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Summer Film Series – Nature: Holy Cow, 2:00 pm, at the National Museum of Wildlife Art Cook Auditorium. Participants travel the globe through films from the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival. Films are one hour or less. Free for members or with Museum admission.

The Jazz Foundation of Jackson Hole plays big band swing and salsa charts while Dancers’ Workshop instructors offer lessons, tips and demos to dancers of all ages and abilities 8:00-11:00 p.m. in Dancers’ Workshop’s Studio 1, in the Center for the Arts. Refreshments offered for sale. $10 at the door, $15 for couples. Call DW at (307) 733-6398 for other details.

Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra presents "The Planets" by Gustav Holst. Pre-Concert Party 6:30 pm; Concert 8:00 pm Pre-Concert Party TBD and Walk Festival Hall

American Legion baseball State Tournament semi-finals will be held in Sheridan Legion B games July 31 - August 3; Legion A start July 31 - August 3 in Powell. The state tournament is the week after in Cheyenne.

The proposed Moran/Jackson museum will host its first fundraiser at 5:30 p.m. at the studio and exhibition space of Scott Christensen and Kristie Grigg in Victor. Tickets are $100 per person and include a dinner buffet and dessert by chef Rick Sordahl, who recently assisted with the Jackson Wine Auction. For more information or tickets contact the Teton Valley Chamber of Commerce at 208-354-2500. for tickets.

Munger Mountain Adventure: Outdoorsman and lifelong valley resident Anthony Stevens will lead a mountain-biking trip up Munger Mountain, where you can take in views of the valley, discuss ongoing Forest Service policy revisions, and enjoy the company of new friends. For full details and to RSVP, contact the Alliance office. (Must provide your own bike). Cost: $15. For more information call: 307-733-9417

The Farmer’s Market on the Square will dedicate its weekly market on the town square to celebrate the life of Bill Paddleford. Friends and community members are invited to pay tribute and share stories from 8:00 a.m. until 9:00 a.m. or between intermittently throughout the morning. As an organization that depends on local support, the Farmer’s Market honors Bill’s years of inspiring dedication and service to our community.

The Jackson Hole Art Festival at Teton Village celebrates its 4^th anniversary at the Crystal Springs Mall in Teton Village. The Festival will feature 150 artists and $15 million in artwork available for sale. Admission is free and open to the public from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

The Grand Teton Music Festival invites the community to a special FREE all-ages matinee orchestra concert at Walk Festival Hall for an awe-inspiring one-hour space voyage with the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra. The Festival Orchestra, led by Music Director Donald Runnicles, will be joined by the San Francisco Festival Chorale to perform Holst’s Planets alongside dramatic film and photo images from unmanned NASA spacecraft, and narrated by Senator Alan K. Simpson. The performance is just one hour in length with no intermission, and is free and open to concertgoers of all ages. Sunday, July 27 at 2PM in Walk Festival Hall, Teton Village. FREE, tickets required

The Teton Arts Council of Teton Valley, Idaho presents the Shakespeare in the Park production of Macbeth at 6:30pm in Driggs, ID at the park at Creekside Meadows. The Medieval Fair begins at 5pm with local performances, free raffles and activities for children. Sponsored by First Bank of the Tetons, Teton Valley Trails and Pathways and Creekside Meadows.

MUSIC IN NATURE
String Quartet Residency
July 1 - 25, 2008
A partnership between Grand Teton Music Festival and Grand Teton National Park

Tuesdays & Thursdays
12:00pm            Colter Bay Visitor Center
2:00pm              Colter Bay Visitor Center
4:00pm              Jackson Lake Lodge
6:00pm              Jackson Lake Lodge

Wednesdays & Fridays
10:00am             Jenny Lake Area
12:00pm            Craig Thomas Discovery & Visitor Center
1:00pm              Craig Thomas Discovery & Visitor Center

Chosen from promising young quartets from the nation’s top music schools, the Festival’s Resident String Quartet (Lechuza Quartet of Rice University) will be performing around Jackson Hole throughout July. Hear them not only in Grand Teton National Park, but also at the Jackson Farmer’s Market, in Teton Village, and at Festival special events!

Oyster Ridge Music Festival July 25, 26 and 27 2008, Wyoming's largest free music festival held on the famous historic triangle park in downtown Kemmerer Wyoming. Ten bands including Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers, Clumsy Lovers and the Paperboys. Details at OysterRidgeMusicFestival.com

Music workshops and contests, food, fun and dancing.

U.S. Senators Mike Enzi and John Barrasso, and Representative Barbara Cubin, are urging Wyoming citizens who own homes or use facilities on land managed by the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) to make their voices heard on a proposed rule that could impact them. A revised rule proposed by the BOR makes clear how private individuals may use BOR lands, facilities and water bodies, including private, exclusive uses of those lands from trailers and mobile homes. The 60-day public comment period for this proposed rule is open until Sept. 16, 2008.