Professional artist Carol Mattox will provide instruction and support. Tuesdays in January will focus on knitting. Tuesdays in February will focus on crocheting. Tuesdays in March will focus on both.

There is no charge. Bring your own supplies.

Soup and Bingo for a Cause! Saturday, January 24, Noon to 3 pm. Eat, Play, Win and give back. Choice of soup, a roll, and 1 bingo card $5/person. Extra cards $2 each.  Prizes every round with a special final round. Multiple prizes each round. Desserts and other food for sale. The whole family is invited for a fun afternoon. Featured soups are Chili, Tortellini, and Broccoli Cheddar. All proceeds benefit the Mountain Brook Homestead Foundation.

Join other community members who are working on oil, watercolor, or other painting projects. Session is free and open to all. Bring lunch if desired.

Professional artist Carol Mattox will provide instruction and support. Tuesdays in January will focus on knitting. Tuesdays in February will focus on crocheting. Tuesday in March will focus on both.

There is no charge. Bring your own supplies.

Join other community members who are working on oil, watercolor, or other painting projects. Session is free and open to all. Bring lunch if desired.

Professional artist Carol Mattox will provide instruction and support. Tuesdays in January will focus on knitting. Tuesdays in February will focus on crocheting. Tuesdays in March will focus on both.

There is no charge. Bring your own supplies.

Make gifts for friends and family!

15+ gifts & ornaments for school aged children to make! Bring a sack lunch and outdoor clothes for lunch recess.

Cost is $7.00 per child.

 For more information call 314-8232. Adult helpers are always needed and welcome!

PLEASE FILL OUT THE REGISTRATION FORM FOR YOUR CHILD OR CHILDREN.

Meet at the Mountain Brook Community Center and drive together to Melody Pieri’s’s house on Rolling Ridge Drive. Cost is $60 per person for this premier wreath-making experience with an amazing variety of greens and trims—everything you need to create your one-of-a-kind wreath! Adorn your wreath with a variety of natural and ornamental touches and within a few hours you will have a beautiful wreath reflective of your unique style and personality. Snacks and hot cider will be provided. Class size limited to 10, so get your Fa-La-La on, grab your friends, and register soon for this enjoyable evening.  Class will be led by Melody Pieri, who has wreath making parties with friends just to share the fun! 

Pre-registration required. Class size limited to 10.

Professional artist Carol Mattox will provide instruction and support. Tuesdays in November will focus on knitting, culminating in knitting a pair of fingerless gloves.  Bring desired yarn and two identical circular needles of the appropriate size to give the recommended gauge, or if you prefer, 4 double point needles. Wool works nicely for warm gloves.

Professional artist Carol Mattox will provide instruction and support. Tuesdays in November will focus on knitting, culminating in knitting a pair of fingerless gloves.  Bring desired yarn and two identical circular needles of the appropriate size to give the recommended gauge, or if you prefer, 4 double point needles. Wool works nicely for warm gloves.

Professional artist Carol Mattox will provide instruction and support. Tuesdays in September will focus on embroidery. October meetings will focus on basic drawing.  Come enjoy exercising the left side of the brain.

Pre-registration/permission slip required, see below.

$6.00/child (accompanying adults free)

Bring your own pumpkin.  We provide tools, designs, cleanup, dinner of hearty chicken noodle or tortilla soup & spooky quesadillas, and crafts.

For more info call (406) 314-8232 or email mtbookfoundation@gmail.com

Every child who attends MUST have a permission slip on file. Please click on this link to fill out and submit the form PRIOR to the event. Thank you!

Learn to make homemade goat milk soap with Chelsey Luehr. If you missed the last class, here is another chance. Start from scratch and create your own naturally scented and colored cold-process soap, in approximately 2.5 hours. You will come home with a 3 lb block of soap. Keep it for your bath or give it as gifts.  Class cost is $30 and will benefit the Mountain Brook Homestead Foundation. Limited to 10 students.

Spring is the usual time for grafting apples, but a class in March is too late for ordering the root stock and scion wood of your choice. Winter is the best time for collecting or ordering scion wood to graft onto that root stock. Join local orchardist Susan Horner-Till for a class on the decisions you need to make BEFORE you graft: site, growing system, root stock, scion collecting, tools, and supplies. She’ll point you to good sources and videos on technique. You’ll be ready for action in March. Creating the apple tree you want is fun. Your success improves when you get the details right. This class is a fundraiser for the Mountain Brook Homestead Foundation. All donations go to support the Mountain Brook Community Center.

Press your own apples or use some provided. Bring your own containers. Call 406-314-8232 if you have a press you'd be willing to share for the day.

Come for a no-host party to share tastes of our homegrown produce. Please bring at least one labeled plate of something you're excited about from your garden. If you do not have garden produce to share, join us anyway and contribute a plate of other finger foods as a palate cleanser (cheese, homemade bread, etc.) Your label should include the produce variety and your name, but you may also include additional growing information such as seed source or variety description. Plates and utensils will be provided.

You are invited to join us for the Mountain Brook Homestead Foundation Fall Pie Social, Saturday, September 6, 2025 from 4-7 pm at the Community Center. Enjoy a delicious dinner of nachos and pulled pork (by donation), listen to the Swan Range Jammers, visit with your neighbors, and top it all off with a slice of homemade pie. Whole pies will also be available for purchase.

