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The Livingston Depot Center is proud to announce the return of Winter Makers Market on Saturday, February 28th from 9 am to 4 pm. The Winter Makers Market showcases local and regional artists, artisans, and makers inside the Livingston Depot atrium for one day during the cooler months of winter.

Tipping the scales at over 94,000 transactions, library users at the Livingston-Park County Public Library and the Bookmobile checked out more items in 2025 than in any year since 2004. “The Library’s annual circulation has been steadily increasing since 2016, with the exception of 2020, when we were

January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Abuse Support & Prevention Education Network (ASPEN) presents its first Lunch & Learn of 2026 about trafficking and prevention on Tuesday, January 27th.  Survivor Advocate Cassandra Hammond will share her story that began at age 19 in Montana. Penny Ronning, Co-founder and President of

Montana Ballet Company (MBC) continues its 2025-26 season with the romantic, classic story ballet, Sleeping Beauty, in collaboration with the Bozeman Symphony conducted by Norman Huynh, at the Willson Auditorium on March 7th and 8th. Sleeping Beauty represented the first collaboration of the French ballet master Marius Petipa and Pyotr

Elk River Arts & Lectures presents an evening with National Book Award-winning author Colum McCann, author of Twist and Let the Great World Spin. The event takes place on Friday, January 23rd at the Livingston Elks Lodge, located at 130 S. 2nd Street. Doors open at 6:30 pm, and

The Friends of the Library will hold their annual meeting at the City-County Public Library on Monday, January 19th at 7 pm.  There will be a short, 30-minute period for refreshments prior to the meeting, and everyone is welcome to attend. Following a short business meeting to outline 2026 activities

Middle school students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade from public, private, charter, and home schools across Montana are invited to apply for the 2026 National Civics Bee, a nonpartisan competition created and organized by the United States Chamber of Commerce Foundation. The Mansfield Center at the University of Montana

Billings—Girl Scouts of Montana and Wyoming will kick off their 2026 Girl Scout Cookie season on January 30th, a time when girl scouts everywhere hone their entrepreneurial skills as they find new and inventive ways to sell cookies, unboxing brighter futures for themselves. With the much anticipated cookie season