Film Screening of acclaimed war documentary “Restrepo” (in partnership with Higher Ground)

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Please join The Community Library, in collaboration with Higher Ground, for a screening of Sebastian Junger’s award-winning war documentary, Restrepo.

Renowned journalist and documentarian Sebastian Junger is dedicated to helping all understand the reality of war, more specifically of war veterans.  Junger thundered onto the media landscape creating a new interest in non-fiction.  A correspondent for Vanity Fair and ABC News, Junger has covered stories all across the globe.

Higher Ground will be welcoming Junger as the keynote speaker at its Journey Gala in Sun Valley on July 2, 2019.

“Celebrating 20 years, Higher Ground serves and supports those who are overcoming disabilities, from military veterans to children, to help all become confident and productive members of their community. We do this by bringing those we serve into nature; with the support of family, friends, and community, bringing the discipline of recreational therapy and loving care to the challenge of recovery, and the achievement of confidence.”

The Limits of Presidential Power with Dr. David Adler

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Join President of the Alturas Institute, author and scholar, Dr. David Adler, for a talk on the limits of Presidential Power. Many commentators have discussed at length the broad authority exercised by American Presidents.  Taking a different tack, this talk explores the constitutional and statutory limits imposed on the scope of presidential power. Adler will focus on some of the subjects that dominate page one news and make headlines, including war making, executive privilege, impeachment, judicial review, national security and foreign affairs, as well as President Trump’s  invocation of statutory authority to declare a national emergency on our nation’s southern border.

A frequent commentator on state and national events, Dr. Adler’s lectures have aired on C-Span, and he has done interviews with reporters from the New York Times, Washington Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, National Review, The Nation Magazine, Mother Jones, Fox News, NPR, NBC, CNN and the BBC.  Adler has served as a member of the Board of Directors of various academic, corporate and civic organizations, and is a founding member of the City Club of Idaho Falls. He earned a B.A. from Michigan State University and a Ph.D. from the University of Utah.

“Thomas Jefferson’s Nature” with Dr. Peter S. Onuf (Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Professor of History, Emeritus, University of Virginia)

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A leading scholar of Jefferson and the early American republic, Dr. Onuf is the author, coauthor,
and editor of numerous books including the New York Times bestseller, Most
Blessed of the Patriarchs: Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination, coauthored
with Annette Gordon-Reed (who won the Pulitzer Prize for The Hemingses of
Monticello: An American Family which revealed Jefferson’s relationship with his slave,
Sally Hemings). Other books include: Jefferson’s Empire: The Language of American
Nationhood (2001), The Mind of Thomas Jefferson (2007). He is also a co-host (with Brian
Balogh and Edward Ayers) of the weekly public radio program and podcast “Backstory
with the American History Guys”.

Presented in collaboration with Boise State University and The Nature Conservancy.

Science Time with Ann Christensen

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Ann Christensen will host Science Time in the Children’s Library. Sometimes furry, feathered, or scaled creatures make a visit and Ann teaches about animals, their habitats, and our natural world.
Science Time is every Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. It is best suited to preschool age children and up.

Tweens & Teens: DUCT TAPE

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Hanging out at the library after school? Today we’ll have duct tape for you to use and create with. Perfect for tweens and teens. Supplies provided.

Fighting the Odds : Frank Church

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Join Garry Wenske, Executive Director of the Frank Church Institute, for an evening of history and storytelling focused on the venerable Frank Church, Idaho Senator and wilderness advocate.

Garry V. Wenske is the Executive Director of the Frank Church Institute and Adjunct Professor at Boise State University.  President of the Boise Committee on Foreign Relations; board member of the Idaho Humanities Council, and the Idaho Council for International Visitors. Previously a counsel to several U.S. Senators, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and two Presidential campaigns; chief of staff to several Members of Congress.  Foreign Service Officer in the U.S. Department of State.  Graduate of the George Washington University Elliott School of International Relations, the Foreign Service Institute, and the University of Idaho Law School.

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