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BRAINY DRAIN How a simple technology is helping pull phosphates from the Boise River NEWS 8

UNDER CONSTRUCTION Boise Weekly proﬁles six big projects getting started in downtown Boise FEATURE 11

CHECK IN, CHECK OUT The Boise Library gears up to open a branch in the airport CULTURE 20

HOLLYWOOD ON TRIAL A seven-point case that schlock killed the summer blockbuster SCREEN 26

“Camo might have to be regulated by the FDA, because it’s clear that it’s an addictive mind-altering drug.” VOLUME 23, ISSUE 06

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BEST OF BOISE 2014: VOTE EARLY, VOTE OFTEN We know it’s not nice to be judgmental, but between now and Sunday, Aug. 31, Boise Weekly is hoping you’ll put that aside and be as judgey as you please. It’s time yet again for BW’s annual Best of Boise survey, which celebrates its 20th year as the original, definitive accounting of the highest quality local restaurants, bars, shops, art galleries, politicans, TV weatherpeople, museums, dentists, radio stations, tattoo parlors... you name it. Voting is open now, with the ballot—containing 127 categories—available at boiseweekly.com. Just click on the purple BoB 2014 banner pasted across the homepage, sign in with your BW.com account and get busy voting. You must enter at least 30 rankings for your ballot to count, but you don’t have to plow through the whole thing in one sitting—enter as many nominations as you want, take a break and come back later (though ballot stuffers will be disenfranchised). One final rule: Entries must be local, meaning Best Ofs have to be based or located in the Boise metro area and (in the case of businesses), owners must live in the area and hold decision-making power without out-of-town corporate oversight. Winners—as well as our editors’ picks—will be published in the Sept. 24 edition of Boise Weekly. Speaking of future editions of BW, you won’t be finding them at any Jackson’s or Stinker stations. The change is due to an adjustment in our distribution strategy, but you’ll still be able to pick up your copy at all the usual spots—just not those two. We’ll let you know if anything changes on that front. Finally, in past-editions-of-BW news, we’d like to issue a correction in reference to our recent story about a neighborhood ruckus over dog park policy (BW, Rec News, “Debating Dog Parks,” July 23, 2014). In the piece, we mistakenly identified the park as 72-acre Marianne Williams Park in east Boise, when in fact the dog park in question is located at the 8-acre Williams Park in southeast Boise. BW regrets the error. —Zach Hagadone

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

VILLAGERS North End institution the Boise Co-op is looking west for its expansion—to the Village at Meridian. Co-op managers said the location was selected after a customer survey. More on Citydesk.

HUMANITARIAN If you’re looking for project funding—or think a fellowship would look good on your resume—the Idaho Humanities Council is offering grants and research opportunities. More info on Cobweb.

PLANTING SEEDS Local indie-rock band Sleepy Seeds, which includes Built to Spill alum Brett Nelson, recently released its self-titled debut album. Read more and listen to a track on Mixtape.

OPINION

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MAIL BAD MARKS Beginning Sept. 1, 2013, Optum advertised that they would help adults and children enrolled in Idaho Medicaid access the most effective treatment for their needs, make it easier for people to access care, increase services available in rural areas and work to improve the lives of consumers in Idaho. In their quickly approaching one-year mark, how are they doing? They have negated on each of their advertised claims. They are actively denying and cutting services even in rural areas and at an increasingly escalated rate. They are paid BIG bucks to save the state money… so they do so by cutting and denying services. Although this leads to higher-cost services such as E.R. abuse, hospitalization and incarceration, they are not responsible for accounting for the increase in these costs so on their balance sheets it all looks great. Optum is guilty of a host of unethical practices, including conﬂict of interest violations which have had severe consequences for those affected. … They are not making their decisions based on the client’s best interest. Some of these services such as CBRS (community based rehabilitation services; historically known as psychosocial rehabilitation), which is a skill-building program to increase one’s ability to function in all domains of life, is actively being squeezed so relentlessly that it is at risk of not being able to be offered. They have increased overhead costs so signiﬁcantly for providers while cutting and denying what is billable, that at some point the service is just not a viable option to offer anymore. Consistently, they do not follow their own published guidelines or directions provided, nor do they include the necessary forms that are listed in their own guidelines. Consistently they are in violation on their own given

timeframes and the ultimate decisions to deny/cut services are made by individuals paid by Optum. They are acting with impunity. Numerous letters have been written as well as to the Department of Health and Welfare… all to no avail. —Eric Mikkelsen Boise

TALKING THE DOG Our recent story about a neighborhood tussle over the off-leash dog policy at Williams Park (BW, Rec News, “Debating Dog Parks,” July 23, 2014) spurred some commentary on boiseweekly. com. Here’s a selection of what some readers had to say: With apologies to the “few” dog owners who do clean up their dog’s feces, the majority of owners fail to do this very basic chore, and thusly put the whole idea of “dog parks” in jeopardy. —Ajax I’m a dog owner and am always happy to see more places for my guy to run. But pooping and peeing in the morning followed by children playing on the grass in the afternoon, is just plain not a good plan. Even if people are picking up most of it, there is plenty of fresh residue in a designated dog play zone. It is commendable of the city to try and accommodate everyone, but this is a good intention with bad results. —Chuck W Dog parks are probably a necessary evil in a city the size of Boise, especially since the foothills have become so restrictive. The “feces” is the easiest part in my opinion. Most dog owners do not understand when their dog is being an asshole vs playing, so a few dogs “play” and many others are terrorized. Good dogs learn a lot of bad behaviors in a small tense area. That isn’t a problem politics can solve, but it’s why I wouldn’t take my dogs

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to one. I think the rest is just ridiculous shit. (Yes! LITERALLY!) Share the parks and quit whining about your babies touching “feces.” I’ve seen their hands. I’d be more worried about the poop. —katy

BOOM AND GLOOM A report on increased natural gas exploration by Texas-based Alta Mesa in Southwest Idaho (BW, News, “Drilling into Idaho’s (Other) Common Core,” July 23, 2014) prompted more than a little back-and-forth among readers on boiseweekly.com. Here’s a taste of the debate: Awesome! Good job Idaho! Piss on Michael Brune and the whiny ass sierra club! —bye bye california Anything that Otter does or is doing should be stopped! He is not for the people, just a puppet for GOP. —Karen Sufﬁcool No one talks about forced pooling. Alta Mesa will petition the Gas Commission to force landowners to give up their minerals. Property rights are out the window. Otter and the Idaho State legislators sold the citizens out on this issue. Do you know what it feels like to hear a citizen of your county stand and say I don’t own my mineral rights. I own my surface rights and I don’t want you to drill my land? Well, they told my friend go get a lawyer and sue us, but we will win because the gas is needed for the public good. Many people here in Gem County have no clue that Alta Mesa will be drilling as soon as an ordinance is in place. So much for education. If you want to lease with Alta Mesa and you own your mineral rights great for you, but if you don’t well too bad the state and Alta Mesa will take it. They are laughing at the small counties where the only thing they get to decide is the color of the well head, the fencing, the lighting and the setbacks. Everything else in the bill HR464 has been decided for counties and we have been told if we make it too hard for Alta Mesa the State will come in and take over. What country do we live in? —Jan Montano

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OPINION/BILL COPE

THE BOORS NEXT DOOR And don’t you tread on me! Let’s try another thought experiment, if you don’t mind. Imagine, if you will, a Tea Party gathering… no, no, let’s change that to a Republican Party gathering, because, well, you know… if it quacks like a duck, and smells like a duck, and so on. So imagine, if you will, a Republican Party gathering, or any congregation of rightwingers, whatever they’re calling themselves… and now imagine them being courteous. No yelling, no interrupting, no offensive language or signs or posters, no angry tirades, no spittle flying from their mouths, no reaching for the most absurd conspiracy theories or accusations and no racial or sexual slurs. In other words, imagine any gathering of modern conservatives who are politely and thoughtfully listening to reasonable arguments that don’t involve wild theories and discredited claims, who are weighing the positions presented with a genuine curiosity about the functionality of those positions, and who are not judging everything they say or hear as to how it conforms to a preconceived ideology or, worse, a conviction that whatever they heard on a radio talk show, or read on a blog, is the absolute truth, regardless of whether or not there are any facts or evidence to back it up. Can’t be done, can it? Anymore, it’s just damn near impossible to imagine right-wingers behaving with any courtesy, consideration or civility. It is easier to imagine baboons attending Harvard. I’m convinced the ugliness to which they have sunk is not discussed nearly enough. It’s generally acknowledged how wrong they are about almost everything, and how dishonest they are about almost everything. But rarely do I hear how abysmally rude they are about almost everything. I’ve been thinking about it for the past few days, since a total stranger reminded me firsthand how obnoxious the right has become. I was in my front yard doing something— can’t remember exactly what, but it involved a garden hose and the only relevance it has to this story is that it was the reason I was standing out in 100-degree sunlight. Whatever it was had my complete attention and I wasn’t aware there was a man walking by until he said something, which I asked him to repeat because I didn’t hear him the first time. “Obama?… you still think he’s any good?” He pointed to the political sticker my wife had put on the pickup’s tailgate. OK, it’s possible I rushed to judgment, based on the sneer in his voice, that he was questioning my judgment. But of course, he soon proved me right. I answered, “Absolutely! He’s the best president in my lifetime, and I’m old!” It’s also possible that my response had a tad more edge and hyperbole in my tone than I had intended. But after six years of watching inferior specimen after inferior specimen insult a man I admire very much, demean

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him, demean his wife, demean everything he does or says with the most trivial, dishonest, foolish mental slop that I have ever heard spill from the mouths of people who have tragically risen to leadership positions in our government and prominence on that shit stain pretending to be a news source—do I have to say “Fox?”—I was not in a mood to listen to some stranger question my taste in presidents. Besides, it wasn’t me who intruded, rudely, into his walk. It was he who intruded, rudely!, into whatever I was doing with that garden hose. The conversation continues for maybe a half-dozen lines of dialogues from each of us. He said, to my claim of Obama’s excellence as a president, “You gotta be kidding me!” to which I replied, “Not a bit. And let me tell you something else… if he didn’t have to deal with that oozing Republican sludge that passes for a Congress, it’s likely he would be considered one of the finest presidents in all of U.S. history!” By this time, I could tell he was getting hot—more than the 100-degree sunshine would account for—and he asked, “What do you say about the 40 percent approval rating?” First let me tell you what I wished I had said. I wished I had said, “I never expect much more than 40 percent of Americans to have the brains to recognize a good thing when they see it.” Sadly, that line didn’t come to me until later, after he’d stomped off down the street shaking his head. What I actually said was, “Well, he’ll never get down in the toilet to where Bush ended up, and he’s still about double what people think of Congress.” All I can remember the guy saying after that was something to the effect that “Bush was five times the man Obama is!” and I said something to the effect that “Bush is a whitetrash monkey with money!” He was probably still saying things as he, like I said, stomped off down the street, and I know for sure that I was still saying things as I stomped back into the house. I suspect he may still be thinking of things he should have said, five days after the incident, just as I am still thinking of things I should have said. Obviously, the exchange accomplished nothing, absolutely nothing, except for bringing two adult men to a rolling boil in what should have been private moments for both of us. I no more expected to convince that guy of anything than I would expect to call crows down from the sky to sit on my shoulder. I know by now that nobody is convincing anybody on the opposite side of anything. The lines are drawn, the doors are barred and the only way this American civilization moves forward from here is for people to act civilly to one another. Yet even that seems too much for the rightwing brain to grasp. B O I S E WE E KLY. C O M

JOHN REMBER/OPINION

ALASKA AGAIN

Hunting and gathering in a tourist economy We are staying in a friend’s trailer, parked at the top of a 500-foot bluff on the west side of Alaska’s Copper River. Across the river, in bright sunshine, are the high peaks of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park. Two of those peaks, Sanford and Blackburn, are more than 16,000 feet tall. Another, Mt. Wrangell, is more than 14,000 feet tall and still smoking from its last eruption. It’s a view to die for, but all it’s cost us is a few bottles of wine and some sirloin, and, tomorrow, a walk down to the fish wheel below the bluff and a trek back up with a backpack full of salmon fillets. We’ve been on the road for three days, having attended the wedding of Julie’s sister in Kenai, who married a genuinely nice, intelligent, truthful and kind guy this time. The whole family, including your humble and usually dark-minded correspondent, has a renewed faith in happy endings. Since the wedding, Julie and I have traveled to Seward, where we took a tour boat to the glaciers and the whale-watching grounds. Also the seal-watching grounds, the sea otter-watching grounds, the porpoise-watching grounds and the manymany-sea-bird-watching grounds. Also the jellyfish-watching grounds, not mentioned in the official brochures. Within the first half-hour, we saw a humpback whale rise 20 feet out of the water, rotate a half-turn, and splash back down. It was 50 yards away. It did it again four times before we left to watch a whole pod of humpbacks—synchronized swimmers—wave their tails at us as they left for open ocean. We passed floating sea otters, and watched as five or six Dall’s porpoises kept pace with the boat as we cruised at 20 knots. They’re playful little black-andwhite animals, and, if you come from sheep country, it’s easy to imagine them as a pack of aquatic border collies happily herding the boat along. Always, we were plowing through masses of drifting jellyfish, which have multiplied in Alaskan waters to the point where you’ll see several hundred every time you look over the side of the boat. When they’re not being pureed by boat props, they float around, brainlessly consuming plankton and small fish, breeding and eating and drifting without apparent purpose. Give them cellphones and they’d seem almost human. We motored up the Holgate Arm south of Seward and inspected the Holgate Glacier where it met the ocean. I was hoping for a major icefall, something like the giant, Manhattan-sized icefall seen in the Chasing Ice movie, but the Holgate was smaller than that, and slow, and we saw only a few little Boise City Hall-sized icefalls. Still, they made impressive noises when they hit the water. We were glad the boat hadn’t gone any closer. BOI S EW EEKLY.COM

