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PAINT BY NUMBERS Is coloring outside the lines viable in Jackson’s highvolume, highdollar, but highlynuanced arts community?

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BY METEOROLOGIST JIM WOODMENCEY

Historically speaking, May is the wettest month of the year in Jackson. June is ranked as number two. The month of June averages 1.63 inches of precipitation and is second only to May’s 1.80 inch average. Often times the rainfall we receive in both May and June is delivered via thunderstorms, which have the capability of dropping significant amounts of water in a short period of time. As was the case this past May, on several occasions.

This week’s average low temperature is right around 36-degrees, for each day this coming week. The record low temperature in Jackson during this week is 18-degrees, which occurred on June 6th, 1983. That is the latest date into the month of June that we have experienced an overnight low temperature that got down into the teens in Jackson. As far as cool high temperature records go, on June 8th, 1950 the maximum temperature was only 43-degrees.

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This week, the average high temperature has finally reached the long-awaited 70-degree mark. Our actual high temperatures this week are exceeding that, getting well up into the 70’s. The record high temperature this week is 89-degrees, that happened way, way back on June 11th, 1918. Which goes to show you that it actually got hot here 100 years ago! More recent record high temperatures of 88-degrees were reached during this week, that was back in 1959 and again in the year 2000.

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THIS MONTH AVERAGE PRECIPITATION: 1.63 inches RECORD PRECIPITATION: 4.82 inches (1967) AVERAGE SNOWFALL: .01 inches RECORD SNOWFALL: 5 inches (1973)

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s a Baby Boomer who came of age during the last half of the 20th century, Don Snow saw the rise of the modern environmental era. A thought leader in pondering issues facing the West, Snow is the former founding publisher of Northern Lights magazine and today a professor at Whitman College.

Recently, we had a conversation.

Q: A criticism leveled at younger generations is they seem to hold less regard for how 650 million acres of public land they own got protected.

Don Snow: I have been dealing with those younger generations for 30 years in the college classroom both at the University of Montana and at Whitman College. They are not the cause of American indifference to history, but they certainly reflect it. If your parents, teachers and mentors don’t emphasize the value of history and the sense of contextualization which history uniquely brings, then it’s no wonder that you carry the same disease.

The public lands are remarkably easy to take for granted, but if you study their history—the distinct histories of how all four domains of federal lands came into being—you’ll readily see how vulnerable these “given” lands actually are. The public lands are ceaselessly under attack by forces of privatization, incompetence and indifference.

Q: Was there more excitement by previous generations in going to work for a government natural resource agency?

Snow: Teaching at a very environmental college, I see practically no students today with goals to work for federal environmental agencies. Trump didn’t start the spread of this poison, but he has been ordering it up by the trainload and spraying it everywhere. The crops are falling alongside the weeds. This administration hates all green things.

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Q: Politics has hardened tribal identity.

Is it reflected on campus?

Snow: My students today are utterly shocked to learn that the Endangered Species Act, perhaps the strongest of all the federal environmental laws passed in the 70s, went through with hardly a dissenting vote. Nixon, a Republican, signed it and the Clean Water Act, too. The etceteras go on and on.

Q: So, are generational comparisons exaggerated?

Snow: I do see some helplessness, and I do hear some tones of despair, but what I mostly hear are questions and pleas for meaningful involvement. I do not agree that so-called millennials are jaded, cynical, or disconnected. I think many are rightfully confused, in ways I was not, because so many avenues that were open to my generation now seem either closed or futile. I push back pretty hard.

Q: Academia, especially urban universities, pay a lot of attention to environmental social justice issues but what about concern for other species?

Snow: It’s true—there is generally less interest and enthusiasm for wildlands conservation, per se. In fact, students today are being taught to sneer at it. There’s a potent literature out there which depicts the original wildlands conservation movement as privileged, white, racist, nativist and four or five other “ists” we’ve been taught to despise.

When the emphasis is placed only on the human side of the wildlands conservation argument, it’s very easy to—as we like to say in academia— “problematize” most conservation histories and strategies. But this is what I tell students: I quote an old Grace Slick line from a Jefferson Airplane classic, “Doesn’t mean shit to a tree.”

Q: And the translation is?

Snow: Pay more attention to the

non-human side of the wildlands conservation argument. The lands (and waters) themselves; the wildlife and plant life, fungi, soil ecologies. In a word, habitat.

Wildlands conservation efforts, from the 19th century until today, have tried to be responsible for what David Abram calls the more-than-human world. That attention to the non-human doesn’t excuse or forgive insensitivity to people, but noticing its deeper implications can really help restore some contemporary faith in wildlands protection. The center of the target happens to be the original center of the conservation-environmental movement in the first place: human concern for the non-human world, in the face of exploding human populations, technologies, economies, cities, footprints. It doesn’t make you a misanthrope to say so.

Q: If a Whitman student says, “I don’t care about the survival of a grizzly bear. I want another trail to mountain bike on?”

What do you suggest they consider?

Snow: Restoring faith and interest in quietude, contemplation, solitude, natural beauty, respect toward beings outside of ourselves.

Aldo Leopold said, in reference to species extinction, “for one creature to mourn the passing of another is a new thing under the sun.” He penned that line en route to his articulation of a land ethic in Sand County Almanac. I consider it to be one of the most radical and profound lines in the book.

What is not a new thing under the sun is the gluttonous feeding of the human ego. Wild places were not set “apart” for the mere purposes of human pleasure and self-gratification. The Bob Marshall Wilderness Area should not be renamed Fun Hog High Speed Wheeled Machine Place. It’s true that things change over time. It’s not true that all change is for the better. PJH

June 2018

St. John’s Calendar of Events Most events are free unless otherwise noted.

Support Groups Teton Parkies (For those affected by Parkinson’s Disease)

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POWER UP! A Movement & Voice Class to benefit people with Parkinson’s.

Mondays, June 4 to July 9 Senior Center, $4 for ages 60 and up;$7 under 60 Contact Elizabeth at 307.733.4966, 614.271.7012, or epgerhard@gmail.com

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5k run and 15k bike to benefit the Foundation’s Cancer Patient Support Fund Sunday, June 3 9 am Wilson Elementary School $20 advance; $25 day of race To register, stop by Skinny Skis or call 307.733.6094

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Living Center Update A presentation and listening session by AMD Architects on 30% of the schematic design Tuesday, June 5 5:30-7 pm St. John’s Medical Center Lobby

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7th Annual Cognitive Health Speaker Series Featuring author Andrew Budson, MD • What’s Normal Memory, What’s Not, and What to Do About It Thursday, June 14, 5:30–7 pm • How to Maximize Your Cognitive Skills Friday, June 15, 11:30 am–1 pm Both events take place at the Teton County Library Books available for purchase and signing after the talks For information, go to tetonhospital.org/cognitive or call 307.690.5284

Memory Loss Support Group

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For those suffering from persistent memory problems; family members and caregivers welcome Thursday, June 14 Noon – 1 pm

Close to Home Landscape Paintings by Sue Sommers Monday, June 18 noon–1 pm Light lunch provided 555 E. Broadway, Suite 206

Monthly Luncheon

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Auxiliary Evening Social Thursday, June 7 5:30 pm

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rtist Andy Kincaid will spend the summer sleeping in a tent. Kincaid, who shows his work nationwide, founded two contemporary art galleries in Jackson, and helps curate exhibitions by internationally renowned artists cannot find a place to live.

When Kincaid lost his lease earlier this year, he had to close the doors on his gallery, Holiday Forever, as well. His rented house across from the Center for the Arts was more than a home. The front half of the house functioned as the Holiday Forever gallery space, welcoming young contemporary artists from across the country. The house also had room for Kincaid’s art studio.

“To be able to find all the things that I had is pretty much impossible in Jackson,” Kincaid said.

His landlord, who Kincaid said was very generous and supportive of the arts, needed the house for one of his children.

But with rents in Jackson starting at $1,000 for a studio, he will be lucky to find a place he can afford just to house himself. Victor, he said, would remove him from Jackson’s pulse.

Kincaid is one of a pool of artists who may apply for a new housing opportunity through Jackson Hole Community Housing Trust and Center of Wonder. In a first of its kind partnership, one of the Redmond Street Rentals units has been reserved for an artist.

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EMS to raise funding for the Redmond Street project. Each nonprofit used donor dollars to purchase one unit. The partnerships have been in the works for 18 months.

An anonymous donor secured one of the units for an artist. The artist does not have to be employed by Center of Wonder, the arts funding organization selected to administer the partnership with the Housing Trust.

But unlike that donor, some people don’t see artists serving a critical community need.

“There were significant public funds put into the Redmond Hall project from both the Town and the County,” said Barbara Allen, Wyoming State House candidate and a former Teton County Commissioner. “Critical service workers should have priority in housing when said housing is funded to that extent by public monies.”

