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Artists are invited to apply for the 2016 Sun Valley Center Arts & Crafts Festival, to be held August 12–14 at Atkinson Park in Ketchum. Applications are now available online at www.zapplication.org.
Artist Applications for the Festival are due by midnight Friday, February 29, 2016. Through a competitive blind jury process, approximately 130 artists will be chosen to exhibit in the 2016 Festival. Artists who apply before Feb 1 will pay $30. After February 1 the application fee is $35.
Now entering its 48th year, the Arts & Crafts Festival is ranked among the top 100 best art and craft shows in the country. Artists in all fine art and fine craft disciplines may apply. Participants agree to be present during all three days and to show only their own work made within the past five years in the category in which they are accepted. A full list of rules and descriptions of categories is available at www.sunvalleycenter.org.
Full-time Blaine County residents will be granted an extra point during the jurying process to encourage local participation.
Artists who need help with the application should contact festival@sunvalleycenter.org or 208.726.9491 for more information.
Seeking an Events & Hospitality Assistant and a Data Entry and Finance Assistant. Join a fun and vibrant organization that is passionate about art and culture in our community.
Seeking a dynamic professional fundraiser and development team leader who wants to be part of an exciting vision for growth at Idaho’s largest non-profit arts organization. This unique opportunity is for a select candidate who has a proven track record of growing contributed revenue and can lead our development efforts to new levels of success at a time when the organization is keenly focused on growing its impact in the community. The Director of Development, working closely with the CEO and the board, is The Center’s architect of a comprehensive fund raising and development plan to build relationships and resources. Proven success in non-profit fundraising is required, as is demonstrated leadership and management capability. Ties to the Wood River Valley and/or Idaho, or experience fundraising in resort community is preferred. We provide our employees with a full benefits package and a competitive salary commensurate with experience.
To apply, please submit cover letter and resume via email to DevelopmentDirector@sunvalleycenter.org.
Deadline for application is 11/2/15.
Seeking a Data-Entry and Finance Assistant to support Controller, Events and Database Managers. This position provides vital administrative support to the Development and Finance Departments with a focus on general data-entry and financial reporting. Bachelor’s degree preferred and 3-5 years experience with financial, ticketing or development software (Raiser’s Edge experience preferred). Strong analytical skills and a high level of computer proficiency including Microsoft Office applications, Excel and Word required, QuickBooks preferred. The successful candidate will have a positive history of in complex problem solving and prior successful experience performing administrative, office and financial support functions such as AP, AR and financial reporting. Ability to maintain focus and accuracy through repeated tasks a must. A desire to serve the community through a not-for-profit charitable organization and an interest in the arts is helpful.
To apply, send letter of interest and resume to information@sunvalleycenter.org.
Deadline for applications is 10/19/2015.
This position provides vital administrative support for the entire organization by assisting the special events team including Wine Auction, managing the hospitality functions of events and supporting front desk duties. The Center seeks a team oriented person who is calm under pressure, and brings a solutions oriented approach to problems. A successful candidate for this position will have prior positive experience performing administrative, office and customer service functions and an ability to stay focused on multiple tasks and deadlines with frequent interruptions. Event planning experience a plus. Complete proficiency with Microsoft Office applications( Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook required). A desire to serve the community through a not-for-profit charitable organization and an interest in the arts is a must.
To apply, send letter of interest and resume to information@sunvalleycenter.org.
Deadline for applications is 10/19/2015.
The Sun Valley Center for the Arts is proud to announce the line-up for the 2015–2016 Lecture Series and Performing Arts Series.
“This year the Lecture Series includes an extraordinary lineup of authors, artists and activists,” said Katelyn Foley, Director of Education and Humanities. “With humor and charisma, these accomplished individuals push us to engage and consider our history, current trends in our society and a vision for the future,” she explained. Foley added that this year’s guests include new visitors to Sun Valley as well returning favorite and master of satire, David Sedaris.
This year’s Winter Performing Arts Series brings an amazingly wide variety to our community—from a hip-hop violin group to a return of a favorite from a few years back, Dala,” said Kristine Bretall, Director of Performing Arts. “What links all these performances together is their depth of feeling and their commitment to their craft – whether it be blending Ethiopian roots with the American folk tradition or pushing the boundaries of storytelling through secrets.”
ERIK LARSON
Thursday, October 8, 2015, 6:30pm
Church of the Big Wood, Ketchum
Bestselling and award-winning writer Erik Larson will kick off the 2015–2016 Lecture Series on October 8, 2015. His lecture is also part of The Center’s BIG IDEA project Sleight of Hand (September 25–November 27), which will explore the line between illusion and truth in the history of art and beyond. As master of narrative non-fiction, Larson will contribute to this BIG IDEA conversation that touches on our society’s fascination with the past and with retelling and reinterpreting history. His popular books, which chronicle historic events, include Devil in the White City, In the Garden of Beasts, and his most recent Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania.
Marcia & Don Liebich and Jennifer & Peter Roberts are generously sponsoring Larson’s appearance.
ROZ CHAST
Thursday, January 21, 2016, 6:30pm
Church of the Big Wood, Ketchum
The Lecture Series continues on Thursday, January 21, at the Church of the Big Wood with New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast. Chast is a brilliant interpreter of the everyday. Her cartoons depict neuroses, hilarity, angst and domesticity and are loaded with words, objects and patterns. A contributor to the New Yorker since 1978, the magazine has printed more than 1,000 of her cartoons. She has also written and illustrated books for both children and adults. Her newest book for adults, Can’t We Talk about Something More Pleasant?, is a graphic memoir that chronicles her relationship with her aging parents as they shift from independence to dependence.
