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The holidays can at times feel overwhelming, overstimulating, a bit much. Sometimes one needs to escape. During the holidays the library is offering a series of films in the evenings that can help you do just that. We are showing classics, cult classics, and documentaries.
Two drifters, of widely varying backgrounds, rustle cattle and try to avoid being caught in contemporary Montana in this 1975 Western cult classic written by Tom McGuane.
BYOS (Bring your own snacks)
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The holidays can at times feel overwhelming, overstimulating, a bit much. Sometimes one needs to escape. During the holidays the library is offering a series of films in the evenings that can help you do just that. We are showing classics, cult classics, and documentaries.
Photographer Tina Barney is profiled in this documentary following her in a project to capture the lives of Europe’s aristocrats in this 2005 documentary.
The film introduces you to Tina Barney, who will be in conversation at the library with writer Judith Freeman on December 30.
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In partnership with the Boise Committee on Foreign Relations.
David Shinn received his BA (1963), MA (1964), and PhD (1980) from George Washington University. He has a certificate in African studies from Northwestern University. He served for thirty-seven years in the US Foreign Service with assignments at embassies in Lebanon, Kenya, Tanzania, Mauritania, Cameroon, Sudan and as ambassador to Burkina Faso and Ethiopia. He has been teaching in the Elliott School since 2001 and serves on a number of boards of nongovernmental organizations.
An expert on the Horn of Africa, Dr. Shinn speaks at events around the world. He is the coauthor of China and Africa: A Century of Engagement, the Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia, and has authored numerous articles and book chapters. His research interests include China-Africa relations, East Africa and the Horn, terrorism, Islamic fundamentalism, conflict situations, U.S. policy in Africa, and the African brain drain.
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Venue: The Church of the Big Wood, Ketchum
Tickets: $35 through the Sun Valley Center: https://sunvalleycenter.org/event-calendar/lecture-viet-thanh-nguyen-evening-viet-thanh-nguyen/
Award-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen continues to gain recognition for his bold, elegant, and fiercely honest writing. His remarkable debut novel, The Sympathizer, won the Pulitzer Prize in 2016 and made the finalist list for the 2016 PEN/Faulkner award. His collection of short stories titled The Refugees was released in 2017. Nguyen and his family came to the United States as refugees during the Vietnam War. As he grew up in America, he began to notice that most movies and books about the war focused on Americans while the Vietnamese were silenced and erased. He was inspired by this lack of representation to write about the war from a Vietnamese perspective. The New York Times says that his novel, “fills a void…giving voice to the previously voiceless while it compels the rest of us to look at the events of forty years ago in a new light.” His voice is refreshing and powerful as he urges readers to examine the legacy of that tumultuous time and its aftermath from a new perspective. He is currently the Chair of the English Department at the University of Southern California where he is also an associate professor of English and American Studies and Ethnicity.
In October 2017, Viet Thanh Nguyen was awarded a prestigious MacArthur Foundation “Genius” grant.
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s lecture is presented in partnership with the Sun Valley Center for the Arts and has been generously supported by an anonymous gift and Marcia & Don Liebich.
by kmerwin
The holidays can at times feel overwhelming, overstimulating, a bit much. Sometimes one needs to escape. During the holidays the library is offering a series of films in the evenings that can help you do just that. We are showing classics, cult classics, and documentaries.
The first film in this series is Serpico. An honest New York cop named Frank Serpico blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him in this 1973 classic starring Al Pacino.
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Join Louisa Moats and Evelyn Johnson for a discussion about dyslexia. The conversation will include a focus on better understanding what dyslexia is, learning why it is difficult for students with dyslexia to receive adequate services in schools, and discussion possible solutions.
Dr. Moats has been a teacher, psychologist, researcher, graduate school faculty member, and author of many influential scientific journal articles, books, and policy papers on the topics of reading, spelling, language, and teacher preparation. She led the committee that developed the International Dyslexia Association’s Knowledge and Practice Standards for Teachers of Reading.
Dr. Johnson is the Scientific Director of Lee Pesky Learning Center and a Professor of Special Education at Boise State University. Her research and teaching are focused on improving instruction and outcomes for students with learning disabilities. She is the author of several textbooks and articles on response-to-intervention, screening for academic intervention, special education teacher preparation and special education teacher observation
