In anticipation\nof NP R social science correspondent Shankar Vedantam’s lecture on Feb 5\,\nga ther for a discussion of Vedantam’s book\, The Hidden Brain: How Our\nUn conscious Minds Elect Presidents\, Control Markets\, Wage Wars\, and Save\ nour Lives. Local Educator Harry Weekes will lead the conversation on\nTue sday\, February 3\, 6:30pm\, at Zinc Restaurant in Ketchum (230 Walnut\nAv e).
Part of The Center's BIG IDEA multidisciplinary project\nTh e Brain.
In an ticipation\nof NPR social science correspondent Shankar Vedantam’s lectu re on Feb 5\,\ngather for a discussion of Vedantam’s book\, The Hidden B rain: How Our\nUnconscious Minds Elect Presidents\, Control Markets\, Wage Wars\, and Save\nour Lives. Local Educator Harry Weekes will lead the con versation on\nTuesday\, February 3\, 6:30pm\, at Zinc Restaurant in Ketchu m (230 Walnut\nAve).
Part of The Center's BIG IDEA multidisciplinar y project\nThe Brain.
A free public\nperform ance of Rockin’ Dance\, an exploration of the impact of rock &\;\nrol l on dance through ballet\, tap\, jazz\, modern and hip hop. From January\ n26 through February 6\, Footlight dancers will be performing Rockin’ Da nce\nin all Blaine County schools as Footlight’s annual free outreach\ns ervice.
Presented in conjunction with The Center's Under the\nI nfluence of Rock &\; Roll BIG IDEA project.
A fre e public\nperformance of Rockin’ Dance\, an exploration of the impact of rock &\;\nroll on dance through ballet\, tap\, jazz\, modern and hip h op. From January\n26 through February 6\, Footlight dancers will be perfor ming Rockin’ Dance\nin all Blaine County schools as Footlight’s annual free outreach\nservice.
Presented in conjunction with The Center's Under the\nInfluence of Rock &\; Roll BIG IDEA project.
< /div>Over the course\nof th e workshop\, you will be guided through the basics of learning to use\nyou r digital SLR—working on the basics of exposure\, composition\, motion\n and depth of field. We’ll spend some time each day making new\nimages— learning to see light creatively and capture it effectively. We\nwill then download and process the images with Lightroom (a powerful\nall-in-one fi le management and image-editing program)\, learning about photo\nmanagemen t\, image editing and everything that comes after you click your\nshutter. This workshop is for beginning photographers or for those looking\nto bru sh up on their shooting skills\, and for people that want to learn to\neff ectively manage and process their images. For more information about\nDev\ , please visit her website at www.devkhalsaphotography.com.
\nDev Khalsa feels fortunate to be invited into peoples’ lives every day\nto celebrate the ordinary a nd the extraordinary moments that define them.\nThroughout her 20-year evo lution as a documentary\, wedding and portrait\nphotographer\, she has lea rned that providing truly great images goes way\nbeyond technical expertis e. It requires insight\, intuition\, and the ability\nto connect with her subjects on an emotional level. Photography has taken\nDev on an incredibl e journey. From her formal training in photojournalism\,\nto teaching with some of the world's best photographers at the Santa Fe\nPhotographic Work shops\, and receiving international exposure through her\npublished work — photography continues to enrich her life.
This\nclass takes pla ce Mon-Thur\, Feb 9-12 from 10am-4pm.
Over the course\nof the workshop\, you will be guided through the basics of lea rning to use\nyour digital SLR—working on the basics of exposure\, compo sition\, motion\nand depth of field. We’ll spend some time each day maki ng new\nimages—learning to see light creatively and capture it effective ly. We\nwill then download and process the images with Lightroom (a powerf ul\nall-in-one file management and image-editing program)\, learning about photo\nmanagement\, image editing and everything that comes after you cli ck your\nshutter. This workshop is for beginning photographers or for thos e looking\nto brush up on their shooting skills\, and for people that want to learn to\neffectively manage and process their images. For more inform ation about\nDev\, please visit her website at www.devkhalsaphotography.com.