LAVERNE COX
Thursday, February 4, 2016, 6:30pm
Wood River High School Performing Arts Theater, Hailey
Critically acclaimed actress and outspoken transgender advocate Laverne Cox joins the Lecture Series on Thursday, February 4, at the Wood River High School Performing Arts Theater in Hailey. Cox is the first trans-woman to produce and star in her own television show, TRANSForm Me, appear on the cover of TIME Magazine and be nominated for an EMMY. She is also the first trans-woman of color to have a leading role on a mainstream scripted television show, Orange Is the New Black. In 2013 TIME named Cox’s character on Orange Is the New Black, “Sophia Burset,” the fourth most influential fictional character of the year. She also received an Emmy nomination for the role. As a renowned speaker, Cox has taken her empowering message of moving beyond gender expectations to live more authentically all over the country. He appearance with The Center is also part of the BIG IDEA project Role Play: Changing Ideas about Gender (December 11, 2015–February 20, 2016), which will consider our shifting understanding of gender as we move away from strict categories of male and female toward looser definitions.
GEORGE SAUNDERS
Thursday, March 3, 2016, 6:30pm
Church of the Big Wood, Ketchum
The series resumes Thursday, March 3, at the Church of the Big Wood with award-winning writer George Saunders. His work includes four collections of short stories, a novella, and a book of essays. In 2014, Saunders collection Tenth of December earned him the year’s Story Prize for short fiction and the Folio Prize, which celebrates the best fiction of our time. Tenth of December was also a finalist for the 2013 National Book Award in Fiction and named one of the ten best books of the year by The New York Times Book Review. In 200, Saunders was selected by Entertainment Weekly as one of the one hundred top most creative people in entertainment, and by The New Yorker in 2002 as one of the best writers 40 and under.
DAVID SEDARIS
Monday, April 25, 2016, 8:00pm – A pre-show book signing will start at 7 pm and Mr. Sedaris will resume signing books following the event.
Wood River High School Performing Arts Theater, Hailey
David Sedaris will appear for the Lecture Series grand finale on Monday, April 25, at Wood River High School Performing Arts Theater. Renowned for his sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, Sedaris has become one of America’s pre-eminent humor writers. He is the author of Barrel Fever and Holidays on Ice, as well as collections of personal essays, Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, and his most recent book, Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls. Sedaris’ pieces appear regularly in The New Yorker and have twice been included in The Best American Essays. Sedaris and his sister, Amy Sedaris, have collaborated under the name “The Talent Family” and have written half-a-dozen plays, which have been produced at La Mama, Lincoln Center, and The Drama Department in New York City. His original radio pieces can often be heard on the public radio show This American Life.
The 2015–2016 Lecture Series is sponsored by Jane P. Watkins. Wood River High School student lecture series tickets have been made possible with support from Robin Leavitt and Terry Friedlander.
THE BROS. LANDRETH
Friday, September 26, 2015, 7pm (NOTE: Date change from Sept 18!)
Sun Valley Opera House, Sun Valley
The Performing Arts Series starts on Friday, September 18, with The Bros. Landreth. These natives of Winnipeg, Manitoba, will take the stage at the Sun Valley Opera House with their blend of folk, roots, and alt-country. While it’s tempting to describe The Bros. Landreth’s music as Americana, they in fact put a unique north of the border spin on their folksy counterparts from the lower 48. The audience will pick up on their notable musical influences—such as Bonnie Raitt, Lyle Lovett, Little Feat and Derek Trucks.
BLACK VIOLIN
Wednesday, October 21, 2015, 7pm
Sun Valley Opera House, Sun Valley
Black Violin comes to the Sun Valley Opera House on Wednesday, October 21. This truly unique act blends classical, hip-hop, rock, R&B and bluegrass music. Black Violin was named one of the hottest bands at SXSW in 2013 and invited to perform at the Bonnaroo music festival. They’ve since returned to SXSW, where they played to standing-room-only crowds. Black Violin will be doing an all-school performance at the Wood River Middle School while they are here and their residency is supported by Gayle Marie and, in part, with funds provided by the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF), the Idaho Commission on the Arts (ICA), and the National Endowment for the Arts.
DALA
Thursday, November 12, 2015, 7pm
Wood River High School Performing Arts Theater, Hailey
The Toronto-based duo Dala is one of The Center’s most requested repeat performances. They’ll return to the valley on Thursday, November 12, with a concert at the Wood River High School Performing Arts Theater in Hailey. Local audiences fell hard a few years back for Dala’s inspired songwriting, gorgeous harmonies and engaging stage presences. They count The Beatles, Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan as their key treasured influences. The pair was drawn together by their shared love of the absurd—a quirky, irreverent and occasionally self-critical humor that comes out in their music and in their often hilarious onstage banter. Like Black Violin, Dala will be in residency as part of their time here and will be working with Wood River High School students. This residency is also supported by Gayle Marie and, in part, with funds provided by the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF), the Idaho Commission on the Arts (ICA), and the National Endowment for the Arts.
MARTHA REDBONE ROOTS PROJECT
Saturday, February 20, 2016, 7pm
Sun Valley Opera House, Sun Valley
On Saturday, February 20, The Center presents the Martha Redbone Roots Project at the Sun Valley Opera House. Considered a “charismatic indie-soul diva” (Time Out New York), Martha Redbone is an Independent Music Award-winning musician of Cherokee, Choctaw, Shawnee and African-American descent. She explores traditional and modern variations of folk, roots, blues, tribal and soul that showcase her magnificent voice.
POSTSECRET: THE SHOW
Tuesday, March 29, 2016, 7pm
Wood River High School Performing Arts Theater, Hailey
The Performing Arts Series takes a turn from live music to live theatre with PostSecret: The Show on Tuesday, March 29, at Wood River High School Performing Arts Theater. This production is a breakthrough in storytelling, with material sourced from over a million anonymous and artful secrets mailed on postcards. The result is a visual, auditory and emotional journey through the beauty and complication of our deepest fears, ambitions and confessions. Three actors guide the audience through a narrative with the bravery of RENT and the surprising honesty of The Vagina Monologues. PostSecret: The Show is best suited for mature audiences.
