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“The Sympathizer” Book Discussion

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FREE BOOK DISCUSSION: The Sympathizer, by Viet Thanh Nguyen with The Community Library’s Jenny Emery Davidson & Scott Burton

FREE, pre-registration through The Sun Valley Center recommended to reserve your seat.

Join Jenny Emery Davidson and Scott Burton from The Community Library as they discuss The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen, the winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. With the pace and suspense of a thriller and prose that has been compared to Graham Greene and Saul Bellow, The Sympathizer is a sweeping epic of love and betrayal. The narrator, a communist double agent, is a “man of two minds,” a half-French, half-Vietnamese army captain who arranges to come to America after the Fall of Saigon. He, while building a new life with other Vietnamese refugees in Los Angeles, secretly reports back to his communist superiors in Vietnam. The Sympathizer is a blistering exploration of identity and America, a gripping espionage novel, and a powerful story of love and friendship.

LitWalk2017

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STROLL THROUGH KETCHUM ON A SUMMER EVENING – ENJOY “TASTES” OF LITERATURE AND GREAT FOOD.

On Friday,  August 18th, from 5-7 pm, The Community Library presents LitWalk 2017: Totality – celebrating a community that reads, writes, creates, and connects!

 

Summer evenings in the Wood River Valley are to be savored – especially when they include a stroll, food, refreshments, and entertainment.  During The Community Library’s 2017 LitWalk, attendees will be invited to stroll through Ketchum, enjoying “tastes” of literature and great food at each Library location.

 

Come to the main Library to experience the StarLab: portable planetarium, learn about the eclipse and get FREE eclipse glasses for the whole family. Visit the children’s library for the Children’s Art Fair and Bloom bookmobile, and get your picture taken dressed as your favorite literary character in the Gold Mine photo booth. Head over to our partners at the Wood River Valley  Studio Tour Reception and Chapter One Bookstore for refreshments and activities. Finally, spend some time at Forest Service Park to hear our local authors tell their favorite campfire stories and visit the new Firelines exhibit at the Sun Valley Museum of History.

 

Activities are free!  A $15 food and beverage pass will be available for purchase starting August 11th at The Community Library and at various locations the day of the event. The pass gives access to small bites and refreshments from local restaurants.

 Find the event program and map here

For more information, please email Bethany Hull: bhull@comlib.org

ERC’s Wildfire Walk

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On Thursday, June 22 from 10:00am-12:00pm at the Greenhorn Gulch trailhead, join the ERC for an early summer wildfire walk. Deb Taylor, ERC Board member and US Forest Service North Zone Botanist, will lead participants through burned areas, exploring fire cycles, the positive and negative ecological impacts of fire, and the process of ecosystem renewal. Sturdy shoes, sun protection, and water is strongly suggested.  This program is offered free of charge and available for community members of all-ages. Please no dogs.  Space is limited and pre-registration is required.  Please call the ERC Office (208) 726-4333 to sign up. 

Genealogy Workshop

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This basic research class will allow you to research your family tree with Donna Voyles, the director of the Family History Center in Hailey. If you have questions call Buffy at 726-3493 ext. 110. 

2017 Ernest Hemingway Seminar: “Isn’t It Pretty to Think So?”

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REGISTER HERE!

2017 Ernest Hemingway Seminar Schedule • September 7-9

“Isn’t it pretty to think so?” the last line of Hemingway’s iconic novel The Sun Also Rises, a novel of unrequited love, of the lost promise of youth, of friendship and shifting alliances, will be the focal point of The Community Library’s 2017 Ernest Hemingway Seminar. The seminar will be keynoted by Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife, and will examine themes in Hemingway’s novel as well as Ms. McLain’s bestseller, Paris and Spain in the 20’s, young love, ambition, and betrayal.

Additional talks will be given by Arlo Haskell, poet and executive director of the Key West Literary Seminar; Emma Sarconi, Hemingway Research Fellow; and Phil Huss, Community School English teacher. The Seminar will also include a panel discussion by Boise State University professors, book discussions of The Sun Also Rises, a film screening, and a dinner.

All events are held in the Lecture Hall of The Community Library unless otherwise noted.

Thursday, September 7

5:00 – 6:00 p.m.         Registration/Opening Reception

6:00 – 7:30 p.m.         A Conversation on The Sun Also Rises with Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife and Arlo Haskell, director of the Key West Literary Seminar and author of Joker

Friday, September 8

10:30 – 12:00 p.m.      Boise State University Panel Discussion

12:00 – 1:30 pm           Lunch on your own                          

1:30 – 3:00 p.m.           The Sun Also Rises Book Discussions with Scholars. Be sure to read or reread the novel!

3:15 – 4:15 p.m.           “Following The Sun: Hemingway in Key West” by Arlo Haskell

5:15 – 7:00 p.m.            A Screening of The Exterminating Angel 

Saturday, September 9

AM-Free time to explore local Hemingway haunts and the library’s Regional History Department. 

1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.              Phil Huss, English teacher, Community School on Teaching Hemingway/ Community School Student Projects

2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.             “More Than A Book” by Emma Sarconi, Hemingway Research Fellow

4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.             KEYNOTE LECTURE: “A Heaven Without Sentiment: Hemingway’s Pamplona, 1925” by Paula McLain

6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.              Seminar Dinner at the Sawtooth Club – Separate registration required

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