Newsletters and Reports

Newsletters and Reports

Print Publications

Annual Reports

Dispatch Annual Report2024 cover for website

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.

Programs Postcard

Snail-mailed twice a year, the Library prints a postcard to highlight upcoming events and ongoing programs.

  • 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

Electronic Newsletters

Monthly Liaison: Stories from The Stacks

Each month, the Library sends an e-newsletter with staff essays, program insights, and donor recognition.
View the 2022-23 Liaison Archive here.

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.

  • 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…
  • December 30, 2024: Special New Year’s hours, Hygge, Drop in to decorate a New Year’s hat, a family movie, Sensory Time for toddlers, and more. Plus book recommendations…
  • December 23, 2024: Holiday closures, Earth: A Year in Orbit film screening, Holiday Stories at Sun Valley Lodge, and more. Plus book recommendations…
  • December 16, 2024: Undertow: An Idaho-Inspired Dance, Pop Up and Pop Into the Museum, Holiday Stories at Sun Valley Lodge, The 23rd Hero author event, Teen Tuesdays, and more. Plus book recommendations…
  • December 9, 2024: December 13 Closures, Winter Read Revealed: Four Treasures of the Sky, Tiny Art Foyer Exhibit, Salmon Moon with Julie Weston, Teen Tuesdays, Make a Frosted Ice Cream Cone Tree, and more. Plus book recommendations…
  • December 2, 2024: Collecting Art with Judith Kindler, “Atomic Habits” book discussion, Sensory Time: Winter, and more. Plus book recommendations.
  • November 25, 2024: Thanksgiving closures, AI Now and in the Future, Hemingway House online database, Let’s Build, Digital Collections, and more. Plus book recommendations…
  • November 18, 2024: Ernest Hemingway’s Best Friend, Family Night: Beads, donuts, and cider, Library Lab: LEGO Racers, and more. Plus book recommendations…
  • November 11, 2024: PBS Arts: “SARA” and “Leonardo da Vinci”, Fire on the Mountain, No-Bake Pumpkin Pie, and more. Plus book recommendations…
  • November 4, 2024: An Evening with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Adam Johnson, Ski Opening at the Gold Mine stores, Tiny Art Show Reception, Paint Club, Fraud and Senior Financial Exploitation Prevention, language classes, Tech Help, and more. Plus book recommendations…
  • October 28, 2024: Without Exceptions with Pam Houston, Let’s Build!, Beginning Knitting, Sensory Time/Dinosaurs for toddlers, Ketchum Remote Collective Workspace, and more. Plus book recommendations…
  • October 21, 2024: Open House at the Wood River Museum, Kenneth Lewis Lecture on Democracy: Echoes of Integrity, Library Lab: Clay Circuit Monsters, language classes, writing, music, and more, plus book recommendations…
  • October 14, 2024: Young Latinos Leaders Panel, G-DOG Film Screening, Sewing Club, Halloween Sales event at the Gold Mine, Middle Grade Book Club, and more, plus book recommendations…
  • October 7, 2024: Idaho’s Open Primary & RCV Panel, Open House at the Wood River Museum, Dance Dialogues, writing workshops, language classes, tech help, and more, plus book recommendations.
  • September 30, 2024: “Sheep Clips” interactive audio exhibit, Playwright Max Posner, Sensory Hour for toddlers, Book Club: North Woods, Gold Mine Fall/Winter Opening, and more, plus book recommendations… 
  • September 23, 2024: Mythbusting Immigration, Teen Taste Test: Potato Chips, End-of-Life Planning, the Summer Clearance Sale at Gold Mine Thrift, languages classes, and more, plus book recommendations… 
  • September 16, 2024: Blaine County Housing Needs, Recovery is a Family Affair, Library Lab: littleBits, English Language Learning, and more, plus book recommendations… 
  • September 9, 2024: Wolverines in Winter, Sewing Club, Miracle of the Mind: Brain-Body Connection, Let’s Build, Genealogy Club, Tech Help, and more, plus book recommendations…
  • September 2, 2024: Labor Day Closure, Get a Library Card Month begins, Ernest Hemingway Seminar, Book Grab & Pizza, Adult Summer Reads ends, and more, plus book recommendations…
  • August 26, 2024: Beyond the Headlines with Aliza Pressman, film screenings of Chief Tendoy and In Good Faith, Big Mountains and Deep Canyons field trip, Paws to Read, Mining for Gems, and more. Plus book recommendations!
  • August 19, 1024: Legacy Lost with Barbara Hilyer, Churchill and Ireland with Lee Pollock, Beaded Backpack Buddies, Paws to Read, and more, plus book recommendations…
  • August 12, 2024: Boss Lady with Asha Youmans and local author Alli Frank, the Library’s summer open house: Book around the Block!, Paws to Read with Wynslow, the dog, and so much more. Plus get book recommendations…
  • August 5, 2024: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life: Europa, Day Trip to the Shoshone-Bannock Indian Festival, Family Movie, Book Club, Upbeat with Alasdair, plus book recommendations and more.