MEKLIT
Friday, April 8, 2016, 7pm
Liberty Theatre, Hailey
The Performing Arts Series concludes on Friday, April 8, Ethiopian-born and Brooklyn-raised Meklit at the Liberty Theatre, Hailey. A Yale graduate, Meklit is now based in San Francisco. Her music is an intoxicating blend of jazz, the American folk and singer-songwriter tradition and Ethiopia’s unique melodies and rhythms. Seattle Times has called her, “soulful, tremulous and strangely cinematic” and said that her performance will transport listeners to “a softly lit supper club, a Brooklyn stoop, a sunbaked road.”
The 2015–2016 Winter Performing Arts Series is sponsored by Wood River Inn.
SERIES ON SALE DATES
Tickets will go on sale the following dates:
Tickets can be purchased online at sunvalleycenter.org, by calling 208.726.9491, or at The Center box office at 191 Fifth Street East in Ketchum.
To learn about membership or more information, please visit sunvalleycenter.org or call 208.726.9491.
The Sun Valley Center for the Arts is pleased to announce their 2015 Summer Concert Series, as part of The Center’s 45th Season, and Company of Fools’ 20th Season of award-winning theatre.
Artistic Director Kristin Poole commented, “There is always such anticipation of the summer and our corresponding summer season announcement. It’s such a thrill to witness the excitement and enthusiasm for our programs but particularly with the summer concerts series that punctuate the summer season and this year with Company Fools marking the milestone of their 20th Season. We are delighted to be welcoming such diverse artistic talent to the valley and look forward to sharing these programs and performers with the community.”
The Sun Valley Center for the Arts 2014/2015 Season
2015 SUMMER CONCERT SERIES
“This summer lineup provides something for everyone! These groups are all at the top of their game and sell out everywhere they go. Jump online and check them out … or better yet, take a chance at seeing something new to you … and enjoy the ride,” said Kristine Bretall, Director of Performing Arts at the Sun Valley Center for the Arts.
The John Butler Trio
June 23, 2015
The 2015 Summer Concert Series kicks off on June 23 with the John Butler Trio. This Australian roots and jam band sells out concerts around the world and has released several chart-topping albums in Australia and appeared on Conan. Their most recent release, Flesh & Blood (2014), was recognized with “Best Blues and Roots Album” at the 2014 ARIA (Australian Record Industry Association) awards.
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
August 3, 2015
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue come to the valley on August 3 with their hard-edged funk that employs hip-hop beats, rock dynamics and improvisation in a jazz tradition. New Orleans native Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews leads this band, which has toured in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, Japan, Russia and Brazil and performed at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards in 2014. In addition, they’ve made guest appearances on Conan, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Arsenio and Austin City Limits.
Wilco
August 16, 2015
The Concert Series concludes on August 16 with experimental folk and art rock band Wilco. With lead singer Jeff Tweedy at the helm, Wilco draws influence from alternative country, The Beatles, Beach Boys harmonies, classic pop and more. Known for their adventurous spirit and ever-changing sound, they’ve won two Grammy Awards, made multiple television appearances, and are wildly popular on tour.
COMPANY OF FOOLS 20TH SEASON
“We are so jazzed about our 20th Season – not only will it be filled with great theatre but we get to celebrate our journey thus far with the community we love,” said Denise Simone Core Company Artist with Company of Fools.
VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE
By Christopher Durang
July 1–22, 2015
Liberty Theatre, Hailey
Directed by Gary C. Hopper
Company of Fools’ production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike marks the Company’s first foray into the outrageously hysterical and often absurd world of playwright Christopher Durang. Guest director Gary C. Hopper returns after directing the Company’s wildly successful God of Carnage in 2012. In choosing this comedy, Company of Fools heralds its 20th Season with a play that opens up our senses—with laughter.
Synopsis:
Vanya and his adopted sister Sonia live a quiet life in the Pennsylvania farmhouse where they grew up, but their peace is disturbed when their movie star sister Masha returns unannounced with her twenty-something boy toy, Spike.
Deliriously funny! Comic acting raised to the level of high art… the theater erupts in booming gusts of laughter that practically shake the seats! –The New York Times
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
By Tracy Letts
September 30–October 17, 2015
Liberty Theatre, Hailey
Directed by John Moon
Living on stage—it is the foundation on which Company of Fools was built. August: Osage County brings the Company back to its roots in this complex ensemble-driven piece. It wouldn’t be a 20th Season without a play that shines a floodlight on family dynamics and on Company of Fools’ gift for telling stories of the human heart.
Synopsis:
A vanished father. A pill-popping mother. Three sisters harboring shady little secrets. When the large Weston family unexpectedly reunites after Dad disappears, their Oklahoman family homestead explodes in a tornado of repressed truths and unsettling secrets. One of the most important plays of recent years, August: Osage County unflinchingly—and uproariously—exposes the dark side of the Midwestern American family. Winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award.
In Tracy Letts’ ferociously entertaining play, the American dysfunctional family drama comes roaring into the 21st century with eyes blazing, nostrils flaring and fangs bared, laced with corrosive humor so darkly delicious and ghastly that you’re squirming in your seat even as you’re doubled-over laughing. –Variety
A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD
Music by Robert Reale/ Book & Lyrics by Willie Reale
December 16, 2015–January 3, 2016
Liberty Theatre, Hailey
Directed by John Glenn
As part of its 20th Season, Company of Fools is delighted to bring the Valley’s two favorite amphibians home for the holidays—FROG and TOAD! Last performed in 2010, this delightful play has been the subject of constant pleas from our Valley to restage the show for a whole new generation of children.
