The Great Falls Public Library, with United Way of Cascade County, the Alexander Temple, NeighborWorks Great Falls, the YWCA, Great Falls Rising, the Cascade County Democratic Party and Great Falls Parks and Recreation are hosting a Juneteenth celebration in Gibson Park on June 21 from noon to 3 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. During the
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The Great Falls Public Library is hosting an Alzheimer’s awareness event culminating in a free showing of Matter of Mind: My Alzheimer’s in the Cordingley Room on May 29. The Weissman-Hood Institute, formerly McLaughlin Center, for free memory screenings and a research update at 5 p.m. Kyla from the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services will lead free
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The Great Falls Public Library is offering the Summer Library Loot Box program. Teens ages 12-18 in Cascade County are invited to sign up for their free Library Loot Box. Each box contains three library books individually selected for them, plus prizes and candy to sweeten their reading. Readers who complete at least two of their three Library Loot Box
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As part of National Library Week, April 6-12, the Great Falls Public Library will show the new documentary “Free for All: The Public Library” on at 6:30 p.m. April 8 in conjunction with Independent Lens, Indie Lens Pop-Up and PBS. Door open at 6 p.m. in the Cordingley Room, with free popcorn and refreshments provided. “The public library is one of America’s
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The Great Falls Public Library is hosting six weeks of free in-person digital literacy workshops. The workshops will be held on Thursdays, every other week, from 1-2:30 p.m. in the small meeting room in the library’s basement, beginning Feb. 6. The program is provided by GFPL and the Public Library Association in partnership with AT&T. The workshops are geared toward
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Updated Dec. 3 City Commissioners will be asked during their Dec. 3 meeting to reject bids for the front door replacement project at the Great Falls Public Library. The library was awarded $20,000 in American Rescue Plan Act, or federal COVID relief funds, from Cascade County’s allocation in 2022. Library officials were planning to replace the front doors as a
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This year’s city Christmas ornament is the Great Falls Public Library. The Great Falls-Cascade County Historic Preservation Advisory Commission selected the library earlier this year as the 2024 ornament in the city’s series of collectable ornaments that feature historic places in the city and Cascade County. They city formally announced the ornament two days after the City Commission voted to
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City Commissioners voted 4-1 during their Nov. 19 meeting to terminate their 1993 management agreement with the Great Falls Public Library board that include seven mills of funding annually. Commissioner Shannon Wilson voted against the action because it came first on their meeting agenda, before their discussion on a new agreement. The commission vote provides notice that the city is
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The City Commission is scheduled to vote on a new management agreement with the Great Falls Public Library board during their Nov. 19 meeting after months of negotiation. The library board will consider the agreement during its Nov. 26 meeting. The city and library board have had a management agreement in place since 1993. The agreement addresses management and operation
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The American Association of University Women, Great Falls branch’s book sale is underway on the third floor of the Great Falls Public Library. The sale features used hardcover and paperback books, DVDs, games, CDs and other various items in good condition. They’re also selling raffle tickets for a quilt. Raffle tickets are $2 each or $6 for 10. They are
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