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BILLCOPE ADDY-OZE, ’MIGO Red gets the pink slip

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ews know whad dey orghter do t’ dat dang Pelowrski worman? Dey orghter sen’ ’er down t’ dat der Gitchmo eye-lan’ an’ warder board ’er lib’ral Fran Sanfiscal fanny ’til she ’pologizes f’r whad she said ’boud our brave fighdin’ boys in d’ CeezI-Hey! Da’s wha’ dey orghter do t’ dat dang Pelowrski worman!”

“It’s ‘Pelosi,’ not ‘Pelowrski,’ and I didn’t come to talk about her.”

“Sos maybe y’r hyar t’ hyar hows carborn dee-oxidationin’ is as natchrul as a Coc’ Cola fart?”

“Nope, Red. I’m not here about carbon dioxide, either.”

“Wullz den, whar’d y’ come fer, Cope? Yewz juss pick d’ subjeck, an’ ah’ll gurr’n’tees ya’ ah’ll have an opinyun ’bouts id.”

“It’s about you, buddy. I came over to tell you I won’t be using you in my columns anymore.”

“Wha’! Whys nod! Wha’d ah do wrong, Cope? Is id ’causen ah went t’ dat big tea baggers pardy back when? Is id ’causen ah called y’r dang ol’ Bobama a fackshist soshylismer? Is id ’causen ah leaves corments on y’r web sigh whad calls yewz an idjut libtard ’leetist sissyboy? Whads yew mean yew won’ b’ usin’ me in y’r dang comlums nony more?”

“Here’s the thing, Red … remember me telling you I went out to a bar a few weeks ago? Remember? The night I couldn’t shake the feeling I was being watched?”

“Yarz.”

“Well what I didn’t tell you is that I got to talking with this fellow who knew I wrote stuff for the Boise Weekly … piano man for the band, he was, and a nice guy … and he was telling me as a general rule, he likes what I write and even agrees with me now and then. But then he brought up the columns in which I’m talking over something with you, and he hates them, Red. He told me he doesn’t even try to read them anymore.”

“Sos ’e don’ like d’ idear dat yews wou’d e’er pre-scent d’ udder indelleskyewl … er, endulexptshunnal … er, untilleskchewl … “ “Red, are you trying to say ‘intellectual?’”

“Yarz, dat’s id. ’E don’ like yew givin’ d’ udder untilleskchewl side ter d’ derbate. Dat’s wha’ disses ’bout, aren’t id?”

“Nope, it doesn’t have anything to do with me presenting your side of any debates. It has to do with you being unintelligible. The guy said he couldn’t stand to read what you have to say because … well, I believe the way he put it was … you talk like a monkey. And he’s not the only person to tell me this. My audience has no idea what you’re saying most of the time. You’re incoherent.

You’re inarticulate. You make up words and then pronounce them wrong. You drop more syllables than you enunciate. Nobody can tell whether it’s some mutant regional dialect you’re speaking, or if your tongue is glued to the roof of your mouth. So what it comes down to, pal, I have to choose between what’s in the best interests of my readers, or you.”

“Bud weze go back t’ d’ begunnin’, Cope. Weze done wen’ bowlin’ t’gether.

Weze done drunk beer t’gether. Ahs god yew on m’ speed dial sos when ah gets a new idear ah c’n get holt o’ y’ quick-like.

An’ ahs al’ays thoud yew ’ppreciated haffin’ me around sos ah c’d be one o’

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dem whatchamacallims f’r y’r opinyuns.

Yews knows whats ah means … one o’ dem ‘foibles.’”

“Believe me, Red. This is as hard for me as it is for you. I love ya’ man, you know that. Sometimes, I feel like you’re the twin brother I never had and that we were separated at birth and you were raised in a Tennessee turnip cellar by salamanders and that’s why you came out the way you did. You’re the yin to my yang, brother. The cracker under my cheese and the flop to my flip. But darnit all, it’s not right for me to allow my readers to struggle over every damn word that comes out of your mouth. Surely you can see that? Here I went out and bought all these dictionaries and thesauri and grammar books and such, and I went to one writers’ workshop after another, and I took all those classes in syntax and advanced punctuation and proper paragraph indentation and how to jazz up verbs and how to pick colorful nouns, all so that I can communicate more effectively with the people I’m trying to reach … and then along comes you. It’s like spending all day trying to simmer up the perfect spaghetti sauce, and then throwing in a sack of beef jerky just before it’s served. Am I making sense?”

“Whads ah’m hearin’ is how yews god dem hoity-toilety snoppers whads readin’ y’r starries, and yers embashermed by havin’ a reg’lar Joe-Bob six-pack lahk me be seen in yers cormpany. Ahm nod good ’nough f’r y’r new friends. Dat’s wha’d sounds lahk t’ me.”

“Now Red, don’t be hurt. This is mostly my fault. I could have dressed up what you say. I could have made you more presentable. I wrote it down exactly like it came from your lips, and I admit I did it because it made your side sound stupid. But maybe I overdid it some. Maybe I should have helped you with your enunciation and your choice of words, and let your ideas alone make your side sound stupid. But see, I had this idea early on … what if I combined the Socratic approach to dialectics with the most backwards, hilljack attitude to ever cross paths with Huck Finn? Seemed like a good idea at the time, especially since I had you around as a bottomless well of inspiration. But looking back, I wish I hadn’t written your arguments down so literally.”

“Wullz, ain’ too late, isn id? Curd’n’ yews star’ writin’ m’ argy-ments out more fancy-like? Gimmee a chance, Cope! Gimmee anudder chance! Yews curd be d’ ’Enry ’Iggins t’ mah Liddle Liza Doodliddle. Lookee hyar … D’ rain in Spain fells mainly on d’ plain … airn’t dat better? Sees, Cope? Ah c’n change!

Ah knows ah cain!”

“Trouble is, Red, I tried that. I went over some of our old conversations and translated your part into something a tad more comprehensible. And guess what? … you came out sounding like Newt Gingrich. And I’d rather spend an eternity with you than a minute with Newt Gingrich. So it’s best just to make a clean break of it, don’t you think? Goodbye, Red.” “Buh … buh … whad’ll happ’n t’ me, Cope? Whar’ll ah go? Whad’ll ah do?

Hows’ll ah e’er git any’un but yews t’ take me sur-yous?”

I turned my back and left. I’ll miss him.

He’s gotten me through a lot of tough writer’s blocks. But I did it for you, dear readers. For you. You owe me.

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TEDRALL MR. OBAMA: RESIGN NOW With Democrats like him, who needs dictators?

Obama is cute. He is charming. But there is something rotten inside him. Unlike the Republicans who backed Bush, I won’t follow a terrible leader just because I voted for him. Obama has revealed himself. He MIAMI—We expected broken promises. state-controlled media imply that Obama’s is a monster, and he should remove himself But the gap between the soaring expectashocking new policy would only apply to from power. tions that accompanied President Barack Islamic terrorists (or, in this case, wannabe “Prolonged detention,” reported The Obama’s inauguration and his wretched Islamic terrorists, and also kinda-sortaNew York Times, would be inflicted upon performance is the broadest such chasm in maybe-thinking-about-terrorism dudes). As “terrorism suspects who cannot be tried.” recent historical memory. This guy makes if that made it OK. “Cannot be tried.” Interesting choice Bill Clinton look like a paragon of integrity In practice, Obama wants to let governof words. and follow-through. ment goons snatch you, me and anyone else Any “terrorism suspect” (can you be a From health care to torture to the econthey deem annoying off the street. suspect if you haven’t been charged with a omy to war, Obama has reneged on pledges Preventive detention is the classic defining crime?) can be tried. Anyone can be tried real and implied. So timid and so owned is characteristic of a military dictatorship. Befor anything. At this writing, a Somali child he that he trembles in fear of offending, of cause dictatorial regimes rely on fear rather is sitting in a prison in New York, charged all things, the government of Turkey. Obama than consensus, their priority is self-preserwith piracy in the Indian Ocean, where the has officially reneged on his campaign prom- vation rather than improving their people’s United States has no jurisdiction. Anyone ise to acknowledge the Armenian genocide. lives. They worry obsessively over the one can be tried.

When a president doesn’t have the ’nads thing they can’t control, what Orwell called What they mean, of course, is that the to annoy the Turks, why does he bother to “thoughtcrime”—contempt for rulers that hundreds of men and boys languishing at show up for work in the morning? might someday translate to direct action.

Guantanamo and the thousands of “detainObama is useless. Worse than that, he’s Locking up people who haven’t done any- ees” the Obama administration anticipates dangerous. Which is why, if he has any patri- thing wrong is worse than un-American and kidnapping in the future cannot be conotism left after the thousands of meetings he a violent attack on the most basic principles victed. As in the old Soviet Union, putting has sat through with corporate contributors, of Western jurisprudence. It is contrary to enemies of the state on trial isn’t enough. The blood-sucking lobbyists and corrupt politithe most essential notion of human decency. game has to be fixed. Conviction has to be a cians, he ought to step down now—before he That anyone has ever been subjected to foregone conclusion. drags us further into the abyss. “preventive detention” is an outrage. That Why is it, exactly, that some prisoners I refer here to Obama’s plan for “preven- the president of the United States, a man “cannot be tried”? tive detentions.” If a cop or other governwho won an election because he promised The Old Grey Lady explains why Obama ment official thinks you might want to to elevate our moral and political discourse, wants this “entirely new chapter in American commit a crime someday, you could be held would even entertain such a revolting idea law” in a boring little sentence buried a couin “prolonged detention.” Reports in U.S. offends the idea of civilization itself. ple past the jump and a couple of hundred words down page A16: “Yet another question is what to do with the most problematic group of Guantanamo detainees: those who pose a national security threat but cannot be prosecuted, either for lack of evidence or because evidence is tainted.”

In democracies with functioning legal systems, it is assumed that people against whom there is a “lack of evidence” are innocent.

They walk free. In countries where the rule of law prevails, in places blessedly free of fearful leaders whose only concern is staying in power, “tainted evidence” is no evidence at all. If you can’t prove that a defendant committed a crime—an actual crime, not a thoughtcrime—in a fair trial, you release him and apologize to the judge and jury for wasting their time.

It is amazing and incredible, after eight years of George W. Bush’s lawless behavior, to still have to explain these things. For that reason alone, Obama should resign.

Ted Rall, president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, is author of the books To Afghanistan and Back and Silk Road to Ruin: Is Central Asia the New Middle East?

NOTE A few weeks ago, I wrote about a grant BW was awarded to increase diversity in media. Our proposal to the grant committee was a project we’ve since named The Grip, a blog by two new Americans who have been relocated to Boise through refugee agencies. The Grip went live only two short weeks ago and has been garnering some interesting attention. One recent post in particular, “A People Without a Nation” from Congolese blogger FBM Fidel Nshombo, generated an interesting international debate. Nshombo wrote about the Banyamulenge, a people from the mountains of Congo who the Congolese considered Rwandan immigrants, but who Rwandans consider Congolese, though many helped the Rwandans overthrow Congolese leader Mobutu. Nshombo’s post on The Grip was ultimately about a group of refugees living in Boise, who have been nicknamed the Cogorwa—Banyamulenge who, even in Boise, are neither Congolese nor Rwandan—but the background information he provided spurred debate among readers all over the globe.

I sincerely hope these initial blog posts, as well as the ensuing global discussion, are indications of what we can expect from The Grip in the future, particularly because it’s the only public dialogue of its kind in Boise. Between 1998 and 2008, 5,343 refugees were

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relocated to Boise. Almost 1,000 refugees came to Boise between October 2007 and September 2008. Most recently, the majority of Boise’s refugees are from Somalia, Burma, Iraq and Bhutan, countries in which life is vastly different from Idaho. Today Boiseans see handfuls of African Muslim women and their children waiting for the bus on one of the city’s busiest streets. We hear Nepalese spoken as we walk through downtown. However, I don’t believe the mainstream media has figured out how to incorporate these newcomers into not only coverage but also reporting. I believe it’s up to the alternative media to blaze the trail forward, and The Grip is our first attempt.

Nshombo’s co-writer is Luma Jasim, a graphic designer from Iraq. In a recent post, Jasim talks about her 24-hour journey to Idaho, a place she’d never heard of until the refugee agency assigned her family here. With each of her blog entries, Jasim also posts her vivid art work, including a whimsical piece depicting six people leaping from a fiery landscape across a swath of blue into the safety of a nebulous green. It’s called “Immigration.”

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CUT GLASS Green jobs for female inmates

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NEWS women in work gloves and goggles milling about.

But then there is the chill room where the women start their workdays in meditation. And the hugs.

Doughty said she thought Sustainable Futures might be a cult when she first arrived.

“It was really positive people and they hug you all the time and they feed you this organic lunch,” the recovering drug addict and convicted forger said. “You watch, and you wait for them to screw up. You wait for them to betray your trust.”

But Doughty is now out of prison, reunited with her two daughters and starting her life again with a full-time job at Sustainable Futures.

“This is where I go when I need help or when I’m going through my little everyday struggles, and we process it,” Doughty said.

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ehind the shiny glass windows at an anonymous Garden City office park, Camille Doughty is pushing discarded wine bottles through a diamond blade wet saw. She removes the skinny tops and passes the bottoms to Lupe (last name withheld), who methodically smoothes and rounds the fresh glass edges, first with 100 grit sand paper.

Lupe smoothes and smoothes until it’s fit to drink from.

This small factory is a young nonprofit called Sustainable Futures. It’s a spinoff of the Green Foundations Building Center, an environmentally conscious building supplier, with a storefront next door.

Doughty, recently released from the East Boise Community Work Center, and Lupe, the de facto crew boss who remains incarcerated, are some of the first employees at what founder Lisa Scales imagines as a harbinger of the new, green economy.

Van Jones, President Barack Obama’s green jobs czar, said in a recent call with reporters that the nation is still coming up with a universal definition of a green job but that many entrepreneurs are moving forward with their own visions of the green economy.

“The debate whether you can do right by the environment and right by the economy is over,” Jones said.

At Sustainable Futures, women repurpose wine bottles into glassware.

But Scales also aims to create a new kind of business, rebuild lives and redefine— or in most cases, define—sustainability for these women.

The idea started with the glass.

“Our economy doesn’t take into East Boise Community Work Center inmate, Lupe, sands the rough edges of a glass at Sustainable Futures. account the natural resources we use,” said Scales, a radiologist by profession and purveyor of nontoxic paints and flooring by passion. “Glass recycling has really driven me crazy, When the women arrive in the morning, they start with a guided and there’s really no solution … It really bugs me that we don’t meditation in a dark little room with sofas and art on the walls. have something to do with all that embodied energy.”

For a time, the meditation and the fact that the women who In the alley behind Sustainable Futures sit boxes and boxes of worked there came back to their prison beds in good spirits gave wine bottles. People in the know have been dropping off their emp- some at the Idaho Department of Corrections pause. ties for months now. The employees sort and cut the bottles into “I think they were really suspicious of us in the beginning … glassware that local restaurants are just beginning to use. because we were new and different. They didn’t have a template to The unique glasses, with their amber and green tints and Diosay how to start a program,” Scales said. nysian natural histories, sit full of ice water on tables at restaurants Even the word “program” was problematic. This was just suplike the Brick Oven Bistro, Bittercreek Alehouse and Dream Cafe. posed to be a 9 to 5.

Another potential revenue stream—sorting and cleaning bottles But the women’s salaries are paid, at first, through a federal for return to local wineries—has run into some regulatory hurdles. workforce training grant that requires some programming.

But Scales believes it will work out and that the nonprofit will “The thing about work experience is there is some job training become a self-supporting business model. that goes on, but equally important to that is what they are learn“We know what our production capacity is, and if we get sales ing about, showing up to work on time, having the right attitude,” up, it’s going to be autonomous,” Scales said. said Kristyn Roan, an area manager at the Idaho Department of Scales, her green building shop and the Sustainable Futures Labor who also sits on the Sustainable Futures board of directors. concept have drawn a unique following, from enlightened business And Scales wants her workers to succeed so she can hire them owners, hippies, yogis and self-proclaimed luminaries to professors when they are released and eventually pay them a living wage. and even bureaucrats.

Overall, Idaho’s prison chief is supportive of more workforce The small tribe that either works for Scales or hangs out at the training for inmates. shop helped acquire tools and a commercial dishwasher, navigated “They are working their way back out,” said Brent Reinke, the Idaho Department of Corrections, figured out how to manage director of IDOC. the workers and stuck around to cook and clean.

Reinke said that inmates on work release are nearing the end of Which is where the people part of Scales’ sustainability concept their incarceration and need to be reintroduced to society. comes in to play.

“If we’re not careful, we can be turning people out that are All of the women who come to work in the glass shop are worse than when they were incarcerated, and that’s not keeping the on work release from the Boise work center. They sleep at the public safe,” he said. minimum-security facility in East Boise and take a van to work It is not always successful. Scales recently discovered that one of each morning. the inmates working for her in a key position had been skimming They pay for transport, and the prison heavily garnishes their off the top. She was sent back to the lockup. wages. Most work release jobs—when there are jobs available for “Trust but verify,” Scales said. “You can see why in the prison inmates—are in the backs of restaurants washing dishes or prepsystem there’s a certain amount of rigidity.” ping. When the women arrived at their Sustainable Futures job, But for Doughty and Lupe, the experience has been life altering. they were not sure what they were getting themselves into.

“As you complete each glass, it’s a sense of accomplishment and The place looks like a prison workshop with crates of glass a sense of pride,” Lupe said. “Our ideas and opinions are valued … stacked to the ceilings, an inch of dust caked on the floor and hefty I don’t go home and say I hate my f-in’ job.”

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CITYDESK FISCHER GOING TO TUPELO, WON’T BROADCAST IN IDAHO Boise theocrat Bryan Fischer is taking a new gig in Tupelo, Miss., hosting a live, two-hour talk show for American Family Radio, an affiliate of the American Family Association.

Since breaking the news on his Idaho Values Alliance Web site, several people have bid him adieu.

“Thank heaven for Idaho,” Boise gay activist Jody May-Chang told the Idaho Press-Tribune. “I feel sorry for Mississippi.”

But here’s another gem for Gem State Fischer haters: AFR does not even have a station in Idaho, according to its official station list.

Not that we have any shortage of Jesus radio here. And, as Fischer points out in his “Moving on” letter, audio and video from his program will be streamed online starting July 6.

Fischer says his show will examine the intersection between ethics and politics.

“It is that intersection—the place where a Judeo-Christian worldview intersects with America’s public life—that fascinates and energizes me.”

Of course, his move to Tupelo could be as much about the intersection between ethics and cold, hard cash.

According to a 2007 Media Transparency story, the American Family Association, of which Fischer’s Idaho Values Alliance is supposedly a local affiliate, had net assets of $32 million and paid college tuition for children of employees.

That’s a far cry from IVA, which begged supporters for financial support in November 2007.

Fischer signed off, saying IVA would go into “whisper mode,” and then added a strange, biblical formulation: “We covet your prayers as we pass through this time of transition, and in return we seek God’s highest blessing for you and for the state of Idaho.”

Bryan, it’s neighbors’ wives we covet. Prayers we humbly request.

CRAPO WILL TALK BREACHING U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo told a meeting of renewable energy and fish enthusiasts last week that he is ready and willing to engage in a region-wide collaborative process to resolve the conflict over salmon and dams. And as to putting dam breaching on the table, Crapo said, “Yes, dam breaching has to be on the table.”

But, not-dam breaching is also going to be on the table, he said.

Crapo’s remarks to the Northwest Energy Coalition, which advocates for dam breaching and is a plaintiff in the most recent court challenge to the National Marine Fisheries Service salmon recovery plan, came on the heels of a letter from the federal judge hearing the case admonishing all parties that breaching must at least be considered as a contingency plan to save salmon and steelhead.

“Federal defendants have spent the better part of the last decade treading water and avoiding their obligations under the Endangered Species Act,” U.S. District Judge James Redden wrote. “We simply cannot afford to waste another decade.”

Crapo agreed but asked that the solution be discussed around a table rather than in front of a judge. Fish advocates applauded his willingness to negotiate but did not agree to immediately drop their lawsuit.

—Nathaniel Hoffman

war in Iraq U.S. CASUALTIES: As of Tuesday, June 2, 2009, 4,310 U.S. service members (including 31 Idahoans) have died since the war in Iraq began in March 2003: 3,450 in combat and 860 from non-combat-related incidents and accidents.

Injured service members total 31,327. In the last week, seven U.S. soldiers died.

Since President Barack Obama was inaugurated on Jan. 20, 81 soldiers have died.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Defense IRAQI CIVILIAN DEATHS: Estimated between 92,133 and 100,591.

Source: iraqbodycount.net COST OF IRAQ WAR: $674,518,697,596 Source: costofwar.com

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t’s quiet in the stands at Les Bois Park. No cheers or hoof beats. Just locked gates.

“You go to the back side, it’s got weeds this tall. Nothing’s taken care of. It’s just sitting there,” said Lindsey Comstock, a “gallop-girl” who under normal circumstances would be spending the summer at the track exercising racehorses.

Since the 1970s, horse races at Les Bois Park in Garden City have drawn a diverse crowd of horse enthusiasts, cowboys, gamblers, families and spectators. After the previous leaseholder, San Diego-based Capitol Racing LLC, withdrew earlier this year due to concerns about turning a profit, the status of the park has been in an uneasy limbo. Now as two new companies, the Greene Group Inc. and Oneida Capital LLC, vie for the contract to run Les Bois Park, some racers say it’s too little too late.

“I don’t see it opening this year.

The big racers are gone. The backyard horses are the only ones that would be competing,” said Comstock, who uses the money from training horses to pay for her undergraduate studies in biology at Boise State. In April, frustrated by the lack of progress and priority the track was receiving from the Board of Ada County Commissioners, Comstock submitted a guest opinion to the Idaho Statesman.

“On the outside, nobody has the whole picture. We’ll probably never know what is going on. I feel like the commissioners are speaking out one side of their mouths,” said Comstock.

When BW met with Ada County Commissioner Fred Tilman, he was optimistic that a new operator will soon be selected.

“At this point, we have two viable entities. We’ve been committed from day one to expedite the process, and we’ve tried diligently to find a lease holder. The devil is in the details. We want to make it happen as quickly as possible, but we want to do it correctly. We’ve been trying to find a lease holder with a viable business plan and a good background. We don’t want a place holder with a bad product,” Tilman said.

While the Ada County commissioners have been evaluating potential companies to manage the track, the racing community has been chomping at the bit as the racing season quickly passes by.

“A true horseman has to be an eternal optimist or you wouldn’t be in it. It’s the highest of highs, lowest of lows. I tend to be an eternal optimist. I tend to believe it will be worked out,” said Tawnja Elison, president of the Idaho Thoroughbred Association. Like many owners, Elison has left Boise for greener pastures, currently racing in Pleasanton, Calif. The diaspora of racers who would otherwise be competing in Idaho are scattered across North America, from Nebraska to Manitoba.