\nDev Khalsa feels fortunate to be invited into peoples’ lives every day\nto celebra te the ordinary and the extraordinary moments that define them.\nThroughou t her 20-year evolution as a documentary\, wedding and portrait\nphotograp her\, she has learned that providing truly great images goes way\nbeyond t echnical expertise. It requires insight\, intuition\, and the ability\nto connect with her subjects on an emotional level. Photography has taken\nDe v on an incredible journey. From her formal training in photojournalism\,\ nto teaching with some of the world's best photographers at the Santa Fe\n Photographic Workshops\, and receiving international exposure through her\ npublished work— photography continues to enrich her life.
This\n class takes place Mon-Thur\, Feb 9-12 from 10am-4pm.
For the third\nyear in a row\, The Center and the Magic Lantern present the Oscar nominated\nfil ms in the category of animated shorts. This is a rare chance to see\nthese films.
82 minutes total running time • See Animated Shorts trailer here
\nM e and My Moulton (Torill Kove) – 14\nminutes/Canada/Englis h. Three sisters growing up in an unconventional\nNorwegian family ask th eir parents for a bicycle.
\nFeast (Patric k Osborne and Kristina Reed) –\n6 minutes/USA/Non-dialogue. The story o f the relationship between a young\nman and the stray puppy he takes in is told through the food the dog\nreceives.
The Bigger Pi cture (Daisy Jacobs\nand Christopher Hees) – 7 minutes/UK/ English. Tensions arise between two\nbrothers as their elderly mother req uires more care.
A\nSingle Life (Marieke Blaauw\, Joris Oprins\, Job Roggeveen) –\n2 minutes/The Netherlands/Non- dialogue. A mysterious vinyl single gives a\nyoung woman the power to mov e back and forth through the years of her\nlife.
The Da m Keeper (Robert Kondo and\nDice Tsutsumi) – 18 minutes/US A/Non-dialogue. A lonely little pig in\ncharge of maintaining the town da m is cruelly bullied by his\nclassmates.
ADDITIONAL ANIMATED SHORTS (more info to come about\nthese):
Sweet Cocoon
Footprints
\nGallant Captain or Duet (to be determined)
\nBus Story
Please be advised ... these films are not\nrated and may contain material unsuitable for children.
For t he third\nyear in a row\, The Center and the Magic Lantern present the Osc ar nominated\nfilms in the category of animated shorts. This is a rare cha nce to see\nthese films.
82 minutes total running time • See Animated Shorts trailer here
\ nMe and My Moulton (Torill Kove) – 14\nminu tes/Canada/English. Three sisters growing up in an unconventional\nNorweg ian family ask their parents for a bicycle.
\nFeast (Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed) –\n6 minutes/USA/Non-dialo gue. The story of the relationship between a young\nman and the stray pup py he takes in is told through the food the dog\nreceives.
The Bigger Picture (Daisy Jacobs\nand Christopher Hees) – 7 minutes/UK/English. Tensions arise between two\nbrothers as their e lderly mother requires more care.
A\nSingle Life (Marieke Blaauw\, Joris Oprins\, Job Roggeveen) –\n2 minutes/The Netherlands/Non-dialogue. A mysterious vinyl single gives a\nyoung woman the power to move back and forth through the years of her\nlife.
< strong>The Dam Keeper (Robert Kondo and\nDice Tsutsumi) – 18 minutes/USA/Non-dialogue. A lonely little pig in\ncharge of mainta ining the town dam is cruelly bullied by his\nclassmates.
ADDITIONA L ANIMATED SHORTS (more info to come about\nthese):
Sweet Cocoo n
Footprints
\nGallant Captain or Duet (to be determined)
\nBus Story
Please be advised ... these films are not\nrated and may contain material unsuitable for children.
For the third\nyear in a row\, The Center and the Magic Lantern present the Oscar nominated\nfil ms in the category of live action shorts. This is a rare chance to see\nth ese films.
118 minutes total running time • See Live Action Shorts Trailer\nHere
Parvaneh (Talkhon Hamzavi and\nStefan Eichenberger)
– 25 minutes/Switzerland/Dari and German. An Afghan\nteenager living in
a refugee center in Switzerland encounters difficulties\nwiring money to
her family and asks a young Swiss woman for help.
Boog aloo and Graham (Michael Lennox and Ronan\nBlaney) – 14 mi nutes/UK/English. Jamesy and Malachy are presented with\ntwo baby chicks to raise by their soft-hearted father.
