Library Program eNews – Archive

Library Program eNews 2022-2023

The Community Library in Ketchum publishes the Library Program eNews each Monday, highlighting upcoming events at the Library, the Wood River Museum of History and Culture, and the Gold Mine Thrift and Consign stores.

You’ll find news about headlining programs, Museum exhibits and events, children’s programs, special sales at the Gold Mine stores, operational updates, and book recommendations.

2023 Archive

• December 25, 2023: “Hygge” at the Library, Drop-in Crafts in Children’s and Wood River Museum, Valley Traditional Music Jams, and so much more…
• December 18, 2023: The Future of Storytelling, “Elf” Movie Night, Make It (crafts) at the Museum, Holiday Stories at Sun Valley Lodge, Clay Ornaments for Tweens &Teens, book reviews, and so much more…
• December 11, 2023: Authors & Artisans at Museum and Consign Open House, “Tenacious Beasts,” Miracle of the Mind: Brain Health, “What Makes a Good Story?” writing workshop, Sewing Club, Paint Club, Tech Help, Music Jams, book reviews, and so much more…
• December 4, 2023: Winter Sports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, Creating Housing Opportunities for All, Bilingual Story Time, Book Club: Living Untethered, Creative Writing Workshop, and so much more…
• November 27, 2023: Raise Your Hand to Support Reading Fearlessly, Holiday Gifts at the Museum, Let’s Build! for Kids, A Time Traveler’s Guide to Social Change, and so much more…
• November 20, 2023: Thanksgiving Closures, Drop-in Craft (all week!), Teen Intern Programs, SV Winter Sports Hall of Fame, “High Scribe” screenwriting program, and more…
• November 13, 2023: Electrify the Wood River Valley, the Cashmere event at Gold Mine Thrift, Darn It!–to learn how to patch cashmere and other knits, Paws to Read with Wynslow the therapy dog, and more…
• November 6, 2023: Vote at the Library, SV Winter Sports Hall of Fame, Killers of the Flower Moon screening, In Light of All Darkness, Sewing Club, and so much more…
• October 30, 2023: Sabbath Film Screening, Paws to Read, Ski Opening, and so much more…
• October 23, 2023: More Than a Few Good Men, “Prosperity Mountain” Sculpture Unveiling, and so much more…
• October 16, 2023: Frank Church: “The Last Honest Man”, Friday Closures, Paint Club, and so much more…
• October 9, 2023: Award-winning playwright Rajiv Joseph, Young Latino Leaders Panel, Drop-in Craft, and so much more…
• October 2, 2023: Peruvian Sheepherding in Idaho, New Era of Conservation: Working Landscapes, and so much more…
• September 25, 2023: Stranger in the Desert with Jordan Salama, Pulitzer Prize Winner Martyna Majok, and so much more…
• September 18, 2023: The Salmon Way, Gold Mine Fall Opening, and so much more…
• September 11, 2023: “Is it the End of Night?”, Gold Mine Bag Sale, and so much more…
• September 4, 2023: Labor Day Closure, Annual Ernest Hemingway Seminar, and so much more…
• August 28, 2023: Check out the happenings coming up at the Library and beyond, including “A Life in Recovery with Ben Seymour,” the Sun Valley Sports Hall of Fame nomination deadline, Let’s Build for Kids, Creative Writing Workshop, book reviews and more…
• August 21, 2023: Cruising to Idaho, Doodle & Bristle Bots, and so much more …
• August 14, 2023: Book Around the Block! Open House, “Ike and Winston,” and so much more …
• August 7, 2023: A Force for Nature, “Musical Landscapes,” and so much more…
• July 31, 2023: “Rivers Revealed: Uncovering the Hidden Pathways,” and so much more…
• July 24, 2023: Wood River Museum Grand Opening, “Romantic Comedy” with Curtis Sittenfeld, and so much more…
• July 17, 2023: Solito: A Memoir, Mobile Planetarium, Dark Sky Observation, Museum Exhibit, and so much more…
• July 10, 2023: Hiking the Idaho Centennial Trail, Summer Reading, and so much more…
• July 3, 2023: July 4th Closure, New Museum opens, Meet an Astronomer, and so much more…
• June 26, 2023: Hemingway Distinguished Lecture, Jewish Film Festival, and so much more…
• June 19, 2023: Juneteenth closure, “People of the Moon,” Cabinet of Wonders, and so much more…
• June 12, 2023: “A Future We Can Love” with Susan Bauer-Wu, Opening of the new Wood River Museum and the new Consign store, so much more…
• June 5, 2023: Hemingway Distinguished Lecture, México en el Corazón, Miracle of the Mind, and so much more…
