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Weekly Program Bulletin

January 9, 2023

In the Spotlight

Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass


UN Ambassador, Educator, and Consultant Dr. Letitia Chambers will present a program discussing glass art created by American Indian artists. Chambers also gives context to the Library's stunning foyer exhibit: Chihuly Blanket Cylinders, which ends January 21.


Monday, January 9 | 5:00 p.m.

Register here.

Watch on Vimeo here.

Eleutheria with Allegra Hyde


Writer-in-Residence at the Hemingway House, Allegra Hyde, will discuss

her 2022 novel Eleutheria, a story of idealism, activism, and systemic corruption, centered on a naïve young woman's quest for agency in a

world ravaged by climate change. The novel was recently named

one of the best books of the year by The New Yorker.


Thursday, January 12 | 6:00 p.m.

Register here.

Watch on Vimeo here.

This Week at The Library

Story Time: Peace


Monday, January 9

10:30 a.m.

Children's Library

Monthly: Spreadsheet

(Nerds) User Group



Tuesday, January 10

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Learning Commons

English Language Learning



Tuesday, January 10

6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

The Idaho Room

Genealogy Workshop



Wednesday, January 11

3:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Learning Commons

Tech Help Desk-New Time!



Wednesday, January 11

6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Learning Commons

Brown Bag Poetry



Thursday, January 12

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Learning Commons

Nature Journaling

with Leslie Rego



Thursday, January 12

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Idaho Room

Next Week at The Library

  • Library CLOSED Monday, January 16 in observance of MLK Jr. Day
  • Spanish Lunchtime Language
  • English Language Learning
  • Lunchtime Creative Writing Workshop
  • Paint Club for Tweens and Teens
  • Tech Help Desk
  • Brown Bag Poetry
  • Sewing Club: Fleece Hats
  • Nature Journaling with Leslie Rego
  • Nutrient Cycles in Macroinvertebrates with Pat Edwards

See our full calendar

of events here.

Coming Soon: Winter Read Kickoff!


Each winter, we read a story together. The 2023 Winter Read is Sabrina & Corina, a collection of short stories that explore the contemporary American West and Mexican and indigenous ancestries. The program kicks off February 2 with the opening of the exhibit “Las Catrinas: A Celebration of Mexican Culture.”


Over the next five weeks, we’ll have speakers, discussions, films, and activities related to the book. On March 9, author Kali Fajardo-Anstine will give the keynote. Books are available for checkout now in English and Spanish, print, e-book, and e-audiobook.


Read more here.

In Case You Missed It!

Upbeat with Alasdair



"The Rite of Spring": 110 Years Old and Still Breaking the Rules


It’s hard to imagine a piece of classical music causing a riot, but that’s the word often applied to the audience’s reaction when Igor Stravinsky’s ballet "The Rite of Spring" debuted in 1913 in Paris. Maestro Alasdair Neale described not just the innovation, but the beauty of "Rite of Spring," which the Festival will present during its 2023 Summer Season.



Watch the replay here.

Book Review: Library Staff

"There is a click clackety and a back and forth-ness to the poems. A joy in reading and reciting. Together, these poems for two voices make a joyful noise."

Children’s and Young Adult Library Director, Deann Campbell, recommends Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman.


Before reading Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman, I had enjoyed poetry—loved it even. But I had mostly read poetry. This is not a collection to be read, it is a collection to be performed... with someone else. After all, these are poems for two voices.  


The first poem of the collection may have given me goosebumps. Mostly, I remember how clever it was: Grasshoppers hopping, hatching out, into spring, hopping, leapfrogging, longjumping grasshoppers.


Plus, there was the back and forth of the readers voices and rhythm and cadence that I’d never heard with poetry...



Read DeAnn's book review here.

Find more staff book recommendations here.

Book Beat: Student Book Review

Hello! My name is Sarah. I am fourteen years old and an avid reader; it is one of my favorite things to do. Inspired by authors’ creations of magnificent places and surprising havens built by simple letters, I aspire to be an author and, meanwhile, nurture the love to write. For my Book Beat review, I read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid.


Legendary actress Evelyn Hugo is famous for many things: her movie stardom, her sensual, natural beauty, and most notably, her seven husbands. From Don to Rex to Harry, her reasons for marriage and divorce are widely speculated but never confirmed, as seems to be the actress’s MO: enough to tempt, never enough to satisfy...


Read Sarah's Book Beat Review here.

See all Book Beat Reviews here.

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