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July 29, 2015 By Meteorologist Jim Woodmencey
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he last week in July and the first week in August have always seemed to me to be the best time to get high in the Tetons, elevation-wise that is. The weather is usually consistently good over that two-week span, and the temperatures are some of the warmest we get all year, on average. However, sometimes there are exceptions to that rule, like the weather we had earlier this week. Thankfully, the rest of this week the weather is getting back to normal.
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We finally hit 80-degrees in Jackson this past weekend, on Sunday afternoon, after an almost three week hiatus from our normally warm temps during this time of the year. Then the pendulum swung the other way on Monday, with that cold front that went through, which dropped the temperatures after noontime into the 50’s. Thankfully we are rebounding back closer to normal for the rest of the week.
MONTH OF JULY AVERAGE PRECIPITATION: 1.05 inches RECORD PRECIPITATION: 3.26 inches 1993 AVERAGE SNOWFALL: 0 inches RECORD SNOWFALL: 0 inches
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If you haven’t heard, we have a short growing season here in Jackson. For those who like to play farmer and grow their own gardens, the length of time between freezes can vary from less than 30 days to just over 90 days. It’s the years when we get a good freeze in July that can really stunt the tomato growth around here. Like the record cold temps we had during this week of 27-degrees, back on July 29, 1959 and also on July 30, 1966.
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remember the moment 20 years ago, standing in the courtyard of my Uncle Michael’s Johannesburg, South Africa, home under the hazy Highveld sunshine wondering why the air was so disgusting. It was so thick with coal dust I swear you could have grabbed a chunk of it, balled it up and thrown a “coal ball.” My eyes stung so badly I couldn’t even wear my contacts. And this was two decades after South Africa launched major initiatives to reduce air pollution from the burning of coal. I remember the sinking feeling in my stomach when I realized that my family was partly responsible for this sickening air. Just over 100 years ago my grandfather, Morris Kotkin, emigrated from Western Russia to South Africa looking for a better life. When he arrived, he took a job doing menial office work for a coal distribution company. In a classic bootstraps story, he worked his way up and eventually ran a company that transported coal across South Africa. South Africa has a lot of coal, and back then it powered everything – from heaters and stoves in people’s homes to the nation’s electrical grid. My Uncle Michael took over the family coal distribution business when Morris died in 1962 and was running it at the moment I stood in his courtyard wondering about the repulsive air. I began to realize the nauseating air really wasn’t Michael’s fault. If he didn’t ship the coal across South Africa, someone else would. He was simply trapped in a society addicted to fossil fuels. But how did this addiction begin? To answer this question, we need to understand energy. What is energy exactly? Energy is the capacity to do work. The more energy you have, the more work you can do. Energy creates order out of disorder and complexity out of simplicity. Without energy, nothing happens. But it’s not quite that simple, what really matters isn’t how much energy you have; it’s how much controllable concentrated energy you have. Controllable concentrated energy can do
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a lot of useful work. For instance, one gallon of gas has the equivalent energy of about 350 to 500 hours of human labor. That’s a lot of work. This is why concentrated energy is the lifeblood of any economy. The more concentrated energy an economy has, the more work it can do and the more complex it can become. We’ve seen this play out over the past six generations of human history. Up until the late 19th century most Americans were farmers. Ninety percent. That’s pretty much how it was all over the world. We were limited by the amount of sunlight that hit the earth every day and patiently grew our planted crops. Those societies with a surplus of food became more complex as people were freed from farming to do other things. But sunlight is an incredibly diffuse source of energy that’s hard to control (until recent improvements in renewable energy technology), so previous societies never were able to become that complex. But humans found something so powerful it would completely transform the world. What is it? Ancient sunlight. In 1859 (eight years after my wife’s great, great grandfather was born), Edwin Drake struck oil in Titusville, Penn. Over hundreds of millions of years the earth had condensed the energy of the sun in the form of dead plants, dinosaurs and other organic material and transformed it into unbelievably dense forms of usable concentrated energy – oil, coal and natural gas. Fossil fuels. Ancient sunlight, gift wrapped by the earth and ready for us to put to work. Fossil fuels can do a lot of work. Remember, one gallon of gas has the equivalent energy of hundreds of hours of human labor. Since South Africa has a lot of coal, people there decided to put it to work building their economy. People across the world made the same decision and we, as a global society, have made a collective choice to base our entire economic system – our entire way of life – on the burning of ancient sunlight. This is especially true here in Wyoming, where, like South Africa, we have a lot of coal. Wyoming produces 40 percent of the coal
used to generate electricity in America. The tax revenues from coal and other fossil fuels pay for approximately 70 percent of operating our state’s government. Like most addictions, fossil fuels made us feel good – at first. Fossil fuels have allowed us to expand the human endeavor in ways never before thought possible and vastly improve the lives of billions. Yet like most addictions, the good feelings came with consequences and, in the case of fossil fuels, the consequences are significantly worse than disgusting air – they threaten to undermine the very foundation of our society. Consequences like climate change caused by the burning of fossil fuels, which the U.S. Department of Defense recently warned will lead to “rising global temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, climbing sea levels, and more extreme weather events [that] will intensify the challenges of global instability, hunger, poverty, and conflict.” Climate change “will likely lead to food and water shortages, pandemic disease, disputes over refugees and resources, and destruction by natural disasters in regions across the globe.” While referring to climate change as a “threat multiplier” that can undermine fragile governments, creating “an avenue for extremist ideologies and conditions that foster terrorism.” It doesn’t have to be this way. “All is not lost,” Pope Francis said, in his recent encyclical regarding climate change. “Human beings, while capable of the worst, are also capable of rising above themselves, choosing again what is good, and making a new start.” Right now, Wyoming has an opportunity to break its addiction to fossil fuels and choose what is good through the development of the next energy strategy. Instead of doubling down and clinging desperately to the dirty energy economy of the past, we can blaze a trail toward the clean energy economy of the future. PJH
Craig Benjamin is the executive director of the Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance.
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THE BUZZ The faces of Blair If Blair Place residents are forced from the valley, just who do we stand to lose? BY ROBYN VINCENT @TheNomadicHeart This week’s installment broaches personal territory as the author highlights one of the first people she met in Jackson, an exuberant valley cheerleader, who, along with his wife, are reevaluating their place here after Blair Place Apartments’ announcement to raise rent more than 40 percent.
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hen I moved to the valley seven years ago, there were a few folks that, unbeknownst to them, helped convince me to stay. Fervent advocates of Jackson who fostered my undying love for this place through their earnest warmth and tales of local people, culture and history. Struggling to plant my roots during those first few years, I would often see Matt Grabowski at small dinner parties. “Robyn! What’s up, lady?” Grabowski would say as he raised his hand to high five me. A warm embrace always followed. As we drank wine and broke bread, Grabowski would detail, with a booming voice and the animated gestures to match, some of the wondrous little gems that distinguished the valley: its vibrant snow and skate culture; the patchwork of aging ski bums who eventually carved important roles in the public and private sectors, inspired mountain characters and a familial community vibe. For a couple months, I found myself sharing a Rafter J condo with Grabowski and a few others. The moment he draped a Wyoming flag on the living room wall remains etched in my mind. “I really like Jackson,” I mused, “but I don’t know that I align myself with the rest of Wyoming.” Grabowski’s thoughtful response embodied his approach to new ideas and people different than him: “Wyoming is your home, too, not just Jackson,” he said. “You have to embrace all of it if you want to live here.” And so I did. I began celebrating and exploring everything that makes us prideful and frustrated with Jackson Hole and the Equality State. Now, a major source of frustration comes from the idea of losing folks like Grabowski. While I no longer run in the same social circle as Grabowski, when I learned that
Matt Grabowski and Renee Knutson on the porch of their Blair Place Apartment. The couple says their future in the valley is uncertain when their lease expires in May and their rent takes a sharp rise. him and his wife, Renee Knutson, are Blair Place residents, I had to pay them a visit. I arrived to Grabowski and Knutson’s third floor apartment to learn that the high five and warm embrace are still mainstay, but the former radio personality’s enthusiasm and vigor wasn’t there. “I always felt like this town was going to chase me out,” Grabowski admitted as I sat down on his brown living room couch. “It feels more and more like working class people are not welcome here anymore.” Recently securing a job with UPS, Grabowski has worn various hats during his 11-year stint in the valley. He was a key member of The Boardroom’s staff back when founder Marc Loebe was still running the show. He DJed as “Terminator Matt” on KMTN during the radio station’s heyday. He’s guided for Jack Dennis and tuned at Teton Village. The list goes on. Knutson is the lead teacher for third, fourth and fifth graders at Joy Summer Camp, where children there work closely with nonprofit organizations like Friends of Pathways and the Good Samaritan Mission to cultivate a sense of community involvement and philanthropy. In the winter she teaches an after-school program for the Presbyterian Church, volunteers as a ski host for Jackson Hole Mountain Resort and nannies for the children of a high school teacher. “At camp we teach kids not only how to
treat each other but how to value the community they live in,” Knutson explained. “Community is about looking out for each other and helping each other become better, but when a few people decide that [community] is not a worthy investment, it doesn’t feel like home anymore.” Grabowski, Knutson, and Jorge Moreno, another Blair resident profiled last week, say they realize rent increases are inevitable, particularly in a market like Jackson where a lack of housing has forced community members of all stripes to camp, live out of their cars, or simply move away. However, the three Blair residents, and numerous others who asked not to be named in this story for fear of backlash from their landlords, question a 40 percent rent hike, almost $500 on a two-bedroom apartment. Blair’s owners have attributed their own set of escalating costs, including a 150 percent increase in maintenance fees as some of the reasons behind a steep rise in rent. But Grabowski has trouble computing that figure. He says that snow plowing last winter, for example, at the 294-unit complex was inconsistent, leaving residents to sometimes navigate walkways with precarious ice and snow. When contacted for comment, Blair owner Todd Oliver declined to elaborate. “Given the treatment that Blair Place has received in the press, we are not making
any further comments,” he said in an email. “I will relay to you that the information you provided about there not being any snow removal last year is false.” If the couple manages to stay at Blair Place, Grabowski said he would hope to see at least a few improvements alongside a raise in rent. “Can we get better working appliances, designated parking spots, a fresh coat of paint on the walls even?” he asked. Some point to the idea that folks who can no longer afford to live in Jackson have the option to move to Alpine or Victor. But Knutson said she wonders how that will reshape the culture and feel of Jackson. “There is a detachment that happens when you don’t live where you work; it unravels the whole community aspect of a town, which has always been part of Jackson’s beauty,” said Knutson, who, along with Grabowksi, has lived in places where she commuted long hours to work. “I lived in Avon, Colorado, and traveled to Vail every day to work my 60-hour work week,” she said. “The only people I ever met were the people I worked with … I would work, go home and do it all over again. There was never a sense of community. “Even with a 20,000-plus population, this area still has a small-town feel,” Knutson continued, “because there is that sense that we are in it together. But if we take the ‘together’ part away, what is left?” PJH
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THEM ON US By JAKE NICHOLS
Roll on, Alabama
KMTN radio celebrity Mark Fishman posted pics of Alabama’s frontman Randy Owen as he stopped by to play for the St. Jude Moonlight on the Mountains Gala at Hotel Terra on Saturday. Owen had just played Cheyenne Frontier Days before dropping by the fundraiser in Jackson.