Heading back to Seward, we saw 10 or 12 Orcas. They look like giant Dall’s porpoises, although the way it was explained to us, the Dall’s porpoises look like little bitty Orcas. And the Orcas look like border collies the size of a Greyhound Bus, although in that case, it would be a Border Collie bus. Anyway, they’re big, even from a quarter mile away. We spent all day in bright sunshine, standing on the bow in a cold clear wind, on a day Boise hit 104 degrees and had an air quality alert. I made do with a hooded sweatshirt and Julie’s pink ski hat, although there were several big long-bearded guys there in down parkas and pants and insulated boots, all of it embossed with Mossy Oak camo. They carried cameras with two-foot lenses, and the lenses were also camo, although you could see everything clearly against the blue-andwhite boat. The only way their camo would have worked was if they’d fallen overboard. Then it would have worked well. Mossy Oak and jellyfish swarming in green ocean are almost a perfect match. We used our little point-and-shoot Fujifilm camera. We got a Christmas-card photo: Julie and I are grinning into the lens, backgrounded by one of the big camo-clad guys, who is pointing his camo-clad lens at a whale in the distance. We’re calling it Still Life with a Bunch of Jellyfish. Later that evening, at a Seward restaurant, there were more camo-wearing tourists a few tables away from us. I started thinking that camo might have to be regulated by the FDA, because it’s clear that it’s an addictive mindaltering drug. Put it on and you won’t want to take it off, ever. Not long after you walk out of the sporting-goods store you’ll decide you’re invisible, and no matter how big or bearded you are, you’ll start making ninjalike moves, sneaking up on people on the sidewalk, tweaking the ears of small children or cutting in line to the restroom. I watched them to make sure they didn’t try to ninjawaltz out of the restaurant without paying. We stayed in an idyllic bed-and-breakfast in Seward for two nights. The owners stayed in a motorhome next to the house. The bed was comfortable. The breakfasts were gourmet-quality and filling. We would have liked to have stayed for a month, except we had begun feeling guilty about kicking the owners out of the place. Imagine what it would be like to go to the trouble to create the home of your dreams, making it warm and perfect in every way, and then spend your nights beside it in a motorhome. Still, we’re surviving the wilds of Alaska. We’ve got our own camouflage—called Mossy American Express and Desert Visa. As long as it keeps getting approved, we’ll blend right in with the other tourists. Nobody’s going to even think about singling us out and asking us to go home.

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CITYDESK/NEWS NEWS

WHISTLING DIXIE How a Canyon County operation will help the city of Boise ﬂow the Boise River toward EPA compliance HARRISON BERRY

With nearly 1,000 full-time equivalent employees in the city of Boise (that number increases to more than 1,600 when the police and fire departments are added), there’s increasing scrutiny over the city’s socalled P-cards (or purchase cards), given to city employees who use plastic to provide an electronic trail of transactions. Two years ago, we reported that there were 309 active P-cards among city employees. Now, there are 342. In fact, the most recent audit of P-cards reflects more usage—compared to the previous quarter, overall spending increased by 15.8 percent. And while “no significant breach” was noted in their most recent review, auditors did take note of some familiar issues. For example, in February 2012, we reported that a number of cards had not been closed out within a reasonable period after a cardholder was no longer employed (BW, Citydesk, “P-Card Usage Increases, So Do Risks,” Feb. 8, 2012), and the same problem was noted in a separate audit more than a year later (BW, Citydesk, “More Issues Requirement Management Action,” Oct. 6, 2013). And now, in an audit dated June 4, two new instances were found in which cards remained live after cardholders terminated employment. Auditors noted that no fraudulent use of the cards occurred. But auditors did find something suspicious in their review of a sample of 79 transactions. In one instance, auditors said they discovered “a fraudulent transaction initiated by an external party.” “It was such a small amount—$50—that it looked like an error. It was out of pattern for the cardholder and the department,” Steve Rehn, director of Internal Audit for the city told BW. “It could have been a mistake. The vendor searched their records and immediately issued a credit.” Additionally, auditors took note of a transaction “involving a personnel action.” “Since it involves personnel, I’ll defer on that one,” said Rehn. Adam Park, spokesman for Mayor Dave Bieter told BW that the violation was minor, no crtiminal activity was involved and “no employee lost his/her position.” Perhaps the most troubling discovery was that during the third quarter of the current fiscal year, there were 695 “unapproved transactions,” representing more than 9 percent of the total number of transactions for the quarter. For the months of April, May and June this year, there were 7,455 P-card transactions with an average purchase of $256.41. —George Prentice

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BOISE P-CARD AUDIT: IMPROPER TRANSACTIONS BUT ‘NO SIGNIFICANT BREACH’

City of Boise P-card spending increased by 15.8 percent compared to the previous quarter.

Boise River

Sedimentation Basin

The small, white city of Boise fleet vehicle was way outside its usual jurisdiction— winding through Canyon County country roads near the confluence of the Boise and Snake rivers, passing by the communities of Notus and Parma. The truck slowed as it rattled over a cattle gate and entered a landscape of fields and wetlands maintained by ranchers for duck hunting. Nearby was a volcano-shaped mound draped with a black, waterproof covering, and a grove of trees and shrubs pointing to the Boise River. “When the project’s completed this won’t look very different from the land around it,” said Steve Burgos, senior manager with Boise’s Environmental Division. “The project” is the Dixie Drain, a $12 million water treatment facility that will be built and run by the city of Boise and designed for a single purpose: to drastically reduce phosphorous levels in the Boise River before it reaches the Snake River. As Burgos said, it’s a non-scenery-chewing solution to the inelegant problem of excess nutrients leaching from drain pipes, fertilized lawns, farmland and erosion into the Snake River watershed. Originally proposed in 2009 and expected to go online by spring 2016, the Dixie Drain also represents long negotiations between the city of Boise, the Environmental Protection Agency and other parties who use or regulate the Boise River. Though the drain will treat phosphorus entering the river from across the Treasure Valley, the bill for the drain and other EPA compliance projects projects is being footed by Boise sewer district users with a 5 percent rate increase. “It was a long process of working things out between the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, the Environmental Protection Agency and the city of Boise. There was a lot of care taken to ensure we didn’t violate any regulations in the process. There hasn’t been a lot of this done, so it was quite difficult, but in the end we came out with a pretty good scenario,” said EPA Water Quality Coordinator Bill Stewart. Phosphorus is a major problem for

Chemical Storage & Feed Facility

Settling Pond

Idaho waterways; it’s a primary factor in the growth of algae, and while most algae is harmless to humans, some varieties can pose a risk to people, livestock and, if left unchecked, river and lake ecosystems. While the Boise River may look clean and fresh near Boise, the Snake River has characteristics that make it more susceptible to algae blooms fueled, in part, by nutrients fed into it by the Boise River. “The reason you notice it more on the Snake: It’s a slower-moving body of water. It behaves like a lake, and you have species of blue-green algae that can hit the lake,” Stewart said. With no treatment at all, the Boise River contains about 4,000 micrograms of phosphorus per liter, and Boise’s current water treatment facilities remove more than 90 percent of that phosphorous, bringing the level down to 350 micrograms of phosphorus per liter. But according to the EPA, it should contain about 70 micrograms per liter between the months of May and September. The Dixie Drain is expected to help bring the Boise River closer to compliance with EPA standards by removing about 140 pounds of phosphorus per day. According to Burgos, removing these last traces of phosphorus can be difﬁcult and expensive. “It’s deﬁnitely a case of the law of diminishing returns,” he said. Near the future site of the Dixie Drain, reeds, trees and shrub thickets line the Boise River’s banks. The water is saturated with silt and the air thick with mosquitoes, which breed near slow-moving water and wetlands. That’s where Boise is expected to build a raisable diversion dam redirecting water out of the river’s main channel and into the Dixie Drain facility, where it will undergo a three-part treatment process. From the diversion dam, the water will slow to a standstill in a pond, allowing sediment (including phosphorus) to settle at the bottom. After being drained from the sedimentation pond, the water will be treated chemically, likely with an aluminum compound that bonds to phosphorus, though the city is considering

other chemical treatment options as well. Finally, the water will be allowed to flow slowly through a maze, where remaining sediments can be removed before the water is reintroduced to the Boise River. Near cities, phosphorus enters waterways through so-called point sources like drain pipes exiting water treatment facilities, which hold EPA National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits. These facilities extract phosphorus that enters wastewater from grassy lawns, toilets, soaps, stormwater and thousands of other sources. In Meridian, wastewater is treated in a number of different ways before reaching its drain at Five Mile Creek. Though Idaho’s second-largest city is currently in compliance with its NPDES permit, it is beginning the process of renewing that permit, and several cities, including Meridian, were initially in talks with the EPA and Boise to share responsibility for the project, and though they’re not any longer, Meridian Environmental Programs Manager Mollie Mangarich said the Dixie Drain is a symbol of innovation that will help other communities along the Boise River achieve EPA compliance. “While we are going to have to capitalize to the tune of many millions of dollars to meet EPA standards, we appreciate innovative solutions,” she said. “There are a lot of things we can do to reduce phosphorus in the Boise River.” But phosphorus also enters waterways from agricultural and ranching sources like cow manure and fertilizers, called non-point sources. Because of the Boise River’s proximity to both point and non-point sources of phosphorus, its presence—and effect—is cumulative. It also makes it difficult to assign responsibility for the Boise River’s phosphoric glut. “There isn’t a big villain you can point your finger at and say, ‘This is the problem.’ If you fertilize your lawn you’re contributing to the issue,” said Stewart. “In order to address this problem, it’s going to take an effort from virtually everyone.” B O I S E WE E KLY. C O M

CITYDESK/NEWS K ELS EY HAW ES

NEWS JES S IC A M U R R I

TESTING, TESTING… 1, 2, 3

One-way signs will swap direction ﬁrst on Eighth Street; trafﬁc will follow soon thereafter.

Diving into water-testing methods in Boise’s popular swimming holes

ONE WAY OR THE OTHER: EIGHTH STREET SWAPS DIRECTIONS

JESSICA MURRI There would usually be at least a couple hundred people splashing in the water, picnicking on the beach and running through the grass; but on a particularly warm morning July 22, the sand along the shore at Eagle Island State Park was neatly groomed and untouched, the water completely still. The park was virtually empty, owing to the bright yellow signs scattered around the grounds declaring the beach closed until further notice. Gary Shelley was there, though. Eagle Island park manager for the past 10 years, he looked over the empty, sun-baked beach in evident disappointment. “I miss the people,” he said, with shoulders slumping. “I want to get them back here as quick as we can.” Shelley was at home on Sunday, July 13, when his assistant park manager called with bad news: People were posting on Eagle Island’s Facebook page that their families got sick after swimming at the park. But Shelley had just seen the results from water samples taken on July 9—which look for E. coli and other fecal coliform—and they all came back normal. Regardless, the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation made the call, and closed the park the next day, after it was established that the water was tainted with norovirus, a stomach bug that causes vomiting and diarrhea for a few days. While the park reopened July 26 after nearly two weeks of cleanup efforts, the problem remains that IDPR’s tests could never have caught the illness that sickened Eagle Island’s visitors. There isn’t a standard test to detect norovirus in water; only patient samples reveal the illness. And unlike other waterborne illnesses, a virus doesn’t simply start to grow—an ill person brought norovirus into the park, where it spread. That left Shelley and his crew with the difﬁcult task of what to do with the water at Eagle Island State Park, which meanders through wetlands and eventually meets up with the Boise River, meaning disinfecting or treating the water wasn’t an option. It was too early in the season to close the beach completely, and temperatures wouldn’t cool off enough to kill the virus anytime soon. So IDPR promised to drain the pond—but “drain” isn’t quite the right word. It opened BOI S EW EEKLY.COM

In addition to draining a portion of the lake at Eagle Island State Park, crews turned over the sand every three days to expose the water and sand to ultraviolet light, which kills norovirus.

the floodgates, but there was no flood. The water sat stagnant around the open weir, only seeping away, and slowly refilling from a large metal pipe with a trickle of groundwater spilling from it. Shelley estimated it would take two weeks to drop the water level three feet, and then refill it again. “The word ‘drain’ kind of denotes emptying it out,” said Keith Hobbs, operations administrator for the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation. “We’re not going to be able to do that. We’re lowering it as much as we can, moving that water out of this system, and replacing it. This ditch was never really designed to drain the lake,” Hobbs said. “But this is the only solution we have,” Shelley added. Eagle Island State Park’s swimming area is 12 feet at its deepest. The temperature of the water hovers around 80 degrees in the summer, and about 2,500 people visit the park on a typical Saturday. The water at the pond is tested twice a month in two different locations. Sandy Point, Discovery and Spring Shores Marina are also tested on the first and the 15th of each month, although with the recent troubles at Eagle Island, Shelley has upped sampling to a weekly schedule. Lauri Monnot, watershed coordinator for the Department of Environmental Quality at the Boise Regional Office, couldn’t hide how tired she sounded after the outbreak of norovirus at Eagle Island substantially lengthened her workdays. She said public swim areas should be tested weekly during the recreation season. “Warm, moist conditions are favorable for rapid bacteria growth,” Monnot said. “This in combination with large numbers of people in a water body can cause E. coli bacteria concentrations to increase within days.” The DEQ works with city and state parks and recreation departments on water sampling protocol, abiding by the State Water Quality Standards and the Environmental Protection Agency’s Recreational Water

