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BAD TRAFFIC Unraveling Idaho’s sex trade FEATURE 11

REAL NAME Three transgender women claim their true identities FIRST THURSDAY 19

APRIL ACTION Listings and event picks for a busy Thursday CULTURE 28

ENTER THE MAUSOLEUM Author Ryan Blacketter on his new book

“I haven’t seen indefinite detention or concentration camps showing up in Idaho yet.”

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MULTITUDES In Walt Whitman’s immortal poem “Song of Myself,” the poet drops an often-repeated line: “I am large, I contain multitudes.” Few would disagree with Whitman. At some point, everyone has felt his or her personality built from differing—frequently contradictory—facets, sometimes so much so that it can feel like there’s another person in there with you (whoever “you” are).

But what if among your multitudes was one insistent, powerful voice that warned something wasn’t right: “You’re not who you’re pretending to be, and if you don’t give up the charade it isn’t going to go well for you.”

Not everyone has that experience, but three people profiled in this week’s feature (see Page 11) had something like it—born as males, physically, at some point in their lives, they realized they were not who they were supposed to be, and faced the harrowing decision whether to suppress that fact or muster the strength to transition, for all the world to see, into the women (more important: the people) they knew they actually were.

Identity is a touchy subject to say the least—cutting across, as it does, every aspect of the human experience. In the feature article “This is Me,” by frequent Boise Weekly contributor Jessica Murri, we explore the transition from living as a male to living as a female through individual stories, shared by three women who generously afforded BW access to their lives and candidly discussed the challenges and fears they’ve faced along the way.

This is a sensitive kind of journalism that tells the intimate stories of people’s lives—not because of any particular news hook (though efforts to add the words “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to the Idaho Human Rights Act remain very much in the political forefront), but because people’s stories are important in and of themselves. I hope you find Jessica Murri’s piece as engaging and powerful as I did.

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

PERMISSIVE Want an enhanced concealed-carry permit?

Don’t want to pay for it? Stop on by the Cassia County Sheriff’s Office for free instruction.

Normal value: $150. Get more on Citydesk.

CLOTHES TO BROKE North Idaho-based women’s apparel company Coldwater Creek is on the verge of bankruptcy, trading at 20 cents per share on the NASDAQ. Details on Citydesk.

BIG HOUSE BOUND The 23-year-old Idaho Falls man who admitted firing a rifle at the White House in 2011 will spend 25 years behind bars. Read more on Citydesk.

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OPINION/BILL COPE

RED B-BACK? Bill is crazed, Badger Bob is cranky “Baaawb? Oh Baaawb?”

“Cope, has anyone ever told you you have a voice like an f***ing howler monkey in heat?”

“Baaaw-ub! Why do you hurt my feelings like that? I can’t help how my voice sounds. I don’t think that’s very nice of you to say that. Now I’m going to be all selfconscious of how my voice sounds. Thanks a laaawt, Baaawb!”

“Oh for God’s sake, what do you want?”

“Well, I was wondering if you’d write me a column this week.”

“Write you a column? Or write a column for you?”

“What difference does it make if you write one to me or for me? It’s the same thing, Bob.” “For one thing, if I write a column to you, I might get credit for writing the g**d*** thing. Because I sure as hell never get any credit when I write one for you.”

“Gee, Bob. I didn’t realize you were so sensitive about that. I just figured you were like that Martin Dugard fella who writes the books that Bill O’Reilly takes credit for writing. He doesn’t seem to mind standing in O’Reilly’s shadow, so I assumed you don’t mind standing in mine.”

“Cope! You f***ing a**h*** p***k!

I’m not standing in your shadow or anyone else’s g** d*** shadow! You write your own f***ing column! And get the hell offa my lawn!”

“Aw, Baaawb. C’maaawn. I’m way behind on my writing work, trying to keep up with my blog and all, and I need your help.

Baaaad! And besides... this isn’t your lawn.

This is a Wal-Mart’s parking lot, and you just parked your camper here because they kicked you out of the KOA campground for cursing so much.”

“I’m f***ing parked here ’cause I f***ing wanna be parked here, Cope!

And that’s none of your f***ing business, anyhow! And what the f*** you talking about?... your blog?

“Oh. Didn’t you know I have a blog?

Yeah, I have a blog now, Bob. I thought you knew. I started it last November and it’s on the Boise Weekly Internet double-ya double-ya double-ya website thingie every Friday and Monday. And the deal is, see, sometimes I get behind in my writing, or I have trouble thinking up two more things to talk about every week, and then I get this panicky feeling like I can’t breathe and my stomach cramps up like I’m about to puke and I get all constipated and can’t sleep so then I fall even farther behind and sometimes when I do sleep, I have this dream where I’m walking around downtown Boise during lunch hour and everyone is sitting out at the sidewalk tables eating their lunches and I’m naked... yeah, bareass naked... and I try to run into that new

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bank building where the big hole used to be so’s I can hide, but they’re not about to let a naked guy in, so there I am, standing on the corner of Main and whatever, naked as a newborn baby, feeling like I’m gonna puke, with everyone from Mayor Bieter to Dee Sarton standing around staring at me, and then I wake up thinking I got to get to writing something for my blog, but I got no ideas on what to write about, so I says to myself, laying there in the dark all covered with sweat, ‘Why don’t you go ask good ol’ Bob to write a column for you and take some of the pressure off?’ And so here I am. And... wouldja?”

“S**t, Cope. Are you sure this f***ing blog thing is worth it? I mean, you’re sounding a little…”

“Stressed?”

“I was thinking more crazed.”

“No no. I’ll be OK if I can just get caught up. And I love having a blog now.

See, when I first started, I didn’t even like to say the word ‘blog.’ Blaaawg. It’s an ugly word, don’t you think? Like one of those old ‘50s horror movies, ha ha.

Mothra versus Blaaawg! ha ha. But now, it’s like I’m a hip modern hep-cat kinda techno-dude because I have my own blog.

Get what I mean, Bob? Hey, Bob, did you ever notice how much Baaawb sounds like blaaawg?”

“Cope! Shut up. You’re making my f***ing head hurt. Now listen, I think what you should do is go get your pal Red back.

You were always a lot more relaxed when you had Red around to play the crazy sonof-a-b****.”

“I thought you didn’t like Red.” “I don’t. He’s a f***ing idiot. But it’s you that has to put up with him. Not me.

And when he was around, you spent a lot less time bugging the s*** outa me.”

“Golly. I’m not sure he’d come back.

Last I heard, he was running around Kuna in one of those three-cornered hats with about 50 tea bags stapled to the brim. I heard you can hardly see his face through the tea bags. I think he’s running for governor or something.”

“You should try, Cope. Think of it this way... you look about 80-degrees smarter than you really are when you’re around Red.” “Yeah, that’s true. He always brought out the best in me.”

“So definitely, you ought to call Red and apologize for firing him. I bet he’d come back. In fact, why don’t you go home and do that right now.”

“So maybe I’ll do that. But you’re still gonna write me a column anyway? Won’t you? Bob?” “Oh f***! Yes, I’ll write you a f***ing column. Anything you want. Just... go home.”

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JOHN REMBER/OPINION

TEACHIN’ AND PACKIN’ Big iron on our hips

When the guns-on-campus bill came before the Idaho Legislature, I began thinking through my years in the classroom, trying to remember how many times I would have been dead if my students had been armed.

I came up with two: one, when I told a young man he couldn’t go on a backcountry ski expedition I had organized, and the other, when I called out a young woman for verbally abusing other students in a writing workshop. In both cases, the students lost all self-control, even though I was protecting the physical and emotional safety of their classmates and they knew it.

These incidents brought back another memory. One spring semester, a colleague— big and physically violent—assaulted his girlfriend, another professor on our faculty.

I got involved, but not in a major way. Or so I thought.

I simply said to the victim, when she was healing up and deep in the honeymoon phase of her cycle of violence, “You must not remember how badly you were hurting 10 days ago.” That was enough. She was an intelligent woman, and not yet so beaten down that she couldn’t face the truth of my words. She hired a lawyer and began the long and scary process of freeing herself from her abuser.

Then I heard that the guy was coming for me.

I’m being way too vague. I should name names, and show bruises and strands of pulled-out hair, and make you feel the terror and confusion of the woman who came into my office one week thinking she was about to die and the next week thinking she was going to buy a house with the guy she had thought was going to kill her.

I ought to show you what happened when the guy took a drink. The little cues that indicated he was working himself up to lose control. You need to see the vein swelling in the forehead, the little involuntary grin. You need to feel the strike of the fist, the open-handed slap that slams a woman to the floor.

But I hope you understand my reluctance to get specific. I don’t want to spend a lot of time inside the skull of the abuser in his story. It’s ugly in there, and if I had my druthers, I’d write about something that had nothing to do with the Idaho Legislature.

But here we are, like it or not.

What I did that spring was to talk with a friend who had been in Vietnam and ask him for help. I knew he had a sidearm because he had talked about replacing the one he had carried during the war. I asked if I could borrow it. “I need a little something in the way of self-defense,” I said.

My friend went to his safe and came back with a beautiful Colt .45 1911 officer’s model, a tiny gun with a big barrel.

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all engraved blue steel and custom-carved golden walnut. It would have easily fit into a pocket of my English Professor’s Tweed Sport Coat, but it was much too nice a gun for what I had in mind.

“Keep it for as long as you want,” he said. “I won’t be using it.”

“Have you got something a little less fancy?”

Somewhere in that conversation I thought better of borrowing the pistol. For the rest of that semester I stayed away from campus as much as I could, only going in for office hours and to teach classes. I did keep a weapon in my desk, a two-inch ball bearing that I planned to wing at my large colleague’s forehead when he appeared in my office doorway. Then I was going to run like hell.

He was gone the next year, courtesy of a courageous administrator who had made the unusual effort—for administrators—to discover what had gone on between several of her faculty members that year. Looking at the whole of it, I’ve realized that the most threatened I ever felt on a college campus was because of a colleague, not because of a deranged or disappointed student.

Considering the competition for fulltime teaching jobs these days, you’d think that hiring committees would have little reason to ignore danger signals. But no doubt, in an alternate universe, a new visiting psychology professor—with a magical relationship with guns and a penchant for impulsive young women—has just been hired at an alternate-universe University of Idaho.

This morning I called a friend from my teaching days and we started listing all of the academics we had known who were so full of anger that murdering a colleague wasn’t out of the question. I said, “Can you imagine a faculty meeting where Professors X, Y and Z, packing .357s, sit across from Professors A, B and C, packing .44 Magnums?”

“It’d be like the gunfight at the OK Corral,” he said.

We left it at that. But to the state legislators who voted for the guns-on-campus bill, and to the governor who signed it, I say this: A child or grandchild of yours, or a child or grandchild of good friends, is going to die because of this nonsense. She’s going to get caught in a crossfire between professors; or a scared and trigger-happy campus cop will think she has a weapon; or she will have a weapon, a little pink one, and it’ll fall out of her purse and put a hole in her; or she’ll tell a boyfriend she doesn’t want to see him anymore and he’ll shoot her and then himself. When it happens, I doubt you’ll have the courage to admit that you had anything to do with it.

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PANDA is People Against the National Defense Authorization Act.

PUSHING PANDA They’re called the “laws of war.”

Buried deep within the 1,000 pages that make up the National Defense Authorization Act is Subtitle D-Counterterrorism, containing a number of provisions which, among other things, allow the U.S. government to “use all necessary and appropriate force pursuant to the authorization of military force,” including detention without trial and trial by “an alternative court or competent tribunal having lawful jurisdiction.”

While much of the public would link such broad authorization to the federal government in dealing with al-Qaeda, the Taliban or other forces hostile to the United States, a growing number of communities, including some in Idaho, are drawing their own line in the sand against the NDAA. “Under the NDAA, it says that anyone can be indefinitely detained, without charge or trial,” Jason Casella, a 30-yearold Gem County farmer told Boise Weekly.

“So, that means no matter what you may feel strongly about, even education, health care, the Second Amendment, genetically modified foods, you could be indefinitely detained.”

Casella calls himself a “political atheist.”

“Honestly, I don’t believe in either major political par ty,” he said. “Right now, I’m working on PANDA and helping others do what I’ve been doing.”

He’s not alone. PANDA is People Against the NDAA, an organization founded

by Ohio college students in 2012 and which has grown like wildfire in pushing anti-NDAA legislation in more than 20 states.

“Emmett became the first city to pass an anti-NDAA resolution in Idaho; that was just before last Christmas. And then Gem County became the first county in the entire nation to block the NDAA,” said Casella. “And then came the city council in Middleton.”

And there’s more to come.

“I can tell you that more than 15 Idaho cities and counties are working on their own resolutions as we speak,” said Casella. “But I would rather not tell you who they are just yet. I don’t want to give those in power the chance to head us off.”

Simply put, the boilerplate resolution being put before Idaho cities and counties states, “It is unconstitutional, and therefore unlawful for any person to a) arrest or capture any person in (place your city’s name here) with the intent of detention under the law of war or b) actually subject a person in (city’s name) to disposition under the law of war or 9 c) subject any person to targeted killing in (city’s name).”

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‘ABSENCE OF CHOICE’ Untangling captives from the web of human trafficking HARRISON BERRY

The victim had been testifying for hours, and through the whirlwind of anecdotes, digressions and tears, Ada County Sheriff’s Office Detective Ryan Pacheco had pieced together enough information to start verifying her story about being forced into prostitution. Her body advertised and sold to johns over the web and via word of mouth, she had escaped an organized sex ring to find safety and tell her tale—but a few traces of the life she was trying to flee remained, giving police hints they could follow back to their source.

“Some of the ads of her were still on the Internet,” Pacheco said.

The information directed investigators to a ring of pimps and their female captives, held in Boise-area hotel rooms and forced to perform sex acts for money. In all, Pacheco interviewed dozens of people. When he and members of the Boise Police Violent Crimes and Gang units arrested Derrick Hicklen and Gypsie Akers in November 2013, the felony charges they were able to level against the pair included rape, human trafficking, procurement and receiving payment for prostitution, and video voyeurism.

The sex trade is one most people only see when it makes headlines. Hicklen’s and Akers’ arrests and ongoing trials—Hicklen

is scheduled for a Thursday, April 3, plea hearing and Akers is currently undergoing a court-ordered psychosexual evaluation— are a rare glimpse into that market and how law enforcement and communities are working to combat it.

Pacheco is a member of Idaho’s ninemember Internet Crimes Task Force at the Ada County Sheriff’s Office, and his specialties are crimes against children and threats from the Internet. Since trafficking and prostitution often involve minors, these kinds of cases often fall under Pacheco’s purview.

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CITYDESK/NEWS NEWS big boost from technology, and the Internet has proved to be one of its most resilient tools—a virtual space where digital anonymity allows johns, pimps and prostitutes to connect with near impunity. Meanwhile, human trafficking’s trackers are using the web to piece together individual sex rings and a vast network of traveling pimps and their human wares.

A major Internet connecting point for the sex trade is Backpage.com, a classified ad listings site operated by Village Voice Media. Superficially it’s a lot like Craigslist.org: Goods and services are divided into categories and sub categories, sometimes by city and other times by region. Backpage.com is also the largest source of adult services ads on the Internet. In Boise, that category contains “escorts” and “male escorts” sub-categories, where many prostitutes post digital lures for wouldbe customers.

Despite the role the Internet played in the arrests of Hicklen and Akers, some say these resources remain underused in investigations into lost children and those who may have slipped into the world of trafficking and prostitution. Lonnie Trotter uses the intuition and skills he honed as a bail bondsman to assist in finding missing persons. Currently he’s working to find 17-year-old Molly Osswald of Meridian, who went missing Jan. 28. Trotter criticized police for failing to more actively use listings sites like Backpage.com, saying sites that display adult and erotic ads are obvious points of entry for investigations into missing girls feared to have been pressed into human and sex trafficking—and a source of easy prostitution busts for local police.

“I could call any one of these ads right now, and if I were an undercover officer, I could set up a date. If I could do it, why can’t a police officer do it?” Trotter said.

In his investigations into missing minors like Osswald, however, one of the most useful tools at his disposal is social media.

Updated statuses, tweets and text messages can mean the difference between a runaway and a slave, and also provide fresh leads and insights into people of interest. Some of his most promising tips, he said, have come from social media.

“Facebook’s one of the best providers for me. People love to post and brag,” he said.

But Pacheco said the sex trade often works too fast even for the Internet to keep up; by the time police can investigate an adult services ad on Backpage.com and other listings sites, the prostitute has likely left the state. Many times, an ad for an individual escort or call girl is concurrently running in multiple cities.

“Boise is kind of a hub stop where you have these human traffickers who travel with these girls all over the country. They may be on their way from, say, Denver or Salt Lake City. What’s a natural place to stop but Boise? They may be in Boise for a day or two, but then they’re gone,” Pacheco said.

