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FOREIGN FESTIVITIES Refugees adapt to holidays, Americanstyle FEATURE 9

FROM THE HEART “The Liver Journey” of Pat Casey

ARTS 24

LIGHT HARVEST Inside IBG’s Garden Aglow FOOD 26

TAMALADA Tamale season

“Mr. Stupid is always the more faithful friend.”

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TAKING OUR TIME Like folks everywhere, this time of year we Boise Weeklyers are in a frenzy of loose ends as we skid sideways into the holidays. Between meeting early deadlines, navigating vacations and trying to keep up with the avalanche of events, it’s a frantic beehive here at BWHQ. Which is why stories like the one on Page 9 are so important.

We tracked down the story of Pat Casey—a local man in need of a live liver transplant—almost in spite of ourselves. Our publisher, Sally Freeman, heard about Pat’s need and mentioned it to me in the early fall. I wrote down his name, not exactly sure where or if his story would fit in the paper, and (I confess) forgot about it. A month or so went by and a friend of Pat’s stopped by the office and dropped off some information about his up-to-thatpoint-unsuccessful attempts to find a donor. Again, I took the information and sort of forgot about it.

It wasn’t until I was having coffee with freelance writer Jessica Murri, and we started talking about the importance of human-interest stories, that Pat’s plight returned to me.

We can become so distracted by big controversies or events or feeding the Web with the news of the instant that the hard work of delving into someone’s life gets deferred. But those stories are often the best.

Jessica agreed and spent the following month or so getting to know Pat—a chiropractor, father and active outdoor enthusiast who suffers from a rare liver disease that had him planning his own end-of-life transition. With a shortage of donors and a slim chance of topping the list for a transplant, Pat had no other choice but to appeal to friends and family—even strangers—via email.

That story would have been interesting enough (following the process a person goes through when they’re facing the very real possibility that they won’t see another year), but because Jessica stayed with it—and through Pat’s gracious willingness to invite her into his life—the story got better and better, with amazing twists that have to be read to be believed.

I won’t spoil any of the details; suffice to say, it was well worth the time to research and write and, I hope you’ll agree, well worth the time to read.

And speaking of time, because this year’s holidays fall on Wednesdays—our typical print date—the next two editions of Boise Weekly will be delivered Tuesday, Dec. 24, and Tuesday, Dec. 31.

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BOISEWEEKLY.COM What you missed this week in the digital world.

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ROLLIN’, ROLLIN’ The 900,000-pound mega-load set to travel through Southern Idaho en route to Montana and the Alberta tar sands is still inching through Oregon. Check its progress on Citydesk.

FOLKY FAREWELL Folk legend Rosalie Sorrels has performed publicly for (probably) the last time, and Boise Weekly caught her show at The Sapphire Room. Read our review on Cobweb.

TIP TOP A waitress at the Coeur d’Alene IHOP got a big surprise when an older couple signed the tip line on their $46.43 lunch. Find out how big a surprise on Citydesk.

OPINION

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BILL COPE/OPINION

RED B-GONE

An’ don’ let th’ door hit yous in the...

“You wanted to see me, Cope?”

“I do, Red. And thanks for coming over so fast.”

“No big hooey. I ain’t got nothing t’ do t’day ’cept f’r t’ run by the Department o’ Politicians t’ pick me up an entry form.”

“An entry form? For what? You thinking about running for office?”

“Eg-zactly am, Cope. I cain’t sit by an’ watch Idee-ho slip down that slipp’ry slope o’ socialistism. I figure a feller o’ my qualifactations has a duty t’ do the right thing an’ step up t’ the plate an’ throw my hat int’ the ring t’ do my bit an’ once more int’ the breaches’ an’...”

“OK, I get it. So what are you thinking of running for?”

“Guv’ner, that’s what.”

“Governor? Jeez, Red. That’s aiming a bit high for a first-time candidate, isn’t it?

Why don’t you try those ‘qualifactations’ of yours out on the school board? City Council, maybe.”

“No sirree, Cope. I got too much t’ offer t’ start out at the bottom an’ work m’ way up. ’Sides, we got us a lib’ral guv’ner what needs t’ get his fanny booted out o’ office, an’ I’m just the feller to do it.”

“Butch Otter a liberal? You’re kidding.”

“I ain’t no hows no way kiddin’, Cope!

Ain’t yous aware that your precilious Butch Otter went along with that Obarmacare hopslaw an’ set Idee-ho up with one o’ them state exchargers? He should o’ ganged up with them other ’Publican guvners what did the good conservatist thing by tryin’ to kill any chance their local poor folks could get themselves some health assurance. He’s a Municher, that’s what y’r precilious Butch Otter is! A Municher ! An’ I aim to send him apackin’ back t’ San Fran Sicko!”

“Otter’s from Caldwell, Red. And what the hell does that mean anyway, a ‘Municher?’”

“Don’t you know nothin’, Cope? A Municher’s a feller what goes and pulls a Munich, which is a word in one o’ them other languishes what means ‘chickenin’ out.’ Obarma is a Municher f’r chickenin’ out to them Iranish Moo-shahs. An’ Otter’s a Municher f’r chickenin’ out t’ Obarmacare.

Savvy?”

“You know, I didn’t ask you to come over just to hear another one of your insane theories.”

“Wull so what did you aks me over for, Cope?”

“Red, well... the deal is, uh, I’ve had another complaint about you.”

“What you mean, ‘complaint?’ There ain’t nothin’ I done what anyone might complain about. And if it’s acause I had t’ take a whiz the other night afore I got in the truck and headed home, wull hows was I s’pposed to know it was y’r neighbor’s bush I was awhizzin’ behind? An’ how was I s’pposed t’ know his wife’d be watchin’ me out the kitchen BOI S EW EEKLY.COM

window? An’ how was I s’pposed t’ know his dog…”

“No, that’s not it, though it does explain why I haven’t gotten the usual Christmas card from Mrs. Goodlowe. This is about your enunciation, Red. Again. We worked on that a few years back, remember? No one could figure out what the hell you were saying, so I got you some enunciation coaching, and you got a little better. But lately, it’s gotten worse again. And your vocabulary is abominable.”

“I begs t’ differ, gull durn it! My Melba buds are always asking me where I done learnt so many big words.”

“You know so many big words because you make them up, Red. There is no such thing as ‘hopslaw’ or ‘precilious.’ Or ‘Municher’... that doesn’t mean a damn thing.

Besides, every time I put you into a column, I go through more apostrophes in a thousand words than another writer would in a 600-page novel. I know exactly what that complainer is talking about. It’s exhausting to slog through your dialogue. And if anyone thinks it’s a chore to read what you say, imagine what it’s like to write it.”

“Sos what we gonna do ’bout it, Cope? I ain’t gonna have to suffer through more o’ them enuncification lessons again, am I?” “Red, I don’t think that will help. You are incorrigible, I know that now. And... Red...

I’m going to have to let you go.”

“Whats you mean, ‘let me go?’ Yous ain’t firin’ me, is you?”

“I’m afraid I have to.”

“Bu’... bu’... it’s a week afore Chris’mas, Cope! Hows I’m s’pposed to buy my li’l gran’babies their Chris’mas mittens? Hows I’m s’pposed to get m’ wife them Chris’mas biscuits what I promised her?”

“Red, I’m sorry, but I don’t see what this has to do with me. I don’t pay you anything anyway, so what…”

“I think I knows what’s goin’ on here, Cope. Yous amakin’ war on my Chris’mas, juss like what them Fox folk’re always talkin’ ’bout. Admit it! You hate Chris’mas, sos y’r tryin’ t’ smush mine up sos I won’t have any joyishness t’ spread around!”

“That’s ridiculous.”

“Ridiculist is it? You jus’ wait ’til I get t’ be guv’ner! I’ll be officionadoin’ over all sorts o’ Chris’mas hopslaw! I’ll be pluggin’ in trees an’ handin’ out ginger Jesus cookies t’ li’l chil’runs an’...

“Good luck, Red. And good-bye.”

“You jus’ wait. Y’ain’t heard the last o’ me, gull durn it!”

“Yes I have.”

“No y’ain’t.”

“Yes I have.”

“No y’ain’t.“ Is it true? Has 18 years of repartee ’twixt Cope and Red come to this?

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OPINION/JOHN REMBER

REMEMBERING A YEAR WITH NO SNOW And other inversion diversions

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In 1977, I was at an outdoor barbeque in Ketchum, eating ribs and drinking beer. The sky above was bright blue. The hills to the north were bare of snow. So were the ski runs above us on Bald Mountain. People were wearing T-shirts and shorts. They had suntans, and not just on their faces. The temperature had hit 60. It was just like any other May. Except it was Feb. 10.

Earlier that week, returning from Boise, I had come out of the inversion layer at Mores Creek Summit. In my rear-view mirror were the tops of the Owyhee Mountains, 70 miles away, across a calm sea of shining white clouds.

Boise was under there somewhere, getting through the winter at 22 degrees Fahrenheit, night and day. Streetlights came on by early afternoon. A gritty mist of dust glowed dull above the lines of rush-hour headlights. People who didn’t ski were driving up to Bogus just to see the sun.

Bald Mountain had a tiny amount of machine-made snow, but it had all turned to ice, and it wasn’t much like the snow we were used to. When a small storm finally dropped 5 or 6 inches, a lift opened that allowed skiers halfway up the mountain. For a day, a bunch of us skied the rocks and brush of the north side runs, leaving streamers of P-Tex wherever we touched down. For years afterward, you could see cars in town with bumper stickers that read, “I Skied Flying Squirrel in 77.”

Weeks before that, in search of real snow, I had trekked alone into the Sawtooths, carrying my skis to Hell Roaring Lake and then skiing up to the Finger of Fate, where I found 18 inches of hoar frost and sugary powder. I set up camp, cooked dinner and shivered through the long night in a sleeping bag that had worked just fine the summer before. The next morning, on my first run, I skied onto a snow bridge connecting two house-sized rocks. It collapsed, dropping me 15 feet onto a pile of sharp-edged boulders.

After lying there for a cold half hour, feeling for broken bones and waiting for my head to clear, I climbed out of the hole, packed up and limped out the long eight miles to the highway.

On the way I encountered seep springs on the mountainsides that had formed great globes of optically transparent ice. When I walked out on them, I could see, yards below my feet, trees and bushes and faded summer flowers. Creeks had frozen, overflowed their banks, and frozen again, and the creek bottoms had become glaciers, 10 and 12 feet deep. Giant ice cliffs had formed over summer waterfalls.

It was a world beautiful and freaky, and I would have stayed in it longer if I had been less sore and battered, and if I hadn’t sensed, in the impossible black shadows and in the

unnatural angle of the sunlight, something cold, foreign and hostile to anything human. It was good to get back to Ketchum, where I had a roof over my head, a warm bed, a job and a paycheck, restaurants to go to and friends glad I’d come back from my trip to the mountains.

I tried to explain this to a friend at the barbeque. “ I almost died out there,” I said, waving a rib at him. “Something tried to kill me.”

“Yeah,” he said. “Mr. Stupid tried to kill you. Good thing Mr. Dumb Luck went along for the skiing.”

I said, “You’d think in the Sawtooths, in January, you could be alone.”

“Never count on Mr. Stupid staying home,” he said. “He likes you. Mr. Dumb Luck likes you, too.”

“Then why did they try to kill me?”

“Have another beer,” he said. “You’re not supposed to think too much when you’ve had a concussion.”

That sunny and warm February turned into a sunnier and warmer March. The Sun Valley lifts closed a month early. People dove into summer. Ballparks and soccer fields were filled with people at a time of year they normally were covered with snow.

That May and June, we all expected kilndried forests, dead meadows and fire, but it rained hard every week or so. Leaves once again came out on the trees. Hills went from brown to green. Rivers and streams refilled. A lucky summer—full of morning sunshine and afternoon showers—seemed to go on forever.

I forgot that a snow bridge had collapsed under my feet until many years later. Then, in 1991, Otzi the Iceman melted out of an Austrian glacier, 5,300 years after he had frozen to death there, injured and alone. He was found at an altitude far higher than he should have been, had he had the slightest bit of Copper Age common sense.

His story reached down to memory. Otzi must have walked out on a snow bridge that looked solid but wasn’t. Mr. Stupid must have been with him that day. Mr. Dumb Luck must have had other things to do. Poor Otzi, broken and helpless when the dark cold night came, must have realized that of the two, Mr. Stupid is always the more faithful friend.

These days, the memory is with me again.