• May 29, 2023: Memorial Day Closure, Hemingway Seminar, “My Pioneer Cabin Story,” and so much more…
• May 22, 2023: Jennifer Haigh & “One True Sentence,” Paint Club for Tweens & Teens, and so much more…
• May 15, 2023: “To Taste Life Twice” Seminar, Vote, Read It and Eat! Middle Grade Book Club, and so much more…
• May 8, 2023: Wonder Travels with Writer-In-Residence Josh Barkan, District 26 Legislative Town Hall, Crafternoon for Kids, and so much more…
• May 1, 2023: Idaho Gives, “Vermeer” Film Screening, Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s, Catwalk for the Causes, language learning, Tech Help Desk, Sewing Club, Drop-in Craft: Mother’s Day, and more…
• April 24, 2023: National Library Week: Fireside Chats with Library Staff, Dia de los Niños in Children’s, Patron Video Recordings, Housing Lessons from Park City, Utah, Let’s Build! for Kids, language learning, writing workshops, and more…
• April 17, 2023: Sneak Preview of the Hemingway Distinguished Lecture, Gold Mine Bag Sale, Navigating Longevity, How to Overcome Writer’s Block, Together We Read! Book Club, tech help, book reviews, and more…
• April 10, 2023: Gold Mine Bag Sale, Youth Emotional Health in Education, Paint Club for Tweens & Teens, Genealogy Workshop, SNUG: Spreadsheet (Nerds) User Group, book reviews, and more…
• April 3, 2023: “Clean Food, Messy Life” with Jamie Truppi, “To Taste Life Twice” Seminar: Reading, Writing & Connecting Over Words, Read It and Eat book club, “How To Change Your Mind” Discussion Group, Tech Help, book reviews, and more…
• March 27, 2023: DNA Sleuthing, Gold Mine Consign Re-opens, 3rd Annual Cesar Chavez Celebration, Read It and Eat! Middle Grade Book Club, Spanish Story Time, book reviews, and more…
• March 20, 2023: “The Torqued Man,” the Tale of Franz Kafka’s Archives, Drop-in: Family Game Day, Drop-in Builders Day, Wood River Valley Writers’ Roost, and more…
• March 13, 2023: Expanding our Community Green Heart as our Valley Changes, Upbeat with Alasdair,
• “As I See It” A One-Woman Performance, Paint Club, Monthly Spreadsheet User Group, Tech Help, and more…
• March 6, 2023: Winter Read Keynote with Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Miracle of the Mind: “Memory,” Great Decisions Course, Language Learning, Sewing Club, Drop-in Craft, and more…
• February 27, 2023: “Warrior Women” Film Screening, State of the Valley, Identifying Yew Plants, Let’s Build! for Kids, TV Discussion Group: Bad Sisters, Creative Writing workshop, Brown Bag Poetry, and more…
• February 20, 2023: Presidents’ Day Closure, Women We Buried, Women We Burned, TV Discussion Group: Bad Sisters, Together We Read! Book Club, language learning, Winter Read Book Group, Brown Bag Poetry, Library Lab: SLIME, Eat that Frog book class, and more…
• February 13, 2023: A Storyteller’s Guide to Changing the World, Creating an Inclusive Outdoors, language learning, Spreadsheet Users Group, Paint Club, Tech Help, and more…
• February 6, 2023: Listening and Silence in “Sabrina & Corina”, Sperm Whales, Early Literacy Summit, Audacious Read, Language Learning, Genealogy Workshop, Read It & Eat: Middle Grade Book Club, Winter Read Book Group, Brown Bag Poetry, Sewing Club, “Work It Out Wombats,” book reviews, and more…
• January 30, 2023: Winter Read Kickoff, “Las Catrinas” exhibit opening, Creative Writing Workshop, language classes, Tech Help, Brown Bag Poetry, and more…
• January 23, 2023: Housing Lessons and Opportunities, “The World is Our Stage,” Story Time for Toddlers, Language Learning, Spanish Story Time, Brown Bag Poetry, Nature Journaling, Preserving Family Recipes, book reviews, and more…
• January 16, 2023: Martin Luther King Jr. Day closing, Nutrient Cycles in Macroinvertebrates, Closing of the Chihuly Exhibit, Language Learning, Creative Writing Workshop, Paint Club, Tech Help, Sewing Club, book reviews, and more…
• January 9, 2023: “Clearly Indigenous” program, “Eleutheria” with Writer-in-Residence Allegra Hyde, Story Time for Toddlers, Spreadsheet Users Group, Genealogy Workshop, Tech Help, Nature Journaling, book reviews, and more…
• January 2, 2023: New Year’s Day closures, Upbeat with Alasdair: “The Rite of Spring,” Creative Writing Workshop, Brown Bag Poetry, Nature Journaling, Intro to Avalanches, book reviews, and more…

