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To Taste Life Twice: JESS WALTER
The Community LibraryThe Writing Seminar Kicks Off with a virtual Keynote from award-winning author Jess Walter. This opening keynote program is open to the general public, but registration is required as seating is limited. Registration opens on April 1. The event will also be livestreamed. Jess Walter is the best-selling author of seven novels, including "Beautiful Ruins" and "The Cold Millions," as well as two book of short stories and one nonfiction book. His work has been translated into 34 languages, and his fiction has been selected three times for Best American Short Stories, as well as the Pushcart Prize and Best American Nonrequired Reading. His stories, essays and journalism have appeared in, Harper's, Esquire, Playboy, McSweeney's, Tin House, Ploughshares, the New York Times, the Washington Post and many others. To Taste Life Twice is an annual, three-day that is offered free of charge for local and visiting writers. The seminar features writing workshops with esteemed Idaho writers, an opening keynote from a guest author, and a closing storytelling event where writers of all levels are invited to share their work. The event is presented in partnership with Boise-based Story Forward. Learn more at www.comlib.org/programs/ttlt-2024/
Free
SVMoA Contemporaries: Museum Afterhours
Sun Valley Museum of ArtSVMoA Contemporaries invite you to an evening of art and creation. Grab some friends and connect with others for a night of artmaking at the SVMoA! Materials and refreshments are provided.
$15
The Garage: Artist’s Incubator @ The Spot FREE Writing Workshop with Abby Rosebrock
The SpotWRITING WORKSHOP with Abby Rosebrock, The Garage Artist-in-Residence 2024 "Transformative theater respects both its audience and its creators." –Abby Rosebrock Thursday, May 16th, 2024 The Spot, 220 Lewis Street #2, Ketchum, ID 83340 6:00pm-8:30pm FREE Writing Workshop with Artist-in-Residence, Abby Rosebrock. Come hang out at The Spot on Thursday 5/16 for an exclusive opportunity to meet and work with Abby Rosebrock! Learn a bit about Abby's process and journey as a playwright and dive-in to some guided dramatic writing exercises together. This workshop is open to anyone interested in the creative process/craft of playwriting/making theater/telling stories, ages 14+. Think low pressure environment! Think very fun! Think creatives being creative together! EVENT IS FREE BUT SPACE IS LIMITED, YOU MUST REGISTER AT LINK BELOW. MORE INFO: www.spotsunvalley.com/thegarage REGISTER: https://forms.gle/izuhVwo1eYAPoSwC9 SUITABILITY: All are welcome. Must be 14+
Free
The Garage: Artist’s Incubator @ The Spot
The SpotTHE GARAGE: Artist's Incubator @ The Spot 2024 Artist-in-Residence ABBY ROSEBROCK FREE EVENTS: WRITING WORKSHOP FREE Writing Workshop with Playwright Abby Rosebrock MAY 16 • 6pm @ The Spot 'WILMA' FREE Rehearsed Reading of Abby's new play WILMA MAY 22 • 7pm @ The Spot The Spot has been a home for new work since it began and we have decided to make our commitment to emerging theater artists official. Welcome to THE GARAGE: Artist's Incubator @ The Spot. Where do all the best ideas start? In garages! In our case, we've doubled down on that model. We've been producing and inviting audiences into ours since 2014.The Artist's Incubator is different though. We have created a one of a kind artistic residency program in the Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho, designed to allow theater artists the space (literally and figuratively) and resources necessary to develop their WIP's. (Works in process.) We are incredibly excited to announce the inaugural artist at THE GARAGE is accomplished, Brooklyn-based playwright and actress, ABBY ROSEBROCK. Spot audiences will remember her work from 2017 when we produced the western premiere of Abby's DIDO OF IDAHO. Abby Rosebrock is a Brooklyn-based writer and actress from South Carolina. She ...
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Bug Zoo Festival
Sawtooth Botanical GardenKids can get up-close and personal with some of Idaho’s native creatures and explore engaging displays while learning about fun, weird and sometimes incredibly helpful creepy crawlers. More Information to come soon! If you would like to donate, volunteer or schedule a school fieldtrip please contact Racheal at racheal@sbgarden.org or call (208) 726-9358.
Caritas Chorale Spring Concert
St. Thomas Episcopal ChurchJoin us for a free Spring Concert on May 18 & 19. Donations welcome.
Caritas Chorale Spring Concert
St. Thomas Episcopal ChurchJoin us for a free Spring Concert on May 18 & 19. Donations welcome.
Beginning and Drop-In Knitting
The Community LibraryBring your own needles and yarn, and join master knitter and Sun Valley Needle Arts owner Patricia Lirk for a bi-monthly gathering. Come learn to knit, ask questions and solve knitting mysteries, and meet others. Meeting in the green chairs by the fireplace. First and third Monday through May. Drop-in. All skill levels welcome.
Free
Community Knitting & Needlepoint @ Knit+Needle
Knit+NeedleJoin us in the shop every Wednesday from 2-5 with your needlepoint, knitting or crochet work in progress & enjoy an afternoon of stitching. All skill levels welcome.
Free
‘WILMA’ by Abby Rosebrock | A Rehearsed Reading + Conversation @ The Spot x Community Library
The SpotWILMA A Rehearsed Reading + Conversation @ The Spot with Abby Rosebrock, The Garage Artist-in-Residence 2024 x The Community Library TICKETS: FREE (limit of 2 tickets per order) Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024 The Spot, 220 Lewis Street #2, Ketchum, ID 83340 6:30pm Lobby opens 7:00pm 'Wilma' by Abby Rosebrock, Rehearsed Reading 8:30pm Conversation with Abby Rosebrock + Martha Williams Join us at The Spot for a rehearsed reading of the first play in The Good Girl Trilogy, WILMA, + conversation with playwright (2024 Garage Artist-in-Residence) Abby Rosebrock and Martha Williams, The Community Library’s Programs and Education Director. Directed by Natalie Battistone Featuring Rachel Aanestad, Gertie Pitts and Julia Ott DESCRIPTION: South Carolina, 1999. A mother tamps down her gargantuan rage at the President to make sure her 12-year-old daughter wins a speech contest. Over the course of a morning, trapped by a flood in their intimate world of two, Wilma and Tally contend with mass media, each other, and the most brutal stages of life, as radioactive secrets are pushed into the light. Wilma is an intergenerational story of two women, three decades apart, as desperate to master the cult of American striving as they are to find some permanent ...
Free
Sun Valley Culinary Institute Tours
Sun Valley Culinary InstituteThe Sun Valley Culinary Institute is pleased to offer tours open to the general public. Come see why we have become one of the most important and entertaining sites to visit in the Wood River Valley. As a full time location for both student culinary classes year round and personalized classes for the general public, SVCI is proud to open our doors and welcome visitors with coffee and donuts. Come see for yourself…free tours are offered every Thursday at 10AM
EVENING EXHIBITION TOUR: Intertwined
Sun Valley Museum of ArtEnjoy refreshments as you tour the exhibition with SVMoA’s curator. Intertwined: Weaving in Community examines traditional weaving as a platform for social practice and activism. The exhibition features artwork by Portland-based artist Sara Siestreem (Hanis Coos), Los Angeles-based artist Tanya Aguiñiga, and AMBOS (Art Made Between Opposite Sides), a collective Aguiñiga founded in 2016. The exhibition also includes a community-based artwork emerging from workshops AMBOS is conducting in the Wood River Valley in April. Visitors to the Museum are invited to contribute to the artwork as it grows over the course of the exhibition.
Free