The Community Library will be CLOSED until 3:00 pm on Friday, November 1 for staff training. We will be OPEN from 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm. Join us for a special program at 4:00 pm - “Real People, Real Recovery: Overcoming Addiction in Modern America” with Piers Kaniuka. *The Gold Mine and Gold Mine Consign will remain closed all day. The Gold Mine will reopen at 10:00 am on Saturday, November 2, the Gold Mine Consign will reopen on Saturday, November 9 at 10:00 am. … [Read more...] about LIBRARY CLOSED UNTIL 3:00 pm
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CANCELLED – “The Art of Integrating Eye, Brain and Body” with Peter Grunwald
**This program has been cancelled -- we apologize for the inconvenience. The program will be rescheduled for later in 2020.** Peter Grunwald has discovered that certain areas of the brain, eyes and rest of the visual system correspond to specific areas in the human body. He has developed effective techniques to release patterns that underlie visual dysfunctions together with postural dysfunctions causing back, neck and shoulder pain, headaches and breathing disorders. In his presentation at … [Read more...] about CANCELLED – “The Art of Integrating Eye, Brain and Body” with Peter Grunwald
An Evening with Dr. Alisha Moreland-Capuia
In collaboration with the I Have A Dream Foundation of Idaho, The Community Library welcomes Dr. Alisha Moreland-Capuia. This program will be live streamed and can be viewed on The Community Library’s LIVESTREAM page during and after the event. Alisha’s story is a reminder to us all that there are paths to overcoming adversity and the power of education in our children’s lives. Alisha was in Portland, Oregon’s first “I Have a Dream” Foundation class. She faced plenty of adversity as a young … [Read more...] about An Evening with Dr. Alisha Moreland-Capuia
“Real People, Real Recovery: Overcoming Addiction in Modern America” with Piers Kaniuka
In collaboration with the St. Luke's Wood River Foundation, The Community Library presents Piers Kaniuka, co-author of Real People, Real Recovery: Overcoming Addiction in Modern America. The opioid epidemic is laying waste to America. Overdose deaths have decimated a generation and lowered overall life expectancy. Between Big Pharma, the war on drugs, and ineffectual treatment, addicts and their families face an uphill battle in getting the help they need. But there is a way out! Noted recovery … [Read more...] about “Real People, Real Recovery: Overcoming Addiction in Modern America” with Piers Kaniuka
“Girls Who Run the World” with Diana Kapp
Did you know? • Just 6.6% of Fortune 500 CEOs are women. • Women in the U.S. start 30-40% of all businesses, but those account for just 4% of income earned. • In 2018 just 2% of venture capital dollars went to companies with a female founder. • 23 percent of fifth grade girls think they are not smart enough to pursue their dream career, and by high school this number doubles. In her new book, Girls Who Run The World: 31 CEOs Who Mean Business, Diana Kapp introduces readers to successful, … [Read more...] about “Girls Who Run the World” with Diana Kapp
James Joyce’s “Ulysses” with Enda Duffy
In celebration of Dale Chihuly's and Seaver Leslie's Ulysses Cylinders on display in The Community Library foyer (through January 10, 2020), please join us for an afternoon with modernist scholar Enda Duffy. Dr. Duffy will be discussing James Joyce, the novel Ulysses, and its intimate connection to the glass cylinders on display. Enda Duffy is a Professor in the English Department at UC Santa Barbara. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University, where he won a Whiting Fellowship, and taught … [Read more...] about James Joyce’s “Ulysses” with Enda Duffy
