VIRTUAL – “The War on Cuba” a Conversation with Documentary Filmmaker Reed Lindsay

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Join The Community Library for a virtual conversation with documentary filmmaker and freelance journalist Reed Lindsay, who will be joining us remotely from Havana, Cuba. Reed will be in conversation with the Library’s operations manager Nicole Lichtenberg to discuss the work of his media organization Belly of the Beast, which shares Cuba’s untold stories through journalism and cinematography.

Lindsay’s newest project, The War on Cuba, is a three-part film series telling the story of the impact of U.S. sanctions on Cuba and the interests driving them. The series, which can be viewed online takes an on-the-ground and in-depth look at the economic war currently being waged by the U.S. government on the Cuban people. Releasing throughout the month of October, the mini-series shows how U.S. policy impacts people’s lives in Cuba through the eyes of a young Cuban journalist, and also investigates the powerful interests behind these policies. The series is executive-produced by Oliver Stone and Danny Glover.

The conversation will also discuss Lindsay’s work reporting from around the world to bring marginalized voices to the fore, expose injustices and abuse of power, create awareness about issues that have been ignored or misunderstood and challenge mainstream narratives that are devoid of context or distort local realities.

This program will air on the Library’s Livestream. Live viewers will be able to join the conversation in the Livestream chat.

 

Reed Lindsay is an award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker who has lived in Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Port-au-Prince and Cairo and has reported from Libya, India, Venezuela and Honduras, among other countries. He is currently based in Havana, Cuba.His most recent feature-length documentary, Charlie vs Goliath, an inspiring story about a 75-year-old former Catholic priest who runs for the US Senate in the state of Wyoming in a bid to shake up the political establishment, has screened in film festivals across the country. In 2014, Reed won a Gracie Award for Fists of Fury, a short film about a 15-year-old girl in Kolkata, India, striving to be a champion boxer. He was one of the first journalists to enter Libya after the uprising, and co-directed an hour-long film entitled Benghazi Rising that was nominated for a Rory Peck Award as best documentary in 2011. He reported on the Egyptian rebellion from beginning to end, and was co-winner of an Emmy for his contribution to the HBO documentary In Tahrir Square. From 2004 until 2009, Reed was based in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where he worked as a journalist, lived in a poor neighborhood and founded a non-profit supporting a group of community volunteers who formed two tuition-free schools serving 250 children. His work has been published in more than 20 major newspapers and magazines, aired on numerous radio stations, and broadcast on television news networks throughout the world.

 

LIVESTREAM – Restoring Ecosystem Functionality and Biodiversity with Pollinators with Heather Holm

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How can humans benefit from green infrastructure and ecological landscape restorations?

In collaboration with the Wood River Land Trust as part of its “Thinking Globally, Acting Locally Speaker Series,” The Community Library welcomes author Heather Holm, who will discuss ways we can achieve a sustainable coexistence with the rest of life on earth. Models of restorative landscaping including residential and community opportunities will be highlighted as well as thoughtful plant selection, ecosystem functionality, and how biodiversity can be maximized. A focus on pollinator habitat and outcomes, trouble shooting and monitoring of restorations, and funding opportunities will also be included in the presentation.

Heather Holm is an award-winning author spending much of her time passionately educating audiences about the fascinating world of native bees and the native plants that support them. Her first book, Pollinators of Native Plants, was published in 2014, and her latest book, Bees, published in 2017, has won six book awards including the 2018 American Horticultural Society Book Award. Heather’s expertise includes the interactions between native bees and native plants, and the natural history and biology of native bees occurring in the upper Midwest and Northeast.

Following Heather’s discussion, Keri York, Lands Program Manager for the Wood River Land Trust will talk about the work the Land Trust is doing to increase pollinator habitat here in the Wood River Valley.  She will then take questions from the audience and will provide ways for listeners to get involved, to make a difference on this global issue here in their own backyard.

 

Photo credit: David Joles, StarTribune

VIRTUAL – Tech Help Desk “Intensive” with Paul Zimmerman

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Do you need one-on-one technical support for some of those more difficult technology challenges you’re facing?

This “intensive” 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 bringit@comlib.org to sign up.

VIRTUAL – Creative Writing Workshop with Tony Tekaroniake Evans

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A weekly group for memoir and autobiography writing, led by Tony Tekaroniake Evans.

The workshops will be fashioned around the mythologist Joseph Campbell’s idea of the “Hero’s Journey.” We will also identify Jungian archetypes in our life stories.

Wednesdays, October 14 – November 18 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. (MST) on Zoom.

Registration is required. REGISTER HERE.

The Creative Writing Workshop provides a supportive atmosphere where local writers can share their work. Please bring your favorite books, stories and poems, and samples of your works-in-progress. Writing topics, styles and techniques will be explored weekly.

Tony Tekaroniake Evans is an award-winning journalist and columnist at the Idaho Mountain Express newspaper in Ketchum who has led writing workshops in the Wood River Valley since 2004. He is also a memoir editor and the author of two books of nonfiction: Teaching Native Pride: Upward Bound and the Legacy of Isabel Bond (WSU Press 2020) and A History of Indians in the Sun Valley Area (Blaine County Historical Museum 2016). His forthcoming book, Memory and Destiny, the Life of Glenn Janss, releases in 2021.

VIRTUAL – Tech Class: “Bridging the Digital Divide: Communicating During COVID-19” with Paul Zimmerman

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In this virtual class, the Library’s tech guru Paul Zimmerman will discuss platforms that anyone can use on their computer, tablet or phone to connect with others during these times when we must often stay far apart. The platforms will include FaceTime, Google Duo, Messenger, Skype, and Zoom. He’ll guide us through each tool and discuss the pros and cons of each for communicating with friends and family during this time.

Paul will also field your questions through the Livestream chat throughout the presentation.

This class will be broadcast live and recorded for later viewing on the Library’s Livestream.

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Quick Class: Chalkboard Doorknob Hanger

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A Quick Class is a quick (30 min, or so) class or activity at the library. For September: Back to School means Back to School Supplies. Come paint your own chalkboard Doorknob Hanger in this Quick Class at The Community Library. All supplies are provided.

Due to Covid-19 restrictions Flash Classes are currently restricted to 4 participants.

Participants must:

  • Be at least 9 years old and able to manage the project on their own.
  • Wear a mask.
  • Practice social distancing from instructor, other participants, and library patrons.
  • Register in advance
  • Commit to attend. As space is limited, please ensure you are able to participate before registering.

Please call the Children’s Library at 208-726-3493 x3 to reserve a spot. Slots will be filled on a first come, first served basis.

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