Funk? Do people listen to funk anymore? That was my first question when I began researching funkadelic rock band DBST from Olympia, Washington. Evidently, people do indeed still rock the funk as this band, once playing the classic dives of Olympia, has risen to share stages with many beloved West […]
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Sun Valley Summer Symphony’s New Director, Jenny Krueger by Sabina Dana Plasse
There’s no question that Sun Valley is the place to be in August and the Sun Valley Summer Symphony has much to do with this. As the Symphony celebrates its 32nd season with concerts July 24 through August 18 as the largest privately funded free-admission orchestra in the U.S., it […]
Sawtooth Valley Gathering by Hayden Seder
Now in its second year, the Sawtooth Valley Gathering is the latest music festival incarnation to be hosted in the town of Stanley, Idaho. With 25 bands and artists, as well as craft and food vendors, the all-weekend festival promises fun for all. Located in Stanley’s Pioneer Park, the joys […]
A Blockbuster 2016 Sun Valley Summer Symphony Line-Up by Sabina Dana Plasse
This summer, the Sun Valley Summer Symphony presents centuries of some of the world’s best music in just a few short weeks. As a prelude to the Symphony’s Orchestra Festival, the In Focus Series, July 24-28, is themed “The Chamber Orchestra: Good Things, Small Packages” and will trace the evolution […]
Emmylou Harris with Ian Janco by Hayden Seder
Our parents’ music is the soundtrack of our formative years, shaping our memories and cultivating our tastes until we begin to develop passions of our own. In my parents’ household, the folksy singing of artists like Joni Mitchell, Carole King, and, of course, Emmylou Harris, was a constant presence. Without […]
Spirits of Another Sort by Laurel Holland
SUN VALLEY, ID. Dust off those folding lawn chairs and pull out the family picnic blanket: Summer Symphony Season is here! And with another star-studded lineup on tap, this year’s Orchestra Festival is slated for a larger-than-life opening act. On Monday, August 1, the highly anticipated production of Stravinsky’s The […]
35th Annual Wine Auction
It’s hard to imagine a Wood River Valley without the awesome purveyor of arts and culture, Sun Valley Center for the Arts. But The Center wasn’t always a major presence in our Valley, it was born 34 years ago when Glenn Janss and a few close friends decided that our […]
We Read Here! Sun Valley Writers’ Conference and The Community Library Share the Literary Wealth by Kim Frank
For four days every summer since 1995, Sun Valley is host to a collection of some of the most glittering jewels in the literary universe. What began as a small group of notable and aspiring writers and readers eager to learn from one another on the Community School campus has […]