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BAR & RESTAURANT GUIDE Boise Weekly’s annual guide to all things gustatory INSIDE

LOOKING UNDER THE ’HOOD New city initiative collects data on neighborhoods NEWS 8

¡VIVA MÉXICO! Boise State launches its inaugural Mexico Week CULTURE 10

L’CHAIM A guide to Passover eats FOOD 24

“How can you bury them if there’s a possibility that they’re still alive?”

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NO REST FOR THE INK-STAINED WRETCHED You’ll find a little bit of everything in this week’s paper: Bill Cope challenges the Albertson Foundation to get specific with its Don’t Fail Idaho ads, John Rember muses that neocortical injury may be the ticket to success in corporate America, and Boise Weekly intern Cindy Sikkema talks with the sister of a vanished pilot about the anguish likely felt by the relatives of those missing with Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

We also report on a new initiative to compile details on every neighborhood in the city (see News, Page 8); have a chat with urban planner David Leland (Citizen, Page 9); profile the inaugural Mexico Week (Culture, Page 10); check in with local band The Very Most (Culture, Page 11); delve into Passover cuisine (Food, Page 24); and review a Paris film for people who’ve actually been to Paris (Screen, Page 25).

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We spend months (and months) preparing for this publication to hit the streets, so it’s always with excitement—and some anxiety—when we finally release it to the world. Especially exciting this year are some of the changes we’ve made to the magazine, detailed fully in the guide itself, which we hope makes for entertaining—as well as informative—reading.

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Particularly attentive readers of BW.com might remember a blog titled Mixtape, which appeared for one post in 2009 (OK, you’d have to be a very attentive reader to remember that). Well, we’re resurrecting and repurposing it as a repository for reviews of local bands.

Yes, we receive dozens of CDs, pitches, phone calls and emails from local musicians every week, and, sadly, we simply don’t have the time or space to dedicate coverage for all of them. From now on, though, we’ll be posting regular (short) reviews on Mixtape with selections made in no particular order. Can we guarantee that your band will be picked? No, but we’ll try to get to it.

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

RAIN GAIN Heading into the hot weather months, Boiseans need not fear (as much) that’ll it’ll be a drought-stricken summer. Read about the new water projections on Citydesk.

DECKED OUT If you missed the third annual Art Deck-O show, featuring local artists’ work on skateboard decks, watch Boise Weekly’s video on Cobweb.

CROWDED HOOSEGOW The Canyon County Jail is out of room to hold female inmates, resulting in early releases. Read more on Citydesk.

OPINION

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BILL COPE/OPINION

CRUMBLING FOUNDATIONS 3 Lots and lots and lots of... what?

You’ve seen the “Don’t Fail Idaho” ad, I’m willing to bet on it. I’m speaking to the television watchers here: It’s that innocuously animated thing—reminds me of the old ’50s films on dental hygiene or the food pyramid—that in less than two minutes alerts Idahoans we are about to drop off the tailgate of the civilization wagon because of the miserable job our state’s education system is doing for our youngsters. And it’s on the air a lot. I wish there were a way a simple little common folker like myself could know exactly how many times in any given day (or week, or month) an ad like that was being broadcast, or on how many television stations, but my guess is there is hardly a minute goes by when that ad is not running on some Idaho (or Spokane) television station. Lots and lots of airtime.

For those of you who don’t watch television, you can go to the website dontfailidaho.org and see it. It’s a big, busy site.

Lots of graphics and lots of tabs to click for lots and lots of information about how Idaho students are the last in the nation in this category or that category. You will also learn that the nation itself ranks in the toilet zone in such fundamentals as math and science and reading, as compared to most of the other industrialized countries. Taken together. It would place Idaho students at the very back of the very last bus in line for the future.

Lots and lots of scary.

What you won’t find in the ad are any definitive steps we can take to correct this dreadful situation. You get preached to a lot—e.g., “Let’s work together, invest in our potential, move from the bottom to the top.”

You get the same sort of hot-air pumpery we’d expect to hear from any head coach at any pep rally in any dumpy little school anywhere in America—e.g., “Let’s unleash some of that same independent spirit and trail-blazing vision that made Idaho great.”

You get vague and essentially meaningless suggestions on how to go about making it all better—e.g., “Let’s re-imagine education and do something truly revolutionary.”

But the narration never gets around to saying what exactly that revolutionary thing we should be re-imagining is. Or what our great, independent, Idaho trail-blazing vision should be envisioning, exactly. Or where we can go to work together; or how much money we should bring to make those investments in all that potential we are led to believe is out there; or how any of this is going to get Idaho on top of something it is currently on the bottom of.

In other words, the ad represents lots and lots of money being spent to promote something it never gets around to spelling out.

So who is spending this money? And what are they trying to sell us this time?

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The “who” is relatively easy, though you have to have a sharp eye to catch it in both the ad and the website. Down at the bottom—way, way down at the bottom, and in a print size we would normally associate with lawyers and used-car dealers—are the words “Sponsored by the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation.” You remember that bunch, I’m sure. Or has the whole Tom Luna/Frank VanderSloot/Idaho Legislature/ Albertson Foundation effort to jam the “Students Come First” mush down the gullets of Idaho citizens slipped your mind?

But as to the “what” they are selling, that is less clear. On the website, there is a great deal of implication that the future of education lies in technology. But most parents know already how vital Internet access has become in the education of their young ‘uns. That technology has transformed education is hardly news. And other tabs on that website—the ones with titles like “Idaho Needs You” and “Vision, Leadership Needed” makes the whole thing sound like: if you and I don’t go along with something here, whatever the hell it is, we might as well sell our kids off to the scrap human yard because they ain’t got a snowball’s chance anyhows.

There’s even a list of countries that are kicking America’s ass at producing superiorly-educated students. Oddly enough, there is no information that details what those other countries are doing to educate their students so much better. Nor is there information detailing what all those states above Idaho on the totem pole are doing that keeps them from being at the bottom instead of us.

And oddest of all, there is no mention whatsoever of the huge financial investments that key members of the Albertson Foundation had made previously in private education interests that were poised like hungry hyenas, eager to swoop into Idaho and pick clean the bones of the public education system, had only Luna’s “Students Come First” scheme not been rejected—and quite soundly, if you recall—by Idaho voters once they knew what was happening.

Well, Idaho voters, I suspect it is happening again. And by some of the same hyenas. Tom Luna has announced he’s leaving elected office—what a shame he’s not sticking around for another election—but the people in the murky background are still with us.

There is more to talk about here than one column would allow, so I’m reviving the “Crumbling Foundations” series I began back in the winter of 2011. If things go as planned, next week we’ll examine exactly how well those for-profit alternatives to public education stack up, and the week after. Let’s take a look at the real reasons Idaho is a lousy place to have school-age children.

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OPINION/JOHN REMBER

BRAIN DAMAGE

As a matter of fact, it’s all dark Nietzsche suggested that if you gaze long enough into the abyss, the abyss will start gazing back. That’s why I limit my reading about sports and brain damage to two or three articles a week, far less than the 1,370,000 articles on sports-related concussions that today’s quick Google search turned up.

But those two or three articles are enough to make me think that if you’re a football or soccer player, you aren’t doing yourself any favors. Repeated small concussions wreck the neocortex, that part of the brain where higher human thought resides.

The capacities for mathematics and abstract language, the concepts of spirit and soul and honor and justice, the qualities of compassion, empathy and self control—all these arise from the layers of neocortical gray matter that line your skull. These layers also function as bubble wrap for the more important, archaic parts of your brain. I say more important and archaic because if you damage these older parts of your brain—their designs dating from hundreds of millions of years ago—you die. You share these deeper structures of your brain with rats and cattle and dogs, and they’re responsible for rat and cattle and dog sorts of things: memory, herd and horde behavior, rage, maternal defense of offspring, fear, hate and jealousy. Even deeper down, in the brainstem, are the controls for balance, heartbeat, breathing, body temperature, hunger and thirst, and, not least, territoriality, sex and the will to survive at any cost.

Your body prioritizes the parts of your brain according to their survival value. Get carbon monoxide poisoning, or undergo general anesthesia during heart surgery, or come close to drowning or have a heart that stops pumping as much as it should, and oxygen will get to your archaic brain first. If there’s any left over, it will go to your neocortex.

When open-heart surgery was first practiced, patients came out of operations with “pump head,” neocortex damage that caused temporary problems with language and reasoning and self-control. It still happens occasionally—it happened when Bill Clinton had his open-heart surgery, judging from his post-op press conferences—but heart-lung machines and operating room procedures have improved since the early days.

Which brings me to the abyss in human form: Dick Cheney. Besides playing highschool football, he had his first heart attack in 1978, at age 37. He’s had four more, the latest in 2010. In 1988 he had quadruple bypass surgery, back when the effects of the operation were so severe that many patients elected to die rather than go in for another set of bypasses. Cheney’s replacement arteries were stented several times. He’s had surgery to repair aneurysms in his legs, angioplasty, and pacemaker and defibrillator implants.

In 2010, in a massively traumatic operation, a battery-powered pump was implanted

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to help his heart while he waited for a transplant. The operation left him unconscious for weeks. Two years later, he received a new heart, one that has allowed him to be interviewed whenever Fox News needs a diagnosis for President Obama’s foreign policy.

Cheney’s neocortex and brain arteries are not so healthy. He’s been under general anesthesia for a substantial portion of his life. One can assume high-school concussions, some months or years of not enough blood to the brain, some hardening of the cerebral arteries, long moments when one or more of his hearts ceased to pump blood, times when, fascinated with videos of waterboarding, he simply forgot to breathe. I’m pretty sure Dick Cheney has no functioning neocortex.

This is where the abyss comes in. By the yardstick of the culture, Cheney is a brilliant success, with the kind of wealth and power a lot of young people would like in their future.

Forget the richness and variety the neocortex gives to human existence. Empathy, compassion and a concern for justice are useless in a business or political career. Fear, hunger and an overwhelming rage to dominate are much more valuable assets if you’re going to flourish in extractive industries or cut through the Machiavellian miasma of a cabinet meeting.

Nobody’s neocortex was in charge when Cheney and his cohorts launched two futile wars, made torture a national policy, cut social welfare programs and looted the treasury.

The language Dick Cheney used to promote these actions was blunt, concrete and instantly comprehended at the brainstem level.

Dick Cheney is a company man. He’s semi-living proof that in America, a neocortex makes you unfit for corporate life.

If the Supreme Court is correct, and corporations are people, many of the people who work for them aren’t people at all, but something less. Call them domesticated animals.

Like a lot of domesticated animals, they need to be altered to do their job.

I have wondered why an entire country continues to send its young people into sports now known to cause severe neocortical damage, and have concluded it’s a way to produce people who have no concern about the consequences of their actions, no empathy for the poor and downtrodden, little understanding of the greater meaning of their lives, and complete dedication to the needs of the moment.

People without compassion or empathy can make tough, bottom-line decisions without a second thought.

So football and soccer produce corporate feedstock, good kids coming out of high school or college whose brains have been rebalanced to favor a tooth-and-claw social system. They make excellent singers in the Corporate Tabernacle Choir, intellectual castrati whose guttural voices never change, whose deadly songs lure the rest of us toward the darkness and the deep.

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UNDA’ THE ROTUNDA R OGER INGHR AM

NEWS PATR IC K S W EENEY

MOURNING INTERRUPTED Living in limbo while searching for a missing airplane CINDY SIKKEMA

Cynthia Fackrell said it’s easy to believe the unbelievable when it comes to the fate of Malaysia Air Flight MH370. As days turn into weeks—and conspiracy theories abound—believing the unbelievable offers families of the missing some amount of hope.

“I read an article that said investigators were considering Einstein’s [String Theory] as an explanation for what happened,” said Fackrell. “And if you want to go off further to the left, there’s even a UFO theory.”

Cynthia Fackrell, who chronicled her own family’s drama in Gravity’s Embrace, holds a tattered portion of the wing from the plane piloted by her brother, that went missing in October 1992.

Maintaining hope, even if it means considering the extraordinary, is a scenario Fackrell knows all too well, having endured her own More than a month into the search, Janis MH370; the facts are limited to what time drama 22 years ago with the disappearance of Smith, wife of the lost pilot, said, “I feel like the plane lost contact and who was on board. her brother’s single-engine plane. just staying in this state of denial. My family is Nearly everything else remains a mystery, Tim Young was 32 years old when he took still missing. They truly are just missing.” including how and why the plane was lost. off from Fairbanks, Alaska, bound for Homer, Despite the decreasing odds of finding surThat vacuum of information has yielded to nearly 400 miles to the south. Grounded for vivors in the rugged terrain of Valley County’s ample speculation across cable news channels. several days by weather, he was eager to get backcountry during some of winter’s harshest Ten days into the crisis, presumably legitihome. Finally, on Friday, Oct. 9, 1992, condiconditions, Smith refused to give up hope. mate news outlets began to include a string of tions were good enough to allow the Visual “In my mind, I’m going to keep them as theories and/or conspiracies, ranging from the Flight Rules-certified pilot to get home safely— plausible to the wildly improbable: missing until we find evidence,” she said. “I or so he hoped. He took off into clear skies, could never forgive myself if I gave up on them headed south and was never seen again. and they came walking out of the forest.”

UÊ/ iÊ« > iÊÃiVÀiÌ ÞÊ > `i`Ê Ê> Ê Ã > `Ê His disappearance triggered a 10-month The search progressed through numerous (more than a few news organizations refersearch. Through it all, Fackrell said she never stops and starts due to inclement weather, and enced the ABC drama Lost). gave up hope that her brother was alive. an official search was called off by mid-DecemUÊ/ iÊ« > iÊà i ÜÊ >`iÊ ÌÊÌ Ê*> ÃÌ> ]Ê “Of course you’re going to hold onto hope ber. It wasn’t until mid-January, when a search where it is being hidden. and look for a miracle,” she said. “That’s reparty—primarily of volunteers—spotted the UÊ/ iÊ« > iÊ `Ê ÊÌ iÊÀ>`>Àʺà >` Ü»Ê vÊ ally all you can do.” wreckage, that survivors of the crash victims another airliner, until safely reaching AfghaniMore than two decades later, Fackrell, could have closure. In all, five members of stan air space. of Meridian, has chronicled the events in Smith’s family were killed.