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human trafficking makes it a particular challenge for communities. That’s because specialized task forces and agents in charge of human trafficking and organized prostitution operations aren’t communities’ first line of defense against these kinds of crimes: Local law enforcement is. In March 2012, an Idaho State Police trooper stopped Dyrell Swinson of Tacoma, Wash., at a rest stop in Payette County, and arrested him for driving without privileges. At the Payette County Jail, his passenger, a 15-year-old girl, was found to be a ward of the state of Washington and a runaway. In March 2013, Swinson was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for his role in a sex trafficking case.

“It’s not the kind of crime an FBI agent will come across. It’s local law enforcement,” said Idaho District Attorney Wendy Olson. “[Trafficking] may not be what it first appears. It may be beyond what they’re seeing.”

As one leg of a sex trafficking circuit that runs from Seattle to Los Angeles, north through Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Idaho and back to Washington, making sure Idaho police departments and communities along the route have the wherewithal to identify commerce and sex crimes is an ongoing law enforcement goal.

“I know it’s a big problem in Portland and Seattle. It’s a commerce crime. People are doing it for money and they’re making their way to Idaho,” Olson said.

That’s why, Pacheco said, taking steps now to curb the sex trade could yield longterm dividends for communities like Boise.

“We want to start working these types of cases to keep Boise a nice place to live like it is now. I don’t want to be living in Boise 10 years from now and have it be like what I’m seeing in San Diego and Denver,” he said.

Idaho falls roughly in the middle of the pack in terms of states that have effective legal frameworks for dealing with sex trafficking. According to the POLARIS Project, a nonprofit specializing in combating human trafficking and slavery in the United States, Idaho has met six of 10 criteria that the organization uses to determine the effectiveness of a state’s legal framework against trafficking (neighboring Washington has met all 10 criteria). These include a definition of sex and labor trafficking in state statute, an asset forfeiture clause denying perpetrators access to property obtained from the fruits of human trafficking, law enforcement training and no requirement for force, fraud or coercion in the prosecutions of those who exploit minors.

Meeting those conditions places Idaho in POLARIS’ Tier II. To make Tier I, Idaho would need to post the number for the national victims hot line, create a safe harbor for minors, provide resources for victims assistance and civil remedies for victims, and vacate convictions. It would also have to create a dedicated trafficking task force.

On a statewide level, the Idaho Coalition

Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence is working to enhance communication between state and local entities that deal with trafficking and prostitution through training and information sharing. Member organizations include Advocates Against Family Violence in Caldwell, Family Safety Network in Driggs and North Idaho Violence Prevention Center in Coeur d’Alene.

While CAADV doesn’t deal directly with victims, it’s this network that allows the organization to combat sexual exploitation and interstate sex commerce on a community level while being a statewide initiative, and an effort to lubricate enforcement against these types of crimes that doesn’t necessarily move Idaho closer to meeting POLARIS’ Tier I. When it comes to fighting sex crimes and exploitation, awareness matters—it made Dyrell Swinson’s arrest in Payette County more than a traffic stop—and increasing it statewide is central to CAADV’s mission.

As local police departments receive training on how to identify and handle cases of human trafficking, citizens are being encouraged to watch for signs of prostitution in their communities and report them to law enforcement.

“Part of raising awareness is about people and communities being more mindful of their surroundings,” said CAADV Executive Director Kelly Miller.

At the March 19 International Women’s Day Celebration at the Egyptian Theatre, Miller introduced international sex trafficking expert and activist Ruchira Gupta of Apne Aap, an organization fighting sex slavery in India, where there are an estimated 3 million sex slaves. Worldwide, there may be as many as 27 million. Gupta’s efforts have resulted in legislative action all over the world, including the United States. Her travels, she said, taught her a chilling lesson.

“Because you have tourism, you must have sex tourism, because I have never seen a situation in which you do not have both,” she told the crowd.

Like in India, she said, prostitutes in America are drawn from marginalized communities like ethnic minorities, the poor and the disenfranchised, and Miller and the CAADV have reached out to those Idaho communities that are most at risk.

“Any time a girl is vulnerable because of her social location—vulnerability is something pimps often prey on,” she said.

Pacheco said in the case of Hicklen and Akers, the pair “very methodically found out what the vulnerabilities were for these women and manipulated them into doing things they wouldn’t normally do.” They created a situation in which the women they were exploiting couldn’t leave on their own accord, and he said he and his team are still searching for other victims who may be afraid to come forward. Miller said this is the essence of the negative effect prostitution has on communities.

“Prostitution really is the absence of choice,” Miller said.

President Barack Obama signed the 2014 reauthorization of NDAA in December 2013.

“And what’s so amazing that it took the Middleton City Council only one meeting to unanimously approve that resolution,” said Casella. “In Emmett, it took us four meetings and in Gem County, it took three meetings.”

A statewide effor t was attempted in Februar y by Emmett Republican Sen. Steven Thayn, who attempted to push through a bill that declared Idaho would “not be a battlefield during times of war.” But when Thayn unveiled his proposal in front of the Senate State Affairs Committee, even fellow Republican Sen. Bar t Davis said, “I don’t see that this is something likely to be enforceable as a matter of law.”

And Boise Democratic Sen. Elliot Werk questioned if the proposal was a solution searching for a problem.

“I haven’t seen indefinite detention or concentration camps showing up in Idaho yet,” said Werk.

Ultimately, Thayn’s bill died when it wasn’t granted a full committee hearing.

He conceded that he hadn’t asked the Idaho Attorney General’s office on the constitutionality of the proposal.

“Honestly, I would rather that this not get passed right now at the state level,” Casella told BW. “Getting people motivated at the local level is the most effective way to go with this.”

Even though Casella is the PANDA Idaho campaign coordinator, he pushes back against the label of “organization.”

“I call it a movement, not an organization,” he said. “There are people all over the countr y doing this.”

In fact, Casella says PANDA is about to launch a “Take Back” concer t tour, featuring 30 ar tists and speakers, including Southern rock band Saving Abel; controversial citizen journalist Luke Rudkowski, of WeAreChange.org; political rockers The Ameros; and liber tarian singer-songwriter Jordan Page.

“I know they’re tr ying to lock in Rage Against the Machine, too,” said Casella.

But of a more immediate concern, Casella says he spends a good amount of time pointing Idahoans to Panda’s “take back” online packets. Featuring “three steps to take back your town”—No. 1: passing a resolution, No. 2 pushing law enforcement to back the resolution and No. 3: create a citizen team “to watch the watchers.”

“You can put as much or as little time as you want on this,” he said.

Clearly, more than a few advocates are spending a good deal of time on PANDA, and they may be coming to your town next.

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In 1985, McMaster University Department of Medicine allowed me to take an elective anywhere in the world. I found myself serving in a small hospital in Kakamega, Kenya.

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DR. RICHARD HEINZL Doctor without borders GEORGE PRENTICE Almost everything about Dr. Richard Heinzl is awesome; not the least of which is something he told us about a half-hour into our conversation when we asked him about the children he’s cared for.

“I guess I’ve delivered a baby on every continent,” he said.

Like we said, awesome.

Fresh out of medical school, Heinzl founded the first North American chapter of Doctors Without Borders, the Nobel-winning medical relief organization that cares for the planet’s most vulnerable populations.

Prior to his Tuesday, April 8, visit to Boise State University, where he’ll be a guest of the Honors College Distinguished Lecture Series, Boise Weekly spoke to the 51-year-old Toronto-based physician about his many journeys but singular vision of what he sees as a “world without borders.”

Did you always have a sense that you wanted to be a caregiver?

Both my parents are psychologists. First of all, they’re humanitarians and that shaped me. They also encouraged me to follow my passion. Since I was a teenager, I also had wanderlust. I hitchhiked across country when I was 16—sleeping in parking lots, along the St. Lawrence River and in a New Brunswick cow pasture.

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I’m stymied by the fact that you formed the first North American chapter of Doctors Without Borders at such a young age.

I remember sitting in a coffee shop in 1983, and an acquaintance of mine plopped a copy of The New York Times in front of me. And there was an article about Médecins Sans Frontières [known in English as Doctors Without Borders]. And he said, “If you want to change the world, you need to go work with these guys.” He called them the French Foreign Legion of medicine.

Pardon the cliché, but is that when a light bulb went off for you?

It was actually a few weeks later. I went AWOL from my elective and crossed the border into Uganda, which was in the throes of civil war. That’s when my light bulb went off. There was no border between Kenya and Uganda. There I was with my passport, visa, letters of recommendation and a stethoscope.

But those papers weren’t going to protect you.

You have a heightened awareness. It’s one of those crazy backward things.

I’m presuming that you weren’t armed.

I wouldn’t know what to do with a gun if I had one. Instead, I have a stethoscope around my neck. It’s much mightier than a gun.

How did you bring more of your peers into the fold to join you in Doctors Without Borders?

The organization appeals to young students in a special way. Younger generations understand that some things aren’t right in the world but they still want to break through and do something about the suffering.

Have those ideals ebbed and flowed over the decades?

When I started in the 1980s, I was criticized by some of my colleagues who were on their own “yuppie train.” But I really don’t think you see much of that anymore. When I get to talk in places like Boise, the students I meet want incredibly interesting work and a great adventure, but they’re also looking for something underlined by an important kind of morality.

Are there simple things, like access to fresh water or mosquito nets, that can change the world?

Those things are very real. But when there’s warfare, insecurity or conflict, the normal stuff in society falls apart. When greed takes over from simple decency, it can shatter the basic things of society.

I’m intrigued by the title of your address in Boise: “Creating Opportunity in a World Without Borders.” I understand what a “world without borders” means theoretically, but what does that mean tangibly?

I’m still blown away by how crazy different places can be, but simultaneously I’m struck at how similar we are. Nowhere do you see that more than with kids. They laugh, play, giggle and sometimes cry.

But it’s also a world where more children are having weapons thrust into their hands and asked to be part of makeshift armies.

Guns instead of Frisbees. It’s fanaticism.

But I’ll stop myself there, because I am, for sure, still positive about the world, even though I’ve been in some tough places.

Over the years, where in the world did you feel most at risk?

Maybe in Iraq in 1991—a very insecure place. There were landmines everywhere.

And in Cambodia, we were so close to the front lines that bombs would go off, knocking things off our shelves. And tracer bullets would fly over our heads as we drove down the road.

Have you lost friends or colleagues while they served for Doctors Without Borders?

Yes. How does that inform your resolve?

It doesn’t change my view of human beings in general. There are a few very bad people. I don’t think anyone would want you to change what you believe in because something bad had happened.

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FIONA KILFOYLE: “IT’S LIKE A FOG CLEARED IN MY HEAD. ... I FEEL A LOT BETTER.”

THIS IS ME Stories from three transgender women who renamed themselves STORY/PHOTOS BY JESSICA MURRI

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n a small, crowded courtroom, the judge called forward Matthew Ray Bailey.

Bailey stood up from the first row of seats and approached the bench, wearing a wavy blonde wig, a purple sweater, a black skirt with black tights and small heels.

The judge asked if the name change was a way to evade debt or criminal charges.

“No, ma’am,” Bailey’s feminine voice responded.

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be Fiona Ellen Kilfoyle,” the judge said, gavel in hand.

Kilfoyle turned around with a smile—and the hint of a five o’clock shadow—on her face.

She walked back to her seat, taking the hand of her wife.

Four weeks prior, as part of the procedure to change her name, Kilfoyle had published her intention to do so in the legal notices of Boise Weekly.

The reason given: “to right a terrible wrong.”

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In her earliest memories, 35-year-old Kilfoyle fantasized about being a girl.

The feelings followed her throughout her life, until nine months ago when she felt so unhappy she quit her job and started seeing a therapist.

As she started truly accepting herself as a woman, she knew she had to tell her wife. The couple has been together since 1999, but this was Kilfoyle’s best-kept secret. She never admitted it to herself, let alone her wife.

That was a rough night. She drank a lot.

“That’s the paralyzing part of a lot of this,” Kilfoyle said. “You just don’t know how people are going to react at all.”

Most marriages don’t survive the transition. Kilfoyle was “pretty much lit” by the time she managed to cough it out. “‘I have something to tell you,’” Kilfoyle remembered telling her wife.

“I was being really serious so she was like, ‘Oh my God, what?’ So I just had to let it out really quick, like tearing off a Band-Aid.” It was tough to say, let alone hear: Your husband of more than 12 years isn’t a man.

“She said, ‘Are you serious? Is this for real? Do you actually mean this, or is it some kind of joke?’ It was emotional,” Kilfoyle said. “We hashed it out for quite a while.”

But Kilfoyle’s wife—who declined to be identified or interviewed for this story—decided to stick with her. Then they set to work on choosing a name.

Kilfoyle charted out her genealogy, selecting her great-grandmother’s name, Ellen, for her middle name. Her wife made lists, looking up names by year. Kilfoyle couldn’t pick a name that was too recently popular. Nor did she want to pick the name of someone she already knew.

“That would be really awkward, right?” Kilfoyle said. “Or you’re looking at names and you’re like, ‘I dated her. That’s a little weird.’”

She ultimately picked Fiona after another distant relative.

Kilfoyle started on hormones and testosterone blockers shortly after. She noticed a change in her taste and smell.

Her skin softened. Her mental process changed.

“It’s like a fog cleared in my head,” she said. “I felt less driven by my testosterone. I feel a lot better.”

The next step in her transition: dressing the part.

She had to create a whole new style for herself so she started from scratch at consignment stores. She loved throwing away all her ugly, boxy male clothes.

Kilfoyle likes thick tights that make her legs look more feminine. She likes simple patterns and light floral prints.

Matt wore a beard as “armor.” Fiona paints her nails midnight blue.

“Matt’s dead,” she said. “Matt is dead.”

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where but her office—a software company in an office tower downtown.

She’s worked as a computer programer for the business for six months now, but the constant shifting of personas wore her down. She’d leave work, go home, change, spend an hour putting on make-up and go out again—even if it was just to run to the grocery store.

She had a pact with herself: to never let herself go out as a man.

The hardest part of switching back and forth for work, Kilfoyle said, was speaking. She spent so much time training herself to speak differently, with less resonance and with a lighter pitch. But having to go into work and speak like a man again made it hard for her to internalize her new voice and etch it into her subconsciousness.

Finally, the day came. On Feb. 11, 2014, she approached the judge’s bench and legally became Fiona Ellen Kilfoyle. She took the day off work, leaving the evening before as a man with a slightly receding hairline and returning the following morning, a woman.

‘I’M TRANSGENDER’ In the back corner of the courtroom that same day, sitting tucked in a large, black trench coat, Joshua Walton waited for a similar summons.

After the judge spoke, Joshua turned and headed back to her seat as Jessica Walton. Her long red hair tufted out of a braid down her back; but, other than that, her appearance could fall under either gender.

After she left the florescent-lit courtroom, Walton thought about her dad.

That’s what spurred her to do this. She said she’d never felt quite right in her skin.

“That’s the one thing I regret,” Walton said. “Not coming out to him. I think he just wanted to know what was going on. He was more concerned about me being happy than me being gay or straight. He’s my dad. He wanted me to be happy. I loved him, he loved me.”

Walton was in the military the last time she heard from her dad. She joined the Air Force hoping it would leave her no choice but to adopt a more masculine identity. She waited for herself to “man up,” but it didn’t happen. Her dad was a private military contractor himself and spent time in Iraq, where he saw the kinds of things that give people PTSD, and eventually drank himself away.

One night in September 2011, when Walton was on the other side of the country serving her four years, she got a call saying he was in the hospital.

A couple hours later, she got another call. He was gone.

She bought a plane ticket the next day and thought about how she didn’t get her chance to come out to him.

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JESSICA WALTON: “JUST FEELING THAT WEIGHT LIFTED WAS GOOD ENOUGH.”

until she could get out and begin her transition.

She finished her term of service and started her transition in January 2012.

Step one: She let her hair grow.

Today, Walton is 25 and a student at Boise State University, studying computer science. She lives with her mom, her sister and her new niece. She likes playing videogames.

She picked her name because it started with a “J,” like her original name.

It came down to Jamie or Jessica, and Jessica sounded more feminine to her.

Now, of course, she realizes that almost every female born between 1980 and 1990 shares her new name.

Getting her name legally changed wasn’t a big deal to Walton. She started going by it two years ago, so the trip to Ada County Courthouse wasn’t much different than paying a speeding ticket.

“I didn’t go out and get cake or anything,” Walton said. “Just feeling that weight lifted was good enough.”

She changed her driver’s license, the title to her car, her bank accounts, her Social Security card, her student account and half a dozen more documents. When she publicized her decision to legally change her name, Walton’s reason was simple: “I’m transgender.”

Still, she said being able to say her name doesn’t feel like a lie anymore.

“I open up my license and it says my name now,” Walton said. “It’s those little things. I go down to look at my BOI S EW EEKLY.COM

debit card and it says Jessica and I think, ‘Whew, that’s me now.’”

Walton worries the hardest part of her transition is yet to come.

“I’m not able to find a job,” she said. “I’m not exactly the most passible. They see Jessica on my resume, and then I walk in. I’m worried about what’s going to happen. All I can do is try my best.”

