Although it started a month late, “Music on Main” in Driggs, Idaho is on tonight! If you are looking for a fun evening activity, take a trip to the “Other Side” (ie: round up some friends and car-pool over the Teton Pass) for some awesome, outdoor, free tunes.

Music on Main is a very well-attended weekly event.  Driggs’ main drag is teeming with people on Thursday evenings. Seemingly everyone from Teton County gathers for the lively event, setting up lawn chairs and blankets to relax and listen to the music. With singles generally hanging in the back socializing and sipping beers, Music on Main is alive with families and just about anyone else in the front. The outdoor stage is well placed and has welcomed acts playing hillbilly strings, southern rock, jazz, funk, Celtic and bluegrass.

The Crowd Sets Up Shop 

So, make a night of it and check out The Subdudes. There’s plenty of food but if you’re headed that way and feel like dining, you may want to check out Jackson’s beloved Teton Thai’s new outpost in (on-the-way) Victor to top it all off!

This weekend’s Jackson Hole Wine Auction  and Gala Dinner rings in the return of Grand Teton Music Festival to Teton Village. Plan in advance and take advantage of one of the greatest treats of summer in the Tetons. Make a night of it in the Village and dine at Cascade of Osteria . In the meantime, take a look at your calendar and clear it out accordingly for the likes of Mozart and Beethoven. See you there!

This weekend presents a great opportunity to take advantage of everything from Cascade’s daily $6 lunch specials to special rates in Solitude Spaincluding $99 for 50-minute treatments and $129 for 80-minute treatments. Lodging rates start at $119/night.

Certainly one of the best reasons to saddle up at Teton Mountain Lodge & Spa is Cascade’s off season dinner menu, offering entrees as low as $14. Come and sample:

• Buffalo Burger-red dragon cheese, applewood bacon and pickled onions $14
• Twisted Ruben-grilled salmon, pickled fennel and onion, dill havarti and tomato aioli on rye  $14
• Corn Crusted Trout-fingerling potatoes, haricot vert, pancetta and ancho sauce $23
• Zonker Stout Braised Buffalo Shortribs-white cheddar organic grits and greens $28

• Free Range Chicken-pancetta, creminis, smoked paprika, haricot vert and herb roasted potatoes  $22

• Grass Fed Organic Beef Meatloaf-yukon gold potato puree, asparagus and smoked onion gravy                $18

• Butternut Squash Lasagna-mushrooms, greens and sage pesto $18

 

For more information, visit www.tetonlodge.com or call 307.734.7111 and happy weekend to all!

Nine Francois’ photographs is undoubtably one the most immediately stunning sights in Hotel Terra Jackson Hole’s lobby. Friday’s Oswald Gallery reception at Hotel Terra presents a rare opportunity to not only view Nine Francois’s latest work, but also to meet the hugely talented artist herself.

(Nine Francois latest work)

As Leya Simmons Oswald of Oswald Gallery writes, “Nine Francois’ unusual approach to animal portraiture is daring, evocative and, quite simply, beautiful. To achieve minimalist and graphically powerful images, Francois locates previously rescued or captive from birth beasts and either befriends them or leaps in and out of their environments in an attempt to capture the animal in it’s habitat, yet set against the most obvious of settings — the sky.”

Tomorrow we are excited to offer the great chance to welcome Oswald Gallery and Nine Francois as well as our guests and friends to an exhibit/reception at Hotel Terra.

Date: Friday, March 20

Time: 5:00-6:30 pm (we will be serving wine)

Can’t make it? Head over to Oswald Gallery tonight from 5-8 pm for a reception at the in-town gallery.

These artists receptions will benefit the Center of Wonder, with a percentage of each sale benefiting the Center’s mission to aide in “the discovery of wonder through educational programs in nature and the arts. The Center of Wonder works in collaboration with community non-profits to increase affordable, quality, nature-based programs for children and families and to bring art into everyday life by supporting public art in Jackson.”

Eco-boutique Hotel Terra Jackson Holeis located slopeside to Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in Teton Village.

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OR

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The B Side Players at The Knotty Pine in Victor, ID?

That is the question.

Stop a Jackson Hole Mountain Resort Ski Patroller and buy a ticket to the annual Sweethogs & Swinehearts Ball! It’s a blast and for great cause! If you can’t find one of the busy red coats, stop by the Mangy Moose Cellars. According to www.mangymoose.net concert series,

“The annual JHMR Ski Patrol Valentines benefit party. Featuring wild costumes, and music from Mandatory Air and the Miller Sisters! This show sells out every year.”

