SVPN | August 2023

SUN VALLEY POLICY FORUM

Presenting luminary Ayaan Hirsi Ali

DIVE INTO SUMMER FASHION

Embrace the heat in style

SUN VALLEY MUSIC FESTIVAL

It’s symphony season!

CIRCA 1967

FASHION CHANGES, BUT STYLE NEVER DOES

Lily Debray, model and Theodore personal stylist. Follow Lily’s OOTD on @lilydebray

JEWELRY DESIGNED TO BE THE ART YOU WEAR

Soul in the woods

*18KY 35.80CT Green Tourmaline Necklace with Diamond accents; 18K 9.84CT Peridot Ring

PHOTO BY STEVE DONDERO

EDITOR’S WELCOME

Up in Stanley, we check in with White Otter Outdoor Adventures’ Doug Fenn in Sunbeam, Idaho (just outside of Stanley), and the excitement of river life, including what’s to eat and happening at the Sunbeam café. In addition, August in Stanley has a full calendar of events for all to enjoy, as summer is still very much in action in the north country.

In this edition of SVPN Magazine, feeling good is definitely what’s in order. We dive into wellness with CENTER on understanding pain and living a fully confident and painfree life. And St. Luke’s has news to share about a cardiology equipment upgrade. We also learn about EXTEN’s dedication to helping individuals achieve optimal health and well-being using IV hydration and vitamin therapy. In addition, find out what’s happening at The Well, Sun Valley’s latest and most inspiring wellness establishment.

THE HEAT IS ON

A Sun Valley summer can have many directions and meanings. It can be a time for reunions, weddings, and milestone celebrations. It can also be a time in nature discovering new peaks, lakes, and trails on foot, biking, or being quiet in nature’s space sans a phone or a laptop. And it can be an endless calendar of epic parties, concerts, festivals, events, openings, and fundraisers. Whatever shape your Sun Valley summer takes, it will be hot, fast, and furious, so take the time to enjoy the beauty surrounding us and care for those who share it with you.

For August, SVPN Magazine embraces the rising temperatures and has a fashion section of swimwear and must-have clothing picks for men and women to enjoy. And with some new outfits, we are excited to show them off for the 2023 summer symphony season with the Sun Valley Music Festival. We look at some concert highlights and musicians, especially those teaching in Sun Valley, and meet the new Associate Conductor, Stephanie Childress. In addition, critic and arts writer Clive Paget picked out some concerts to offer a little more background on two great works that will be performed.

On the cover, SVPN Magazine features the Sun Valley Policy Forum (SVPF) guest speaker, world-renowned writer, and activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who last visited Sun Valley in 2009. Learn more about SVPF and Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s October 2, 2023 event at The Argyros in this month’s issue.

For property news, learn about Quigley Farms and why it’s a fantastic location and unique living opportunity in the Wood River Valley. Adding to great living in Sun Valley and perhaps filling up a new home with local art work, our Fine Arts section features the Artist Studio Tour of the Wood River Valley, where working and established artisans throughout the Valley open their studios to share their work and process.

There are new exhibitions and openings in August, including a show at the Gail Severn Gallery with Kathy Moss. Discover how botanicals tell the story of life in her new show, which she will attend. And get ready for the best in American roots music. We connected with The Wood Brothers and The Infamous Stringdusters, performing at River Run Lodge for a Sun Valley Museum of Art summer concert.

SVPN Magazine also prepares for Wagon Days with a preview of one of the area’s most beloved celebrations, bringing us back to our roots and keeping us in awe. Enjoy our Sun Valley Restaurant Dining Guide and peruse properties in our real estate sections that make Sun Valley your home or your special home away from home.

Stay cool and enjoy,

Sabina Dana Plasse

MAGAZINE STAFF

SABINA DANA PLASSE Editor

Writer, publicist, and avid traveler, Sabina Dana Plasse has spent over 20 years at the keyboard crafting stories as a contributing writer or editor. When not writing, she’s watching and reviewing movies, conjuring up ideas, or enjoying snowboarding, hiking, biking, and sunsets at the beach.

RANDI KARABIN Art Director

Randi Karabin is a tenured, award-winning creative director and designer. She specializes in creating and re-imagining publications, print collateral, branding packages, and more, all predominently within the luxury, travel, hospitality, and music industries. Randi’s extensive travels inspire her creativity and vision.

JAN SUPER CFO

Jan Super is an expert bookkeeper with more than 12 years of experience. She has provided full bookkeeping services for many clients in the Wood River Valley and has spent many years volunteering for the Hailey and Ketchum/ Sun Valley Chambers of Commerce. Jan has lived in the Wood River Valley for more than 20 years and enjoys gardening, fishing, and many of the other outdoor activities the Valley provides.

SUSAN KNIGHT Graphic Designer

Susan Knight is an awardwinning art director and designer with a true passion for magazine design. From art directing and styling photo shoots to problem-solving layouts, her design abilities shine. In addition to her dayto-day work projects, she has taught art classes, designed studio spaces, and enjoys spending time with her family.

JONATHON SMITH Graphic Designer

Jonathon Smith (or Jonny Fuego, as he’s known to many) is a print media master with over 22 years of experience as an artist and art director working on regional, national, and international marketing campaigns and publications. His interest in the design and photography of the twowheeled culture of bicycles culminated in publishing his first book, Cruisers, in 2009.

AURORA WILKINSON Intern

Aurora Wilkinson is a current student at Montana State University, receiving a degree in Creative Writing. As a Sun Valley native, she has used her love for the Mountain West to generate writing that expresses its nuanced beauty. After graduation, she plans on working in a creative field to help bring awareness to the importance of community living.

MAGAZINE CONTRIBUTORS

A Sun Valley native, STEVE DONDERO is passionate about photography and addicted to travel. He’d love to be on constant safari, chasing animals or sunsets where passports are required. Having left the corporate world, he’s now living his dream as a professional nature, portrait, and commercial photographer, with a studio in Ketchum and a gallery in Minneapolis. You can see a small sampling of his work, including over 30 SVPN covers, at stevedondero.com.

PAULETTE PHLIPOT

is an IACP award-winning professional photographer. Her fascination with food has provided endless opportunities for her photography to appear in cookbooks, magazines, and advertising campaigns worldwide. She is the co-creator and photographer of the coffee table cookbook Ripe: A Fresh, Colorful Approach to Fruits and Vegetables. When not behind the camera, she is creating nourishing meals for her family.

HALSEY PIERCE is a photographer who has worked in LA and NYC but whose roots remain firmly planted in Idaho. Her work has been featured in many publications including The Hype Magazine Network and Town & Country. Halsey is an animal lover and activist, adventure enthusiast, and wannabe farmer.

LORI WILLIAMS is a freelance writer, copy editor, former home educator, and third-generation Idahoan who has lived in Ketchum since 1986. She is an Idaho Writers Guild award-winning poet and a self-published children’s book author. Besides writing, she loves climbing mountains, family road trips, green tea, and this incredible state.

MARTHA WILLIAMS is a freelance writer who has lived in the Wood River Valley since 2009. A native of Arkansas, she found her home in Idaho after moving out West to work for a summer in Stanley. She’s held positions around the Valley and currently can be found at The Community Library in Ketchum when she’s not reading or out on the trails.

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writer and activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who will be speaking at the Sun Valley Policy Forum on October 2, 2023.

A SUN VALLEY CULINARY INSTITUTE CELEBRATION

Benefit event raises awareness for student recruitment

The Sun Valley Culinary Institute’s (SVCI) Student Summer Kickoff Party on Saturday, June 24, at the Elkhorn Inn in Sun Valley, was a benefit and an opportunity to enjoy delectable summer food created by the SVCI students under the instruction of Chef Joesph Tocci. It was a beautiful evening to start the 2023 summer, which included a night of fundraising, dinner, and dancing with music by DJ Alex to celebrate the culinary students and garner awareness for SVCI’s recruitment and its impact on dining establishments throughout the Wood River Valley.

“The Sun Valley Culinary Institute is where students work to learn and learn to work,” says Mason Family Restaurants founder and owner Scott Mason, who works with SVCI for student externships.

SVCI Executive Director Karl Uri and staff presented the summer kickoff event with chairs Patti and Don McGrath and Jill and Lee Pollock, along with benefactors Corry and Michael Clayville, Linda and Bill Nicholson, Penny and Richard Weiss, and Jana and Jeff Foushee. The Warfield Distillery and Brewery provided drinks and bartending. 

To learn more about the Sun Valley Culinary Institute’s degree program, classes, and event space, visit sunvalleyculinary.org.

Clockwise from top left: Caitlin McGrath and Laura Harlow; From left: Mason Family Restaurants founders and owners Ann and Scott Mason and Jill Pollack; Chef Nadina Keller with her delectable dessert tray; SVCI Summer Kickoff Party spread at the Elkhorn Inn: DJ Alex; From left: SVCI Summer Kickoff Party benefit chair Patti McGrath, SVCI Chef Joseph Tocci, SVCI Summer Kickoff Party benefit chair Jill Pollack, and previous SVCI board member Mike Murphy.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

August | 2023

SUN VALLEY RESORT

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TUESDAYS AND SATURDAYS

Yoga at River Run

Arrive at 8:45am to register 9am | FREE River Run Lodge | Ketchum

WEDNESDAYS

River Run Summer Series

5-8pm | FREE River Run Lodge | Ketchum

Sun Valley on Ice

8:45pm | $69 and up Sun Valley Outdoor Ice Rink 208.622.2135

World-renowned figure skaters will take to the ice throughout August.

AUGUST 5

Ryan Bradley

United States Gold Medalist and Collegiate Champion

AUGUST 12

Kaitlin Hawayek & Jean Luc Baker

World Team Silver Medalists, United States Bronze Medalists, and Olympic team members

AUGUST 26

Nathan Chen

Olympic Gold Medalist, three-time World Champion, and six-time United States Gold Medalist

GALENA LODGE

15187 State HWY 75 | Ketchum 208.726.4010 galenalodge.com

Open Daily | 9am-4pm Lunch Served | 11am-3:30pm

THURSDAY NIGHTS

Wagon Ride

and BBQ

Enjoy a wagon ride or bbq at Galena Lodge.

5:30-8:30pm | Register online

AUGUST 18

Bike n’ Hike

Night

Bring a bike, water, and a good attitude.

5:30-8:30 | FREE

WOOD RIVER FARMERS MARKET

wrfarmersmarket.org

Find produce, refreshing drinks, readyto-eat foods, meat, fish, baked goods, canned specialties, cut flowers, jewelry, clothing, CBD products, popcorn and chips, and a few surprises.

WEDNESDAYS

12-4pm Forest Service Park (131 River Street) | Ketchum

SATURDAYS

9am-1pm

Roberta McKercher Park (between 3rd Avenue South and 4th Avenue South) | Hailey

STURTEVANT’S LADIES’ SHOP RIDES

sturtevants-sv.com

Fun, “no drop” rides on some of the Valley’s best trails.

AUGUST 2

Shuttle Edge of the World

Advanced

5:30pm | FREE Baker Creek Parking Lot

AUGUST 30

Galena Day!

Beginner/Intermediate 6pm | FREE Galena Parking Lot

FLOURISH FOUNDATION

flourishfoundation.org

WEDNESDAYS Weekly Meditation and Yoga

12-1pm | FREE 1030 Airport Way | Hailey

AUGUST 22 10th Annual Summer Luncheon

The Joy of Gratitude

11:30am-1pm Limelight Hotel | Ketchum

AUGUST 5

MSCL House Pickleball Tournament

Come out and support the Men’s Second Chance Living home in a day of friendly competition.

3-7pm | $250

The Valley Club

341 Valley Club Drive | Hailey 208.481.0182 clhouse.org/pickleball-tournament

AUGUST 17-19

47th Annual KillebrewThompson Memorial

For the 47th year, the KillebrewThompson Memorial is fighting back against cancer. Over three days, the memorial will offer a range of participant events and Valley-wide social functions.

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AUGUST 31-SEPTEMBER 3

Rebecca’s Private Idaho

Four days of racing and riding over nearly 200 miles of pristine gravel in Sun Valley. One of America’s longestrunning, mass-participation gravel races, RPI supports the charitable efforts of the Be Good™ Foundation. rebeccasprivateidaho.com

SEPTEMBER 1

Sun Valley Gallery Walk

Locals and visitors are welcome to view newly installed artwork, mingle with friends, and speak with artists during the Sun Valley Gallery Association Gallery Walks.

5-7:30pm | FREE svgalleries.org

SEPTEMBER 1-3

Wagon Days

Since 1958, the City of Ketchum has celebrated its mining history with one of the largest non-motorized parades in the West. Come spend the weekend with the whole family and watch the Big Hitch Parade on Saturday. The Big Hitch Parade features quality buggies, carriages, carts, and stagecoaches. The grand finale, as always, is the “Big Hitch,” the historic Lewis Ore Wagons pulled by a 20-mule jerkline. Wagon Days Street Party features Micky & the Motorcars.

wagondays.com

SEPTEMBER 7-9

Ernest

Hemingway

Seminar

This year’s theme is Fathers & Sons, with a focus on six short stories with several speakers.

The Community Library 415 Spruce Avenue North | Ketchum 208.726.3493 comlib.org

SEPTEMBER 16

Devon Allman and Donavon Frankenreiter

See it All American Tour

Fifty shows in 50 states in less than 50 days. Special guest Jackson Stokes.

8pm

The Argyros | Ketchum svmoa.org

INSPIRING, PROVOCATIVE, AND UT TERLY ESSENTIAL

Ayaan Hirsi Ali returns to Sun Valley

by Daniel Sharp

Sun Valley has a great history of drawing extraordinary intellectuals, writers, artists, thinkers, and more who come to discuss the most vital issues of the day. It is a testament to the civic-mindedness and sophistication of Sun Valley’s population that such eminent people come here to share their thoughts with us—and to hear the voices of our community in return.

The Sun Valley Policy Forum (SVPF) strives to keep this tradition alive. SVPF was founded by Mia Benedict and Christina Culver in 2022 to bring exceptional educational programming to the Sun Valley community and visitors from across the nation.

SVPF amplifies the voices of national and international luminaries and rising stars in the world of policy and believes that examining complex ideas and problems head-on is the best way to preserve and strengthen American civil society. Through its programming, SVPF seeks not only to educate and inform but also to inspire greater community participation in addressing the many critical social, economic, and civic challenges our nation faces today.

By bringing eminent and knowledgeable speakers from fields as diverse as economics and the new media to Sun Valley, SVPF hopes to create a hub of learning and engagement for those who want to face these challenges directly. Education is the first step in solving any problem, big or small, which is why it is vital that our community hears from the best and brightest the world has to offer.

SVPF is a non-partisan organization dedicated to upholding the Constitution and American ideals of individual liberty, democracy, and free speech, and it believes that these ideals are the surest guarantor of freedom and the most effective way of providing the opportunity for self-determination for all. SVPF speakers embody these values, and by sharing their insights with the Sun Valley community, SVPF hopes to encourage productive public discourse. For those who want to expand their knowledge about the world to be better equipped to improve it, SVPF provides the perfect educational opportunity.

On October 2, 2023, at The Argyros, SVPF’s next guest speaker is world-renowned writer and activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Ms. Hirsi Ali, who last visited Sun Valley in 2009 for

the Sun Valley Writers’ Conference, is the author of many bestselling books, including her memoir Infidel (2007), Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now (2015), and most recently, Prey: Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women’s Rights (2021).

Ms. Hirsi Ali is also a research fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution and the founder of the AHA Foundation, with the mission to preserve, protect, and promote Western freedoms and ideals. She is a champion of the ideals promoted by SVPF. As she put it in her July 4 message last month:

“[AHA Foundation’s mission] also means embracing the true spirit of American democracy, which is the cornerstone of the free, Western world.” Indeed, Ms. Hirsi Ali eventually found refuge in America, where she became a citizen in 2013.

Having grown up in several repressive countries, including Somalia, Kenya, and Saudi Arabia, Ms. Hirsi Ali fled to the Netherlands to escape an arranged marriage. Starting as a janitor in the Netherlands, she worked her way up, integrating into Dutch society and eventually becoming a member of the Dutch parliament in 2003.

Despite being the target of several fatwas and receiving several threats to her life, Ms. Hirsi Ali has continued to speak her mind about radical political Islam (as well as many other sensitive issues) in the hope of countering the growth of fanatics by educating people about the importance of Western ideals of enlightenment and liberty.

Ms. Hirsi Ali is dedicated to championing the rights of Muslims to practice their religion and has constantly differentiated between Islamic extremists and moderate Muslims who seek to live their lives as regular and productive members of society. She has often emphasized that many of the victims of radical political Islam are other Muslims, and she boldly stands up for the rights of moderate Muslims alongside liberal Muslim believers.

Ms. Hirsi Ali is a Founding Member of the CLARITy Coalition, which, in its own words, is “a global coalition founded by Muslims, ex-Muslims, academics, scholars,

authors, and activists who stand for peace, democracy, liberty, and secular governance and who are deeply concerned by the continuing threat posed to these values by the actions and demands of Islamists [i.e. Islamic extremists who wish to impose Islam as a theocratic/political ideology] in various places around the world.” SVPF plans to complement Ms. Hirsi Ali’s presentation with a panel on October 2, featuring experts from CLARITy who will discuss radical political Islam and its impact on Western societies so that we can understand how it affects us even here at home.

Another of SVPF’s goals is to bring the Sun Valley community face-to-face with exemplary figures so that we can come and see for ourselves who they truly are in a long-format presentation and live Q&A setting instead of relying on how the media portrays them to form our judgments. For example, one of its recent speakers was former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who shared his first-hand experience of dealing with the various challenges posed to the international order by authoritarian nations such as China and Russia. The moderator and audience were able to ask him tough questions and dig deeper for insight beyond what he had written and said recently.

Ms. Hirsi Ali’s statements are straightforward. She is not afraid to address complex issues with truth and CLARITy. Her unparalleled understanding of the nature of radical political

Most advocates for change have been considered controversial in their time, and Ms. Hirsi Ali is no exception.

Islam, particularly its horrendous treatment of women, makes her voice a vital one in these troubled times, while her commitment to human rights, freedom, and American ideals after the harsh upbringing and many challenges she has faced throughout her life makes her a truly inspiring figure.

Most advocates for change have been considered controversial in their time, and Ms. Hirsi Ali is no exception. SVPF is incredibly proud to welcome her back to Sun Valley. This time, she will speak in a more intimate setting, providing the perfect opportunity for interested citizens to hear her insights on the continuing threat posed by radical political Islam to the West.

With this month marking the first anniversary of the horrific attack on Salman Rushdie by an Islamic extremist in New York last year, Ms. Hirsi Ali’s voice is needed more than ever. Like other SVPF speakers, she will provide unique insights into a major contemporary issue, empowering our community to be a force for good.

Ms. Hirsi Ali believes that to push back against the illiberalism of radical political Islam, Americans first need to truly understand it. That is why she will speak at the SVPF event about the nature of radical political Islam, how its networks and structures have infiltrated Western society, and how to resist it.

This program event will help us better understand how to welcome moderate Muslim neighbors as they assimilate into Western culture and embrace the ideals that make America so strong: freedom of speech, religious liberty, and the right to live freely.

SVPF is excited to provide alternatives to current programming by bringing much-needed sources of insight and experience to Sun Valley. Armed with the knowledge imparted by these inspiring people, Sun Valley can continue to make a real difference for our nation—and the world. SVPF hopes to see you at one of its events soon, and it cannot wait to welcome Ayaan Hirsi Ali back to Sun Valley. 

The SVPF fall event with Ayaan Hirsi Ali takes place on Monday, October 2, at the Argyros Performing Arts Center. For tickets, sponsorships, and more information, visit svpolicyforum.org/ october-2-2023/.

“[AHA Foundation’s mission] also means embracing the true spirit of American democracy, which is the cornerstone of the free, Western world.”