Tom Dougherty, vice president of the ITA, is convinced that the Greene Group is the best solution for horsemen. “Nothing’s in stone, but the Greene Group is here and it’s very possible that something is going to happen. If the Greene Group gets running in

July, that’s the best-case scenario. The local horses have moved out, but they’ll come back once things shake out. I don’t think lack of horses is going to ruin the meet.

We’re pretty confident.”

Eugene Burns, a Boise owner currently racing in Denver, thinks otherwise.

“Now that we’re gone, we can’t come back. We can sit there and lose money or go somewhere and try to make money. It would be almost suicide to open a meet in July and say you’ll have enough horses.”

Michele Naugoe, an owner, trainer and breeder, agrees. “If you’re doing well in another state, you don’t just pick up and come back because they’ve opened your home track. You have to run where the money is,” she said.

Unlike Burns, Naugoe was unable to leave Idaho to race this year and now finds herself in a bind over what to do with her horse business.

“It’s hard for me because I have kids in school, and I can’t travel out of state. I have other —Eugene Burns horses here to take care of, too.

I strongly feel that if they don’t have a meet this year, I have this sick feeling we won’t have it again. 2010 is the end of the contract. You may be looking at the end of horse racing in the valley.”

The potential redevelopment of Les Bois Park is a common concern in the racing community. While Tilman noted that all across the country horse tracks are struggling in similar situations to Ada County’s, he adamantly dismissed rumors that Les Bois Park will be developed into Garden City’s newest strip mall or condos. “If anything, in the years to come, the facility will be enhanced. The track is going to stay where it is,” said Tilman.

The sphere of economic influence expands well beyond Les Bois Park. Todd Johnson, owner of Jim Flynn’s Saddle Shop, is stuck with surplus inventory ordered under the presumption of a racing season.

“Put your dot on the track. Draw a three to four mile radius—that’s your impact zone. Can the businesses withstand the loss?” Johnson asked.

“Jim Flynn, the original owner, used to take a trailer over to sell at the track. We’ve been together with Les Bois Park a long time. This is the second time in four years the track has closed. Personally, it’s getting old,” said Johnson. Johnson points out that everything from Pastry Perfection to Fred Meyer will see fewer customers this year.

“There’s no question: It’s in the millions of dollars. Just scratching the surface, it affected 300 jobs. You’ve got fuel, tires, vet services, hay, grain—everything snowballs,” said Dougherty.

According to Burns, Denver is profiting from the Boise exodus and the hemorrhage of Ada County’s economy.

“They’re pretty happy. They welcome the new horses and fresh blood. ‘It’s too bad but come here,’ they said. As soon as they saw Les Bois wouldn’t open on time, every track that is starting a meet was calling people. ‘Don’t worry about it just come.’

They cater to you.”

“It would be almost suicide

to open a meet in July and say you’ll have enough horses.”

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CITIZENBOISE INTERVIEW BY NATHANIEL HOFFMAN

ALLISON DEMAREST

How did you start this garden project?

It started, like, two years ago. I got to spend some time in Africa with a small humanitarian organization from Boise called the Small Village Foundation. And after spending time in Africa with them, in South Africa, I got back to Boise with my family and decided that I wanted to put school on hold. I was going to the University of Puget Sound. And I was in my sophomore year then … and decided that it could wait for a bit because I had some purposeful work to do. In October of ’07, I landed in this farm in upstate New York and got to spend some time there for a year. It’s a farming community that works with people with special needs.

And then you had to buy a new plane ticket?

And then I decided it was time to come home and showed up at the airport with my invalid plane ticket and pleaded and begged and got back to Boise on standby the whole way.

So how did you get the farming job?

It was actually through the AmeriCorps.

Yeah. Kind of fateful and really by chance that I ended up there but it was definitely the right thing for the time.

I don’t mean to be an ass but, you’re here alone farming, where is the community?

Well ... gosh, I guess it kind of started with just me, alone, and this initiative, like, five and a half months ago. Since then, I’ve recruited all kinds of people from all kinds of places, businesses and organizations and individuals from around town. We’ve only recently started the actual physical work.

Today we had a class from Boise High out here, which was cool, and they’ve been with us for, like, the last week.

People commit to being an active gardener, what I’m calling an active gardener is someone who is committing between three and five hours a week. So there is no money What is it called? exchanged and there is no individual plots Camp Hill Village. It’s a worldwide that families or individuals kind of own. It’s movement of biodynamic farms and gardens. a method that I’m calling unified gardening, So anyway, spent a year there, got back to and it’s people working together to maintain Boise in November of ’08 and right before I the entire space, and in return for that, getgot back to Boise, I had been traveling a bit ting vegetables. in the East. And it was while I was there on the East Coast, feeling kind of trapped by all So tell me about your beds. Are you only this concrete and not seeing enough grass in planting in these raised beds? urban areas, that I decided that community Basically how it works is there is this cengardening would be my next kind of project. tral gathering spot, and that’s kind of similar And more than the gardening, it was the to, like, the holy center of an old village or desire to create community for people. To something like that, where the church would create a place where people could gather and be. It’s like the community spot, the place where people could get to know one another, where people gather and the place where and not just any community, but a diverse those relationships I think are created. community.

Is that where your giant spool is now?

What did you do in Africa?

That’s where the spools are ... so that It was just a trip, a trip for Small Village, space is a big circle in the center. And from and they go every, like, two years, and so we there you have three clusters of raised had gone just for two weeks and at the end beds. We have 20 raised beds at the moof those two weeks, on the 15th day at the ment and in each of the corners there are Johannesburg airport, I decided that, um … I in-ground beds. wasn’t leaving. So I forfeited my plane ticket, called home and said, “I don’t know when So how’d you find an Eagle Scout to build I’ll be home” and called a really cool woman your raised beds? who I had met when I was there, who works I just Googled Eagle Scout, or Boy Scouts with a water pump program. And asked her of Idaho and e-mailed whoever looked most if I could stay with her, and so I stayed on official, who turned out to be, like, the exher farm for a few more weeks. ecutive director or something. He passed that

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For the past few weeks, Allison Demarest has been digging around in a vacant lot on Fort Street that belongs to the Cathedral of the Rockies. She is building what she calls the Boise Downtown Community Garden.

Rather than dividing it up into small plots, Demarest will have people work on the entire garden and split up the food. On the hot afternoon we visited, Demarest had just overseen the installation and inspection of a donated water pump, filled her raised beds with topsoil and spread mulch across the lot.

on to a troop guy, troop master, whatever it is ... troop leader. I knew the guy, the Eagle Scout who is working on the shed for us.

Do you find that people are eager to plant their own food?

Yeah, there have been very few people who have reacted negatively. Very few. Most people are, especially now, realizing how important it is to know how to grow your own food.

Is this like a long-term project for you?

No. My goal is to make it sustainable, you know, and I have a lot that I’m looking forward to and so many plans. Yeah, going back to school someday and traveling some more and getting back to Africa, so yeah, there’s a lot that I still want to do. But I really am committed to making the garden sustainable, and it might not be here on this site, but it’ll be somewhere in the downtown— that’s a priority for me.

Why downtown?

The downtown to me is a place that is accessible to everybody. We have other community gardens in Boise, but you’ll often see one in a low-income apartment housing place and only refugees and lowincome families can use it. Or one, say in the North End, and only North End residents get to use it. This place is something that everyone can access, everybody can come here and a lot of people come down here anyway for other things.

So, what do you do for a living?

Nothing ... this, except I don’t make any money. I live at [my parents’] right now.

So you want people to hang out here then?

Yeah, I mean not to like, loiter around, but to come and to chat with one another and to eat lunch here, and to be here, and to gather here and not just to come to work.

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CURIOUSTIMES

BY ANDREAS OHRT

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YES WE CAN ... RIP YOU OFF

A man who might be entering the Guinness Book of Records as the most litigious person in the world has filed a lawsuit against Guinness in order to stop them from naming him as the person who has filed the most lawsuits in the history of the world. Jonathan Lee Riches, serving a prison term until 2012, has filed more than 4,000 lawsuits worldwide against such notables as George W. Bush, Britney Spears, Martha Stewart, Somali pirates, Nostradamus, the Eiffel Tower, Three Mile Island and the makers of “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter!” His latest lawsuit claims that Guinness plans to publish false information about him and call him names such as “Johnny Sue-nami,” “The Duke of Lawsuits” and “Sue-per-man.” After Riches gets the psychological treatment he needs and is finally released from prison, he plans to start a class called “Lawsuit 101” in order to teach ordinary people how to sue without a lawyer. “I will sell Jonathan Lee Riches T-shirts,” he claims, printed with the phrase “Watch what you do, or I’ll sue you.” (spokesman.com)

A politician in Croatia has been elected mayor of his town after running on a platform of total honesty. In fact, he was so honest that he promised the voters that if he was elected, he would rip them off at any opportunity. Using the slogan “All for me—nothing for you” Josko Risa convinced the citizens that they might as well vote for him because he wasn’t going to lie about his corrupt politics. “We’re going to get ripped off no matter who takes over,” rationalized one voter. “At least he’s being honest and up front about it.” (Ananova)

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The coolest beard in the world now officially belongs to David Traver of Alaska after the judges’ decision at the 2009 World Beard Championships. Traver finally knocked the Germans from their domination of the events by winning the overall freestyle full beard championship with his multi-colored beard woven into the shape of a snowshoe. “They were humble, and you have to respect that,” he said of the Germans, but added that “they were getting predictable” after 20 years of HOW TO BLOW STREET CRED beard domination. Check out all the crazy hair Lesson No. 1 on how to be a gangster is and sign up for the next competition to be held don’t shoot yourself in the crotch. Too bad Lu- in Trondheim, Norway, in 2011 at worldbeardkas Neuhardt, 27, failed this simple task when championships.com. he tried to show off his gun to his friends and accidently shot himself in the most unforBEER IN CHURCH tunate of places. And while surgeons were If beer is your religion, surf on over to able to stitch his manhood back together, the beerchurch.com, where you can become an humiliation doesn’t end there as Neuhardt ordained minister for $20. As a Beer Church may face up to three years in jail for breaching minister, says this Web site, you must devote Germany’s tough new gun laws. (Ananova) yourself to promoting the goodness of beer with the spirit of unity, peace, goodwill and THE END OF THE UNIVERSE charity; drink beer and like it; and make the The latest research from astrophysicists at Beer Church proud of you. When you’re done Stanford University suggests that the universe there, you can find the world’s best beer at will actually be around for another 24 billion ohhh.myhead.org, where a bunch of Swedes years. Using data from the Hubble Space Tele- have taken it upon themselves to judge 6,754 cope, observations suggest that the universe varieties of beer from 144 countries. Accordis expanding even faster than we thought. This ing to this site, Belgium rules the world as far leads astrophysicists to conclude that the as brewing beer: Four different Belgian beers universe will last at least twice as long as it hold down the top four spots for tastiest beer has already before it collapses back on itself in the world. in what has been dubbed the “big crunch.”

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Sensitive species butt heads with energy needs in the battle for sagebrush

BY DEANNA DARR

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omewhere, out in the Lemhi Basin of northern Central Idaho, a small rabbit is nestled in its burrow beneath the gnarled and twisting sagebrush. In Boise, someone is turning on the air conditioning on a hot summer day. The two events hardly seem linked, but that little high desert bunny might just be the next touchstone in the battle to balance the needs of industry and development and Mother Nature.

Decades ago, the thousands of square miles of sagebrush ecosystem in the Intermountain West was considered wasteland—something to be “reclaimed” in the name of progress. Massive swaths of sagebrush were removed to make way for farming, towns and roads as more people moved into the arid region. Through boom and bust, sagebrush became fields, lawns and parking lots. And while it opened the door to economic success, the loss of that sagebrush was having repercussions only now being fully explored.

That now-fragmented sagebrush ecosystem is home to a number of unique species that depend solely on sagebrush and other native plants for all aspects of their existence. Among them are sage grouse and pygmy rabbits.

The declining numbers of sage grouse, an upland bird species, have been of concern for years among both conservationists and wildlife management agencies. But until fairly recently, the pygmy rabbit was below just about everyone’s radar. That is, until an isolated population of pygmy rabbits in Washington became extinct in the wild.

Since then, pygmy rabbits in neighboring Western states have been gaining attention from a broader spectrum of the public. Now, petitions to list both sage grouse and pygmy rabbits for protection under the Endangered Species Act await rulings from the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife, which is currently conducting Species Reviews on both animals, as well as for the high desert plant, slickspot peppergrass.

Now, three species in Idaho have the potential to be listed as endangered within just a few years.

If any is granted federal protection, it could drastically change the nature of development across much of the West, where the open sagebrush-covered lands are still often the focus of development. A critical mass of conflicting factors is on the horizon as the growing energy needs of the West and a concerted push to develop wind energy land squarely in the front yard of two of the regions’ most sensitive species.

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M IK E M OR R IS ON

Sage grouse have long been the poster species for sagebrush conservation as their numbers have dropped.

SAGE GROUSE For decades, sage grouse have been the poster species for the preservation of sagebrush ecosystems. Both government and private researchers have studied sage grouse extensively, and the birds’ declining numbers are well documented. Conservation groups, including Western Watersheds Project, have filed seven petitions in roughly eight years requesting that portions or all of the species be placed under federal protection. Yet time and again, Fish and Wildlife has not found cause to place sage grouse on the list.

Part of the reason is the work already being done in the 11 Western states within the birds’ range to mitigate the problems leading to declining numbers. In Idaho, sage grouse are considered a sensitive species, and land and wildlife management agencies take the birds into consideration when making management decisions. The state has had a sage grouse management plan since 1997, which was updated in 2006.

Across the state, the situation facing sage grouse can vary, with some areas recording high enough numbers of birds to allow for a limited hunting season. It’s the sage grouse’s status as a game bird that also draws attention from a larger portion of the public.

Sage grouse are considered a sagebrush obligate species, meaning they rely entirely on sagebrush and the sagebrush ecosystem for survival. The birds live on the ground, using the sagebrush for shelter and cover, as well as eating it during the lean winter months. Each spring, wildlife watchers travel from all over to watch the grouse gather in leks for their showy mating dance in which the males puff out their chest plumage and perform in an attempt to capture the attention of an eligible female.

The birds require large areas of uninterrupted habitat. John Connelly, a principal wildlife research biologist with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game based out of Idaho State University, said that within a year, sage grouse can range across an area the size of Rhode Island. This need for space has led to what many see as the greatest threat to the species.

Development across the West has led to sagebrush range being chopped into sections, often isolating populations of sage grouse and other wildlife.

Connelly has been studying sage grouse for the last 30 years and has seen numbers decline during the decades. He outlined his findings in an extensive study he co-authored with three other wildlife researchers in 2004.

The Sage Grouse Conservation Assessment is a weighty tome that is now the go-to reference in the sage grouse argument. In it, the authors show clear and sometimes dramatic decreases in sage grouse populations, as well as habitat loss.

With a measured reply, Connelly said it’s reasonable to have concerns about the species,

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although he’s careful to add that research is still ongoing.

Connelly credits the population decline to a list of factors topped by wildfires, the invasion of non-native plant species like cheatgrass, West Nile virus, oil and gas development, and suburban expansion. Wildfire is a threat because of the destruction of habitat, and without the sagebrush, fast-growing species like cheatgrass are able to take over. Cheatgrass is an excellent fuel for fires, thereby increasing the frequency of wildfires and creating a destructive loop.

Although well studied, sage grouse are surprisingly hard to count because of their habitat and their vast range, so exact population numbers are hard to nail down.

Sage grouse habitat covers areas largely managed by the Bureau of Land Management, and BLM officials have also seen a decline in the overall population. Paul Makela, a BLM wildlife biologist based in Boise, said the population has declined across the West by roughly 3 percent per year since 1965, while at the same time, the size of the area sage grouse occupy decreased by roughly 44 percent since historic times.

Tom Hemker, state habitat manager for Fish and Wildlife, said the department counts between 700 and 800 leks (sage grouse gatherings) each year, and that anywhere the habitat is good, the birds are doing well.

Some of the healthiest populations of sage grouse can be found in Idaho in the western Owyhees and parts of the Upper Snake River Valley. But there are still numerous concerns across the birds’ range.

West Nile is a relatively new threat to sage grouse. And while infection numbers have dropped after the initial outbreak several years ago, researchers said it had devastating impact on sage grouse. Connelly said that in some areas, up to 20 to 30 percent of sage grouse populations died from West Nile. While other species appear to have developed some immunity to the virus, Connelly said it appears that grouse lack that ability, making them harder hit than many birds.

“Sage grouse cannot survive if they contract West Nile,” he said simply.

But beyond the towns and farms, an increasing number of people are pointing to energy development as one of the leading threats to the birds.

“Populations are getting hammered in other states from energy production,” said John Robison, public lands director with the Idaho Conservation League. “[Idaho] still has some of the best intact habitat.”

Energy development poses a multitude of risks to sage grouse. First, the actual development of a site disturbs habitat. But more than the physical site of the transmission line, windmill or oil derrick, the infrastructure that goes along with running and maintaining the site causes continuing disruption.

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Second, most energy development projects involve the construction of tall structures, which some researchers believe offer perches and nesting sites for raptors and ravens, both of which prey on sage grouse or their eggs.

Connelly said studies are still being done to look at just how directly sage grouse are affected by these sorts of structures.

But Katy Fite, biodiversity director for Western Watersheds, doesn’t give much weight to the research being done by state agencies, claiming that researchers from the University of Idaho are contorting statistical analysis to make the situation look better.

And while Fite agrees that habitat fragmentation and loss is the chief factor in the declining numbers of sage grouse, her ultimate cause for that loss differs from researchers.

She places the bulk of the blame firmly on cattle grazing, which she said destroys the best sagebrush habitat through actual grazing or the removal of sagebrush to make room for better forage material. Researchers with other agencies said that while cattle may have an impact, they have yet to document such a major cause-and-effect relationship.

Fite doesn’t have much hope for the effectiveness of local working groups, which work to inventory species and improve habitat.

“They do do some good projects, but at the scale and scope of what needs to be done … it has to come from a broader-based federal initiative level to oversee and to put it into a legal framework,” she said.

healthy populations,” but it’s difficult to put exact terms on just what is “healthy” considering researchers really don’t have a starting point to measure from.

Getting those population estimates has become a high priority for Fish and Game, and the department is working quickly to develop a systematic monitoring system to help really begin to understand pygmy rabbits.

“What we need is to find out how to proceed with monitoring,” Waterbury said.

“To look at the stability of the population and document it with very good scientific data.

“It is imperative that we fully understand the scope of the issues and the impacts that might be affecting pygmy rabbits.”

One thing Waterbury is sure of is that most people don’t realize how specialized pygmy rabbits are to the sagebrush ecosystem, making them a unique species. The key to preserving the rabbits is maintaining their habitat, she said, adding that in areas that have been cut off by development, populations will most likely decline.

Unlike the impact of grazing on sage grouse, more researchers are willing to draw a connection between grazing levels and impacts on pygmy rabbits—something ranchers have long argued against. But like in all other areas dealing with the species, there just isn’t the research to support the theories yet, Waterbury said.

“There is a lot of anecdotal information, but there’s no empirical data saying, ‘yes, this is really negatively impacting pygmy rabbit PYGMY RABBITS habitat,’” she said. “Intuitively we might Unlike sage grouse, pygmy rabbits have see some issues, but we need the scientific lived in about as much obscurity as a North support.”

American mammal can. It’s not for lack of But while the scientific community says it appeal. The tiny bunnies, complete with long needs more information on the rabbits, conserears and twitching noses, can make even field- vation supporters like Western Watersheds say weary biologists’ voices rise a pitch as they use that claim is “nonsense.” words like “cute.”

“Enough is known in large areas,” “If I can say this even as a biologist, they’re Fite said. adorable,” said Beth Waterbury, non-game Waterbury believes it is possible Fish and biologist in the Salmon region of the Idaho Wildlife will defer listing the rabbits simply Department of Fish and Game. “They’re not because of lack of information. “We need as high profile as sage grouse because they’re to be able to show irrefutably that you have not a hunted species. The hunting aspect population declines,” she said. brings a lot of attention.”

Waterbury said she believes the potential The rabbits average only between 9 and 11 impacts on development and land use by inches in length, and weigh 1 pound or less, listing pygmy rabbits could well catch the making them the smallest variety of rabbit public off guard, simply because the species in North America. But the little rabbits are has yet to be brought to the forefront of the quickly becoming one of the largest issues in conservation debate. wildlife conservation in the West.

But rabbits will soon be getting a lot “[Pygmy rabbits have] the potential to be more attention in the form of environmental a very big issue and something Idahoans are analysis. going to have to deal with sooner or later,” “It may seriously impact things like liveRobison said. stock grazing, [electrical] transmission line Fite added that she believes the rabbits are siting, off-road vehicle use, even prescribed “in more dire straits” than sage grouse. burns,” Waterbury said.

Like sage grouse, pygmy rabbits depend Leading the pack of researchers is Janet on sagebrush ecosystems, digging burrows Rachlow, assistant professor at the Univerbeneath sagebrush in which they spend a great sity of Idaho in the Department of Fish and deal of their time. They don’t seem to travel all Wildlife Resources. Since 2002, she has been that far from home and use the sagebrush for working to address the gaps in knowledge food as well as cover. about the species while working to create the But beyond that, relatively little is known monitoring system. about the species. While researchers were do“It’s surprising for this day and age that ing some minor field studies, things began to there’s a mammal that we know relatively little change when the distinct population segment about,” she said. in the Columbia Basin in Washington was From looking at distribution, movement declared extinct in the wild. The remaining and even how they raise their young, researchanimals were gathered and used in a captive ers are starting from the beginning. Pygmy breeding program at Washington State Unirabbits are surprisingly hard to count, in part, versity with the ultimate goal of releasing the because they spend so much time in their burrabbits into the wild. Unfortunately, to date, rows, meaning that just being in prime pygmy the program has been unsuccessful in creating rabbit habitat doesn’t mean you’ll find any. a stable population in the wild.

Rachlow has worked to help develop a With the Washington population all but DNA test used on fecal droppings to identify gone, attention suddenly focused on the larger where pygmy rabbits live. pygmy rabbit population, found in Idaho and Bill Bosworth, zoology lead for conservaOregon, as well as Utah, Nevada, Wyoming tion sciences in the state Fish and Game office, and California. But the rabbits are facing the said much of the research being done now was same threats as sage grouse because of their prompted by interest at the federal level foldependence on a single environment. lowing the first petition for listing in 2003.

While two petitions to list pygmy rabbits With the monitoring system now in develhave been filed, with one still pending, that opment, Bosworth said he hopes to be able listing looks doubtful simply for lack of baseto create the baseline information needed to line information about the species. start looking for trends, as well as to learn In Waterbury’s study area in east Central just how the rabbits respond to changes in Idaho, she said there are “probably pretty their environment. He hopes to begin the WWW.BOISEWEEKLY.COM

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The rarely seen pygmy rabbit might be the next species to change the development game in the West.

first surveys this fall.

The lack of information has also been a challenge for the BLM as the agency tries to make decisions that take the species into consideration.

“It’s difficult to conserve a species if we don’t understand its habitat needs,” Makela said.