Better bourbon
Wyoming Whiskey is getting better. Larry Olmsted wrote up the local hooch for Forbes last week, claiming: “There is something cool about the notion of good bourbon from the heart of the Wild West, and just for its rugged uniqueness and attractive bottle, would make a good gift for the whiskey lover who has seen it all. But it also tastes great.” Olmsted said he tried the whiskey a few years ago while skiing at JHMR. “I wanted to like it, I tried it, it was just okay, and I moved on,” he wrote. But the bourbon has aged well in the past couple of years and Olmsted is not alone in noticing.
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The story is 100 percent bunk. But that doesn’t help Wyoming’s reputation much after scores of Internet users were duped by the weird and wacky tale making the rounds in The Onion, Reddit and other online sources. According to the fake story, Roy Tilbott, 51, was stopped by Casper police for suspicion of drunk driving. During the field sobriety test, several eyeballs fell out of his pant leg. Authorities found 30 total eyes in Tilbott’s anal cavity. Tilbott quickly explained the peeper smuggling, claiming he swiped them from his job at a meat packing plant because he enjoys munching on them like popcorn while driving. “I enjoy eating bovine eyeballs and smuggling them out in my colon was the only way I knew how to get them out without potentially getting caught and fired,” Tilbott allegedly said.
Boy Scouts embrace gays
Boy Scout leaders in Wyoming don’t expect a recent decision to allow gay adults to lead troops to affect membership in the Cowboy State. The 45-12 vote on Monday by the Boy Scouts of America National Executive Board lifts the ban on openly gay adults from leading scouts. Robert Quintana, president of the Boy Scouts’ Greater Wyoming Council, told the Casper Star-Tribune he hasn’t heard of any parents who plan to pull their boys out of Scouting because of the decision. He also said he was unaware of any gay people who wanted to become leaders.
Blowing up California
Could Wyoming come to the rescue of California? The Golden State has struggled with consistency in its renewable energy
program. A University of Wyoming report released Monday suggested Wyoming’s wind power might be the perfect answer. The reason is wind patterns in Wyoming dovetail nicely with those of California. In Wyoming, winds blow more during the winter and afternoon. California’s windy times are summer and night. The study compared wind patterns at California wind farms to those at sites with wind potential in Wyoming. Denver-based Anschutz Corp. plans to export electricity to California, according to a story in the Casper Star-Tribune.
Bronc baller seeks college
Jackson football standout Theo Dawson is attracting national attention well before his graduation date from Jackson Hole high School. Dawson told the Casper StarTribune he has visited several colleges already, looking for the best fit. The 6’2”, 222-pound running back/ linebacker hopes to lead the Broncs to a state championship this fall. Dawson knows Wyoming gridders don’t typically get much play at bigger sports universities but he’s holding out hope someone notices him. “Being from Wyoming, where we only have a certain number of kids who play football, it takes some time for me to really get out there, get the exposure, get the credibility I need for these schools to realize that I’m a legit player,” he told the Casper paper. Dawson’s father, Ted, played for BYU.
July snow surprise
“This pattern should not happen in July,” was the comment from the National Weather Service Office in Billings on Monday when a severe cold front blanketed upper elevations with snow in the Jackson Hole area. The Washington Post and Action News 5 in Memphis, Tenn., were at least two media outlets giddy about the unusual weather event. At Action News, weatherman Andrew Kozak shared his surprise: “My first stint in local TV was at the ABC affiliate in Casper, Wyoming. I have fond memories of visiting Jackson Hole in the summer and I remember it being warm enough to walk around in shorts.”
Piñata plane crash
ABC News reported a small plane crashed July 21 in Star Valley near Afton. The wreck killed Brad Lefevre, 22, and Chad Burton, 64, both of Afton. The plane had been dropping candy on an LDS church gathering in a local park. It crashed about five miles northwest of Afton. The NTSB is investigating the cause of the single-engine Aeronca 7BCM crash. PJH
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Quiet casualties Why we shouldn’t stay silent about suicides in a small town BY JAKE NICHOLS
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any people who attempt suicide often talk about wanting rest or trying to find peace. They don’t want to die so much but end their pain. It’s as if their life is in discord. Joy is replaced by hopelessness. Many think of themselves as a burden. They withdraw from family and friends and insulate themselves until it’s time to pull the trigger. Suicide, especially by firearms, has been a pandemic in Wyoming ever since John Sargent blasted his way to the boneyard in 1913 with his Sharps rifle while “God and Now We Die” played on the Victrola next to the fireplace in his cabin. The Cowboy State consistently is at or near the top of the list in deaths by suicide in the nation, running nearly twice the national average. According to the Wyoming Department of Health, 66 percent of Wyoming’s 100 annual suicides happen with the use of firearms. From 2004 to 2013, Teton County reported an average of 3.2 suicides a year – 26 of the 33 deaths, or 79 percent, involved the use of a gun. The national average is 66 percent. The recent suicide of a 16-year-old boy at the Van Vleck House, along with Jackson Hole native and University of Wyoming student Billy Frank’s hanging bring the often taboo and secretive aspects of suicide to the forefront. It’s a blight that small towns like Jackson would rather sweep under the rug than get to the bottom of. Mental health issues like clinical depression, mood disorders and anxieties sometimes combine with life-changing events that push even stable people to the edge of despair. But healthcare professionals on the frontlines are getting better at diagnosing suicide risks and help is usually a phone call away.
SHOULD I SAY SOMETHING?
A moving video produced by Jennifer Tennican under the leadership of the Episcopal Suicide Prevention Connection debuted late last year. “Our Youth and Suicide – a six-person scene” features sound advice from teens for teens dealing with a friend who may be at risk. The message warns not to marginalize what you’re hearing. Get actively involved. “We all have our ups and downs,” one young actor says. “It doesn’t hurt to ask. In fact, it helps,” says another. The direct approach of asking a friend or family member whether they are thinking about killing themselves was once thought to be too blunt or confrontational. Not anymore, experts say. “It’s challenging,” admits Pier Trudelle, principal of Kelly and Moran elementary schools and a special projects director working with local mental health providers for the past eight years. “Anxiety or feeling sad and blue can be normal, but when does it become a concern? We need to train and build people on the front line. You need skills and tools to ask the right questions.” Alexandra Klein, 28, is a licensed clinical social worker who deals with eating disorders and suicidal ideation patients. She admits she is not trained as a crisis hotline operator, but if she was the only thing that was standing between the ledge and sidewalk, she would start by trying to contract with the “jumper.” “I would try to create a short-term, goal-focused situation to start,” Klein says. “Instead of saying things like: ‘Don’t ever kill yourself. That’s silly. What are you doing?’ – which you should never say,
I would ask them to commit to at least staying safe for the night until [counselors] could see them in the next day. Deep psychotherapy is not going to work at that moment. It’s more like, ‘What do I need to do to at least shift your thinking in this moment?’” Director of Statewide Suicide Prevention Terresa Humphries-Wadsworth also believes a personal connection needs to be made with depressed persons whose sadness has brought them to rock bottom. “The first thing you try to do is connect with them on a personal level,” Humphries-Wadsworth says. “What is going on in their lives? Let them tell their story and listen for things that could potentially help, something that they could agree to live for. Bruce Hayes, School Safety Consultant at the Wyoming Department of Education, says don’t worry about what to say or how to say it. Just say something. “For those who sense they have a friend going through the valley of a suicide decision, I would hope we would step up to the plate and not shrink back,” he says. “Sometimes we don’t have time to research the perfect words or answers. We just need to be our best selves.”
DISMANTLING STIGMA
For many middle-age males, statistically most likely to end their lives in Wyoming or anywhere, generational taboos prevent sufferers from reaching out. In the West, where a stoic independence is the rule, toughing it out alone is thought to be the only choice. Therapy is a sign of weakness. And ready access to firearms makes for a deadly cocktail. “It’s still a little more stigmatized for men to be in therapy and to be struggling with depression or anxiety or grief about a breakup, say,” Klein says. “I just don’t k now
that a man is going to scream from the rooftops that they need therapy. Asking for help is not a weakness, it actually shows strength. It’s what makes you human. Emotional dis-regulation is a human experience we all have and it’s pretty ubiquitous. I don’t know that anyone has ever said, ‘I’ve never gone through a hard time.’ It’s just not realistic.” The aloneness is what drives emotional pain home. Humphries-Wadsworth thinks it’s important to remind suicidal people what they are going through is more common than they might think. She also stresses the direct approach when talking about a newly implemented program reaching communities statewide called Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST). “We are training people in how to talk to someone who they are worried about. It’s very direct,” Humphries-Wadsworth said. “The person who is at risk really wants someone to show they care. We are social animals. We need connection with other people.” ASIST has put an estimated 6 percent of frontline social workers, police, counselors, doctors and teachers through a two-day 16-hour workshop designed to teach people to recognize the signs of suicide risk and to know what actions to take. Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor Adam Williamson has worked with numerous students as a nationally certified counselor. He is a team member on a Regional School Suicide Response team which was called in to Teton County School District No. 401 after Sophia Vickrey, 16, and Brandon Coburn, 15, took their own lives within a week of each other in 2010. Williamson says kids are getting the message. “In this community there are plenty of options. Very capable options,” Williamson said. “This community in many ways is a model of how it should
look. We are already being emulated and that’s pretty cool.” Trudelle thinks mandatory educational training for teachers and school administrators brought about by the Jason Flatt Act in 2014 has been effective in making sure students don’t slip through the cracks. “The State of Wyoming is acutely aware that suicide is an issue,” she says. “You have what happened in 2010 in Teton County, Idaho, and it heightens you’re awareness. It makes you more vigilant. Our schools do a good job working with students.”
SOCIAL MEDIA’S ROLE
Virtually every study on Facebook and depression – there are dozens – shows a direct relationship between the amount of time spent online and increased sadness. A medium that purports to connect us to our friends and the world in reality leaves us alone in the dark staring at glowing screens. Cyber bullying and the pressure to live up to our peers’ perfect lives sends some over the edge. “Social media is truly a double-edged sword,” Hayes warned. “It can keep young people connected, remind friends and family of birthdays, or let a mom tell her child she loves him. Unfortunately, it can also be used to make fun, demean, discourage and degrade.” Williamson is not alone in calling Facebook an illusion. “I think the problem is it’s an unreal expectation of what life looks like,” he said. “Facebook is really well studied. One of the interesting results to come out is the number of friends that you have correlates directly with how poorly you view your own body. And the more time you spend in front of Facebook, the less self
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By the numbers 41,000 Americans who died by suicide in 2013 11th leading cause of death in the U.S. (More than 30,000 annually) 30% Suicides nationwide that are associated with drug and alcohol abuse 25 Suicide attempts for every successful suicide 100 Number of Wyoming residents who die annually from suicide 1 Wyoming’s rank in per capita rate of deaths by suicide 2 of the past 3 years 69% of suicides in Wyoming from 1999-2002 that were by firearm 3.2 Average reported suicides per year in Teton County between 2000 and 2013 79% of suicides in Teton County that are by firearm 18% of students who ever seriously thought about killing themselves 8.2% of students who seriously considered suicide in the past 12 months 5.6% of students who ever tried to kill themselves 2.7% of Americans who made a plan to kill themselves in the past year $175.1 Million – annual cost of suicide to Wyoming 12,000 People trained in suicide prevention 2013 and 2014 SOURCES: Wyoming Department of Health, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, 2012 Youth Risk Behavior Survey Teton County
esteem you have. Facebook completely wrecks sense of self on these studies.” A recent study from the University of Houston published in the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology was the first to link social comparison to depressive symptoms. Research from University of Innsbruck in Austria, appearing in the peer-reviewed journal “Computers in Human Behavior” last year, went even further: The longer you’re on Facebook, the worse you feel. “I think it’s a crisis, I really do,” Klein said. “Facebook and Instagram and all these social networks are really misleading. It gives the illusion of being so tied-in to the cool group. That’s not always the case. They get the effect of feeling connected and heard, and I don’t think that’s really most users’ internal experience at all. I think they feel more and more isolated.” As schools struggle with removing bullying from the playground, cyber bullying is now the scourge of the Internet. Some states, like Pennsylvania, have made it a crime. “In some ways it can be even more traumatizing and damaging than [face-to-face altercations],” Klein said. “It’s documented forever online and everyone can see it. I think it’s really worrisome.” Humphries-Wadsworth points to the ease of flaming from behind an avatar or screen name. “It takes just a second to click and share, and it’s out to all their friends,” she said. “It is worse than any gossip mill in history. And because kids are impulsive, they do things quickly and under anonymity that they would have never said to somebody in person.”
