Print Publications
Annual Reports
The Community Library’s fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30.
Library Dispatch
A special print publication that tell enduring stories from The Community Library and beyond.
- Dispatch and Annual Report 2025 Bring Means Bring since 1955
- Dispatch and Annual Report 2024 We Build Stories
- Dispatch Summer/Fall 2022 featuring Hemingway Distinguished Lecturer, Roxane Gay
- Dispatch Winter/Spring 2022 in English featuring the Winter Read of A River Runs through It by Norman Maclean
- Dispatch Invierno/Primavera 2022 en español con la lectura de invierno de A River Runs through It de Norman Maclean
- Dispatch Summer/Fall 2021 featuring program highlights, Summer Reading for adults, children and teens, new exhibits, and other resources
- Dispatch Winter/Spring 2021 featuring the Winter Read of Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Programs Postcard
Snail-mailed twice a year, the Library prints a postcard to highlight upcoming events and ongoing programs.
- Winter/Spring 2026 featuring the Winter Read of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
- Summer/Fall 2025 featuring Percival Everett, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Hemingway Distinguished Lecturer
- Winter/Spring 2025 featuring the Winter Read of Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang
- Summer/Fall 2024 featuring Joy Harjo, U.S. Poet Laureate and Hemingway Distinguished Lecturer
- Winter/Spring 2024 featuring the Winter Read of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Summer/Fall 2023 featuring Luis Alberto Urrea, author and Hemingway Distinguished Lecturer
- Winter/Spring 2023 featuring the Winter Read of Sabrina & Corina: Stories by Kali Fajardo-Anstine
e-Newsletters
Monthly Stories from The Stacks
Each month, the Library sends an e-newsletter with staff essays, program insights, and donor recognition.
View the 2022-24 Liaison Archive here.
2026
- March 2026: Daffodils and No. 2 Pencils
- February 2026: The Tortoise and the Book
- January 2026: She Had to Fly
2025
- December 2025: A Fish in Time
- November 2025: Loose Leaves
- October 2025: Sutures
- September 2025: Linger with Luck
- August 2025: Around the Lake and Over Time
- July 2025: “There is no Frigate like a Book”
- June 2025: Where Ladybugs and Libraries Roam
- May 2025: The Reach of Reading (and Rhubarb)
- April 2025: Gold Dust and Dog Love
- March 2025: A Wild Rumpus and Wonder Women
- February 2025: “Take the Brush in Your Hand”
- January 2025: Resolve
Weekly Library Program eNews
Each Monday, the Library sends an e-newsletter previewing upcoming events, current exhibits, children’s programs, operational updates, and book recommendations.
View the Library Program eNews Archive here.
2026
- April 20, 2026: It’s National Library Week, History Half Hour goes behind the scenes at the Gold Mine, kids “Paws to Read” with Pansy this week, Bill Warren presents America’s Enduring Songs. You’ll also find book recommendations and upcoming highlights.
- April 13, 2026: The Healing Power of Hope, Northern Shoshoni History, Paint Club, and Paws to Read with Dogs, to name a few. You’ll also find events on the horizon, book recommendations, and more.
- April 6, 2026: “Men on Boats” playwright Jaclyn Backhaus, Beaded Plants in Children’s, and Fire Insurance Explained. Exciting news: The Spring/Summer opening event at Gold Mine Thrift store starts April 9. You’ll also find events on the horizon, book recommendations, and more.
- March 30, 2026: Book Club discusses The Antidote, writing workshops, No-bake Candy Sushi for kids and teens, the Winter Clearance Sale at Gold Mine Thrift, and more. Plus weekly programs, upcoming highlights, book recommendations, and more.
- March 23, 2026: Author John Rember reads from Journal of the Plague Years, the Wood River Land Trust talks about wildlife on the highways, and the Children’s Library is hosting activities everyday during Spring Break. Plus weekly programs, upcoming highlights, book recommendations, and more.
- March 16, 2026: Peter Mann returns with his new novel World Pacific, Upbeat with Alasdair features Benjamin Beilman, tweens and teens gather for Paint Club with Judy Zimmer, and Kristine Bretall offers a peek into the Regional History collection. Plus weekly programs, upcoming highlights, book recommendations, and more.