Synopsis:
The play remains true to the spirit of Arnold Lobel’s original stories as it follows two great friends—the cheerful and popular Frog and the rather naive Toad—through four fun-filled seasons. Waking from hibernation in the spring, they proceed to plant gardens, swim, rake leaves and go sledding, learning life lessons along the way, including a most important one about friendship and rejoicing in the attributes that make each of us different and special.
Anyone who cherishes musical theater and can beg or borrow a child from 4 up might be well advised to make a beeline in search of tickets for A Year with Frog and Toad. –The New York Times
OUTSIDE MULLINGAR
By John Patrick Shanley
February 17–March 5, 2016
Liberty Theatre, Hailey
Directed by Denise Simone
How fitting to end the 20th Season with the playwright who started Company of Fools’ journey to Idaho 20 years ago. For it was seeing the Company’s production of Mr. Shanley’s Danny and the Deep Blue Sea back in 1996 that prompted Bruce Willis to suggest giving Hailey, Idaho a try. And so they did. The rest, as they say, is history.
Synopsis:
Outside Mullingar is about the romance of Anthony and Rosemary, neighbors in rural Ireland who are nearing their middle years. The play is by turns poetic, uplifting, dark and funny as hell. Anthony is an introverted farmer and Rosemary is the woman who vows to have him at all costs. When Anthony’s father threatens to disinherit his son, Rosemary steps into the middle of a land feud and family eccentricities beyond what one might imagine. On the brink of romantic catastrophe, this one-of-a-kind Irish heroine fights against time and mortality in hopes of securing her dream of love.
In the work of John Patrick Shanley, the truth is as charming as it is painful, reality as touched with magic as it is factual, and existence as absolute as it is illusory. –BOMB magazine
COMPANY OF FOOLS 2015-2015 PLAY READING SERIES
October 23 & 24, 2015
January 16, 2016
March 16, 2016
Mauritius
By Theresa Rebeck
October 23 & 24, 2015
The Center, Ketchum
Part of The Center’s BIG IDEA multidisciplinary project Fakes and Forgeries
After their mother’s death, two estranged half-sisters discover a book of rare stamps that may include the crown jewel for collectors. One sister tries to collect on the windfall, while the other resists for sentimental reasons. In this gripping tale, a seemingly simple sale becomes dangerous when three seedy, high-stakes collectors enter the sisters’ world, willing to do anything to claim the rare find as their own.
Casa Valentina
By Harvey Fierstein
January 16, 2016
The Liberty Theatre, Hailey
Part of The Center’s BIG IDEA multidisciplinary project Role Play
Set in the idyllic Catskills mountains in the 1960s, Casa Valentina is a discrete venue for men who enjoy dressing up and acting as women. When the opportunity to become an official organization arises, Casa Valentina must decide whether this would help gain their clientele recognition in society or wreck havoc on their personal lives.
Dear Elizabeth
By Sarah Ruhl
March 16, 2016
The Center, Ketchum
Part of The Center’s BIG IDEA multidisciplinary project I Need to Tell you Something
Dear Elizabeth, is a play in letters that follows the beautiful and bittersweet friendship between two of poetry’s greatest literary treasures, Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell.
Company of Fools’ 20th Season is generously sponsored by:
Bob Disbrow & Kim Kawaguchi, Linda & Bill Potter, Walt Witcover Legacy Gift, Theresa Castellano Wood & Benjamin Wood and Barbara & Stanley Zax with support from High Country Fusion, Priscilla Pittiglio, Richard & Judy Smooke and Scott Miley Roofing
SERIES TICKETS ON-SALE DATES: For 2015 Summer Concerts & Company of Fools’s 20th Season
SERIES TICKETS on sale to members only: Thursday, April 2, 10am
INDIVIDUAL TICKETS on sale to members only: Friday, April 17, 10am
ALL TICKETS on sale to the general public: Friday, May 1, 10am
As always, series tickets go on sale to members first! Members save extra by buying the series and guarantee that they’ll be at the shows they want to see!
A Celebration of Wine. A Benefit for Arts and Education. Mark your calendar for one of Sun Valley’s most beloved events. The 34th Annual Sun Valley Wine Auction – a charity event unfolding over three glorious days in the heart of picturesque Sun Valley, Idaho. Experience the breathtaking beauty of the surroundings while enjoying spectacular wines paired with food from world-class chefs. Delight in exclusive Vintners Dinners, an unforgettable Auction Gala and a lively Wine Tasting and Vine & Dine.
Ticket packages on sale April 1, 2015. Click here for more information.
Artists are invited to apply for the 2015 Sun Valley Center Arts & Crafts Festival, to be held August 7–9 at Atkinson Park in Ketchum. Applications are now available online at www.zapplication.org.
Applications for the Festival are due by midnight Friday, February 28, 2015. Through a competitive blind jury process, approximately 130 artists will be chosen to exhibit in this summer’s show. The application fee is $35.
Join the Sun Valley Center for the Arts as they present the 47th Annual Arts and Crafts Festival. This Festival is a juried fine arts and crafts show, held outdoors in beautiful Ketchum, Idaho with an annual attendance of over 10,000 during the three day event. The Ketchum/ Sun Valley area is a mecca for outdoor enthusiasts and is also brimming with culture and nightlife. Check out the fly fishing scene, learn about the latest art gallery exhibits, hike in the Sawtooth Mountains, water ski on an alpine lake, bike the famous single-track, listen to an outdoor concert and of course visit the Sun Valley Center Arts and Crafts Festival. The possibilities are almost endless!
In 2013 the City of Ketchum was ranked #3 in America’s Top 12 Small-Town ArtPlaces. This mountain resort town is a year-round home to a well-educated, sophisticated community. Each summer Ketchum’s population swells to accommodate a large number of second homeowners, who come for the season, as well as summer tourists, who come for a week or weekend.
The Sun Valley Center for the Arts values and honors the work made by the individual artists. No commercial agents are allowed. A full list of rules and descriptions of categories is available at www.sunvalleycenter.org. This popular community event also includes artists’ demonstrations, live music, food vendors and a children’s activity area.