RED FLAGS: SIGNS SOMEONE MAY WANT OUT… PERMANENTLY
We all deal with life’s ups and downs, some better than others. But why do optimists calmly make lemonade from lemons while others bawl their eyes out at a sad movie? Experts are drifting from a nature versus nurture model and leaning into a nature via nurture one. Poor choices in coping mechanisms like binge eating or substance abuse increase the likelihood that suicide ideation could be just around
the corner from an unexpected life crisis. “The [catalyst] for suicide ideation is loss,” Humphries-Wadsworth said. “Loss of relationships, financial security, social status. Substance use also is a contributing factor.” Williamson looks for hopelessness. “We ask if there is any possible way [suicide] can wait. Can they put it off a day? Hopelessness makes no reason to wait. It won’t be better tomorrow, so what’s it matter?” he said. “We also look for a lack of social connectedness, a feeling like the person is a burden to other people.” Previous suicide attempts and access to lethal means are also reasons to strongly suspect someone who is beyond down in the dumps might be suicidal. Humphries ran through her checklist. “A sudden change in mood; even to upbeat. Someone who has been down for a long time all of the sudden seems happy and engaged. It might seem like a great thing but might not be,” she said. “Withdrawing from family and friends. Giving away possessions, especially something they care deeply about. And, of course, any talk about death, dying or suicide should be taken seriously.” Klein looks for a total despair about life, a loss of passion or desire to keep going. “It’s almost like a failure to thrive,” Klein said. “They’ve become completely complacent and they don’t present as really anxious or overwhelmed. It tends to be more someone who has lost all hope, who is isolating and becoming a little more insular and plotting something. If they start failing to reach out to their family and friends or support, that, to me, is a big red flag. So I ask then who they feel they can turn to. Who is their support group? And if they can’t name anyone that they feel safe with, and that they feel heard by, that they can call in crisis, then that indicates an isolation. That is a huge problem and is often an indication that someone is at risk of harming themselves.” Still, even the best practitioners are fooled and surprised by a call in the middle of the night that their patient did it.
“If the now has been awful for a long time they often don’t see any future.” –Alexandra Klein
Third Annual Suicide Prevention Walk and Mental Health Awareness Walk in Driggs Idaho 2012.
“The 16-year-old boy that was a recent suicide at Van Vleck was a client of mine at Curran-Seely,” Klein said. “I wasn’t his primary therapist but I ran a group with him a few times. It was a pretty distressing situation for everyone. He was actually one of the ones that we did not suspect at all. Not to say that that means anything because sometimes it comes completely out of left field, but as far as what I know of the situation there weren’t a ton of red flags. There weren’t these huge alarms going off.” Klein said the boy had systemic family issues going on along with substance abuse but was doing better in school and everything pointed toward a success story. Until June 25, 2015, when his body was found at bed check. “I don’t think he was outwardly depressed but depression can be so odd and people can put on all kinds of facades to kind of hide it,” Klein said. “I don’t know if there was a particular thing that triggered it. … The puzzle just didn’t fit together in this case.” Trudelle says teens and pre-teens can be especially tough to figure out and get through to. “With kids, it can happen really quickly,” she says. “They don’t have a lot of brain development to see very far into the future. Kids live in the now and don’t often think of the future. If the now has been awful for a long time they often don’t see any future.”
“It can be a challenge, especially with youth,” Trudelle acknowledged. “It’s rarely actually listed as the cause of death. We all do know that copycat issue is a concern. But small towns, family concerns – that adds another layer of sensitivity. One way media can continue to provide support is to get in front of suicide with the message of prevention. Just like with drunk driving. We need to be proactive and talking about awareness.” Williamson says he knows the taboo topic makes it tough for reporters to tackle. “I know it’s difficult,” he said. “But keep in mind you don’t really want to do a lot of postvention stuff as prevention, because you make people feel like they missed the warning signs and they could have done something to prevent it. It makes them feel bad. I might suggest focusing on the issue of mental health and not the person himself. We don’t address the person and their pain when we do [grief counseling after a suicide]. We focus on the kids’ reactions to the incident and shift focus away from the decedent.” Williamson said he sometimes has a problem with clergy leaders who proclaim suicide victims
have gone on to a better place of peaceful rest in their funeral eulogies. “That message doesn’t help sometimes,” he said. Mass shootings also seem to benefit from a plethora of news coverage. Shootings at schools, theaters and churches have become a regular occurrence in America. Some therapists believe they are a violent form of suicide. “Most definitely [mass public shootings are a form of suicide],” Williamson said. “Murder-suicide is huge right now. We are getting better and predicting suicide but still super terrible at predicting violence to each other.” Klein, too, thinks mass murderers are suicidal with extra rage. “I think the mass shooter is much aligned with the type of person who commits suicide,” she said. “If you are going to kill a group of people I don’t think you are too fearful of losing your own life. So I would say it’s potentially the same thing. Both cases show someone affected by some sort of severe mental illness.” PJH
PRESS COVERAGE: TIPTOEING AROUND THE DAISIES
Covering suicide in a small town is nearly impossible. Out of deference to the victim’s surviving family members and a tight knit community desire to keep messy details out of the paper, suicide gets covered delicately, if at all. Obituaries gloss over unglamorous aspects of decedents’ demise, making no mention of the word never spoken aloud: suicide, the second-leading cause of death in Wyoming for ages 10 to 34. Media reports about suicide could lead to more suicides though. Statistics do seem to imply that news stories about suicide glorify the act to the point of leading to copycat behavior.
National Suicide Hotline: (800) 273-8255 4-2433) Wyoming Suicide Hotline: (800) SUICIDE (78 Idaho Suicide Hotline: (800) 564-2120 00 Community Resource Center: (307) 739-45 -2046 JH Community Counseling Center: (307) 733 -6440 Teton Youth & Family Services: (307) 733 11 Community Safety Network: (307) 733-37
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participate in a nationwide Wyoming will be one of the first states to rsity of Michigan that will launch of a website spearheaded by Unive h promotion and suicide offer support to school-based mental healt in September. prevention efforts. It is expected to roll out
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MUSIC BOX Life from the looking glass American Aquarium burns, flickers and thrives BY AARON DAVIS @ScreenDoorPorch
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he band American Aquarium has been touring and making albums for 10 years. During that time, the quadruple guitar six-piece has developed a patiently rocking alt-country sound, pushed itself into various musical spectrums, coming full circle with the release of its seventh album, “Wolves,” earlier this year. It comes as no surprise the band’s namesake borrows from the Wilco tune “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart.” With a fair share of rock and roll that leaves room to ingest the message behind the song, the story is often put on a pedestal with a colorful backdrop. The 2012 release, “Burn. Flicker. Die.,” was produced by Jason Isbell and put the musicians more on the radar. The album was nominated for Best Americana/Roots Album and Best Album Artwork at the 2013 Lone Star Music Awards. “It’s kind of ironic that the record about not making it is the record that helped us make it,” Aquarium’s frontman and songwriter BJ Barham said. American Aquarium, 10 p.m., Tuesday at Town Square Tavern. $10. 307Live.com, 733-3886.
Grammy bassist waxes theatrical
The creativity of youth is fleeting and is seldom tapped for adult musings through art and music. But that is precisely the current journey of Grammy Award-winning, singer-composer-bassist Esperanza Spalding. She tables the trademark bassist Afro for long braids and a cape, fanning her expression of contemporary jazz, fusion, Brazilian pop and art groove in a different context. The tour is dubbed “Emily’s D+Evolution,” and Spalding moves to rekindle her childhood interest in theater, poetry and movement, delving into a broader concept of performance like a spoken word burst or a piece of street skit or social commentary aided by visual movements. Once considered a “rookie of the year,” 30-year-old Spalding earned honors as Best New Artist at the Grammy’s in 2012, shocking a field that included Justin Bieber. She has won a total of four Grammy Awards. A gander into her roots reveals that Spalding taught herself violin at age 5 and played with the Chamber Music Society of Oregon for 10 years before leaving at age 15 as concertmaster. In high school, she focused on cello before discovering bass, which is what she studied at Berklee College of Music on a full scholarship. Broke and burnt-out, she considered abandoning music entirely before jazz legend Pat Metheny encouraged Spalding by telling her she had “the X Factor.” She currently plays a Fender Jaco Pastorius Jazz Bass (fretless), among other electric and double basses. Fans of Wayne Shorter and the exploratory fusion of Herbie Hancock should be sure to check out this show. Mind expansion is imminent. Read more about Esperanza as Center for the Arts folks sound off on the songstress/ composer/bassist in Creative Peaks, page 16. Esperanza Spalding presents “Emily’s D+Evolution”, 8 p.m., Friday at the Center
North Carolina alt-country rockers American Aquarium, top, hit Town Square Tavern Tuesday; winners of Wyoming’s Blues Challenge, Down in the Roots, play Haydens Post Saturday. Theater. $53-$73. JHCenterForTheArts.org, 733-4900.
Accolades for Jackson blues
The Jackson based blues-rock duo Down in the Roots recently won the Wyoming Blues and Jazz Society’s Blues Challenge in the solo/duo division. Held in Casper, the competition brought together bands from across Wyoming to duke it out. “We were unaware up until a few weeks ago that Wyoming even had a blues and jazz foundation,” laughed vocalist and guitarist Bob Greenspan.
Greenspan and Teresa Bollermann (vocals, bass guitar) will go on to compete against winners from across the globe in the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN, in January. Until then, you can catch their award-winning tunes this Saturday at Haydens Post. Down in the Roots, 8 p.m., Saturday at Haydens Post inside Snow King. PJH
Aaron Davis is an award-winning singer-songwriter, journalist, multi-instrumentalist, frontman for bands Screen Door Porch and Boondocks, and founder/host of Songwriter’s Alley.
