Upcoming Featured Events

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

Monday, March 14, 2022 | Community Library Lecture Hall | 3:30 p.m Register here. History tells us Cesar Chavez transformed the U.S. labor movement by leading the first farm workers’ union.  But missing from this story is his equally influential co-founder, Dolores Huerta, who tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice alongside Chavez, becoming one of the most defiant feminists of the twentieth century.   Like so many powerful female advocates, Dolores and her … [Read more...] about “DOLORES” Film Screening

"Rocky Mountain Fly Highway" Film Screening & Reel Legends Panel Discussion Join us for a screening of The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway (2014), to be followed by a panel discussion with the Reel Legends—four fly-fisherwomen of the Wood River Valley whose fishing lives are featured in the Library's current foyer exhibit as part of the 2022 Winter Read. The Wide Eye Productions Film, narrated by Emmy Award-winning actor Tom Skerritt, follows a 500-mile stretch of … [Read more...] about Rocky Mountain Fly Highway