Beautiful day for a race.  Ski patrol busted me for skinning up.  Very cop-like but I was polite.

Bravo party at the Kitchen. Rotary Club for cool people.
 

I’m only staying long enough to eat the Bubba’s BBQ and post to my blog.  My daughter will kill me if I’m late picking her up from Hebrew school.
 

Stephen Glass showed work at the Art Association Gallery at the Center for the Arts on 1/13/12.  Cool stuff!

The Jackson Hole High School Orchestra performed a winter concert at the High School on Thursday night. The orchestra looked good and sounded o.k.. The cello choir was pretty rockin’. What’s with all the good cello players in this orchestra? Don’t they know that cello is lame. Morose, oversized compared to a violin, puny compared to a double bass. I guess cello is the new violin.
I’m writing these comments based on only a brief sample of the concert. I was there, but I wasn’t …

Last Saturday, The Metropolitan Opera – in New York City – blasted its production of Don Giovanni on to a HD screen 2100 miles away in Teton Village on a blustery fall day. About 200 opera fans packed the center seats at Walk Festival Hall with their warm coffee, lunches and even of few Snuggies (why didn’t I think of that?). The three-hour-plus live silmulcast performance was one of the most compelling Don Giovanni productions this opera fan had ever seen and may have convinced me that seeing opera in …

Jackson Youth Football held their year end banquet in the Jackson Hole Middle School Commons last night. It actually wasn’t as chaotic as in past years. Usually it’s about 100 boys running amuck, but this year went pretty smoothly.
JYF is a very well run program. The coaches do a terrific job.

You’re all clear, kid, now let’s blow this thing and go home! – Han Solo

On the morning of September 11, 2001 I was asleep in a cozy little cabin in the beautiful high country region of Yosemite National Park.  Giant redwoods loomed nearby.  My world was serene and revolved around climbing massive granite blocks when not working as the “maintenance guy” at an environmental education center.  Frantic knocks on the door raised me from bed followed by the entry of a close friend and cups of hot coffee.
“I’ve got good …

Pilobolus dancer/instructor, Winston Dynamite Brown, coaches the Dancer’s Workshop Junior Repertory Company (JRC) with small choreographed sketches in a Masterclass on Saturday morning. Pilobolus returned to Jackson Hole for workshops and a one-night performance at the Center Theater at the Center for the Arts.

 
The University of Wyoming Symphony Orchestra performed at Walk Hall last night (http://www.uwyo.edu/music/ensembles/symphony_orchestra.html).  They are good!  I was impressed with the skill of the players.  The orchestra nearly outnumbered the audience. I hate all the phony baloney formality of classical music: goofy tuxes, applause upon the entering of the soloist and the conductor.  They did a modern classical piece that was quite charming.