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n ACT Crash Course Teaches Strategy & Test Techniques 12:30pm, Teton County Library Computer Center, Free. 307733-2164 n American Indian Guest Artist 8:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3594 n AMK Harlow Seminar Series 5:30pm, AMK Ranch, $5.00. n Bar J Chuckwagon Supper 5:30pm, Bar J Chuckwagon, $24.00 - $34.00. 307-733-3370 n Bear Safety 1:30pm, Jenny Lake Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3392 n Bear Safety 4:00pm, Craig Thomas Discovery & Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3399 n Bike In Movie Night 7:30pm, Teton Gravity Research, Free. 307-734-8192 n Campfire Program at Colter Bay 9:00pm, Colter Bay Amphitheater, Free. 307-739-3594 n Coffee with a Ranger 7:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3594 n Crystal Sound Bowl Experience with Daniela Botur 12:00pm, Intencions, Free. 307733-9290 n Grand Teton Kids 4:00pm, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3594 n Grand Teton National Park Weekly Trails Volunteer Day 9:00am, Grand Teton National Park, Free. 307-739-3379 n Here. Now. Solo exhibition by Kathryn M. Turner 5:00pm, Trio Fine Art, Free. 307734-4444 n Jewelry Making 3:30pm, The Local Galleria, $25.00 - $80.00. 208-270-0883 n Kids Summer Activity: Ivy & Bean 2:00pm, Teton County Library Youth Auditorum, Free. n Major Zephyr 7:30pm, Silver Dollar Bar, Free. 307-732-3939 n Miller House Homestead Tour 10:00am, National Elk Refuge,
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n “Music for Healing” Drum Circle with Christine Stevens 6:00pm, Spirit, $35.00. 307733-3382 n Nathan Dean and the Damn Band 8:00pm, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, $5.00. 307-733-2207 n Outdoor Movie 8:30pm, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Free. 307-733-5771 n Pilates Mat Classes at Dancers’ Workshop 8:30am, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00. 307-733-6398 n Public Stargazing 8:30pm, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Free. 307-733-5771 n Salsa at Dancers’ Workshop 7:00pm, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00. 307-733-6398 n Senior Lunch Outing to Turpin Meadow Ranch 9:30am, Teton County/Jackson Recreation Center, 307-7399025 n Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 6:30pm, Jackson Hole Playhouse, $19.00 - $60.00. 307-733-6994 n Solar Astronomy at Peoples Market 4:00pm, Snow King Resort, Free. 307-413-4779 n Songwriter’s Alley Open Mic 8:00pm, Haydens Post, Free. 307-734-3187 n Tavern Trivia 7:00pm, Town Square Tavern, Free. 307-733-3886 n Tech Tutor 10:00am, Teton County Library, Free. 307-733-2164 n Teton Topics 11:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3594 n Tipi Demo 9:00am, Colter Bay Amphitheater, Free. 307-739-3594 n Town Square Shootout 6:00pm, Town Square, Free. 307-733-3316 n Vinyl Night 10:00pm, The Rose, Free. 307733-1500 n Walking Tours 10:30am, Center of Town Square, Free. 307-733-2414 x 213 n Wednesday Evening Conditioning Hike 6:00pm, Laurance S Rockefeller Preserve Parking Lot, Free. n Women Who Wine 7:00pm, AION, Free. n Yoga on the Lawn 5:30pm, Healthy Being Juicery, Free. 307-200-9006
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CREATIVE PEAKS Center style Esperanza Spalding laces audience with innovative music and performance BY KELSEY DAYTON @Kelsey_Dayton
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hen Shannon McCormick first heard about Esperanza Spalding eight years ago, the Center for the Arts programming director knew immediately the young composer and singer was something special. McCormick kept close watch on the artist’s career. He knew the Center Theater would be the quintessential place for her to play in the area. Now after all those years, it’s finally happening. The Grammy-winning singer, composer and bassist plays Friday in the Center Theater. “This is a small room for her to play,” McCormick said. “She’s a pretty big star right now.” Spalding offers an eclectic and experimental program, McCormick said. Her latest project, “Emily’s D+Evolution,” is inspired by her childhood interest in theater, poetry and movement, exploring the broader concept of performance. In “Emily’s D+Evolution,” which she brings to Jackson, she performs all new material. Emily is Spalding’s middle name and she uses it as a type of alter ego or fresh persona. “This project is about going back and reclaiming uncultivated curiosity and using it as a compass to move forward and expand,” Spalding said in a press release. “My hope for this group is to create a world around each song, there are a lot of juicy themes and stories in the music. We will be staging the songs, as much as we play them, using characters, video and the movement of our bodies.” McCormick noted that the performance branches out from Spalding’s original musical roots and reaches into a variety of genres. “It’s very evolutionary on a night-by-night basis,” he said. Spalding, who has played at the White House, is prodigy material, McCormick said. The rising superstar is not just a talented vocalist and composer, but an incredible performer.
Esperanza Spalding’s innovative, genre dismantling sound has turned the heads of music heavyweights such as Prince, Bruno Mars and Herbie Hancock. “This is going to be pretty cool,” he said. “Her smile is enough to light up the whole outdoors.” Spalding is the type of amazing crossgenre artist the Center is trying to attract as it diversifies its programming, explained Anne Bradley, CFA’s director of marketing. Spalding is a jazz artist by trade, but this show, which precedes her next album, explores a variety of musical genres. She’s the type of artist that renowned names like Prince, Bruno Mars, Billy Hart and Herbie Hancock seek for collaboration. “She’s kind of all over the place with people who want to work with her,” Bradley said. “She’s one of those up-and-comers who everyone is excited to partner up with.” Her current show is edgy and stretches so far beyond her jazz roots, the Center isn’t calling it a jazz show, she said. “It’s kind of coming to life as the tour continues,” Bradley said. “She’s one of those artists that is exploring new sounds in uncharted territory – it’s groundbreaking.” The Center is making concerted efforts to diversify its programming to attract new audiences. Its programming lineup includes more spoken word acts including recent
shows that have brought to the stage people like Ira Glass and David Sedaris and a planned February talk from Garrison Keillor. There is so much live music in the valley, the Center wants to fill other voids, Bradley said. “We’re trying to diversify, not just in the musical world, but also outside of music,” she said. In the process Bradley hopes to bring in people who haven’t seen a show in the Center Theater. Spalding, while a musician, also explores movement and spoken word. She is a multifaceted artist that draws mass appeal, Bradley said. This type of show is decidedly different than what is normally associated with the Center and is a unique performance to find its way to the valley, too. It’s not jazz, pop or Americana. “It defies all genres,” Bradley explained. “It’s pretty unprecedented. We haven’t had a show like this in Jackson. It’s not to be missed.” PJH
Esperanza Spalding, 8 pm., Friday at Center for the Arts. Tickets range between $51 and $71 at the Center box office.
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n American Indian Guest Artist 8:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3594 n Art of the Hunt 10:00am, Mercill Archaeology Center, $10.00. 307-733-2414 n Ballet Workout at Dancers’ Workshop 9:30am, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00. 307-733-6398 n Bar J Chuckwagon Supper 5:30pm, Bar J Chuckwagon, $24.00 - $34.00. 307-733-3370 n Bear Safety 4:00pm, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3594 n Bear Safety 3:30pm, Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve Center, Free. 307-7393654 n bootybarre® at Dancers’ Workshop 9:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00. 307-733-6398 n Campfire Program at Colter Bay 9:00pm, Colter Bay Amphitheater, Free. 307-739-3594
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n Wendy Colonna & Friends 8:00pm, Haydens Post, Free. 307-734-3187 n Young Naturalists 1:30pm, Jenny Lake Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3654
SATURDAY 8.1
n American Indian Guest Artist 8:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3594 n Bar J Chuckwagon Supper 5:30pm, Bar J Chuckwagon, $24.00 - $34.00. 307-733-3370 n Bear Safety 1:30pm, Jenny Lake Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3392 n bootybarre® at Dancers’ Workshop 8:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00. 307-733-6398 n Campfire Program at Colter Bay 9:00pm, Colter Bay Amphitheater, Free. 307-739-3594 n Finishing Touches: Mozart & Schubert 6:00pm, Walk Festival Hall, $25.00 - $55.00. n Grand Teton Kids 4:00pm, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3594 n Jackson Hole Rodeo 8:00pm, Jackson Hole Rodeo Grounds, $15.00 - $30.00. 307733-7927 n John Wayne’s World 10:00pm, Pink Garter Theatre, Free. n The Maw Band 7:30pm, Silver Dollar, Free. 307733-2190 n Miller House Homestead Tour 10:00am, National Elk Refuge, Free. 307-201-5433 n Nature in a Nutshell 1:00pm, Craig Thomas Discovery & Visitor Center Courtyard, Free. 307-739-3399 n Oil Painting 10:00am, The Local Galleria, $25.00 - $80.00. 208-270-0883 n One Leaf Clover 10:00pm, Town Square Tavern, Free. 307-733-3886 n Pre-Symphony Buffet 4:00pm, Alpenhof Lodge, $18.00. 307-733-3242 n Rendezvous Mountain Hillclimb 8:00am, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, $25.00. n Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 6:30pm, Jackson Hole Playhouse, $19.00 - $60.00. 307-733-6994 n Teton Topics 11:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3594
n Town Square Shootout 6:00pm, Town Square, Free. 307-733-3316 n Wiggins Fork/Castle Rock Stewardship Weekend 8:00am, Wiggins For and Castle Rock, Free. 307-455-2246 n Writers in the Environment 9:00am, Grand Teton National Park, Free. n Your Parks Your Views Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve Center Porch, Free. 307-739-3654 n zumba at Dancers’ Workshop 9:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00. 307-733-6398
SUNDAY 8.2
n American Indian Guest Artist 8:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3594 n Bar J Chuckwagon Supper 5:30pm, Bar J Chuckwagon, $24.00 - $34.00. 307-733-3370 n Bear Safety 4:00pm, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3594 n Bear Safety 1:30pm, Jenny Lake Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3392 n Campfire Program at Colter Bay 9:00pm, Colter Bay Amphitheater, Free. 307-739-3594 n Celebrating National Parks 11:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center Auditorium, Free. 307739-3594 n Concert on the Commons 5:00pm, Village Commons, Teton Village, Free. n First Sundays 9:00am, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Free. n Guitarist Byron Tomingas at Jenny Lake Lodge 6:00pm, Jenny Lake Lodge, Free. 307-733-4647 n Miller House Homestead Tour 10:00am, National Elk Refuge, Free. 307-201-5433 n Montana Enduro Race - The Grand Enduro Grand Targhee Resort, 800-TARGHEE n Nature in a Nutshell 1:00pm, Craig Thomas Discovery & Visitor Center Courtyard, Free. 307-739-3399 n Slim Lawrence Western Heritage and Archaic Arts Festival 3:00pm, JH Rodeo Grounds, Free. 307-733-2414 n Stagecoach Band 6:00pm, Stagecoach, Free. 307733-4407 n Twilight Talk at Gros
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KEEPIN’ IT CLASSICAL Superstars and Spanish guitar
Festival Hall. $25, students free, $15 day-of rush
GTMF sizzles with Renee Fleming, seminal works and Pablo Villegas BY MADELAINE GERMAN @MadelaineGerman Gala Concert with Renee Fleming, 7 p.m., Wednesday, Walk Festival Hall. Sold out. Renee Fleming is one of the few names in the contemporary classical performance world that holds its weight in household recognition. From her early days singing as a jazz vocalist to pay her way through Julliard School of Music to her current international stardom, this diva enjoys her title as the “Queen of Opera.” Born to music teacher parents, Fleming began performing at an early age. As a teenager she received a Fulbright Scholarship, studying with some of the finest teachers in Europe before completing her studies at Julliard. Her big break came in 1988 when she won the Metropolitan Opera National Auditions, a competition designed to promote fledgling operatic talent on the international stage. Since then, Fleming has been moving audiences with her technique, compelling stage presence and relentless drive. This 14-time nominated, four-time Grammy Award-winning artist has built a career on the foundation of her incredible talent, work ethic and progressive vision. She has performed at numerous distinguished occasions from the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony to performances in Beijing during the 2008 Olympics. Her list of credentials reads like “Ulysses,” with her recent performance of the National Anthem at last year’s Super Bowl. Fleming is a champion of new music and often performs the works of modern composers as often as she does classics. One of the great vocal talents of our time, Fleming will perform selected Mozart arias, selections from “The King and I” and Richard Strauss’s “Four Last Songs.”
