BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CalDiscovery//caldiscovery//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH DESCRIPTION:Discovered and maintained by CalDiscovery (https://caldiscover y.com). Event details belong to their publishers. Contains information fro m CalDiscovery\, which is made available under the ODbL 1.0. SOURCE:https://caldiscovery.com/boise-id/literary.ics X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H X-WR-CALDESC:Discovered and maintained by CalDiscovery (https://caldiscove ry.com). Event details belong to their publishers. Contains information fr om CalDiscovery\, which is made available under the ODbL 1.0. X-WR-CALNAME:CalDiscovery - boise-id (literary) BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Read to a Therapy Dog | Collister Library! DTSTART:20260905T163000Z DTEND:20260905T173000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T180916Z UID:10023620-1788604200-1788607800@boisemom.com CATEGORIES:family,literary DESCRIPTION:Join us for our Read to a Therapy Dog program\, where kids get a chance to practice their reading skills by reading to a Certified Thera py Dog! Kids can read to a dog for 10 minutes and the dogs will love it! \ nChildren believe they are teaching the dog to read\, but they are actuall y teaching themselves. With the focus on the dog\, children feel less pres sure or embarrassment about their reading skills.  They have fun\, build confidence\, and increase their love of reading! \nPlan to arrive a few mi nutes early to select your book. Check in with library staff at the “Dog gy Desk” to sign in when you arrive. LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T180916Z LOCATION:Library! at Collister\, 4724 W State St\, Boise\, ID\, 83703\, Un ited States URL:https://boisemom.com/event/read-to-a-therapy-dog-collister-library/202 6-09-05/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Boise Mom X-SOURCE-URL:https://boisemom.com/in-around-boise/farmers-markets-in-boise -and-the-treasure-valley END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Story Collider: Revelation DTSTART:20260909T003000Z DTEND:20260909T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260814T002606Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53692473633097 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:The Story Collider is delighted to partner with Boise State Un iversity to share true\, personal science stories from their graduate engi neering students.\n\nJoin us for an evening of stories about revelations —the moments that change everything. From unexpected diagnoses and caree r-defining detours to finding the courage to speak up\, discovering where you belong\, and realizing you're capable of more than you imagined\, thes e stories explore how science and engineering can illuminate not only the world around us\, but ourselves.\n\nCome for the science\, stay for the he art.\n\nDoors open at 6:00 p.m. MT. Show starts at 6:30 p.m. MT.\n\nHosted by Bryan Kett and Meisa Salaita. LAST-MODIFIED:20260814T002606Z LOCATION:Student Union Building (SUB)\, Lookout Room URL:https://events.boisestate.edu/event/story-collider-revelation X-SOURCE-NAME:Boise State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://events.boisestate.edu/extramile-arena-arena END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:LGBTQIA+ Book Club: Dear Wendy DTSTART:20260915T003000Z DTEND:20260915T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260831T001523Z UID:10002431-1789410600-1789416000@tccidaho.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Join us for our monthly LGBTQIA+ book club. Please feel free t o come even if you haven’t had a chance to finish the book. Group is ide al for ages 16+. Light snacks will be provided. \nVirtual this month! Join us at:  https://meet.google.com/kmq-jhee-stv \nWhen:  2nd Mondays\, 6: 30pm-8pm\, alternating virtual and in-person. \nVIRTUAL: Jan\, March\, May \, July\, Sept\, Nov\nIN-PERSON: Feb\, April\, June\, August\, Oct\, Dec \ nTHIS MONTH’S BOOK:\n\nDear Wendy by Ann Zhao\n\nSophie Chi is in her fi rst year of college and has long accepted her aroace (aromantic and asexua l) identity. She knows she’ll never fall in love\, but she enjoys runnin g an Instagram account that offers relationship advice to students at her school. No one except her roommate can know that she’s behind the incred ibly popular “Dear Wendy” account. \nWhen Joanna “Jo” Ephron (also a first-year student and aroace) created