A drawing will be held that evening for the winner of the annual raffle quilt. Tickets will be available for purchase until the time of the drawing.

Montana born and raised Lindalee Voss Cleveland is best known for richly colored landscape, bird, and still-life paintings. She works primarily oil on canvas in a semi-realistic style utilizing Old Master techniques. The vibrant tones of mountains and lakes surrounding her home in the Flathead bring never ending opportunities to express her visions in paintings.

Lindalee’s painting career began after attending Flathead Valley Community College art classes, and she credits the influences of FVCC Professors Susan Guthrie and Charity Flowers, as well as Tonalist Rachel Warner, artists Sunnie LeBlanc and Richie Carter and many painting friends for sharing their knowledge and enthusiasm over the years. 

As she continues the process of learning the history of art and the language and techniques of oil painting, a new chapter in her life has opened where a lifelong dream of creating art has come true.

PLEASE NOTE: This class will be held off-site. Location information will be provided to each student prior to the class.

Download Supply List for Oil Painting with Lindalee Cleveland

Learn to preserve the harvest with this introductory class on making pickles using the water bath canning method. Class will cover basics of food preservation with an emphasis on safe practices. Students will get hands-on experience from start to finish and go home with a quart jar of pickles. All supplies provided. Class limited to seven students.

PLEASE NOTE: This class will be held off-site due to space constraints at the Mountain Brook Community Center. Location information will be provided to each student prior to the class.

Learn to preserve the harvest with this introductory class on making pickles using the water bath canning method. Class will cover basics of food preservation with an emphasis on safe practices. Students will get hands-on experience from start to finish and go home with a quart jar of pickles. All supplies provided. Class limited to seven students.

PLEASE NOTE: This class will be held off-site due to space constraints at the Mountain Brook Community Center. Location information will be provided to each student prior to the class.

Local fiber artist Carol Mattox shares her expansive knowledge of combining fiber painting with unique hand stitched embellishment with thread. 

Cost is $30. Pre-registration is required and class is limited to 15 students. A kit is included with the class fee that will contain everything needed for the class. Bring your enthusiasm, lunch, and a pair of scissors for snipping thread.

The Fourth Annual Community Yard Sale will be held at the Mountain Brook Community Center on Saturday, June 28 from 9 am to 4 pm.

Interested in selling? A 20’ x 20’ space is available for $20. A clearance fee of $20 will be returned upon full clean-up of your booth space.

A limited number of 8' tables are available to rent on a first-reserved basis. The cost is $5 for Foundation members and $10 for non-members.

Interested in buying? Come and spend a few hours shopping and visiting with friends.

Vendors, please download and submit a copy of the Vendor Agreement with your $40 payment mailed to the Mountain Brook Homestead Foundation, 2353 Foothill Rd, Kalispell, MT 59901. You may also pay for a booth online, but the Vendor Agreement still has to be signed and submitted. Don’t wait—spots sold out quickly last year!

Whether you like it fiery hot, nice and mild, or somewhere in between, this hands-on chili making class will show you how to take your recipe to the next level. Learn how to build bold flavors with spices, fresh ingredients, and smart techniques. Bring an apron and get ready to slice, dice, and simmer your way to the perfect bowl of chili. Don’t forget a container—you’ll want to take home your delicious creation! Cost is $25, preregistration is required. Limit 8. 

The Mountain Brook Homestead Foundation is once again proud to present its annual fundraising plant sale. Now in its fifth year, this sale features beautiful vegetable, flower, and herb plants grown by local Mountain Brook gardeners, ready for planting in your own garden. Choose from a wide selection of varieties known to do well in our area, but come early for best selection!

Join your friends and neighbors for an evening of food and fun! The Spring Pie Social will be held at the Community Center on Saturday, May 3, 2025. Enjoy a dinner of homemade chili (by donation) and top it off with a slice of pie created by one of our community pie bakers! Whole pies will also be available for purchase. Listen to music provided by the Swan Range Jammers. The 2025 raffle quilt will be on display and tickets available for purchase. Shake off those winter doldrums and get ready for a summer of fun in Mountain Brook!

Bring your yard tools and some elbow grease and help make the Mountain Brook campus sparkle! We’ll be doing some basic clean-up around the property in preparation for our spring events. All are welcome!

Rummikub, Mexican Train, Farkle . . . What would you like to play on a winter evening?

Open to all!

Learn how to make chicken bone broth from a rotisserie chicken, and then learn how to use this broth to make chicken noodle soup and chicken tortilla soup. This is a hands-on class, so come prepared to do some chopping and measuring. You will go home with three recipes that can be adapted for a variety of diets and tastes. Start with a classic chicken noodle soup and learn how to elevate it to a gourmet soup. The chicken tortilla soup can be adapted to suit the taste of those who prefer a mild soup or for those who prefer a truly spicy soup. Bring an apron and two containers to take some soup home. Cost is $25 per person and pre-registration is required. Limit 8. 

Join Chelsey Luehr for hands-on genealogy research and discovery assistance using online and other resources.  The cost is $10 and attendance is limited to 10 people.