Allen believes the Sheriff’s Auxiliary, Search and Rescue, and Teton County Library do employ critical service workers. But she still had concerns that the nonprofit partnerships with the Housing Trust gave the employees of those organizations an unfair advantage over other applicants.

“What about employees at nonprofits that can’t afford an expenditure like that?” Allen said.

She is also concerned for applicants who do not work at nonprofits. “Think about the implications if you have a bunch of master leases on publicly funded housing,” she said.

Four of the 28 units available are reserved for the nonprofits in partnership

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Though artists may not be rescuing people off mountainsides or pulling over drunk drivers, they do contribute to community. Kincaid, for example, has brought a unique art conversation to Jackson.

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Still, Why Prioritize an Artist?

Opening receptions at Holiday Forever regularly draw dozens of viewers, many who would not otherwise be exposed to the conceptual art the gallery favored, a kind of art found nowhere else in town.

If Jackson loses Kincaid, it loses that conversation.

Artists often wear more than one hat, and do provide important services to the community. Many artists are teachers, heads of nonprofits and community placemakers.

In the case of painter Emily Boespflug, who owns an affordable home in East Jackson, she does double duty as an artist and an arts instructor. In the past 13 years she has taught art at the Art Association where at least 1,000 kids have passed through her classroom doors. She has also taught outreach classes at area schools and the Senior Living Center.

The opportunity to buy an affordable home in 2011 “kept me from leaving” Jackson, Boespflug said. She has also volunteered in the community to meet the Housing Trust community involvement criteria.

Other longtime valley artists have not been so lucky. Painter Alison Brush moved from Jackson to Victor four years ago after she was priced out of the valley.

She and her partner, artist Dave McNally, could not afford to buy a home in Jackson.

“I had to leave,” Brush said. “Housing was unavailable and unaffordable. In Victor, we got something for a fraction of what we could get in Jackson.”

She is adamant that artists play a critical role in the places they call home.

“Artists’ contribution to community has to do with community identity, and community spirit,” Brush said. “Jackson inspires and embraces creativity. It wouldn’t be what it is today if it weren’t for all the artists who call it home.”

The Redmond Street Rental unit represents a drop in the bucket in addressing artist housing. However, it is a start and part of a national effort.

Cities like New York, Dallas, Nashville, New Orleans, and San Francisco have already made a commitment to their artists as critical community members and art piloting new housing initiatives aimed at retaining artists. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to build 1,500 new affordable live/work units for artists by 2025, with half of the funding coming from private donors.

Addressing the Pew Research Center, Craig Watson, California Arts Council director, said the arts have historically been a way for cities to stand out. Yet artists themselves are frequently living near the poverty level.

“Cities should not sit passively by and lose their artists because they’ve failed to address the very real concerns that artists have.” PJH

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with the Housing Trust. All others will be available to the general pool of applicants. Each of those applicants has to meet Housing Trust criteria that includes community service.

For Anne Cresswell, Housing Trust executive director, finding creative solutions to funding affordable housing is key.

She stressed that more than half of the Redmond Street Rental project is funded privately.

“For 15 years, every affordable housing project I’ve worked on has required collaboration, flexibility and ingenuity,” she said. “Redmond is no different—except that it takes more capital to get rentals in ground than ownership in the ground.”

Forty-four percent of the construction of Redmond Street Rentals was paid with public dollars. The Housing Trust secured the other 56 percent of the $13 million.

Teton County resident William Gale worried artist applicants are getting a kind of free pass. “How can a donor come in and secure housing for a select group of people and avoid the lottery process that everyone else has to complete?” he wrote in a letter to Teton County commissioners.

Artist applicants, though, will not bypass the lottery or any application procedures. They have to go through two vetting processes, filling out applications both through the Center of Wonder and the Housing Trust, and they must meet Housing Trust income and asset requirements. The housing opportunity is open to artists in range of disciplines, including visual arts, performing arts, and literary arts.

Artist applicants must also submit evidence of a body of work. “We want to see a strong commitment to advancing and supporting the arts community here,” said Lyndsay McCandless, Center of Wonder’s director of creative resources.

On the Housing Trust end, applicants to the Redmond Street Rentals will be ranked based on several criteria: years in the valley, employment “that contributes to the unique characteristics and critical infrastructure of Jackson Hole,” and community involvement through volunteer work. Bonus points are given to those working in emergency or medical fields, education, nonprofit or leadership roles and public sector programming and infrastructure.

By these terms, the Housing Trust is not only seeking applicants in critical services, but in other community-making fields as well.

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ar T 5 Covered Chuckwagon Cookout’s performances in Cache Creek and at Jackson parades will no longer include the portrayal of Native Americans.

The decision came after a local Iñupiat woman, Melanie Schuerch, posted photos and videos to Facebook from Jackson’s Old West Days parade where non-Native actors donned in red face paint, long black wigs and inaccurate costumes depicted Native Americans in what is known as “redface.”

Redface is a practice that, like blackface (when white people paint their faces black for comedy or entertainment), demeans people of color and reinforces white power structures.

Those who study race and culture say it robs Native Americans of the control of their cultural identity and positions them further outside of mainstream society.

In other words, they become “the other.”

Bar T 5 co-owner Jeff Warburton is “horrified” he offended people. He and his brother Chris have been at the helm of such performances for 12 years and worked for the company long before they took the reins.

For more than four decades, Bar T 5’s nightly performances have featured actors who ride horses dressed as “Indians” and cowboys. The shows, Warburton said, celebrate the history and friendship of Chief Washakie and Elijah Nicholas Wilson, founder of Wilson, Wyoming, who lived among the Shoshone.

“The purpose was to build up the fact that there were great relationships between Nick and the Shoshone and other white people in the West,” he said.

“It was never meant to be offensive to

The portrayal of Native Americans by non-Native people has been the subject of recent controversy.

Bar T 5: No More Native American Portrayals Owners do not want their business wrapped in ‘politics’

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anyone.”

Since Monday, Schuerch’s post had garnered thousands of views and shares, which led to angry phone calls, Warburton said. Many calls, though, were “from people who want us to continue this, but we don’t want a political firestorm.”

The performances helped people “understand there were Native Americans in the West,” he said. They are not meant to be accurate historical representations or to represent any one group of Native Americans.

“The face paint did not mean anything. We were very careful to make sure we did not use specific tribal face paint, just paint on the face, like the

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mountain men did.”

Schuerch hopes the company can see this decision on a deeper level. She pointed to the societal and psychological effects of such portrayals—those that lack accuracy, harden stereotypes and tokenize Native Americans.

“I am glad that they won’t be portraying Native Americans in such an ignorant fashion and I hope they recognize how this damages Native Americans as people,” she said. “Native Americans have very high suicide rates, high rates of alcoholism and it damages their images of themselves and where they stand in our community.”

Schuerch’s post has ignited a public debate in Jackson Hole, a place that

has long financially benefited from appropriating Native American culture and hence shied away from such conversations.

On Thursday, Mayor Pete Muldoon and Anna Olson, Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce CEO and president, met with representatives from the Wind River Reservation to, as Olson wrote in an email to Muldoon, “start dialogue on what positive action ... can come out of this incident.”

The chamber was enmeshed in the debate as it heads and regulates the Old West Days Parade.

Olson did not return Planet Jackson Hole’s emails and a phone call request for comment.

For his part, Muldoon came away from the meeting with strong convictions. He is no stranger to discussions about the marginalization of Native Americans. The Mayor attended #NODAPL protests at Standing Rock and stirred national controversy when he replaced the Town Hall portrait of President Donald Trump with an image of Chief Washakie.

“I am not going to attempt to explain the ways in which these depictions and manufactured histories are hurtful and harmful to those survivors—people who struggle daily not only with the aftermath of genocide, but with the realities of being marginalized, ignored, and treated as caricatures rather than human beings,” he said during a Jackson Town Council meeting on Monday.

“That is a story they should tell, and one which we should listen to. In fact, it has been told countless times and ignored just as many. It’s a story we can choose to listen to the moment we are ready—and yet often, we do not.” PJH

Is coloring outside the lines viable in Jackson’s high-volume, high-dollar, but highly-nuanced arts community?

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you want it to be.”

Hernandez was born in Mexico and moved to Wyoming when he was five. A Jackson Hole High School graduate, he is enrolled at the University of Wyoming studying art and environmental studies.

“I wanted to do both because I’ve always wanted to work for a company like Patagonia,” he said. “Originally I was thinking of starting my own company too, but more towards casual street wear, but with similar environmentally-focused principles like Patagonia.”

At 22, he radiates radical wisdom beyond his years.

The outspoken artist describes his work as contemporary and conceptual, and is working on one project in particular that, as he puts it, appropriates his own culture.

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atinos aren’t told to pursue art here in Jackson because they know they’re not going to make it,” he said.