UÊ/iÀÀ À ÃÌÃÊ ÛiÀÌ ÊÌ iÊ« > iÊÜ iÊV «Gravity’s Embrace: A True Unsolved Mystery Fackrell said Smith’s reaction made sense erating with various ground control personnel Surrounding an Alaskan Pilot. Published by because giving up hope was simply not an (part of the greater plot) in order to hide the Stellar Bound Publishing in November 2013, plane’s path of travel and ultimate destination. option: Gravity’s Embrace details how Fackrell’s fam“How can you bury them if there’s a posUÊ/ iÊ« > iÊÜ>ÃÊ>VV `i Ì> ÞÊà ÌÊ` Ü Ê ily was “stuck” in the mystery surrounding her and the responsible government is reluctant to sibility that they’re still alive? You feel like brother’s disappearance. It would be nearly you’re doing a disservice to the person—like come forward. a year before hikers would find the wreckage you’re losing faith in them—like you’re the one of the plane along with human remains, but killing them, by giving up.”

“I still tend to have a bit of hope in the Fackell’s brother was never formally identified For Fackrell, advanced technologies and an terrorist theory,” Fackrell told BW. “Since I’ve by dental records or DNA. increasingly connected global community offer been in that situation, I want Did his plane catch fire in real hope for families in limbo as they search to believe the plane is hiding GRAVITY’S EMBRACE: mid-air? Did the plane’s rear for their missing loved ones. somewhere. Which sounds like A TRUE UNSOLVED stabilizer—found far from the MYSTERY SURROUNDING “When I was trying to find out more about a really unlikely scenario, but crash site—fall off or collide AN ALASKAN PILOT that crash near McCall, I found a Facebook when you’re in the situation, with trees? The questions still page devoted just to maps—satellite maps that you want so badly for there to Available on Amazon in pahaunt Fackrell—and they’re perback and Kindle formats. allowed people all over the world to help them be a good outcome that you the types of questions haunting look for wreckage,” she said. “When I saw wish for the best.” the families of those who went that, I was so jealous. All these people [with She’s hardly alone in taking this approach. missing with the March 8 disappearance of the resources] to help them—that’s totally opIn fact, Idaho recently experienced its own Malaysia Flight MH370. posite from my experience.” roller coaster of hope and denial during a “It strikes a chord because I’ve been there,” highly publicized missing plane drama that beTwenty years ago, the lack of cellsaid Fackrell. “I want to talk to [survivors] and gan Dec. 1, 2013. That’s when a single-engine phones, media coverage, websites and say that I understand.” readily accessible satellite images made BE-36 Beech Bonanza, piloted by Dale Smith A full month after it disappeared from 8 for a more difficult (and lonely) search. and carrying four additional family members, radar, very little is known about the fate of “We actually had to go seek out the disappeared northwest of Cascade.

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“Industrialization” from mega-loads is endangering this river, according to a new report.

IDAHO’S MEGAEMBARRASSMENT Among the flurr y of top-10 lists, which trumpet Idaho for its scenic wonders and livability, the Gem State has unceremoniously been dumped into a list of select states that are home to America’s Most Endangered Rivers of 2014.

On April 9, American Rivers, which boasts 200,000 members and volunteers in its crusade to protect or restore wild rivers, published its annual report listing rivers “at a crossroads, where key decisions in the coming months will determine the rivers’ fates.”

In particular, the just-published report points to Idaho’s Middle Fork of the Clearwater and Lochsa rivers as the “10th most endangered river in the U.S.,” primarily due to what it calls the “industrialization” of its Wild and Scenic River Corridor.

Boise Weekly readers know all-toowell the saga of U.S. Highway 12, one of the most scenic byways on the continent as it curls alongside the canyons of the Clear water and Lochsa. But mega-loads— massive shipments of equipment destined for the Tar Sands Oil Project in Alberta Canada—have defined U.S. 12 since 2010, when ExxonMobil first unveiled its plans to use the Wild and Scenic Corridor as a regular thoroughfare for its rigs (BW, News, “Taking the Scenic Route,” July 7, 2010). The debate raged for the better part of three years until the issue ended up in a Boise federal courtroom, where U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill affirmed the U.S. Forest Ser vice’s accountability to protect the corridor.

But that still didn’t stop the Idaho Transportation Department from granting permits to allow mega-loads to continue crawling along U.S. 12, triggering a string of protests and arrests.

The new repor t from American Rivers chides the U.S. Forest Ser vice for not taking a “leadership role” in protecting the Wild and Scenic River Corridor by “banning fur ther shipment of megaloads along U.S. 12.”

Through its advocacy, American Rivers says it has helped protect and restore more than 150,000 miles of the nation’s wild rivers. The “America’s Most Endangered Rivers Repor t” has helped spur many successes to date, including the removal of outdated dams, the prevention of harmful development and pollution and the protection of rivers with Wild and Scenic designations.

—George Prentice

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NEWS

A NEW WAY TO LOOK AT BOISE (BLOCK BY BLOCK) City initiative to detail neighborhoods’ needs GEORGE PRENTICE

KELSEY HAWES

been patiently listening to Guiles presentation, 51 percent of that neighborhood is below the In the early days of 2004, shortly after Dave jumped into the conversation. median income for the city.”

Bieter had been sworn in for his first term “We could look at the distance between The Energize our Neighborhoods Initiaas Boise mayor, he gathered many of his top households and food stores. So-called ‘food tive is designed to collect never-before-seen staffers into his City Hall office and said: “I deserts’ is an important consideration,” said information regarding Boise’s neighborhoods: want you to start measuring everything!”

Councilman David Eberle. “And we could see economic, health care, social, safety, transit, Bieter laughs when he recalls his freshman if each household has at least two transportaenthusiasm. Quite naively, he wanted the city’s education, you name it.

The project’s initial price tag is considerable: tion options.” top executives to start pumping a flood of sta“We need to make sure that we’re properly $3.1 million. But Guiles was quick to say that tistics to his office, in order to effect change. the funds would not necessarily be new monies, using a lot of our current resources before “They looked at me…” he paused for a deciding if new resources are necessary,” added but rather a reallocation of existing resources, moment to reenact his staff’s incredulous reCouncilman Ben Quintana. sponse, with quizzical expressions, “And, of course, private-public arms stretched out and shoulders partnerships are a big part of this,” shrugged. “They said, ‘What are said Councilman TJ Thomson. you talking about?’”

That’s when Derrick O’Neill, Simply put, Bieter, like so many Boise’s Planning and Development idealists before him, thought in Services director, walked to the front 2004 that it was relatively easy to of the room to rein in some of the get boots-on-the-ground data to brainstorming. drive exciting new initiatives. But he “We’re trying to walk before we quickly learned that reality begins run,” he cautioned. “Having 30 or where idealism ends, and gathering 40 indicators might be difficult to valuable data is a system-driven manage.” and, quite often, costly endeavor.

Jade Riley, the city’s chief of So, Bieter was more than a bit staff, reminded the Council that a impressed more than a decade somewhat similarly themed boots-onlater when AnaMarie Guiles, city the-ground process had served them of Boise Housing and Community AnaMarie Guiles, city of Boise Housing and Community Development well previously in one of city’s most Development manager, stood before manager, unveiled the Energize our Neighborhoods Initiative April 3. successful initiatives to date: the introthe mayor and City Council April duction of three neighborhood branch 3 to unveil one of the city’s most libraries (with plans for a fourth). such as grants funneled through the city’s ambitious but measured projects—something “Mr. Mayor, this is a lot like what we did he wished had existed when he first took office. Housing and Community Development, Public with the libraries, but here, we’re really taking Works and Police departments, among others.

“This is the mother lode,” Bieter enthused. this concept to the next level,” said Riley.

“Beyond that initial funding, I should say, “This” is something called the Energize Our And that was music to Bieter’s ears. yes, I think there will be a need for additional Neighborhoods Initiative. In particular, Guiles “Let’s go ahead and try this in one of our new resources, presuming we want to duplicate said her proposal would take one Boise neighneighborhoods,” he said. this in other neighborhoods,” said Guiles. borhood at a time—beginning with the blocks Sooner than later, the innovative process is The big takeaway from the pilot project, surrounding Vista Avenue—and measure what which could take the better part of three years, set to begin—with particular focus on the Vista she called 12 “key indicators” in the area. neighborhood. is that the city of Boise would have a new “For example, nearby Whitney Elementary “And our first premise always has to be model to bring better services and new projects School has the city’s second-highest rate of that the neighborhood really wants this,” said or initiatives to all of its neighborhoods. students who are eligible for free or reduced Guiles.

Members of the City Council, who had lunches,” she said. “Plus, we’re seeing that

media,” said Fackrell. “They didn’t come to us.”

Fackrell is having a hard time believing Malaysia Air Flight 7 MH370 has disappeared forever. Instead, she insists modern technology will eventually win out.

“Even though tragedies happen, within them there are still things to be thankful for. Like having technology that we didn’t have 20 years ago—and knowing that, at some point, they’ll probably find out what happened.”

In the meantime, she stresses the emotional hardships imposed on the families in limbo, especially when they refuse to give up hope of finding their loved ones alive.

“What happened with me is that I could sense the people around me were feeling sorry for me—thinking I was a poor fool for believing [my brother] was still alive when everyone else knew he was dead. It was infuriating. I felt like saying: ‘How dare you—you don’t know anything

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more than I do.’”

For Fackrell, it feels impossibly cruel to provide false information to the families in Malaysia, in lieu of simply admitting the truth: Nothing is known for certain.

“They just want the truth,” said Fackrell, “but if the government doesn’t know anything, they should just say that. They shouldn’t say things like, ‘everyone’s dead’ until they know for sure. You have to have that proof.”

Until proof is found, one way or the other, Fackrell will continue to hold out hope, both for the passengers of Flight MH370 and their distraught families. Because, in her mind, the worst part is the not knowing: “Honestly, it’s better to know. It’s better to know where they are and what happened. The unknowing drives you crazy.”

Taking a long breath, she added quietly, “It can literally make you crazy.”

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CITIZEN Are you at a point in your life where you don’t do anything you don’t want to do?

I think that’s a fair way to describe it. I live in San Miguel de Allende with my wife.

In December, Conde Nast Traveler magazine, its subscribers, voted San Miguel as the best city in the world.

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And can you confirm that San Miguel is indeed the greatest city in the world?

It’s a combination of things—a 500-yearold city with colonial charm, narrow cobblestone streets, tiny homes and gorgeous mansions, all lining the streets with gorgeous walls that come right up to the curb. The culture is very rich. We’ve had a home here for 10 years. When I sold my business in Portland [Ore.] last fall, we moved down here full time.

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But you still work with Leland Consulting Group.

You bet. I remain counsel to the firm and I’m working on a number of assignments.

We’ve done work with [Boise developer] Bill Clark and we’re also working on the downtown circulator study for the city of Boise.

DAVID LELAND ‘Gravity is always at work, whether it’s apples or arguments’ GEORGE PRENTICE David Leland is the very definition of a “city man,” yet his home away from home is in one of the most intimate, idyllic hideaways on earth—San Miguel de Allende, tucked into the Central Highlands of Mexico. But he doesn’t spend nearly enough time there.

“I’m supposed to be retired, but don’t tell my wife,” Leland, 74, told Boise Weekly.

Speaking to BW from Mexico, Leland was on his way to another of dozens of weekly meetings where he was helping yet another city showcase its own vitality. Through his career, Leland has consulted, advised or developed more than 3,000 urban projects and is considered one of the most successful public-private strategists in the nation. Which is why the Downtown Boise Association is partnering with the Capital City Development Corporation and the city of Boise is playing host to Leland Tuesday, April 15, when he’ll be the keynote speaker at DBA’s State of Downtown Boise event.

Prior to his latest visit (he has visited Boise many times), BW spoke to Leland about cities in general and Boise in particular.

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When you talk to people about the few cities in the nation that are doing a lot of things right, which cities do you point to?

Portland [Ore.] is certainly one of them.

Denver has done very well. Actually, I like Oklahoma City and one of my favorite cities is Boise.

But, in your estimation, what does Boise need that it doesn’t have?

[Long pause] Growth isn’t possible without jobs. It’s only through jobs that we build more housing and increase our tax base.

Let’s talk about living in downtown Boise’s core. How important is that?

It’s essential. It drives retail, keeps your restaurants alive and brings safety and security to the streets. Actually I think the market opportunity in Boise is quite strong. I think Boise has a supply problem

rather than a demand problem. Fortunately, downtown Boise has very attractive elements: shopping, employment, the river, the university and a number of cultural venues.

I think part of the challenge right now is for developers to figure out how to pay for new housing. Suffice to say, there’s always danger in backing into the future based on what happened yesterday. Fundamentally, that’s a mistake.

But what’s the secret of getting the right kind of investment in order to create a special space in a downtown core?

Take Boise’s BODO neighborhood, for example. That area was originally a soft space, but that concentration of capital profoundly changed the nature of downtown Boise.

Do you see light rail transit in Boise’s future?

Since my firm is working on that, I’m a little cautious to comment. But, by and large, circulator systems do work. They relieve traffic congestion and take pressure off of parking garages.

Your resume says you’ve worked on more than 3,000 projects. How many assignments would you be tackling simultaneously?

Maybe 30 at any given time. Remember, I’ve been doing this for 52 years. Some got built and some didn’t. Part of responsible consulting is telling a city when not to build something. Part of our job is to always be guardians of the overall vision. Never lose sight of the big picture. Gravity is always at work, whether it be apples or arguments.

Where does reality begin and theory end?

You have to work from the bottom up.

It can’t all be theory. It’s a combination of maintaining a consistent awareness of the strategy while always looking at the ground level of how to get financing and put a building together. I always find this intellectually fascinating because no two projects should ever be the same. I think I’ve turned attention deficit disorder into a career.

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BEYOND BORDERS Go, go da Vinci Copter!

SCIENCE, SPACE AND A SYMPOSIUM Leonardo da Vinci’s reputation makes him seem more remote than he actually was. A polymath, his list of almost superhuman accomplishments is intimidating even hundreds of years after his death, but unlike many thinkers of the time, his process was more logical than intuitive or spiritual—his was a mind closer to our own than to the artists and technicians of his own period.

