Classes, Discussion Groups, and Workshops

ZOOM – Drop-In Lunchtime Writing Workshop

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REGISTER HERE

Join us every other Tuesday, June 15 through December 14, for a drop-in virtual writing workshop, led by Martha Williams, the Library’s programs and education manager.

Each workshop begins with a warm-up prompt, then moves into a prompt that we will work with for the remainder of the hour. These free-form writing exercises are designed for writers of all genres–poetry, fiction, short fiction, nonfiction, and memoir. 

After each exercise we’ll share, discuss, and give each other feedback before moving onto another prompt or diving deeper into what we’ve created. We will also encourage a writing practice and share details of a writerly life together.

Register on Zoom for one or all workshops.

ZOOM – Drop-In Lunchtime Writing Workshop

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REGISTER HERE

Join us every other Tuesday, June 15 through December 14, for a drop-in virtual writing workshop, led by Martha Williams, the Library’s programs and education manager.

Each workshop begins with a warm-up prompt, then moves into a prompt that we will work with for the remainder of the hour. These free-form writing exercises are designed for writers of all genres–poetry, fiction, short fiction, nonfiction, and memoir. 

After each exercise we’ll share, discuss, and give each other feedback before moving onto another prompt or diving deeper into what we’ve created. We will also encourage a writing practice and share details of a writerly life together.

Register on Zoom for one or all workshops.

OUTDOORS: Lunch & Lit

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The Senior Connection and The Community Library are teaming up this summer to provide nutritious meals, social connection, and cerebral stimulation to elders in the north valley. 

On Thursdays beginning May 6, takeout meals will be available in the Cimino Plaza on the corner of 4th and Walnut Street, at the Children’s Library entrance. 

Lunch will be distributed between 11:30 am – 12:00 pm. 

The Senior Connection will be providing meals at a cost of $5 for adults 60 and better and $8 for those under 60 years of age.  Kids are $4.  Scholarships are available. 

Reservations are required and need to be made by Mondays at noon by calling the Senior Connection at 208-788-3468 or emailing stephanie@seniorconnectionidaho.org.  The menu is available by calling the Senior Connection to be put on their newsletter mailing list or online at www.seniorconnectionidaho.org/menu.  Participants are encouraged to bring their own reusable bag for their lunch.

The Community Library will be providing a reading each week, and beginning in June, as the COVID situation permits, take out diners are encouraged to linger and enjoy lunch in their wonderful outdoor space.  Wi-Fi is available and people can engage with each other while following social distancing protocols.   

OUTDOORS: Lunch & Lit

by

The Senior Connection and The Community Library are teaming up this summer to provide nutritious meals, social connection, and cerebral stimulation to elders in the north valley. 

On Thursdays beginning May 6, takeout meals will be available in the Cimino Plaza on the corner of 4th and Walnut Street, at the Children’s Library entrance. 

Lunch will be distributed between 11:30 am – 12:00 pm. 

The Senior Connection will be providing meals at a cost of $5 for adults 60 and better and $8 for those under 60 years of age.  Kids are $4.  Scholarships are available. 

Reservations are required and need to be made by Mondays at noon by calling the Senior Connection at 208-788-3468 or emailing stephanie@seniorconnectionidaho.org.  The menu is available by calling the Senior Connection to be put on their newsletter mailing list or online at www.seniorconnectionidaho.org/menu.  Participants are encouraged to bring their own reusable bag for their lunch.

The Community Library will be providing a reading each week, and beginning in June, as the COVID situation permits, take out diners are encouraged to linger and enjoy lunch in their wonderful outdoor space.  Wi-Fi is available and people can engage with each other while following social distancing protocols.   

ZOOM – Drop-In Lunchtime Writing Workshop

by

REGISTER HERE

Join us every other Tuesday, June 15 through December 14, for a drop-in virtual writing workshop, led by Martha Williams, the Library’s programs and education manager.

Each workshop begins with a warm-up prompt, then moves into a prompt that we will work with for the remainder of the hour. These free-form writing exercises are designed for writers of all genres–poetry, fiction, short fiction, nonfiction, and memoir. 

After each exercise we’ll share, discuss, and give each other feedback before moving onto another prompt or diving deeper into what we’ve created. We will also encourage a writing practice and share details of a writerly life together.

Register on Zoom for one or all workshops.

OUTDOORS: “The Poetry of Family Photos” A Writing Workshop with Richard Blanco

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REGISTER HERE

This two-hour workshop, led by award-winning poet Richard Blanco, will take a deep dive into the golden rule of writing poetry—“show don’t tell”—by contemplating the rich sensory details of family photographs. We’ll tap into their powerful stories by practicing “fever writing” or “automatic writing,” which we will share in class as jumping-off points for generating new poems.

Each participant will be asked bring two or three family photos (print preferred) that hold some personal mystique, imaginative interest, and emotional complexity. Open to writers of all levels and ages, as well as poetry enthusiasts.

Register above or by emailing Martha Williams, programs and education manager, at mwilliams@comlib.org.

Richard Blanco is an award-winning poet and was The Community Library’s 2020 Hemingway Distinguished Lecturer. Blanco was the fifth presidential inaugural poet in U.S. history—at the time the youngest, first Latino, immigrant, and gay person to serve in such a role. Born in Madrid to Cuban exile parents and raised in Miami, the negotiation of cultural identity and place characterize his body of work. He is the author of the poetry collections Looking for the Gulf Motel, Directions to the Beach of the Dead, and City of a Hundred Fires; the poetry chapbooks Matters of the Sea, One Today, and Boston Strong; a children’s book of his inaugural poem, “One Today,” illustrated by Dav Pilkey; and Boundaries, a collaboration with photographer Jacob Hessler. His latest book of poems, How to Love a Country (Beacon Press, 2019), both interrogates the American narrative, past and present, and celebrates the still unkept promise of its ideals. He has also authored the memoirs The Prince of Los Cocuyos: A Miami Childhood and For All of Us, One Today: An Inaugural Poet’s Journey. Blanco’s many honors include the Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize from the University of Pittsburgh Press, the PEN/Beyond Margins Award, the Paterson Poetry Prize, a Lambda Literary Award, and two Maine Literary Awards. He has been a Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow and received honorary doctorates from Macalester College, Colby College, and the University of Rhode Island, and the Academy of American Poets named him its first Education Ambassador in 2015.

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