“The Irishman” movie began production this past fall, and already it is attracting huge attention: It is directed by Martin Scorsese, who defined the gangster movie genre but who has not made a gangster movie in more than a decade, and it features an iconic line-up of stars, including Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci, who is coming out of retirement for a role in it. It has a budget of more than $100 million, and its 2019 release promises to be a major movie event. And it started here, in Sun Valley, with the book I Heard You Paint Houses by local resident (and Library regular!) Charlie Brandt.
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Idaho Wilderness Considered
Six contributors to the book Idaho Wilderness Considered, an anthology of essays, photos, and other reflections exploring the history and meaning of wilderness in Idaho, present about the book.
The event is free and open to the public.
Published by the Idaho Humanities Council, Idaho Wilderness Considered features photos and essays by 26 Idahoans, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Wilderness Act and the establishment of new wilderness areas in Idaho in the summer of 2015.
The book won this year’s award for “Idaho Book of the Year” from the Idaho Library Association.
In Ketchum, editors Feldman and Davidson will be joined by Idaho Conservation League Director Rick Johnson, BSU Professors John Freemuth and Lisa Brady, and backcountry photographer Ed Cannady.
“Madama Butterfly: A Disastrous Premier” by Mark Junkert
Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, one of the most performed and beloved operas worldwide, had a disastrous premiere but has stood the test of time. Once again, the opera is under attack for its insensitive ethnic stereotyping. Junkert will take a look at the opera throughout the years.
Mark Junkert is the General Director of Opera Idaho.
“The 2017 Flood: River Processes and a Historical Perspective on the Big Wood River and its Trout Fishery”
The 2017 flood substantially altered reaches of the Big Wood River. Panelists for this presentation will provide an overview of river processes, discuss the history of human alterations to the Big Wood River, examine how alterations have affected aquatic habitat and the trout fishery, and discuss the 2017 flood and lessons it may provide for the future.
Panelists:
Dan Dauwalter is a Trout Unlimited fisheries biologist working on landscape- scale planning efforts and the design of restoration projects, particularly as they relate to climate change mitigation.
Russ Thurow is a US Forest Service fisheries scientist who worked on fish population and habitat assessments in the Big Wood River in the 1980s and now studies Chinook salmon and bull trout demographics and spawning.
John Buffington is a US Forest Service research geomorphologist studying the effects of climate change on stream channel morphology and salmonid habitat across the west.
Library Closed for Thanksgiving
The library will be closed on Thanksgiving day and will close early, at 3 p.m. on November 22.
Tina Barney in Conversation with Judith Freeman
Photographer Tina Barney discusses her work and career with writer Judith Freeman.
Tina Barney was born in 1945 in New York. Since 1975, she has been producing large-scale photographs of family and friends. Among her exhibitions are a mid-career exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art in 1991 and the Whitney Biennial in 1987. More recently, her work has been shown at the New York State Theatre in 2011, The Barbican Art Centre, London, Museum Folkwang in Essen, Museum der Art Moderne, Salzburg, and others. Barney was the recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship in 1991, and the 2010 Lucie Award for Achievement in Portraiture. Her monographs include, Theatre of Manners, The Europeans, Players, and her new retrospective, Tina Barney. She lives in New York and Rhode Island.
Judith Freeman is a novelist, critic, and essayist whose newest book is The Latter Days, a memoir. Her first book, a collection of short stories, was Family Attractions. Her novels include, The Chinchilla Farm, Set For Life, A Desert of Pure Feeling, and Red Water. She is also the author of the non-fiction work The Long Embrace: Raymond Chandler and the Woman He Loved. Freeman received a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in 1997 won the Western Heritage Award for her novel, Set For Life in 1992. Her essays and articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune. She lives in Los Angeles and rural Idaho with her husband, artist photographer Anthony Hernandez.
Signed copies of Tina Barney will be on sale from Chapter One Bookstore.