But that’s a generalization. The nitty-gritties of da Vinci’s thought will be on display at the Discovery Center of Idaho beginning Saturday, June 14, as part of a traveling exhibit, Leonardo da Vinci: Man-Inventor-Genius & Man-Artist-Genius. Visitors will be able to see to-scale reproductions of the master’s inventions built by a family of Italian artisans that has been building da Vinci reproductions for 200 years, including flying and civil machines, engineering marvels, military contraptions and hydraulic devices.

Also on display will be replicas of his artistic masterpieces, complemented by audio and video guides. Admission will be $15 for adults, $10 for children and seniors, and kids 2 and under get in free.

On the subject of mixing arts and technical sciences, CTA Architects Engineers, fresh off the heels of its move into the eighth floor of the Eighth and Main Tower, is dedicating two sides of the exposed concrete core of the just-finished tower as an exhibition space for local artists. According to CTA spokesman Joe Black, the purpose of the space is to give back to local artists and inspire the company’s staff.

“We have a lot of really creative professionals here. We’re trying to have this creative class of workers,” Black said.

An eight-piece exhibition by Cody Rutty will be the first to be featured at the gallery. It was first displayed at CTA’s 75th anniversary party April 3, and chances for the public to view the works will begin at an as-yet unannounced First Thursday event this summer.

Friday-Monday, May 23-26, those with a fancy for anime can scratch that itch with Anime Oasis Compile at the Grove Hotel, where guest speakers include voice actors Colleen Clinkenbeard, Monica Rial, Jamie Marchi, Vic Mignogna and Sonny Strait. The musical guest is The Slants, a Portland-based all-Asian American dance rock band that claims to be the only band of its kind in the world. Events include cosplay, a high society formal dance, an epic game of Cards Against Humanity—even a Hentai night. Tickets are $44 for four-day admission or $20-$23 for one-day admission.

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Week of events explores Idaho’s Mexican connection KEELY MILLS Nails plugged into distressed wood create the canvas upon which a mesh of grays, reds, blues and yellows spread menacingly—as if each platform embodies a trapped spirit reaching out to be heard. The art of Luz Camarena, hanging at the Blakbook art gallery through Wednesday, May 21, represents the artist’s feelings about unspoken inequities.

“There’s still a lot of discrimination and Boise State University kicks off its inaugural weeklong celebration of our vecinos del sur. racism against people of color or people who have an accent,” Camarena said. “There are things that happen all the time and they are “After I finished, I was really curious about Mexico Week events are not solely aimed very silent, they’re not very obvious.Those what women from other areas of the U.S. microaggressions is what I want to talk about at students, but include locations like The Cabin, The Arcade Building and Washington would have brought with them,” she said. in my work—the things that are lacerating That led Regalado to take her project to Group Plaza. inside.” places such as Idaho, Oregon, Texas, Califor“It’s really not just a Boise State event. It The opening of Camarena’s exhibit marks nia and Illinois. really is reaching out to the community,” Test the kickoff for Mexico Week, a series of culThe series is made up of portraits of tural, economic and academic events presented said. “So the targeted audience isn’t really women looking directly into the camera in targeted, it’s everybody.”

by Boise State University and the Mexican Test himself spent 13 years living in central front of a white background next to photos Consulate of Boise. Edward “Mac” Test, an Mexico and, fluent in Spanish, currently teach- of an object, also placed against a white associate professor of English at Boise State, background. es translation courses at Boise State. put together the Latin American Arts Festival “Each object represents her connection “The best ambassador for any country is its in 2011 and 2012 and has been the chief orgawith Mexico,” Regalado said. “It could be culture,” Test said. nizer of the 2014 Mexico Week, which began Gabriela Rivas, officer of cultural education … an object that’s traveled the immigration April 7 and runs through Saturday, April 12. journey, it could be something that they and commercial promotion at the consulate, “Now we have concentrated on Mexico plans cultural events for the community. Rivas brought up or that somebody sent them.” and putting together an entire week that The framing and setup of the photographs has only been working at the consulate for six includes not only art and culture, but also is deliberate and meant to create a more acmonths but feels that with the growing popupolitics, history and sociology,” Test said. cessible story for a wide audience. lation of Mexicans in Idaho, there will be a Test has been working with the Mexican “The format is inspired by identification great turnout for all the Mexico Week events.

Consulate for a year to bring together artists, pictures,” Regalado said. “The objects are “I think it’s a great idea,” Rivas said. “As government officials and business people to fill inspired by how archeological artifacts are long as we can promote Mexican artists or the Mexico Week programming, including a catalogued. Both together, the aesthetics, I talk about Mexican history, that is great.” trade panel hosted by the Idaho departments was looking for something that is familiar to Rivas worked with Test to bring in artof Agriculture and Commerce. any audience.” ists including Mexico City native Alejandra “Most people probably don’t know, but For each woman and object, there is an Idaho has had a representative down in Mexi- Regalado. Her photo exhibit, In Reference To: accompanying text, written by the woman Mexican Women of Idaho & Oregon, will be co, for business and trade, for 20 years now,” in the photo, that tells the story of why she on display during Mexico Week at the Boise Test said. “So we’ll be celebrating the 20th chose her object and how it connects her to State’s new classroom and ofanniversary of that relationship Mexico. fice space In BoDo. between Idaho and Mexico.”

“I am really thrilled and honored to be Regalado’s series was Test pointed to the fact that MEXICO WEEK able to show for the first time, this project for inspired by her own journey even though Idaho shares a Runs through Saturday, April Mexico Week,” Regalado said. as an immigrant moving from border with Canada, people of 12. Visit worldlang.boisesWhen Regalado originally traveled to Mexico City to New York City Mexican descent make up the tate.edu/mexicoweek for a schedule of events.

Boise to work on her series, it was during one (where she currently lives) to majority of Idaho’s minorpursue a career in photography. of the Latin American Arts Festivals. ity population, representing “It tells me that there is continually interest “In my case, for example, 10 percent of the Gem State. in these kinds of projects and in Mexican culwhen I moved to the United Mexico has long played a role States, I was able to bring very few things with ture, particularly in the Boise area,” she said. in Idaho history, since the late 1800s, when Test is confident that Mexico Week will me, and that made me think of what other what was called Spanish Town was formed in continue for years to come. women would have chosen at that particular what is now the downtown Boise area.

“I think now is the time to bring it about moment,” she said.

“They called it Spanish Town, but it was and, of course, make Idaho and Idahoans Regalado began the project in New York actually Mexicans that were here working in aware of the larger world that exists beyond City but expanded to other regions of the the mining industry,” Test said. our borders,” Test said. states to create a more expansive series.

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James Coberly Smith is back on the air with Boise Song Talk.

BOISE SONG TALK BACK FOR THIRD SEASON

The Very Most frontman Jeremy Jensen (third from left) is off to England to promote the band’s new EP.

HELLO, GOODBYE The Very Most’s Jeremy Jensen discusses new EP, UK tour BEN SCHULTZ festival in Derbyshire, England.

Twelve years is a long time to do anything— Jensen’s tour (musician friends from especially front a band—but that’s what Scotland, England and Spain will serve as his Jeremy Jensen, of local indie-pop group The Very Most, has been doing since 2002. What backing band) became possible thanks to a small financial windfall. has he learned in those dozen years? How to “I came into some extra money because I prioritize. licensed a song for some commercials on the “I take vacation time off of work often to work on music,” he said. “Instead of going off Internet,” he explained. “Rather than paying taxes [with] that money, I decided to do camping or whatever, I go work in the studio. something music-related with it. And since I’d And it used to be, in the past, I would just sacrifice sleep. But as I get older, that’s becom- been thinking about going over to the UK and getting musicians to play with me, I figured ing less and less feasible. For the most part, this was the best time to do it because I could unless I’ve got a big deadline, I gladly put off afford to. … There’s no way that we’re going music-making for playing a board game with to break even on it; the plane ticket alone was my daughter or something.” $1,500.”

Jensen doesn’t slack in his artistic endeavWhatever the financial cost of the trip, it ors, though. He’s especially proud of the latest will likely be an investment in Jensen’s musiTVM release, Things Too Obvious to Sing, cal future. a four-song EP on which he played all the “The kind of music that we do is a lot instruments and recorded in his home studio. more popular in Europe than here,” he said, “I feel like the recording is actually better, and since I do my own recording, I was pretty noting that 75 percent of the sales of TVM’s 2013 EP Just a Pup came from pleased with that aspect of it,” outside the United States.

Jensen said. “And usually, we THINGS TOO OBVIOUS TO Vinnie Ransome of My throw in at least one cover, ofSING mylittleowlrecords.bandLittle Owl Records is certainly ten because I can’t get enough camp.com enthusiastic about Jensen’s songs of my own done on time. music.

This one was all originals.”

“We believe Jeremy is the epitome of a colReleased March 29 by Sheffield, Englandlaborative musician who has the genius—and based label My Little Owl Records, Things I do mean genius, watching him work is terboasts a clear, quietly sophisticated production, which adds an extra luster to TVM’s jan- rifying—to put together the styles, ideas and talent of others and create perfect pop songs,” gling guitars and sunny, ’60s pop-influenced she wrote in an email. “The Very Most is truly tunes. And though Jensen won’t play any shows in Idaho for the foreseeable future, he’s ‘indiepop’ because [Jensen’s] ethos is to make leaving in July for a short UK tour, which will his pop songs sound beautiful for the listener include a set at the three-day Indietracks music and for himself; they are never crafted simply BOI S EW EEKLY.COM

to be commercially marketable, although we do think everyone should buy the EP because it’s just brilliant.”

TVM’s international fanbase stems from Jensen persistently contacting music blogs, which began with the release of the album Congratulations Forever (2008).

“I think that was kind of a good time to get into it,” Jensen said. “It was kind of before every blogger in the world started getting 100 emails in their inbox every day. … And I investigated a lot of the blogs just to make sure that [they were] right. I didn’t spam-blanket everybody; I tried to do my homework.”

The work paid off. Dublin, Ireland-based label Indiecater Records released A Year with the Very Most in 2010. More recently, TVM was invited to perform at the four-day indiepop festival NYC Popfest in 2013.

“It was an amazing time, and I knew it would be,” Jensen said. “I think—and this isn’t Boise’s fault—the chances that you’d get enough of a concentration of indie-pop fans [that] really get what we’re doing here in town are very slim, given that we’re only a town of 200,000. But it’s different playing to a crowd of people that have come from all over the country that understand the genre of music that you do pretty intimately.”

Whether in Idaho or Ireland, TVM fans can look forward to more music in the future: Jensen hopes to put out a collection of new songs and compilation tracks in 2015. But home will remain a priority.

“As much as I love making music, sometimes I just want to watch Hulu with my wife,” he said.

James Coberly Smith remembers filming the first episode of Boise Song Talk very well.

His guest, local musician Johnny Shoes, pulled his car into the parking lot of Treasure Valley Community Television’s studios, where he was greeted by a camel. The animal was a special guest on wildlife expert Corbin Maxey’s show Live with the Reptile Guy, Smith explained, which was being filmed right before his program.

“I’ve told Johnny Shoes, ‘Nobody else got a camel, buddy. Only you. No one got that treatment,’” he said, laughing. “And I watched him when he drove into the parking lot. He’s looking like, ‘What the heck?’”

In Smith’s view, the moment illustrates a truth of public access TV. “That’s what it’s like: You better be ready to roll with it, you know?” he said.

That attitude has seen Smith through three seasons of Boise Song Talk, which has featured Rebecca Scott, Rosalie Sorrels and other Idaho songwriters discussing their craft. The show’s third season premiered on TVCTV April 4 with an episode on Pinto Bennett. Episodes will air Friday nights at 8 p.m., but the entire season can be viewed now at boisesongtalk.com.

Season three arrives a year and four months after season two, which aired between Oct. 5-Dec. 7, 2012. Smith explained that he used the time between seasons to hone his interviewing skills.

“You start to see how little you know and how much more you have to learn,” he said.

“And then you try to improve.” This involved doing more research on guests and figuring out how to structure and guide interviews.

The learning process continues during the filming of each season, not just for Smith but for the Boise State BOISE SONG TALK University Fridays at 8 p.m. on TVCTV students Channel 11.

Live at tvctvonline.org, or find who shoot past episodes at boisesongand edit the talk.com episodes.

“Once I introduce the guest, I tell [the students], ‘It’s yours. It’s your show. Be creative, have fun, do what you want to do. I don’t want to constrain you at all.’ And I think they enjoy that. … Anything can happen, so it’s a very live show,” Smith said.

Smith looks forward to applying lessons learned to future interviews.

“There are plenty more people I want to talk to, no doubt about it,” he said. “There’s some great people in this town that I haven’t talked to.”

—Ben Schultz

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“Will you, won’t you, will you, won’t you, will you join the dance?”

FRIDAY-SATURDAY APRIL 11-12 off with her head “Pasiphae,” by Karen Lilly. Acrylic on wood, 6”x7.25” (And also awesome.)

FRIDAY APRIL 11-MAY 8 the whole shebang TOTAM REM: BFA EXHIBITION As Boise State University readies for the end of another semester, a new group of on-edge undergrads is preparing for the last finals they may ever take. For many students, this means doing one last revision on their final papers, cramming for exams or compiling statistics for final presentations, but things are a bit different for fine arts majors.

These students are busy adding finishing touches to their illustrations and paintings, adjusting the colors in their photographs and smoothing out the surfaces on their sculptures. See the result of their hard work in Totam Rem, the BFA exhibition, which features a variety of media, on display at Boise State’s Visual Arts Center.

Not only is all of the work in the exhibition by students, but they also curated it and put the Friday, April 11, opening reception together.

The title of the exhibition, Totam Rem, was also the students’ choice: It’s a Latin phrase meaning “the whole thing,” an all-inclusive title for the ceremonial ending of their undergrad studies at Boise State.

The show features the work of 20 students and will be spread throughout the Liberal Arts and Hemingway buildings.

Opening reception: Friday, April 11, 6-8 p.m. FREE. Visual Arts Center, 1819 University Drive, Boise, 208-426-3994. For Visual Arts Center hours, visit art.boisestate.edu/visualartscenter or facebook. com/visualartscenter.

