Upcoming Featured Events

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 … [Read more...] about Sewing Club: Mini Teddy Buddy

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 … [Read more...] about Dan Egan & John Lundin: Museum Open House

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 … [Read more...] about Paint Club for Tweens & Teens

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 … [Read more...] about “Case Solved”

Union Pacific, Averell Harriman and Alf Engen with John Lundin  In-Person + Vimeo | More Info/Register Here. The general story of Sun Valley is well known. Built by Union Pacific in the middle of the Great Depression at a cost of $1.5 million, it opened in Dec. 1936, as an oasis of luxury in the wilderness of Idaho, that attracted “the carriage trade,” Wall Street barons, the Chicago social set, Hollywood stars and producers and serious skiers from all over the world. The resort had … [Read more...] about Early Sun Valley

. . .and the Doctrine of Discovery with Tony Tekaroniake Evans  In-Person Event Tuesday, March 15 | Lecture Hall | 6:00 p.m. Register here. Join Tony Tekaroniake Evans for an in-depth investigation of his recent story in High Country News titled “Decolonizing Idaho Road Signs,” about efforts to redress the erasure of Indigenous history and culture on highway markers in Idaho and elsewhere in the U.S. Described as “decolonization where the rubber hits the road,” this … [Read more...] about Decolonizing Road Signs