She held up a brown paper napkin to her cheeks as tears slipped out. She apologized twice. She’s filled out applications for fast food chains, Wal-Mart, Costco.

Another sting came from her sister, who hasn’t dealt well with her transition. “‘Why are you doing this?’” her sister asked her. “‘You’re not a woman.’”

In those trying times, Walton again remembers her father.

“I would have been happy to say, ‘Hey, this is me. This is how I feel,’” she said. “And he wouldn’t have understood, but he would have been supportive.”

‘PERSONAL PREFERENCE’ “I don’t know why I chose Emilie,” said Emilie Jackson-Edney, who transitioned more than 10 years ago. “It’s always been Emilie.”

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the words “gender identity” and “sexual orientation” to the Idaho Human Rights Act. She retired from a career at the Ada County Highway District 10 years ago and became co-chair of the Add the Words campaign. She also spends her time visiting classrooms at Boise State, sharing her experiences as a transwoman and working to broaden understanding and acceptance. She’s tall but soft-spoken and wears dark pant suits, often with a signature bright yellow scarf.

The first person she came out to was her daughter, who grew up with skateboards and piercings and dreadlocks.

Jackson-Edney figured her daughter would be a good barometer to how people would accept or reject her. The two went to dinner at a nice steak restaurant by the river and shared a bottle of wine. Then, Jackson-Edney just broke down.

“I told her, ‘I’m going to tell you something that’s going to shock you,’” Jackson-Edney said, remembering the conversation. “‘Not long ago when you were doing laundry, you told your <13

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mom you were really glad she started to get some nice lingerie instead of wearing those big granny panties all the time. Well those weren’t your mom’s. Those were mine.’”

Her daughter never seemed to have much problem accepting her father’s true identity, but the same wasn’t true for Jackson-Edney’s wife and son.

Standing in the kitchen one day, Jackson-Edney’s wife told her she didn’t want to be a lesbian. Their marriage of 37 years crumbled and her wife left feeling betrayed and bitter.

“I think I was a good husband and a good father and a good brother and a good lover,” Jackson-Edney said. “ I tried to be the best man that I could be, but it was living an uncomfortable lie.”

More than an uncomfortable lie.

Jackson-Edney called the dawn before her transition a life-or-death situation.

She was so unhappy living as a male with a female’s brain, she contemplated suicide—knowing exactly how and where she would do it. That scared her, but it’s not uncommon among transgender people. The rate of attempted

suicides among transgender people is 41 percent, according to the American Psychological Association—a rate 25 times higher than that of the general population.

But how could she change everything about her most basic identity?

She worked in a “testosterone-heavy” environment and grew up in a fundamentalist Christian church. She was even a deacon in that church.

“They wouldn’t let me through the side door let alone the back door today,” Jackson-Edney said.

Her son stopped talking to her the day she got on the plane to fly to Thailand for her transitional surgery seven years ago.

“I know I’m dead to him,” she said.

“That disappoints me.”

But despite the losses, Jackson-Edney said her life has grown. She can’t walk into the Flying M Coffeehouse without hugging at least three different people. She enjoys an overwhelming amount of love and support from her friends today.

And she uses her experience to help other transgender people and advocate

for LGBT rights.

Jackson-Edney’s not fully happy with the process of a legal name change in Idaho, though. She said a simple record search can out a person who has buried their past. Idaho is one of only five states that won’t create a new birth certificate—it’ll only amend the name, but never change the original gender marker.

“There are things I think are nobody else’s business,” she said. “People can use your old name to have power over you or invalidate you.”

Jackson-Edney also doesn’t agree with the public notification process required when changing one’s name—the process Kilfoyle followed when she announced her name change in the pages of BW. Jackson-Edney said the court hearing itself is fine; a person can swear under oath that they’re not changing their name to evade debt, but she sees little point in publicizing it. (JacksonEdney’s published name-change notification stated her reason as “personal preference.”)

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man or the Weekly. It shows both your old male name and your new female name,” Jackson-Edney said.

Monica Hopkins, executive director of ACLU of Idaho, agreed that the name-change process should be private. She called California a good model; the state allows for a person to petition to have the court proceedings related to his or her name change kept private, because she said California legislators recognize the potential for violence against transgender people.

“Of course, our legislators don’t often look toward California as a model for Idaho to replicate,” Hopkins said with a sharp laugh. She said she fears the public process of a name change and easily obtained documents like birth certificates could be used for “nefarious” reasons, and may keep a person from ever transitioning.

“What people don’t realize is you may actually have within your neighborhood, community or workplace, people who have successfully transitioned, living and working next to us every single day as productive Idahoans,” Hopkins said.

Because of that success, she added, statistics of transgender people are hard to track. They don’t always want to identify as transgendered—they want to be seen as the gender they feel they really are.

Jackson-Edney is one of the few who speak out for transgender rights, but even on the back of her business card, she quotes Luinne Moongazer, a blogger, to describe her own womanhood: “I did not transition to be a ‘real woman’—that’s a useless concept, and a fairly sexist/transphobic one. I transitioned to be a woman, my kind of woman, the kind of woman I want to be, and that involves expressing myself as I am, as a whole person, in ways that break gender stereotypes as much as ‘caters’ to them.” “[My male] name is part of my history and part of my past. It’s not really who I am,” Jackson-Edney said. “But I always wished I would have asked my mother what she would have named me if I had been a girl.”

‘THE TRANSITION NEVER REALLY STOPS’ In recent editions of BW, five more legal notices appeared from transgender people seeking name changes. Neither the Division of Motor Vehicles nor the Ada County Courthouse keep track of how many legal name changes they administer for gender identity, but the Williams Institute of the University of California estimates there are 700,000 transgender individuals in the United States.

Licensed counselor Kristine Kirsch, whose office overlooks the Boise River through cheery, bright orange drapes, has been in private practice for three years. In that time she’s grown to specialize in transgender issues.

“I had one transgender client, and then I had 40,” Kirsch said.

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She said she sees everyone from 6-year-old boys who dance into her office as princesses, wanting nothing more than to wear sparkly shoes and tutus, to people in their 50s and 60s who have spent their lives in the closet.

“Generally when people come here, they’re throwing up. They’re nervous, they’re scared. But them just being here is one of the huge first steps,” Kirsch said. “I think it’s huge to sit with someone who sees them for who they are, who calls them the right name, who uses the correct pronouns.”

Kirsch’s work begins long before the legal name-change process. She starts with promoting self acceptance and getting her patients to start talking to their friends and families—though that’s often one of the hardest parts.

“It’s tragic how many people lose connections when they reveal who they are. It is so sad and incomprehensible to me how people can turn their backs on family and friends,” she said.

After some emotional stabilization, Kirsch helps her patients start hormone therapy, though there are only three physicians in the Boise area who handle the bulk of the population.

Kirsch said she reached out to every endocrinologist she could find, “and they all said, ‘We don’t handle people like that.’ It’s so disheartening. So ugly.”

After the steps of openly communicating about their gender identity, Kirsch uses the next several months to help her patients cope with experiencing emotions in a new way. When her transwomen clients are ready, she takes her patients shopping for women’s clothes. She also holds support groups for newly transitioned people, where she brings in makeup artists and stylists and body language experts to help her patients feel more confident.

“The transition never really stops,” Kirsch said. “I think we hope for that day when someone looks in the mirror and thinks, ‘I’m good,’ but it doesn’t happen the day they dress and it doesn’t happen the day they go to work or the day they get their names changed.”

Kirsch said being transgender isn’t something that anyone would chose.

“When you see the wreckage and the carnage and the pain, it’s a tough go,” she said.

But Krisch said she’s never met stronger people.

Kilfoyle will continue working on her marriage, keeping it alive despite it being a little “weird” right now. She’ll correct anyone who misses a pronoun at her office and she’ll keep adding to her new wardrobe.

Walton plans to be taking classes again next semester, hopefully with a job to help her out. She’ll play Pictionary with her friends from the LGBT community at Boise State and she’s thinking about getting her hair cut a little bit for the first time in two years.

As for Jackson-Edney, she won’t stop until the words have been added.

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8 DAYS OUT WEDNESDAY APRIL 2 Festivals & Events SPRING BOOK PREVIEW SALE—Friends of Boise Public Library holds a Preview Sale for Friends members. New members may join at the door. Sale items include paperback and hard bound books for all ages. 4 p.m.

Boise Public Library Warehouse across from main branch, 762 River St., Boise, 208-384-4076, boisepubliclibrary.org.

On Stage GENE HARRIS JAZZ FESTIVAL—Boise State Jazz Ensemble performs with Wycliffe Gordon. Get details online at geneharris.org. See Picks, Page 24. 4:45 p.m. $15 day pass. Boise State Special Events Center, 1800 University Drive, Boise, sub.boisestate.edu.

GENE HARRIS JAZZ FESTIVAL SUPERBAND—With Wycliffe Gordon. Get full details at geneharris. org. 8 p.m. $15 day pass. Boise State Special Events Center, 1800 University Drive, Boise, sub. boisestate.edu.

UNCANNY VALLEY— What does it mean to be human? Find out at the world premiere of the new play by Dwayne Blackaller and Matthew Cameron Clark. See Picks, Page 24. 8 p.m. $15. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, bctheater.org.

Talks & Lectures GENEALOGY LECTURE SERIES—Learn tips about getting started, pitfalls to avoid, alternate sources, and research records in a two-part series. Contact Steve Barrett at 208-514-2324, or steve.barrett@ishs.idaho.gov. to register or for more info. 6 p.m. $15, $25 for two sessions.

Idaho State Archives, 2205 N. Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208) 334-2620, history.idaho.gov/ idaho-state-archives.

Kids & Teens CIRCUS SKILLS WORKSHOP— Instructor David Broderick will help teens age 14 and older discover their “inner clown” in 90-minute safe and supportive group classes. 7 p.m. $40-$63.

Grace Jordan Elementary School, 6411 W. Fairfield Ave., Boise.

THURSDAY APRIL 3 Festivals & Events SPRING BOOK SALE—Sale items include paperback and hard bound books for all ages. Most paperbacks are 50 cents and most hard bounds are $1, or $9 for all you can stuff in a bag. 9 a.m. FREE. Boise Public Library Warehouse across from main branch, 762 River St., Boise, 208384-4076, boisepubliclibrary.org.

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On Stage ALLEY REPERTORY THEATER: THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED— Ripped from Idaho and national headlines, this Tony Award nominee for Best Play by Douglas Carter Beane is a fast-paced and hilarious nontraditional love story.

Get tickets online at alleyrep.org or at the door. 8 p.m. $10-$15. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297, visualartscollective.com.

COMEDIAN DANIEL DUGAR— With featured act Danny Amspacher. 8 p.m. $10. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise.com.

GENE HARRIS JAZZ FESTIVAL— See Wednesday. 4:45 p.m. $15 day pass. Boise State Special Events Center, 1800 University Drive, Boise, sub.boisestate.edu.

GENE HARRIS JAZZ FESTIVAL SUPERBAND—See Wednesday.

8 p.m. $15 day pass. Boise State Special Events Center, 1800 University Drive, Boise, sub. boisestate.edu.

ONE SURVIVOR REMEMBERS: AN EVENING WITH GERDA WEISSMANN KLEIN—The evening begins with the screening of the Oscar- and Emmy-winning documentary based on Holocaust survivor Gerda Weissmann Klein’s life. Following the film, Klein will speak on hope, inspiration, love and humanity. Presented by the Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial and the Ada County Human Rights Taskforce. Buy tickets at boisestatetickets.com or free with ID for Boise State students, faculty and staff at campus ticket outlets. 7:30 p.m. $10. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-426-1609, box office: 208426-1110, mc.boisestate.edu.

UNCANNY VALLEY—What does it mean to be human? World premiere of the new play by Dwayne Blackaller and Matthew Cameron Clark. 8 p.m. $15.

Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, bctheater.org.

Workshops & Classes WRIGHTSLAW SPECIAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE—Training designed for parents, educators, health care providers, advocates and attorneys who represent children with disabilities regarding special education. Sponsored by Autism Society of Treasure Valley and the Treasure Valley Down Syndrome Association. Get more info at autism.asatvc@yahoo.com. 8 a.m. $150-$250. Cathedral of the Rockies, First United Methodist Church, 717 N. 11th St., Boise, 208-343-7511.

FRIDAY APRIL 4 Festivals & Events PBR INVITATIONAL—The top 35 bull riders in the world compete against the fiercest bucking bulls on the planet. See Picks, Page 25. 8 p.m. $15-$100. Ford Idaho Center, 16200 Idaho Center Blvd., Nampa, 208-468-1000, idahocenter.com.

SHORE LODGE CULINARY FESTIVAL—Three-day festival kicks off Friday night with a cooking class and chef’s reception. Saturday features the Culinary King of the Mountain competition, plus indoor farmers market, a wine education class, and winemakers’ dinner. Sunday closes with a gourmet brunch. Get more info at shorelodge.com. $120. Shore Lodge-McCall, 501 W. Lake St., McCall, 1-800-657-6464, shorelodgemccall.com.

SPRING BOOK SALE—See Thursday. 9 a.m. FREE. Boise Public Library Warehouse across from main branch, 762 River St., Boise, 208-384-4076, boisepubliclibrary.org.

WORLDS CONNECT: INDIA— Get a firsthand glimpse into the diversity of cultures that make up modern India. Featuring two presentations on the history and modern life in India, plus classical Indian dances and a literal taste of India. 6:30 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library, 10664 W. Victory Road, Boise, 208-362-0181, adalib.org.

BAR AND RESTAURANT GUIDE KICKOFF PARTY—Join Boise Weekly for launch of our the 2014 Restaurant and Bar Guide. Design a T-shirt and win swag. Sponsored by 44 North Vodka. Cover will be suspended until 10 p.m. See Picks, Page 25. 9 p.m. FREE until 10 p.m. The Balcony Club, 150 N. Eighth St., 208-336-1313, thebalconyclub.com.

On Stage AFRICAN CHILDREN’S CHOIR— The African Children’s Choir melts the hearts of audiences with their charming smiles, beautiful voices and lively African songs and dances. 7 p.m. FREE. Karcher Church of the Nazarene, 2515 W. Karcher Road, Nampa, 208-4677479, karchernaz.org.

ALLEY REPERTORY THEATER: THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED—See Thursday. 8 p.m. $10-$15. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297, visualartscollective.com.

AN EVENING WITH BILL COSBY—The legendary comedian, author and actor comes to Boise. See Picks, Page 24. 8 p.m. $46-$75.

Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-4261609, box office: 208-426-1110, mc.boisestate.edu.

COMEDIAN DANIEL DUGAR— See Thursday. 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. $10. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise.com.

IDAHO JAZZ SOCIETY BENEFIT CONCERT—Jazz diva Emily Braden performs with opener Essential Jazz in a benefit concert for the U.S. College Music Scholarship Program. All-ages event features silent auction, and food and drink available for purchase.

Buy tickets at ijsevents.ticketbud. com. 6:30 p.m. $17-$22. Riverside Hotel Sapphire Room, 2900 W. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-343-1871, riversideboise. com/dining/sapphire-room.

UNCANNY VALLEY—See Thursday. 8 p.m. $15. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, bctheater.org.

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8 DAYS OUT Citizen JOHN MCCROSTIE FOR DISTRICT 16 MEET AND GREET FUNDRAISER—Meet the candidate and enjoy remarks by Nicole LeFavour and performances by Willison Roos, Minerva Jane, Vivica Valentino, Percilla Moore, Shaye Dwyer, Glitterati LaReaux, with DJ Trixx. 9 p.m. Donations.

Lucky Dog, 2223 Fairview Ave., Boise, 208-333-0074, luckydogtavern.com.

SATURDAY APRIL 5 Festivals & Events “AS-IS” BIKE SALE—BBP will sell “as-is” bikes at the shop on the first Saturday of each month.

Proceeds from all bike sales will benefit BBP kids programs.

11 a.m. FREE admission. Boise Bicycle Project, 1027 Lusk St., Boise, 208-429-6520, boisebicycleproject.org.

BARBER PARK WEDDING SPRING FLING—Boise Wedding Events presents a new and unique wedding show. Meet the Treasure Valley’s most trusted wedding vendors and discover all your options for planning the perfect event. 11 a.m. $3. Barber Park Education and Event Center, 4049 S. Eckert Road, Boise, 208577-4577, adaweb.net.

PBR INVITATIONAL—See Friday.

8 p.m. $15-$100. Ford Idaho Center, 16200 Idaho Center Blvd., Nampa, 208-468-1000, idahocenter.com.

INTERNATIONAL TABLETOP GAME DAY AT BOISE PUBLIC LIBRARY—Drop in to the main branch of the Boise Public Library to learn and play games featured on Wil Wheaton’s web series TableTop, which will be set up in the Marion Bingham Room on the third floor. You’ll also be able to view a live stream of the Los Angeles TableTop Day Fan Event, featuring Wheaton and Felicia Day. For more info, call 208-3844076 or visit boisepubliclibrary. org/calendar. 10 a.m. FREE. Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-384-4076, boisepubliclibrary.org.