\nAya (Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis) – 39\nminutes/Israel and France/Englis h\, Hebrew\, Danish. A young woman waiting\nat an airport has an unexpect ed encounter with an arriving passenger.
\nThe Phone Cal l (Mat Kirkby and James Lucas)\n– 21 minutes/UK/English. A woman working for a crisis center phone line\nreceives a call from a sui cidal older man.
Butter\nLamp (La Lampe A u Beurre De Yak) (Hu Wei and Julien Féret)\n– 15 minutes/France and Chi na/Tibetan. A photographer and his assistant\nphotograph the inhabitants of a remote Tibetan village.
Please be\nadvised ... these films are not rated and may contain material unsuitable\nfor children.
For t he third\nyear in a row\, The Center and the Magic Lantern present the Osc ar nominated\nfilms in the category of live action shorts. This is a rare chance to see\nthese films.
118 minutes total running time • See Live Action Shorts Trailer\nHere< /a>
Parvaneh (Talkhon Hamzavi and\nStefan Eichenberger) – 25 minutes/Switzerland/Dari and German. An Afghan\ntee nager living in a refugee center in Switzerland encounters difficulties\nw iring money to her family and asks a young Swiss woman for help.
\n< em>Boogaloo and Graham (Michael Lennox and Ronan\nBl aney) – 14 minutes/UK/English. Jamesy and Malachy are presented with\nt wo baby chicks to raise by their soft-hearted father.
\nAya (Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis) – 39\nminutes/Israel an d France/English\, Hebrew\, Danish. A young woman waiting\nat an airport has an unexpected encounter with an arriving passenger.
\nThe Phone Call (Mat Kirkby and James Lucas)\n– 21 minute s/UK/English. A woman working for a crisis center phone line\nreceives a call from a suicidal older man.
Butter\nLamp (La Lampe Au Beurre De Yak) (Hu Wei and Julien Féret)\n– 15 minutes /France and China/Tibetan. A photographer and his assistant\nphotograph t he inhabitants of a remote Tibetan village.
Please be\nadvised ... these films are not rated and may contain material unsuitable\nfor childre n.
Start your\nGallery Wa lk at the Center! Each year Sun Valley Gallery Association hosts\nnine gal lery walks (exhibition openings for all SVGA galleries)\, which are\neager ly anticipated and free to the public. Locals and visitors alike take\nin thought-provoking exhibitions of newly installed art\, enjoy wine\, mingle \nwith friends\, and often meet the artists.
Start your\nGallery Walk at the Center! Each year Sun Valley Gallery Associatio n hosts\nnine gallery walks (exhibition openings for all SVGA galleries)\, which are\neagerly anticipated and free to the public. Locals and visitor s alike take\nin thought-provoking exhibitions of newly installed art\, en joy wine\, mingle\nwith friends\, and often meet the artists.
Due to a delay in\nthe delivery of the films\, the screening of Program A of the documentary\nsh orts has been rescheduled for Thursday\, Feb 19 at 4:30pm and 7:30pm. If\n you are a ticket holder and cannot make the recheduled screening times on\ nFeb 19 please contact The Center for a refund of your ticket purchase. We \napologize for any inconvenience!
For the third year in a row\, Th e\nCenter and the Magic Lantern present the Oscar nominated films in the\n category Documentary Short Films (Program A). This is a rare chance to see \nthese films.
81 minutes total running time • See Documentary Shorts trailer\nhere
Joanna (Aneta Kopacz) – 40\nminutes/Poland/Polish . As she faces a terminal illness\, the mother of a\nyoung son writes a b log in which she tries to leave a record of what she\nhopes to teach him.< /p>
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press\n1 (Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry) – 39\nminutes/USA/English. Each month t he Veterans Crisis Line receives over\n22\,000 calls from military veteran s\, who account for 20% of all suicides in\nthe U.S. each year.
Ple ase be advised ... these films are unrated\nand may be unsuitable for chil dren.
Due t o a delay in\nthe delivery of the films\, the screening of Program A of th e documentary\nshorts has been rescheduled for Thursday\, Feb 19 at 4:30pm and 7:30pm. If\nyou are a ticket holder and cannot make the recheduled sc reening times on\nFeb 19 please contact The Center for a refund of your ti cket purchase. We\napologize for any inconvenience!