- March 9, 2026: Poet Peter Gizzy, Tiny Art comes to the foyer, kids get to make Pop Tart Leprechaun Houses, and History Half Hour takes you behind the scenes in the vast Regional History collection. Plus weekly programs, upcoming highlights, book recommendations, and more.
- March 2, 2026: Devouring Time: Jim Harrison, a Writer’s Life, preview of the upcoming Sun Valley Stampede, Oreo taste-testing for kids and teens, and a screening the documentary film Chaplains. Plus weekly programs, upcoming highlights, book recommendations, and more.
- February 23, 2026: Screening of the film Young Frankenstein and Scary Stories at the Library, Paint Club, and Education and Freedom at Minidoka: The Diary of Superintendent Arthur Kleinkopf. Plus upcoming highlights, book recommendations, and more.
- February 16, 2026: Three events celebrating the Winter Read of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein, a reminder that the Library is closed on February 16, Salt Painting, and History Half Hour. Plus book recommendations and a glance ahead at upcoming highlights.
- February 9, 2026: Frankenstein author talk and film screenings, History Half Hour at the Museum, and no-Bake Valentine’s Energy Balls, and more. Plus book recommendations and a glance ahead at upcoming highlights.
- February 2, 2026: Winter Read of Frankenstein kicks off with author talk & films, Tiny Art Show Reception and more. Plus book recommendations and a glance ahead at upcoming highlights.
- January 26, 2026: The Librarians film screening, Olympics Preview, Tiny Art Submissions Due, and more. Plus book recommendations and a glance ahead at upcoming highlights.
- January 19, 2026: MLK Jr. Closure, “Gorongosa’s Great Comeback,” Paint Club, and more. Plus book recommendations and a glance ahead at upcoming highlights.
- January 12, 2026: The Tiny Art Show: FREE art kits, “Beyond Blaine” panel discussion, “Conserving Wildlife Movement” presentation, Memoir Writing workshop, and more. Plus book recommendations and a glance ahead at upcoming highlights.
- January 5, 2026: Into to Avalanches, Backpack Charms on Teen Tuesday, a workshop on “The Tools to Learn You,” Sensory Time & Social Hour for toddlers, continuing classes/workshops, and more. Plus book recommendations and a glance ahead at upcoming highlights.
2025
- December 29, 2025: New Year’s holiday hours, Hygge at the Library, History Half Hour, Drop-in activities, and more. Plus book recommendations.
- December 22, 2025: Holiday closures, film screenings of Where the Forest Roars, and Home Alone, drop-in crafts, and more. Plus book recommendations.
- December 15, 2025: Titanic: The Digital Resurrection, Holiday Market at the Museum, Paint Club, and more. Plus book recommendations.
- December 8, 2025: Sun Valley Winter Sports Hall of Fame, Stories from Wolf Country, Library Lab: LEGO Ornaments, and more. Plus book recommendations.
- December 1, 2025: The Winter Read is announced, Giving Tuesday, Drop-in: Holiday Cards, Book Club: “Careless People,” Sensory Time, and more. Plus book recommendations.
- November 24, 2025: Thanksgiving closures, The Sun Valley Winer Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2025 is announced, Family Movie: “Elio,” Screening of “Sun Valley Serenade”, Gold Mine Christmas Sales Event begins, and an update on our Boundless app. Plus book recommendations and more.
- November 17, 2025: The Wild Dark with Craig Childs, I Met Him in Paris Film Screening, Paint Club, History Half Hour at the Museum, and Poetry Reading & Open Mic. Plus book recommendations and more.
- November 10, 2025: Gold Mine Ski opening, 10th Mountain Division Films, Mini Cream Cheese Balls, and more. Plus book recommendations and more.
- November 3, 2025: Vote at the Library, Half-hour History at the Museum, Idaho Solutions Panel on Civil Discourse, and Sensory Time for toddlers and their caregivers. Plus book recommendations and more.
