...in Southern Idaho In the late 19th Century, many Chinese men migrated from California to Idaho, along with Europeans and others in pursuit of gold and the promise of Manifest Destiny. The Idaho Territory spawned numerous mining towns, and Chinese residents and laborers made up one-third of the population by 1870. Due in part to anti-Chinese sentiment, Chinese settlers lived close together and worked difficult and undesirable jobs like laundry service, cooking, small farming, and … [Read more...] about Tracks & Traces: Reconstructing Chinese History…
Foyer Exhibits
Tiny Art Show 2024
Library Foyer ExhibitDecember 2024-January 2025 In November 2024, the Children's Library hosted a Tiny Art Show for children and teen patrons, which included 28 entries from artists two-fifteen years of age. Patrons browsed the exhibit and voted on their favorites in several categories. All the artists received an award certificate and five were selected for special honors. The exhibit was moved to the Library's foyer in December, to further celebrate the creative inspiration of these … [Read more...] about Tiny Art Show 2024
Hemingway’s Grave: A Year of Offerings
August-November 2024Library Foyer The Community Library featured a Foyer exhibit that displayed objects collected from the gravesite of Ernest Hemingway, the Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Hemingway died by his own hand in 1961 in his home in Ketchum, Idaho.* He was buried in the Ketchum Cemetery and his funeral ceremony was attended by close friends and family. Curated by prominent Broadway director Les Waters, Hemingway's Grave: A Year of Offerings, brought together select … [Read more...] about Hemingway’s Grave: A Year of Offerings
Summer Games | Local Heroes
Honoring Summer Olympians in the Wood River Valley Library Foyer ExhibitJuly-August 2024 In life, there are many setbacks. I always tell myself, ‘Don’t give up. Head straight for your goal.’ ~Gabriela (Gaby) Andersen-Schiess on the hard finish to her Olympic Marathon The Community Library and Jeanne Rodger Lane Center for Regional History are honoring the achievements of local athletes who participated in the Olympic Summer Games. The new exhibit, "Summer … [Read more...] about Summer Games | Local Heroes
Winter Read: “The Great Gatsby”
Library Foyer ExhibitJanuary – June 2024 “Stocks reached record peaks, and Wall Street boomed a steady golden roar. The parties were bigger, the shows were broader, the buildings were higher, the morals were looser, and the ban on alcohol had backfired, making the liquor cheaper.” ~Nick Carraway, The Great Gatsby Every winter, we read a story together. Set in the Jazz Age a hundred years ago, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby explores themes of class and wealth, … [Read more...] about Winter Read: “The Great Gatsby”
Reel Legends
Fly-fisherwomen of the Wood River Valley Library Foyer ExhibitJanuary-April 2022Part of the 2022 Winter Read “A river, though, has so many things to say that it is hard to know what is says to each of us.” ~Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It To an angler, each bend in the river reveals new riffles and pools, glimmering with hope. The pebbles and rocks underfoot are more than a complex geology. They are pockets of opportunity. An emergence of insects near the … [Read more...] about Reel Legends