INTERNATIONAL TABLETOP GAME DAY AT ADA COMMUNITY LIBRARY—Play games featured on the hit web series Tabletop, including Munchkin, Pandemic, Zombie Dice and King of Tokyo. Primarily for ages 18 and older, but there will also be some games that are enjoyable for the whole family. Games provided by All About Games. 1 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library, Lake Hazel Branch, 10489 Lake Hazel Road, Boise, 208-297-6700, adalib.org.

NEW BOISE FARMERS MARKET OPENING DAY—The market is back. Check out fresh goods from various vendors. See Picks, Page 24. 9 a.m. FREE. The New Boise Farmer’s Market, 1080 W. Front St., Boise, 208-345-9287, theboisefarmersmarket.com.

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SALSA AT THE DEPOT SPRING BALL—Celebrate the start of spring by sporting your best suits, tuxes, dresses or ball gowns and dancing the night away to rhythmic Caribbean tunes played

by DJ Filmon. Cocktail hour with full bar followed by dancing until midnight. Advanced tickets at depotsalsa.bpt.me. 8 p.m. $7 adv., $10 door. Boise Train Depot, 2603 Eastover Terrace, Boise.

SHORE LODGE CULINARY FESTIVAL—See Friday. $120.

Shore Lodge-McCall, 501 W. Lake St., McCall, 1-800-657-6464, shorelodgemccall.com.

SPRING BOOK SALE—See Thursday. 9 a.m. FREE. Boise Public Library Warehouse across from main branch, 762 River St., Boise, 208-384-4076, boisepubliclibrary.org.

WILD TURKEY FEDERATION BANQUET—Join the Gem State Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation’s for its 24th Annual Hunting Heritage Banquet. For tickets contact banquet chairman Tom Eubanks at 208-343-5755 or Mary Henry at 208-343-5732. Tickets also available online at Idahonwtf.org.

6:30 p.m. $20-$320. Riverside Hotel, 2900 Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-343-1871, riversideboise.com.

On Stage ALLEY REPERTORY THEATER: THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED— See Thursday. 8 p.m. $10-$15.

Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-4248297, visualartscollective.com.

BOISE PHILHARMONIC: AN EVENING WITH CURTIS STIGERS—The program runs the gamut from classic love songs

by Cole Porter and Jerome Kern to modern gems by Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Willie Nelson and John Lennon, as well as Stigers’ own songs. Visit boisephilharmonic.org for more info. 8 p.m. $65-$81. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-4261110, mc.boisestate.edu.

COMEDIAN DANIEL DUGAR— See Thursday. 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. $10. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-2875379, liquidboise.com.

UNCANNY VALLEY—See Wednesday. 8 p.m. $15. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, bctheater.org.

Sports & Fitness BOISE STATE MEN’S TENNIS— Vs. Utah State; and vs. Middle Tennessee State at 6 p.m. 10 a.m. FREE. Appleton Tennis Center, Boise State campus, Boise, broncosports.com.

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GUNS N’ HOSES CHARITY HOCKEY GAME—Local police and local firefighters take to the ice for a friendly competition.

Donations, taken at the door, are divided between the Peace Officers Memorial and the Idaho Firefighters Memorial. Search Guns Vs. Hoses Charity Hockey Game on Facebook for more info.

1:30 p.m. By donation. CenturyLink Arena, 233 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-424-2200 or box office 208-331-8497, centurylinkarenaboise.com.

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8 DAYS OUT Kids & Teens FREE KIDS TENNIS DAY— Boise State and USTA Idaho present a free kids tennis day.

Get more info and register at idtennis.com. 11:30 a.m. FREE. Julia Davis Park, 700 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise.

Animals & Pets ANIMAL RESCUE SILENT AUCTION—Enjoy food, raffles, guest speakers, auction items and door prizes. All proceeds benefit the Canyon County Animal Shelter and the Boise Bully Breed Rescue. 6 p.m. FREE. Capital High School, 8055 Goddard Road, Boise, 208-854-4490, boiseschools.org/schools/ capital.

CANYON COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER KITTEN AND PUPPY BABY SHOWER—The Canyon County Animal Shelter needs donations of supplies to help care for un-weaned and underaged kittens and puppies. 11 a.m. FREE. Canyon County Animal Shelter, 5801 Graye Lane, Caldwell, 208-455-5920, canyoncountyshelter.org.

SUNDAY APRIL 6 Festivals & Events SHORE LODGE CULINARY FESTIVAL—See Friday. $120.

Shore Lodge-McCall, 501 W. Lake St., McCall, 1-800-6576464, shorelodgemccall.com.

SPRING BOOK SALE—See Thursday. Noon. FREE. Boise Public Librar y Warehouse across from main branch, 762 River St., Boise, 208-384-4076, boisepubliclibrar y.org.

riversideboise.com/dining/ sapphire-room.

TUESDAY APRIL 8

in a World without Borders.”

Park for free in the Lincoln Avenue Garage. See Citizen on Page 10. For more info, visit go.boisestate.edu/distinguishedlectures. 7 p.m. FREE. Boise State Student Union Jordan Ballroom, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 208-426-5800, boisestate.edu.

Workshops & Classes BUSINESS LAUNCH CLASS— This two-hour workshop is the WBC’s recommended first step for star t-up entrepreneurs. 4 p.m. FREE-$60. Women’s Business Center Idaho, 1607 W. Jefferson St., Boise, 208-3366722, wbcidaho.org.

SMART STARTUP PART I WORKSHOP—If you are a new entrepreneur or want to determine if your business idea is viable, this workshop is for you. Offered in conjunction with Smar t Star tUp Par t II. To register, email sheila.spangler@ zionsbank.com or call. 4 p.m.

FREE. Zions Bank Business Resource Center, 800 W. Main St., Ste. 600, Boise, 208-5017450, zionsbank.com.

Talks & Lectures BROWN BAG LECTURE—Authors Allen Pinkham and Steve Evans discuss the research and tribal memories that went into their newly released book, Lewis and Clark Among the Nez Perce: Strangers in the Land of the Nimiipuu. Book signing follows. Noon. FREE. Idaho State Historical Museum, 610 N. Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208-3342120, histor y.idaho.gov.

DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES: DR. RICHARD HEINZL—The Honors College Distinguished Lecture Series presents Dr. Richard Heinzl, the founder of the first Nor th American chapter of Doctors Without Borders. Dr. Heinzl will speak on “Creating Oppor tunity

WEDNESDAY APRIL 9 On Stage UNCANNY VALLEY—See Wednesday. 8 p.m. $15. Boise Contemporar y Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, bctheater.org.

Literature BILINGUAL READING BY MEXICAN POET VALERIE MEJER— Poet Valerie Mejer presents a bilingual reading of her new book, Rain of the Future. Par t of Boise State’s Mexico Week.

7 p.m. FREE. The Cabin, 801 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-3318000, thecabinidaho.org.

Talks & Lectures MEXICO WEEK LECTURE: NATHANIEL HOFFMAN—Nathaniel Hoffman presents “From Aca to Alla and Back: Leaving, Loving, and Legislating Across America’s Southern Border,” about the plight of Americans in exile in Mexico due to harsh immigration laws. 6 p.m. FREE. Boise State Student Union Farnswor th Room, 1910 University Dr., Boise, 208-426-3275.

On Stage COMEDIAN DANIEL DUGAR— See Thursday. 8 p.m. $10.

Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise.com.

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MONDAY APRIL 7 On Stage 5X5 READING SERIES—BCT presents a reading of Lucas Hnath’s A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney for the four th installment of the 20th Annual 5X5 Reading Series. 7 p.m. $10-$12. Boise Contemporar y Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, bctheater.org.

BOISE BLUES SOCIETY BENEFIT FOR FIDEL NSHOMBO— Featuring Cee Cee James. Fidel Nshombo, a Riverside Hotel employee, has been raising funds to help bring two family members to America. 6:30 p.m. $5. Riverside Hotel Sapphire Room, 2900 W. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-343-1871,

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FIRST THURSDAY/LISTINGS West Side ART SOURCE GALLERY—Featuring “Look to the Sky” by photographer Jerry Kencke. Enjoy live music by Wayne White and wine from Indian Creek Winery. 5 p.m. FREE. 1015 W. Main St., Boise, 208-331-3374, artsourcegallery.com.

ARTS AND HISTORY SESQUI-SHOP— Discover the work of Idaho architect Arthur Troutner. Featuring live music courtesy of Carter Freeman at 7:30 p.m. 5 p.m. FREE. 1008 Main St., Boise, 208-433-5670, boise150.org.

BEN AND JERRY’S—Enjoy $1 scoops all day long. 1-9 p.m. 103 N. 10th St., Boise, 208-342-1992, benjerry.com.

CHANDI DESIGN—Featuring the unveiling of Alex Vega’s latest 3-D back-lit chandelier installation, an acoustic music set by Bliiss and wine tasting. 5 p.m.

FREE. 1110 W. Jefferson St., Boise, 208-331-8332, chandilighting.com.

THE DISTRICT COFFEE HOUSE—The District’s connoisseurs explain the differences between coffees. Also featuring art by John Segura. 8 p.m.

FREE. 219 N. 10th St., Boise, 208343-1089, districtcoffeehouse.com.

ECHELON FINE HOME—A festive night of margaritas and Mexican bites.

Special drawing for a room makeover with purchase of $10 or more. 10 a.m. FREE. 1404 W. Main St., Boise, 208-761-0711.

FOOT DYNAMICS—Save an additional 10 percent on Shoe Shed sale room footwear. 5 p.m. FREE. 1021 W. Main St., Boise, 208-386-3338.

MULLIGANS BAR—Skate deck art show and auction, featuring over 25 local artists. 50 percent of sales benefit the pushdocumentary.com project. 5 p.m. FREE. 1009 W. Main St., Boise, 208-336-6998.

THE RECORD EXCHANGE—Featuring the book launch for Steve Bunk’s Goliath Staggered: How the People of Highway 12 Conquered Big Oil. The event will feature remarks from Bunk plus live music from Hillfolk Noir and free Payette Brewing Co. beer. 5 p.m.

1105 W. Idaho St., Boise, 208-3448010, therecordexchange.com.

ZENERGY HEALTH CLUB & SPA BOISE—Now open. Enjoy refreshments, get a free day pass and find out about spa and boutique specials. 4 p.m. FREE. 800 W. Main St., Ste. 210, Boise, 208789-0477, zenergyboise.com.

East Side BASQUE MARKET—Annual April Fools First Thursday.

Enjoy wine and tapas from anywhere BUT the Iberian peninsula. Featuring UN-Basque mac and cheese balls and other not-so-Basque delights. No paella tonight; see what foolish treat will be served at 6 p.m. 4 p.m. FREE. 608 W. Grove St., Boise, 208-433-1208, thebasquemarket.com.

BASQUE MUSEUM AND CULTURAL CENTER—Enjoy free gallery tours for the new exhibit: “An Enduring Culture: The Basques Past & Present,” and guided tours of the Jacobs/Uberuaga house. Local musicians join together for a jam session beginning at 6:30 p.m.

5:30 p.m. FREE. 611 Grove St., Boise, 208-3432671, basquemuseum.com.

BRICKYARD STEAKHOUSE—Enjoy First Thursday special menu item: potato and ginger-wrapped first-ofthe-season wild-caught Alaskan halibut fillet, served atop baby bok choy and paired with an Idaho wine. 5 p.m. 601 W. Main St., Boise, 208-283-8048.

DRAGONFLY—Everything is 20 percent off through April 12. Free wine tasting. 5 p.m. FREE. 414 W. Main St., Boise, 208-338-9234.

FLYING M COFFEEHOUSE—Check out Wren Van Bockel’s acrylic on wood paintings. 5 p.m. FREE. 500 W. Idaho St., Boise, 208-345-4320, flyingmcoffee. com.

GUIDO’S—Enjoy Guido’s Original group plan: large one-topping pizza, bottle of select wine, two bottles of beer or four fountain sodas for $20. Dine-in only. 11 a.m. FREE. 235 N. Fifth St., Boise, 208-345-9011, guidosdowntown.com.

REEF—Featuring small plate tasting with custom drink pairings. Stay for Insert Foot live comedy improv at 9 p.m. 5 p.m. FREE. 105 S. Sixth St., Boise, 208-2879200, reefboise.com.

SILLY BIRCH—Enjoy $3 Goose Island drafts all day and free pizza with Wiseguy Pizza at 8 p.m., plus giveaways: hats, shirts and fun swag! 5 p.m. 507 Main St., Boise, 208-345-2505.

South Side ATOMIC TREASURES—Check out vintage, retro, art and found objects. 5 p.m. FREE. 409 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-344-0811.

BOISE ART MUSEUM—Hear legends related to Anna Fidler’s exhibit Vampires and Wolf Men from 4-7 p.m.

10 a.m. By donation. 670 Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208-345-8330, boiseartmuseum.org.

BOISE PUBLIC LIBRARY—Idaho Shakespeare Festival’s Shakespearience presents Romeo and Juliet. Recommended for teens and adults. 5 p.m.

FREE. 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-384-4076, boisepubliclibrary.org.

FRESH OFF THE HOOK—Enjoy half-off appetizers. 5 p.m. FREE. 401 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-343-0220, freshoffthehookseafood.com.

HAIRLINES—Stop in and talk to Lui the Hair Whisperer. 5 p.m. FREE. 409 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-383-9009.

IDAHO STATE HISTORICAL MUSEUM—As our Hometown Teams exhibit continues, come a see how your pitching matches up to the greats. The Boise Hawks will be on hand with information about their upcoming season. Boise Parks and Recreation will have their Mobile Recreation Van parked out front and will help you sign up for one of their sports leagues.

All activities are between 5:30-7 p.m. 5 p.m. FREE. 610 N. Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208-334-2120, history.idaho.gov.

NFINIT ART GALLERY—View an Art Peep Show with work from Genny Albitre, Nina Hawkins, Lauren Kistner, Bill Garibyan, Jordan Alvis and Mary Caback.

Wine tasting and appetizers by Uumpa Lumpia. 5 p.m.

FREE. 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 131, Boise, 208-3710586, nfinitartgallery.com.

QUE PASA—Check out a selection of Mexican artwork, including wall fountains, silver, metal wall art and blown glass. 5 p.m. FREE. 409 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-385-9018.

R. GREY GALLERY JEWELRY AND ART GLASS— Check out the opening reception for the Boise State Art Metals Program Annual Silent Auction. Artwork includes sculptures and jewelry (necklaces, bracelets, earrings, brooches, belt buckles, rings). Auction runs through the month of May. 5 p.m. FREE. 415 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-385-9337, rgreygallery.com.

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FIRST THURSDAY/LISTINGS SALON 162—Featuring the work of multimedia artist and showcase director of RAW:Boise, Donna Carter. 5 p.m. FREE. 404 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-386-9908.

ARTISAN OPTICS—Featuring the entire collection of Mykita eyewear and sunwear. Live music 5-8 p.m.

1 p.m. 190 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-338-0500, artisanoptics.com.

CONNECTIONS CREDIT UNION—Check out a bake sale, with all proceeds going to charity. 5 p.m. FREE. 249 N. Ninth St., Boise, 208-577-5716.

Central Downtown

BARBARA BARBARA AND CO.—Check out the special surprise happening. 6 p.m. FREE. 807 W. Bannock St., Boise, 208342-2002.

COSTA VIDA—Satisfy your hunger for beach-inspired Mexican food. 5 p.m. FREE. 801 W Main St., Boise, 208-429-4109, costavida.net.

AMERICAN CLOTHING GALLERY—Featuring Idaho photographer Kathy Jo Doramus, who has a passion for capturing the magnificent simplicity of Idaho’s outdoor beauty. 10 a.m. FREE. 100 N. Eighth St., Ste. 121A, Boise, 208-433-0872, americanclothinggallery.com.

ANGELL’S RENATO—View the beautiful watercolors of featured artist Cheri Meyer and enjoy two-for-one drinks and half-off bar appetizers. 5 p.m. FREE. 999 W. Main St., Boise, 208-342-4900, angellsbarandgrill.com.

BERRYHILL & CO. RESTAURANT—BOGO happy hour 4-6 p.m., with live jazz from Ken Harris and Rico Weisman 6-9 p.m.

4 p.m. FREE. 121 N. Ninth St., Boise, 208-387-3553, johnberryhillrestaurants.com.

FETTUCINE FORUM—Featuring “Irrigators, Outlaws, and Hawks: Boise’s Baseball Story” by Amber Beierle. 5:30 p.m. FREE. The Rose Room, 718 W. Idaho St., Boise, 208-433-5676, boiseartsandhistory.org.

CHOCOLAT BAR—Hop in and see where the Easter Bunny shops, and try out Cellar 616 wines paired with chocolates. 5 p.m.

FREE. 805 W. Bannock St., Boise, 208-338-7771, thechocolatbar. com.