- October 27, 2025: You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me with Sherman Alexie, Moving Mountains: Creating the Nurse Practitioner and Rural EMS, recurring classes and workshops, plus lots of FUN for kids and teens. Plus book recommendations.
- October 20, 2025: Forms of City Government, Paint Club, History, Harriman, and a Hike, and more. Plus book recommendations.
- October 13, 2025: Young Latino Leaders, Playwright Stephen Karam, Halloween Dirt Cups, and more. Plus book recommendations.
- October 6, 2025: Minidoka Civil Liberties Symposium, a film screening of “Caregiver: A Love Story,” Sheep Ranching Q&A, and drop-in Halloween crafts for kids. Plus book recommendations and more.
- September 29, 2025: Film screening and discussion of The Book Thief, Clay Circuit Monsters for ages 7 and older, Preparing for an Unexpected Illness or End-of-Life, and Sensory Time & Social Hour for toddlers and their caregivers, to name a few. You’ll also find highlights of coming events, book recommendations, and more.
- September 22, 2025: How Minds Change, the Gold Mine Fall/Winter Opening, Family night with Perler Beads, and more. Plus book recommendations
- September 15, 2025: Sherlock Unraveled with Ballet Idaho, Mythbusting Hemingway, Paint Club, Gold Mine Sales Events, and so much more. Plus book recommendations.
- September 8, 2025: Screening of the film Compassion in Exile, No-cook Guacamole for Tweens & Teens, field trip to Teater’s Knoll, and much more. Plus book recommendations.
- September 1, 2025: Labor Day Closure, Sensory Time, Hemingway Seminar, Library Card Sign-up Month, and more. Plus book recommendations.
- August 25, 2025: Two Years in Ukraine, Book Grab + Pizza, WRV’s Mining Legacy, and more. Plus book recommendations.
- August 18, 2025: Book around the Block, History Half Hour: The Ore Wagons, Sun Valley Story Tour by Bus, and more. Plus book recommendations.
- August 11, 2025: Alejandra Campoverdi & “First Gen,” Crafternoon: Zipper Pulls, Tour: Lewis Ore Wagons, and more. Plus book recommendations.
- August 4, 2025: Churchill and de Gaulle: Titans at War, Field Trip to the Shoshone-Bannock Indian Festival, Star Lab Planetarium, Book Club discussion of The Women of Brewster Place, and more. Plus book recommendations.
- July 28, 2025: Doug Levy, author of Hero Redefined, 3D Printing Pens, Gold Mine Back-to-School Event, History, Harriman, and a Hike, and more. Plus book recommendations.
- July 21, 2025: Ruth Reichl, author of The Paris Novel, kids and teens Summer Reading Awards Party (reading logs are due!), Sun Valley Story Tours, Upbeat with Alasdair, and more. Plus book recommendations.
- July 14, 2025: Sonia Purnell, author of Kingmaker, National Forests in Our New Economy with Dieter Fenkart-Froeschl, all-day puzzle making in the Children’s Library, the Sun Valley Story Tour by Bus, and more, plus book reviews, and more.
- July 7, 2025: Hemingway Distinguished Lecture with Hampton Sides, Drop-in Art in the Children’s Library, Sun Valley Tour by Bus, plus book reviews, and more.
- June 30, 2025: July 4th closures, The River’s Daughter author event, Art Week for kids, tweens, and teens, and more.
- June 23, 2025: Field Trip to Minidoka, You Were Watching from the Sand author event, stick art for kids, and more.
- June 16, 2025: Juneteenth closures, opening reception of the “Beauty of the Sketch” foyer exhibit, “Degenerate Music,” drop-in crafts for kids, Cougars on the Cliff author event and more.
- June 9, 2025: Roll-out of our new Bookmobile, walking tour with our new Museum app, Collaborative Art Projects for kids, and the new foyer Exhibit: The Beauty of the Sketch: Capturing the Ephemeral Moment with Leslie Rego, plus book recommendations and more.
- June 2, 2025: Stewarding the Sawtooths, Summer Reading Kickoff, Nature Time for Kids, book recommendations, and more.