Quality Criteria. E. Coli in particular comes from untreated sewage or feces from wildlife, waterfowl, dogs and livestock. It’s not uncommon in natural waters, but elevated levels can make swimmers sick. Most popular swimming areas around Boise are tested weekly during the summer, including the Ann Morrison take-out on the Boise River, and Quinn’s Pond, near the Boise River Park (which is 30 feet deeper than Eagle Island). Other places along the Boise River, like Veteran’s Parkway and the Glenwood Bridge, are tested monthly, year-round. Each of Boise’s outdoor municipal pools are also tested weekly—although if that sounds like a lot, some commercial swimming areas test their water up to every two hours. Back at Eagle Island, park staff turned over the sand every three days to expose it to ultraviolet light, which kills norovirus. Increased UV exposure was also the point behind drawing down the water. Even though it has been cleared for resumed swimming, the abrupt drop in visitation has had an impact on the park. Eagle Island is run almost entirely on revenue gathered from visitors, who pay $5 per vehicle. With almost 600 parking spots sitting empty for a few weeks, that’s a huge hit—especially at the peak of the season. The closure has forced Shelley to make some tough decisions. “We have a staff of 12 summer seasonal employees,” Shelley said. “Now that visitation is down, do we let them go early? Or do we keep them on and hope that we can reopen and visitation comes back?” Shelley has never had to deal with this before. The park had elevated levels of E. coli a few years ago, but it was close enough to the end of the season that ofﬁcials simply closed the beach early and colder temperatures killed the bacteria. Despite its reopening on July 26, Hobbs said visitation at the park didn’t amount to a normal weekend. “It was a bit on the slow side,” he said. “There were people, but it was a bit slow.”

This fall will bring some big changes to Boise’s downtown core, with construction on the Grove to build City Center Plaza—which will include a subterranean transit center— and the resurfacing of Capitol Boulevard. But one of the most high profile changes coming to downtown will take place on Eighth Street, between Bannock and Main streets. Starting in early September, traffic will no longer flow north to south on the two blocks, but reverse directions to run one-way from south to north. “You’re going to be challenged, because you’ve been doing it one-way for a long time,” said John Brunelle, executive director of the Capital City Development Corporation, Boise’s urban renewal agency. “Change is hard, but people can adapt. It should work very well and we’re very optimistic.” That two-block stretch of Eighth Street is the only through street in the city of Boise not controlled by the Ada County Highway District. So it was up to the eight members of CCDC’s board of commissioners—which includes Mayor Dave Bieter and City Council members David Eberle and Lauren McLean—to switch the direction of the one-way. They said they wanted to align the street with the stretch that runs north to the Boise Co-op. “[Eighth Street] is already chaos,” said Eric Larson, who’s worked at Pie Hole, near the corner of Eighth and Main streets, for more than three years. “It’s a two-way in the North End, then it becomes a one-way, then it changes directions, then it becomes a twoway again. It’s a mess.” From Pie Hole’s noisy, hot kitchen, Larson has a front-row seat to Eighth Street at all hours of the day and night. He said the transition will be “entertaining, for sure.” Brunelle agrees that the transition will be the trickiest part. CCDC is planning a hefty public education campaign, lots of signage and traffic controllers on the ground in the beginning. But Brunelle is convinced this change is for the best, both for economic development and for diverting traffic away from the Grove while it’s under construction. The configuration will include a southbound bike lane buffered with paint, going against traffic and on the opposite side of the street from parking (which will remain unchanged). Northbound bikes will share the lane with traffic. “Maybe [the bike lane] will become a model for the rest of Eighth Street,” Brunelle said. “I don’t want to make anyone mad, but they should have kept the pilot going longer.” Brunelle estimates the project will cost $75,000-$100,000. It’ll be paid for through revenue brought in by property tax. —Jessica Murri

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CITIZEN OF TH ekly EW e w E EE IS K O B OUR CONVERSATION:

Are there things that you know now that you wish you knew then? DL There were some wolf advocates who kind of went back on their word. What does that mean? DL When it got to the point when the wolf population had recovered, then it was time for management, they said, “No, you can’t do that.” That bothers me. It threatens reasonable conservation efforts. Correct me if I’m wrong, but you’ve always maintained that a hunt is at, or near, the top of a wolf management plan. DL That’s true for most wildlife. It’s the most manageable way of controlling wildlife population. There are people who have seized on the fact that I was involved in wolf recovery, but I also co-sponsored a bill to reinstitute Idaho’s control and management of wolves. I’ve tried to be in the reasonable middle. Were you always a Democrat? I was a Reagan Republican. I was a social libertarian and economic conservative.

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I think it’s fair to say that you were at the forefront of the planning and execution of the reintroduction of wolves to Idaho in 1995. Did you have a sense of history in the moment? DL I knew what that meant then and what it means now. One of my operating tenets was to be a responsible citizen of the Northwest. I wanted to earn my place here. We have to learn how to ﬁgure out to live with one another and with the landscape.

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DAVID LANGHORST Wolves, parks and politics GEORGE PRENTICE David Langhorst doesn’t have a ranger’s hat, but he sure would like one. He thinks it would look pretty swell hanging in his new office at the headquarters of the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation, where he’ll take over as director on Monday, Aug. 4. “But I want to earn that hat,” he told Boise Weekly, smiling. When he was a boy—he thinks it was in the third or fourth grade—Langhorst gravitated to a man in the ranger’s hat on his school’s career day. “I desperately wanted to be a park ranger,” he recalled. “It’s surreal to consider that.” And now, he’s the man in charge of Idaho’s parks. It’s been quite a journey for that boy from Minnesota, who made his way through Alabama, Texas and Washington before settling in Idaho. He’s been a machinist in a bottle factory, a history teacher at an all-black high school in the deep South (“I’m very proud of those years”), a salesman in Seattle and art gallery manager in Sun Valley. And that’s just for starters; in some of his high-profile assignments, he was also the executive director of the Wolf Education and Research Center, a representative in both the Idaho House and Senate, and a commissioner at the Idaho Tax Commission. So you can imagine how wide-ranging our conversation was with the 55-year-old grandfather of two (“They like to call me Papa”), who is counting down the days to his latest job, where he’ll spend as much time in the outdoors as he will behind a desk. “When it comes to hunting and fishing and camping and hiking, I’m as avid as anyone I know,” he said. “It’s the longest and strongest thread in my life.”

You have to acknowledge that from the moment someone declares his or her candidacy for public ofﬁce, they’re tagged politically. And if someone were to Google you, they would see the words “Boise Democrat” attached to your name. DL It’s hard for me to say that’s unfair, but it also makes it easy to pigeonhole someone.

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What prompted you to ﬁrst run for the Idaho Legislature? DL Two things: I watched Idaho sportsmen go to the Legislature to ask for better poaching laws and those sportsmen were treated so inappropriately by lawmakers. That was 2002. At the same time I was watching Idaho teachers march on the Statehouse. That’s what caused me to run for ofﬁce.

You’re about to step aside from a prime spot on the state Tax Commission, so let’s talk taxes. Can you speak to how much Idaho leaves on the table each year in tax breaks? DL There are about 150 tax exemptions in Idaho; the number goes up every year.

How much money are we talking about? $1.75 billion was the last estimate I saw.

But it’s perplexing that we continue to acknowledge all of that lost revenue every year, yet Idaho lawmakers won’t do anything about it. Where’s the political will on this? DL There’s really no constituency pushing for it. And if we were to look at candidates’ campaign donor lists, wouldn’t that inform us about some of the pressure they feel to protect many of those tax exemptions? DL To a degree. But it’s more ideological. For some, getting rid of an exemption is almost like an increase in taxes. Let’s talk about your new job. How did this happen? DL When [outgoing director] Nancy Merrill announced her retirement, my friends said, “This would be perfect for you.” The deadline for applications was May 28. They narrowed it to 10 candidates for the first round of interviews, and the final interviews were July 16. I talked to the Parks and Recreation board in the morning. Two hours later, I got a phone call and they asked, “If you’re still downtown, can you come back and talk to us again?” I came back; they asked me, “Do you still want the job?” and I said, “Absolutely.” When things got really tough in the recession, and the Parks budget was slashed dramatically, how close did Idaho come to closing state parks? DL It was a real threat. And are there any Idaho parks in dire straits right now? DL No. In need of maintenance? Absolutely. When you’re not working, where would we find you? DL Fishing, hiking, on my ATV or snowmobile You name it. And camping—hopefully somewhere near the water and a bit of shade.

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UNDER CONSTRUCTION Six big projects to watch this fall

HARRISON BERRY, ZACH HAGADONE, GEORGE PRENTICE

A lot of dirt has been turned in Boise during the past few years—from the Eighth and Main Tower to Jack’s Urban Meeting Place, cranes have become a familiar addition to the city’s swiftly shifting skyline. That’s not about to change anytime soon. Drive around Boise and the physical signs of new construction are evident; less so are the projects waiting in the wings or only just beginning. From the Grove Plaza to the foot of the Bench, and from Parkcenter Bridge to Ninth Street are several big developments or major

infrastructure changes in the works that will alter the face of Boise and fundamentally remake how the city lives, works and gets around. Though there are dozens of such projects citywide, Boise Weekly dug into six—some are familiar, like the City Center Plaza, while others, like The Afton, are partial mysteries even to their own developers. Whether it’s condos or commercial, towering or street-level, each of these undertakings prove that Boise is not only the City of Trees, it’s a city under construction.

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THE 951 HIGHNOON

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Boise has never been a hemmed-in place, and if residents wanted more space, they could buy or build large homes far from the downtown core and commute to work and play. But housing stock in the city has changed in recent years, as mixed-use developments, downtown and neardowntown living have begun inching toward the demand already achieved in larger cities. Riding the wave of high-density, mixed-use developments is The 951, located at the conﬂuence of Park and Parkcenter boulevards, and Front Street. Today, The 951 is the particleboard skeleton of a build-

ing—construction began in mid-May—but when it’s completed in mid-December, it will be a 68-unit apartment complex with 4,000 square feet of commercial space. Eight of its apartments will be living/work space combination units. From the outside, the future gray and off-white structure will blend aesthetically with many of the buildings east of Broadway Avenue. Inside will be apartments with rents ranging from $850 per month to $1,525 per month, all equipped with laundry, granite countertops, full kitchens and outside spaces like balconies and mini gardens.

Its combination of commercial and residential—not to mention proximity to Boise’s core—places The 951 squarely in the “downtown living” category, and for future property manager and current 951 investor Cathy Rosera, being on the edge of downtown means providing amenities for young city dwellers in conjunction with the perks of living just off the beaten path. “We’ve got 12-foot ceilings, high-end ﬁnishes. We’re just far enough from downtown that there won’t be the noise,” she said. [It’s] right across from the Greenbelt and Walnut Park [within] walking distance from the hospital.” —Harrison Berry

THE AFTON GGLO & RM H

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Don’t worry if you’ve never heard of Emory Afton. Neither had we (and there’s scant information on this mid-20th century Boise business owner in historical records). But his legacy is about to get a signiﬁcant 21st century boost. “Honestly, we just thought ‘Afton’ was a pretty cool name,” said Michael Hormaechea, manager of Boise-based RMH, co-developer of the new-mixed use development planned for Ninth and River streets. “We did some cursory research and discovered that a company called the Afton-Lemp Electric Company was on the site,” he said.

Emory Afton was president of the wholesale electric parts company, which was incorporated in 1941 and continued through the 1960s. He had a brother (Earl), sister (Amon) and business partner (Bernard Lemp Jr.). Afton’s only claim to fame was his Boise electric company, part of the city’s warehouse district that was left over from the city’s railroad era in the late 19th century. Little did Afton know that his name would adorn one of the most anticipated developments in Boise’s modern era. “We had high interest from some of the best development groups you could ask for,” Capital City Development Cor-

poration Executive Director John Brunelle told Boise Weekly last March, after announcing that RMH and Portland, Ore.based GGLO’s proposal was the head of the class. The plans include a mix of uses: residential, retail, restaurants, galleries and a pedestrian alley. “The pedestrian alley will encourage cultural or artist spaces on the ground ﬂoor with some connected living spaces on the second ﬂoor,” reads RMH’s proposal to the city of Boise, which comes up for consideration by the city’s Design Review Committee on Wednesday, Aug. 13. “We anticipate small neighborhood public events and outdoor dining.” —George Prentice

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BOISE CITY HALL SIXTH STREET C ITY OF B OIS E

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It was a boarding house, Chinese laundry, brewery and the home of the Idaho Statesman printing facility. Now it’s the home to Boise’s base of power: City Hall. And those powerbrokers are borrowing a few pages from four parts of Boise’s storied past in a permanent change to the Sixth Street facade of Boise City Hall in a project they call “Four Stories.” After mulling several proposals, the city’s Department of Arts and History agreed with Boise artist Byron Folwell’s vision.

“It’s inspired by the distant narratives and lost buildings,” said Arts and History Director Terri Schorzman while unveiling the plans to the Boise City Council on July 8. Folwell’s plans include brick—a lot of brick. The artist, in his presentation, said it’s “as if the layers of history refused to be covered.” When more than one Council member quizzed Schozman about why there was so much brick and not many windows, Schorzman’s answer was simple and complex, all at once.

