‘Unraveling’
9AM-5PM / The Center / Ketchum
The Sun Valley Center for the Arts’ new visual arts exhibition for “Unraveling: Reimagining Colonization in the Americas,” is on view through March 22. Admission to The Center’s museum is always free, and the public is invited to visit the exhibition during The Center’s open hours, Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. For more information, visit sunvalleycenter.org or call (208) 726-9491.
Wed & Fri Mar 13 & 15
Story Time
10:30-11:30AM / Hailey Public Library / Hailey
Story Time is held weekly on Wednesdays and Fridays at the Hailey Public Library. All ages are welcome. Parents should plan on staying with their children. For more information, call (208) 788-2036.
Wed-Sun Mar 13-17
Sun Valley Film Festival
All Day / Various / Ketchum and Sun Valley
Presented by Ford, the 8th annual Sun Valley Film Festival will present lectures, gatherings, panels, live music, a rail jam, special awards, coffee talks and several new independent movies.
Comic Chelsea Handler will attend the festival as a special guest and participate in the festival’s Coffee Talk on Thursday, March 14. Alex Ross Perry, who will receive the festival’s Rising Star Award for directing, will participate in a Coffee Talk on Saturday, March 16. Perry’s movie “Her Smell” will play Friday, March 15, at The Argyros.
Among the films screened will be “David Crosby: Remember My Name”; “Indian Horse,” an adaptation of Ojibway writer Richard Wagamese’s award-winning novel; “Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love,” a special sneak preview about Leonard Cohen and his Norwegian muse Marianne Ihlen; and “Before The Flood,” a documentary directed by Fisher Stevens and produced by Leonardo DiCaprio.
There are several types of passes with varying levels of access. All passholders receive priority access over individual ticketholders. For more information, a schedule and tickets, visit sunvalleyfilmfestival.org.
Wed Mar 13
Digging Deeper Series
6:30PM/ Elephant’s Perch/ Ketchum
Chris Lundy, a forecaster from the Sawtooth Avalanche Center, will discuss “Avalanche Hazard and Ski Mountaineering.” This discussion will touch on the delicate balance of big mountain ski objectives and avalanche hazard. These discussions are always free and open to all. The Elephant’s Perch is located at 280 East Ave., in Ketchum.
For more information, contact ethan@sawtoothavalanche.com.
Wed Mar 13
Storm Spotter Class
7-8:30PM / Community Campus / Hailey
Across eastern Idaho, more than 850 volunteer weather spotters and cooperative observers have provided valuable weather reports, which are fundamental in helping the National Weather Service. Forecasts are often based on observer data, and warnings for severe weather have been issued based on timely, reliable information received from trained volunteer spotters.
Everyone is invited to this training session, especially current weather spotters, firefighters, law enforcement specialists, land management employees, emergency services technicians, transportation operators, outdoor recreationalists, or just purely a weather enthusiast.
For more information, visit skywarn.org.
Wed Mar 13
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.
Wed Mar 13
Line Dancing
6-7PM / The Mint / Hailey
Dust off your boots and join Vicki Aberbach for a line dancing lesson. The fee is $10. There will be an open dance afterwards to practice getting those boots movin’.
Wed Mar 13
Big Air Rail Jam
6:30-10PM / Town Square/ Ketchum
East Avenue will be closed for music, movies and a onesie contest with prizes, along with the rail jam, also with prizes. There will be local food and drink for purchase. This new event is collectively presented by the City of Ketchum, Sun Valley Film Festival, Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation, Stellar Media, Lunceford Excavation and a whole bunch of enthusiastic local ramp builders.
Wed Mar 13
Trivia & Cocktails
7-9PM / Hotel Ketchum / Ketchum
There will be two trivia games every Wednesday night through the season, along with drink specials and prizes for place winners. There is no entry free. Bring yourself and your friends, because you deserve a night of games and specialty cocktails!
Hotel Ketchum is located at 151 Main St. South.
