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Kicking off a busy weekend, the National Museum of Wildlife Art celebrates today the opening of the exhibit Greatest Photographs of the American West.

Viewers got a peek at the collection of National Geographic images during the Photography at the Summit workshop earlier this month. From cowboys to canyons, the exhibit covers the people, landscapes and wildlife of the West in exquisite color and composition. There are several images from Grand Teton and Yellowstone national parks, along with one of Jimmy Chin’s climbing photos.

The museum is hosting a reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. today and interactive tour from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Longtime Geographic lensman Bill Allard will discuss his work at 6:30 p.m. today. The exhibit hangs through April 28.

Before sunrise Saturday, sportsters will be lining up outside the Heritage Arena on Snow King Avenue for the Jackson Hole Ski Club’s annual Ski Swap. Early birds will be allowed in at 7:30 a.m., followed by the general public at 8:15. Elevated Grounds will be selling coffee and the Pica’s truck will serve breakfast burritos. Bring your reusable mug. Proceeds will benefit the ski club’s youth programs.

KMTN opens the Halloween festivities with its always-scary Halloween Bash on Saturday. The party starts at 10 p.m. in the Snow King ballroom with music by ’80s cover band 86. Rock and roll all night for $15, with proceeds benefiting Children’s Learning Center. More freak fests will follow on Oct. 31.

Posted under Art, Entertainment, Music, Sports

Tags: Media, parties, photography, skiing, snowboarding

With the Tetons freshly capped in snow for the first time this autumn, the timing couldn’t be better for Saturday’s screening of Further, the second installment in the backcountry riding trilogy from snowboarder Jeremy Jones and filmmaker Teton Gravity Research.

Picking up where he left off in Deeper, the film finds Jones continuing to push his limits as he ventures into more remote terrain — without the use of lifts or helicopters. “Through research, patience and hard work, the crew was able to live in caves and on glaciers to ride untouched lines without another human in sight,” TGR explains.

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Posted under Entertainment, Environment, Media, Sports

Tags: backcountry, films, powder, skiing, snowboarding, teton gravity research

Earlier this summer, three tourists were gored by bison in separate incidents in Yellowstone National Park.

This nearly makes four, or five, or six.

August will be over soon.

Enjoy.

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• Utard films herself being gored by bison (July 27, 2010)

Posted under Entertainment, Environment, Humor

Tags: bison, tourists, wildlife, yellowstone

As if last weekend’s wedding of Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel didn’t create enough celebrity buzz, Stephen Colbert appears to be in Jackson Hole on vacation. He stopped in for a bite recently at Pizzeria Caldera.

His Super PAC hasn’t made a donation to my campaign. Yet.

(Photo via Jamie Storrs/Terra PR)

Posted under Entertainment, Politics, Republican Party, Town Government

Tags: campaign 2012, Media, restaurants, stephen colbert, tourists

A photo that emerged last winter of a 2-headed trout poisoned by phosphate mining near a Snake River tributary drew the attention of the N.Y. Times, Gizmodo and other major media outlets.

Naturally, the Daily Show sent ace reporter Aasif Mandvi to investigate.

J.R. Simplot Co., which operates the Smoky Canyon Mine in eastern Idaho to make fertilizer, was not amused.

Again, props to Marv Hoyt of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition for blowing the whistle on the agribusiness giant poisoning our streams with selenium.

Posted under Entertainment, Environment, Humor, Media

Tags: fishing, idaho, jon stewart, river running, snake river