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Weekly Program Bulletin

January 23, 2023

Learning from Peer Communities:

Housing Lessons and Opportunities with

Jackson, Wyoming’s Housing Director April Norton

In many respects, the Jackson Hole area is a peer community and as such has similar struggles. April will describe these struggles and successes, what makes resort communities’ housing challenges unique, and what solutions and tools work well there. April Norton will be joined by Mary Wilson, Co-Founder and Director of the Wood River Community Housing Trust (WRCHT).

Tuesday, January 24

6:00 p.m. | Lecture Hall

Register here.

Watch on Vimeo here.

• Story Time: Groundhog Day
• "Let's Build" LEGOS for Kids
• Spanish Lunchtime Language
• English Language Learning
• Lunchtime Creative Writing Workshop
• Winter Read Book Group
• Tech Help Desk
• Brown Bag Poetry
• Winter Read Kickoff and Exhibition Opening "La Catrinas: A Celebration of Mexican Culture"

See our full calendar of events here.

Read more here.

Winter Read Line-up!

• February 1: Winter Read Book Group begins (week 1 of 4)
• February 2: Winter Read Kickoff with free books, food, and fun, plus Exhibit opening: “La Catrinas: A Celebration of Mexican Culture”
• February 10: Chicano literature and culture with Dr. Dora Ramírez, BSU
• February 13: A Storyteller’s Guide to Changing the World with Tai Simpson
• February 16: Creating an Inclusive Outdoors with Olivia Juarez, Green Latinos
• March 2: Warrior Women: Film Screening and Filmmaker Q&A
• March 9: Keynote with author Kali Fajardo-Anstine
• Book Discussions at valley libraries February 9, 21, 23, and 28
• And more!

The Prairie Trilogy by Willa Cather

We invite you to delve into three books by Willa Cather that are loosely grouped together as the Prairie Trilogy: O Pioneers! (1913), The Song of the Lark (1915), and My Antonia (1918). 

To join the Audacious Read, and to get the full reading schedule and Zoom link, please email Jenny Emery Davidson here.

This group will convene via Zoom the first Tuesday of each month beginning Tuesday, February 7. For the first meeting, participants are encouraged to read just the first five pages or so of O Pioneers!

February 7-November 7

The first Tuesday of each month

4:00-5:00 p.m. | Zoom

More here.

Nutrient Cycles in Macroinvertebrates with Pat Edwards



One way to determine the health of an ecosystem is to look at the living creatures that live within it! Patrick's presentation will be followed by a short review of the Wood River Land Trust’s brand new macroinvertebrate sampling program. This is the perfect opportunity for science loving kids and adults to dive into some of discipline behind better understanding our home river. 

Watch the replay here.

"…no matter how hard life gets, you must get back on that horse and face the challenges that life gives you."

Daniel Velasco, Gold Mine Processing Associate, recommends the film Pure Grit, directed by Kim Bartly. 

Filmed over three years, Pure Grit explores the life of Sharmaine Weed, a ten-time Native American bareback horse racing champion living with her girlfriend, mother, two brothers, and paralyzed sister.



Filming took place in the Wind River reservation and in Denver, Colorado, where she and her girlfriend moved to start a life together. She never refused to let go of her dream of owning her own horse by taking jobs to raise money to buy one. She continued to become a champion in the dangerous sport that injured her brother and paralyzed her sister. . .



Read Daniel's book review here.

Find more staff book recommendations here.

Hello! My name is Thijs. I enjoy reading (maybe a little too much) and being outdoors. I have a younger brother and my favorite dessert is root beer floats. For my Book Beat review, I read Waste of Space by Stuart Gibbs.

Waste of Space is by far my favorite of the moon base alpha stories by Stuart Gibbs. It is a page turner from beginning to end.

I first want to comment on the author. Stuart Gibbs is one of the most gifted writers there has ever been. I know that is a really big opinion. But for me at least it’s true. He has done a fantastic job with every book of his I’ve read.

You can check out this wonderful book Waste of Space. Before you get this great book, you must read Space Case and Spaced Out...

Read Thijs's Book Beat Review here.

See all Book Beat Reviews here.

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