The kingly aspect of this designation will be understood by anyone who knows of Z-Trip’s accolade-riddled career. If unfamiliar, a quick peek at his bio will make your spine shiver with intimidation. He has played the biggest festivals from Coachella to Electric Daisy Carnival, and collaborated, both as DJ and […]
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Frank Lloyd Wright House: Teater’s Knoll by Raine Kidder
Perched on the edge of a cliff like a bird ready to take flight, the only Frank Lloyd Wright structure in the state sits 300 feet above the Snake River near Bliss, Idaho. Designed as an artist’s studio and residence, the building looks out over miles of remote desert landscape […]
Celebrating American Arts Pottery From the Early 1900s: Lipton Fine Arts by Sabina Dana Plasse, Photography by Steve Dondero
According to Gary and Melissa Lipton, owners of Lipton Fine Arts, “The importance of American Arts and Crafts ceramics is celebrating pottery as art.” Gary Lipton has been a fine arts collector since he bought his first piece at the young age of 18. Decades later, his eclectic and important […]
DJ Z-Trip by Courtney Lauck
The kingly aspect of this designation will be understood by anyone who knows of Z-Trip’s accolade-riddled career. If unfamiliar, a quick peek at his bio will make your spine shiver with intimidation. He has played the biggest festivals from Coachella to Electric Daisy Carnival, and collaborated, both as DJ and […]
Manatee Commune by Hayden Seder
When Whiskey Jacques music manager, Ryan Kolquist, asked if I wanted to interview Manatee Commune for this issue, I did a quick Google search. The images that came up of musician Grant Eadie immediately intrigued me: photos of him with eloquent paint splatters reminiscent of Google Chrome commercials; a series […]
Las Migas by Courtney Lauck
In Idaho, our landlocked, typically wide-brimmed state, one is much more likely to hear the echoes of country music than the passionate rhythm of flamenco. But our Valley is also a place of cultural transcendence, and in this spirit Sun Valley Center for the Arts is hosting the critically renowned […]
Object Heavy by Hayden Seder
From performing as a nightclub jam band to playing with Blues Traveller and Fred Wesley (trombone player for James Brown), through band breakups and shakeups, writing songs or rolling with the punches, Object Heavy has both been and seen many things in its short existence. But that go-with-the-flow mentality is […]
TEDx Sun Valley by Meg Vorm
I’m meeting with an energy consultant, a fashion malfunction expert, a computer chip designer, and an event coordinator to discuss their upcoming project: a one-day event featuring 16 speakers, an audience capped at 300, and presentations 9-15 minutes long centered on the theme, “Fall Forward.” This diverse group of locals […]