The weather has brought another freaky and beautiful landscape to Idaho. Ice is already jamming creeks and making great bubbles on the hillsides. And this time, a million acres of burned forest lie within an hour’s drive. You can walk through the burns and take blackand-white photos with cameras designed for nothing but color.

Skiable snow lies at the base of the Finger of Fate. I haven’t been there yet, because I’m still trying to decide which of my invisible friends wants to ski with me.

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NEWS/CITYDESK NEWS PATR IC K S W EENEY

PEACE ON EARTH Refugees celebrate first Boise Christmas, share their own traditions

Meridian teacher: “They’re starting to learn this tenacity, this extra effort to work hard.”

ONE SEMESTER DOWN, MANY MORE TO GO

GEORGE PRENTICE It was trust at first sight. When 10-year-old Queen Iranekund locked eyes with the mysterious red-suited gent, she somehow knew it was OK to lean in and whisper a secret into his ear. After watching dozens of other children rush to greet Santa in a packed-tothe-gills Borah High School cafeteria Dec. 7, Queen waited her turn, bouncing up and down on the tips of her new sneakers, until the time came for a private audience with Saint Nick.

It’s a fair bet that Santa and more than a few of his helpers will figure out where Queen’s Christmas stocking will be hung this year, far from her native home of Burundi.

The U.S. State Department helped rescue Queen and her family from their war-torn East African nation; and with help from organizations such as the Agency for New Americans, the Iranekunds started life anew in Idaho.

Our newest neighbors (the ANA resettles nearly 200 refugees to Idaho each year) are immediately faced with a lengthy to-do list: secure housing, learn a new language and find employment.

Then there are the intangibles, not the least of which is acclimating to a culture that goes a little nuts with its holidays.

“We have some clients who come into our offices every year and ask, ‘Just how long is this Christmas season? I thought Christmas was Dec. 25,’” said ANA Director Christina Bruce-Bennion. “And this even comes from a number of refugees with Christian backgrounds.”

Perhaps the most telling example of holiday overload occurred when a young Congolese refugee was confused while working his new job as shelf-stocker at a Boisearea retail outlet.

“He came into our office the next day, shook his head and said he was stacking Halloween items on one shelf, Thanksgiving items on the middle shelf and Christmas on the bottom shelf,” said Bruce-Bennion.

Inevitably, most refugees come to learn that some Americans go a little overboard when it comes to holidays. Boise’s English Language Center shows resettled families how to carve pumpkins for Halloween; a group of Boise State communication students put together an annual Thanksgiving buffet; and, for the past eight years, a group called the Eternal League of Friends—and yes, that’s ELF—throws a huge Christmas party for nearly 200 refugees, complete with a big feast, arts and crafts, live entertainment and a visit from Santa.

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Dr. Robert Poston (right) assisted by Tony Cooper (left) at The University of Arizona Medical Center during minimally invasive heart surgery. Dr. Poston pioneered cardiac robotic heart surgery in Arizona.

“There were only four of us when we started eight years ago,” said Lonni LeavittBarker, ELF’s elf-in-charge. “I remember our family adopted a Congolese family and we didn’t speak a lick of each other’s language.

Yet, within minutes, my children were on the floor with their children, dancing to music and playing with some new toys. It was exactly what we hoped it would be.”

Leavitt-Barker’s hopes have exceeded everyone else’s expectations as ELF evolved into a volunteer-driven extravaganza. Talking to Boise Weekly in the eye of a Christmas hurricane at ELF’s Dec. 7 party, Leavitt-Barker said more than 150 refugees were this year’s guests, with each refugee family paired up with a Boise family.

“I think it would be really hard to live in a world with war, and then having to leave that country and come [to the U.S.] without knowing anyone,” 9-year-old Asha Soni told BW. Her mother added that Asha agreed to forgo Christmas gifts for her friends so that she could buy gifts for their new guests—a refugee family from Somalia.

At another table, sat Abdul Majidy, his wife and two children, who recently came to Boise from Afghanistan. Majidy said because his family was Muslim, they don’t celebrate Christmas, but his two little ones—ages 2 and 3—were loving every minute of the ELF party.

“My children are happy, and that makes me very happy. It was my dream…” Majidy needed to pause for a moment and take a deep breath. “It was my dream for us to see Christmas here.”

Majidy said his own family’s tradition includes the celebration of Eid Al-Fitr, a feasting

holiday at the end of Ramadan.

“Most refugee cultures have some kind of big annual celebration. I think the idea of people coming together for a big feast really resonates,” said Bruce-Bennion.

Muhammad and Ruzanna Hasham—he’s from Afghanistan, she’s from Armenia and they met while they were students in Russia—were recently resettled to Boise with their 2- and 4-year-old daughters. Even though their little ones were anxious to experience Christmas, Ruzanna told BW that her family’s big celebration will come in March when they observe Nowruz.

“Nature is sleeping right now; yes? So when nature wakes up, it’s Nowruz. It’s spring,” said Ruzanna. “We say congratulations to one another. We have new clothes for the children and we have wonderful food.”

Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, is another big celebration that many refugees have brought to Idaho.

“And that led to an interesting experience a short time ago,” said Bruce-Bennion. “Some of our refugees from Nepal were having a big Diwali celebration at their Boise apartment complex. And they had some wonderful meals and parties. And one of their American neighbors approached me and said, ‘Look, this is day three. I’m not sure I appreciate this celebration being in my face for three days.’”

Bruce-Bennion could hardly keep herself from laughing.

“I said, ‘You know, I can see how it might be a bit disruptive, but think about how long our Christmas season runs. Think of how that feels to them.’ She said, ‘Yeah, I guess you’re right. I hadn’t thought about it.’”

When Kendra Wisenbaker hosted parent-teacher conferences in her fifth-grade classroom at Meridian’s Sienna Elementary School in October, there was plenty to share, but a very different way of sharing.

“We’re moving away from those conversations that start, ‘Your child is a pleasure to have in class…’ That really doesn’t tell you a lot about your child,” said Wisenbaker.

Wisenbaker talks with endless enthusiasm about her class and, in particular, how her students (she likes to call them “kiddos”) are faring in this, the inaugural year of the Idaho Core Standards (BW, News, “The Common Core of the Matter, July, 31, 2013).

“They’re starting to learn this tenacity, this extra effort of hard work,” she said.

“They’re figuring out that they have to re-read material, to persist, to try harder.”

She added that the core of Idaho Core— insisting that students understand the “how” in addition to coming up with answers—is not the most natural thing for a fifth-grader.

“A 10-year-old has lots of opinions,” she said with a laugh. “But they don’t necessarily know why they have those opinions.”

Mike Lanza knows all too well exactly who Wisenbaker was describing.

“I have one of those 10-year-olds with opinions,” said the Boise parent. “Plus, a 13-year-old with more opinions. I’m completely in support of the Idaho Core Standards.”

But Lanza is concerned about what he says is “bad information” being circulated.

“There has been a lot of misinformation out there. We live in a diverse media environment, and some of the reporting has not been high-quality or even accurate,” he said.

“And if there is some successful backlash to the Idaho Core Standards at the upcoming legislative session because of that misinformation, it could be a major setback for the broader effort to improve schools in Idaho.”

Anne Ritter, chair of the Meridian School Board and past president of the Idaho School Boards Association, told Boise Weekly that she has tried to engage with opponents.

“I have really tried to explain Idaho Core, but I don’t know if they believe it,” said Ritter, who added that most of what she called “pockets” of opposition were coming from Eastern Idaho and the Panhandle. “I understand it’s a very personal thing.”

And Wisenbaker would love to talk to more people about the change.

“There might be some of those back-door conversations that almost undermine what we’re trying to do in the classroom, but I would love for parents to call me,” she said.

“I can tell you this, the kids are embracing the new challenge.”

—George Prentice

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CITIZEN

JACK WILLIAMS Thirty years in the Santa suit

Tell me about how you became a photographer.

I took my first picture when I was 7 or 8 years old with a little dollar camera. When I was 16 years old, I made my first movie … and I did my first darkroom work. After graduating high school in Reno in 1949, I went to Oregon State, got a degree in forestry and then went into the Army. I met my first wife and had two children, and I asked her if it would be OK if I went to photography school. And bless her heart, she said yes.

Are you still a photographer?

No. Not as such. Ever since I saw Sun Valley Serenade, as a boy in San Francisco, I thought, “I’d like to be there.” And I did know about Ansel Adams and actually stood next to him one time in Yosemite.

I wanted to be like Ansel Adams was to Yosemite, and in 1977, I found Sun Valley.

Like my dad used to say, every dog has its day, and I ended up having a gallery for about 10 years. Then I hit my late 70s, and it was time to fold up my tent. The timing was good: Everything was going from film to digital, and it was very tough on film photographers. ... It’s a whole different paradigm. But I’d never go back now. I’ll take the canoe out on Redfish in the morning while the sun is coming up, take a picture with the camera [on my cellphone] and send it right to my children. I don’t resist the change in photography—If you’re given a gift of creativity, you can’t give it up.

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If I ask, “When was the first time you played Santa?” will you say, “What do you mean ‘play’ Santa? I am Santa.”

I never claim I’m Santa—that’s the secret.

Santa is more than a person squeezing down a chimney. Where’s the line between fact and fable? And does it matter? In the ’20s, CocaCola came out with that drawing of Santa.

That’s where our image of Santa comes from.

When children ask, “Are you really Santa?” that’s the real key. I never say I am Santa, I say, “What do you think?” If I open the door so they can believe, that’s all they want and that’s all I want to give them. When children don’t believe in Santa anymore and say, “Well, my big brother says Santa’s not real,” I say, “What do you think?” Without belief, Santa doesn’t exist. If you believe in me, that makes me real. At the St. Thomas Episcopal Church a couple years ago, they had me run through the church and act like I lost the reindeer. You have to see the parents: they have the biggest smiles. The kids all wave and holler at me. You see, I’ve come a long way. I was 50 when I first started, full of piss and vinegar. It was quite a trip from the young man doing Santa. I’ve learned a lot through the years—what it means and how important it is.

When did you first put on a Santa suit?

The first time I put the suit on I was 19 years old. All I remember is that I was [in college] when I did it. Up here, the first time was on the mountain [Baldy] in 1979 or so.

JER EM Y LANNINGHAM

Jack Williams was 19 years old the first time he played Santa Claus. It was a one-time thing, but it wouldn’t be the last. At 82 years old, the acclaimed photographer has been donning a Santa Claus suit during the holidays for more than 30 years. Although the Wood River Valley resident isn’t a religious person, Williams is quite spiritual and he fully embraces his belief that the jolly old elf is whatever children—and adults—need him to be.

So how did you come to wear the suit for 30 years?

When Christmas time came around, they needed somebody to be Santa so they could take pictures with him. After two years of doing that … I started at Carol’s Toy Store downtown. They had a sleigh that would take children on a ride with two little elves— one of my daughters and her friend. Then I did Santa for places like the Atkinsons’ [grocery] store—I’ve been doing that for many, many years. And Bruce Willis has a house here and Clint Eastwood has a house here and they were the main ones on Christmas Eve that Santa had a picture taken with.

Someone told me you had a sweet story about a little Jewish girl.

I was at this very nice party with people like Barbra Streisand, Clint Eastwood and Steve Wynn. Several had their little children and they were all dressed up for Christmas.

One little girl kept coming up and sitting in my lap and I said, “Do you want to say something to Santa?” And she said, “Oh, Santa.

This is the happiest moment of my life!”

There was another girl who was walking around. She finally came up and sat in my lap and said, “I just wanted to sit in your lap and tell you I am Jewish.” I said, “That’s fine.

Santa has love for everybody.”

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‘THE LIVER JOURNEY’ Planning for death; searching for life JESSICA MURRI In August, Patrick Casey’s friends and family received a mass email. In it, Casey included three bullet points: give your liver, give your money, or give your eulogy.

“To have a living chance, I’ll need a living donor, and very soon,” Casey wrote. “[Or] my liver function drops slowly with an accompanying high degree of suffering that is not relieved by any medications that ends in kicking the bucket. Without a living donor soon it looks like the latter is fairly forthcoming.”

He gave his friends two weeks to come forward and help.

THE ONSET Twenty years ago, Casey, now 65, worked as a chiropractor in Texas–a career he’s followed since 1980. He felt ready for a change, so he got in his pickup and drove north. When he arrived in Boise, he parked his truck and decided he was home. He took some mountain climbing classes and met a woman who opened a small shop called Ceramica. They got married and had a daughter, Clare. She’s 17 years old today.

When Clare was born, Casey decided to get life insurance.

He had his blood drawn during the physical and a test came back showing elevated levels of enzymes in his liver.