Full-time Blaine County residents will be granted an extra point in their favor during the jurying process to encourage local participation.
Artists who need help with or have questions about the application are invited to contact festival@sunvalleycenter.org or 208.726.9491 for more information.
On Saturday Jan 24, 2015, The Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Company of Fools will host the annual Casino Royale. Now in its seventh year, this high-rolling evening is further elevated with a new venue for 2015, taking place for the first time ever at the stunning Sun Valley Club.
The “Old Hollywood Glamour” of Sun Valley and its storied history inspires this year’s event. Guests will be transported by a red carpet arrival, stirring live performance, delicious drinks and delights, many opportunities to win fantastic raffle prizes and, of course, faux gambling, which makes the evening such an especially fun and unique experience.
This evening of gambling, cocktailing and fundraising is the year’s largest fundraiser that specifically benefits Company of Fools, a proud part of Sun Valley Center for the Arts. For 19 years the Fools have been delighting our valley both on stage and in the classroom with award-winning, professional theatre and their dynamic, artistic and educational programming. Casino Royale offers a wonderful opportunity to support the company as it continues to develop new ways to deepen and expand arts programming in the Wood River Valley. Join our 2015 Casino Chairs Lesley Andrus and Tim Black for one of the best “FUN-raisers” around!
2015 CASINO ROYALE RAFFLE
The most exciting 2015 Casino Royale raffle item is “It Happens in Sun Valley,” a ticket package for two for the valley’s major arts organization’s events. Developed in collaboration with Sun Valley Writers’ Conference, Sun Valley Film Fest and Sun Valley Company this collection highlights the abundance of world-class arts and cultural activities in the valley. Raffle winners will enjoy attending the 2015 Sun Valley Film Festival, 2015 Sun Valley Writer’s Conference, 2015 Sun Valley Ice Show & Dinner, 2015 Sun Valley Center Wine Auction Gala, a complimentary 2015 Guardian Membership to Sun Valley Center for the Arts and a collection of 2015 Center and Company of Fools events and performances, as well as a two-month Zenergy membership for one—an exhilarating package worth over $7,500!
The “Dine Around the Valley” raffle also returns this year—a collection of gift certificates worth more than $1,200 in dining at the valley’s favorite restaurants, including CK’s Real Food, Zou 75, Globus, and Cristina’s, just to name a few! Guests can also bid on the enticing “Red Carpet Roulette“ mystery gift boxes the night of the event; the bidding will start at $50 and contents are guaranteed to be valued a minimum of that amount (though many surprises will be worth considerably more such as one 2015/2016 full season ski pass from Sun Valley Company).
Black tie is optional, old Hollywood style is encouraged!
Private VIP tables have already sold out, but individual tickets are still available. The fun begins at 7pm on Saturday, January 24 at The Sun Valley Club. Tickets to Casino Royale are $150 per person and include $1,500 of “funny money,” which you can use to try your hand at black jack, poker and craps.
Call us at 208.726.9491 or CLICK HERE for tickets.
It’s hard to think of a cultural movement that’s more American or that’s had a greater influence on American life than Rock & Roll. This fall and winter, The Sun Valley Center for the Arts celebrates our musical and social heritage with the Under the Influence of Rock & Roll, a BIG IDEA multidisciplinary project. Programming opens with a gallery exhibition and opening celebration at The Center in Ketchum on November 21 and continues with films, concerts, workshops and more through January 30, 2015.
By the 1960s Rock & Roll had transcended the realm of music and had begun to shape an entire generation’s understanding of the world around them. For many fans, Rock & Roll offered an identity: it guided how they spent their money and time, how they dressed and wore their hair and who their friends were. Under the Influence of Rock & Roll speaks to how rock, born out of counter-culture rebellion, has permeated the very fabric of our country and our collective memories, from television and film to fashion and design to political and social history.
How are you influenced by Rock & Roll? Come enjoy programming for Under the Influence of Rock & Roll and learn more about this powerful force in our culture and how it’s figured in your life.
FREE OPENING CELEBRATION PARTY
Fri, Nov 21, 5:30–7pm
Free at The Center, Ketchum
The exhibition will include paintings, photography, sculpture, contemporary and historic show posters and a timeline of the 1960s created by Sage School students that illustrates the connections between Rock & Roll and social, political, musical and historical events. Join us for refreshments as we celebrate the opening of Under the Influence of Rock & Roll. You’re invited to wear your favorite rock & roll concert t-shirt or even dress up as your favorite rock star.
FREE EVENING EXHIBITION TOURS
Thu, Dec 4 & Thu, Jan 8, 5:30pm
The Center, Ketchum
Enjoy a glass of wine as you tour the exhibition with Center curators and gallery guides.
FREE GALLERY WALK
Sat, Dec 27, 5–7pm
The Center, Ketchum
Start your Gallery Walk at The Center!
FILMS
All films will be screened at the Magic Lantern Cinemas, Ketchum
Tickets for each film are $10 / $12 nonmember
Special Rockumentary Film Festival pass: 6 films for $50 (for films screened Nov 22–23)
Tickets for A Hard Day’s Night and This Is Spinal Tap sold separately.
This Is Spinal Tap
Thu, Nov 20, 7pm
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The Beatles A Hard Day’s Night
Fri, Nov 21, 9pm
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ROCKUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
Sat & Sun, Nov 22 & 23, showtimes at 2pm and 4:30pm (specific film times to be announced on The Center’s website)
Tickets available on Nov 14
Troubadours: The Rise of the Singer Songwriter
A musical journey tracing the lives and careers of James Taylor and Carole King, pillars of the California singer/songwriter scene, which converged in and around LA’s Troubadour Club in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Featuring interviews with Lou Adler, Elton John, Steve Martin, David Crosby, Jackson Browne and more.
Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n Roll
This documentary covers the concert at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis, Missouri to celebrate Chuck Berry’s sixtieth birthday. Featuring performances by Robert Cray, Eric Clapton and Etta James with Chuck Berry. Plus interviews with Bo Diddley, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bruce Springsteen and more who discuss Berry’s influences and life.
The Last Waltz
Directed by Martin Scorsese, the Band performs its last concert on Thanksgiving 1976 at San Francisco’s Winterland. Scorsese interviews the Band’s five members and explores life … and the wear and tear … of 16 years on the road.
It Might Get Loud
The essential documentary on the electric guitar – and three guitar masters: the Edge, Jimmy Page and Jack White. Through interviews the film reveals how each musician developed his unique sound and style.
Stop Making Sense
Filmmaker Jonathan Demme presents the phenomenon that was the Talking Heads in 1984. The live performance at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood was the location for this essential concert film. Come see the Big Suit and rock out to 18 straight songs from David Byrne and his band … kicking off with “Psycho Killer.”
More films may be announced soon.
$10 / $12 nonmember – special film festival pass: 3 films for $25
CONCERTS
Guy Davis
Fri, Dec 12, 6:30pm
Sun Valley Opera House
$25 / $35 nonmember / $15 student
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Rock undeniably comes straight from the blues and Guy Davis is a bluesman extraordinaire. The son of actors Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis, Guy Davis has dedicated himself to reviving the tradition of acoustic blues and brings the blues to life through the songs of great blues masters, African American stories and his own original songs.
Bill Payne
Fri, Jan 30, 6:30pm
Sun Valley Opera House
$25 / $35 nonmember / $15 student
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Co-founder of Little Feat, Bill Payne is considered one of the finest American rock and blues pianists by many of the rock’s greatest piano musicians, including Elton John. He has worked and recorded with a who’s who of rock and blues: Bonnie Raitt, Pink Floyd, Bob Seger, J.J. Cale, Emmylou Harris, Stevie Nicks and more.
FREE Footlight Dance Company presents Rockin’ Dance
Wed, Feb 4, 7pm
Wood River High School Performing Arts Theater, Hailey
A free public performance of Rockin’ Dance, an exploration of the impact of rock & roll on dance through ballet, tap, jazz, modern and hip hop. From January 26 through February 6, Footlight dancers will be performing Rockin’ Dance in all Blaine County schools. These performances are Footlight’s annual free outreach service.
CLASSES
Teen Workshop: DJ and Music Production
Sat & Sun, Jan 10 & 11, 10am-4pm
The Center, Hailey
$10 pre-registration required
Registration available Nov 14
Learn the basics of being a DJ and what goes into music production with artist Devin Throngard, a.k.a. DEEVEAUX. Students will be encouraged to do what DEEVEAUX does best: mix music and make beats!
FREE Family Day: Rock Around!
Sat, Jan 24, 3-5pm
The Center, Ketchum
Travel through history to discover big moments in America’s most popular music movement. Families will tour the exhibition and participate in rockin’ hands-on activities!
LECTURES
Ethan Russell: Best Seat in the House
Thu, Jan 22, 6:30pm
NexStage Theatre, Ketchum
$25 / $35 nonmembers
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Author of the memoir Ethan Russell: An American Story and rock photographer of the Rolling Stones, the Beatles and the Who. In this lecture and slideshow, Russell will share compelling behind-the-scenes stories, illustrated with original photographs and music from his experience with these rock & roll greats.
FREE PLAY READING Graceland presented by Company of Fools
Sat & Sun, Jan 17 & 18, 6:30pm
The Center, Ketchum
Space is limited—reserve your seat in advance online or with our box office!
The place is the front entrance of Graceland, the late Elvis Presley’s Memphis mansion. The time is 5 o’clock in the morning, three days before the estate is to be opened to the public. Two ardent Presley fans, Bev and Rootie, are camped out before the gates, each determined to be the first to enter the sacred precinct. Featuring Jana Arnold and Russell Wilson under Andrew Alburger’s direction.
In addition to enjoying thrilling programming, attendees to multiple Under the Influence of Rock & Roll events will be in the running to receive a copy of the project poster, which The Center commissioned from world-famous Hatch Show Print. At each event, including evening exhibition tours, The Center will give away one piece of the poster. Guests who collect all five pieces will be entered into a drawing for a poster or a turntable or headphones from Crosley. Posters are also available at The Center to $25.
For more information about Under the Influence of Rock & Roll and to get tickets for events, please visit www.sunvalleycenter.org or call 208.726.9491.
The Sun Valley Center for the Arts will kick off their 2014–2015 Winter Concert Series on Saturday, October 25, with the wildly popular Portland Cello Project. This highly original and thrilling group will perform at 6:30pm at the Wood River High School Performing Arts Theater.
“Portland Cello Project has rabid fans, and with good reason,” said Kristine Bretall, Director of Performing Arts. “They are creative, playful, innovative—and maybe it goes without saying—but they are stunningly great musicians.” She added that the group is also guaranteed to surprise their audience with a versatile lineup: “They play everything from Bach to Brubeck to Beck. Expect to be wowed, by cellos, vocals, drums and more.”
Local music students will have a particularly special experience with Portland Cello Project. “These musicians are generous with their time and energies,” said Bretall, “and they’ll be working with three groups of students from the Wood River High School—Spiritus, B-Tones and the Wood River High School Chamber orchestra students—and all three groups will be a part of a few of the pieces during the evening concert.”
Since the group’s inception in late 2007, the Portland Cello Project (or PCP, as their fans affectionately call them), has wowed audiences all over the country with extravagant performances, everywhere from Prairie Home Companion to that punk rock club in the part of town your grandma warns you not to go to after dark. The group has built a reputation mixing genres and blurring musical lines and perceptions wherever they go. With a repertoire now numbering over 800 pieces of music, including many selections you wouldn’t normally hear from a cello, no two shows are alike.
