ODC (Oberlin Dance Collective) was founded in 1971 by Artistic Director Brenda Way. Brenda, who trained under the legendary George Balanchine, moved ODC to San Francisco in 1976, aiming to ground the company in a dynamic and pluralistic urban setting. ODC was one of the first American companies to return, after a decade of pedestrian exploration, to virtuosic technique in contemporary dance and to commit major resources to interdisciplinary collaboration, including musical commissions, for the repertory. ODC performs its imaginative repertory for more than 50,000 people annually. The company has long been recognized for its rigorous technique as well as its wide ranging collaborations with other artists. In 2024, Brenda was inducted into the California Hall of Fame with a class that included other luminaries such as Ava DuVernay, Los Lobos, and The Go-Gos. The Argyros is honored to welcome this groundbreaking company and its visionary leader back to Ketchum!
What We’re Made Of: Sawtooth Mountain Guides and Sun Valley Mountain Huts
All manner of people have explored the Idaho wilderness, for as long as it’s been there, but two companies, Sawtooth Mountain Guides and Sun Valley Mountain Huts, are two of the longest-running backcountry businesses in the Wood River Valley. An accredited mountain guide service, Sawtooth Mountain Guides (SMG) has been around for over 30 years, providing summer and winter backcountry guiding services. Sun Valley Mountain Huts (SVMH), formerly known as Sun Valley Trekking, owns some of the country’s oldest and most diverse backcountry hut system, with six huts in five Idaho mountain ranges. Sawtooth Mountain Guides The History Founded in 1985, Sawtooth Mountain Guides is the brainchild of outdoor enthusiast Kirk Bachman, who began exploring local ski and climbing terrain in the area in the early ’70s. When Kirk started SMG in the mid-’80s, it was primarily as a climbing guide service, though he soon added ski guiding on to the company and also built and established some of the first North American yurts as backcountry ski huts in the Sawtooths. This included the Williams Peak Hut, which the company established in 1988 as a winter base for local at-risk youth programs and continues to operate today for both guided …
LED: Kid Lightning
LED is a group of artists, directors, designers, and producers who make art. LED weaves movement, original musical compositions, and elements of film into stories that push the boundaries of what an artistic encounter can look and feel like. Based in Boise, they aim to uplift their community, and far beyond, by creating meaningful experiences for all that spark curiosity and wonder. Kid Lightning tells the story of a group of talented contestants on a popular game show. Set within a 1970s stylized world, these individuals push their limits to claim fame and enter the intoxicating arena of celebrity, only to discover that it was more than they bargained for.
Book Around the Block!
Join us for a summer open house at The Community Library, Gold Mine Thrift, Gold Mine Consign, and the Wood River Museum of History and Culture. We’re going to “Book Around the Block” for literacy, history, shopping, community, food, and fun, with activities for all ages.
24 Hours with a Local: Hailey Councilman Juan Martinez
You may know Juan Martinez from his position on Hailey city council, but Juan wears many hats in the community, from his job coaching varsity basketball for Wood River High School to working as a ticket-checker for Sun Valley to working summers at the Valley Club. A lifelong local, Juan moved back to the area in 2013 initially just to help his dad recover from a surgery but found himself loving being involved in his community in so many ways. He immediately started coaching at his former alma mater (WRHS class of 2010) and from there began adding the many positions he holds throughout the Valley, all of which give him the opportunity to do what he likes best: interact with his community. Now in his second term on city council (he ran unopposed), Juan is in a position to continue to help the community he has always called home. He and his girlfriend (who he met in the soup line at River Run Lodge) live in Hailey through Valley Club employee housing, and when he’s not at one of his many jobs, Juan is skiing, golfing, or mentoring people. “I really enjoy being involved in a lot of things …
Wood River Orchestra presents The Magic of Mozart
Join the Wood River Orchestra for its annual Spring concert Sunday, March 10th 2024 at the WHRS Performing Arts Theater at the Community Campus. The concert is Free. Donations are greatly appreciated
STRATA: JEFF JUHLIN
Juhlin has spent decades studying western landscapes, specifically the Great Basin and the high arid desert of the Kaiparowits Plateau in Southern Utah. His mixed media works consist of layers of paper, ink, paint and wax. “Although I don’t consider myself a landscape painter, I seek to reflect a sense of stillness, vast space and the visual history of time evident in the western landscape. My paintings allude to the raw typography and the amazing colors and light from where I live. In this environment, time often reveals itself in the form of rock strata that is both built up and worn away by the elements in a continuous process. Similarly in my work, I reveal layers of translucent strata composed of pigmented & cold wax, oil paint, paper and other media that are built up and worn away in the storied layers of the creative process.” Please join us for Gallery Walk night on Friday, 2/16, from 5:00-7:30PM to celebrate the show.
South Central Idaho Nonprofit Conference
Join nonprofit professionals from across the region for dynamic two-day Idaho Nonprofit Conferences aimed at fostering community connections and enhancing professional skills. Day one focuses on intensive leadership development, while day two offers fundraising workshops and a chance to hear from funders. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn, grow, and network with your peers! To register and learn more, please visit idahononprofits.org/regionals.
Idaho Gives 2024
Idaho Gives – a program of the Idaho Nonprofit Center – is designed to bring the state together, raising money and awareness for Idaho nonprofits. Donations can be collected from April 29- May 2. Idaho Gives has been helping nonprofits raise funds since 2013 and have raised $20 million dollars as of 2023. Over $15 million was raised in the last four years alone. It’s a wonderful way for folks who just moved to Idaho to get involved with their new community! You can search for the causes you care about most and donate straight to the organizations that work with those causes. Donate to your favorite causes this April 29 – May 2 at idahogives.org Questions? Email the Idaho Nonprofit Center at [email protected]
Footlight Dance Company presents “WATER IS LIFE – Treat it Right”
Footlight Dance Company presents its annual school enrichment tour throughout Blaine County, providing shows to most Blaine County school students during a 2 week period. FREE show open to the public, Wednesday, January 31, 9:30 am. With the use of concert dance forms: ballet, modern, jazz, tap and hip hop this performance will inspire students to see winter sports in a new way – thru the dance arts. “WATER IS LIFE – Treat it Right” – a collaboration of dance styles, bringing awareness to need to protect our water in Idaho, the U.S. and world. Event Location: Community Campus Theater, 1050 Fox Acres Road, Hailey Event Time: 9:30 am Cost: FREE