For Rachlow and other researchers, pygmy rabbits are not an isolated species. “We can take the one-species triage approach or take the ecosystem approach,” she said. “What can we do to keep the ecosystem healthy?”

As in the case of sage grouse, Fite has little belief in the process. “I have no faith that [Fish and Wildlife] will actually do the right thing for the pygmy rabbits because there are still too many of the, shall we say, backward-looking industry-friendly folks in place that are still in denial to a large degree about the science of the factors that are affecting pygmy rabbits across their range,” she said.

ENERGY

Historically, the main debate when it came to endangered species centered on grazing and agriculture, but now, the focus is shifting to energy. It’s an issue made all the more prominent thanks to a combination of factors: increasing population in the West, a push to develop renewable energy and the introduction of federal stimulus money to fund those renewable projects.

In many cases, energy developers target open sagebrush lands for these projects for a number of reasons, including the fact that they are often public lands and access is easier. Unfortunately for sage grouse and pygmy rabbits, they share the same taste in location.

“I’m not sure everybody fully appreciates [the potential impacts] at this point,” said Tom Perry, legal council to the Governor’s Office of Species Conservation. “I don’t think the energy companies have had that push back [that logging companies and cattle ranchers have seen] to where they’re going to have to LISTING start thinking about it.”

Ultimately, the decision whether to place “Idaho is in the unfortunate situation of either sage grouse or pygmy rabbits on the being between power-producing states like Endangered Species List is up to the U.S. Montana and Wyoming and power consuming Department of Fish and Wildlife. states like Nevada and California,” Robison Currently, both are undergoing a Species said. “We happen to be in the way.”

Review since the initial petition for both “Power companies are competing with had enough arguments to warrant further each other to put this kind of infrastructure consideration. in ... to bring power to the market [and] the Pat Deibert, a biologist out of the CheyBLM is kind of like the guy in Animal House enne, Wyo., office of Fish and Wildlife, said saying, ‘Don’t panic, don’t panic, everybody the department has to rely on the best science stay calm,’ and he gets run over.” available, as well as information from the The expansion of major power transmispublic to make its decision. It has one year sion lines has become a hot-button issue in from the start of a species review to make a states across the West, but each state is dealing decision, but that’s a deadline Deibert admits with it on its own, which is what Robison is rarely met due largely to time and budget- believes is part of the problem. “There isn’t ary limits. the coordination to deal with the cumulative Once a decision is made, a species will effects,” he said. have one of three fates: be rejected for listing, Recently, Idaho Power’s Gateway West be listed immediately or be categorized as a project proposing a 500 kilovolt transmiscandidate species, meaning that while it does sion line spanning 1,150 miles from central meet the criteria for listing, there are other spe- Wyoming to the western edge of Idaho has cies at a greater risk and there isn’t the money drawn a spate of public outcry because of its to support both. placement across both public and private land.

While candidate species don’t have federal Western Watersheds believes power compaprotection, they do affect how land manage- nies are just another example of how industry ment agencies address the species in their rules the decision-making process. policies.

“The power of oil and gas, wind developFish and Wildlife was supposed to issue ment and cattle industries remains so great decisions on sage grouse by the end of May, that they still hold more political clout to push but because of a delay in publication of a key more harmful action and promote more harmstudy by up to a year, the department is nego- ful action like grazing,” Fite said. tiating a new deadline.

But Brett Dumas, environmental superWhen it comes to pygmy rabbits, Deibvisor for Idaho Power, said the company ert said the lack of information is a “huge is carefully taking wildlife, and especially problem.” sensitive species like sage grouse, into conIn making a decision, Fish and Wildsideration when planning its projects, adding life looks at five factors: habitat loss or the same consideration was taken in the modification; overuse; disease and predation; Gateway West development. regulations already in place; and an “other” “It becomes an element in our process,” he category, which can include climate change said. “We look at critical habitat, where are and population size. the leks, and incorporate it in our routing. In

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“Any kind of listing would certainly complicate federal land management,” Hemker said.

Rather than a top-down approach, Fish and Game and other agencies are working on a local level, trying to tailor conservation measures to fit the needs and situations of each area in a vast and diverse range. There are 11 sage grouse working groups across the state leading the effort to take better inventories of the species and spearhead habitat improvement. Additionally, management agencies are working with individual landowners to create conservation agreements that will serve the dual purpose of improving sage grouse habitat while recognizing the needs of the landowners.

But for groups like Western Watersheds, federal protection is the only answer.

“We know what happens when we start fragmenting habitat. Quick population crashes can occur,” Fite said.

The group takes issue with the scientific findings of government wildlife and land management agencies, claiming that the agencies do not want to see a new listing because it would be seen as a failure of their management actions.

“There are political implications,” Fite said. “[If the species were listed], they would have to take more care of the sagebrush habitat. They would have to turn down energy projects.

“In Idaho and Nevada and everywhere else, there’s always the interjection of politics of how state game agencies deal with the world and how they present information to the world,” she said.

Robison believes these big issues need to have a big-picture approach. “It’s time for a statewide-level look at how these impacts can be, first, avoided, and then second, minimized, and third, mitigated,” he said.

It’s an approach actually shared by some at the state level, including the Governor’s Office of Species Conservation. “We can’t continue to try to address these issues species by species,” said Perry. “The resources and the time and energy just isn’t there to do that. We have to start thinking what we can do on a landscape level.”

Perry believes the key will be to look at the issue from a broad perspective, but to take action at a local level, making it easier to address the varied threats that pop up across the West.

But in order to tailor conservation approaches to the needs of specific areas, action has to be taken before either species is put on the Endangered Species List.

“The BLM is going to have a cookie-cutter approach, and that’s not a solution that works for the species or the permittee,” he said. “Not all landscapes are the same.”

“It certainly makes for some challenges in managing the landscape,” Makela said of the possibility of federal protection. “Even though the BLM has a mandate to manage for sensitive species, we also have a mandate to manage for goods and services for society, so finding that balance between competing resources can be quite a challenge,” he said.

The Species Conservation office has been working with other agencies and private landowners in several areas of the state, including one near Weiser, to create candidate conservation programs in which landowners agree to voluntarily take actions that mitigate impacts on sensitive species.

And by implementing local measures sooner rather than later, if federal protection should come, it would be less of a drastic change for many land users, Makela said.

Perry would like to see more of a cooperative effort in forming conservation plans like the ones seen in the Idaho Roadless Rule and the recent Owyhee Initiative.

Makela agrees that change has to happen on the local level. “Getting the local community involved is key to achieving balanced decisions and also key in providing a venue in getting people talking together and creating avenues for creative decisions,” he said.

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Idaho, we’ve done a very good job of avoiding sage grouse habitat where we can.”

Dumas said the company also tries to mitigate and rehabilitate areas where impacts are unavoidable. He points to Idaho Power’s own studies that show 110 sage grouse leks within three kilometers of transmission lines that have been active for more than 20 years.

The realities of modern life come into play, though, in the simple fact that we all need electricity and most of Idaho’s transmission lines are already pushed to the limits.

“There’s a need to update transmission infrastructure, but no one wants it in their back yard,” Robison said.

Even wind power projects, which many people see as benign, environmentally friendly options, can affect species like sage grouse and pygmy rabbits for the same reasons traditional energy projects do. Additionally, wind projects need to be connected to the larger power grid in order to get electricity to consumers, and in many cases, that means the construction of new transmission lines.

It’s a situation Waterbury calls greenwashing. “It’s green-washing on projects where people think because it’s a green project, that there’s no environmental impact,” she said. “You can be guaranteed there is a wildlife impact.”

Recently, the American Society of Mammalogists passed a resolution demanding more research be done on the impacts of wind turbines on birds and bats, but Rachlow worries about the speed in which new projects are going up. “There’s a real push for development, and there’s a lot of questions about unintended consequences,” she said.

Some fear that energy development projects could be the tipping point that forces federal protection for sage grouse and pygmy rabbits.

“Transmission lines might be the straw,” Robison said.

It’s a concern shared by Fish and Game, and Waterbury said the department is working closely with the Governor’s Office of Species Conservation to help get new projects placed where they will have the least impact on wildlife. She compares the effort to a game of pop-goes-the-weasel.

“It may not bode well for some of these sagebrush species unless people are willing to kick it into gear and save big swaths of this habitat,” Waterbury said. “We have to have the habitat intact or what does it matter?”

Makela said the BLM is also focused on proper siting of projects and stressed that each proposal must go through a stringent environmental assessment process.

While some people ask why all power lines can’t just be buried, Dumas said in the case of high-voltage lines, it’s a matter of both safety and cost. The heat generated by high-voltage lines is too great to put underground, he said, adding that it costs 10-times more to bury a line. Typically, the cost of constructing a line on a tower is $1 million per mile.

If sage grouse or pygmy rabbits were to be protected, Dumas said most people really wouldn’t see much difference when it comes to their electricity. In fact, federal protection would make the process of development much more straightforward for companies like Idaho Power, which would only have to work by the rules of one agency rather than hammer out agreements with numerous land management agencies and private land owners. Under federal protection, a project would have to undergo a biological assessment by Fish and Wildlife, and as long as the individual project didn’t put the species in question in jeopardy, the project would be approved.

Dumas said Idaho Power is examining how best to incorporate wind power into its program and added that it is receiving a lot of requests for small wind projects.

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4 THURSDAY GET OUTDOORS The Paul Peterson Blues Club is the first band to perform in this year’s Idaho Botanical Garden Great Garden Escape Concert Series, and band leader Paul Peterson is no stranger to the venue. His brand of bluesy music has been part of the gig for the last eight years. Bring your own picnic or hit up Highlands Hollow for food and drink, and spend the evening enjoying live music in a beautiful setting. The Paul Peterson Blues Club features Richard Soliz and Lyle Evans. Evans is a national recording artist and a member of Tarwater, an Idaho band that’s been around for 40 years. Peterson said he enjoys playing the garden because it’s “the absolute best audience in Idaho. Period. ” 6:30-9:30 p.m., $10 nonmembers; $8 IBG members; $6 children (6-12), Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 N. Penitentiary Road, Boise, idahobotanicalgarden.org.

Delicacies await you at the Greek Food Festival.

Reba MacInwhat, Selena Blaque, Dizzy Skyscaper and Elite. Friday night performances are smoke-free. And $1 from each ticket goes to Boise Pride.

8:30 p.m., $15, 208-368-0405, lipsinc.net. The Balcony Club, 150 N. Eighth St., second floor, Capitol Terrace, Boise.

ANNUAL GREEK FOOD FESTIVAL 2009 The 28th year of the Greek Food Festival is ripe with entertainment

by Greek Mediterranean dancers of all ages (a real crowd pleaser), music, Greek pastries and booths. The menu includes delicious Greek delicacies and the chance to try something different. Order the dolmathes (grape leaves stuffed with meat), souvlaki and spanakopita, to name a few of the Greek selections along with gyros, feta cheese and olives. New this year is a Greek lamb dinner that includes rice pilaf and green Greek-style beans for $9.50 served after 5 p.m. on Friday and all-day on Saturday. Father Nektarios Serfes, who has been part of the festivities for many years, said that close to 10,000 people stream through the church to take advantage of the local programs during the weekend. Tours of the church are available for the public to learn some of the history of the Greek Church in Boise, see the artifacts and paintings and get a sampling of the culture. Before leaving the premises, be sure to get a pastry tray to go.

11 a.m.-9 p.m. $1 suggested admission donation, children 12 and younger FREE. Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church, 2618 W. Bannock St., Boise, 208-345-6147, serfes.org.

6 SATURDAY MOON OVER MY BOISE The Sunset-Moonrise Hike Series are moderately strenuous hikes to a vantage point above Boise on the Central Ridge Trail in the Military Reserve. The guided hike culminates with the chance to catch a glimpse of something that happens only once every lunar cycle: The sun sets and the full moon rises at virtually the same time. During the hike, Martha McClay discusses moon lore and phases of the moon, wildflowers, and the time and location of the rising moon. The registration deadline is Friday, June 5, and hikers are encouraged to wear sturdy shoes and bring water. The first hike in May brought out 15 hikers who gladly paid the fee, which helps covers the cost to coordinate and publicize this unique program.

8:30 p.m., $5 for Boise City residents; $7.75 for nonresidents, 208384-4486, cityofboise.org/parks, Fort Boise Community Center, 700 Robbins Road, Boise.

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The Idaho Human Rights Education Center commemorates the 80th anniversary of Anne Frank’s birthday (June 12) by hosting the photography exhibit, “Darfur: Photojournalists Respond” on display through July 31. The exhibit includes 30 photographs shot by eight different photographers who captured images of the individuals and give a face to the suffering as a result of the years of violence. Washington, D.C.based journalist and human-rights activist Carl Wilkens has covered the Rwandan genocide and will speak about the photos and his experience.

3-5 p.m., FREE. Idaho State Historical Museum, 610 N. Julia Davis Dr., Boise, 208-334-2120, idahohistory.net.

5 FRI. – 6 SAT. TAKE A PEEK Idaho Shakespeare Festival starts the 2009 season with The Comedy of Errors. The Shakespearean farce full of mistaken identities and crazy characters is one of the Bard’s best-known comedies with a plot that follows the uprise at the port of Syracuse after twin brothers and their twin servants are reunited after 30 years apart.

ISF puts a twist on the production by staging a version of the play set in Brazil during Carnival. Along with the regular ISF cast, a couple of ladies from the Red Light Variety Show will dance as tempting seductresses on tables and swinging around poles. The preview night on June 5 includes a free wine tasting.

8 p.m., $28-$38, preview night: $23 reserved/$16 general; Idaho Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, box office 208336-9221, idahoshakespeare.org.

THE DIRTY DOZEN Do dirty right with LipsInc, Idaho’s first professional female impersonation troupe as they celebrate their 12th anniversary with a special, mud-slinging show. The ladies of LipsInc—Martini, Gina and Victoria—have agreed to share the spotlight with four special guests:

10 WEDNESDAY CYCLES OF LIFE The Boise bike community is expected to arrive in droves for the International MTB Film Festival Boise 2009 Cycles of Life. Some attend for the inspirational movies, others for the networking and a chance to win fabulous prizes. Throw back some spirits, check out the latest equipment during the trade show from 5:30-10 p.m. and enter the raffle. A couple of five-minute shorts made in England and the feature film Freedom Riders with an introduction by Boise local Jake Hawkes will show. Proceeds from the door benefit the International Rescue Committee and bike camps for refugee children, Southwest Idaho Mountain Biking Association and Idaho Velodrome and Cycling Park.

Along with major swag, prizes such as custom foot beds by Dynamic Footwear, PowerCordz’ 2 Cable systems and must-have items from local shop Rock ‘N’ Roll Lubrication, a couple of people will ride off on two grand raffle prizes. An MSC Lunatika mountain bike and an SE Single Speed bicycle were donated by Joyride Cycles in Hyde Park.

5:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., $12 includes one raffle ticket. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, visualartscollective.com.

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wednesday ON STAGE BLEACHER BUMS—A group of die-hard bleacher denizens who inhabit the bleachers at Chicago’s Wrigley Field find time to root for their team in between placing bets on everything under the sun. 7:30 p.m., $9, Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise, 208-342-5104, www. boiselittletheater.org.

FOOD & DRINK BREWTOPIA BEER MARKET— The club’s first ever Brazilian Beer Dinner. For more information, e-mail rickboyd@ brewtopiabeermarket.com. 6-9 p.m., $25 per person. Tucanos Brazilian Grill, 1388 S. Entertainment Ave., Boise.

LITERATURE BOISE NONFICTION WRITERS—The meeting features Kathy Hodges of the Idaho State Historical Society. 6:30-8 p.m., FREE, www.sageecosci.com/Writers. html. The Rediscovered Bookshop, 7079 Overland Road, Boise, 208-376-4229.

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BLEACHER BUMS—See Wednesday. 8 p.m., $11 general; $9 seniors and students, Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise, 208-342-5104, www. boiselittletheater.org.

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST—The satirical comedy by Oscar Wilde follows the misadventures of a couple of British blokes, Jack and Algy, as they try to woo a couple of strong-willed ladies. 7 p.m., $15-18; student rush tickets $10 at 10 minutes before show. Knock ’Em Dead Dinner Theatre, 333 S. Ninth St., Boise, 208-385-0021, www. kedproductions.org.

LEADING LADIES—Jack and Leo are a couple of down-ontheir-luck Shakespearean actors who go after an old lady’s fortune by passing themselves off as her two long-lost English relatives. The trouble is, they find out that the relatives aren’t nephews but nieces.

7:30 p.m., $12, Stage Coach Theatre, 5296 W. Overland Road, Boise, 208-342-2000, www.stagecoachtheatre.com.

ROMEO & JULIET—William Shakespeare’s timeless story of star-crossed lovers plays out in a beautiful garden setting. June 4-6, 7:30 p.m., adult $8; student $6. Nampa Civic Center Calliope Garden, 311 Third St. S., Nampa.

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Garden City Mayor John Evans will unveil a plaque celebrating the program’s history and founders. 5:30-7 p.m., FREE. Garden City Library, 6015 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-472-2940, www.gardencity.lili.org.

BLEACHER BUMS—See Wednesday. 8 p.m., $11 general; $9 seniors and students, Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise, 208-342-5104, www. boiselittletheater.org.

THE COMEDY OF ERRORS— See Picks Page. 8 p.m., $23 reserved and $16 general, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, 208-429-9908, box office 208-336-9221, www. idahoshakespeare.org.

THE DIRTY DOZEN— See Picks Page. June 5-6, 8:30 p.m., $15, 208-368-0405, lipsinc.net.

The Balcony Club, 150 N. Eighth St., Boise.

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST—See Thursday.

Dinner is at 6:30 p.m. with the show at 8 p.m. $39 for dinner; $20 for show only, Knock ’Em Dead Dinner Theatre, 333 S. Ninth St., Boise, 208-3850021, www.kedproductions. org.

LEADING LADIES—See Thursday. 8:15 p.m., $15, Stage Coach Theatre, 5296 W. Overland Road, Boise, 208-342-2000, www.stagecoachtheatre.com.

MY SCHOOL MUSICAL!—The fate of Borah High rests on the ability of the students to raise money by producing the best musical of all time, or at least one that doesn’t stink.

7:15 p.m., $7-$13. Prairie Dog Playhouse, 3820 Cassia St., Boise, 208-336-7383, www. pdplayhouse.com.

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3 p.m., $50 competitor; FREE to watch, 208-859-8343, www. pbrkayakevent.com. Crouch, east of Highway 55.

ANNUAL GREEK FOOD FESTIVAL 2009—See Picks Page. June 5-6, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. $1 suggested donation, children 12 and younger FREE. Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church, 2618 W. Bannock St., Boise, 208-345-6147, www.serfes. org.

ART ARTIST RECEPTION—See the works of Cody Rutty, Annie Murphy, Matt Bodett and Marianne Romeo. 6-8 p.m., FREE. The Gallery at Hyde Park, 1513 N. 13th St., Boise, 208-345-6380, www.thegalleryathydepark.com.

HELLO FRIENDS—The artist reception is for Erin Cunningham and Ben Wilson. 7 p.m., FREE. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297, www. visualartscollective.com.

LITERATURE ADA COMMUNITY LIBRARY BOOK SALE—Hardback and trade paperback books and media sell for $1, along with regular paperbacks for 50 cents. 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m., Ada Community Library, 10664 W. Victory Road, Boise, 208-3620181, www.adalib.org.

MURDER IN THE GROVE—Writers who pen stories in the mystery, thriller and romantic suspense fiction genres can sign up to participate in a master class weekend of writing workshops. The presenters are New York Times bestselling author Bob Mayer and Margie Lawson, psychotherapist, writer and international presenter. June 5-6, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., $75 per day or $135 for Friday and Saturday, www.murderinthegrove.com. Owyhee Plaza Hotel, 1109 Main St., Boise, 208-343-4611.

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8:15 p.m., $15, Stage Coach Theatre, 5296 W. Overland Road, Boise, 208-342-2000, www.stagecoachtheatre.com.

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7:15 p.m., $7-$13. Prairie Dog Playhouse, 3820 Cassia St., 208-3367383, www.pdplayhouse.com.

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11TH ANNUAL BIGWATER BLOWOUT RIVER FESTIVAL—Experienced and licensed river guides offer discounted prices for wild rides on the Salmon River. Big Time Fun is the theme for the all-day celebration with vendors, music and Dutch oven cook-offs at 5 p.m. 9 a.m., bigwaterblowout.com. Riggins City park, 208-628-3778.

ADOPT-A-SHELTER CAT MONTH CARNIVAL AND CRAFT FAIR—The carnival includes clowns, lion tamers, craft vendors, snow cones, face painting and games. Bring any unopened bag of cat food and receive 10 free tickets. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., FREE admission. Simply Cats, 2833 S. Victory View Way, Boise, 208-343-7177, www.simplycats.org.

CAPITAL CITY PUBLIC MARKET—9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., www.capitalcitypublicmarket.com. Capital City Public Market, Eighth Street between Main and Bannock, Boise, 208-3459287.

EAGLE SATURDAY MARKET—8:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Heritage Park, 185 E. State St., Eagle.

MAY MARTINI MIX-OFF FINAL PARTY—Winners will be announced. Use empty drink-tickets books to get into the party, or tickets are available at the door and includes one martini and food. 6-10 p.m., $25 at the door, www.maymartinimixoff.com. Eighth Street Marketplace at BoDo, 404 S. Eighth St., Mercantile Building, Boise, 208-338-5212.

MERIDIAN FARMERS MARKET—9 a.m.-1 p.m., www.meridianfarmersmarket.com. Ustick Marketplace II, 3630 N. Eagle Road, Meridian.

YE OLDE RENAISSANCE FAIRE— Celebrate all things medieval.

Proceeds benefit the Summer of Hope Sacred Portion Children’s Outreach to bring home older orphans to their forever families. 10 a.m.-8 p.m., FREE, 208-250-3994, www. yeolderenaissancefaire.org. Settler’s Park, corner of Meridian and Ustick, Meridian.

ANNUAL GREEK FOOD FESTIVAL 2009—See Picks on Page 16. 11 a.m.-9 p.m., $1 suggested donation, children 12 and younger FREE. Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church, 2618 W. Bannock St., Boise, 208-345-6147, www. serfes.org.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES DIRTY DEEDS—The class explores container gardening and how to improve difficult soil conditions.

Preregistration is required. 12:30 p.m., $10/Idaho Botanical Garden member, $15/nonmember. Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 N. Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-343-8649, www.idahobotanicalgarden.org.

LITERATURE ADA COMMUNITY LIBRARY BOOK SALE—The remaining books and media will sell at $5 per sack after 3 p.m. 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Ada Community Library, 10664 W. Victory Road, Boise, 208-362-0181, www. adalib.org.

SPORTS & FITNESS DIRTY AND PINK 4—The fountains at Ann Morrison Park are the place to register for the all-girl alley cat race.

Participants can receive extra points toward their manifests if they dress up and enter the costume contest at 3:30 p.m. Riders take to the streets at 4:30 p.m. 3 p.m., $10, dirtyandpinkalleycat.blogspot.com.