SATURDAY APRIL 12 bumped off LOSS OF THE BIG BOSS: 1920S MURDER MYSTERY When most people conjure the 1920s, they think of big-city glitz and decadence, dapper gents and flappers, and the jazzy swirl of back alley speakeasies.

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corners of the Roaring ’20s were dissipation, despair and death.

Experience both versions of the past as part of the night’s entertainment at Loss of the Big Boss: 1920s Murder Mystery, a fundraiser for the Good Samaritan Home held at the Boise Hotel and Convention Center Saturday, April 12. For $35, those inclined to dressing up in their best period-specific costumes can sip cocktails, enjoy a meal and solve a murder mystery: One of the hosts goes missing, and it’s the job of guests to discover how the

BALLET IDAHO: ALICE IN WONDERLAND You’ve seen it multiple times, whether as a film, a different film, a television show or maybe you even read it as a book. It’s the classic tale that always finds its way back into the spotlight: Alice in Wonderland. But have you seen it interpreted through dance?

Experience the classic childhood fairytale as a live performance courtesy of Ballet Idaho.

The world of topsy-turvy madness is brought to life by choreographer Alex Ossadnik, who has worked around the country on such popular titles as Beauty and the Beast, Carmen and Cinderella.

Ossadnik takes this topsy-turvy world full of color and adventure and places it on the stage for all to admire, accompanied by the music of German composer Herbert Baumann.

“It’s a lot of work, but it’s fun,” Ossadnik said of his experience crafting the ballet. He also assured that the play is family friendly and audience members don’t have to know a thing about ballet to be able to enjoy this new interpretation of a classic.

Be greeted by familiar and favorite characters, as the play is filled with many—the smile of the Cheshire Cat, the bountiful voice of the Red Queen and the false sincerity that is the Mad Hatter.

Do you find yourself believing in up to six different impossible things before you sit down to breakfast? Time to jump down the rabbit hole and make sure not to be late, for this very, very, important date.

April 11, 8 p.m.; April 12 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. $38-$58. Morrison Center, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, 208-426-1110, morrisoncenter.com.

host met his (or her) end, and who did the dirty deed.

The party also includes an auction with items and services donated by the likes of Asiago’s, Idaho Candy Co., Discovery Center of Idaho, Idaho Wine Merchants and Bogus Basin.

The event is a benefit for the Good Samaritan Home, which for 70 years has assisted lowincome adults and the elderly by fulfilling housing, food and laundry needs. Currently the home supports 45 residents, and proceeds from Loss of the Big Boss will help fund its operations this year.

6-9 p.m. $35. Boise Hotel and Convention Center, 3300 Vista Ave., 208-343-6051, goodsamaritanleague.com.

SATURDAY APRIL 12 eggs-cellent fun ZOO BOISE EASTER EGGSTRAVAGANZA Zoo Boise’s annual Easter event is an egg-citing opportunity for kids of all ages, not only to hunt for eggs but also to meet some of the zoo’s newest residents, like a baby anteater and a wallaby joey.

Activities for the family include egg scrambles, face painting, bean-bag tosses, photo ops with the Easter Bunny, visiting the zoo exhibits and Easter egg hunts, which will be scheduled every half-hour—age-specific categories B O I S E WE E KLY. C O M

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KEIKI KUKU FUTONS Say it five times fast: “Schicchi meets Tahiti.”

FRIDAY AND SUNDAY APRIL 11 AND 13 a couple of couples OPERA IDAHO: GIANNI SCHICCHI AND TROUBLE IN TAHITI For those in the opera know, Gianni Schicchi contains one of the most famous soprano arias ever: “O Mio Babbino Caro,” (“Oh My Beloved Father”). Composed in 1918 by Giacomo Puccini, who is considered to be one of the greatest Italian composers, the story follows the actions of a small family as they read the last will and testament of their recently deceased patriarch.

Despite the intimidating pronunciation, Gianni Schicchi (JANee SKEE-kee) is as madcap as as an old rerun of I Love Lucy and is slapstick comedy at its Italian, operatic best.

Trouble in Tahiti, meanwhile, is also comedic but, according to Opera Idaho, it’s a dark comedy more along the lines of Mad Men. With music and libretto by Leonard Bernstein, and set in the mid-20th century, Trouble in Tahiti tells the story of an unhappy, dysfunctional, young married couple, Sam and Dinah.

Both operas will share the stage in back-to-back performances at the Egyptian Theatre, with Opera Idaho stars Michele and Jason Detwiler playing the roles of Sam and Dinah in Tahiti, and Jason performing the title role in Gianni Schicchi, which gets a 1950s update to visually match its counterpart.

Intermission will provide ample opportunity for brushing up on handy Italian phrases such as “Un bicchiere di vino, per favore” and “Si, avro un altro.” In English: “A glass of wine, please” and, “Yes, I’ll have another.”

Opera and adult libations—molto buono!

April 11, 7:30 p.m.; April 13, 2:30 p.m. $12-$70. Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., 208-387-1273, operaidaho.org.

will ensure egg-cellent results for even the smallest searchers. But Easter isn’t only for the humans: Easter-themed animal-enrichment activities are planned throughout the day, in which Zoo Boise inhabitants will get tasty tidbits hidden in decorative boxes or papier-mache eggs hand-made by local Girl Scout troops. The animals who get to eggs-amine the brightly colored containers include lions, maned wolves, tigers, warty pigs, sugar gliders,

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cranes, vultures, meerkats, spider monkeys, tamarins and more. Both the kids and animals will be egg-static.

For more information on age-specific egg scramble schedules, as well as animalenrichment times, visit the Zoo Boise website.

10 a.m. $7 adults, $5 children, FREE for Friends of Zoo Boise Annual Pass Holders. Zoo Boise, 355 Julia Davis Drive, 208-608-7760, zooboise.org.

Watch who you’re calling “wicked.”

WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY APRIL 16-MAY 4 something wicked this way comes FRED MEYER BROADWAY IN BOISE: WICKED If you’re a fan of Frozen, you have to see Wicked.

If you’re a musical theater enthusiast, you have to see Wicked.

If you’ve seen Wicked once, you have to see it again.

You have to see Wicked, but you don’t have to go to New York to do it. The most successful Broadway musical of the 21st centur y flies back into Boise’s Morrison Center Wednesday, April 16, when it will park its broom for 24 roof-raising per formances.

After being on Broadway and London’s West End, Wicked as a road show could pale in comparison. But when the Tony Award-winning blockbuster came to town in May 2011, the thousands who saw it jumped to their feet as this dazzling production brought heretofore unseen spectacle to the Boise theater scene.

If you think you know the Wizard of Oz, think again. In Wicked, monkeys fly for a ver y good reason, the Wizard isn’t so wonder ful and being green is pretty cool. You’re definitely not in Kansas anymore.

And yes, Wicked is the older sister of the Disney blockbuster that took home the Oscar as this year’s bestanimated film. They both champion girl-power with an instantly familiar soundtrack. So, if your daughter is begging you to take her to Frozen for the fifth time or wants you to spring for the DVD, splurge a little and take her to see Wicked. It’s a night (or matinee) she’ll never forget.

Opens Wednesday, April 16; runs through Sunday, May 4, except Mondays. Times var y, $55-$150. Morrison Center, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, 208-426-1110, morrisoncenter.com.

Ask any new parent what are some of the most surprising things about having a baby, and they might smile and say, “The unconditional love I feel for my child.” But before long, a tear may slowly creep down Mommy’s or Daddy’s cheek, prompting them to honestly add, “Oh, yeah, and the lack of sleep,” which may then be followed by the onset of giant, hiccuping sobs. Once the crying stops and Prices vary. Visit keikithe new parent can again speak, kuky.bigcartel.com or reconsideration of the question facebook.com/keikikuku. might lead to an exclamation of, “I can’t believe how fast the Wee Baby outgrows everything!”

Keiki Kuku futons, handmade right here in Boise, don’t promise a full night’s rest for parents, but in the intervals when precious sleep does occur, Wee Babies will be on a soft cushion.

Inside, Keiki Kukus are stuffed with pre-shrunk 100 percent cotton and polyfill, then hand-quilted to “ensure stuffing stays stuffed.” Outside, bright cheerful fabrics (pre-washed with gentle detergent) provide comfort and color that Wee Baby will love, and the simple button-and-loop design allows them to be carried like a bedroll, making them convenient bring-alongs And unlike an ordinary blanket, Keiki Kukus are made to be durable, which means someday, when Mom and Dad visit Now-Grown-Adult with a gift of a Keiki Kuku for the new Wee Grandbaby, they may find an exhausted Now-Grown-Adult weeping into his childhood Keiki Kuku.

—Amy Atkins

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Opens April 11 Annette Bening PLAYS A WIDOW ENJOYING A ROMANCE WITH AN ART TEACHER Ed Harris WHO BEARS AN AMAZING LIKENESS TO HER HUSBAND WHO DIED FIVE YEARS EARLIER Robin Williams, Amy Brenneman AND Jess Weixler CO STAR FOR DIRECTOR Arie Posen

face of love “A compelling psychologial love story.� —VARIETY

Inside: Special Events & May-June Film Schedule Additional films not listed may be shown.

Check www.theflicksboise.com

Schedule is subject to change.

VOL. 30, NO. 2

Opens April 18

In Mumbai, a woman prepares a special lunch with a romantic note enclosed to be sent to her husband, who has not been attentive to her. The lunchbox meant for him at the office is delivered by mistake to an older man. Since her husband did not remark on the lunch or note, she sends another the following day, which is also happily received by the stranger; thus begins a correspondence and soon a close friendship between the two. Written and directed by 2ITESH "ATRA, it stars )RRFAN +HAN and .IMRAT +AUR. “This long-distance love story is comfort food in any language.� —WILLIAM GOSS, FILM.COM

Opens April 11

The third collaboration between Notting Hill director 2OGER -ICHELL and writer (ANIF +UREISHI follows a mature couple (*IM "ROADBENT and ,INDSAY $UNCAN) on a trip to Paris to rekindle their 30-year marriage. *EFF 'OLDBLUM co-stars as an old college friend they bump into.

Opens April 25

Jude Law SHEDS HIS PRETTY BOY LEADING MAN IMAGE TO PLAY THIS SCOUNDREL JUST OUT FROM A YEAR PRISON TERM FOR SAFE CRACKING Richard E. Grant CO STARS

Richard Shepard DIRECTS THIS DARK CRIME COMEDY

Opens April 18

$IRECTOR Jonathon Glazer AND SCREENWRITER Walter Campbell HAVE ADAPTED THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL BY Michel Faber 4HE FIRST FILM IN NEARLY A DECADE FROM THE DIRECTOR OF Sexy Beast IT S AN INTOXICATING LOOK AT THE NATURE OF SEDUCTION !ND WHO COULD BE BETTER AS A SEDUCTRESS DRIVING AROUND RAINY 3COTLAND AND PICKING UP UNSUSPECTING MEN THAN Scarlett Johansson Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Paul Brannigan AND Robert J. Goodwin CO STAR

ALAN PARTRIDGE: ALPHA PAPA Opens May 2

Steve Coogan ORIGINALLY PLAYED THIS CHARACTER ON A SUCCESSFUL "RITISH SIT COM ! SELF ABSORBED TALK SHOW HOST ON NATIONAL TELEVISION 0ARTRIDGE HAS BEEN REDUCED TO A SHOW ON LOCAL RADIO IN HIS HOMETOWN 7HEN IT LOOKS LIKE EVEN THEY WILL BE DOWNSIZING HE THROWS HIS COLLEAGUE UNDER THE BUS TO SAVE HIS JOB 4HE PLAN BACKFIRES WHEN HIS FRIEND SHOWS UP TO TAKE THE STAFF HOSTAGE #OMIC MAYHEM ENSUES Colm Meaney AND Felicity Montagu ALSO STAR Declan Lowney DIRECTS “A scissor-sharp comedy of ineptitude and failure.� ˆ,%3,)% &%,0%2).

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“An intoxicating marvel, strange and sublime.� ˆ $!6% #!,(/5.

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The Mountains Will Wait for You

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!02), !4 0This documentary by &RED 3CHWOEBEL is an homage to 'RACE (UDOWALSKI, the first woman to climb all 46 of the Adirondack Peaks. Edited by ,ORI 2EGAN (Boise, ID). Narrated by *OHNNY #ASH $9 in advance and at the door.

Kiss the Water !02), !4 0Hosted by Trout Unlimited, award winning filmmaker %RIC 3TEEL delves into the life of -EGAN "OYD, who gained notoriety as one of the greatest fly tyers of all time. Not since A River Runs Through It has this world been captured so beautifully. Tickets are $10 in advance at local fly shops and The Flicks. Raffle items, fly-tying demo and no host social hour on the patio (weather permitting) begins at 5:30.

Anne Sportun Fine Jewellery

Available at R. Grey Gallery

415 S. 8th Street Boise, ID 83702 208-385-9337 www.rgreygallery.com

Sprout is a collection of short films either starring or about people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) that breaks down stereotypes and promotes a greater acceptance of differences and awareness of similarities. General admission tickets are $10. Students, seniors, and people with disabilities $8.

Tickets can be purchased at The Flicks or The Arc Idaho. For more information, see www.thearcinc.org or call Nicole Lang at 422-1759. The festival will continue with two more collections of shorts at The Egyptian Theatre May 2nd at 10 AM and 7 PM.

Idaho Japanese Association Presents Godzilla The Japanese Original -!9 !4 0The original 1954 monster classic is making its first American tour this year, in time for Godzilla’s 60th anniversary.

Most Americans remember the edited 1955 American version, remade for a U.S. audience. Here is the classic as it was intended—to unite a Japan rebuilding from WWII and deeply concerned over nuclear weapons. Co-sponsored by The Idaho Horror Film Festival. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door.

COMING THIS SPRING The Railway Man — #OLIN &IRTH stars as a veteran who finds healing from his World War II ordeal when, many years later, he confronts the Japanese soldier who tortured him. Based on the memoir of %RIC ,OMAX and directed by *ONATHAN 4EPLITSKY, it co-stars .ICOLE +IDMAN

3TELLAN 3KARSGARD and *EREMY )RVINE.

