This caricature is done of Joe Burgy who was a Sun Valley guide for a number of years. The image was drawn by local artist/cartoonist Max Barsis in 1947. Joe Burgy Collection … [Read more...] about Jo Burgy Caricature
Gretchen Fraser Gold Medal
This Olympic Gold Medal was won by Gretchen Fraser in the 1948 Winter Olympics at St. Moritz, Switzerland in the slalom skiing event. She and her husband Don would call Sun Valley home for many years and she was a mentor to many young racers. Don and Gretchen Fraser Collection, Regional History Museum, F94.01.114. … [Read more...] about Gretchen Fraser Gold Medal
Best Reads of 2021
"Every book its reader.” ~Third Law of Library Science, S. R. Ranganathan, 1931 Download a Printable PDF of The Community Library's Best Reads of 2021 here. Every January, The Community Library curates a list of the 50 best book releases from the past year. Titles are chosen in Fiction, Science Fiction, Graphic Novels, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Graphic Non-Fiction, and Biographies & Memoirs. This year's Best of 2021 was curated by Circulation Manager Pam Parker. It’s hard to … [Read more...] about Best Reads of 2021
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Hi! My name is Madeline, I am in 9th grade and live in Hailey Idaho. I love politics, philosophy, writing, and playing the violin. I could talk about these topics all day. I also love reading, my favorite books are The Lord of The Rings, anything written by Tolkien, and Fahrenheit 451. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, is a suspenseful story about life in a dystopian America. Guy Montag is a fireman, but instead of putting out fires, he starts them. … [Read more...] about Fahrenheit 451
Poetry of Sappho
In Greek with English translation by John Daley with Page duBois, includes 23 wood engravings by Anita Cowles Rearden and 20 prints by Julie Mehretu. 400 numbered copies plus 26 hors de commerce, signed by the artist. Portfolio of four relief prints, “Sapphic Strophes”, three of them hand colored. 40 sets numbered and signed by the artist, 2011. … [Read more...] about Poetry of Sappho
Boundaries
“Until we’re like clouds that tear like bread but mend like bones…” Cloud Anthem art from the Two Ponds Press edition of Boundaries, poems and words by Richard Blanco, in the Special Collection. "Boundaries is a collaborative project between Presidential Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco and contemporary landscape photographer Jacob Bond Hessler. Blanco's poems and Hessler's photographs together investigate the visible and invisible boundaries of race, gender, class, and ethnicity, among many … [Read more...] about Boundaries