Ann Morrison Park, Americana Blvd., Boise.

HOOPING FOR HEALTH— Instructor Gretchen Burke offers a beginner hoop class to get others hooked on hoop fitness. The class is limited to eight hoopers who will learn the core moves to strengthen, lengthen and build endurance. Hoops may be purchased for $25 on the first day.

11 a.m., $4 adult; $3 senior; FREE for IBG members. Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 N. Penitentiary Road, www.idahobotanicalgarden.org.

ON STAGE BLEACHER BUMS—See Wednesday. 8 p.m., $11 general; $9 seniors and students, Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise, 208-342-5104, www.boiselittletheater.org.

THE COMEDY OF ERRORS—See Friday. 8 p.m., $28-$38, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, 208-429-9908, box office 208-336-9221, www. idahoshakespeare.org.

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST—See Thursday. Dinner at 6:30 p.m., show at 8 p.m. $39 for dinner; $20 for show only, Knock ’Em Dead Dinner Theatre, 333 S. Ninth St., Boise, 208-385-0021, www.kedproductions.org.

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and live music. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., FREE. Julia Davis Park, 700 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise.

FULL MOON DRUM CIRCLE—Fire dancers, musicians and families come together in an alcohol- and drug-free, positive environment.

7:30 p.m. FREE, 208-412-1652.

Farmer Brown’s, 8025 W. Chinden Blvd., Boise, www.myspace.com/ farmerbrownsfriends.

ON STAGE THE COMEDY OF ERRORS—See Friday. 7 p.m., family night tickets are $29 reserved, $21 general, and $12 children 6-17, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, 208-429-9908, box office 208-336-9221, www. idahoshakespeare.org.

LEADING LADIES—See Thursday. 2 p.m., $12, Stage Coach Theatre, 5296 W. Overland Road, Boise, 208-342-2000, www.stagecoachtheatre.com.

MY SCHOOL MUSICAL!—See Friday. 2 p.m., $7-$13. Prairie Dog Playhouse, 3820 Cassia St., Boise, 208-336-7383, www.pdplayhouse. com.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES PAPER MAKING CLASS— Paper artist Tom Bennick leads a class on how to make paper. Be prepared to get wet because paper making can be sloppy fun. Preregistration is required; class is limited to six adult/child pairs. All materials are supplied. 1-4 p.m., $20 Idaho Botanical Garden member pair, $25/nonmember pair. Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 N. Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-343-8649, www.idahobotanicalgarden.org.

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monday ART DARFUR: PHOTOJOURNALISTS RESPOND—The exhibit, “Darfur: Photojournalists Respond” is on display through July 31. See Picks Page. 3-5 p.m. FREE. Idaho State Historical Museum, 610 N. Julia Davis Dr., Boise, 208-3342120, www.idahohistory.net.

TALKS & LECTURES CITY CLUB OF BOISE—The talk From Inertia to Impasse: The 2009 Legislature and its Effects on the Treasure Valley features a panel of four lawmakers weighing in on the legislative session. Register by Thursday, June 4. 11:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m., $16 for City Club members, $21 for nonmembers, $5 for listeners (speaker only—no meal), $10 for students with valid student ID, 208-371-2221, www.cityclubofboise. org. The Grove Hotel, 245 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise.

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tuesday FESTIVALS & EVENTS MCFADDEN MARKET CO-OP FARMERS MARKET—5-8 p.m., www.mcfaddenmarketcoop.com. Meridian City Hall, 33 E. Idaho St., Meridian.

ON STAGE BOISE POETRY SLAM FUNDRAISER—The Boise Poetry Slam team is raising money for a trip to the National Poetry Slam in August. The team has brought in Andrea Gibson, 2008 champion of the Women of the World Poetry Slam. Other performances by Kristen Smith, Tara Brenner, Isaac Grambo and Cheryl Maddalena. 8 p.m., $5, www. boisepoetry.com. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297.

TALKS & LECTURES BONUS BROWN BAG LECTURE— Barton H. Barbour, Ph.D., author of Jedediah Smith: No Ordinary Mountain Man, gives an illustrated lecture and will sign copies of his book.

Noon-1 p.m., $4 nonmembers; $2 seniors; $1 students; FREE for members. Idaho State Historical Museum, 610 N. Julia Davis Dr., Boise, 208-334-2120, idahohistory.net.

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wednesday FESTIVALS & EVENTS OFFICIAL TJ THOMSON CAMPAIGN KICK-OFF PARTY—TJ Thomson is running for the Boise City Council.

The kick-off party is a chance to socialize with friends, neighbors and many of Idaho’s public officials, business and community leaders.

A no-host bar is available. 5-8 p.m., FREE, 208-559-6010, www.tj4boise. com. The Linen Building, 1402 W. Grove St., Boise.

SCREEN CYCLES OF LIFE—The International MTB film festival Boise 2009. See Picks on Page 16. 5:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. $12 includes one raffle ticket.

Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297, www.visualartscollective.com.

ODDS & ENDS TV CONVERTER BOX COUPON PROGRAM—The digital transition is Friday, June 12. A Mobile Assistance Center from the TV Converter Box Coupon Program helps consumers apply for coupons and demonstrates how to hook up converter boxes.

Noon-3 p.m., FREE. Boise Towne Square, 925 N. Milwaukee St., Boise, 375-1200.

The Sockratic Method by Jacob Good and Daria Kanevski was the 1st place winner in the 7th Annual Boise Weekly Bad Cartoon Contest.

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STOP, LISTEN AND COLLABORATE Go Listen Boise brings local openers to

long-running annual summer tradition.

“I always thought that it was so funny when I went to Alive After Five and I would hear a band, in a set, play four, five, six covers,” says local singer-songwriter and inaugural AAF opening act Dan Costello. “It’s not really that particular band that they wanted, it just seemed like they wanted somebody from out of town. That got really frustrating because their excuse for it was, ‘You can go see [local] bands anytime.’ Well, most of the people that hang out at Alive After Five don’t go out to the bar hen Alison Ward hopped off a plane in Austin, Texas, scene. That’s one of the reasons it’s so popular.” and walked through the airy corridors of Austin-BergWhile the DBA acknowledges that they purposefully made strom International Airport, she was wowed by more the decision to cut local bands from the AAF lineup in 2005, than the wafting smell of barbeque. Inside the terminal, the city they insist it was not at all a comment on the talent of area acts. had set up a stage where local bands played to welcome SXSW Rather, they decided that bringing in out-of-state bands was a festival attendees. As Ward and her band Hillfolk Noir navigated way to distinguish AAF from other local summer concert series.

“What we had found was our music roster was very similar in nature to everybody else’s,” explains Geoff Hundt, operations and events director at the DBA. “Even though there were great artists and Alive After Five is a great setting, some of the feedback we were getting was, ‘I love those guys. They’re great. But I just saw them last night.’ So we took a step back and said, ‘Well, how do we branch out and start finding music in and around the Northwest … and try and introduce Boise to some different music that they may not see every weekend?”

And while Hundt admits that this strategy has increased attendance at AAF, he says he’s also amped to get local bands back into the mix. Even if it means they’ll be playing shorter, drum-less sets.

“We said ‘no drums’ mainly for the reason that our stage isn’t big enough to have two complete drum sets up there,” says Hundt.

“This is the first year, so it will be a trial and error period, if you will. If it works out well and everything runs smoothly, then we’ll sit back down and look at ‘Well, how hard would it be to bring in a full band to open?’”

Though the no drum stipulation did deter Alison Ward (left) and Stephanie Coyle (right) get down to business at The Edge. some of Boise’s more boisterous bands from applying to open at this year’s Alive After Five, GLB member Stephanie Coyle and the selection Austin’s music-jammed streets during the festival—guitar notes panel still had to sift through more than 60 applications for only pouring out of every storefront and back alley—they came to a 18 coveted slots. A few groups, including Ward’s Hillfolk Noir, deconclusion: the Boise music scene could use some serious unity. cided to alter their sound and cut out their drum parts to meet the “We’ve got all these talented people who love where we live, event’s requirements. Another band, Finn Riggins, will also adapt love the businesses that we work with and want to make music their high-energy, drum-laden indie pop sound for AAF. Opening here, but there’s something slightly anemic about our attitude,” for the California country act Mother Hips on Aug. 26, the band says Ward. still has time to hammer out how, exactly, they’ll go about replacGalvanized by the support she witnessed among musicians and ing their integral drum kit. city leaders in the Austin community, Ward started talking with “We were thinking we have some mellower stuff, maybe we’ll Boise go-getters about ways to unite our local music scene. With just approach it by playing mellower songs,” explained Finn the help of industry folks like Joy Hart, marketing director at Riggins’ synth player Eric Gilbert. “Who knows? Maybe we’ll The Record Exchange, and Allen Ireland, owner of Neurolux and just bring a bunch of cardboard boxes.” co-owner of Pengilly’s, Ward and her husband Travis started the But whether bands are forced to wield cardboard drums or non profit Go Listen Boise. An umbrella organization under which toy tom toms, Go Listen Boise views its partnership with Alive musicians of all ages and genres can huddle, GLB hopes to unite After Five as worth the percussion concessions. Besides exposing a the Boise music community and help expose the non-bar crowd to weekly audience of 3,000 to 4,000 people to local music, the GLB/ local bands. By creating a comprehensive online database of local AAF union has furthered the GLB mission in another, less obvious musicians and venues, they want to alleviate some of the pressure way. By requiring each of the bands applying for a spot at AAF local bands face when booking gigs and promoting their shows. to create an online profile at golistenboise.com, the application So far, GLB has kicked off a semi-monthly Live and Local Series, process, itself, has helped strengthen the GLB community. which features both an all-ages show and a 21-and-up event.

“The best part is that we’ve established communication with Recently, they’ve partnered with the Downtown Boise Association 60 different bands, and for all these other events that we’re putand the city’s Department of Arts and History to add local openting together, we can communicate with them and include them ing acts onto the 2009 Alive After Five lineup. and discuss their needs and desires,” explains Ward.

“Overall, our goal has been to create a music collective that In addition to local openers at AAF and more all-ages shows, can connect our music community,” says Alison Ward. “The Go Listen Boise is concocting another project geared toward Alive After Five opportunity landed in our laps a little bit unhelping local music transcend the late-night bar scene. In colexpectedly, or maybe faster than any of us would’ve thought … laboration with the City of Boise, GLB is assembling the Hold It! but it’s really kind of kicked our butts into communicating with Local! program, which will loop reels of local music on the city’s everybody and telling them what our project is, what are our phone system. Though hold music will hardly rocket Boise bands goals, who we are.” to superstardom, it’s part of a long process of more effectively Though it’s only been three years since Alive After Five elimi- integrating local music into our everyday lives. Watch out Boise nated local acts from its lineup, many area musicians have been Airport terminal: Local bands have their eyes on you next. clamoring to get back into the Grove groove. Go Listen Boise’s For a more information on upcoming Go Listen Boise events, partnership with AAF, along with financial backing from the Department of Arts and History, is helping to assuage the agita- visit golistenboise.org. For a complete Alive After Five lineup, tion many bands felt after they were excluded from downtown’s visit downtownboise.org.

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AIR COMPRESSION Artists prepare for June First Thursday

A native Boisean who studied at Barnard College in New York City, Kirk has amassed an impressive array of experience. In addition to dancing with Balance Dance Company and teaching at Drop Dance Collective in Boise, Kirk has also taken the stage at various New York City venues for solo and group shows. Kirk views her ate on a weekend afternoon, if your eye happens to sweep three-month stint past the second floor of the red-bricked Mercantile Building, at the AIR studios you might catch a glint of something moving inside. But fret as an opportunity not. You haven’t witnessed the elusive phantom of the 8th Street to build up her Marketplace, but rather, something far more mythical: an artist with canon of work. free downtown studio space. As a part of the building’s Artist in “I’ve been able Residence program, three artists have been given something nearly to treat it as part unheard of—unlimited access to empty office space in the heart of of my job, where BoDo from May through July. In anticipation of their second First as before it was Thursday showing, we spent the weekend at AIR checking in with kind of my luxury painter Laci McCrea, dancer Johanna Kirk and multi-media artist at the end of a day Kirsten Furlong as they put finishing touches on their new work. where I’d go work on a little bit of a FRIDAY, MAY 29, 3:30 P.M. dance,” says Kirk.

Crouched in a folding chair in her colorful canvas-packed studio, “Now, I consider it part of my work on a daily basis to go in there.” oil artist Laci McCrea leans forward to explain her passion for porIn addition to utilizing the space for dance, Kirk has also woven traiture: “I really, really love people.” With a blue bandanna knotted in her other love: yoga. She teaches daily yoga classes in her AIR around tufts of short bleached-blonde hair and a pair of old green space that range from Beginners’ Mind Kripalu in the early morning cargo shorts slung to Lunchtime Yoga in the afternoon. low on her hips, “Having tried to make work in New York where space is so McCrea exudes incredibly precious, having a space at my disposal all the time, that’s a comfortable that big and open, is incredible,” notes Kirk. earnestness. It’s a quality that surely SUNDAY, MAY 31, 3 P.M. Seated at a small table, fluorescent lights scattering shadows works to her across her music-humming Mac laptop, printmaker Kirsten Furlong advantage when cuts and folds an array of white paper bird wings. Furlong, direcshe’s getting to know her portrait tor of Boise State’s Visual Arts Center, is chipping away at a print portfolio project. A glance at her studio’s walls—covered in three subjects. dimensional paper birds—and a thematic undercurrent shines “I prefer to through. meet the people “Most of the work and take my own that I’ve been doing pictures,” says the last 10 years or so McCrea. “It’s a has had to do with the lot easier, rather than having a model or doing it from my head, if natural world, but more I can capture that perfect emotion, that perfect look that just says specifically how the it all.” natural world is repreGlancing around at McCrea’s studio walls, it’s obvious she’s adsented by artists and in ept at capturing that elusive look. From an elderly couple laughing the scientific world,” and embracing to a short-haired, tattooed girl crouched menacingly, explains Furlong with a McCrea’s paintings convey a narrative that transcends the portrait’s deliberate cadence. often static nature. Because her work eschews some of the profesAs an artist who sional art world’s most basic rules—covering up pencil lines, filling dabbles in everything in blank canvas space—it thumps with a certain palpable raw emofrom polyester plate tion. Even penciled grid lines remain in most of her finished pieces. lithography to waterMotioning to a large canvas covered with light gray pencil color, Furlong’s work is scribbles, McCrea explains that she’ll be live painting at her June highly varied yet immeFirst Thursday opening. Though she has little new work to show diately recognizable. From a hand-colored print of a bird bound up this month, McCrea explains that she’ll be taking off work three days a week to make the most of her final two months in the space. during the taxidermy process, to a more traditional oil and gold leaf painting of a dodo, Furlong’s ornithological interest is obvious. On SATURDAY, MAY 30, 11:30 A.M. one of the space’s walls, a horizontal row of unfolded bird patterns Gliding across a floor layered with scuffed black mats, four cut from thick beige felt are embroidered with cursive words taken comfortably clad dancers obey the soft, yet commanding, voice from a passage about bird migration. of choreographer Johanna Kirk: “Shake your fingers like you’re “In this particular body of work, I’m interested in migration getting water off your fingertips.” This specific edict resonates with and reading historical texts—how it’s described. At different histhe dancers, and they pantomime the motion in unison. Practictorical times how they would describe migration based on what ing a new piece for this month’s First Thursday opening, Kirk is was known.” thoroughly enmeshed in her creative process. In the middle of the Though Furlong has a studio space at home, she applied for a dance’s initial run-through, she shuffles to change the song on her spot in the AIR program to construct her paper bird installation. iPod. When My Brightest Diamond fires up, one dancer laughingly “It’s really important to have the space to work things out,” chides that the music makes her “want to puke a little.” Kirk chuck- explains Furlong. “You can conceive of an installation in your head les and quickly selects a new song. If something’s not a natural and or on paper or even with a model, but it has everything to do with immediate fit, she’s ready to toss it aside and find something that is. how people interact with it and how it interacts with the space.”

“I’ve been trying to trust my instincts,” says Kirk. “In the past when I’ve made work, I’ve choreographed it completely ahead of —Tara Morgan time on my body, taken copious notes and then gone into rehearsal and just taught it. But for this, I’ve done everything based on that 6-9 p.m., FREE, Mercantile Building, 404 S. Eighth St., moment in my gut and what’s in the space and who’s in the space.” 8thstreetmarketplace.com.

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1STTHURSDAYLISTINGS east side BASQUE MUSEUM—611 W. Grove St., 208-3431groups 1285. Learn about one of Boise’s unique ethnic by taking a tour of the gallery and the historic Cyrus Jacobs/Uberuaga House. Local musicians’ jam beginning at 6:30 p.m.

BOISE ART GLASS—530 W. Myrtle St., 208-3452during 1825. Enjoy cheese, crackers and sparkling cider live glass-blowing demonstrations.

COOL HAND LUKE’S—622 W. Idaho St., 208-2873296. All Cowboys and Cougars receive drink specials in the bar. Women can order Stagecoach Martinis for $3 and men get the shooter of the day for three bucks. Sample steaks from the new outdoor barbecue and stop by the restaurant for the $9.98 Steak and Bake promotion—a 10-ounce flat iron steak with a famous Idaho baked potato.

DAVIES REID—515 W. Idaho St., 208-384-0514.

The store won’t roll up the rugs until late so First Thursday strollers can check out the home decor items including the rugs.

DRAGONFLY—414 Main St., 208-338-9234. Dragonfly is offering 20 percent off on wind chimes, solar lighting and garden pagodas through June 5.

EGB IDAHO: INTERLUDE EVENT—108 N. Sixth St., 208-429-0220. Emerging Green Builders Idaho celebrates the 2009 Eco-House Design Competition.

EBG Idaho has teamed up with Habitat for Humanity to bring intelligently designed beautiful homes to families in need. Anyone is encouraged to stop to learn about the group.

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FLYING M COFFEEHOUSE—500 W. Idaho St., 208-345-4320. Jennie Myers’ artist statement on “Digital Paradoxamania” explains the exhibit as a “cross-browsing, cross-dressing, crisscrossing examination of social commentary and social media.

It (which sometimes includes, other times excludes we + she + he + me) leverages double entendres, puns just for fun and queerly colored commentary.

Inter(net)national icons aid in symbolic communication on the intersection of gender codes, social memes, religious programming and political hacks.

Links to the past provided as plugins for computers with limited memory.”

THE FRONT DOOR—105 S. Sixth St., 208-287-9201.

The remedy comes before the hangover at this Front Door event hosted by Hair of the Dog Brewing Company with cheese from Boise Co-op along with samples of chocolate from The Chocolat Bar. LE CAFE DE PARIS—204 N. Capitol Blvd., 208-3360889. Hit up the wine shop at Le Cafe de Paris for a free wine tasting, a tapas menu and French jazz songs courtesy of Nova Bossa performing from 6-9 p.m.

LEKU ONA—117 S. Sixth St., 208-343-6665. Stop in from 5-7 p.m. for free wine tasting with Hayden Beverage. Get $2 Kalimotxos from 7-10 p.m., and enjoy the sounds of Basque band Amuma Says No performing from 8-11 p.m.

THE MELTING POT—200 N. Sixth St., 208-383-0900.

The shaded patio is open and the restaurant is promoting a new happy hour with drink specials and appetizers at prices that are as appealing as their gooey cheese. After you’ve read the paper from back to front, rip out this page and bring it into the Melting Pot on June 4 only to receive your first happy drink for free.

BOISE—Sixth and Main streets, 208-3454TheOLD 7852. Handmade gifts leave a lasting impression. handmade movement arrives in Boise with Idaho Indie Works’ Etsy Street Team taking over the Pioneer Tent Building nestled in between Ceramica, Bandanna and Epitome Home and Garden. More than 20 local artists and crafters with shops on etsy.com offer their unique handmade products including jewelry, accessories, children’s items, cards, food and art. For info, visit idahoindieworks.blogspot.com.

PENGILLY’S SALOON—513 W. Main St., 208-3456344. Frim Fram 4 performs at 8:45 p.m. and it doesn’t cost a thing to come down and get an earful of finger-snapping jazz.

THE REEF—105 S. Sixth St., 208-602-7236. Naomi and The Courteous Rudeboys, a funk/soul/dub group from Santa Cruz, Calif., are performing during First Thursday. The show starts at 9 p.m. and it’s free.

RENDITIONS FURNITURE AND ACCESSORIES—106 N. Sixth St., 208-395-1077. Find unique pieces at the locally owned and operated furniture store open from 8:30 a.m.-10 p.m. Receive 60 percent off on all furniture and home decor during First Thursday.

south side 8TH STREET ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM 5streets.

8TH STREET MARKETPLACE—Eighth and Broad The artists-in-residence at the AiR studios on the second floor of the Mercantile Building in the 8th Street Marketplace offer light snacks and wine, courtesy of Sawtooth Winery (www.sawtoothwinery. com), as visitors wander between the exhibits. Artist Johanna Kirk is working on sketches for a new piece examining memory that involves the public in the creative process during an open rehearsal. Laci McCrea is working on building a collection of new portraits for AiR and other summer shows. Kirsten Furlong will be showing installations and works on paper, including prints pulled from a small press in the studio. See First Thursday feature on Page 21.

BOISE ART MUSEUM—670 S. Julia Davis Dr., 2086from 345-8330. Boise Art Museum offers free admission 10 a.m.-9 p.m. During Studio Art Exploration, art lovers of all ages can drop in between 5-8 p.m. and use recycled cardboard to create organic forms in the manner of artist Ann Weber. Art Talk at 5:30 p.m. features artist Ann Weber discussing the cardboard sculptures in her Corrugated installation.

STATE SUB FINE ARTS—1910 University 7orBOISE Dr., 208-426-5800. The 30th annual Idaho WatercolSociety Juried Membership Exhibition is on display through June 25 with the best water-media paintings

by Idaho artists. This year’s juror is Pat Weaver. For more information, visit finearts.boisestate.edu.

BONEFISH GRILL—855 W. Broad St., 208-433-1234.

Enjoy free wine tasting with wine maker Neil Glancey from Woodrivers Cellars while sampling food in the bar and listening to live music from 6-8 p.m.

BUNS IN THE OVEN—413 S. Eighth St., 208-342LOVE. Fresh homemade chocolate chip cookies are only part of the sweet deals, including 50-60 percent off on maternity clothes and 20-60 percent off children’s clothing during First Thursday.

CHEF LOU’S AT EIGHTH STREET—409 S. Eighth St., 208-331-2080. Buy one entree at regular price and receive the second of equal or lesser value free. This offer is only good on June 4 from 5-9 p.m.

MARR GALLERY—404 S. Eighth St., 2088areCOLE 336-7630. The Cole/Marr Photography Workshops showing images created during The Cole/Marr Photo Excursions of 2008-2009.

ELLA’S ROOM—413 S. Eighth St. 208-331-ELLA. Ella’s Room is open until 9 p.m. for First Thursday shoppers to enjoy savings of 25-50 percent off of select sleepwear, robes, camisoles and bras.

