by kmerwin
Come to the Library for a 4-week Spanish class. Class members will discuss various topics each week facilitated by Sara Pettit, M.A. This session is designed for intermediate to advanced Spanish language learners who want to practice and enhance their Spanish language skills in a conversational setting.
The class will run on January 14, January 21, January 28, and February 4, at 12 pm in the Large Conference Room.
by kmerwin
As part of the Library’s “The West Where We Are” series Professor Elliott West lectures on his book, The Last Indian War: The Nez Perce Story.
Elliott West is a Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Arkansas. Professor West received his B.A. from the University of Texas (1967) and his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado (1971). He joined the University of Arkansas faculty in 1979. Two of his books, Growing Up With the Country: Childhood on the Far-Western Frontier (1989) and The Way to the West: Essays on the Central Plains (1995) received the Western Heritage Award. The Contested Plains: Indians, Goldseekers, and the Rush to Colorado (1998) received five awards including the Francis Parkman Prize and PEN Center Award. His most recent book is The Last Indian War: The Nez Perce Story (2009).
The Last Indian War: The Nez Perce Story is a portrait of the Nez Perce War of 1877, the last great Indian conflict in American history and is based on a rich cache of historical documents, from government and military records to contemporary interviews and newspaper reports.
by kmerwin
Join Nancy Hughes, Ketchum’s local CNN Hero, as she tells the story of StoveTeam.
StoveTeam helps local entrepreneurs establish factories in Latin America. These self-sustaining businesses produce safe, affordable, fuel-efficient cookstoves to replace dangerous open cooking fires.
Nancy’s inspiring story of starting stove factories to improve health has been featured on both the PBS Newshour and Forbes.
The work Nancy started at the age most people retire has resulted in the production and sale of more than 50,840 safe cookstoves, improving the lives of more than 381,000 individuals in Latin America.
Join us at the library to learn more about how volunteers of any age can come on a volunteer trip to Guatemala.
Nancy Hughes, President of StoveTeam International, transformed a small Rotary club project into this effective international charity to help develop sustainable local factories in the developing world that produce safe, affordable, fuel-efficient stoves.
The Ecocina stoves they produce reduce deforestation and carbon emissions while eliminating both burns and respiratory illnesses. In the seven years since StoveTeam International’s inception, 50,840 stoves have improved the lives of more than 381,300 individuals in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico.
For her work, Nancy has been honored as a Rotary White House Champion of Change and has been featured on the PBS Newshour. She is a CNN Hero, and the recipient of the prestigious International Purpose Prize.
by kmerwin
In Tucker Tees Off, Tucker is joined on the golf course by other canines and various creatures. Woven throughout are rhymes and poems related to golf. Tips and quips accompany Tucker in his quest to finish all 18 holes during the Intermountain golf season. Writer Lynn Campion and nationally recognized PGA Pro Stoney Brown add humorous yet meaningful advice that every age can treasure .…or ignore!
by kmerwin
Multi Emmy and British Academy award-winning producer Anthony Geffen returns to The Community Library to give a special preview and answer questions about this new BBC series, featuring extraordinary images of the Great Barrier Reef and David Attenborough’s wonderful narrative. (Don’t miss this! The film will not be released in the US until Spring 2016)
by kmerwin
In this season of peace, cultivate inner peace…
Pleasurably enter the holidays with simple, effective techniques to help you ground and center through our often busy holidays and beyond. Using visualization and intention, we will actively create a more spacious, joyful inner experience that you can maintain throughout your day. Benefits commonly include reduced stress, a quieting of internal noise, and a sense of coming home to yourself. These techniques complement other meditation practices.
FREE
At The Community Library,
December 21, 4-5:30
Facilitated by Eloise Christensen & Erica Linson
Please contact us for more information.
eloise@thenaturalspace.com, 415.577.1052
erica@ericalinson.com, 415.378.3804
