In celebration of National Poetry Month, our two drop-in writing workshops in April will transform into a poetry discussion and opportunity for creative writing.
During each workshop on April 13 and 27, from 12:00-1:00 (MST), we’ll read a poem together, discuss its themes and relation to our lives, then there will be an optional poetry prompt and opportunity to share your writing and hear from others.
The workshops are led by Martha Williams, the Library’s programs and education manager.
2021 AUDACIOUS READ
One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Gabriel García Márquez
Fourth Tuesday of Each Month | 3:00-4:00 p.m. | Zoom
Of Gabriel García Márquez, the writer Salman Rushdie said, “No writer in the world has had a comparable impact in the last half-century.” In his Nobel Prize acceptance speech in 1982, García Márquez stated, “In spite of [. . .] oppression, plundering and abandonment, we respond with life [. . . . W]e the inventors of tales, who will believe anything, feel entitled to believe that it is not yet too late to engage in the creation of [. . . . a] new and sweeping utopia of life [. . .] where love will prove true and happiness be possible.” His novel One Hundred Years of Solitude invites an extended reading to be immersed in the world of a mythical village in Colombia and multiple generations of the Buendía family.
We will read and discuss the novel at a pace of about 50 pages per month so that we can read deeply, find connections, and be absorbed by the world that he creates.
Reading Schedule
January 26 Introduction. Read through ~ page 18
February 23 ~ page 58
March 23 ~ page 101
April 27 ~ page 140
May 25 ~ page 180
June 22 ~ page 222
July 27 ~ page 267
August 24 ~ page 313
September 28 ~ page 354
October 26 ~ page 397
November 23 ~ page 417
December 28 Conclusion. Discuss all of it!
The Community Library Contact:
Jenny Emery Davidson | jdavidson@comlib.org | (208) 806-2620
The Community Library in partnership with the Hispanic/LatinUS Task Force presents Hailing Cesar, a documentary film about Eduardo Chavez’s journey to understand the legacy and struggle of his grandfather, the late civil rights activist Cesar Chavez.
The film will screen virtually on the Library’s Livestream.
Following the film, Eduardo Chavez will be in conversation with Stephanie Garibay, multimedia journalist with Idaho News 6.
A second showing of the film, also followed by a live Q&A will begin at 6:30 p.m.
Hailing Cesar – Trailer from Eduardo Chavez on Vimeo.
The Community Library in partnership with the Hispanic/LatinUS Task Force presents Hailing Cesar, a documentary film about Eduardo Chavez’s journey to understand the legacy and struggle of his grandfather, the late civil rights activist Cesar Chavez. The film will be presented in English.
The film will screen virtually on the Library’s Livestream.
Following the film, Eduardo Chavez will be in conversation with Stephanie Garibay, multimedia journalist with Idaho News 6. The conversation will be in English and Spanish.
La Biblioteca Comunitaria en asociación con el Grupo de Trabajo Hispano/LatinUS presenta Hailing Cesar, un documental sobre el viaje de Eduardo Chávez para comprender el legado y la lucha de su abuelo, el difunto activista de derechos civiles César Chávez. La película se presentará en inglés.
La película se proyectará virtualmente en Livestream de la biblioteca.
Después de la película, Eduardo Chavez conversará con Stephanie Garibay, periodista multimedia de Idaho News 6. La conversación será en inglés y español.
Hailing Cesar – Trailer from Eduardo Chavez on Vimeo.
The Community Library welcomes National Book Award Winner and New York Times Op-Ed Writer Timothy Egan for its 2021 Hemingway Distinguished Lecture on Thursday, July 8th at 7:00 p.m.
This outdoor event is free, but seating is limited and registration has reached capacity.
Timothy Egan is an acclaimed writer and veteran chronicler of the American experience, whose interests range wide across politics, the environment, history and landscape, and into the spiritual realm. He is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, a popular columnist, and a National Book Award-winning author of nine books.
He is the author, most recently, of A Pilgrimage to Eternity, a New York Times Notable Book of 2020, which goes to the core questions of humanity as Egan follows an ancient pilgrimage route a thousand miles from Canterbury to Rome. His other books include The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl, winner of the National Book Award; The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America, a New York Times bestseller and a parable of a natural world in tumult; Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward S. Curtis, awarded the 2013 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction; The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero, New York Times bestseller, a nonfiction account of the Irish-American experience and the immigrant’s story writ large; and The Good Rain: Across Time and Terrain in the Pacific Northwest, winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award and a text consistently voted one of the essential books about the region.
Iconoclast Books will be onsite for a post-lecture book signing. Masks will be required for the book line and signing.
About the Hemingway Distinguished Lecture: The Hemingway Distinguished Lecture is presented each July by The Community Library, honoring the month of Ernest Hemingway’s birth and death. The Lecture celebrates the power of words and the creative spirit in a landscape that Hemingway loved. The previous Lectures have been presented by Sherman Alexie, Anthony Doerr, Terry Tempest Williams, and Richard Blanco.
Photo credit: Ruth Fremson
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