Indeed, Jackson’s Latino populace faces constant struggles with housing, immigration and the ups and downs of seasonal work. It has led parents to steer their children towards subjects like science and math that have the promise of defined career paths, leaving arts behind, Hernandez said.

Hernandez aims to dispel parents’ stigma that arts are simply a hobby.

“There are tons of [Jackson] kids who are pursuing arts right out of high school,” he said. He hopes to inspire more Latinos in the community to embrace artistic callings because “it’s not just a luxury. It could be a career if

The series is called “Canonize,” referencing canonization: the Catholic practice of sainting individuals after their deaths. Hernandez grew up Catholic and considers himself religious, but is not an avid churchgoer. With the series, he wants to incorporate pop art and religious symbolism to showcase that, even though Latinos embrace Catholicism as an integral part of their culture and traditions, it was the invading Spaniards of the 1500s who inculcated Mexican culture with the religion.

“A lot of people don’t understand the origins of the things they believe in,” Hernandez said. “It almost causes dissonance because it’s a part of who we are, but it was forced upon us.”

Hernandez’s artistic ideology is inspired by artists like Jean Michel-Basquiat, who captured the experiences of African-Americans to create politically-astute, contemporary works. He is less inclined to paint landscapes and wildlife, even though that art tends to gain more traction in Jackson.

But Hernandez doesn’t want to be viewed as the token Latino artist in a similar vein of Basquiat, who is

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There’s a good chance you’ve never heard of local artist Arturo Hernandez.

In fact, there’s a better chance you would be hard-pressed to name a single Latino artist in Jackson Hole’s oft-proclaimed vibrant artistic community.

Hernandez isn’t surprised.

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for a piece that allowed him two full months of funded art-making.

“It was a beautiful feeling. There’s nothing quite like doing something like that in this town, because those opportunities don’t happen very often for us.”

Williams is among many who envy established local artists who make a living solely with their work.

Kathryn Mapes Turner, 46, is a Jackson native who believes the valley’s artistic community is overwhelmingly supportive, and not something to take advantage of.

“All of us who are artists who live here are so blessed,” she said. “We don’t know how good we have it. I feel like I was raised in this crucible of creativity.”

Turner manages her Jackson gallery Trio Fine Art, and said that it has taken “a lifetime” to establish herself as a full-time artist. At a young age she was mentored through Dancers’ Workshop and took classes through the Art Association to fine-tune her craft.

“Becoming an established Jacksonbased artist is a process, not an event,” she said. “You just get to a point where you choose to be an artist more and have a day job less. It’s taken about 25 years of losing that day job.”

Another local painter, Wendell Field, 53, said the community is prime for artists who are looking to make a living due to the area’s wealth.

‘Watcher’ by Henry Williams Originally from Kalamazoo, Michigan, and a graduate of the University of commonly called “the Black Picasso.” Instead, he wants Wyoming, Field lives in a yurt in Kelly. In his years workhis art to be seen so it can inspire others in the Latino ing as an artist, he has found more exposure and income community. In doing so, he hopes to propel the converby selling art on his own than through local galleries. sation about racial divides in his hometown.

“You can make a living in that respect, but it’s been Still, Hernandez knows artistic success hinges on years of work. I’ve done art my whole life, but it’s only exposure. If an artist’s work is never seen or showbeen a couple years where I’ve been able to make it as cased, they become invisible. So in a community as an artist,” he said. creatively vibrant as Jackson, how can burgeoning artField had to take on a variety of jobs and cut down ists like Hernandez stand out among the overwhelmon his living expenses to get to a point where he could ing cacophony of oil-on-canvas Teton ridgelines and fund himself as an artist. In the past he’s worked as the Western bronze statues? manager of the Blue Lion restaurant and as a bartender at Trio.

Working Artists “It’s almost every month where I’m like, ‘I don’t know “I’m not interested in painting pictures of the Tetons, if I can pay the bills. I sure hope I can sell a painting,’” he per se,” said painter and illustrator Henry Williams. “It’s said. Side jobs “are not the career you want but it helps not really what brings me joy. I love my stones, I love my you with your art. As you’re working towards that, its aspen leaves, I love my large magnifications of irises. tough because a lot of your creative energy is out when That’s more in line with who I am.” you have another job.”

Williams, 47, has lived in Jackson for 12 years and Juggling multiple jobs is not foreign for many Jackson teaches youth and adult art classes at the Art Association residents, Williams included. He uses his income as a of Jackson Hole. “Being an artist in Jackson has its ups massage therapist and an art teacher to help suppleand downs,” he said. “But if you’re committed to your ment his creative endeavors. That constant hustle, he craft, people will take you more seriously. You can’t said, is good for the soul and keeps him motivated. compromise what you do in service of getting ahead.

“At this point in my life, I’ve sort of given up the There’s no fast track.” dream that I was going to be this New York artist, and He has only spent a short amount of his Jackson career that I was going to be super famous,” he said with a as a paid artist. A few years ago he was commissioned laugh. “So now my joy really comes from making art for

myself and helping others make art.”

In terms of the community, Williams sees a lot of potential and hopes the many artistic nonprofits recognize the value in cultivation. He would love to see more scholarships and grants on a local level that directly feed back into the community. Competing for local funding is part of the nonprofit culture, but individual artists aren’t always eligible for grants unless they partner with a fiscal nonprofit sponsor.

“You have no idea what a desire I have to make art that says something about the place I call home,” he said. “I’m not a nonprofit organization, I’m just an individual. And, honestly, I’ll admit that the competition sometimes makes me question if my voice is even worth being heard. You tend to hear ‘no’ a lot, when there should be a lot more ‘yes.’”

Life as an artist is an spectacularly expensive career choice that can yield little reward unless there is financial support available. “Often times that aid goes to people who are promoting their own personal agenda, or nonprofit organizations that make excellent use of what they are given but aren’t accessible for collaboration.”

That’s because “they themselves are financially hanging by a thread,” he said.

Williams also has a passion for performing arts. He is an actor and a current board member of Riot Act, Inc. theatre company, helping with everything from hair and makeup to set construction and stage managing.

But the level of productions that he dreams of aren’t always possible. There are limited venues for rehearsal and performance and the fees for those that are available to rent is often cost-prohibitive for small groups or folks like Williams.

“It’s like, come on. Do [rental costs] really need to be that exorbitantly high? Does it need to cost thousands of dollars a night to turn on the freaking lights?” Williams said.

For example, to rent the Center Theater or the Pink Garter Theater for one night can be upwards of $2,000 at their most basic levels. These venues offer discounts for resident or nonprofit organizations, but none are given to independent local artists. Williams believes that being an ambitious local creative should be rewarded.

“If we’re going to be a community that supports the arts, let’s support the arts where it needs to be supported,” he said. “Give us the opportunity to produce something of value. To leave a mark. To do something.”

Turner acknowledged that regardless of your creative passion and the costs associated with them, mastering time management is the key to becoming a successful artist.

“The big challenge is balancing working a lot to afford to live in a place like Jackson, while also balancing this other life,” she said. “It’s very time-intensive to create, at least for me. And there are so many people here who are intense recreators who invest time in their outdoor lives.

We have to invest time in our creative lives.”

In Jackson, Teton Artlab has been a major player in helping artists make that investment, from the Factory Studios circa 2011, which housed more than 20 local artist studios, to its current artist-in-residence program.

That effort imports artists from across the nation and world to create, discuss and inspire art and cross cultural dialogue in Jackson Hole.

Field happens to be debuting a solo show at Teton Artlab on June 18. Located on South Jackson Street, the Artlab, headed by Travis Walker, is a place that he and

visiting artists use as a community area.

“It really comes down to figuring out how to make your own exhibition in places that aren’t traditionally seen as galleries,” Walker said.

Opportunities for Wonder

Destination for the Arts

‘Good Morning in the KYP’ by Wendell Field accident,” Corbett said. But by highlighting artistic events through Wildly Creative as well as the Daily Wonder calendar, where the campaign site is hosted, the organizers believe Jackson Hole can stand out as a hub for visitors seeking art and culture. By handing the reins to locals via Instagram, Bradley said there will be more engagement rather than simply advertising with static website banners.

“In year two [beginning September 2018], we really want to focus on that storytelling aspect,” she said. “I think the more we can continue that, we can showcase to the outside world what kind of unique artists work in this community.”

The new budget will also be put towards a public relations element that will boost exposure beyond online sources.

“We want to ramp up visibility through editorial placements and media brands to bring high end editorial writers who can write about the community, and then pitch those articles to their respective publications,” Bradley said.

There are also plans to host workshops through Wildly Creative, providing a variety of resources to artists who may not be as marketing savvy as local organizations.

Both Corbett and Bradley admitted that, in these early stages, the campaign’s strategy has not been completely clear to the artistic community, and they aim to remedy that.