—Ayaan Hirsi Ali

COOL AND CHIC

Summer fashion in Sun Valley

This summer, SVPN Magazine has assembled our favorite summer designs and styles. Bikinis to sporty shoes, flowing dresses, casual hipster skirts, summer hats, and scarves offer many clothing options to feel and look your best. Whether boating on the lake, picnicking at the symphony, or enjoying a night out in town for dinner, there’s something for everyone. Peruse Theodore’s casual but chic must-haves, Bavarian Soul men’s and women’s stylish yet functional outdoor wear, Brass Ranch’s latest shoe styles, Panache for your best dress always, and Sister’s sophisticated clothing and accessories. Add any or all of these fashion styles to your summer wardrobe, and enjoy your Sun Valley time in style.

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Surround yourself with beauty

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WAGON DAYS RETURNS

A celebration of Ketchum’s Old West heritage

by Aurora Wilkinson

Sixty-six years ago, in 1958, Ketchum hosted the first annual Wagon Days Parade. What started out as a small and unassuming event rapidly became one of the largest non-motorized parades in the country. The historic event has since emphasized the intrinsic relationship between Ketchum’s Old West roots and the contemporary present.

Wagon Days participants have the opportunity to experience a wide range of events over the course of the Labor Day weekend. On Saturday and Sunday, September 2 and 3, visitors and community members may feast on an annual all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast hosted by the Papoose Club. The Wagon Days parade will follow the breakfast on Saturday afternoon. The 66-year-old parade tradition features horse-drawn carriages, wagons, stagecoaches, and more. The parade also showcases the last remaining ore wagons of their kind in the finale event, the Big Hitch.

“Seeing the Big Hitch make the turn at Sun Valley Road and Main Street is the highlight of the weekend’s activities,” says

Ketchum Mayor Neil Bradshaw. “Every year, as we bring the Lewis Ore Wagons out of storage, I am in awe of their size and majesty.”

These six massive wagons, pulled by a 20-mule jerk line, were commonly used during Ketchum’s mining era. The last of their kind, the wagons, brought to Ketchum by Horace Lewis, were used as freight transportation during the late 1800s. Their humble and large design was used to withstand extreme stress as they traveled across the steep mountain pass of Trail Creek. The “Big Hitch” now resides in the Ore Wagon Museum located in Ketchum. Visitors are welcome to visit the museum through the month of August and into Labor Day weekend.

Wagon Days offers the community a chance to connect with the history of Ketchum and its community members. “Being connected to our history and heritage is important for the future of our beloved town,” says Bradshaw. “Wagon Days takes us back in time to recognize the challenges

“Wagon Days takes us back in time to recognize the challenges of the past, the journey that got us here, and reminds us of our responsibility to be good stewards of our town for generations to come.”

—Neil Bradshaw, Mayor of Ketchum

of the past, the journey that got us here, and reminds us of our responsibility to be good stewards of our town for generations to come.”

The traditions displayed during Labor Day weekend have been performed for hundreds of years prior. With the help of the City of Ketchum and the community, Wagon Days has continued to grow. The event encourages its participants to appreciate the shared history of the town. The historic wagons offer a look back into the tangible scenes of 1800s Ketchum, but the event offers more than only visual representation. Multi-generational families are also given the opportunity to share their stories with the public.

“I am proud to be a part of the city’s storytelling,” says Sun Valley Events Owner Heather LaMonica Deckard, who has been the main coordinator of Wagon Days for nearly 25 years and continues to develop the event year by year. “I’m honored to work with individuals through the weekend who have such close ties with the history of our small town.”

As a Sun Valley native, Heather’s shared experiences have led to her continual appreciation of and sense of accomplishment with the event.

Along with the parade and breakfast, viewers may attend the Horsemanship & Cultural Performance event located in Festival Meadows on Saturday, September 2. There, individuals from across Idaho will display both cultural and historic performances.

Following the parade, pop over to Ketchum Town Square to enjoy the Wagon Days Street Party. This year Sun Valley Events will showcase Stanley locals Micky & the Motorcars. The band, which performed during Wagon Days nearly 25 years ago, will once again perform their popular country tunes. 

Mickey & the Motorcars

WAGON DAYS SCHEDULE

wagondays.com

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1

Sun Valley Story Tour

AUGUST 1–SEPTEMBER 3

Ore Wagon Museum

Get an up-close look at the massive Lewis Ore Wagons. Come inside the museum to view historical items from Ketchum’s founding, mining history, and Wagon Days.

Wagon Museum also sells reserved seating for the parade and Wagon Days souvenirs.

Open daily | 11am-6pm | FREE 500 East Avenue | Ketchum

Visit the area’s most historic locales. Jump on the Sun Valley Story Tour bus for a one-hour guided tour past historical sites such as the Horace Lewis home and mining historical sites, the Union Pacific Terminal, Comstock-Clark Mercantile Building, and many more. Depart from Visitor Center.

10:15am | FREE

491 Sun Valley Road | Ketchum

Cowboy Poetry

Join Idaho Cowboy Poets as they recite their poetic tales from the land, way of life, and stories of time and people long gone. Cowboy poetry is a form of poetry that grew from a tradition of cowboys telling stories.

1-4pm | FREE Ore Wagon Museum 500 East Avenue | Ketchum

Grand Marshal Ceremony

This ceremony celebrates the 2023 Grand Marshal, former Ketchum Mayor Jerry Seiffert, who is being honored for his enduring contributions to the community of Ketchum. During his time as mayor in 1976, Seiffert played a pivotal role in rekindling the beloved Wagon Days tradition, a testament to his lasting dedication to the city. There will be food and beverage provided by the City of Ketchum.

5:30pm | FREE 491 Sun Valley Road | Ketchum

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2

Papoose Club Pancake Breakfast

Serving an all-you-can-eat country breakfast of pancakes, sausages, and eggs, all flipped, fried, and served by club members and local characters. Proceeds benefit children’s programs throughout the Wood River Valley.

8am-noon

Ketchum Town Square | 491 Sun Valley Road

Children’s Activities

Bring the kiddos! Ketchum Town Square hosts children’s activities, including a petting zoo, face painting, balloon animals, and an interactive historical experience. Wagons Ho! offers children a hands-on experience and understanding of how pioneers lived.

10am-5pm | FREE East Avenue and 4th Streets | Ketchum

Horsemanship & Cultural Performances Festival Meadows

The Eh-Capa Bareback Riders and Escaramuza Charra riding and performance groups exhibiti their exceptional and courageous riding skills.

10:30am | FREE

208 Sun Valley Road | Sun Valley

Big Hitch Parade

The Wagon Days parade follows Sun Valley Road, turning north on Main Street before winding up Highway 75 and Saddle Road. The centerpiece: the Big Hitch, with the Lewis Ore Wagons. These large freight wagons are the original and only complete, fully functional set of their kind. Watch them roar down the road pulled by an authentic 20-mule jerk line.

1-2:30pm | FREE Parade route is Sun Valley Road to Main Street and over Saddle Road.

Wagon Days Street Party

Micky & the Motorcars

Directly following the passing of the Big Hitch down Main Street, pop over to Ketchum Town Square for the Wagon Days Street Party, featuring one of Idaho’s and Sun Valley’s most beloved bands, Micky & the Motorcars.

2:30pm | FREE

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3

Papoose Club Pancake Breakfast

Serving an all-you-can-eat country breakfast of pancakes, sausages, and eggs, all flipped, fried, and served by club members and local characters. Proceeds benefit children’s programs throughout the Wood River Valley.

8am-noon

491 Sun Valley Road | Ketchum Town Square

Ore Wagon Museum

Get an up-close look at the massive Lewis Ore Wagons. Come inside the museum to view historical items from Ketchum’s founding, mining history, and Wagon Days. Step outside for a tour of Ketchum’s oldest surviving building, the Bonning Cabin. The historical exhibit was developed in partnership with the City of Ketchum, Blaine County Historical Museum, and The Community Library’s Regional History Department. The museum also sells reserved seating for the parade and Wagon Days souvenirs.

11am-6pm | FREE

500 East Avenue | Ketchum

LE T THE MAGIC BEGIN

August at the Sun Valley Music Festival

For nearly 40 years, the Sun Valley Music Festival has presented classical music performances in the beautiful, natural surroundings of Sun Valley, Idaho— the country’s original destination ski resort. Concerts are an exciting social experience where people from all walks of life can enjoy music together. All concerts are free, except for the fundraising Gala Concert—there is truly a musical experience for everyone to enjoy—in the Pavilion or from the lawn.

You’ll hear cornerstones of the classical music repertoire, contemporary works, including music by American and living composers, and pieces that transcend popular culture, including Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring and Mahler’s Fifth Symphony. Read more about these two pieces in the following pages by arts writer and critic Clive Paget and also about educators Ellen Sanders and Rudolph Kremer and the Sun Valley Music Festival’s new Associate Conductor, Stephanie Childress.

Mark your calendars, get your picnics ready, and get to know these two groundbreaking orchestral works better before the opening downbeat.

A NE W SUMMER HOME

Sun Valley Music Festival welcomes Stephanie Childress as its Associate Conductor

by Martha Williams

The Sun Valley Music Festival’s new Associate Conductor, Stephanie Childress, has conducted around the world: from Barcelona to North Carolina, Cambridge to Berlin. This summer, the accomplished young conductor will add Idaho to her already-long resume.

At four years old, Childress attended a performance in France with the British Chamber Orchestra. The fledgling audience member was entranced and began asking for violin lessons.

Playing the violin was at first just a hobby for the young Franco-Brit. She also played sports, enjoyed learning languages, and dreamed of becoming an architect or perhaps a spy.

By the age of 13, though, she was playing in youth orchestras and falling in love with the collective feel of making music with others. She eventually became a BBC Young Musician of the Year competition finalist and went on to study music at St. John’s College Cambridge at the age of 15.

But Childress’s fascination with conducting also grew. She met the talented young conductor Edward Gardner, then music director of the English National Opera, and asked him if she could observe his rehearsals. Remarkably, Gardner agreed. At rehearsals, Childress discovered a love of opera. And she also decided that she wanted to be a conductor. At the age of 15, she stood in front of a group of musicians for the first time.

“I didn’t know about the beat patterns. I wasn’t aware of how to give a proper downbeat,” she says. “Someone just asked me to come up and wave around and see what happened. It was terrifying but also exhilarating.”

Now in her early 20s, Childress chases those two feelings, knowing that anything can happen when a conductor steps onto the stage. “You can unleash something within the musicians and for the audience.”

In 2020, she was the second prize-winner of La Maestra, a women-only conducting competition at the Philharmonie de Paris. That success led to engagements with l’Orchestre de Paris, Paris Mozart Orchestra, and an invitation to take

PHOTO BY KAUPO KIKKAS

part in the Conducting Académie of the Festival d’Aix-enProvence. She also made exciting debuts that same season with the London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, and London Mozart Players.

And while she’s traveled the world over, the young conductor also has strong ties to the U.S. and even to Idaho. Childress most recently served as Assistant Conductor of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and as Music Director of its Youth Orchestra—positions that both wrapped up earlier this year.

“Before living in Missouri, the state I’d spent the most time in was Idaho,” she says. “My father is American and has two brothers who live in the north of Idaho. We’d spend the winters there skiing or enjoying the gorgeous weather and scenery during the summer. So, I know Idaho pretty well, which, as a Brit, is quite a funny thing!”

Childress also visited Sun Valley in 2022 for Daniil Trifonov’s Festival performance of Brahms’s first piano concerto.

“It was really quite something. I fell in love with not only the location but also the auditorium and feel of the place. I thought, ‘Gosh, one day, it would be lovely to be a part of this!’ And lo and behold, here we are,” she shares.

“A misconception about music education is that we’re training a generation of artists. We just want people who love music and who want to share it with others.”

— Stephanie Childress

This summer, Childress will conduct works at several Festival concerts: Alberto Ginastera’s Variaciones concertantes on August 4; Schubert’s “Unfinished” Symphony on August 10; Jean Sibelius’ Finlandia , Op. 26 on August 14; and excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty on August 17.

She’ll also be a part of the education programs at the Festival’s Music Institute, a experience that builds on her own passion for furthering the reach of classical music. As an aspiring violinist whose parents didn’t have musical backgrounds, Childress credits her own youth orchestra teachers with helping her to grow into a professional musician.

“These are such formative experiences that really help form the next generation of musicians or at least music lovers,” she says. “A misconception about music education is that we’re training a generation of artists. We just want people who love music and who want to share it with others.”

By mid-September, Childress will be touring again, with dates at the L’Opéra de Paris, Staatoper Hamburg, Glyndebourne, and the North Carolina Symphony. But she’ll make Idaho her home this summer. 

PHOTO BY KAUPO KIKKAS

THE RIGHT PL ACE

Festival music educators find their home in Idaho

by Martha Williams

In 2016, cellist Ellen Sanders was playing her 25th summer season with the Sun Valley Music Festival, at that time called the Sun Valley Summer Symphony. Each summer in Idaho, she also taught in the Festival’s Music Institute for elementary through college undergraduate students, beginning with just one cello student and growing to many.

One day, Sanders found herself eavesdropping on a conversation between Festival Education Director Kim Gasenica and thenBlaine County School District Orchestra Director Rebecca Martin. The two were discussing a job opening at Wood River High School.

“What job opening?” Sanders said, and in the middle of the Summer Season concerts, she applied to become an Orchestra Instructor at Wood River High School, which also allowed her to teach at the Festival’s Music Institute year-round. She’d first come to Idaho from California in 1992, having no idea what the northern state held. “I fell in love with this place,” she says. “And it only took me 25 years to figure out a way to stay.”

Sanders, who grew up in San Diego, had played professionally for almost 30 years in the Bay Area and was ready for a change. “It was great to have the opportunity to move here. And I only got stuck in the snow twice.”

Violinist Rudolph Kremer, a native of North Carolina, tells a similar story. Kremer began his career in 1990 in the Sacramento Symphony before playing in Portugal, San Francisco, Chicago, Minnesota, and Pittsburgh. He traveled to summer festivals each year and first came to Sun Valley in 1995. In 2017, the chance to move to Idaho full-time and teach the violin arose. After so much traveling, Kremer was drawn to the idea of staying in one place.

“I’m a small-town guy, so this is my speed.”

—Rudolph Kremer

Sanders is now the String Department Chair for the Festival’s Music Institute and the Wood River Middle School Orchestra Director, and Kremer is Head of Upper Strings. They both continue to perform with the Festival Orchestra every summer, but music education is their year-round focus.

“One of the hardest transitions was to recognize that I wasn’t going to perform as much,” Sanders says of the move, but she was ready for something new.

Kremer also enjoys focusing his time more on education, and he can see improvements in his own playing as a result. “I’m better for having gone back to the basics by proxy,” Kremer says. “I’ve been practicing along with the students, and I’m so much of a better player now.”

“There are fundamentals that you’re reminded of when you’re working with a student,” says Sanders. “You strip away so much, and it helps you as well.”

After school throughout the year, Sanders and Kremer work with with 4th grade through high school students at the Festival’s Community Campus offices in Hailey. Sanders is also now the WRMS Orchestra Director, and Kremer helps out at WRHS. “We have so much fun,” says Kremer. “Most of the kids really, really love it.”

“It’s so important coming out of COVID,” says Sanders. “COVID made it way too challenging for young, developing musicians to sustain their practice by themselves. It’s been so important that they’re together and that they’re reminded that this is a difficult activity, but one that they get to share with their friends, their families, their communities.”

The Festival has seen many students go from these programs on to further training and a lifelong love of music. “We’re excited to get the opportunity to show the kids how important music can be in their lives,” says Gasenica. “Whether they go on and play music or whether they just have a lot of fun and have fond memories of their time here. We’re cultivating that audience of the future, too.”

Sanders and Kremer are great educators living in a place they love. “They are truly amazing,” says Gasenica. “We are so fortunate to have people who are so student-focused and who really care about sharing their love for music.”

“For me, it’s the outdoors,” says Kremer of his love for Sun Valley. He began skiing years ago with his host family and can now regularly be found out on the hiking trails. “I’m a small-town guy, so this is my speed.”

Sanders, meanwhile, is a classic cross-country skier and snowshoer. “I snowshoe right out my back door!” she says. “This is definitely the right place for me.” 

“There are fundamentals that you’re reminded of when you’re working with a student.”

—Ellen Sanders

STR AVINSK Y ’S THE RI TE OF SPRING

The modernist masterpiece that rocked the world

by Clive Paget

How did one of classical music’s biggest scandals become one of its greatest hits? The Rite of Spring, a ballet in two parts with music by Igor Stravinsky and choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky, depicts a succession of pagan rites in which a group of village elders compels a hapless maiden to dance herself to death in a wild fertility ritual. The first performance, which took place in Paris in 1913, would go down in history for all the wrong reasons.

Despite its provocative subject matter, the dress rehearsal went off in relative calm. The progressively minded audience of invited musicians, art lovers, and journalists were essentially onside. The opening night crowd, however, was a different

kettle of fish. Only two weeks earlier, these there-to-be-seen socialites and traditional ballet enthusiasts had tittered at dancers in tennis whites hoofing it up in Debussy’s Jeux. Prepared to be outraged, this time, they were up for a riot.

What confronted them—apart from what Stravinsky later described as Nijinsky’s chorus of “knock-kneed and longbraided Lolitas”—was a score in which ancient Russian folk tunes were manipulated by means of complex musical innovations to produce a wildly unpredictable score that was rich, mysterious, intricate, and often very, very loud.

The evening began calmly, even decorously, with Nijinsky dancing in Les Sylphides. It was with the opening bars of The Rite of Spring that the problems began. As the curtain rose on dancers stamping along to the “Augurs of Spring,” the catcalls and whistling grew to a din. It quickly became impossible for the dancers to hear the music, despite Nijinsky calling out the beat from the wings. “Everything available was tossed in our direction, but we continued to play on,” reported Pierre Monteux, who conducted the premiere.

“These so-called ‘society people,’ unable to see, hear, and feel for themselves, these grown-up children,” sniffed the composer, Florent Schmitt, “could only respond to these splendors, so remote from their feeble understanding, with the foolish hilarity of infants.”

The media didn’t help. Critics, peeved at having been palmed off with tickets to the dress rehearsal, were happy to take Stravinsky and his collaborators down a peg or two. The reviewer for Le Figaro condemned the work as “a laborious and puerile barbarity.” Giacomo

Puccini,

The Rite of Spring manuscript

Igor Stravinsky

who attended the second performance, described the choreography as ridiculous and the music as a cacophony. “The public hissed, laughed–and applauded,” he said, dismissing the score as “the work of a madman.” Nevertheless, there were plenty prepared to hail Stravinsky as “the Messiah we’ve been waiting for since Wagner,” seeing in The Rite a musical future as “new as that burst of sap which it glorifies.”

The first purely orchestral performances of The Rite of Spring took place in 1914, by which time the mood had shifted. Shorn of the controversial dance element, the performance at the Casino de Paris found regular concertgoers listening in respectful silence. Afterward, Stravinsky was hoisted onto the audience’s shoulders and carried out of the hall in triumph. Paul Lalo (no fan of modernism) described the music as “bursting forth with an abundance, a richness, a force of impulse and movement by which one is rapidly seduced, transported, and conquered.”

When Stokowski conducted the American premiere with the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1922, there were still some critics prepared to denounce it as primitive noise, but by the time he recorded it for Victor in 1930, The Rite was acquiring the status of a modern masterpiece. Set against the starkly atonal music coming out of composers like Schoenberg and Webern, Stravinsky’s score was starting to feel lush and approachable. Even a jazz musician like Charlie Parker might be caught in concert riffing on some of its themes.

Perhaps the ultimate seal of approval came in 1940 when Stravinsky was chosen as the only living composer to be featured in the animated film Fantasia . Picking up on the work’s “primitive” connotations, an extended sequence depicts the history of the Earth, from the Big Bang to the extinction of the dinosaurs. With Walt Disney’s seal of approval, The Rite of Spring entered the mainstream. 