Chamber Music: Bach and Beethoven, 8 p.m. Thursday at Walk
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Thursday’s concert is a light-hearted program heavy on the strings. Opening with Beethoven’s “Serenade in D Major, op. 25” (1801) for flute, violin and viola, it then proceeds to one of the Romantic Era’s leading names, Norwegian composer and pianist Edward Grieg, whose “Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Major” (1865) is second on the bill. Grieg is known for both his musical nationalism and cosmopolitanism. He is credited with helping to build Norway’s national identity as it moved toward its independence from Sweden in 1905. Grieg was a well-traveled man, spending much time in and around Europe, and his music reflects both his heritage of Norwegian folk tunes and also the influence of his exposure to many different European cultures. Also on the program, J.S. Bach’s “Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor” (1739), written in French Baroque dance suite style and orchestrated for flute, violins, viola, cello, bass and harpsichord, was in its time the soundtrack of a well-heeled dance and dinner party. Beethoven closes the program with his “Sextet in E-flat major, op. 81” (1795) for horn, violin, viola and cello.
Festival Orchestra: Finishing Touches, 8 p.m., Friday; 6 p.m., Saturday. Open rehearsal 10 a.m., Friday, Walk Festival Hall. $2555, students free, $15 day-of; $10 open rehearsal Friday and Saturday’s concerts are led by guest conductor Edo de Waart in his GTMF debut. Waart’s resume boasts podium time in front of a long list of who’s-who in the orchestral world and he opens the weekend’s concerts with contemporary American composer Aaron Jay Kernis’ “Too Hot Toccata.” A compostion professor at Yale, Kernis is one of the youngest composers to win the Pulitzer Prize. He also is recognized by numerous prestigious organizations including the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, which hailed Kernis as a leading composer of his generation. Kernis’ work is a blend between minimalism and post-romanticism, and the “Too Hot Toccata” is a short, hyperactive take on the traditional concerto. Kernis calls on principal chair soloists in all sections of the orchestra throughout the piece, and, through technical difficulty and musical athleticism, shapes a riveting journey for audiences. Mozart’s “Clarinet Concerto in A major” is second on the lineup and features the talent of guest soloist Gregory Raden,
Beethoven completes his “Serenade in D major, op. 25” for flute, violin and viola. This piece is featured Thursday.
Bach completes his “Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor,” based on the French Baroque dance suite style. Thursday at Walk Festival Hall.
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Mozart’s “Clarinet Concerto in A major” premieres in Prague. The concerto is considered a seminal work of the clarinet repertory and one of Mozart’s greatest. It was written for Mozart’s close friend clarinetist Anton Stadler and completed only months before Mozart’s death. Listen for it Friday and Saturday.
appointed principal clarinet of the Dallas Symphony. Raden is known for his beautiful tone and ease on his instrument and Mozart’s “Clarinet Concerto” is considered to be a seminal work within the clarinet repertory and a passing of rites for the clarinet virtuoso. Originally written for one of Mozart’s dear friends, clarinetist Anton Stadler, it was integral in establishing the clarinet as an instrument equal to any other woodwind and was completed only a few months before Mozart’s death. It’s a piece of continuous melodic line and harmonic depth, an expression of the culmination of Mozart’s creative genius. Franz Schubert’s “Symphony No. 9 in C major” concludes the weekend. Clocking in at 55 minutes, it’s a beast of time and technicality, demanding on both conductor and orchestra. Schubert was a Viennese composer in the same era of Mozart and Beethoven, but lived a distinctly different life than his fellows. While aforementioned composers enjoyed strategic relationships with some of Europe’s most wealthy and noble families that helped to cement their careers in the public eye, Schubert was of a lower class and never quite rose to prominence during his lifetime. In fact, “Symphony No. 9” (also known as the “Great C Major Symphony”) was likely never performed during Schubert’s lifetime. It was discovered and brought to life by Robert Schumann in 1839, after Schubert’s untimely death in 1828 at the age of 32. The work is characterized by Schubert’s Romantic orchestral tone coloring, intensity of movement, story and melodic theme and is considered some of the composer’s greatest work.
GTMF Presents: Tango, Song and Dance 8 p.m., Tuesday, Walk Festival Hall. $25, students free, $15 day-of
Tuesday’s concert features Pablo Villegas, the festival’s second artist-in-residence for the season. Villegas is heralded as one of today’s leading classical guitarists and was born in La Rioja, Spain, the country that claims the pedigree of the instrument. Villegas is known for his articulate, passionate and Spanish-influenced performances and will be accompanied by fellow guest artists Joyce Yang on piano and Augustin Hadelich on violin. With selections from André Previn to Ysaÿe, this concert is a highlight of the festival’s programming. PJH
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Norwegian Edvard Grieg completes his “Violin Sonata No. 1 in F major, op. 8” reflective of his Norwegian folk music tendencies and emerging role as a musical nationalist for his emerging, soon-to-be independent country. Listen for it Thursday.
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Franz Schubert completes his “Symphony No. 9 in C major,” which was never performed during the composer’s lifetime. This symphony is featured Friday and Saturday.
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American composer Aaron Jay Kernis completes the “Too Hot Toccata,” a hyperactive and inventive take on the traditional solo concerto form. Friday and Saturday at Walk Festival Hall.
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Crafty comedienne Schumer’s film blazes new path for funny females BY ANDREW MUNZ @AndrewMunz
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Ventre Campground 7:30pm, Gros Ventre Campground, Free. 307-7393399 n Whole Hog Roast & Live Music 5:00pm, Q Roadhouse & Brewing Co., Free. 307739-0700 n Wiggins Fork/Castle Rock Stewardship Weekend 8:00am, Wiggins For and Castle Rock, Free. 307455-2246
MONDAY 8.3
Amy Schumer’s new film ‘Trainwreck,’ celebrates female flaws.
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus currently in “Veep.” But even those characters end up buffoons more often than not. When it comes to female sitcom characters, the most confident, effortless character in recent years has been Donna (played by the comedian Retta) on “Parks and Recreation.” Not only is Donna’s plussize weight never mentioned in any of the show’s seven seasons, but she is financially stable, extremely witty and has a vibrant sex life. Even the character of April (played by Aubrey Plaza) never drifts into the world of “finish-a-pint-of-Ben-&-Jerry’s” so many comedic female characters frequent. With “Trainwreck,” the new Judd Apatow movie written by and starring Amy Schumer, many of these same female comedian traits come back into play. The movie plays a little like a “Bridget Jones’s Diary” remake, with a down-on-her-luck career woman who is eager to oil the squeaky hinges of her life. Schumer’s sketch show “Inside Amy Schumer” has gained a strong fan base because of her unabashed ability to make fun of herself and women. In the film, Schumer’s character (named Amy) can’t hold down a relationship and doesn’t plan to anytime soon. She drinks too much, she smokes weed and she has a habit of driving every relationship around her into the ground. But what makes “Trainwreck” special is that the film never drifts into shaming Amy for these acts. Sure, she suffers consequences, but those consequences don’t rule out the possibility of happiness. Bill Hader’s character offers a fantastic balance to her reckless behavior, but ultimately this movie is about her redemption. Amy doesn’t get fixed at the end of the film like you might expect. Instead, her faults are embraced. While Schumer’s humor is flavored with that good ole body-shaming material, she’s doing so with an attitude that’s unparalleled by other comedians of the current age. “I’m not a traffic-stopping model or the smartest person in the room,” Schumer wrote in Cosmopolitan. “The more you get to know me the prettier I become. In my act I have a joke: ‘I know what I look like. You’d bang me, but you wouldn’t blog about it.’” PJH
n 10th Annual Targhee Music Camp 8:00am, Grand Targhee Resort, $499.00. 307413-1947 n American Indian Guest Artist 8:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307-7393594 n Bar J Chuckwagon Supper 5:30pm, Bar J Chuckwagon, $24.00 - $34.00. 307-733-3370 n Bear Safety 4:00pm, Craig Thomas Discovery & Visitor Center, Free. 307-739-3399 n bootybarre® at Dancers’ Workshop 5:30pm, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00. 307-733-6398 n Campfire Program at Colter Bay 9:00pm, Colter Bay Amphitheater, Free. 307-7393594 n Coffee with a Ranger 7:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307-7393594 n Grand Teton Kids 4:00pm, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307-7393594 n Hootenanny 6:00pm, Dornans, Free. 307-733-2415 n Kenny Harrell 7:30pm, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, $5.00. 307733-2207 n Miller House Homestead Tour 10:00am, National Elk Refuge, Free. 307-201-5433 n Pilates Mat Classes at Dancers’ Workshop 8:30am, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00. 307-733-6398 n Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 6:30pm, Jackson Hole Playhouse, $19.00 $60.00. 307-733-6994 n Story Time 1:00pm, Valley of the Tetons Library, Free. 208787-2201 n Strength Circuit Class at Dancers’ Workshop 7:15am, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00. 307-733-6398 n Teton Topics 11:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307-7393594 n Town Square Shootout 6:00pm, Town Square, Free. 307-733-3316 n Women’s Mountain Bike Camp with Pro Rider Amanda Carey - Level 1 8:00am, Grand Targhee Resort, $250.00. 800-TARGHEE n Young Farmers in Teton Valley 8:30am, Teton Valley Community School, $225.00. 413-575-0624 n Young Naturalists 1:30pm, Jenny Lake Visitor Center, Free. 307-7393654 n Your Park Your Legacy
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emale comedians have always had it rough. The comedy world, despite being somewhat racially diverse, has been and continues to be dominated by male comedians. From improv stages to the studios of “Saturday Night Live,” men are often at the forefront of sketches and scenes. When I was studying at the iO Theater (formally improvOlympic) in Chicago, there was an overwhelming imbalance of male to female students. It was said that girls had a better chance of being cast on a house improv team because, no matter how talented, it was important just to have at least one woman on a team. As history has shown, the most successful female comedians have been self-deprecating, taking swings at everything from their anatomy to their marriages to society and women in general. Phyllis Diller and Joan Rivers come from this era of foulmouthed matrons harping on the simple taboo of being female. “I’m from Brooklyn, but I haven’t been back for a long time,” Joan Rivers mused on a 1974 episode of “The Carol Burnett Show.” “When I left I was an ugly, flat-chested little girl and here I am, voila, today. An ugly, flat-chested little woman.” Kristen Wiig of “SNL” fame gained her strong fan base by creating physically and behaviorally unattractive characters including the snaggletoothed singer Dooneese and the overtly excited and off-putting Target Lady. Melissa McCarthy also made her way up the comedy ladder with film roles that actively or inactively poked fun at her weight. Amy Poehler and Tina Fey, two of the most respected and successful women in comedy, starred in their respective shows (“Parks and Recreation” and “30 Rock”) as strong, career-driven characters, as does
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1:00pm, Craig Thomas Discovery & Visitor Center flagpole, Free. 307-739-3399 n Zumba at Dancers’ Workshop 9:30am, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00. 307-733-6398
TUESDAY 8.4