11th Annual i48 Film Festival *5.%

ICL Presents: A Fierce Green Fire -!9 !4 02014 marks “50 Years of the Wilderness Act.� To celebrate, Idaho Conservation League presents this film which chronicles the people of the environmental movement. This inspiring evening is dedicated to the environmental activist in all of us.

For more information, contact ICL at (208)345-6933 X16. $10 in advance at The Flicks and ICL office at 6th and Franklin and at the door.

Watch all the entries from this fantastic film competition in which teams have 48 hours to make a short film with an assigned genre as well as one particular character, prop and line of dialogue which must be contained within the film. Loads of fun for the teams and audience! The Best of the Fest will be held on Sunday, June 8 at The Egyptian ($6). Information at www.idaho48.org.

PRESENTS Gianni Schicchi & Trouble in Tahiti April 11 & 13, 2014 The Egyptian Theater

The King and I August, 2014 The Idaho Botanical Garden & The Winery, Hwy 16, Eagle

www.operaidaho.org Tickets starting at $22 Call now: 208-345-3531 x2

Deathtrap May 30 –July 25 As You Like It June 6–27 Les MisÊrables July 3–August 31 Merry Wives of Windsor August 1–30

Where everyone can shop and anyone can join.

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

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Steel Magnolias September 5–28

Layaway Available!

Laurie Birmingham*, Blithe Spirit (2013). *Member Actors’ Equity. Photo—DKM Photography.

www.idahoshakespeare.org or call 208-336-9221

M–F, 10 am to 5 pm

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Opens May 9

4IGHTLY WOUND CONSTRUCTION MANAGER )VAN ,OCKE Tom Hardy IN A TOUR DE FORCE PERFORMANCE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A GIANT HIGH RISE PROJECT THAT REQUIRES HIS ATTENTION 7E FIND HIM INSTEAD IN HIS "-7 ON HIS WAY TO AN OUT OF TOWN ASSIGNATION WITH A WOMAN WHO IS NOT HIS WIFE (E FIELDS CALLS CONTINUOUSLY

PLACATING COMMANDING APOLOGIZING AS HE DRIVES ON INTO THE NIGHT $IRECTED BY Steven Knight “An exceptional one-man show for Tom Hardy, this ingeniously executed study in cinematic minimalism has depth, beauty and poise.�

Opens May 2

In 1974 Chilean filmmaker !LEJANDRO *ODOROWSKY was given carte blanche to make a movie from the science fiction classic, Dune, by &RANK (ERBERT. His grandiose plan included appearances by /RSON 7ELLES -ICK *AGGER $AVID #ARRADINE and 3ALVADOR $ALI, with music by 0INK &LOYD. It never happened, but &RANK 0AVICH has made a marvelous documentary about the project, including interviews with 84 year-old Jodorowsky himself.

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Opens May 9

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Opens May 16

The Mississippi River flood in 1927 was the most destructive flood in !MERICAN HISTORY SQUARE MILES OF LAND were inundated, causing the mass exodus of sharecroppers. The Great Migration from southern to northern cities like Chicago caused a blossoming of the blues that still informs American music today.

Filmmaker "ILL -ORRISON and composer/guitarist "ILL &RISELL use music and historic images to put the audience in the middle of this transitional time.

“Destined for a long life in museums and history classes alike, this is cinema as art, and a classic.� —CHUCK WILSON, L.A. WEEKLY

Opens May 16

Jim Jarmusch PLUNGES INTO THE VAMPIRE GENRE TO WINNING EFFECT WITH AN ALL STAR CAST INCLUDING Tilda Swinton, Mia Wasikowska, Tom Hiddleston, John Hurt AND Anton Yelchin )N HIS CURRENT LIFE CENTURIES OLD !DAM IS A $ETROIT ROCK STAR BEFUDDLED BY TECHNOLOGY AND HIS WIFE OF THE SAME AGE %VE

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Opens May 23

-ISAN 3AGAY S screenplay was inspired by the true story of $IDO %LIZABETH "ELLE, the illegitimate, mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral in the late 18th century who was not able to fully participate in society because of the color of her skin. But when she fell in love with an idealistic vicar’s son, they worked together to end slavery in England. 'UGU -BATHA 2AW 4OM 7ILKINSON

%MILY 7ATSON -IRANDA 2ICHARDSON 3AM 2EID and -ATTHEW 'OODE star for director !MMA !SANTE.

“Sent me out into the full-mooned night, all senses elated, on a glad-to-be-alive high.� ˆ+%)4( 5(,)#( TIME OUT NEW YORK

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THE NEW

Boise Farmers Market Every Saturday- 9am-1pm

at 10th & Grove Farmers you can trust, Food you can trace.

Every Saturday Beginning April 5, 9am-1pm.

ADMISSION Bargain Matinees (before 6:00) ...................$7 Regular Prices: General Admission ...............$9 Children, Students with ID, Senior Citizens 65+ ...................................$7 Active Military .............................................$7 Flicks Card (10 admissions for 1 or 2 persons) ...........$65 Unlimited Annual Pass (for one person) ...$250 Gift Certificates available in any amount.

The Flicks is now Solar Powered!

Thanks to the awesome team at Altenergy!

Watch us generate power on our website, www.theflicksboise.com.

Opens May 30

/N A SUMMER NIGHT IN Richard Dane SHOT AT CLOSE RANGE AND KILLED A BURGLAR BREAKING INTO HIS HOME IN %AST 4EXAS (AILED AS A HERO HIS LIFE BECAME HELL WHEN THE BURGLAR S RECENTLY PAROLED FATHER MAKES IT KNOWN HE WILL AVENGE HIS SON S GRUESOME DEATH �Michael C. Hall, Sam Shepard and Don Johnson make for an unlikely vigilante trio in Jim Mickle’s superior piece of Texas pulp fiction.� ˆ3#/44 &/5.$!3 VARIETY

COLD IN JULY

Opens May 30

Ingoma Nshya, Rwanda’s first and only drumming troupe is made up of women from both sides of the 1994 genocide. *ENNIE $UNDAS and !LEXIS -IESEN of "LUE -ARBLE )CE #REAM partnered with them to open Rwanda’s first ice cream shop, helping them to find their way to healing and independence. Documentarians 2OB AND ,ISA &RUCHTMAN (Academy Award winning editor of The Right Stuff) have captured the hope that lights these women from within. (Not Rated) 3.%!+ 02%6)%7 -!9 0- "%.%&)43 !.! “Contagious Joy abounds.� —ANITA KATZ, S.F. CHRONICLE

Words and Pictures Audience Award Winner, 2014 Palm Springs International Film Festival

SWEET DREAMS

Opens June 13

This profile of illustrator 2ALPH 3TEADMAN, whose work ranged from (UNTER 3 4HOMPSON S Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas to etchings for classics such as Alice in Wonderland and Animal Farm, is narrated by his friend and admirer, *OHNNY $EPP. Steadman joyously discusses his craft. Director #HARLIE 0AUL CREATIVELY ADDS ANIMATION TO AN ARRAY OF THE WEIRD AND QUIRKY Steadman images. “The inventively shot and constructed documentary For No Good Reason is an absorbing look at the unique, surreal work of British cartoonist Ralph Steadman.“ —GARY GOLDSTEIN, L.A. TIMES

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Opens June 6

*ULIETTE "INOCHE and #LIVE /WEN are prep school teachers who each believe their subject has the most value. Literature or Art? A wager involving the students may settle the dispute. Directed by &RED 3CHEPISI.

Opens June 20 !DAPTED FROM THE $OSTOYEVSKY NOVELLA

The Double FOLLOWS 3IMON *AMES Jesse Eisenberg TO HIS MUNDANE JOB WHERE HE FINDS HIS MORE COMPETENT DOUBLE AT HIS DESK )N HIS APARTMENT BUILDING HE SEES THAT THE OBJECT OF HIS DESIRE Mia Wasikowska IS BEING WOOED BY THE DOPPELGANGER $IRECTED BY Richard Ayoade “Confirms that Ayoade is indeed the real deal, an ambitious young filmmaker working in a register shared by far too few of his contemporaries.� ˆ#!,5- -!23( &),- #/B O I S E WE E KLY. C O M Layout and typography by Margaret Parker, margaret_parker@comcast.net

8 DAYS OUT WEDNESDAY APRIL 9

STAGE/REVIEW

On Stage ONCE UPON A MATTRESS—Musical comedy about a kingdom in limbo waiting for the prince to find a wife. Buy tickets online at frescoarts.org or call. 7 p.m. $5-$10. Fresco Arts Academy (formerly ArtsWest), 3467 W. Flint Drive, Eagle, 208-938-5410, frescoarts.org.

THE UNCANNY VALLEY—What does it mean to be human?

World premiere of the new play by Dwayne Blackaller and Matthew Cameron Clark. See review, this page. 8 p.m. $15. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, bctheater. org.

Workshops & Classes ROSES AND IRRIGATION—Learn about producing beautiful healthy roses and how to efficiently water your garden and landscaping.

Register online at parks.cityofboise.org, call 208-608-7700 or email bpr@cityofboise.org. 6 p.m.

FREE. Boise Public Library Hayes Auditorium, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-384-4076, boisepubliclibrary.org.

EZRA POUND CONFERENCE READINGS—Learn about the poet’s legacy in the 21st century.

7 p.m. FREE. Boise State Student Union Bishop Barnwell Room, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 208-426-1000.

MEXICAN POET VALERIE MEJER—Poet Valerie Mejer will offer a bilingual reading of her new book, Rain of the Future. Part of Boise State’s Mexico Week. See Culture, Page 10. 7 p.m. FREE. The Cabin, 801 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-331-8000, 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 Farnsworth Room, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 208-4263275.

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. $40.96$63. Grace Jordan Elementary School, 6411 W. Fairfield Ave., Boise.

THURSDAY APRIL 10 Festivals & Events SNOW BUNNY MAGAZINE WINE

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Carie Kawa portrays daredevil art photographer Sidney Todeschi in BCT’s winner of a play, The Uncanny Valley.

BCT TRANSCENDS WITH UNCANNY VALLEY Boise Contemporary Theater’s The Uncanny Valley has the elements of a soap opera written for 14-year-old boys: ultra-realistic androids, nudity, love triangles and some dangerous ax play. It also has a few charms for adults, too, like tortured artists, cabin fever and meditations on serious issues. It is a story that whimsically wants to go in every direction at once.

The two-act play, which opened April 5, begins lucidly enough: In the distant (but still recognizable) future, Sidney Todeschi (Carie Kawa) is an art photographer with a self-destructive streak.

She is on sabbatical at a longhouse near Stanley, Idaho, where she’s looked after by Stanley (Stitch Marker), the house android.

The two are joined by the longhouse’s owners—scions of the Durney family, inventors of realistic androids—brothers Edgar Durney (Matthew Clark), for whom Sidney is a romantic interest, and Oliver Durney III (Justin Ness), whose wife Fiona Marling Durney (Tracy Sunderland) is at the source of a mysterious duel between the siblings.

The Uncanny Valley has no center THE UNCANNY VALLEY and little focus, but it nevertheless Runs through Saturday, April 26. entertains with its lively characters Boise Contemporary Theater, and meandering plot. It distractedly 854 Fulton St., 208-331-9224, lays emphasis on whichever charbctheater.org. acter is momentarily the most battered or compelling—the brothers’ conflict, an aimless reflection on guilt, forgiveness and the ethics of technological progress push Sidney and Stanley to bystander status—but in this way, playwrights Matthew Cameron Clark and Dwayne Blackaller turn many of its weaknesses into strengths.

The play’s most interesting characters are, unfortunately, some of its most ancillary. Stanley, a “Model A” robot, recites poetry, fondly tells stories about Edgar and Ollie’s childhoods and takes particular pride in cooking. Marker’s performance of a robot playing a mountain man perfectly walks the turf shared by both. Sidney, whose art photos consist of selfies in which she falls from great heights, often resulting in injury, is played with convincing unbalance by Kawa, and her romance with Edgar touchingly fills the gap in her character’s soul.

The storytelling sometimes wanders into superfluity. The first scene of the second act—a flashback featuring Stanley strumming a guitar while the Durney brothers sing and dance—does nothing to resolve the cliffhanger on which the first act ended.

While the first act alludes to a futuristic world, some scenes in the second act lacked that same clarity of purpose.

In the final assessment, the play is a resounding success.

The Uncanny Valley draws its name from the theory of aesthetics that suggests as a representation of a human being—a realistic android, for example—approaches fidelity to the appearance of a person, so increases actual human beings’ revulsion to it. Blackaller and Clark have crafted a play that passes its own smell test by transcending the stage and creating a reality for audiences that feels unmistakably genuine.

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8 DAYS OUT NIGHT—Mix and mingle with the folks from Snow Bunny Magazine.

6:30 p.m. FREE. Bodovino, 404 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-336VINO (8466), bodovino.com.

On Stage BCT 100 WOMEN EVENT—Join BCT for this annual cocktail party event in which 100 women sponsor a play. This time, it’s The Uncanny Valley. Call to RSVP. 5:30 p.m. $50. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, ext. 205, bctheater.org.

ONCE UPON A MATTRESS—See Wednesday. 7 p.m. $5-$10.

Fresco Arts Academy, 3467 W. Flint Drive, Eagle, 208-938-5410, frescoarts.org.

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

Literature EZRA POUND CONFERENCE READINGS—See Wednesday. 7 p.m. FREE. Boise State Student Union Bishop Barnwell Room, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 208-426-1000.

Talks & Lectures BEARING DIGITAL WITNESS: THE HUMANITIES, SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND THE AMERICAN

PRISON COMPLEX—Professor Doran Larson from Hamilton College discusses his experiences teaching creative writing at Attica Prison. 6 p.m. FREE. Boise State Student Union Lookout Room, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 208-426-2468.

IDAHO CLIMATE TALKS: RAIN, TROUT AND FIRE—Scientists from the University of Idaho and U.S. Forest Service discuss changes to our climate that will define Idaho’s future. 6 p.m.

FREE. Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-3844076, boisepubliclibrary.org.

FRIDAY APRIL 11 Festivals & Events ALT PROM—EDM prom alternative for ages 15-19 with stateissued or high-school ID, featuring DJs Skape, 3ternal, Bewm!

Bewm!, Deekoh and X-Fade.

