A promise for Idaho education In 1998, twenty-five years ago, Mathew Gershater launched Mountain Adventure Tours (MAT) to provide Wood River Valley youth with the opportunity to dive into nature and enjoy the outdoors while learning about their connection to the natural world and themselves. Today, the organization is known […]
By Sabina Dana Plasse with photos by Nils Ribi Alasdair Neale has been the Music Director of the Sun Valley Summer Music Festival for 25 years, which has been an enormous part of his career as a music director. “At the very first glimpse I had of Sun Valley when […]
There aren’t too many tap dance companies who tour, and there are certainly not too many tap dance companies like Dorrance Dance. Dorrance Dance Founder and Artistic Director Michelle Dorrance is one of the most sought after tap dancers of her generation and “one of the most imaginative tap choreographers […]
The first Sun Valley Summer Symphony Winter Festival debuts this February with anticipation and excitement. This inaugural event will be unveiled at the newly opened Argyros Performing Arts Center, February 19th through the 23rd. At the helm, Music Director Alasdair Neale has curated a unique music experience for this special […]
Photos by Steve Dondero If you live in Sun Valley, Idaho, you would be hard-pressed not to know the name Rebecca Rusch. Rusch is one of the top female mountain bikers in the world. She is called the Queen of Pain because she is an endurance athlete like no other […]
The passion that Lauren Edson has for creating unique performance art is evident even across a telephone line. Edson is the artistic director, choreographer, and a dancer at LED, a performing arts organization based in Boise. I was lucky to catch her during preparations for LED’s performance on Saturday, December […]
The historic flooding in the Spring of 2017 that engorged the Big Wood River endangered property and literally changed the current of the river forever—but it also changed the current of local conversations regarding the river, the nature, and flood preparedness. Read More Here
Photos by Nils Ribi When the area around Sun Valley and Stanley was named the first International Dark Sky Reserve in the United States, it only took a moment to realize that the future is bright, or in this case, dark. The Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve, designated by the […]