Around Town: May 20-22, 2022
Friday, may 19:
9:00AM-10:15AM Family Fun Time at Mismo Gym
2430 Benton Ave
This is a one-hour open gym time for kids walking to 12 years of age. You and your child will get to explore our facility in a supervised atmosphere. Come play in our gym, which features foam pits, trampolines, obstacle courses and so much more.
Preregistration on our website is necessary to participate each day.
9:30AM Stroller Strides at Tool Park
Stroller Strides® is a functional, total-body conditioning workout designed for moms with kids in tow. Each 60-minute workout is comprised of strength training, cardio and core restoration, all while entertaining little ones with songs, activities and fun! Each Stroller Strides instructor is skilled to meet you where you are mentally and physically. You’ll leave class feeling connected, successful and energized! No more mama guilt! This class is all about self care in a supportive and encouraging environment.
10:30AM Preschool Playtime at Roots Acro Sports
216 Commerce St
Preschool Playtime is a favorite for kids and parents alike. For playtime, our gym becomes your playground. We set up fun stations and activities throughout the gym. Parents and children choose the activities that interest them most, including obstacle courses, pit games, trampoline time, swinging, sliding, and climbing. Every time you come it's a new fitness adventure.
10:00AM Empower Place Open Play
1720 Wyoming St
Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 10am - 1pm
Tuesday, Thursday: 10am - 6pm
*after school meals are served after 3pm on Tue/Thurs*
We are a hands-on learning center located at Missoula Food Bank & Community Center dedicated to nourishing the bodies and minds of local children and families. One part community center, one part science museum, one part food hub, and one part library, there is something for every learner at EmPower Place! Rich with science exhibits from spectrUM, literacy and STEM programming, and books from the Missoula Public Library for children, young adults, and parents, EmPower Place offers enriching experiences free of charge to all Missoula families.
10:30AM Tiny Tales and Story Time at the Public Library
455 E Main St
Tiny Tales uses sounds, rhythms, and movement to help your child learn to read! Participants will sing songs, learn finger-plays and nursery rhymes, and hear stories. Tiny Tales will be recorded and posted online at a later date on the library’s official website and YouTube channel. Tiny Tales is presented by various Youth Services staff every Thursday and Friday at 10:30 AM in the Level Two Imaginarium.
4:00PM Bacon & Brews Festival
Caras Park 1 Caras Drive
Live music from the Tom Cats and 406 sponsored by Liberty Safes. Raffles prizes for an acoustic guitar from Morgenroth Music, tickets to see 311 in concert, Daily’s bacon and tickets to see Kenny Chesney live in concert (proceeds going to Youth Homes). T-shirts designed by The Shirt Shop. Daily’s Premium Meats is the official “Bacon Sponsor.” Great eats from Cruz Tacos, Up N Smoke BBQ, Candee’s Kitchen & Sonora Shack. Thanks to the V.F.W. Vendors: Jerri Barta Lambros Real Estate, Buff City Soaps & Lard Butt 1K will be there!
4:30PM Check out Virtual Reality at the Library!
455 E Main St Missoula Public Library
If you are curious about Virtual Reality and want to see what it is like for free you can drop-into MCAT and experience it for yourself! Monday drop-ins welcome at The Missoula Public Library, southeast corner, Level One. This opportunity is offered every Monday through the monthy of June.
Saturday, may 21:
8:00AM Annual Bike for Shelter for Watson’s Children’s Shelter
Community Medical Center
Grab your friends and family for a fun-filled day of Bike for Shelter festivities! Take your bike for a spin around the 2-mile fun loop, sign-up for the 10-mile bike route, or the BRAND NEW 20-mile extended route with a pitstop at Traveler’s Rest State Park. Afterward attendees enjoy a BBQ lunch with music, games, a rock wall, snow cones, cotton candy, and much more!
This FREE family-friendly event helps support Watson Children’s Shelter’s vision – for all children to live healthy, happy, and productive lives. Registration is now open! Sign up to ride or volunteer! Go to www.watsonchildrensshelter.org Unable to participate? Consider making an online contribution on our website to help children and families in crisis.