n 10th Annual Targhee Music Camp 8:00am, Grand Targhee Resort, $499.00. 307413-1947 n American Aquarium 10:00pm, Town Square Tavern, $10.00. 307-7333886 n American Indian Guest Artist 8:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307-7393594 n Ballet Workout at Dancers’ Workshop 9:30am, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00. 307-733-6398 n Bar J Chuckwagon Supper 5:30pm, Bar J Chuckwagon, $24.00 - $34.00. 307-733-3370 n Bear Safety 1:30pm, Jenny Lake Visitor Center, Free. 307-7393392 n Bluegrass Tuesday with One Ton Pig 7:30pm, Silver Dollar Bar, Free. 307-732-3939 n The Business Response to Housing 12:00pm, Snow King Resort, $15.00. 307-201-2309 n Celebrating National Parks 11:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center Auditorium, Free. 307-739-3594 n Coffee with a Ranger 7:00am, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307-7393594 n Crystal Sound Bowl Experience with Daniela Botur 12:00pm, Intencions, Free. 307-733-9290 n Dirty Heads 9:00pm, Pink Garter Theatre, $25.00. n Disc Golf Doubles 5:30pm, Disc Golf Course, $3.00. 614-506-7275 n Grand Teton Kids 4:00pm, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307-7393594 n GTMF Presents Tango Song & Dance with Pablo Villegas on Guitar 8:00pm, Grand Teton Music Festival, $25.00. n Guitarist Marco Soliz at Jenny Lake Lodge 6:00pm, Jenny Lake Lodge, Free. 307-733-4647 n Hip Hop at Dancers’ Workshop
Jackson X-treme Rendezvous Hill Climb in honor of Onufer BY ELIZABETH KOUTRELAKOS
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or those of you locals who remember when Jackson Drug had milkshakes, you may remember the long-standing sprinting event to the top of the tram. The old race to the top of the tram has changed a bit this year, and the competition has adjusted its name to the Rendezvous Mountain Hill Climb (X-treme Edition!). The inaugural race began in 1988 and the contest, held this Saturday at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, is being revamped in coordination with the Teton Trail Runners and JHMR. But, why the X-treme? The race is being held in honor of the late valley fixture: Jackson Hole Mountain Resort tram mechanic, Chris Onufer, who died in an avalanche in March of 2012. His friends knew him for pioneering mountain challenges of his own design. Long before the days of Instagram feat-posting obsessions, he was biking from the Village and swimming the length of Jackson Lake with some mountain climbing in between. Chris was always gallivanting around in the hills, so it is only appropriate for the organizations to dedicate the vertical race to the memory of such a unique and wonderful soul. In previous years of this challenging race, the course has been predominantly on a service road. This time around, race coordinators dreamt up a more scenic selection of trail and the course has been changed to hosting single-track variations (and the wildflowers should be spectacular). The new route entails starting from the base of the Bridger Gondola and cruising to the top of Union Pass chairlift. From there, the Wildflower Trail will take you past Casper restaurant to Mr. Toads Wild Ride back up to the Bridger Gondola. Gaining elevation, the scenic route goes to the top of the Headwall
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The Dirty Heads are a 5-piece reggae, rock, punk and hip hop group based in Huntington Beach, CA. T he band was named one the best new bands of 2010 by Rolling Stone. The band has toured extensively the last couple years with the Sublime w. Rome, 311, Pepper, and O.A.R, Gym Class Heroes, and recently with The Expendables and Big B.
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Calling hikers, runners and ‘X-treme’ folk to Teton Village this weekend for the Rendezvous Hill Climb. The race also is a way to pay tribute to iconic mountaineer and tram mechanic Chris Onufer. to the East Ridge, hosting views of boulder fields and high alpine forests. This is where the course really gets the “X,” gaining the East Ridge and scrambling past Corbet’s Couloir to the top of the tram. I have only gone from the bottom of the resort to the top of the tram a handful of times. One good friend always tells me the same two things to help with a big journey: eat food and have pleasant company. A good meal with lots of protein two nights before a big jaunt is the most effective approach in making sure the body lasts all day. Also, bringing people with you to chat can make time and vertical feet fly by. There is always something to be said about the people you surround yourself with in the mountains. Rain, shine, sleet or snow, they can make or break the day. For the non-runners, the hill climb has many other options. Yes, it may sound daunting but there are other alternatives for the average Joe. There is a non-competitive class for hikers and walkers that begins an hour before the competitive race. For the X-treme athletes, this is the first year of the new course, so that means no
record has been set. Tom Borschel holds the old service road course record with a time of 58 minutes and 49 seconds in 1995. For the curious, heed the words of the late Chris Onufer: “You don’t know if you don’t go.” Take this however you will, but be prepared for some “suns out, guns out” type of fun. The joy is in the journey, not the destination. Plus, there will be beer afterwards for racers. PJH
More beta: Registration available online at RendezvousMountainHillClimb.com for $25; $35 in person for day-of registration. Route info: 6.1 miles, 4,104 vertical feet All proceeds benefit the Jackson Hole High School cross-country team.
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7:00pm, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00. 307-733-6398 n Indian Arts and Culture 1:30pm, Colter Bay Visitor Center, Free. 307-7393594 n Kenny Harrell 7:30pm, Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, $5.00. 307733-2207 n Ladies Night Oil Painting 7:00pm, The Local Galleria, 208-270-0883 n MELT at Dancers’ Workshop 12:10pm, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00. 307-733-6398 n Miller House Homestead Tour 10:00am, National Elk Refuge, Free. 307-201-5433 n Nature in a Nutshell 1:00pm, Craig Thomas Discovery & Visitor Center Courtyard, Free. 307-739-3399 n Open Mic Night 9:00pm, Virginian Saloon, Free. 307-739-9891 n Photography Fundamentals 6:00pm, Center for the Arts, $120.00 - $145.00. 307-733-6379 n Picnic in the Park 6:00pm, Powderhorn Park, Free. 307-690-7206 n R Park Tour 12:00pm, Rendezvous Park, Free. 307-733-3913 n Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 6:30pm, Jackson Hole Playhouse, $19.00 $60.00. 307-733-6994 n Streetfood’s 1 year Anniversary Fiesta 3:00pm, Streetfood at the Stagecoach, Free. n Summer Sing! 6:00pm, Center for the Arts, $15.00 - $60.00. 307-774-5497 n Summer Speaker Series 6:00pm, Old Wilson Schoolhouse, Free. 307-7339417 n Swing Dance Workshop @ Dancers’ Workshop 7:30pm, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $130.00. 307-733-6398 n Toddler Time 110:05am, 10:35am, 11:05am, Teton County Library Youth Auditorium, Free. 307-733-2164 x 118 n Town Pump Bouldering Series 6:00pm, Teton Boulder Park, $10.00 - $25.00. 307-739-9025 n Town Square Shootout 6:00pm, Town Square, Free. 307-733-3316 n Walking Tours 10:30am, Center of Town Square, Free. 307-7332414 x 213 n Women’s Mountain Bike Camp with Pro Rider Amanda Carey - Level 1 8:00am, Grand Targhee Resort, $250.00. 800-TARGHEE n Yoga at Dancers’ Workshop 6:30pm, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00. 307-733-6398 n Yoga on the Lawn 5:30pm, Healthy Being Juicery, Free. 307-2009006 n Young Farmers in Teton Valley 8:30am, Teton Valley Community School, $225.00. 413-575-0624 n Your Parks Your Views Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve Center Porch, Free. 307-739-3654 n Zumba at Dancers’ Workshop 8:30am, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00. 307-733-6398
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hen it’s 5 o’clock in the Tetons, a refreshing and restorative drink is in order. After traipsing around the mountains all day, most of us are just barely keeping up with our hydration needs. My favorite summer drinks are borrowed from other cultures – from the countries that really know what to drink when it’s hot. When friends come over, instead of offering them a cocktail I’ll entice them with a shrub, a spritzer or an “agua fresca.” All of these drinks can be easily spiked with alcohol when the time for a real cocktail arrives. But I find that a nicely made (not stiff) drink is a welcome change on a hot summer day. Mexico is famous for its aguas frescas – fresh juice concoctions made of whatever produce is at its ripest. With watermelon at its sweetest right now, I am drinking a lot of watermelon juice. I’ll down a big glass whenever I am at Pica’s Mexican Taqueria or make it myself at home. Fill a blender jar with watermelon chunks, coconut water and the juice of a lime (if you have a Vitamix or a Magic Bullet, use the whole lime). Blend, strain and chill. You may want to add honey to sweeten, but I don’t usually need to if the watermelon is ripe. I’ve also been stirring up a lot of Sumac Mint Fizzes, a Middle Eastern inspired drink that is tart and sweet. Sumac is a paprika-like red powder with a lemony aftertaste that features prominently in Middle Eastern foods. If you have sumac simple syrup in the fridge, it takes just a minute to mix up a fizz. In a small pot, heat one cup water and one cup sugar until dissolved. Add two teaspoons sumac, bring to a boil, then remove from the heat and let it come to room temperature. Strain over a fine mesh sieve and chill. The simple syrup can be stored in the fridge for weeks, ready at a moment’s notice to be muddled with mint and limes and topped with sparkling water for a Sumac Mint Fizz, or added to iced tea as a sweetener. Spike it with vodka or gin if you like, but this drink is so refreshing you won’t miss the alcohol if you leave it out. Vinegar drinks, also known as shrubs, are also unbelievably refreshing. My favorite is a watermelon apple cider vinegar tonic that also makes good use of the mint growing wildly in my garden. This shrub is a concentrate made by steeping chunks of watermelon on the stove with apple cider vinegar, honey and mint. The resulting tonic is strained off and kept in the fridge, then mixed with sparkling water in a one-to-four ratio. The
From left clockwise: watermelon apple cider vinegar tonic is a refreshing summer concoction; a ‘pesche in vino bianco’ recipe straight from Italia and the author with a radler in the Dolomites. leftover pickled watermelon chunks also make a refreshing snack. I also love making two-ingredient beer drinks, which is akin to having a very light, very refreshing beer. I don’t drink much beer but became smitten with “radlers” when traveling in the Dolomite mountains of Italy a few years ago. I was enjoying a hearty lunch at a high mountain hut. All around me happy hikers were downing tall glasses of beer, seemingly unconcerned about the 4,000-foot descent on a rocky trail to get down the mountain. Once I took a sip of my own frothy, lemony beer, I felt like I had been let in on a secret. Half pilsner, half lemon soda, a radler feels like a beer but is low enough in alcohol that when it is paired with a hearty lunch, rocky descents are not such a problem. Persephone serves radlers (with cranberry juice) in a can, which is also a very nice, refreshing choice on a hot summer day. But you can’t beat a homemade one. I make mine using limonata flavored San Pellegrino and Stella Artois, but you can use any light, lager style beer and lemon soda. Or try the grapefruit flavored San Pellegrino, or freshly squeezed grapefruit juice and sparkling water. Another great option for easy deck drinking is peaches and wine, or “pesche in vino bianco,” as my grandparents would have said. This is the drink they’d serve to guests on lazy, hot afternoons in Sicily. In the morning, my Nonna would slice four to five perfectly ripe peaches into half-inch wedges. She’d drown them in a glass pitcher filled with a bottle of crisp white wine. If using very dry wine, she’d also add a few teaspoons of sugar. The pitcher would sit out in her kitchen all day; when the sun went down, it was
ready. The wine becomes slightly syrupy and the peaches get all boozy. Serve at room temperature or chilled, before or after dinner. Or enjoy like my grandpa did and sip the cool white wine, then slurp up the peaches with a spoon for the perfect summer dessert. I heard at the Farmers Market on the Town Square that because of the drought peaches will be coming in fast and furious, and the season will be over very soon, so don’t put off making a pitcher of Peaches and Wine. Cin cin!
