Gold Mine Housewares Supervisor Jessica Nava recommends: "The Tarantula Scientist" by Sy Montgomery Is there really such a thing as a tarantula scientist? Yes, there is! Follow spider scientist Sam Marshall on an adventure into French Guiana’s steamy rainforest in search of thee fantastic eight-legged wonders. Marshall takes us into the field and shows us how he finds and collects specimens. He studies these spiders in the wild, but he is also an educator. He is a professor at Hiram … [Read more...] about Review of Books about Spiders, Bugs, and Insects
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Book Review: Wait for Me in the Rainbow
Gold Mine Consign Retail Supervisor Lily Lopez recommends "Wait for Me in the Rainbow" by Laura Vidal. I faithfully believe that when you share part of your life with a being as warm as a companion animal, you live the most unforgettable moments you could have imagined. Something that has curiously caught my attention is the affection and love that the people of the valley have towards their little animals as family members... ...these furry guardians who arrive to give a 180-degree … [Read more...] about Book Review: Wait for Me in the Rainbow
Ketchum Goes to War
Liam Guthrie, Regional History Librarian On April 6, 1917, the United States Congress voted to overwhelmingly to enter into The Great War in Europe following an impassioned plea by President Woodrow Wilson. As reported on April 4th in the local Wood River Times, Wilson stated, “…the United States must enter the war to make the world safe for democracy, as only one of the champions of the rights of mankind, and will be satisfied when those rights are as secure as the faith and freedom of … [Read more...] about Ketchum Goes to War
Book Review: Careless People:
A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism Librarian Andrea Nelson recommends "Careless People" by Sarah Wynn-Williams. “They were careless people, Tom and Daisy – they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.” ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Back when Facebook (now Meta) was young, a sign hung on the wall of … [Read more...] about Book Review: Careless People:
Film Review: The Substance
Wood River Museum Collections Specialist Ellie Norman recommends the film, The Substance, starring Demi Moore. I first saw The Substance at last winter’s Sun Valley Film Festival, and it immediately stuck with me. Coralie Fargeat’s latest film is an audacious, bloody, and bitingly intelligent horror movie that digs deep into our cultural obsession with youth and beauty. Demi Moore stars as Elisabeth Sparkle, a once-famous television personality whose career begins to fade as she ages. … [Read more...] about Film Review: The Substance
Basque Sheepherder Arborglyphs
Ellie Norman, Wood River Museum Collections Specialist A photograph from The Community Library’s Jeanne Rodger Lane Center for Regional History documents a carved figure on the soft bark of an aspen tree in Neal Canyon, about eight miles north of Ketchum. The carving, or arborglyph, was created by a Basque sheepherder during Idaho’s sheep ranching era. By the early 20th century, Idaho had become one of the world’s largest sheep producers. At its peak, 3.2 million sheep grazed its … [Read more...] about Basque Sheepherder Arborglyphs
