with Idaho Ranchers & Friends 

Friday, October 6, 2023
2:30pm – 4:00pm
John A. and Carole O. Moran Lecture Hall

Hear stories and ask questions of Idaho ranchers and learn what it is really like to be an Idaho rancher. Panelists include Cindy Siddoway, Cory Peavey, Henry Etcheverry, and Darby Northcott. The panel will be moderated by Mike Guerry.

This event is open to all, no registration required. The conversation will be livestreamed and recorded. Presented in partnership with the Trailing of the Sheep Festival.

More here.

What Working Landscapes Bring to the Table 

Tuesday, October 3, 2023
5:30pm – 7:00pm
John A. and Carole O. Moran Lecture Hall

This panel conversation, in partnership with the Western Landowners Alliance and the Trailing of the Sheep Festival, will focus on the importance of both private and public lands, the critical role of agriculture in conservation, and obstacles that landowners face in stewarding these landscapes. The panel will also touch on the idea of stewardship beyond boundaries: the need for all of us—landowners, sportsmen, recreationalists, ranchers, urban residents—to look beyond the boundaries of our land or immediate self-interests.

Panelists will include Lesli Allison, the CEO of the Western Landowners Alliance, Cameron Westcamp, the Operations Manager for Rinker Rock Creek Ranch, and a local producer. The discussion will be moderated by Eric Winford, Associate Director of the University of Idaho Rangeland Center.

This program will be livestreamed and available to view later online. 

More/register here.

At the Wood River Museum of History and Culture

Join us for a conversation exploring the extraordinary history, challenges, culture, and livelihoods of Peruvian sheepherders in Idaho as observed by the panelists through their work and lived experiences. Panelists include Luis Campos, Betzi Quiroz, and Rodolfo Serva and the event will be moderated by Jessica Maynard. Spanish translation will be available.

Space is limited and registration is required. Register here.

Únase a nosotros para una conversación que explora la historia, los desafíos, la cultura y los medios de subsistencia de los pastores peruanos en Idaho, tal como lo observan los panelistas a través de su trabajo y experiencias vividas. Los panelistas incluyen a Luis Campos, Betzi Quiroz, y Rodolfo Serva y el evento será moderado por Jessica Maynard. Habrá traducción al español. 

Las plazas son limitadas y es necesario inscribirse. Inscríbase aquí.

Photo: Trailing of the Sheep Festival Archive Collection, Jeanne Rodger Lane Center for Regional History

The Sun Valley Playwright’s Residency, The Argyros, and The Community Library present two events with Pulitzer Prize Winner Martyna Majok:

A Conversation with Pulitzer Prize Winner Martyna Majok & Caitlin Sullivan

Wednesday, September 27, 2023
5:30pm – 6:30pm
The Argyros

Pulitzer Prize winner and Tony Award-nominee Martyna Majok and Off Broadway Director Caitlin Sullivan will be in conversation with Sun Valley Playwright’s Residency Artistic Director John Baker about their work and collaboration before taking questions from the audience. Majok is the 2022-2023 Resident Playwright of Sun Valley Playwright’s Residency. Free of charge; event will be upstairs in The Argyros’s Bailey Family Studio. Free of charge; reservations required; more information at: www.sunvalleyplaywrights.org.

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Reading of a New Play by Martyna Majok

Thursday, September 28, 2023
7:00pm – 8:30pm
The Argyros

A work-in-process reading, written by Martyna Majok, and directed by Caitlin Sullivan. Join us for the first public reading of a brand new play-in-process play by Pulitzer Prize winner and Tony Award nominee Martyna Majok, the 2022-2023 Resident Playwright of Sun Valley Playwright’s Residency.

Free of charge; reservations required; more information at: www.sunvalleyplaywrights.org.

…with Writer-In-Residence Jordan Salama 

Tuesday, September 26, 2023
5:30pm – 6:30pm
John A. and Carole O. Moran Lecture Hall

Writer-In-Residence at the Hemingway House, Jordan Salama, will discuss his forthcoming book: Stranger in the Desert: A Family Story, which will be released in February 2024.

Inspired by family lore, a young writer embarks on an epic quest through the Argentine Andes in search of a heritage spanning hemispheres and centuries, from the Jewish Levant to turn-of-the-century trade routes in South America

One Thanksgiving afternoon at his grandparents’ house, Jordan Salama discovers a large binder stuffed with yellowing papers and old photographs—a five-hundred-year wandering history of his Arab-Jewish family, from Moorish Spain to Ottoman Syria to Argentina and beyond.

One story in particular captures his attention: that of his great-grandfather, a Syrian-born, Arabic-speaking Jewish immigrant to Argentina who in the 1920s worked as a traveling salesman in the Andes—and may have left behind forgotten descendants along the way. Encouraged by his grandfather, Jordan goes in search of these “Lost Salamas,” traveling more than a thousand miles up the spine of South America’s greatest mountain range.

Combining travelog, history, memoir, and reportage, Stranger in the Desert transports readers from the lonely plains of Patagonia to the breathtaking altiplano of the high Andes; from the old Jewish quarter of Damascus to today’s vibrant neighborhoods of Buenos Aires. It is also a fervent journey of self-discovery as Salama grapples with his own Jewish, Arab, and Latin American identities, interrogating the stories families tell themselves, and to what end.

This program will be livestreamed and available to view later.

Jordan Salama is a writer, reporter, and producer. His first book, Every Day the River Changes, chronicling his journey down Colombia’s Río Magdalena and the lives of the people living along its banks, was named a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2021 and a top new travel book by the New York Times, as well as the “Princeton Pre-Read.” Focusing largely on culture and the environment in the Americas, his essays and stories appear regularly in National Geographic, the New York Times, Smithsonian Magazine and other publications. He has written about climate change, letter-writing, and American Jewish life; tracked down Syrian traveling salesmen in the Andes; covered Lionel Messi and the Argentina national soccer team during the 2016 Copa América, and traveled across the U.S. and Patagonia by train, among many other adventures. He is also the co-creator of The Lulus TV, a bilingual children’s media company with more than 1 million YouTube followers across English and Spanish-language channels. He graduated from Princeton University in 2019 and has been based, in recent years, between New York and Buenos Aires. 

More here.

The Sun Valley Playwright’s Residency, The Argyros, and The Community Library present two events with Pulitzer Prize Winner Martyna Majok:

A Conversation with Pulitzer Prize Winner Martyna Majok & Caitlin Sullivan

Wednesday, September 27, 2023
5:30pm – 6:30pm
The Argyros

Pulitzer Prize winner and Tony Award-nominee Martyna Majok and Off Broadway Director Caitlin Sullivan will be in conversation with Sun Valley Playwright’s Residency Artistic Director John Baker about their work and collaboration before taking questions from the audience. Majok is the 2022-2023 Resident Playwright of Sun Valley Playwright’s Residency. Free of charge; event will be upstairs in The Argyros’s Bailey Family Studio. Free of charge; reservations required; more information at: www.sunvalleyplaywrights.org.

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Reading of a New Play by Martyna Majok

Thursday, September 28, 2023
7:00pm – 8:30pm
The Argyros

A work-in-process reading, written by Martyna Majok, and directed by Caitlin Sullivan. Join us for the first public reading of a brand new play-in-process play by Pulitzer Prize winner and Tony Award nominee Martyna Majok, the 2022-2023 Resident Playwright of Sun Valley Playwright’s Residency.

Free of charge; reservations required; more information at: www.sunvalleyplaywrights.org.