Watermelon apple cider vinegar tonic
Adapted from Louisa Shafira’s “The New Persian Kitchen.” Makes five cups concentrate, enough for 20 one-cup servings. 3 cups water ¼ teaspoon Kosher salt 1 cup good quality honey 6 cups cubed ripe watermelon 1 cup tightly packed fresh mint 1 cup apple cider vinegar Fresh slices of watermelon, cucumber, and mint, for serving. More water or sparkling water, for diluting.
Bring three cups of water to a boil. Add honey and stir to dissolve. Remove from the heat and add the watermelon, salt and mint. Let come to room temperature, then add the apple cider vinegar. Place in the fridge for several hours or overnight. Strain, reserving the pickled watermelon for a refreshing snack. To serve, place one part tonic and three parts water or sparkling water in a glass over ice. Garnish with cucumber slices, watermelon and mint. PJH
Only somm... Indentifying true sommeliers from the impostors BY TED SCHEFFLER @critic1
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f you dine in the world’s most expensive restaurants, you’ll probably come across a sommelier (aka “somm”). The stereotypic image of a sommelier is that of a somber, sober, middle-age-or-older gentleman in a crisp tux with a shallow silver bowl called a tastevin hanging from a chain around his neck. The sommelier patrols his elegant restaurant with the intention of assisting customers in the selection of mind-blowing rare and expensive wines to drink with their dinners. He’s also presumed to be a judgmental and intimidating snob. Then again, you may encounter someone called a “sommelier” in even the most mundane of restaurants. He or she might be wearing Armani, but may just as likely be clothed in blue jeans or khakis, and might have either an encyclopedic knowledge of wine or merely a rudimentary one. That’s
BEER, WINE & SPIRITS because there is a sommelier secret that few restaurateurs would want you to know: Anyone can bestow the title of “sommelier” on himself or herself. Just as anyone working behind a stove can be called a chef, there are no mandatory courses of training or certification to distinguish a so-called sommelier from any other citizen with an interest in wine. Here’s what a true sommelier’s job description typically entails: A sommelier is involved in the creation, pricing, upkeep and inventory monitoring of a restaurant’s wine list. Through ongoing in-house training, the sommelier also educates a restaurant’s service staff about wine, wine and food pairings and wine service. The sommelier usually works in tandem with the chef to devise menus and dishes that complement the restaurant’s wine selection. And, of course, the sommelier is available to assist customers in making decisions about which wine(s) to drink with dinner. As I said, any restaurant that wants to call its wine specialist a sommelier can do so. However, there are a mere smattering of sommeliers in the country who have earned the title of master sommelier from the Court of Master Sommeliers. These are the most respected sommeliers working in America, and—in the view of many wine experts—the only “true” sommeliers. There are a couple other organizations that teach sommelier
IMBIBE courses and do certifications in the United States, but they don’t have the prestige or respect among wine enthusiasts and restaurateurs that the Court of Master Sommeliers does. Becoming a master sommelier at the Court of Master Sommeliers is a four-step process. First, there’s a two-day introductory class that almost anyone with a rudimentary knowledge of wine could pass. Indeed, 95 percent of all applicants do pass it. Unfortunately, some unscrupulous people in the restaurant industry take this simple test, pass it and proclaim themselves sommeliers. Well, not so fast. The second tier at the Court of Master Sommeliers is the Certified Sommelier Exam, which involves a blind tasting of two wines along with wine theory and service exams. That tier is followed by the advanced course and exam. You need score
only 60 percent to pass this level, but it involves a blind tasting test of six wines in which the student must identify the wine varietal, country, region, appellation and vintage. How many make it through the fourth level and earn the right to call themselves master sommeliers? Well, as of today, only 219 people worldwide have done that; 140 work in North America. Of those, only a fraction work as sommeliers in restaurants. The rest are consultants for wineries, hotels, wine distributors and so on. So, the chances of encountering a honest-to-goodness master sommelier at your local restaurant is rare indeed. Don’t be fooled by imposters! PJH
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CONTINENTAL THE BLUE LION
A Jackson Hole favorite for 37 years. Join us in the charming atmosphere of a historic home. Ask a local about our rack of lamb. Serving fresh fish, elk, poultry, steaks, and vegetarian entrées. Live acoustic guitar music most nights. Open nightly at 5:30 p.m. Early Bird Special: 20% off Entire Bill between 5:30-6:00pm. Must mention ad. Reservations recommended, walkins welcome. 160 N. Millward, (307) 733-3912, bluelionrestaurant.com
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Serving inspired home cooked classics in a historic log cabin. Enjoy brunch daily at 8 a.m., dinner nightly at 5 p.m., and happy hour daily 3-5:30 p.m. featuring $5 glasses of wine, $5 specialty drinks, $3 bottled beer. 135 E. Broadway, (307) 732-1910, genevievejh. com.
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Enjoy all the perks of fine dining, minus the dress code at Eleanor’s, serving rich, saucy dishes in a warm and friendly setting. Eleanor’s is a primo brunch spot on Sunday afternoons. Its bar alone is an attraction, thanks to reasonably priced drinks and a loyal crowd. Come get a belly-full of our two-time gold medal wings. Open at 11 a.m. daily. 832 W. Broadway, (307) 733-7901.
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The deli that’ll rock your belly. Jackson’s newest sub shop serves steamed subs, reubens, gyros, delicious all beef hot dogs, soups and salads. We offer Chicago style hot dogs done just the way they do in the windy city. Open daily11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Located just a short block north of the Town Square at 180 N. Center Street, (307) 733-3448.
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Best ski food in the area! Korean and American style, from breakfast sandwiches, burgers, chicken tenders, Philly cheese steaks to rice bowls and noodles. Something for everyone! Open Monday, Tuesday, Saturday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Wednesday through
Friday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. At base of Summit Lift between the ski patrol room and the ice rink. 100 E. Snow King Ave. Order ahead (307) 200-6544, facebook.com/Kimscornercafe.
LOCAL
Local, a modern American steakhouse and bar, is located on Jackson’s historic town square. Our menu features both classic and specialty cuts of locally-ranched meats and wild game alongside fresh seafood, shellfish, house-ground burgers, and seasonally-inspired food. We offer an extensive wine list and an abundance of locally-sourced products. Offering a casual and vibrant bar atmosphere with 12 beers on tap as well as a relaxed dining room, Local is the perfect spot to grab a burger for lunch or to have drinks and dinner with friends. Our deck is open! Lunch Daily 11:30am. Dinner Nightly 5:30pm 55 North Cache, (307) 201-1717, localjh.com.
LOTUS CAFE
Serving organic, freshly-made world cuisine while catering to all eating styles. Endless organic and natural meat, vegetarian, vegan and glutenfree choices. Offering super smoothies, fresh extracted juices, espresso and tea. Full bar and house-infused botanical spirits. Open daily 8am for breakfast lunch and dinner. 145 N. Glenwood St., (307) 734-0882, tetonlotuscafe.com.
MANGY MOOSE
Mangy Moose Restaurant, with locally sourced, seasonally fresh food at reasonable prices, is a always a fun place to go with family or friends for a unique dining experience. The personable staff will make you feel right at home and the funky western decor will keep you entertained throughout your entire visit. Teton Village, (307) 733-4913, mangymoose. com.
SNAKE RIVER BREWERY & RESTAURANT
America’s most award-winning microbrewery is serving lunch and dinner. Take in the atmosphere while enjoying wood-fired pizzas, pastas, burgers, sandwiches, soups, salads and desserts. $9 lunch menu. Happy hour 4 to 6 p.m., including tasty hot wings. The freshest beer in the valley, right from the source! Free WiFi. Open 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. 265 S. Millward. (307) 739-2337, snakeriverbrewing.com.
SWEETWATER
Satisfying locals for lunch and dinner for over 36 years with deliciously affordable comfort food. Extensive local and regional beer list. Lunch
11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. features blackened trout salad, elk melt, wild west chili and vegetarian specialties. Dinner 5:30 to 9 p.m. including potatocrusted trout, 16 ounce ribeye, vegan and wild game. Reservations welcome. (307) 733-3553. sweetwaterjackson.com.
TRIO
atmosphere. Home of the original Jumbo Margarita. Featuring a full bar with a large selection of authentic Mexican beers. Lunch served weekdays 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nightly dinner specials. Open seven days, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. 385 W. Broadway, (307) 733-1207.
Owned and operated by Chefs with a passion for good food, Trio is located right off the Town square in downtown Jackson. Featuring a variety of cuisines in a relaxed atmosphere, Trio is famous for its wood-oven pizzas, specialty cocktails and waffle fries with bleu cheese fondue. Dinner nightly at 5:30 p.m. Reservations. (307) 734-8038 or bistrotrio.com.
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The Indian is themed after a British officer’s club, The Indian serves Colonial Indian cuisine and classic cocktails. Enjoy a variety of dishes including butter chicken, lamb vindaloo and many other vegan and gluten free options. Open for dinner nightly at 5:30. Reservations. 165 N. Center St., (307) 733-4111.
ITALIAN CALICO
A Jackson Hole favorite since 1965, the Calico continues to be one of the most popular restaurants in the Valley. The Calico offers the right combination of really good food, (much of which is grown in our own gardens in the summer), friendly staff; a reasonably priced menu and a large selection of wine. Our bar scene is eclectic with a welcoming vibe. Open nightly at 5 p.m. 2560 Moose Wilson Rd., (307) 733-2460.
DOMINO’S PIZZA
Hot and delicious delivered to your door. Hand-tossed, deep dish, crunchy thin, Brooklyn style and artisan pizzas; bread bowl pastas, and oven baked sandwiches; chicken wings, cheesy breads and desserts. Delivery. 520 S. Hwy. 89 in Kmart Plaza, (307) 733-0330. The locals favorite! Voted Best Pizza in Jackson Hole 2012, 2013 and 2014. Seek out this hidden gem under the Pink Garter Theatre for NY pizza by the slice, salads, stromboli’s, calzones and many appetizers to choose from. Try the $7 ‘Triple S’ lunch special.Happy hours 10 p.m. - 12 a.m. Sun.- Thu. Text PINK to 71441 for discounts. Delivery and take-out. Open daily 11a.m. to 2 a.m. 50 W. Broadway, (307) 734-PINK.