Tickets available at altprom.eventbrite.com. 8 p.m. $10 adv., $12 door; couples $15 adv., $20 door.

Mardi Gras Ballroom, 615 S. Ninth St., Boise, 208-342-5553.

IDAHO MENNONITE WORLD RELIEF FESTIVAL—Great food and auction items. For a full schedule, visit idahomrs.org. 5 p.m. FREE. College Church of the Nazarene, 504 E. Dewey Ave., Nampa, 208466-8421, collegechurchnampa. org.

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TOTAM REM BFA ART EXHIBITION—Featuring the final exhibition of graduating Boise State University undergraduate art students. See Picks, Page 12 6 p.m. FREE. Boise State University Visual Arts Center, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 208-426-3994, art. boisestate.edu.

ego State University, analyzes the various ways in which Mexicans are perceived and presented by the media. 7 p.m. FREE. Boise State Student Union Farnsworth Room, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 208-426-3275.

On Stage

BOISE STATE MEN’S TENNIS— Boise State vs. U.C. Irvine. Visit broncosports.com for more info.

1 p.m. FREE. Appleton Tennis Center, Boise State campus, Boise, boisestate.edu.

BALLET IDAHO: ALICE IN WONDERLAND—On the occasion of Alice Kingsley’s 15th birthday, the Hadmatter family, friends of the Kingsleys, are hosting a ball in Alice’s honor. Tickets at boisestatetickets.com. See Picks, Page 12. 8 p.m. $38-$58.

Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-4261110, mc.boisestate.edu.

BOISE CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES: YING QUARTET—The Ying Quartet combines communicative performances with an imaginative view of chamber music. 7:30 p.m. $20-$25. Morrison Center Recital Hall, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-426-1609.

HARVEY—This is the story of Elwood P. Dowd and his imaginary friend, Harvey, a 6-foot-tall rabbit.

7:30 p.m. $11-$14 adv., $12-$16 door. Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise, 208-342-5104, boiselittletheater.org.

LIPSINC!: THE NAKED CITY—Idaho’s premier femaleimpersonation troupe performs.

Reservations recommended; call 208-368-0405 to RSVP. 8:30 p.m. $20. Balcony Club, 150 N. Eighth St., Ste. 226, Boise, 208336-1313, thebalconyclub.com.

ONCE UPON A MATTRESS—See Wednesday. 7 p.m. $5-$10.

Fresco Arts Academy (, 3467 W. Flint Drive, Eagle, 208-938-5410, frescoarts.org.

OPERA IDAHO—Opera Idaho performs Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini and Trouble in Tahiti by Leonard Bernstein. See Picks, Page 13. 7:30 p.m. $15-$69.

Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, 208-345-0454, 208-3871273, egyptiantheatre.net.

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

Literature EZRA POUND CONFERENCE READINGS—See Wednesday. 7 p.m. FREE. Boise State Student Union Bishop Barnwell Room, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 208-426-1000.

Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk.

Go to www.boiseweekly.com and look under odds and ends for the answers to this week’s puzzle. And don’t think of it as cheating.

Think of it more as simply double-checking your answers. © 2013 Mepham Group.

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EZRA POUND CONFERENCE POETRY READING—Valerie Mejer, Bob Perelman and Jennifer Scappettone read poetry, as part of the Boise State Ezra Pound Conference. 7 p.m. FREE. The Cabin, 801 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-331-8000, thecabinidaho.org.

LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS

Talks & Lectures MEXICO WEEK LECTURE: WILLIAM NERICCIO—William Nericcio, professor of English and comparative literature at San Di-

Sports & Fitness

Kids & Teens LOCK IN FOR KIDS—Stay locked in all night and enjoy movies, swimming, games and a pizza party. For ages 6-12. 7 p.m. $20$25. Nampa Recreation Center, 131 Constitution Way, Nampa, 208-468-5858, namparecreation. org.

SATURDAY APRIL 12 Festivals & Events CONDUCTOR COTTONTAIL EXPRESS—Enjoy free hot cocoa for the kiddies, family photo ops with Conductor Cottontail and a train ride to the town of Spring Meadows, where everyone will take part in Easter egg hunts, face painting and balloon animals. Optional brunch available.

Visit the website for details. 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. $10-$70. Thunder Mountain Line Scenic Train Rides, 120 Mill Road, Horseshoe Bend, 877-IDA-RAIL or 208-7934425, thundermountainline.com.

FAMILY DAY: ART OF FINGERPRINTING—The program includes family tours of the Creativity and Work exhibition, followed by a fun fingerprinting art project. 3 p.m. and 4 p.m.

FREE. Sun Valley Center for the Arts, 191 Fifth St. E., Ketchum, 208-726-9491, sunvalleycenter. org.

TASTE208—Check out Idaho’s only beer, wine and spirits spring release tasting event. Held in Hyde Park on Eastman Street.

See website for more information. 6 p.m. $35. taste208event. com.

VALLEY BIKE SWAP—Rolling H Cycles brings cycling enthusiasts together to find rare treasures and great deals. For more info, visit website. 9 a.m. FREE. Lloyd Square, Nampa, valleybikeswap. com.

YOGA AND BEER TASTING—Idaho Health and Yoga Awareness presents this unique event that celebrates fitness and brews. 6 p.m. FREE. A2O Fitness, 511 S. Americana Blvd., Boise, 208-344-5377, a2ofitness.com.

ZOO BOISE EASTER EGGSTRAVAGANZA— Go to the zoo for photo ops, face painting, Easter egg hunts and more. See Picks, Page 12. 10 a.m. FREE-$7. Zoo Boise, 355 Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208-608-7760, zooboise.org.

On Stage BALLET IDAHO: ALICE IN WONDERLAND—On Alice Kingsley’s 15th birthday, the Hadmatter family, friends of the Kingsleys, host a ball in Alice’s honor. Tickets at boisestatetickets.com. See Picks, Page 12. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. $38-$58. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-426-1609, box office: 208-426-1110, mc.boisestate. edu.

COMEDYSPORTZ FOOLS VS. TRIXSTERS—Enjoy improv comedy that is never the same twice.

7:30 p.m. $5-$10. ComedySportz Boise, 3250 N. Lakeharbor Lane, Ste. 184A, Boise, 208991-4746, comedysportzboise. com.

HARVEY—See Thursday. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. $11-$14 adv., $12$16 door. Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise, 208-3425104, boiselittletheater.org.

LIPSINC: THE NAKED CITY— See Friday. 8:30 p.m. $20.

Balcony Club, 150 N. Eighth St., Ste. 226, Boise, 208-336-1313, thebalconyclub.com.

ONCE UPON A MATTRESS— See Wednesday. 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. $5-$10. Fresco Arts Academy (formerly ArtsWest), 3467 W. Flint Drive, Eagle, 208938-5410, frescoarts.org.

SING ON: A CELEBRATION OF LOVE AND MUSIC—The Common Ground Community Chorus performs, followed by a dessert auction. 7 p.m. $5. First Congregational United Church of Christ, 2201 Woodlawn Ave., Boise, 208-344-5731, commongroundboise.org.

THE UNCANNY VALLEY—See Wednesday. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. $15. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, bctheater.org.

Literature THE MINIMALISTS—The Minimalists promote their forthcoming memoir, Everything that Remains, with a reading, signing and discussion of how to cut out the clutter. 6 p.m.

FREE. Rediscovered Books, 180 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-3764229, rdbooks.org.

Animals & Pets CUTTING HORSE SPRING SHOW—The Boise Valley Cutting Horse Association hosts the NCHA Spring Weekend Show. 8 a.m. FREE. Heritage Equine Park, 111 22nd Ave. Canyon County Fairgrounds, Caldwell, 208-8619512.

OWLS AROUND THE GULCH— Learn about wild Great Horned

EYESPY Real Dialogue from the naked city

Illustration by Zach Hagadone

LOSS OF THE BIG BOSS: GOOD SAMARITAN HOME SPRING GUIL-TEA PARTY AND MURDER MYSTERY—Indulge in some of the pleasures of the 1920s, with great food, drink and entertainment, including a whodunit murder mystery. See Picks, Page 12. 6 p.m. Boise Hotel and Conference Center, 3300 S. Vista Ave., Boise, 208-343-4900.

IDAHO MENNONITE WORLD RELIEF FESTIVAL—See Friday.

7:30 a.m. FREE. College Church of the Nazarene, 504 E. Dewey Ave., Nampa, 208-466-8421, collegechurchnampa.org.

INTERNATIONAL FOOD, SONG AND DANCE FESTIVAL—Celebrate Boise State’s international population with food, music and dance from Russia, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Brazil, South Korea, Japan, Turkey and Nepal, among others. 5:30 p.m. $15, $5 for students with ID and free for children 5 and younger. Boise State Student Union Jordan Ballroom, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 208-426-5800, boisestate.edu.

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8 DAYS OUT Owls and their owlets. No preregistration required for this drop-in program.

10 a.m. FREE. Jim Hall Foothills Learning Center, 3188 Sunset Peak Road, Boise, 208-514-3755, boiseenvironmentaleducation.org.

PRESS—See Saturday. Noon. $10$70. Thunder Mountain Line Scenic Train Rides, 120 Mill Road, Horseshoe Bend, 877-IDA-RAIL or 208-793-4425, thundermountainline.com.

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On Stage

Festivals & Events CONDUCTOR COTTONTAIL EX-

OPERA IDAHO—See Friday. 2:30 p.m. $15-$69. Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, 208-345-0454, 208387-1273, egyptiantheatre.net.

Animals & Pets CUTTING HORSE SPRING SHOW— See Saturday. 8 a.m. FREE. Heritage Equine Park, 111 22nd Ave. Canyon County Fairgrounds, Caldwell.

MONDAY APRIL 14 Citizen

KEGS4CAUSE—Beneficiary Life’s Kitchen will have food available for purchase between 5-9 p.m. 3 p.m. FREE. Payette Brewing Company, 111 W. 33rd St., Garden City, 208-344-0011, payettebrewing.com.

Kids & Teens MAD SCIENCE—Make new discoveries and solve scientific riddles by participating in fun experiments. For ages 6-12. 4:30 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library, Lake Hazel Branch,

10489 Lake Hazel Road, Boise, 208-297-6700, adalib.org.

TUESDAY APRIL 15 Festivals & Events IDAHO WRITERS GUILD LITERARY LUNCH—Presenter Kurt Koontz, the author of A Million Steps, will discuss how to market a book. For more info, call or email mm@merileemarsh.com. 11:30 a.m.

Riverside Hotel, 2900 Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-921-5328, riversideboise.com.

WEDNESDAY APRIL 16 Festivals & Events IDAHO MEDIA PROFESSIONALS LUNCH—Members of the media in Idaho are invited to have lunch and mingle, as well as discuss issues related to the media in our community. April’s’s featured speakers are filmmakers David Thompson and Bronwyn Leslie. 11 a.m. FREE-$5. Smoky Mountain Pizza and Pasta, 415 E. Parkcenter Blvd., Boise, 208-429-0011, smokymountainpizza.com.

NATIONAL HEALTH CARE DECISION DAY—Get information about advance care planning and directive forms such as power of attorney and living wills. Get more info at nationalhealthcaredecisionsday.org. 10 a.m. FREE. Harrison’s Hope Hospice, 3137 S. Meridian Road, Ste. 120, Meridian, 208947-6800, harrisonshope.com.

On Stage THE UNCANNY VALLEY—See Wednesday, April 9. 8 p.m. $15. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, bctheater.org.

WICKED—Winner of 35 major awards, including a Grammy and three Tony Awards, Wicked returns to Boise to give audiences the true story about the witches of Oz. Tickets at boisestatetickets.com. See Picks, Page 13. 7:30 p.m. $55-$175. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-426-1110, mc.boisestate.edu.

Literature HISTORICAL SOCIETY BOOK DISCUSSION— Archivist Steve Barrett will lead a discussion of Stephanie McCurry’s Confederate Reckoning: Power and Politics in the Civil War South. Then stay for a guided tour of the “Abraham Lincoln: His Legacy in Idaho” permanent exhibit. 6 p.m. FREE. Idaho State Archives, 2205 N. Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208) 334-2620, history.idaho.gov.

Talks & Lectures CONVERSATION ON GENDER, SEXUALITY AND CENSORSHIP IN IDAHO—The Boise State University Gender Studies Club presents a panel discussion of the graphic novel Blue is the Warmest Color, a tenderly told story about a young woman who becomes captivated by a girl with blue hair, and the film by the same name that was recently banned in Boise. 6 p.m. FREE. Rediscovered Books, 180 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-376-4229, rdbooks.org.

Kids & Teens SCHOOL BREAK PROGRAM—Celebrate Earth Day early with earth-friendly crafts and science activities and a wastewater treatment plant tour.

10 a.m. FREE. Boise WaterShed, 11818 W. Joplin Road, Boise, 208-489-1284, cityofboise.org/bee/ watershed.

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With Desirae Bronson, 8 p.m., $30-$60. Revolution Concert House, 4983 Glenwood, Garden City, cttouringid.com.

DELTA RAE—8 p.m. $18-$40.

Knitting Factory

BEN BURDICK TRIO WITH AMY ROSE—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

FRED CRABTREE—7 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel

BLACK MOTHER JONES—10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s

THE BROTHERS GRAHAM AND FRIENDS—7 p.m. FREE. High Note Cafe CYMRY—7 p.m. FREE. Crescent Brewery HELLS BELLES—8:30 p.m. $13-$30. Knitting Factory HOKUM HI-FLYERS—7 p.m.

FREE. Sockeye Grill

CHUCK SMITH—2 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

JOE NICHOLS—8 p.m. With Desirae Bronson. See Listen Here, this page. $30-$60. Revolution

CLUB REV: FRESH DIRECT—9 p.m. $3-$7. Revolution

Karla Bonoff KARLA BONOFF—With Andy Byron and James Coberly Smith.

7:30 p.m. $25-$35. Sapphire Room KEVIN KIRK AND FRIENDS—6:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers MARIA IN THE SHOWER—7 p.m. FREE with a ticket from boisestatetickets.com. Boise State Special Events Center RHYTHM RANGERS—6:30 p.m.

