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Programming for Adults

Friday Night Fun Winter/Spring 2026!  

  1. 1 Cardboard Box Building Night!
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February:

Feb. 13th: Movie Night: How to Train Your Dragon (PG, 2025): 5:30-7:30 pm.  Live action! Relax, watch the movie, and color!

 Feb. 20th: Twilight Appreciation Night! (2009, PG-13): 5:30 pm. Watch the movie Twilight: New Moon with us while enjoying themed treats and a trivia contest! Stay the whole movie and enter a drawing for a Twilight themed prize!

 Feb. 27th: Cardboard Box Fort Building Night!: 6:00-7:00 pm. Box fort builders! We’ll provide the boxes, you provide the imagination. Let’s fill the Community Room with your fabulous creations!

All programs will take place in the Community Room unless otherwise noted. 

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The Montana Library Network Virtual Programming series is a program from the Montana State Library and the Montana Library Network that seeks to provide quality virtual programming to all Montanans. This years' programs run from September to May and include a wide range of topics. These programs can be viewed at home with the Zoom link on the calendar listing. For a complete list of this year's programs, please click HERE.

An Evening with Tracy McIntyre, Administrator of the Montana Council of Cooperatives: Thursday, February 26, 2026, 6:30 pm. Join us for an informational presentation about cooperatives and what they do. (online only)

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Billings Community Seed Library Annual Seed Swap

Saturday, March 7th, 11-1:30pm in the Community Room

Join the Billings Community Seed Library for a seed swap social in the Community Room on Saturday, March 7th , from 11:30am-1:30pm.  Come peruse the assortment of donated fruit, veggie, and flower seeds and visit with local community groups who offer fun gardening educational and volunteer opportunities. 

Spin in Public

Spin Together with the Prairie Handspinners

Saturday, February 21st, noon-4pm, under the Oculus

February 21st is the first day of the 2026 Spin Together competition, an annual competition where teams of handspinners compete against other teams to transform fiber into as much yarn as they can in a week! Stop by the Oculus from 12:00-4:00pm to see our local guild team, the Prairie Handspinners, kick off their week of speed spinning. This is a great time to see a traditional skill in action or ask about how to get started spinning if you've ever been interested - don't miss it!

Saturday, February 28th, 10am-2pm, under the Oculus

February 28th is the last day of the 2026 Spin Together competition, stop by the Oculus from 10am-2pm to cheer our local guild team over the finish line and see how many miles of yarn they spun! 

Board Games

Board Games Join the BPL Collection!

It’s official!  We’ve cut the ribbon, and our board game collection is now available!  You can stop by the library — no library card required — and borrow a board game to take home and try. It’s a fun way to discover something new for your next game night. The collection is located on the second floor opposite our puzzle collection. Have games you’re no longer using? We accept donations at the Second Floor Help Desk and would love to add them to the collection!

Film Pass

BPL Film Pass


Discover a new way to experience movies, foster a love for cinema, and enjoy a fun-filled outing—all made possible with your library card!  Don’t have a library card yet? No problem! Visit the Billings Public Library today to sign up.  

  • Registration and library card number are required to reserve a pass.   
  • Each library cardholder is eligible for one pass.
  • Passes can ONLY be used for general admission to regular film screenings at the Art House Billings.
  • Passes cannot be used for special events or screenings. 
  • Passes can be picked up at the 2nd floor help desk at the Billings Public Library with your library card
  • Unclaimed passes expire on the last day of each month

CLICK HERE to register or for more information about the February 2026 Film Pass.

**Please Note: For February, sign up begins on Sunday, February 1. Passes can be picked up beginning Monday, February 2. 

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BPL Library Con Returns!  

Save the Date: May 16th, 2026, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm


Join us for a fun-filled day of special guests, vendors, and activities as we celebrate "A Hero's Journey" in 2026.  Our Library Con Event page will be updated as plans develop. 

Classes & Groups

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2nd & 4th Tuesdays of the Month at 6:00 pm, Large Conference Room


BPL is the place to come and write alongside others and share your ideas!  Bring your favorite writing tools (laptop, tablet, or notebook & pen) and join us for informal, bi-weekly meetings.  We will combine writing sessions with sharing our work.  Get to know fellow local writers and practice your writing craft in a supportive environment. 

This group is led by BPL volunteer Mary B, who spent five years living and working in Spain before returning to the US to teach. Aside from writing, she loves reading,  swimming, and doing Zumba. 

Upcoming meetings: February 10th and 24th. 

Tai Chi

Tai Chi for Everyone

Qigong and Tai Chi Open Practice on Thursday evenings in February at 5:30pm in the Community Room  

Qigong and Tai Chi are very similar "internal arts" that confer an astonishing raft of health benefits.  Slow-moving and graceful. Balance. Strength. Coordination. Digestion. Circulation. Concentration. Bones. Feeling of well-being. Peaceful, calm mind.  It's not only health-giving, it's enjoyable.

Book Groups & Reading Challenges

One Book Billings

One Book Billings

One Book Billings hosts bi-monthly book groups and author talks throughout Billings!  

Our next book will be Holding Fire by Bryce Andrews in March.  Books and signups will be available the first week of February.  Sign up for a discussion group, then stop by the 2nd floor Help Desk to pick up your copy of the book.  For links to the group sign up pages and a full list of this season's titles, click here. 

March 14th: Bryce Andrews Visits! (1:00 pm, Community Room). Hear from award-winning author Bryce Andrews, who discusses his work, Holding Fire. “A memoir of inheritance, history, and one gun’s role in the violence that shaped the American West—and an impassioned call to forge a new way forward.”

Turning Page Book Group

Turning Page Book Discussion Group

Wednesday, February 25th, 6:30 pm

Yellowstone Board Room

The Turning Page selects titles from the Library's Book Club Kits. At our upcoming meeting we will discuss River People by Margaret Lukas. Please email us for more information.

See more information about books we've read in the past, here. 


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Books and Brews Book Club

Tuesday, February 17th, 12:30 - 1:30 pm

Join us for Books & Brews Book Club! We're excited to partner with This House of Books to read The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides. Mention Books & Brews or type “Books & Brews Book Club” in the online order comment to receive 20% off the book at This House of Books! We will meet at Rockets- join us for a great discussion and great food!

Books & Brews is a traveling book club; each month we meet at a different downtown Billings location.

Spring Fling Reading Challenge


COMING SOON!  The Spring Fling Reading Challenge.

Just in time for warmer weather, we invite you to join us for a month of reading, and activities. You'll complete a set of challenges and tell us about them through our online reading software to earn badges and maybe a prize!

 The Spring Fling will open on March 1st.