HAPPENINGS
New Season of Readings & Conversations!
Our guests will be Michael Pollan, Aimee Bender with Anthony Doerr, Joan Didion, and Alexander McCall Smith. Cabin members receive priority seating during the early bird reservation period. Same-seat requests are due by May 15. Early bird ends June 15. More »
Award-Winning Summer Camps Enrolling Now
We offer creative writing adventures for children, teens and young adults in grades 4-12. Camps are held throughout the Treasure Valley and eastern Idaho for beginning exploration to advanced writing levels. Choose from CURIOUS CITY, WRITING WILD!, WORDS & PICTURES, and a new intensive for high school students—801 OASIS. More »
Writers In The Schools (WITS)
The Cabin is planning now for next year’s WITS program, which places professional writers in classrooms and learning centers throughout southwest Idaho. Would you like to host a WITS writer? More »
Marjane Satrapi Coming To Boise
The Cabin’s Readings & Conversations will bring “new wave” graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi to The Egyptian Theatre on April 15. Author of Persepolis and Persepolis 2, and director of the award-winning documentary film based on the books, Ms. Satrapi visits Boise from Paris. Single tickets available beginning March 24. Seating is limited. More »
Sign Up For Summer Camp!
Our award-winning camps offer creative writing adventures for children, teens and young adults in grades 4-12. Camps are held throughout the Treasure Valley and eastern Idaho for beginning exploration to advanced writing levels. Choose from camp “tracks” that include Curious City, Writing Wild!, Words & Pictures, and a new intensive for high school students—801 Oasis. More »
Ides Of March Kicks Off The Big Read
The Cabin will host a gathering of representatives from book clubs throughout the Treasure Valley called The Ides of March to kick off this year’s Big Read. An initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts, The Cabin will coordinate community-wide activities, events, and celebrations surrounding the book My Antonia, by Willa Cather. A publication of book selections for the year from each book group will be available. Saturday, March 15, from 2 p.m.- 4 p.m.More on The Big Read »
Drop-In Writing Workshops
All are welcome to attend this informal community workshop for writers at all levels. Taught by Norman Weinstein. It’s free! More »
Check Our Events Calendar
Dick Dorworth, weekly columnist at the Ketchum Idaho
Mountain Express, is the author of Night Driving: Invention of the
Wheel and Other Blues. Dorworth is the1963 holder of the speed skiing
world record and in 2001 was honored by the International Skiing History
members with its Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism. His articles
have appeared in "Ski, Skiing" and the "Mountain Gazette
through the 1960's, '70's and '80's. Thursday, March 13, 7:30p.m. – 9:00
p.m.
Support The Cabin
As a nonprofit organization, The Cabin depends on
the generosity of our community. We’re planning now for another season
of Readings & Conversations and
our award-winning Idaho Writing Camps.
Here’s your chance to help us bring an exciting author to Boise, or to
help a child experience a creative writing adventure. More »
Readings & Conversations February 19
Tickets are available at The Cabin for Luis Alberto Urrea, author of The Devil’s Highway (winner of the 2004 Lannan Literary Award and a Pulitzer Prize finalist), The Hummingbird’s Daughter and More »
The Big Read: My Antonia
The Cabin has again been chosen by the NEA for The Big Read and will coordinate
community-wide activities, events, and celebrations surrounding the book My
Antonia, by Willa Cather. More »
Richard Shelton at The Cabin
Author Richard Shelton will read from his latest book, The Last Person
to Hear Your Voice, on Wednesday, February 13, from 7:30 to 9:00 PM.
Born and raised in Boise, Idaho, Richard Shelton’s poems and prose have appeared
in more than two hundred journals.
Calling all Book Groups
Who’s reading what? Each spring, The Cabin hosts a gathering of book club
members throughout the Treasure Valley at an event called The Ides of March.
To submit your book group reading list, email to info@thecabinidaho.org. View
the 2007 lists »
Idaho Writing Camps: Field
Notes 2007
The Cabin’s annual anthology of young authors’ writings from summer camps
has been published. Each student enrolled in a summer camp in 2007 receives
a free copy. Copies are available at The Cabin. More »
How to choose a good book
People often ask what qualities make a book a good candidate for book discussion.
Probably the most important criteria are that the book be well written,
have an interesting plot, and three-dimensional characters. Good books
for discussion present the author's view of an important truth and sometimes
send a message to the reader. A good book-discussion book often stays in
the reader's mind long after the book is finished and the discussion is
over. More »
Volunteer at the Cabin
Interested in volunteering at The Cabin? We have a range of opportunities
for folks with a little or a lot of time and for all skill levels. Check
out our volunteer page to learn more or to sign up to help. More »