“It’s all going to evolve as we go,” Corbett said, “and I think in time there will be more clarity as to how the campaign can be a valuable resource.”

Contact Kirsten Corbettat kirsten@centerofwonder. org for more information. You can also use the hashtag #wildlycreativejh on Instagram to have your creative process featured on the website’s homepage.

Williams is not the only performer who wishes for more affordable performance venues. Local musician and Canyon Kids frontman Bo Elledge lamented that Jackson’s venues are disappearing.

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There is a new kid on the block working to enrich Jackson’s image as a creative hotbed. But you probably haven’t heard much about it. The Wildly Creative campaign is a partnership spearheaded by the Center of Wonder, the Center for the Arts and the Jackson Hole Travel and Tourism Board. In conjunction with the Travel and Tourism Board’s “Stay Wild” campaign, it will bring attention to Jackson’s arts community, highlighting both artistic nonprofits as well as local artists.

Because of the plethora of artistic endeavors in the community, Wildly Creative was a collaborative effort between several arts organizations and local artists who found difficulties independently marketing their programming on a regional level.

The project is headed by Anne Bradley, director of marketing for the Center for the Arts, and Kirsten Corbett, head of arts communications for the Center of Wonder.

Recently, the campaign was approved for a $111,240 grant from the Travel and Tourism Board.

Phase one was focused on branding and website construction, the design and management of which is headed by local marketing firm New Thought Digital Agency.

The project is no small feat and Bradley and Corbett are aware of the weight they’re carrying on their shoulders as torchbearers for the artistic community.

“It’s a lot of pressure, but we’re passionate about its success,” Corbett said.

One of the campaign’s key components is its Instagram page, @wildlycreativejh, which has recently featured “takeovers” from local creative figures like Turner and DJ Rocky Vertone, as well as Teton County Library. Participating individuals are offered a small stipend for their contributions to the feed.

“We decided that storytelling was at the core of how to communicate about the community,” Bradley continued. “Giving artists and arts organizations a chance to showcase their creative voices firsthand is a main focus of ours.”

This is one way the campaign hopes to put Jackson Hole on the map as an arts destination.

“I think a lot of visitors happen upon the arts by

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Lyndsay McCandless has made it her mission to help elevate local artists. She is a longtime Jackson resident and director of creative resources at the nonprofit Center of Wonder. Before that she founded and managed the Lyndsay McCandless Gallery on Jackson Street from 2001 to 2011—an accessible space that featured local artists without pretension. The gallery closed due to a perfect storm of events including zoning complications that limited the amount of people who could be in the space at once, as well as a crumbling economic climate.

“As I’m doing more of my own art, I recognize the struggles artists face in getting exposure in the community,” McCandless said. She works primarily with animal skulls, exploring the relationship between animal totems and naturalistic energies and using pen and ink in a tattoo style to visualize those connections. “I think you just have to be really creative about it and find whatever avenue you can.”

Center of Wonder hosts the online calendar DailyWonder.org, a free resource that artists can use to advertise events. The website had more than 5,000 unique visitors in May. Community members are encouraged to post any creative happenings on the calendar, even if it’s just a pop-up show or an art opening in your garage.

“We’re putting a lot of money towards SEO [search engine optimization] capabilities in order to expand Daily Wonder’s reach and exposure, so I think it’ll be an even better resource for artists than it has been,” McCandless said.

Center of Wonder’s reach will be growing soon. On Friday it announced it will be merging with the Art Association to create a single nonprofit focused on artistic expression and education.

“It’s going to be awesome,” McCandless said. “My hopes are that it will allow our organizations and all the creative people who live and work here to be even more creative and do things even better. I think it’s going to spur a lot of new ideas of what we can do together and enhance the programming that’s already happening.”

The Center of Wonder also provides a few artist grant programs including $3,000 dollar Arts for All grants, available for both nonprofit organizations and individual artists. Applications are due on June 27 through centerofwonder.org. McCandless expressed some regret that there aren’t more grants available for individual artists, and said she would like to work towards expanding those resources.

She would also like to see more opportunities for pop-up shows and independent renegade art openings in Jackson in the vein of the Saturday Local Artist Market (SLAM) that she once hosted at her gallery.

On Saturdays after the Farmer’s Market on the Town Square, artists set up tables in the gallery and sold art for the day. “I hope we can find some ways to bring that back,” she said.

“Ultimately, as artists, we just need to figure out ways to expose our art in different ways,” she said. “Artists of all disciplines can be supportive of each other and I think teaming up would be a great way to increase that exposure.”

As the housing crisis endures, her biggest fear is that artists are feeling unsupported and leaving town in pursuit of other opportunities.

Now, the Center of Wonder is acting as a steward to one housing option in particular.

An anonymous donor purchased a 15-year lease for a two-bedroom apartment in the Jackson Hole Community Housing Trust’s Redmond Street Rentals. Applications for that are due on June 15. Read more in The Buzz on page 6.

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“Now that we’ve lost the Tavern, there are fewer and fewer places to play,” he said.

Getting your foot in the door isn’t easy, Elledge said, but much like the visual artist community, musicians tend to look out for one another and find ways to help their contemporaries gain exposure.

“The Hootenanny [at Dornan’s] is a great way to meet people and get your music out there,” he said. He also pointCenter for the Arts recently unveiled its ed to Songwriter’s Town Enclosure Pavilion, an open-air arts venue.

Alley, musician Aaron Davis’s open mic showcase on the first Sunday of each month at the Silver Dollar Bar. Upcoming Deadlines: But despite having played at multiple venues in town, Elledge hopes for larger opportunities in the future.

Redmond Street Artist Rental “I’ve been here for seven years and I’ve never played Two-bedroom apartment for artist housing the Center for the Arts stage,” he said. Elledge’s band Centerofwonder.org; housingtrustjh.org Canyon Kids will be the opening band for Shovels and Application Deadline: June 15 Rope on August 7 at Center for the Arts , but are slated to play outside on the Center’s lawn rather than in the Arts for All grant auditorium.

Funding for individual creative projects Carrie Richer, creative initiatives coordinator for the Centerofwonder.org Center for the Arts, also recognizes the lack of perforApplication Deadline: June 27 mance venue space. As a filmmaker for her production company Hole Dance Films, Richer would love to see Takin’ it to the Streets more opportunities to showcase her films.

Locals-Only Art Fair on the Town Square “It can be really hard to find opportunities to showArtassociation.org case our work, especially with film,” she said.

Application Deadline: July 15 She hopes the recent Pavilion Project will help change that. Pitched by Carrie Geraci of Jackson Hole Resources: Public Art, the Center’s 2018 creative-in-residence curator, the open-air venue on the Center lawn is a direct Wildly Creative JH response to the lack of venue space available for artists.

Featured marketing and social media exposure Designed by local firm Carney Logan Burke Wildlycreativejh.com Architects, the “Town Enclosure” is a 30-foot-wide space that acts as both a sculpture and a performance Art Association of Jackson Hole pavilion. The Pavilion is now open and artists are able Arts education for adults and children to reserve it for free. Richer hopes that it is used to its Artassociation.org full potential.

“We want to address the lack of opportunities artDailyWonder ists have, and provide something that is very versatile, Free-to-post online calendar for creative events something that can provide a space for dancers, provide Dailywonder.org a place for visual artists to display their work,” she said.

The cross-laminated, tempered panels that make up JH Public Art – ArtSpot and Parking Day the structure are created out of wood from sustainable Various opportunities for creative forests, and Richer said they could act as a great backcollaborations drop for film projection, painting displays, and whatevJhpublicart.org er creative ideas artists can come up with. An amplified PA system is a free amenity with each reservation.

Center for the Arts – Creative Initiatives The only rules are that the space cannot be used after Gallery opportunities and pavilion rentals 9 p.m., performances are subject to Town of Jackson Jhcenterforthearts.org permit approvals, and artists cannot charge admission for their work. Tip jars, however, can be set out.

Penny Lane Cooperative “It was designed to be a place where there are spontaConcept store with showcase opportunities neous performances,” she said, “where people walking Pennylanecooperative.com

down the sidewalk can wander over and experience something they didn’t expect.”

The grand opening of the Town Enclosure is June 27.

A performance by Dancers’ Workshop will precede the ribbon-cutting ceremony and The String Lake Trio will finish off the night.

Richer also hopes to encourage more artists to apply for gallery exhibitions at the Center for the Arts. Two of the spaces on the campus she is currently “activating” are the Theater Gallery and the Center Courtyard, the latter of which has featured an extended showing of artist Bland Hoke’s giant inflatable goldfish, lovingly nicknamed “Otto.”

“That space itself can be challenging, but we’ve seen some really elaborate applications come through,” Richer said, about the Courtyard. The space is booked through April 2019, but the application process is ongoing, and Richer hopes that more artists apply with inventive proposals.

