore activities that highlight math, art, dramatic play and science. Especially for ages 4 and 5. |
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Bird lovers! Join us at the Bigfork Branch Library to hear Flathead Audubon Society present on the Jewel Basin Hawk Watch and prepare citizen scientists to join Audubon Society surveyors to monitor autumn raptor migration above Jewel Basin. Whether you're a serious birder or just curious about hawks, come hang out and learn with us! Make connections with other parents and learn fun techniques for using books, songs, and rhymes at home. Rhythm and repetition will get your little one recognizing and requesting favorite songs. Especially for ages birth to 24 months. Make connections with other parents and learn fun techniques for using books, songs, and rhymes at home. Rhythm and repetition will get your little one recognizing and requesting favorite songs. Especially for ages birth to 24 months. |
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Sink your hands into a spectacular tub of fun! Mix, measure, pour or possibly search for tiny treasures. Children of all ages are welcome! |