Whitefish Community Library

ALERT! We’ll be closed Friday and Saturday (April 21 & 22) for Staff training. Please come and get your weekend entertainment early in the week; we’d hate for you to miss out! While we’re training hard, we hope you’ll be home enjoying books, CDs, DVDs or our free download service through MontanaLibrary2Go.

Speaking of – have you checked out MontanaLibrary2Go’s magazine service? Available through the Libby App (free in any app store), current and past issues of over 3,000 magazines are available to check out and read on any type of device. Click the Cowboy on WCL’s catalog search page to get to all our downloadables.

Come in and say “Welcome!” to Miss Gina, our new Youth Services Librarian. Join her for Story Circle every Thursday at 10.30 am. Don’t forget Summer Reading programs are just around the corner!

Check in with us in late June when Learn to Program instructor Patrick Brodie returns to resume instruction in this learn-at-your-own-pace class. Several of you have mentioned that you are interested but school and activity schedules are keeping you from attending. Put Learn to Program on your schedule for June and we’ll keep you posted.

Join the Fiber Artists of Montana group for their inaugural meeting at the library. We’re happy to sponsor this group of fiber crafters who welcome all skill levels and yarn crafts. They’ll meet every Saturday from 1 to 3 p.m. Come on by, they can teach you! For more information, call or text Ashley at (406)314-8148 or email FiberArtistsOfMontana@gmail.com

ON HIATUS UNTIL JUNE CHECK IN WHEN JUNE ROLLS AROUND FOR DETAILS ON “LEARN TO PROGRAM” RESUMING.

This free class for all ages is facilitated by Patrick Brodie. It meets every Monday at 5:30 – 6:30 pm. Learn at your own pace by following a set curriculum with in-person tutoring or bring your coding project and ideas to get assistance planning and bringing it to life.

No prior experience with coding is required. Bringing a laptop is suggested. Brodie is a software engineer and team leader with seven years’ experience including at NASA, Orbital Insight and Nautilus Labs. He previously facilitated the Learn to Code program at the library and he’s looking to foster an on-going community conversation centered around technology, creativity, and innovation.

The public is welcome at the monthly meeting of the WCL Board of Trustees. The meeting this month is Wednesday, February 8 at 7 pm in the library’s Heckathorn room. Enter through the hallway door to the north (left) of the main doors of the library.

See below the picture for the ZOOM link to the meeting.

Topic: WCL Board of Trustee’s Meeting Time: Feb 8, 2023 07:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)

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Get your story writing skills ready! The Montana History Portal is hosting the 3rd Annual Historical Picture Prompt contest.

The Montana History Portal is a service brought to you by your Montana State Library. Using any photo in the Portal collection participants will write a short story (650 words or less) and submit it to an online form. Winners will be chosen from grades 3-6, grades 7-12 and adult. The deadline to enter is March 17, 2023.

Check out the rules HERE.

Or just go to the Montana History Portal here. You will find plenty to entertain you. We found a picture of Montana’s US Senator Jon Tester back in the day, in his high school library in Big Sandy (second from left).