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Weekly Program Bulletin

March 13, 2023

In the Spotlight

Expanding our Community Green Heart as our Valley Changes

by Dr. Jaap Vos, University of Idaho

What happens to a community as it faces the changes that come with growth and change? Dr. Vos will discuss the community discussions that need to happen and how we can preserve the "green hearts" and character of our valley as we navigate the need for more infrastructure to accommodate current and future needs. In partnership with the Wood River Land Trust.

Thursday, March 16

6:00 p.m.

Lecture Hall + Livestream

More/register here.

This Week at The Library

Story Time: Green

Monday, March 13

10:30 - 11:00 a.m.

Tree House

Spanish Lunchtime Language

Tuesday, March 14

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Idaho Room

Last class until April 11

Monthly Spreadsheet User Group

Tuesday, March 14

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Learning Commons

English Language Learning

Tuesday, March 14

6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Idaho Room

Last class until April 4

UPBEAT WITH ALASDAIR

Orchestral Conversations: Meet the Brass

Tuesday, March 14

6:30 p.m.

Lecture Hall + Livestream

Limited seating. Registration through SVMF required.

Virtual Creative

Writing Workshop

Wednesday, March 15

Noon - 1:00 p.m.

Zoom

Paint Club

Wednesday, March 15

3:30 - 4:30 p.m.

Children's Library

More/register here.

Wednesday, March 15

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Lecture Hall

More/register here.

"As I See It"

A One-Woman Performance

by Mary Mott

Mary Mott observes. Reflects. Questions. She writes about things

we don’t usually talk about or consider. But she does. She peels

away the layers revealing a self

that is vulnerable.

Tech Help Desk

Wednesday, March 15

Drop-in: 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Learning Commons

Brown Bag Poetry

Thursday, March 16

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

Learning Commons

Nature Journaling

with Leslie Rego

Thursday, March 16

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Idaho Room

In Case You Missed It

Winter Read Keynote: Sabrina & Corina

with Kali Fajardo-Anstine

The closing of the 2023 Winter Read featured keynote speaker Kali Fajardo-Anstine, author and National Book Award Finalist. Her debut story collection, and this year's community read, Sabrina & Corina: Stories, made waves in the literary community for its honest, provocative look at life in the American West for women of Latina and Indigenous descent.

Watch the Replay Here.

Upcoming Library Highlights

March 21: The Tale of Franz Kaftka's Archives at the National Library of Israel with Dr. Stefan Litt

March 23: The Torqued Man: A Conversation with Writer-in-Residence Peter Mann

March 28: I Know Who You Are: DNA Sleuthing with Barbara Rae Venter

April 5: How to Change Your Mind Discussion Group begins (Wednesdays in April)

April 6: Later Language: Spanish with Sarita begins (Thursdays in April & May)

April 13: Youth Emotional Health in Education Panel with The Space

April 17: How to Overcome Writer's Block Workshop with Writer-In-Residence Margaret Meehan

April 18: Together We Read Book Club: The Big Burn

April 20: Gold Mine Spring Opening

April 20: Navigating Longevity Panel with the Senior Connection

April 27: Learning from Peer Communities: Housing Lessons and Opportunities with Park City, Utah’s Housing Development Manager

May 3: Alzheimer's Association Presentation

May 18: Readers Corner with Bob Kustra

Ongoing Library Programs

Story Time for Toddlers
Spanish Lunchtime Language
Great Decisions Course
Monthly Spreadsheet Users Group
TV Discussion Group: Bad Sisters
English Language Learning
Creative Writing Workshop
Paint Club
Tech Help Desk
Brown Bag Poetry
Nature Journaling with Leslie Rego

See our full calendar of events here.

Book Review: Library Staff

“Tharp immersed herself in an ocean of paper and ink, a substitute for immersion in work at sea. Even in the mid-twentieth century, her male colleagues were afflicted with superstition: women were bad luck on a ship.”

Children’s Librarian Helen Morgus recommends Ocean Speaks and Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea, both about oceanographer Marie Tharp.

March is Women’s History Month. As always, I am directing my cherished reader to the Children’s (Juvenile) Nonfiction section where you can delve as deeply or as superficially as you wish into any subject that pleases you.

If you’re tuned in to Women’s History Month, you will find the famous well represented in our Biography section: from Cleopatra to Amelia Earhart to Sacagawea, and so many more.

But what about the women whose names we don’t know as well? You’ll find many undiscovered treasures on the Biography shelves. And surprise! More gems are tucked into the sections where the women made their contributions to history—civil rights, sports, the arts, cooking, the sciences, etc.

One of my favorite subjects of two beautifully illustrated books is Marie Tharp...

Read Helen'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 Hard Road West by Keith Heyer Mendahl.

Do you know why rivers twist and turn the way they do? Do you know how continents form—how the building blocks of the earth fit together? Do you know that, fundamentally, we are all made of stardust?

Have you ever wondered about the Gold Rush—a mineral discovery that spawned a mass migration across some of most arid, inhospitable land in the nation? Have you wondered how these emigrants felt on this journey—a five-month odyssey that today would take you only about twenty-four hours to complete?...

Read Sarah's Book Beat Review here.

See all Book Beat Reviews here.

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