Marcus King faces heartache, addiction, and mental health head-on in his music. Pain quakes below the vibrato of his voice, and his delivery weighs heavy with booze-drenched regrets and mistakes in lonely hotels. The GRAMMY® nominated fourth generation musician from Greenville, SC, started playing guitar at 8-years-old following in the footsteps of his guitarist Father and Grandpa. Logging thousands of miles on the road as “The Marcus King Band,” he established himself with unparalleled performance prowess. During 2020, he linked up with Dan Auerbach and cut his solo debut El Dorado, garnering a GRAMMY® Award nomination for “Best Americana Album.” Between headlining venues he performed alongside Chris Stapleton, Greta Van Fleet, and Nathaniel Rateliff in addition to gracing the bills of Stagecoach and more. King has launched various mental health initiatives, including a guitar auction collaboration with MusiCares. Now, his 2024 album Mood Swings feels like the moment of baptism when water washes away a life’s worth of sins and degradation and all that’s left is a revived, yet still real-as-hell primal scream. It’s as if King strained raw soul straight from his gut up through that broken heart and on to the record under the watchful eye of Rick …
Charlie Worsham w/The Pisten Bullys
Charlie Worsham has the entire Music City creative community in his corner, and that’s never been more apparent than with his latest project Compadres. The five-cut album finds a handful of his friends and admirers putting their stamp of approval on an artist who makes high-value music with even higher-value intent. Worsham’s decade-long career has earned him unparalleled praise from NPR, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Tennessean, Billboard, Rolling Stone, Forbes, American Songwriter and more. A versatile celebration of musicianship and camaraderie, Compadres was produced by The Cadillac Three’s frontman, Jaren Johnston, and features collaborations with Dierks Bentley, Luke Combs, Elle King, Kip Moore and Lainey Wilson. In addition to creating his own music, the proud Mississippi native has recently contributed his talents as both a vocalist and instrumentalist to projects from Eric Church, Brandy Clark, Vince Gill, Kacey Musgraves, Hailey Whitters, Marty Stuart, Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban, among others. He continues to tour as part of Dierks Bentley’s band, was honored with the 2023 ACM Award for Acoustic Guitar Player of the Year, and is currently nominated for 2024 CMA Awards Musician of the year. Worsham is also the host of Pickers Radio on Apple Music …
Charlie Worsham w/Axel Diehl
Charlie Worsham has the entire Music City creative community in his corner, and that’s never been more apparent than with his latest project Compadres. The five-cut album finds a handful of his friends and admirers putting their stamp of approval on an artist who makes high-value music with even higher-value intent. Worsham’s decade-long career has earned him unparalleled praise from NPR, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Tennessean, Billboard, Rolling Stone, Forbes, American Songwriter and more. A versatile celebration of musicianship and camaraderie, Compadres was produced by The Cadillac Three’s frontman, Jaren Johnston, and features collaborations with Dierks Bentley, Luke Combs, Elle King, Kip Moore and Lainey Wilson. In addition to creating his own music, the proud Mississippi native has recently contributed his talents as both a vocalist and instrumentalist to projects from Eric Church, Brandy Clark, Vince Gill, Kacey Musgraves, Hailey Whitters, Marty Stuart, Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban, among others. He continues to tour as part of Dierks Bentley’s band, was honored with the 2023 ACM Award for Acoustic Guitar Player of the Year, and is currently nominated for 2024 CMA Awards Musician of the year. Worsham is also the host of Pickers Radio on Apple Music …
Unearthing Idaho: Mining and Environmental Impacts in the Gem State
Idaho has a long and colorful history of mining, but too many of these mines have polluted streams and contaminated landscapes. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, 40% of watersheds in the West are contaminated by mining activity. The Idaho Conservation League works to ensure that mining activities don’t threaten human health, special places, or Idaho’s clean water. Join Idaho Conservation League’s Central Idaho Director, Josh Johnson, for an inventory of mining in Idaho: past, present, and future. Learn about the environmental impact of mining on air, water, habitat, and public health, as well as what the Idaho Conservation League does to vet these projects and prevent or mitigate environmental consequences.