$20 worth of non-stop fun! Doors open @ 9:30 p.m.

 (Photo via:smartdogs.wordpress.com)

Friday Night Schedule is as follows (courtesy of JH News & Guide):

Friday:

5 p.m. Winter carnival and pig roast/chili fest on Town Square

6 p.m. Slideshow from previous race on the big screen at Town Square

6:30 p.m. Race start from Town Square to Snow King

7:30 p.m. Musher reception party, torchlight parade and fireworks at Snow King

If you are a guest at a Terra Resort Group property including Hotel Terra Jackson Hole, Teton Mountain Lodge & Spa or the Inn at Jackson Hole, ask our friendly staff for more information and additional weekend activities & entertainment.

Walk Festival Hall, Teton Village at the base of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort.

Tomorrow night marks the return of The Grand Teton Music Festival Winter Music Series and this time we’re talking “Chamber Music for Strings & Piano” for a mere $10.  With a lineup like Schubert, O’Connor, Brahms, and Larsen, you may want to consider lining up to get these tickets, especially at that price (they are usually 4 or 5 times the cost)!

As an added perk, many local Jackson Hole restaurants are offering dining specials in celebration of Teton Village’s most cherished musical event. If you eat at Cascade in Teton Mountain Lodge & Spa, you will get a complimentary dessert with any entree purchase. Call to make a reservation.

The show starts at 7:30 in Walk festival hall at the base of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. Mark your calendars and make sure you attend continued concerts February20, March 13 and 19.

A perfect night out in Teton Village and integral to the support of GTMF’sSummer Education Program. Read more in the press release:

Jackson Hole, Wyoming – January 13, 2009 – Tickets for the

 Grand Teton Music Festival’s

winter concerts are on sale now, with a new ticket price!

 Over the course of the winter season, the Festival not only welcomes its summer Festival Orchestra musicians back to Jackson for chamber music concerts at just $10 for adults and free for students (January 30, March 13 & 19), but it also presents a free performance by the US Air Force’s BRASS in BLUE (February 20) in WalkFestival Hall. To round out the winter concert experience, participating Teton Village restaurantsare offering exclusive pre-concert dining-deals – from free dessert to complimentary wine – toFestival concertgoers on performance evenings. A complete listing of concert programs and diningoffers can be found at the end of this release, or at www.gtmf.org . All concerts take place at 7:30 PM in Walk Festival Hall. $10 Adults, Free for Students (ages 6-18 or with valid ID).

 Tickets are required for all performances and are available by calling 307-733-1128 or online at

www.gtmf.org.

The new ticket price is an experiment to attract bigger and more diverse winter audiences to the

nearly 50 year-old Festival, whose past winter concerts have cost between $20-40. “Given the

educational mission of our winter concerts, and our direct contact with the schools, we wanted our

winter concerts to be accessible to as many people as possible,” said Amanda Flosbach, GTMF’s

Director of Marketing “We received so many requests the past two winters for our summertime $10

Locals Rush tickets that we thought, why not offer the $10 price across the board this winter, and

welcome students for free?”

As always, the Grand Teton Music Festival’s winter concerts are a vital component of the Festival’s

in-school education programs, bringing visiting artists into local classrooms. Each visiting

ensemble will spend several days working with valley youngsters, from assemblies at Wilson, Journeys, Jackson, and Alta elementary schools to workshops with music students at the Jackson Hole Middle and High Schools. 

Now how much fun is that! Just to add to the thrill score a bit:

2 for 1 Rides on Weekdays & $2 off each ticket on Weekends now thru 2/1/09 at The King!

For those of you, dear readers, who have yet to discover the joys of snow tubing, now is the time. One must act swiftly as this offer expires in less than 2 weeks. 2 for 1 and tubes? Need we say more?

King Tubes Snow Tube Park is located in town at the base of Snow King Ski Area. Yep- that is a ski AREA, which is code for…the best thing ever(just so you know how highly regarded this local jewel of the crown is)! Weekdays 4 pm-8pm, Weekends 12 pm-8 pm. Under the lights! Call 734-TUBE

www.jacksonholesnowtubing.com

For more information, inquire with Terra Resort Group Staff at Hotel Terra Jackson Hole, Teton Mounatin Lodge & Spa and The Inn at Jackson Hole in beautiful Teton Village, WY!