The Sun Valley Music Festival will perform The Rite of Spring on August 17.

“Even a jazz musician like Charlie Parker might be caught in concert riffing on some of its themes.”

—Clive Paget

MAHLER’S FIF TH

From misunderstood masterpiece to the people’s symphony

by Clive Paget

Gustav Mahler was one of music’s great iconoclasts—a free radical whose rule-breaking, boundaryexpanding symphonies transported his fans and supporters to higher emotional plains, even as conservative critics were regularly panning his work. He was also something of a prophet in his own time. “I am well aware that as a composer, I will gain no recognition during my lifetime,” he ruefully explained to a journalist and future biographer in 1906. “Only when I have shaken off this earthly dust will I receive my due.”

His first three symphonies all came with detailed programs intended to inform an audience about exactly what was going on in music that—although Mahler insisted the opposite—seemed to depict tangible scenes and events. From

his perspective, such explanations inevitably backfired, with listeners endlessly getting hold of the wrong end of the stick. Even as he was speaking of just such a program for his Fourth Symphony, he threw up his hands in exasperation and withdrew all his previous words on the subject. If audiences wanted to know what was going on in the music, he declared, they would simply have to listen— over and over again, if necessary.

By the time he came to write his Fifth Symphony, Mahler hoped that reviewers, by now familiar with his work, would finally manage to get their heads around what he considered to be a conventional symphonic work (albeit one in five movements). He couldn’t have been more wrong.

It didn’t help that his external inspirations—some declared, some undeclared—seemed to suggest the influence of external forces. Fanfares, echoing the opening of Beethoven’s Fifth and the ensuing funeral march, reflected the titanic struggles of his earlier symphonies, but who was this fallen hero so powerfully commemorated in the music? The Adagietto was a love letter to his wife, or so Mahler’s friend and champion Dutch conductor Willem Mengelberg told the world, and the madcap finale quoted a song about a singing contest between a cuckoo and a nightingale. Surely there was a hidden story here?

The 1904 premiere at a new music festival in Cologne was an abject failure. German critics were perplexed by the work’s unpredictability, its oddities, and its lack of musical logic—in other words, the usual charges leveled after the premiere of a Mahler symphony. And despite audiences adoring the Adagietto from the outset, Mahler’s more serious admirers— Richard Strauss among them—felt that he had made too great an artistic concession to popular taste. It seems that Mahler couldn’t win. “Oh, if only I could give my symphonies their first performances 50 years after my death!” he said, recognizing once again that his time was yet to come.

Gustav Mahler’s wife, Alma, to whom he dedicated his Fifth Symphony, and their children (circa 1906)

His predictions were spot on. The critical establishment’s condemnation ensured that performances of the Fifth Symphony following Mahler’s death in 1911 were sporadic, and it was half a century before it began to be rehabilitated. Mahler’s friend and colleague Bruno Walter cut the first recording with the New York Philharmonic in 1947 (though he had previously recorded the Adagietto live in concert with the Vienna Philharmonic in 1938).

An increasing number of performances and recordings in the 1950s and 1960s saw the work gradually take its place alongside Mahler’s more popular First and Fourth Symphonies, and Leonard Bernstein certainly helped things along when he conducted a radiant performance of the slow movement of the Fifth at Robert Kennedy’s funeral in 1968.

But it was Luchino Visconti’s iconic use of the Adagietto in his 1971 film Death in Venice that catapulted the symphony into the charts and earned it an unassailable place in the repertoire. Neither Mahler nor his Fifth Symphony may have had anything to do with Venice, but the aching music clearly struck a chord.

These days, it’s very much a people’s symphony. With its diversity, it offers something for everyone, while the challenge of its thematic complexity is taken up eagerly by the greatest conductors. It’s surely no coincidence that the work Cate Blanchett’s tyrannical conductor obsesses over in Todd Field’s Oscar-nominated movie Tár is none other than Mahler’s Fifth. 

The symphony will be performed for the Sun Valley Music Festival’s season finale on August 24.

Clive Paget is an arts writer and critic. A former editor of Limelight in Australia, he also writes for Musical America and Opera News , BBC Music Magazine , and Gramophone

“It’s surely no coincidence that the work Cate Blanchett’s tyrannical conductor obsesses over in Todd Field’s Oscar-nominated movie Tár is none other than Mahler’s Fifth.”

—Clive Paget

THERE’S MAGIC IN A SUNBE AM

Make Idaho memories with White Otter Outdoor Adventures

by Lori Williams

You can still find gold in Sunbeam, Idaho. It’s in the heart and soul of a village that has staked its claim on the value of community and connections. Along Highway 75, 12 miles east of Stanley at the confluence of the Main Salmon River and the Yankee Fork, is a pocket of magic named after the area’s historic Sunbeam mine complex. It’s most notable for the remains of the Sunbeam Dam built in 1910, but also home to a quaint log cabin café, White Otter Outdoor Adventures, and a summer hive of activity preserving this historical landmark within the SNRA. Here, you can stop in and get filled up in more ways than one, from scrumptious farm-to-table delights, the sound of a river running free, a sunset glow on Idaho mountains, and the connective touch of beautiful souls pouring their lives and friendship into those of other people who pass their way.

“Our goal with Sunbeam and White Otter has always been to connect people to the land and each other in a way that is authentic and different than other places.”

—Doug Fenn

Sunbeam owners, Doug and Nancy Fenn, have been at the helm of resurrecting this gem in the Land of the Yankee Fork after years of disrepair and subsequent foreclosure. The couple came into ownership of the structures—the land is a Special Use Permit from the U.S. Forest Service—under bittersweet circumstances. In 1993, they began working for Randy Hess, Stanley’s rafting community pioneer and then owner of White Otter Rafting. After a year, the couple began managing the business while also running day trips on the Upper Main Salmon. In the off-season, they both taught high school in the Wood River Valley.

By 1999, though, they’d finished working for Hess, intent on raising their growing family in Hailey. Everything changed when, in 2008, Hess unexpectedly passed away, and his family called the Fenn asking them to consider running the business that summer to avoid losing what was already on the books.

“We’d just had our third child, that year the economy crashed, Sunbeam had been foreclosed on and was in disrepair, but here was this opportunity to raise our kids on the river, and so we jumped at it,” Doug explains.

They got through that summer camping out and operating White Otter out of the Sunbeam parking lot. Nancy and Doug began to consider if they could make White Otter work permanently, including salvaging Sunbeam. The bank initially laughed at Doug’s offer of the Sunbeam foreclosure. But after seeing the site’s condition, they decided it would be easier to hand him all the work. They cut their losses, and the Fenn purchased 11 condemned buildings for a song during the worst housing crisis ever.

In the end, it would take a village to resurrect one. “Overnight, we had this community of people reaching out who were vested in making this place better,” says Doug. “Friends came up to camp, kayak, and work. We had Pete

From left: Sam, Lila, Nancy, Benjamin, and Doug Fenn

White Otter is the only company located right at the put-in.

Prekeges grilling Grumpy’s burgers out on the deck for a while. We’d get off the river, don work belts, and start picking away at the next project. It was incredible.”

Nancy and her sister Liza, together with their mother, Starr—who have 30 years of restaurant experience between them—brought the cozy café back to life. Doug says guests are pleasantly surprised to find all organic, locally sourced, seasonal, and sustainable ingredients passionately prepared fresh daily. You can taste their passion for colorful, flavorful food in every bite. It’s a simple menu for a simply unique place, and there’s no better way to start or finish a day on the river.

White Otter is the only company located right at the put-in. “We walk down to the river and start rafting—it’s so personal,” says Doug. “I’ll bet 50% of our clients come

back every year. They build relationships with the guides, who themselves come back year after year for the grounding of this place, the play, and laughter,” says Doug. “It fills them up, and in turn, that’s what our guests feel. Sunbeam is magic that way.”

Recently, White Otter had the opportunity to buy an available Main Salmon permit allowing for multi-day trips in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness. “We jumped at it because we want to focus on building intentional trips down the river, with groups of people who don’t necessarily have the means or access,” says Doug. “Our goal with Sunbeam and White Otter has always been to connect people to the land and each other in a way that is authentic and different than other places.” Doug trains his guides not only in river education but also teaches them about the area’s history. “I want our guides to be connected to this place, making it a richer experience for everyone who comes here,” he adds.

Summers here are short, and the living is slow and outside. The work and play continue. “The greatest gift of all was being able to raise our kids here,” says Doug. “We don’t have cell service. The internet gets turned off at 5pm every night. We sit outside and watch the sun go down. I’m surrounded by really happy people and a strong community that looks after each other. That’s the stuff I’ve been moved by. It’s not the water; it’s not that the river is any more incredible than any other in Idaho. We were in the right place at the right time and made a decision we will never regret.” It feels a little like discovering gold. 

whiteotter.com

STANLEY EVENT SCHEDULE

SAWTOOTH INTERPRETATIVE & HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION

STANLEY MUSEUM

Open daily through September 4 10am-5pm

discoversawtooth.org

Sawtooth Forum and Lecture Series

AUGUST 11

Seeking Beauty: Wandering of a Vagabond

Presented by Ed Cannady, retired U.S. Forest Service manager for the Sawtooth National Recreation Area and avid outdoor enthusiast and photographer

5pm

AUGUST 25

Advocates for Our Future: A Youth Perspective on Salmon and Steelhead Recovery

Presented by Lilly Wilson, Salmon Youth Protectors

5pm

AUGUST 26

Sawtooth Salmon Festival

Celebrate the wild and wonderful Salmon River and its primary inhabitants. Live entertainment, educational tours, food and drinks, games, and family activities.

11am-4pm | FREE

REDFISH VISITOR CENTER AND GALLERY

Open Daily through September 10 9:30am-5pm discoversawtooth.org

Free Daily Programs

11am | Junior Ranger Program

12pm | Patio Talk

1pm | Ranger Talk

Free Weekly Programs

2pm | Guided Walk

Thursday & Saturday

7pm | Evening Program

Friday & Saturday

7pm | Evening Program

Thursday & Saturday

AUGUST 5

Smokey Bear’s Birthday

A celebration at the Redfish Visitor Center with activities and a special visit from Smokey Bear!

Redfish Amphitheater

12-3pm

THE KASINO CLUB

620 Ace of Diamonds | Stanley kasinoclubstanley.com

Wednesday Night

Trivia

Street dance every Thursday

6:30pm-10pm through August 24

Co-sponsored by Papa Brunee’s and Stanley Chamber of Commerce

MOUNTAIN VILLAGE RESORT

V ELVET FALLS DANCE HALL

220 Eva Falls Avenue | Stanley mountainvillage.com

Monday

Karaoke Night 10pm

Tuesday

Movie Nights 6pm | kid-friendly 8pm | adult movie

Friday

Trivia Night 6pm

STANLEY

STANLEY SUMMER MUSIC SCENE

MOUNTAIN VILLAGE RESORT

VELVET FALLS DANCE HALL

Live music | 9pm unless noted mountainvillage.com

AUGUST 13

Midnight River Choir

8pm

AUGUST 25

Laney Lou & The Bird Dogs

SEPTEMBER 1-2

Low-Fi

REDFISH LAKE LODGE

redfishlake.com

Sunday Music | 5-7pm

AUGUST 6

Mark Mueller

AUGUST 13

Rupert Wates

AUGUST 20

Scott

Knickerbocker

AUGUST 27

Canyon Kids

SEPTEMBER 3

Low-Fi

Wednesday Music | 6-8pm

AUGUST 2

Jitensha

AUGUST 9

Mo Kelly

AUGUST 16

Douglas Cameron

AUGUST 23

TBD

AUGUST 30

Pesky Grape Seeds

Friday Music | 6-8pm

AUGUST 4

Chris Bender

AUGUST 11

Bread and Circus

AUGUST 18

Alexa Sluder

AUGUST 25

Nancy Cassidy

SEPTEMBER 1

Porch Swing

Four strangers came together one night in magical harmony on a river float trip and the band Midnight River Choir formed. They play Mountain Village Resort August 13.

Top photos courtesy of Midnight River Choir and Nancy Cassidy; Bottom photo by Dan Tappan

Enjoy the warm, yet feisty and soulful sounds of multi-platinum singer/songwriter, Nancy Cassidy, who plays Idaho Rocky Mountain Ranch, August 15, and Redfish Lake Lodge, August 25.

Wates brings to Redfish Lake Lodge his eclectic mix of acoustic art/folk August 13.

STANLEY SUMMER MUSIC SCENE

IDAHO ROCKY MOUNTAIN RANCH

Music | 6pm idahorocky.com

AUGUST 1

Mia Edsall

AUGUST 3

Richard Blair

AUGUST 5

Dewey, Pickette & Howe

AUGUST 8

Hart Gibson

AUGUST 10 Porch Swing

AUGUST 12

Dewey, Pickette & Howe

AUGUST 15

Nancy Cassidy

AUGUST 17

Richard Blair

AUGUST 19

Dewey, Pickette & Howe

AUGUST 22

Kevin Ware

AUGUST 24

Mark Mueller

AUGUST 26

Dewey, Pickette & Howe

AUGUST 29

Mia Edsall

AUGUST 31

Porch Swing

KASINO CLUB

620 Ace of Diamonds

Live music Fridays & Saturdays | 10pm-1am kasinoclubstanley.com

AUGUST 3 TBD

AUGUST 4-5

Bird in Hand/Dave Henry Band

AUGUST 10-12

Captain Snafu

AUGUST 17-19

Buddy Devore Sat 6-8 with Scott Knickerbocker Trio

AUGUST 24

Sean Hatton Band

AUGUST 25-26

Grateful

SEPTEMBER 1-2

The Opskamatrists

THURSDAYS Stanley Street Dance

Food, drinks, games, and dancing in the Sawtooths. All ages, open to the public.

Co-sponsored by Papa Brunee’s and Stanley Chamber of Commerce.

6:30-10pm | FREE

Captain Snafu plays energetic rock and roll at the Kasino Club, August 10-12

Ashley Rose Band at Kasino Club

TOP PHOTO BY JAY STRAUSSER VISUALS; BOTTOM PHOTO COURTESY CAPTAIN SNAFU

FLY SUN

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— Rachel Wolfe, Realtor, Windermere Real Estate

100% of the Sun Valley Board of Realtors 350+ member businesses are supporting air service through the innovative SVBR Realtors for Air program.

air service news

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DEN: Nonstop flghts 1-2x daily year-round

LAX: Nonstop flights 2x week June 4-21, daily June 23-Sept 4, 2x week Sept 6-Oct 22

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ORD: Nonstop flights 2x week June 24-Sept 3

HONORING VETER ANS

David Ketchum American Legion Post 115

Established in 1934, the David Ketchum American Legion Post 115 has been a steadfast support for veterans and families in the Wood River Valley. With a rich history and diverse membership (and actively seeking new members), including veterans from WW II, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and the war on terror, the Legion fosters camaraderie and unity.

The Legion Hall in Ketchum buzzes with activity, having undergone significant improvements to the dining and bar areas, making it a premier venue in the region. Monthly dinners, football game gatherings, and special events like the Veterans Day dinner catered by the Pioneer Saloon bring members together.

Left: Harry Bolton, Chuck McNary, Ed Simon, Ron Johnson, John O’Connor, and Matt Murray.

Beyond their community, the Legion engages in activities like the Memorial Day Service at the Ketchum Cemetery and participation in the Wagon Days Parade. Charitable endeavors support local institutions, such as American Legion baseball, Colla Voce, Girl Scouts, Boys State, and Girls State in Idaho.

Founded by a group of officers in 1919, the Legion holds a national charter and has grown to two million members worldwide. The David Ketchum American Legion Post 115 welcomes veterans from all backgrounds, enriching lives through community engagement.

With a legacy of service and sacrifice, the Legion honors veterans and their contributions to our nation. Its annual fundraiser on September 29 is to be held at the Legion Hall. 

Contact:

Post Commander Harry Bolton

David Ketchum Post 115 220 Cottonwood Street | Ketchum

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Your Mountain Home Awaits

Timeless, contemporary townhomes in the heart of Elkhorn.

Clean lines, open floor plans, and the warmth of timber and stone blend together to deliver the essence of elevated mountain living.

Sited on 4.5 acres, Sunshine is surrounded by a boundless backyard playground with convenient access to golf, rivers, trails, and mountains with close proximity to destination shopping, dining, and seasonal festivities in Ketchum and Sun Valley.

43 PREMIER TOWNHOMES WITH FLOOR PLAN OPTIONS RANGING FROM

1,543 to 3,389 sqft

2 to 5 Bedrooms

2 to 4.5 Bathrooms

1 or 2 Attached Private Garages

NOW ACCEPTING RESERVATIONS.

For more information, please contact Stuart Hoag: stuart@stuarthoag.com | 208.720.3111

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125 Mountain Creek Drive, Warm Springs Ranch Residences, Ketchum

Enjoy the year-round convenience of living in one of Ketchum’s newest locations. Unique opportunity to own in the exciting new development of Warm Springs Ranch Residences. Enjoy the sounds of Warm Springs Creek while taking in the amazing views of the surrounding mountains. In-town convenience with the luxury of waterfront environment.

$2,750,000

STUART HOAG

208.720.3111

stuart@stuarthoag.com

300 N. Main Street, Ketchum

1234 Villager Condo Drive, Located in the Heart of Sun Valley

Remodeled Villager Condo located in the heart of Sun Valley. New floors, new baseboards, new bathrooms, new windows and new appliances make this condo a must see. This furnished condo offers close proximity to all of the Sun Valley Company Amenities including; The Sun Valley Lodge, The Sun Valley Inn, The Sun Valley Music Pavillion, The Sun Valley Mall and the community bus stop providing easy transportation to Bald Mountain. The newly expanded deck provides a great outdoor living space while enjoying The Villager Condo open spaces, superb landscaping and water ways. The condo also has a single car detached garage located within close proximity to the condo.

$1,495,000

STUART HOAG

208.720.3111

stuart@stuarthoag.com

300 N. Main Street, Ketchum

MOVE

Discover a luxury real estate experience like no other with Sun Valley Sotheby’s International Realty. Thanks to our new ownership group, Majestic Realty Collective, we’re expanding our local and regional marketing, operations and transactional support.

Our sister companies throughout California, Nevada, Colorado, Utah and Idaho offer an extensive network of real estate professionals, access to exclusive properties and world-class resources. Together we are the largest Sotheby’s International Realty affiliate operator in the world by sales volume, totaling $13.6 billion in 2022. Come experience the difference that Sun Valley Sotheby’s International Realty can make in your real estate journey today!

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Nothing compares to what’s next.

If abundant natural light, high ceilings, and Baldy views is what you want, then look no further. This home boasts two primary suites, great outdoor living space, and a loaction on a quiet cul-de-sac north of Ketchum in the extremely desirable Bigwood subdivision. All of this and more make this home a great opportunity in the north valley.

Downtown Opportunity - 200 N Spruce Avenue, Ketchum

Opportunity awaits with the purchase of Bitterroot Square! This fully-leased commercial core office building on the quiet tree-lined eastern edge of downtown Ketchum, overlooking Trail Creek, is on the market for the first time. The real prize of this property is the almost .40 acre lot with mature trees and the soothing sound of the creek just below. Priced at land value, and with its stellar location, this parcel is a great candidate for a residential, mixed use, or townhouse redevelopment. Call office for more information.

4 TIMBER WAY

Iconic mid valley estate parcel, minutes from downtown Ketchum/River Run Forty acres of fabulous views, good winter sun, year around flowing water, pond, water fall, water rights, with end of the road gated privacy and no HOA Approximately 20 acres of flat irrigated land, ready to build ground. Bermed for privacy, room f or your equestrian facility, green houses, orientation works for a polo field, small aircraft landing strip, heliport, passive and active solar systems Ski, hike, bike, fish, horseback trail riding, right from Your Own Private Idaho. Nothing like it available in our upper valley.