  • July 29, 2024: Hemingway Distinguished Lecture with US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, Upbeat with Alasdair, Story Time: Ocean, Sewing Club, and many more events. Plus book recommendations.
  • July 22, 2024: John Vaillant, Hermione: The Freedom Frigate with Marc Onetto, the kids and teens Summer Reading Award Party, Preserving Family Recipes, plus book recommendations and more…
  • July 15, 2024: Judy Blume, Paws to Read with Wynslow, SV Jewish Film Festival, Brown Bag Poetry featuring the work of Joy Harjo, plus book recommendations and more…
  • July 8, 2024: Olympics Exhibit/Opening Reception “Summer Games |Local Heroes,” SINK/RISE with Photographer Nick Brandt, SV Jewish Film Festival screening of Remembering Gene Wilder, Star Lab Planetarium, plus book recommendations and more…
  • July 1, 2024: July 4th closures, Music in the Dark, and Solar Oven S’mores, plus book recommendations and more…
  • June 24, 2024: Saving Lives in Sub-Saharan Africa, Family Move: Migration, Sewing Club, Tech Help, Brown Bag Poetry, plus book recommendations and more…
  • June 17, 2024: Juneteenth closures, The Crick with Jim Mangan and Judith Freeman, Drop-in Family Games, plus book recommendations and more…
  • June 10, 2024: Drop-in Straws & Connectors, the Genealogy Workshop, Tech Help Desk, Paws to Read, Drop-in Family Games, plus book recommendations and more…
  • June 3, 2024: Craters of the Moon Centennial Celebration, Pride in the Archives, Miracle of the Mind, Book Club, Bilingual Story Time, plus book recommendations and more…
  • May 27, 2024: Memorial Day closure, Kids/YA Summer Reading kicks off, “Homelessness is a Housing Problem,” “Pride in the Archives,” Finding Your Center” poetry workshop, plus book recommendations and more…
  • May 20, 2024: Reading of “Wilma” at The Spot, Gold Mine Spring/Summer Opening, Read It & Eat! Book Club, plus book recommendations and more…
  • May 13, 2024: To Taste Life Twice writing seminar, StoryWalk, Gold Mine Winter Clearance Sale, Family Games, the Latest in Alzheimer’s and Dementia Research, plus book recommendations and more…
  • May 6, 2024: Lava Ridge Wind Project panel discussion, It’s Her Story: Sacajawea with Randy’L Teton, Tween/Teen Art Lab, plus book recommendations and more…
  • April 29, 2024: Idaho Gives, Let’s Build! for Kids, language learning, plus book recommendations and more.
  • April 22, 2024: “A New Winter” with Sofía Jaramillo, How to Talk So Kids Will Listen, Paws to Read, Paint Club, Tech Help, and more, plus book recommendations and more.
  • April 15, 2024: Idaho Centennial Trail, Collage Poetry Workshop, a Peep Tree competition in Children’s, Sewing Club, plus book recommendations and more.
  • April 8, 2024: National Library Week, Peaks & Personal Growth, and Library closures, plus book recommendations and more.
  • April 1, 2024: Book Club for Tom Lake, Electrify the Wood River Valley, The Read It and Eat Middle Grade Book Club, plus book recommendations and more.
  • March 25, 2024: Hemingway and Skiing with John Lundin, drop-in crafts for Spring Break, Family Games, “Big Two-Hearted River” Class with Austin Smith, plus book recommendations and more.
  • March 18, 2024: “In True Face” with former CIA spy Jonna Mendez, Idaho’s Hidden Gems on Idaho Experience, Tech Help, Paint Club, book recommendations, and more.
  • March 11, 2024: A Tiny Beautiful Evening with Cheryl Strayed, the Winter Read Closing Party, Wildlife Migration and Status in the Valley, Genealogy Workshop, Sewing Club, book recommendations and more…
  • March 4, 2024: Upbeat with Alasdair: Why Brahms?, Gatsby Remixed, and so much more…
  • February 26, 2024: SV Film Festival Shop Talks, Bilingual Story Time, and so much more…
  • February 19, 2024: Presidents Day closures, “When Books Went to War,” Paws to Read with Wynslow, and so much more…
  • February 12, 2024: Day of Remembrance event and exhibit, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Martyna Majok, StoryWalk, and so much more…
  • February 5, 2024: Valuing Water to Survive Climate Change, Paint Club, Junior, “Fargo” movie discussion, “Heaven & Earth Grocery Store” book club, as well as book reviews and more.
  • January 29, 2024: Winter Read Kickoff, Knit Together, Bilingual Story Time, Make It at the Museum, Creative Writing – plus book recommendations and so much more…
  • January 22, 2024: Intro to Avalanches, Community Mental Health, Read It & Eat Book Club, and so much more…
  • January 15, 2024: MLK, Jr. Holiday, The Latest Science on the Big Wood River, Mock Caldecott Award, SVJr. Film Workshop, language learning, and so much more…
  • January 8, 2024: “Disinformation, Discord, and Story,” Paws to Read, Read It and Eat Book Club, Make It at the Museum, and so much more…
  • January 1, 1024: The Great Gatsby Winter Read, “A Tree of Life” Film Screening, Bilingual Story Time, Make It at The Museum, Nature Journaling, and so much more…

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