Book Launch: “Salmon Moon: The River of No Return”
“Salmon Moon: The River of No Return” is the sixth book in local author Julie Weston’s historical fiction series of Nellie Burns and Moonshine mysteries. Following photographer Nellie Burns and her black Lab, Moonshine, the story takes place along the Salmon River from the Sunbeam Dam to Riggins, Idaho. In and out of the Salmon River, Nellie, her husband, Nurse Janie, Moonie, and river sweeper Ace chase a criminal gang who stole a miner’s poke and left two men for dead. Mystery and adventure all in one! A book signing with Iconoclast Books will follow. Julie Weston grew up in Kellogg, Idaho, where the mountains, mines, and people shaped her. She attended the University of Washington, where she also earned her law degree, and spent many years as a tax, corporate and business lawyer. Her short stories and essays have appeared in IDAHO Magazine, The Threepenny Review, River Styx, and Clackamas Literary Review, among others. She is the author of two works of fiction, The Good Times are All Gone Now and The Magical Universe of the Ancients (a collaboration with husband and photographer Gerry Morrison); and six novels: Moonshadows, Basque Moon (Winner of the 2017 WILLA Literary Award in …
HOROSCOPE
Sun Valley Playwright’s Residency in partnership with The Argyros, Boise Contemporary Theater, Boise State University’s Dept. of Theatre, Film, and Creative Writing, and The Community Library presents A FREE Reading of a New Play-in-Process HOROSCOPE Written & Directed by Pulitzer Finalist and two-time Obie Award Winner Rajiv Joseph Featuring Theatre Arts Majors from BSU Friday, October 25, 2024 at 7 PM The Argyros Tickets: FREE, reservations at www.sunvalleyplaywrights.org The evening begins with a conversation with Pulitzer Prize Finalist and two-time Obie Award winner Rajiv Joseph about his creative process, followed by a reading of his new play, HOROSCOPE, commissioned by Sun Valley Playwright’s Residency. Twelve characters, twelve scenes, twelve months of the year: HOROSCOPE centers on a group of twenty-somethings searching for meaning beyond their current orbit. The reading features Theatre Arts majors from Boise State University. This program is supported, in part, by grants from Boise City Department of Arts & History, Idaho Commission on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts, Idaho Humanities Council, a State-based partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Spur Community Foundation. Additional support is provided by The Argyros, Boise Contemporary Theater, the School of the Arts and the …
Ballet Idaho
Ballet Idaho is thrilled to be presenting an anthology of work at The Argyros this November. The program will be stylistically diverse and provide an intimate showcase for the artistry and athleticism of Ballet Idaho’s dancers. Congruence was jointly choreographed by Anne Mueller and Garrett Anderson, set to the music of Chicago-based composer, Marc Mellits. This piece is an exploration of creative synergy and collaboration between two choreographers, the talented performers, and Mellits’ nuanced musical phrasing. Terrance Marling’s Twice (Once) is set to the gorgeous music of contemporary composer Anna Clyne’s Within Her Arms. This is a subtle yet stirring piece that contemplates the afterlife, drawn from personal experiences of both composer and choreographer. Clyne wrote this piece of music honoring the passing of her mother, and Marling’s response drew upon his own near-death experience as a child. While the inspiration explores images of mortality and afterlife, this work is an uplifting and poignant abstraction of the human spirit. Danielle Rowe created For Pixie, inspired by the life and love of her own grandparents. In this powerful duet to the music of Nina Simone’s Wild is the Wind, Rowe explores the emotional interdependence between two lifelong companions embodied in captivating …
Gideon Freudmann
Gideon Freudmann Performs Buster Keaton’s ‘Sherlock, Jr.’ with Live Soundtrack Gideon Freudmann performs live soundtracks for classic silent films with his cello and real-time digital effects. His imaginative, original accompaniment breathes new life into this classic art, bringing the best of cinema and live music to another level and to new audiences. Gideon Freudmann is a groundbreaking musician who has helped to redefine the cello. He is classically trained and uses those skills to expand the stylistic and tonal range of the instrument. Gideon’s original scores for silent films incorporate classical, jazz, folk and world music. Working with a cello and an array of pedal effects, he creates elaborate sound textures, catchy melodies and exciting rhythms that beautifully enhance and energize the imagery of silent films.
Jayanthi Raman Dance Company Presents ‘Navarasa Kalinga Nartana’
Jayanthi Raman Dance Company performs Navarasa Kalinga Nartana, an elegant Bharatha Natyam and athletic Chau dance depicting the battle between Lord Krishna and the snake Kalinga, a story passed down through many generations. Encompassing the 9 moods, or the Navarasa, experience a traditional and beautiful full-length classical dance of India at The Argyros Performing Arts Center!
‘RUTH: Justice Ginsburg In Her Own Words,’ Directed by Freida Lee Mock
The Argyros with Sun Valley Film Festival have joined forces to bring you a film screening of ‘RUTH: Justice Ginsburg in Her Own Words,’ Directed by Freida Lee Mock, who will be in person for a Q&A following the film. The film tells the improbable story of how Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who couldn’t get a job despite tying first in her graduating law class and making Law Review at Harvard and Columbia Law Schools, became an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. It also reveals both the public and private sides of a resilient, resourceful woman who has survived the hostility of the profoundly male universe of government and law to become a revered Justice and advocate for gender equality and women’s rights. Q&A following the film screening with Director Freida Lee Mock. Premium Tickets include a meet and greet with Freida Lee Mock before the Film