Offered at $7,000,000

SELLER SAYS SELL | 106 SANDY LANE

This is an amazing 1920's frontier-style cabin with all the 2022 modern conveniences you would want Just 15 minutes from the lifts and only minutes from natural hot springs This sunny Warm Springs property is stunning! The bark siding and cedar shake roof make a great first impression As you walk through the log truss entry, you are immediately drawn to the stunning 24’ x 24’ sunroom The great room has a handstacked river rock fireplace and vaulted ceilings with south-facing windows The incredible kitchen features a 7-foot island, a red Elmira stove, and an oak ice box The main floor master has a walk-in closet and ensuite bath with a clawfoot tub There is state-of-the-art radiant floor heat throughout, active and passive solar, and fire suppression systems. Other features include Alabama Heart Pine flooring, a heated garage, a twosided deck, and lots of storage Showings will be by appointment only

4 Bedrooms - 3.5 Bathrooms - 5,513 SQ FT

20% Price Improvement -Now offered at: $3,120,000

Dawn

208-274-4811

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THE NEXT LEVEL OF LUXURY

PERFECTION DEFINED

Jed Gray | 208.720.0575

Home & Guest Apartment in the Heart of Ketchum

This gem in the heart of downtown is your chance to enjoy everything Ketchum has to offer. Meticulously rebuilt with an emphasis on elegance of design, natural light, and welcoming outdoor spaces.

4 BD,

BA,

SF Offered at $6,750,000

MLS #23-330859

3.5

3824

Pam Rheinschild | 208.720.5577

Step into a private oasis in the heart of Ketchum.

Inspired by the American arts and cra s movement, this home is a testament to timeless design. e detailed interior is elegant and welcoming-- cherrywood radius-paneled walls and r planked oors are complimented by cathedral ceilings and wood burning replaces. e home’s outdoor spaces are also thoughtfully considered—a waterfall pond, custom pool, and multiple decks open to the views.

THE LUXURY OF SUN VALLEY LIVING

THE LUXURY OF SUN VALLEY LIVING

Whether we’re fortunate enough to reside here, or visit as often as time allows, we know that life in Sun Valley is a luxury... infinite recreational opportunities, superb arts culture, a focus on healthy living, and a true sense of community.

GRAYDON & HEATHER BURNETT BURNETT PROPERTIES

Whether we’re fortunate enough to reside here, or visit as often as time allows, we know that life in Sun Valley is a luxury... infinite recreational opportunities, superb arts culture, a focus on healthy living, and a true sense of community.

It’s a luxury worth investing in.

It’s a luxury worth investing in.

Grady, Associate Broker / Partner • 208.720.0906

Heather, Agent • 208.721.0484

GRAYDON & HEATHER BURNETT BURNETT PROPERTIES

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GRAYDON & HEATHER BURNETT BURNETT PROPERTIES

Grady, Associate Broker / Partner • 208.720.0906

Heather, Agent • 208.721.0484

Grady, Associate Broker / Partner • 208.720.0906

Heather, Agent • 208.721.0484

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Knob Hill Residence

Knob Hill Residence

Whether we’re fortunate enough to reside here, or visit as often as time know that life in Sun Valley is a luxury... infinite recreational opportunities, superb arts culture, a focus on healthy living, and a true sense of community. a luxury worth investing in.

$22,850,000

An estate home that is unlike any other in the Valley. Setting itself apart not only by its beauty and simplicity, but also with its cutting edge technology and design. Brought to you by renowned builder Osborne Construction, Equipped with state of art electronics, appliances, and fixtures, imparting a sense of grandeur while also easily livable, this 6 bedroom, 11 bathroom masterpiece is sure to exceed the expectations. Mainly single floor living, with an additional spa wing on the lower level off of the pool and in-ground spa. Two additional flex rooms provide opportunities for creativity and specificity, depending on the buyer’s preference. Everything about this home allows for seamless indoor-outdoor living, for grand entertaining or casually elegant gatherings.

STYLE DIAL

SOFA CENTERPIECE

“The elegant shape of this sofa makes it the centerpiece in any room,” says Marina Broschofsky, owner of Red Door Home + Design. “It’s minimal yet thoughtful details give a unique spin on the traditional sofa.”

Red Door Home + Design 406 North Main Street | Hailey 208.788.9075 reddoordesignhouse.com

QUIGLEY FARM: A SENSE OF PLACE

A community with a focus

by Lori Williams

In iconic and scenic Quigley Canyon, Quigley Farm has taken root as a neighborhood development committed to building a unique community blending for-profit and nonprofit institutions to produce sustainable economic, social, and environmental benefits.

Developer Dave Hennessy, Sage School Head Harry Weekes, and Summit Creek Capital Managing Partner Duncan Morton formed a venture to develop the project as a different way to create a community focused on the guiding principles of agriculture, education, and wellness. And progress in this self-sustaining community is beginning to bloom.

The 1,500-acre ranch development adjacent to the city of Hailey—230 acres of which have been annexed into city limits—went through an extensive planning process incorporating community and stakeholder input. The resulting master plan is a work in progress as a model of transformative change. Every design decision for Quigley Farm has been rooted in this location’s ecology, culture, and history to provide a unique

place-based outcome. This distinct model incorporates cluster housing, pocket neighborhoods, farm lots with dedicated agriculture space, and live/work units. Orchards, a living forest, greenhouses, and community gardens are also projected for the neighborhood space. For popular recreational use, there will be playing fields, a pump track, flow trails, and a connection to the BLM trail system and Nordic trails.

Says Hennessy, “We believe we created a good balance between what was needed for the development to function, what worked well within the community structure, and what people wanted. Our goal has been creating a community where the nonprofit and commercial collaboration creates the ability for each entity to build on one another and benefit from working together.”

The developers put the remaining 1,275 acres into a conservation easement designed to preserve the look and feel of the space in perpetuity. “Between the Blaine

County Nordic Center winter trails and the series of summer trails that loop the canyon, we are working on a trail system in conjunction with BLM that, when completed, will include over 45 miles of trails built out surrounding Quigley,” explains Hennessy.

Nearly 300 acres of agricultural land run down the center of Quigley Farm, with the idea of residential clusters tucked among trees and farm lots that run seamlessly into open fields. Large parcels of land are dedicated to agriculture and food production, preserving an element of the property’s cultivated feel. Currently, Quigley Farm is working with several farmers and maintaining a dry crop down the center, but plans this fall are to implement a water management system called Silvopasture, the practice of integrating trees, forage, and the grazing of animals in a mutually beneficial way.

Through a connection made by Harry Weekes, Quigley is working with The WUR University of the Netherlands, one of the world’s foremost agricultural and educational

universities, to establish a regenerative agricultural program. WUR completed a graduate study plan for Quigley providing an overall concept for implementing a food campus, identifying what could and should be grown and on what schedule.

The backbone of Quigley Farm is the Quigley Foundation, overseeing partnerships and enterprises within the neighborhood, supporting the core components of food, education, wellness, and recreation. The Foundation is funded and supported by proceeds of the real estate development as it moves forward, enabling the organization to carry out the mission for the involved stakeholders and the overall community.

The ecologically-centered Sage School campus, completed last year, is also within the Quigley Farm neighborhood. The school prides itself on creating a thriving environment for students to engage in experiences designed to promote self-awareness, community responsibility, and a sense of place.

“Quigley Farm is on its way to being a vibrant, wellness-infused community with core values and exceptional recreation opportunities out your front door.”

The Sage School’s curriculum perfectly aligns itself with the place-based concept of Quigley Farm, reflecting the core elements of the Foundation.

All of Quigley Farm Phase 1 lots have been sold, and Phase 2 launched in July, according to Stuart Hoag, Associate Broker at Sun Valley Real Estate. Says Hoag, “Quigley Farm is on its way to being a vibrant, wellness-infused community with core values and exceptional recreation opportunities out your front door.” 

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—Stuart Hoag

THE PURPOSE OF PAIN

Dr. Molly Brown offers insight and awareness

Pain serves a purpose in that it is a wake-up call to pay attention to whatever is causing it. At my clinic, we use very specific methods to understand the why behind pain and live a fully confident and pain-free life. We are built to move and have a life of high physical activity, with muscle mass being the longevity organ of the body.

Pain can stop us in our tracks. It can put the nervous system in a highly stressed state. One of the biggest reasons for depression and anxiety in active people or athletes is due to chronic injury or pain after a serious injury. This can be quickly resolved.

The number-one cause of death in people over 65 is death by falling. Once hospitalized, muscle mass and strength are lost, and the risk of falling again triples. In particular, once injured, our proprioception, or the body’s ability to position itself in space, decreases significantly, leading to an increased risk of falling and injury. This is particularly common after concussions. This can be immediately restored once an injured or “turned off” muscle is reactivated with restored function. Once reactivated, muscles become functional, with a new level of stability and recovery.

Most pain is neuromuscular pain caused by muscle inhibition. This means that once a muscle is overloaded due to impact or injury or overstressed due to poor nutrition, toxicity, repetitive motion, or inadequate lymphatic flow, the muscle can “shut down,” as does an overloaded circuit breaker, and it loses connection to the brain. The muscle simply stops engaging. We call this an “inhibited” muscle. This is a problem because the muscles hold the joints in place, stabilize the structure, position the body in space, and increase strength and flow in the body. Once this inhibition

“Pain is the body sending signals to us that there is an issue in that area.”

—Dr. Molly Brown

occurs, pain is felt at the end of the muscle, the origin or insertion. Correcting the muscle through specific techniques permanently clears both acute and chronic pain.

The most incredible technique I have found to relieve pain permanently, along with predicting and preventing future injury, is the A.M.I.T. (Advanced Muscle Integration Technique) method. This method combines 17 different modalities in one technique. We see miracles happen daily with this work. It is “one of the most effective treatments for reversing permanent injuries,” as stated by Tim Ferriss in The 4-Hour Body. And NBA Hall of Fame legend John Stockton says that the A.M.I.T. method produces “amazing results” without needing drugs or surgery.

According to A.M.I.T. founder Dr. Craig Buhler, “In our 42 years’ experience treating top athletes worldwide, 80 percent of the cases of plantar fasciitis have been easily corrected.”

I, too, have seen that in my clinic, along with knee, neck, lower back, and more, saving an incredible amount of time, money, and quality of life.

Dr. Buhler brilliantly explains the degeneration process: “Once a muscle is inhibited, it can no longer contract normally. The pain centers fire to protect the tissue, and muscle contraction is limited and painful. The inhibition remains years after the injury has healed. The more the muscle is stressed, the more the pain increases. This means the injured person begins to walk and run differently to protect the foot. This will eventually lead to knee, hip, and low back pain or injury.”

This method is my go-to method for pain, injury, post-surgery healing, and more. The muscles are the display units of the body, and in this way, the area of pain can lead us to quickly pinpoint which muscle needs to be corrected and prioritize the most efficient plan of action with the method. A muscle correction takes about ten minutes.

Pain is the body sending signals to us that there is an issue in that area. It should not be stopped with pain medications or cortisol injections, as this does not solve the root cause of the problem. It simply masks it. Pain can often be resolved rapidly and efficiently by correcting the inhibited muscle, oxygenating and energizing the tissues and cells, and mineralizing the tissues. 

Dr. Molly Brown, Ph.D., D.N.M. owns CENTER , her neurologicallybased clinic, and GLOW in Ketchum, Idaho. Specializing in sleep, endocrine issues, autoimmune, anxiety, depression, detoxification, pain (knee, back, shoulder, neck), and sports injury. Molly passionately holds space for limitless healing.

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ST. LUKE’S WOOD RIVER FOUNDATION FUNDS CARDIOLOGY EQUIPMENT UPGRADE

by Joy Prudek

To provide the most optimal patient care and accurate outcomes, it is imperative to offer the patient and providers with equipment that is capable of finding irregularities within the cardiac system. Through community generosity, St. Luke’s Wood River Foundation (SLWRF) recently provided over $100,000 to purchase state-of-the-art electrocardiogram units for the Wood River Valley.

“SLWR Foundation is grateful for the generosity of the community that enables us to purchase this state-of-theart equipment that will help improve patient experience and, ultimately, outcomes. As a critical access hospital, it is important to be able to diagnose and treat our patients close

Expanded and enhanced services are available

to home whenever possible, and this equipment will make a significant impact for many who live or visit our valley,” comments Megan Tanous, Chief Development Officer, SLWR Foundation.

Echocardiography uses ultrasound waves to image a large number of structural and functional characteristics of the heart. It is a critical tool in the diagnosis and management of a large variety of cardiac issues, including heart valvular function, heart failure, many cardiomyopathies (abnormal heart structure and function), heart attack, coronary artery disease and angina, certain severe infections, effects of chemotherapy on heart function, abnormal

“As a critical access hospital, it is important to be able to diagnose and treat our patients close to home whenever possible, and this equipment will make a significant impact for many who live or visit our valley.”

—Megan Tanous

heart rhythms, certain types of stroke, congenital heart conditions, and more.

“We utilize it every day in the clinic, the emergency department, and for hospitalized individuals. The new machine will provide significantly better and more detailed images, which will improve diagnosis and management information. In addition, it can obtain newer sophisticated information and imaging not available on the current machine, which will also improve diagnostic and management decisions and facilitate care here in our community,” explains David D. Laxson, M.D., F.A.C.C., FAHA, St. Luke’s Wood River Clinic–Cardiology.

An electrocardiography, also known as an ECG or EKG, measures the electrical activity of the heartbeat. The electrical impulse or wave that travels through the heart causes the heart muscle to squeeze, pumping blood. The EKG measures how long it takes for the electrical wave to pass through the heart and if it is too fast, slow, irregular, or normal. A cardiologist can also determine if parts of the heart are overworked, too large, or damaged. Rhythm disorders occur when the heart doesn’t beat properly and cannot pump blood effectively, which can damage or even shut down the lungs, brain, and all other organs.

“This kind of investment is a critical step and tool in providing the best heart care possible here in the valley,” Laxson adds. 

For more information on Cardiology Services at St. Luke’s Wood River, visit stlukesonline.org/communities-and-locations/facilities/clinics/ st-lukes-clinic-cardiology-ketchum or call 208.727.8710. To learn more about St. Luke’s Wood River Foundation, visit slwrf.org or email Betsy Mullins at mullinse@slhs.org or call 208.727.8419.

UNDERSTANDING YOUR LONGEVITY

Extend your life by adding to it

by Brent Russell, MD

We all want to live a long, healthy, and happy life. The good news is that it’s largely within our control. In the past, we didn’t have the information or the means, so it was usually luck and genetics. Nowadays, we make our own luck.

As opposed to lifespan, “healthspan” is defined as the duration of a healthy life. And living healthy means feeling better today, both emotionally and physically. We will discuss eight proven ways to extend your healthspan and the quality of your life:

1. Exercise and movement

2. Regular checkups and preventative health measures

3. A diet of whole foods with minimal processed or sweetened foods

4. Adequate hydration

5. Optimal sleep

6. Minimizing unhealthy habits like smoking and alcohol

7. Intermittent fasting

8. Supplements, superfoods, vitamins, and NAD

This article discusses one through four, with a second installment to come in the fall.

1. EXERCISE AND MOVEMENT

Exercise is fun. We all love outdoor activities. Our valley is a phenomenal amusement park, courtesy of Mother Nature. Most of us find ourselves in Idaho’s mountains because we are passionate about recreation.

The Mayo Clinic recommends a minimum of 150 minutes per week of moderate-intensity exercise, enough to raise your heart rate and break a sweat, or 75 minutes of higher-intensity exercise, plus at least two days of strength training. The health benefits of resistance conditioning are huge and often neglected. You don’t have to pump iron at the gym. You can do push-ups, bodyweight squats, planks, etc., in your backyard.

No matter what you prefer to do, just get moving! Skiing, biking, running, and hiking are all going to make you feel better and live longer!

2. REGULAR CHECK-UPS AND PREVENTATIVE HEALTH MEASURES

Regular appointments with your physician can have a huge impact on your healthspan. U.S. cancer death rates have fallen by a third in the past 30 years. This is partly because of improved treatments but mostly due to screening and early detection. Finding cancer during its infancy makes it far easier to treat and beat.

Besides cancer screening, your blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar should be checked regularly. Immunizations play a significant role in avoiding preventable diseases. Telling your doctor about new symptoms, such as unusual pain or unexpected weight changes, can help discover diseases early. It is your physician’s job to screen for illnesses. It’s your job to make the appointment.

PHOTO BY RYLAND MAUCK-DUFF

“Regular appointments with your physician can have a huge impact on your healthspan.”

—Brent Russell, MD

3. POP QUIZ: WHAT IS THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IN LIVING A HEALTHY, LONG LIFE?

A) Exercise

B) Limiting alcohol and tobacco

C) Income

D) Diet

E) Sleep quality

The answer is D, and it’s arguably the easiest thing on the list to accomplish. With the exception of B, the other options take time. But it doesn’t take any more time to eat healthy.

The most important foods to avoid are highly processed ones, because artificial ingredients and preservatives cause inflammation in the body. Our bodies interpret these strange chemicals as foreign, and we mount an immune response, creating inflammation that causes many, many disease processes. Processed sugar also creates inflammation by spiking our blood glucose. In the USA, almost 70% of our caloric intake is from highly processed foods. This is a problem of epidemic proportions, far worse than tobacco, illegal drug, and alcohol abuse.

Eating healthy is relatively simple. Avoid processed sugar and any foods that you couldn’t make in your kitchen. Eat whole foods, with the majority of your calories coming from a variety of plants. With natural foods, you can eat all you want.

4. ADEQUATE HYDRATION

Adequate hydration is one of the most important factors in longevity. Researchers at the NIH found that adults with higher levels of sodium, which increases as hydration decreases, showed advanced biological aging and a greater chance of dying prematurely. Adults who stay well-hydrated are healthier and live longer compared to those who do not get sufficient fluids.

There are two ways to hydrate: drinking and via the intravenous route. IV fluids hydrate you faster and better than drinking water. Over 60% of people who come through hospital emergency rooms are treated with an IV. So drink lots of water and come to EXTEN for a super boost of IV hydration!

EXTEN (formerly known as Elevated Hydration) was founded by a physician and nurse from the Wood River Medical Center Emergency Department based on the belief that you don’t have to be sick to get better. It is an Idaho-based business dedicated to helping individuals achieve optimal health and well-being using IV hydration and vitamin therapy. EXTEN offers a comprehensive menu of vitamin drips, like the original Myers Cocktail, our Super Immunity, and the unbelievable energy-boosting NAD+ infusions. EXTEN serves the Ketchum and Boise areas. EXTEN is dedicated to helping Idahoans live their best lives. 

EXTEN helps to refuel the body's gas tank for hydration, vitamin therapy, immunity, energy, and more.

DR AW FROM THE WELL

Guiding one’s longevity and vitality for life

By Sabina Dana Plasse

Blair Brown has amassed her life’s work to create a wellness sanctuary in the heart of Ketchum. In designing The Well, Brown wanted to provide an environment for the ultimate in wellness choices and lifestyle needs as a premier center and space. As intended, The Well offers personalized therapies and treatments along with medical biometric evaluations, nutritional guidance, health coaching, and a bevy of cutting-edge and timehonored wellness remedies all in one location.

Photos by Halsey Pierce

“We have a comprehensive offering that speaks to a diversity of needs,” says Brown. “When recovering from an athletic injury, a disease, or an imbalance in one’s system, we can combine all the treatments to include the entire body, not just one part of the system. It’s why The Well can be realized as an open door for everyone. Additionally, memberships are about accessibility, and there are a diversity of levels.”

At The Well’s Open Room, one can book contrast therapy with infrared saunas and a cold plunge, and there’s also red light, halo salt, and compression therapies to try or lymphatic drainage. Perhaps bellying up to The Well’s Rx Bar is in order where teas, tinctures, tonics, prescription lattes, functional mushrooms, and probiotic coffee can get the day started or give an afternoon a lift.

