Screening and Q&A at The Community Library

The Community Library hosts a free screening in partnership with the Sun Valley Film Festival of “The First Wave,” a film by Oscar®-nominated and Emmy® Award-winning director Matthew Heineman.

With exclusive access inside one of New York’s hardest hit hospital systems during the terrifying first four months of the pandemic, THE FIRST WAVE spotlights the everyday heroes at the epicenter of COVID-19 as they come together to fight one of the greatest threats the world has ever encountered. Leaving a devastating trail of death and despair, this once-in-a-century pandemic changed the very fabric of our daily lives and exposed long-standing inequities in our society.

Employing his signature approach of character-driven cinema vérité, Heineman embeds with a group of doctors, nurses and patients on the frontlines as they all desperately try to navigate the crisis. With each distinct storyline serving as a microcosm through which we can view the emotional and societal impacts of the pandemic, THE FIRST WAVE is a testament to the strength of the human spirit.

The film runs 93 minutes and will be followed by a short Q&A with Dr. Nathalie Dougé, who is featured in the film.

Space is limited, and 100 seats are available for this film on a first-come, first-served basis. The film and Q&A are live events only.

Watch the film’s trailer here.

Free pizza  and snacks for tweens & teens! 

Our Juicebox computers now have STEAM PC CAFÉ games as well as updated Minecraft and Roblox. We also have Nintendo Switches available to checkout for use in the Library and our Teen Lounge is a great space to hang, play on your phone, with friends, or read. 

We’ll provide pizza, snacks, computers, and board games on Thursday, March 24th from noon – 2 pm for our local tweens and teens. Come see us. 

Sewing Club returns to the Children’s Library in a small group setting. Sewing Club teaches basic hand-stitching through simple projects for kids. Children must be age 7+ to attend. Sign-up is required. Space is limited. You may sign-up online or call the library at 208-726-3493 x3 for registration assistance. Sign-up opens on Thursday, March 10th at 4:00 pm. SIGNUP IS PER CHILD. Children under the age of 9 must be accomanied by a parent/caregiver. 

This month’s project will be a mini Teddy Buddy. 

More Information/Register Here.

Extreme skiing pioneer and Warren Miller film athlete Dan Egan and local historian John Lundin will share their new booksThirty Years in a White Hazeand Ski Jumping in Washington State on Thursday, March 24 from 1-3 p.m. at the Regional History Museum (180 1st St E, Ketchum, ID 83340).

Thirty Years in a White Haze was picked for the Boston Globe’s 2021 Reading List and named this year’s winner of the International Skiing History Association’s Ullr Award. Ski Jumping in Washington State is this year’s winner of the Skade Award from the International Ski History Association.

Join in an afternoon of refreshments, story sharing, and ski culture, and celebrate two awarded authors and their contributions to ski literature and history.

Staff member, Judy Zimmer, leads Paint Club for tweens and teens. Come join us in The Children’s Library where we’ll all make a creation on canvas.

Paint club is open to tweens and teens ages 9+ who can manage the project alone. All supplies are provided. Space is VERY limited so sign-up is required. Please be sure you can make the commitment to attend as we turn many away from this popular offering.

Registration opens on Wednesday, March 9th at 4:00 pm. Sign up online or call the library at (208) 726-3493, option 3 if you need assistance with online registration. 

with Barbara Rae-Venter 

In-Person Event | More Info/Register Here

Join us for a conversation with Barbara Rae-Venter, genetic genealogist, whose technique, dubbed “Investigative Genetic Genealogy,” has been used to solve over 300 cases, many previously considered “unsolvable”. Barbara herself has assisted in solving an approximately 60 additional cold cases. For her work, Barbara was recognized by the journal Nature as one of “10 people Who Mattered In Science In 2018.” She has also been recognized as one of Time100’s Most Influential People of 2019.

Rae-Venter’s first criminal case was to identify Lisa Jensen, a woman in her 30s who was abducted as an infant and then abandoned by her abductor as a 5 year old. Barbara identified Lisa’s mother (missing) as Denise  Beaudin. This identification led the New Hampshire State Police to a suspect for the murder of the Allenstown Four in Allenstown, NH. Barbara subsequently determined the true identify of Lisa’s abductor, a man of many aliases, as Terry Peder Rasmussen. She has also confirmed the identities of three of the four Allenstown victims using a DNA profile obtained from nuclear DNA extracted from rootless hair. Using the same technique as she used to identify Lisa and Rasmussen, Barbara helped identify Joseph James DeAngelo as the notorious Golden State Killer. 

Barbara will share these stories and take your questions during this free event. This program will also be livestreamed and available for later viewing (link forthcoming).

In partnership with Dent, a community of entrepreneurs, technologists, executives, investors, and creatives who are driven to “put a dent in the universe.”