For the third y ear in a row\, The\nCenter and the Magic Lantern present the Oscar nominat ed films in the\ncategory Documentary Short Films (Program A). This is a r are chance to see\nthese films.
81 minutes total running time • < a\nhref=\"http://youtu.be/gUtMzRRbZm0\">See Documentary Shorts trailer\nhe re
Joanna (Aneta Kopacz) – 40\nminu tes/Poland/Polish. As she faces a terminal illness\, the mother of a\nyou ng son writes a blog in which she tries to leave a record of what she\nhop es to teach him.
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press\n1 (Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry) – 39\nminutes/USA/Engli sh. Each month the Veterans Crisis Line receives over\n22\,000 calls from military veterans\, who account for 20% of all suicides in\nthe U.S. each year.
Please be advised ... these films are unrated\nand may be un suitable for children.
Join us and enjoy\na g lass of wine as you tour the exhibition with The Center’s curators and\n gallery guides. This project investigates recent scientific discoveries an d\ncelebrates the brain’s wonder and mystery. We will investigate this B IG\nIDEA through lectures\, films\, brown bag lunches and small format cla sses to\nexamine the brain\, how it works and how we care for it. Part of The\nCenter’s BIG IDEA multidisciplinary project The Brain.\nEx hibition on view Feb 6-Apr 17\, 2015 at The Center in Ketchum. Free and\no pen to the public.
Join us and enjoy\na glass of wine as you tour the exhibition with The Center ’s curators and\ngallery guides. This project investigates recent scient ific discoveries and\ncelebrates the brain’s wonder and mystery. We will investigate this BIG\nIDEA through lectures\, films\, brown bag lunches a nd small format classes to\nexamine the brain\, how it works and how we ca re for it. Part of The\nCenter’s BIG IDEA multidisciplinary project The Brain.\nExhibition on view Feb 6-Apr 17\, 2015 at The Center in K etchum. Free and\nopen to the public.
For the third\nyear in a row\, The Center and the Magic Lantern present the Oscar nominated\nfil ms in the category Documentary Short Films (Program B). This is a rare\nch ance to see these films.
79 minutes total running time • See Documentary Shorts trailer\nhere< /p>
Our Curse (Tomasz Sliwinski and\nMaciej S lesicki) – 27 minutes/Poland/Polish. A mother and father face\nthe diff iculties of caring for a baby who has been born with a\nlife-threatening c ongenital breathing disorder known as Ondine's curse.
\nWhite Earth (J. Christian Jensen) – 20\nminutes/USA/Englis h and Spanish. Three children and an immigrant mother\nface a long and di fficult winter in North Dakota\, which has attracted many\npeople seeking work during an oil boom.
The\nReaper (La Parka) (Gabriel Serra Arguello) – 29\nminutes/Mexico/Spanish. For the p ast 25 years\, Efrain has worked in a\nslaughterhouse\, where he has devel oped an intimate relationship with both\ndeath and what one must sometimes do to live.
Please be advised ...\nthese films are not rated and m ay contain material unsuitable for\nchildren.
For t he third\nyear in a row\, The Center and the Magic Lantern present the Osc ar nominated\nfilms in the category Documentary Short Films (Program B). T his is a rare\nchance to see these films.
79 minutes total running time • See Documentary Shorts t railer\nhere
Our Curse (Tomasz Sliwin ski and\nMaciej Slesicki) – 27 minutes/Poland/Polish. A mother and fath er face\nthe difficulties of caring for a baby who has been born with a\nl ife-threatening congenital breathing disorder known as Ondine's curse.
\nWhite Earth (J. Christian Jensen) – 20\nm inutes/USA/English and Spanish. Three children and an immigrant mother\nf ace a long and difficult winter in North Dakota\, which has attracted many \npeople seeking work during an oil boom.
The\nReaper (La Parka) (Gabriel Serra Arguello) – 29\nminutes/Mexico/Sp anish. For the past 25 years\, Efrain has worked in a\nslaughterhouse\, w here he has developed an intimate relationship with both\ndeath and what o ne must sometimes do to live.
Please be advised ...\nthese films ar e not rated and may contain material unsuitable for\nchildren.