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February Exhibitions at Gail Severn Gallery

Judith Kindler: Leaving Traces on Venice’s Storied Walls Judith Kindler transports viewers by reconfiguring visions of textured surfaces and graffitied walls of Venice, Italy, on to her own canvas. Through a mixed media process of layering original photography and painting, Kindler makes her mark on the city of which she draws so much inspiration. “When I go to Venice, I feel like it is home, familiar like, perhaps I lived there. Walking the streets and traveling in the canals in such a beautiful environment with the old architecture juxtaposed with the new art fills me with immense joy.” As a meditation on memory, Kindler initiates a dialog between her own iconography and the preexisting traces of history and time. Berkeley Hoerr: Ketchum in Color Ketchum, Idaho has long been a subject and source of inspiration for artists, authors, and poets. Painter, Berkeley Hoerr approaches the landscape from her own unique perspective with an emphasis on bright and bold color. Hoerr illustrates icons of a beloved ski town through charming depictions of favorited local spots, snap shots of winter activities, and creative views of Bald Mountain. Whether you are a long-time resident of the Wood River Valley or just visiting, you …

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Backcountry Film Festival

Come support the Nordic and Backcountry Skiers’ Alliance of Idaho at the 19th annual Backcountry Film Festival! Where: Sun Valley Opera House When: Saturday, February 10, 2024, Doors 6pm, Shows 7pm How: $20 tickets can be purchased online at www.ticketstripe.com/bcff-SV-2024 Presented by Winter Wildlands Alliance, Backcountry Film Festival manifests the power of humans and their spirit. We screen cinematic stories of outdoor stewardship, grassroots policy and advocacy work, backcountry adventure, and snow cinema by human-powered advocates, athletes, brands, activists, adventures, and outdoor enthusiasts. Celebrating the connecting between humans and wild winters. A collage of human-powered stories and backcountry-inspired experiences. Backcountry Film Festival ignites wild conversations and inspires action to communities that celebrate the present while looking towards the future. Every winter, BCFF tours 100+ cities and is hosted by local retailers, grassroots groups, outdoor affinity groups, and many more community organizations. Funds raised stay in the local community to support human-powered recreation and conservation efforts, winter education and avalanche/safety programs and to raise awareness of winter management issues. The 19th Annual Backcountry Film Festival is screening documentaries and ski movies about athletic pursuit in the mountains, artistic vision, friendship, and how the snowsports community is adapting to a changing environment. …

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ASSASSINS @ The Spot

Start 2024 off with a bang! Grab tickets to our musical event of the season: ASSASSINS by Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman. January 25-February 4 @ The Spot. ASSASSINS Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by John Weidman Directed by Yanna Lantz Music Directed by R.L. Rowsey A multiple Tony Award-winning theatrical tour-de-force, Assassins combines Sondheim’s signature blend of intelligently stunning lyrics and beautiful music with a panoramic story of our nation’s culture of celebrity and the violent means some will use to obtain it, embodied by America’s four successful and five would-be presidential assassins. Bold, original, disturbing and alarmingly funny, Assassins is perhaps the most controversial musical ever written. Assassins lays bare the lives of nine individuals who assassinated or tried to assassinate the President of the United States, in a one-act historical “revusical” that explores the dark side of the American experience. From John Wilkes Booth to Lee Harvey Oswald, writers, Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman, bend the rules of time and space, taking us on a nightmarish roller coaster ride in which assassins and would-be assassins from different historical periods meet, interact and inspire each other to harrowing acts in the name of the American Dream. …

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2024 Thinking Globally, Acting Locally Speaker Series – Sierra Robatcek – “Wildlife Migration and Status in the Valley”

Join the Wood River Land Trust and The Community Library this winter to discuss how we can take local action in the face of global and regional challenges. “Wildlife Migration and Status in the Valley” WITH SIERRA ROBATCEK Idaho Fish & Game Regional Wildlife Biologist – Her research focused on modeling pregnancy rates of elk in Idaho, as a function of habitat quality and habitat use. M.S., Natural Resources – University of Idaho FOR MORE INFORMATION ON TIMES AND HOW TO REGISTER VISIT COMLIB.ORG

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2024 Thinking Globally, Acting Locally Speaker Series – Evan Thomas – “Valuing Water to Survive Climate Change”

Join the Wood River Land Trust and The Community Library this winter to discuss how we can take local action in the face of global and regional challenges. “Valuing Water to Survive Climate Change” WITH EVAN THOMAS PhD, PE, MPH Professor Mortenson Endowed Chair in Global Engineering Director, Mortenson Center in Global Engineering and Resilience Director, Climate Innovation Collaboratory – University of Colorado Boulder FOR MORE INFORMATION ON TIMES AND HOW TO REGISTER VISIT COMLIB.ORG

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Preserving Our History: A Recorded Conversation with Shirley Athy

The Sawtooth Interpretive & Historical Association Oral History Project Presents: Preserving Our History: A Recorded Conversation with Shirley Athy Shirley Athy was born in 1924. Her father, Preston Linford, was a civil engineer supervising road construction in Stanley between 1929 and 1935. Join us for a conversation with Shirley, recorded in 2008 , recalling her time spent in Stanley during those years. 5pm at the Stanley Community Library

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Preserving Our History: A Recorded Conversation with Bethine Church

The Sawtooth Interpretive & Historical Association Oral History Project Presents: Preserving Our History: A Recorded Conversation with Bethine Church Bethine Church, wife of Senator Frank Church, spent her early years in Mackay, Idaho and at Robinson Bar Ranch. Join us for a conversation with Bethine, recorded in 2009, recalling her life, the SNRA, and the founding of the Sawtooth Society. 5pm at the Stanley Community Library

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Winter Read Kickoff: Maureen Corrigan and “So We Read On”

To kick off the 2024 community-wide Winter Read of “The Great Gatsby,” join us for an evening with Maureen Corrigan, book critic and author of “So We Read On: How the Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why It Endures.” Registration is required. A book signing will follow. This event will also be livestreamed, and a recording will be available to view through March 15. Maureen Corrigan is America’s most trusted and beloved book critic. Her distinctive voice is at once incisive and accessible, like a well-read friend who always sends you home with a good book to read. For more than twenty years Maureen has been the book critic for NPR’s “Fresh Air.” She is also a columnist for The Washington Post and The Nicky and Jamie Grant Distinguished Professor of the Practice in Literary Criticism at Georgetown University. She is the author of two books of her own: “Leave me Alone I’m Reading” and “So We Read On: How the Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why it Endures,” which was named one of the ten best books of the year by Library Journal. Aside from her writings for The Washington Post and The Village Voice, Maureen has …

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50 Years of Hip Hop Celebration

Dj BearSkinRug is set to bring the house down as he hosts the highly anticipated “50 years of Hip Hop” party, celebrating half a century of this iconic genre. With an extensive playlist spanning the evolution of hip hop, this event promises to be an unforgettable journey through the history of the culture and music that has shaped generations. General Admission • Flat Floor • Dance Party • All Ages

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Live Nativity

Local costumed actors and live animals unfold the reenactment of the events surrounding Jesus’ birth while vocalists set the scene musically and a Narrator tells the story. Featured again this year will be three live camels and a donkey from Camels R Fun in Idaho Falls. The production starts at 5:00 PM and will be finished by 6:15pm. Come early to get parking, seats, hot cocoa and cookies. Hay bale seating will be available, but please remember your blankets and hand warmers. DRESS WARMLY, it is an outdoor event