GALLERY ON THE GROVE—The Grove.

Check out original art around the fountain from 96-9GYPSY p.m. by Gypsy artists Kristy Albrecht, Marianne Konvalinka, Pam McKnight, Michael Falvey, Lisa Tate, Zella Bardsley, Cherry Woodbury, Jenifer Gilliland, Miriam Woito and Jany Seda. Guest artists include LaDonna Roberts and Todd Warner. For more information, visit www.gypsygalleryart.com.

HAPPY FISH SUSHI AND MARTINI BAR—855 10 W. Broad St., 208-343-4810. Local visual artist Tyler Bowling will be present for most of the evening on First Thursday. Bowling was voted Boise Weekly’s Best of Boise Artist in 2008. The restaurant is featuring the Happy Hour Martini Menu all evening long as well as some special sushi rolls.

THE IDAHO ANNE FRANK HUMAN RIGHTS 11 MEMORIAL—777 S. Eighth St., 208-345-0304.

From 5-8 p.m., the public can grab a cold glass of lemonade and a cookie and enjoy a tour of the Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial led by the volunteer Docent Committee of the Idaho Human Rights Education Center.

IDAHO STATE HISTORICAL MUSEUM—610 12 Julia Davis Dr., 208-334-2120. Admission is free to the public from 5-9 p.m. during the opening reception for the new exhibit “Darfur: Photojournalists Respond.” The exhibit runs June 4-July 31 and is sponsored by the ISHM and the Idaho Human Rights Education Center.

LUNATIC FRINGE—874 W. Broad St., 208-955-0400.

The first five guests through the door receive a voucher for a free brow-shaping.

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Take a look at one-of-a-kind, handblown vases made by more than 150 different artists.

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SALON 162—404 S. Eighth St., 208-386-9908.

Local artists Peter Schott and Jeff Baker turn up the beats and tag team canvases like pro wrestlers armed with spray cans and paint brushes. The ocean is the focus for this project, and during the course of the evening, the artists will add, enhance, destroy and recreate images until they reach a consensus.

Then they walk away.

SNAKE RIVER WINERY—786 W. Broad St., 208-345-9463.

Sample tantalizing summertime avors at Snake River Winery. Delicious and refreshing summer wines will be paired with pork sliders and barbecue sauces from Sawtooth Foods.

WHITE HOUSE BLACK MARKET—836 W. Broad St., 208-344-0221. The formula for savings is: Take 5 percent off an entire purchase; an additional $25 off a purchase of $125 or more, and $50 off $200 or more.

central downtown A NOVEL ADVEN15 TURE—906 W. Main St., 208-344-8088. Check out an art show by local abstract artist Charles Kadlec with music by Shaken Not Stirred. Make a donation to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and receive a glass of wine in return.

AMERICAN CLOTHING GALLERY—100 N. Eighth St., 208433-0872. During the store’s Blue Willi’s promotion, buy one piece from the Blue Willi’s Spring 2009 collection and get the second piece for half price.

The promotion is limited to stock on hand, and all sales will be ďŹ nal.

ARTISAN OPTICS—190 N. Eighth St., 208-377-8899. For June’s First Thursday, receive 30 percent off glasses and sunglasses, also for one day only, receive 30 percent off frames and prescription lenses for all gold and wood glasses and sunglasses between the hours of 1-8 p.m. If your prescription is more than one year old, call to schedule an exam on the day of the sale from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. (Offer not valid when using vision insurance to purchase glasses or sunglasses, offer valid only with purchase of frame and prescription lenses.)

THE FIXX—224 N. 10th St., 208-331-4011. The 16 coffee shop is helping out the Idaho Humane Society by collecting collars, leashes, dog food and cash donations all week. The Fixx is donating 50 percent of proceeds from their new Dalmation blended drink and is selling gourmet doggie treats from Barking Bakery.

On First Thursday, a dog from the Humane Society will be up for adoption. Brian Bateman performs in the gallery.

LISK GALLERY—850 17 Main St., 208-342-3773.

Photographer Mark Lisk features a looping slideshow presentation of photos taken in the Owyhee Canyonlands. Painter Jerri Lisk’s works on reďŹ ned metal illuminate the walls with intense color and striking shapes of trees. Enjoy solo instrumental acoustic guitar by Dan Costello and chocolates from Dream Chocolates.

BAD IRISH—199 N. Eighth St., 338-8939. The Irish-themed bar features the eclectic music of ClariďŹ ed Butter.

BARBARA BARBARA AND CO.—834 W. Bannock St., 208342-2002. Swing by the corner of Ninth and Bannock streets and take a look at the selection of contemporary clothing and accessories.

BERRYHILL AND CO. RESTAURANT AND BAR—121 N. Ninth St., 208-387-3553. Spend the evening on the patio. Plunk down in comfortable outdoor lounge seating and enjoy awardwinning wine samples courtesy of 3 Horse Vineyards from 6:308 p.m. along with complimentary hors d’oeuvre samplers by Chef John Berryhill. Jazz musicians Eric Grae and Shades of Grae perform until 11 p.m.

THE CHOCOLAT BAR—206 N. Ninth St., 208-338-7771.

Samples from The Chocolat Bar keep First Thursday strollers hopped up on sugar and ready to go. All of their sweets are made with local high-quality and organic ingredients. And

don’t forget that Dad might like chocolate better than cologne or ties on his special day.

LUX FASHION LOUNGE—785 W. Idaho St., 208-344-4589. Lux has more than cool clothes and fashions. During First Thursday, they also have snacks and a live DJ spinning sounds to keep the window dancers dancing.

OLD CHICAGO—730 W. Idaho St., 208-363-0037. Bring the whole family because children eat for free. Karaoke ďŹ lls the air from 10 p.m. until close in the bar.

POTTERY GOURMET KITCHEN—811 W. Bannock St., 208368-0649. The store stays open late and is offering 10 percent off on a new shipment of Polish Stoneware. Enjoy refreshments and the chance to sign up for upcoming cooking classes.

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MUSICGUIDE wednesday 3 ALIVE AFTER FIVE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES—5-8 p.m., Tim Easton, Dan Costello, FREE, The Grove Plaza AUDRA CONNOLLY—7 p.m., FREE, Smoky Mountain Pizza, 415 E. Parkcenter Blvd.

BLAZE AND KELLY—7 p.m., FREE, Smoky Mountain Pizza, 980 E. Fairview Ave., Meridian CHAD COOKE—8:30 p.m., FREE, Reef JEREMIAH JAMES GANG—8:45 p.m., FREE, Pengilly’s JIM FISHWILD—6-9 p.m., FREE, Highlands Hollow

HOT DOG SANDWICH, JUNE 8, LIQUID Bart and Steff Bell have been making, um, beautiful music together for years. They’re a happily married couple, they work together, and they’ve been in the punk/rock/ cover band Hot Dog Sandwich since they started it nearly 15 years ago. HDS started with four members. Bart, who was the tour manager for Caustic Resin for a few years, said although he liked the other members of the band, he and Steff decided it would be much easier if it were just the two of them.

“I don’t have to deal with anyone else’s schedule,” Bart said. “I turn to Steff and ask her. She always says yes.”

From years spent at Burning Man, the Bells have their DIY process down to a science. They dress in handmade costumes for every show, they print their own fliers and T-shirts and, with the help of a few guest musicians, they record their own CDs, preferring a rougher raw sound—and mostly “Short Songs”—to anything too polished.

On their newest release, Armpit Radio, the Bells blast out 38 tracks that include a number of original songs, many of which are less than a minute long, as well as covers of Heart’s “Barracuda” and Suicidal Tendencies’ “Subliminal.”

Go to the CD release party for Armpit Radio, and listen for the Dead Kennedys’ “Short Songs,” in which they poke fun at another local string and sticks duo, PussyGutt.

—Amy Atkins 9 p.m. with The Meatballs and Social Antidote, FREE. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., liquidboise.com.

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KEVIN KIRK—7 p.m.; with Jon Hyneman, Phil Garonzik, 7:30 p.m., FREE, Chandlers NATHAN JAY AND THE QUARTERTONS—9 p.m., FREE, Liquid PASSAFIRE, KAMPHIRE COLLECTIVE—8 p.m., $8 adv., $10 door, Neurolux POLYPHONIC POMEGRANATE—10 p.m., FREE, Tom Grainey’s REBECCA SCOTT—8 p.m., FREE, Piper Pub RELIENT K, OWL CITY, CLASSIC CRIME—7:30 p.m., $16, Knitting Factory ROCCI JOHNSON BAND—9:30 p.m., FREE, Humpin’ Hannah’s RUBBER SOUL—7-9:30 p.m., FREE, Humpin’ Hannah’s RUSS PFEIFFER—6:30 p.m., FREE, Berryhill SPUD MOORE—6-9 p.m., FREE, Gelato Cafe TRUCULENCE, END OF ALL FLESH, SET ABLAZE—9 p.m., $5, Gusto Bar Please send your live music listings to music@boiseweekly.com or fax to 3424733. Include venue, band names, start times and cover charge. Photos are great, too. For dancing, symphony, opera or orchestral music, please see our 8 DAYS OUT listings. THE DEADLINE FOR LISTINGS IS THE THURSDAY THE WEEK PRIOR TO PUBLICATION. LISTINGS ARE RUN ON A SPACE AVAILABLE BASIS.

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A GUN THAT SHOOTS KNIVES, THE PSEUDO DATES, THE UNIVERSAL, FINN RIGGINS—8 p.m., $5, VaC

THE ACTION DESIGN, THE NEW TRUST—8 p.m., $3, Neurolux

AN EVENING WITH MOE.—8 p.m., $20 adv.; $24 door, Knitting Factory

BARBARA LAING—6-9 p.m., FREE, Sun Ray Cafe

BLAZE AND KELLY—6-8 p.m., FREE, Focaccia’s CLARIFIED BUTTER—9 p.m., FREE, Bad Irish DR. ISRAEL, SONNY CHIBA, RIZING REZISTANCE—9 p.m., $10, The Bouquet EQUALEYES—9 p.m., FREE, Liquid ERIC GRAE—6:30 p.m.; with Shades of Grae, 8:30 p.m., FREE, Berryhill THE FRIM FRAM 4—8:45 p.m., FREE, Pengilly’s GREAT GARDEN ESCAPE CONCERT SERIES—6:30-9:30 p.m., Paul Peterson Blues Club; $10 nonmembers; $8 IBG members; $6 children (6-12), Idaho Botanical Garden KEVIN KIRK—7 p.m., FREE, Chandlers MARCUS EATON—7 p.m., $7, The Linen Building NAOMI AND THE COURTEOUS RUDEBOYS—8:30 p.m., FREE, Reef NED EVETT, BILL COFFEY—7-10 p.m., FREE, Modern Hotel

ADAM GOTTESMAN—7-10 p.m., FREE, Tannins Wine Bar BEN BURDICK, BILL LILES, AMY WEBER—8 p.m., FREE, Sockeye BLAZE AND KELLY—6:30 p.m., FREE, Seasons Bistro, 1117 E. Winding Creek Road, Eagle CHARACTER FLAW CD RELEASE—7:30 p.m., Fallen Idols, 4Justice, Fighting Cassius, Slain In Silence, $6, Knitting Factory FIVE SMOOTH STONES—9 p.m., FREE, Monkey Bizness GERRY AND THE DREAMBENDERS—9 p.m., FREE, Mr. Lucky’s JOHN CAZAN—5-9 p.m., FREE, Lock, Stock & Barrel JOHN JONES, MIKE SEIFRIT, JON HYNEMAN—8:15 p.m., FREE, Chandlers KEVIN KIRK—7 p.m., FREE, Chandlers LOW-FI—8:45 p.m., FREE, Pengilly’s LYDIA, PLAYRADIOPLAY, EYE ALASKA, BRAVE CITIZENS—7:30 p.m., $10, The Venue MARMALADE HILL—9:30 p.m., $5, Reef MATT SHOCKEY—7 p.m., FREE, Red Letter Books and Cafe, 1 Auto Drive MOONDANCE—6-9 p.m., FREE, Kodiak Grill MUSIC FROM STANLEY KICK-OFF—7 p.m., FREE, The Linen Building THE NAUGHTIES, SPINDLEBOMB—9 p.m., $3, Tom Grainey’s THE NEW TRIO—8 p.m., FREE, The Gamekeeper Lounge

ORDERS THROUGH CHAOS—8 p.m., FREE, Mr. Lucky’s

OCTANE—9 p.m., $1, Liquid

THE QUARTER TONS—10 p.m., FREE, Tom Grainey’s

REBECCA SCOTT—9 p.m., FREE, Piper Pub

SPINDLEBOMB—8 p.m., FREE, Bad Irish

ROCCI JOHNSON BAND—9:30 p.m., $5 after 10 p.m., Humpin’ Hannah’s

STAR ANNA AND LAUGHING DOGS, CAHALEN DAVID MORRISON—8 p.m., $3, Flying M Coffeegarage SYSTEM AND STATION, REVOLTREVOLT, JUNTURA—8 p.m., $5, Neurolux

POP CULT KIDS—9 p.m., FREE, Bad Irish

SHAWN MEYER, STRAIGHTAWAY—7 p.m., $5, Cowgirls SUN VALLEY ACOUSTIC WEEKEND—Emiko, 4 p.m.; Colors, 6 p.m.; and headliner The Duhks, 8 p.m. $80 both nights or $50 for one night, Sun Valley Pavilion, Sun Valley Resort TERRI EBERLEIN—6:30 p.m.; with Chip Ruberry, 8:30 p.m., FREE, Berryhill

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MUSICGUIDE saturday 6 BILL COFFEY—8:45 p.m., FREE, Pengilly’s BLACKENEDFEST—6:30 p.m., Mayhem, Marduk, Cephalic Carnage, Cattle Decapitation, Withered, $20 adv.; $25 door, Knitting Factory BODO BROTHERS—6-9 p.m., FREE, Kodiak Grill BUDGE IN CO.—9 p.m., FREE, The Plank CARTER FREEMAN—7 p.m., FREE, Tannins CURIOUS MYSTERY, HILLFOLK NOIR—8 p.m., $3, Neurolux ERIC GRAE—6:30 p.m.; with Shades of Grae, 8:30 p.m., FREE, Berryhill FIVE SMOOTH STONES—9 p.m.,

Venues THE BALCONY CLUB—150 N. 8th St., 2nd floor, 336-1313 BAD IRISH—199 N. 8th St., 338-8939 BARBACOA—276 Bob White Ct., Boise, 338-5000 BERRYHILL AND COMPANY—MSa: 6:30 p.m., 121 N. 9th St., 387-3553 BITTERCREEK ALE HOUSE—246 N. 8th St., 345-1813 BOUQUET—1010 W. Main St. 345-6605 BUFFALO CLUB—10206 Fairview Ave., 321-1811 BUNGALOW—1520 N. 13th St., 331-9855 BUZZ CAFE—2999 N. Lakeharbor Lane, 344-4321

FREE, Monkey Bizness, 724 1st St. S, Nampa GARAGE VOICE, NOAH GUNDERSON, TOM ROREM—8 p.m., $2, Flying M Coffeegarage KELLY LYNAE, DAN COSTELLO—6-8 p.m., FREE, Tully’s Coffee KEVIN KIRK—7 p.m.; with Sally Tibbs, 7:30 p.m., FREE, Chandlers LARRY KAISER AND THE MOJO ROUNDERS—8 p.m., FREE, O’Michael’s MOTORFLOWER, SFMSTEVE FULTON MUSIC’S POWER TRIO—7 p.m., FREE, The Linen Building THE NAUGHTIES, SPINDLEBOMB—9 p.m., $3, Tom Grainey’s CHANDLERS STEAKHOUSE—MSa: Kevin Kirk, 7 p.m.; acts at 8 p.m., 981 Grove St., 383-4300 CHINA BLUE—100 S. 6th St., 338-6604 COMMON GROUND CAFE—303 E. Colorado St., McCall, 208634-2846 CORKSCREWS WINE SHOP— 729 N. Main St., Meridian, 888-4049 COWGIRLS—353 Ave. E., Kuna, 922-9522 CRUSTY’S—214 Lenora St., McCall, 208-634-5005 DIRTY LITTLE RODDY’S—100 S. 6th St., downstairs, 338-6604 DONNIE MAC’S—1515 W. Grove St., 338-7813 FLYING M COFFEEGARAGE—1314 2nd St. S., Nampa, 467-5533

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THE NEW TRIO—8 p.m., FREE, The Gamekeeper OCTANE—9 p.m., $1, Liquid POCONO BILL—8 p.m., FREE, Groove Coffee POP CULT KIDS—9 p.m., FREE, Bad Irish REBECCA SCOTT—9 p.m., FREE, Piper Pub ROCCI JOHNSON BAND—9:30 p.m., $5 after 10 p.m., Hannah’s SUN VALLEY ACOUSTIC WEEKEND—Rebecca Scott, 4 p.m.; Marcus Eaton, 6 p.m.; and headliner Keb’ Mo’ Acoustic, 8 p.m., $50, Sun Valley Pavilion YOUTH PIANIST SHOWCASE: JOE CIESLAK— Noon-3 p.m., FREE, Berryhill FOCACCIA’S—404 E. Parkcenter Blvd., 322-2838 GAMEKEEPER— 1109 Main St., 343-4611 GELATO CAFE— 2053 E. Fairview Ave., Meridian

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BATTALION OF SAINTS, SHOOTIN LUCY, THE UPRISING—7:30 p.m., $10 adv.; $12 door, Knitting Factory

1332 RECORDS’ PUNK MONDAY—9 p.m., Hot Dog Sandwich CD release party, Social Antidote, The Meatballs, FREE, Liquid, (see Listen Here, Page 26)

BEN BURDICK, BILL LILES— Noon-3 p.m., FREE, Grape Escape GREG PERKINS, RICK CONNOLLY—5-8 p.m., FREE, Chandlers JIM LEWIS—11 a.m.-1 p.m., FREE, Focaccia’s LARRY CONKLIN—6-8 p.m., FREE, Lulu’s MIKE QUINN—3-5 p.m., FREE, Tully’s Coffee MOONDANCE—6-9 p.m., FREE, Kodiak Grill NOCTURNUM WITH DJ BONES—9 p.m., FREE, Terrapin Station THE SOUL HONEY—8 p.m., FREE, Bad Irish HUMPIN’ HANNAH’S—W-Sa: Rocci Johnson Band, 621 Main St., 345-7557 HYDE PARK PUB—1501 N. 13th St., 336-9260

BRENT VAARTSTRA, SHAWN SCHLOGEL—6:30 p.m., FREE, Chandlers THE INSOMNIACS—7 p.m., $5, Rodeway Inn OPEN MIC—9 p.m., FREE, Terrapin Station REBECCA SCOTT AND ROB HILL OPEN MIC—8:45 p.m., FREE, Pengilly’s

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MODERN HOTEL—1314 W. Grove St., 424-8244

KODIAK GRILL—12342 E. Hwy. 21, 338-8859

THE GRIZZLY ROSE—1124 W. Front St., 342-3375

LIBRARY COFFEEHOUSE—141 E. Carlton Ave., Meridian, 288-1898

MUSIC OF THE VINE—2805 Blaine St., Caldwell, 454-1228

GROOVE COFFEE—1800 N. Locust Grove, Meridian, 890-6128

THE LINEN BUILDING—1402 W. Grove St., 385-0111

GUSTO—509 W. Main St. HA’PENNY BRIDGE—855 Broad St., 343-5568

HIJINX COMEDY CLUB—800 W. Idaho St., 947-7100

CHRIS GUTIERREZ—6-9 p.m., FREE, Gelato Cafe

THE HARMED BROTHERS, ALEX RICHARDS—8 p.m., FREE, Pengilly’s

HED P.E., BIG B, DIRTBALL, MOWER—7:30 p.m., $17, Knitting Factory

KEN HARRIS—6:30 p.m., FREE, Berryhill KEVIN KIRK—7 p.m.; with Sally Tibbs, Phil Garonzik, 7:30 p.m., FREE, Chandlers POCONO BILL—8 p.m., FREE, Ha’ Penny

TOM KERSHAW—8 p.m., FREE, Sockeye

MR. LUCKY’S—4902 W. Chinden Blvd., 327-0925

HIGHLANDS HOLLOW BREWHOUSE—2455 Harrison Hollow, 343-6820

GIZZARD STONE—9 p.m., FREE, Liquid

THOMAS PAUL—8 p.m., FREE, Red Feather Lounge

MOON’S KITCHEN CAFE—712 W. Idaho St., 385-0472

GRAPE ESCAPE—800 W. Idaho St., 368-0200

ALIVE AFTER FIVE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES—5-8 p.m., Tony Furtado, Will Bell opening, FREE, The Grove Plaza

REX MILLER—6:30 p.m., FREE, Berryhill

MAIN STREET BISTRO—609 Main St., 345-9515

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THE EXPENDABLES, THE USELESS, P36—8 p.m., $13 adv.; $15 door, Knitting Factory

REBECCA SCOTT—7 p.m., FREE, O’Michael’s

KNITTING FACTORY CONCERT HOUSE—416 S. 9th St., 367-1212

GRAINEY’S BASEMENT—107 S. 6th St., 345-2505

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JEREMIAH JAMES GANG— 8:45 p.m., FREE, Pengilly’s JIMMY BIVENS AND FRIENDS—7-9:30 p.m., FREE, Humpin’ Hannah’s MAKEOUT PARTY—8 p.m., $2, Flying M Coffeegarage MONEY SHOT—8 p.m., FREE, Piper Pub RUNFASTERSCARED, APPARITIONS, WHEN LEGENDS DIE—9 p.m., $3, Gusto Bar

PIAZZA DI VINO—212 N. 9th St., 336-9577

SUPERB SUSHI—208 N. 8th St., #104, 385-0123

PIPER PUB & GRILL—150 N. 8th St., 343-2444

TABLEROCK BREWPUB—705 Fulton St., 342-0944

THE PLANK—650 S. Vista Ave., 336-1790

TANNINS WINE BAR—347 Ave. E., Kuna, 922-1766

THE RECORD EXCHANGE—1105 W. Idaho St., 344-8010

TERRAPIN STATION—1519 W. Main St., 342-1776

RED FEATHER LOUNGE—10 p.m., 246 N. 8th St., 429-6340

TOM GRAINEY’S—F-Sa: 9:30, $3, 109 S. 6th St., 345-2505

REEF—105 S. 6th St., 287-9200

TULLY’S COFFEE—794 W. Broad St., 343-2953

NEUROLUX—F-Sa: DJs, $3, 11 p.m., 111 N. 11th, 343-0886

REMBRANDT’S—93 S. Eagle Rd., Eagle, 938-1564

LIQUID—405 S. 8th St.