He learned he had primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). It’s a rare liver disease–affecting about six people per 100,000 in BOI S EW EEKLY.COM

the United States–in which the liver attacks its own cells until it’s mostly scar tissue, damaging the bile ducts in the process.

Eventually, the liver dies.

“Then, of course, you follow suit,” Casey said.

Casey is tall and thin and wears wire-frame glasses. He looks like an everyman, wears long-sleeve button-down shirts from the ’90s and sometimes laughs in the middle of his own sentences. He has a one-room office in a historic building in downtown Boise with calming yellow walls. It’s scattered with ceramic bowls and frames that Clare painted as a kid. He cycles and plays tennis, but he gave up the mountain climbing.

His marriage didn’t last, but his illness did.

Symptoms of PSC typically don’t show up until 10 or 15 years after the diagnosis. Casey’s symptoms began in 2010.

His skin started itching uncontrollably, everywhere. He described it as feeling like shards of glass under his skin. He became jaundiced and suffered chronic weakness. He could feel his brain shutting down.

“I couldn’t think straight anymore,” Casey said. “If you went two weeks without sleeping, that’s how you start thinking. I didn’t sleep for almost five weeks.”

Casey’s health continued to deteriorate until he could no longer practice chiropractics. He got so bad, he took a plane to

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Chicago and checked into the Northwestern Memorial Hospital’s Kovler Organ Transplantation Center. There’s no organ transplant center in Idaho.

“When I left three years ago, I was a babbling idiot and most people didn’t think they were going to see me again,” Casey said.

YOU WANT HIM TO BE THERE Casey first told his daughter about his illness when she was in fifth grade, but it never seemed like a big deal because he didn’t act sick. She was a freshman in high school in 2010–living with her mom in Ellensburg, Wash.–when her dad’s decline began.

“His symptoms were so bad, he would not let me see him,” Clare said.

“He tried to keep it from me because he knew it would be hard on me. He tried to keep it on a level where I wouldn’t be stressed. I was so unsure of what was going on.”

Casey stayed with his sister in Chicago. He was so sick, he could barely stand up. The good news: He was put on the United Network of Organ Sharing list for a deceased donor’s liver. The bad news: He realized he would probably never get a deceased donor.

According to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network–a nationwide, private nonprofit organization established by Congress in 1984–there are almost 17,000 people waiting for a liver in the United States.

As of the end of November, 463 of those were in Illinois.

Maybe that doesn’t sound like a huge number, but considering how few livers are available for transplant, finding a donor can seem like winning the lottery. According to the Yes! Idaho Donor Registry, based in Salt Lake City, only 2 percent of deaths have the potential to be organ donors; a deceased donor has to be brain-dead, but their heart and organs must still be pumping.

If the family of the deceased allows, organs can be harvested in that condition, but the organ then has to be transported and transplanted within 24 hours.

“The list has to do with severity,” Casey said. “[People with PSC] gradually get sicker and sicker, and our numbers go up slowly.

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system is not fair that way and [the folks running the transplant system] know it. They just don’t know what to do.”

While in Chicago, Casey’s bile ducts were cleared using an endoscope–a procedure he describes as a “roto-rooter” for his liver.

The endoscopy, called an “intervention,” extended his health, but every time Casey starts to go downhill again, he has to fly to Chicago to have another intervention. At about $1,000 a plane ticket, he’s watched his financial situation worsen, and he’s needing the procedure more often.

The first intervention helped for a year, then seven months, now it’s three months.

Casey spent nine months in Chicago before he felt well enough to return to Boise.

He said his clients, friends and tennis partners seemed shocked to see him come back at all.

He embraced his fleeting health and took Clare on an eight-day road trip to Yosemite and Zion national parks in the summer of 2011.

On a 90-degree day, the two of them hiked the strenuous trek up Angel’s Landing in Zion. They climbed 21 steep switchbacks and reached the last half-mile, where they held onto chains along the trail. They reached the summit: 5,790 feet.

At the top, Clare and her father snacked and took in the view from their pinnacle. The sun brought out the red in the towering rock walls of the canyon. Green trees and shrubs dotted the valley floor, almost 1,500 feet below them.

“We didn’t have a deep conversation,” Clare said. “But I felt so lucky to be with my dad, who was healthy enough and still here.

That’s my favorite memory.”

Today, Clare is a junior in high school, swamped with AP environmental science, trig, Spanish IV, history, literature and art. She doodles lotus flowers and Hindu gods and has a ring through her nose. She swims and runs track and cross country. She’s trying to decide between Humboldt State, Oregon State and Western Washington University. She wants to be a marine biologist.

On top of her normal teenage life, though, she worries about her dad. She wants him around for her graduation, her wedding. She wants him to meet her future husband and her kids.

“It’s kind of something you want your dad to be there for,” she said.

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Since this summer, Casey has felt his health start slipping again. The itching came back and the sleeping left. By the fall, he went one week where he slept only five hours. His search for a living donor began.

“I stared telling all my friends I need a living donor or I’m going to kick the bucket,” Casey said. In order to be considered, Casey’s donor would need to share the same blood type and be between 18 and 55 years old. But Casey is 65, as are most of his friends and family.

“People tell me they’re interested and ask what’s involved. I say, ‘Well, you’ve got to have the same blood type as me, and if you’re not the same blood type, you don’t have to go another step,’” he said. “Most people don’t know their own blood type, so a lot of people are eliminated right there.”

Casey said he felt very uncomfortable asking people to donate an organ; it’s a huge favor. Blood type and age are only the tip of the iceberg; the donor would have to fly to Chicago and undergo a series of tests with the transplant team to see if his or her liver would be a good match. The donor would then have to fly back to Chicago again for the surgery and stay for two weeks in recovery. The donor would be up and walking within a few days, but it takes the liver three months to fully regenerate–it takes six months to a year to return to a normal level of energy.

Casey’s medical insurance would cover the cost of the tests and the $250,000 surgery, but he started asking for money as well to help fund travel expenses and hotel stays. If he does find a donor, he’ll have to rent an apartment close to the hospital for three or four months after the surgery and he’ll be unable to work.

He’d need his friends to fly to Chicago and help take care of him, and he wants to pay for their flights as a thank-you.

Casey said his friends stepped up, doing everything they could to find him a living donor, setting up a social media fundraising campaign and showing support through prayers. Some offered to help take care of him in Chicago.

But after exhausting all his friends and family in the search for a donor, Casey started making end-of-life arrangements. He wrote his will and planned his funeral. He scheduled a meeting with someone who helps handle the dying experience.

“It was getting to the point where the likelihood of finding a living donor was nil. Turning to Facebook, where you’re asking complete strangers... not likely,” Casey said.

During sleepless nights, he prayed and reviewed his life; during the day, he started reaching out to people who had a significant impact on him.

DO YOU REMEMBER ME? “I think he was just trying to say his goodbyes before he died,” said Roni Ziemba. Casey and Ziemba dated for four or six months, 25 years ago, when Casey still lived in Texas. They haven’t seen each other or spoken since then, but he found her on Facebook.

“We had a few conversations. ‘What’s your life like, whatcha doing?’ stuff like that. And really, we didn’t talk about this [liver situation] at all. I didn’t even know,” Ziemba said.

Ziemba, 55, works as a professional photographer in Tucson, Ariz. She told Casey about how she tries to take an “edgy and progressive” approach to her work.

“I’ve shot 516 weddings,” Ziemba said.

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“That’s 515 too many.”

She spends her summers on ranches in Montana photographing cowboys–her favorite subject. Picture her long blonde hair under a cowboy hat, her feet in cowboy boots, sitting on a horse in a field of sepia tones.

One of her clients in Arizona asked her to do a little project involving first responders.

She photographed five departments and 14 agencies, including the U.S. Marshals, Border Patrol, SWAT and, most recently, the American Red Cross. She got to ride along in the line of duty. She got a fire pager. The work brought her attention in her field and more front-line assignments.

“So I find myself in dangerous situations, which is just like me,” Zeimba said. She’s spent more than 2,000 hours on this project, for free.

Then, it opened a new door for her.

Her biggest client now is one of the world’s leading transplant surgeons. She’s photographed several surgeries, including a kidney transplant. She has 108 photographs hanging around Tucson, including two in the Tucson International Airport.

Ziemba has been married twice, but like Casey, she’s single these days. She jokes that her 11-year-old Chihuahua, Diego, has stayed with her longer than any other man. She never had children.

She and Casey started talking more often, enjoying the catch-up. Ziemba told Casey about her photography career and Casey told Ziemba about Clare, all the time.

“The more you talk to someone, the more they find out about you,” Casey said. He was reluctant to tell her about his condition, but she caught on. “So she started asking me all these questions. I said, ‘Well, I’m going to need a liver transplant.’”

“I asked him, ‘What’s it take to be a donor?’ and he was very reluctant to answer,” Ziemba said.

Drawing him out some, she said, “Do you remember me? I’m kind of a bulldog about these things.” The conversation turned to blood types.

“I said, ‘Roni, I really don’t want to go here with you on this kind of stuff,’” Casey said, but finally caved and told her he’s a Type O. “I’m going to be your donor,” she said.

‘THE LIVER JOURNEY’ More than 1,300 liver transplants have been performed at the Kovler Organ Transplantation Center of Chicago’s Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where Lori Clark has worked in the transplant division for 20 years.

As organ transplant nurse coordinator, it’s her job to take care of organ recipients (like Casey) and evaluate donors (like Ziemba).

Clark said when the surgery happens, two operating rooms are going at the same time.

Both donor and recipient are put under. The transplant team makes a midline incision in the donor. The recipient gets a larger incision, like an upside down “T” that starts under the breastbone and branches out at the upper abdomen.

The surgeons remove half of the donor’s liver, flush it out, set it in a sterile basin on ice and walk it to the recipient’s room, next door.

Then, the donor liver is placed in the recipient, blood flow is reestablished, bile ducts reconnected, and the incision is then closed.

Clark said the surgery usually takes six to eight hours for the recipient, and about four for the donor.

“It’s long hours, but an amazing process,” she said.

Recovery isn’t quick; both patients will be in the hospital for two or three days. They’ll probably be able to get up and walk around the day after the surgery, but they can’t do any physical activity for six weeks.

“Not only are they recovering from a major surgery, but they’re regrowing an organ,” Clark said. “It grows 90 percent back in the first three months, but it’s a huge organ, so it just drains them.”

Casey’s transplant team includes surgeons, an anesthesiologist, a hepatologist, the transplant nurse coordinator, a transplant nurse practitioner, a psychiatrist, a social worker, a financial liaison, a registered dietitian and clinical coordinators.

The surgery boasts a high survival rate and Clark loves it.

“To see these patients come back in healthy, there’s no comparison,” Clark said.

“When you see them as sick as they are, then they go through the transplant and you can’t even tell anything was wrong. They’re living

their lives and enjoying their families. To be a part of that is very rewarding.”

In order to be Casey’s donor, though, Ziemba still had to travel to Chicago to undergo the series of tests to see if she would be a good match. She planned to stay with some family in Chicago, who offered to take care of her after the surgery as well.

But Ziemba felt unsure about going. She felt nervous about the surgery, nervous about being laid up for three months afterward, unable to work at the height of her photography career, and afraid she’d be forgotten quickly in her field. Not to mention her living expenses would still need to be paid.

She sought the advice of the transplant surgeon she photographs. His reaction was not positive.

“He told me, ‘If you were my daughter, I would tell you not to do it. In terms of surgery, this is one of the largest and most complicated. If it was a kidney, no big deal.

But this is a much higher risk. The liver might not grow back correctly. It’s the bloodiest organ,’” Ziemba said. “That was not what I wanted to hear. I was very nervous about it.

Very disheartened.”

In her uncertainty, she called her mom.

“My mother said, ‘Honey, I’m very scared about you doing this, but we’re not the kind of people who would walk away from this,’” Ziemba said. “How could you possibly watch someone that you care about die? How could you live with yourself the rest of your life knowing that you could have saved them?

That’s where I’ve come to. My risks are low compared to him. I made the decision. As far as I’m concerned, there is no choice.”

So she called to make the appointments for her tests. But when she called, she found out she was the only candidate who has gotten this far for Casey.

“In my head, I assumed there was a list of people,” Ziemba said. “I didn’t get the importance of that. I was so blown away.”

Ziemba started documenting the situation on her Facebook page. She called it, “The Liver Journey.” In the middle of October, she posted from the hospital: “Getting ready for a full day of having my body and mind poked, prodded and examined. Feeling butterflies. No telling what they’re going to find!”