Supporting preventive and modern healing, which include contrast, ozone, and infusion therapies, The Well presents proven technologies and personalized programs with expert practitioners and comprehensive testing. Adding to The Well’s services, Brown has also teamed up with Cory Szybala, NMD of Sun Valley Natural Medicine, whose medical background as a naturopathic physician is synonymous with Brown’s vision.

“Connecting with Blair at The Well propels the idea of a community focused on wellness,” says Dr. Szybala. “I maintain my practice, and now I can expand my reach through The Well. The concept makes a big difference in how we can care for people. We look at diet, lifestyle, mental health, physical and emotional function—the whole gamut of someone’s well-being. If not, you don’t get the whole picture of someone.”

Providing a full-service wellness menu with a naturopathic doctor, nutritionists, health coaches, aestheticians, and visiting artists, the perspective of wellness takes on new meaning at The Well. It’s a safe

space in a community with like-minded people who have similar interests and who also want to work with you.

“Wellness is part of what we need,” says Dr. Szybala. “Everyone needs support more than ever, and we want to be there for them. Mental and emotional help is needed, and people want a place to go, like The Well, and find healing.”

Brown adds, “Wellness is relative, and many people have different ideas about what wellness is to them. We live in Sun Valley because it is a ‘wellness’ lifestyle that is close to nature. This is why we have space for all at The Well.”

A wide range of services includes Cryotherapy, Emsculpt NEO, full spectrum infrared heat, cold plunge, contrast therapy, and Verté Essentials, which offers an array of artisan apothecary products intended to bring ritual back to everyday practices. Dedicated to enhancing longevity, promoting optimal health, and fostering active lifestyles, The Well’s attention to healthy living exists on every level.

One of several treatment rooms at The Well

“Mental and emotional help is needed, and people want a place to go, like The Well, to find healing.”

—Cory Szybala, NMD

“We live in Sun Valley because it is a ‘wellness’ lifestyle and to be close to nature and live this belief.”

—Blair Brown

“Melding concierge service with alternative healing and wellness is part of The Well. It utilizes the many connections and networks available in the Sun Valley community, which has a wide reach to experts in the field of wellness,” says Brown. “We anticipate accommodating requests and expect to help many through fulfilling their needs.”

Adding to the all-inclusive experience, you can also take The Well with you. A boutique of retail items, which offers elements of The Well for home and design along with tools and devices for well-being, will be readily available for sale along with supplements and skin care products.

The Well will have its grand opening with a full moon ceremony, a yurt excursion experience ticket event, and a week-long art installment that speaks to the beauty of art and nature throughout the first week of August with a members-only event. In addition, The Well will be open for Gallery Walk on Friday, August 4, with its visiting artist in attendance. 

471 Leadville Avenue | Ketchum 208.309.6868

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ROOTS MUSIC TO SOOTHE THE SOUL

The Wood Brothers and The Infamous Stringdusters play River Run Lodge

by Sabina Dana Plasse

Bringing a spectrum of Americana music together , The Sun Valley Museum of Art presents American roots music Grammy Award nominees The Wood Brothers and the Grammy Award-winning bluegrass band The Infamous Stringdusters for a musical experience at River Run Lodge in Ketchum at the foot of Baldy. As a collective, these musicians offer an anthology of American rootsbased music, past and present, through their storytelling lyrics and well-honed musicianship centered around string instruments and much more.

PHOTO BY SHERVIN LAINEZ

The Wood Brothers on soulful folk

The Wood Brothers have carved out their niche as American roots musicians serving their artistic vision through creative intention, visceral storytelling, and master musicianship. Brothers Oliver and Chris Wood, along with an honorary sibling Jano Rix, offer their unique and authentic vision to the American roots genre with an historical and presentday music intersection playing acoustic and electric and other instruments to fill out their unique niche and inventive sound. Chris Wood, also of the American jazz fusion trio Medenski Martin & Wood, continues his musical journey as a groundbreaking bass player and composer with The Wood

Brothers, which received a Grammy Award nomination for One Drop of Truth in the “Best Americana Album” category. For The Wood Brothers’ Sun Valley performance, they will showcase music from their most recent album, Heart is the Hero, which Chris calls their “pandemic record” as it includes many ideas that had been gestating, and that came together to offer a wellhoned artistic vision in vinyl.

“There are many steps along the way to creating a vinyl today, but it’s worth it,” says Chris. “With music and most everything, we have become visually oriented while creating it. It affects the way we create music and experience it. With Heart is the Hero, we made it all analog and transferred to tape without looking at a screen.”

Expecting something fun and exciting from The Wood Brothers’ chosen direction to create Heart is the Hero, Chris says it made them realize how ubiquitous technology is and how it has completely transformed all our lives.

“The creative process, without a screen and computer, can be recorded and transformed in any way you want,” says Chris. “The computer can be crippling because you can do anything. Often, you end up procrastinating with your creative decisions. So, having limitations can be very effective for the creative process. It allows us to retain the humanity of the music without getting too caught up in the details. We could do away with the minuscule details even though no one would ever know that but us.”

The Wood Brothers are a band that makes creative decisions that are not necessarily commercially driven. The trio brings Chris’s jazz influence and Oliver’s blues background together with multi-instrumentalist Jano Rix for an authentic experience.

“The Wood Brothers came together with many influences,” says Chris. “It’s not music that is easily categorized. I thought about what would happen if Charles Mingus and Robert Johnson started a band, so here it is, and there’s so much more we can do.”

“I thought about what would happen if Charles Mingus and Robert Johnson started a band.”

—Chris Wood

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The Infamous Stringdusters—

opener

Today’s bluegrass music scene is exploding and drawing generations of music lovers together more than ever, especially since The Infamous Stringdusters are embracing bluegrass to preserve it in history while performing with a 21st-century appeal. Nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance for “Magic No. 9” from Things That Fly and winning a Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album, A Tribute to Bill Monroe, The Infamous Stringdusters have carved out a special place in music history for their contributions to bluegrass music.

The quintet of Andy Hall on dobro, Andy Falco on guitar, Chris Pandolfi on banjo, Jeremy Garrett on fiddle, and Travis Book on double bass inspires a deeper understanding of the

more than an

genre. Under the label American Vibes, The Infamous Stringdusters are releasing a tribute album to safekeeping bluegrass history and bringing it present and into the future. Their thirteenth full-length record, A Tribute to Flatt & Scruggs, pays homage to singer and guitarist Lester Flatt and banjo player Earl Scruggs and their influence on American music.

“The idea is to continue to do these tribute albums,” says Chris Pandolfi. “We have been around long enough that The Stringdusters have come to realize that we naturally have become a bridge between what is happening currently and what happened with music. As a band, we’ve always pushed the music forward and use all our varied influences to try and break new ground with bluegrass.”

The storytelling and string instruments that create the draw of bluegrass represents roots music at its core and offer a living history. The result is meaningful songs played and sung with a great deal of soul.

“We use all our varied influences,” says Chris. “The foundation of our sound is rooted in this music. It has an enormous history, culture, and lineage. It’s why many people get into bluegrass. If we can be part of people discovering that and trace it back, we are doing our job. The music allows everyone to have a common place to enjoy, which is uniquely bluegrass.”

The Infamous Stringdusters is the rare group who can team up with contemporary artists on late-night television one night, headline the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheatre, or perform alongside The Grateful Dead’s Phil Lesh the next. The band has attracted a faithful international audience and bluegrass continues to connect to new listeners and provide dedicated followers with new works. It might even bring The Wood Brothers and The Infamous Stringdusters together at River Run Lodge. 

August 10

The Wood Brothers and The Infamous Stringdusters

7pm

River Run Lodge | Ketchum

For tickets, visit svmoa.org or call 208.726.9491

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ESTABLISHED IN 1987, BROSCHOFSKY GALLERIES FEATURES FINE ART WITH A FOCUS ON THE WEST, HISTORIC THROUGH CONTEMPORARY.

RUSSELL CHATHAM

1939 - 2019

Featuring a Selection of Oil Paintings and Lithographs

Still Winter Evening 1991, 30” x 36” Oil on Linen

Also showing works by Bill Barrett, Emil Bisttram, Rudi Broschofsky, Edward Curtis, Jim Dine, Joellyn Duesberry, Ewoud de Groot, Joan Mitchell, Billy Schenck, Theodore Villa, Andy Warhol, David Yarrow, Russell Young, and more. 360 East Ave. Ketchum, ID • 208.726.4950 • www.brogallery.com

The Only Sound (Water Lapping)

By Kelly Ording

Acrylic on hand-dyed paper 22” x 30”

ARTS ETC

AUGUST | 2023

THE ARGYROS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

120 Main Street South | Ketchum 208.726.7872 theargyros.org

AUGUST 10 & 11

Isabella Boylston and Friends

Principal dancer for the American Ballet Theater and hometown favorite Isabella Boylston will be performing with internationally renowned concert pianist Jacek Mysinsky.

7:30pm | $50 and up

Isabella Boylston

AUGUST 31

SVFF Monthly Movie Scrapper

The Sun Valley Film Festival presents Scrapper, the Sundance 2023 World Cinema Grand Jury Prize winner: Dramatic. A joyful comedy bubbling with hope, Scrapper is the incredible debut feature from Charlotte Regan, starring Harris Dickinson and Lola Campbell. It’s said it takes a village to raise a child, but 12-year-old Georgie (Lola Campbell) has other ideas. Living alone since her beloved mum died, Georgie fills the flat they shared with her special magic. But when her absent father, Jason (Harris Dickinson), turns up out of the blue, she’s forced to confront reality. A dreamy, witty, and unmissable tale of family and fresh starts, Scrapper is a film that believes life’s not so much about chasing rainbows but snatching fistfuls in both hands.

5:30pm | $20

The Argyros | Ketchum sunvalleyfilmfestival.org

SUN VALLEY MUSEUM OF ART

191 5th Street E | Ketchum 208.726.9491

svmoa.org

AUGUST 10

The Wood Brothers and The Infamous Stringdusters

The Grammy Award-winning group, The Infamous Stringdusters, will present their new album, Toward the Fray. Alongside their performance, The Wood Bothers perform their freethinking, diverse songs.

7pm | $45 members | $55 nonmembers | $22.50 students (18 & under) River Run Lodge

AUGUST 17

Hidden Gems: Evening Exhibition Tour

Come explore the “Hidden Gems” from private collections throughout the Wood River Valley at the Sun Valley Museum of Art in Ketchum.

5:30pm | FREE

ARTS

EVENTS AROUND SUN VALLEY

AUGUST 4

Sun Valley Gallery Walk

Locals and visitors are welcome to view newly installed artwork, mingle with friends, and speak with artists during the Sun Valley Gallery Association Gallery Walks.

5-7:30pm | FREE svgalleries.org

AUGUST 11-13 Sun Valley Arts & Crafts Festival

This summer celebrates the 54th annual Sun Valley Arts & Crafts Festival. This event highlights craftspeople from across the nation. The festival includes world-renowned artwork from several different mediums, including painting, sculpture, ceramics, photography, woodwork, metalwork, jewelry and more.

Friday 10am-5pm | Saturday 10am-5pm | Sunday 10am-4pm Atkinsons Park | 900 3rd Avenue | Ketchum sunvalleyartsandcraftsfestival.com

AUGUST 18 & 19 Artists’ Studio Tour of the Wood River Valley

AUGUST 9, 11-13, 15-16 & 18-19

Shakespeare in the Park presents Twelfth Night

The Laughing Stock Theater Company will be performing the famous Shakespearean play with a mixture of actors from around the nation.

6pm | $30 for adults and $15 for under 18 Ketchum Rotary Park

1177 Warm Springs Road | Ketchum laughingstocktheatre.org

The Wood River Studio Tour is a great opportunity to explore, converse, and acknowledge Wood River-based artists. The tour welcomes all members of the public to enjoy the creative work of local artists.

11am-5pm | FREE artiststudiotour.com

ARTS EVENTS AROUND SUN VALLEY

AUGUST 19

Killebrew-Thompson

Memorial’s Concert for a Cure

Petty Theft, a Tom Petty Tribute

All concert proceeds benefit cancer research at St. Luke’s Cancer Institute in Idaho and the Masonic Cancer Center at the University of Minnesota.

7pm | Doors

8-10pm | Show

$104 Premium Reserved | $76 Early Access GA | $44 GA | $27 Students | $10 Under 12 River Run Lodge | Ketchum ktmgolf.com/concert-for-a-cure/

AUGUST 29

THE WHALE

A benefit screening of the 2023 Oscar® Award-winning film presented by Sun Valley Playwright’s Residency. The evening includes pre-screening wine and a post-screening Q&A with screenwriter, MacArthur “Genius” Fellow, and Idaho native Samuel D. Hunter. VIP admission also includes a pre-screening wine and hors d’oeuvres reception with Hunter, plus prime reserved seating for the screening.

5:30pm | Wine & hors d’oeuvres reception with Samuel D. Hunter

6:30pm | Screening

8:30pm | Q&A

$25 General Admission ($10 tax-deductible)

$150 VIP Admission ($100 tax-deductible)

The Argyros | Ketchum sunvalleyplaywrights.org

AUGUST 29

Sun Valley Opera

The Sun Valley Opera is hosting a Diva Party and “Keep It Local” concert starring Andrew Garratt and accompanied by R. L. Rowsey. The event is honoring retiring Board Members Anita Weissberg, Dennis Dunn, and Co-Founder President Emeritus Marsha Ingham for their contributions to programming.

Diva Party | 6:30pm Concert 7pm | $175 Private garden sunvalleyopera.com

LIVE MUSIC

KETCHUM & HAILEY

THURSDAYS-MONDAYS

LIMELIGHT LIVE MUSIC

5:30-8:30pm

Limelight Hotel Ketchum

151 Main Street | Ketchum

208.726.0888

limelighthotels.com/ketchum

TUESDAYS

KETCH’EM ALIVE

Forest Service Park 131 River Street East | Ketchum

7-9pm

AUGUST 1

The Glitter Bombs

AUGUST 8

Macey Gard Band

AUGUST 15

Tim Lightyear

THURSDAYS

HAILEY LIVE

presented by Sawtooth Brewery

Hop Porter Park | Hailey

6:30-9:30pm

AUGUST 3

Bird in Hand

AUGUST 10

Cole & The Thornes

AUGUST 17

Sghetti

AUGUST 24

Laney Lou & The Bird Dogs

THROUGH AUGUST 24

SUN VALLEY MUSIC FESTIVAL

Extraordinary, admission-free performances with world-class musicians. Visit website for a full schedule of performances and events.

6:30pm | FREE Sun Valley Pavilion svmusicfestival.org

THE COMMUNITY LIBRARY

415 Spruce Avenue North | Ketchum 208.726.3493 comlib.org

AUGUST 2 Rivers

Revealed— Uncovering the Hidden Pathways of Flowing Water with LiDAR

When entering the Community Library’s Wood River Museum of History and Culture, visitors will be greeted by an incredible image created by Dan Coe. The artist will discuss the creation of this image and showcase other lidar river images from the Pacific Northwest and around the world.

6pm | FREE

AUGUST 7 A Force for Nature: Nancy Russell’s Fight to Save the Columbia Gorge Author Bowen Blair showcases a tumultuous and inspiring story in his new book, A Force for Nature.

6pm | FREE

AUGUST 16

Ike and Winston: Friends and Leaders in War and Peace

Despite their disparate backgrounds, fate and destiny brought these men together. Join Lee Pollock as he tells the fascinating story of these two extraordinary men.

6pm | FREE

AUGUST 22

Cruising to Idaho via the Columbia and Snake Rivers

During 2021, Marc Onetto started on a 450-mile adventure. His journey took him through the Washington coast, and up the Columbia River into Northern Idaho. Marc will now share this navigation journey through images of waterfalls and semi-desert landscapes.

6pm | FREE

K ATHY MOSS

Secret narratives

by Lily Martin

Flowers are inherently beautiful, but they also serve as symbols with endless meaning. Artist Kathy Moss paints botanicals as her primary subject, interested in the duality between surface and significance. “Florals and botanicals contain a psychology for me and, on a large scale, represent heads, beats, and landscapes,” Moss explains. “I like the way they look in silhouette.”

She explores the mysterious nature of these forms, which float within an ambiguous space, bridging two worlds: conceptual and representative. The viewer may recognize a shadowy rosebud or a daisy but is confounded by the reverberation of these shapes, which echo across the canvas in arrangements that would never exist in nature. “These are secret narratives; they reveal themselves in quiet contemplation,” says Moss.

Moss’s early work as a print and surface designer has significantly influenced her painting. This effect is most apparent in her repetition of forms, which materialize like patterns on the canvas. “I am a formal painter; in those considerations of form, shape, size, scale, surface, situation, drawing approach, composition, colors (or lack thereof) are the well from which I draw. Over the last 21 years, the work has evolved into a personal iconography, a world of glistening, minimalist surfaces, with floating objects employed as signs,” she says. Aside from subject matter, Moss’s monochromatic and earthy palettes make these paintings unmistakably hers.

Moss begins her process by building and stretching the canvas herself and priming it with traditional rabbit skin glue. She is a master of building up her paintings’ rich and luxuriously textured surfaces. Her exhaustive process involves painting in layers, some of which she drenches in turpentine (paint thinner) only to wipe parts away with a bed sheet, then painting over top of the vague traces of what was there before. With each indexical brush stroke, Moss creates a history on canvas. Erasures become

“You must relinquish rigid expectations of what you think the painting should be and allow it to emerge as what it has always been.”

—Kathy Moss

Sunflowers with Fold Charcoal on draft paper 13.5” x 16”

like beautiful ghosts or fading footprints on the beach obscured by the tide. Moss describes how she often wrestles with her paintings, which autonomously reveal themselves toward the end of the process. “You must relinquish rigid expectations of what you think the painting should be and allow it to emerge as what it has always been,” she says. Not unlike a sculptor approaching the stone, freeing the form trapped inside.

Kathy Moss presents a solo exhibition of new work at Gail Severn Gallery through August, featuring large-scale oil paintings and more intimate drawings. 

August 4

Opening Exhibition

Kathy Moss in attendance

5:30-7pm

August 5

Artist Chat with Kathy Moss

10am

Gail Severn Gallery

400 First Avenue North | Ketchum 208.726.5079

info@gailseverngallery.com gailseverngallery.com

552 Oil on linen 60” x 60”

ENRICHING AND SUPPORT ING LOCAL A R TISANS

Artist Studio Tour of the Wood River Valley hails the creator

by Sabina Dana Plasse

Many professional artists who make their livings and live full-time in the Wood River Valley choose south-central Idaho because it is a place that inspires creativity. Most artists participating in the Artist Studio Tour of the Wood River Valley are fully engaged in their art as part of their livelihood. As a participant in the Artist Studio Tour, artists and the Valley’s economy are supported while procuring art on-site and in-hand. And, if desired, you can create a relationship with an artist and become a potential collector.

PHOTO BY HALSEY PIERCE

Encaustic artist Jodie Stejer in her studio at 620 Sun Valley Road in the Walnut Avenue Mall.

By Sarah Davies

“In every way, the Sun Valley community is welcoming and consistently interests the artist.”

—Sarah Davies Celebration

Mixed media on canvas

Abstract encaustic artist Jodie Stejer, whose studio is located on Sun Valley Road in Ketchum, is a participant in this year’s tour, and she enjoys the engagement of meeting new people, which she finds inspiring along with living in the Wood River Valley. “In my working studio gallery space, onlookers will come in while I am working or watch me through the window, and I love it,” says Stejer. “People connect to abstract work in many ways. Encaustic is a unique medium, which many don’t know about, even though it is an ancient art form. It’s very organic in nature, and it’s a very durable medium.” Stejer adds, “The studio tour is important for me because people who follow art find me, and I can have several works of art available to appeal to a wide range of visitors.”