O’MICHAELS—7 p.m., 2433 Bogus Basin Rd., 342-8948

RODEWAY INN— 1115 N. Curtis Rd., 376-2700

LOCK, STOCK & BARREL—F-Sa: live music, 1100 W. Jefferson, 336-4266

ORPHAN ANNIE’S—F-Sa: 7 p.m., 801 Everett St., Caldwell, 455-2660

SHORTY’S SALOON—5467 Glenwood, 672-9090

LULU’S FINE PIZZA—2594 Bogus Basin Road, 387-4992

PAIR—601 Main St., 343-7034

SOCKEYE—3019 Cole Rd., 658-1533

WHITEWATER PIZZA & PASTA— 1510 N. Eagle Rd., Meridian, 888-6611

PENGILLY’S—513 W. Main St., 345-6344

SUN RAY CAFE—1602 N. 13th St., 343-2887

WOODRIVER CELLARS—3705 N. Hwy. 16, Eagle, 286-9463

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BY JEREMIAH ROBERT WIERENGA

REPEAT PERFORMANCE Paris 36 recounts familiar story

T

he growth of any city can be measured by the development of its neighborhoods. The differing districts diverge as artists populate one area, young families form communities in another and college students scramble to wherever rent is cheapest. A snapshot of Hyde Park captures a different Boise than a page from a Garden City scrapbook. In ancient metropolises such as Paris, each neighborhood also has a unique history, with local heroes—or villains— and defining events. In its original French title, Faubourg 36, director/ screenwriter Cristophe Barratier tells the story of one Paris neighborhood’s mission to save a small vaudeville theater in the midst of civil unrest.

Set between the two world wars, Paris 36 tells of Pigoil (Gerard Jugnot), the former manager of the once-great Chansonia—a dive of a hall in the Faubourg district that showcased B-list comedians and subpar singers before being shut down by fascist mafioso Galapiat (Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu). When Pigoil’s estranged wife denies him child visitation rights due to his unemployment, he joins young revolutionary Milou (Clovis Cornillac) and sartorially challenged impressionist Jacky (Kad Merad) to restore the Chansonia to its former glory. When talented songbird

Douce (Nora Arnezeder) joins the troupe, the theater begins selling out each show.

But will she find love with Milou or be wooed away by the lecherous Galapiat,

PARIS 36 (PG-13) Directed by Cristophe Barratier Stars Gerard Jugnot, Clovis Cornillac, Nora Arnezeder Now playing at The Flicks

whose investment in the hall depends on her fidelity?

Paris 36 is the second film from director Barratier—his first being the charming Les Choristes (2004)—and he continues in the vein of simple, nostalgic stories that are

sweet, but not overly sugary. Yes, the typical Francophilia cliches are firmly in place, with accordions, tiny cafes and the Eiffel Tower all taking their turn in the spotlight.

But this is the era that birthed these iconic images, and the film serves as a loving homage to the tropes, not a cheap exploitation of our familiarity with them.

Similarly—and in the tradition of vaudeville shows of bygone years—the cast all excellently play the roles of established caricatures; the naive ingenue, the lovestruck stagehand and the buffoonish waiter are part of a recognizable stock of characters throughout film history. Storywise, there’s a bit of Cabaret (1972), a healthy portion of Moulin Rouge (2001) and a dash of The Producers (1968).

But Barratier uses these well-worn elements to create something welcoming, a banquet of familiar but comforting dishes. We’ve sampled these flavors before, but their recognizable taste provides us with expectancy, not boredom.

There are just enough hints of the larger social and political upheavals concurrent with the time period to balance what essentially is a throw-away story of the “let’s put on a show” variety.

With sweeping cinematography from Oscar nominee Tom Stern (2008’s The Changeling) and a cafe-worthy score by composer Reinhardt Wagner, Paris 36 is a well-crafted peek into a certain time and place, like a handsomely framed peep-hole into the neighborhood’s history. The setting may not vary much, but there’s an everchanging and regionally unique story continually being enacted in front of us.

SCREENLISTINGS special screenings I48 FILM FESTIVAL—The work of local filmmakers who created shorts for the sixth annual Idaho Forty Eight Hour Film Competition and Festival is showcased on the big screen.

Filmmakers were given 48 hours to write, pre-produce, cast, shoot and edit an original short film four- to seven minutes long. Screenings of all the i48 films are Saturday, June 6, 12:30-6:30 p.m., $5, at The Flicks, 646 Fulton St., and the “Best Of i48” screening and awards ceremony is Sunday, June 7 at 7 p.m., $5, The Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, www.revivalpictures. com/i48.html.

opening 12—The 2008 Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film is in Russian with English subtitles.

Set in modern day Moscow, a jury of 12 men must decide the fate of an 18-year-old Chechen man who is accused of killing his stepfather, an officer of the Russian army. One man on the jury is against convicting and a battle of wits unfolds in the jury room.

Director Nikita Mikhalkov retells the story, which is loosely based on Sidney Lumet’s 12 Angry Men. (PG13) Flicks CHERRY BLOSSOMS—A loving husband and wife, Rudi (Elmar Wepper) and Trudi (Hannelore Eisner), visit

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their bratty, disrespectful children in the German countryside when Trudi unexpectedly passes away in her sleep. Rudi is heartbroken and decides to embark on a journey to visit Japan during the cherry blossom festival. He used to tease Trudi by saying Mt. Fuji was “just a mountain,” and hopes that seeing the majestic country through Trudi’s perspective will help him discover things about his lifelong partner he didn’t know when she was alive. The film directed by Doris Dorrie is in German with English subtitles. (NR) Flicks THE HANGOVER—Three friends head to Las Vegas before one of them takes the plunge into matrimony. Phil (Bradley Cooper), Stu (Ed Helms) and Alan (Zach Galifianakis) are charged with showing Doug (Justin Bartha) a good time in Sin City. After a wild night at Caesar’s Palace, the groomsmen have massive hangovers, a tiger in the bathroom and a baby in the closet, but the groom is nowhere to be found. More frightened of the bride than the tiger, the dudes realize they best get Doug down the aisle on time and in one piece. (R) Edwards 9, Edwards 21 LAND OF THE LOST—Dr. Rick Marshall (Will Ferrell) is a has been paleontologist hell bent on proving his time-travel theory. After walking off the set during an interview with glib Today show host Matt Lauer, Marshall embarks on the adventure of his lifetime in order to take some seismic readings and collect data. When he

and his crew—research assistant Holly (Anna Friel) and survival skills expert Will (Danny McBride)—stumble upon a “time warp” they are whisked off to a land of inhabited by monkey people, lizard people and salivating dinosaurs. If they can’t find their way home, the researchers might as well accept their new residency among the alternative universe full of mysterious creatures. (PG-13) Northgate, Edwards 9, Edwards 21

continuing 17 AGAIN—Mike O’Donnell (Matthew Perry) was big time in his glory days as star of the high school basketball team, but then he got his girlfriend pregnant. When a drop from the fountain of youth transforms him into his younger self (high school Mike played

by Zac Efron), O’Donnell gets a major do-over armed with all the knowledge he’s accumulated in adulthood. (PG13) Edwards 21 ANGELS AND DEMONS—Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) miraculously discovers that an ancient, super secret league of evil known as the Illuminati has reared its scandalous head again to disturb the Catholic religion. Langdon zooms over to Rome and meets the beautiful and semieccentric Vittoria Vetra (Ayelet Zurer) to trace 400-year-old symbols and clues in the catacombs of Rome in order to stop the imminent threat and save the Vatican. (PG-13) Northgate, Edwards 9, Edwards 21

DANCE FLICK—From the Wayans family, creators of Scary Movie, White Chicks and the TV show In Living Color, comes a slap-stick comedy about finding a groove, busting a move and dancing it out through all the trials and tribulations of life.

As a street dancer from the wrong side of the street, Thomas Uncles (Damon Wayans Jr.) and pretty girl Megan White (Shoshana Bush) come together because of their shared passion for dancing. He teaches her some new moves and they enter into a dance-off. (PG-13) Northgate, Edwards 21 DRAG ME TO HELL—Spider Man director Sam Raimi’s gory-fied return to his horror roots has all the over-done blood, screams and cries of horror a fan could ever want. Christine Brown (Alison Lohman) and her boyfriend Clay Dalton (Justin Long) have a good life. Christine is an up-andcoming loan officer and her man is a psychology professor. Until recently, Christine’s only concern was meeting her sales goals, then she meets Mrs. Ganush (Lorna Raver), who is begging for an extension on her home loan. Christine must choose: give the old lady with the evil eye a break, or impress her boss and say “no” to the extension? The choice she makes unleashes the fury of the scary gypsy woman who places a curse on the poor girl and summons the underworld through the portal to hell which appears to be located smack dab in the middle of Christine’s living room.

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SCREENLISTINGS GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST—Connor Mead (Matthew McConaughey) is happy with his pattern one night stands with nameless females until he has a run in with his late uncle Wayne (Michael Douglas) who takes him on a whirlwind blast through his past relationships.

Connor realizes the woman he is meant to settle down with, Jenny (Jennifer Garner), is well worth changing his ways for.

(PG-13) Edwards 21 IS ANYBODY THERE?—John Crowley directs Sir Michael Caine as an old magician named the Amazing Clarence who moves into an retirement home after he loses his beautiful wife and all his original teeth. The owners of the old age home (David Morrissey and Anne-Marie Duff) are overwhelmed with all the residents and have little time for their young son Edward (Bill Milner of Son of Rambow) who is curious about all the aging and dying going on around him.

The Amazing Clarence and Edward become kindred souls when Clarence agrees to teach the young boy some magic and

card tricks. Also stars Rosemary Harris and Leslie Phillips as residents of the retirement home. (PG-13) Flicks MONSTERS VS. ALIENS— The animated movie by DreamWorks features a cast of monster/alien/hybrid characters engaged in an epic battle against an army of multiple-eyed aliens. The bad guys are a gaggle of four-eyed aliens led by Gallaxhar (Rainn Wilson) who go up against a group of government grown hybrids under the command of a 50-foot-tall woman named Susan, aka Ginormica (voice of Reese Witherspoon), a 20,000-year-old half-fish/halfape called The Missing Link (Will Arnett), a big furry bug named Insectasaurous, a mad scientist Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (Hugh Laurie) and a one-eyed blue blob named B.O.B. (Seth Rogen). (PG) Edwards 21 NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: BATTLE OF THE SMITHSONIAN—Ben Stiller reprises his role as Larry Daley, the night watchman who moves from the Museum of Natural History to

the Smithsonian Institute to rescue Jedediah and Octavius whom had been shipped there on accident. (PG) Northgate, Edwards 9, Edwards 21, Edwards IMAX OBSESSED—Derek Charles (Idris Elba) seems to have a perfect life. He’s ecstatic about his promotion, he loves his wife Sharon (Beyonce Knowles), and their sweet baby boy. Everything is nearing perfection until a temp worker, Lisa (Ali Larter) in Derek’s office decides to stalk him. All he knows and loves is about to be put into peril by a woman obsessed. When Lisa breaks into Derek and Sharon’s home, Sharon is forced to defend her family by inflicting a series of head butts to the competition. (PG-13) Egyptian Ends Thursday PARIS 36—See Screen, Page 28. (PG-13) Flicks THE SOLOIST—Based on a true story, Nathaniel Anthony Ayers is a schizophrenic homeless musical prodigy (Jamie Foxx) who finds an advocate in Los Angeles journalist Steve Lopez (Robert Downey, Jr.). After

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Jo Koy

BY TRAVIS ESTVOLD

COMEDY NIGHT: REPUTABLE BRAND, FISH OUT OF WATER This week’s focus turns to funny business, something I wouldn’t call Jeff Dunham’s routines. I don’t find anything particularly humorous about puppets—unless they’re vomiting or copulating. (Thank you, Team America.) I want more than props from comedians. This means no Dunham, no Carrot Top and no Gallagher among my favorites. Instead, give me insight and relevance. Give me Seinfeld, Carlin and Cosby. I need to hear something funny I can relate to.

Both of the performers I watched this week understood my needs, but only one of them managed to make me laugh with regularity. I’d been told that British comedian Russell Brand was a laugh riot, so I set his DVD aside, leaving what appeared to be a Howie Mandel lookalike—Filipino-American Jo Koy—as the set opener.

Though his trademarked breakdancing entourage and bald head make Koy seem like he’s all street, he admits to being afraid of fighting (defensively sliding keys between each of his fingers when in scary situations) and how he can’t beat his elderly mother on the Wii. He mentions how his wife and 5-year-old son—to whom the title of his special Don’t Make Him Angry refers—keep life interesting, as his wife employs a magical “shush,” and his son colors his own private parts with a green Sharpie pen. Koy does a nice job of seeming edgy while admitting he’s wholeheartedly a family man. His best bit focused on watching Michael Phelps swim in the Olympics while Koy sat at home wearing only goggles. (His Speedo didn’t come in on time.) Really, though, Koy seems more fit to entertain a small party than millions of cable network viewers.

When Russell Brand: In New York City whirred in the DVD player, my spirit was quickly rejuvenated and my jaw was soon in pain.

If you don’t know Brand, he played existential rocker Aldous Snow in the 2008 comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and he hosted MTV’s Video Music Awards last year. In Britain, he’s something of a god, I’ve been assured, which explains his slinky outfit and Edward Scissorhands bouffant. “Without fame, this haircut just looks like mental illness,” he offers.

In this special, Brand spends most of his time catching up non-followers on his American entertainment forays. In a sort of “get-to-know Russell” hour, Brand’s persona ranges from Mick Jagger to Monty Python to Masterpiece Theater. His vocabulary is extensive. He counters rumors of his homosexuality by auditioning women two-at-a-time to be his soul mate, and he marvels at “that retarded cowboy fella” who recently spent two terms in the Oval Office.

Brand is foul, but he’s flamboyant, which makes him seem a lot less perverse.

Whatever Brand’s shtick evolves into, at present, his wit is enough to make an audience crack up at even at the most innocuous of topics. Just be sure that if he starts to talk about “seagulling,” get preteen boys—and your mother—out of earshot.

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SCREENLISTINGS hardship and heartbreak, the two become friends as Lopez attempts to nurture Ayers’ love of performing music. (PG-13) Flicks STAR TREK—J.J. Abrams (Mission: Impossible III, Lost and Alias) boldly takes this TV classic in a whole new direction, yet preserves the universal message of acceptance for all species. The crew of the Enterprise is made up of an ensemble cast with Captain Kirk played by Chris Pine, Spock

by Zachary Quinto and Uhura

by Zoe Saldana. A hip crew, spectacular special effects and a dash of romance adds a little action to all the adventure (with Spock/Leonard Nimoy’s approval). (PG-13) Northgate, Edwards 9, Edwards 21

SUNSHINE CLEANING—Rose (Amy Adams), Norah (Emily Blunt) and their father Joe Lorkowski (Alan Arkin) receive a tip from Rose’s cop friend (Steve Zahn) on the prosperous and seemingly unending gig of sanitizing crime scenes. (R) Flicks Ends Thursday TERMINATOR SALVATION—The fourth movie in the Terminator series features John Connor (Christian Bale) as the leader of mankind’s fight against deadly robots bent on humanity’s destruction. In the year 2018 things aren’t looking good for the human race. Anton Yelchin co-stars as Kyle Reese. The new terminator is played by Sam Worthington. (PG-13) Northgate, Edwards 9, Edwards 21

UP—The 3D movie by DisneyPixar is about an older man who fulfills his dreams of flying. Carl Fredricksen (Ed Asner) has sold balloons his whole life, so he attaches a bunch of hot-air balloons to his home and sets sail for South America. The 78-yearold and his stow away companion, an 8-year-old Wilderness Explorer named Russell, go on the adventure of their lives and meet some funny characters along the way. (PG) Northgate, Edwards 9, Edwards 21 X-MEN ORIGINS WOLVERINE— The story before the story of Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), the fearless, steel-clawed warrior mutant of the X-Men. Delve into his past and find out about his mixed history of violence and romance. (PG-13) Edwards 21

BOISE WEEKLY MOVIE TIMES Cut this out and put it on your fridge!

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3 TO TUESDAY, JUNE 9 12—

Flicks: F: 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30; 9:15; Sa: 7, 9:30; Su: 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30; M-Tu: 4:30, 7, 9:30

17 AGAIN—

Edwards 21: W-Th: 11:40 a.m.

ANGELS & DEMONS—

Northgate: W-Tu: 12:30, 4, 7, 9:45 Edwards 9: W-Th: 1:20, 4:25, 7:25, 10:25; F-Tu: 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 Edwards 21: W-Th: 12:35, 1:05, 3:45, 4:25, 7:05, 7:35, 10:15, 10:35

CHERRY BLOSSOMS—

Flicks: F-Su: 1:20, 4:20, 7:20; M-Tu: 4:20, 7:20

DANCE FLICK—

Northgate: W-Th only: 12:15, 2:35, 4:50, 7:20, 9:25 Edwards 9: W-Th: 1:15, 4:20, 7:15, 10:10 Edwards 21: W-Th: 12:25, 2:55, 5:10, 7:20, 9:35

DRAG ME TO HELL— Edwards 9: W-Th: 1:05, 4:05, 7:40, 10; F-Tu: 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:10 Edwards 21: W-Th: 11:50 a.m., 12:40, 2:15, 3:10, 4:45, 5:45, 7:15, 8:20, 9:15, 10:40 GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST—

Edwards 21: W-Th: 11:55 a.m., 2:10, 4:55, 7:25, 9:55

GLENN BECK’S COMMON SENSE TOUR LIVE— THE HANGOVER—

Edwards 21: Th only: 6 Edwards 9: F-Tu: 1, 1:30, 4, 4:30, 7, 7:30, 10, 10:25

I48 FILM FESTIVAL—

Flicks: Sa only: 12:30, 2:30, 4:30 Egyptian: Su only: 7

IS ANYBODY THERE?— Flicks: W-Th: 5:10, 7:15, 9:15; F-Su: 1:15, 3:15, 7:15; M-Tu: 5:15, 7:15, 9:15 LAND OF THE LOST—

Northgate: F-Tu: 12:15, 2:40, 5, 7:20, 9:35 Edwards 9: F-Tu: 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 10:05

MONSTERS VS. ALIENS—

Edwards 21: W-Th: 11:25 a.m., 1:35, 3:50

NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: BATTLE OF THE SMITHSONIAN—

Northgate: W-Th: 12, 2:20, 4:40, 7:10, 9:30; F-Tu: 12, 2:20, 4:40, 7:10, 9:25 Edwards 9: W-Th: 1, 1:30, 4, 4:30, 7:05, 7:35, 9:55, 10:20; F-Tu: 1:35, 4:35, 7:25, 9:55 Edwards 21: W: 11:45 a.m., 12:15, 12:45, 1:30, 2:20, 3:05, 3:25, 4, 5:05, 5:35, 5:55, 6:30, 7:30, 8:05, 8:25, 10:10, 10:40; Th: 11:45 a.m., 12:15, 12:45, 1:30, 2:20, 3:05, 3:25, 5:05, 5:35, 5:55, 7:30, 8:05, 8:25, 10:10, 10:35, 10:40 Edwards IMAX: W-Th: 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7, 9:15

OBSESSED—

Egyptian: W-Th only: 4:40, 6:40, 8:40

PARIS 36—

Flicks: W-Th: 4:30, 7, 9:30; F-Tu: 5:05, 9:15

THE SOLOIST—

STAR TREK—

Flicks: W-Th: 4:50, 7:10, 9:25; F-Su: 12:25, 2:40, 4:40, 7:10, 9:25; M-Tu: 4:40, 7:10, 9:25 Northgate: W-Th: 12:30, 4, 7, 9:40; F-Tu: 12:30, 4, 7, 9:35 Edwards 9: W-Th: 1:25, 4:35, 7:25, 10:15; F-Tu: 1:40, 4:40, 7:40, 10:30 Edwards 21: W-Th: 11:25 a.m., 1:15, 2:05, 4:05, 4:50, 6:50, 7:55, 9:40, 10:25

SUNSHINE CLEANING—

Flicks: W-Th only: 5:20, 7:20, 9:20

TERMINATOR SALVATION—

Northgate: W-Th: 12, 2:25, 4:45, 7:20, 9:40; F-Tu: 12, 2:25, 4:45, 7:20, 9:45 Edwards 9: W-Th: 1:10, 1:40, 4:15, 4:40, 7:10, 7:45, 10:05, 10:30; F-Tu: 1:25, 4:25, 7:35, 10:15 Edwards 21: W-Th: 1:20, 1:50, 2:25, 4:10, 4:40, 5:20, 6:35, 7:10, 7:40, 8:10, 9, 9:15, 10:05, 10:20

UP—

Northgate: W-Th: 12:15, 2:30, 4:55, 7:10, 9:25; F-Tu: 12:15, 2:35, 4:55, 7:10, 9:25 Edwards 9: W-Th: 1:45, 4:10, 7, 9:50; F-Tu: 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 9:50 Edwards 21: W-Th: 11:30 a.m., 12:30, 1, 2, 3, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, 6, 7, 8, 8:30, 9:30, 10:30

UP 3D— X-MEN ORIGINS WOLVERINE—

Edwards 21: W-Th: 12, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10 Edwards 21: W-Th: 11:35 a.m., 2:35, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15

Movie times listed were correct as of press time. To verify: Edwards 21 Boise, 208-377-1700, www.regmovies.com; Edwards 9 Boise, 208-338-3821, www.regmovies.com; The Egyptian Theater, 208345-0454, www.egyptiantheatre.net; The Flicks, 208-342-4222, www.theflicksboise.com; Northgate Cinema, 208-377-2620, www.reeltheatre.com. For second-run movies: Overland Park $1 Cinema, 208-377-3072; Towne Square Reel, 208-377-2620; Country Club Reel, 208-377-2620; Nampa Reel, 208-377-2620, www.reeltheatre.com.

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REC

BY RACHAEL DAIGLE

WE WISH, PART II A look back at BW’s recreation wish list

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adies and gentleman, in this week’s Rec section we’d like to present a blast from the past.

For absolutely no reason at all, I took a digital romp through the old BW archives, and I came across something that made me laugh out loud. And it wasn’t meant to be a humorous piece.

In the final issue of 2007, I wrote a story called “We Wish,” a short list of things we hoped to see accomplished/averted/started in the ensuing 12 months of 2008. At the time of its publication, the list seemed like good, sound and logical recreational goals set for the greater good of Boise’s rec-minded folk. And a couple of those wishes were actually granted.

For example, after more than 2 million acres of Idaho burned to a crisp in 2007, we asked that in 2008, there’d be “no fire in them thar hills.” Wish granted. After a brutal 2007 fire season, fewer than 100,000 acres in Idaho succumbed to fire in 2008.

Another bulleted item on our wish list was that the rampant renegade attacks on the Foothills trails cease and desist. We asked that those responsible for the unauthorized, citizen-instigated “trail-improvement projects” put down the tools and give peace a chance, instead seeking out the tao of the trail as established by those with knowhow and the official nod.

The most laughable list item, however, was called “Dump Truck Wrap Up.” Here it is in its entirety: “After almost three years of moving dirt, pouring concrete and shoring up retailers, there is an end in sight for construction at the Village Plaza at Tamarack. One movie theater, 129 condos, 23 boutiques, shops and restaurants. But really, it’s not a total elimination of construction at the mountain’s base, just a relocation of it as ground breaks this spring for the infamous Agassi/Graf resort adjacent to the Village Plaza.