The Theater Gallery, also called the ramp gallery, connects the two phases of the building and leads into the Center Theater lobby. Exhibits are booked through 2018. The call to artists will begin again in October of this year for 2019.

Richer said that local artists familiar with the space may get a leg-up on the competition. “It’s a weird space for sure, but I think artists who know what it is and understand what the building does are at an advantage.”

To be included in Creative Initiative announcements, or if you are interested in reserving the Town Enclosure for your work, contact carrie@jhcenterforthearts.org or visit the Center for the Arts’s website.

A Seat at the Table

In conjunction with this article, Hernandez scouted out local opportunities to showcase his art. He called around to various Jackson galleries to see which might take a chance on his work.

What he discovered wasn’t ideal. The coffee shops Pearl Street Bagels and Cowboy Coffee both take independent submissions, but the waitlists are two years.

Unsurprisingly, most high-end galleries are curated and do not take local submissions. Tayloe Piggott Gallery and Altamira are two that do accept local works, depending on the type of artwork that is submitted.

Hernandez said he felt a bit awkward walking into some of the fancier galleries in just a T-shirt and jeans.

“But honestly, this is what an artist looks like,” he said with a laugh, tugging at his shirt.

Hernandez, like Williams, has turned to the Art Association in hopes of expanding his exposure and skills. He helps assist teaching youth classes. At first he was nervous to work with younger kids, but he’s found a rewarding avenue to showcase his skills and inspire others, including young Latinos.

“It’s actually really cool to know that you’re helping young people produce their own work and find their voice,” he said.

As a homegrown artist, Hernandez is aiming his ambitions high and wants to make sure that local artists, especially Latinos like himself, aren’t forgotten in the vast artistic community.

“I want my art to always be conceptual and have meaning towards marginalized groups like my own,” he said. “I’m not trying to speak for everyone, but I do want to make sure that artists have a bigger voice here.” PJH

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depicted among the small figures that inhabit the forest village, Hoke said.

FoundSpace was created after the Land Trust hosted several public listening sessions a few years ago. People said they didn’t know what properties the Land Trust preserved. They said they felt disconnected from the organization and its projects, Andrews said.

FoundSpace, then, became a way to highlight the organization’s projects and engage the community.

“There’s a side of us all that is creative and when we connect to it, I find that there is a little magic that happens—especially when you are outside,” Andrews said.

The outdoor installations are a way to connect people to the landscape. “We find objects in open space, like when we are hiking and we find an unusual rock—it’s a little treasure,” Andrews said. “The idea is to treasure the spaces, what we find and everyone’s creativity in creating the art.”

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hen Laurie Andrews, executive director of the Jackson Hole Land Trust, asks people about their favorite property that the nonprofit has preserved, no one ever says Emily’s Pond, despite its immense popularity in the community.

“Emily’s Pond is loved and well-used, but people don’t realize it’s part of the work of the Land Trust,” Andrews said.

Its why the organization selected it for this year’s FoundSpace, an outdoor art exhibit showcasing public access areas made possible by the Land Trust.

The event, in its fourth year, will feature the work of local artists Bland Hoke, Matt Daly, Jenny Dowd, Bronwyn Minton and Brittany Hill.

Hoke, for example, is creating a miniature village with small dwellings and rope bridges and ladders. This week he and volunteers worked on creating the bridges and ladders in Jackson Hole Public Art’s mobile design studio. Those that volunteered might be

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David Cleeland works on Bland Hoke’s small village of Treepoli.

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THIS WEEK: June 6-17, 2018

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6

n Wednesday LADIES DAY 9 a.m. Huntsman Springs, n Baby Time (Cancelled) Youth Auditorium 10:05 a.m. Teton County Library, n Vertical Harvest Tours 1 p.m. Vertical Harvest, Free, n Raptor Encounters 2 p.m. Teton Raptor Center, $15.00 - $18.00, n Read to Rover 3 p.m. Valley of the Tetons Library, n Hunt’s Photo Adventure: Grand Tetons National Park 3 p.m. Grand Teton National Park, n VITA 2018 Free Tax Prep 3 p.m. Teton County Library, n Fun with Library Staff: Miss Beth - Youth Auditorium 3:30 p.m. Teton County Library, n Slow Food in the TetonsSummer People’s Market 4 p.m. Base of Snow King Mountain, Free,

n Andy Anderson & Friends 6 p.m. Pink Garter Theatre, Free, n HEAL film screening 7:15 p.m. Inversion Yoga, Free, 3077333038 n Ballad of Cat Ballou 8 p.m. Jackson Hole Playhouse, $26.75 - $82.25, n Jackson Hole Rodeo 8 p.m. Teton County Fairgrounds, $15.00 - $35.00,

THURSDAY, JUNE 7

n Baby Time 12 p.m. Alta Branch Library, n Theater Thursday, Victor 3:30 p.m. Valley of the Tetons Library, n Make stuff with Rachel Attias - Youth Auditorium 3:30 p.m. Teton County Library, n FoundSpace 5 p.m. Emily’s Stevens Park Wilson,WY, Free, 3077334707 n Open Build 5:30 p.m. Valley of the Tetons Library,

n Jackson Sound Hole 6 p.m. Miller Park, Free, n Author Talk: Chris Heilman, Driggs 6 p.m. Valley of the Tetons Library, n Hott Pass 7:30 p.m. Silver Dollar Showroom, Free, 307-732-3939 n Fishing Opener Event

FRIDAY, JUNE 8

n Yoga@the History Museum 8 a.m. Jackson Hole Historical Society and Museum, Free, 307733-2414 n Friday Yoga Levels 1 & 2 at The Wellness Center 9 a.m. Huntsman Springs, n Tetonia Breakfast Meet and Greet 9:15 a.m. Badger Creek Cafe, n Breakfasts in Tetonia 9:15 a.m. Badger Creek Cafe, n Jamie Marie - solo 10 a.m.

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Explore Treepoli village upon its official unveiling Thursday at Emily’s Pond.

But FoundSpace is also a reminder of the history of the land. The Land Trust protected Emily’s Pond in 1991, Andrews said. It’s easy to forget all the projects for which the organization has been responsible.

This year Daly is partnering with Dowd to create art for FoundSpace.

Emily’s Pond provides interesting nooks and crannies that are “a little bit hidden in plain sight,” he said.

The two artists are creating thaumatropes, discs with images on both sides and string that when twirled, blend the two pictures and create an optical illusion. Dowd and Daly’s discs have short lyrical stories and an illustration.

Each side works as its own composition, but when hand cranked to spin, it’s a unique piece. They plan to make 12 that tell the stories about small animals in the area, like cicadas having a graduation party and a little frog struggling to sleep.

Daly has participated in FoundSpace since its first year. It has introduced him to places he didn’t realize were

Land Trust projects or offered public access.

“Then there’s this place like Emily’s Pond and anyone with a dog has spent many days there,” he said.

The art installations will compel people to see the environment they frequent in new ways, and it will draw their attention in different directions.

FoundSpace is fun creatively, Daly added, but also a way to pay respect to beloved areas in the valley. “I like to use art to draw attention to these places that are special and important, but also not as grand as others that get a lot of attention,” he said. PJH

FoundSpace opening, 5 to 8 p.m.

Thursday at Emily Stevens Park, with food from Genevieve Catering and music from Jess O’Neil and the Neversweat Players. The art remains in place until August 14.

n Alta Storytime 10 a.m. Alta Branch Library, n Free Food Friday 10:30 a.m. Jackson Cupboard, Free, 3076992163 n All Ages Story Time - Driggs 11:15 a.m. Valley of the Tetons Library, n Game Night 4 p.m. Valley of the Tetons Library, n Clyde and the Milltailers 7:30 p.m. Silver Dollar Showroom, Free, 307732-3939 n Country Western Swing 7:30 p.m. Dancers’ Workshop, $25.00 - $90.00, 307-733-6398 n FREE Friday Night Public Stargazing 9 p.m. Center for the Arts, n Farmers Market

SATURDAY, JUNE 9 Good stories connect people, mining their compassion and understanding for humanity’s differed experiences.

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could be featured on National Public Radio. All of the recordings will eventually be published online.

The listening event is a chance for the community to listen to the stories collected in town. “It’s the grand finale to celebrate all the recordings that were done in Jackson,” Shlachter said.

People will get a chance to hear their own stories, but also learn about their friends and neighbors, she said.

The presentation also will feature locally produced segments from Wyoming Public Media news and cultural affairs team.

There are still some slots available for people who want to participate in StoryCorps. For those intimidated by the idea of sharing a story, Shlachter said never fear: “It really is meant to be two people having a conversation. You don’t have to come with some prepared story to perform.”

To sign up, visit storycorps.org/ stops/mobile-stop-jackson-wy/. People are encouraged to sign up in pairs. A session takes about an hour and after it is archived participants get a digital copy of their conversation.PJH The importance of native storytelling with Darrah Perez, 6 to 8 p.m. June 6; What makes a good podcast with the team from HumaNature, 6 to 8 p.m.

