Flamenco Vivo at Sun Valley Opera House
Saturday, February 25, 6:30pm
This fierce and eclectic evening of Spanish dance and music (with live guitar, singing and palmas – clapping) features lamenting solos, sizzling duets, and festive group dances. The program, La Pasión Flamenca, is passion-in-motion, a journey back to the cultural crossroads of Andalusia, the southern region of Spain and the birthplace of flamenco.
TICKETS
$30 / $40 nonmembers / $10 student
Purchase online www.sunvalleycenter.org, at The Center (corner of 5th & Washington) or by phone 208.726.9491.
FLAMENCO DANCE WORKSHOP
Saturday, February 25, noon Community Campus, Hailey $20 / $30 nonmember adults / $10 kids
In addition to their evening performance, the community will have the opportunity to take a flamenco workshop—all are welcome! Please see our website for more details.
H’SAO
Saturday, January 21, 6:30pm
Sun Valley Opera House
H’Sao draws inspiration from gospel and traditional African music, especially that of its Chadian roots, and adds dashes of pop, soul, jazz and R&B. The voices are magnificent, true and powerful; their original compositions, their unmistakable style and the energy on stage are contagious.
TICKETS
$20 / $30 nonmembers / $10 student
Purchase online www.sunvalleycenter.org, at The Center (corner of 5th & Washington) or by phone 208.726.9491.
Photo courtesy of Tal Roberts.
Tom Wallisch Fantasy Rail Jam goes off and the Sun Valley Freestyle Spectacular is coming up!
By Katie Matteson
With all the excitement about weather forecasts for the upcoming “snopacalypse” and a possible “snownami” (which are happily hitting us this week) it’s easy to forget about all the fun bluebird day happenings on the mountain in Sun Valley. Cool events like last weekend’s Tom Wallisch Fantasy Rail Jam and next weekend’s Sun Valley Freestyle Spectacular are just a few from the long list of the cool things that happen around here, powder day or not.
Tom Wallisch Fantasy Rail Jam: Saturday, January 14th, 2012
SCOTT USA and Sun Valleyhosted their first rail jam of the season last weekend on a packed new feature in Dollar’s epic Terrain Park. The event started weeks before when SCOTT invited terrain park enthusiasts to design their very own fantasy feature. It was 24 year-old Patrick Sullivan of Gunnison, Colorado, who designed the winning feature with an eight-foot ditch pipe with rails on the top and bottom, which the Sun Valley Terrain Park crew brought to life to look almost exactly like Sullivan’s sketch. Judged by the man, Tom Wallisch himself, the Rail Jam kicked off Saturday morning with over 40 competitors. After signing autographs for the little grommets and hitting the features a few times himself, Wallisch sat back to watch the eager skiers show off. Under a bluebird sky and in front of a crowd of revelers who hiked up Dollar to check out the action, the Rail Jam went off without a hitch, each jibber impressing Tom Wallisch and his crew. Photographer Tal Roberts was on hand to check out all the action and the sweep of the junior category by Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation freestyle skiers, Hunter Diehl, Luke Rizzo and Alvaro Jiraldo. You can see the rest of his shots here.
Next Up…
The Sun Valley Freestyle Spectacular: January 27th-30th
One of the biggest freestyle competitions in the region, Sun Valley Resort and the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation is hosting the Sun Valley Freestyle Spectacular again this year! The event takes place January 27th-30th and is the best way to check out Dollar Mountain’s now famous terrain parks! The event kicks off on Thursday with the Halfpipe competition on Dollar’s brand new Halfpipe and continues Friday with the Slopestyle Comp. Saturday and Sunday will feature mogul and double mogul competitions. It is a weekend not to be missed!
There will be a NASTAR race n Cozy from 12pm – 1pm.
For more information, please call Sun Valley Race Department at (208)622-6356 or svrace@sunvalley.com
2011-2012 Lecture Series
Lois Lowry – Thursday, November 3, 6:30pm
$15/ $25 nonmembers / $5 student
Gretel Ehrlich – Thursday, January 5, 6:30pm
$15/ $25 nonmembers / $10 student
James Balog – Thursday, January 19, 6:30pm
$15/ $25 nonmembers / $10 student
Reza Aslan – Thursday, February 23, 6:30pm
$25/ $35 nonmembers / $15 student
Garrison Keillor – Monday, March 5, 6:30pm
$30/ $40 nonmembers / $20 student
Tickets can be purchased by calling The Center at 208.726.9491 or online at www.sunvalleycenter.org.