2022 Archive

• January 3, 2022: A Pulitzer Prize Winner speaks, a Music Director explains, writers write, stories get told, books get reviewed, and more…
• January 10, 2022: Anthony Doerr, English Language Learning, Genealogy Research, White Lotus Discussion, Ps, Qs & Rs, book reviews, and more…
• January 17, 2022: So You Want to Talk About Race?, Winter Read Book Club, Paint Club for Teens & Tweens, Qs & Rs, book reviews, and more…
• January 24, 2022: Winter Read, Growth Planning & Community Values, Story Time for kids, book reviews, and more…
• January 31, 2022: Winter Read Kicks Off, Fly-Fisherwomen in the Foyer, Story Time for kids, book reviews, and more…
• February 7, 2022: Every Day the River Changes, Skiers in Flight exhibit, Story Time for kids, book reviews, and more…
• February 14, 2022: Early Literacy Summit, State of the Valley Forum, Winter Read Events, Story Time for kids, book reviews, and more…
• February 21, 2022: Upbeat with Alasdair, Story Walk, Winter Read Events, Language Classes, Tech Help, book reviews, and more…
• February 28, 2022: How Does Water Matter in the West?, Teabowl Traditions, Winter Read Events, Story Time for kids, book reviews, and more…
• March 7, 2022: Rocky Mountain Fly Highway and Closing Out the Winter Read, Language Learning, Genealogy, Story Time for kids, book reviews, and more…
• March 14, 2022: Steam Café for Tweens & Teens, DELORES film, “Decolonizing Road Signs”, “Early Sun Valley”, “Case Solved”, Story Time for kids, book reviews, and more…
• March 21, 2022: Announcing July visit from Roxanne Gay, Ski Culture Open House, Designing an Inclusive Outdoors, Painting, Pizza Party, Sewing, Stories, book reviews, and more…
• March 28, 2022: “I Have a Dream” Alumna Stephanie Andujar, Film Festival Screenings, Tech Help, Story Time, book reviews, and more…
• April 4, 2022: Parent’s Guide to Teens & Social Media, Nuclear Innovation, Contemporary Pet Sheltering, Language Learning, Story Time, book reviews, and more…
• April 11, 2022: A New West with Writer-In-Residence Arvin Ramgoolam, Genealogy Workshop, Sewing Club, Language Learning, Story Time, book reviews, and more…
• April 18, 2022: Shoshone-Bannock Perspectives on Salmon, Gold Mine Spring Opening, Language Learning, Story Time, book reviews, and more…
• April 25, 2022: Idaho’s Constitution, Warm Springs Preserve, Idaho Refugees Stories & Cooking, Language Learning, Story Time, book reviews, and more…
• May 2, 2022: Writer-In-Residence Ariel Delgado Dixon, Roxane Gay Registration, Language Learning, Story Time, book reviews, and more…
• May 9, 2022: Ketchum Housing, Creative Writing, StoryWalk, Genealogy Language Learning, Story Time, book reviews, and more…
• May 16, 2022: “Appalachian BRIDGE,” Vote! at The Library, Steam Cafe, Language Learning, Story Time, book reviews, and more…
• May 23, 2022: Longmire author Craig Johnson, Visit Sun Valley Community Meeting, Summer Reading Kick-Off, Language Learning, Story Time, book reviews, and more…
• May 30, 2022: Tracking Lions, Lunch and Lit, Language Learning, Story Time, book reviews, and more…
• June 6, 2022: Geology of Wood River-area Landscapes, Literacy Events in English & Spanish, Audacious Read, Tech Help, Lunch and Lit, Story Time, book reviews, and more…
• June 13, 2022: Gender and the Court, Crossing Borders, Lunch and Lit, Story Time, book reviews, and more…
• June 20, 2022: Juneteenth, Headwaters, Honoring Jack Crawford, Creative Writing, Tech Help, Lunch & Lit, Story Time, book reviews, and more…
• June 27, 2022: Annual Lecture on China, “Sip & Shop,” Hiker’s Guide to Sun Valley, Free Books/Discussions, Geology, Lunch & Lit, Story Time, book reviews, and more…
• July 4, 2022: July 4th Holiday, Roxane Gay, Chihuly Exhibit, Solar Observing, Free Books/Discussions, Lunch & Lit, Story Time, book reviews, and more…
• July 11, 2022: Chihuly Exhibit, Community Speaker Series, Tech Help, Free Books/Discussions, Lunch & Lit, Story Time, Snack & Craft, book reviews, and more…