FINDINGS APPAREL—Preview the entire spring and summer Eileen Fisher collection, with 10 percent off, and receive a special gift with purchase. Plus drawings for $100 gift cards and refreshing beverages and sweet treats. 5 p.m. FREE. 814 W. Idaho St., Boise, 208-343-2059, findingsapparel.com.

CITY PEANUT SHOP—Enjoy an evening of intriguing wine and nut pairings from Proletariat Wine Company. 5 p.m. FREE. 803 W. Bannock St., Boise, 208-4333931.

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GOLDY’S CORNER—Enjoy Sunrise mimosas during happy hour 5 p.m.-9 p.m. and featured artist Angela Kathleen Stout’s 3-D textured art, along with works by 10 other local artists. 6:30 a.m. FREE. 625 W. Main St., Boise, 208-433-3934, facebook.com/pages/GoldysCorner.

GROVE FITNESS CLUB AND SPA—Visit the fitness club and pick up a free seven-day pass. 5 p.m. FREE. 245 S. Capitol Blvd., fifth floor, Boise, 208-514-4434, grovefitness-spa.com.

LUX FASHION LOUNGE—Check out the unique selection of new and resale men’s and women’s clothing, jewelry, hats and purses.

Featuring seasonal art and live music. 5 p.m. FREE. 785 W. Idaho St., Boise, 208-344-4589.

MAI THAI—Enjoy Izakaya (smallplate appetizers) and 2-for-1 drinks during happy hour. 5 p.m.

FREE. 750 W. Idaho St., Boise, 208-344-8424, maithaigroup.com.

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Small furniture, big style.

Metal art in the spotlight.

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Boise native Beau Van Greener created a series of characters from another universe that “depict elements of his life and pop culture.” His “brutes” are part of an exhibit of 50 black-and-white drawings called MULTIVERSE, which opens First Thursday at Bricolage.

An illustrator, designer and screenprinter, Greener may also have a future in action figures—through his screenprinting company Credenda Studios, he made a limited edition run of a stylized Treefort Music Fest mascot: a Bigfoot-esque creature with a pile of rocks for a head. Check it out on Credenda Studios’ Facebook page and then check out Greener’s MULTIVERSE of monsters that may look threatening and scary but are described by their creator as “completely harmless and useless.”

Bricolage will also have Kerry Tullis: Small Furniture, an exhibit of hand-built furniture made from steel, wood and Pendleton wool. Despite the title, Tullis will display both large and small pieces, all of which are “built to last.” Along with the beasts and benches, Williamson Orchards and Vineyards will be there with tastes of their varietals.

Sometimes wall art gets all the credit. This First Thursday from 5-9 p.m., Boise State University Art Department’s Art Metals Program gives metal arts their due, hosting its annual silent auction at R. Grey Gallery, with proceeds benefiting the Art Metals Studio and the Art Metals Visiting Art Program.

Artwork for sale includes sculptures and accessories— necklaces, bracelets, earrings, belt buckles and rings—made by students and alumni of the Art Metals Program. Boise State Professor Anika Smulovitz, whose work is included in the Jewish Museum of New York’s permanent collection, will donate her own artwork to the auction.

The metal arts inspire passion and commitment. Student Peter Kurst is an art metals frequent flier, having taken eight art metal classes through Boise State’s program, which he said has done more than teach him artistic skills: It’s helped him get his own art metal business off the ground.

Auction and bidding on the artwork is open through the end of April.

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MIXED GREENS—Find shopping specials on work from local and regional artisans and a variety of gift vendors while enjoying craft beer from Woodland Empire. 5 p.m. FREE. 237 N. Ninth St., Boise, 208-344-1605, ilikemixedgreens.com.

MIXING BOWL—Check out new spring goodies. 5 p.m. FREE. 216 N. Ninth St., Boise, 208-3456025, themixingbowlboise.com.

OLD CHICAGO-DOWNTOWN— Two kids eat free with purchase of one adult entree. 5 p.m. FREE. 730 W. Idaho St., Boise, 208363-0037, oldchicago.com.

PLAN B LOUNGE—Enjoy a spring wine flight by Vale Winery 6-8 p.m., plus two BOGO happy hours from 5-7 p.m. and 10-close. 5 p.m. $9. 121 N. Ninth St., Boise, 208-387-3553, johnberryhillrestaurants.com.

Bernard, who spent decades sailing the Arctic in his schooner Teddy Bear. 6 p.m. FREE. 180 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-3764229, rdbooks.org.

THE STUDIO: AN ELITE SALON AND SPA—Check out the artwork of Anastasia Dukhanina, St. Petersburg, Russia, and member of Realism Without Borders, a worldwide association of young artists. 5 p.m. FREE. 702 W. Idaho St., Boise, 208-5776252, facebook.com/TheStudioAnEliteSalonAndSpa. TITLE NINE BOISE—Check out the Bra Fit Fest. Call 208-3421493 to reserve a spot for your personalized bra fitting. 5 p.m.

FREE. 170 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-342-1493, titlenine.com.

REDISCOVERED BOOKS—Author and journalist C.B. Bernard gives a presentation on his book, Chasing Alaska, about Chris’ journey to uncover the life of his relative, Capt. Joe

REDISCOVERED BOOKS

Explore Alsaka with explorer descendant C.B. Bernard.

REDISCOVERED BOOKS AND RECORD EXCHANGE Don’t miss out on First Thursday’s literary offerings, either.

Two authors featured this week have the western wilds in common. Journalist C.B. Bernard visits Rediscovered Books at 6 p.m. to give a presentation on his book, Chasing Alaska: A Portrait of the Last Frontier Then and Now. Part memoir, part investigative journalism, the book explores the life of his distant relative Capt. Joe Bernard, an intrepid Arctic explorer.

A few blocks over, The Record Exchange is hosting the launch for local author Steve Bunk’s new book, Goliath Staggered: How the People of Highway 12 Conquered Big Oil, at 6 p.m. Goliath tells the story of grassroots efforts that helped keep megaloads out of the Clearwater-Lochsa Wild and Scenic River corridor—environmental and community issues that frequently make the pages of Boise Weekly. Live music from Hillfolk Noir and free beer from Payette Brewing Company round out the RX party.

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FRIDAY APRIL 4 Wycliffe Gordon, a sultan of the side, boss of the bell, is the special guest at this year’s Gene Harris Jazz Festival.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY APRIL 2-3 sax is in the air GENE HARRIS JAZZ FESTIVAL Springtime never fails to deliver a certain joie de vivre, but for lucky Idahoans it also brings sax, and lots of it. Jazz sax, that it—as in the melodies of the Gene Harris Jazz Festival, set to run Wednesday, April 2-Thursday, April 3, at the Boise State Student Union Building.

True, it’s not all about the sax, because there’s also plenty of trumpet, trombone, piano and improvisation to go around.

This year’s festival will boast a slew of opportunities for participation, including hands-on instruction in the form of clinics and workshops, but there will also be no shortage of live per formances for those who prefer jazz as a spectator sport.

Now in its 17th year, the Gene Harris Jazz Festival ser ves to raise funds for an endowment that provides financial support for guest artists, as well as scholarships for Boise State jazz music students.

Award-winning trombonist Wycliffe Gordon will ser ve as this year’s guest artist, hosting clinics on both Wednesday and Thursday afternoons, as well as per forming live with the Gene Harris Festival Superband in the evenings.

Student big bands from around the state will also be playing throughout both days of the event.

Full-day admission costs $15. Day parking costs $1 and evening parking will be free with purchase of ticket.

8 a.m. $15. Boise State University Student Union Building, 1910 University Drive, Boise. 208-426-3099, geneharris.org.

WEDNESDAY APRIL 2 all the world’s a stage PREVIEW OF THE UNCANNY VALLEY Boise Contemporar y Theater is gearing up for the world premiere of its newest play about art, sex, the future and the

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Sawtooth Mountains.

Written by Matthew Cameron Clark and Dwayne Blackaller, The Uncanny Valley follows the lives of a group of eclectic artists living in a small cabin deep in the woods… with their robot. Set in the future, when robots are a normal part of society, Boise theater favorite Stitch Marker plays the group’s automaton caretaker, Stanley.

is there a doctor in the house?

BILL COSBY AT THE MORRISON CENTER Dig into your grandfather’s closet, or run to the nearest thrift store and pick out the best funky-fresh grandpa sweater you can find, because America’s favorite TV dad, Dr. Huxtable, is coming to town.

At 76 years old, comedic legend Bill Cosby hasn’t slowed down; if you doubt his physical stamina, witness Cosby’s March 26 appearance on the Tonight Show, when he carried host Jimmy Fallon across a tightrope—on his back. The title of his current tour says it all: “Far From Finished.”

Drawing on a lifetime of material, including raising five children of his own and almost 10 years as the eponymous pater familias of The Bill Cosby Show, Cosby has throughout his career gravitated toward the comedy inherent in childhood and family life (he also created the show Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, starred in the kids’ TV show The Electric Company and did a two-season stint as host of Kids Say the Darndest Things).

Though some of his material may be less family friendly than what we know from The Cosby Show, his observations remain as wry and true-to-life as ever.

Don’t miss this chance to see one of America’s most revered and beloved comedians—a Television Hall of Fame inductee, winner of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor and recipient of a Presidential Medal of Freedom—when he comes to Boise Friday, April 4.

8 p.m. $46-$75. Morrison Center, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-426-1110, morrisoncenter.com.

Carie Kawa, Tracy Sunderland, Justin Ness and Matthew Cameron Clark are also set to star in the play, which strives to answer one simple question: What does it mean to be human?

Uncanny Valley was partly produced by local businesses, citizens and patrons eager to help Blackaller and Clark’s new project. Their first play, A Nighttime Sur vival Guide, premiered in 2013 to critical and commercial acclaim, selling more tickets than BCT had in its 18-year run.

The play previews Wednesday, April 2-Friday, April 4, before it opens Saturday, April 5, for a 21-day run through the month.

8 p.m. $15. Boise Contemporar y Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, bctheater.org.

SATURDAY APRIL 5 springing into life BOISE FARMERS MARKET You know the drill: wake up on Saturday morning, grab the kids, get the dog, find your reusable grocer y bags and head to the new Boise Farmer’s Market.

Launched in April 2013, the market set up shop near the Linen District, providing another option for Boiseans seeking fresh produce, homemade treats and other unique offerings. Now it’s time to kick off year two.

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The Built Ford Tough series PBR is some serious bucking business.

ain’t no party like a boise weekly party BAR AND RESTAURANT GUIDE KICKOFF PARTY The staff here at Boise Weekly cordially invites you to join us for a night of wild depravity, drunken shenanigans and questionable choices at The Balcony; that’s right, ladies and gentlemen, it’s time once again to celebrate the release of Boise Weekly’s Bar and Restaurant Guide. Sponsored by 44 North Vodka, the event is your chance to get your drink on and take a sneak peek of the Bar and Restaurant Guide, which will be inserted in the April 9 edition of Boise Weekly.

Make sure to get to the party fashionably early, as The Balcony will suspend the cover charge for partygoers until 10 p.m. There will be drink specials, swag from 44 North and a T-shirt contest. Supplied with markers, glitter and a blank shirt, you must design something good enough to catch the eye of BW and 44 North staffers in order to make it to the final round, where the crowd will crown a victor.

We got alcohol, T-shirts, more alcohol, free stuff and the BW family; basically, we got ourselves a hell of a party.

Can’t wait to see you there.

9 p.m. Free until 10 p.m. The Balcony, 150 N. Eighth St., Ste. 226, Boise, 208-336-1313, thebalconyclub.com.

a few of the vendors on the roster offering sweet and savor y offerings. And with the start of spring, there will be plenty of early season produce, plant starts, bedding plants, hanging baskets and container gardens on hand. Combine that with grass-fed meat, Idaho wines, honey, fruit preser ves, locally made pasta, baked goods and farm-fresh dair y products, and you can easily skip a trip to the grocer y store and let the market provide you with your cooking, home decor and sweet tooth needs.

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free selections will abound and, if you’re in the mood to linger, grab a snack at the mobile Market Cafe.

Local musicians will also be on hand to dish out the jams ever y Saturday from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Check out Boise Weekly’s 2014 Bar and Restaurant Guide (inserted in BW on April 9) for listings of local food producers, along with a handy chart outlining which fruits and vegetables are in season, and when.

9 a.m. FREE. 1080 W. Front St., Boise, 208-3459287, theboisefarmersmarket.com.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY APRIL 4-5 ride ’em like you mean it PROFESSIONAL BULL RIDERS (PBR) INVITATIONAL Here’s the thing about professional bull riding—its not just the cowboys who are tough as nails, fiercely competitive and ready for almost anything, it’s the bulls, too.

That’s right, just like their riders, the bulls are competing during ever y ride, gunning for the title of World Champion.

How do they do it? By bucking, of course. And twisting, swer ving, ducking, kicking, dropping and rolling. In shor t, anything that will cause riders to lose their balance and be thrown to the ground.

In case you haven’t heard, it’s kind of a big deal—world class bull riders from around the countr y will compete for coveted championship points as they willingly strap themselves to the backs of gigantic, grumpy beef for eight long seconds. Did we mention the bulls are bred specifically for size, speed, athleticism and a wily disposition?

Oh, and the rider has to match the bull move for move, all while keeping his free arm from touching the animal—an automatic disqualification.

It’s no wonder these animals come with less-than-cozy names like Meat Hook, Smackdown, Trainwreck and Red Dragon. They are huge, scar y and toss snor ts of ropy snot around like they really mean it—clearly not a spor t for the faint of hear t.

In terms of ranking, the fewer riders a bull allows to stay on his back, the better. This year, a bull named Bushwacker is leading the pack, with a buck-off rate of 93 percent. No matter how you slice it, that is one smar t, athletic animal.

Check out clever bulls and their courageous riders this Friday, April 4, and Saturday, April 5, at the Ford Idaho Center in Nampa, where the PBR will host the DeWalt Guaranteed Tough Invitational.

All in all, the PBR promises to be a serious show of strength and agility—both human and animal.

8 p.m. $15 and up. Ford Idaho Center, 16200 N. Idaho Center Blvd., Nampa, 208-443-3232, pbr.com/en/bfts/ schedule/2014/2014-nampa.aspx.

On my daily hike along Buena Vista trail in the Boise Foothills, I’m noticing spiky little purple flowers push through the dirt.

Last weekend, I leaned over and took a picture to post on Instagram; #springtime #buddingflowers #sickofwinter.

Flowers recently popped up at BWHQ as well, in an Ikebana vase one of our staffers bought at the recent Boise Flower and Garden Show ($38). Ikebana, Japanese for “living flowers,” is the art of Japanese flower arranging.

Like any art, it takes a great deal of patience and time to perfect, but Ikebana-style vases let even non-practitioners create delightful arrangements. The vases are often short, made of ceramic or stone and have a “flower frog”—a silver-dollarsized circle of spikes—attached inside.

Find Ikebana vases online at After trimming flowers ikebanasmt.com and Etsy.com to desired length, you simply stab the stems into the frog spikes, which hold the flowers completely erect, and add water to the vase. Flowers with sturdier stems like daffodils, lilies, orchids, roses and tulips work best, and Ikebana vases emphasize not only the flowering part of a plant but leaves and stems as well. The result is delightful. And “living flowers” is right: The leaves of the tulips my co-worker brought in sagged at first, looking dead but after a few days in their new, pokey home, they perked right up.

Though these Japanese vases are hard to find locally, they’re popular on Etsy.

—Jessica Murri

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Revolution

WEDNESDAY APRIL 2

BREAD AND CIRCUS—8 p.m.

FREE. Sockeye Grill BRIAN WARD—8 p.m. FREE. Artistblue

ROB HARDING—6 p.m. FREE. Sofia’s SECRETS OF THE SKY—With Sun Cat Brothers and Bombs Over Rome. 9 p.m. $5. Shredder SOLAS—With Andy Byron. 6:30 p.m. $25-$35. Sapphire Room

WARNING: DANGER!, APRIL 4, SHREDDER

With The Sneezz, The Mongoloids, Sword of a Bad Speller, 9 p.m., $5. Shredder, 430 S. 10th St., facebook.com/shredderboise.

Blue October

THURSDAY APRIL 3

BLUE OCTOBER—7:45 p.m. $23-$50. Knitting Factory BOISE STATE JAZZ ENSEMBLE WITH WYCLIFFE GORDON—4:45 p.m. $15 day pass. Boise State Special Events Center

BOISE STATE JAZZ ENSEMBLE WITH WYCLIFFE GORDON—4:45 p.m. $15 day pass. Boise State Special Events Center

EMILY TIPTON—8:45 p.m.

FREE. Pengilly’s GENE HARRIS JAZZ FESTIVAL SUPERBAND WITH WYCLIFFE GORDON—8 p.m. $15 day pass. Boise State Special Events Center

JOHNNY SHOES—6 p.m. FREE. Tablerock ZZ WARD—With Grizfolk. 7:30 p.m. $16-$30. Knitting Factory

FRIDAY APRIL 4

JAMES COBERLY SMITH AND LEANNE TOWN—7 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel JOE ELY DUO—With David Ramirez. 8 p.m. $18-$20.

