When you see her dance, it’s easy to be lulled by the grace of her movements and miss the strength and power required to actually do what she’s doing. It’s as if it’s an optical illusion because, like every great athlete, she makes it look easy. You can’t help it; […]
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Arts Education Matters by Sabina Dana Plasse
For any community, encouraging and expanding the education of its youth means investing in an individual success in life as well as building prosperous and future leaders within a community. The Sun Valley Wine Auction, a benefit for art and education, has long been a successful fundraising event supported not […]
Wine Auction Co-Chairs by Martha McGuinness
“It’s the best long weekend ever,” says Sun Valley resident Sarah Woodward. She is referring to the Wine Auction taking place July 20-22 in support of the Sun Valley Center for the Arts. The three-day event is in its 36th year and is the largest individual fundraising source for the […]
Wine Auction Vintners: Antinori, Patz & Hall, and Joseph Phelps by Courtney Lauck
The production of wine over the centuries has allowed us to view our own history, bottle by bottle, as the years have passed. Wine, for humanity, has been the most delectable and forthcoming fruit of our labors, not simply in the production itself but in providing a respite from […]
Pink Martini: The Little Orchestra by Hayden Seder
After graduating from Harvard with honors and majors in history and literature, Thomas Lauderdale returned to his hometown in Oregon to make a difference in the political scene there. Active in politics since high school, he had served under city and state officials and helped draft Portland’s civil rights ordinance. […]
Outstanding Blend by Meg Vorm
When people who appreciate great food and great wine get together, beautiful things happen. How about some savory pancakes of sourdough, sauerkraut, pecorino, and ricotta, paired with a Sonoma Coast Viognier showing hints of lemon and white peaches, with fantastic brightness and acidity? Or lamb tartare with fennel fronds on […]
Body, Mind, Spirit, Environment: 4 Ambassadors Bring Wellness to the Sun Valley Wellness Festival by Hayden Seder
There are so many words associated with the term “wellness”: woo-woo; health; yogis, shamans and gurus; and so many more. But in the end, wellness can be approached in four different segments—mind, body, spirit, and environment. And in following this study of wellness, the annual Sun Valley Wellness Festival strives […]