She went through extensive blood tests, looking for any sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis, diabetes and more. She underwent an MRI scan of her liver and her spleen.

Doctors measured the volume and size of her liver. Because Ziemba’s age is the cut-off, they went a step further and ordered a cardiac workup. She had an EKG and echocardiograms.

“Good news on several fronts,” she posted on Facebook. “The doc has told me my heart is equivalent to a much younger healthy person! ... Phase 2 of The Liver Journey is complete.”

There’s another reason Ziemba feels compelled to do this: Clare.

Ziemba had a challenging relationship with her father growing up; after her parents divorced, he wasn’t around much. But in the last three months of his life, Ziemba moved in and took care of him.

“We finally had a close relationship and I just wanted more time [with him],” Ziemba said. She paused to collect herself. “I want Clare to have more time with her father. As much time as she can have.”

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SHOULD I LET HER DO THIS? More than $20,000 worth of tests later–all covered by Casey’s insurance–the transplant team sat down at the end of October to evaluate Ziemba as a possible match for Casey.

When she heard the news, she called Casey.

“I’ve been approved,” she told him. She waited a few seconds, then she heard a noise, like a cry of disbelief or an exhale. Like a primal noise.

“And then he had tears,” Ziemba said.

“For a few minutes, we just didn’t know what to say. It was very tearful. It’s so big, you know. It’s so big.”

Casey didn’t know how to feel about Ziemba’s offer–or the reality that she’d been approved by the doctors.

“I felt very conflicted,” Casey said. “You want to jump up and down, but then you also

want to ask, ‘Are you sure you want to do this?’ Because I’m just as concerned for her as I am for myself. I’m still going through this dance. Should I really do this, let someone potentially sacrifice their life for me?”

Ziemba said Casey expressed over and over how grateful he was. That makes her feel like it’s the right thing to do.

“I have the decision all the way up until the time they put me out,” she said. “There’s always a chance I could freak out and change my mind. But he’s so deserving. He is so deserving of this.”

ACT OF LOVE In late October, Casey went to New Mexico searching for a holistic treatment for his illness that would keep both him and Ziemba off the operating table. Ziemba drove over so

they could meet. It was the first time they’d seen each other face-to-face in 25 years.

It was kind of awkward, Ziemba admitted.

They both had a picture of each other from 25 years ago, but to see someone age almost three decades in a matter of seconds was–weird.

“This isn’t just, ‘Hey, how are you doing?’ at a party. It’s like, ‘Hey, I’m potentially going to give you part of one of my organs,’” Ziemba said. “I didn’t want the first time I saw him to be on gurneys, being like, ’K, see ya in the OR.’” “The Liver Journey” of Ziemba and Casey may seem like a love story waiting to happen, but they’ve agreed not to go there. No, this won’t be the subject of the toast at their wedding and no, they won’t sell the movie rights after they’re happily married.

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know, when people go through situations like this, there’s some projection. He and I will be sharing something you don’t share with anyone else. It’s not the only time you’ve been in love or dated or had sex; but we will be the one and only people who share this organ.”

She said it’s not uncommon for people to take the level of intimacy and mistake it for love and romance. Especially since they’ve already had a relationship, it might be easier to slip into that. They both agreed that shouldn’t happen–but do people experience love without romance.

Casey told a friend the story of how he and Ziemba had reconnected, and what it meant for his health.

“My friend said, ‘You know what that is, right?’ And I said, ‘It’s great!’ She said, ‘No, it’s an act of love.’ And it just hit me like a ton of bricks,” Casey said. “There’s no other reason you’d do it. Because it’s an act of love.

That’s why it’s so hard to find a living donor.”

It’s possible that Ziemba and Casey wouldn’t be in this situation if everyone checked the “organ donor” box when getting their drivers license. According to the Idaho Transportation Department, Ada County had almost 45,000 people check that box in 2012, the highest it’s ever been. But nearly 30,000 people declined to donate organs if killed in an accident. Throughout the whole state of Idaho, 166,000 licensed drivers are potential organ donors, while almost 128,000 aren’t.

“Why not become an organ donor?” Casey said. “If you’re dead, or you’re dying, why not save a life, or two or three or five?”

For now, Casey and Ziemba will wait.

Because they don’t want to put Ziemba in unnecessary danger, the surgeons don’t want to do the transplant until Casey is very sick again. If they wait too long and Casey is too sick, he will have a harder time recovering from the surgery. If they wait even longer, Ziemba, currently 55 years old, might lose her eligibility due to the age limit.

Ziemba would prefer to have the surgery in the summer, when it’s too hot to work in Tucson anyway. She’d rather spend those three months laid up on the couch in her air-conditioned apartment with her dog, Diego.

That works well for Casey, who is experimenting with some holistic options and needs the time to see if they’ll work. Casey is feeling the decline, though. He went through another intervention in Chicago in the middle of December to feel a little bit better and buy a little more time.

Casey’s daughter Clare has already agreed to photograph the surgery for Ziemba. She said she’s “super cool with blood and all that. ... [Photographing the surgery] would be the coolest thing ever.”

Casey believes the best healing a person can have is to find the unfinished business in his or her life, and address it. Maybe that’s what he was doing when he reached out to old friends like Ziemba in the first place. And maybe for Ziemba, this is her unfinished business, too–a way to extend a relationship between a father and his daughter.

They both agree that the reason they dated more than 25 years ago, for four or six months in a long-distance relationship that ended up not working out anyway, was for this.

“This is potentially what all that was about,” Ziemba said. “That 25 years later, we would be in this situation. It all began way back then.”

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FRIDAY DEC. 20 christmas like never before Beer dinner? Sounds redundant.

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Members of the Imperial Sovereign Gem Court of Idaho, a nonprofit charitable organization committed to providing funds and services to those in need around the Treasure Valley, are getting all dolled up for A Winter Wonderland at Neurolux Friday, Dec. 20. This annual holiday showcase raises money for the Idaho State School and Hospital, and all proceeds go toward giving Christmas to individuals who might otherwise not have one. It’s about togetherness and helping those with less, but it’s also a helluva holiday drag show, and these queens and kings will be decked to the halls in sparkle and shine as they lip sync to Christmas classics like Wham’s, “Last Christmas.” The Idaho Gem Court’s Most Imperial Majesty, The Legendary Illuminating Amethyst Empress Regent Empress XXXVI Selena Blaque wants this night to be special.

“It’s an amazing feeling to know and see firsthand that people can and will set aside personal differences to raise money for people less fortunate,” Blaque said.

8 p.m. $5. Neurolux, 111 N. 11th St., 208-343-0886, neurolux.com

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While most golf courses around Idaho are snow-covered and closed, the Eagle Hills Golf Course is open for business—but for a different reason. Eagle Hills Golf Course, Crooked Fence Brewing and Delicate Designs present a Home For the Holidays Beer Dinner on Wednesday, Dec 18, raising money for Internet Crimes Against Children Coalition, an organization that helps protect Idaho youth from online predators. The evening’s menu pairs Crooked Fence brews with food courses prepared by the golf course’s in-house, fine-dining restaurant, Eighteen One. A meet-and-greet with some of Crooked Fence’s beer experts kicks off the event, followed by raffle prizes and other giveaways throughout the night. However, the highlights of the night will be the food and beer pairings. Warm up with a Devil’s Pick IPA and beer-battered prawns sided with a lime and Sriracha sauce.

Once the flames subside, dig into round two with a Rusty Nail Pale Ale paired with a loaded cranberry chicken salad. Then prepare for the next pairing of Grim Reaper Imperial Black IPA and braised beef short ribs with a side of fries, then round out the night with an Ale of the Beholder milkshake. Reservations are required for this hole-inone event.

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6:30 p.m. $45. Eagle Hills Golf Course, 605 N. Edgewood Lane, Eagle, 208-939-0402, eaglehillsgolfcourse.com

THURSDAY DEC. 19 yule tide BOISE GAY MEN’S CHORUS DEBUT PERFORMANCE Holiday creep is slowly leaching the earnestness out of the holiday season. So-called “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday”—those weekdays that follow Thanksgiving—don’t mark the beginning of the countdown

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to Christmas so much as the escalating strain on your nerves and bank account balance. As the season progresses, so does the intensity of the consumerist haze.

Genuine holiday spirit is a rare bird, but it’s one that will soar at the Boise Gay Men’s Chorus, which presents its debut performance, Home for the Holidays: There’s No Place Like Home, at 7 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 19, at the Cathedral of the Rockies.

There, traditional holiday favorites like “Oh Tannenbaum (Oh Christmas Tree),” “Silent Night,”

Get spirited with the Boise Gay Men’s Chorus.

“Angels We Have Heard on High,” as well as a few “off-the-wall numbers” get the royal treatment from a cadre of talented male singers. Special guest Minerva Jayne brings the swank, filling the cathedral with enough personality and gumption to make the event more than the average choir performance.

The Boise Gay Men’s Chorus

is a production of Idaho Sings, and its mission is to inspire audiences through music, finding common ground between Idaho’s LGBT and straight communities.

7 p.m. $11-$27.

Cathedral of the Rockies, 717 N. 11th St., Boise, 208-343-7511, boisegaymenschorus.org

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4ONY 3ERVILLO plays a writer on his 65th birthday.

A man who has reveled in Rome’s decadent night life since the success of his only novel early in his career, he now takes stock of his life. Writer-director 0AOLO 3ORRENTINO (Il Divo) has created a sumptuous feast of the senses which is also a bittersweet reflection on life and missed opportunity. In Italian with English subtitles. Not rated.

Winner, Best Film, European Film Awards Golden Globe Nominee, Best Foreign Language Film

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“...full of music, dance, Rome’s crème brĂťlĂŠe light and a sensual tenderness, so that it might have been made by Renoir.â€?

DAVID THOMSON, THE NEW REPUBLIC

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Treefort Film Festival -!2#( In conjunction with the annual Treefort Music Festival, a film festival is being inaugurated this year. The opening film will premiere Wednesday night at 7:00. Other films will play Thursday and Friday evenings and all day on Saturday and Sunday.

All presentations will predate theatrical openings; most will be Idaho premieres.

Tickets are available on line at http:// treefortmusicfest.com/tickets.

Annual Lunafest !02), !4 Soroptimist International of Boise Presents the Annual Lunafest.

Magic Camp !02), !4 The Idaho Film Foundation will present a onetime showing of this delightful and inspiring documentary about kids participating in a week long mentoring and competition in the art of magic.

Dubbed as “the real Hogwarts,” famous notables who have attended 4ANNEN S -AGIC #AMP in upstate New York include $AVID #OPPERFIELD and !DRIEN "RODY. Unrated, suitable for all ages.

“The enchantment is irresistible in *UDD %HRLICH S documentary.” N.Y. Times.

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February 28 & March 2, 2014 THE MORRISON CENTER

Gianni Schicchi & Trouble in Tahiti Where everyone can shop and anyone can join.

Located in Boise’s Historic North End 888 W. Fort St. Boise 208.472.4500 www.boise.coop Open Daily 7am - 10pm

April 11 & 13, 2014

THE EGYPTIAN THEATRE

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The Mountains Will Wait for You !02), !4 The first woman to climb the 46 High Adirondack Peaks, 'RACE (UDOWALSKI S lifelong passion for the mountains and a climbing organization called the !DIRONDACK ERS made her their matriarch. Aspiring members wrote to Grace to share the details of their climbs, and she responded to every letter with words of encouragement and recollections from her time on those peaks. This documentary

by FRED 3CHWOEBEL is an homage to Grace, who said, “If it’s worth climbing, it’s worth writing about.” Edited by ,ORI 2EGAN (Boise, ID). Narrated by *OHNNY #ASH. $9 in advance and at the door.

Hosted by Trout Unlimited, the latest documentary by award winning filmmaker %RIC 3TEEL delves into the life of -EGAN "OYD, who, from her modest home in Scotland, gained notoriety as one of the greatest fly tyers of all time, with 0RINCE #HARLES an avid fan. Her work is displayed in museums around the world, and her original flies are collector’s items. Not since A River Runs Through It has this world been captured so beautifully. Seating is limited; tickets are $10 and are available in advance at local fly shops and The Flicks. Raffle items, fly-tying demo and no host social hour on the patio (weather permitting) begins at 5:30.

