REGISTER HERE Join us for a virtual screening and panel discussion in partnership with WOUB Public Media of Ohio and Idaho Public Television. The event will be held virtually over Zoom on June 29 at 7:00 p.m. Eastern (5:00 p.m. Mountain). Those in attendance will see an excerpt from the recent PBS "Hemingway" documentary series, as well as an episode of IPTV's Idaho Experience, "Hemingway's Idaho," which focuses on the extraordinary home Hemingway lived in during his time in Idaho. The … [Read more...] about ZOOM: Ohio Connection to “Hemingway in Idaho”
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Trailing of the Sheep Festival’s Sheep Ranching Q&A with Ranching Friends
More information is forthcoming. Save the date! … [Read more...] about Trailing of the Sheep Festival’s Sheep Ranching Q&A with Ranching Friends
“Churchill and the Royals” with Lee Pollock
August 16, 2021 WATCH THE PROGRAM From the august days of Queen Victoria, when the sun never set on the British Empire, to the shocking abdication of Edward VIII and the long reign of Elizabeth II, the saga of Britain’s kings and queens has fascinated the world for over two centuries, regularly dramatized on stage and screen. No public figure in British history had a longer or more consequential relationship with the royal family than Winston Churchill, justly regarded as the greatest statesman … [Read more...] about “Churchill and the Royals” with Lee Pollock
“Cage Shuffle” by Paul Lazar
June 21, 2021 Presented in collaboration with Sawtooth Productions, LLC. Cage Shuffle is a 50-minute dance/theater solo. In Cage Shuffle Paul Lazar speaks a series of one-minute stories by John Cage from his 1963 score Indeterminacy, while simultaneously performing a complex choreographic score by Annie-B Parson, choreographer of David Byrne’s American Utopia on Broadway. The stories are spoken in random order with no predetermined relationship to the dancing, yet chance serves up its … [Read more...] about “Cage Shuffle” by Paul Lazar
YOUTUBE: Stamping their Legacy: Honoring the Nisei Soldiers of WWII
WATCH THE PROGRAM The United States Postal Service has issued a commemorative stamp titled Go for Broke: Japanese American Soldiers of WWII that will be available beginning June 3, 2021. The Postal Service announced: With this commemorative stamp, the Postal Service recognizes the contributions of Japanese American soldiers, some 33,000 altogether, who served in the U.S. Army during World War II. For a time, these second-generation Japanese Americans, known as Nisei, were denied the … [Read more...] about YOUTUBE: Stamping their Legacy: Honoring the Nisei Soldiers of WWII
A Conversation with Playwright Samuel D. Hunter
WATCH THE PROGRAM UPDATE: This program is moving indoors to the Library's John A. and Carole O. Moran Lecture Hall. Chairs will be spaced out in the room. If you would prefer to join us virtually, you can watch the event HERE on Livestream. MacArthur Genius award-winning playwright and Idaho native Samuel D. Hunter will discuss bringing his new play to the stage this summer in Sun Valley. Like all of Hunter’s work, this play, A Case For the Existence of God, is set in Idaho, this time in Twin … [Read more...] about A Conversation with Playwright Samuel D. Hunter