June 13; StoryCorps community listening event, 6 to 8 p.m. June 21. All events are at Teton County Public Library.

SUNDAY, JUNE 10

n Bike-B-Q Bike Rally 12 p.m. Teton Adaptive Sports, Free, 307-2032223

MONDAY, JUNE 11

n Monday Pilates Class at The Wellness Center 8:30 a.m. Huntsman Springs, (847) 354-7722 n Hummingbird Yoga 8:45 a.m. Hummingbird Yoga, n Maker 3 p.m. Valley of the Tetons Library, n Movie Monday-Driggs 3:30 p.m. Valley of the Tetons Library, n Hula Hoop with Dawn Webster 6 p.m. Dancers’ Workshop, $55.00, 307-7336398 n Pint Night

TUESDAY, JUNE 12

n Tuesday Yoga Level 1 at The Wellness Center 9 a.m. Huntsman Springs, n Intermediate Tai Chi classes 10 a.m. n Teton Valley Food Pantry drop-off 12 p.m. n Summer Reading Class, Driggs 1 p.m. Valley of the Tetons Library, n Read to Rover, Driggs 3 p.m. Valley of the Tetons Library, n Tuesday Couples Nine and Dine 4:30 p.m. Huntsman Springs, n Repair Cafe 6 p.m. Teton Habitat ReStore, Free, 3077340389 n Bluegrass Tuesdays with One Ton Pig 7:30 p.m. Silver Dollar Showroom, Free, 307732-3939

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talk about the importance, but also the challenges of telling stories from the Native community. Often times Native people, especially those on the Wind River Reservation, are reluctant to share their stories, even if positive. Perez will talk about developing partnerships and trust to report on the community.

On June 13, Caroline Ballard, Erin Jones and Micah Schweizer of Wyoming Public Media’s award-winning podcast HumaNature will unpack what makes a good podcast. The multimedia presentation will take people behind the scenes in launching and producing a storytelling podcast.

Wyoming Public Radio came up with the topics.

“They are a good way for people consuming the news to see how the news is made,” Shlachter said.

It also allows people to figure out how they want to tell their own stories.

The library has received a strong interest from people who want to learn how to create a podcast and tell audio stories themselves.

The final event is the StoryCorps listening event from 6 to 8 p.m. June 21. The StoryCorps Mobile Tour came to Jackson May 24 and is in town until June 22. StoryCorps collects stories through recording sessions across the country. It began in New York City in October 2003 and has since collected stories from across the country. Some of the recordings collected in Jackson

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n the book Sapiens: A brief history of humankind, writer Yuval Noah Harari traces the history of humans and explores the idea that it is not just language that sets us apart from other species, but also our ability to create myths and stories that can bring people together to cooperate and share ideas.

Leah Shlachter, the adult programs coordinator at Teton County Library, was struck by this aspect of the book: “Storytelling is not just a tendency, it’s a human need. And it’s fun.”

True stories told in people’s own voices have been a theme at the library in the last few weeks as StoryCorps has recorded conversations between people in town. In conjunction with StoryCorps, the library is also partnering with Wyoming Public Library to offer a series of a talks.

“We wanted it to be more than the airstream is in Jackson to record, we wanted more programming surrounding it to make it more festive,” Shlachter said.

The programming kicked off May 24 with a presentation by Wyoming Public Media’s Bob Beck. The news director discussed what makes a good news story and unpacked some of the station’s award-winning pieces. Then Melodie Edwards spoke on May 30 about wildlife reporting.

The next presentation, on June 6, is on the importance of Native storytelling with Darrah Perez. Perez will

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n Summer Reading Class, Victor 1 p.m. Valley of the Tetons Library, n Design Review Committee Meeting 5 p.m. n Monkey Wrench Gang 7:30 p.m. Silver Dollar Showroom, Free, 307732-3939 n Tin Cup Pint Night - DDCA and GeoTourism Center

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n START Bus Advisory Board Meeting 11:30 a.m. n STEAM camp, Driggs 1 p.m. Valley of the Tetons Library, n Parks & Recreation Advisory Board Meeting 5 p.m. n An Evening of Cabaret with Nicole Madison and Pam Phillips 7 p.m. The Granary at Spring Creek, Free, 307690-6190 n Ashley Wineland 7:30 p.m. Silver Dollar Showroom, Free, 307732-3939

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n Summer Opening Day 10 a.m. n Contemporary Dance Wyoming “Stealing Inward” 6 p.m. Dancers’ Workshop, $10.00 - $35.00, 307-733-6398 n Pint and a Half 7:30 p.m. Silver Dollar Showroom, Free, 307732-3939 n 1st Annual Teton Valley Vanlife Gathering Teton Valley Vanlife Gathering, n 3-Day PMBI Professional Mountain Bike Instructor Level 1 Course

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n Plein Air Fest, Etc. 10 a.m. National Museum of Wildlife Art, Free, 3077325437 n Iron Fly 7:30 p.m. Big Hole BBQ, Free, 3076905099 n Opening Day at The Watering Hole Huntsman Springs,

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n RaptorFest 3 p.m. Snow King Ball Field, $5.00, 307-203-2551 n JH LIVE - Glen David Andrews w/ Benyaro 6 p.m. Snow King Ball Park, $5.00,

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Just what do locals mean when they reference the ‘Asian Invasion’?

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et’s say you’re a local, out and about on the Town Square around midday. Maybe running errands, maybe grabbing some lunch. The shortest way to the other side of the square is diagonally through the arches, of course, but alas!

A gaggle of Asian tourists stands between you and archway. The group snaps pictures thoughtfully. Some pose under the arch. Some snap a picture of a dandelion or the wooden boards they stand on. Regardless of their focus, they’re utterly oblivious to your frantic sidestepping.

“Excuse me…sorry, I…” You step to one side—no, wait, the other, and weave your path through the bodies to enter into the square (and likely into the background of a few photos).

Muttering under your breath, you shake your head in pure disbelief. How could these people be so unaware of their surroundings? And how are there so many of them?

The “Asian Invasion,” many have concluded, has arrived.

It’s a generalized quip that is all too common among the locals in our TightKnit™ community. And for some reason we’re totally OK with saying it. Repeatedly.

It’s about as common a phrase in the summer as “stuck in traffic” and “were you on the river today?”

With “Asian Invasion,” we’ve conveniently bundled up all walks of tourists from an entire continent and paired them with a word that is often used for unwelcome intrusions (consider “home invasion” or “invasive procedure”). That the two words rhyme only emphasizes how easy a phrase it is for locals to hiss at one another in frustration.

The number of Chinese visitors to Jackson Hole per year is not easily measured. Countless streams of tour buses

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seem to pass through town, unloading and reloading tourists. Not all of the buses stay the night, as some make their way up to Yellowstone. Counting them is about as easy as figuring out how many Californians drove through Jackson last August.

However, half-a-million per year is the ballpark estimate put forward by Brian Riley, a man who markets trips to Yellowstone for Chinese tourists. In 2015, Riley told Richard Anderson of the Jackson Hole News and Guide that he estimated 500,000 visitors to the area for that summer. It is hard to disagree with, because it almost feels like it could be more.

But regardless of the exact populous, there is a bit of humility locals need to show to not just tourists from China, but to tourists in general. I don’t believe a single one of the tourists who visits Jackson is here to make a local’s day more miserable.

Instead, they’re reveling in the uniqueness of the town’s architecture, enormous mountains like Snow King that flank it and, arguably most of all, the fresh air.

Thanks to China’s air quality problems, primarily caused by rapid industrialization and coal mining, small towns like Jackson, Wyoming, are something of an anomaly. The World Health Organization recently released a report that noted, in 62 Chinese cities tracked by the WHO, pollution levels actually dropped by a 30 percent average between 2013 and 2016. But this is a mere drop in the bucket and it has not stopped a surge of Chinese citizens fleeing overdeveloped cities in pursuit of a simpler, cleaner life.

To poke fun of or criticize Chinese tourists for simply visiting Jackson is, in short, racist and completely out of line with our values as a community. Even though a Jacksonite is just as likely to fuck up while he or she is lollygagging

in another country—or at home—we relentlessly shame tourists for making mistakes. We’ll never fully understand circumstances that led to Colin Scott falling into Norris Geyser Basin in 2016, or the internal reasoning that made Shamash and Shakeel Sassam load that baby bison into their car the same year.

Yes, it is easy to laugh at those who don’t know as much as you, Oh, Wise Local.

Tourists come to Jackson Hole for its unpredictability and adventure, beautiful gorges and jagged mountain peaks.

They don’t know all the ins and outs or the dangers that may be present. They want an experience in a Western mountain community with a comfy, hometown feel. Maybe they want to take advantage of the outdoors in whatever way they can.

