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Weekly Program Bulletin

May 1, 2023

In the Spotlight

Idaho Gives

Idaho Gives beings TODAY! We are asking you to join us in our efforts to make this the most awesome day of giving our community has ever seen! Supporting the good work of libraries is more important now than ever.

More/donate here.

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has put together the largest Vermeer exhibition in history - it will never be repeated. This momentous retrospective is the largest ever devoted exclusively to the “master of light”, with 28 of his 35 known works from countries all over the world. Never have so many Vermeer masterpieces been brought together in one place.

Exhibition on Screen’s documentary film Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition brings this historic exhibition to audiences worldwide, and we are thrilled to host this Idaho viewing.

Thursday, May 4

6:00 - 7:45 p.m. | Lecture Hall

More/register here.

Call for Nominations!

Sun Valley Winter Sports Hall of Fame

The Sun Valley Winter Sports Hall of Fame honors the significant contributions of legendary local athletes and visionaries. The honorees have achieved in their sport or industry and have also given back to the Wood River Valley community.

Nominations are now open.

Deadline: August 31, 2023

More here.

Sigi Engl, Class of 2014

This Week at The Library

Story Time: Royalty

Monday, May 1

10:30 - 11:00 a.m.

Tree House

"Catwalk for The Causes"

Funky Fashion Show

Check out the Library's models strutting their stuff in attire from

the Gold Mine to raise awareness

for Idaho Gives.

Monday, May 1

6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

The Limelight Hotel

Spanish Lunchtime Language

Tuesday, May 2

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Idaho Room

2023 Audacious Read: "The Prairie Trilogy" by Willa Cather

Tuesday, May 2

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Zoom

English Language Learning

Tuesday, May 2

6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Idaho Room

Inglés Idioma Aprender

Martes 2 de mayo

18:00 - 20:00 h.

Idaho Room

Tech Help Desk

Wednesday, May 3

5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Learning Commons

Ten Warning Signs

of Alzheimer's

Alzheimer’s causes changes in memory, thinking and behavior that are not normal aging. Join us to learn more. Presented in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Association®.

Wednesday, May 3

6:00 p.m.

Lecture Hall

Brown Bag Poetry

Thursday, May 4

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

Learning Commons

Sewing Club

Thursday, May 4

3:30 - 4:30 p.m.

Children's Library

Registration Required

Nature Journaling

with Leslie Rego

Thursday, May 4

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Idaho Room

Later Language: Spanish

Thursday, May 4

5:15 - 6:00 p.m.

Learning Commons

Drop-In Craft:

Mother's Day

Saturday, May 6

10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Children's Library

In Case You Missed It

Housing Lessons

from Park City, Utah

Jason Glidden, Park City’s Housing Development Manager, shared this peer community’s struggles and successes, and what solutions

and tools work well there.

Watch the Replay Here.

Upcoming Library Highlights

May 9: Housing Lessons and Opportunities with Summit County, Colorado's Housing Director

May 11: Wonder Travels with Writer-In-Residence Josh Barkan

May 12: Library, Museum, Gold Mine Stores CLOSED

May 18-20: "To Taste Life Twice" Seminar: Reading, Writing & Connecting Over Words – Free writing workshops, author panels, and an open mic event! Featuring Bob Kustra of BSPR Reader’s Corner, and workshops with Idaho writers Christian Winn, Rebecca Evans, CMarie Fuhrman, Alan Heathcock, and Kim Cross.

May 26: One True Sentence: Writers & Readers on Hemingway's Art with Writer-In-Residence Jennifer Haigh

June 1: My Pioneer Cabin Story with Todd Schwarz

June 5: México en el Corazón at Sun Valley Pavilion

June 14-16: Sun Valley Early Literacy Summit

June 17: A Future We Can Love with Susan Bauer Wu

June 20: Together We Read! Book Club: The Kiss Quotient

June 27-29: Jewish Film Festival

June 30: Hemingway Distinguished Lecture: Luis Alberto Urrea

Book Review: Library Staff

"One of my favorite forms of music is reggae. The rhythm of reggae calms me down and sets my heart at ease."

Misty Sohl, Gold Mine Drop-off Manager, recommends Legends, a reggae DVD by Bob Marley.

I have a passion for music.

When you really love something, you often don’t give it a second thought. Without you realizing, it becomes a must in your life. Like food or water, you can’t imagine it not being there. It’s a part of you. That’s how music is to me.

There are no limitations in the form of music. It is a very powerful medium to reach a person’s emotions and expressions that go beyond the words. It has been scientifically proven that music has helped people get out of mental and physical illnesses...

Read Misty's music review here.

Find more staff book recommendations here.

Book Beat: Student Book Review

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 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

After reading To Kill a Mockingbird I viewed the way I lived and the things I did differently.

I did not know how good this book would be. I thought that it was a book about some racial disparity or something like that. It was not even close to my predictions. Now that I have read To Kill a Mockingbird, I want to read it all over again. It was so interesting, and it was so well written.

Also, Scout is so different from any other main character in a book I have encountered. She made a whole new category for herself. She is a fighter, a rebel, a genius, a go-getter, and a curious person. She always likes to learn new things and is feisty. But the best part about her is the energy she brings into the book. She brings a whole new level of humor and excitement.

I thought that some other books were the best but compared to this one they do not compare...

Read Thijs's Book Beat Review here.

See all Book Beat Reviews here.

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