Whitefish Community Library

Miss Mary will be at James Bakke Nature Reserve (601 West 7th St.) at 11 a.m. this morning for our final toddler event of the summer. We’ll enjoy this park’s 1/4 mile nature loop with “specimen bracelets” to gather whatever sparks our interest and learn about James Bakke, the artist who once lived here. Hint: check the air quality to see if you and your family are comfortable being outside. Here’s a good link: Montana DEQ Air Quality

Join us under the Library’s spacious portico this afternoon, August 14th, with your entry – or just come to view the creative takes on works of literature that your neighbors have made!

SCHEDULE:

1:30 – 2: Registration & Display of entries

2-2:30 Viewing, voting on The People’s Choice, and judging

2:30 – 3: Winners announced; feasting on entries!

Note: Library will not be open for business today, but look for news on this in September.

Below: A wizarding student protects his edible version of “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.”

REASON #1: TO ENTER THE CONTEST, OF COURSE!

Entries can register from 1:30 to 2 p.m. on Saturday, August 14th. Public viewing and voting from 2 – 2:30. Prize awards and feast at 3 p.m. (We’ll also be having a book sale during the event!) Here’s some examples of Edible Books (but we’re sure you can come up with something even better)!

FRANK IN STEIN (Frankenstein by Mary Shelley).

LARD OF THE RINGS (Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien).

JAWS by Peter Benchley.

What are these kids doing? They’re enjoying direction from Luke Walrath of ATP; specifically “make your face as big as you can.” Soon after they were running scenes from a popular children’s book. This picture is from ATP’s first visit to the Library in 2019, and we’re excited to have them back again this year. Join us in the library’s back yard on Thursday, July 22 at 10:30 a.m. for a little taste of theatre, a la ATP.

Our Meals on Wheels road is filling up with cobblestones!

Each cobblestone placed on our mural’s road, which leads from Whitefish Community Center to houses representing Meals-on-Wheels participants, means that Whitefish Credit Union will donate $1 to support Meals on Wheels.

For each row that our Summer Reading Challenge readers fill out on their reading log, they receive a cobblestone sticker to place on the road. And they have been packing the road with cobblestones! You can see how close they have are to the $500 mark at the end of the road!

Thanks to Whitefish Credit Union for sponsoring our readers, and thanks to Whitefish Community Center for making this service available in Whitefish!

When was the last time you had the chance to sing-a-long with a real professional musician? North Valley Music School’s Deidre Corson is bringing her guitar to the library for a family sing-a-long! Remember Deidre from previous instrument petting zoos at the library? All are welcome to join us in the Library’s back yard for music and fun on Thursday, July 15, at 10:30 a.m.

What inexpensive sport gets you outdoors, is easy to learn, and can be played by all ages? Hint: one of these is involved…

Of course, it’s Disc Golf, featured at our next Summer Reading event!

Did you know that Flathead Valley boasts 4 Disc Golf courses and a nonprofit organization dedicated to growing the sport? Disc Golf is a great family sport for all the reasons listed above, and the whole family can try it when Flathead Valley Disc Golf comes to the library for a clinic on Thursday, July 1st. We’ll start at 10:30 to beat the heat.