Wednesday and Friday, Jan. 2 & 4
Story Time
10:30-11:30AM / Hailey Public Library
Story Time will be held Wednesdays and Fridays each week. Books and crafts designed for children ages 2-4 will be available during Story Time. All ages are welcome. For details, visit haileypubliclibrary.org.
Wednesday January 2
Digging Deeper Series
6:30PM / Backwoods Mountain Sports/ Ketchum
The Sawtooth Avalanche Center will present the free “Digging Deeper Series.”
This talk will feature its forecaster Ben VandenBos discussing topics ranging from facets and surface hoar to the latest in rescue gear technology, weather forecasting, how to submit and utilize observations and more.
This discussion will touch on the interplay between avalanche problems and danger.
Wednesday January 2
Taizé Service
5:30PM / St. Thomas / Sun Valley
Taizé services will be held at St. Thomas Episcopal Church through February. These are ecumenical and offer quiet prayer, candlelight, meditation and chants. For details, visit stthomassunvalley.org, mjwoyster@msn.com or call (360) 481-3492.
Wednesday January 2
Ketchum Community Dinners
6-7PM / Church of the Big Wood / Ketchum
Free hot dinners are provided weekly to everyone. Find Ketchum Community Dinners on Facebook for more information and weekly menu updates.
Wednesday January 2
Trivia & Cocktails
7-9PM / Hotel Ketchum / Ketchum
There will be two games a night every Wednesday night through the season, along with drink specials and prizes for first-, second- and third-place winners. There is no entry fee. Bring yourself and your friends because you deserve a night of games and specialty cocktails!
Hotel Ketchum is located at 151 S. Main St.
Thursday January 3
‘At The Table’
5:30-6:30PM / Community Library / Ketchum
Sun Valley Center will present its new exhibition, “At the Table: Kitchen as Home,” with a tour and a lecture on smoke-free stoves with Nancy Hughes to follow.
Thursday January 3
‘Cooking Shouldn’t Kill’
6:30-7:30PM / Sun Valley Center / Ketchum
Nancy Hughes, president of StoveTeam International, will discuss how she transformed a small Rotary club project into an effective international charity to help develop sustainable local factories in the developing world that produce safe, affordable, fuel-efficient stoves. Since StoveTeam’s inception, more than 70,000 stoves have improved the lives of nearly a million people in Central America.
Hughes has been honored as a Rotary White House Champion of Change, and was featured on the PBS NewsHour and in a 2017 National Geographic special. She is a CNN Hero and the recipient of the prestigious International Purpose Prize. Hughes and her grandson Taylor will present “Cooking Shouldn’t Kill.”
Thursday January 3 3
Gorongosa: Park And People
6-7:30PM / Community Library / Ketchum
Join Sun Valley resident Greg Carr and Dominique Goncalves, a young Mozambican scientist, for a “sneak preview” of a new film that explores the challenges facing wildlife conservationists in Gorongosa National Park, in Mozambique, as they try to balance the needs of one of Africa’s last remaining wilderness areas with the needs of the human communities around the park.
Named as one of National Geographic’s Last Wild Places, Gorongosa will be featured in a major article in the May 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. For information, call (208) 726-3493.
Friday January 4
Gallery Walk
5-8PM / Various / Ketchum
Locals and visitors alike take in thought-provoking exhibitions of newly installed art, enjoy wine, mingle with friends, and often meet the artists. For more information, see the TWS special section in this paper.
Friday January 4
Live Music
6PM / Silver Dollar / Bellevue
On Friday, the Silver Dollar will feature Jurassic Rock with the Hurdy Gurdy Girls from 6-8 p.m. Tylor and the Train Robbers will take the stage at 9:30 p.m. There is never a cover charge. Silver Dollar provides a free taxi to those in need.
Friday January 4
Homegrown Film Festival
6PM / The Argyros / Ketchum
The Friends of the Sawtooth Avalanche Center, with title sponsor Black Diamond Equipment, will present a night of film, stoke and suds to benefit the Sawtooth Avalanche Center and celebrate the best local athletes and filmmakers.
Tickets are on sale at Backwoods, The Elephant’s Perch and Sturtevants in Hailey or at theargyros.org. For more on the evening, see this story.
Friday January 4
Joe Fos on Piano
7-10PM / Duchin Lounge / Sun Valley
Enjoy the ambience at the Duchin Lounge in the Sun Valley Lodge while listening to the inimitable Joe Fos tickle the ivories. Weekly through the season.
Saturday January 5
Nordic Ski Free Day
All Day / Nordic Trails / Valley
Blaine County Recreation District will offer free Nordic skiing or snowshoeing on all BCRD winter trails throughout the Valley, including Galena Lodge trails, the Harriman Trail, Prairie Creek, Billy’s Bridge, North Fork and Durrance Loops, Lake Creek and Quigley Nordic. Current trail conditions and grooming updates can be found at bcrd.org or by calling (208) 578-XSKI. For more information, contact BCRD at (208) 578-5453.
Sunday January 6
Sacred Space
5:30PM / St. Thomas Episcopal Church / Ketchum
Sacred Space takes place on Sunday evenings from Jan. 13- March 17. All are welcome. For more information, call (208) 726-5349.
Monday January 7
Souper Supper
5:30-6:30PM / St. Charles Church / Hailey
Weekly free hot dinners are provided to anyone who wishes to join. St. Charles Catholic Church is located at 313 1st Ave. S., Hailey.
Monday January 7
Science Time
11AM to Noon / Community Library / Ketchum
Science Time is geared toward preschool-age children in the newly refurbished Children’s Library. For details, visit comlib.org.
Tuesday January 8
Sawtooth Trivia
7:30PM / Sawtooth Brewery / Ketchum
Sawtooth Brewery presents free trivia games for the season. Games start at 7:30 p.m. every Tuesday and all ages are welcome. Sawtooth Brewery Public House is located at 631 Warm Springs Road. For details, visit sawtoothbrewery.com.
Tuesday January 8
Monthly Mixer
5-6:30PM / KIC / Ketchum
Swing in to Ketchum Innovation Center for the first KIC-it Mixer of 2019. There will be networking, snacks, beer, wine, and non-alcoholic drinks, as well as a short presentation and take-home tip sheet.
All are welcome whether you have an existing business you want to grow or sell, have an idea for a company, want to further your personal work/life balance or other skills, or you simply want to hang out. To RSVP, visit KIC’s Facebook page, or ketchuminnovationcenter.org.