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BE THE BIG THINKER YOUR DOG THINKS YOU ARE. Be Mind Full

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THE COMMUNITY LIBRARY415 Spruce Avenue North

PO Box 2168, Ketchum, ID 83340 www.comlib.org

NON PROFITORGANIZATION

U.S. PostagePAID

BOISE, IDPermit No. 679

TERRY TEMPEST WILLIAMS July 11, 6:00 p.m.

PAM HOUSTONMarch 12, 6:00 p.m.

MAX BROOKSApril 29, 6:00 p.m.

HERE’S WHAT’S

COMING ...

THE BIG READ

Interns from the Wood River High School Nostros United Club help plan the community-wide read of Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea. Pictured are, from left to right, Tim Price, Library Programs and Education Manager; Monica Hurtado, Citlali Dolores, Sharom Yallico, Melissa Gonzalez, and Ivan Varela.

The Community Library brings information, ideas, and individuals together to enhance the cultural life of the community in central Idaho.

BRING IT!

Annual Hemingway Distinguished Lecture Bring it!!

Dear Friends, BOARD OF TRUSTEESJody BeckwithHeather F. DavesTyler Davis-JeffersDonna DelahorneRoger GouldPeter GrayMitchell L. HollinsLynn KaplanMarcia T. LiebichKathleen LimburgEllen NasiWilliam NicholsonEnid Perel RawlingsReuben PerinSara PettitBeverley RobertsonChris Turner

HONORARY TRUSTEES EMERITA TRUSTEESAnn L. Christensen Joanne HogueLyman Drake Ann TaylorBill Lowe

LIBRARY STAFFRobyn Achilles, Philanthropy AssociateSusie Bille, Collections Librarian II Tess Burchmore, Preservation InternCathy Butterfield, Collections ManagerDeAnn Campbell, Children’s and Young Adult Library DirectorLee Dabney, Children’s Librarian I Hannah Conn, Preservation InternSabrina DeBree, Library AssistantJenny Emery Davidson, Executive DirectorRyan Gelskey, Regional History LibrarianNancy Goodenough, Librarian IIMolly! Goodyear, Communications AssociateCarter Hedberg, Director of PhilanthropyNicole Lichtenberg, Operations ManagerKaren Little, Library Assistant and ESL InstructorLaurie Loudenslager, Librarian IBuffy McDonald, Reference LibrarianBrad McLane, Information Systems ManagerTed Miller, Maintenance ManagerCándida Miniño, Library AssistantHelen Morgus, Children’s Librarian IIPam Parker, Circulation SupervisorAndrea Perrin, Children’s Library AssistantAaron Pittman, Library AssistantNicole Potter, Regional History Museum LibrarianTim Price, Programs and Education ManagerJanet Ross-Heiner, Library Assistant and ESL InstructorBlanca Ruiz, Library AssistantKaili Smith, Library AssistantMary Tyson, Director of Regional HistoryAly Wepplo, Librarian IIJudy Zimmer, Children’s Librarian II

GOLD MINE STORES STAFFCraig Barry, Gold Mine Managing DirectorEric Brown, Gold Mine Processing AssociateSean Creasman, Gold Mine Processing AssociateSteve Kaiser, Gold Mine Sports AficionadoAndy Kerstetter, Gold Mine Triage AficionadoYosilin Manturano, Gold Mine Processing AssociateKay Mara, Gold Mine Customer AficionadoJudy Milazzo, Gold Mine Processing AssociateKelly Noble, Gold Mine Processing ManagerDiana Pringle, Gold Mine Processing AficionadoTammy Prosper, Gold Mine Customer AficionadoKristal Schiers, Gold Mine Store SupportRhuivnyin Schiers, Gold Mine Store SupportJanis Tedrow, Gold Mine Customer AficionadoKarl Uri, Gold Mine Consign ManagerDaniel Velasco, Gold Mine Processing AssociateNick Ward, Gold Mine Triage Aficionado

THE COMMUNITY LIBRARY 415 Spruce Ave N Ketchum, ID 83340208.726.3493

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THE GOLD MINE 331 N Walnut Ave Ketchum, ID 83340208.726.3465

GOLD MINE CONSIGN 331 1st Ave N Ketchum, ID 83340208.726.9466

Sincerely,

Jenny Emery Davidson, Ph.D.

Executive Director

This year is the final stretch of the Library’s 2-year comprehensive renovation project to ensure it is a dynamic shared community space for generations to come. The east collection, foyer, learning commons, and 4th Street improvements will be completed by the 4th of July. The two entrances, the outdoor plazas, and the regional history reading room will be completed by November. . . . and the whole Library will be RENEWED!

We began 2019 with a deep breath: We have 16 months of construction behind us and 10 months ahead of us to complete The Community Library renovation! The Library continues to operate fully while it is in flux, and we continue to have an average door count of 10,000 visitors each month. Now that more than 60% of the renovation is complete, you might say we can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

You might also say that the tunnel itself has become a highlight.

In December, we built a temporary tunnel through the east end of the building to provide safe passage around the construction zone where the floor is getting reinforced and the ductwork is being replaced. The temporary tunnel is plain plywood – a tantalizing blank slate. So, we put out markers and asked you, our patrons, to write your favorite book recommendations on the walls.

