I'm overwhelmed! Paul Leibhardt sent so many prints for the contemporary photo exhibit I don't know how we'll choose. They are all beautiful! The colors are rich and the images are amazing! Such generosity in allowing us to have his work on display reflects that kind of community in which we live.

The Royal Larkspur Play Group's production of August Wilson's Fences promises to be a spectacular event! June 19th will be the opening night party with dinner and theatre by invitation only. It's to be a fundraiser for the Community Library. Gary Hoffman is bringing a professional troupe of actors in from LA and Ben Benson (winner of the 2008 LA Drama Circle Award for best director) will direct! Gary believes that this will be the first production of Fences in Idaho. I think he may be right.

Three photos of the historical photo exhibit assembled by the Staff of the Regional History Department of the Community Library, Ketchum, Idaho. The exhibit reached about 800 students (allowing for those who never step foot in a library) for 2 two weeks 5 days a week. I include these photos to show that a traveling exhibit has to be flexible for the different venues in visits. Here in WRHS, it hung on the wall.
















And here, in the Hailey Public Library, it was front and back of a room partition, using t-pins to hold the photos in place. At the Wood River Middle School, the exhibit was on a cork board/white board and held on with push pins and tape. I like all of the poems and quotations we assembled.

The public showed a lot of interest in the reprints of the photos dating back to the 1880s. Some remember the old times, and some couldn't believe the Valley ever looked that way. The visitor numbers during the time the photos were on display at the Hailey Library were 4095.

Strange things we do for our craft

How many hardware people will hang up on me when I ask for Gaffers Tape? My ears are ringing.
It's not like I'm asking for something untoward...Maybe the economy has people in a grumpy mood. Thank you Mr. L.L. Green! Gaffer's tape is pricey! 4 rolls $97! Maybe I should have ordered it instead of shopping local.

After the hard winter, I'm seeing toppled fences all over the valley. Does a flattened fence still serve a purpose? What about those vinyl fences that warped in the sun last summer? No they don't need paint, but they look rather silly.

Aaron and Quil have Between Fences up on the Library's website, now. It looks very nice.

And The Beat Goes On

So much to do. Have to figure out how to get the banner to hang straight. The Smithsonian is Coming! Bought grommets, but have to carve out a block of time when I can work on it and make it fit the space.

Saw play reading last night. I think farce needs a full mounted production; timing is everything. Actors need the time to find their characters and their relationships with one another. Twelve hours rehearsal is just not enough time.

I must remember: "Simplify, simplify, simplify."

Getting 2 docents for 182 hours of the exhibit is proving quite a challenge, especially since we can't use any of the middle school or high school honors students -- we get the exhibit on finals week. Beth has done quite a job of filling the slots, we have at least one docent for each two hour slot. But security really requires two people. We'll get there.