The Wish: While we’d like the whole shebang to be up and running posthaste, we’ll settle for the Village Plaza this year.

And knowing the folks at Tamarack, things will open up right on time.”

Go ahead, laugh. I’ll wait.

As I read that now and reconstruct the timeline of the complete and utter collapse of Tamarack in my mind, I can’t help but wonder if, when those words were published, the upper management at Tamarack was having a side-splitting laugh at my expense, knowing that indeed Boise Weekly would get its wish. Construction would indeed stop at Tamarack, but it wouldn’t be because the world-class resort was finally coming together. Three weeks after that wee little blurb published, the unraveling began when the resort was fined $185,000 for construction permit violations. The rest, as they say, is history.

Want to get some good mountain biking in at Tamarack this summer? You’ll have the place to yourself, but you’d better be prepared to do the uphill without the assist of a lift.

The remaining three items on our list in 2007, I’m happy to say now, were bang on and completely relevant to today.

We crossed our fingers for Bogus Basin, hoping the resort would get the Special Olympics dress rehearsal right. It did. And then Boise did a fine job with the Special Olympics proper one year later in early 2009.

The Idaho Velodrome and Cycling Park, which had yet to break ground when “We Wish” published, is up and running. Since 2007, the Velodrome has put in 10 miles of cross-country trails of three different difficulty levels for riders of varying skill sets.

Chris Cook serves on the Velodrome’s Dirt Board, which acts as the facility’s trail-building team, working with the City of Eagle and Ada County, as well as a host of volunteers to cut and maintain trails. According to Cook, the goal this year is to finish the intermediate and expert downhill trails, as well as a super G freeride trail. (For the record, Cook adds, that’s more than what Tamarack has ... and then of course, there’s that lift problem at Tamarack.)

On Saturday, June 6, Idaho Velodrome and REI will partner for the second year to cut a new trail. This year’s project is the Nick Raganit trail, a half-mile connecting trail named after REI employee and avid mountain biker Raganit, who died of a heart attack during a mountain bike race in 2007. Getting the job done will require about 100 volunteers. While that may seem like a whole lot of volunteer hard laborers to round up for the day, Cook estimates the Velodrome has already used roughly 6,200 volunteer hours.

The cornerstone outdoor 333-meter concrete-surface cycling track is still on the to-do list, but we’re not griping. Given that the Velodrome is an entirely donation- and volunteer-driven effort, we’ll have patience. And we’ll recommend that you get over there and pitch in a little manpower.

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The golf course at Tamarack may be done, but that’s about it.

Finally, in 2007’s “We Wish,” we wished hard for a whitewater park. At the time, the city had pledged $750,000 toward the cost of a new park in the river near the proposed 55-acre Esther Simplot Park. Since then, the Neef family has chipped in $1 million and fortuitously, this very week, there’s more big news.

After years of negotiations, the first of several agreements the city needs in order to make the park a reality has been inked.

That deal, a spokeswoman said, will hopefully ease further negotiations and spur fund-raising efforts. Sources said it’s not unrealistic that the remaining $4.5 million the park needs will be raised in 2010 and the park completed within two to three years. Thursday, June 11, 6 to 8 p.m., at Quinn’s Pond is the Rally for River Recreation. Organizers are hoping for a large gathering of kayakers for a photo op and will be bringing river enthusiasts up to speed on the park’s developments.

So what do we hope is in store for the remainder of 2009? First and foremost, we’re just itching to see more progress on not only the River Recreation Park, but on Esther Simplot Park as well.

Beyond that, we’re hoping for something a little juvenile: an indoor roller skating rink in Boise. Kisses to the Rollerdrome in Nampa, but if Nampa can support one, we figure the capital city should be able to as well.

And as usual, there’s the standing outdoor film festival request.

Preferably adult friendly. Preferably in a park. Preferably free.

Looking forward into 2010, we’d be remiss not to hope that a year from now, we’re writing about the first ever Boise Recreation Festival. The two-day festival is a celebration of all things rec-related in the great Potato State and it’s shooting for its inaugural year in the summer of 2010.

And just because we do hate to see a world-class four-seasons resort rot away in an epically beautiful setting like a high-end ghost town, we hope to see the Tamarack mess righted.

To volunteer with REI at Idaho Velodrome this weekend, contact Sylvia Cooper at sycoope@rei.com. Lunch provided by Cobby’s, register before Friday, June 5, at 10 a.m. For more information on the River Recreation Park, visit boiseriverpark. com. For more info on Boise Rec Fest, visit boiserecfest.com.

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FOOD

On one plate then the other ... BW sends two critics to one restaurant.

YOKOZUNA TERIYAKI

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n a sun-scorched metal chair on the Yokozuna trip mall dining and store-bought sushi. Yep, my pedestrian—or Teriyaki patio, I finished the last glugs off a Sapporo very brave—tastes dictate that I often partake of both. Yokoand watched patrons enter and exit the joint’s double zuna Teriyaki in the Vista Village Shopping Center is within doors. A fluffy-haired high school kid parked a minivan, walking distance of my house, and on a muggy weekday evening, I told shuffled inside then quickly emerged with two towering the I.T. Guy to put on some shoes and we ambled over. take-out bags. Hot on A few tables on the his heels, a 20-something small patio and the girl in a flowery dress indoor blonde-wood entered and soon exited seating looked welcomsucking down a bright ing enough, but we had pink bubble tea. Catering a Tivo’ed Medium to to the take-out troops watch so we ordered to over the lingering legions, go. While we waited, I Yokozuna Teriyaki is plucked a plastic conmore about grabbing a tainer with a Sugar Daddy speedy bite than it is a sushi roll inside ($4.50) cuddly date destination. out of a tub of ice on the counter to munch on.

Inside the heavily The tempura shrimp, air conditioned space, avocado and cream cheese wrap-around high tables in the roll was a little and an array of smaller bland, and the dry, popfour-tops were mostly corn-kernel textured rice empty. In one corner, a left much to be desired. A couple of bulky dudes sticker on each container sat glued to a TV loudly states the sushi is made buzzing with the chatter fresh daily, but keeping it of sports commentators. refrigerated might help the At the main counter, a rice maintain some of its bored employee tapped desired moisture. her fingers to “The YOKOZUNA TERIYAKI To drink, we ordered bubble tea, a recent Joker” while I scanned the large, orange and 824 S. Vista Ave., 208-377-3064, discovery for me. The I.T. Guy kept it simple and yellow menu. Comprised mostly, like the name yokozunateriyaki.com rather than ordering some exotic or inscrutable suggests, of teriyaki dishes, the menu also offers Mon.-Thurs. 10:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m., Fri.-Sat. 10:30 a.m.-9 p.m., flavor such as passion fruit or bubblegum, he some variations like sushi and gyoza. Appetizing Sun.-Closed. and not-so-appetizing photos of pork tonkatsu went with orange while I stepped out on a tropical limb and picked papaya. ($6.45), tempura prawns ($7.45, for four) and A bubble tea machine made quick work of our drink order and sealed chicken yakisoba ($5.75) plaster the adjacent wall, whiseach one with a plastic cover that had a happy, if somewhat grammatically pering promises of what the open kitchen is capable of.

After ordering, I settled into a heavy chair by the wall strange message on it. Poking a wide-mouth straw through “Kiss, Kiss. Life and listened to the rattling buzz of soda machines as I is good,” I slurped up dark brown tapioca balls and frosty, light yellow, cracked open a plastic tray of prepared Sugar Daddy slushy sweet tea. An ice-cream headache was an easy price to pay. sushi ($4.50). Though the eight-piece roll oozed a spicy At home, we dug into our take-out containers of chicken teriyaki looking Sriracha aioli, the mushy tempura shrimp and ($6.25), chicken katsu ($6.25) and grilled steak salad ($6.95) as Allison ample avocado whisked away any lingering flavor. BeDubois dreamed about a bank robbery. Several strips of moist chicken, fore I’d put away two pieces of the shoulder-shruggable dark and rich with a teriyaki marinade, were coupled with a few quartered sushi, the counter lady slid a bowl of lightly fried age slices of lightly sauteed carrots and zucchini and spread atop a big pile of soft, hot sticky rice (which would have been perfect wrapped around the dashi tofu ($4.95) mellowing in a pool of light brown Sugar Daddy roll). Panko bread crumbs kept the katsu golden-brown and broth and a steaming helping of salmon teriyaki ($7.95) in front of me. While the six cubed hunks of fried tofu crispy outside, white and moist inside, and the thin, watery ponzu dipping sauce lent the slices a savory, vinegary flavor. topped with minced ginger were obviously cooked to order, the accompanying broth lacked any sort of The steak salad topped our list of entrees. As Allison tried to convince discernable pop. I squirted out a few streams of soy, the people around her that she knew who the bank robbers were, we whirled the ginger around, then let the tofu marinate speared bright greens, julienned carrots, edamame beans and strips of tenwhile I tore into the salmon teriyaki. The dish was der steak that were seared outside and still a little pink inside, and swirled charmingly healthy-looking—like the glossy photo on a them through a pool of sesame Asian dressing at the bottom of the bowl.

Lean Cuisine box—but fortunately tasted nothing like a I unsuccessfully tried to convince the I.T. Guy he should eat more of the frozen TV dinner. The surprisingly large and lean salmon katsu and teriyaki so as to dissuade him from the salad—thereby leaving fillet came topped with a light salty-sweet glaze, black me a larger portion—but he was having none of it. I mollified myself with a plan to go back for lunch. and white sesame seeds and deep grill marks that looked The next day, I took a friend and went back for more salad and more too artfully done to have come solely from the fish’s brief bubble tea. My friend covered his chicken yakisoba (pan-fried noodles, time on the grill. A skimpy handful of steamed broccoli, chicken and veggies, $5.75) in chili sauce before I could even ask for a bite carrots and yellow squash rested atop a hill of bouncy (the men in my life are often smarter than I give them credit for). My friend white rice and offered a crunchy snap paired with the is a very talkative guy and was actually quiet for 15 or 20 minutes, which flaky salmon. was a sign that he enjoyed the food. My grilled chicken salad with the same Though fatty sauces or oily marinades didn’t weigh vegetables and dressing as the steak salad—I’ll be adding edamame to all of down the meal, I was only able to finish about a third of my own green salads at home from now on—and papaya bubble tea made what I ordered. Luckily, the heavy to-go box that glisfor a light but filling lunch. tened before me as I finished my beer on the restaurant’s I wish Allison had been around on Sunday when the I.T. Guy and I went front patio would be revisited later that evening as an after-bar snack. With plenty of spices and sauces at home back for what would be my third visit that week. She could have warned to church up the ample pile of salmon and still moist us that Yokozuna is closed on Sundays. Rather than take on a greasy meal rice, my guy and I finally did Yokozuna Teriyaki the right from a nearby burger joint, we pieced together something at home. That way—cozied up with a movie. night, I had visions of my own future; I will eat at Yokozuna again. Soon.

—Tara Morgan calls “Oh, Yokozuna” in the middle of the night.

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Pubs & Breweries BARDENAY—The atmospheric, cavernous interior (with visible distillery) and huge patio is the place to eat, drink and be seen downtown. 610 Grove St., 208-426-0538. 155 E. Riverside Dr., 208-938-5093. $-$$ P SU OM. BITTERCREEK ALE HOUSE—Enjoy a frosty microbrew and gourmet hamburger at this distinguished bar and grill with one of the best selections of scotches in the region. 246 N. Eighth St., 208-345-1813. $-$$ P SU OM.

THE BULL’S HEAD STATION—A little bit of England, the pub serves up English fare (upside down Shepherd’s pie, anyone?) with plenty of spirits to wash it down. Stay entertained with games including shufeboard, darts and pool, and for the spectators, at screen TVs are scattered about the place. 1441 N. Eagle Road, 208-855-5858. $-$$$ P SU OM. CRESCENT NO LAWYERS BAR/ GRILL—Lawyers be damned at this popular bar, restaurant and game-lovers paradise. Though they’re famous for their Lawyer Fries and chicken gizzards, the menu is full of tasty pub food, including burgers, chicken

sandwiches, tater tots and a most diggable meatloaf sandwich on sourdough. It’s been a Boise tradition since 1963, with a large patio, horseshoe pits and a rambunctious herd of TVs dialed in to the world of sports.

5500 W. Franklin Road, 208-322-9856. $ P SU OM. HIGHLANDS HOLLOW BREWHOUSE—Whether it’s the appetizers (Monty’s Hummus, Hollow Hot Wings), their entrees (Pan Fried Oysters, Mess-O-Chops) or their burgers and sandwiches (Black Bean Chili Burger, Reuben), stopping in at Highlands Hollow after winter skiing or hiking up Camel’s Back hill in the summer is always a great idea.

The best part? The Hollow brews some of the best handcrafted ales in town. 2455 Harrison Hollow, 208-3436820. $-$$ P SU OM. HYDE PARK PUB—This Hyde park staple is that special bar that’s inviting no matter what your mood. With its dog-friendly patio and a menu chock full of twists on American classics, this is a neighborhood bar that feels like it’s in your neighborhood. 1501 N. 13th St., 336-9260. $ P SU.

FOODNEWS

BY RACHAEL DAIGLE

FRESH MEAT SETTING UP SHOP IN DOWNTOWN BOISE In January, Ruth’s Chris Steak House, the world’s largest ďŹ ne-dining company in the world, told BW that it had solidiďŹ ed a deal to open a Boise location in the second quarter of 2009. Second quarter has come and almost gone, and we ain’t seen nothing yet. Without any sign of life at the rumored location, we dialed up Ruth’s Chris once again to verify that the latest gossip bouncing through the grapevine about the uber-ďŹ ne steak house—that it was no longer interested in B-town—was true.

Grapevine wrong.

Mark Robbins, the local franchisee for Ruth’s Chris Steak House, told BW that the deal is still on, although the location and an opening date have yet to be determined.

If you’ve been reading Idaho Business Review lately, you know that downtown Boise is about to get a whole mess of new eateries. While you were all out preening in the Memorial Day sunshine, IBR posted news of new restaurants.

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UĂŠ/Â…iĂŠ ˆÂ?ÂŽĂž7>ĂžĂŠĂƒÂŤ>ViĂŠÂ…>ĂƒĂŠ>ĂŠÂ˜iĂœĂŠĂŒi˜>Â˜ĂŒ\ĂŠ-ĂœiiĂŒĂœ>ĂŒiÀÊ >“Ê ÂœĂ•ĂƒiĂŠvĂ€ÂœÂ“ĂŠ*ÂœĂ€ĂŒÂ?>˜`]ĂŠ"Ă€i°Ê Although a Caribbean-themed restaurant seems like a mighty familiar venture (hello, Reef in its original incarnation?), BW proofreader Annabel Armstrong says she’s eaten at the Portland restaurant and it’s super fab. Can’t wait.

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WING IT OK, Wing Masters, it’s that time of year again when you get to put your money where your mouth is and prove that your wing recipe is the baddest in town. Wings optional.

Every year a couple of brothers put on an informal little get together they like to call simply The Wing-off. The event is completely free and open to the public. Just show up and eat and/or cook a couple dozen wings. And though the Wing-off isn’t ofďŹ cially competitive, I’d recommend that you also bring a healthy dose of smack-talking, just in case things get a little ... heated.

According to Brett Hollingshead, who started the Wing-off with his two brothers, his older brother Curtis offers up the same wing recipe every year. They’re called Ethiopian wings, and apparently, the sauce alone takes a couple of hours to put together and is reportedly among the favorites every year. (Other favorites according to Brett are the “asphalt wingsâ€? and the “napalm wings.â€? The latter certainly sound ... ďŹ ery.)

But if you don’t do either the spicy or the wings, no worries. The whole shebang has iĂ?ÂŤ>˜`i`ĂŠĂŒÂœĂŠÂˆÂ˜VÂ?Ă•`iĂŠÂœĂŒÂ…iÀÊvœœ`]ĂŠĂŒÂœÂœÂ°ĂŠ-ÂœĂŠv>Ă€]ĂŠVÂœÂœÂŽĂƒĂŠÂ…>Ă›iĂŠĂƒÂˆ}˜i`ĂŠĂ•ÂŤĂŠĂŒÂœĂŠÂŤĂ€ÂœĂ›Âˆ`iĂŠĂ€ÂˆLĂƒ]ĂŠĂƒĂŒĂ•vvi`ĂŠ jalapenos, pulled pork, chicken sandwiches and more. As of press time, 25 cooks had committed to slave over a hot stove/barbecue, but there is still space for a few more chefs.

This year’s event is Saturday, June 6, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. (yep, this one ain’t for sissies, it’s an all-day party) at Renaissance Park in Meridian. For directions and a short rundown of the rules, visit wing-off.com.

THIS WEEK’S WINE AND DINE If you’ve ever met a serious beer drinker who doesn’t love Rogue beers, it’s time to reconsider that drinker’s opinion on beer. Be it Brutal Bitter, Dead Guy Ale or Shakespeare Stout, Rogue’s approach to beer is simple: make it good. On Friday, June 5, ditch the wine for a proper beerfest featuring a lineup of ďŹ ve Rogue beers paired with a ďŹ ve-course tapas-style dinner at Melting Pot. You’ll want to reserve a table for this one. It’s $35 per person from 4 to 6 p.m. Bottoms up.

Melting Pot, 200 N. Sixth St., 208-383-0900, meltingpot.com.

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DININGGUIDE THE OFFICE—This cleverly named sports bar is for the over-21 crowd only. Enjoy a meal, a smoke and a full bar while catching a game on one of The OfďŹ ce’s plasmas. Then, when you’re better half calls looking for you, the simple answer is: “I’m at The OfďŹ ce, honey.â€? Bar and late night menu until 2 a.m. 6125 E. Fairview, 208-377-2800. $-$$ P SU. O’MICHAEL’S PUB & GRILL— ĂŒÂ˝ĂƒĂŠ>ĂŠ ÂœĂ€ĂŒÂ…ĂŠ ˜`ĂŠÂˆÂ˜ĂƒĂŒÂˆĂŒĂ•ĂŒÂˆÂœÂ˜ĂŠĂœÂˆĂŒÂ…ĂŠ one waitress who’s been serving there for 40 years. The casual menu is full of traditional and specialty sandwiches (check out the slaw burger that’s no burger at all), ďŹ sh and steaks, and the best giant fried prawns in town. 2433 N. Bogus Basin Road, 208-342-8948. $-$$ P SU. PIPER PUB & GRILL—Perched high on Eighth Street with a wraparound patio, “the Piperâ€? serves up yummy, creative pub fare. Known for its Scotch Club, the Piper has been a collection point for drinkers with a ďŹ nely tuned palate for many moons.

150 N. Eighth St., 208-3432444. $-$$ P SU OM. THE REFUGE—The Refuge, formerly Harry’s on Parkcenter, has new ownership and new management, but still the same neighborhood, shiny wood, pub feel. The Refuge serves burgers, ďŹ ngersteaks, homemade chips from our tortillas and other bar favorites >˜`ĂŠLÂœ>ĂƒĂŒĂƒĂŠ>Â˜ĂŠiĂ?ÂŤ>˜`i`ĂŠLiiÀÊ and wine selection, as well as a beefed-up and reďŹ ned menu.

404 E. Parkcenter Blvd., 208-424-8211. $-$$ P SU. RICK’S PRESS ROOM—Chef owner Rick Valenzuela has created a menu of simple, gourmet food for his news-themed neighborhood pub. Lunch and dinner are both casual with sandwiches, salads and steak options. And after dinner, cigar fans can retire to the plush Treasure Valley Smoke Shop, which is adjacent to the smoke shop. 130 E. Idaho Ave., Meridian, 208-288-0558. $-$$ .

RUDY’S PUB AND GRILL— LĂ•ĂŒĂŠĂŒĂœÂœĂŠiĂ?ViÂ?Â?iÂ˜ĂŒĂŠÂ…>ÂŤÂŤĂžĂŠÂ…ÂœĂ•Ă€ĂƒÂ°ĂŠ Rudy’s is a pub that cares 276 Bobwhite Ct., 208-338about its customers’ health.

5000. $$-$$$ P SU OM. With locally grown beef and no FRESH OFF THE trans fat in the fries, the menu HOOK—Gourmet seafood runs the gamut of pub fare in a casual setting. Try the including starters, platters and Halibut bruschetta or coconut sandos that come with a prawns. It’s the best place in half-pickle. Soups are ĂŒÂœĂœÂ˜ĂŠvÂœĂ€ĂŠvĂ€iĂƒÂ…]ĂŠÂˆÂ˜iĂ?ÂŤiÂ˜ĂƒÂˆĂ›iĂŠ homemade daily and entrees seafood. 507 N. Milwaukee served after 5 p.m. include Ave., 208-322-9224. $-$$ ÂŤ>ĂƒĂŒ>Ăƒ]ĂŠĂƒ>Â?Â“ÂœÂ˜ĂŠ>˜`ĂŠ °9Â°ĂŠĂƒĂŒi>Ž°Ê OM. 2310 E. Overland Road, Ste. 150, 208-884-4453. $-$$$ LOCK, STOCK & BARREL—A SU OM. Boise staple featuring some of the most well-reputed steaks SOCKEYE GRILL & BREWand prime in town. Known for ERY—Sockeye is the serious its salad bar and thick-cut beer connoisseur’s brewpub. steaks. 1100 W. Jefferson, When the double IPA 208-336-4266. $$-$$$ SU OM ÂœÂŤÂ˜ÂœĂ?ÂˆÂœĂ•ĂƒĂŠÂˆĂƒĂŠÂœÂ˜ĂŠĂŒ>ÂŤ]ĂŠÂˆĂŒÂ˝ĂƒĂŠ>ĂŠ . hophead’s liquid dream, and the Hell Diver Pale Ale gets STAGECOACH INN—This Boise rave reviews. The menu is pub institution has been in the fare with a healthy bent and same space, with the same free live music happens every decor and the same menu for Tuesday and Friday. 3019 Cole 45 years. If it ain’t broke, don’t Road, 208-658-1533. $-$$ wĂ?ĂŠÂˆĂŒÂ°ĂŠ ˜`ʓ>ÂŽiĂŠĂƒĂ•Ă€iĂŠĂžÂœĂ•ĂŠĂŒĂ€ĂžĂŠĂŒÂ…iĂŠ P SU. prawns. 3132 Chinden Blvd., 208-342-4161. $$-$$$ TABLEROCK BREWPUB AND OM. GRILL—Tablerock Brewpub is a taste of Boise. In addition to its TAVERN AT BOWN CROSSING— selection of award-winning Choose between the ďŹ rst level handcrafted beers, the streetside balcony where all restaurant has a long standing the passersby can watch you reputation for superior pub food enjoy a bottle of wine and a in one of Boise’s most steak, or lounge on the second well-known locations. 705 level patio with a roll of sushi Fulton St., 208-342-0944. $-$$ and a martini. 3111 S. Bown P SU. St., 208-345-2277. $$ P SU OM.

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ANGELL’S—Upscale dining in a V>ĂƒĂ•>Â?ĂŠ>˜`ĂŠĂ€iÂ?>Ă?i`ĂŠ>ĂŒÂ“ÂœĂƒÂŤÂ…iĂ€iĂŠ BAD BOY BURGERS—This that’s nearly subterranean.