their “Sincerely Wanda” acco unt\, it wasn’t at all meant to be taken seriously. But now they might h ave a rivalry of sorts with Wendy’s account? Oops. As if Jo’s not busy enough having existential crises over gender identity\, whether she’ll ever truly be loved\, and the possibility of her few friends finding The O ne then forgetting about her! \nWhile tensions are rising online\, Sophie and Jo grow closer in real life\, especially once they realize their share d aroace identity. Will their friendship survive if they learn just who’ s behind the Wendy and Wanda accounts? LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T001523Z LOCATION:https://meet.google.com/kmq-jhee-stv URL:https://tccidaho.org/calendar/lgbtqia-book-club-dear-wendy/ X-SOURCE-NAME:The Community Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://tccidaho.org/event-calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:AI "Proofing" Your Writing Assignments Webinar DTSTART:20260929T170000Z DTEND:20260929T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260810T182348Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53665344258697 CATEGORIES:education,literary DESCRIPTION:In this webinar\, you'll explore how to design writing assignm ents that minimize inappropriate uses of AI while encouraging authentic st udent engagement. We’ll identify common ways students misuse AI tools fo r writing and discuss strategies to revise prompts that promote personal a nd genuine responses. Learn how to structure assignments that make AI tool s less effective for shortcuts and instead foster a deeper writing process . You'll also discover how to connect AI to durable skills\, ensuring stud ents develop essential writing and critical thinking abilities that endure beyond the classroom. LAST-MODIFIED:20260810T182348Z URL:https://events.boisestate.edu/event/ai-proofing-your-writing-assignmen ts-webinar X-SOURCE-NAME:Boise State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://events.boisestate.edu/extramile-arena-arena END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Hemingway Center Reading Series presents: Ariel Delgado Dixon and Mary Pauline Lowry DTSTART:20261009T010000Z DTEND:20261009T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180711Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53303242924897 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:The Hemingway Center Reading Series and Creative Writing MFA P rogram present authors Ariel Delgado Dixon and Mary Pauline Lowry. Dixon a nd Lowry\, both graduates of the Boise State Creative Writing MFA Program\ , will give a reading of their work on Thursday\, October 8\, 2026 at 7 PM . This event is free and open to the public. \n\nBoth Dixon and Lowry publ ished new books in 2026: Sourland and Last Night Was Killer\, respectively . Come celebrate the new work of these friends and extraordinary writers!\ n\nPraise for Sourland by Ariel Delgado Dixon\n\n“Atmospheric . . . Expe rtly paced and with equal amounts of suspense and melodrama\, Dixon’s st ory captures the pulse of criminal life and the thrum of desire. This sizz les.”—Publishers Weekly\n\n“The kind of literary thriller that gets dirt under its nails—moody\, combustible and charged with the sense that everyone is hiding something dangerous. An instant add to any summer to-b e-read list.”—The Seattle Times\n\n“A lush tale of revenge\, crime\, love\, and weed . . . Well told from all three main characters’ points of view\, with turns of suspense\, humor\, and sensuality\, this is engros sing.”—Booklist\n\nPraise for Last Night Was Killer by Mary Pauline Lo wry\n\n"An inventive mystery loaded with humor\, heart\, and found family. " —People Magazine\n\n“I have never had so much fun watching a fiction al character try to figure out if she killed someone or not. Wild\, outrag eous\, silly\, smart\, Tilly is a heroine for the ages and Mary Lowry writ es like no one else. A damn delight.” —Rufi Thorpe\, Author of Margo ’s Got Money Troubles\n\n“An addictively wild\, hilarious romp that be longs on top of your summer reading list! Lowry has that rare ability to m ake you laugh even as you worry about her amazing characters and their cha llenging predicaments. Ingeniously plotted and raucously funny\, Lowry is the master of kickass female bonding.” - May Cobb\, USA Today Bestsellin g Author of The Hunting Wives\n\nEvent Details\n\n7 PM\n\nThursday\, Octob er 8\, 2026\n\nReading to be followed by a Q and A and book signing.