An artist panel discussion with Jim Romberg, Carol Glenn, and Elmer Taylor, all prominent ceramic artists. There is no charge to enter and the talk will include brief slide shows of each artist’s current works. This panel discussion will kick off a weekend workshop with Jim Romberg on Raku firing ceramics, to be held at the Boulder Mountain Clayworks studio in the 10th Street Center, Ketchum.
Hiking Idaho, 3rd Edition with Luke Kratz
A guide to the State’s greatest hiking adventures. Join author Luke Kratz and lace up your boots to sample more than 100 trails in Idaho’s vast undeveloped backcountry and wilderness areas. Discover pink granite peaks of the Sawtooth Range, “big tree” country in the Selkirk Mountain rain forest, and Hells Canyon – the deepest gorge in North America.
Whether you are a day-tripper or long-distance hiker, old hand or novice, Luke will help you find trails suited to every ability and interest throughout Idaho.
Tom Zoellner presents “Train”
Train is the story of the most indispensable mode of transportation the world has ever known: the railroad. The presentation will follow Tom on a journey from the birthplace of the locomotive in England, to the frozen Trans-Siberian railroad to cresting the Andes in a rattling coal train, riding with blues musicians across America, ascending to the Tibetan plateau on the world’s highest line and crisscrossing India on its antiquated yet magnificent trains. Train examines not just the mechanics of these grandiose machines, but their gigantic effect on the societies through which they run.
Tom Zoellner is the author of four nonfiction books, The Heartless Stone, Uranium, A Safeway in Arizona and Train. He has appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, NPR’s All Thing Considered and Talk of the Nation, PRI’s Marketplace, Fox and Friends, CNN, Bloomberg TV and C Span’s Book TV. His work has been translated into thirteen languages, and his journalism has appeared in Harper’s, Time, The Atlantic, Foreign Policy, The Oxford American, Men’s Health, Slate and the San Francisco Chronicle, among other places. He is an Associate Professor of English at Chapman University and lives in the mountains above Los Angeles.
A Million Steps: Walking the Camino de Santiago
Kurt Koontz speaks about his book, A Million Steps, detailing his trek on the Camino de Santiago. Kurt tells the story and reveals the insights he gained on his 490-mile walking trip on the historic Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route in Spain. Kurt reveals how though he was fit and strong, had a good guidebook and all the right equipment and a pilgrim passport that would grant him access to the shelter of hostels along the way he was not prepared for the grandeur of his external or internal adventure.
In A Million Steps Kurt reveals how he climbs over the high meadows of the Pyrenees, quests through the unceasing wind of the Meseta, and dances in the rains of Galicia. While at the same time following the yellow arrows that mark the route, Koontz also navigates through his personal history of addiction, recovery, and love.
After retiring early from his job as a successful sales executive for a Fortune 500 technology company, Kurt Koontz volunteered in his community and traveled across Europe and North America. He never considered writing a book until he walked nearly 500 miles across Spain in 2012. Those million steps were so compelling that he returned home and began writing and speaking about his life-changing adventures. He lives and writes on a tree-lined creek in Boise, Idaho.
Upbeat with Alasdair
Alasdair Neale, Musical Director of the Sun Valley Summer Symphony, will give a preview to the 2014 season and discuss his favorite music. Topic: What Does a Conductor Do, Anyway?
Sun Valley Artist Series Presents Great Performers
This year’s documentary series chronicles the passion, pressure, and potential surrounding some of the world’s most prestigious piano competitions, including The Cliburn International Piano Competition.
