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Event Series Children’s Summer Meals: Volunteer to prepare!

Children’s Summer Meals: Volunteer to prepare!

The Hunger Coalition

The Hunger Coalition and The Community Library provide free meals, books and enrichment activities to children throughout the Wood River Valley during summer. Join us in meal preparation; we're serving anywhere from 100 to 200 meals a day! We chef it up Mondays and Wednesday mornings, through August 24. Visit our website to reserve your volunteer time today! Time slots are 8:30am - 11am and 10am to 12:30pm, on both Mondays and Wednesdays.

Free
Event Series WORKSHOP: Beginning Drawing Intensive

WORKSHOP: Beginning Drawing Intensive

SVMoA Hailey Classroom

THIS 8-SESSION WORKSHOP WILL TAKE PLACE MON–THU, AUG 7–10 AND AUG 14–17, FROM 9AM–12PM DAILY. Get out your sketch book! With emphasis on observational skills and hand-eye coordination, this 8-day workshop will explore graded tones, line, negative space, perspective, and shadows. Each day, examine a different still life as you develop fundamental drawing skills and increased confidence to draw. The classes are cumulative and open to beginning students as well as those who want to refresh their skills. Age & ability: 17 and older, beginners welcome! SVMoA and Jim will provide all the materials necessary for the class (included in the enrollment cost). ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR Born in New York, Jim Caldwell has spent most of his life in the San Francisco Bay Area. He graduated from Williams College in 1964 as an Art Major and spent the next year in Paris studying printing and etching at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. In 1969 he received his Master of Architecture Degree from the Yale School of Architecture. Jim has had over 45 solo shows and his paintings are represented in more than 450 collections worldwide. $500 member / $550 nonmember

$500 – $550

Story Time at The Community Library

The Community Library

Join us on Mondays at 10:30 am in the Treehouse in the Children's Library for Story Time. Story Time is best suited for preschool age children; no unattended children please!

Free

“A Force for Nature: Nancy Russell’s Fight to Save the Columbia Gorge”

The Community Library

The eighty-five–mile-long Columbia Gorge forms part of the border between Oregon and Washington and is one of the nation’s most historic and scenic landscapes. Many of the region’s cultural divisions boil over here—urban versus rural, west of the mountains versus east—as well as clashes over private property rights, management of public lands, and tribal treaty rights. In the early 1980s, as a new interstate bridge linked Portland to rural counties in Washington, the Gorge’s renowned vistas were on the brink of destruction. Nancy Russell, forty-eight years old and with no experience in advocacy, fundraising, or politics, built a grassroots movement that overcame seventy years of failed efforts and bitter opposition from both Oregon and Washington governors, five of the six Gorge counties, Gorge residents, and the Reagan administration. While building her campaign, Russell stopped subdivisions, factories, and government neglect through litigation brought by her organization, Friends of the Columbia Gorge, and last-second land purchases by the Trust for Public Land. Initially ignored, then demonized, Russell had her tires slashed and her life threatened. The Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act barely passed—on the last day of the congressional session in 1986—and was signed by a reluctant President Reagan. Russell ...

Free
Event Series Volunteer For Veggies

Volunteer For Veggies

Hope Garden

Join in community gardening sessions at The Hope Garden (corner of Walnut and 1st in Hailey) and the Bloom Community Food Center (110 Honeysuckle St., Bellevue). Tasks include harvesting, planting, weeding, and flower bouquet making! Fresh vegetables shared with everyone each session. JUNE 5 – SEPT 28 Hope Garden (Hailey) Monday evenings 5:30pm-7:00pm Wednesday mornings 9-10:30am Bloom Community Food Center (Bellevue) Thursday mornings 10-11:30am

Free
Event Series Yoga at River Run

Yoga at River Run

River Run Plaza

This summer, enjoy Yoga at River Run presented by Brass Ranch. All levels are welcome to these free one-hour classes held outdoors at River Run Plaza most Tuesdays & Saturdays. Space is limited, please arrive at 8:45am to register. Please bring your own mat and water, and we kindly ask that you leave your furry friends at home. Class starts at 9am | 60-minute classes | Tuesdays and Saturdays this summer Free DATES June 24 June 27 July 1 July 3 (Monday) July 8 July 18 July 22 July 25 July 29 August 1 August 5 August 8 August 12 August 15 August 19 August 22 August 26 August 29 September 2 September 5 September 9

Event Series WORKSHOP: Beginning Drawing Intensive

WORKSHOP: Beginning Drawing Intensive

SVMoA Hailey Classroom

THIS 8-SESSION WORKSHOP WILL TAKE PLACE MON–THU, AUG 7–10 AND AUG 14–17, FROM 9AM–12PM DAILY. Get out your sketch book! With emphasis on observational skills and hand-eye coordination, this 8-day workshop will explore graded tones, line, negative space, perspective, and shadows. Each day, examine a different still life as you develop fundamental drawing skills and increased confidence to draw. The classes are cumulative and open to beginning students as well as those who want to refresh their skills. Age & ability: 17 and older, beginners welcome! SVMoA and Jim will provide all the materials necessary for the class (included in the enrollment cost). ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR Born in New York, Jim Caldwell has spent most of his life in the San Francisco Bay Area. He graduated from Williams College in 1964 as an Art Major and spent the next year in Paris studying printing and etching at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. In 1969 he received his Master of Architecture Degree from the Yale School of Architecture. Jim has had over 45 solo shows and his paintings are represented in more than 450 collections worldwide. $500 member / $550 nonmember

$500 – $550

Free Casting Clinics with Silver Creek Outfitters

Sun Valley Inn

Learn to fly cast, or brush up on your double haul technique with one of our fun and experienced guides. These casting clinics are for anyone who is curious or just a little rusty. Clinics will run Tuesday through Saturday at the Sun Valley Resort from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm throughout the summer. Equipment will be provided, but feel free to bring your own. Cost: Free Where: Sun Valley, east of the Sun Valley Inn - See map below 2023 Dates: Tuesday – Saturday | June 14 - September 3rd Time: 5:00 – 6:00pm

Together We Read: “The Graveyard Book” by Neil Gaiman

The Community Library

The Community Library's Together We Read book club is typically hosted every other month and led by a diverse range of library staff. Books cover all genres from new fiction to classics to nonfiction, young adult, graphic novels, and everything in between. Join us for one discussion or many! August's pick is "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman. The discussion will be led by Information Systems manager Will Duke. Registration is recommended to join us. The Library will have multiple copies of The Graveyard circulating in our collection. Please come in or talk to our librarians about reserving a copy.

Free

Post Symphony Gala Dinner

Sun Valley Culinary Institute

Join us for a spectacular evening of culinary delights after the Sun Valley Summer Symphony Gala. The Menu includes a starter of Chilled Roasted Tomato Soup, and entrée of Surf and Turf Idaho Style, Roasted Local Rack of Lamb with Riverence Trout, Whipped Garlic, and Parsley Potatoes and Asparagus, and a dessert of Crème Brulée with Fresh Local Berries.

$110
Event Series Children’s Summer Meals: Volunteer to prepare!

Children’s Summer Meals: Volunteer to prepare!

The Hunger Coalition

The Hunger Coalition and The Community Library provide free meals, books and enrichment activities to children throughout the Wood River Valley during summer. Join us in meal preparation; we're serving anywhere from 100 to 200 meals a day! We chef it up Mondays and Wednesday mornings, through August 24. Visit our website to reserve your volunteer time today! Time slots are 8:30am - 11am and 10am to 12:30pm, on both Mondays and Wednesdays.

Free

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