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“Discovering the Chef Within” with Chef Doughty

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With her first cookbook now in print, this class will build on the principles that Chef Doughty has learned and practiced over the years. The chef will demonstrate and share cooking techniques and tips including how to cut an onion, unique ways of cooking waffles and crepe swirling, to name a few. Allowing for what is sure to be a spirited discussion, time will be allotted for Q and A and, as in any food class, there will be lots of things to sample. If you love food and cooking and are looking for ways to build on that knowledge, this will be the perfect class for you. Chef Doughty will be happy to sign any copies of her book and will have them available that evening.

Chef Doughty Biography

Chef Doughty is a successful food writer and restaurateur who hosted the nationally syndicated daily Public Radio food program Food for Thought which aired 17 years. Owner and chef of Doughty’s Bistro, in downtown Boise, Chef Doughty was trained at Le Cordon Bleu and received her executive chef certification from the American Culinary Federation.

More About the Book

While the market is flooded with cookbooks, this work stands alone as it teaches the fundamentals of cooking while encouraging cooks to think creatively and with less reliance on recipes. The Chef Within uses breakfast as the starting point for developing creative skills.  Basic recipes are given and then suggestions and techniques are highlighted to encourage further thinking and creativity on the part of the cook. Spaces for notes are made available throughout so that you can record your efforts, note what you like and what adaptations you will employ as your skills increase.

The Chef Within enables cooks to free themselves from the constraints of a recipe and, with an understanding of basic techniques and practical experience, truly begin to discover and empower the chef within.

www.thechefwithinbooks.com

2018 Ernest Hemingway Seminar, “A Farewell to Arms: Hemingway and WWI”

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Register HERE.

In the waning months of the centennial commemoration of World War I–and in a time when warfare’s scope and strategies, but not its devastation, have changed dramatically– A Farewell to Arms will serve as the centerpiece of The Community Library’s 2018 Ernest Hemingway Seminar, September 6-8, 2018. The novel drew upon Hemingway’s own experiences in the war, and it became his first bestseller, confirming the tone of his career. Over the course of the seminar, we will consider the historical context of World War I and Hemingway’s experience in it, and we also will look closely at this enduring novel.

2018 Ernest Hemingway Seminar: “A Farewell to Arms: Hemingway and WWI”

September 6-8, 2018, The Community Library

Thursday, September 6

5:00-6:00 p.m. Opening Reception, registration and light refreshments

6:00-7:30 p.m. “Hemingway’s Greatest Love Story: A Farewell to Arms”

by Suzanne del Gizzo, Associate Professor of English, Chestnut Hill College and Editor of the Hemingway Review.

A Farewell to Arms delivered on the promise of Ernest Hemingway’s early work and secured his place as a great American writer. Pulling from biographical context (Hemingway’s experience in love and war and its aftermath) as well as the publication and reception history of A Farewell to Arms, Suzanne del Gizzo explains the significance of the novel for Hemingway personally and professionally.

Friday, September 7

 10:00 a.m.-Noon Boise State University Panel Discussion on historical and literary aspects of World War I

Noon-2:00 p.m. Lunch on your own

2:00-3:30 p.m. A Farewell to Arms book discussion groups

3:45-5:15 p.m. “Teaching A Farewell to Arms in a War Literature Course” by Alex Vernon, Julia Mobley Odyssey

Professor of English, Hendrix College

7:00-9:30 p.m. A Screening of All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I.”

Popcorn and light refreshments will be served.

Saturday, September 8

10:00-11:00 a.m. Regional History presentation and archive tour

11:00 a.m.-Noon Ernest Hemingway and Sheridan, Wyoming. Come and learn about Hemingway’s 1928 trip to Sheridan, Wyoming, a place he escaped to in order to finish A Farewell to Arms.

Noon-2:00 p.m. Lunch on your own

2:00-4:00 p.m. “Sensing an Ending: Hemingway’s Difficult Farewell.” by David Wyatt, Professor of English, University of Maryland

“Farewell is about the best word I know in English,” Hemingway   wrote to Arnold Gingrich in 1932. Hemingway liked endings, and was good at farewells. But when it came to saying good-bye to his second novel, he struggled with how to end it. The 47 variant endings printed at the back of the Hemingway Library Edition of A Farewell to Arms (2012) testify to the difficulty of this struggle. Seminar members are encouraged to defend one of these alternative endings as providing a better “farewell.”

4:00-5:00 Closing reception with light refreshments

For more information call Timat 208-806-2621 or email him at tprice@comlib.org.

*CANCELLED* “The Taming of Democracy Assistance” by Sarah Bush

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* Due to inclement weather this program has been cancelled. We apologize for the inconvinience. *

Temple University professor Sarah Bush discusses her latest book The Taming of Democracy Assistance with Steven Feldstein, Chair of Public Affairs at The Frank Church Institute at Boise State University.

