The Community Library Association is excited to announce the re-opening of the Gold Mine Consign store in Ketchum, guided by a new Consign manager with deep ties to the Wood River Valley community: Molly! Goodyear.  

The soft opening begins Thursday-Saturday, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on March 30-April 1 and April 6-8. Thereafter, regular Gold Mine Consign hours will be Tuesdays-Saturdays, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 

The consign store will be accepting spring and summer consignment items in designer womenswear, shoes, and accessories. Those wishing to consign items can drop in during business hours with 10 items or less, clean, no stains or holes, bagged, and labeled with name and phone number. 

The soft opening begins Thursday-Saturday, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on March 30-April 1 and April 6-8. Thereafter, regular Gold Mine Consign hours will be Tuesdays-Saturdays, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 

The consign store will be accepting spring and summer consignment items in designer womenswear, shoes, and accessories. Those wishing to consign items can drop in during business hours with 10 items or less, clean, no stains or holes, bagged, and labeled with name and phone number. 

The Gold Mine Thrift Winter Clearance event begins Thursday, April 10, 2025. Discounts start at 20% off most items and increase until they reach 70% off. Here’s the schedule:

• April 10: 20% off most items
• April 12: 40% off most items
• April 14: 60% off most items
• April 15: 75% off most items; Hours: 9am-12pm, April 15 only (Same hours for donation drop-off)

Typical hours: 10:00am-6pm. Gold Mine Thrift is located at 331 Walnut Avenue in Ketchum. Proceeds from the Gold Mine stores help support books, literacy, and programs at The Community Library.

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A Workshop with Margaret Meehan, Writer-In-Residence 

The blank page can be scary, because we often don’t know how or where to start. Even the most seasoned writers panic at the dreaded blinking cursor—you’re not alone! Writing can feel like fumbling through a dark, unfamiliar room, but, good news, that’s part of the magic of great storytelling. 

In this workshop, we’ll embrace chaos and uncertainty. Through tips, prompts, and the wisdom and struggle of fellow writers (Kafka once wrote in his diary: “Again tried to write, virtually useless.”), you’ll learn how to fumble confidently, even joyfully, toward the light. We’ll also discuss practical steps for creating and sustaining a writing practice. Whether you’re embarking on a novel, memoir, short story, or journaling, you’ll walk away knowing EXACTLY what to do—no, just kidding! You’ll walk away accepting that no one, not even [insert your favorite genius author], knows exactly what to do, which, in turn, will free you of fear and free you to write.

Margaret Meehan is the 2023 Writing by Writers Writer-In-Residence at the Hemingway House. Meehan’s short stories have been published in Fence, Joyland, and Electric Literature’s Recommended Reading. She received her MFA in fiction from Columbia University, where she was awarded the Felipe P. De Alba Fellowship and taught in the undergraduate creative writing department. She won fifth prize in the 2020 Zoetrope: All Story Short Fiction Competition. In 2018, she was a Tin House Scholar.

More/register here.

Parenting is hard. Add in the complexities and uncertainties of the last couple of years and it can feel downright impossible. As a parent it is easy to feel unsure of how best to guide your children through their school experience, support their emotional wellness and know when it is time to seek additional support.

Join our panel of local experts as they share what to look for, what to do, and who to contact for those times when you or your child needs a little extra help. These local educators and mental health professionals can relate to the challenges you face as a parent and are ready to share tips and strategies to help you support your child through the sometimes rocky teenage years.

Panelists:

•    Ellie Newman – Parenting, divorce, teen and life coach, Ellie Newman Coaching
•    Jami Delgado – School Psychologist, Blaine County School District 
•    Naomi Runkel – Tutor & Educator, The Space
•    Ruby Garcia – Bilingual Community Outreach Coordinator, St. Luke’s 
•    Sara Shafer – Educator, Wood River Middle School
•    Tod Gunter – Social Worker, Hailey Elementary

In partnership with The Space. This program will be livestreamed and recorded for later viewing. Click here to register/watch online.

A live, in-person Spanish translation will also be available for this program. Este programa también contará con traducción al español en directo.

The Legacy Continues with Eduardo Chavez

As the grandson of both the legendary civil rights activist César Chávez and the Cuban revolutionary Max Lesnik, Eduardo Chavez is the scion of two revolutionary families. Eduardo’s political and activist background influenced his feature documentary, Hailing Cesar, released in April 2018. 

Since its debut, Eduardo has screened Hailing Cesar and spoken at 50+ universities in 3 different countries. In addition to being a director, speaker, and activist, Eduardo is the co-founder of Latindia Studios and a member of the Speakers’ Board for the Chavez Institute for Law and Social Justice. Eduardo is also the host of the podcast We Are Latinx. Launched this year, he interviews Latinx individuals about their work and how their culture shapes it. It is now streaming on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Eduardo will discuss his work with us as part of his second trip to the Wood River Valley. All are welcome to join. No registration required. This program will be in-person only.

Presented in partnership with the Hispanic Latin America Consortium and The Crisis Hotline.

…at the National Library of Israel with Dr. Stefan Litt 

The National Library of Israel has the honor of holding the third largest collection in the world of Franz Kafka’s original manuscripts, letters, and drawings; it represents a significant perspective of Kafka’s legacy. While Kafka did not foresee the sacred value of his work, his friend Max Brod, who was part of Kafka’s literary circle, did and he preserved Kafka’s material even when instructed not to do so. Dr. Stefan Litt, Humanities Curator of the National Library of Israel, will not only share highlights of the Kafka archives, but will tell the story behind the Kafka collection and how it ultimately came to the National Library of Israel. 

Stefan Litt received his PhD in Pre-Modern History from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has researched and taught at the universities of Erfurt, Duesseldorf, Graz and Bar-Ilan in Israel, and has published on the history of early modern European Jewry and on Jewish archives and book culture. He was awarded the Rosl and Paul Arnsberg Prize for his research. Since 2010, he has worked as an archivist at the National Library of Israel, responsible for the foreign language holdings. In 2018, Dr. Litt assumed the position of Humanities Curator of the National Library of Israel.

In partnership with the Wood River Jewish Community. This program will be livestreamed and available to view later. Click here to register/get Vimeo link to view online.

Photo of Dr. Litt courtesy of NLI, photographer: Yorai Lieberman. Kafka collection images courtesy of National Library of Israel.