Butte-Silver Bow Public Library

09/03/2026

Hello Mai Wah Supporters –

We could really use your help if you live in the Butte area. On Sunday, September 13, we’re having a “Volunteer Day” at the museum. We’re asking for volunteers to help us clean up storage areas and set up new displays. The event will run from 1-3pm.

If you can join us, please RSVP to [email protected], as that will help with our planning. Thanks in advance!

09/02/2026

WEDNESDAY: SEPTEMBER 16, 2026

6:00 – 7:00pm

CELTIC, FOLK & WORLD MUSIC CONCERT with Four Shillings Short

BUTTE-SILVER BOW PUBLIC LIBRARY

226 W. Broadway St.

Butte, MT 59701

(406) 792-1080

https://www.buttepubliclibrary.info

Free Family Concert

ABOUT FOUR SHILLINGS SHORT https://www.4shillingsshort.com

Four Shillings Short are the husband/wife duo of Aodh Og O’Tuama from Cork, Ireland and Christy Martin from California. They perform Traditional and Original music from the Celtic lands, Medieval & Renaissance Europe, India and the Americas on a fantastic array of instruments including: Hammered & Mountain Dulcimer, Mandolin, Mandola, Bouzouki, Recorders, Tinwhistles, Medieval and Renaissance Woodwinds, North Indian Sitar, Charango, Bowed Psaltery, Banjo, Native American Flutes, Bodhran, Guitar, Ukulele, Doumbek & Darbuka, Spoons, vocals and even a Krumhorn.



“The finest Music transports, teaches, entertains and conveys the Magic around us....

Four Shillings Short has it all.” (Mary Lou Philbin-Clarke/Ossian USA, Concord, NH 2019)



“Four Shillings Short are indescribable in how they infuse their audiences with a delightful blend of music,

culture and storytelling. The afterglow from one of their shows will last days.”

(John Busbee/The Culture Buzz, Des Moines, IA 2019)

09/02/2026

SEPTEMBER IS LIBRARY CARD SIGN-UP MONTH!

Ready to discover everything your library has to offer? September is the perfect time to get your library card—or make sure yours is up to date!

WIN A PRIZE EVERY WEEK!
Everyone who signs up for a library card during September will be entered into our weekly prize drawings.

GRAND PRIZE DRAWING!
At the end of the month, we’ll draw for an extra-special Grand Prize!

A library card opens the door to books, movies, digital resources, programs, technology, and so much more—all at your Butte-Silver Bow Public Library.

September 1–30
Butte-Silver Bow Public Library

Get your card. Check out an adventure. Enter to win!

09/02/2026

One week away!

Have you ever wanted to learn a new craft but weren’t sure how to get started? Join us this fall at the Butte-Silver Bow Public Library as we introduce Crafternoons to our creative club lineup.
Classes will be held the second Wednesday of every month from 1:00 to 3:00 in the 3rd floor kitchen. Crafternoons will teach various crafting skills to adults, focusing on papercrafts, textile crafts, and more throughout the year.
Fall classes will focus on book- and paper-related crafts building on collage, decoupage, and bookmaking skills. The first Crafternoons class will be held Wednesday, September 9, at 1:00 at Library, in the third-floor kitchen. Participants will learn basic collage techniques and create their own collage art. All materials will be provided, including paper, glue, and scissors, although crafters may bring their own magazines, stamps, or ephemera to share.
For more information, please call the library at 406-792-1080.

09/01/2026

We are looking for a few more teens to participate in BSBPL's Annual Banned Book Speakeasy. Interested? Contact Christine Call @ [email protected] or 406-792-1080.
Orphan Girl Children's Theatre Covellite Theatre and Uptown Lounge
Butte Halloween Butte Pride Foundation

09/01/2026

08/31/2026

Protect Your Mobile Devices

Butte Public Library invites the community to a free workshop focused on simple, practical ways to protect mobile devices, personal information, and online accounts.

The workshop will explore how cloud services work, the risks of weak or reused passwords, and why seemingly harmless information shared online can sometimes reveal more than we realize. Participants will also learn practical habits for protecting their privacy and making their phones and online accounts more secure.

No advanced technical knowledge is required. The workshop is designed for everyday technology users who want to better understand their digital security and learn simple steps they can put into practice right away.

The workshop will take place on September 1, 2026, at 11:00 AM in the Frank Little Room, 3rd Floor, at Butte Public Library, 226 W Broadway St., Butte.

08/31/2026

Coming up on Friday! MT author Liza Nicholas will discuss her latest book: Bloodlines!

Bloodlines: A Story of Horses, Family, and Obsession is a love story―of a mother’s love for her husband and a father’s love for horses. Combining memoir and social history with a journey into the world of horses, Liza J. Nicholas reveals how a parent’s passions can determine the destiny of an entire family.

In the darkest days of the Depression, and still in high school, Nicholas’s father, Chuck, escaped his fate on a failing Iowa farm and joined a local horse trainer on the nationwide county fair circuit. From the moment he fell in with the strutting strangers who passed through town at fair time, his life trajectory was set. He was ensorcelled by the thoroughbred, the most royal of equines. And even as he and his wife had children of their own, the menagerie of grooms, jockeys, trainers, and gamblers who made up the world of horse racing became his true family.

Set in western Montana, the Nebraska Sandhills, rural Iowa, and beyond, Bloodlines tells the story of how one man’s passions ripple through generations. It is the story of a family who followed their father across the country in search of the fastest horse, the best deal, the promise of a payday.