- May 26, 2025: Memorial Day Holiday, free new app that puts “History in Your Hands,” “Elephants in the Hourglass” with Kim Frank, Summer Reading programs, book recommendations, and more.
- May 19, 2025: Evolution of Stream Restoration, Teen Tuesday on the lawn, Let’s Build! for Kids, United Futures, and more … including book recommendations.
- May 12, 2025: Film screening of “Dawn of Impressionism: Paris 1874,” Building History at the Wood River Museum, Paint Club, and so much more… including book recommendations.
- May 5, 2025: SV Winer Sports Hall of Fame nominations, To Taste Life Twice writing seminar, Crafternoon, “Another Way” book launch and more. Plus book recommendations.
- April 28, 2025: Idaho Gives, the Legislative Roundup, Sensory Time for Toddlers, Regional History office hours, and more. Plus book recommendations.
- April 21, 2025: Writer-in-Residence Ibe Liebenberg, Perler Beads for the whole family, registration deadline for the Swiss Alp trip, fruit pizzas on Teen Tuesday, Regional History office hours, and more. Plus book recommendations.
- April 14, 2025: Join or Die Film Screening, Paint Club, Gold Mine Spring/Summer Opening,
Languages of Resilience Workshop, and much more. Plus book recommendations. - April 7, 2025: Library, Museum, and Gold Mine Stores closure on April 11, National Library Week celebrations, information about the Switzerland Field Trip, event with the author of Liminal: A Refugee Memoir, and much more. Plus book recommendations.
- March 31, 2025: Treaty History Unpacked: Shoshone-Bannock Reserved Treaty Rights, Tribal Homelands, and Governance Past and Present, Inequality and the Rise of Authoritarianism: Lessons from China to the U.S.,” the Library’s Book Club discussion of The Mighty Red, Sensory Time for toddlers and their caregivers, and more. Plus book recommendations.
- March 24, 2025: Steve Hannagan: Prince of Press Agents, Drop-in Activities for Kids, Hailing César, plus book recommendations and more…
- March 17, 2025: “Into the Archives,” Teen Tuesday, Drop-in Activities, plus book recommendations and more…
- March 10, 2025: Best-selling author of Realm of Ice and Sky, Paint Club, “Think Globally, Act Locally” Speaker Series, Conserving What We Love about the Wood River Valley, plus book recommendations and more…
- March 3, 2025: Book signing with YA author and illustrator Nathan Hale, Behind the Start Gate 3 with Jonna Mendes, FREE Family Movie screening of Inside Out 2, Switzerland to Sun Valley, Upbeat with Alasdair, and more. Plus book recommendations…
- February 24, 2025: Mastering the Brush, Behind the Start Gate 2, Code-a-Mouse, the Winter Read Keynote, plus more programs for adults and youth, classes, book recommendations, and more…
- February 17, 2025: Presidents Day, the Winter Read Keynote, Cake Truffles, a first-time international field trip (to Switzerland), plus more programs for adults and youth, classes, book recommendations, and more…
- February 10, 2025: Hemingway’s Passions, Paint Club, Bedrock: Immigration’s Role in the Wood River Valley, StoryWalk©, plus book recommendations, and more…
- February 3, 2025: Bitter Creek Winter Read author, Sensory Time & Social Hour, Healing: Our Path to Mental Well-Being, The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating, Read It & Eat! Book Club, plus book recommendations, and more…
- January 27, 2025: Winter Read Kickoff, Tracks & Traces Foyer Exhibit, Dog Man Party, The Question of God discussion group, plus book book recommendations, and more…
- January 20, 2025: MLK Day Closure, History of the Sun Valley Ski Patrol, Paint Club, book recommendations, and more…
- January 13, 2025: Landscape-Scale Conservation, Library Lab: SLIME, Preserving Family Recipes, TV Discussion Group: “Presumed Innocent,” and more. Plus book recommendations…
- January 6, 2025: Behind the Start Gate: World Cup Preparations, An Evening with Author Christopher Preston, Teen Tuesdays: Friendship Bracelets, and more. Plus book recommendations…