“It’s art,” she said. Council members smiled and approved the plan. The highlight of the face will be metal tubing, fabricated into curved shapes that will each house detailed metal plates and dioramas presenting clues to the history of the City Hall site: the Bohemian Brewery, the Statesman’s printing facility, the female boarding houses and Chinese laundries. The artist said the narrative threads “are coaxed from the walls of City Hall.” —George Prentice

CITY CENTER PLAZA CATAPULT3

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The golden shovels came out July 1, but expect to see a lot more broken ground in the Grove Plaza this year. And next year. And the year after—until the third quarter of 2016, when Gardner Company’s $70 million City Center Plaza project is due to be completed. Located a stone’s throw from Gardner’s other skyline-changing development—the Eighth and Main Tower—City Center Plaza will include 370,000 square feet and nine stories of ofﬁce, commercial, classroom and convention space, as well as Valley Regional Transit’s 55,000-square-foot subterranean multi-modal center. The undertaking is shepherded by several groups. Beyond Gardner and VRT, public partners include Ada County Highway District, Capital City Development Corporation, city of Boise and the Greater Boise Auditorium District.

But while city leaders and developers tout the publicprivate partnership as a powerful economic boost to the downtown core, others—notably, property owners to the east, in the neighboring Basque Block on Grove Street—have questioned plans for an 18-foot pedestrian walkway that will be suspended between Centurylink Arena and the planned Centre Building. In effect, the walkway will create what critics call a “tunnel” leading from Capitol Boulevard into the Grove Plaza. Opponents of the walkway plan say it will ruin views, block sunlight and lessen accessibility to the plaza. Also contentious is the impact of the multi-modal center on Capitol Boulevard. Speciﬁcally, the MMC will require steep ramps that some worry will be unsightly, as well as a bus ramp on Capitol Boulevard that will be accessed via a

restricted lane running against one-way northbound trafﬁc. None of that has slowed progress on the development. Exterior materials for the walkway were discussed at a work session of the Boise Design Review Committee July 16, when, according to Design Review and Historic Preservation Manager Sarah Schafer, several options were presented. Schafer said those options were addressed in a “very general sense,” and developers are expected to submit a ﬁnal walkway proposal for design review on Tuesday, Aug. 12. A hearing on the submission is slated for Wednesday, Sept. 10, in the Boise City Council Chambers. In the meantime, construction has begun at the intersection of Eighth and Main streets, where crews are working below grade on utilities. —Zach Hagadone

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DOWNTOWN BOISE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN K ELS EY HAW ES

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It sounds simple enough: turn a one-way street into a two-way. Right. Perhaps the biggest change to downtown Boise in the coming months will be when the Downtown Boise Implementation Plan, something hinted about for years and made formal a year ago (BW, News, “A New Direction,” June 19, 2013), becomes reality. The Ada County Highway District is in charge of this one (and if you haven’t heard yet about ACHD’s feud with the city of Boise over who really rules the roads, you

haven’t been paying attention). Motorists and pedestrians will begin seeing the changes right after Labor Day, and the first round of road work is expected to be completed by the middle of November. ACHD promises that much of the work will be done at night, but crews will also be working seven days a week. In its official statement, ACHD said “crews will not be allowed to impede traffic between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. and from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.” Converting from one-way to two-way this fall will be:

-N. Third Street, between State and Main streets -N. Fourth Street, between State and Main streets -N. 11th Street, between State and Main streets -N. 12th Street, between State and Front streets -Jefferson Street, between N. First and N. Fourth streets Oh, to make matters just a bit more complicated, the busiest stretch of Capitol Boulevard, between Front and Jefferson streets, will be milled and resurfaced this fall. Now, about those bike lanes. —George Prentice

LUSK PLACE MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING PROJECT KITC HEN & AS SO CIATE S

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For months, a crane has towered over Lusk Street between Capitol Boulevard and Ann Morrison Park. Below, dust hovers over the ground like fog, and steel and concrete foundations protrude from the dirt while workers remove soil, pour cement and operate heavy machinery in the shadow of the Boise Depot.

For now, the site looks like an archaeological dig—construction workers broke ground in May—but by July 2015, the site will be home to a four-story, 126-unit apartment complex totaling approximately 168,000 square feet. Located across Capitol Boulevard from Boise State

University, and within easy walking or biking distance to downtown jobs and amenities, the Lusk Place Multi-Family Housing Project, as well as nearby West Sherwood apartment complex, is being built by Atlanta, Ga.-based development ﬁrm Carter, and together will comprise 236 apartment units at a total cost of $25 million. —Harrison Berry

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8 DAYS OUT WEDNESDAY JULY 30

THURSDAY JULY 31

Workshops & Classes

Festivals & Events

BEER 101: FROM BARLEY TO BEER—Learn about the basic brewing process, as well as how to properly evaluate, taste and serve a beer. Register at eventbrite.com/e/ beer-101-from-barley-to-beertickets-11983636379. 6 p.m. $40. House of Wine at the 44th Street Wineries, 107 E. 44th St., Garden City, 208-297-9463, thehowofwine.com.

FAMILY FUN DAY—Join Holy Trinity Church for a family-friendly community event with a jump house, crafts, games and prizes. 4 p.m. FREE. Julius M. Kleiner Memorial Park, 1900 N. Records Ave., Meridian, treasurevalleyanglican.org.

Art ARTS COMMISSION PLANNING MEETING—The Idaho Commission on the Arts invites you to its local meetings to share your ideas, priorities and concerns for its next long-range plan. Get more info at arts.idaho.gov. 7 p.m. FREE. McCall City Hall, 216 E. Park St., McCall, 208-634-7142, mccall.id.us.

Food WINE DOWN WEDNESDAY— Sample wine from Carmela Vineyards, with music by Travis Ward. 6 p.m. FREE. Banbury Golf Club, 2626 N. Marypost Place, Eagle, 208-939-3600, banburygolf.com.

UNCORKED IN THE GARDEN: WILLIAMSON ORCHARD—Chat with vintners and discover your new favorite Idaho wine. 6 p.m. FREE-$10. Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-343-8649, idahobotanicalgarden.org.

On Stage COMEDIAN MATT BRAGG—With Emmanual Vera and host Emma Arnold. 8 p.m. $5. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208287-5379, liquidboise.com. DISNEY’S HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL JR.!—Boise Little Theater and Boise Parks and Recreation present Disney’s High School Musical Jr!. This is the 15th year the youth summer theater program has put on a public performance and the young people involved put a lot of work into this Romeoand-Juliet-esque story. 7:30 p.m. $6-$9. Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise, 208-342-5104, boiselittletheater.org.

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FUSION FEST: OPENING SHOWCASE—The ofﬁcial launch of Fusion Fest 2014 (July 31-Aug.3) showcases multiple styles, levels and creations of belly dance. Featuring more than 10 vendors; doors open at 5 p.m. for shopping. 7 p.m. $5, FREE kids under 12. Basque Center, 601 W. Grove St., Boise, 208-331-5097 or 208-3429983, basquecenter.com.

Workshops & Classes LIZ VISION CLASS—Learn how to deﬁne your purpose in life from Brett Labit, president/CEO of Local Impact Zone, who will talk about what it means to have a “vision” for yourself and how not to let your past deﬁne who you are. Get more info at localimpactzone. com. 5:30 p.m. FREE. Louie’s Pizza and Italian Restaurant, 2500 E. Fairview Ave., Meridian, 208884-5200, louiespizza.com.

Art ARTS COMMISSION PLANNING MEETING—The Idaho Commission on the Arts invites you to its local meetings to share your ideas, priorities and concerns for its next long-range plan. Get more info online. 5 p.m. FREE. Arts and History Sesqui-Shop, 1008 Main St., Boise, 208-384-8509, arts. idaho.gov.

Kids & Teens MEET A SCIENTIST—Hear about exciting ﬁelds of study from scientists in our community. 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. WHERE’S WALDO SCAVENGER HUNT PRIZE DRAWING—4 p.m. FREE. Rediscovered Books, 180 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-3764229, rdbooks.org.

FRIDAY AUGUST 1 Art MOLLY HILL EXHIBIT OPENING RECEPTION—The new exhibit at Visual Arts Collective is a solo exhibit by local visual artist, Molly Hill. 6 p.m., FREE, Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297, visualartscollective.com.

Festivals & Events

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. Distributed by Tribune Media Services. All rights reserved.

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FANDEMONIUM 2014— Three-day event celebrates all things media culture, focusing on science ﬁction, Japanese animation, and gaming, with events, panels, workshops, contests, demonstrations and more. See Picks, Page 19 10 a.m. $20-$22 one-day pass, $35-$40 three-day pass. The Grove Hotel, 245 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208333-8000, fandemonium.org.

On Stage DIDGERIDOO CONCERT—Worldrenowned didgeridoo masters On-

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8 DAYS OUT drej Smeykal and Stephen Kent perform. 7 p.m. $15-$25. Boise Bible College, 8695 W. Marigold St., Garden City. DISNEY’S HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL JR.!—See Thursday. 7:30 p.m. $6-$9. Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise, 208-3425104, boiselittletheater.org. AN EVENING OF COMEDY WITH PAULA POUNDSTONE—Emmy Award-winning comedian, author and humorist performs her distinctive brand of wry, intelligent comedy. See Picks, Page 18. 8 p.m. $20-$30. Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, 208-345-0454, 208-387-1273, egyptiantheatre.net. FUSION FEST: BANGIN’ SUPERSTAR SHOWCASE—Enjoy performances by international belly dance fusion artists. Featuring more than 10 vendors. All ages welcome. 7 p.m. $12, FREE for 12 and younger. Basque Center, 601 W. Grove St., Boise, 208-331-5097 or 208-342-9983, basquecenter.com. THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR—One of the Bard’s funniest comedic masterpieces. Suitable for all ages. 6:30 p.m. $12-$42. Idaho Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, 208-336-9221, idahoshakespeare.org.

Citizen EAGLE MAYOR’S CUP GOLF TOURNAMENT—A beneﬁt for the Eagle Kiwanis and the City of Eagle Community Fund, hosted by Eagle Mayor Jim Reynolds. Four-man Scramble Format with 9 a.m. shotgun start. 8:15 a.m. $95 per person, $380 per team. Eagle Hills Golf Course, 605 N. Edgewood Lane, Eagle, 208-9390402, eaglehillsgolfcourse.com.

month. Proceeds from all bike sales beneﬁt BBP kids’ programs. 11 a.m. FREE admission. Boise Bicycle Project, 1027 Lusk St., Boise, 208-429-6520, boisebicycleproject.org. BOISE FARMERS MARKET—Featuring produce, honey, jams and jellies, fresh pasta, award-winning Idaho wines, fresh baked artisan breads and delicious pastries. 9 a.m. FREE. Boise Farmers Market, 1080 W. Front St., Boise, 208-345-9287, theboisefarmersmarket.com. CAPITAL CITY PUBLIC MARKET—Market goers will ﬁnd booths full of locally made and grown foodstuffs, produce, household items and a variety of arts and crafts. 9:30 a.m. FREE. Capital City Public Market, Eighth Street between Main and Bannock streets, Boise, 208-345-3499, capitalcitypublicmarket.com. FANDEMONIUM 2014— See Friday. 10 a.m. $20-$22 one-day pass, $35-$40 three-day pass. The Grove Hotel, 245 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-333-8000. HYBRID FUSION DANCE COMPETITION—Dedicated to the evolution of Fusion Belly Dance, “Hybrid” is a competition for all dancers who choose to create outside-the-box. This competition is a pure delight to experience as a spectator. All ages welcome. 10 a.m. $5, FREE kids under 12. Basque Center, 601 W. Grove St., Boise, 208-331-5097 or 208-3429983, basquecenter.com. NAMPA DEPOTFEST 2014—The Canyon County Historical Society presents this annual fundraiser to help restore the Nampa Train Depot. Featuring arts and crafts

booths, food, music, museum and caboose tours, children’s games and activities, antique cars, historic displays, the Rotary pancake breakfast, demonstrations, raffles, a bake sale and railroad memorabilia. 8 a.m. FREE. Nampa Train Depot Museum, 1200 Front St., Nampa, 208-467-7611, canyoncountyhistory.com. SENIOR ARTS AND CRAFTS FESTIVAL—Choose from a large selection of unique, handmade items, including jewelry, toys, dolls, furniture, books and much more. Presented by Boise Parks and Recreation. 9 a.m. FREE. Capitol Park, 601 W. Jefferson, Boise. TASTE OF MCCALL—Chefs from a range of McCall restaurants and local caterers serve tastes of their summer selections, all paired with fine wines and premium microbrews. Proceeds benefit The McCall-Donnelly Education Foundation. Get more info at mdef.org/ events. Noon. $50. River Ranch, 1002 Mission St., McCall, 208634-4686, riverranchmccall.com.

On Stage BOISE’S FUNNIEST PERSON— The funniest of the funny will take home $1,000 cold, hard cash, and the title of Boise’s Funniest Person. Get more info and tickets at boisesfunniestperson.com. 8 p.m. $6. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise.com. DISNEY’S HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL JR.!—See Thursday. 7:30 p.m. $6-$9. Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise, 208-3425104, boiselittletheater.org.

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Kids & Teens AUGUST PUPPET SHOW— Something strange is going on in the library. Every night some books mysteriously disappear. Who is responsible? Detective Sherlock will need all the help he can get to stay awake and solve The Case of the Disappearing Books. 10:30 a.m. FREE. Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-384-4076, boisepubliclibrary.org. END-OF-THE-WORLD MURDER MYSTERY PARTY FOR TEENS— As if the zombie hordes outside aren’t enough, there’s a murderer lurking somewhere in the last human outpost where you are a citizen. Identify the killer before you become the next victim. Costumes encouraged; snacks provided. For ages 12-18. 4 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library, Lake Hazel Branch, 10489 Lake Hazel Road, Boise, 208-2976700, adalib.org.

SATURDAY AUGUST 2 Festivals & Events “AS-IS” BIKE SALE—BBP will sell “as-is” bikes at the shop on the ﬁrst Saturday of each

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8 DAYS OUT FUSION FEST: SUICIDE IMPROV—Dancers sign up to participate, and submit a piece of music. All the music is published and the dancers draw numbers out of a hat. The dancers perform to the song drawn, with only one rule--the song cannot be their own submission. FREE with ticket stub from Bangin’ Superstar Showcase on Aug. 1. 7 p.m. $5, FREE kids under 12. Basque Center, 601 W. Grove St., Boise, 208-331-5097 or 208-342-9983, basquecenter. com. THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR—See Friday. 6:30 p.m. $12$42. Idaho Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, 208-336-9221, idahoshakespeare.org.

Calls to Artists ROCKY HORROR SHOW AUDITIONS—Let’s do the “Time Warp” again. Directed by Steven Santos; run dates Oct. 10-Nov. 1. 2 p.m. FREE. Stage Coach Theatre, 4802 W. Emerald Ave., Boise, 208-342-2000, stagecoachtheatre.com.

Historical Museum’s three-year expansion project. Featuring photo opportunities with the twoheaded calf, ice cream available for purchase in Pioneer Village and a free Idaho History tumbler to take home. Noon. FREE. Idaho State Historical Museum, 610 N. Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208334-2120, history.idaho.gov.

On Stage THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR—See Friday. 6 p.m. $12$42. Idaho Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, 208-336-9221, idahoshakespeare.org. SUNDAY COMEDY SHOW—8 p.m. FREE. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-2875379, liquidboise.com.

Calls to Artists ROCKY HORROR SHOW AUDITIONS—See Saturday. 2 p.m. FREE. Stage Coach Theatre, 4802 W. Emerald Ave., Boise, 208-342-2000, stagecoachtheatre.com.

Literature GRAPHIC NOVEL READS—Get in on the ﬁrst meeting of the new graphic novel book club and help pick this month’s reads. For ages 18 and older. 2 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library, Lake Hazel Branch, 10489 Lake Hazel Road, Boise, 208-297-6700, adalib.org. JOANN SWANSON @ THE MARKET—Author Joann Swanson will sign copies of her new book, Tin Lily. 11 a.m. FREE. Rediscovered Books, 180 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-376-4229, rdbooks.org.

Odds & Ends THE BOISE FLEA—Check out Boise’s new outdoor antique, art and vintage market. First Sunday of each month through October. 10 a.m. FREE. The Soda Works, 3017 W. State St., Boise, 208570-7320, thesodaworks.com.

trebuchets and catapults from noon-4 p.m. 10 a.m. FREE-$15. Discovery Center of Idaho, 131 Myrtle St., Boise, 208-343-9895, dcidaho.org.

TUESDAY AUGUST 5 Festivals & Events WOOD RIVER FARMERS’ MARKET—Every Tuesday through Oct. 14, peruse the local produce, arts and crafts in the Fourth Street Heritage Corridor, Ketchum. 2 p.m. FREE.

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 6 Workshops & Classes FIREWISE FOR HORSE OWNERS—Learn how to identify and minimize wildﬁre risks around horse property. Instructor Alayne Blickle is the creator-director of Horses for Clean Water, an awardwinning environmental education program that “wrote the book” on caring for horses and land. 7 p.m. FREE. Jim Hall Foothills Learning Center, 3188 Sunset Peak Road, Boise, 208-514-3755, boiseenvironmentaleducation.org.

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AUGUST PUPPET SHOW—See Friday. 2 p.m. FREE. Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-384-4076, boisepubliclibrary.org.

DCI FREE MEMBER MONDAY— Celebrate all things da Vinci, and experiment with the limits of

DISNEY’S SLEEPING BEAUTY YOUTH AUDITIONS—Meridian CUE is holding auditions for actors ages 6-19. Walk-ins welcome, but preregistration is highly encouraged as space is limited. Get more info or register at meridiancue.org. 2 p.m. $85. Centennial High School, 12400 W. McMillan Road, Boise, 208939-1404, chs.meridianschools. org.

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FAST FORWARD PROGRAM COMMUNITY MEETING—The Fast Forward Program provides high-school students access to up to $400 per year to help cover the costs of taking college-level courses or professional-technical certiﬁcation exams while still in high school. 6 p.m. FREE. Yanke Family Research Park, 220 E. Parkcenter Blvd., Boise.

EYESPY Real Dialogue from the naked city

Caydee Denney & John Coughlin

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2014 US Bronze Medalists 2012 US Gold Medalists 2012 Four Continents Silver Medalists

Ashley Wagner

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2014 Olympic Bronze Medalist 2013 US Gold Medalist 2012 US Gold Medalist NATHAN CHEN

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2014 Jr. World Bronze Medalist 2014 US Jr. Gold Medalist

Johnny Weir

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World Bronze Medalist 3X US Gold Medalist NATHAN CHEN

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Meryl Davis & Charlie White

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2014 Olympic Gold Medalists 2X World Gold Medalists 6X United States Gold Medalists

Festivals & Events FANDEMONIUM 2014— See Friday. 10 a.m. $20-$22 one-day pass, $35-$40 three-day pass. The Grove Hotel, 245 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-333-8000. NAMPA DEPOTFEST 2014—See Saturday. 9 a.m. FREE. Nampa Train Depot Museum, 1200 Front St., Nampa, 208-467-7611, canyoncountyhistory.com. ONE LAST LOOK AT THE HISTORICAL MUSEUM—Celebrate the Idaho

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ALIVE AFTER FIVE Paula Poundstone: Turning awkward into an art form.

Guaranteed to blow your mind.

FRIDAY AUG. 1 you will be rocked QUEEN: IT’S A KINDA MAGIC!

WEDNESDAY, JULY 30 BROTHERS COMATOSE Opening Act: Possum Livin The San Francisco Sound is most often associated with the trippy electric decadence of bands like Jefferson Airplane, but a folky current runs through the tradition, too. San Franciscan quintet The Brothers Comatose ﬁts nicely in the latter-day Americana genre, with good natured, toe-tapping numbers that feel as smooth as California sunshine. Frequent collaborators with Devil Makes Three and Yonder Mountain String Band, The Brothers have quickly made their mark among the beards-and-banjos set. 5 p.m. Grove Plaza, 900 W. Grove St., downtownboise.org.

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Queen’s 1986 Magic Tour, in support of A Kind of Magic, would be frontman Freddie Mercury’s swan song—he was diagnosed with AIDS in 1987 and passed away in 1991. The tour was the band’s biggest: Queen logged 26 concerts, which were seen by more than 1 million people. From Budapest to London to Zurich, audiences were blown away by the music, the light show and Mercury’s unrivaled voice and showmanship. Even though the shows can never be repeated, It’s a Kinda Magic, featuring “respected Canadian performer and multi-instrumentalist Giles Taylor,” re-creates the tour for 21st century audiences with 20 of Queen’s biggest hits, like “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “We Are the Champions” and “We Will Rock You.” We promise, it’ll be dynamite with a laser beam. 8 p.m., $30-$59. Morrison Center, 2201 W. Cesar Chavez Lane, 208-426-1110, mc.boisestate.edu.

FRIDAY AUG. 1 glad my memory is good because my vision is going PAULA POUNDSTONE Paula Poundstone is one of those rare artists whose fame comes from such different places, people who know her from one thing may have no idea she does another. Some know the award-winning comedian, author and humorist, who has turned awkward into an art form, from her TV specials, talk show appearances and sitcom spots. Some remember her fondly as Paula, the voice of Paula Small, the divorced mother of 8-year-old auteur Brendon in the cult-classic animated series, Home Movies. And some know (and love) the wry, unconventional Poundstone from her turn as a panelist on NPR’s popular quiz show, Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! And then there are those who have seen her live. Poundstone is not only an exceptional storyteller but an interactive one, working an audience throughout an entire set, making them an integral part of the show. You may think you know Poundstone, but if you haven’t seen her perform, you don’t know the whole story. 8 p.m., $20-$30. Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., 208345-0454, 208-387-1273, egyptiantheatre.net.

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TATE’S RANTS Plan to “head” for the Idaho State Historical Museum. Woof.

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Historic saddles, Lewis and Clark’s secret cache, Native American basketry—those are but a few of the 250,000 objects housed in the Idaho State Historical Museum, a landmark of Julia Davis Park. Sunday will be your last chance for a long time to see these antiquities before the museum closes for renovation. It won’t open again until sometime in 2017. To celebrate, the museum is giving free admission on Sunday, with Ben and Jerry’s ice cream on site. The renovation will add another 13,000 square feet, making more room for items previously living in storage, giving them a chance to see the light. If you can’t make it Sunday, don’t worry; the museum will open a temporary space at 214 Broadway Ave. (the former Bureau of Reclamation Building) in early 2015. Noon-4 p.m., FREE. Idaho State Historical Museum, 610 Julia Davis Drive, 208-334-2120, history.idaho.gov/idahostate-historical-museum.

Fandemonium is a convention “for the fans, by the fans,” and when the fans asked for more, they got it. The now-threeday event held in downtown Boise has grown since its inception 11 years ago, when it was a smaller, primarily sci-ﬁ oriented gathering at the Nampa Civic Center. But regardless of how big Fandemonium may get, organizers pride themselves on facilitating a safe, fun environment for fans of sci-ﬁ, fantasy, cosplay, animation, illustration, writing, LARPing, games, horror and more. Fandemonium 2014 will feature a Merchant Row and Artist Alley, as well as Dead Town (an interactive group zombie survival game); a cosplay contest; a Doctor Who viewing room; workshops, panels, contests and a talent show; quiz and dating games; and so many other activities and events that, if you weren’t a fan before, you will be after Fandemonium. Various times, $20-$22 one-day pass, $35-$40 three-day pass. The Grove Hotel, 245 S. Capitol Blvd., fandemonium.org.

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It started out as “somewhat of a joke.” Tyler Blake, 23, of Boise, was stuck behind a slow-moving Tate’s Rents truck on his way to work, and, he later wrote, “My brain start[ed] racing like championship NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon and I literally saw a physical light bulb appear and illuminate itself (typically this indicates a brilliant idea; which it absolutely was).” The idea: Tate’s Rants, “where people can ... complain about boise.craigslist.org/rnr/4577805805. each and every html.tatesrants.wordpress.com one of their ridiculous problems.” With help from high-school friend Nic Van Allen, 24, Blake posted the mission of Tate’s Rants, along with some conﬁdence-inspiring photos, on Craigslist. In the ad, Blake and Van Allen promise to ﬁll the psychological hole left by friends and colleagues who “aren’t actually listening to you, they’re just aggressively thinking about if the ending to Breaking Bad could have just been a little bit better.” Bonus: Payment can come in whatever form the client wishes. Double bonus: They won’t offer advice unless asked. Blake and Van Allen realized their joke was anything but. “We started getting an overwhelming amount of responses,” Blake wrote in an email. “People seem to be simultaneously intrigued and entertained.” Tate’s Rants has since set up tatesrants.wordpress.com. “We want to show everyone that we are dedicated to making this work,” he added. Email tatesrants208@gmail.com for a session, which, according to Blake, can happen at “our house, public park, Taco Bell, secret Dumpster… we just want to be there to help.” —Zach Hagadone

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BRANCHING OUT The Morrison Center had a wicked good time with Broadway smash hit Wicked.

Boise Public Library goes digital at Boise Airport GEORGE PRENTICE

NEW HEIGHTS FOR MC, NEW MARKET FOR BOISE Thousands of Boiseans leapt to their feet in ovations for no fewer than 24 performances of Wicked: The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz (an unprecedented number for Boise) at the Morrison Center in April and May. Those performances helped push the Morrison Center to 69,248 ticket sales for the period of Jan. 1-June 30, which nudged the theater into one of the top 50 theater venues in the world for ticket sales. Pollstar magazine, which has tracked global theatrical productions for 25 years, listed the Morrison Center as No. 44 in its mid-year report of worldwide ticket sales for theater venues. Looking at next season’s Fred Meyer Broadway in Boise offerings, the addition of Jersey Boys is intriguing; old chestnuts Flashdance (which has never made it to Broadway) and Camelot are less so. We will definitely answer when The Book of Mormon rings the doorbell next summer. The Tony Award winner, which opened in 2011 and is still playing to sold-out houses on Broadway, comes to the Morrison Center July 21-26, 2015. To the Morrison Center’s decision makers: Congratulations on your success with Wicked. Here’s hoping it inspires you to reach for the rafters with future bookings. We would gladly head into the jungle for The Lion King and come out of the shadows for Phantom of the Opera. In another first, after a fire destroyed much of a building at the corner of Curtis and Franklin roads, what most people who drove past it saw was wreckage. What Miguel Gaddi and Lori Porreca saw was an opportunity—not only for themselves, transplants who missed some of the amenities the larger cities they moved from had to offer, but also for Boise’s refugee community. What the rest of the Boise metropolitan area will soon see is Boise International Market (5823 W. Franklin Road), an indoor market with around 25 shops, open seven days per week, where locals can see the world without stepping outside of the city. “They are more than vendors,” Gaddi and Porreca said about the people who will share their cultures through food, clothing, music and more at BIM. “They are business owners.” And what those business owners will bring to the market comes, like them, from around the globe and around the United States, including: Taste of Africa (Somali food); Loba African Fashion and Fresh Produce (imported Kenyan fashions/fabrics and Boise-grown produce); Thana Fashion (accessories using fabrics and designs from the Congo); and Joyful Tea. For more on BIM, check out the video at http://bit.ly/1mZbLi7.

The exclamation point looked familiar, but almost everything else about Boise Public Library’s plans and schematics for a digital library located in an airport was a gamechanger. We shouldn’t have been surprised. This is the same Boise Public Library that launched its now-extremely popular e-book program in 20101, imported the popular maker movement to Boise with its Mini Maker Faire2, created its own Comic Con3 and has installed not one, but two 3-D printers for the public’s use4. “We’re pretty sure that this will be the fifth one in the U.S.,” said Library Director Kevin Booe about the Boise Public Library branch that is suited to a specific customer in mind: the traveler. It’s true, the concept is rather new. In 2010, Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport was the first ever to have a branch within its walls, but it was a traditional lending library. By the time the idea came to the United States—Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Manhattan, Kan.; Philadelphia and Seattle—the idea, much like libraries themselves, had gone digital. “And that’s where Boise’s idea came from—when Rebecca came back from a trip where she came through the Philadelphia airport,” said Booe, referring to Boise Airport Director Rebecca Hupp. In February, when Hupp returned home from a trip that took her through one of the few airports in the nation with a digital library branch, she met with Booe in short order. “She asked, ‘Can we do that here?’ I said, ‘Absolutely. Why not?’” Booe said. Now, less than six months later, that “absolutely” proved to be true. “Honestly, it’s a fairly minimal, one-time expense,” said Denise McNeley, library operations and outreach manager. The necessary equipment—four desktop PCs and furniture—will cost around $11,100 (about $2,400 for computers and $8,700 for furniture). “But this furniture will look so different than anything else at the airport,” McNeley added. “This is not your typical businesslike furniture. The airport has really given us free rein. They’ve been so great to work with.”

BW, Find, “Free eBooks at Boise Public Library!,” Nov. 17, 2010

Denise McNeley, library operations and outreach manager (left), and Boise Airport Director Rebecca Hupp (right) prepare for the installation of the library’s new digital “branch” at the airport.

The Boise Airport even gave the library three locations to choose from for the new digital branch. It chose a space at Gate 19, about two-thirds of the way down the B concourse. “That’s where Continental Airlines used to be,” Booe said. “I really think it’s a hightrafﬁc area. A lot of folks seem to be waiting out there. It seems like a natural.” Unless you’re traveling in and out of the Boise Airport, though, don’t expect to use

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“There will be e-books for kids, magazines for adults, you’ll be able to check your email and you’ll even be able to get a temporary library card right on the spot,” said Booe. “Plus, we’re working on a tutorial on how to download e-books or music to your own iPad, Kindle or portable device. But again, this is really about those passengers who may not be accessing our library.” The Boise Library/Airport digital branch is set to ofﬁcially open in late August, but

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the library’s new digital branch. “This is primarily for the people who aren’t aware of the library, or aren’t aware that we have so many digital resources,” said Booe, adding that the airport will use the digital branch as something to promote to travelers coming to Boise. “It really shows that our airport has a real variety of services. It’s not about the hamburger and the Coke.” When someone approaches the digital branch, they’ll see a table of 29-inch-screen PCs (all touch-screen, no keyboards), all accessing the Internet and loaded with digital content.

BW, Culture, “Boise Mini Maker Faire Draws Out Local Creators,” May 29, 2013

travelers will begin noticing the service in the next week or two. They’ll be more than welcome to try out the branch in a soft launch, to “help work out the bugs,” said Booe. “We’re especially anxious to see how well the library sign-up will work. That’s something we haven’t done before,” he added. Booe said the library was even offered to install additional digital branches at two other locations in the airport. “The cool thing is that it will evolve. We’ll be adding more content and customizing,” said Booe. “Let’s see how successful this might be ﬁrst.”

BW, Culture, “Pros of the Con,” Aug. 28, 2013

BW, News, “3-D Printing: Idaho’s Newest Dimension,” Dec. 31, 2013

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Eilen Jewell and husband Jason Beek try their hand at promoting.

EILEN JEWELL AND JASON BEEK MESS AROUND WITH MESS AROUND MUSIC

Those Darlins play no country for old men.

OUTSIDE OF SOCIETY Those Darlins head into the wilderness BEN SCHULTZ Those Darlins formed after Zazu met Those Darlins started out covering artists fellow founding members Nikki Kvarnes and like the Carter Family, Hank Williams and Kelley Anderson at the Southern Girls Rock Townes Van Zandt, but you won’t hear too and Roll Camp in Murfreesboro, Tenn. They many traces of “Keep On the Sunny Side” or bonded over a mutual love of traditional “Waitin’ Round to Die” on the band’s latest country, but never wanted to strictly follow album Blur the Line (2013). Instead, some of tradition. the record’s songs—especially the menacingly “We weren’t trying to be a retro band,” droning “In the Wilderness”—call to mind Zazu said. “We just really respected the vibe a less roots-centric figure, New York punk and the simplicity of the message. … We just legend Patti Smith. According to Jessi Zazu, wanted to play [country music] in a way that singer-guitarist for the Nashville, Tenn.-based felt more modern and more appropriate for rock group, that’s not accidental. us to do it.” “She has been really inspiring to me and In the band’s early years, she added, not Nikki [Kvarnes] especially,” Zazu said, “just because of her ability to continue to make mu- everyone recognized the distinction. Zazu and her bandmates found themselves on bills sic and art that is relevant to the time period with groups in “that country revivalist world. that it’s released in. And I feel like that’s the We immediately were just like, ‘Yeah, we thing that is disappointing in a lot of artists. stick out like a sore thumb. We do not fit into … They release music that’s trying to be what this world.’” they were in their heyday or whatever, and it The patronizing attitude of men in that just seems like they’re trying to be something particular scene added to their discomfort. they’re not.” “Nobody ever said this specifically,” Zazu Judging from Blur, Those Darlins doesn’t said, “but I kind of got the vibe plan on falling into that trap. from a lot of people that was The album leaves behind much like, ‘Yeah, that’s really cute, of the country and rockabilly THOSE DARLINS what you guys are trying to of the band’s self-titled debut With Diarrhea Planet and do right now, but you’re never (2009) and builds on what Marshall Poole, Thursday, July 31, 7 p.m., $10 adv., going to make it if you keep music critic and Billboard $12 at the door. The Crux, doing that.’… We hated that contributor Robert Christ1022 W. Main St., facebook. vibe; we just wanted to get gau called the “hooky, saucy, com/thecruxcoffeeshop. away from it so much.” punky songwriting” of the It’s tempting to interpret 2011 follow-up Screws Get Loose. While the music draws from ’70s punk Blur as a reflection of Those Darlins’ struggle to break away. The first eight tracks on the and New Wave, the lyrics show an increased album alternate between Zazu’s songs of disilthoughtfulness while retaining the tart humor lusionment and Kvarnes’s songs of discovery of the Darlins’ earlier songs. Boiseans will get and self-definition. The tension between the to hear the new Those Darlins when the band two perspectives gets resolved in the closplays The Crux on Thursday, July 31, with Nashville pop-punk band Diarrhea Planet and ing three tracks, in which Zazu sings about “mak[ing] our own noise” (“Western Sky”), local blues-rock trio Marshall Poole. BOI S EW EEKLY.COM

finding love (“Too Slow”) and letting go of fear (“Ain’t Afraid”). Whatever you read into the album, Those Darlins’ career has progressed steadily since those early days. As the band built a following, it began playing with groups more in line with its irreverent spirit, like the Old 97’s and the Drive-By Truckers. Original bassist Anderson and her replacement, Adrian Barrera, have both left to pursue other projects, but Zazu feels that the current lineup—she and Kvarnes on guitars, Linwood Regensburg on bass and Duncan Shea on drums—has worked out well. “People really love the new lineup,” she said. “Anybody that did mention it [on the East Coast tour with Diarrhea Planet] only mentioned it in a positive way.” The Tennessean’s review of Those Darlins’ Sunday afternoon set at Bonnaroo 2014 testifies to the current lineup’s effectiveness. “The final day of Bonnaroo desperately needs energetic acts that worn-out audiences can rally around,” observed writer Dave Paulson, “and Those Darlins fit the bill—a garage rock gang that belts out ‘We belong in the wilderness’ when many attendees are tempted to return to civilization.” Plenty of other audiences will hear that message. The next two months will see Those Darlins tour from coast to coast. The band also plans to travel to China in late August and work on new material after touring wraps up. Whatever Zazu and her bandmates come up with next, listeners shouldn’t expect something they’ve already done. “People say, ‘Why don’t you do more stuff like your first album?’” Zazu said. “I was 17 then, you know? … If I was doing the exact same thing, I don’t think anyone would even be listening to our music right now.”

When singer-songwriter Eilen Jewell was pregnant with her first child, she and her husband, musician Jason Beek, knew they’d need to stop touring for a while. They still wanted to do something music-related, though. So when two of their favorite acts were each planning a tour, the couple decided to help set up a show for them in Boise. “A couple tries didn’t work out, so then we thought, ‘Well, maybe we could be the promoters,’” Beek said. That thought led Jewell and Beek to start their own promotion company, Mess Around Music, which has booked its first show at the Cinder Winery in Garden City on Tuesday, Aug. 12. The concert will feature Austin, Tex.-based country musician Zoe Muth, whose new album World of Strangers (2014) was praised by Americana UK as “the proper arrival of a new, powerful and vital voice”; and Brooklyn, New York-based Americana musician Miss Tess, whom No Depression called “a songwriter’s songwriter.” As Beek and Jewell see it, Mess Around Music will give them a chance to keep music as a part of their lives and strengthen their connection to the local scene. “When we are touring, we’re touring; we’re gone so much,” Jewell said. “So it’s a way to kind of establish a presence in Boise.” While they don’t have much experience as promoters, they hope that Mess Around Music will become an ongoing enterprise. “Part of the deal was to do this first show just to see if we like it,” Beek said. “We’ve obviously been on the other side of it for a long time now. We know when we walk into a show if it’s been well-promoted [and] the presenter’s doing their job, but we’ve never actually done it [or] been on this side of it. So far, so good.” Meanwhile, Jewell’s fans may get to hear some more of her own music soon enough. The couple hopes to release a live album in mid-August or September and get a new studio album out by February or March 2015. Jewell and Beek would also like to start touring again next year, but that decision depends largely on their infant daughter Mavis. “So far, she likes going places,” Jewell said. “She likes the white noise of a crowd, when a crowd’s talking.” —Ben Schultz

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GUIDE WEDNESDAY JULY 30 ALIVE AFTER FIVE: BROTHERS COMATOSE—With Possum Livin. 5 p.m. FREE. Grove Plaza

LIQUID WETT WEDNESDAY—Electronic live music and DJs. 9:30 p.m. FREE. Liquid MISSISSIPPI MARSHALL—7:30 p.m. FREE. Willi B’s OLIPHANTS—6:30 p.m. FREE. Highlands Hollow

FRIM FRAM FOUR—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

APRIL RIGBY—6 p.m. FREE. Artistblue

GREAT GARDEN ESCAPE: STONESEED—6 p.m. FREE-$10. Idaho Botanical Garden

CYMRY—With Doug Slagle and Mike Fagan. 8 p.m. FREE. Ha’ Penny

KLEINER PARK CONCERT SERIES: SOULPATCH—6:30 p.m. FREE. Kleiner Park

AUDIO/VISUAL DJ—10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s Basement

PATIO CONCERT SERIES—Featuring Greg & Johnny with friends. 7 p.m. FREE. Berryhill

BRANDON PRITCHETT—7 p.m. FREE. Reef

POSSUM LIVIN’—10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s

RHYTHM RANGERS—7 p.m. FREE. Harry’s Hyde Park Pub

BUBBA SPARXXX—With Ready Starr, Yung Verb, Young Knox and the Real Rel. 8 p.m. $20. Bouquet

RYAN WISSINGER—6 p.m. FREE. Solid

SPEEDY GRAY—9 p.m. FREE. Solid

CHICKEN DINNER ROAD—6:30 p.m. FREE. Roseberr y Townsite CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH— With Stagnant Pools. 7 p.m. $15. Neurolux

SOUTH PAW—With Calico. 8 p.m. $3. Flying M Coffeegarage SPEEDY GRAY—9 p.m. FREE. Solid

FRUGAL FATHER AND YOUNG PHARAOHS—With PoloMirror. 8 p.m. $5. The Crux GEORGE DEVORE BAND—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s JOHNNY BUTLER—6 p.m. FREE. Gelato Cafe

STEVE AND GRACE WALL—6 p.m. FREE. Gelato Cafe TERRY JONES—6:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

WILLISON ROOS—6 p.m. FREE. Smoky Mountain Pizza-Parkcenter

THOSE DARLINS AND DIARRHEA PLANET—With Marshall Poole. See Culture, page 21. 7 p.m. $10 adv., $12 door. The Crux

THURSDAY JULY 31

THURSDAY THUNDER: JEFF CROSBY—6 p.m. FREE. Boise Spectrum

DJ BONZ—9 p.m. FREE. Shorty’s DJ HOUSE MUSIC—8 p.m. FREE. Mode Lounge

PETE STINE—With Jimmy Sinn. 10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s

ANGEL OLSEN—With Starlings Murmurations. See Listen Here, this page. 7 p.m. $12 adv., $14 door. Neurolux BARBARA LANG—6 p.m. FREE. Solid

KAYLEIGH JACK—7:30 p.m. FREE. Piper Pub

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

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

CAYUCAS—10 p.m. $7. Reef DJ ODIE—10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s Basement

TOWN SQUARE TUNES—6 p.m. FREE. Ketchum Town Square UGLY HUSSY AND PAPER GATES—7 p.m. FREE. Modern

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DAN COSTELLO TRIO WITH NICOLE CHRISTENSEN—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers DJ ODIE—10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s Basement DOUG CAMERON—8:30 p.m. FREE. Piper Pub EMILY TIPTON—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s FAR WEST—10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s FRANK MARRA—6:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers FREUDIAN SLIP—7 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel FUSION FEST AFTERPARTY: DJ AMAR—With special guest dancers from the belly dance festival. 10 p.m. $10. Neurolux KAYLEIGH JACK—1 p.m. FREE. Solid KEVIN SHRUMM—7 p.m. FREE. Gelato Cafe MELTED TOYS—With HiHazel and Evil-Liza. 7 p.m. $5. The Crux RYAN WISSINGER—6 p.m. FREE. Solid SOULFLY—8 p.m. $18-$25. Knitting Factory

BILLY BRAUN—5 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel CLAY MOORE TRIO—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

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DAN COSTELLO—8:30 p.m. FREE. Piper Pub

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DJ FOOSE—10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s Basement THE FABULOUS BLUE RAYZ—7 p.m. FREE. Sockeye Grill FAR WEST—10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s HILLFOLK NOIR—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s KATE TUCKER AND THE SONS OF SWEDEN—7 p.m. With Messier Object. $5. Neurolux KEVIN KIRK—6:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers LIVE DJ—11 p.m. FREE. Neurolux MEGAN NELSON—7:30 p.m. FREE. Willi B’s

ANGEL OLSEN, JULY 31, NEUROLUX If you found the video for Angel Olsen’s “High Five” without knowing anything about the singer, you might think you’d stumbled onto a scene from a ’60s experimental ﬁlm: The color palette is dated, the lighting is harsh and Olsen’s semaphoric gesturing looks like code for someone we’ll never see on screen. But if the hypothesis was to prove Olsen’s breathy, bittersweet singing—“I feel so lonesome, I could cry / but instead I’ll pass the time”—would stay the focus regardless of what was happening around her, the experiment was a success. When Olsen looks into the camera, it’s like she’s daring you to turn away, but will carry on regardless. In a May 2014 interview with The New Yorker, writer Sasha Frere-Jones writes much the same:“When I met Angel Olsen earlier this year to talk about her second album, Burn Your Fire for No Witness [Jagjaguwar, 2014], she answered my questions about the way she performs her songs—she’s perfectly happy to have you listen, but entirely unworried about your reaction.” The Thursday, July 31, show is Olsen’s ﬁrst visit to Boise. Check her out: You’ll be happy you listened, too. —Amy Atkins With Starlings Murmurations, 8 p.m., $12 adv., $14 door. Neurolux, 111 N. 11th St., 208-343-0886, neurolux.com.

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NUDES—With Deep Creeps, Grocery List and Pork Chopper. 7 p.m. $5. The Crux PAT RICE—6 p.m. FREE. Solid QUEEN: IT’S A KINDA MAGIC—Recreates Queen’s 1986 World Tour concert, featuring over 20 of the band’s greatest hits. See Picks, Page 18. 8 p.m. $30-$59. Morrison Center THE RESIDENCE AND OFF TRENDS—7:30 p.m. FREE. The District ROCK THE VILLAGE: PARTY CRASHERS—With James Coberly Smith and Leanne Town. 6 p.m. FREE. Village at Meridian RYAN WISSINGER—6 p.m. FREE. Solid

Stone Seed STONE SEED—6:30 p.m. FREE. Salmon River Brewery

SUNDAY AUGUST 3 ALEX RICHARDS AND FRIENDS—8 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s AUDIO/VISUAL DJ—10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s BLUES BROTHERS—1 p.m. $8-$10. Ste. Chapelle Winery CYMRY—With Doug Slagle. 2 p.m. FREE. Indian Creek Winery HIP-HOP SUNDAY—10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s Basement JIM LEWIS—6 p.m. FREE. Lulu’s JIMMIE SINN—6 p.m. FREE. Solid LARRY CLARK—Noon. FREE. Gelato Cafe MUSIC FROM STANLEY: LAURA MEYER—5 p.m. FREE. Redﬁsh Lake Lodge NOCTURNUM! INDUSTRIAL GOTH DJS—9:30. FREE. Liquid

SATURDAY AUGUST 2 AMELIA HYDE AND AARON RODRIGUEZ—7:30 p.m. FREE. Willi B’s

ROOFTOP PARTY SUNDAYS WITH SUITE LOVE/OHNO—9 p.m. FREE. Reef THE SIDEMEN: GREG PERKINS AND RICK CONNOLLY—6 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

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GUIDE TWEENS AND GRMLN—With East Coast Fist Pump. 7 p.m. $5. The Crux

KETCH’EM ALIVE CONCERT SERIES—7 p.m. FREE. Forest Service Park

TRIBAL SEEDS—8 p.m. $17$25. Knitting Factory

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

MONDAY AUGUST 4

RADIO BOISE SOCIAL HOUR— 5:30 p.m. FREE. Neurolux SPINDRIFT—With Max Pain and the Groovies, plus screening of the ﬁlm Spendrift: Ghost of the West. See Listen Here, this page 7 p.m. $8 adv., $10 door. The Crux

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 6 ALIVE AFTER FIVE: TOO SLIM AND THE TAILDRAGGERS—With Fort Harrison. 5 p.m. FREE. Grove Plaza BJ WREN—6:30 p.m. FREE. Roseberry Townsite

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BROWNOUT PRESENTS BROWN SABBATH—7 p.m. $12 adv., $14 door. Neurolux

OUTLAW FIELD: NICKEL CREEK—7 p.m. $37. Idaho Botanical Garden

CAITLIN JEMMA AND THE LONG GONE STRINGBAND— 8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

PATRICIA FOLKNER—6 p.m. FREE. Smoky Mountain PizzaParkcenter

DEAD RIDER—With Monsterdudes, Memory Smoker and For Fuck’s Sake. 7 p.m. $5. The Crux

CHRIS ISAAK—8 p.m. $35-$90. River Run Lodge

RYAN WISSINGER—6 p.m. FREE. Solid

CRAIG SLOVER—6 p.m. FREE. Gelato Cafe

JIMMIE SINN—6 p.m. FREE. Solid

SOUL SERENE—8:30 p.m. FREE. Piper Pub

DJ BONZ—9 p.m. FREE. Shorty’s

SPEEDY GRAY—9 p.m. FREE. Solid

DJ HOUSE MUSIC—8 p.m. FREE. Mode Lounge

XIU XIU—With Circuit des Yeux and With Child. 9 p.m. $10 adv., $12 door. The Crux

1332 RECORDS PRESENTS PUNK MONDAY—8 p.m. FREE. Liquid CHUCK SMITH AND NICOLE CHRISTENSEN—6:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

TUESDAY AUGUST 5 ADAM CHAVARRIA—6 p.m. FREE. Solid CRAIG SLOVER—5:30 p.m. FREE. O’Michael’s Pub CUTTING CAGES—7 p.m. FREE. Sockeye Grill

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THE SWEET LILLIES—10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

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

TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS—With Steve Winwood. 8 p.m. $52-$101.50. Taco Bell Arena

LIQUID WETT WEDNESDAY— 9:30 p.m. Electronic live music and DJs. FREE. Liquid

YOU, ME AND APOLLO—With Burn, Wooden Vale! 7 p.m. $5. Neurolux

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SPINDRIFT, AUG. 5, THE CRUX To find a soundtrack so rich it almost precipitates a film and then for the visuals to parallel the audio experience is rare—except in the case of L.A.-based band Spindrift and its movie, Spindrift: Ghost of the West. Spindrift is the brainchild of Kirpatrick Thomas, a renaissance man whose curriculum vitae lists work as an actor, composer, singer, songwriter and producer. Spindrift’s “Ennio Morricone/Sergio Leone-inspired”music is as melancholy as a lone horseman with no destination and as foreboding as the thick, gunmetal-gray clouds of a thunderstorm, making the “psychedelic Western cinematic rock ’n’ roll” band ideal for “film-related projects,” including an entry in the soundtrack for the Quentin Tarantino-produced Hell Ride. In 2012, Spindrift headed West, performing in “national parks, historical sites, vast desert, and strange and forgotten locations.” Filmmaker Burke Roberts went along for the ride, training his eye and his lush aesthetic on both the band and the environs to create a stunning, slightly surreal work that is part Spaghetti Western, part concert film and part fever dream. Now, Spindrift is traveling through the West again (before heading out on a Western European tour), screening Ghost of the West and performing the soundtrack live. —Amy Atkins With Max Pain and the Groovies. 7 p.m., $8. The Crux, 1022 W. Main St., facebook.com/thecruxcoffeeshop.

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BEERGUZZLER/DRINK DOUBLE MOUNTAIN BREWERY Founded in 2007 in Hood River, Ore., Double Mountain Brewery recently entered the Boise market. It produces a variety of year-round brews, all built around two-row pilsner malt sourced from British Columbia. I’m a big fan of pilsner malt—it imparts a deﬁnite smoothness to the brew. All of Double Mountain’s lineup comes in 500-milliliter bottles, which include both bitterness unit info, as well as the bottling date. Here are three of its impressive brews.

DOUBLE MOUNTAIN KOLSCH, $3.99$4.99 A tribute to the style of beer native to Cologne (Koln), Germany, this beer is a very light straw pour with just a touch of haze and a decent eggshell-white head. A little pepper crosses the nose along with sourdough bread, biscuit and light hops. Firm, tangy hops come through on the palate, which is a nice combo of soft malt, fresh grain, spicy pepper and citrus. The ﬁnish is light and refreshing.

DOUBLE MOUNTAIN VAPORIZER DRYHOPPED PALE ALE, $3.99-$4.99 This beer is another hazy, straw pour with a good head that collapses quickly but leaves a nice lacing. The aromas are hop-driven with touches of earth and lanolin. The ﬂavors are a mix of smooth, grainy malt and pine-y hops built around a core of ripe citrus and biscuit. Lemon zest and herb come through on the persistent, very dry ﬁnish.

DOUBLE MOUNTAIN HOP LAVA NORTHWEST IPA, $3.99-$4.99 A subdued, crystal clear amber in the glass, this brew threw the thickest, longest lasting head of the three. Though the hops weigh in at 75 IBU, they don’t have much of an aromatic presence. Instead, you get toasted malt and a bit of banana. The palate is a balanced mix of smooth malt and big, but not overly bitter hops. It’s a funky take on a Northwest IPA, but a delicious one.

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FIZZY MATH The pros and cons of beer growlers TARA MORGAN Boiseans can’t seem to get their fill of growlers. Once the vessel of choice for craft beer connoisseurs, 64-ounce glass growlers are now available at gas stations and grocery stores across the city. Brew-hounds on the go can now grab a hot dog and an amber-hued jug filled with fresh draft beer. But it’s not all suds and sunshine. Sixty-four-ounce growlers—eight ounces short of a typical sixer—tend to be more expensive than their six-pack peers. Not to mention, they go bad much faster—often in just a day or two. To find out more about what’s driving this trend, we did some price comparisons around town and chatted up a couple of local experts, who weighed in on the pros and cons of drinking beer from growlers.

PROS: According to Victor’s Grand Teton Brewing, which claims to have introduced the modern growler in 1989, the history of the growler stretches back to the early 1900s, when folks would fill small metal pails at their local breweries and carry them home to drink. “These covered pails were quite possibly called ‘growlers’ because the lid made a rumbling sound as the carbon dioxide escaped from under the lid,” GTB states on its website. Though the vessel has changed drastically since then—the most common growlers available today are 64-ounce, dark glass containers with a small neck, a tiny jug handle and screw-top lid—the name and the function stuck. The growler’s primary purpose is to contain fresh draft beer that often isn’t available elsewhere. “Growler fills offer an opportunity to take away beer that you wouldn’t otherwise be able to drink outside the bar, and that’s kind of the main appeal,” explained Jack Gunn, wine specialist at Whole Foods. Standing behind the long bar in Whole Foods’ upstairs River Room, Gunn explained that he’d personally rather purchase a growler of beer that’s only available on draft, like Woodland Empire Ale Craft’s City of Trees IPA, than something that’s widely available in cans, like Payette Brewing’s Outlaw IPA. Pointing to a tap handle of Stone Brewing’s Stochasticity Project Grapefruit Slam IPA, Gunn noted, “This has been sold out in bottles for months.” Taste also comes into play with growlers. According to Gunn, kegged beer has different characteristics than bottled or canned beer. “Beer is just fundamentally different from a keg than it is from a small container,” he said, adding, “A lot of beers show better from the keg than they do from the bottle or can. … You’ve got to figure that the keg’s been under refrigeration the entire time.” Pre-Funk Beer Bar’s Ryan Driscoll agreed, adding that stainless steel kegs are more resilient than cans or bottles in keeping beer fresh. “Draft beer just has a different texture and flavor than packaged beer,” said Driscoll. “More of the time it has a richer, fuller flavor and more body and mouth-feel.” Pre-Funk carries 25 rotating beers on tap, most of which it also offers by the grunt

CONS: (32-ounce container) and growler. Current selections range from an $8 growler fill of Bud Light to a $22 growler fill of Firestone Walker Wookey Jack Black IPA. According to Driscoll, in addition to being more eco-friendly than bottles and cans, growlers are also an asset for local craft breweries that don’t bottle their products. “That’s one of the best things about growlers, actually, is that for breweries, packaging is time-consuming and expensive, and if they can just have people come down to their brewery and take a growler of their beer to go, it’s beneficial to them as a brewery, and then also people get better beer because it’s straight from the brewery and it’s fresh,” said Driscoll.

