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After a sold-out event last week, nature photographer Thomas Mangelsen and writer Todd Wilkinson gave an encore of their presentation “An Evening with Grizzly 399”, exploring the life and struggles of the most famous bear alive and the implications that follow. This was just before another bear cub was struck and killed by a motor vehicle on Togwotee Pass. We also talked about their book “Grizzlies of Pilgrim Creek”.

Tune in every Friday from 2-3pm to hear Graham and Massey talk this week in sports!

We talked with Jeff Moran and Rob LaPier from the JH Ski and Snowboard Club about the "Wild West Skateboard Series", the culture of skateboarding itself, the emphasis on creativity in judging a competition, and what skateboarding looks like in a mountain town. The series is in Driggs this Saturday and will be in Jackson on August 20th and September 10th.

Internationally-recognized modern dance company David Dorfman Dance brings two radically humanistic works to Dancers’ Workshop this weekend. We talked with David himself as well as dancers Kendra Portier and Simon Thomas-Train about the mission "to get the whole world to dance", the theme of finding joy within increasingly dismal social and political circumstances, the intersection between athlete and artist, and what they hope audiences take with them.

Performance Info:

http://www.dwjh.org/index.cfm?id=calendar&eventID=F0D9FE1E-F90B-571C-A0A9F2869E98C841

Last year there were 719,000 total knee replacements and 332,000 total hip replacements, with those numbers expected to multiply in the next decade. We talked with Orthopedic Program Manager Jaime Jackson and Dr. Gus Goetz from St. John's Medical Center about why joint replacements are so common, if it's unique to our valley, how to prevent them, and why those considering surgery often get conflicting advice. St. John's Medical Center is hosting a "Dinner with a Doc" on Thursday, July 21st from 5-7pm at the Senior Center.

Chiara Kingsley Dieguez plays the viola in well-known symphonies across the country and joins the Grand Teton Music Festival each summer. She's also a sought-after musician in the freelance scene in Washington D.C. We spoke with her about her start in music, her practice schedule, how being a parent changed her relationship to music, how personalities play into performance, and her secret desire to become a fiddle player. GTMF Executive Director Andrew Todd also joined us for the lowdown all that's taking place.

Wendell Locke Field and Mike Piggott, two accomplished painters of the Greater Teton Area, turn their attention to printmaking for the first ever dual-show of their work. We talked with them about why printmaking is so painstaking, where they work on their art, keeping a deliberately simple life, and why silence is important for creativity.

The exhibition will hang in the Center Theater Gallery from July 21 - August 22 with an opening reception on July 22nd at 5:30pm.

After a sold-out event last week, nature photographer Thomas Mangelsen and writer Todd Wilkinson will be giving an encore of their presentation “An Evening with Grizzly 399”, exploring the life and struggles of the most famous bear alive and the implications that follow. That’s at the Jackson Hole High School on Wednesday, July 20th at 6pm with signings of their book “Grizzlies of Pilgrim Creek” before and after the program.

Almost half the hospitals in the US have arts programs. St. John's Medical Center has launched an arts and healing program with a reception for the program from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 19 in the interior courtyard of the St. John’s Professional Office Building. We talked with Jennifer Simon and Karen Connolly about the research that connects art to effective healing, how it's being integrated into their program, and more.

There is a Town Council Workshop at 2pm and Town Council Meeting at 3pm today in the Council Chambers. We talked with Vice Mayor Hailey Morton Levinson about Phase 2 Development at Snow King Resort, the sewer connection for Munger Mtn. School, and Accessory Residential Units which would allow homeowners to rent out "mother-in-law apartments" on their property.