Forty established Valley artists will open their studios to the public for this year’s tour, with returning artists and several new artists. In addition, if a participant visits eight studios over the two days, a tour-goer will qualify to enter a drawing with gifts from participating artists as prizes. Studio tour visitors will be given a copy of the map, and they will put their contact info on the map. When they have signatures from eight studios, they will leave the map at the eighth studio they visit. A drawing will be held several days after the tour and 40 prizes will be given away.

“I love being an independent artist,” says participating tour artist Sarah Davies. “For 30 years, I have enjoyed showing my art in galleries and independently. In every way, the Sun Valley community is welcoming and consistently interests the artist. I am very grateful for this. The interest in the arts in the Sun Valley per capita is much greater than in the large city

Unicorn

By Bex Wilkinson Mixed media

Jewelry by Cristina Healy Cristina Healy’s designs are inspired by nature, imbued with Eastern sophistication and the raw beauty and honesty of the West…truly exquisite.

4’ x 4’ 2023

By Susan Hall Diptych

I used to live in. It’s easier to meet people and engage. When patrons come into your studio, you can visit with them too, which is a gift.”

Besides admiring and enjoying the creations of the many artists on the tour, purchasing art and wares or goods, more importantly, there is an opportunity to discuss and learn about artists’ techniques and the inspiration behind their visible works. In addition, acquiring locally produced art and goods contributes to sustainability, allowing artists to

By Marybeth Flower

“The studio tour allows people more time to come into an artist’s studio and get to know the work.”

—Susan Hall

La Reine and King Rene

Mixed media on canvas 12” x 12” x 2”

Trail Creek Dazzle

By Anne Jeffery

thrive and offering original items and admired pieces to enjoy for many years. It creates a memory and provides a priceless connection.

“I like the studio tour because I have the ability to meet people, and I can help interested collectors, on a smaller scale, make decisions about art,” says participating tour artist Susan Hall. “Having been in the design business for 50 years and now showing in my in-home studio, I can demonstrate how art may appear in one’s home.” Hall adds, “The studio tour allows people more time to come into an artist’s studio and get to know the work. As artists, the tour allows us to establish relationships for people to return. Many people who participate in the tour are very knowledgeable about art, and for younger people, it’s an opportunity to see things in the process, which is an invaluable experience. It’s been very rewarding.”

Whether you bike, drive, or walk, the amount of art and goods available will include a variety of styles, mediums, and crafts, as well as an array of painting techniques from oil and water to works on paper, mixed media, handmade jewelry, leather bags, photography, glass-blown items, crosscut bamboo sculpture, encaustic hot and cold wax, woodworks, waxed linen weave, and much more. 

This year’s Artist Studio Tour of the Wood River Valley takes place from Friday, August 18, through Saturday, August 19, from 11am to 5pm each day. A map of the physical locations plus profiles of the artists with images and contact information can be found at artiststudiotour.com

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

Mike Baldwin

Sally Benedict

Beth Bolsinger

Glenn Carter

Tina Cole

David Costa

Anne Crumpacker

Liam Curd

Sarah Davies

Marybeth Flower

Jineen Griffith

Susan Hall

E.J. Harpham

Christina Healy

Lisa Holley

Luann Holmes

Lisa Horton

Kimberly Howard

Karen Jacobsen

Anne Jeffery

Cindy Kirk

Jan Lassetter

Jill Lear

Marty Lyon

Sally Metcalf

Kim Nilsen

Holbrook Newman

Susan Perin

William Pinney

Narda Pitkethly

Mary Rau

Marjolaine Renfro

Mary Rolland

Deanna Schrell

Cubby West Spain

Janet Starr

Jodie Stejer

Pamela Street

Bex Wilkinson

Wendy Wooding

Effervescence

Photomontage in 74 layers 62” x 36” 2023

Spectacular 50th Anniversary Specials!

Artist Studio Tour of the Wood River Valley

202 MARIPOSA ROAD | THE HEATHERLANDS | #17 ON THE MAP

Friday August 18, Saturday August 19, Sunday Aug 20 11am-5pm

Christina Healy/Sun Valley 208-788-6033 | christinahealy.com

“Healy’s designs are inspired by Nature; imbued with Eastern sophistication and the raw beauty and honesty of the West…truly exquisite”

NOW SHOWING

Kneeland Gallery

Steven Lee Adams, Ovanes Berberian, Jack Braman, John Horejs, Shanna Kunz, Lori McNee, Caleb Meyer, Robert Moore, Silas Thompson, and Bart Walker

32nd Annual Plein Air Exhibition | July 31-August 4

En plein air is a French expression meaning “in the open air” and refers to the act of painting outdoors with the artist’s subject in full view. Plein air artists capture the spirit and essence of a landscape or subject by incorporating natural light, color, and movement into their works.

Kneeland Gallery’s exciting annual plein air event allows you to get involved in a variety of fun activities involving 10 of our premier plein air artists. First and foremost, we encourage you to interact with the painters—they do love the attention! Attend a variety of events in addition to the paint-out, including a plein air workshop with Lori McNee, sponsored by Royal Talens North America, a demonstration with Robert

Moore, and the gallery walk, where you will have the opportunity to chat with all the artists. Most of all, become a collector! There is no better way to support these hardworking artists than to add a painting to your collection. While the artwork represents a mix of subject matter and styles, all the paintings offer a true sense of place and a meaningful remembrance of our beautiful surroundings.

The event takes place July 31 through August 4. For a full schedule, please contact the gallery or visit kneelandgallery.com.

271 1st Avenue North | Ketchum 208.726.5512 kneelandgallery.com

Sheep in Shade

By Silas Thompson Oil 22” x 28”

Gilman Contemporary

661 Sun Valley Road | Ketchum 208.726.7585

gilmancontemporary.com

Kelly Ording

“My goal is to create paintings that appear minimal at first glance but are, in fact, complex visual records of time, life, and experiences.”

Kelly Ording’s works explore the fine line between minimalism and representation. Interested in the tonal and textural possibilities of a surface, Ording often begins her compositions by hand-dyeing paper or canvas, creating an element of surprise and playfulness that offsets the mathematical rigor and precision of her use of bold color and line. Central to her work is the interplay of radiating color, unfolding shapes, and patterns.

Ording often uses the word “meditation” to describe the act of line-making, where time for her moves in a poetic manner. The repetition becomes its own way of marking time and thus marking the human experience.

Dynamic in nature, her paintings can be considered a vehicle to explore color theory, where overlapping patterns evolve and release tones. The balance of her compositions allows you to explore the emotive qualities of color.

In addition to her works on paper and canvas, Ording’s public works and murals hang in San Francisco’s Clarion Alley and Unity Plaza, the headquarters of Facebook and Genentech, and other locations throughout the Bay Area and internationally. Her work is featured in the collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), the San Francisco Arts Commission Public and Civic Art, the Alameda County Arts Commission, and JP Morgan Chase.

Love Songs By Kelly Ording Acrylic on hand-dyed paper 40” x 36”

Carmen McNall

“My work tells the stories of female figures of strength, focusing on those who work with their hands; keeping alive the artifacts of humanity.”

California-based artist

Carmen McNall’s paintings are punctuated by deep woodcuts creating a balance between textured patterns and stretches of pure pigment. By combining painting with added wood carving techniques, the paintings are not just rich in color but also embody the idea of “handcrafted,” a theme that is central in her work through both process and subject matter as hands play a recurring role. The faceless figures in McNall’s work resemble goddess-like muses as they rest in dynamic yet effortless poses. Each one embodies strength, confidence, and wisdom. The figures are adorned with a novel blend of symbolic patterns and mark-making. They rest within their own elements, surrounded by a complex yet tranquil interior landscape that inhabits both ancient and futuristic realms.

Through this work, McNall explores the body as a vessel, a container that carries us through life, using both literal vessels, such as vases and containers, as well as human forms. She investigates all that is held within us: memories, tension, energy, healing properties, intuition, and how these manifest into movement.

“My work is very planned out because of the nature of wood carving. Every mark is permanent and, therefore, must be intentional. A lot of the process is in the concept and vision for each piece. I spend quite a bit of time sketching the composition, the colors, and the pattern designs. I like to work on a body of work simultaneously, having multiple paintings in progress at once. This way, I can step back and see the work altogether the way I feel it’s meant to be viewed.

Once I finish painting, I carve into the pieces using woodcut gouges, creating texture within the patterns. This is a very raw part of the process. No mark you make can be undone, so it’s about accepting each mark and the handmade quality it creates. This is what I love so much about the woodcut process. It’s very honest and reveals each moment in time that went into the making of the piece, learning to work with the wood and letting the grain of the wood determine the mark making.”

Enfold in a Greater Space By Carmen McNall Acrylic on hand-carved wood panel 60” x 72”

Broschofsky Galleries

Russell Chatham Remembered

The Broschofsky Galleries August exhibit is dedicated to the art of Russell Chatham, who died on November 10, 2019. Along with his artistic mastery, Chatham was a world-renowned writer, fisherman, and chef/restauranteur. The showing is a presentation of paintings and lithographs spanning several decades.

Chatham has been aptly described as a voluptuous pilgrim who reveled in his senses. He liked privacy and companionship, stillness and camaraderie. His knowledge of and feelings about all things being connected are best “felt” in his own words:

“Fishing is much the same as painting and writing, both of which I think of as being fun. Fishing and hunting, painting and writing are all a mixture of childlike enthusiasm—fun, if you will—and sharply focused energy. The successful combination of excited wonderland fierce effort produces a new sensation: satisfaction, perhaps the greatest thrill and most important goal in all our lives.”

Sweetgrass Spring Evening By Russell Chatham Lithograph 34” x 45”

Photo by Heidi Long Longviews Studio

OCHI

Caitlin Lonegan

Polychromic

Through August 19

OCHI is pleased to present Polychromic, a solo exhibition of new paintings by Los Angeles-based artist Caitlin Lonegan. This body of work, consisting of five paintings, continues Caitlin Lonegan’s use of the full spectrum of hues, a range of application techniques, and her interest in spatial illusion that can come from patterned mark-making. To begin each painting, Lonegan maps out fields of shape and color. With each successive mark of oil paint, she transcribes what she sees—the shifting light in her studio, a glint of color on the surface of a glass, an odd city line—onto the canvas. Responding to the visuals around her and to the gessoed surface of the canvas, Lonegan builds slow textures that refract both the world and her direct experience of it. Polychromic includes works that maintain Lonegan’s compositional tendency to leave a central gesso-white abyss and works that abandon this device in favor of entirely paintcovered surfaces. Lonegan’s approach to creating illusionistic

space draws upon muscle memory accrued from recreating Impressionist and Renaissance artworks—a time-honored exercise for young artists learning how to paint. Her paintings source their palette from artists such as Fra Angelico and Claude Monet, moments of pattern from the textile imprints of Francis Bacon, and space from Cezanne and Constable.

Lonegan’s paintings, made slowly, also reward slow looking. If one is patient, one will encounter numerous portals where colorful worlds seem to emerge and dissipate. Each work suggests a perspective at the edge of subjective experience, optical perception, and empirical fact—a consciousness both skittering and contemplative, caught up in brushstrokes and paint sheen. The viewer navigates these paintings through discreet passages that direct both inward towards the illusion of space and feeling and outward towards the world.

Untitled By Caitlin Lonegan Oil, metallic oil, and iridescent oil on canvas 2023 74” x 66” x 1.5”

Gail Severn Gallery

400 1st Avenue North | Ketchum 208.726.5079

gailseverngallery.com

August

Tom Hammick

Painter and printmaker Tom Hammick presents his first solo exhibition at Gail Severn Gallery with recent work. All prints are individually hand-made by the artist in small editions through traditional relief or intaglio processes. His exceptional skill in the medium is evident in the multitude of bold colors he incorporates and the magnificent scale of certain works. Hammick’s painting practice is symbiotically linked to that of his printing, relying on the dynamic tension between positive and negative space. He approaches his paintings with confidence

and puts intention behind each mark, carving into the canvas like he would a woodblock. Hammick richly illustrates visionary scenes, often with ambiguous narratives, including mysterious figures. These emotive panoramas range from dreamy, romantic, and heroic to lonely, contemplative, and nostalgic, with a strong sense of longing. Hammick invites the viewer on what feels like a fantastic journey home.

Night Swimmer E.V., ( 3/17)

By Tom Hammick Edition variable reduction woodcut with hand painting 29.50” x 42”

Kathy Moss

Creating her own gesso and paint bodies from Renaissance recipes,

Kathy Moss depicts botanicals as mysterious archetypes in her work. Keenly aware of the suggestiveness and psychological meaning attached to flowers, they address issues of power, solipsism, and hierarchies. Traditionally working in a monochromatic neutral palette, Moss decisively introduces subtle hints of color in this new series of work. This solo exhibition will feature large-scale oil paintings and smaller works on paper.

Jun Kaneko

This major exhibition features glazed and Raku-fired ceramics and large-scale paintings by internationally renowned artist Jun Kaneko. His initial start as a painter is evident in his sculpture, where monolithic ceramic “dangos” (the Japanese word for dumpling) become three-dimensional, inflated canvases. His graphic, yet painterly, lines and dots are analogous with the Japanese Shinto concept of the “Ma,” which loosely translates into “attachment through space.” Through intentional repetition of brushstrokes and motifs, Kaneko creates a kind of abstract imagery that is recognizable and uniquely his. This exhibition will also present never-beforeseen, small-scale sculptures from the artist’s private collection. Kaneko’s work can be found in more than 100 museum collections and institutions worldwide.

#548 By Kathy Moss Oil on linen 44” x73”

Circular Raku, dango By Jun Kaneko Hand-built, glazed ceramics 35.50” x 36.50” x 14”

Sun Valley Museum of Art

Hidden Gems: Sun Valley Collects

Through September 6

Organized by Jennifer Wells Green and Courtney Gilbert 191 5th Street East |

Hidden Gems features important works from private collections throughout the Wood River Valley and offer visitors the opportunity to view artwork by some of the best-known artists of our times. The exhibition highlights the diversity and depth of modern and contemporary art in local collections and includes painting, photography, prints, and sculpture. Among the highlights are paintings by modernists Georgia O’Keeffe,

Agnes Pelton, and Fairfield Porter, photography by Tina Barney, Robert Frank, Anthony Hernandez, and Cindy Sherman, minimalist prints by Ellsworth Kelly, Sol LeWitt, and Frank Stella, sculpture by Ken Price, and a painting by contemporary artist Cecily Brown.

The newly remodeled gallery space at the Sun Valley Museum of Art PHOTO

Hemmings Gallery

Sally King Benedict

Hemmings Gallery presents a solo exhibition by Sally King Benedict, the first in her new hometown of Ketchum. For the past 15 years, Benedict has built an impressive following with major shows in Atlanta, Charleston, and New York. Known for her figurative and abstract work, she has been featured in Elle Decor, House Beautiful, Domino, and Southern Living. Benedict’s exuberant style is unmistakable and showcases her expert use of color and dynamic brushwork.

Benedict and her family moved to Ketchum from Atlanta in 2021. She’s thrilled to present her first body of work inspired by life in the Wood River Valley.

“I have come to realize that the ways I now recreate have also, in fact, re-created me. This body of work reflects my transition as an artist to a new home over the last two years with imagery inspired by a totally new landscape…one which exists simultaneously between humans and Mother Nature. I have experienced a new viewpoint amongst this community, all while bringing a new baby into the world. I am in a constant state of exhale and disbelief that we get to live here. These paintings reflect my respect for the community here and the way people surrender to the earth and its abundance.”

By Sally King Benedict

340 Walnut Avenue | Ketchum 208.254.1097

hemmingsgallery.com

Greyhawk Face

By Sally King Benedict Mixed media on canvas 44” X 54”

Canyon Abstract

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New Construction in the Heart of Ketchum

Last available residence in the stunning First & Fourth building offers endless comfort and elegance. Single-level 2BD/2.5BA condo is beautifully appointed, boasting top-of-the-line appliances and finishes. Floor-to-ceiling “window walls” bring ample natural light into this desirable corner unit.

$3,826,000 MLS# 23-330730

Nestled in Ketchum’s highly coveted Knob Hill neighborhood, this spectacular 4BD/4.5BA mountain contemporary home is both timeless and elegant. Built in 2004 by Bishop Builders, it features views of Baldy and mountains to the northwest.

$6,300,000 MLS# TBD

Wonderful Elkhorn Location

Located in Elkhorn’s prestigious June Day subdivision, this special 2.49-acre parcel is the ideal settinag for a new home, providing an elevated building envelope, dramatic sunsets, and spectacular views of Baldy and mountains to the north.

$1,750,000 MLS# 22-329106

Knob Hill Residence

As a seasoned husband-and-wife real estate team, we are passionate about helping people achieve their goals, whether they are buying their first home, looking for the perfect mountain hideaway, downsizing to a smaller residence, or selling their property. Together, we provide our clients with an exceptional real estate experience from start to finish. And sharing our enthusiasm for Sun Valley and its incredible mountain lifestyle is the highlight of what we do.

104 Greenhouse Lane Cozy 1BD/1.5BA cabin in a wooded mid-valley setting makes for easy weekend getaways. Situated on 3.5 acres with tons of potential, the cabin features a first-level primary suite and bath plus a loft with a half bath. $1,200,000 MLS#

Rare Duplex Lot on Warm Springs Creek Great opportunity to design and build a duplex or custom home on this fantastic Warm Springs Creek lot. Located in a quiet cul-de-sac on the coveted Georginia Road, the parcel offers both Baldy views and Warm Springs Creek frontage.

$3,800,000 | MLS# 23-330668

Newly constructed mountain modern in the coveted Streamside/Valley Club. The home boasts a thoughtfully designed floor plan with over 4200 sq ft of luxury living.

$2,950,000 | MLS# 23-330824

This rare opportunity is a must see! A unique home tucked away on 2 acres minutes north of Ketchum; where homes rarely are for sale. Large beams, stone fireplaces, & high ceilings.

$2,750,000 | MLS# 23-330689

This meticulously cared for home has high ceilings and floor to ceiling windows allowing the natural light to fill every room.

$2,100,000 | MLS# 23-330796

This expansive home is a hidden gem with mature landscaping, abundance of natural light & plenty of room to entertain from the chefs kitchen.

$1,950,000 | MLS# 23-330650

This quintessential modern farmhouse speaks for itself with a full remodel/addition in 2021, situated on 5 acres with community water rights, and horses allowed.

$1,795,000 | MLS# 22-329828

This quintessential modern farmhouse speaks for itself w/ a full remodel/addition in 2021, situated on 5 acres with community water rights, horses allowed.

$1,750,000 | MLS# 22-330158

This stunning home has room for everyone, including two downstairs offices that can also be bedrooms, a main floor primary, and 4 bedrooms.

$799,000 | MLS# 23-330541

Beautifully updated & appointed condo with mountain views. Spacious floor-plan set up as 2 suites but could easily be set up as a 3 or 4 bedroom condo. There are only 7 units in the complex of this size.

$750,000 | MLS# 23-330659

This mountain modern two bedroom, one and a half bath condo has been remodeled with thoughtful farmhouse style features. Enjoy a cozy evening indoors by the wood-burning fireplace or step out onto your private deck.

Keller Williams Sun Valley Southern Idaho Stephanie Reed Real Estate

stephanie@stephanie-reed.com (208) 720-8958 stephanie-reed.com

1320 HEROIC ROAD

112 MAYLEAF

12 STREAMSIDE DRIVE

19 GREENHORN ROAD

171 LABRADOR LANE

126 BENCH ROAD

140 LABRADOR LANE

Stephanie Reed & Kelly Malone

2384 INDIAN SPRINGS CONDO DR

150 WOOD RIVER DRIVE B8

$3,800,000 MLS# 23-330492

110 & 120 Lee’s Gulch Rd — Rural Bellevue — ONLY 5 MINUTES TO TOWN

Very special and seldom available end-of-the-road location adjacent to BLM lands. This 36.87* acre property includes two platted lots. One has an existing 2488 SF Main House with a 2 Car Garage built in 2014 and the other Lot has a 1202 SF Guest House with a 1 Car Garage built in 2013. Both Lots boast multiple additional building envelopes for future development. Both side-by-side lots border a seasonal stream with ponds to the south and sloping hills to the north. This could be a perfect spot for Equestrians or folks looking for extreme privacy and wide open views.