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Opens February 21 (tentative) &ROM David Frankel DIRECTOR OF Hope Springs AND The Devil Wears Prada, One Chance IS THE INSPIRATIONAL TRUE STORY OF Paul Potts A SHY SHOP ASSISTANT WHO DREAMS OF BEING AN OPERA SINGER 0AUL BECAME AN INSTANT PHENOMENON WHEN HE WON "RITAIN S Got Talent AND THE HEARTS OF MILLIONS James Corden Can a Song Save Your Life Colm Meaney AND Julie Walters STAR “An inspirational true story that transcends its formulaic telling with humor, heart and a pair of cherishable lead performances.� (/,,97//$ 2%0/24%2

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Japanese writer-director (IROKAZU +OREEDA tells the story of a success driven father who has raised his 6 year old son from birth only to find out that an error was made and that his biological son is living a very different life. A decision must be made-whether to part with the little boy he knows and remove another child from a loving home, or to leave things as they are while knowing they can never be the same. Stars -ASAHARU &UKUYAMA -ACHIKO /NO 9OKO -AKI. In Japanese with English subtitles.

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Close friends who could have passed for sisters in high school, Bernice (,ISA'AY (AMILTON) is now a California parole officer and Fontayne (9OLONDA 2OSS) is an ex-con. Yolanda has connections, including a disgraced cop (%DWARD *AMES /LMOS) that may help Bernice find her missing son. Set near the Tijuana border, writer-director *OHN 3AYLES complex crime drama tackles social and immigration issues. Not rated. “...a movie that stays inside your head long after you see it. It’s a keeper.�

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Opens March 21 or 28 THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTELÂŽ Opens April 11 -ASTER STYLIST Wes Anderson WROTE AND DIRECTED THIS MAGICAL FABLE ABOUT THE LEGENDARY CONCIERGE AT AN ELEGANT %UROPEAN HOTEL BETWEEN THE WARS THE LOBBY BOY WHO BECOMES HIS ALLY AND A PRICELESS PAINTING THAT GOES MISSING Ralph Fiennes, Saoirse Ronan, Owen Wilson, Edward Norton, Tilda Swinton, Jude Law, Bill Murray, Lea Seydoux, Willem Dafoe AND MORE ROUND OUT THE CAST OF THIS SPRING S BIGGEST MOVIE EVENT -USIC BY THE INCOMPARABLE Alexandre Desplat.

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The third collaboration between Notting Hill director 2OGER -ICHELL and writer (ANIF +UREISHI follows a mature couple (*IM "ROADBENT and ,INDSAY $UNCAN) on a trip to Paris to rekindle their 30-year marriage. *EFF 'OLDBLUM co-stars as an old college friend they bump into. “ Lightly played, often very funny and shot all over Paris with energy and wit. Delightful.�

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John Turturro DIRECTS Woody Allen, Sofia Vergara, Sharon Stone AND Liev Schreiber IN THIS COMEDY ABOUT TWO FRIENDS WHO NEED CASH AND DECIDE THAT ONE OF THEM Turturro SHOULD BECOME A LOVER FOR HIRE IN ORDER TO MAKE ENDS MEET “John Turturro brings sensitivity and intelligence to a subject that could have gone terribly awry in this wryly observant dramedy.�

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SCIENTISTS FROM COUNTRIES RECREATED EVENTS JUST AFTER THE "IG "ANG AND WE WITNESS THE COOPERATION THAT MADE IT POSSIBLE 3CIENTIST FILMMAKER Mark Levinson DIRECTS EDITED BY Walter Murch Apocalypse Now, The English Patient .OT RATED “Mind blowing.� 4(% .%7 9/2+ 4)-%3 “A crowd pleaser.� 6!2)%49

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Annette Bening PLAYS .IKKI A WIDOW ENJOYING A ROMANCE WITH AN ART TEACHER Ed Harris WHO BEARS AN AMAZING LIKENESS TO HER HUSBAND WHO DIED FIVE YEARS EARLIER Robin Williams, Amy Brenneman AND Jess Weixler CO STAR FOR DIRECTOR Arie Posen .OT YET RATED

Directed by 4ELLER of 0ENN AND 4ELLER, Tim’s Vermeer follows inventor 4IM *ENISON as he attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries of the art world: how did *OHANNES 6ERMEER create photo realistic pictures 150 years before the invention of photography?

Traveling to Delft, Holland, on to Yorkshire to meet with painter $AVID (OCKNEY and then to Buckingham Palace to view the Queen’s Vermeer, Jenison sheds new light on this fascinating topic. “A deft and fascinating documentary about art, technology, and the creative spirit.�

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Spend some quality holiday time with SDSU Quarterback Quinn Kaehler (left) and UB Running Back James Potts (right).

SATURDAY DEC. 21

GAME OF THRONES 4-D PUZZLE

spud season THE FAMOUS IDAHO POTATO BOWL The Famous Idaho Potato Bowl pits the Mid-American Conference East Division runners-up, University of Buffalo (6-2 conference, 8-4 overall), against the Mountain West Conference West Division second-fiddlers, San Diego State (6-2 conference, 7-5 overall). The Buffalo Bulls nabbed bowl eligibility for the third time in team history with their victory over Kent State in October. And if San Diego State plays anything like it did against Boise State University’s Broncos, it’ll be a formidable opponent. This marks the 17th Famous Potato Bowl, a football game that acts as a respite before family invades our living space. And if the game itself isn’t enough, join a group of bare-chested, paint-covered fanatics for some pre-game fun at the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Mash Bash on the Basque Block Friday, Dec. 20, from 5-8 p.m. Be sure to pick up some official Famous Idaho Potato Bowl gear and help cheer for a couple of teams that will make this bowl one of the best.

What are the holidays without a little Tchaikovsky?

3:30 p.m., $18-$160. Bronco Stadium, 1910 University Drive, 208-424-1011, famousidahopotatobowl.com

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BALLET IDAHO PRESENTS THE NUTCRACKER

Distilled to its pure essence, the holiday season is about splendor. Thick blankets of snow envelop every outdoor surface, while inside, gleaming lights, crackling fires and towering, bedecked trees dazzle children as they shake the wrapped presents in anticipation of Christmas morning.

But what if beneath that veneer there were some hidden conflict—if, in those hours when “nothing was stirring, not even a mouse,” a whole mouse army drilled in preparation for battle?

That’s the premise of The Nutcracker, the ballet with the iconic score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

For the uninitiated, The Nutcracker tells the story of Clara, a young girl whose toy nutcracker is broken by her twerp of a brother. When she falls asleep by the Christmas tree, a battle between gingerbread men and a legion of mice under the command of the evil Mouse King is under way, and Clara’s wounded Nutcracker must save the day.

Ballet Idaho carries on its tradition of staging this Christmas favorite with choreography by Artistic Director Peter Anastos and costumes by A. Christina Giannini—a combination to ignite the imaginations of children and parents alike.

Friday, Dec. 20, 8 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 21, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.; Sunday, Dec. 22, Noon and 4 p.m. $38-$58. Morrison Center, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, 208-426-1110, balletidaho.org

FRIDAY DEC. 20 do-si-do SECOND CHANCE SQUARE DANCE Some things in life are mysterious, but square dancing isn’t one of them.

As the name implies, four pairs of dancers form a square and respond to cues from a caller, resembling a real-time instruction manual.

Though the particular style of dance is known worldwide, it is widely associated with the United States, and we take it very seriously; 19 states, including Idaho, have declared it the official state dance. If you’re apprehensive about square dancing, this is a great first step. The Second Chance Square Dance at the Linen Building gives you the opportunity to show off your

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dancing skills or start your journey.

If the name of the event has you worried about going head to head with paroled felons, relax. The “second chance” here refers to the Second Chance Band, which provides authentic acoustic string music to accompany fancy footwork. While square dancing is the emphasis, the two-step, swing and western dancing are also part of the event.

If you need liquid courage before busting a move, a full bar will be available to patrons of legal age.

Whether you go in Wranglers and boots, a zoot suit or your best gingham frock, the Second Chance Square Dance is the place to do-si-do.

You know what they say about the “game of thrones”: You either win, or you die. That’s pretty much how it feels when you’re 500-pieces deep into the Game of Thrones 4-D puzzle.

And when you realize you’re only about halfway finished with the first of three f*#$ing layers and have nearly 1,000 more pieces to go, it seems like you may very well die before completing it.

It’s an epic task befitting an epic book series, which spawned an every-bit-as-epic HBO series. Think it’s hard work untangling the relationships between the Starks, Tullys and Freys? Good luck fitting together tiny pieces of their kingdoms.

Beautifully rendered in medieval parchment style, the first layer of the puzzle has you building the basic geography of Westeros—including all the seas, rivers, place names and major roads. The second layer involves upraised pieces representing the topography of Game of Thrones 4-D Puzzle the Seven Kingdoms: from the $59.99 store.hbo.com deserts of Dorne to the wintery steppes of The North and The Wall. The third and final layer adds 3-D sculpted pieces of major settlements, including the towers of King’s Landing, the long bridge of The Twins and Winterfell itself—complete with a flaming red Weirwood tree.

Weighing in at about 1,400 pieces, you’ll have your work cut out for you; but “Winter is Coming,” and you’ll have more than enough time on your hands during those dark nights that, of course, are full of terror.

—Zach Hagadone

7 p.m. $7. The Linen Building, 1402 W. Grove St., 208-385-0111, thelinenbuilding.com

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8 DAYS OUT WEDNESDAY DEC. 18 Festivals & Events HELICOPTER CHRISTMAS LIGHTS TOURS—Silverhawk Aviation’s tours will take you over downtown Boise, then soar over the Botanical Gardens and Foothills. Call for reservations. Daily.

6 p.m. $125 for two, $150 for three. Western Aircraft at Boise Airport, 4300 S. Kennedy St., Boise, 208-453-8577, westair. com.

HOLIDAY LIGHTS TROLLEY TOURS—Get in the holiday spirit with this 50-minute ride aboard the decorated vintage trolly. Daily through Dec. 28. 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. $4-$16. Evergreen Business Mall-Library Plaza, corner of Cole and Ustick, Boise, americanheritagetrolleytours.com.

WINTER GARDEN AGLOW— Tour the Idaho Botanical Garden light display. Daily through Jan. 5. See Arts, Page 24. 6 p.m. FREE-$8. Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-343-8649, idahobotanicalgarden.org.

Food & Drink HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS BEER DINNER—Enjoy food, Crooked Fence original brews, a raffle and more to help support the Internet Crimes Against Children Coalition. See Picks, Page 14. 6:30 p.m. $45. Eagle Hills Golf Course, 605 N. Edgewood Lane, Eagle, 208-939-0402, eaglehillsgolfcourse.com.

VICTORIAN HOLIDAY OPEN PARLORS—Visit Mrs. Claus and see the Bishops’ House beautifully decorated for the holiday season. All proceeds benefit the preservation of the Bishops’ House. 4 p.m. $4, under 12 FREE. Bishops’ House, 2420 E. Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-342-3279, thebishopshouse.com.

Kids & Teens HOLIDAY PROGRAM—Sing along to this year’s top 10 holiday songs backed by a full band and stick around to decorate cookies. 7 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library, Lake Hazel Branch, 10489 Lake Hazel Road, Boise, 208-297-6700, adalib.org.

On Stage WE NEED A LITTLE CHRISTMAS—Get into the holiday spirit with an evening full of music, readings and fun, from Broadway musicals and classic television specials to modern Christmas films and a few surprises. Enjoy dinner and a show on Friday and Saturday for $39. Tickets must be ordered at least one day in advance online. 7 p.m. $15-$20.

Knock ’Em Dead Dinner Theatre, 415 E. Parkcenter Blvd., Boise, 208-385-0021, kedproductions. org.

Concerts BGMC: HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS—The Boise Gay Men’s Chorus debut performance features a funny yet poignant celebration of family, turkey dinners, unexpected surprises and joyful, touching Idaho holiday memories. VIP tickets include preferred seating and special reception following the show.

See Picks, Page 14. 7:30 p.m. $10-$25. Cathedral of the Rockies, First United Methodist Church, 717 N. 11th St., Boise, 208-343-7511, boisegaymenschorus.org.

FRIDAY DEC. 20 Festivals & Events SECOND CHANCE SQUARE DANCE—See Picks, Page 19. 7 p.m. $7. The Linen Building, 1402 W. Grove St., Boise, 208-385-0111, thelinenbuilding.com.

A WINTER WONDERLAND—Nonprofit organization the Imperial Sovereign Gem Court of Idaho hosts annual holiday showcase. See Picks, Page 14.

8 p.m. $5. Neurolux, 111 N. 11th St., Boise, 208-343-0886, neurolux.com.

On Stage NUTCRACKER—Celebrate the season in the most magical way with Ballet Idaho’s beloved holiday tradition. More than 100 children from Ballet Idaho Academy will join company dancers onstage.