Thu Mar 14 3
WRV Conservation Symposium
9AM-4PM / Community Library / Ketchum
The Community Library and Idaho Conservation League will host an exploration of Idaho’s wild salmon and steelhead through science, history and policy of Idaho’s wild fish, through the eyes of Idaho conservationists. Speakers, panelists and storytellers will include Russ Thurow, Rocky Barker, Pat Ford, Jim Norton, Ed Cannady and ICL executive director Rick Johnson.
To register for the symposium, visit comlib.org and click on events.
Thu Mar 14 3
Theatre & Film School Auditions
3-5PM / Ballet & Arts Center / Hailey
The Sun Valley Ballet & Arts Center will hold open auditions for its Children’s Theater and Film School, every Thursday from 3–5 p.m. or call for appointment. The Sun Valley Ballet & Arts Center is located 111 N. 1st Ave., in Hailey.
For more information, contact (208) 366-4008 or svbartsdirector@gmail.com.
Thu Mar 14
Lecture: David Grann
6:30PM / Church of the Big Wood / Ketchum
David Grann, author of “Killers of the Flower Moon: The Arc of Justice,” will speak at the Presbyterian Church of the Big Wood as part of The Center’s BIG IDEA project, “Unraveling: Reimagining the Colonization of the Americas.”
For more, see story on page____.
Fri-Sun Mar 15-17
Après-Ski Live Music
2:30-5PM / River Run Lodge & Warm Springs Lodge
On Friday, the Swiveltones will play at River Run. Then the action switches to Warm Springs Lodge for the Pisten Bullies on Saturday, and Britnee Kellog on Sunday.
Fri Mar 15 3
Sun Valley Center Après Art
3-5PM / YMCA / Ketchum
Designed for families with kids who are 5–12 years of age, Après Art classes will be offered Fridays through March 22. Participants and their adult caregivers can drop in anytime between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. to warm up with a mug of hot chocolate after a day on the slopes and make a winter art project to take home.
For more information about family arts programming at The Center, visit sunvalleycenter.org or call (208) 726-9491.
Thu-Mon Mar 14-18
Live Music
6PM / The Limelight/ Ketchum
Free live music is held at the Limelight Lounge every Thursday through Monday night through the season. Food is available and children are welcome as there are lots of games and fun to be had.
Fri Mar 15
Live Music
9:30PM / Silver Dollar / Bellevue
The Voltz will play at the iconic Bellevue saloon. There’s never a cover and patrons have access to a free shuttle home if needed.
Sun Mar 17
Galena Loppet
All Day / Galena Lodge / Galena
Galena Lodge will host a fun, free, perimeter ski tour around the Galena Lodge trails. Kickoff is at 10 a.m. and there will be doughnuts and goodies along the trail. Skate or classic skiing is fine and costumes are always welcome. Participants must have a trail pass for this event.
Mon Mar 18
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., in Hailey.
Mon Mar 18
‘Nostalgia’ Lecture
4:30PM / Hailey Public Library / Hailey
The Hailey Public Library will host a free talk by Susan Swetnam on “Nostalgia and Social Change: Food in Contemporary America.” Her visit is part of the library’s yearlong Centennial Celebration. Swetnam taught in Idaho State University’s Department of English and Philosophy from 1979 until her retirement in 2013. She is the author of seven books and received the Idaho Library Association’s 2002 Idaho Book of the Year award. In addition, she has served as a consultant and grant reviewer for the National Endowment for the Humanities.
For more information, call (208) 788-2036 or visit haileypubliclibrary.org.
Tues Mar 19
Gay Bawa Odmark & Partition
6-7PM / Community Library /Ketchum
Presented by the Sun Valley Center for the Arts, whose spring project “Unraveling” considers alternative histories of the colonization of the Americas. Gay Bawa Odmark will discuss living through India’s 1947 India and Pakistan Partition and the upheaval created by the British colonial administration’s decisions as they withdrew from the region following nearly a century of colonial rule.
The free talk will include photographs from Odmark’s family albums as well as images of artwork she has made in response to her memories of her life in India.