Experience the rebirth of an epic African wildlife park through the eyes of Emmy Award-winning natural history cinematographer, and longtime Ketchum resident, Bob Poole.
Join National Geographic Live speakers Bob Poole and Ronan Donovan in this lively roundtable discussion including an audience Q & A.
Join biologist-turned-photographer Ronan Donovan as he talks about the incredible similarities we humans share with other social mammals in the animal kingdom, and what we can learn from them.
A gay writer from New York travels to Ketchum, Idaho to work on a film script set in Sun Valley. His plans and life take a wildly unanticipated turn after he has a chance encounter with an elusive ranch hand at the town’s annual Trailing of the Sheep Festival.
At a bus stop in a run-down New Jersey town, Darja, a Polish immigrant cleaning lady, is done talking about feelings; it’s time to talk money. Over the course of 20 years, and three relationships, Darja negotiates for her future with men who can offer her love or security, but never both. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Martyna Majok’s Ironbound is a darkly funny, heartbreaking portrait of a woman for whom love is a luxury—and a liability—as she fights to survive in America.
New York Times bestselling author Jann Wenner visits The Argyros for an afternoon of conversation about his newest book, Like A Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone founder, co-editor, and publisher Wenner offers a "touchingly honest" and "wonderfully deep memoir from the beating heart of classic rock and roll "(Bruce Springsteen). Like a Rolling Stone is a beautifully written portrait of one man’s life, and the life of his generation.
Curated events featuring five tellers who develop and shape their stories with The Moth directors. Moth stories are true, as remembered by the storyteller and always told live. Beyond theater, The Moth Mainstage is a community where entertainment and enlightenment merge.
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. This program is supported in part by a grant from the Idaho Humanities Council, a State-based partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Join us for the first public reading of a brand new work-in-process play by Pulitzer Prize winner and Tony Award nominee Martyna Majok, the 2022-2023 Resident Playwright of Sun Valley Playwright’s Residency.
This year, the Festival is presenting TahNibaa Naataanii - an artist who creates with weavings and hand felting techniques to produce wearable art. As a young girl, TahNibaa's paternal grandmother gave her the Navajo name of: TahNibaa Atlo'iigii, which means "coming into battle with weaving." She believes it was her grandmother's hope that she continue the tradition of weaving in their family. She is now a fifth-generation Navajo Weaver and represents the Many Hogan Clan and Coyote Pass Clans, and her maternal and paternal clans are the Mexican and Steep Rock Clans.
Spanning 30 years, Gruesome Playground Injuries charts the intersection of childhood friends Kayleen and Doug, using scars, wounds, and calamities as the mile markers to explore why people hurt themselves. Pulitzer Prize finalist and two-time Obie Award winner, Rajiv Joseph is the 2023-2024 Resident Playwright of Sun Valley Playwright’s Residency.
Max Lugavere is a health and science journalist, filmmaker, and bestselling author. His first book, Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life, a New York Times bestseller, challenged our understanding of diet's impact on brain health and was published in 8 languages around the globe. An engaging and internationally sought-after speaker on topical health and wellness topics, Lugavere regularly leads keynote talks and corporate seminars around the world, including SXSW, TEDx, the New York Academy of Sciences, the Biohacker Summit in Stockholm, and many others.