FREE. Highlands Hollow SINGER-SONGWRITER SHOWCASE AFTERPARTY—With Br’er Rabbit. 9 p.m. By donation. The Crux

EVER SO ANDROID—With The West, Mother Shipton and Pop Overkill. 7 p.m. $5. Neurolux SONS OF THUNDER MOUNTAIN—7 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel

FRIDAY APRIL 11 BIG TWIG (FORMERLY ALPENFLOW)—With Jupiter Holiday. 10 p.m. $5. Grainey’s

RYAN WISSINGER—8:30 p.m.

FREE. Piper Pub SANDPIPER CIRCUIT SAMPLER CONCERT—7:30 p.m.

Featuring Hisel & Dyer, Bollar & Barton, Kenny Saunders, Johnny Pisano, Jim Fishwild, Don Cunningham and Greg Martinez. $10-$15. $20 family of 4. Sapphire Room TACOCAT—With Toy Zoo, The Nunnery, King Brat, Sword of a Bad Speller. 8 p.m. $TBA. The Crux

JOHN JONES TRIO—8 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers

CULT LEADER—With Yautja, Blackcloud and Trite. 7 p.m. $7.

The Crux

KEVIN KIRK—6:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers CHELSEA CALL

In recent years, country music has expanded beyond honkytonks and even the Grand Ole Opry into venues and arenas once the exclusive playground of rock and pop stars, which is why it isn’t all that surprising that on his Boise stop, country musician Joe Nichols, touring behind his recent release Crickets (Red Bow Records, 2013), is performing at Revolution Concert House—a place that will also see Ellie Goulding, Ty Dolla Sign and Tyler the Creator grace its stage. Arkansas native Joe Nichols’ career nearly ended before it began, when he was dropped from two labels before he was old enough to rent a car. But with perseverance—and a sonorous voice, twangy guitar and in-the-pocket storytelling—came recognition (Grammy nominations, ACM awards, a platinum-certified album), which led to some beneficial friendships with the likes of Alan Jackson and Toby Keith. Now, Nichols can play just about any place he wants.

—Amy Atkins

THURSDAY APRIL 10

K AR LA B ONOFF

JOE NICHOLS, APRIL 11, REVOLUTION

WEDNESDAY APRIL 9

SATURDAY APRIL 12 BERNIE REILLY AND DAVE MANION—7 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel BIG TWIG (FORMERLY ALPENFLOW)—10 p.m. With Jupiter Holiday. $5. Grainey’s

Maxwell Hughes

BOISE BLUES SOCIETY JAM SESSION—For all ages. 3 p.m.

FREE. The Drink

MAXWELL HUGHES—7:30 p.m. $5-$10. The District

BRANDON PRITCHETT—8:30 p.m. FREE. Piper Pub

MC4—6 p.m. FREE. Artistblue

CHUCK SMITH TRIO WITH NICOLE CHRISTENSEN—8 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers

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

THE MIDNIGHT GHOST TRAIN—9 p.m. $8. Shredder

BREAD AND CIRCUS—8 p.m.

FREE. Cylos Grill

REX MILLER & RICO WEISMAN—6 p.m. FREE. Berryhill

EDMOND DANTES—With The Blaqks and Dirty Like Monkey. 7 p.m. $5. Neurolux

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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GUIDE ERIC GRAE—6 p.m. FREE. Berryhill EVERGREEN MACHINE—7:30 p.m. FREE. The District THE HEARTBURNERS—6 p.m.

FREE. Artistblue MEGAN NELSON—7 p.m. FREE. Willi B’s MONTANA ROSE—8 p.m. $8$12. Sapphire Room S.A.D.F.A.C.E.: FULL SPEKTRUM PARTY—With The Bleach Effect, DJ Lambda, CJ Onigiri and more.

6 p.m.-1 a.m. FREE. Crux.

TENSION OF OPPOSITES—8 p.m. FREE. Artistblue

KEVIN KIRK AND SALLY TIBBS—6:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

SUNDAY APRIL 13

OFF!—With NASA Space Universe. 7 p.m. $10. Neurolux

FOR THE SAKE OF ALBUM RELEASE PARTY—With Our City Skyline, Search Lights, Sheep Among Wolves and Fox Alive. 6 p.m. $5. The Crux JIM LEWIS—6 p.m., FREE, Lulu’s KING PARROT—With Brutal Season and Astral Vapors. 7 p.m. $10. Shredder MICKY AND THE MOTORCARS—With Jason Lugo Band and Innocent Man. 8 p.m. $21$40. Knitting Factory

RADIO BOISE SOCIAL HOUR: DJ BRYAN JAMES—5:30 p.m.

FREE. Neurolux Katie Herzig KATIE HERZIG—8:30 p.m. $15$25. Knitting Factory SAY HI AND BIG SCARY—9 p.m. See Listen Here, this page. $10. The Crux CHUCK SMITH AND NICOLE CHRISTENSEN—6:30 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers

INGRID RENAN

THE SIDEMEN—5:30 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers VOLBEAT—7:30 p.m. $30-$40.

Taco Bell Arena

Typhoon TYPHOON—With Wild Ones and Hollow Wood. 8 p.m. $15-$35.

Knitting Factory WILLISON-ROOS AND CHAZ BURRY—9 p.m. FREE. O’Michael’s

TUESDAY APRIL 15

WEDNESDAY APRIL 16 SAY HI, APRIL 14, CRUX CUNNINLYNGUISTS—With Sadistik, J-Live, Nemo, and Nemo Achida. 7 p.m. $10. Neurolux HILLFOLK NOIR—6:30 p.m.

FREE. Highlands Hollow KEVIN KIRK AND FRIENDS—6:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers MISSISSIPPI MARSHALL— 6:30 p.m. FREE. Willi B’s

MONDAY APRIL 14

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

NNU LIVE JAZZ—8 p.m. FREE. Flying M Coffeegarage

BOURBON DOGS—7 p.m. FREE. Sockeye Grill

ONWARD, ETC.—7 p.m. $5.

The Crux

DAN TEDESCO—6:30 p.m.

FREE. Highlands Hollow

JEANNIE CANNON—5:30 p.m.

FREE. O’Michael’s

PATRICIA FOLKNER—7 p.m.

FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel

CAPTURE THE CROWN—With Palisades, City of Embers and An Empire of Lions. 6 p.m. $10.

Shredder

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It’s unlikely anyone uses the word “lazy” to describe Say Hi’s Eric Elbogen.

For more than 10 years, the Seattle-based musician has been writing, recording and touring steadily with an everrotating cast of backing musicians, showing another facet of creativity with each successive album. When Boise Weekly last talked to Elbogen in 2011, he had recently released Um, Uh Oh, a collection of tracks that highlighted his talents as a wordsmith—as well as a musician.

Endless Wonder, Say Hi’s eighth album, is due out on Tuesday, June 17 (on Barsuk Records), and after an early listen to “Such a Drag,” the first single off of Endless Wonder, Stereogum wrote, “moving from brittle drums and glaring synths to sections of skronky guitars, it goes all over the map while still keeping a tight structure.”

—Amy Atkins With Big Scary, 9 p.m., $10, adv. tickets available at theduckclub.com. The Crux, 1022 W. Main St., facebook.com/ thecruxcoffeeshop.

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TARA MORGAN Lifshitz says Passover wines are easier to features six symbolic items displayed on a spefind in Boise than other Kosher products. cial seder plate. While some of these foods are “There are three places that carry kosher eaten during the reading of the Haggadah—a wine here. There’s more places if you count guide outlining the order of the seder and Manischewitz, but explaining the significance of the meal—others we don’t call that real are there for ceremonial purposes. wine,” said Lifshitz, “The first item is a shank laughing. “The bigbone, which is not eaten. It’s gest selection is a a roasted bone. People store on Overland usually use the shank called Tres Bonne of a lamb or a chicken Cuisine. … drumstick or some They have type of a bone that quite a decent represents the Pesach, selection of the Passover offering Israeli kosher in the times of the wines. The temple in JerusaBoise Co-op lem,” explained also has Lifshitz. some, and a Other cerrecent addiemonial seder tion is Trader foodstuffs Joe’s.” include But in case a beitzah, a bottle of wine and hard-boiled a hard-boiled egg egg that repredon’t sound like a sents the circle well-rounded meal, of life; maror, the Passover seder or bitter herbs also includes a full (usually horseraddinner. Items served at ish and romaine letthis point in the evening tuce or endive) that tend to be more cultural represent the bitterversus ritual, so they vary ness of enslavement; widely from family to charoset, a chutney family. of chopped fruits, nuts and “At Passover, we have all these spices that represents the mortar ritual foods that we’re eating—so slaves used when erecting buildings for we’re eating matzah, the unleavened the Egyptians; and karpas (usually parsley bread; you’re eating the bitter herbs—so by but can be any vegetable), which is dipped the time dinner comes around, you’ve had a in salt water and symbolizes the tears of the lot of appetizers,” said Lifshitz. “But at any slaves. rate, with a lot of people, brisket is very popu“A lot of the rituals surrounding the seder lar. … Chicken soup, often with matzah balls, dinner are connected to slavery and freedom. is very popular. Gefilte fish would also be a They’re contrasting points, but on this evening, we sort of highlight both and remember very popular item for the Passover dinner.”

Chabad Lubavitch of Idaho is hosting a we were enslaved and it was pretty difficult Community Passover Seder but we are free and we’re Monday, April 14, at 7:30 pretty thankful for that,” p.m. The meal will feature said Lifshitz.

COMMUNITY PASSOVER SEDER kosher wines, gefilte fish One of the biggest ways Monday, April 14, 7:30 p.m., $25 imported from New York, a Jews celebrate their freedom adults, $20 per child.

Waldorf salad, chopped liver, during the Passover seder Chabad Jewish Center, 3813 W. brisket, roasted potatoes, is by consuming a generous State St., Boise, 208-853-9200, sweet potato kugel and amount of wine. jewishidaho.com/pesach2014 roasted veggies. And like all “When we have an imporPassover seders, the meal is tant holiday, the beginning designed to commemorate Jewish history and of the meal is always a blessing over wine pass on that knowledge to a new generation. or grape juice and that’s because we want to “What better way to entice people to redemonstrate how important this meal is, and wine is considered to be a luxury drink versus ally think about something than food?” said Lifshitz. “Food is intergenerational dialogue, just a drink,” said Lifshitz. “But on Passover, which is what the Passover seder is about; it’s we don’t suffice with just one glass, we have about a discussion.” four glasses of wine.”

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If you’ve walked through a Treasure Valley Albertson’s recently, you’ve probably noticed a table piled high with unfamiliar items—boxes of Streit’s Potato Pancakes, giant packages of Yehuda Passover Matzos, bottles of Kedem Sparkling Concord Grape Juice and murky jars of Mrs. Adler’s Gefilte Fish filled with bobbing, grayish lumps.

Aside from the annual Deli Days celebration, most Boiseans rarely interact with traditional Jewish foodstuffs. But Passover, a Jewish holiday celebrated for seven or eight days (depending on the branch of Judaism) that starts on the full moon in April, is a great opportunity to sink your teeth into Jewish history and culinary traditions. Why? Because each item consumed during the Passover seder—a ritual feast that’s hosted on the first night of Passover, this year Monday, April 14—is filled with thousands of years of meaning.

“Essentially, Passover celebrates the liberation of the Jewish people from Egyptian bondage over 3,300 years ago,” said Rabbi Mendel Lifshitz of Chabad Lubavitch of Idaho. “When the Jews were finally able to escape Egypt, they were in a hurry to do so before the pharaoh would change his mind and not let them go. So in their rush out of Egypt, they were making dough to bake bread but the dough did not have time to rise, so when they left Egypt, they essentially left with unleavened bread.”

Prior to Passover, Jews purge their houses of leavened products, or chametz, made from barley, wheat, oats, spelt or rye. For the duration of the holiday, they’re only allowed to consume unleavened bread products produced in under 18 minutes—aka matzah.

“According to Jewish tradition, unleavened bread is bread that is produced in under 18 minutes because once 18 minutes go by, the fermentation, albeit microscopically, starts to begin,” said Lifshitz.

Matzah is often ground into flour (matzah meal) or formed into dumplings (matzah balls) for additional dining options during Passover.

Lifshitz said there are also a number of newer kosher for Passover products like potato starch pasta that have made their way into the marketplace, but they can be hard to find in Boise.

“In Boise, the broadest selection of kosher for Passover products is in the Albertson’s supermarket in Parkcenter,” said Lifshitz.

“Whole Foods has a little bit for Passover, the Albertson’s in Eagle—there’s a few stores that carry a broader selection than others.”

To make up for the lack of local options, Chabad Lubavitch of Idaho imports matzah directly from Israel for Passover.

“We import the hand-baked matzah, which is different than the machine matzah that you can buy in the supermarkets,” said Lifshitz.

“Hand-baked matzah is more traditional, it follows the ancient ways of baking.”

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—David Kirkpatrick

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THE BIG SCREEN/SCREEN

LE WEEKEND: C’EST FORMIDABLE Love, like fine French wine, needs to breathe GEORGE PRENTICE I’ve always had the sneaking suspicion that too many films about Paris have been made by Passports, please: Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan visit a lot more than Paris tourist traps in Le Week-End. people who haven’t spent a lot of time there.

You know the movies: the ones where couples drifts away from the gathering and finds a cuddle by the Eiffel Tower. C’est des conneries. to catch up with her) and begins to fill the young man listening to music in a bedroom. driver’s hand with more than a few francs, Pardon my French, but those films are “Aren’t you enjoying the party?” the fueling a magnifique, albeit brief, taxi tour about as authentic as the World Showcase of Paris’ hidden charms (trust me, a Franco- young man asks. at Disney World or Paris Las Vegas, which “Enjoyment isn’t my thing,” says Nick, phile knows all too well that more than any is why I’m especially happy to report Le almost with embarrassment. other city on the planet, cash in the hand of Week-End is set to touch down and unpack Enjoyment isn’t Meg’s “thing” either.

Paris cabbie does wonders). its bags in Boise.

