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No, not some brown bag, read-with-a-kid program. Nor is it one of those educational "lunch 'n learn" things that seem popular. There is an actual cafe inside Billings Public Library.

Things are beginning to return to normal at Billings Public Library with a slate of fun events for all ages scheduled in May.

During the shutdown last spring, a nightly tradition started around the Magic City, when residents would head outside at 8pm to howl in support of our healthcare workers.

Billings Public Library is promoting a fantastic idea called Send Our Seniors Mail. We're now five months into COVID-19 and one of the demographics that have been most impacted has been our elderly residents in nursing homes.

More opening dates have been revealed for some of our local businesses and services, with many more expected in the upcoming weeks.

The Gazette reports the Billings Public Library will host Mardell Plainfeather and Seidel Standing Elk this Friday, November 16th as part of their Native American History Month program. Plainfeather and Standing Elk will give presentations on Native American culture, in the library’s community room at 6 p...

Last Best News reports that the new Downtown Strategic Plan will be made public next Tuesday at 8 a.m. in the Royal Johnson Community Room of the Billings Public Library. It’s the product of a year’s worth of work by Billings residents and the consulting firm of Thomas P...

KTVQ reports interviews begin today for Billings administrator, and the selection is set for Friday. The four candidates under consideration include three current city managers: Greg Doyon of Great Falls, Ron Alles of Helena and David Fraser of Boulder City, Nevada...

The Billings Public Library will remain closed on Sundays year-round under a plan announced Monday by Library Director Gavin Woltjer.  The Gazette reports that the library is currently closed Sundays during the summer months, but the move is being made in part because state support for the library is being trimmed by $55,000 per year for each of the next two years...

Billings Public Library will host a series of programs on Irish genealogy, in conjunction with the exhibit, “Erin’s Exiled Children: The Irish of America and the Making of Modern Ireland,” in August.  Entitled “An Introduction to Irish Genealogy Online,” it is presented by PJ Smith of the Yellowstone Genealogy Forum, and will take place at 6:30 p...