CINDY WARD ASSOCIATE BROKER 208.720.0485

cindy@findmycorner.com

MATT WARD ASSOCIATE BROKER 208.721.3013

matt@findmycorner.com

A MOTHER & SON TEAM WITH PROVEN RESULTS

$1,260,000 MLS# 22-329975

20362

Only 26 minutes from Bellevue this 34.89 acre vacant land parcel is ripe for development! Already located in the Carey City limits so no annexation would be necessary. Carey P&Z previously approved a preliminary plat (aka River Walk Sub) in 2007 for 103 lots. Buyer/ Developer will need to le a new application. Excellent water rights for current use as agricultural tenant farming. This land borders both the Little Wood River & the East Canal irrigation ditches. Buy now and use the winter to plan and break ground in Spring 2023! Blaine County NEEDS more affordable housing lots.

$965,000 MLS# 23-330491

1020 Buckskin Dr —

Deerfield Sub Hailey

Terri c 4 BD / 2.5 BA 2101 SF Home on a corner lot. Primary BD is on the main oor. Attached 2 Car Garage plus shed. Mature landscaping with lovely backyard. Several recent interior upgrades.

$529,000 MLS# 23-330259

360 Melrose St — Bellevue

2.91 Acre Building Lot in Chantrelle Subdivision in North Bellevue. Just steps from the BIGWOOD RIVER! This level lot is fenced and has NO oodplain or wetlands! City water and sewer. Don’t miss this one!

$315,000 MLS# 23-330423

20477

Seldom available AFFORDABLE home in Blaine County! Cute 1606 SF home built in 1920. 2 BD/ 1 BA + Attic and Basement. 0.427 acre Lot off Main Street PLUS and additional 0.72 acre Lot for further development. Loads of potential here! Plus $10k seller credit for repairs or closing costs.

Office Locations: 300 N. Main St Ketchum, ID 83340 & 19 W Bullion St Hailey, ID 83333

S Main St. — Carey — Blaine County, ID

Main St – Carey

$250,000 MLS# 22-330039

Les Saisons is a fractionally owned property that is exceptionally well appointed and ideally located downtown. This 3 bedroom / 3.5 bath property has all the amenities one would desire: Golf privileges at Elkhorn, pool, hot tub, massage rooms, owner storage, concierge, valet and daily housekeeping.

PRICEREDUCED PRICEREDUCED PRICEREDUCED

$1,995,000 MLS# 23-330397

Overlooking Trail Creek with Baldy views and great proximity to both River Run and Ketchum make this Ski View Townhome a ‘diners and skiers’ ideal home. Open kitchen, dining and living room create a wondeful space for families and those who entertain. 3 bedrooms / 3 en-suite bathrooms, hot tub, air conditioning and a heated 2-car garage round out this very enjoyable living experience.

$545,000 MLS# 23-330567

Excellent location, tastefully updated and well-maintained single-level condo! South facing corner residence offers unusual privacy and sunshine inside and on generous deck. New furniture, paint, curtains, refrigerator and daybed in hall. New roofs at Ridge last year and this Seller placed new insulation in crawlspace. Access to all SV/Elkhorn amenities -pool, pickleball & tennis

$899,000 MLS# 23-33056

This is the ‘one’ you have been waiting for, 3/2.5 upper oor Fields Condo overlooking the courtyard, south facing, with designated covered parking and storage closet. With new paint, carpet, all appliances, window coverings, water heater, toilets and disposal this residence ‘Sparkles!’’ and is ready for it’s new owner. Generous balcony provides great outdoor living just in time for the summer

$280,000 MLS# 23-330657

Unique 2 acre lot in desirable Grif n Ranch. Abuts Belle Ranch to the north which is 380 acres of open space & farmland which provides for tremendous panoramic views and great privacy. Horses allowed. Close to Picabo, Silver Creek, Bellevue and Hailey. Irrigation & domestic use community wells, power & natural gas at property — This at lot is ready for you to build your dream home!

$695,000 MLS# 23-330571

Sunny at lot with all infrastructure in place to build immediately! Great location between Hailey & Ketchum with good views to both East & West. Big Wood River is two blocks away for world class y shing or relaxing,excellent hiking & mountain biking nearby as well. Quiet, low-density neighborhood with friendly neighbors that allows horses makes this an even more desirable place to live.

Brad DuFur — Broker / Owner 208-309-7035 | brad@sunvalleyrealestate.com

$1,999,000 www.105holliday.com

A perched elevation with unobstructed commanding views of Ketchum and Dollar Mountain, proximity to town, the Bigwood River, the bike path, and Warm Spring’s Lodge, and all-day sunshine. It is in a coveted neighborhood at the end of a private cul-de-sac.

$4,750,000 www.frenchmansview.com

‘’Frenchman’s View’’ is two high-quality stand-alone homes in downtown Ketchum. The homes have amazing views of Baldy and the Frenchman’s ski runs, a top-level main oor living area, large decks, an elevator, four bedrooms, four bathrooms, a multi-purpose bonus room, a 2-car garage, and a fenced-in yard.

$4,485,000 www.3wildrose.com

This irreplaceable Sun Valley home is located in idyllic Lane Ranch! It is masterfully crafted with irreplaceable ‘’Paul Bunyan’’ sized logs.

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Sq. Ft. | 3 Car garage

$4,900,000 www.581paintbrush.com

Exquisite European mountain home in highly desired location, blending elegance and charm with modern convenience and design.

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Brad DuFur and Annie Kaiser are committed to offering their clients exceptional service. Together they bring over 55 years of real estate experience, giving historic, in-depth market knowledge and well-rooted local relationships. Dedicated to a high level of professionalism, they bring diligence and integrity to every transaction. They have built their business and success on referrals from clients who value their loyalty and dedication. They are consistently one of the area’s top producers with over $50 million in closed transactions in 2022. The DuFur + Kaiser approach meets all their client’s individual goals while providing comprehensive service from strategizing to execution.

208-726-6000 | 300 N Main St. Ketchum, ID 83340 Sun Valley Real Estate, LLC

Annie Kaiser — Realtor 208-720-1225 | anniesunvalley@gmail.com

$6,300,000 www.2ndAve302.com

120 2nd Ave, N Ketchum | This single level, penthouse condo has unprecedented unobstructed views of Baldy and the surrounding mountains. It is conveniently located in downtown Ketchum. Each of the 4 bedrooms has access to over 1,800 sq. ft of deck space. In addition to a great-room, there is a breakfast nook, kitchen bar seating, a dining room, and a wet bar.

4 Bedrooms | 4.5 Bath | 3,888 Sq. Ft. | 2 Car Garage + parking space and storage

$795,000 www.400Gannett.com

This 56 acre parcel offers several development opportunities. It has the possibility of being subdivided into 2 large parcels or a 3 lot Clustered Subdivision. 55.94 Acres.

www.dufurandkaiser.com

$899,000 www.405juniper.com

Located in Elkhorn’s coveted Willow Creek subdivision, this beautiful 1.1 acre lot is the ideal setting for a new home; stunning 360-degree mountain views.

OFFICE SPACE IN DOWNTOWN HEART OF KETCHUM

Downtown Ketchum currently improved as office space can be converted to residential use. 2 Units on separate floors with great views in a small mixed use building. Upper floor available separately. 4744 sq. ft. $3,600,000. MLS 23-330782

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NEW CONSTRUCTION IN THE HEART OF KETCHUM

Last available residence in the stunning First & Fourth building offers endless comfort and elegance. Single-level 2BD/2.5BA condo is beautifully appointed, boasting top-of-the-line appliances and finishes. Floor-to-ceiling “window walls” bring ample natural light into this desirable corner unit. $3,826,000. MLS#23-330729

STANLEY | COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL LOT

Sun Valley, A Great Place to Wake UP!

VALLEY CLUB | 30 STREAMSIDE DR

This beautiful lot is surrounded by quiet landscape water features with straight on Baldy Views in the distance and located in the desirable Village Green at the Valley Club subdivision. Open views in all directions with all day sunshine year-round. Architectural plans included with this offering. Call me for further information regarding the Valley Club membership. $575,000. MLS 23-330290 Contact

located on Hwy 75 just North of the Hwy 21 turnoff. Sitting across the road from the Salmon River with huge views in every direction. Call me to obtain link to the foundation plans, commercial options, well information, and more. $595,000. MLS 23-330377

20340 S MAIN ST | CAREY

Amazing Development Opportunity in Carey, Blaine county, Idaho! Large, flat parcel with Main St/Hwy 93/Rte 26 frontage Residential and other zoning designations Surface water rights included as well as a Right-Of-1st Refusal on adjacent 5 acre corner parcel Seasonal Fish Creek/Little Wood River runs through property offering tons of potential for green/community space for residents 55 98 Acres

Development Opportunity Offered at - $2,485,000

208 309 1242

ELLIE@ELLIEELLIS COM

Plans approved for almost 5000 square foot home on this WATERFRONT LOT Home is perfectly sited on lot to take full advantage of water views and surrounding hills Plans include 4 bedroom, bunk room, second great room plus guest house Main suite includes large study plus waterfront views 3 car garage is over 900 square feet plus attic storage of over 3100 square feet Ready to BUILD NOW!

Vacant Land - 2.54 Acres Offered at - $1,300,000

208 720 0782

DEBORAH SIEVERS@COLDWELLBANKER COM

Stunning and peaceful setting, this custom lodge style home is located on its own pond with acres of open space and views in every direction Estate sized custom log home located on a quiet cul de sac, this home was designed for entertaining Spacious rooms, high ceilings, walls of windows, beautiful stone flooring in kitchen, dining and living room plus incredible master suite Remodeled

3 Bedrooms - 3.5

Bathrooms - 4,212 SQ FT Listed - $3,700,000

135 FOOTHILL DR | HAILEY

104 SILVER QUEEN DRIVE

Ellie Ellis

Deborah Sievers

2259 BONNIE VIE CONDO

3 bedroom 2 bath with garage Amazing deck overlooking the pool, with great southern light Being sold furnished Fabulous remodel, this will not last long, a must see

411 N 120 E | SHOSHONE

Opportunity for your business to work for you! This well maintained 2 bed 2 bath home on 4 75 acres with one full share of AF#2 water rights comes with a 2100 sq ft 3 bay shop Run your business right off your house, and let the business help cover the cost of living Big views, quiet country living, and proximity to TF, WRV, and everywhere in Lincoln Co make this a dream scenario

3 Bedrooms - 2 Bathrooms - 966 SQ FT

Offered at - $895,000

House | Shop | Land | Water Rights

Offered at - $575,000

Rick DiOrio Ned Burns

208 720 2899

RICKINSUNVALLEY@GMAIL COM

111 S

FIRST AVE #33

Downtown Ketchum jewel Beautifully custom furnished 2 bedroom 2 5 bath penthouse with stunning unblockable views and light Northwest corner condominium with expansive wrap-around patio This unit was taken down to the studs when only a few years old to do numerous custom upgrades This included changing the floorplan

2 Bedrooms - 2.5 Bathrooms - 1,611 SQ FT

Offered at - $2,795,000

Rick DiOrio

208.720.2899

RICKINSUNVALLEY@GMAIL COM

208 720 2899

RICKINSUNVALLEY@GMAIL COM PENDING

111 S FIRST AVE #26

Fantastic 1 bedroom 2 bath condo with bunkbeds, and small alcove bedroom Could sleep 6 Beautifully furnished, being sold turnkey Spacious floorplan over 1000 square feet of living space Located 2 blocks west of the Limelight Hotel Walk to everything downtown

1 Bedrooms - 2 Bathrooms - 1,059 SQ FT

Offered at - $959,000

208.720.0680

sue@sueengelmann.com

sueengelmann.com

LIMELIGHT HOTEL RESIDENCE

3 BD, 3.5 BA, 2705 SF

$6,700,000 | MLS #23-330723

Premier West-facing unit with Baldy views. Packed full of features such as oiled walnut and stone flooring, and an impressive custom crafted front entry door.

VALLEY CLUB ESTATE

4 BD, 4.5 BA, 6446 SF, 1.41 ACRES

$6,500,000 | MLS #23-330525

This European-inspired home is pure magic from the minute you enter the gated courtyard. Every detail of the home has been executed to perfection. Valley Club Golf Membership available.

TWIN FALLS DEVELOPMENT SITE

11.64 ACRES ON THE CANYON RIM

$6,800,000 | MLS #22-329677

This Snake River canyon rim property is the last and best parcel of land owned by a Twin Falls pioneer family for over 100 years. With +/- 950’ of canyon rim expanse, the views are breathtaking.

SINGLE LEVEL CUSTOM HOME IN GIMLET

3 BD, 4 BA, 3100 SF, 1.67 ACRES

$5,995,000 | MLS #23-330795

This Gimlet jewel was designed by Brunelle Architects and built by Magleby Construction. This newly built Mountain contemporary home is being sold fully furnished.

SUE ENGELMANN

208.720.0680

sue@sueengelmann.com

sueengelmann.com

PAM RHEINSCHILD

208.720.5577

pamrheinschild@gmail.com

sunvalleyluxuryproperty.com

GIMLET RIVERFRONT

5 BD, 6.5 BA, 7178 SF, 3.1 ACRES

$7,950,000 | MLS #23-330394

This elegant home and guest home sit on the banks of the Big Wood River at the northerly end of Wall Street. Finished with a Tuscan flare, the main house features expansive gathering spaces.

ON THE BIGWOOD GOLF COURSE

4 BD, 5 BA, 4064 SF

$4,950,000 | MLS #23-330519

Located on the 4th green of the Bigwood Golf Course, this one level, impeccably maintained home greets you with views of Griff in Butte through the floor to ceiling windows.

ELEVATED ELKHORN HOME

3 BD, 3.5 BA, 3300 SF

$4,700,000 | MLS #23-330728

Enjoy the fabulous unblockable views and all day sun from this refreshingly beautiful remodel located on an elevated parcel in Elkhorn. Designed by Janet Jarvis and remodeled by Conrad Brothers.

WEST KETCHUM CONVENIENCE

3 BD, 3.5 BA, 3326 SF

$4,150,000 | MLS #23-330652

Developer’s pick, located on the corner of Bird and Rember. Upgrades include built-in custom cabinetry throughout, wet bar with wine fridge, media room, and interior caliber finished garage.

SUE ENGELMANN

208.720.0680

sue@sueengelmann.com

sueengelmann.com

SUN PEAK LOT IN THE WHITE CLOUDS

1 ACRE WITH BALDY VIEWS

$2,995,000 | MLS #23-330578

Spectacular elevated Sun Valley White Clouds lot on an acre with an 8,800 SF building envelope that has been recently adjusted to accentuate the expansive views. Approved house plans available for purchase.

ASPEN LAKE IN FLYING HEART RANCH

2.49 ACRES

$2,775,000 | MLS #23-330244

This prime building site is situated on a natural spring-fed lake centrally located in upscale Flying Heart Ranch with easy access to the Big Wood River. Bring your dream home plans, horses and pets.

MID-VALLEY HORSE PROPERTY JUST NORTH OF HAILEY

$950,000 | MLS #23-330317

Fabulous irrigated 2-acre parcel located on the east side of Hiawatha Drive. Its gentle slope allows for an elevated homesite to take in the spectacular mountain views in all directions.

TWO RESIDENTIAL LOTS IN HAILEY

EACH OFFERED AT $245,000

Part of Northridge Village, a pocket community just blocks from the center of Hailey. Featuring mountain views and tree lined center alley. MLS #23-330676 and #23-330677

CLAM BAY OCEANFRONT ESTATE, FARM & VINEYARD ON PENDER ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA

• 105-acre parcel with over a half mile of oceanfront, farm land and forest

• 5.5-acre vineyard, producing Pinot Noir, Siegerrebe and Ortega grapes

• 260-foot dock allows for the owner and guests to arrive by boat, yacht or seaplane

• Point House - a 7,000 sq ft architectural masterpiece - modern, organic, West Coast design

• Guest and staff accommodation include a farmhouse, barn, staff building, gym, guest suites and caretaker's house

• Property is accessible by ferry from Vancouver or Sidney, or 20 minutes via seaplane to Vancouver

• https://www.clambay.com/

Scott Piercy

scott.piercy@evrealestate.com

250-686-7789

James Leblanc

james.leblanc@evrealestate.com

250-812-7212

www.luxurybchomes.com

735 Humboldt Street, Victoria, BC, V8W 1B1

www.209ComfortCir.com

NEW PRICE! In close proximity to Ketchum, trails and shing, this mountain retreat is an ideal place to relax and enjoy the beauty of nature. The large stone patio, bedroom balconies and large sunroom offer stunning views. Spacious basement and over-garage loft offer plenty of additional space for activities. Call Kirstin

$2,400,000 MLS # 23-330455

www.1115FilerAveW.com

Residential-Development-Investment — 13.68 acres/2 county parcels with 1500 ft of Rock Creek Canyon Rim frontage, 13 shares of Twin Falls Canal Co, 1400 sf home with 3br/2ba, 2 car garage. Only minutes from Twin Falls core and ready for annexation into the City of Twin Falls. Call Kirstin

$1,000,000 MLS # 22-330038

www.311Melrose.com

NEW LISTING! Discover beauty, serenity & quality in this 4-bedroom home in coveted Chantrelle Sub. Manicured yard, 3-car garage, carport & single-level living create a delightful experience. Nearby sherman’s access to Big Wood River. High ceilings, gas replace & spacious kitchen complete this wonderful offering. Call Sonja

$960,000 MLS # 23-330794

www.2466NBirchGrove.com

NEW PRICE! Beautiful, like-new home in the Treasure Valley. Open concept kitchen to living room with gas replace, high ceilings and large windows. Primary bathroom is a true oasis with freestanding soaker tub. Convenient street access and in close proximity to Sunset Park, river and the greenbelt! Call Makayla

$649,000 MLS # 23-330481

www.291S3rd.com

NEW LISTING! Discover a cozy 1-bedroom, 1-bath condo in the heart of Ketchum with convenient access to skiing, hiking, and biking trails. This charming property boasts the perfect blend of rustic mountain charm and modern amenities. Ideal for unwinding after a day of adventure. Call Makenzie

$520,000 MLS # 23-330801

www.331WSageAve.com

This 1-bedroom, new construction, mountaingetaway has a mountain modern vibe along with 1600 ft. of shop to store all your toys and more! With views of the mountains, you can enjoy hunting, shing and snowmobiling and skiing that are moments away from your door. Call Sonja

$300,000 MLS # 22-330107

www.121SanBadgerDr.com

Welcome to Hailey’s newest neighborhood! With established homes to the west and mountain views to the east, this 0.28 acre outer lot is ready for your new home! Room for a single story build, large garage, and still a large spacious yard for outdoor enjoyment. Call Kirstin

$295,000 MLS # 22-330361

www.214GarnetAveW.com

In the heart of Fair eld, this large storage shed/1 bedroom apartment is ready for completion with your personal touches. This property sits on 0.57 acres and has potential for development. City has indicated that up to a 4-plex could be built, making it an ideal investment opportunity. Call Sonja

$189,000 MLS # 23-330429

www.ClearLakesGolfLots.com

Elevated view lot overlooking Clear Lake Golf Course. Views of the surrounding hills and Snake River. There are 7 single family living lots and 2 duplex lots ranging in prices from $115,000-$143,000. These can be bought individually or in bulk. Call Sonja

MULTIPLE PRICES | MULTIPLE LISTINGS

208.622.7722 | 540 2nd Ave N Suite 101, Ketchum, ID 83340

Keller Williams Sun Valley Southern Idaho

One of Sun Valley’s landmark holdings encompassing 4,654± deeded acres with over two miles of Big Wood River frontage, abundant water rights, grazing permits, and a complete set of residential and ranch improvements.

