{"id":16364,"date":"2021-07-14T01:20:51","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T01:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/?p=16364"},"modified":"2021-07-13T20:57:17","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T20:57:17","slug":"celebrating-50-years-poetically","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/14\/celebrating-50-years-poetically\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating 50 Years, Poetically"},"content":{"rendered":"

Benefit event set for July 24 at Reinheimer Ranch<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

By Eric Valentine<\/em><\/p>\n

You know how positive people sometimes say things like this: \u201cLet\u2019s hope we learn some things from the pandemic that improve how we do things in the future.\u201d Well, the Valley has found one of those things. And on July 24 at Reinheimer Ranch just south of Ketchum, the Senior Connection, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary, will benefit from it\u2014both literally and figuratively, and for you poetry fans, perhaps metaphorically.<\/p>\n

Planning and directing the poetry reading event The Beauty of Brilliance is JoEllen Collins, a longtime teacher, writer, public speaker, and contributing columnist for Wood River Weekly. Collins said the event will feature readings by Valley-based actresses covering benchmark poems by renowned women poets from Emily Dickinson and Edna St. Vincent Millay to a \u201cpotpourri of works\u201d by contemporary poets like Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman, who became uber-famous in January when she delivered her poem \u201cThe Hill We Climb\u201d at the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe selections will be dynamic and understandable and range through many situations of being a human being and bearing an open heart,\u201d Collins said.<\/p>\n

With a view of Bald Mountain forming a backdrop for the audiences here, Field Daze Event Series co-founders Cathy Reinheimer and Lila Claghorn say they are thrilled to kick off the second round of the seasonal event that seems well positioned to become a Valley must-do. Late last month, Field Daze kicked off its open-air live summer schedule with a workshop production of the new play from Idaho playwright and MacArthur genius award winner Samuel D. Hunter, \u201cA Case For the Existence of God,\u201d directed by Paul Lazar.<\/p>\n

Later on this summer, Field Daze will welcome the return of Caritas Chorale directed by R.L. Rowsey,\u00a0 <\/span>a weekend of comedy and improv from the Groundlings, a Broadway and Valley performer-packed cabaret with R.L. Rowsey & Friends, an activity-filled Children\u2019s Faire, and so much more.<\/p>\n

For this season at least, Field Daze will have Laughing Stock Theatre Company\u2019s tax-deductible status for all ticket purchases and donations. Additionally, Field Daze has partnered with local companies and sponsors in town, including the Limelight and Warfield Distillery & Brewery. Warfield\u2019s mobile bar will sell snacks and organic beer and cocktails at events.<\/p>\n

Field Daze will also continue to adhere strictly to Ketchum\u2019s COVID safety protocols for outside public gatherings, capping audience size and keeping it outdoors. With reduced capacity, accommodating 125 people broken into pods, tickets will likely go fast. For the Senior Connection event, tickets are $15. There is no reserved seating. Collins and Field Daze organizers remind folks to dress appropriately for an outdoor event, namely footwear suitable for walking across a grassy field.<\/p>\n

Tickets are available at www.fielddazesunvalley.org.<\/p>\n

Beautiful, Brilliant Poetry Event Details<\/b><\/p>\n

ON: <\/b>Saturday, July 24<\/p>\n

AT: <\/b>Reinheimer Ranch, Ketchum<\/p>\n

FROM: <\/b>6:30 to 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

BY:<\/b> Valley-based performers:<\/p>\n