Additional performances in the 2014–2015 Winter Performing Arts Series include:
• Blues musician Guy Davis on December 12, 2014
• Bill Payne, co-founder of Little Feat, on January 30, 2015
• Brian Sanders’ JUNK dance company on March 19, 2015
• TorQ Percussion Quartet on April 18, 2015
Tickets for individual performances are $25 for members, $35 for nonmembers, and $10 students for 18 and under. Tickets for the Performing Arts Series are still available to members for $112.50 for all five performances. A Performing Arts “Mini Series” is also available for $67.50; this covers January to March performances only, which includes Bill Payne, JUNK, and TorQ. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.sunvalleycenter.org or call 208.726.9491.
Sun Valley Center for the Arts announces their 2014-2015 Season that includes: the Performing Arts Series, the Lecture Series and Company of Fools Theatre 19th Season.
“As The Center is finishing up a wonderful summer of concerts, exhibitions, plays and classes for adults and kids, we are looking forward and are thrilled to share our upcoming season with our friends and community. Our mission is to engage our community through art and ideas, and the programs we have scheduled will do this in spades!” said Kristin Poole, Artistic Director for the Sun Valley Center for the Arts. “Starting in October with celebrated author Timothy Egan, we’ve created a number of ways for our community to come together and be stimulated, inspired and just have some fun. The list of programs is deep and varied including a dance performance with the athletic company, JUNK, to a night of puzzles with Will Shortz and a piece of theater that will appeal to all, Peter and the Starcatcher. “
In addition to Timothy Egan, who will be speaking as a part of the 2014-2015 Lecture Series and the “Big Idea” project Forests, Foraging and Fires, The Center’s 201 Lecture Series will bring NPR’s puzzle master Will Shortz to the valley for an evening of fun and games; rock photographer Ethan Russell will present a slide lecture titled Best Seat in the House which will include his iconic images of the Who, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones; social scientist and author of “The Hidden Brain”, Shankar Vedantam will be speaking as a part of The Center’s “Big Idea” project on The Brain; and finally, beloved and renowned author Ann Patchett will wrap up the season.
Company of Fools 19th Theatre Season starts with the amazing Peter and the Starcatcher by Rick Elice – based on the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. This 5-time Tony award-winning play is a “prequel” to Peter Pan and will be a wonderful way to spend time with kids and grandkids during the month of December. Following Peter and the Starcatcher, Company of Fools will present David Auburn’s Proof in February as a part of The Center’s “Big Idea” project on The Brain. The play follows Catherine, who after the death of her brilliant but unstable mathematician father, must deal with her own emotions and explores the question: how much of her father’s madness—or genius—will she inherit? Finally, in the summer in 2015, the Fools take on Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang. The 2013 Tony Award-winning Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is one of the most lauded Broadway plays of recent years.
The performing arts season weaves a blend of soloists and ensemble performances, outreach to the schools and a dance performance for 2014-2015. In October, the Portland Cello Project will be in residence to work with local students who will then perform a few selections during the concert. Late November is the start of The Center’s “Big Idea” project entitled, Under the Influence of Rock & Roll. This project will feature a gallery exhibition and two live concerts: the first with bluesman Guy Davis who will explore the roots of rock & roll. The second is with Little Feat co-founder and pianist extraordinaire Bill Payne. Coming back to the valley in March are Brian Sanders’ JUNK, a dance company that bridges the gap between dance and physical theater. Finally, in April, TorQ Percussion comes to the valley for a full week to perform all-school lecture demonstrations in Blaine County elementary schools and then will perform a full length concert.
SALES SCHEDULE
SERIES TICKETS ON SALE Members Only:
Friday, September 5, 10am
(members will be emailed a special online link)
INDIVIDUAL TICKETS ON SALE Members Only:
(plus Company of Fools plays and Second City)
Friday, September 12, 10am
ALL TICKETS ON SALE GENERAL PUBLIC:
Friday, September 19, 10am
TICKET INFORMATION
Sun Valley Center for the Arts Members receive discounts to all regular ticketed events (exceptions are fundraising events). Additional discounts are available by purchasing Series tickets.
Lecture Series
Performing Arts Series
Series & Mini Series Tickets
Series tickets are only available to Sun Valley Center members. Series tickets and “Mini Series” tickets are available for the Lecture Series and the Performing Arts Series. “Mini Series” will include performances from January to March only. When you buy a series ticket, you save an ADDITIONAL 10% off the member price!
*Editors Series & Critics Circle Series Tickets
The purchase of an Editors Series (Lectures) or a Critics Circle Series (Performing Arts) ticket helps to underwrite the cost of the entire series.
Tickets are $500 per person, per series and include:
For individuals interested in purchasing an Editors Series or Critics Circle Series please contact us at 208.726.9491 or visit us in person at the box office in either Ketchum or Hailey.
The Sun Valley Center for the Arts 2014/2015 Season
2014-2015 WINTER PERFORMING ARTS SERIES
Portland Cello Project (and school residency)
October 25, 2014, 6:30pm
Wood River High School Performing Arts Theatre, Hailey
Since the group’s inception in late 2007, the Portland Cello Project (or, PCP, as their fans affectionately call them), has wowed audiences all over the country with extravagant performances everywhere from Prairie Home Companion to punk rock clubs. The group has built a reputation mixing genres and blurring musical lines and perceptions wherever they go. No two shows are alike, with a repertoire now numbering over 800 pieces of music you wouldn’t normally expect to hear coming from a cello.
Portland Cello Project will work with students from Wood River High School’s chamber orchestra and their vocal group, Spiritus, while here. The students will participate in a few selections during the evening concert.
Portland Cello Project’s residency has been generously supported by Gayle Marie and Wendy & Alan Pesky.
