Things to Do

Jane Austen Games & Social Club, Inaugural Gathering

Adults Only Group: Join us for the inaugural gathering of the new “Jane Austen Games & Social Club” Meetup.com Group. On July 18th, the anniversary of Jane Austen’s passing, we’ll […]

Helena Reads Poetry!

Join the Lewis & Clark Library Foundation on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, 6:30 pm at Lewis & Clark Library to celebrate National Poetry Month with ten Helenans who have accepted […]

Ambrose Memorial Lecture with Poet Corrie Williamson

“Revery Will Do: Imagination and Conservation on Montana’s Great Plains” is the title of a lecture that Corrie Williamson will give at Lewis & Clark Library on December 3, 2025. […]

Mining Irish-American Lives

Historian Alan Noonan will speak on the lives of Irish immigrants and the communities they formed in the American West. Drawing upon a diverse array of sources, including songs, poems, […]

A Woman, Awakening: Mary MacLane in Butte, America

Mary MacLane had a complex relationship with Butte, the city that both formed and frustrated her as a writer. Her first confessional memoir, originally titled “I Await the Devil’s Coming,” […]

HYP Coffee Mingle and Book Swap

Join HYP for coffee and conversation at Hub Coffee! Bring a book (or two, or three), grab a coffee, and swap your book with another Helena young professional. Low key […]

Best-selling author of Maid, Stephanie Land

Get ready for an eye-opening event featuring Stephanie Land and her brand-new book: Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger and Higher Education. Join Montana Book Company for a candid conversation […]

Author Betsy Gaines Quammen at Montana Book Co.

Join Montana Book Company in a conversation with Historian & Writer Betsy Gaines Quammen, author of American Zion & True West. Gaines Quammen collects stories to make sense of a […]

Malkah's Notebook Discussion and Signing

MJP is excited to partner with Montana Book Company to present this book discussion and signing with author Mira Z. Amiras. About the book: Malkah is a child when her […]

Big Read Kick Off

Come hear the Magpie Drummers & Singers, meet photographer Lea Frye, have some cake and ice cream, and get a free book! Along with the evening’s festivities is an artist […]