This past May, Spencer Morton — father, fishing guide, JH Moose Hockey team member — died suddenly from a thoracic aortic aneurism. This weekend, Moose Hockey and Sidewinders Grill host events to raise money for the wife and children he left behind.
Mark your calendars: On Friday and Saturday the Moose honor their friend and teammate with a benefit with Dawg Nation/NHL Alumni.
Events start at 5:30 p.m. Friday with an opportunity to meet and greet NHL alumni at Sidewinders. An auction offers items like signed NHL memorabilia, fishing trips, shooting experiences, signed game-worn jerseys from the weekend and more.
On Saturday the Moose host a live game against the Dawg Nation/NHL Alumni team. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with live music by Side Cake, and the puck drops at 7:30 p.m. Food and beverages will be available to purchase.
All proceeds from the weekend will be donated to Morton’s family: Melissa, Fitz, and baby Morton.
Morton is remembered for his passion for hockey and the outdoors and his willingness to lead others alongside him. A top fishing guide not only in Jackson Hole, where he owned Jackson Hole Fly Fishing School, he was named Top Wyoming Guide in 2012 and 2013. He played hockey at the Division I level for the University of Vermont Catamounts, and continued his hockey career with the Jackson Hole Moose.
Stop by Sidewinders to rub elbow pads with NHL’s finest; Go to Moose.PuckSystems2.com to find a link to events and to purchases tickets for $20.
Amy Lay at Mountain Trails
Vibrant, dynamic and spiced up with a hint of abstraction, painter Amy Lay’s animal oil paintings might have been birthed from a dream or a vision.
The creatures she depicts are largely realistic — her moose lumber, her foxes flit, her owls stare with penetrating gazes — but the way they seem to coalesce out of hazy, colorful backgrounds, the way they sometimes multiply on the canvas, the way they look out at the viewer, as if they have something to say or somewhere to lead them is more than a little mystical, mysterious, perhaps hallucinatory.
Lay enjoys a one-woman show starting Wednesday at Mountain Trails Gallery, with an artist reception set for 5-8 p.m. Thursday. The show hangs through Sept. 2.
Lay resides in and drawing inspiration from mountain hideaways in Wyoming and the Wallowa Mountains of northeastern Oregon, and her work speaks of an intimate love and fascination for wildlife and woodlands. Primarily self-taught but grateful for her art degree from Eastern Oregon University, she has seen her career evolve from childhood dream to strong reality.
Lay works mostly with oil pigment, with graphite and charcoal used for both bold accents and subtle shading. Her use of color, powerful yet simple design and an ephemeral quality — a lingering influence of her years as a watercolorist — give her work a highly recognizable and unique signature.
Adding to that distinctness is her limited use of reference, relying on memory and creative gesture to give her animals a non-photographic brand. Her work dances across the often thick line between realism and abstraction, traditional and contemporary, and because of this it appeals to a broad clientele, from “old guard” wildlife art collectors to the growing contemporary audience.
Reel Rock arrives in Driggs
In December the Real Rock 15 film festival premiered as an online-only event for a short time, garnering enthusiastic reviews.
Now, the selection of four climbing-adventure films is on the road for a spring-through-summer tour that will bring it to the Spud Drive-In near Driggs, Idaho.
Reel Rock 15 — the 15th anniversary for the festival — screens at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Gates open at 6 for tailgating, presentations from athletes and filmmakers, gear giveaways and fundraising.
On tap for the fest is “Deep Roots” (35 minutes), Lonnie Kaur’s personal journey to honor his indigenous Yosemite roots and to connect with his legendary father by repeating his iconic climbs, and “Action Directe” (16 minutes) about French powerhouse Melissa Le Nevé’s years of battling insane moves, inner doubt and the burden of history to climb the most revered sport route on Earth.
“First Ascent / Last Ascent” (25 minutes) follows best friends Hazel Findlay and Maddy Cope as they journey to the outer reaches of Mongolia on a quixotic search for new trad routes. “Black Ice” (45 minutes) takes up the travels of a crew of aspiring ice climbers from the Memphis Rox gym to the frozen wilds of Montana, where mentors Manoah Ainuu, Conrad Anker and Fred Campbell share their love of winter adventure in the mountains.
Bikes, brews and tunes at TV
Have a bike and brew this weekend at Teton Village’s Bikes and Brews event Saturday.
This family-friendly event features mountain biking, live music and a brewfest with nearly 20 regional breweries represented.
Ride the bike park, climb the Via Ferrata, hike the trails, enjoy the scenery on the Bridger gondola, even soar above the valley with JH Paragliding. Then end the day sampling breweries’ goods and jiving to live tunes from Jared Rogerson. Food will be available from Spoons Bistro and the Tin Can Cantina for purchase.
Breweries expected to show include 10 Barrel Brewing Co., Big Sky Brewing, Boulevard Brewing, Breckenridge Brewing, Canarchy, Elysian, Flying Embers, Grand Teton Brewing, Lagunitas, Melvin Brewing, New Belgium Brewing, Odell Brewing, Roadhouse Brewing, Roosters Brewing, Sierra Nevada, Snake River Brewery, Upslope Brewing, Wildlife Brewing and Wind River Brewing.
Wyoming singer-songwriter Jared Rogerson has nurtured his Western roots to blossom into a distinct cowboy-rock vibe. With his sonic fusion of country, Americana, rock and folk, he paints a pictured or a contemporary and complicated rural West.
Tickets start at $55 for the brewfest alone, which buys a 10-ounce Yeti mug and unlimited samples from 3 to 7 p.m.; $65 buys briefest access and a day ticket on the Scenic Gondola; and $75 buys beer, biking and Rogerson’s live performance.
All proceeds benefit Friends of Pathways. Go to TetonVIllage.com for information or to buy tickets.
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