By Jim Stanford on August 25, 2009
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There will be another bike-in movie screening on the lawn of Center for the Arts tonight.
This time, it’s The Goonies, sponsored by Teton Artlab and Fitzgerald’s Bicycles, among others.
Details are here.
Last showing got moved inside because of weather. Tonight looks more promising.
Posted under Art, Entertainment
Tags: center for the arts, cycling, films, hipsters
By Jim Stanford on August 21, 2009
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We won’t have to bring our skis to the ‘Ghee this weekend; this is the first Saturday in three weeks with no snow in the forecast.
Rather, it will feel good to get up to 8,000 feet and cool down. Only the music will be scorching.
Tonight there’s going to be a serious hoedown when Railroad Earth takes the stage at the base of Fred’s Mountain. This jamgrass band from back East has quietly built a following through word of mouth and shared live recordings.
Posted under Music, Ski Resorts
By Jim Stanford on August 19, 2009
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Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue came marching into Driggs last week and threw down some thumping funk at Music on Main.
Afterward, he talked about what makes New Orleans music so much fun to dance to, as well as the challenge of playing at high altitude.
Don’t be fooled by his “party all the time” line; this 23-year-old brass player is a consummate professional, more apt to give an erudite critique of a Louis Armstrong composition than talk smack about the Saints.
Posted under Music
Tags: christie koriakin, funk, jazz fest, music on main, new orleans, teton valley
By Jim Stanford on August 18, 2009
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Gettin' it: The prez tries his hand at fly fishing in Montana.
Well, the angler-in-chief probably did better with a fly rod than most mountain men would do on the basketball courts of Chicago.
President Obama was not dissuaded by cold rain Friday as he plied the waters of the East Gallatin River near Bozeman. Making good on a campaign pledge to learn to fly fish, he hooked a half-dozen trout but didn’t land any.
Posted under Environment, Politics, Sports
Tags: barack obama, fishing, national parks, river running, snake river, yellowstone
By Jim Stanford on August 16, 2009
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Autumn in August continues. Click to enlarge.
Welcome to the new ice age.
This is the view from Moose this morning, as the snow line was at about 7,000 feet on the flanks of Teewinot, Mount St. John and Mount Moran.
Back-to-back weekends of snow in August, which is cause for celebration if you’re this guy or these guys. But some of the rest of us are cringing.
I asked Dick Barker, who has been floating the Snake since the 1950s, if he had ever seen a summer like this one. “No,” he said, flatly.
At this rate we should be skiing by Oct. 1.
Posted under Environment, Sports, Weather, Wyoming
Tags: grand teton national park, powder, skiing
By Jim Stanford on August 14, 2009
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A bike event built for two.
Friends of Pathways holds Jackson’s first “bike-in” movie.
Jim Woodmencey is calling for more snow, in August.
Not to rain on FoP’s parade, but there are some advantages to having a roof over your head.
We are hardy folks, though.
More details after the jump.
Posted under Dating, Entertainment
Tags: center for the arts, christie koriakin, cycling, films, nonprofits