See Picks, Page 14. 8 p.m. $38-$58. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, box office: 208-426-1110, balletidaho.org.

Sports & Fitness CHRISTMAS LIGHT RUN—Run with Shu’s and win giveaway prizes. 6 p.m. FREE. Shu’s Idaho Running Company, 1758 W. State St., Boise, 208-344-6604, idahorunningcompany.com.

Animals & Pets

EYESPY Real Dialogue from the naked city

HOLIDAY PET PHOTOS—Fourlegged family members can pose for fun seasonal photos with a live Santa Claus. For each cash donation, H3 Pet Foods will donate a 15-pound bag of pet food to the Meridian Valley Humane Society. RSVP at 4 p.m. $10 donation. H3 Pet Foods, 1801 W. Cherry Lane, Meridian, surveygizmo.com/s3/1328231/ Pets-Best-Photo-Shoot.

THURSDAY DEC. 19 Festivals & Events FREE PLAY NIGHT CENTIPEDE TOURNAMENT—Free play night, featuring trivia, beer specials and prize packages from Odell Brewing for the top three scores.

Hosted by Olek Szewczyk. 6 p.m. $2. Spacebar Arcade, 200 N. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-9180597, spacebararcade.com.

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8 DAYS OUT WE NEED A LITTLE CHRISTMAS—See Thursday. 8 p.m. $15-$39. Knock ’Em Dead Dinner Theatre, 415 E. Parkcenter Blvd., Boise, 208-385-0021, kedproductions.org.

SATURDAY DEC. 21 On Stage NUTCRACKER—See Friday. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. $38-$58. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, box office: 208-426-1110, mc.boisestate.edu.

WE NEED A LITTLE CHRISTMAS—See Thursday. 8 p.m. $15-$39. Knock ‘Em Dead Dinner Theatre, 415 E. Parkcenter Blvd., Boise, 208-385-0021, kedproductions.org.

Concerts XTREME HOLIDAY XTRAVAGANZA—Enjoy a rollicking, irreverent musical event hosted by Curtis Stigers and The Fool Squad, including local musicians, dancers and singers. Proceeds benefit Interfaith Sanctuary. 6:30 p.m. $30. Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, 208-345-0454, egyptiantheatre.net.

Food & Drink FAT XMAS PARTY—Featuring DJ Auz and drink specials. 9 p.m. $5. Fatty’s, 800 W. Idaho St., Ste. 200, Boise, 208-514-2531, drinkfattys.com HOLIDAY COOKIE DECORATING—Head over to Shore Lodge for this festive annual event. Executive Chef Steven Topple and his team will provide all of the fixings for holiday cookie decorating for the kids to enjoy. 2 p.m.

FREE. Shore Lodge-McCall, 501 W. Lake St., McCall, 208-6342244, shorelodgemccall.com.

Sports & Fitness FAMOUS IDAHO POTATO BOWL—Check out one last football game at Bronco Stadium this year as San Diego State University takes on the University of Buffalo. See Picks, Page 19.

3:30 p.m. $18-$160. Boise State Bronco Stadium, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 208-426-4737, boisestate.edu.

LITTLE SKI HILL RAIL JAM— Beginner, intermediate and advanced skiers and snowboarders compete against each other on a course of rails and boxes. FREE for spectators. 4 p.m. $10. Little Ski Hill, 3635 Idaho 55, McCall, 208-634-5691.

SUNDAY DEC. 22 On Stage NUTCRACKER—See Friday. 12 p.m. and 4 p.m. $38-$58. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, box office: 208-426-1110, mc.boisestate.edu.

Concerts XTREME HOLIDAY XTRAVAGANZA—See Saturday. 6:30 p.m. $30. Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, 208-3450454, egyptiantheatre.net.

MONDAY DEC. 23 Concerts XTREME HOLIDAY XTRAVAGANZA—See Saturday. 6:30 p.m. $30. Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, 208-3450454, egyptiantheatre.net.

TUESDAY DEC. 24 Food & Drink

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CHRISTMAS DINNER—Indulge in a stress-free, gourmet dinner to celebrate the season.

The Narrows will be open both Christmas Eve and Christmas night, offering a holiday prix fixe and a la carte menus. Reservations are highly recommended.

4-8 p.m. The Narrows at Shore Lodge Restaurant, 501 W. Lake St., McCall, 208-34-2244, shorelodgemccall.com.

Religious/Spiritual CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICES— The early traditional service includes music by bell and chancel choirs, a children’s sermon, reading of the Christmas scripture, and sharing of candlelight. The late Contemplative Service includes scripture reading, Communion and sharing of candlelight, plus jazz interpretations of Christmas hymns and sacred music by the Boise First House Band. 6:45 p.m. and 8:45 p.m. FREE. First Congregational United Church of Christ, 2201 Woodlawn Ave., Boise, 208-344-5731, boisefirstucc.org.

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WEDNESDAY DEC. 25 Food & Drink CHRISTMAS DINNER—See Tuesday. 4 p.m. The Narrows at Shore Lodge Restaurant, 501 W. Lake St., McCall, 1-800657-6464, shorelodgemccall. com.

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LISTEN HERE/GUIDE GUIDE WEDNESDAY DEC. 18

REVOLTREVOLT—With Travis Ward, Stepbrothers, Darling Rollercoaster, Mindrips and Dunce.

7 p.m. $2 or two cans of food.

The Crux

FRIM FRAM FOUR—8:45 p.m.

FREE. Pengilly’s

DJ MAXIM KLYMENKO—10 p.m. $5. Grainey’s Basement

JT & SMOOTH AVENUE—6 p.m.

FREE. Rice

GREAT BAIT—10 p.m. FREE. Huck-n-Finn’s

11TH ANNUAL CONCERT FOR CAUSE—6:30 p.m. $20-$55.

Knitting Factory

SKATE NIGHT—7 p.m. FREE. Shredder

OPHELIA—10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s

SPEEDY GRAY—With Johnny Shoes. 6 p.m. FREE. Salt

WAYNE COYLE—8 p.m. FREE. Jo’s Sunshine Lounge

HOLIDAY FREAK SHOW—With Cryss Stress, The Useless, Hail, Hydra, Charles Engels, Cogent, Bold’R and Justice Clagget. 6 p.m. FREE. Shredder

BERNIE REILLY—8 p.m. FREE. Jo’s Sunshine Lounge

REBECCA SCOTT—8:30 p.m.

FREE. Piper Pub

BRANDON PRITCHETT—8:30 p.m. FREE. Reef

THURSDAY DEC. 19

DJ MAXIM KLYMENKO—10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s Basement JEFF MOLL—7 p.m. FREE. Varsity Pub

ANDY FRASCO AND THE U.N., DEC. 20, REEF

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BILL ROSS

10 p.m., $7. Reef, 105 S. Sixth St., 208-287-9200, reefboise.com

Johnny Butler

TEN GALLON CAT PRESENTS VIRGIL—With Ancient Psychic Tandem War Elephant, HiHazel and Brandon Young. 8 p.m. $5.

The Crux

Dear Rabbit

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SATURDAY DEC. 21

ANDY FRASCO AND THE U.N.— See Listen Here, this page. 10 p.m. $7. Reef

8TH ANNUAL HOT DOG HOLIDAY—With The Meatballs, Limbosa, Third Base, Hot Dog Sandwich and Ben the Drunken Poet. 8 p.m. $3. Shredder

B3 SIDE—8 p.m. FREE. Sockeye Grill

JOHNNY BUTLER—6:30 p.m.

FREE. Highlands Hollow

SOUL SERENE—10 p.m. $5.

Grainey’s SMOOTH AVENUE—8 p.m.

FREE. The Drink

BEWARE OF DARKNESS—With 57 Heavy, Breakdown Boulevard and Workin’ on Fire. Win tickets by listening to 100.3 The X. See Listen Here, Page 22. 7:30 p.m.

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JONATHAN WARREN AND THE BILLY GOATS—10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s MARK SPERRY

Andy Frasco is as passionate about making music as he is about saving it. In the span of a year, the SoCal-based blues/ jazz musician played more than 200 shows in 33 states for VH1’s Save the Music Foundation. Frasco has been producing and managing musicians since the age of 16, all the while working on his own craft, for which the 20-something is getting some recognition: Frasco was named the “Live Artist of the Year” at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. With his band, The U.N., Frasco continues on his Freakout Therapy Tour, taking his high-energy Party Blues per formances across the U.S. again—including several stops in Idaho. See them all at andyfrasco.com/tour.

—Paul Hefner

Soul Serene

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DEAR RABBIT—With Terrorist!

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PATRICIA FOLKNER—7 p.m.

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FREUDIAN SLIP—7 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel

BILLY BRAUN—5 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel

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B-Town Hitmen SOUL SERENE—10 p.m. $5.

Grainey’s SWAMP FROGZ—9 p.m. FREE. Jo’s Sunshine Lounge

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THOMAS PAUL TRIO—8:30 p.m. FREE. Piper Pub Sloths

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B-TOWN HITMEN—8 p.m. FREE. The Drink COVERS BEFORE CHRISTMAS PARTY—Featuring Art Fad and Rollersnakes performing cover songs. 8 p.m. FREE. The Crux

DJ MAXIM KLYMENKO—10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s Basement

DJ AUZ—9 p.m. $5. Fatty’s

COMPROMISED—With Search Lights, Fox Alive, Six Feet, Michel MagicMic Mowry, Adam Wright and An Empire of Lions. 6 p.m. $5. Shredder

DJ MAXIM KLYMENKO—10 p.m. $5. Grainey’s Basement DJ VERSTAL—11 p.m. FREE. Red Feather

HOLISTIC MEDITATION AND MC MONKEY D—With Surf Jones, Chris HyDro, Mayor Coalz, Hometown Criminals, A-guttah, P Dirt, and Yung Verb. 9 p.m. $5 or toy donation. Ice Bouquet

JIM LEWIS—6 p.m. FREE. Lulu’s JAMIE VANBU HLER

HENCHMEN FOR HIRE—8 p.m.

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SLOTHS—With The Sky Above and Earth Below, Ditch Tiger and Blackcloud. 8 p.m. $5. The Crux

MONDAY DEC. 23 JOHN BISTLINE—8 p.m. FREE. Jo’s Sunshine Lounge

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Alt-rock trio Beware of Darkness synthesizes the exhausted guitar riffs of a post-Magic Potion Black Keys album into a digestible sound similar to the White Stripes’ “Fell in Love with a Girl” era. It has earned BOD opening spots for Stone Temple Pilots, Bush and the Deftones, and a place at the 2012 SXSW Music Festival. BOD also broke into the teens on U.S. charts with the single “Howl,” so it looks like singer-guitarist Kyle Nicolaides, bassist Daniel Curcio and drummer Tony Cupito are getting folks to Be(a)ware of Darkness.

JEFF MOLL—7 p.m. FREE. Varsity Pub JT & SMOOTH AVENUE—6 p.m.

FREE. Rice Contemporary Asian Cuisine SPEEDY GRAY—6 p.m. FREE. Salt

LEFT COAST COUNTRY—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s THE LIKE ITS—9 p.m. FREE. Willowcreek Grill

BOISE OLD TIME JAM—With The Country Club. 6 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

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—Paul Hefner With 57 Heavy, Breakdown Boulevard and Workin’ On Fire.

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NEWS/ARTS ARTS/VISUAL PATR IC K S W EENEY

LIGHT IT UP The campaign behind lighting Idaho Botanical Garden “Reggie,” photograph by Ryan Cheatham.

BLACK HUNGER’S FINAL EXHIBIT MULLS A FRACTURED REALITY Reggie Townley and Sarah Gillman know what it feels like to be so in love they’re afraid to blink, worried they might miss something. They also know what it’s like to video chat with someone over a spotty feed.

While Gillman was serving a 9-month prison sentence, the couple communicated almost exclusively by low-quality video chat, which frequently froze. When artist Ryan Cheatham approached them about participating in an art project exposing the fissured, fractured nature of reality—Thirteen (Re) Representations, currently showing at Black Hunger Gallery—the couple brought along their experience of being forced apart.

“The project’s about space and disconnection. … What we were bringing in was that feeling of separation,” said Townley.

(Re)Representations, which opened Dec. 13 and runs through Friday, Dec. 27, comprises 13 pieces, including a selection of paired photos of Townley and Gillman sporting blank expressions, two televisions facing each other playing the models holding one end of a conversation, a closed-circuit television with its camera trained on two ceiling lights, a poster that reads, “In Glimpses/We Find/Out Who/We Are.” Cheatham has a full set of tools for forcing the viewer into facing the tumultuous and sometimes broken continuity of our lives.

