Classes, Discussion Groups, and Workshops|Main Library

TV Discussion Group with Mimi Avins: “The White Lotus”

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DATE: January 12 4:00 PM
LOCATION: PROGRAMS STUDIO

Ever wish you were in a book club, and wonder if you might be if you weren’t spending so much time watching addictive TV shows? Welcome to the best of both worlds. The next Community Library TV Discussion Group will meet weekly, on Wednesdays from January 12th through January 26th from 4:00 to 5:30, giving TV obsessives and skeptics a place to dissect season one of HBO’s buzzed-about limited series: “The White Lotus.”

The provocative and highly discussable 6-episode show about class, colonialism, ambition and lust follows a group of rich white guests on vacation at a Hawaiian luxury resort. Oblivious, awful and all too recognizably human, the tourists circle one another and the resort’s employees in a cluelessly vicious dance. Comedy, tragedy and rude awakenings ensue. Group participants will share their reactions and insights, analyzing “The White Lotus” in the way a book group critiques a novel.

Ketchum resident Mimi Avins, who covered pop culture in her years as a staff writer for The Los Angeles Times, will lead the discussion. Each session will explore two episodes.

The group works best if all members watch two episodes a week, so binge watching the entire season ahead of time is discouraged. The series is available on HBO or can also be purchased for streaming from Amazon. 

Attendance is free but advanced registration is requested. Proof of vaccination is required. To sign up and receive the viewing schedule please, contact Martha Williams at mwilliams@comlib.org or 208-806-2621.  

Free On-Demand Webinar: Loving Spirit, A Facilitated Journey Through Loss

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In April, The Community Library had planned to host an all-day workshop with Loving Spirit, a non-profit committed to helping transform the journey of loss. Following the cancellation of our local and other regional in-person workshops, Loving Spirit embarked on preparing a free webinar to share online. The Library is honored to partner in sharing this webinar with our community.

Loving Spirit workshops are intended for adults who are grieving a major loss in their lives, whether through the death of a loved one, divorce, career change, medical diagnosis, or other event. The workshops teach new mindsets, skill sets, and tools that anyone can adopt and look at the journey of loss through a multi-cultural perspective.

The new webinar series launches June 1, 2020, and will be available to view anytime. Comprised of six, approximately one-hour sessions, the webinar will be accessible on all devices (computers, notepads, cell phones) as well as on Apple TV. The webinar is closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. Later in the summer a Spanish language version will be available.

Anyone interested in attending the webinar can register at: www.lovingspiritwebinar.com. A workbook will be available online to download after registration.

In the past six years, Loving Spirit has  held its free workshops in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Ohio, Idaho, Illinois, and Utah. The organization is led by Dayle and Will Spencer, who founded Loving Spirit following the death of their daughter, Allie, at age 28, from the flu. Dayle has written two books on grief and loss, Loving Allie, Transforming the Journey of Loss, and Loving Spirit, Self-help for the Journey of Loss. The non-profit, headquartered in Sun Valley, Idaho, with affiliate locations in Arizona and Colorado, provides its workshops and materials free to all attendees, thanks to charitable donations.

Winter Read Book Discussion at the Hailey Public Library

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Join us for a discussion on Jamie Ford’s of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, the Community Library’s 2020 Winter Read selection.

The discussion will be held at the Hailey Public Library, and will be led by The Community Library’s Winter Read High School Interns.

The Community Library’s 2020 WINTER READ explores the history and effects today of the incarceration of Japanese Americans in the U.S. during World War II. Throughout February and March we invite the community to read Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Jamie Ford’s novel that focuses on two families, of Chinese and Japanese ancestry, who experience discrimination, incarceration, loss, and friendship during the early war years in Seattle. The novel features the Minidoka War Relocation Center, Idaho’s own site of war-time incarceration where more than 9,000 Japanese Americans were imprisoned from 1942-45. The site is located just eighty miles south of Ketchum. Join us as we engage in conversation around this important regional and national civil liberties history.

The 2020 Winter Read has been generously sponsored by the Spur Community Foundation and Carlyn Ring.

Wood River Women’s Foundation Photography Workshop

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Have you ever wanted to learn to take beautiful photos with your digital camera? Bring your camera and join the Wood River Women’s Foundation (WRWF) photography class for an amazing opportunity to learn how to use a digital camera. Professional photographers Denise and Bryan Anderson have generously donated their time to share their knowledge and skills right before the holidays.

To learn more about Denise and Bryan, visit deniseandbryan.com or follow on Instagram.com/deniseandbryan

This class is free and open to the public. Please RSVP to Teresa Brennan, WRWF Photography Coordinator at teresabrennan.rd@gmail.com to help gather information for the presenters on student abilities and topics of interest.

Great Decisions Discussion Group

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This lively discussion group is a perennial favorite for inquisitive minds in the Wood River Valley. The curriculum is developed by the Foreign Policy Association, and it investigates a range of contemporary foreign and domestic policy issues. The discussions will be moderated by Don Liebich, who has been involved with economic development, citizen diplomacy, and human rights projects in the Middle East. Don is an author and an international consultant.

Topics for the 2020 program include Climate Change and the Global Order, India and Pakistan, Red Sea Security, Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking, U.S. Relations with the Northern Triangle, China’s Road into Latin America, The Philippines and the U.S. and Artificial Intelligence and Data.

Registration: To register call CSI at 208-788-2033. Registration begins December 2 (section code: XMSC 088 B01).

There is a tuition ($70) for the class, which does not include the book that must be purchased on your own. The book can be ordered in January from the Foreign Policy Association: Great Decisions 2020 Briefing Book            

Class dates:

Tuesday, February 4
Thursday, February 6
Tuesday, February 11
Thursday, February 13
Tuesday, February 18
Thursday, February 20
Tuesday, February 25
Thursday, February 27

Great Decisions Discussion Group

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This lively discussion group is a perennial favorite for inquisitive minds in the Wood River Valley. The curriculum is developed by the Foreign Policy Association, and it investigates a range of contemporary foreign and domestic policy issues. The discussions will be moderated by Don Liebich, who has been involved with economic development, citizen diplomacy, and human rights projects in the Middle East. Don is an author and an international consultant.

Topics for the 2020 program include Climate Change and the Global Order, India and Pakistan, Red Sea Security, Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking, U.S. Relations with the Northern Triangle, China’s Road into Latin America, The Philippines and the U.S. and Artificial Intelligence and Data.

Registration: To register call CSI at 208-788-2033. Registration begins December 2 (section code: XMSC 088 B01).

There is a tuition ($70) for the class, which does not include the book that must be purchased on your own. The book can be ordered in January from the Foreign Policy Association: Great Decisions 2020 Briefing Book            

Class dates:

Tuesday, February 4
Thursday, February 6
Tuesday, February 11
Thursday, February 13
Tuesday, February 18
Thursday, February 20
Tuesday, February 25
Thursday, February 27

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