March is Youth Art Month and Great Falls Public Schools students are celebrating music, art and theater with a packed schedule of events. Dusty Molyneaux, GFPS’ fine arts supervisor, told the school board during their Feb. 23 meeting that the district has a robust arts curriculum and full theaters with stagecraft programs. That’s not the case in all districts statewide,
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The Great Falls Public Library is hosting a celebration of Great Falls’ African American community from 6-8 p.m. Feb. 5 in the Cordingley Room in the basement. The free and open to the public program features African American culture, history and cuisine. The event is co-sponsored by the Alma Smith Jacobs Foundation, a non-profit promoting education, the Alexander Worship Temple
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Updated at 8:45 a.m. Nov. 18 with corrected salary information from the library board The Great Falls Public Library board interviewed two finalists for library director last week and on Nov. 14 voted unanimously to offer the position to Amy Dissmeyer. The board interviewed the candidates and held a public meet and greet with them on Nov.13. During their Nov.
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The Great Falls Public Library board will be interviewing two finalists for library director on Nov. 13. During their Oct. 28 meeting, Samantha DeForest said a board committee had reviewed applications and narrowed the pool to three candidates to be invited for in-person interviews. One candidate dropped out, so the board will interview two candidates during a public meeting on
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The Great Falls Symphony and the Great Falls Public Library have partnered for a new way to make live symphonic music more accessible to community members. The program, Symphony Pass, allows anyone with a library card to “check out” free tickets to the symphony’s concert series performances, all of which feature a candidate for music director this season. The program
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The Great Falls Public Library Foundation is preparing to launch its fundraising campaign to raise an initial target of $13 million to remodel the Great Falls Public Library. The library is owned and operated by the City of Great Falls, with some financial support from Cascade County and the foundation. The library remodel plan has grown out of the 2022
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The Great Falls Public Library is hosting seven weeks of free in-person digital literacy workshops on Wednesdays from Oct. 1 through Nov. 12. Each weekly workshop runs from 2-4 p.m. in the Cordingley Room in the basement of the library. The workshops are geared toward people who need help getting started using basic digital terms and tools that are crucial
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Susie McIntyre is resigning as director of the Great Falls Public Library. She’ll assist with the transition for the incoming director as requested by the library’s board of trustees, which will begin the search process in the coming weeks with the assistance of the city’s human resources department. McIntyre will continuing serving as director until the new director starts, whenever
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The Great Falls Public Library is launching Kanopy video streaming for library card holders beginning July 1. The service is being funded through the Great Falls Public Library Foundation. Kanopy is a video streaming service that offers films, documentaries and educational videos, accessible for free through participating public libraries and universities. Kanopy has ad-free content, including critically acclaimed movies, foreign
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The Great Falls Public Library kicks off the Summer Music Series on July 1 from 7-9 p.m. in Library Park, behind the Library, with the pop/rock band, Savvy, from Bozeman. Each Tuesday in July and August, the library has a band performing in the park for free. Savvy, “…is the ultimate party band, delivering polished performances of all the pop and
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