Ketchum Remote Collective aims to bridge the intangible gap between the Wood River Valley’s physical community and the remote workplace for many of its residents. Come meet and spend part of your week working alongside other remote workers. Drop in Fridays between 1:00 and 4:00 p.m. to The Community Library's Lecture Hall.
Join the Wood River Land Trust and The Community Library this winter to discuss how we can take local action in the face of global and regional challenges "The Latest Science on the Big Wood River" WITH JON AMBROSE Pacific Northwest Hydrology Director at Environmental Science Associates Master of Science Hydrology and Geosciences - Colorado State University FOR MORE INFORMATION ON TIMES AND HOW TO REGISTER VISIT COMLIB.ORG
Jon Ambrose, Pacific Northwest Hydrology Director at Environmental Science Associates, joins us to discuss the latest science on the Big Wood River. Jon Ambrose has nearly 20 years of experience in ecohydraulic analysis, geomorphic assessment, and design, permitting, and implementation of stream and river habitat restoration projects across the Pacific Northwest. His experience includes completing surface and subsurface hydrology analysis, geomorphic assessment, habitat suitability index (HSI) analysis, design, and construction management of habitat restoration projects throughout the region. He holds a M.S. in Hydrology and Geosciences from Colorado State University. The first lecture in the annual Thinking Globally, Acting Locally Speaker Series, in partnership with the Wood River Land Trust. Join us for more speakers on February 8 and March 14.
A workshop with Francisco Cantú, Writer-In-Residence at the Hemingway House this month. Space is limited. Registration required. This craft class examines the act of writing as a daily practice, the same way many of us engage in meditation, exercise, gardening, or playing music. Since writing often feels like a fraught, mercurial act, we will explore various prompts, practices, and ideas for sitting down to write with levity and ease, while also considering how writing on any given date has the power to connect us to what happened on that day throughout history, and to all the other writers who have sat down to write on the very same day. This class will include a packet of date-specific writing by Ross Gay, Eduardo Galeano, Christa Wolf, Nicholson Baker, and others. Francisco Cantú is a writer, translator, and the author of "The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches From the Border," winner of the 2018 Los Angeles Times Book Prize and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in nonfiction. A former Fulbright fellow, he has been the recipient of a Pushcart Prize, a Whiting Award, and an Art for Justice fellowship. His writing and translations have been featured in The ...
An open gathering of acoustic musicians of many levels coming together to play traditional tunes of the Celtic, Canadian, Western and many other genres. This is a free community event hosted by a volunteer. Everyone is encouraged to suggest a tune and to play along as they wish. Listeners are welcome, too! We welcome and seek to include all interested people regardless of age, background, economic resources, or ability. Meeting every other Saturday in the The Community Library Lecture Hall from 3:00-5:00 p.m.
Ketchum Remote Collective aims to bridge the intangible gap between the Wood River Valley’s physical community and the remote workplace for many of its residents. Come meet and spend part of your week working alongside other remote workers. Drop in Fridays between 1:00 and 4:00 p.m. to The Community Library's Lecture Hall.
Join us for an evening of conversation with authors David Quammen and Betsy Gaines Quammen. A book signing will follow. David Quammen is an author and journalist whose books include "The Heartbeat of the Wild," "Breathless," "The Tangled Tree," "Spillover," and "The Song of the Dodo." His writing focuses on science, history of science, and the relationships of humans to landscape and biological diversity. He has also published short nonfiction in magazines such as The New Yorker, National Geographic, Harper’s, Outside, Esquire, The Atlantic, Powder, and Rolling Stone. Quammen has been honored with an Academy Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and is a three-time recipient of the National Magazine Award. His books have received various awards, and Breathless in 2022 was a finalist for the National Book Award. Betsy Gaines Quammen is a historian and writer. She received a PhD from Montana State University where she studied religion, history and the philosophy of science. Her dissertation focused on Mormon history and the roots of armed public land conflicts occurring in the United States. She is fascinated at how religious views shape relationships to landscape. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, New York Daily ...
Co-work with a community of writers the first Saturday of each month for focused writing and craft discussions and connect to other writers from the Wood River Valley and beyond! All writing abilities and ages welcome. Join us in the library's Idaho Room, or online via Zoom. No registration required. Visit www.comlib.org for the Zoom link and passcode. The Wood River Writers’ Groups are led by AJ Super, a local author with a trilogy of science fiction books published by a small traditional press. She is also a Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Association (SFWA) member.
Ketchum Remote Collective aims to bridge the intangible gap between the Wood River Valley’s physical community and the remote workplace for many of its residents. Come meet and spend part of your week working alongside other remote workers. Drop in Fridays between 1:00 and 4:00 p.m. to The Community Library's Lecture Hall.
On Saturday, October 27th, 2018, a white supremacist, further radicalized by the political climate at the time, walked into the Tree of Life Synagogue with four semi-automatic assault weapons, shouting “all Jews must die.” He murdered eleven congregants, ranging in age from 54 to 97, as they prayed. "A Tree Of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting" creates a deeply personal, trauma-informed portrait of the survivors, victims, and victims' family members of the Pittsburgh Synagogue attack, and brings into sharp focus the hate-based crisis that threatens our collective safety and the very social fabric of our society. As the first film to document the survivor’s stories and the only documentary with this level of personal access to the survivors and families of the victims, viewers will experience first-hand how the lives of those directly affected have profoundly changed and how the Pittsburgh community and the congregations set out on a path towards healing. Join The Community Library for a film screening of "A Tree of Life," courtesy of GOOD DOCS, whose award-winning collection engages and inspires by featuring rarely heard stories about individuals and communities working towards a more equitable world. The film runs 81 minutes. In person only. Register at ...
An open gathering of acoustic musicians of many levels coming together to play traditional tunes of the Celtic, Canadian, Western and many other genres. This is a free community event hosted by a volunteer. Everyone is encouraged to suggest a tune and to play along as they wish. Listeners are welcome, too! We welcome and seek to include all interested people regardless of age, background, economic resources, or ability. Meeting every other Saturday in the The Community Library Lecture Hall from 3:00-5:00 p.m.
Hygge ("hoo-ga") is about taking time away from the daily rush to be together with people you care about - or even by yourself - to relax and enjoy life's quieter pleasures. The Danish concept is many things, including an opportunity to unwind and take things slow. Drop in to The Community Library all week (Tuesday-Saturday) for hot cider, cookies, puzzles, games, coloring, crafts, and of course, reading! Quiet spaces can be found throughout the library, including by our fireplace, and the Lecture Hall will be set up as a place to gather and be cozy together. We'll also be handing out free hand-knit scarfs. All are welcome!
