The Powder Puff football game sounds like a good idea, but in reality is quite a bore.  The game took place on 10/5/11.  I dropped in for about 20 minutes to see what was up.  I imagine that the girls got a kick out of preparing for the game, planning what socks they were going to wear and how they were going to do their hair.  Some of the kids were good athletes.  The problem is that football is a complicated game that is difficult to play.  Watching people play …

RaptorFest at the Teton Raptor Center at the Hardeman Barns in Wilson (tetonraptorcenter.org) seemed successful.  Lots of people.  Colorful dancers.  A good showing for a first time event.  They even had greeters at the end of the driveway.  I guess Wal-Mart has blazed a trail for another local non-profit.

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They’re Baaaack!!!  Tourists are back clogging the square.  That’s a good thing if you are trying to make a living.  Seems like a lot of Japanese this month.  The weak U.S. dollar is good for something.

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An old west shoot out in South Dakota …

Carnaval de Tlaxcala took place Saturday in the parking lot of the Teton County Library. This was a crazy 45 minute long polka with no breaks in the music. Deafening keyboard and bass blasted out of the sound system drowning out the trap set while dancers jived in vivid costumes. Very cool, but also quite tedious.

Chuck Leavell gave the commencement address to the seniors of the Jackson Hole Community School on Friday, May 27. The ceremonies took place in Jackson Hole’s Center for the Arts. Leavell, who is a monster musician, was very charming and articulate as he wended his way through platitudinous remarks, and a piano bar rendition of “Here Comes the Sun”.

Congratulations to: Katherine Morgan Lunsford, Sarah Christina Lucas, Carmen Alicia Bonilla, John Patrick Donovan, Cooper William Field

Three lonesome demonstrators showed their support for Israel on Monday on the northwest corner of Broadway and Buffalo Way.  I dropped by to show some support and to chat for a while.  Though I’m a big fan of Israel I’m not a Kool-Aid drinker.  I realize that the Palestinians have a beef, and that there needs to be accommodation on both sides, but I admire Israel’s scrappy courage in the face of threats from psychotically hostile neighbors and the hypocritical condemnation of the majority of U.N. states.

The gang of three …

Jackson, WY resident Travis Walker has orchestrated a vortex of artistic energy and eco-activism.  In addition to being a talented artist, he’s become a pioneer for choreographing a community project of passionate and creative people.  Hard work, determination and dedicated volunteers like Tony Birkholz have transformed a dilapidated building on Gregory Lane into the new incarnation of the Teton Art Lab and Factory Studios.

.01: What prompted your relocation to 1255 Gregory Lane?

The Teton Artlab has been on the move since our inception in 2007, and it has been due to …

“The pioneers of a warless world are the young men and women who refuse military service.” – Albert Einstein

A few weeks ago I sat atop a gigantic jumbled pile of granitic boulders amongst an ocean of ever reaching Joshua Trees. I listened to wind rushing over rock and the occasional “cluk-cluk”of a curious raven. All was serene, basking in the warm desert sun, until a series of sonic booms ripped across the surreal landscape.
 
The thudding drone of military helicopters soon followed like a swarm of annoying industrial gnats. …

The following letter to the editor was originally printed in the Planet JH Weekly, July 27, 2005:

Vive la difference!

My personal vehicle sports a “Boycott France” bumper sticker which has elicited strong opinions with varying degrees of civility from all sides of the political spec- trum. However, this evening [July 18] when an enthusiastic Francophile and apparent supporter of the pre-war regime in Iraq placed an anonymous message on the windshield of my parked and empty vehicle, every person has expressed their opinion proudly, face to face or by name.
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Ben Roth is a Jackson Hole based artist and sculpture who is on FIRE!  It’s been exciting to watch his career accelerate over the last few years, but he’s earned it through hard work, calculated risks and hyper-motivation.  He’s recently relocated his studio over to the emerging art district being established by the nice folks at the Teton Art Lab and Igneous Skis.

Ben’s work explores a wide spectrum, both fun and functional, from fine art to furniture, with inspirations from from Nature to NASCAR.  Next time you’re soaking in the …

I published some of my prop wishes for Wyoming and Jackson in the New Year in our Newsmaker issue this week http://planetjh.com/news/A_106896.aspx. Among other things, I’d like to see lodging tax revenue used to promote a Jackson Hole that’s representative of why we love to call this place home, a resolution to the ongoing and polarizing wolf dispute between Wyoming and the Feds, and a body count of zero on Teton Pass this ski season. Here’s one I’d add: that we see a final comp plan before the end of …