NAMI Shares Stories of How the Bluebirds Learned to Fly
The Community Library Lecture Room
“Tiny Imperfections” with Alli Frank and Asha Youmans
Join us for an evening with Alli Frank and Asha Youmans, authors of the new novel, Tiny Imperfections. They will be in conversation (and laughter) about their experiences working in private school admissions and collaborating on their fabulously funny novel, which brings their experiences to the page. The story has been called “hilarious, cringe-worthy and all too relevant” as it tackles one woman’s journey through work, race, and motherhood. Book signing to follow.
Tiny Imperfections
Josie Bordelon is on a mission to prevent her seventeen-year-old daughter, Etta, from making the same mistakes she did when she was coming of age. She’s now the Director of Admissions at Fairchild Country Day School, the most sought-after private school in San Francisco, which also happens to be her alma mater and the school Etta is about to graduate from. Josie was not a child of privilege, but rather one of four scholarship students of color at Fairchild in the 1990s. Her beloved Aunt Viv, who raised her and has helped her raise Etta, works as the school’s longtime head cook and is their family’s rock. As a new admissions season opens, Josie must contend with the obsessed, overbearing, ultra-wealthy parents willing to do just about anything to guarantee their child a spot in kindergarten. On the home front, Etta is fighting the path Josie has painstakingly laid out for her.
A powerful mother-daughter story, interracial romance, and deliciously fun schoolyard drama, Tiny Imperfections is also a celebration of a fundamental truth: It doesn’t matter who you are—race, religion, sexual orientation. When raising a child all parents share a common goal: for their child to find success and true happiness.
Alli Frank has worked in education for over twenty years in San Francisco and Seattle, from an overcrowded, cacophonous public high school to a pristine private girl’s school. She has been a teacher, curriculum leader, coach, college counselor, assistant head, sometimes pastor, often mayor, and de facto parent therapist. A graduate of Cornell and Stanford University, Alli is a resident of Ketchum, Idaho, as of July 2020. Tiny Imperfections is her first novel.
Asha Youmans attended public schools until graduating from one of the foremost private schools in the Pacific Northwest. After receiving a degree from the University of California, Berkeley, she returned to Seattle where she taught in public and private elementary schools for nearly 20 years. Tiny Imperfections is her firstnovel.
*CANCELLED* Curbing Food Waste Through Composting
*THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN CANCELLED* We may attempt to reschedule it for later in 2020.
As part of the valley-wide EarthWeek series, join the Blaine County Food Council to learn about current actions and future solutions to increase composting throughout our community. Keynote speaker and sustainability leader Matt Robinson, manager of the Konditorei in Sun Valley, will share the cafe’s journey to becoming the first 3-Star Certified Green Restaurant in the Wood River Valley.
A panel discussion and audience Q&A session with local leaders and entrepreneurs will follow. Panelists include Kaz Thea, Hailey City Council, and Mike Goitendia, Clear Creek Disposal. The panel will be moderated by Grant Loomis, Blaine County Extension Educator.
This program will be LIVE STREAMED and available for later viewing on the Library’s website.
Visit blainecountyfoodcouncil.org/events for more information.
All Day Drop-In Craft
A craft will be available today in the Children’s Library. Drop in at your convenience.
All Day Drop-In: Magformers
Magformers will be available to build and create with today in the Children’s Library.
*CANCELLED* Film Screening: “Our Gorongosa”
*THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN CANCELLED* We will attempt to reschedule it for later in 2020.
In collaboration with the Sun Valley Film Festival, The Community Library presents a special screening of Our Gorongosa.
Our Gorongosa is the story of an African park in Mozambique that recognized that to thrive in today’s world, protecting the animals is only half the battle. Gorongosa National Park is working towards empowering communities with a focus on women to lift them out of poverty and achieve their full potential. This is a new vision for conservation in the 21st Century, where people and animals must coexist, to the benefit of them all.
The screening is free and open to the public.
Note special start time of 5:00 p.m.
Our Gorongosa Trailer from Gorongosa National Park on Vimeo.