Maybe all they want is to take some pictures so they can show their bedridden grandmother what Wyoming is like.

Honestly, the only difference between a tourist and a local is that tourists don’t stick around. And just because we planted our feet in this town and chose to reside here does not make us monarchs of the land. We should remind ourselves that these Chinese tourists and all others who visit Jackson Hole are having life-changing experiences, seeing further than the polluted horizon they may endure back home.

As locals, imagine how many life-changing experiences we let pass us by while we’re busy bitching about the visitors who drive our economy.

After so many years of tourism, Jackson must learn how to play host to not just the wealthiest English-speakers, but to all.

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This past winter, Rasnick’s wife, Snake River Grill bartender Liz Rasnick, earned her six-month sabbatical from the town’s culinary institution. Rasnick decided it was time for him to do the same, and the couple traveled, climbed, and ate, arriving in Japan in March.

He was in for a surprise.

“It was like being hit in the face with a baseball bat,” Rasnick said with a crooked smile. “Here I was, having run a sushi restaurant for nine years, thinking I new a thing or two, and turns out they have a completely different way of doing everything.”

Rasnick worked under Chefs KanameSan and Sato-San at Sushi Takayama in Ginza—Tokyo’s most upscale neighborhood, as well as Sushi Arata in Hiroshima.

It was a humbling process.

From his first cut of fish, Rasnick was

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onkei (respect) is a word that holds great meaning in Japan. The country’s language, greetings and approach to food are all rooted in notions of respect. Before each meal, for example, people utter the word tadakimasu (“I humbly receive”).

After a recent trip to Japan, Sudachi head chef Dustin Rasnick was deeply affected by this sentiment.

Born and raised on Kauai, Rasnick began working as a dishwasher at the age of 15. From there he moved to the front of house, where he quickly learned he was better suited to the sweaty, quiet creativity of kitchen work. Since then, he’s worked in various restaurants, including Sushi Rei in Mammoth, California, where he honed his skills as a sushi chef. In 2009, he was recruited to join Sudachi as its executive chef.

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Inspired from his recent travels, Rasnick added seki saba to the menu at Sudachi. Meanwhile in Japan, the Tsukiji tuna auction is underway.

told “No, that’s not how we do it, we do it differently.”

But the chefs’ words did not contain disdain, or even the slightest hint of disrespect. Rasnick, then, was motivated to watch and learn.

“In Japan,” Rasnick said, “everything has a purpose, and everything is done with absolute precision.” People practice one thing, and one thing only, dedicating their lives to perfecting their craft.

One of his fellow apprentices, though the same age as Rasnick, has been learning for twice as long. He began his dedicated journey at the age of 17.

The sentiment carries over to the food. While Americanized sushi, or “dressed-sushi” as Rasnick refers to the cuisine served at his restaurant, is covered in various sauces and garnishes, traditional Japanese sushi is simple, letting the fish be the centerpiece.

In America’s culinary melting pot, people adapt concepts, giving classic dishes a twist. In Japan, however, it is about honoring tradition.

“We had pizza in Tokyo that could have been made in Tuscany,” Rasnick said.

“They travel to Italy to learn the traditional way of making pizza, then they come home and perfect what they’ve learned.”

This dedication and respect for food and tradition goes beyond the kitchen.

Traditional meals (kaiseki, honzen or yosuku styles) are served as bite-sized plates in multiple courses to allow each dish to resonate with the diners. When seated at the bar, diners sit directly opposite the itemae (the sushi chef) where they watch the chef delicately create. Diners are also able to choose their fish for the night from fish boxes presented to them by the itemae.

“Some of the people coming in would know as much about fish as I do,” Rasnick said. “It was amazing to see people so involved in their experience.”

Pairing beer, hot sake, shochu and green tea with their dishes, these dinners last upwards of three hours. It is in every way dinner and a show.

After experiencing the clean,

traditional style of Japanese sushi as well as the respect and focus on production shared by both chef and diner, Rasnick’s outlook on his own restaurant has shifted.

Most importantly, his outlook on respect within the community of his restaurant has changed too.

“It was incredible to be spoken to with respect and kindness no matter what,” Rasnick said. Indeed, this is a mentality that is often brushed to the wayside in the hot, chaotic environments of western kitchens.

“It forces a feeling of mutual respect and it changes the whole tone of things,” Rasnick said. While no drastic changes are in store for his menu, his ultimate goal is to be able to offer more intimate, traditional style dinners where he can interact with his customers and give them a true experience of Japanese cuisine. For now, be sure to peruse Sudachi’s specials board as it will feature a variety of new fish flown in from Japan.

Rasnick’s new favorite flavor? A seki saba, or cured mackerel. PJH

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TETON THAI Serving the world’s most exciting cuisine. Teton Thai offers a splendid array of flavors: sweet, hot, sour, salt and bitter. All balanced and blended perfectly, satisfying the most discriminating palate. Open daily. Located at 7432 Granite Loop Road in Teton Village, (307) 733-0022 and in Driggs, (208) 787-8424, tetonthai.com.

THAI ME UP Home of Melvin Brewing Co. Freshly remodeled offering modern Thai cuisine in a relaxed setting.

New tap system with 20 craft beers. New $8 wine list and extensive bottled beer menu. View our tap list at thaijh.com/brews. Open daily for dinner at 5 p.m. Located downtown at 75 East Pearl Street, (307) 733-0005, melvinbrewing.com.

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THE BLUE LION A Jackson Hole favorite for 39 years. Join us in the charming atmosphere of a historic home. Serving fresh fish, elk, poultry, steaks, and vegetarian entrées. Ask a local about our rack of lamb. Live acoustic guitar music most nights. Open nightly at 5:30 p.m. Reservations recommended, walk-ins welcome. 160 N. Millward, (307) 733-3912, bluelionrestaurant.com

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MANGY MOOSE Mangy Moose Restaurant, with locally sourced, seasonally fresh food at reasonable prices,

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 runs from 4 - 6 p.m., including tasty hot wings. The freshest beer in the valley, right from the source! Free WiFi. Open 11 a.m. - 11 p.m. Loacted at 265 S. Millward. (307) 739-2337, snakeriverbrewing.com.

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. Located at 2560 Moose Wilson Rd., (307) 733-2460.

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Serving authentic Mexican cuisine and appetizers in a unique Mexican 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. Located at 385 W. Broadway, (307) 733-1207.

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PINKY G’S

The locals favorite! Voted Best Pizza in Jackson Hole 2012-2016. Seek out this hidden gem under the Pink Garter Theatre for NY pizza by the slice, salads, strombolis, 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.

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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. Serving breakfast, lunch & dinner starting at 8am daily. Located at 140 N. Cache, (307) 734-0882, theorganiclotus.com.

Opened in Jackson Hole by Tom Fay and David Fogg, Moe’s Original Bar B Que features a Southern Soul Food Revival through its awardwinning Alabama-style pulled pork, ribs, wings, turkey and chicken smoked over hardwood served with two unique sauces in addition to Catfish and a Shrimp Moe-Boy sandwich. A daily rotation of traditional Southern sides and tasty desserts are served fresh daily. Moe’s BBQ stays open late and features a menu for any budget. While the setting is family-friendly, a full premium bar offers a lively scene with HDTVs for sports fans, music, shuffle board and other games upstairs. Large party takeout orders and full service catering with delivery is also available.

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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, houseground 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. Lunch Mon-Sat 11:30am. Dinner Nightly 5:30pm.

55 North Cache, (307) 201-1717, localjh.com.

MOE’S BBQ

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.

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Serving authentic Swiss cuisine, the Alpenhof features European style breakfast entrées and alpine lunch fare. Dine in the Bistro for a casual meal or join us in the Alpenrose dining room for a relaxed dinner experience. Breakfast 7:30 a.m.-10 a.m. Coffee & pastry 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Lunch 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Aprés 3 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Dinner 6 p.m.-9 p.m. For reservations at the Bistro or Alpenrose, call (307) 733-3242.

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.

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Complete the grid so that each row, column, diagonal and 3x3 square contain all of the numbers 1 to 9.

No math is involved. The grid has numbers, but nothing has to add up to anything else. Solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic. Solving time is typically 10 to 30 minutes, depending on your skill and experience.

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Gain Control Over Your Mind

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How to practice mindfulness and enjoy a happier life

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Three Simple Mindfulness Practices to Try

Active listening is an application of mindfulness worth knowing and practicing because it is an invaluable interpersonal skill. Listening to another person without taking monkey mind diversions to recall your own experiences, memories or ideas, creates real connection and intimacy.

What typically happens in conversation while the other person speaks is our mind launches into a flood of mental chatter. Our own internal thoughts become so absorbing that our attention is diverted from the person who is speaking. All of a sudden we are having an internal conversation with ourselves. And from that moment on, we are no longer present; no personal connection or authentic communication is happening. Here is a sample of the communication benefits of just listening: Being present to the person speaking creates room for them in your psyche and in your heart.