They’re both intellectuals with only random Meg and Nick end up in a four-star To its credit, Le Week-End lingers like bursts of social grace. Occasionally they’re hotel, thus beginning a weekend that will a Sunday afternoon rather than a cliched out of sync with each other, especially when Saturday night in a city of lights (Something’s far surpass their budget—only one of many it comes to romance, but they’re also able to problems they’ll uncover. A highlight of the Gotta Give, Forget Paris). And le petit chocslip into moments of simpatico that should film is a wonderfully awkward dine-andolat that is Le Week-End is served to us by feel familiar to any couple that has weathdash episode later that evening. a Brit: Roger Michell, the director who sucered the storm of disinterest. It’s not as if But a major word of caution here: Please cessfully put his country’s Notting Hill on the don’t make the mistake Meg and Nick have entirely worn out life’s cinematic map in 1999. dance card, they just tend to sit a few out of confusing Le WeekSo it should come as no while waiting for the band to play someEnd with other recent, surprise that Michell LE WEEK-END (R) popular art-house films thing familiar. adroitly explores Paris Directed by Roger Michell The pommes frites of Le Week-End is such as The Best Exthrough British couple Starring Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan otic Marigold Hotel or an unlikely but delicious appearance by Meg and Nick Burrows Opens Friday, April 11, at The Flicks Jeff Goldblum as an American in Paris who Quartet, which some(note-perfect Lindhow treat maturity as a happens to be Nick’s old college chum. In say Duncan and Jim the choice scenes that Goldblum shares with punchline. Alternately, Broadbent), revisiting Broadbent and Duncan, they all crackle. and more appropriately, Le Week-End’s the city of their honeymoon on their 30th Ultimately, this is economical filmmaklead characters are not jokesters. Mind you, wedding anniversary. they’re funny and occasionally hilarious, but ing, and I mean that as the highest of praise.

It becomes tres clair in the film’s early There’s not a specious scene from director Meg and Nick are also fragile and bitterframes that this trip is not intended to sweet. And because they know each other so Michell and screenwriter Hanif Kureishi in rekindle nor end this marriage. Within Le Week-End, their fourth collaboration. well, they each hold the power to hurt one moments of their arrival in Paris, Meg More importantly there’s not a false moanother—all the more reason to love this learns that Nick has booked an economy ment from Broadbent, Duncan or Goldhotel—“economy” meaning a raging embar- gem of a film. blum. Enjoying such artistry is a full bottle Deep into Le Week-End, Meg and Nick rassment for Meg, who is so disgusted she of beaujolais; but let it breathe. are invited to a house party, when Nick jumps into a taxi (Nick barely manages

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B O I S E W E E K LY CHANGE (Adult) A Petition to change the name of Kevin Michael Crist, 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 Suzi Alis Crist. 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 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 ch ange.

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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.

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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 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.

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Objections may be filed by any person who can show the court a good reason against the name change.

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.

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) 287-6900 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 208-6294567, Facsimile 208-392-1400.

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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DATED this 20th day of March, 2014.

CHRISTOPHER D. RICH, CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT By: /s/ Ric Nelson, Deputy Clerk 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: PAUL DAVID ESTEP, JR. 08/07/1980 AND DUSTIE RENAE HEIDEMAN 11/14/1979 Legal Name 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 EstepValentine, 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.

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.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN in the Estate of Dorothy Jean Marr, Case No. CV IE 1405818, that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of the above-named decedent.

All persons having claims against the decedent or the estate are required to present their claims within four months after the date

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CANYON IN RE: Rafael Salinas Legal Name Case No. CV 2014-2316 NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE(Adult) A Petition to change the name of Rafael Salinas, 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 Roxie Chula Salinas. The reason for the change in name is: Gender Identity.

A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 930 o’clock a.m. on (date) April 10, 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.

Date 3-3-14 CHRIS YAMAMOTO CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT By: T CRAWFORD DEPUTY CLERK JUDGE JEROLD W LEE PUB March 12, 19, 26 & April 2, 2014

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PEN PALS BW PEN PALS Hey there. I am 33 years old, blonde hair, green eyes and 5’9”. I am lonely and simply looking for an interesting person to write to. I Love having conversation and I am hoping for someone who likes the same. Hope to hear from you soon! Latrisha Nielson #65888 13200 S. Pleasant Valley Rd Kuna, ID 83634.

Hey my name is Brittany Burrell, but you can call me Britt or just B. I’m 22 years old. I’m 5’2 with amazing green eyes. I’m an extremely positive person with a positive out look on life. I’m honest and a straight forward person. I love to laugh and

make people laugh and have fun.

I’m interested in a real, fun pen pal to keep me company. Brittany Burrell #107776 13200 S Pleasant Valley Rd Kuna, ID 83634.

40 year old male in dire need of a female to correspond with. My name is Richard Trower #99100 and I’m currently incarcerated, at NICI 236 Radar Rd Cottonwood, ID 83522. I have no one out there, and need a break from all this macho man testosterone that goes on in here.

I don’t need money or beauty, I need a friend. Besides, beauty comes from within.

Female 21 looking for pen pal to get to know. Have pics. Allison Brungardt #1035516 7210 Barrister Drive Boise, ID 83704.

Feeling a little lonely tonight? I know the feeling! GWM seeking same for conversation, fun and some laughs. I only have one year left and looking for somebody who understands the alternative life.

ME? I’m 25 fit 6’0”, 165lbs. and love good times and laughs with a warm heart. Pictures are always welcome so I know who’s writing (but certainly not required)!

The nights here are lonely so please write soon. Taylor Burgess #97927, MTC Idaho CAPP 15505 Sough Pleasant Valley Rd Kuna, ID 83634.

Hola (Hi) My name is Anna Garza.

I’m currently a resident at Cassia County Jail in Burley ID. I’m 49 years old and looking great for my age. I have shoulder length hair sexy & sassy. I’m looking for pen pals someone to write to and have great thing to talk about. I do have pics on telmate if you’d like to see a current pic. Please write if you interested in a Latina women. Minni Cassia Jail 1415 Albion Ave Burley, ID 83318-1851.

23WF Young and fun female looking for m/f companionship. Write me at Tina Fletcher MCCJC 1415 Albion Ave, Burley, iD 83318.

Hi! My name is Samantha Kukkonen, but you can call me Sam. I’m 20 years old. I’m 5 with brown hair and beautiful blue eyes. I weigh 135 lbs. I enjoy being healthy and working out. I’m a positive person so please don’t be negative. I’m honest and I hate being lied to I love to laugh and have fun. I have about 3 ½ years until I’m up for parole. I’m not proud of my past and I’m doing everything I can to be a better person. I’m interested in a real, fun loving pen pal to keep me company. Looking forward to meeting you! Samantha Kukkonen

1415 Albion Ave. Burley, ID 83318.

Open minded, adventurous, lonely female looking for male/ female 18 or older to intrigue and stimulate my sense. Please write to: Mary Schultz #96235 PWCC 1451 For Rd Pocatello, ID 83204.

My name is Crystal Nielsen. I am 40 yrs old looking for a male or female friendship or even companionship.

I am currently incarcerated and would love to get mail from you.

Contact me at: Crystal Nielsen #62962 Adam’s Co. Jail Po Box 64 Council, ID 83612.

I am 42 years old 140 pds/ green eyes blonde short hair. And in the Ada County Jail. Looking for a pen pal. Anything after that I don’t know. I am working on myself and my sobriety. If interested please write! Please no fake people. I’ve had enough of them. Thank you I have 3 months to go. Also, my address Heather Baker #100804 c/o Ada county Jail 7210 Barrister Drive Boise, ID 83704. PS. You can look my picture up on the Ada County Jail rosster.

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I am a SWM, 6’ 200lobs, long blond hair, aqua eyes looking towards a future. If you are into sarcastic humor, excellent music and enjoy receiving letters as much as composing them. Then take a chance and jot down a little and I’ll write back. Is there a geek girl out there?

Will Salberg #104381 SICI- MCU PO Box 8509 Boise, ID 83707.

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your picture & phone #. Just for fun & entertainment. Cassandra Horton #96570 PWCC 1451 Fore Road Pocatello, ID 83204.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Freedom is the most important kind of joy you can seek right now.

It’s also the most important subject to study and think about, as well as the most important skill to hone. I advise you to make sure that freedom is flowing through your brain and welling up in your heart and spiraling through your loins. Write synonyms for “freedom” on your arm with a felt-tip pen: liberation, emancipation, independence, leeway, spaciousness, carte blanche, self-determination, dispensation. Here’s one more tip: Connect yourself with people who love and cultivate the same type of freedom you do.

31 yrs old. S.W/F/ muscular build.

Long blonde hair with big bust.

I’m an Aries with a fiery personality. Very funny and love to laugh@!

I am open minded and can talk about anything. I love watching movies and going swimming. I am obsessed with dogs and the color red. Very sexual. Ralaena Hadath #97082 1451 Fore Rd Pocatello, ID 83204.

SWF I’m 43, 5’3, Scorpio, funny, open minded, love to fish, camp.

Want “A” man with similar interests. Worth your while ’’’’very sensual’’’ Leah McCormack PWCC 1451 Fore Rd Unit 2 Pocatello, ID 83204.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): It’s Love Your Messes Week, Taurus.

In accordance with the astrological omens, you are authorized to love the hell out of the messes in your life—from the small, awkward knots of confusion to the big, beautiful heaps of fertile chaos. This is not a time to feel embarrassed or apologize for your messes; not a time to shy away from them or ignore them. On the contrary, you should explore them, celebrate them and even take advantage of them. Whatever else they are, your messes are untapped sources of energy.

Learn to love them for the mysterious lessons they keep teaching you. Love them for the courage and willpower they compel you to summon. Love them for the novelty they bring your way and the interesting stories they add to your personal legend.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “A snowball’s chance in hell” is an American idiom that’s equivalent to saying “it probably won’t happen.” After all, a snowball would instantly melt if exposed to the scorching fires that rage in the underworld. But what if there’s an exception to this axiom? Let’s call on another American idiom: “when hell freezes over.” It’s another way to say “it probably won’t happen.”

But the truth is that now and then a cold front does indeed sweep through the infernal region, icing its flames. When that happens, a snowball’s prospects of surviving there improve dramatically.

And that’s exactly what I predict will happen for you in the coming week.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): In 2007, J. K. Rowling finished writing the seventh volume of her seven Harry Potter books, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

The day it was published, it sold 11 million copies. But Rowling had actually written the final chapter of this last book way back in 1990, when she first conceived the story she was to spend the next 17 years working on. She knew the climax right from the beginning.

I foresee a similar theme unfolding for you in the coming weeks, Cancerian. As you plot a project you will be developing for a long

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time to come, you will have a vision of what it will be when it becomes fully mature.

to build strong structures that free you to express yourself with maximum efficiency and grace.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): When you see your shadow, it’s usually right next to you. It’s there on the ground or floor, a fuzzy black shape that follows you around closely. But today I saw my shadow waving back at me from afar. I was standing on top of a hill, and the sun’s rays created a dusky version of me in the meadow way down below. I think this is a useful metaphor for an opportunity that’s available to you. In the coming days, you will be able to view the shadowy, undeveloped parts of your personality as if from a distance. That means you will have more objectivity about them, and thus greater compassion. You can get a calm, clear sense of how they might be mucking with your happiness and how you could transform them.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): When I took an intermediate painting class in college, our first assignment was to imitate an old master. My choice was the Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525-1569). I worked on reproducing his painting “The Fight Between Carnival and Lent” as precisely as I could. It was tedious and liberating. I invoked Bruegel’s spirit and prayed for his guidance. I sank my psyche deeply into his. By the end of the four-week process I’d learned a lot about painting. Given the current astrological omens, Sagittarius, I suggest you try something similar.

Pick someone who excels at a way of working or a state of being that you would like to master yourself, and copy that person for a while. For best results, have fun with it. Play!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “You cannot use butterfly language to communicate with caterpillars,” said psychologist Timothy Leary.

That’s good advice for you to keep in mind in the near future.

You might want to find a way to carry on constructive dialogues with people who have a hard time understanding you. It’s not necessarily that they are stupid or resistant to your charms. The problem is that they haven’t experienced some of the critical transformations you have. They can’t be expected to converse with you in your butterfly language.

Are you willing and able to speak caterpillar?

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Are you thinking of linking your fortunes to a new ally? Or deepening your collaboration with a familiar ally? Have you fantasized about bonding intensely with a source that may be able to give you more of what you want and bring out more of the best in you? These prospects are worth contemplating, Libra. But I suggest you let your connection ripen a bit more before finalizing the shift. I’m not necessarily saying there’s a potential problem. I simply suspect that you need further exploration and additional information before you can make the smartest move possible.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Saturn has been in the sign of Scorpio since October 2012 and will be there until the end of 2014. (It will make another visit from June to September 2015.) What does that mean?

I have a view of Saturn that’s different from many astrologers.

They regard it as the planet of limitation, struggle and difficulty.

Here’s what I think: While Saturn may push you to be extra tough and work super hard, it also inspires you to cut away extraneous desires and home in on your deepest purpose. It motivates you

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn author J. R. R. Tolkien spent 14 years working on The Lord of the Rings. In using a typewriter to produce more than 1,200 pages, he relied solely on his two index fingers. He never learned the 10-finger typing method. I suppose it didn’t matter in the end.

Presumably, his impediment didn’t affect the quality of his work, but only made it harder to accomplish and required him to spend a lot more time. Is there a fixable limitation on your own ability to achieve your dream, Capricorn? Is there some handicap you could, with effort, overcome? If so, now would be an excellent time to begin.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “The truth’s superb surprise,” wrote poet Emily Dickinson, may be “too bright for our infirm delight.” Sometimes we’ve got to be careful about articulating what’s really going on. “The truth must dazzle gradually,” she said.

If it hits us too fast and hard, it may be difficult to digest. So did Emily suggest that we should lie and deceive? No. “Tell all the truth,” she declared, “but tell it slant.” This is excellent advice for you in the coming days, Aquarius.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Here’s my report on your progress. You are not struggling to embody a delusional state of perfection as it is imagined by other people. Rather, you are becoming an ever-more soulful version of your idiosyncratic self, evolving slowly but surely. You are not dazedly trudging along a narrow track laid down by thousands of sheep. Instead, you are lively and creative as you bushwhack a path for yourself through the wilderness. To celebrate this ongoing success, Pisces, I suggest you get yourself a new power object that symbolizes your inventive devotion.

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