• July 18, 2022: Homeland Elegies, Creative Writing Workshop, The Long Corner, Lunch & Lit, Story Time, book reviews, and more…
• July 25, 2022: 50 Years of the SNRA, Tech Help, Youth Summer Reading Awards, Steam Café, Lunch & Lit, Story Time, book reviews, and more…
• August 1, 2022: A Jewish History of the WRV, Poetry Workshop, Creative Writing Workshop, Audacious Read Book Group, Lunch & Lit, Story Time, book reviews, and more…
• August 8, 2022: Upbeat with Alasdair, Tech Help Desk, The Bear TV Group, Lunch & Lit, Story Time, book reviews, and more…
• August 15, 2022: Mission: JOY film screening, Poetry Workshop & Reading with Diane Raptosh, The Bear TV Group, Lunch & Lit, Story Time, book reviews, and more…
• August 22, 2022: “Book Around the Library” Open House, “Joy Ride in a Paint Box”: The Art of Winston Churchill, Tech Help Desk, The Bear TV Group, Lunch & Lit, Story Time, book reviews, and more…
• August 29, 2022: VOTE! at the Community Library, ARGO: Behind the Scenes with Jonna Mendez, Creative Writing Workshop, The Bear TV Discussion Group, Story Time, book reviews, and more…
• September 5, 2022: Ernest Hemingway Seminar, Tech Help, Lunch & Lit, Story Time, book reviews, and more…
• September 12, 2022: Rewired: A Wellness Event, State of the Valley Forum, Gold Mine Bag Sale, English Language Learning, Genealogy Workshop, Story Time, book reviews, and more…
• September 19, 2022: The Line Becomes a River, Deep Listening Workshop, Gold Mine Fall Opening, Language Classes, Tech Help, eBooks & More Office Hours, Poetry, Story Time, book reviews, and more…
• September 26, 2022: John Maclean and Big Two-Hearted River, Read It & Eat!, Aging Friendly, Poetry, Story Time, book reviews, and more…
• October 3, 2022: Sheep Ranching Q&A, “Day of the Dead,” Young Latino Leaders, New: Spanish Story Time, Language Classes, Tech Help, Poetry, Story Time, book reviews, and more…
• October 10, 2022: “Never Meant to Meet You” book launch, “River of Return” film screening, Creative Writing and Genealogy Workshops, Paint and Sewing Clubs, Poetry…
• October 17, 2022: Sandra Cisneros LIVE, Tech Help, Spanish Story Time, Drop-in Craft, Poetry…
• October 24, 2022: “No Visible Bruises” with Rachel Louise Snyder, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Martyna Majok, Creative Writing Workshop, Read It and Eat! Middle Grade Book Club, Poetry…
• October 31, 2022: Moon Bones book launch with Julie Weston, Gold Mine Ski Opening, Winter Read reveal…
• November 7, 2022: Vote at the Library! Plus “The Journey Continues” with the Wood River Trails Coalition…
• November 14, 2022: Mālama: Exploring Mindful Environmental Stewardship, Cashmere Sale at the Gold Mine, Self-Publishing: How Do You Do It?, plus more for kids, tweens, teens, and adults…
• November 21, 2022: “Write-in” for National Novel Writing Month, the Kennedy Library Virtual Forum with the author of Kennedy’s Widow, Story Time, Creative Writing Workshop, Thanksgiving closures, and more…
• November 28, 2022: “Thriving Through the Holidays,” Nature Journaling, Story Time: Deer, Read It and Eat! Middle Grade Book Club, book reviews and more… ⁠
• December 5, 2022: Idaho Women’s Suffrage, Story Time for Toddlers, After School LEGO Play, Audacious Read, Creative Writing Workshop, Tech Help, book reviews, and more…
• December 12, 2022: Inside a Chef’s Head with Chef Joyce Doughty, Story Time for Toddlers, Paint Club, Spreadsheet Users Group, Genealogy Workshop, Spanish Story Time, Sewing Club, book reviews, and more…
• December 19, 2022: Together We Read! Book Club, Spanish language keyboards, Story Time for Toddlers, Christmas Story Time, Creative Writing Workshop, The Nutcracker Holiday event, Drop-in Holiday Craft, book reviews, and more…
• December 26, 2022: Holiday Closures, Hawking: Can You Hear Me? Film Screening, Read It and Eat! book club, Brown Bag Poetry, Teen Bingo, book reviews, and more…

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