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Weekly Program Bulletin

October 9, 2023

In the Spotlight

A Conversation with Rajiv Joseph

The 2023 Sun Valley Playwright’s Resident, in residence at The Community Library’s historic Ernest and Mary Hemingway House, Rajiv Joseph, will be

in conversation with Martha Williams, the Library’s director of programs

and education. Presented in partnership with SVPR and

The Argyros Performing Arts Center.


Joseph’s play Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo was a 2010 Pulitzer Prize finalist for Drama and also awarded a grant for Outstanding New

American Play by the National Endowment for the Arts. He has twice

won the Obie Award for Best New American Play.


Monday, October 9

5:00 p.m. • Lecture Hall • More/register here.

Gruesome Playground Injuries Play Reading

Rajiv Joseph’s two-person play spans 30 years and charts the intersection of childhood friends Kayleen and Doug, using scars, wounds, and calamities as the mile markers to explore why people hurt themselves. Featuring David Janeski and Aly Wepplo.


Tickets are free, but reservations are required. More information at The Argyros.


Saturday, October 14

7:00pm – 8:30pm at the Argyros

Featured in Children's

Children's: Drop-In Craft


Let your child's imagination soar!

Do it-yourself craft kits will be available all day Thursday-Saturday. Free for all ages while supplies last. 


October 12-14

Drop in any time

10:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Children's Library

This Week at The Library

Story Time: Apples



Monday, October 9

10:30 - 11:00 a.m.

Tree House

Spanish Lunchtime Language


Tuesday, October 10

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Idaho Room

English Language Learning

Tuesday, October 10

6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Idaho Room


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Aprendizaje del inglés

Martes 10 de octubre 

18:00 - 20:00 h.

Idaho Room

Virtual Creative

Writing Workshop


Wednesday, October 11

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Zoom

Genealogy Workshop


Wednesday, October 11

3:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Learning Commons

Tech Help Desk

with Paul Zimmerman


Wednesday, October 11

5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Drop in: Learning Commons

Brown Bag Poetry



Thursday, October 12

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

Learning Commons

Young Latino Leaders Panel

Panel de jóvenes líderes latinos 

As part of National Hispanic Heritage Month, and in partnership with ProjecToolSuccess and

the Crisis Hotline.


The conversation will feature five students from Wood River High School's Nosotros United club, whose mission is to promote the blending of cultures and ambitious dreams for all. The panel will be moderated by Herberto Romero.


Friday, October 13

5:00pm – 6:00pm

Lecture Hall

More here.

Como parte del Mes Nacional de la Herencia Hispana, y en colaboración con ProjecToolSuccess y Crisis Hotline.


La conversación contará con cinco estudiantes del club Nosotros United de Wood River High School, cuya misión es promover la mezcla de culturas y sueños ambiciosos para todos. La mesa redonda estará moderada por

Herberto Romero.


Viernes 13 de octubre

17:00 - 18:00 h

Lecture Hall

Más aquí.

In Case You Missed It

The New Era of Conservation:

What Working Landscapes Bring to the Table



Panel conversations that featured Leslie Allison of the Western

Landowners Alliance, Cameron Westcamp of RinkerRock Creek

Ranch, Kim Bracket of Brackett Ranches, and Eric Winford

of the University of Idaho Rangeland Center.

Watch the replay here.

Upcoming Library Highlights

October 16: Knit Together with Patricia Lirk

October 17: Frank Church: The Last Honest Man with James Risen

October 18 & 28: NaNoPrepMo Come Write In!: Planning sessions for National Novel Writing Month (November)

October 20: Library, Wood River Museum, and Gold Mine Stores CLOSED for a Super Staff Retreat

October 24: Read It & Eat! Middle Grade Book Club: Insignificant

Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling

October 24: More Than a Few Good Men: Building Leadership in the

21st Century with Dr. Jackson Katz

November 2: Sabbath Film Screening

November 3: Fraud and Senior Financial Exploitation Prevention

November 9: In Light of All Darkness with Kim Cross


See our full calendar of events/register here.

Book Review: Library Staff

"YOTO players are a bit like a boom box built for three year-olds."

Systems Librarian, Susie Bille, recommends Winnie-the-Pooh, The Complete BBC Collection on YOTO, written by A. A. Milne and read by Alan Bennet.


Deann Campbell, Children’s and Young Adult Library Director, asked me to add some new children’s audiobooks for YOTO players – which she recently purchased for the Children’s Library –

to our Collection.


Kids pick out an individual story card,

stick it into the player, and listen.


Is it a toy? Yes. Does it play stories? Yes, and kids love them. Does it need the internet to work? No. Do we have a Winnie-the-Pooh story card? Yes.


So this ticked all the boxes on my list, and THEN I discovered I can download the app on my phone, and check out stories there as well. So on our last drive to Boise, my husband and I listened to Pooh on the hunt for honey...


Read Susie's entire review here.

Find more staff book recommendations here.

Book Beat: Student Book Review

Hello! My name is Advik and I love to read, write, be outside, and watch TV. For my Book Beat review, I read Allegiant by Veronica Roth.


Allegiant, the third book in the Divergent Series by Veronica Roth, opens up with Tris being imprisoned for her disloyal actions in the previous book.


After Edith Prior’s video footage reveals that there is a whole world outside of the city limits, the city’s social system is in shambles. The factions have disintegrated, and Evelyn rules the city as a tyrant with her factionless army.


Tris, Tobias, and their friends set out to discover what is outside the city. Their escape plan is one of two missions of a rebel group known as the Allegiant, who also wish to reinstate the faction system.


Outside the city, the group finds themselves at the Bureau of Genetic Welfare, a government agency working to fix the genetic damage that has been a problem in the United States for many years... 



Read Advik's Book Beat Review here.

See all Book Beat Reviews here.

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