You are demonstrating to the other person that they matter.

You are creating a safe context for the other person to be their authentic self with you.

You are able to experience them for who they are.

And when the tables are turned, and you are speaking, and when the other person is actively listening, you feel met, seen, heard and appreciated.

1. Pay attention to your breath and enjoy a deceptively simple exercise to still the mind and calm the body. Sit in a quiet place, close your eyes and focus your awareness on your breath as you naturally inhale and exhale. When the mind wanders, return to focusing your attention on your breath. Do this for at least 5 minutes, and enjoy the calming, clarifying mind/body reset.

2. To eat mindfully is another rewarding and challenging practice to bring your attention into the present moment. Pick up a piece of fruit and with eyes open or closed, take a bite and eat it without talking. Focus your entire attention on the many sensations as you taste, chew and swallow the fruit.

Enjoy discovering the nuances in the pleasurable sensations when you are noticing what you are eating. You’ll not only appreciate what you are eating; you’ll eat slower and get full faster.

3. Practice brushing your teeth mindfully by keeping your mind focused on just the action and sensation. This is the simplest of all, and it still requires skill.

Be kind and patient with yourself as you learn to become more mindful.

I leave you with the words of the poet and mystic Rumi, whose insight about mindfulness remains relevant almost 800 years after his passing, “Let go of your mind and then be mindful. Close your ears and listen!” PJH

Carol Mann is a longtime Jackson resident, radio personality, former Grand Targhee Resort owner, author, and clairvoyant.

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ou’ve probably heard the expression “monkey mind.” It describes the fact that without discipline, our minds will wander all over the place, find infinite distractions, become overwhelmed, overly reactive and make up stories which likely have nothing to do with what’s true. Long ago sages of the wisdom traditions of the world were aware that beyond the incessant mind chatter we also have a higher mind capable of laser focus, true clarity, objective awareness, deep insight and universal wisdom. These sages designed meditation techniques and lifestyle practices to break through the monkey mind acrobatics, allowing access to more evolved parts of our nature. These instructions have been passed down and practiced for thousands of years.

The discipline of quieting the mind and focusing in the present has a long list of scientifically proven benefits.

They include stress reduction, increased brain function, superior academic performance, better decision making, less anxiety and greater immunity, accessing higher states of consciousness, wisdom and intelligence. Since the 1970s, when Dr. Jon Kabat-Zin founded The Mindfulness Center in Medicine and introduced mindfulness training in this country, mindfulness has been researched extensively, taught widely, and has been adopted in schools, hospitals, businesses and rehabilitation programs.

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BY ROB BREZSNY

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Between 1967 and 1973, NASA used a series of Saturn V rockets to deliver six groups of American astronauts to the moon. Each massive vehicle weighed about 6.5-million pounds. The initial thrust required to launch it was tremendous. Gas mileage was seven inches per gallon. Only later, after the rocket flew farther from the grip of Earth’s gravity, did the fuel economy improve. I’m guessing that in your own life, you may be experiencing something like that seven-inches-per-gallon feeling right now. But I guarantee you won’t have to push this hard for long.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Mars, the planet that rules animal vitality and instinctual enthusiasm, will cruise through your astrological House of Synergy for much of the next five months. That’s why I’ve concluded that between now and mid-November, your experience of togetherness can and should reach peak expression. Do you want intimacy to be robust and intense, sometimes bordering on rambunctious? It will be if you want it to be. Adventures in collaboration will invite you to wander out to the frontiers of your understanding about how relationships work best.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) According to my analysis of the astrological omens, a little extra egotism might be healthy for you right now. A surge of super-confidence would boost your competence; it would also fine-tune your physical well-being and attract an opportunity that might not otherwise find its way to you. So, for example, consider the possibility of renting a billboard on which you put a giant photo of yourself with a tally of your accomplishments and a list of your demands. The cosmos and I won’t have any problem with you bragging more than usual or asking for more goodies than you’re usually content with.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Between you and your potential new power spot is an imaginary ten-foot-high, electrified fence. It’s composed of your least charitable thoughts about yourself and your rigid beliefs about what’s impossible for you to accomplish. Is there anything you can do to deal with this inconvenient illusion? I recommend that you call on Mickey Rat, the cartoon superhero in your dreams who knows the difference between destructive destruction and creative destruction. Maybe as he demonstrates how enjoyable it could be to tear down the fence, you’ll be inspired to join in the fun.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you would be wise to ruffle and revise your relationship with time. It would be healthy for you to gain more freedom from its relentless demands; to declare at least some independence from its oppressive hold on you; to elude its push to impinge on every move you make. Here’s a ritual you could do to spur your imagination: Smash a timepiece. I mean that literally. Go to the store and invest $20 in a hammer and alarm clock. Take them home and vociferously apply the hammer to the clock in a holy gesture of pure, righteous chastisement. Who knows? This bold protest might trigger some novel ideas about how to slip free from the imperatives of time for a few stolen hours each week.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Promise me that you won’t disrespect, demean, or neglect your precious body in the coming weeks. Promise me that you will treat it with tender compassion and thoughtful nurturing. Give it deep breaths, pure water, healthy and delicious food, sweet sleep, enjoyable exercise, and reverential sex. Such veneration is always recommended, of course—but it’s especially crucial for you to attend to this noble work during the next four weeks. It’s time to renew and revitalize your commitment to your soft warm animal self.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) As I sat down to meditate on your horoscope, a hummingbird flew in my open window. Scrambling to herd it Go to RealAstrology.com for Rob Brezsny’s expanded weekly audio horoscopes and daily text-message horoscopes. Audio horoscopes also available by phone at 877-873-4888 or 900-950-7700.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) “Dear Dr. Astrology: In the past four weeks, I have washed all 18 of my underpants four times. Without exception, every single time, each item has been inside-out at the end of the wash cycle. This is despite the fact that most of them were not inside-out when I threw them in the machine. Does this weird anomaly have some astrological explanation? —Upside-Down Scorpio.” Dear Scorpio: Yes. Lately your planetary omens have been rife with reversals, inversions, flip-flops, and switchovers. Your underpants situation is a symptom of the bigger forces at work. Don’t worry about those bigger forces, though.

Ultimately, I think you’ll be glad for the renewal that will emerge from the various turnabouts.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) “There isn’t enough of anything as long as we live,” said poet and short-story writer Raymond Carver. “But at intervals a sweetness appears and, given a chance, prevails.” My reading of the astrological omens suggests that the current phase of your cycle is one of those intervals, Aquarius. In light of this grace period, I have some advice for you, courtesy of author Anne Lamott: “You weren’t born a person of cringe and contraction. You were born as energy, as life, made of the same stuff as stars, blossoms, breezes. You learned contraction to survive, but that was then.” Surrender to the sweetness, dear Aquarius.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) The coming weeks will be a favorable time for happy endings to sad stories, and for the emergence of efficient solutions to convoluted riddles. I bet it will also be a phase when you can perform some seemingly clumsy magic that dispatches a batch of awkward karma. Hooray!

Hallelujah! Praise Goo! But now listen to my admonition, Libra: The coming weeks won’t be a good time to toss and turn in your bed all night long thinking about what you might have done differently in the month of May. Honor the past by letting it go.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You’re in a phase when you’ll be smart to bring more light and liveliness into the work you do. To spur your efforts, I offer the following provocations. 1. “When I work, I relax. Doing nothing makes me tired.” —Pablo Picasso. 2.

“Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them.” —Ann Landers. 3. “Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.” —Aristotle. 4.

“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” —Scott Adams. 5. “Working hard and working smart can sometimes be two different things.” —Byron Dorgan. 6. “Don’t stay in bed unless you can make money in bed.” —George Burns. 7. “Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.” —Mark Twain.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Which astrological sign laughs hardest and longest and most frequently? I’m inclined to speculate that Sagittarius deserves the crown, with Leo and Gemini fighting it out for second place. But having said that, I suspect that in the coming weeks you Leos could rocket to the top of the chart, vaulting past Sagittarians. Not only are you likely to find everything funnier than usual; I bet you will also encounter more than the usual number of authentically humorous and amusing experiences. (P.S.: I hope you won’t cling too fiercely to your dignity, because that would interfere with your full enjoyment of the cathartic cosmic gift.)

safely back outside, I knocked my iPad on the floor, which somehow caused it to open a link to a Youtube video of an episode of the TV game show Wheel of Fortune, where the hostess Vanna White, garbed in a long red gown, revealed that the word puzzle solution was USE IT OR LOSE IT. So what does this omen mean? Maybe this: You’ll be surprised by a more-or-less delightful interruption that compels you to realize that you had better start taking greater advantage of a gift or blessing that you’ve been lazy or slow to capitalize on.

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