Neurolux JOHNNY SHOES—5:30 p.m.

FREE. Flatbread-Meridian

GENE HARRIS JAZZ FESTIVAL SUPERBAND WITH WYCLIFFE GORDON—8 p.m. $15 day pass. Boise State Special Events Center

Craig Morgan CRAIG MORGAN—8 p.m. $26$55. Knitting Factory EMILY BRADEN—With Essential Jazz. 6:30 p.m. $17-$22. Sapphire Room HEATWARMER—With Andy Rayborn and the Danger Quotient. 7 p.m. $TBA. The Crux HECKTOR PECKTOR—7 p.m.

FREE. Willi B’s

PAU L RU HTER

Four-piece “safety-themed” Warning: Danger! is aptly named if the danger that lies ahead is a punk-rock party. There isn’t a downbeat moment from 2008’s Sings the Soothing Sounds of Safety to 2011’s Keep Out, going as far back as the band’s inception, when vocalist Mike Ostler came up with the idea for “Holly FLipS,” a video about a girl who, you guessed it, flips out, after a bad break up. While her harried ex looks on, “Holly” throws dishes, knocks over a bookcase, stomps on CDs and takes a pair of scissors to his record collection—and his head. Ostler wanted some music to go with the truly terrible video and asked some buddies to help out. That led to a live show, which led to more. Now, after six years of recording and performing, W:D! is serious about making every show raucous fun-filled happening that will leave its audiences sweaty and smiling.

—Amy Atkins

Early Adopted EARLY ADOPTED—With Simple Steven, Smar-T Jones, NKNGS, Oso Negro and Earthlings. 7 p.m. $8. The Crux

Myke Bogan CLUB REV: MYKE BOGAN—9 p.m. $3-$15. Revolution

ANDY BYRON AND THE LOST RIVER BAND—With Johnny Shoes. 9 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s ANDY CORTENS AND CODY RAMEY—6 p.m. FREE. Berryhill

QUICK AND EASY BOYS—10 p.m. $5. Grainey’s WARNING: DANGER!—With The Sneezz, The Mongoloids and Sword of a Bad Speller. See Listen Here, this page. 9 p.m. $5. Shredder WHITAKER AND OLIVER—8 p.m. FREE. High Note Cafe WILLISON ROOS—Fundraiser for John McCrostie, District 16.

9 p.m. Donations. Lucky Dog

Falling | Mountains | Automata

April 2-26, 2014 World Premiere

THE UNCANNY VALLEY

By Dwayne Blackaller and Matthew Cameron Clark Directed By Dwayne Blackaller

“We tell stories here.”

Carrie Kawa Actor tickets: $15 - $30 student tickets: $15 phone: 331-9224 x205 online: BCTheater.org 854 Fulton St. Downtown Boise

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JOHN HANSEN—9 p.m. FREE. O’Michael’s JOSEPH—8 p.m. $5. Flying M Coffeegarage

MONDAY APRIL 7

BRADY HAMMON—6 p.m.

FREE. Artistblue

PATRICK DANSEREAU—7:30 p.m. FREE. The District

KARAOKE—9 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s

BREAD AND CIRCUS—6 p.m.

FREE. Highlands Hollow

POKE DA SQUID—With Useless. 9 p.m. $5. Shredder

BRIAN WARD—8 p.m. FREE. Artistblue

QUICK AND EASY BOYS—10 p.m. $5. Grainey’s

SCIENTIST—With The White Flags and Lakoda. 7 p.m. $5.

The Crux

ERIC GRAE—6 p.m. FREE. Berryhill

SPUDMAN—7 p.m. FREE. Willi B’s SUN CLUB—With Vertical Scratchers and John Primrose.

See Listen Here, this page. 7 p.m. $5. The Crux

TUESDAY APRIL 8 Asking Alexandria

SUNDAY APRIL 6

CRAIG SLOVER—5:30 p.m.

FREE. O’Michael’s LYDIA LOVELESS—7 p.m. $5.

Neurolux MATT MILLER—7 p.m. FREE. Sockeye Grill SAILOR MOUTH—9 p.m. $5.

Shredder

WEDNESDAY APRIL 9 SINGER-SONGWRITER SHOWCASE AFTERPARTY—With Br’er Rabbit. 9 p.m. Donations. The Crux

FRIENDS IN ACTION “THE PROM”—Blues Brothers rock/ soul revue. 8 p.m. FREE. Knitting Factory

ASKING ALEXANDRIA—With August Burns Red, We Came As Romans, Crown The Empire and Born of Osiris. 6 p.m. $25-$50.

Knitting Factory

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

JAKE ILIKA—With Carter Freeman. 5 p.m. Donations. The Crux

BOISE OLD TIME JAM—6:30 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

DELTA RAE—8 p.m. $18-$40.

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IAN MCFERON—9 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

BAD SPORTS—With New Bums, Meth House Party Band and Aquatic Vampire. 7 p.m., $5.

The Crux

Darsombra DARSOMBRA—With Bliis. 7 p.m. $5. The Shredder

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VERTICAL SCRATCHERS, APRIL 5, THE CRUX Any time a musician reaches into music history for inspiration, he or she chances being derivative. But sometimes the result is worth the risk. With John Schmersal (Crooks on Tape, Enon founder and ex-Brainiac guitarist) strumming and singing, and drummer Christian Beaulieu (co-founded Anywhere with The Mars Volta’s Cedric Bixler-Zavala) setting a breakneck pace, Los Angeles-based rockers Vertical Scratchers reimagine and reinvigorate old-school forms, delivering short tracks—few are longer than two minutes—that are addictively listenable.

The band’s debut album, Daughter of Everything (Merge Records, Feb. 25, 2014), is 15 tracks of deceptively scaled-back tunes that are a mix of ’60s Brit rock, ’90s grunge and 21st century exploration, seasoned in the California sun.

—Amy Atkins Sun Club with Vertical Scratchers and John Primrose, 7 p.m., $5. The Crux, 1022 Main St., facebook.com/thecruxcoffeeshop.

JIM LEWIS—6 p.m. FREE. Lulu’s

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Ryan Blacketter’s own life, bouncing between Idaho and Oregon, informed his “grisly,” “ghastly” debut novel.

A SEED OF ANXIETY Seeing what’s Down in the River with Ryan Blacketter AMY ATKINS Lewiston. Like Idaho, his father’s career in For much of his life, 44-year-old author Ryan the corrections industry may have contributBlacketter resided in both Idaho and Oregon. ed to the groundwork of Down in the River.

He isn’t a wealthy tycoon who jetted from Early on in the writing process, Blacketter one city to the other on a whim; for Blacketdecided Lyle’s actions would eventually lead ter, moves from Boise to Portland, Ore., and to the boy’s own experience with the correcback again were often grass-is-always-greener tional system, albeit as a juvenile. Blacketter motivated. In Boise, he might miss Portland’s even did some boots-on-the-ground research: high energy and tire of Idaho’s conservative He sought out and received a grant to teach atmosphere. In Portland, he might pine for a weeklong fiction workshop to inmates in the City of Trees’ affability and grow weary Cottonwood. of an “ultra-cool” vibe cultivated in the City Blacketter began writing Down in the of Roses—“If somebody finds out you ate at River in 2006. But the seeds of the story were McDonald’s, they’ll flip; maybe even yell at planted long before. you in public,” Blacketter said.

“One story I’ve talked about a lot lately,” Now living in Boise, Blacketter has put Blacketter said with a small laugh, “is about some of that restlessness on paper with his my friend … I was 13, he was 16 and he went debut novel, Down in the River (2014, Slant away. I didn’t see him for [a few Books). His 16-year-old proyears].” tagonist, Lyle, has also called DOWN IN THE RIVER Later, when Blacketter was both Idaho and Oregon home. about 19 years old and in PortWhen he leaves, however, it’s slantbooks.com land for a short visit, he ran into for much different reasons. his old friend.

When Lyle’s twin sister Lila “He’d just gotten back from New York commits suicide, his religious, older brother City. His hair was bleached super-white Craig forbids mention of her name, angry blonde, he had on a T-shirt with a man that she “brought hell into our home.” screaming on it. There was some kind of polConflicted, angry and devastated by the loss of his twin, Lyle stops taking the medica- ish, some kind of ultra-coolness about him,” said Blacketter. “I just knew I couldn’t relate tion for his bipolar disorder and sets out on to him anymore. Then he said he was going a quest of self-discovery that is both stygian to rob a mausoleum.” and enlightening. He gravitates to the shady And he did. “margins of youth culture,” and commits Blacketter said the robbery wasn’t about some gruesome acts that are objectively “stealing gold teeth,” but was a way for this shocking but not out of character for Lyle. ex-friend, who had “lost any childlike sense Like Lyle, Blacketter grew up in the Gem of wonder we used to have when we were State, and he said Idaho is “very foundakids,” to initiate himself into a crowd of tional” for him. Blacketter’s father was a “ultra-cool, underground oddballs … who parole officer/counselor, and worked at the Old Idaho Penitentiary in the 1970s, until the were romantic to him.”

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bipolar disorder, and planted in him “a seed of anxiety.” The story stayed with him and he always knew he wanted to use it somehow. And though he wrote other works before Down in the River, it wasn’t until he began writing the book in 2006 that he brushed the cobwebs off the mausoleum story and it became the underpinning of Down in the River.

Though horrific, Down in the River is not a horror story. Its shocking incidences draw their power from their plausibility, rather than any supernatural or mystical element. Blacketter wanted his story to be convincing and by making Lyle a teenager with a mental illness, Blacketter lent gravitas and believability to Lyle’s actions, many of which would be difficult to reconcile with an adult protagonist.

While a book with themes of mental illness, youth culture, religion and the correctional system could be adopted by any number of causes or groups and waved as a flag for awareness, Down in the River is not a statement. It is a concise, taut, coming-of-age story that is easy to read because it’s deeply engaging and difficult to absorb because the character with whom readers will sympathize seems to be sealing his fate at each turn.

Down in the River is also a well-written debut novel that has garnered its author some attention and high praise: Blacketter was interviewed by Paste Magazine for an upcoming article in its “Drinks With…” series, and Fiction Writers Review described Down in the River as “Dark and grisly, it’s a novel that holds both popular appeal and deeper intellectual pleasures, one you can recommend to friends who read only an occasional Stephen King novel or those who read the most lauded literary fiction,” adding that what is at the crux of the novel “is as ghastly and morbid as anything Poe thought up.”

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The most famous Pinto Bennett.

FAMOUS REUNION, FAMOUS PIANIST

Heavy is the Storie that wears the Grubb.

BRAIN FOOD Storie Grubb fills the eyes and ears BEN SCHULTZ

split 7-inch EP with local indie-rock band A Storie Grubb has always tinkered with differSeasonal Disguise. Both releases are available ent stage names and alter egos. at The Record Exchange.

“My moniker right before Storie Grubb Raised in Chico, Calif., Grubb started was ‘Harry Tracy,’ which was based on a playing guitar at age 15, inspired by musicians real outlaw who died in 1902 or something like Kurt Cobain and Neil Young. He moved like that,” said Grubb, who was born Sean to Boise after spending a few years in Ashland, Kelly. “He died in Washington somewhere Ore.; Grants Pass, Ore.; and Portland, Ore. in the hills. But he rampaged in Portland and Grubb never acclimated to Portland’s music Seattle and broke out of Salem [Oregon State] scene.

Penitentiary. I think it was 1902. He died in “I’m convinced that it’s me, now,” he August. He killed himself; he shot himself said with a laugh. “But I just didn’t feel very through the eye.” welcomed.”

But his current pseudonym came from a He took to Boise right away, though. more internal place.

He started The Holy Wars in 2008 and met “The name [made me think of] brain food,” he said. “You know, like fodder for the accordion player Mathew Vorhies by chance at Neurolux and drummer Bruce Maurey at imagination. That’s what I’ve always equated the Knitting Factory’s Art in the Bar. In 2011, it to.”

Grubb’s art does provide food for thought. Grubb met Evil Wine promoter Wes Malvini, His music combines polished, catchy melodies who now considers Grubb “one of my closest friends and biggest inspirations artistically.” and punk-like raucousness with lyrics that Through Evil Wine, Grubb met Dustin are by turns sardonic, cryptic and disarmingly Jones, who plays bass with the vulnerable. A prolific visual band and produced the tracks artist as well, Grubb’s paintFIVESTAR CD RELEASE for Storie Grubb and The Holy ings—stark, intricate, grotesque With Storie Grubb and the Wars. Jones also recommended images that call to mind Robert Holy Wars, Cutting Cages working with A Seasonal DisCrumb and pop surrealist and Give Space. Friday, April 18, 8 p.m. $5 adv., $6 door. guise leader Z.V. House, who artist Gary Panter—have been The Crux, 1022 W. Main produced the 7-inch EP and displayed at the Fulton Street St., Boise, facebook.com/ mixed Storie Grubb and The Showroom, Visual Arts Colthecruxcoffeeshop.

Holy Wars. lective and various local coffee “Poor Zach got just handshops. Grubb has also designed posters for several local concerts over the past fuls and handfuls of tracks,” Jones said. “I think I put six microphones on the upright couple of years. bass.”

After being on hiatus for a few months, “And then we ended up not using any of Grubb and his band, The Holy Wars, returned it,” Grubb added. with a set at Treefort 2014 on March 20. The One notable absence from the current group also recently finished its eponymous lineup is Luna Michelle, who performed with debut album, which will include a small the band from 2008-2013 and whose backup comic book drawn by Grubb, and released a BOI S EW EEKLY.COM

vocals appear throughout the album. Michelle said that she isn’t sure exactly why the band let her go.

“The whole ordeal was painful as I was a member from day one, so I didn’t really prod for the real reason,” Michelle explained.

Instead, she concluded ”that there must have been differences and that it was time for me to move on to something new. I’m currently looking forward to projects of my own and wish [the band] the best of luck with their endeavors.”

For his part, Grubb declined to explain why Michelle was dropped, but did say that the band cared for her and wished her the best, showing that sentiment by contributing artwork to a March 7 benefit for Michelle to help her pay medical bills.

In addition to releasing the new records and playing Treefort, the band has an upcoming show at The Crux on Friday, April 18, opening for the young local pop-rock group Fivestar at its CD release. Grubb also hopes to stage a musical based on his songs later this year. He has started asking local musicians to participate, including multi-instrumentalist Andy Rayborn; Jeremy Jensen, from indie-pop group The Very Most, and Rebecca Noel, from the now-defunct hardcore band Little Miss and The No Names; and the new punk band Ball Torcher.

Regardless of whether or not the plans for the musical come together, Grubb will continue making art.

“Even if I’m working at a pet shop the rest of my life or pumping gas or whatever I’m doing, I’m never going to stop writing music. I’m never going to stop drawing. Because it would kill me, you know? I would rather be dead,” he said.

The annual Famous Motel Cowboys reunion is becoming more famous than the Motel Cowboys themselves. Local countryrocker Pinto Bennett formed the band in the ’80s and performed for several years before members parted ways when Bennett moved to Nashville. In 2004, former FMC bassist Jim Lemmon thought a reunion of sorts might be fun, so he gathered up the (Cow)boys and they put on a helluva show. Fun doesn’t even begin to describe the time both the performers and the audience had that night and it was quickly decided that the reunion would become a regular happening and now the event brings in musicians from right here at home and across the U.S., lasts three days and is more fun than 20 family reunions.

The 11th annual Famous Motel Cowboys Reunion happens April 25-27 at Hannah’s.

Festivities start with a meet-and-greet at 5 p.m. on Friday, April 25, followed by performances from seven bands/musicians such as Dale Keys, John Hansen, The Famous Motel Cowboys featuring Pinto Bennett and more. On Saturday, April 26, another 5 p.m. meet-and-greet precedes more boot-stompin’ tunes from the likes of the Neckid Rednecks, FMC and Bennett again and the always entertaining Kip Attaway and His All-Star Extravaganza. On Sunday, April 27, music and bloody marys begin at 3 p.m. Boise bands Steve Fulton Music, Old Death Whisper, New Transit and more take the stage and the weekend wraps up with an all-inclusive jam hosted by FMC members Rob Matson and Sergio Webb.

Tickets are only $15 for each night and everyone (21 and older, of course) gets in free on Sunday. For event details, search Famous Motel Cowboys Reunion 2014 on Facebook.

Get in the mood to party with FMC’s newest release, Garden City Skyline (Famous Motel Cowboys, 2013) which was actually recorded in Garden City at Audio Lab. In news of other famous musicians, tickets are on sale to see George Winston at The Egyptian Theatre Friday, April 18. The prolific pianist has released 13 solo albums in his career, including the tribute Linus and Lucy: The Music of VInce Guaraldi (composer of the Peanuts theme).

Though famous for tickling the ivories, Winston is also known for his philanthropy.

During this current tour, Winston is working with food banks at each tour stop, holding a canned-food drive and donating 100 percent of merchandise proceeds from the show. For his April 18 performance in Boise, he’ll work with the Idaho Food Bank. Visit georgewinston.com for more info on the pianist/philanthrophist, and visit egyptiantheatre.net for ticket info.