8:00AM Farmer’s Markets in Missoula
Caras Park and North End of Higgins by the Xs
Missoula Farmer’s Market: Missoula's original farmers' market. A gathering of food and friends since 1972. Local and loving it in downtown Missoula. Located at the north end of Higgins Avenue (by the XXXXs)-- and online! Welcome to our marketplace of locally grown and produced food. Saturdays May-September 8am-12:30pm, October 9am-12:30pm; Tuesdays June-September 5-7pm
Clark Fork River Market: The Clark Fork River Market provides a scenic setting for buying locally-grown fruits and vegetables, meat, fish, honey and plant starts from area farmers and ranchers. A variety of products such as fresh baked bread, pastries, kombucha, ferments, jam, wool goods, nursery plants, flowers, and other wares are available as well!
9:00AM-10:15AM Family Fun Time at Mismo Gym
2430 Benton Ave
This is a one-hour open gym time for kids walking to 12 years of age. You and your child will get to explore our facility in a supervised atmosphere. Come play in our gym, which features foam pits, trampolines, obstacle courses and so much more.
Preregistration on our website is necessary to participate each day.
10:00AM Families First 500
RACE YOUR WAY TO FUN IN OUR SPARTAN RACE MEETS AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR MEETS DERBY--FAMILIES FIRST 500!
Mark your calendars for May 21st! Get ready for Missoula's FIRST ever Families First 500 adventure race at Ogren Park presented by Karl Tyler Chevrolet. For kids of all ages - grab your best teammate and get ready to race your way through 7 adventures. From tire flipping, to trivia, to racing your custom wearable race car around the final Karl Tyler race lap; this family-friendly adventure race is not to be missed!
Event will include live music from Shodown, concessions, and a chance for kids to create and race their very own derby cars. This event will be fun for the whole family! Register for this event on our website and to check out more information!
📸 Credit: VSAP
10:30AM Story Time at the Missoula Public Library
455 E Main St
Story Time is for children ages 3 and older and their caregivers. Join us on Fridays and Saturdays at 10:30 AM for stories and fun in the Art Box on level two. Story Time will be recorded and posted online at a later date on the library’s official website and YouTube channel.
12:30 Teen Open Studio at Missoula Art Museum
335 N Pattee St
Saturdays from February 12 through June 4 // 12:30 to 3 PM // FREE
The classroom at MAM is stocked with materials for middle and high school students to use for completing art assignments from school or simply to create projects of their own. A MAM staff member and college intern will be on site for each session. No RSVP required—drop in when you can! Limited to 12 students and COVID protocols are in place.
1:00PM Stop Animation for Kids with MCAT
455 E Main St
Stop Animation Workshop is suitable for kids around the ages of 9 to 13. Kids will work with cameras, animation software and green screen special effects. This activity is great for kids who want the choice of working on their own, or in groups to do live action skits, music and voice-overs. The free workshop goes from 1pm to 3pm. This event is every Saturday at 1pm through June 25, 2022.
1:00PM Saturday Kids Activities: Endangered Species Day
Montanan Natural History Center
Every year on the third Friday in May, thousands of people around the world participate in Endangered Species Day by celebrating, learning about, and taking action to protect threatened and endangered species. This global day of action and celebration was created and founded by David Robinson and the Endangered Species Coalition in 2006, and has continued ever since. Join our celebration on Saturday, May 21, to get creative and learn more about endangered species!
3:00PM D&D Guild for Teens
455 E Main St
Are you stuck at home, yearning to satisfy your appetite for adventure? Great news, our Teen D&D Guild is meeting online! MPL offers Dungeons & Dragons for teens aged 12-17. Beginners are welcome! Limited to 8 participants per session. Teen games will be held every other Saturday from 3-5 PM on Zoom. These games are ongoing. If you’re interested in joining, please contact us at bdoyle@missoula.lib.mt.us and we can help you get started!
Sunday, may 22:
11:00AM Tutu Trot
Silver Park
The Boys and Girls Club of Missoula County, along with its fantastic sponsors, are proud to host our Fourth Annual Tutu Trot! Registration is going on now! Register today and run your 2.2 mile fun run (in a tutu, of course) in person with us on Sunday, May 22nd from 11AM - 1PM or anytime virtually from May 16 - May 31th! Your running still celebrates the 22,000 youth we have in Missoula County and all funds raised will go directly to our Back A Kid Scholarship Fund