Join our Tech expert Paul for an introductory course to Google.
The Community Library Lecture Room
Flourish Foundation’s Compassionate Leaders Program: Trip to India
The Compassionate Leaders is a group of Juniors and Seniors from three different High Schools in the Wood River Valley. Along with committing to weekly meetings that focus on exploring contemplative practices and discussing bigger questions of life, this unique group has served over 1,000 hours at 11 social-profits throughout our Valley. Through the incredible generosity of our community, family, and friends they successfully met their fundraising goal of $45,000 for their service projects in Mississippi and India.
This summer the Compassionate Leaders spent 3 weeks in Ladakh India working at the Kalacharka festival serving tea and bread to 150,000 pilgrims. They also spent many hours picking up trash at an elevation over 12,000 feet in 109 degree weather, while listening to teachings by the Dalai Lama for 13 days. The group that went to Jonestown Mississippi (the second most improverished community in the United States) worked on a Community Garden project for 2 weeks. As an expression of gratitude to everyone who has helped the Compassionate Leaders meet their goals and to inform the community about how teens in the Wood River Valley are making a difference locally and globally. Please come to enjoy the screening of short videos and hear stories about another incredible year of building a more compassionate world.
Larry Katzen, “And You Thought Accountants Were Boring – my life inside Arthur Andersen”
Larry Katzen takes you inside Arthur Andersen, the accounting firm brought down by Governmental false accusations. And You Thought Accountants Were Boring – my life inside Arthur Andersen provides an inside look at the company’s demise.
Larry Katzen is an entrepreneur, a businessman, and an author. After graduating from Drake University in 1967, he started working at Arthur Andersen. He quickly rose through the ranks to eventually become the Great Plains’ Regional Managing Partner. He stayed with the firm for 35 years, serving clients on five continents (North America, Australia, Europe, Asia, and Africa) until the firm’s demise in 2002.
The Community Library Game Night
Come to the library’s Lecture Room to learn how to play games like Mexican Train, Chess and Poker.
Star Lab Planetarium
Join Hemingway Elementary Engineering Technology teacher Scott Slonim as he takes you on a tour of the stars. You will see the Native American constellations and learn how they used the stars. You’ll learn the Greek constellations, about the phases of the moon and get to touch a real shooting star. The show will end with an amazing laser show!
Please call the Children’s Library at (208) 726-3493, option 2, to reserve a spot. Shows are held in the Community Library Lecture Room.
There will be two shows, starting at 3:00 & 4:00 p.m. respectively.
Mark Kurlansky and his daughter Talia unveil “International Night”
In partnership with Iconoclast Books join Mark Kurlansky and his daughter, Talia, as they unveil their brand new book, International Night – A Father and Daughter Cook Their Way Around the World.