Sarah Bush is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Temple University. She is a former Postdoctoral Fellow in the International Security Program at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School. She received her Ph.D. in Politics from Princeton University in November 2011.

Bush’s research examines how international actors try to aid democracy, promote women’s representation, and support elections in developing countries. She is the author of a recent book on this topic, The Taming of Democracy Assistance: Why Democracy Promotion Does Not Confront Dictators (available for purchase at the program). Her main ongoing projects explore the effects of election observers on election credibility and the changing role of international NGOs in world politics.

Bush’s work has appeared in journals such as Comparative Political Studies, International Organization, Journal of Politics, and Perspectives on Politics. She also occasionally writes posts for outlets such as the Monkey Cage blog on the Washington Post and ForeignPolicy.com. Her research has been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and Experiments in Governance and Politics.

 

“Gravel-Bed Rivers in the Northern Rockies: Why Mountain Rivers Are So Important and Why You Should Care” by Dr. Ric Hauer

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Gravel-bed rivers like the Big Wood can be found all over the Rocky Mountains and are the ecological centers of mountain landscapes. While we generally understand that these freestone rivers play important roles, we don’t always understand the impacts and interconnectedness of these rivers or the effects humans have upon them.

The Wood River Land Trust and our partners are honored to bring Dr. Ric Hauer, the director of the University of Montana’s Center for Integrated Research on the Environment, to the valley to present his ground-breaking findings during his free talk.

Dr. Hauer will discuss natural stream functions, terrestrial/aquatic productivity and how some river restoration practices have compromised our systems today. Dr. Hauer will give examples of restoration practices that do, and don’t, work and will provide the rationale for these findings. The articulate and entertaining doctor will also answer questions after his presentation.

“To be effective, conservation efforts in mountain landscapes need a paradigm shift that has gravel-bed rivers and their floodplains as the central focus,” Dr. Hauer’s study states. “One that prioritizes the maintenance or restoration of the intact structure and processes of these critically important systems throughout their length and breadth.”

Dr. Hauer has conducted research around the eastern Pacific-rim, from Alaska to Patagonia, with his primary research being the transboundary Crown-of-the-Continent Ecosystem and the Flathead River system of Montana and British Columbia. Dr. Hauer’s love for streams and rivers and their roles as disproportionately important components of biodiversity of mountain landscapes drives his passion. In addition to his academic research, Dr. Hauer has served in development, implementation and assessment of environmental policy for the Clean Water Act, working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The presentation is being sponsored by the Wood River Land Trust, The Community Library, the cities of Hailey and Ketchum, The Nature Conservancy, Trout Unlimited and Flood Control District #9. For any questions, please contact Mike McKenna at mmckenna@woodriverladntrust.org or call 208.788.3947.

Family of Woman Film Festival: Filmmaker Retrospective

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Jennifer Redfearn will present her documentary, Sun Come Up (New Guinea, 75 min.). In 2009, the people living in the Cateret Islands of New Guinea faced a crisis as rising seawaters began to shrink the atoll ring that was their home. In a meeting called by this closely-knit culture, both women and men have a voice. Ursula Rakova, selected as relocation leader, picks a young man and a young woman to accompany her as she sets out by boat to find new shores to preserve their past and future. As the trio make their way through the string of the Bouganville Islands, they are met with rejection from communities with no precious land to spare. But Ursula will not accept defeat, imbuing her determination in her two pupils, the leaders of Cateret’s future. When Ursula and her companions finally receive a friendly welcome on the island of Tinoutz, the people of Cateret will become the first environmental refugees.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3broZl8sl_g

“Providing Spiritual Support at Life’s End” by Joan Maxwell

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This program is presented in partnership with Hospice of the Wood River Valley, St. Luke’s Wood River Foundation, and St. Thomas Episcopal Church. 

Author and former palliative care hospital chaplain Joan Maxwell draws on her recent memoir Soul Support: Spiritual Encounters at Life’s End to offer helpful, practical information for those facing or anticipating the life-threatening illness of a loved one. She shares lessons learned from terminally ill patients of all faiths and no faith to whom she provided spiritual support during 12 years as a hospital chaplain.

Joan Maxwell was trained and served as a chaplain in three acute-care hospitals in the Washington, DC area. The co-author of two previously published books, she received a Master of Theological Studies from Wesley Theological Seminary and was endorsed as a hospital chaplain by The Episcopal Church. She lives in Washington, DC with her husband David.

Copies of Soul Support will be available from Chapter One Bookstore. 

Photo copyright: Diana Walker 

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