—Amy Atkins

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SHIFT CHANGE “Don’t bother to get off the couch or anything, I got this.”

TACTICAL TRAINING AND BIRTHDAY PARTIES Boise native Matt Schneider saw a need for tactical training “in the crazy world we live in,” so on March 1, he opened the 25,000-square-foot Forward Movement Training Center.

The facility in downtown Meridian provides classes in self-defense and concealed weapons, but it goes far beyond a matted room with an instructor in a black belt—although, it has that, too.

In the middle of FMTC’s giant concretefloored warehouse sits a charming blue house with white trim. The house has five bedrooms and two baths, with pictures framed on the walls, knickknacks on the shelves, even a satellite dish on the exterior.

But it’s no home-sweet-home; instructors at FMTC use it to simulate realistic home invasions, complete with windows that can be broken again and again.

Next to the house, there’s a bank where Schneider offers robbery and hostage situation training to bank tellers. Custom classes like that are available for businesses and individuals.

But Schneider is probably most excited about the VirTra—a wall-sized screen with actors playing out a range of scenarios, from home invasions to robberies to handling a suicidal person. Trainees use an actual gun outfitted with a laser instead of a magazine to navigate each situation.

“It’s a judgment-based simulator,” Schneider said. As these scenarios unfold, trainees have to decide if they’ll use force, possibly lethally, or address the situation verbally.

The simulator tracks their shots, showing accuracy and tracking if innocent bystanders were hit.

“The real benefit is for the civilian side,” he added. “Lots of people have a concealed weapons permit, they carry the gun, but they don’t have the training. Now they can be trained in world-dynamic situations. It’s much different than shooting at a paper target.”

Schneider said many people leave the room with sweaty palms and armpits and an elevated heart rate. Spending 45 minutes in the VirTra costs $65. Training is available for citizens, law enforcement, armed security, paramedics, SWAT and military.

FMTC goes beyond tactical training and also offers courses in first aid and youth wilderness survival, as well as team-building activities that include obstacle courses and shooting at balloons with air guns.

They even host children’s birthday parties. Schneider will happily switch the VirTra from a “domestic terrorism” scenario to a game of duck hunt or shoot-the-asteroidsbefore-they-hit-the-rocketship.

—Jessica Murri

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As Bogus Basin closes for the season, refugee workers look for summer jobs JESSICA MURRI Even though Sugow Santur has worked in Bogus Basin’s Simplot Lodge for four seasons, skiing is not for him.

“Skiing?” he repeated. “No. No, no, no, no. Walking only for me.”

Sugow Santur, a refugee from Somalia, has worked four seasons at Bogus Basin. Now he’s on Walking isn’t even the right word. Santur the hunt for a summer job. practically breaks into a run as he swoops around the lodge, wiping a drip of mayonnaise show that you’re frustrated, they’ll get anxious “Yeah?” Santur said. off the counter and grabbing a half-full trash “Uh, what did you do for work?” Morrison and upset because they want to help and they bag from the dining room to throw out. In just don’t understand,” he said. asked. fact, his boss said it’s hard to get him to even Morrison said some of the supervisors take “What?” Santur said. take a break for lunch. the time to write each schedule out by hand for “You. Work. Where?” Morrison said.

Santur had never even seen snow before he each of the refugees. He’s happy to see his em“Summer?” Santur said. came to Boise four years ago as a refugee from ployees reach out and befriend refugees from “Yeah.” Morrison said.

Somalia, until Bogus Basin hired him, along Africa, the Middle East, Europe and South Santur talked quickly while Morrison with 20 other refugees.

America. When he sees his employees standing searched for English words he recognized.

Now that the season is winding down, around talking, his first instinct is to tell them After 30 seconds of Santur talking, Morrison however, the refugees must look elsewhere got nothing. Santur pulled out a flip phone and to get back to work, but then he stops himself for work. Santur only gets one six-hour shift called someone with no explanation. He talked and thinks, “Let it go, it’s OK. This is what a week now, compared to the 35-40 hours a Bogus Basin is about. It’s about being part of even more rushed in another language, then week he worked all winter. handed the phone to Morrison. Morrison tried the community.”

Ryan “Mo” Morrison, food and beverage Alan Moore, the general manager of the ski for a few minutes with the person on the other manager, calls it “heartbreaking” to no longer resort, said that’s a big reason why Bogus Basin be able to offer these refugees work. They must end to deduce what Santur did for work last summer, but eventually gave up with an, “OK, takes on refugees. turn to refugee agencies to help place them in “It’s a necessary part of our community to thank you,” and turned his attention back to new jobs. embrace folks that are here looking for a betSantur.

The partnership between Bogus and Boise’s ter life,” Moore said. “That’s part of being a “So, summer? Did you refugee organizations started community-owned recreation. These are great work?” Morrison asked seven years ago. Out of the BOGUS BASIN 2013-2014 SEASON workers. Extremely pleasant people, too.” again.

120 employees hired to run Season opened: Dec. 8, 2013 Bogus Basin participates in another refugee “Yeah,” Santur said. the Simplot Lodge, whether program called Create Common Good, where After a few more minutes, it be cooking food, working Last day: April 6, 2014, with bonus weekends weather pending 13th Street Pub and Grill and La Parilla Santur started making the the cash register, bartendteaches refugees how to make the soups Bogus motion of picking fruit ing, bussing, washing dishes Season total snowfall: 88 inches, as of March 28 above his head as if trapped serves in its lodge. or keeping the lodge clean, Morrison has taken a special interest in the in a frustrated game of cha15 percent of the workers Skier visits: 230,000 rades and said, “Fruitland.” refugees he employs. He’s learned many of are refugees. They tend to Seasonal hires: 500-600 their back stories, like Khleed’s, who used to be Morrison and Santur work in food and beverage an equestrian champion in Africa, and traveled both brightened when they because that’s where most of with his horse to events in Spain, Egypt and the hours are available, and it’s the best chance finally understood each other.

Iraq.

“Fruitland!” Morrison repeated. “You for them to work on their English skills.

One day, Khleed had a hard time breathpicked fruit in an orchard!”

Morrison has learned lots of patience from ing and Morrison took him over to ski patrol, “Yeah,” Santur said. “An hour drive.” hiring refugees. He said communicating can but when ski patrol couldn’t help, Morrison Morrison told Boise Weekly that when be very challenging. That can make training loaded Khleed up in his car and drove him quite difficult. But Morrison has come up with Santur first started at Bogus Basin four years down the 30-minute winding road to the hosago, he could only say, “Yes.” systems to help, like color coordinating the pital, where he waited with Khleed to see the “So you’d ask him a question and he’d just cleaning chemicals. doctor. Afterward, he took Khleed home and “Sometimes it’s as simple as walking around say, ‘Yes,’ all the time,” Morrison said. “And met his whole family.

I’d be like, ‘Don’t ‘Yes’ me!’ You just learn to and showing them: blue, glass; orange, this; Though he enjoys his culturally diverse understand the keywords that are important yellow, that,” Morrison said. employees, he doesn’t really want to see these Just how hard it is to communicate became to them.” refugees back next winter. He’d rather see Morrison noted the importance of not clear when Morrison asked Santur where he them hired for jobs with year-round work and works when Bogus closes its winter operations. showing any frustration when talking to his health benefits. But until then, he’s happy to ofrefugee employees.

“Sugow. Summer. Last year. Not this year. fer this stepping stone.

“Body language says a whole lot, so if you Last year,” Morrison started.

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SIT. STAY. HIGH-FIVE. New tricks for unruly dogs JESSICA MURRI We started easy, running through the The goal: I say, “What do we do when tricks we’d already learned: left and right the Broncos score a touchdown?” and my spins, a handshake, a high-five, a wave.

50-pound Shar-Pei German Shepherd mix Marcy swatted the air with enthusibarks, spins and gives me a high-five. Then, asm, drooling over a tiny, moist treat. We I say, “Would you rather be a Vandals fan troubleshooted the “begging” trick, where or be dead?” That’s Marcy’s cue to roll the dog sits on her hind legs and holds over and play dead. her paws politely in front of her. Marcy’s Marcy and I are enrolled in Tricks 101, rendition of this trick: lunging on me and a class put on by dog training company Sit grabbing my wrists with her sharp claws Means Sit. We meet Wednesday nights for while attempting to pry the treat from my six weeks in the back room of a feed store, fingers with her sharp teeth. among bags of dog food and blocks of salt The room filled with the voices of proud lick. parents.

Marcy has 10 classmates, including “Gooooood boooooooy. a standard poodle named Urey, a Vizsla Gooooooooood. Ah, ah, no, stay down. named Roxy, a border collie named Jazz, Yes! Gooooooood.” two Boston Terriers named Oliver and We moved on to the next trick: learning Rudy, and a whippet named Devo (get it?). to speak.

Trainer Jim Closson picked up the leash Closson explained that we need to get at Boise’s Sit Means Sit four years ago and our canine counterparts excited and bark at estimates he has trained almost 3,000 dogs them until they mimic us, then reward. since then. Closson is a round guy with a “And what is the point of teaching them Van Dyke beard and a military background, to bark?” said one woman with a skeptical and he has no problem throwing someone laugh. out of class for not paying attention.

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Back in our weekly class, Closson pointed mands. I’d guess Marcy knows a quarter of that, but the ones she does know make us at a sleepy yellow lab and a relaxed poodle. both happy. She waves at me when I leave “When you have two dogs like that, the house now, and she gives me a highanyone can become a trainer,” he said.

“But then you get a dog like that,” he said, five at the end of our hikes. We’ve already signed up for Tricks Class 201. referring to my unruly dog.

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WINESIPPER/DRINK PORTUGUESE REDS: BEYOND THE SWEET

2009 DOW VALE DO BOMFIM RESERVA, $24 Dow is a top port house (its 2011 scored an impressive 99 points from Wine Spectator) and Vale do Bomfim is one of its best vineyards. This wine, built around the touriga nacional grape, reflects that pedigree. The aromas are an enticing mix of dark berry, cinnamon bagel, toffee, mocha, anise and dried flowers.

Smooth and elegant, the ripe blackberry and blueberry flavors are matched by racy acidity.

2010 QUINTA DO CRASTO RESERVA, $39 With a history going back to 1615, Quinta do Crasto is one of the oldest port houses. This reserva is a blend of some 30 different varieties from vines averaging 70 years of age. The nose is an intriguing mix of dusty, dark berry and buttery grilled beef. It’s a seamless wine—round and well balanced—with a hint of spicy oak, intense red fruit flavors and a lingering finish.

2010 VALLADO VINHO TINTO, $23 The Ferreira family started making dry reds 20 years ago, more recently selling its famous port house. A blend of indigenous Portuguese varieties including touriga franca, touriga nacional and tinto roriz (aka tempranillo), this wine opens with chocolate-scented ripe berry aromas, colored by a touch of cola. The palate is smooth and creamy with sweet cherry flavors, anise accents and smooth tannins.

—David Kirkpatrick

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When it comes to dessert wines, Portugal’s Douro Valley produces some of the most highly regarded and longest lived. In the past, it was not uncommon to buy a barrel of port from your child’s birth year, to be enjoyed when they reached the age of consent. But when the popularity of port began to sag, Portuguese wineries started expanding dry wine production. The first arrivals were bargain wines priced under $10, but more recently they’ve upped the ante. Here are the panel’s top-three upscale Portuguese red picks:

BOISE FARMERS MARKET TURNS ONE Celebrate the market’s first birthday with cake and radishes TARA MORGAN Last year at this time, a storm was brewing—both literally and figuratively—around the Boise Farmers Market. After a handful of vendors announced their split from the Capital ting a license might be easier this year, securing City Public Market to start a more producea spot at the market is not. focused farmers market at 10th and Grove “We’ve really tried to keep the Farmers streets, they ran into a licensing snafu with the Market as farmers and their products and city just days before their rainy opening. then local foods that have local ingredients But this year, the forecast for the Boise Farmers Market’s opening day, Saturday, April in them,” said Burns. “So we’ve had to turn down a lot of people. … Everything from art 5, is looking brighter. and jewelry to coconut bars. We’re pretty “[The city] rewrote a lot of the code that particular.” had to do with mobile vendors, temporary But Burns did confirm that merchants,” said Janie Burns consumers will see a few new of Meadowlark Farm. “It BOISE FARMERS MARKET faces this season. hadn’t been rewritten for many Opens Saturday, April 5, from “We’re going to have some years so I would like to think 9 a.m.-1 p.m. 10th and Grove new vendors this year,” said that we prompted them to do a streets, 208-345-9287, Burns. “I’m not going to promtotal review, but they may have boisefarmersmarket.com ise what they’re going to bring had it in the works anyway.” because some of them are still Instead of requiring individual vendor licenses and background checks, the thinking about it, but there could be some new, exciting produce available at the market.” revised code allows the Boise Farmers Market With help from donors, the market is also to apply for a single group license. Though get-

These onions will make you cry for joy.

expanding its Sprouts Kids Club program. In addition to organizing weekly educational activities for kids focused on food and nutrition, the club also gives children two, $1 tokens a week to spend on whole foods.

“What we’ve heard from the parents is that once those kids have money to buy something and they buy it, they eat it,” said Burns. “So there’s some great success in empowering kids to buy their own food.”

As for the market’s opening day, Burns said shoppers can expect an array of early spring veggies like radishes, spinach and other greens.

There will also be an assortment of local meats, honey and bedding plants for sale. And to sweeten the deal, the market is handing out cake to celebrate its first anniversary.

“We’re trying to source all the ingredients locally so everyone can come down and have a piece of birthday cake,” said Burns.

FOOD/NEWS COLLISTER SHOPPING CENTER SHAKE UP Former Kulture Klatsch owner Michelle Reynolds was all set to unveil her new vegan-friendly cafe and juice bar, Kind Cuisine Cafe, in the Collister Shopping Center on March 25. But mere days before her grand opening, she received some unfortunate news.

“Four days before we were going to open, I got an email saying that the space that contains our restaurant—Kind Cuisine, formally Salt—and Green Chutes was being leased to someone who wanted to take the entire space,” said Reynolds.

Though Reynolds confirmed there was a clause in her lease saying this was a possibility, she said she was told there was “probably a 1 percent chance it’s even going to possibly happen.”

Kind Cuisine will relocate to a larger spot in the same complex next to Nam King. Reynolds said the shopping center owners will cover the costs of constructing a kitchen and patio area in the new location. “[They’re] trying to provide a minimum of what we would have here in our site that we did lease,” said Reynolds. “[They have] agreed to cover our out-of-pocket costs so far and try to make it as cost-neutral as possible. But obviously there will be expenses and incidentals trying to keep our staff together and keep them on payroll for three months.”

Phil Voorhees, managing member of the partnership that owns Collister Shopping Center, wouldn’t say any more about the lease agreements or kitchen construction at Kind.

“I cannot comment on the terms of any of the current or pending leases at the property,” he wrote in an email to Boise Weekly.

The Green Chutes artists’ co-op will also be moving to a corner spot at the end of the Collister complex. But Voorhees was also tight-lipped about who or what will take over the soon-to-be-vacant 12,000-square-foot space.

“We’re bound by a confidentiality agreement as we negotiate a few of these items and I want to be respectful of all the parties there,” said Voorhees. “We’ve got a signed letter of intent with the tenant that we think is going to be a fantastic add to the shopping center and will sort of be in great alignment with our concept of providing value-focused tenants to that part of Boise.”

As for Kind Cuisine Cafe, Reynolds hopes to be up and running in around three months. In addition to serving vegan cuisine with dairy options, the cafe will boast a full juice and smoothie bar, an espresso bar and wine and beer. Reynolds plans to serve breakfast and lunch Tuesday through Saturday, and brunch on Sunday. She’s also toying with the notion of offering casual pris-fixe dinners on Friday and Saturday nights.

“It’s going to be Klatsch-ish but also a little more on the cleaner side,” said Reynolds. “We’re really trying to stay with organics and local food and seasonal food and that sort of thing. So it’s kind of a little upgrade from the Klatsch.

—Tara Morgan B O I S E WE E KLY. C O M

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NOAH: CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MERCY Glenn Beck misses the boat GEORGE PRENTICE Glenn Beck hates Noah. That’s reason enough to pay this film some respect.

Saying that he hoped it would be “a massive failure,” Beck called Noah “a slap in the face,” normally not an issue for someone who actually knows his Bible; maybe it slipped Beck’s memory that Jesus twice reminded followers to turn the other cheek.

Speaking to an estimated 10 million daily In between his commercials for end-of-days food supplies, Glenn Beck (right) told his national radio audience that Noah, starring Russell Crowe (left), teaches “planet over man.” radio listeners March 21, Beck cautioned that Noah included “dangerous information” that teaches “planet over man.” One big problem: she is great, which she is in Noah, Connelly ecosystem and, more profoundly, our everBeck hadn’t even seen the movie. reminds us that she is one of her generalooming propensity for animal cruelty.

