Gather Round: A Conversation About Community and Place
***Purchase tickets now at the link following this article, or in person at Elk River Books*** Internationally renowned authors Debra Magpie Earling, Chigozie Obioma, and Carl Safina will headline an evening at Chico Hot Springs on Saturday, April 20, with a discussion about community and place. The event serves as a launch party for Humanities […]
An Evening with Gretel Ehrlich
Elk River Arts & Lectures 2017 fall series will open with a lecture by a giant in American literature, the award-winning, best-selling author and filmmaker Gretel Ehrlich at 5:30 pm on Thursday, Oct. 5. Ehrlich has written more than 15 books that span genres; her efforts encompass journalism and essay, memoir and poetry, fiction and […]
Elk River Arts & Lectures presents Bruce Smith’s wild adventures stories
Naturalist Bruce Smith brings wilderness tales to Livingston’s Elk River Books in a free reading and discussion of his new book, Stories from Afield: Adventures with Wild Things in Wild Places, on Thursday, Nov. 17, at 7 p.m. Stories from Afield recounts Smith’s four decades of working with large wild animals across the Rocky Mountain […]
Rick Bass headlines Elk River Books’ fifth anniversary festivities
Elk River Books will celebrate its fifth anniversary with a party and repeat performance from its grand opening, hosting author Rick Bass for a reading of his latest work on Wednesday, May 25. Bass is the author of nearly 30 books of environmental essays, novels and short fiction. He has received O. Henry Awards, numerous […]
Elk River Arts & Lectures presents Annick Smith
Author and filmmaker Annick Smith will read from her latest book, Crossing the Plains with Bruno, on Thursday, November 5, 2015, at Livingston’s Elk River Books as part of the Elk River Arts & Lectures fall series. The event begins at 7 p.m. and is open to the public. Smith’s work focuses on the literature […]
Esteemed Writers Gather in Livingston for Gala Reading
Tickets go on sale October 1 for the inaugural Elk River Writers Workshop Gala Faculty Reading, featuring six nationally renowned writers. Novelists William Kittredge and Rick Bass, poets William Pitt Root and Pamela Uschuk, naturalist Doug Peacock, and non-fiction writer Maryanne Vollers will read from their recent work during a party at the Shane Center […]
Father’s Day Concert with Jessie Bridges
Tickets go on sale June 1 for a performance by singer-songwriter Jessie Bridges, who will play a benefit acoustic show for Elk River Arts & Lectures on Sunday, June 21 at the Elks Lodge. Livingston musician Calista will open for Bridges. A California native, Bridges spent much of her childhood in Paradise Valley, where her […]