Within days, the walls became a raucous celebration of reading, with hundreds of book titles (and some smiley faces and little birds) graffitied in bright colors: “Princess and the Pea” in big, red, uneven letters just one foot from the floor; NARNIA scrolled fancily in green about mid-way up the wall; And the Mountains Echoed framed by a big red heart; and, perhaps subversively, in small tidy print near the top of the wall, Atlas Shrugged.

We worried that the tunnel would be an inconvenience. But together we have made it a text, one we want to linger and read. It’s an example of what the sociologist Emile Durkheim called “collective effervescence,” a spontaneous communal act of creativity.

Those plywood walls will come down soon, but the stories will continue to effervesce here at the Library as we circulate and animate them, together.

Find more resources online: https://www.arts.gov/national-initiatives/nea-big-read/into-the-beautiful-north

L IBRARYPUBLICH A I L E Y

COMMUN I T YENR ICHMENT

L I F E LONGLEARN ING C O M E E X P L O R E T H E W O R L D W I T H U S

JANUARY 28, 5:00 P.M. THE COMMUNITY LIBRARY PUBLIC ART UNVEILING of Boise-based graffiti and visual artist Bobby Gaytan’s one-of-a-kind installation, inspired by the book.

JANUARY 29, 5:30 P.M. THE COMMUNITY LIBRARY BIG READ KICK-OFF PARTY (Co-hosted by Nosotros United student club from WRHS). Enjoy music, refreshments, and activities, and pick up a free copy of the book; English and Spanish copies available.

JANUARY 31, 5:00 P.M. HAILEY PUBLIC LIBRARY BIG READ KICK-OFF PARTY Enjoy local food and fare, and pick up a free copy of the book; English and Spanish copies available.

FEBRUARY 5, 5:00 P.M. HAILEY PUBLIC LIBRARY TACO TUESDAY and ART EXHIBIT

FEBRUARY 6 AND 8, 10:30 A.M. HAILEY PUBLIC LIBRARY MULTI-CULTURAL STORYTIME

FEBRUARY 6, 5:30 P.M. THE COMMUNITY LIBRARY ENGLISH BOOK DISCUSSION

FEBRUARY 10, 6:00 P.M. DIVINE WINE BAR FILM SCREENING of The Magnificent Seven

FEBRUARY 12, 6:00 P.M. THE COMMUNITY LIBRARY “MEXICAN WOMEN IN HISTORY: FROM LA MALINCHE TO LA LLORONA TO FRIDA KAHLO” talk with Professor Raquel Arenz, College of Southern Idaho.

FEBRUARY 13, 5:00 P.M. WOOD RIVER HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH BOOK DISCUSSION (hosted by WRHS English teachers and students).

FEBRUARY 13, 5:30 P.M. THE COMMUNITY LIBRARY SPANISH BOOK DISCUSSION

FEBRUARY 20, 6:00 P.M. THE COMMUNITY LIBRARY FILM SCREENING of The Other Side of Immigration

FEBRUARY 25, 3:00 P.M. THE COMMUNITY LIBRARY TEA TIME TALK: “Contemporary Mexican and Chicano Artists” with Kathryn Zupsic, a docent for the de Young and Legion of Honor museums in San Francisco.

FEBRUARY 26, 4:00 P.M. HAILEY PUBLIC LIBRARY YOUNG ADULT BOOK DISCUSSION Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai; copies available at HPL.

FEBRUARY 27, 6:00 P.M. HAILEY PUBLIC LIBRARY ENGLISH/SPANISH BOOK DISCUSSION and POTLUCK DINNER

FEBRUARY 28, 6:00 P.M. THE COMMUNITY LIBRARY “MODERNITY AND MEXICAN FICTION” talk with Dr. Adrian Kane, Boise State University.

MARCH 2, 2:00 P.M. HAILEY PUBLIC LIBRARY “UNDERSTANDING MIGRATION” talk with Dr. John Bieter, Boise State University.

MARCH 5, 6:00 P.M. WOOD RIVER SUSTAINABILITY CENTER LINES BETWEEN WINES book discussion ($30 registration fee includes book discussion, light refreshments and wine tasting; call Hailey Public Library at 208-721-3114 to register.)

MARCH 6, 6:00 P.M. THE COMMUNITY LIBRARY CLOSING CELEBRATION and KEYNOTE TALK with Into the Beautiful North author, LUIS ALBERTO URREA (This talk will also be Livestreamed at HPL.)

LUIS ALBERTO URREA is the award-winning author of 18 books of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, and he is a distinguished professor of creative writing at the University of Illinois-Chicago. He was born in Tijuana and grew up in San Diego.

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE ALL

READ THE SAME BOOK?

The NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.

THE BOOKThis novel is a quest: Nayeli, a young woman in a remote village in Sinaloa, Mexico, rallies her friends to venture from their home on a riotous journey through deserts and mountains and cities and trash dumps and diners to Kankakee, Illinois, U.S.A. They set out to save their hometown, and they discover things about themselves and the world along the way.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

THE AUTHOR

THE MUSEUM 180 1st St Washington Ave Ketchum, ID 83340208.726.8118

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