Bench burger joint offers all the Angell’s is one of Boise’s requisite fare of a classic walkmainstays in the restaurant up/drive-thru, plus some tasty business with menu items surprises: it will take two of running the gamut of sea and you to get through one of their land choices from Idaho Trout burritos. 815 S. Vista Ave., and Crab, Rosemary and 208-331-1580. $ P. Juniper Lamb Rack and Halibut FANCI FREEZE—Shakes, malts, Oscar. 909 Main St., spins, sundaes and the Boston 208-342-4900. $$-$$$ RES P shake (one part sundae, one SU. part shake) are what have made BARBACOA—Theatrical Fanci Freeze a Boise favorite for tableside guacamole service is years. But because we can’t live the thing to do in this on ice cream alone, Fanci Freeze carnivore’s restaurant. In the also serves a whole mess of style of Argentine parrillas, burgers, some of the crispiest meat is grilled over an open tots in town and even a grilled ame and served on ironwood cheese for the non-meat-eater. platters. Known for its tranquil 1402 W. State St., 208-344lakeside location and not one, 8661. $ P SU OM.

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BY BINGO BARNES

MARTINI FINAL JUDGING By the time you read this, the ďŹ nal judging will have occurred. However, we won’t know who the winners are until Saturday, June 6, when the envelopes are opened. This year has been challenging, as evidenced by the number of ties. This year’s ďŹ nal judging is the biggest ever, with a record number of martinis and cocktails for the judges to sip and savor. Who said this job was easy?

As I go over my own notes and review how I scored the martinis this year, my scores mostly match up to the ďŹ nalists. But I’d like to point out those martinis and cocktails that I thought were great and deserved to be given some recognition, despite the fact that the other judges didn’t like them enough to bump them into the ďŹ nals.

In the classic martini category, the bars making it to the ďŹ nals are Chandlers, Pair, Bardenay and Red Feather. Although I’m writing this prior to the ďŹ nal judging, I can say that three of those bars were in my top four. I would like to point out that Tablerock Brewpub had a pretty darn good classic martini called the Judge Smails, of Caddyshack fame. This Plymouth gin martini with Lillet, Citronge and a lime wheel garnish was not only right in line with classic recipes (albeit a modern twist with the Citronge), but also carried through with their Caddyshack theme of the evening. (They originally wanted to call their theme “Golf Pros & Tennis Hosâ€? but the more conservative choice prevailed.)

In the original martini category, we had ďŹ ve ďŹ nalists: Bardenay, Red Feather, Pair, Piper *Ă•LĂŠ>˜`ĂŠ ˜}iÂ?Â?Â˝ĂƒÂ°ĂŠ"vĂŠĂŒÂ…ÂœĂƒiĂŠwĂ›i]ĂŠvÂœĂ•Ă€ĂŠĂœiĂ€iĂŠÂˆÂ˜ĂŠÂ“ĂžĂŠĂŒÂœÂŤĂŠwĂ›i]ĂŠĂœÂˆĂŒÂ…ĂŠĂŒÂ…iĂŠwvĂŒÂ…ĂŠÂŤÂ?>Vˆ˜}ĂŠĂƒÂˆĂ?ĂŒÂ…ĂŠÂˆÂ˜ĂŠÂ“ĂžĂŠ own point tally.

Finally, the new category this year was cocktails. While some bars went with the classic deďŹ nition of cocktail (which basically is the deďŹ nition of the original martini category), I was happy to see some bars dispense with the martini glass and bring in a few ice cubes.

What I didn’t see were any outrageous cocktails sporting paper umbrellas, ying monkeys or sparklers, so I was a little disappointed in the creativity department. The ďŹ nalists for the cocktail category were Bardenay, Pair and Tablerock Brewpub. I must admit, although sweet and slightly cliche, Piper Pub’s Blue Collar was a fun cocktail served in a hurricane glass.

I must also give some kudos to the Bouquet, whose Ward 43 with Jameson, pomegranate juice, sweet vermouth and bitters was a refreshing take on a Manhattan (or more accurately a Rob Roy).

Winners will be announced at the ďŹ nal party on Saturday, June 6, at 404 S. Eighth St., -Ă•ÂˆĂŒiÊ£Çä°Ê ĂŒĂŠÂˆĂƒĂŠÂˆÂ˜ĂŠĂŒÂ…iĂŠ iĂ€V>Â˜ĂŒÂˆÂ?iĂŠ Ă•ÂˆÂ?`ˆ˜}ĂŠ>LÂœĂ›iĂŠ >viĂŠ"Â?iĂŠÂˆÂ˜ĂŠ Âœ ÂœÂ°ĂŠ ÂœÂœĂ€ĂƒĂŠÂœÂŤiÂ˜ĂŠ>ĂŒĂŠĂˆĂŠÂŤÂ°Â“Â°ĂŠ Music will be by the Ben Burdick Trio featuring Amy Weber. If you bought a martini coupon book, you already have a ticket. Otherwise tickets are $25 at the door, which includes one free drink. All coupon books are valid and can be used at any participating bar through Tuesday, June 30.

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DININGGUIDE ROCKIES DINER—This is an old school diner where customers are greeted with perky waitresses on roller skates, classic rock emanating from ĂŒÂ…iĂŠÂ?Ă•ÂŽiLÂœĂ?ĂŠ>˜`ĂŠ}Ă•ÂˆĂŒ>Ă€ĂƒĂŠ puncturing the ceiling-not to mention the massive Harley mounted above the checkerboard oor. Even if you weren’t born before the ’50s, you’ll have ashbacks. A DJ booth to boot. 3900 Overland Road, 208-336-2878. $ SU .

WESTSIDE DRIVE-IN—From the mind of “Boise’s Best Chef,�

Chef Lou, come some of the most scrumptious foods for dine-in, take-out or frozen to use when cooking is the last thing you want to do. 1939 W. State St., 208-342-2957. $-$$ P SU OM .

Vegetarian SHANGRI-LA TEA ROOM—With their own lines of herbal and organic teas and herbal medicines, Shangri-La Tea Room offers a basic menu of vegan and vegetarian offerings. Some items include ďŹ ve types of soup, pita sandwich and falafel sandwiches, curry and southwestern wraps, and one of the best organic salads in the valley according to customers. Teriyaki tofu, tea cakes, and cookies round out a variety of delightful items. On any given day, choose between 80-100 small batch, limited quantity teas produced on small tea farms. The owners pride themselves on knowing where their teas come from.

1800 W. Overland Road, 208424-0273. $$.

Chinese CHOPSTICKS GOURMET BUFFET—Veering from traditional buffets, where the food is prepped in hiding and served in abundance, Chopsticks Buffet is gourmet.

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2275 W. Main, 208-3458965.$ SU. ORIENTAL EXPRESSâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;In the heart of downtown, Oriental Ă?ÂŤĂ&#x20AC;iĂ&#x192;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;vviĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;vĂ&#x20AC;iĂ&#x192;Â&#x2026;]Ă&#x160;Â&#x2026;Â&#x153;Ă&#x152;]Ă&#x160; delicious Chinese food seven days a week at very affordable prices. Open late, you can stop by after a night on the town for take-out or dine in and enjoy the really friendly service. 110 N. 11th St., 208-345-8868. $-$$ .

PANDA GARDENâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Small but comfortable, Panda Garden has a huge selection of menu items. Generous portions from Chinese to sushi, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all good stuff. The staff, too, is friendly and attentive. 2801 Overland Road, 208-433-1188. $-$$ P SU OM. TWIN DRAGONâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Â&#x153;Ă&#x160;vĂ&#x2022;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x192;]Ă&#x160;Â&#x2DC;Â&#x153;Ă&#x160; frillsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;just delicious Americanstyle Chinese food at prices that wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t cripple your wallet.

This place is deďŹ nitely no bells, no whistles. 200 Fairview Ave., 208-344-2141. $-$$ SU. YEN CHINGâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Yummy Chinese food at a decent price, with all the usual favorites one looks for in a menu, and then some. This is one of Boiseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorite Chinese restaurants and a great one to bend an elbow in. 305 N. Ninth St., 208-384-0384. $-$$ SU OM.

Indian BOMBAY GRILLâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;The only Indian food youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll ďŹ nd `Â&#x153;Ă&#x153;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x152;Â&#x153;Ă&#x153;Â&#x2DC;°Ă&#x160;7Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;Ă&#x160;>Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;iĂ?Ă&#x152;iÂ&#x2DC;Ă&#x192;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x203A;iĂ&#x160; menu of Indian favorites, Bombay Grill has become one of Boiseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best ethnic stops.

Dinner only. 928 W. Main St., 208-345-7888. $-$$ OM.

MADHUBANâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;A daily lunch buffet and a huge menu including all the favorites.

Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re gonna love the curry. A great place for vegetarians.

6930 W. State St., 208-8538215. $-$$ SU OM.

Italian ASIAGOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Sâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Innovative Italian pastas, salads, sandwiches, soups and seasonal specials served amidst rustic Italian countryside decor. 1002 W. Main St., 208-336-5552. $$-$$$ P SU OM. GINOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ITALIAN RISTORANTEâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to name a restaurant after yourself, you want the food to be good. Gino, as owner and chef, has made sure itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s superb. This bistro offers ďŹ ne Italian dining and wonderful, friendly, bend-over-backwards service. 3015 McMillan Road, Ste. 108, Meridian, 208-8877710. $$ P. LOUIEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Sâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Louieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s is a locally-owned restaurant that puts as much care into their service as their infamous pizza.

Boasting traditional cannellonis, tortellinis and eggplant parmigana, Louieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also has a selection of salads and pizzas for all your dining and catering needs. 2500 E. Fairview Ave., Meridian, 208-884-5200. $$ P SU OM. THE STUFFED OLIVEâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Eagle has decided to tattle on its â&#x20AC;&#x153;best kept secretâ&#x20AC;? and share this bistroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fresh sandwiches, pastas, roasted meats and fresh baked desserts with the rest of us. 404 S. Eagle Road, Eagle, 208-938-5185. $$ P. These restaurants are only a few of Boiseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eateries. For a comprehensive list of restaurants in Boise and the surrounding areas, visit boiseweekly.com and click on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Food.â&#x20AC;?

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SOCKEYE BREWING WIDOWMAKER IPA This beer pours a translucent copper with a light, lacy head. The aromas are marked by a freshly baked, multi-grain bread quality, with soft, ďŹ&#x201A;oral hops and citrus. Seven different Ă&#x203A;>Ă&#x20AC;Â&#x2C6;iĂ&#x152;Â&#x2C6;iĂ&#x192;Ă&#x160;Â&#x153;vĂ&#x160;Â&#x2026;Â&#x153;ÂŤĂ&#x192;Ă&#x160;>``Ă&#x160;VÂ&#x153;Â&#x201C;ÂŤÂ?iĂ?Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x152;Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160;Â&#x201C;Â&#x153;Ă&#x20AC;iĂ&#x160;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;>Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;LÂ&#x2C6;Ă&#x152;iĂ&#x160;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x160;Ă&#x152;Â&#x2026;Â&#x2C6;Ă&#x192;Ă&#x160;Ă&#x153;iÂ?Â?Â&#x2021;L>Â?>Â&#x2DC;Vi`]Ă&#x160;Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2C6;ViÂ?Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x160;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2DC;Ă&#x152;i}Ă&#x20AC;>Ă&#x152;i`Ă&#x160; Â&#x2DC;`Â&#x2C6;>Ă&#x160; pale ale. Lots of smooth malt marks the palate with a sweet, roasted grain quality that comes through right before the hops kick in. The fruitlaced ďŹ nish is dry with a little tartness and a very nice, lingering bitterness. This is a very worthy effort from this Boise-based brewery.

WIDMER BROTHERS 84/09 25TH ANNIVERSARY DOUBLE ALT This is a dark, ruby-tinted brew with very sweet, candied fruit aromas dominating the nose. Both do a nice job of foreshadowing the ďŹ&#x201A;avors that follow. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a full-bodied, warming brew with smooth caramel, sweet spice and touches of fruit, hazelnut, mocha, coffee and more. Sweet brews arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t my thing, especially as the weather warms up, but this one had the balance and ďŹ&#x201A;avor proďŹ le to win me over.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a nice light hop bite at the ďŹ nish that works well to even things out, but at almost 10 percent alcohol, sharing is advised.

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9409 BURNETT, BOISE ike other out-ofBUILT IN 1960 state natives, I 2,930 SQUARE FEET came to Boise 4 BED/2 BATH with visions of finding 2 ACRES a good-sized house on $349,500 a large lot just outside of the city where I KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY BOISE could raise a few GENE STRATE, 208-377-8850 chickens and let my KWBOISE.YOURKWOFFICE.COM kids run free. Longing MLS #98396060 to escape the congestion that comes with living in a crowded city suburb, I wanted enough room between neighbors that if I cartwheeled across my back yard in my birthday suit, no one would be near enough to notice.

Like others who are unimpressed by a bloated McMansion, I wouldn’t mind a mid-century tri-level or understated ranch house oriented to its land to provide good views of Bogus Basin and plenty of natural light during the day.

This property is exactly what I used to daydream about: a roomy tri-level with a finished basement to provide four levels of living space on two acres. The home’s clean lines, efficient layout and understated character are typical of this style of mid-century residence. Located in Ada County, barely outside Boise city limits, the two-acre lot provides more than enough room for horses, chickens, cartwheels and a big vegetable garden.

A semi-circular driveway arcs toward the front of the home, which is painted sky blue and trimmed with red brick. An American flag waves proudly on a tall pole in the front yard.

The house is set far back from the street, but you still get a rear yard that is ample for a weekend of riding-lawnmower races around hay bale stacks and down long straightaways with a pack of hollering friends. A two-horse barn and a fenced corral beckon the horseshoed buddies to stay awhile, too.

Stepping through the home’s front door, you enter the living room, where a big plate glass window allows occupants a panoramic view of Bogus Basin and the Boise Front. The remodeled kitchen and a casual dining nook with a sliding door that opens to the covered back patio are placed at the rear of the main level.

There are two more levels downstairs, and one level upstairs. On the top floor, there are three bedrooms and a nicely remodeled bathroom with a dual-sink countertop and a combination bathtub/shower. The two front bedrooms have mountain views, while the master bedroom overlooks the rear pasture through a bay window.

Heading to the third level, you’ll find a fourth bedroom with pasture views, a three-quarter bathroom with a shower stall and a family room with a handsome stacked-stone fireplace and several built-in cabinets. In fact, there are more closets and cabinets built into the home than I have space to talk about.

On the lowest level, there is the best (private) neighborhood bar in town. A long wet bar constructed of glossy knotty pine provides room for five barstools, and a blackjack table easily seats six more. A concrete-lined storage room behind the bar provides plentiful storage for Christmas decorations, seasonal bedding and even a sizable wine rack.

It’s tough to believe that this slice of Ada County heaven sits two miles from the busy Costco on Cole Road. After a day spent mowing the yard, gathering eggs from the hen house and turning a few cartwheels, it would be convenient to catch a film and a bite just two and a half miles away at the Boise Spectrum on Overland, where Edwards movie theaters and a number of restaurants are located.

PROS: Big family home on two acres just outside city limits.

CONS: Ginormous lawn to mow.

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Chance is a 4-year-old mixed-breed dog (German shepherd/Lab?) She is good with cats and most other dogs. Her previous owners describe her as playful, affectionate and friendly to family members, but she will take a little time to warm up to strangers. Chance is housetrained. She weighs 52 lbs. and has a short, easy-to-care-for coat. (Kennel 301 - #7409632) This 1-year-old male cat has a mediumlength coat that is very soft and silky. He is a friendly and loving boy who enjoys being handled and petted. He is litterboxtrained, and his $40 adoption fee (for the month of June) includes his first vaccinations, neutering and a microchip. June is Adopt-A-Shelter Cat month, and adoption fees on all cats and kittens have been reduced. (Kennel 85 - #7711146) Stormy is a 9-month-old female Australian cattle dog/Shar-Pei who only weighs 39 lbs. and has an easy-to-care-for coat. She appears to be house-trained and is a sweet, timid girl who gets along well with other dogs. Stormy does not appear to have had any formal obedience training, but she is highly motivated when trained with treats. Her evaluation indicates that she is playful, attentive, loving and very gentle. (Kennel 324 - #7614116) Kit is a lovely, longhaired solid gray female cat who loves to be petted. She was reportedly abandoned by her owners near Vista Avenue and Sunrise Rim. She is friendly, loving and playful and is also litterbox-trained. This nice cat would love to find a new home during Adopt-A-Shelter Cat month. All adoption fees on cats have been reduced during the entire month of June. (Kennel 34 - #7657270) Hannah is a 1-year-old Lab mix who is house-trained and gets along well with other dogs. She is lively and happy and always ready for a good game. She learns quickly using positive reinforcement.

This dog needs an active owner who will make sure that she gets regular exercise.

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Stormy is mostly black with tips of white on her feet and chest. She weighs 74 lbs.

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BY ROB BREZSNY ARIES (March 21-April 19): I’m betting that in a couple of months, the fates will give you license to play with boisterous gambles and exhilarating risks. But at this par ticular moment, I recommend that you confine yourself to tame gambles and sensible risks. I realize that may be a bit deflating to your rambunctious all-or-nothing spirit, but I think it’ll pay off in the long run. From what I can tell, this is an excellent time to lay the groundwork for the bigger fun ahead.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I suspect that this is a turning point in your relationship with your fantasies. It’s not enough merely to keep musing about them with wistful longing. You can’t afford to continue postponing their activation until some mythical future. If you want to keep them from receding into a hazy limbo, you will need to give at least one of them a big push toward becoming a more concrete part of your life. The universe will provide ample assistance if you do give that push.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The oracle you’re now reading normally has a retail value of $49.95. But because of your ongoing effor ts to defeat your defeatist tendencies, and because of your dogged attempts to sabotage your sabotage mechanisms, and because of your heroic stabs at defending yourself against your defense mechanisms, you have earned the right to receive this advice absolutely gratis. To generate even more free stuff in the coming week, Taurus, all you have to do is learn how to turn around so fast that you can catch a glimpse of the back of your own head, and how to pat yourself on the back with both hands while kicking your own butt.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Attention all aspiring lotter y winners! If you will ever in your life win more than $10 in the lotter y or similar game of chance, this would probably be the time. I’m not saying you definitely will. I’m simply suggesting that your odds are better than usual—cer tainly better than the chances that you’ll be invited by Brad Pitt to co-star with him in a feature film about alien pirates set in 22ndcentur y Madagascar. On the other hand, the possibility of a dumb-luck windfall is still rather remote compared to the likelihood of other kinds of financial progress. For instance, there’s an excellent chance that you’ll stimulate the flow of good fiscal karma if you spend quality time taking inventor y of your approach to money and developing a long-term master plan to promote your prosperity.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Seventeen-year-old Jay Greenberg is a music prodigy who has written numerous sonatas and symphonies. His first CD, per formed by the London Symphony Orchestra and Julliard String Quar tet, came out in 2006. It’s not exactly a struggle for him to create his compositions. He often completes them in less than a day. “The music comes fully written,” he says, “playing like an orchestra in my head.” I believe you now have something in common with him, Gemini. According to my reading of the omens, there will soon be ripe visions of future accomplishments floating around in your imagination. You should write them down or describe them in detail to an ally or do whatever else it takes to launch the process of getting them born.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “You may want to smash a painful emotion to bits, but you can’t blow it up with a nuclear bomb,” wrote Tsoknyi Rinpoche in his book Fearless Simplicity. What makes the situation even more poignant is that the painful emotion may be based on a wrong interpretation of experience. It may also be caused by some faulty conditioning that got imprinted on your sensitive psyche when you were a toddler. Having said that, Cancerian, I’m pleased to inform you that you currently have the power to significantly dissipate the intensity of a cer tain painful emotion you thought you’d never shake. To initiate the process, invoke forgiveness in ever y way you can imagine—toward those who hur t you, those who ignored you, those who misled you, and you yourself.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “I can’t exactly walk on the water,” says Russ Crim, “but it looks like I can because I know where the rocks are hiding just beneath the water.” This would be a good trick for you to emulate during the coming weeks, Leo. By doing your homework and some advance scouting, you could put yourself in a position to accomplish a splashy bit of hocuspocus that will ultimately be legendar y. To help ensure that you don’t generate a karmic backlash as you glorify your ego, I suggest you find a way to make your magic ser ve some wor thy cause. For instance, maybe you could walk on water in order to raise money for charity.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): When I was 19 years old, a so-called psychic predicted I would die when I was 24. As much as I scoffed at his careless quacker y, his words subliminally worried me for years. On the day I turned 25, I celebrated extra hard. Par tly because of that experience, I’ve always tried to be impeccably conscientious about how I conduct myself as a for tune-teller.

I’ve vowed never to manipulate you with melodramatic prophecies that could distor t your free will. So it’s with a cautious sense of responsibility that I offer the following augur y: The weeks ahead could be one of the most illuminating and successful times of the last five years.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Would you say you’re closer to the “happy wanderer” model of Sagittarian, or the “eternal fugitive” type?

Does your motive power usually come from the desire to head in the general direction of some attractive destination, or else to flee from ever y situation you’re ner vous about getting hemmed in by? Are you more inclined to shoot at multiple targets, hoping that one of them may turn out to be the correct one for you to aim at? Or do you prefer to identify the best target right from the star t, and only then begin shooting? The coming weeks will be an excellent time to meditate on these core Sagittarian issues.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In astrology, the word “quincunx” refers to a relationship characterized by creative tension. Two planets that are in quincunx are like two people who have a cer tain odd affinity for each other but don’t speak the same language. Imagine an Italian woman and an American man meeting at a par ty and experiencing an immediate chemistr y, even though each can barely understand what the other is saying. I bring this up, Capricorn, because these days you’re in a quincunx dynamic with pretty much the whole world. To keep frustration to a minimum and enhance the excitement quotient, you should tr y to crack some of the foreign codes you’re surrounded by.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Philosopher Buckminster Fuller said that although we are all born geniuses, the process of living tends to degenius us. That’s the bad news. The good news is that 2009 is one of the best years ever for you to re-genius yourself, and the month of June is among the best times in 2009. So how should you go about the glorious task of tapping in to the totality of your original brilliance? Here’s one tip. Do what Einstein said: “All I want to do is learn the way God thinks. All the rest is details.”

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Dear Rob: I’ve recently developed a propensity to talk to myself.

This is pretty weird. All these years, I’ve barely uttered a few words to myself on special occasions. Now I’m having long, convoluted gab fests, as if the little voices in my head had busted out of their holding cells, run amuck, and decided to never shut up! Am I crazy?—Out Loud Pisces.”

Dear Out Loud: It’s a good sign that you’re getting all the murmuring background noise out in the open. Not just for you but for many Pisceans, thoughts and feelings that had been hidden or secret are becoming available to your conscious mind. Once you clear out the backlog, the really useful revelations will begin.

Homework: What’s your favorite method for overcoming the inertia of the past? freewillastrology.com.

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