Print Publications

Annual Reports

The Community Library’s fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30.

Annual Report 2021-2022

Annual Report 2020-2021

Annual Report 2019-2020

Annual Report 2018-2019

Annual Report 2017-2018

Annual Report 2016-2017

Annual Report 2015-2016

Annual Report 2014-2015

Library Dispatch

Twice a year, the Library prints a newsletter to highlight upcoming events and special program initiatives as well as new resources and services.

• Library Dispatch – Summer/Fall 2022
• Library Dispatch – Winter/Spring 2022 – in English
• Library Dispatch – Invierno/Primavera 2022 – en español
• Library Dispatch – Summer/Fall 2021
• Library Dispatch – Winter/Spring 2021

Electronic Newsletters

Monthly Liaison: Stories from The Stacks

Each month, the Library sends an e-newsletter with staff essays, program insights, and donor recognition.

• January 2023: Circular Economies
• December 2022: Between Snowflakes
• November 2022: Stories that Hold Our Hands
• October 2022: Steps to the Door
• September 2022: Trailing History
• August 2022: Huckleberries and Happiness
• July 2022: A Cool Reservoir on a Hot Day
• June 2022: Raise Your Fist. Read.
• May 2022: The Mysteries Around Us
• April 2022: The Poetry of Possibilities
• March 2022: A Dictionary, an Atlas, a Promise
• February 2022: A Confluence of Stories
• January 2022: Reading Rivers
• December 2021: Darkest Evening, Deepening Snow
• November 2021: Solace
• October 2021: One Brave Tiger
• September 2021: Libros y Zapatos | Books and Shoes

Weekly Library Program News

Each Monday, the Library sends an e-newsletter previewing upcoming events, current exhibits, children’s programs, operational updates, and book recommendations.

• 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…
• 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…
• 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 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 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…
• November 28, 2022: “Thriving Through the Holidays,” Natural Journaling, Story Time: Deer, Read It and Eat! Middle Grade Book Club, book reviews and more… ⁠
• 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 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 7, 2022: Vote at the Library! Plus “The Journey Continues” with the Wood River Trails Coalition…
• October 31, 2022: “Moon Bones” book launch with Julie Weston, Gold Mine Ski Opening, Winter Read reveal…
• October 24, 2022: “No Visible Bruises” with Rachel Louise Snyder, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Martyna Majok, creative writing workshop, Read It and East! Middle Grade Book Club, Poetry…
• October 17, 2022: Sandra Cisneros LIVE, Tech Help, Spanish Story Time, Drop-in Craft, Poetry…
• 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 3, 2022: Sheep Ranching Q&A, “Day of the Dead,” Young Latino Leaders, New: Spanish Story Time, Language Classes, Tech Help, Poetry…
• September 26, 2022: John Maclean, Read It & Eat! Book Club, Brown Bag Poetry, and more. Also, Registration opens for Rachel Louise Snyder, author of “No Visible Bruises”…
• September 19, 2022: “The Line Becomes a River,” Deep Listening Workshop, Gold Mine Fall Opening, Language Classes, Tech Help, eBooks & More Office Hours, Poetry…
• September 12, 2022: “Rewired”: A Wellness Event, State of the Valley Forum, Gold Mine Bag Sale, English Language Learning, Genealogy Workshop…
• September 5, 2022: Labor Day Closure, Ernest Hemingway Seminar, Tech Help, Lunch & Lit…
• August 29, 2022: VOTE! at the Community Library, “ARGO”: Behind the Scenes with Jonna Mendez, Creative Writing Workshop, “The Bear” TV Discussion Group…
• 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, FINAL Lunch & Lit…
• August 15, 2022: “Mission: JOY” film screening, Poetry Workshop & Reading with Diane Raptosh, “The Bear” TV Group, Lunch & Lit…
• August 8, 2022: Upbeat with Alasdair, Tech Help Desk, “The Bear” TV Group, Lunch & Lit…
• August 1, 2022: A Jewish History of the WRV, Poetry Workshop, Creative Writing Workshop, Audacious Read Book Group, Lunch & Lit…
• July 25, 2022: 50 Years of the SNRA, Tech Help, Youth Summer Reading Awards, Steam Café, Lunch & Lit…
• July 18, 2022: “Homeland Elegies,” Creative Writing Workshop, “The Long Corner,” Lunch & Lit…
• July 11, 2022: Chihuly Exhibit, Community Speaker Series, Tech Help, Free Books/Discussions, Lunch & Lit…
• July 4, 2022: July 4th Holiday, Roxane Gay, Chihuly Exhibit, Solar Observing, Free Books/Discussions, Lunch & Lit…
• June 27, 2022: Annual Lecture on China, “Sip & Shop”, Hiker’s Guide to Sun Valley, Free Books/Discussions, Geology, Lunch & Lit…
• June 20, 2022: Juneteenth, “Headwaters,” Honoring Jack Crawford, Creative Writing, Tech Help, Lunch & Lit…
• June 13, 2022: Gender and the Court, “Crossing Borders,” Summer Reading, Lunch and Lit…
• June 6, 2022: Geology of Wood River-area Landscapes, Literacy Events in English & Spanish, Audacious Read, Tech Help, Lunch and Lit…
• May 30, 2022: “Tracking Lions”, Children’s/YA and Adult Summer Reading, Lunch & Lit…
• May 23, 2022: “Longmire” author Craig Johnson, Visit Sun Valley Community Meeting, Summer Reading Kick-Off…
• May 16, 2022: “Appalachian BRIDGE,” Vote! at The Library, Steam Cafe…
• May 9, 2022: Ketchum Housing, Creative Writing, StoryWalk, Genealogy…
• May 2, 2022: Writer-In-Residence Ariel Delgado Dixon, Roxane Gay Registration
• April 25, 2022: Idaho’s Constitution, Warm Springs Preserve, Idaho Refugees Stories & Cooking…
• April 18, 2022: Shoshone-Bannock Perspectives on Salmon, Gold Mine Spring Opening…
• April 11, 2022: “A New West” with Writer-In-Residence Arvin Ramgoolam, Genealogy Workshop, Sewing Club…
• April 4, 2022: Parent’s Guide to Teens & Social Media, Nuclear Innovation, Contemporary Pet Sheltering, Language Learning…
• March 28, 2022: “I Have a Dream” Alumna Stephanie Andujar, Film Festival Screenings, Tech Help…
• March 21, 2022: Announcing July visit from Roxanne Gay, Ski Culture Open House, Designing an Inclusive Outdoors, Painting, Pizza Party, Sewing…
• March 14, 2022: Steam Café for Tweens & Teens, “DELORES” film, “Decolonizing Road Signs”, “Early Sun Valley”, “Case Solved”…
• March 7, 2022:  “Rocky Mountain Fly Highway” and Closing Out the Winter Read, Language Learning, Genealogy…
• February 28, 2022: Author Heather Hansman, Teabowl Traditions, Winter Read Events…
• February 21, 2022: Upbeat with Alasdair, Story Walk, Winter Read events…
• February 14, 2022: Early Literacy Summit, Winter Read Events, Paint Club, Language Classes…
• February 7, 2022: Every Day the River Changes author event, Skiers in Flight exhibit…
• January 31, 2022: Winter Read, Home Waters with John Maclean, Fly-Fisherwomen in the Foyer…
• January 24, 2022: Winter Read Kickoff, English Language Learning, Growth Planning Based on Community Values…