Guy Davis
December 12, 2014, 6:30pm
Sun Valley Opera House
Guy Davis is the son of actors Ruby Dee and the late Ossie Davis. He’s a musician, composer, actor, director, and writer, but most importantly, Guy Davis is a bluesman. The blues permeates every corner of Davis’ creativity. Throughout his career, he has dedicated himself to reviving the traditions of acoustic blues and bringing them to as many ears as possible through the material of the great blues masters, African American stories, and his own original songs, stories and performance pieces.
His appearance is a part of The Center’s BIG IDEA, Under the Influence of Rock & Roll, and will explore the blues—the undeniable roots of rock and roll.
An evening with Bill Payne
January 30, 2015, 6:30pm
Sun Valley Opera House
Bill Payne co-founded, with Lowell George, the band Little Feat. He is considered by many other piano rock musicians, including Elton John, to be one of the finest American piano rock and blues music artists. In addition to his trademark barrelhouse blues piano, he is noted for his work on other keyboard instruments, particularly the Hammond B3 organ. Payne is also an accomplished songwriter whose credits include co-writing, with Lowell George, the Little Feat classic “Oh, Atlanta.”
Payne has worked and recorded with other musicians including J. J. Cale, Doobie Brothers, Emmylou Harris, Bryan Adams, Pink Floyd, Bob Seger, Toto, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Bonnie Raitt, Helen Watson, Stevie Nicks, Shocking Edison, Robert Palmer and Stephen Bruton. He was a guest performer on Bonnie Raitt’s album Sweet Forgiveness in 1977, and wrote its track “Takin’ My Time.”
Brian Sanders’ JUNK dance performance and workshop
March 19, 2015
Wood River High School Performing Arts Theatre, Hailey
Brian Sanders’ JUNK is known for their ingenious use of found objects and clever inventions that bridge the gap between dance and physical theater. Sanders’ choreography blends traditional dance theater with an inventiveness and physicality that gives reason for critics to hail JUNK as “Philly’s most imaginative perpetrator of dare-devilish physical theater” and declare Sanders as “the city’s most exciting choreographer.”
JUNK’s mission as a dance-theater company is to inspire with creativity. The company strives to produce work that is both artistic and accessible while maintaining a ceaseless desire to try new things. JUNK will teach a master class while in the Wood River Valley.
JUNK’s residency has been generously sponsored by Gayle Marie and Wendy & Alan Pesky, WESTAF, the Western States Arts Federation, the Idaho Commission on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
TorQ Percussion Group (and school residency)
April 18, 2015
TorQ Percussion Quartet was formed by four Canadian percussionists looking to add new vitality to percussion repertoire and performance. Renowned for their engaging performances and repertoire, TorQ is also committed to commissioning new works for percussion quartet from both established and up-and-coming composers. In addition to promoting new music, TorQ is also a strong believer in the importance of music education.
The Center has engaged TorQ to be in the Wood River Valley for a weeklong residency which will include performances at every elementary school and the middle school in addition to their full length evening concert.
2014/2015 WINTER LECTURE SERIES
Timothy Egan
Oct 2, 2014
Timothy Egan has written several books chronicling the American West, including The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America, which dissects one of our country’s worst-ever forest fires and its impact on national forest management. He is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, a popular New York Times columnist and a National Book Award-winning author.
Will Shortz
January 13, 2015
Puzzle master for NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday, the crossword editor of the New York Times, and the founder and director of the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. Shortz will engage the audience in a fun, informative and brain stimulating lecture that will address how puzzles are created, the curious history of crosswords, and his lifelong passion for puzzles.
Ethan Russell
January 22, 2015
Author of the memoir Ethan Russell: An American Story and rock photographer of the Rolling Stones, the Beatles and the Who. He will share compelling behind-the scenes stories, illustrated with original photographs and music from his experience with these Rock and Roll greats.
Shankar Vedantam
February 5, 2015
NPR social science correspondent and author of The Hidden Brain, Vedantam speaks nationwide about the link between science and human behavior. With expertise and insight he explores the role of our unconscious mind in dictating many of our deeply rooted feelings, prejudices, biases and expressions.
Ann Patchett
March 5, 2015
A celebrated writer and the owner of Parnassus Books in Nashville, TN, Ann Patchett is a champion of literary culture. In this presentation hear from the author who is described as “a woman of wisdom, determination, generosity and courage” by her friend and novelist Elizabeth Gilbert. Patchett is the award-winning author of The Magician’s Assistant, Bel Canto, State of Wonder, Run and many others. She is also a contributor to The New York Times, The Atlantic and The Wall Street Journal.
COMPANY OF FOOLS 19TH SEASON
Peter and the Starcatcher
By Rick Elice – Based on the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
December 17, 2014 -January 3, 2015
Peter and the Starcatcher is a hilarious evening of madcap fun! In this 5-time Tony Award-winning play, a dozen brilliant actors play more than 100 unforgettable characters using their enormous talent, ingenious stagecraft and the limitless possibilities of imagination. This swashbuckling grownup prequel to Peter Pan will have you hooked from the moment you let your imagination take flight. Perfect for ages 10 and up!
Proof
By David Auburn
February 11-28, 2015
On the eve of her 25th birthday, Catherine, a troubled young woman, has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, a famous mathematician. Now, following his death, she must deal with her own emotions; the arrival of her sister and the attentions of Hal, a student of her father’s who hopes to find valuable work in the notebooks that her father left behind. Over the long weekend, a burgeoning romance and the discovery of a mysterious notebook draw Catherine into the most difficult problem of all: How much of her father’s madness—or genius—will she inherit?
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
By Christopher Durang
July 1-25, 2015
The 2013 Tony Award-winning Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is one of the most lauded Broadway plays of recent years. Vanya and his adopted sister Sonia live a quiet life in the Pennsylvania farmhouse where they grew up, but their peace is disturbed when their movie star sister Masha returns unannounced with her twenty-something boy toy, Spike.