PIZZERIA CALDERA
Jackson Hole’s only dedicated stone-hearth oven pizzeria, serving Napolitana-style pies using the freshest ingredients in traditional and creative combinations. Try our Bisonte pie with bison sausage and fresh sage. Lunch specials daily featuring slices, soup and salad--s. Happy hour specials from 3 to 6 p.m. Take-out available. 20 W. Broadway. Open daily 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. (307) 201-1472, pizzeriacaldera.com.
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usie, my organic juice girl, insisted I get more exercise. So, I tried. I left my TV clicker in another room and changed channels by hand, traveling between the couch and TV every few minutes. The trouble is there are no shows worth watching longer than 15 seconds at a time. At Susie’s insistence, I decided to go bicycling with her. We started at the new post office. Susie encouraged me, telling me we would stop at the 810 Snow King condos to visit some of her organic juicer/bike rider girlfriends. “They’ve heard stories about Hog Islanders and are fascinated,” she said. “Who knows what will happen.” I am well aware of the lusty and willful nature of bike rider girls. The source of their (I guess you would call it) vigorous behavior is that the only men they’re around wear lira tights and florescent shirts – not the type of male to excite the evolutionarily developed female subconscious seeking a mate to propagate the species. So when they get a glimpse of a redneck they go wild. However, from the post office to 810 is almost a mile. I told Susie I was concerned that I may not have the strength to enjoy the situation once we arrived. “Don’t worry,” she said. “Their fridge is stocked with an energy-enhancing organic juice mixture of spinach, kale, cucumber, parsley, celery, garlic, ginger, lemon and cayenne juice.” “Do we drink it or apply it directly?” I asked. Have you ever dreamed you were naked in public? That is what riding a bike is like, no truck doors, no bumpers, not even a gun rack; just two tires, two pedals and a seat. You’re the motor. After what seemed like an hour, we reached Scott Lane and Snow King. A small sign shaped like a stop sign warned us to “Obey.” I wondered if the juice girls had posted them. Maybe they were into some kind of dominance fetish and wanted to alert potential paramours of what may be expected. But Susie told me, “No.”
“It’s to remind bikers to follow the same rules as drivers, especially stop signs,” she said. While I was relieved I won’t have to deal with the whole mistress-slave thing, (I get all that I need with Alice, my Republican lover), I felt an intense anger building. “Who the hell is anybody to tell me to obey,” I demanded. “If I hadn’t been out of breath and needed a rest, I would have ran the stop sign. That would’ve showed them.” Later, while Susie cooked up a falafel seed collard yogurt wrap, I sipped turmeric tonic, resting from the “spin the organic juice bottle” game I played with Susie and the girls. I got to thinking, since the “Obey” sign reminds riders to follow the same rules as drivers, and since Hog Island drivers rarely stop at stop signs anyway, does the whole stop/obey rule even apply to us? I wrote the town attorney and will inform readers when I receive his legal opinion. PJH
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Untimely death A metaphysical perspective on coping with loss
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hen someone’s death is untimely – because they die young, or are victims of violence, natural disasters or sudden accidents – the pain is all the more searing. Making sense of it all can be challenging. Metaphysical perspectives, which do not take away the pain, can offer a big-picture understanding of untimely deaths and focus on using loss as an opportunity to grow and evolve.
A love bridge
One metaphysical understanding is that the passing of souls creates a very powerful exchange of compassion and unconditional love between higher dimensions of reality and earth. This exchange has the power to heal individual, family, ethnic and national karma. The love bridge allows angels and higher beings of light to infuse healing, wisdom, and/or activation of new abilities into human consciousness. Esoteric traditions describe an automatic three-fold outpouring of love when a soul passes. First, there is a release of love when the soul leaves the body. There is a second wave of love when the soul is received into a higher state of existence. A third outpouring of love happens among those who remain on Earth as they mourn and support each other. This love exchange happens with the passing of every human being.
Groups of souls
at the same time, though they may not know each other in the here and now, they form a soul group whose combined exit co-creates an enormous infusion of higher love. We may never know what programs of planetary evolution they facilitated in their group passing, but it is a form of high service to the world. This phenomenon is similar to a forest fire – a devastating occurence that also clears the land to be healthier and more vigorous in its re-growth. The big-picture metaphysical perspective, which in no way is meant to condone wanton violence or abuse, is that periodic mass exits of souls facilitate necessary course corrections and upgrades for the entire world.
Death of a child
Reincarnation theory, which holds that souls are eternal and function beyond our experience of time and space, addresses the death of a child in the following ways: Though it challenges our comprehension, the departed soul has completed what it came into this life to master and to contribute. At the soul level, they are fine and whole and will incarnate again. Part of the service of a soul whose lifespan is short is to set up an opportunity for soul growth for the surviving family members and friends. Sometimes a death leads to re-prioritizing and redirecting personal values and lifestyle choices. For some people it is a call to action to a higher purpose. Think of all the people who have devoted their lives to pursuing legal reforms, discovering cures to illnesses, setting up foundations for charity as the result of the untimely death of a loved one. The bottom line is that in the face of untimely death or the loss of someone who lived a long life, it is important to feel the loss and also to allow your heart to break open so that love triumphs and prevails on both sides of the veil. PJH
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Carol Mann is a longtime Jackson resident, radio personality, former Grand Targhee Resort owner, author, and clairvoyant. Got a Cosmic Question? Email carol@yourcosmiccafe.com
FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
BY ROB BREZSNY
ARIES (March 21-April 19) “I am very much in love with no one in particular,” says actor Ezra Miller. His statement would make sense coming out of your mouth right about now. So would this one: “I am very much in love with almost everyone I encounter.” Or this one: “I am very much in love with the wind and moon and hills and rain and rivers.” Is this going to be a problem? How will you deal with your overwhelming urge to overflow? Will you break people’s hearts and provoke uproars everywhere you go, or will you rouse delight and bestow blessings? As long as you take yourself lightly, I foresee delight and blessings.
corrupt you. Succumb to the darkness yourself.” The text in the advertisement for this product adds, “Follow your nightmares … Plot your own nefarious path.” Although this counsel is slightly funny to me, I’m too moral and upright to recommend it to you—even now, when I think there would be value in you being less nice and polite and agreeable than you usually are. So I’ll tinker with Evil Supply’s message to create more suitable advice: “For the greater good, follow your naughty bliss. Be a leader with a wild imagination. Nudge everyone out of their numbing routines. Sow benevolent mischief that energizes your team.”
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) In her io9.com article on untranslatable words, Esther Inglis-Arkell defines the Chinese term wei-wu-wei as “conscious non-action … a deliberate, and principled, decision to do nothing whatsoever, and to do it for a particular reason.” In my astrological opinion, the coming days would be a favorable time to explore and experiment with this approach. I think you will reap wondrous benefits if you slow down and rest in the embrace of a pregnant pause. The mysteries of silence and emptiness will be rich resources.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) “Every time you resist acting on your anger and instead restore yourself to calm, it gets easier,” writes psychologist Laura Markham in Psychology Today. In fact, neurologists claim that by using your willpower in this way, “you’re actually rewiring your brain.” And so the more you practice, the less likely it is that you will be addled by rage in the future. I see the coming weeks as an especially favorable time for you to do this work, Scorpio. Keeping a part of your anger alive is good, of course—sometimes you need its energy to motivate constructive change. But you would benefit from culling the excess.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) “I always liked side-paths, little dark back-alleys behind the main road—there one finds adventures and surprises, and precious metal in the dirt.” The character named Dmitri Karamazov makes that statement in Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novel The Brothers Karamazov. And now I’m thinking that you might like to claim his attitude as your own. Just for a while, you understand. Not forever. The magic of the side paths and back-alleys may last for no more than a few weeks, and then gradually fade. But in the meantime, the experiences you uncover there could be fun and educational. I do have one question for you, though: What do you think Dmitri meant by “precious metal in the dirt”? Money? Gold? Jewelry? Was he speaking metaphorically? I’m sure you’ll find out. CANCER (June 21-July 22) “Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason,” says comedian Jerry Seinfeld. His implication is that rejecting traditional strategies and conventional wisdom doesn’t always lead to success. As a professional rebel myself, I find it painful to agree even a little bit with that idea. But I do think it’s applicable to your life right now. For the foreseeable future, compulsive nonconformity is likely to yield mediocrity. Putting too much emphasis on being unique rather than on being right might distract you from the truth. My advice: Stick to the road more traveled.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Expiration dates loom. Fond adieus and last laughs and final hurrahs are on tap. Unfinished business is begging you to give it your smartest attention while there’s still time to finish it with elegance and grace. So here’s my advice for you, my on-the-verge friend: Don’t save any of your tricks, ingenuity, or enthusiasm for later. This is the later you’ve been saving them for. You are more ready than you realize to try what has always seemed improbable or inconceivable before now. Here’s my promise: If you handle these endings with righteous decisiveness, you will ensure bright beginnings in the weeks after your birthday.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) French and Italian readers may have no problem with this horoscope. But Americans, Canadians, Brits, and Aussies might be offended, even grossed out. Why? Because my analysis of the astrological omens compels me to conclude that “moist” is a central theme for you right now. And research has shown that many speakers of the English language find the sound of the word “moist” equivalent to hearing fingernails scratching a chalkboard. If you are one of those people, I apologize. But the fact is, you will go astray unless you stay metaphorically moist. You need to cultivate an attitude that is damp but not sodden; dewy but not soggy; sensitive and responsive and lyrical, but not overwrought or weepy or histrionic. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Which signs of the zodiac are the most expert sleepers? Who best appreciates the healing power of slumber and feels the least shame about taking naps? Which of the twelve astrological tribes are most inclined to study the art of snoozing and use their knowledge to get the highest quality renewal from their time in bed? My usual answer to these questions would be Taurus and Cancer, but I’m hoping you Pisceans will vie for the top spot in the coming weeks. It’s a very favorable time for you to increase your mastery of this supreme form of self-care.
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) A company called Evil Supply sells a satirical poster that contains the following quote: “Be the villain you were born to be. Stop waiting for someone to come along and
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Has a beloved teacher disappointed you? Are there inspirational figures about whom you feel conflicted because they don’t live up to all of your high standards? Have you become alienated from a person who gave you a blessing but later expressed a flaw you find hard to overlook? Now would be an excellent time to seek healing for rifts like these. Outright forgiveness is one option. You could also work on deepening your appreciation for how complicated and paradoxical everyone is. One more suggestion: Meditate on how your longing for what’s perfect might be an enemy of your ability to benefit from what’s merely good.
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) I expect you to be in a state of constant birth for the next three weeks. Awakening and activation will come naturally. Your drive to blossom and create may be irresistible, bordering on unruly. Does that sound overwhelming? I don’t think it will be a problem as long as you cultivate a mood of amazed amusement about it. (P.S. This upsurge is a healthy response to the dissolution that preceded it.)
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Much of the action in the world’s novels takes place inside buildings, according to author Robert Bringhurst. But characters in older Russian literature are an exception, he says. They are always out in the forests, traveling and rambling. In accordance with astrological omens, I suggest that you draw inspiration from the Russians’ example in the coming days. As often and as long as you can, put yourself in locations where the sky is overhead. Nature is the preferred setting, but even urban spots are good. Your luck, wisdom, and courage are likely to increase in direct proportion to how much time you spend outdoors.
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