The Wood River Museum of History and Culture Opens July 6, 2023 Grand Opening Celebration: July 26, 2023 Exhibits and Spaces All the exhibits at the Wood River Museum include interactive elements, where visitors are encouraged to write, type, talk, and remember – because we all are part of history! For example, in the Hemingway exhibit, individuals can sit at a typewriter like the one that Hemingway used and try typing their own true sentences. The Museum also includes a small gift shop … [Read more...] about The New Wood River Museum Opens
Gaming Resources at the Library
Will Duke, Information Systems Manager, recommends gaming resources at The Community Library. We have games. If you bring your laptop to our Wi-Fi, you can play our games, for free. We are, in fact, a Steam PC Café. As a PC Café, we license specific Steam games, and anyone connected to our Wi-Fi can play them. Oh, you’ll need your own Steam account, but those are free! On the positive side, your Steam games will follow you here, and you can use our Wi-Fi to play with your friends or … [Read more...] about Gaming Resources at the Library
Sun Valley Jewish Film Festival 2023
The 2023 Sun Valley Jewish Film Festival is presented by the Wood River Jewish Community. See three movies at The Community Library, free. No registration required. The mission of the Wood River Jewish Film Festival is to offer outstanding world cinema that aims to educate, entertain and showcase films that portray the Jewish experience. June 22: Farewell Mr. Haffman Winner of 18 Audience Favorite AwardsParis 1942. During Nazi occupation. A jeweler, Joseph … [Read more...] about Sun Valley Jewish Film Festival 2023
Mr. Watson’s Chickens
Interrupting Chicken meets Click, Clack, Moo in this zany classic-in-the-making! With rollicking rhythms, nonsensical refrains, and too many chickens to count, this modern classic will inspire unstoppable giggles and endless rereads. Bawka-bawka! Mr. Watson has 456 chickens in the sink, on the bed, in the bread box. When his partner, Mr. Nelson, threatens to leave, Mr. Watson takes his chickens to town to sell only for them to escape! Young readers will follow Mr. Watson all around town … [Read more...] about Mr. Watson’s Chickens
Book Review: Goodnight, Irene
Martha Williams, Director of Programs and Education, recommends Good Night Irene, by the 2023 Hemingway Distinguished Lecturer, Luis Alberto Urrea. “The real service was that their faces, their voices, their sendoff might be the final blessing from home for some of these young pilots. The enormity of this trivial-seeming job became clearer every day.” In his newest novel, Luis Alberto Urrea tells of a crew of American Red Cross workers as they drive across Europe supporting World … [Read more...] about Book Review: Goodnight, Irene
Better Nate than Ever
by Tim Federle Soon to be a Disney+ Original movie!"The Nate series by Tim Federle is a wonderful evocation of what it's like to be a theater kid. Highly recommended." --Lin-Manuel Miranda, star and creator of the musical, HamiltonA New York Times Notable Book of the YearA Publishers Weekly Best Book of the YearA Slate Favorite Book of the YearA small-town boy hops a bus to New York City to crash an audition for E.T.: The Musical in this winning … [Read more...] about Better Nate than Ever
