Coats and Bikes for Refugees––Through Thanksgiving
All Day / Community Library / Ketchum
In conjunction with the new exhibits at The Community Library’s Sun Valley Museum of History, “The Refugee Portrait Project” and “This Is My Home Now: Narrative Textiles from Idaho Newcomers,” through Thanksgiving, you can buy a coat or a bike at The Gold Mine Thrift Shop to donate to the CSI Refugee Center in Twin Falls and the International Rescue Committee in Boise. They will deliver the donations to the respective refugee centers in December.
Wednesday November 23
Interfaith Thanksgiving Service
6PM / St. Thomas Church / Sun Valley
Come out and enjoy the Interfaith Community Thanksgiving Service sponsored by Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Light on the Mountains Center for Spiritual Living, Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Presbyterian Church of the Big Wood and the Wood River Jewish Community. Donations of nonperishable food for The Hunger Coalition will be gratefully accepted at the service. St. Thomas Episcopal Church is located at 201 Sun Valley Road in Sun Valley.
Thursday November 24
Thanksgiving Yoga
9-10:30AM / Gather Yoga / Ketchum
Join instructor Cathie Caccia and enjoy an all-levels Hatha yoga class. The class will be a drop-in class with $20 entry; sign up in advance at gatheryogastudio.com.
Thursday November 24
Bald Mountain Opening Day
9AM-4PM / Bald Mountain / Ketchum
Strap in and head down the hill for the traditional start of the ski season in Sun Valley. There’s no better way that we can think of to start your holiday feasting.
Thursday November 24
Hailey Turkey Trot
10AM / Hailey Holiday Square
Burn some calories before the big feast at the 13th annual Hailey Turkey Trot. Held on the morning of Thanksgiving each year, this great community event brings out over 650 participants to run, walk and stroll the beautiful 5k (3.1-mile) course through downtown Hailey and the Draper Wood River Preserve. The event starts at 10 a.m. at the Hailey Holiday Square (Farmers’ Market lot, north side of Sturtos Hailey). Call (208) 788-3484 to learn more.
Thursday November 24
Thanksgiving Community Dinner
4-6PM / St. Charles Parish Hall / Hailey
The Thanksgiving Community Dinner will be held at St. Charles Catholic Church Parish Hall, just north of the church. Dinner will be served from 4-6 p.m. Come on over and enjoy a delicious home-cooked turkey dinner with all the trimmings and feel free to brings friends. There will be no charge for the meal.
A special “Toy Drop” will collect toys for the Holiday Community Baskets. This event is sponsored by: St. Charles Church, Crisis Hotline, The Bead Shop, Hailey Rotary and anonymous donors. Contact the Crisis Hotline with any questions at (208) 788-0735, or Tammy Schofield at (208) 720-7160. St. Charles Catholic Church is located at 311 S. 1st Ave., in Hailey.
Friday November 25
Bowie Book Signing & Icon Exhibition
5-8PM / Bellissimo / Ketchum
To celebrate its new location at 601 Sun Valley Road, Bellissimo will host a book signing for Andy Kent’s new book “David Bowie: Behind the Curtain” on Friday, Nov. 25, from 5-8 p.m. for Gallery Walk. Kent, a Sun Valley resident and former photographer for the legendary David Bowie, is an acclaimed photographer who created many of the most iconic images of 1970s’ rock superstars, including Freddie Mercury, Elton John, Jim Morrison, KISS, Iggy Pop and Frank Zappa.
Undoubtedly, Kent’s most important collaboration was with David Bowie from 1975 through 1978. The trust Kent developed with Bowie allowed the music legend to put his guard down, resulting in many unusually candid moments documented. Kent was also a staff photographer for Capitol Records, Atlantic Records and A&M Records. In addition, he was a staff photographer with Creem, Circus and Rock magazines, and his images appeared in such publications as Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Playboy, Time, Newsweek, Q and Mojo. Kent’s photos are also featured on the covers for albums including Iggy Pop’s “Lust For Life” and KISS’s “Alive II.”
In addition to Kent, artist and photographer Gay Bawa Odmark will show photographs from her “Reflections and Icons” series at Bellissimo. Odmark was born in Lahore, India (now Pakistan), and moved with her family to Calcutta during the violence that erupted following India’s partition. Her family eventually settled in London and she has spent her life moving between the United Kingdom, India and the United States.
Friday November 25-27
Visit Santa Claus
1-3PM / Giacobbi Square / Ketchum
Santa will be visiting with kids in the lower part of Giacobbi Square (“Down Under”) Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 25-27, from 1-3 p.m. For more information give Don a buzz at (208) 726-1989.
Friday November 25
4-6PM / Various Art Galleries / Ketchum
Each year Sun Valley Gallery Association hosts seven gallery walks (exhibition openings for all SVGA galleries), free to the public. For the Giving Walk, all member galleries will collect donations for local nonprofits The Hunger Coalition, The Advocates and the Animal Shelter of the Wood River Valley. For more information email info@svgalleries.org or call (208) 726-5512.
Wednesday November 30
TedxSun Valley
6PM / Opera House / Sun Valley
The first TEDxSunValley will be held from noon to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, at the Sun Valley Opera House. The independently organized event, licensed by TED, will feature local voices and TED Talk videos under the theme of “Fresh Tracks.” Launched in 2009, TEDx programs are locally organized events aimed at bringing a community together to share a TED-like experience. Some of the best talks from TEDx events have gone on to be featured on TED.com and garnered millions of views from audiences across the globe.
Speakers for TEDxSunValley include Dave Chase, Brad Cleveland, Muffy Davis,
Vanessa Fry, Mark Gilbreath, David Hayden, Jae Hill, David Holmes, Thia Konig, Jeanne Liston, Matthew Mead, Rebecca Rusch and Alex Woodard.
For more information about TEDxSunValley, see page JJJJJ, and visit TEDxSunValley.com.
Thursday December 1
‘Idaho Stories’ – Free Exhibition Tour
5:30PM / The Center / Ketchum
The Sun Valley Center for the Arts will host a second evening tour of its current visual arts exhibition, “Idaho Stories,” starting at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 1. Visitors are invited to enjoy a glass of wine in the gallery and a guided tour with The Center’s curators and museum guides. When the gallery tour concludes at 6:30 p.m., local award-winning author Julie Weston will deliver a free lecture about her Idaho stories and novels.
The “Idaho Stories” gallery exhibition is part of The Center’s latest BIG IDEA project––one that explores Idaho’s fascinating ties to the history of American literature and considers Idaho as a place that has long generated all kinds of stories. The exhibition features the work of five artists––two historic, three contemporary––all responding to Idaho’s landscapes and literature.
In her lecture at 6:30 p.m., local author Julie Weston will discuss how her own Idaho stories grew into memoir and mysteries. Weston’s books include “The Good Times Are All Gone Now: Life, Death and Rebirth in an Idaho Mining Town” (2009), “Moonshadows” (2015) and “Basque Moon” (2016). Although Weston’s lecture is free to the public, advanced seat reservations are recommended.
The gallery exhibition will be on view at The Center in Ketchum through Friday, Jan. 6, 2017. For more information, visit sunvalleycenter.org or call (208) 726-9491.