\n\nFr ee and open to the public\n\nAbout Ariel Delgado Dixon\n\nAriel Delgado Di xon was born in Trenton\, New Jersey and is the author of two novels\, Sou rland (2026) and Don't Say We Didn't Warn You (2022). Her writing has rece ived support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council\, Yaddo\, the Studios of Key West\, and as a Hemingway Writer-in-Residence in Ketchum\, Idaho. She lives in Western Massachusetts\, where she teaches at Smith College an d works in farming. \n\nAbout Mary Pauline Lowry\n\nMary Pauline Lowry is the author of the novels The Roxy Letters and Wildfire. She has an MA in E nglish/Creative Writing from the University of Texas and an MFA in Creativ e Writing from Boise State University. Her work has appeared in The New Yo rk Times\, The New York Times Magazine\, O Magazine\, and other publicatio ns. She lives in her hometown of Austin\, Texas. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180711Z LOCATION:Hemingway Center (HEMG)\, 110 URL:https://events.boisestate.edu/event/hemingway-center-reading-series-pr esents-ariel-delgado-dixon-and-mary-pauline-lowry X-SOURCE-NAME:Boise State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://events.boisestate.edu/extramile-arena-arena END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Readings & Conversations: John Green With Anthony Doerr DTSTART:20261010T020000Z DTEND:20261010T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180711Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53387959351373 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Join #1 internationally bestselling author John Green and Puli tzer Prize winner Anthony Doerr for a conversation around John's adult fic tion debut\, Hollywood\, Ending. The pair will discuss the book\, answer a udience questions\, and more.\n\nJohn Green is the #1 New York Times bests elling author of Looking for Alaska\, An Abundance of Katherines\, Paper T owns\, The Fault in Our Stars\, Turtles All the Way Down\, The Anthropocen e Reviewed\, and Everything is Tuberculosis. John’s books have won many prizes\, including an Audie Award\, an Edgar Award\, the Michael L. Printz Medal\, and a Los Angeles Book Prize. Green’s books have been published in more than 55 languages and over 60 million copies are in print worldwi de. Additionally\, John and his brother\, Hank Green\, host the popular po dcast\, Dear Hank and John.\n\nIncludes a hardcover copy of Green’s fort hcoming novel\, Hollywood\, Ending!\n\nAnthony Doerr is the #1 New York Ti mes bestselling author of All the Light We Cannot See\, Cloud Cuckoo Land\ , About Grace\, Four Seasons in Rome\, Memory Wall\, and The Shell Collect or. His work has received numerous honors\, including the Pulitzer Prize f or Fiction\, the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction\, and the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. Doerr’s books have been trans lated into dozens of languages and have captivated millions of readers wor ldwide. Renowned for his lyrical prose and richly imagined storytelling\, he is widely recognized as one of the most acclaimed contemporary American novelists. --- Event Details: https://boisestate.campusgroups.com/rsvp?id =397335 LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180711Z LOCATION:Morrison Center for the Performing Arts (MORR) URL:https://events.boisestate.edu/event/readings-conversations-john-green- with-anthony-doerr X-SOURCE-NAME:Boise State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://events.boisestate.edu/extramile-arena-arena END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Hemingway Center Reading Series presents: Oli Hazzard DTSTART:20261024T013000Z DTEND:20261024T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180711Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53311950196522 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:The Hemingway Center Reading Series and Creative Writing MFA P rogram present poet Oli Hazzard. Hazzard\, whose work John Ashbery called “exciting\, necessary\, and new\," will give a reading of his work on Fr iday\, October 23\, 2026 at 7:30 PM. This event is free and open to the pu blic. \n\nEvent Details\n\n7:30 PM\n\nFriday\, October 23\, 2026\n\nReadin g to be followed by a Q and A and book signing.