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Footlight Dance will be spreading holiday cheer as they bring a performance to the Senior Connection in Hailey, on Thursday, December 12, performing at 12:20 pm. This is part of Footlight Dances' Community Outreach program presented free of charge. Our Intermediate Ballet 3/4 and Tap 2/3 students will be performing. Our performers attend Blaine County Middle and High Schools. Hilarie Neely, Artistic Director, Robyn Fox & Mackenzie King, faculty, have choreographed holiday dances that will entertain and bring cheer to one and all. This season we will also be joined by student musicians who study with the Sun Valley Music Festival School of Music - performing holiday classics. “Dance is an art form that warms the heart when children are dancing,” says director Hilarie Neely. “The students look forward to the holiday season and dancing for our community Seniors.” The seasonal tap and ballet pieces are sure to get your spirits ready for the holidays.

Ketchum Remote Collective (KRC) aims to bridge the intangible gap between the Wood River Valley’s physical community and the remote workplace for many of its residents. Come meet and spend part of your week working alongside other remote workers. Drop in Tuesdays between 1:00 and 4:00 p.m. in The Community Library's Lecture Hall, unless otherwise noted on our calendar.

At NourishMe, a light filled store on Main Street in Ketchum, Idaho customers can find everything from organic seasonal produce, locally made and grown foods, bulk seeds, nuts and fruits as well as a wide variety of supplements, wellness products, gluten-free foods and organic cosmetics. Join us every Tuesday 1:30 - 5:30pm - we host Waterwheel Gardens from Emmett. Currently, they are offering a killer apple cider and grape juice, along with their jams, dried fruits and a variety of Fall harvest vegetables. We also get weekly deliveries of raw cow milk, raw goat milk, and yogurt. NourishMe creates daily, nutrient-rich, organic, deli-style foods to go or eat in. Try our ever popular grilled sandwiches and daily soups.

Join 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.

Join Leslie Rego’s nature journaling workshop series, Thursdays from 4:00-5:00 pm,  from Oct. 17 – Nov. 21, focusing on drawing nature to find peace. All levels welcome. Registration is required.

Writers-in-Residence at the Hemingway House, Greer Rising and Eileen Martin will discuss private letters from U.S. Army General Buck Lanham to Greer’s family, and what they tell us about Ernest Hemingway and his art. Lanham and Hemingway sealed their friendship on World War II battlefields and remained friends until Hemingway’s death in 1961. The personal collection illuminates Lanham’s life and helps decipher coded references that he and Hemingway shared. The Lanhams and the Risings corresponded for much of the 20th century, and Hemingway and Lanham wrote each other at least twice a month for 17 years - hundreds of letters. The presentation will focus on Hemingway and Lanham as intellectual equals, with themes of love, war and literature underpinning their friendship. Lanham’s influence on Hemingway’s writing is stronger than previously known: the writer modeled the protagonist in his novel Across the River and Into the Trees after Lanham’s life, and borrowed from Lanham’s volatile marriage for his novel The Garden of Eden, published in 1986. Two of Hemingway’s posthumously-published short stories mention Buck Lanham and relate battlefield anecdotes from time with Lanham’s unit. Greer and Eileen also discovered an unpublished Hemingway war poem, written when the two men were together, ...

Join SVMoA's curators for a tour of In Conversation: Will Wilson and Portraits of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Past & Present. This event takes place from 5:30–6:30pm. Part of SVMoA’s exhibitions In Conversation: Will Wilson and Portraits of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Past & Present

The Hailey Public Library celebrates Native American Heritage Month with an award winning coming-of-age comedy-drama recognized as the first feature-length film written, directed and produced by Native Americans. Filmed in part on the Coeur d’Alene Indian Reservation in Idaho, the film follows two Indigenous youth on a road trip to recover the ashes of one boy’s adoptive father. Known for its mix of poignancy and off the wall humor, the film won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award in 1998. Rated PG-13. Visit www.haileypubliclibrary.org to learn all the details, including the title!

Throughout the year, The Limelight Lounge is the place to be in Ketchum for live local music. It's the perfect way to unwind after a day on the mountain. Order a beer and a few apps (or go all out with dinner from our menu), and enjoy some of the best local talent in an intimate setting. Live music schedule: Fri Nov 1- David Henry Sat Nov 2- David Henry Fri Nov 8- Alexa Sluder Sat Nov 9- Doublewide Fri Nov 15- Ashley Rose Sat Nov 16- Kevin Ware Fri Nov 22- Aaron Golay Sat Nov 23- John & Jen Pisano Fri Nov 29- Travis McDaniel Sat Nov 30- Mark Mueller

The Hailey Farmers Market has moved indoors. Saturdays from 10am to 1pm at the Upper Big Wood River Grange Hall (609 3rd Ave South, Hailey), November 2nd through December 21st, No market on November 30th for Thanksgiving weekend.

Saturdays, November 2 – April 5, from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm Co-work with a community of writers the first Saturday of each month for focused writing and craft discussions and connect to other writers from the Wood River Valley and beyond! All writing abilities and ages welcome. Join us in The Community Library’s Idaho Room, or online via Zoom. The Wood River Writers’ Groups are led by AJ Super, a local author with a trilogy of science fiction books published by a small traditional press. She is also a Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Association (SFWA) member.

Throughout the year, The Limelight Lounge is the place to be in Ketchum for live local music. It's the perfect way to unwind after a day on the mountain. Order a beer and a few apps (or go all out with dinner from our menu), and enjoy some of the best local talent in an intimate setting. Live music schedule: Fri Nov 1- David Henry Sat Nov 2- David Henry Fri Nov 8- Alexa Sluder Sat Nov 9- Doublewide Fri Nov 15- Ashley Rose Sat Nov 16- Kevin Ware Fri Nov 22- Aaron Golay Sat Nov 23- John & Jen Pisano Fri Nov 29- Travis McDaniel Sat Nov 30- Mark Mueller