Upcoming Featured Events

Appreciate our Past, Honor Our Present, Create Our Future Wendolyn Holland, author of Sun Valley: An Extraordinary History, will share the history of what most remember as Warm Springs Ranch, with photos and stories that shed light on those who came before. The 65-acre parcel along the south side of Warm Springs Creek has a rich history from its earliest days of settlement, connecting the canyon from the Philadelphia Smelter out to Guyer Hot Springs to its more recent and more familiar … [Read more...] about Warm Springs Preserve

...with Idaho's Refugee Speakers Bureau  The Refugee Speakers Bureau is bringing the flavors of our stories and our foods to the Wood River Valley for two special events! Read and register below for Friday's event, or click here to learn about our cooking class on Saturday. On Friday, April 29, join us for an afternoon of storytelling from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. to hear from Idahoans who arrived in the U.S. as refugees. Hosted by The Community Library in Ketchum  in partnership with … [Read more...] about Stories From Around the World

...with the Idaho Office for Refugees The Refugee Speakers Bureau is bringing the flavors of our stories and our foods to the Wood River Valley for two special events! Click here to learn about Friday's free program at The Community Library, and read on for information about Saturday's cooking class.  Join Chef Shadi Ismail on Saturday, April 30, for a taste of Syrian cooking! Shadi’s cooking demonstration will include instructions on making hummus, baba ganoush, and other … [Read more...] about Syrian Cross-Culinary Class

Join the Idaho State Historical Society (ISHS) and Idaho constitution expert and ISHS board of trustees member Ernie Hoidal, for the opening of Creating and Conserving the Constitution, an exhibit which explores the Idaho State Archives’ work in partnership with the Preservation Lab at the University of Utah’s J. Willard Marriott Library. Panelists will discuss the multi-year conservation effort and the history of Idaho’s Constitutional Convention during the summer of 1889. Learn … [Read more...] about Creating and Conserving the Idaho Constitution 

Shoshone-Bannock Fish & Wildlife Perspectives on Salmon Studies In celebration of Earth Day, Kurt Tardy and Rob Trahant will join us to discuss their salmon recovery work with the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes. They’ll share the history of the Tribes’ fishing practices along Idaho’s rivers and current tribal resource management and inter-agency coordination, including specific projects at Pettit Lake and on the Middle Fork of the Salmon. They’ll also look ahead to the future of sockeye and … [Read more...] about Perspectives on Salmon Studies

The Community Library is thrilled to announce our 2022 Hemingway Distinguished Lecture with Roxane Gay. Thursday, July 7, 2022 Roxane is the author of the books Ayiti, An Untamed State, the New York Times bestselling Bad Feminist, and the New York Times bestselling memoir Hunger. She is also the author of World of Wakanda for Marvel and host of the podcast The Roxane Gay Agenda. Register Here! … [Read more...] about 2022 Hemingway Distinguished Lecture: Roxane Gay