Vicky Bates reads from and discusses her new book, Empty Jacket.
Main Library
“Hemingway and Non-Hunted Nature” by Rick Bass
The Community Library hosts a lecture by Rick Bass as part of the 2016 Ernest Hemingway Festival.
The lecture will take place at the NexStage Theatre on Friday, September 9 at 5:30 p.m.
Rick Bass is an author and environmental activist. His fiction has received O. Henry Awards, numerous Pushcart Prizes, awards from the Texas Institute of Letters (in fiction, creative nonfiction, and journalism categories), fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Lyndhurst Foundation, the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters, a Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award, nominations for Pacific Northwest Booksellers Awards, a Pen/Nelson Algren Special Citation, and a General Electric Younger Writer’s Award.
Tickets are $12 for non-Hemingway Festival registrants, register by clicking here!
A Screening of “Neil Diamond, Solitary Man”
Sponsored by the Wood River Jewish Community and hosted by the Sun Valley Jewish Film Festival.
Don’t miss this wonderful evening about a shy Jewish boy from Brooklyn, New York, who goes through a life-long quest to discover himself through his music.
WaterWays Exhibit Opening
The Smithsonian WaterWays exhibit is now on display at the Sun Valley Museum of History. Join us for an opening reception in the Forest Service Park. Lights snacks and refreshments will be served.
A Conversation with Alexander Maksik
Author Alexander Maksik returns to The Community Library in conversation with program director, Scott Burton, discussing his soon-to-be released novel Shelter In Place from Europa.
Alexander Maksik is the author of three novels: You Deserve Nothing; A Marker To Measure Drift, which was named a New York Times Notable Book and a finalist for both the William Saroyan Prize and Le Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger; and the forthcoming Shelter In Place, due out in September. A contributing editor at Condé Nast Traveler, his writing has appeared, or is forthcoming, in Best American Nonrequired Reading, Harper’s, Tin House, Harvard Review, The New York Times Book Review, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, Salon and Narrative Magazine, among other publications. Maksik is the recipient of a 2015 Pushcart Prize, as well as fellowships from the Truman Capote Literary Trust and The Corporation of Yaddo. He is the co-artistic director of the Can Cab Literary Residence in Catalonia, Spain and his work has been translated into more than a dozen languages.
“How Water Works In The Wood River Valley”: A Panel Discussion
In conjunction with the arrival of the Smithsonian “Waterways” exhibit at the Sun Valley Museum of History, the library will host a series of programs related to water issues. The “Waterways” exhibit is on display at the Sun Valley Museum of History, 180 1st St., in the Forest Service Park, Ketchum, from July 16 to August 28.
Representatives from the Wood River Water Collaborative will discuss how we are working together to find and create solutions for the many demands we place on our water in this arid region. This collaborative is working to create a flexible and innovative program to resolve limited water supply demands while preserving community values which include:
-Preserve safe, clean drinking water to meet the needs of people.
-Ensure sustainable water use for farming and ranching.
-Conserve riparian and river habitat for fish and wildlife that rely on the Big Wood River, Silver Creek, and their tributaries.
Panel participants:
Carl Pendelton operates a family farm north of Shoshone, Idaho. He is an active member of the Shoshone community and a board member for the Big Wood Canal Company which manages and operates Magic Reservoir.
Rod Hubsmith has ranched and farmed along the banks of the Little Wood River his entire life. He is deeply committed to finding solutions that balance water use for his family’s ranch operation with the health of the Little Wood River.
Michelle Stennett is a state senator representing District 26 and is the Idaho State Senate Minority Leader. She has provided leadership both locally and on the state level to create a locally driven solution to water issues.
Keri York is the director of conservation for the Wood River Land Trust. She is a Wood River Valley native with a background in natural resources and marine fisheries biology.
Greg Loomis is a fly-fishing guide and advocate for trout fisheries. He works with the SaveSilverCreek website and participates in numerous monitoring programs in the Silver Creek area.
Brett Stevenson grew up on her family farm near Silver Creek. Her family is actively working to improve water conservation in a meaningful way through changing irrigation practices in order to help improve flow conditions in the Silver Creek aquifer.