Viewers were curious about what Townley and Gillman were saying on screen, while the paired photos of the couple show their differing reactions to similar emotions.

The written word plays the role of lodestone in the exhibition, particularly the poster/poem “In Glimpses,” which points the way toward the existentialist center of the show.

“I knew I wanted to do something textual,” Cheatham said.

This is Cheatham’s first solo exhibition— and Black Hunger’s last. The artist collective, opened at 2606 Breneman St. in 2011 by Eli Craven, Erin Cunningham, Maria Chavez, Eamonn Parke and Jon Sadler, has not been asked to renew its rental agreement, and the new renter has plans to convert the space into a real estate office when Black Hunger Gallery tenants move out on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014.

Visual artist Erika Sather-Smith, one of Black Hunger’s current occupants, plans to create a new art space in Boise’s Bench neighborhood, but laments the loss of Black Hunger.

“This is really sad because it’s a fine space for an office, but it’s a great space for a gallery,” Sather-Smith said.

—Harrison Berry

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DEANNA DARR Rebecca Needles is a woman with a plan: a plan and a lot of Christmas lights—lots and lots of Christmas lights. As in 308,000 Christmas lights.

Wandering amid 55-gallon barrels in the tented staging area, Needles explained how each barrel houses one of 12 different types of lights, sorted by color and style; how commercial light strands differ from regular strands; how LED lights have made her life Volunteer Skip Creighton strings lights on an autumn afternoon, about a month before Garden Aglow opened. easier; and how it’s best to wrap light strands in balls (with the male end of the plug on the outside) for storage. It’s the kind of specialized Volunteers are given a few hours of train“I got 18 new trees this year,” Needles said knowledge usually reserved for professional ing, but most of the learning comes via the with the hint of a sigh. lighting designers, but it’s also a necessary hands-on method, with Needles carefully Additionally, lighting crews had to figure skill set for the operations manager at Idaho watching the process. out how to light the garden’s new treehouse Botanical Garden.

“After six weeks, I want to change my and covered plaza structures for the first time, For 16 years, IBG has donned a glittering name and not tell anybody what it is. … I hear as well as create a new lighting plan for the winter coat, transforming from a quiet garden my name 900 times a day,” she said, describing Meditation Garden. The area at the heart of into a shining display lighting up the cold how her walkie-talkie chirps with her name as the garden has traditionally not been part of nights. But trimming the trees isn’t as peaceful as the final result. The festive event—filled with the holiday light show out of fears that visitors crews look for advice or approval.

Every aspect of preparing the display would damage the grass. But this year, the lights, choirs, Santa, bonfires and hot chocoback part of the Meditation Garden—traversed requires planning: electrical connections late—is the endgame in a yearlong campaign. must stay dry; light colors in each garden are “I’m thinking about it as I walk around the by gravel-lined paths—is part of the display.

It seems only fitting considering the Medita- changed every year; warming fires must be set. garden all year,” Needles said as a platoon of A cherry picker helps crews get to some of volunteers balanced on ladders while wrapping tion Garden was where IBG crews first hung the heights they must reach, but heavy malights when the event was started in 1997. intricate patterns around the garden’s trees. chinery isn’t always practical—that’s when the That year, about 1,350 people enjoyed 15,000 With the work finished, nearly every tree-climbing professionals are called to duty. lights strung across the area for seven nights. surface of the garden is decked out in some Each year, volunteers from Idaho Tree PresNow, as many as 11 acres of the 15-acre form of electrified accessory—be it dangling garden are decorated and, last year, attendance ervation scale the tallest trees—some pushing ornaments, looping strands or well-placed 60 feet—to add some height to the display. was approximately 56,000 people. White said spotlights. But there’s no slapdash light tossThe tree service has been helping hang lights attendance continues to grow each year, adding ing here, and you’ll never find a Christmas in the garden for the past three years, and for Vacation-inspired ball of electrical connections. that when she started at IBG three years ago, nearly 36,000 people visited the winter display. crews who are usually worried about which Each year, Needles lays out a careful plan branches to cut, it’s a welcome escape.

“It has worked into the for each section of the “It’s a nice change for the guys,” said heart of the community,” she garden to guide the said, noting the families which Terri Ham, operations director at Idaho Tree hanging efforts that GARDEN AGLOW Preservation. “[They] just get to have fun just have made it a tradition, as start each September.

Open nightly, 6-9 p.m., through Sunday, climbing and not worrying about pruning.” well as the near-nightly mar“I draw up a plan Jan. 5, 2014, including Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve and Additionally, volunteers from the Southern riage proposals and occasional and then change it as New Year’s Day. $8 adults, $4 ages Idaho Garden Railway Society set up a large impromptu weddings. we go,” she said.

5-12 and IBG members.

G-scale model train in the English Garden While Needles is the Planning for the Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 Old Penithroughout the run of the event, staffing it keeper of the plan, it takes a next annual Winter tentiary Road, Boise, 208-343-8649, idahobotanicalgarden.org nightly with volunteers. lot of hands to put the lights Garden aGlow starts Needles laughed when she said crews finin place. Following IBG’s with the prior year’s ished hanging lights Wednesday, Nov. 27—the September Harvest Festival, event, when Needles day before the event opened to the public. putting up lights becomes a full-time job, with starts seeing what works, what needs adjustBut after the first week of January, the lights a core of a dozen volunteers joined by garden ment and what inspires her to shake things must come down and go back into the buckets, staff and rotating groups of 20-30 volunteers up a bit. a process that takes about three weeks. When providing the elbow grease.

“We try to make sure everything doesn’t all is said and done, IBG’s electric bill runs It all starts with the task that anyone who look the same,” she said, explaining how the between $700 and $800 for the season. direction in which lights are wrapped is as var- has ever hung a holiday light hates: testing Needles and her husband work so long to every single strand to make sure they work. ied as their size and color. Of course, decoratEven after they are checked, a volunteer comes deck out the garden, it’s logical to wonder if ing a living garden means adaptability. they hang lights at their own home. in three times a week just for the purpose of “We try to keep it organic; light the garden “Sometimes,” Needles said sheepfixing troublesome bulbs. as it is,” said Renee White, IBG events and ishly. “Usually not… the front windows get “I can spot a broken bulb clear across the marketing manager. But “organic” can somedone…” garden,” Needles said. times be code for “OK, plan B.” B O I S E WE E KLY. C O M

THE BIG SCREEN/SCREEN

SAVING WALT DISNEY Frozen and Saving Mr. Banks are a one-two Christmas punch GEORGE PRENTICE I had no idea what I wanted for Christmas; that is until I sat through back-to-back screenings of Frozen and Saving Mr. Banks.

Once again, Uncle Walt delivered the goods.

The sweet and dazzling confection that is Frozen felt like Christmas morning—a Technicolor musical adventure—while Saving Mr. Banks felt more like Christmas Eve, after the kids have gone to bed, when you get all snuggly, dim the lights and find an old familiar song on the radio. I highly recommend that you surrender to the collective enchantment of both, lest three ghosts visit you.

I must admit to some skepticism as I settled in to watch Frozen; I have found some of the Disney studio’s recent efforts hackneyed, even formulaic. But Frozen soars to the heights of the finest Disney traditions. In a year of superb movie making that has really gained some steam in the final stretch, Frozen is one of my four favorite films of 2013 (I’ll reveal my annual list in our Dec. 25 edition).

Barely based on Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen, Frozen is the tale of scampish Anna (Kristen Bell) and her elder sister Elsa (Idina Menzel). As children, they’re inseparable playmates. But as Elsa grows older, a cold-hearted curse isolates her from all humankind. It is no mere coincidence that Menzel was chosen for this role: She was the Tony Award-winning, greenfaced heroine of Broadway’s Wicked, which has so much in common with Frozen that the film occasionally feels like a Wicked sequel—trust me, that’s a good thing. Everyone knows that Menzel’s singing voice is superb, but the real surprise here is what a great singer Bell is.

Along the sisters’ girl-powered journey, we meet Olaf (Josh Gad), the talking snowman

Fire and ice: two-time Oscar winners Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson co-star in Saving Mr. Banks (top) and Sven, the sidekick reindeer, co-stars in Frozen (above).

winning hands of Hanks and Thompson, we always imagined as our best childhood we know we’re in for an enjoyable ride at friend; reindeer sidekick Sven (who doesn’t Disneyland. Thompson is a hoot and a half, speak); and love-interest Kristoff (Jonathan and Hanks has Walt’s Missouri hard-edge Groff), who sells ice for a living. twang to a “T.” Another animated bunch of characters— But deep into the third the human variety, reel of Saving Mr. Banks, this time—bounce SAVING MR. BANKS (PG-13) there’s a scene that, at around in Saving least for me, sealed the Mr. Banks, not the Directed by John Lee Hancock deal: Disney, nearly least of which is Tom Starring Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson, defeated in his attempt to Hanks as Walt Disney Paul Giamatti, Bradley Whitford, B.J. Novak and Jason Schwartzman convince Travers of his in a loving story of stewardship, strolls into how he worked to Opens Friday, Dec. 20 at Edwards 9 and Edwards 22 one of his music studios convince P.L. Travers where a songwriter is (played by the deliFROZEN (PG) plucking out the notes cious Emma ThompDirected by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee of “Feed the Birds”—the son) to turn her Mary Starring the voices of Kristen Bell, melancholy song that Poppins books into a Idina Menzel and Jonathan Groff would soon be the gentle supercalifrag… well, Now playing at Edwards 9 and Edwards 22 heart of what would you know the rest. become Disney’s Mary It’s common lore Poppins. that Travers abhorred “That’ll work,” says Disney. all things Disney and resisted the thought of Does it ever. The scene will melt your turning her practically perfect nanny into a heart; but no worries: With Frozen and dancehall queen.

Saving Mr. Banks, a little heat and ice never Alas, if you’ve seen the trailer, you know hurt anybody. where the story is heading. But in the Oscar-

LISTINGS/SCREEN Opening AMERICAN HUSTLE—A con man and his partner work with an FBI agent to battle the mafia and corrupt politicians. Starring Christian Bale, Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner.

Directed by David O. Russell. (R) Opens Friday, Dec. 20. Edwards 9, 22.

ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES—Ron Burgundy is back with his co-anchors to explore the

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frontier of 24-hour news. Starring Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Steve Carell and Paul Rudd. (PG13) Opens Wednesday, Dec. 18.

Edwards 9, 22.

INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS—The latest dark comedy from the Coen Brothers finds a singer-songwriter struggling to survive in 1961 Greenwich Village. Starring Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan and John Goodman. (R) Opens Friday, Dec. 20. The Flicks.

SAVING MR. BANKS—Tom Hanks stars as Walt Disney in the story

about bringing Mary Poppins to the big screen. Also starring Emma Thompson, Colin Farrell and Paul Giamatti. (PG-13) Opens Friday, Dec. 20. Edwards 9, 22.

WALKING WITH DINOSAURS—An underdog dinosaur must go on a prehistoric adventure to stake his claim in the world. Starring Justin Long and John Leguizamo. (PG) Opens Friday, Dec. 20. Edwards 9, 22.

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WINESIPPER/DRINK GIVE THE GIFT THAT OPENS

FOOD/PROFILE K ELS EY HAW ES

If there’s a wine lover on your holiday gift list, you could always buy them a bottle or two, but what if you aren’t sure what they like? Or what if their tastes are a little too extravagant and they already have a cellar full of special bottles? Well, they have to open those bottles somehow.

You can add a little air power to their wine-opening experience with the Cork Pops Legacy, which pierces the cork with a thin needle connected to a low-pressure cartridge that discharges a stream of inert gas, gently lifting the cork from the bottle. Cork Pops retails for $28 on the product’s website and includes a built-in, four-blade foil cutter.

One cartridge is good for 60-80 bottles, with replacements running $10 each.

Or, if you prefer, you can go electric with the Metrokane Electric Houdini Corkscrew.

Just press one button to pull out the cork and press another to eject it from the screw.

One charge is good for about 30 bottles, the foil cutter is built in, and it retails for $40 at metrokane.com.

One of the best and most unique corkscrews around uses people power: the venerable Screwpull from Le Creuset. This corkscrew employs a long, Teflon-coated screw to gently lift the most stubborn cork.

You rotate the handle clockwise to pull it out and counterclockwise to release it. My favorite version (the portable pocket model) comes with a five-year guarantee, and rings in at $25 at lecreuset.com.

For the beer lover on your list, ramp up the pedestrian church key with a Luchador Bottle Opener from Kikkerland. Created by Ariel Rojo and Andres Lhima, the design was part of Kikkerland’s Mexico Design Challenge. The masked wrestler of Lucha Libre comes in red, blue or black and sells for $8 on Kikkerland’s website, kikkerland.com.

