Fresh from the Stacks

Adventure Begins at Your Library! Looking for a fun way to read motivate your summer reading? Join the Valley-wide Adult Summer Reads 2024 at The Community Library. The Community Library, Hailey Public Library, and Bellevue Public Library are collaborating once again to host a summer reading program for adult library users. Our theme for the year is Adventure Begins at Your Library, which aims to expand and inspire your reading choices. The program will run from Friday, May … [Read more...] about Adult Summer Reads 2024

The 2024 Community Speaker Series presented by The Community Library and the Sun Valley Writers’ Conference invites you to join us for two free lectures at The Community Library. Advance registration is required to attend. Registration opens on May 13 at 9:00 a.m. Mountain. Seating is limited. Click here for the 2022 Summer Speaker Series featuring: Click here for the 2022 Summer Speaker Series in Forest Service Park featuring: Click here for the 2021 Summer … [Read more...] about 2024 Community Speaker Series

Every year, The Community Library collaborates with the Blaine County Recreation District (BCRD) and the Hailey Public Library to bring StoryWalk® to the Wood River Trail. This unique activity merges the joy of reading with the beauty of the outdoors, providing a delightful experience for families and individuals alike. The 2024 StoryWalk® in Ketchum featured Just One Flake by Travis Jonker and could be viewed between 6th Street and Wood River Drive. Each page was presented in both English … [Read more...] about StoryWalk® on the Wood River Trail

A retrospective curated by Jenny Meese On display through Winter/Spring 2024Betty Olsen Carr Reading Room Born in 1909 in Cuyahoga, Ohio, Posey attended private schools, including a boarding school in Italy, before attending Bryn Mawr College. She married Theodore Gruener in 1933 and together they created a home with their two children, Rika and Danny, in Ketchum Idaho. Posey was a mix of complexity and kindness. Like everyone, she had her share of tribulation and sorrow, yet she left an … [Read more...] about Elizabeth “Posey” Gruener

Commemorating the Day of Remembrance The exhibit – honoring the citizens incarcerated at Minidoka during WWII – runs Tuesday, February 13, 2024, through Saturday, February 24, 2024. The Wood River Museum in Ketchum invites the community to explore a new pop-up exhibit, Only What We Could Carry, to honor the annual Day of Remembrance, which commemorates the signing of Executive Order 9066 February 19, 1942. The order enabled the U.S. Army to exclude, forcibly remove, and unjustly … [Read more...] about Exhibit: Only What We Could Carry