So, why does this self-anointed prophet tion’s finest actresses.

Aronofsky and co-screenwriter Ari of the airwaves hate the movie so much?

Noah is not without flaws. It is 20 Handel reportedly consulted Judaism’s Maybe it’s because Noah asks us to conminutes too long, and there is much in the sider mercy instead of justice and to rethink Book of Jubilees, Book of Enoch and the film that is unusually mystical: a magic seed Dead Sea Scrolls in crafting their multiour charge to protect our greatest gifts: the grows an instant rain forest from a blighted layered Noah, which heretofore had only planet and its creatures, great and small. landscape, and magic potions put all the been crafted in previous film versions from I’m more inclined to side with Raymond animals aboard the ark to sleep. the scant four chapters of the Bible’s Book Flynn, former U.S. ambassador to the Holy But Noah’s powerful cinematic vision of Genesis. And Old Testament purists may See, than Beck. In the March 21 edition of is unmistakable. For example, when evil cut Aronofsky some slack for his vision of the Boston Herald, Flynn wrote, “When spreads across the Earth, it is envisioned like a giant brick-shaped ark, which is actually people watch this movie, I am convinced an oil spill that covers the planet. And when closer to the Bible’s description of a rectanit will lead to a broader discussion about Noah explains to his children the story gular prism. The giant rock creatures that the Bible among believers and nonbelievers of man’s beginnings, we see creation and protect Noah (and resemble something out alike.” evolution not as competing theories but as of Transformers) are actually derived from Deep in the heart of Noah (and this the Nephilim, also in Genesis, thought to be faith-affirming companions. movie has a massive heart) is the challenge Ultimately, Aronofsky’s Noah challenges human/angel hybrids of making a 21st that crash-landed on us to ask questions of ourselves: If given century film that NOAH (PG-13) Earth. And while the the choice, would you save animals instead belies 20th century of humans? Are the Bible and Koran to be actual word “God” movie incarnations Directed by Darren Aronofsky taken literally, or are they part of a grander is not used often of Noah, which Starring Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly puzzle? These are big, messy themes for in the film, Noah felt like cartoons, Now playing at Edwards 9, Edwards 22 and IMAX repeatedly speaks of an audience-pleasing film to tackle, but such as The Bible: Aronofsky does it with skill and doesn’t “The Creator.”

In the Beginning, For Noah himself, fail to entertain. And in that, his Noah feels directed by and as if it is a genre of one, for it has next to Aronofsky chose well in the human hulk starring John Huston as Noah. nothing in common with previous biblical that is Russell Crowe. Just this side of This is not the Noah you sang about in epics. madness, Crowe embodies Noah as a man Sunday school, nor does his ark resemble a I presume that many of these progressive of great remorse but immense bravery. And pet-friendly love boat. But it still asks us to believe the unbelievable: a catastrophic flood the real stunner here is Jennifer Connelly as themes might trouble Beck and his flock, but what could we possibly expect from a Naameh, who worked with Aronofsky in left behind a handful of humans charged by shill who sells end-of-days food supplies on 2000’s Requiem for a Dream, and alongGod to hold dominion, but not dominance, a daily radio program while regularly missside Crowe in Oscar-winning perfection over the creatures of the Earth. Therein ing the mark in his previous armageddon as husband and wife in 2001’s A Beautiful lies director Darren Aronofsky’s greatest predictions? Come to think of it, Beck’s own Mind from director Ron Howard. Here, strength and, I assume, Mr. Beck’s greatest version of an ark might more likely resemble Aronofsky allows Connelly to fully explore weakness. This film speaks with clarity to a one-man rowboat.

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NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE(Adult) A Petition to change the name of Elizabeth Dale McClerkin, now residing in the City of Boise, State of Idaho, has been filed in the District Court in Ada County, Idaho.

The name will change to Jayce Dale McClerkin. The reason for the change in name is: I am transgender.

A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 130 o’clock p.m. on (date) APR 22 2014 at the Ada County Courthouse. Objections may be filed by any person who can show the court a good reason against the name change.

NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE(Adult) A Petition to change the name of Debra Jane Maness, now residing in the City of Boise, State of Idaho, has been filed in the District Court in Ada County, Idaho. The name will change to Debra Jane Coates.

The reason for the change in name is: I would like to take back my maiden name as I am no longer married.

A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 1:30 o’clock p.m. on (date) May 15, 2014, 2014 at the Ada County Courthouse. Objections may be filed by any person who can show the court a good reason

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Date MAR 03 2014 CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT By: Debra Urizar DEPUTY CLERK PUB March 12, 19, 26 & April 2, 2014.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 4TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA IN RE: Rachael Marie Robertson Legal Name Case No. CV NC 1404288 NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE (Adult) A Petition to change the name of Rachael Marie Robertson, now residing in the City of Boise, State of Idaho, has been filed in the District Court in Ada County, Idaho.

The name will change to Rachael Marie Beierle. The reason for the change in name is: because share name with life partner A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 130 o’clock p.m. on (date) May 15, 2014 at the Ada County Courthouse. Objections may be

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA IN RE: Elizabeth Dale McClerkin Legal Name

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 4TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA IN RE: Debra J. Maness Legal Name

BY IAN LIVENGOOD / EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ

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Date MAR 06 2014 CHRISTOPHER D. RICH CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT By: DEBRA URIZAR DEPUTY CLERK PUB March 12, 19, 26 & April 2, 2014.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 4TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA IN RE: Tawny Miessek Legal Name Tawny Miessek Case No. CV NC 1403751 NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE(Adult) A Petition to change the name of Tawny Miessek, now residing in the City of Boise, State of Idaho, has been filed in the District Court in Ada County, Idaho. The name will change to Jessye Annalee Williams. The reason for the change in name is has used this name since birth an desires to make it legal for graduation and life.

A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 130 o’clock p.m. on (date) April 29, 2014 at the Ada County Courthouse. Objections may be filed by any person who can show the court a good reason against the name change.

Date March 6, 2014 CHRISTOPHER D. RICH CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT By: DEIRDE PRICE DEPUTY CLERK PUB March 12, 19, 26 & April 2, 2014.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 4TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA IN RE: Kevin Michael Crist Legal Name Case No. CV NC 1404531 NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE (Adult) A Petition to change the name of Kevin Michael Crist, now residing

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A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 130 o’clock p.m. on (date) APR 29 2014 at the Ada County Courthouse. Objections may be filed by any person who can show the court a good reason against the name change.

Date MAR 10 2014 CHRISTOPHER D. RICH CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT By: DEIRDE PRICE DEPUTY CLERK PUB March 19, 26. April 2 & 9, 2014.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA In re: HOLDEN CHANDLER ALLEN BALLINGER, minor child.

Case No. CV NC 14-04305 NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE A Petition to change the name of HOLDEN CHANDLER ALLEN BALLINGER, a minor, now residing in Boise, Idaho, has been filed in the District Court in Ada County, Idaho. The name will change to HOLDEN CHANDLER ALLEN. The reason for the change of name is: 1. The child is not related by blood or marriage to anyone with the surname of Ballinger; 2. Ballinger has never been Mother’s legal surname; 3. It would shorten the child’s surname name to one name, making paperwork and signatures easier for the minor child.

4. The minor child’s surname should match the surname of his custodial parent.

A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 1:30 o’clock p.m. on April 29th, 2014 at the Ada County Courthouse, 200 W. Front Street, Boise, Idaho. Objections may be filed by any person who can show the court a

good reason against the name change. WITNESS my hand and seal of said District Court this 10th day of March, 2014.

CHRISTOPHER RICH, Clerk

By Deirdre Price Deputy Clerk Pub March 19, 26, April 2 & 9, 2014.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CANYON IN RE: Tanya Ann Johnson Legal Name Case No. CV-2014-2942-C NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE (Adult) A Petition to change the name of Tanya Ann Johnson, now residing in the City of Nampa, State of Idaho, has been filed in the District Court in Canyon County, Idaho.

The name will change to Tanya Ann Clarke. The reason for the change in name is: I no longer wish to keep my married name due to divorce.

A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 900 o’clock a.m. on (date) May 8, 2014, 2014 at the Canyon County Courthouse. Objections may be filed by any person who can show the court a good reason against the name change.

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residing in the City of Boise, State of Idaho, has been filed in the District Court in Ada County, Idaho.

The name will change to Alexandra Brieanne MacGregor. The reason for the change in name is: career reasons A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 130 o’clock p.m. on (date) May 22, 2014 at the Ada County Courthouse. Objections may be filed by any person who can show the court a good reason against the name change.

Date MAR 17 2014 CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT By: DEBRA URIZAR DEPUTY CLERK PUB March 26, April 2, 9, & 16, 2014.

LEGAL NOTICE SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION CASE NO. CV OC 201315568, IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF IDAHO IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA Crossroads Neighborhood Association, Inc., Plaintiff, v.

Rick A. Erickson, Defendant.

TO: RICK A. ERICKSON You have been sued by Crossroads Neighborhood Association, the Plaintiff, in the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District in and for Ada County, Idaho, Case No. CV OC 13 15568.

CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT By: K CANNON DEPUTY CLERK JUDGE FRANK P. KOTYK PUB March 26, April 2, 9,16, 2014.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 4TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA IN RE: Alexandra MacGregor Royse Legal Name Case No. CV NC 1404855 NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE (Adult) A Petition to change the name of Alexandra MacGregor Royse , now

The nature of the claim against you is for continued violation of the Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions of the homeowners association of which you are a member, more particularly described in the Complaint.

Any time after twenty (20) days following the last publication of this Summons, the Court may enter a judgment against you without further notice, unless prior to that time you have filed a written response in the proper form, including the Case No., and paid any required filing fee to the Clerk of the Court at: Clerk of the Court Ada County Courthouse 200 W. Front Street Boise, Idaho 83702-7300 Telephone: (208) 2876900 and served a copy of your response on the Plaintiff’s attorney at: Brindee Probst of VIAL FOTHERINGHAM LLP, 12828 LaSalle Dr Ste 101, Boise, ID 83702, Telephone 208-629-4567, Facsimile 208-3921400. A copy of the Summons and Complaint can be obtained by contacting either the Clerk of the Court or the attorney for Plaintiff. If you wish legal assistance, you should immediately retain an attorney to advise you in this matter.

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CHRISTOPHER D. RICH, CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT By: /s/ Ric Nelson, Deputy Clerk Pub. March 26, April 2, 9 & 16, 2014.

Date March 17, 2014 CHRISTOPHER D. RICH CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT By: DEIRDE PRICE DEPUTY CLERK PUB March 26, April 2, 9 & 16, 2014.

Case No. CV NC 1404984 NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE (Adult) A Petition to change the name of Paul David Estep, Jr. and Dustie Renae Heideman, now residing in the City of Star, State of Idaho, has been filed in the District Court in Ada County, Idaho. The name will change to Paul David Estep-Valentine, and Dustie Renae Valentine.

The reason for the change in name is Paul wants to take his step-dad’s last name and child of the parties already has the last name, “Valentine.”

A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 130 o’clock p.m. on (date) May 13, 2014 at the Ada County Courthouse. Objections may be filed by any person who can show the court a good reason against the name change.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): In his novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera says that the brain has “a special area which we might call poetic memory and which records everything that charms or touches us, that makes our lives beautiful.”

In the coming days, it will be especially important for you to tap into this power spot in your own gray matter, Aries. You need to activate and stir up the feelings of enchantment that are stored there. Doing so will make you fully alert and available for the new delights that will be swirling in your vicinity. The operative principle is like attracts like.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Our ancestors could see the Milky Way Galaxy spread out across the heavens on every clear night.

Galileo said it was so bright, it cast a shadow of his body on the ground. But today that glorious spectacle is invisible to us citydwellers. The sky after sundown is polluted with artificial light that hides 90 percent of the 2,000 stars we might otherwise see. If you want to bask in the natural illumination, you’ve got to travel to a remote area where the darkness is deeper. Let’s make that your metaphor, Taurus. Proceed on the hypothesis that a luminous source of beauty is concealed from you. To become aware of it, you must seek out a more profound darkness.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Dear Gemini: I don’t demand your total attention and I don’t need your unconditional approval. I will never restrict your freedom or push you to explain yourself. All I truly want to do is to warm myself in the glow of your intelligence. Can you accept that? I have this theory that your sparkle is contagious— that I’ll get smarter about how to live my own life if I can simply be in your presence. What do you say? In return, I promise to deepen your appreciation for yourself and show you secrets about how best to wield your influence. -Your Secret Admirer.”

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The Cancerian artist Rembrandt became one of the world’s greatest painters. It was a struggle. “I can’t paint the way they want me to paint,” he said about those who questioned his innovative approach. “I have tried and I have tried very hard, but I can’t do it. I just can’t do it!” We should be glad the master failed to meet his critics’ expectations.

His works’ unique beauty didn’t get watered down. But there was a price to pay. “That is why I am just a little crazy,” Rembrandt concluded. Here’s the moral of the story: To be true to your vision and faithful to your purpose, you may have to deal with being a little crazy. Are you willing to make that trade-off?

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The Indian spiritual teacher Nisargadatta Maharaj offered a three-stage fable to symbolize one’s progression toward enlightenment. In the first stage, you are inside a cage located in a forest where a tiger prowls. You’re protected by the cage, so the tiger can’t hurt you. On the other hand, you’re trapped. In the second stage, the tiger is inside the cage and you roam freely through the forest.

The beautiful animal is trapped.

In the third stage, the tiger is out of the cage and you have tamed it. It’s your ally and you are riding around on its back. I believe this sequence has resemblances to the story you’ll be living in the coming months. Right now you’re inside the cage and the tiger is outside. By mid-May the tiger will be in the cage and you’ll be outside. By your birthday, I expect you to be riding the tiger.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): What is “soul work,” anyway? It’s like when you make an unpredictable gift for someone you love. Or when you bravely identify one of your unripe qualities and resolve to use all your willpower and ingenuity to ripen it. Soul work is when you wade into a party full of rowdy drunks and put your meditation skills to the acid test.

It’s like when you teach yourself not merely to tolerate smoldering ambiguity, but to be amused by it and even thrive on it. Can you think of other examples? It’s Soul Work Week for you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Are you close to anyone who is a catalytic listener? Is there a person who tunes in to what you say with such fervent receptivity that you get inspired to reveal truths you didn’t realize you knew? If so, invite this superstar out to a free lunch or two in the coming days. If not, see if you can find one. Of course, it is always a blessing to have a heartto-heart talk with a soul friend, but it is even more crucial than usual for you to treat yourself to this luxury now. Hints of lost magic are near the surface of your awareness. They’re still unconscious, but could emerge into full view during provocative conversations with an empathetic ally.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): On my blog, I quoted author Ray Bradbury: “You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.” I asked my readers what word they would use in place of “writing” to describe how they avoided being destroyed by reality. Popular responses were love, music, whiskey, prayer, dreams, gratitude and yoga. One woman testified that she stayed drunk on sexting, while another said “collecting gargoyles from medieval cathedrals” and a third claimed her secret was “jumping over hurdles while riding a horse.”

There was even a rebel who

declared she stayed drunk on writing so she could destroy reality.

My question is important for you to meditate on, Scorpio. Right now you must do whatever’s necessary to keep from being messed with by reality.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Does your mother know what you are up to these days? Let’s hope not. I doubt if she would fully approve, and that might inhibit your enthusiasm for the experiments you are exploring. It’s probably best to keep your father out of the loop as well, along with other honchos, cynics or loved ones who might be upset if you wander outside of your usual boundaries. And as for those clucking voices in your head: Give them milk and cookies, but don’t pay attention to their cautious advice. You need to be free of the past, free of fearful influences and free of the self you’re in the process of outgrowing.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): For the foreseeable future, I urge you not to spend much time wrangling with bureaucrats and know-it-alls. Avoid frustrating projects that would require meticulous discipline. Don’t even think about catching up on paperwork or organizing your junk drawer or planning the next five years of your career.

Instead, focus on taking long meandering walks to nowhere in particular. Daydream about an epic movie based on your life story. Flirt with being a lazy bum.

Play noncompetitive games with unambitious people. Here’s why: Good ideas and wise decisions are most likely to percolate as you are lounging around doing nothing—and feeling no guilt for doing nothing.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Are you waiting? Are you wondering and hoping? Are you calculating whether you are needed and, if so, how much? Do you wish the signs were clearer about how deeply you should commit yourself? Are you on edge as you try to gauge what your exact role is in the grand scheme of things?

I’m here to deliver a message from the universe about how you should proceed. It’s a poem by Emily Dickinson: “They might not need me but – they might – / I’ll let my Heart be just in sight – / A smile so small as mine might be / Precisely their necessity.”

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You will soon get a second chance. An opportunity you failed to capitalize on in the past will re-emerge in an even more welcoming guise, and you will snag it this time. You weren’t ready for it the first time it came around, but you are ready now! It’s probably a good thing the connection didn’t happen earlier, because at that time the magic wasn’t fully ripe. But the magic is ripe now!

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