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March 11, 2024

In the Spotlight

Join us for the grand finale of the 2024 Winter Read of The Great Gatsby. We'll party like it's 1924. Come dressed in your best 1920s garb (if you have it), enjoy music, snacks, and historic photos, test

your Gatsby knowledge, and be entered to win great prizes!

Wednesday, March 13

5:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Lecture Hall

No registration required.

Center for Regional History

Mouse House

Carol Browning Dumke

Doll House Collection

Carol Browning Dumke (1926-2023) was a devoted philanthropist in the Wood River Valley, and she served for a time on the board of trustees for The Community Library. She loved books, and she loved building detailed imaginative worlds through miniatures. She sourced miniatures from specialized shops around

the country as well as from

local artisans.

See the Mouse House inside the entrance

to the Children's Library.

Featured in Children's

Sewing Club

for Kids and Tweens

Sewing Club teaches basic hand sewing through simple projects to kids ages 6+. Space is limited, so registration is required.

Friday, March 15

3:30 - 4:30 p.m.

Children's Library

More/register here.

In Our Digital Collection

Transparent Language

The Community Library has added Transparent Language to its FREE digital apps and services. Learn 120+ languages at home, in the library, or on the go. Versión en español aqu¡.

Interested in our other FREE digital services and learning apps? Download our Digital Services Flyer here.

This Week at The Library

Story Time: St. Patrick's Day

Monday, March 11

10:30 - 11:00 a.m.

Tree House

Spanish Lunchtime Language

Tuesday, March 12

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Idaho Room

A Tiny Beautiful Evening

with Cheryl Strayed

Cheryl will share stories about everything she’s learned about the art of writing advice—and indeed, writing honestly in all of her work—about the wildly human and universal experiences that connect us all.

5:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 12

Lecture Hall + Livestream

Registration is FULL.

Join via Livestream.

Aprendizaje del inglés

(English Language Learning)

Martes 12 de marzo

(Tuesday, March 12)

6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Idaho Room

Virtual Creative Writing Workshop

Wednesday, March 13

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Zoom

Genealogy Workshop

Wednesday, March 13

3:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Learning Commons

Led by Mimi Avins, former LA Times pop culture staff writer.

TV Discussion Group:

Fargo , Season 5

Meeting over five Wednesdays & discussing two episodes each week.

Wednesday, March 13

4:00 - 5:30 p.m.

Lecture Hall

Registration has closed.

Soul Journey Memoir Workshop

Wednesday, March 13

6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Idaho Room

Registration has closed.

Brown Bag Poetry

Thursday, March 14

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

Learning Commons

Nature Journaling

Thursday, March 14

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Idaho Room

Registration has closed.

Wildlife Migration and

Status in the Valley

with Sierra Robatcek

Thursday, March 14

5:30 p.m.

Lecture Hall + Livestream

Ketchum Remote

Collective Workspace

Friday, March 15

1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Lecture Hall

Wood River Writers'

Critique Group

Saturday, March 16

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Idaho Room

In Case You Missed It...

Gatsby Remixed: A Virtual Conversation

with Nghi Vo and Anna-Marie McLemore

As part of the 2024 Winter Read of The Great Gatsby, authors Nghi Vo and Anna-Marie McLemore - whose novels retell F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic through new lenses - joined us for a virtual conversation.

Watch the Replay here.

Upcoming Program Highlights

March 18: Beginning and Drop-in Knitting with Patricia Lirk

March 20: Idaho's Hidden Gems on Idaho Experience with Henry Whiting

March 21: In True Face: A Woman's Life in the CIA, Unmasked

with Jonna Mendez

March 26: "Big Two-Hearted River" class with Austin Smith

March 28: Hemingway and Skiing with John Lundin

April 4: Electrify the Wood River Valley: Contractors Panel

April 12: Library, Museum, and Gold Mine Stores CLOSED

for Super Staff Meeting

April 25: How To Talk So Kids Will Listen with Julie King

May 14: The Latest in Alzheimer's and Dementia Research

with Alexis Bonoff

See our full calendar of events/register here.

Announcing the 2024

To Taste Life Twice Seminar

May 16-18: Join us for three

days of writing workshops and connecting over words. Featuring Jess Walter, Anna Caritj, Kim Cross, tai simpson, Christian Winn,

and Alan Heathcock.

Registration opens April 1

Book Review: Library Staff

"To state the obvious, there are many more women artists to help tell a story in the last 150 years than in the previous four centuries."

Director of the Center for Regional History, Mary Tyson, recommends The Story of Art without Men by Katy Hessel.

I first became aware of Katy Hessel’s work as an art historian through her podcast. The Great Women Artists Podcast sprung to life in 2019. it grew out of Hessel’s Instagram account with a similar name, “Great Women Artists.”

Since 2015, Hessel has celebrated female artists daily, by sharing images of artwork from old masters to young graduate students. Her podcast is one of my favorites. Hessel has introduced me to so many artists that I didn’t know about and so many great art historians and critics who share her passion for making society aware of them.

Her passion is contagious...

Read Mary's entire review here.

Find more staff book recommendations here.

Book Beat: Student Book Review

Hi my name is Rya. I am a junior and I enjoy reading, swimming and traveling. For my Book Beat review, I read Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell.

Eleanor is growing up in a household with four siblings and an abusive stepfather. She is the new girl in school, and her stocky stature and eclectic clothing style, paired with a head full of vibrant red hair, get her more attention than she wants.

Park is an introvert living in a world of extroverts. He gets along well with everyone, but while his friends and family expect him to embody masculine stereotypes, Park prefers to spend his time with music and comic books.

As is the case in any romance story, the two meet coincidentally when Eleanor is forced to sit next to Park in the only seat left on the bus...

Read Rya's entire book review here.

See all Book Beat Reviews here.

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