Between the Stacks

What a beautiful fall we are having! To celebrate this great time of the year Hal Stearns, historian, storyteller, and guide will be presenting his program "Montana Towns: Then, Now, Tomorrow" at the Library at 6:30 p.m. on October 24th. According to the Montana Conversations webpage, the following is a description of the program:

A state of extremes with high mountains, great plains, half the population in five communities and ten others with another one-third of our residents. What about the other towns: 134 incorporated and all small. After the big ones, these latter ones are often unique, often overlooked, yet personify so much of the Big Sky. So...why did these small towns come to be: gold, coal and oil, timber, cows and sheep, early trails, roads and rails? But time brings change. Why do some smaller towns hang in, others drift away, some invent new roles and others reinvent. Should we care? A discussion is well our worth our understanding the small places that are a big part of the Montana story.

An educator for 34 years, today Hal is an instructor for the University of Montana's Lifelong Learning Institute and Humanities Montana. He has a particularly fond interest in sharing his passion for Montana and the West and education with community members, students, teachers and administrators. He has led tours coast to coast and lectured in over 40 states, Germany, England, Japan, Korea and Brazil.

Funding for the Montana Conversations program is provided by Humanities Montana through grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Montana's Cultural Trust, and private donations.

Mystery Book Club will be meeting on October 23 at 4:00 p.m. Bring your favorite or current mystery read to share with the group. The History Book Club will be meeting on October 29th at 6:30 p.m. They are sharing their favorite historical novel this month so everyone should have a list of good things to read!

There will be no Solid Finances webinar this Wednesday at noon as the program is taking a break for this week. Next week will be "The Psychology of Money". Bring your lunch and come join us at noon to continue this great series!