$28,500,000

Located 45 miles from Sun Valley, this agricultural, conservation, and wildlife property encompasses an operating footprint of 825,000± acres with 24,108± deeded acres and over 800,000 acres in grazing leases and permits.

$25,000,000

One of the premier sporting ranches in the Sun Valley area featuring 1,226± deeded acres and 2.5± miles of fabled Silver Creek with some of the largest trout in the system along with a tasteful creekside home with three bedrooms.

REDUCED TO $14,000,000

Wonderful sporting and lifestyle ranch with 464± acres and over a half-mile of Silver Creek. Features a tasteful creekside “fishing cabin” with three bedrooms. Conveniently located 45 minutes from Ketchum/Sun Valley.

REDUCED TO $9,000,000

Beautiful and private 205± acre estate sitting high above the Wood River Valley next to the Bald Mountain Ski Area two miles south of Ketchum. Highlighted by a 5,471± square-foot, custom-built log home with ample patio space.

$7,700,000

Located 40 miles east of Sun Valley’s airport in the foothills of the Pioneer Mountains, this scenic ranch features 1,080± deeded acres, irrigated pastures, functional improvements, and over two miles of year-round streams.

$3,200,000

NORTH RENEGADE RANCH PICABO, IDAHO

FISH CREEK RANCH 20 CAREY, IDAHO

WOOD RIVER RANCH BELLEVUE, IDAHO

RENEGADE RANCH PICABO, IDAHO

SOARING EAGLE RETREAT KETCHUM, IDAHO

LAVA LAKE RANCH CAREY, IDAHO

Put Our Team To Work For You.

At Sun Valley Associates we approach our business with a commitment to hard work, honesty, tradition, and community—the values on which this unique Valley was built. Through years of experience, we have learned that a successful sale goes far beyond the final transaction. Let us help you invest in yourself, your family, and in the Sun Valley lifestyle; the place we happily call home.

TOM MONGE

JIM FIGGE

JED GRAY

JASON BUCK

TERRY PALMER

ALEX HIGGINS

114 Stirrup Lane — Ketchum

This lovely 3 bedroom, 3.5 bath cottage is located on the Bigwood Golf Course halfway between downtown Ketchum and the Village of Sun Valley. While the home is a bit older, it has been meticulously maintained and upgraded. It is surrounded by mature landscaping with a back patio for outdoor entertaining. Don’t miss out on this rare opportunity for a close in property. Shown by appointment only.

$ 3,350,000

13404 State Highway 75

Stunning 2.5 acres estate parcel with drop dead views of the Boulder Mountains and wester sun exposure. Proximity to Fox Creek Trailhead, the Big Wood River and the SNRA recreation area. Paint your Idaho palette, with no CC&R’s — room for you, family, critters … you can have it all. Main home plus accessory dwelling unit are permitted uses.

MLS 23-330610 $2,395,000

View all area listings at www.svassociates.com

Tom Monge

208-720-0490

tom@svassociates.com

127 Saddle Rd. – Unit B-14 Big Wood Condominiums.

Golf Course Location: This 3 bedroom-3 bath unit has excellent Baldy Views, BIG SUN exposure, Big Wood Golf Course Views, vaulted ceilings and is in excellent condition. Decks and Balconies have been expanded; remodeled in 2003. This unit is ready for immediate occupancy.

$1,495,000 MLS#: 23-330391

“A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring the soul to the recipe.”

—Thomas Keller

PHOTO BY ©PAULETTE PHLIPOT svpn-mag.com

PIONEER SALOON

Walking into the Pioneer Saloon in Ketchum is like greeting an old friend. It’s often the first stop for locals coming home or visitors starting a memorable vacation. For more than 50 years, the Pioneer has been welcoming its loyal customers with a warm and cozy atmosphere that feels more like someone’s home than a restaurant. Renowned for perfectly aged and flavorful beef, many varieties of seafood, fresh Idaho rainbow trout, and Northwest regional specials, the Pioneer is much more than a steakhouse. Unique and historic western art fills the bar and restaurant, reminiscent of earlier days when pioneers settled in this valley. Authentic and genuine friendly service from familiar faces will make you feel as though you have arrived home when you walk in the door. As the locals say, “If you haven’t been to the Pioneer Saloon, you haven’t been to Ketchum.”

Clockwise from top: The Pioneer Saloon originally opened in the 1950s; flavorful beef on the grill; the interior of Pioneer Saloon.

THE SAWTOOTH CLUB

Always busy with a fun mix of locals and visitors alike, The Sawtooth Club has been downtown Ketchum’s most beloved destination for dining and cocktails since the days when Ernest Hemingway himself was a regular there. Nowadays, the place is more popular than ever with an inspired menu offering a mouthwatering blend of creative small plates to share, grilled steaks, chops and ribs, healthy vegetarian dishes, fresh seafood, unique pasta bowls, nightly specials and much more.

In the bar enjoy handcrafted cocktails, 18 wines by the glass, and 12 ice-cold craft brews on tap. Dinner offerings this summer include fresh Idaho trout, filet mignon, linguine with clams and garlic, chicken Senegalese, mesquite rack of lamb, grilled ribeye steak, fresh steelhead salmon, butternut squash ravioli, barbeque baby back ribs, Waygu beef meatloaf, New Orleans shellfish pasta, roasted free-range chicken, fresh Alaskan halibut, seared ahi salad, spicy sesame noodle bowl and fresh Willapa Bay steamer clams, to name just a few.

All of our grilling is done over a live mesquite-wood fire. We do not use processed charcoal or wood chips, only authentic mesquite logs from Texas. This method of natural wood cooking generates the intense heat that sears in the flavorful juices and imparts a variety of subtle tastes and aromas to meat, poultry, and seafood.

An award-winning wine list complements the wonderful food, and summer evenings on the outdoor terrace are not to be missed. One visit and you’ll know why The Sawtooth Club has repeatedly been voted the “Valley’s Best Overall Restaurant and The Valley’s Best Bar!”

Top to bottom: Mesquite-grilled Idaho ruby red trout; cozy fireplace with selections from our award-winning wine list; summer view from the balcony patio.

THE CELLAR PUB

Walking down the stairs into this traditional pub is a rite of passage for any visitor to Ketchum, along with downing one of the establishment’s famous Moscow Mules, served in a copper cup and sure to quench anyone’s thirst on a hot fall’s day. Dine on the outdoor patio or step inside the bar and restaurant, full of locals and visitors alike looking to connect over one of the wooden tables with dishes like Fish & Chips, Bangers & Mash, or an Old-Fashioned Bar Burger. For the late-night crowd, The Cellar Pub offers a full bar, complete with draft beers and daily drink and shot specials. Music and sports memorabilia line the walls and bar. Head to the back room and you’ll find booths for chatting with friends as well as a full-size free shuffleboard table and a few arcade games. This pub will leave you feeling full—of good food and good times.

Top to bottom: Bangers & Mash; the interior of The Cellar Pub; copper cups for Moscow Mules.

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LIMELIGHT LOUNGE

Whether you are fresh from hiking Baldy or fishing the Big Wood River, Limelight Hotel in Ketchum is the place for seasonal gourment food, drinks, and entertainment.

Enjoy the spacious indoor lounge and glorious outdoor patio for drinks and dining. Serving the finest local and organic ingredients prepared by Executive Chef and longtime local Patrick Thomerson, the Limelight Lounge is sure to have something for everybody. Try our new summer menu

items, stone fruit burrata, shrimp scampi linguine, pan-seared halibut and roasted rack of lamb.

Enjoy casual dinner options like the hand-tossed wood-fired pizzas, famous cheeseburger, or one of the healthy vegetarian options. Choose from 12 beers on tap, great wine selections, and creative cocktails. In addition to fabulous food, the Limelight Lounge Happy Hour Daily 3pm-6pm and Live Music Thursday through Monday 5:30pm-8:30pm and live music.

Top: Limelight patio

Above (from left to right): hand-tossed wood-fired pizza; famous cheeseburger; seared scallops.

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MICHEL’S CHRISTIANIA

Few other restaurants in Ketchum are as steeped in history as the legendary Christiania. Known as “The Christy” to locals, the restaurant has been in operation since 1959 when Ernest Hemingway dined there so often he had his own table. To get your own glimpse of ski history, come to the famous Olympic Bar, where photos and

mementos from owner Michel Rudigoz’s time as the U.S. Women’s Olympic Ski Team Coach adorn the walls. For a true culinary experience, Executive Chef Laurent Loubot, who hails from Chalon-sur-Saone (Burgundy), presents classic French cuisine that is also inspired by Michel’s background in Lyon (the country’s culinary capital).

Your meal will be a pièce de résistance! Entrées like Wild Salmon in Sorrel Sauce and Braised Lamb Shank appear nightly on the menu in addition to an infusion of specials like the Poisson du Jour and Pâté de Campagne. The menu also features Lyonnaise pomme frites and fresh salads and, of course, Michel’s extensive wine list.

Above: Enjoy dinner in the outdoor garden.

Left: Sautéed breast of chicken with morel cream sauce.

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SUSHI ON SECOND

After over 30 years of serving the best sushi in Ketchum, Sushi on Second shows no signs of slowing down. In addition to crafting amazing sushi rolls like the SOS or the Who’s Your Daddy, the chefs at Sushi on Second also whip up other Asian-influenced delights, like Hoisin Lemon-Glazed King Salmon with Sesame Seeds, Baby Bok Choy and Scallion Rice, Spinach Batayaki (sautéed spinach, red bell peppers, garlic, onions, fresh shitake mushrooms with a soy and rice wine dressing), and their SOS-Style Hawaiian Ribs.

Sushi on Second also serves wine, beer, and sake. The praise for this restaurant comes from far and wide. Bon Appetit magazine writes, “Sushi on Second, the best sushi I’ve had in years,” and, framed in the entryway is a menu on which Julia Child wrote, “Bon appetit to Sushi on Second.” Come visit and learn for yourself why a restaurant in Ketchum, Idaho, is making its mark on the sushi world.

Clockwise from left: Citrus Sun Roll; the reception area at Sushi on Second; Hawaiian Pork Ribs SOS-Style.

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SUN VALLEY WINE COMPANY

Whether choosing a bottle for that special occasion, stocking your cellar, or joining friends for a toast to life, make the Sun Valley Wine Company part of your local experience. Enjoy fine wine and light bites in the heart of Ketchum with more than 1,000 different wine choices, relax on one of our heated decks overlooking downtown Ketchum, or sit inside by the fire.

Our menu of artisan cheeses, seasonal soups/salads, delectable treats, and popular charcuterie platters are created fresh daily for your dining pleasure. We also offer a celebrated selection

of imported beers, a variety of other beverages, and premium waters. Let us help you select wines for everyday consumption or stock your cellar with distinct vintages and rare wines. We can assist with delivery too!

Our comfortable space can accommodate small and large parties and is available for private events year-round. Join us for the occasional wine by the glass and live music or attend one of our private high-end wine pairing dinners. Stay in touch for wine tastings, events, dinners, specials, and new releases. Join our mailing list at sunvalleywineco.com.

THE GRILL AT KNOB HILL

From their days as owners of the iconic Warm Springs Ranch to today as owners of The Grill at Knob Hill, Bob and Jolie Dunn understand that pleasing their customers is the key to getting them to come back. Longtime favorites like fried chicken, prime rib, Idaho trout, and a new twist on the beloved Warm Springs scones and honey butter (now popovers and honey butter) have created a loyal following at this beautiful spot. The warm and friendly bar is a welcoming place to relax with neighbors, local bartenders, and hotel guests. Handcrafted cocktails, small plates, or a wonderful bottle of wine and dinner make this a favorite local hangout. Come enjoy the bar after an active day or enjoy the open-style dining room, seven nights a week. Offering curbside takeout on the full menu. Call to place an order or visit the website to order online.

Clockwise from left: The Grill at Knob Hill’s outdoor seating; rosé al fresco; a delicious meal.

KETCHUM GRILL

The Ketchum Grill celebrates 31 years “new” this season, meaning they’ve been serving locally-sourced, comforting fare for three decades in their quintessential Ketchum historic house. If you need a little inspiration about what to order, chefs Scott and Anne Mason along with new partner, Kaari Harlamert, recommend the hand-shaped burger cooked over fruitwood with a homemade bun and condiments, or the longtime favorite, house-made lemon noodles with rock shrimp and black pepper cream. You won’t be disappointed!

Top: A seasonal salad.

Bottom: Steak of the day with morels.

WARFIELD DISTILLERY & BREWERY

The Warfield is Ketchum’s only distillery and the Valley’s largest brewery! Located on the corner of Sun Valley Road and Main Street in downtown Ketchum, the Warfield serves up elevated gastro pub fare in a sophisticated setting with tons of outdoor seating. All Warfield cuisine features local and seasonal ingredients with an emphasis on organic food and a commitment to our agricultural community.

The commitment to quality ingredients extends to every aspect of the Warfield: all Warfield Beer is made with only certified organic malts and whole-leaf hops featuring an eclectic mix of traditional European styles and cask ales. Warfield’s Vodka, Gin, and Gold Medal Whiskey are certified organic and distilled in small batches on-site.

Come soak up the sun on the best deck in town and enjoy exceptional food and the best beer and spirits in the Valley!

Clockwise from left: Warfield's Organic Vodka, Organic Gin, and Organic American Whiskey; charcuterie board; Fresh Organic Warfield Beer.

Wood-fired pizzas, specialty beers, featured wines, and an intimate urbanrustic ambience keeps everyone coming back to this Italian eatery. Beers on tap and an excellent wine selection are cultivated by Adelaide Smithmason, while chef Dave Schenck creates local

favorites like Duck Confit with Risotto, Pork Oso Bucco, and sautéed Idaho Trout. The fresh and seasonal cusine is always changing, making Enoteca the ideal place for dining out throughout the year. Season after season, there are always new reasons to love Enoteca.

Shaved Brussels sprouts with bacon.

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THE KNEADERY

Like its sister restaurant, the Pioneer Saloon, The Kneadery has always been a draw for locals, visitors, and celebrities alike. Since opening in 1974, The Kneadery has been Ketchum’s go-to breakfast spot. Dishes like the Veggie Benedict and the Eggs Blackstone keep regulars coming back for breakfast. With breakfast items served all day, the lunch menu is sure to impress as well with hearty sandwiches and house-made soups. And did you know that The Kneadery is available for private events? So look no further for your next special function!

Above: The Kneadery on Leadville Ave in Ketchum.

Above right: Kneadery French Toast Special; Bloody Marys.

Right: Outside patio dining at The Kneadery.

Sun Valley’s original restaurant, The Ram, has been warming and welcoming diners since 1937. This rustic-yet-elegant dinner house has been recently modernized, while still preserving its historic charm. Pianist Larry Harshbarger brings a classic ambiance to the room with gentle melodies played on the resident baby grand piano. Travel back in time

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with the nightly “Heritage Menu”—a series of historic dishes such as pork tenderloin schnitzel and Hungarian goulash— resurrected from the restaurant’s long and storied culinary tradition. Next door, the Ram Bar is an upscale lounge perfect for enjoying specialty cocktails and light fare, replete with plush couches and a view of the Sun Valley Village.

Hours change seasonally. Reservations required. Please visit: sunvalley.com/dining or call for more information.

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Above: In keeping with the traditional ambiance of the iconic restaurant, The Ram combines cozy surroundings and décor with modern updates.

Right: The Ram features fresh seafood and prime steak so tender you can cut it with a fork.

VILLAGE STATION

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Road-weary travelers of every age will find something to enjoy at Village Station. The train station-inspired décor pays tribute to Sun Valley’s history as an early destination on the Union Pacific railroad line. Enjoy a wide selection of cocktails and craft beers on tap, as well as a crowd-pleasing menu with hearty cheeseburgers, chicken wings, pizza, family-style salads, and more. Ample indoor and outdoor seating make it the perfect place for your group to gather any day of the week. Takeout is also available.

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Hours change seasonally. Please visit: sunvalley.com/dining or call for more information.

Above: Enjoy spacious seating inside the Village Station, which overlooks the resort grounds.

Right: One of Village Station's delicious pizzas.

Gretchen’s restaurant is named after Olympian and Sun Valley native, Gretchen Fraser. She was the first American to ever win an Olympic gold medal for skiing in the 1948 Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Gretchen’s is the perfect place to enjoy breakfast, lunch and dinner overlooking the Sun Valley Ice Rink. Conveniently located at the Sun Valley Lodge, Gretchen’s offers a wide range of fresh and innovative selections, such as the Baby Kale & Candied Pecan Salad, Cashew Vegetable Stir fry, and Idaho Ruby Red Trout. Whatever you’re craving, Gretchen’s is sure to have something for you.

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Above: Enjoy Gretchen's, located just inside the Lodge Lobby.

SUN VALLEY CLUB

The Sun Valley Club is much more than just a golf course and Nordic center; it’s also a restaurant and full bar open to the public. Young ones will find favorites on the kids menu while those coming fresh off the links or trails can sip specialty cocktails or draft beers. This season enjoy guest favorites like the Clubhouse Shrimp Louis Salad and the Wagyu Corned Beef Ruben, in addition to locally-sourced menu items featuring fresh veggies, meats, and seafood options. Enjoy a large wine selection, cocktails, and beer as you take in stunning views of Bald Mountain.

Hours change seasonally. Please visit: sunvalley.com/dining or call for more information.

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Above: Enjoy the many offerings for lunch with incredible views of Baldy.

CHOCOLATE FOUNDRY

No matter how sophisticated your sweet tooth, The Chocolate Foundry has something to satisfy any craving. With a global selection of some of the world’s finest sweets—including clusters, fudge, Jelly Belly candies, licorice, milkshakes and soft serve ice cream cones— you can shop for gifts, treats, or a Sun Valley souvenir. And of course, this vintage shop is a must-visit for the kids! Hot tip for the adults: wine + alcoholic beverages are available too!

KONDITOREI

Sun Valley’s Austrian-themed bakery and café is the perfect destination, whether you’re looking for locally-roasted organic coffee, house-made pastries, or a handcrafted meal to fuel your adventure. Locally renowned for its delectable pastries and third wave coffee program, Konditorei offers a little bit of sweetness for everyone. Situated in the middle of the Sun Valley Village, Konditorei is a must when visiting the Resort. Enjoy breakfast or lunch in the chaletinspired dining room while watching the seasons change through one of the many large windows. Serving Alpine fare interpreted for the American palate, Konditorei serves up favorites like the Oat Crunch Griddle Cakes and Cauliflower Hash for breakfast or the Reuben Sandwich and Kondi Cobb Salad for lunch. Konditorei also features an all-day breakfast menu. No matter the occasion, Konditorei has you covered! Be part of the Alpine tradition and enjoy this classic café.

Insider’s Tip: Earn ‘free drink’ rewards with every coffee purchase! Bring your own cup and receive an additional $0.50 off per drink!

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Clockwise from top left): Locally-roasted, fair trade coffee and espresso; for a healthy start, try the Cauliflower Hash; endless selection of house-made pastries.

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PHOTO BY PAULETTE PHLIPOT

THE ROUNDHOUSE

Founded in 1939, the Roundhouse is one of the most iconic restaurants in Sun Valley. Perched midway up Baldy at 7,700 feet, the Roundhouse features unbeatable views. Ride up the Roundhouse Gondola to the Roundhouse restaurant in style—a special experience that makes for a memorable meal on the mountain. Whether you’re exploring the trails on two feet or two wheels, the Roundhouse is your perfect stop for a mid-mountain meal and drink.

Hours change seasonally. Reservations required. Please visit: sunvalley.com/dining or call for more information.

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