\n\nFree and open to the pu blic\n\nAbout Oli Hazzard\n\nOli Hazzard is the author of three books of p oems\, including most recently Sleepers Awake (Farrar\, Straus and Giroux\ , 2025). He teaches poetry at the University of St Andrews\, and is curren tly Elizabeth S. and Richard M. Cashin Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute f or Advanced Studes at Harvard University.\n\nPraise for Oli Hazzard\n\n \n \n"Hazzard's gift lies in making the unusual seem aphoristic\, turning wor ds on their heads to shock an unsuspecting reader." —The Economist\n \n \n“Both funny and touching. It is his flair for phrases that catch one ’s breath that has stood Oli Hazzard in good stead.” —Literateur \n \n \n\n"One of the most exciting developments in British poetry in years." —The Boston Review LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180711Z LOCATION:Hemingway Center (HEMG)\, 110 URL:https://events.boisestate.edu/event/hemingway-center-reading-series-pr esents-oli-hazzard X-SOURCE-NAME:Boise State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://events.boisestate.edu/extramile-arena-arena END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Andrus for Idaho: History Harvest DTSTART:20261106T160000Z DTEND:20261106T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260902T183158Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53830535716013 CATEGORIES:community,literary DESCRIPTION:This two-day public-facing event will explore the environmenta l history and conservation legacy that helped shape Idaho.\n\n \n\nNov. 6: Day One features authors contributing to a forthcoming project on Idaho ’s environmental story and the leaders\, communities\, and decisions tha t helped define it. Listen to presentations by these authors and get a sne ak peek at some of the chapters.Nov 7: Day Two invites the public to parti cipate in a History Harvest by sharing photographs\, documents\, memorabil ia\, oral histories\, and personal stories connected to Idaho’s landscap es and communities. Storytelling is one of humans’ strongest impulses to relay history. \n\nDo you\, or someone you know\, have memories of Idaho in a different era? Idaho’s only four-term governor\, Cecil D. Andrus\, earned a national reputation for his stewardship of Idaho’s natural land scapes. A lifelong hunter and fisherman but a logger by trade\, he underst ood the importance of making a living and safeguarding open spaces. He led and championed efforts to protect places like the White Clouds\, Sawtooth Mountains\, and Hells Canyon. His service as U.S. Secretary of the Interi or further cemented his conservation legacy\, culminating in the Alaska Na tional Interest Lands Conservation Act—one of the most significant land- protection achievements in American history. LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T183158Z LOCATION:Albertsons Library (ALBR)\, The SPACE URL:https://events.boisestate.edu/event/andrus-for-idaho-history-harvest X-SOURCE-NAME:Boise State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://events.boisestate.edu/extramile-arena-arena END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Readings & Conversations: Michael Lewis With Jacob Weisberg DTSTART:20270526T020000Z DTEND:20270526T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180711Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53387959365714 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Catch perennial NYT bestselling author Michael Lewis\, in conv ersation with journalist Jacob Weisberg\, as he discusses his life and wor k.\n\nMichael Lewis is the NYT bestselling author of Moneyball\, The Premo nition\, The Fifth Risk\, and his most recent\, Going Infinite\, the latte r telling the story of FTX’s collapse and the enigmatic founder at its c enter\, Sam Bankman-Fried. His book about the 2008 financial crisis\, The Big Short\, was made into an Oscar-winning film directed by Adam McKay\, w hile two of his sports-related books\, Moneyball and The Blind Side\, were made into Oscar-nominated feature films. Lewis is the creator and host of Apple's #1 rated podcast\, Against the Rules. Includes a hardcover copy o f Lewis’s forthcoming book\, Blockers! --- Event Details: https://boises tate.campusgroups.com/rsvp?id=397338 LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180711Z LOCATION:Morrison Center for the Performing Arts (MORR) URL:https://events.boisestate.edu/event/readings-conversations-michael-lew is-with-jacob-weisberg X-SOURCE-NAME:Boise State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://events.boisestate.edu/extramile-arena-arena END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR