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’Tis the season The holidays are a classic time to be in Sun Valley. Snow-white hills, lights strewn about city trees, perfect powder days under bluebird skies, all add to the copious organized merriment. Ketchum Christmas Tree Lighting: Dec. 3, 5:30 p.m., Ketchum’s Town Plaza. Live music, hot cocoa, hot cider, cookies and, naturally, Santa Claus, riding in on a fire engine.Caritas Chorale’s Holiday Sing-a-Long: Dec. 12, 6 p.m., St. Thomas Church, Ketchum. Croney Cove European Christmas Market: Dec.
13-15, Sun Valley Christmas Eve: Company of Fools’ It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play: Dec. 24-26, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday, Liberty Theatre, Hailey. Tickets: $15 to $25.Details: 578-9122 companyoffools.org. The Race is on Winterstart Nordic Race:
Wells Fargo Boulder
Mountain Tour: Boulder Mountain Classic
Tour: 7th Annual Snow Box
Derby: Spring Loppet: A
costumed fun Nordic tour; Bill Janss Memorial Pro
Am Classic: The Ride, Stride and
Glide triathlon: Go Nordic Ski free days: Dec. 14 and Jan. 10 on the North Valley Trails and Quigley Nordic. Ski the Rails: Jan. 31, on the Wood River Trail system. Winter Warmers Celebrate
mountain life Best of Banff Film Festival: 12th Annual Friends of the Sawtooth National Forest Avalanche Center fund raising event; Jan. 29, 30 and 31, nexStage Theatre, Ketchum. The Hawaiian Nationals: Final race of the Sun Valley Telemark series combined with end of season party; April 5, Warm Springs. Galas galore Break out the Ketchum casual attire for these worthy causes. 13th Annual Galena Winter Dinner and Benefit: Jan. 24, the Sun Valley Inn’s Limelight room. Details: 788-2117. St. Luke’s Wood River
Medical Center Holiday Ball: Dec. 13, the Sun Valley Inn’s Limelight
Room.
Art in the
Mountains Man Embarrassed by Mike Stilkey, courtesy Gilman Contemporary Michael Chabon: The Pulitzer Prize winning author lectures as a part of the multidisciplinary exhibition Superheroes; Dec. 9, nexStage Theatre, Ketchum. Gloria Steinem: The feminist and writer lectures as a part of the multidisciplinary exhibition Domestic Life; Jan. 14, Presbyterian Church of the Big Wood, Ketchum. Perla Batalla: The singer returns to perform her mestiza music, a vibrant mixture of her South American, Mexican and American roots, Dec. 5, Presbyterian Church of the Big Wood, Ketchum. The Brubeck Brothers Quartet: The accomplished sons of famed jazz pianist Dave Brubeck, perform Jan. 9, Sun Valley Opera House. The Shanghai Quartet: A versatile ensemble known for its passionate musicality, virtuoso technique and multicultural innovation, perform Feb. 7, Presbyterian Church of the Big Wood, Ketchum. Gallery Walks |