—David Kirkpatrick

HOT TAMALES Unwrap a dozen tamales this holiday season TARA MORGAN It’s not hard to get your hands on a tamale this time of year. Mom-and-pop vendors cart coolers full of the corn husk-wrapped hot pockets into offices and churches across the Valley. Signs reading “order tamales here” are hung in the windows of carnicerias with care. But ask people why it’s a tradition to eat tamales on Christmas Eve and you’ll get a quizzical look.

“Tamales just keep warm longer, and to some people, it’s even finger food; you can just pick it up and eat it,” said El Torito Market’s Laura Gomez. “But I don’t know the tradition of it.”

Gomez’ mother, Maria Arechiga, makes tamales year-round for the El Torito Market and taco truck on Chinden Boulevard. While the masa for tamales is traditionally made by grinding corn that has been treated with slaked lime (a practice called nixtamalization), Arechiga prepares her dough from packaged masa flour and oil. Originally from Nayarit, a state on the Pacific Coast of Mexico, Arechiga fills her tamales with shredded meats and jalapeno or serrano slivers, then serves them with a spicy green or red sauce.

“For the holiday season, we get lots and lots of orders from people, families,” said Gomez.

“The most popular are beef, pork and chicken tamales. And they order by the dozen usually a couple of weeks before they want the actual order. But [Arechiga] usually has them on hand just because we’re making them daily.”

Lorena Jimenez—who hails from Hidalgo, Mexico, and runs Lorena’s Mexican Grill next to Mister Car Wash on Fairview Avenue—also takes in tons of tamale orders this time of year.

To streamline her process, she’s asked everyone to pick up their tamales Monday, Dec. 23.

“I need maybe 15 days for the order,” said Jimenez, who sells her tamales for $18.99 a

’Tis the season to tamalada.

dozen. “It’s for groceries, for preparing it. For tamales, it’s a lot of work.”

Making tamales can be an arduous task—mixing and seasoning the masa (often with lard, oil, stock or spices); slow-cooking the meats; delicately spreading the masa on a soaked corn husk and adding the filling; then folding and tying each tamale before it’s steamed—so they’re generally made for special occasions. Which is why tamale-making parties, or tamaladas, are particularly popular during the holiday season.

“Every year at this time, many Latino families gather to celebrate a fragrant tradition—the tamalada, or tamale-making party,” wrote Maria Elena Kennedy in the LA Times.

“These family gatherings serve as social affairs where members of the extended family get together to prepare food, catch up on family news and just enjoy spending time together.”

Want to know where to pick up a dozen holiday tamales? Here are a few Boise-area vendors: UÊMaria Arechiga: chicken, beef and pork. $1.75 each or $18 per dozen. El Torito Market, 4596 W. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-321-4651.

UÊLorena Jimenez: beef, chicken or pork. $18.99 a dozen. Lorena’s Mexican Grill, 5950 W. Fairview Ave., 208-484-7185.

UÊJose Ramirez: chicken, pork or jalapeno cheese. $1 each or $10 per dozen. Standing outside Campos Market, 413 N. Orchard St., 208-392-0502.

U Rico’s Tamales: pork, jalapeno cheese and chicken. $12.99 per dozen. Frozen in a cooler inside Campos Market, 413 N. Orchard St., 208-658-0644.

UÊSonia Rivas: pork, chicken and cheese. $1.50 each or $13.99 per dozen. Carniceria Coalcoman, 5234 W. Fairview Ave., 208376-1122.

UÊSara Garcia: shredded beef, pork, chicken and cheese. $15 a dozen, or $8 for half a dozen. Also sells salsa, $6 for 24 ounces, and refried pinto beans, $6 for 24 ounces. 208249-6608.

UÊJason Farber: tamale party with pork, chicken or vegan tamales along with soup, salad and salsa. $12 per person plus 10 percent gratuity. Minimum 20 people, maximum 100. Archie’s Place, 208-871-1455, archiesplace.com.

6930 W. State St., Boise, 208-853-8215, madhubanindiancuisine.com

from JT and the Smooth Avenue Band at 6 p.m. Reservations recommended. 228 E. Plaza Drive, Eagle, 208-939-2595, riceeagle.com

FOOD/NEWS WHERE TO EAT OUT IN BOISE ON CHRISTMAS

383-4300, chandlersboise.com

Time for someone else to do the cooking (and the dishes) this Christmas? Sounds good.

COTTONWOOD GRILLE: Open 4 p.m., serving regular dinner menu and a Christmas menu.

Reservations available. 913 W. River St., Boise, 208-333-9800, cottonwoodgrille.com

BERRYHILL AND CO.: Open 4-10 p.m. with regular menu. Now accepting reservations.

121 N. Ninth St., Ste. 102, Boise, 208-3873553, johnberryhillrestaurants.com CHANDLERS STEAKHOUSE: Open 4-10 p.m. with regular dinner menu and special holiday prix fixe menu for $47, which includes duck two ways and lamb osso bucco. Some reservations still available. 981 W. Grove St., Boise, 208-

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MODERN HOTEL AND BAR: Open 4 p.m. for happy hour. Regular menu from 5-10 p.m. No reservations required. 1314 W. Grove St., Boise, 208-424-8244, themodernhotel.com

THE FLICKS: Open 4-9:30 p.m. for movies, with a cafe featuring soup, sandwiches and drinks. $7 before 6 p.m. and $9 after 6 p.m.

646 Fulton St., Boise, 208-342-4288 or 208343-4222 for show times, theflicksboise.com

MULLIGANS: Open for happy hour at 4 p.m. with specials on food and holiday drinks. No reservations required. 1009 W. Main St., Boise, 208-336-6998

MADHUBAN: Open 11 a.m.-2 p.m. with annual free lunch buffet. No reservations required.

RICE CONTEMPORARY ASIAN CUISINE: Open 11 a.m.-9 p.m. with regular menu. Live music

SA-WAD-DEE THAI CUISINE: Open 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and 5-9:30 p.m. with regular menu.

Reservations recommended. Live music from 6-8:30 p.m. 1890 E. Fairview Ave., Meridian, 208-884-0701, sawaddeethai.com THAI CUISINE: Open noon-9:30 p.m. with regular menu. Reservations recommended. 6777 W. Overland Road, Boise, 208-658-0516, boisethaicuisine.com —Paul Hefner B O I S E WE E KLY. C O M

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Life is best organized as a series of daring ventures from a secure base,” wrote psychologist John Bowlby. Some of you Aries enjoy the “daring venture” part of that formula, but neglect the “secure base” aspect. That’s why your daring ventures may on occasion go awry. If you are that type of Ram, the first half of 2014 will be an excellent time to correct your bad habit. Life will be offering you considerable help and inspiration in building a strong foundation.

And if you already appreciate how important it is for your pursuit of excitement to be rooted in well-crafted stability, the coming months will be golden.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): When did you first fall from grace? Do you remember? It has happened to most of us. We spend time being privileged or cared about or respected, and then, suddenly, we no longer are. We lose our innocence. Love disappears. Our status as a favorite comes to an end. That’s the bad news, Leo. The good news is that I think the months ahead may be time for you to climb back up to one of those high states of grace that you fell from once upon a time.

The omens suggest that even now you’re making yourself ready to rise back up—and sooner than you think, there will be an invitation to do so.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Here’s a tale of three renowned Taurus brainiacs: Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill and Bertrand Russell. They all had IQs in excess of 175 and all made major contributions to philosophy. Yet all three were physically inept.

Kant had trouble keeping a sharp point on his writing instrument, the quill, because he was clumsy using a knife. Mill was so undexterous he found it a chore to tie a knot. Russell’s physical prowess was so limited he was incapable of brewing a pot of tea. Chances are that you are neither as brilliant nor as uncoordinated as these three men. And yet, like them, there is a disconnect between your mind and body—some glitch in the way the two of them communicate with each other. The coming year will be an excellent time to heal the disconnect and fix the glitch.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Leonardo da Vinci created the painting “St. Jerome in the Wilderness” around 1480. It now hangs in the Pinacoteca Vaticana, a museum in Vatican City. For several centuries, though, the treasured work of art was missing. Legend tells us that in the early 19th century, Napoleon’s uncle found the lower half of the painting in a junk shop in Rome.

Years later he stumbled upon the top half in another back alley, where it was being used as a wedge in a shoemaker’s bench. I foresee the possibility of a comparable sequence unfolding for you in 2014, Virgo. You just may manage to restore a lost beauty to its proper place of honor, one step at a time.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): A horticultural company in the United Kingdom is selling TomTato plants to home gardeners. Each bush grows both cherry tomatoes and white potatoes. The magic was accomplished through handcrafted hybridization, not genetic engineering. I foresee a comparable marvel in your long-term future, Gemini. I’m not sure about the exact form it will take. Maybe you will create a product or situation that allows you to satisfy two different needs simultaneously. It’s possible you will find a way to express two of your talents in a single mode. Or perhaps you will be able to unite two sides of you that have previously been unbonded. Congratulations in advance!

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “To destroy is always the first step in any creation,” said the poet E. E. Cummings. Do you buy that idea, Cancerian? I hope so, because the cosmos has scheduled you to instigate some major creative action in 2014. In order to fulfill that potential, you will have to metaphorically smash, burn and dissolve any old structures that have been standing in the way of the future. You will have to eliminate as many of the “yes, buts” and “I can’ts” and “not nows” as you possibly can.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The Italian painter Tintoretto (15181594) was a Libra. He worked with such vigor and passion that he was nicknamed Il Furioso—The Furious. One of his crowning achievements was his painting “Paradise,” which is 74 feet long and 30 feet tall—about the size of a tennis court. It adorns a huge wall in the Doge’s Palace, a landmark in Venice. I propose that Tintoretto serve as one of your inspirational role models in 2014. The coming months will be an excellent time for you to work hard at crafting your own personal version of paradise on earth. You may not be so wildly robust to deserve the title “Il Furioso.” But then again, you might.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Between 2002-2009, Buddhist monk Endo Mitsunaga spent a thousand days meditating as he did a ceremonial walk around Mount Hiei in Japan. In 2006, English writer Dave Cornthwaite took 90 days to skateboard across the entire length of Australia, a distance of 3,618 miles. The first man’s intentions were spiritual, the second man’s adventurous. The coming months will be prime time for you to contemplate both kinds of journeys, Scorpio. The astrological omens suggest that you will generate extra good fortune for yourself by seeking out unfamiliar experiences on the open road. To get

yourself in the mood, ruminate on the theme of pilgrimage.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Many farms in California’s Tulare County grow produce for supermarket chains. Here’s the problem: Those big stores only want fruits and vegetable that look perfect. So if there are brown spots on the apples or if the zucchinis grow crooked or if the carrots get too big, they are rejected. As a result, 30 percent of the crops go unharvested. That’s sad because a lot of poor people who live in Tulare don’t have enough to eat.

Fortunately, some enterprising food activists have begun to work out arrangements with farmers to collect the wasted produce and distribute it to the hungry folks.

I gather there’s a comparable situation in your life, Sagittarius: unplucked resources and ignored treasures. In 2014, I hope you take dramatic action to harvest and use them.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Derrick Brown has a poem entitled “Pussycat Interstellar Naked Hotrod Mofo Ladybug Lustblaster!” I hope that at least once in 2014 you will get up the nerve to call someone you love by that name. Even if you can’t quite bring yourself to utter those actual words, it will be healing for you to get to the point where you feel wild enough to say them. Here’s what I’m driving at, Capricorn: In the coming months, you will be wise to shed any inhibitions that have interfered with you getting all of the free-flowing intimacy you’d love to have.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Artists who are content merely to hone their gifts eventually come to little,” says the Belgian writer Simon Leys. “The ones who truly leave their mark have the strength and the courage to explore and exploit their shortcomings.” I’d like to borrow that wisdom and provide it for you to use in 2014, Aquarius. Even if you’re not an artist, you will be able to achieve an interesting kind of success if you’re willing to make use of the raw materials and untapped potential of your so-called flaws and weaknesses. Whatever is unripe in you will be the key to your creativity.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In 2014, you will have the mojo to escape a frustration that has drained you and pained you for a long time. I mean you can end its hold on you for good. The coming months will also provide you with the chance to activate and cultivate a labor of love that will last as long as you live. While this project may not bloom overnight, it will reveal its staying power in dramatic fashion. And you will be able to draw on the staunch faith you’ll need to devote yourself to it until its full blessings ripen.

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