Do you need one-on-one technical support for some of those more difficult technology challenges you’re facing?
This virtual Help Desk offers 15-minute slots with Paul Zimmerman, the Library’s tech guru, to help you answer your most pressing questions.
The help desk is hosted on Zoom. Meeting information will be sent to registered attendees.
Email mwilliams@comlib.org to sign up.
This program is part of our 2021 Winter Read of Octavia E. Butler’s 1979 novel Kindred.
(In)Visible Portraits, the feature documentary directorial debut from Oge Egbuonu, shatters the too-often invisible otherizing of Black women in America and reclaims the true narrative as told in their own words. The film illuminates the history of how we got here, dismantles the false framework of the present-day reality, celebrates the extraordinary heritage of exceptional Black women, and ignites hope for the next generation.
Oge Egbuonu is a filmmaker focused on disruptive inspirational storytelling. By creating compelling content that entertains, educates, and inspires, she aims to support the healing of the individual and the collective. Prior to becoming an independent filmmaker, Oge worked at the independent production company Raindog Films alongside its co-founders Ged Doherty and Academy Award®-winning actor Colin Firth. Oge sat on the board of the Diversity Committee for the BRIT Awards, where she collaborated with the CEO, chairman, and other senior executives on revamping the voting academy, and tackling diversity within the music and film industries. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from the University of Houston.
Egbuonu will be introduced and interviewed by Winter Read Intern, Asia Angel, a student at the Sage School in Hailey.
(In)Visible Portraits from Changing The Narrative LLC on Vimeo.
This 3-part, 6-hour documentary film will examine the visionary work and turbulent life of Ernest Hemingway. The team filmed parts of the documentary in Ketchum at the Hemingway House, and they explored aspects of the Library’s regional history archive for the project.
View the program on PBS at 7:00 p.m. or 9:00 p.m. MDT each evening, Monday-Wednesday, April 5-7.
Author Leslie K. Barry will join us to discuss her new novel, Newark Minutemen, an untold story about a Jewish boxer who goes undercover for the mob and FBI to save America from Nazis during the Great Depression. The novel is based on the real-life experiences of Barry’s uncle, a Newark Minuteman boxer, and was pieced together from first-hand accounts, FBI reports, and boxes of undercover source material.
During the program we’ll hold a drawing for our virtual audience to win a copy of the book!
Leslie K. Barry is a screenwriter, author and executive producer. She has worked for major entertainment companies including Turner Broadcasting, Hasbro/Parker Brothers, Mattel, and Mindscape Video Games, and for eShop, Lotus Development, and AOL. A graduate of James Madison University, she lives in Tiburon, California, and spends time in Sun Valley and Maryland.
Do you need one-on-one technical support for some of those more difficult technology challenges you’re facing?
This virtual Help Desk offers 15-minute slots with Paul Zimmerman, the Library’s tech guru, to help you answer your most pressing questions.
The help desk is hosted on Zoom. Meeting information will be sent to registered attendees.
Email mwilliams@comlib.org to sign up.
A new documentary series directed by award-winning filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, HEMINGWAY, airs this April, exploring the life and work of the legendary writer and his enduring influence on literature and culture. The three-part, six-hour film series comes to PBS April 5-7. You can read more about the upcoming series and watch the trailer here.
Ahead of the new series, join The Community Library and Idaho Public Television, in partnership with PBS, for a discussion on “Hemingway and the Natural World.” The program will include Ken Burns, producer Sarah Botstein, and writer Terry Tempest Williams, who was the Library’s 2019 Hemingway Distinguished Lecturer. The discussion about the writer’s connection to the natural world will be moderated by the Library’s executive director, Jenny Emery Davidson, and will feature clips from the upcoming show.