GET’CHER GROWLERS -10 Barrel Brewing: $10 fills on standard beers, $15 for premium beers -Bier:Thirty: $10 select fills on Sundays and Mondays -Boise Brewing: $10 fills on Mondays on everything except for CSB beers -Brewer’s Haven: $11.50 for all growler fills, all the time -Brewforia Meridian: Growlers currently range from $12.99-$25 -Crooked Fence Brewing Tasting Room: $6 fills on everything except for imperials, which are $15, Saturdays from noon-2 p.m. -Edge Brewing: $2 off all growler fills on Sundays; growlers range from $11-$18.50 -Highlands Hollow Brewhouse: $11 fills everyday, $8 fills on Mondays for one rotating beer -Payette Brewing: $10 fills everyday on everything except for limited releases -Pre-Funk Beer Bar: $10 fills everyday from 4-6 p.m. and all day Sundays -Slanted Rock Brewing: $8 growler fills on Saturdays from 12-4 p.m., not including imperials -Sockeye Brewing: $13.50-$14.50 all the time, no specials -The RAM: $12-$17 fills everyday; half-price fills on Sundays -Whole Foods River Room: Rotating daily $10 growler fill -Woodland Empire Ale Craft: $7 growler fills on Sundays, excluding some specialty beers

Growlers might look like a good deal at first glance, but they tend to be more expensive than six-packs. Said Gunn, “It looks like this huge jug of beer, but it’s actually less ounces than a six-pack.” Boise Weekly did an informal survey of five local spots that sell both growlers and six-packs, and found that most places charged more for 64 ounces of draft beer than they did for 72 ounces of the same bottled beer. At Whole Foods, for example, it costs $12 for a growler of Grand Teton’s Sweetgrass APA and only $8.99 for a six-pack—that’s about 19 cents per ounce for the growler, and around 12 cents per ounce for the sixer. The price differences were a little less drastic at M&W Market off Warm Springs Avenue, which charges $8.99 for a growler of Sockeye’s Dagger Falls IPA and $8.39 for a six pack—14 cents per ounce versus about 12 cents per ounce. Though a couple of cents difference might seem like small change, tack on the price of a new growler—usually $4-$5—and you’re paying quite a bit more per ounce for your beer. Price isn’t the only drawback to growlers. In addition to being difficult to clean, which can lead to residue build-up that funks-up the flavor of the beer inside, glass growlers only keep beer fresh for a couple of days—tops. Driscoll said that a growler should be consumed “fairly quickly,” but added that means “within two to three days of buying it.” Though some companies offer much more expensive growlers that promise to keep beer fresher and colder longer—like Hydro-Flask’s vacuum-insulated, stainless steel growler— most people seem perfectly content with their glass jugs. As it turns out, a lot of the growler’s appeal isn’t in its practicality. “I think that there’s a certain romanticism to having a growler of beer,” said Gunn. “I don’t really know why, but there are some people who are really attached to their growlers and really like taking growlers places.” Driscoll contends that growlers have more of a high-brow vibe than the humble six-pack, which makes them better for special occasions and sharing among friends. “It’s a great way to share beer with people, bringing a half-gallon to a party or a gathering,” said Driscoll. “It’s kind of like bringing a bottle of wine, almost.”

—David Kirkpatrick

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GUILTY DISPLEASURES Hollywood continues its long, dark decline GEORGE PRENTICE Your honor. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury. We’re here today to put Hollywood on trial. Our nation’s purveyors of pomp have failed their charge. In the simplest terms, movie studios have turned their backs on the nation’s audiences; and those audiences, in turn, have turned away from the silver screen and toward their TV screens. Television is flourishing in a golden era of thrills and originality usually reserved for films. We need look no further than Game of Thrones for unprecedented action-based filmmaking—television is eating Hollywood’s lunch (or maybe we should say popcorn). Your honor, we ask that People’s Exhibit A be admitted into evidence: It is an article, published almost exactly one year ago today, in which Boise Weekly predicted “the beginning of the end of the summer blockbuster” (BW, Screen, “Too Big Not to Fail,” Aug. 28, 2013). Please allow me to quote: “When film historians look back on what triggered the demise of the phenomenon of summer blockbusters, they’ll look to the early part of the 21st century.” And now, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, People’s Exhibit B: The July 24 edition of The Hollywood Reporter. This summer’s total box office receipts, which will be tallied in just a few weeks, should reveal the worst year-overyear decline in three decades. In 2013, three films made more than $400 million each in United States theaters. In summer 2014, no film will gross $300 million domestically—the first time since 2001. And now, in rapid succession, we give you People’s Exhibits C, D, E, F and G, all of which reveal a hubris that remains unchecked:

The summer of 2014 could have used a lot less Tammy and Transformers and a little more Pixar.

C. The price isn’t right: Hollywood paints us deeper into a financial corner by charging more money for less value. The only reason some movies—Transformers, Maleficent, XMen, Godzilla, How to Train Your Dragon— have, thus far, reported respectable grosses this summer is because IMAX attendance has inflated the numbers: These films require more screens, yet they’re filling fewer seats. This is the very definition of unsustainable. D. The fault in our stars: Summer 2013 exposed the box office vulnerability of Tom Cruise (Oblivion), Johnny Depp (The Lone Ranger) and Will Smith (After Earth). Summer 2014 wasn’t any better, creating more carnage from previous box-office guarantees: Melissa McCarthy (Tammy) and Adam Sandler (Blended) have now joined the list of walking wounded. E. Chinks in the armor: Movie studios have been quick to deflect criticism by pointing to what they call this season’s “successes,” such as Transformers: Age of Extinction (the No. 1 film of the summer), Maleficent or Godzilla. But take a closer look: The latest Transformers grossed far less than the other films in the franchise, and much of its box office bankroll is coming from China. And while Maleficent made nearly $70 million in its opening weekend, that’s far below what similar benchmark

fantasy films such as 2013’s Oz, The Great and Powerful and 2010’s Alice in Wonderland made in their opening weekends. Godzilla opened this summer to plenty of buzz, grossing $93 million in its first weekend, but it registered one of the worst second weekends for a tentpole film. F. No Pixar: Pixar cannot be denied. Their films are almost always a sure bet technically, emotionally and financially. When Pixar executives announced they would not release a film this summer, it revealed how dangerously dependent Hollywood is on this one Disney subsidiary. G. Staying home is better: You know it, the jury knows it, everybody knows it. Even a studio executive who asked to remain anonymous told The Hollywood Reporter earlier this month, “I wish I worked at Netflix.” We don’t need to subpoena the casts of Orange Is the New Black and House of Cards to prove that point. In conclusion, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, we ask for a guilty verdict. The Hollywood summer-blockbuster model is borderline criminal; and it is currently lorded over by men and women who abuse our nation’s greatest entertainment legacy by feeding an addiction of meagerness, mediocrity and complacency. The prosecution rests.

SCREEN/EXTRA NOT-SO-HAPPY CHRISTMAS Happy Christmas demands an acquired taste, if your taste can tolerate egg nog that has been sitting out for, oh, let’s say a week. There is one good thing about Happy Christmas: the soundtrack. In particular, “If You Got Somebody Waiting” by Swedish pop singer Joel Alme is a song you won’t be able to get out of your head. Otherwise, you won’t be able to get Happy Christmas out of your head soon enough. Here, Anna Kendrick plays Jenny, who spends the holiday (which readily stretches into the New

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Year’s) with brother Jeff (writer/director/star Joe Swanberg) and wife Kelly (Melanie Lynskey), a couple settling into 30-something maturity with their 2-year-old toddler Jude (Swanberg’s real-life son). “I don’t want to be one of those people who continues to do the same kind of stuff. You know what I mean?” Jenny tells a roomful of strangers. Soon enough, they know exactly what she means, because Jenny exhibits the same reckless behavior over and over and over. And when Jeff and Kelly ask Jenny to be their full-time babysitter, her little faults evolve into ﬂat-out impropriety. Swanberg’s dialogue is spot-on. He clearly knows these people, but we all know these people. And there’s nothing happy about that kind of Christmas… with the possible exception of that new Joel Alme CD from Santa. —George Prentice B O I S E WE E KLY. C O M

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA In the Matter of the Name Change of: NATHAN ALEXANDER TUBACH, Minor Child (d/o/b: 12/08/1998) Shana Lynn Tubach (biological mother) Martin Randal Tubach (biological father) Petitioners. Case No. CV NC 14-12342 NOTICE OF HEARING A Petition for Name Change by Shana Lynn Tubach and Martin Randal Tubach, now residing in the city of Boise, State of Idaho, proposing a change in name for their son, NATHAN ALEXANDER TUBACH, to OLIVER MCLOVIN TUBACH, has been ﬁled in the above entitled court on June 25, 2014. The Petition alleges substantially the following: Petitioners are adult residents and domiciliaries of the state of Idaho, presently residing at 13226 N. Lookout Circle, Boise, Idaho 83714. Petitioners and the minor child subject to this action have continuously resided together in the state of Idaho since 2000. Petitioners were married on the 10th day of August in 1991 and are currently husband and wife. Petitioners are the legal and biological parents of NATHAN ALEXANDER TUBACH born December 8, 1998. Four (4) children were born as a result of the marriage of the parties to wit: Preston, age 18, Aubrie, age 17, Nathan, age

ARIES (March 21-April 19): If a farmer plants the same crop in the same field year after year, the earth’s nutrients get exhausted. For instance, lettuce sucks up a lot of nitrogen. It’s better to plant beans or peas in that location the next season, since they add nitrogen back into the soil. Meanwhile, lettuce will do well in the field where the beans or peas grew last time. This strategy is called crop rotation. I nominate it as your operative metaphor for the next 10 months, Aries. Your creative output will be abundant if you keep sowing each new “crop” in a fertile situation where it is most likely to thrive. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Maybe your grandparents are dead, or maybe they’re still alive. Whatever the case may be, do you have a meaningful or interesting connection with them? Is there anything about their souls or destinies that inspires you as you face your own challenges? Or is your link with them based more on sentimentality and nostalgia? In the near future, I urge you to dig deeper in search of the power they might have to offer you. Proceed on the hypothesis that you have not yet deciphered some of the useful messages you can derive from how they lived their lives. Explore the possibility that their mysteries are relevant to yours. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The prolific American author James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) wrote 32 novels. In those pages, he crammed in almost 1,100 quotations from Shakespeare. What motivated such extreme homage? I suspect he regarded Shakespeare as a mentor, and wanted to blend the Bard’s intelligence with his own. I invite you to do something similar, Gemini. What heroes have moved you the most? What teachers have stirred you the deepest? It’s a perfect time to pay tribute in a way that feels self-empowering. I suspect you will benefit from revivifying their influence on you. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Was there an actual poet named Homer who wrote the ancient Greek epics the Iliad and the Odyssey? Or was “Homer” a fictitious name given to several authors who created those two masterworks? Whatever the case may be, we know that Homer plagiarized himself. The opening line of Book XI in the Iliad is identical to the opening line of Book V in the Odyssey: “Now Dawn arose from her couch beside the lordly Tithonos, to bear light to the immortals and to mortal men.” So should we be critical of Homer? Nah. Nor will I hold it against you if, in the coming days, you imitate some fine action or brilliant move you did in the past. It was great the first time. I’m

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sure it will be nearly as great this time, but in a different way. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The Earth has been around for almost 4.6 billion years. But according to scientists who study the fossil records, fire didn’t make its first appearance on our planet until 470 million years ago. Only then were there enough land-based plants and oxygen to allow the possibility of fires arising naturally. Do the math and you will see that for 90 percent of the Earth’s history, fire was absent. In evolutionary terms, it’s a newcomer. As I study your astrological omens for the next 10 months, I foresee the arrival of an almost equally monumental addition to your life, Leo. You can’t imagine what it is yet, but by this time next year, you won’t fathom how you could have lived without it for so long. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In the nights to come, I expect you will dream of creatures like fiery monsters, robot warriors, extraterrestrial ghosts and zombie vampires. But here’s the weird twist: They will be your helpers and friends. They will protect you and fight on your behalf as you defeat your real enemies, who are smiling pretenders wearing white hats. Dreams like this will prepare you well for events in your waking life, where you will get the chance to gain an advantage over fake nice guys who have hurt you or thwarted you. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): It’s fine if you want to turn the volume all the way up on your charisma and socialize like a party animal. I won’t protest if you gleefully blend business and pleasure as you nurture your web of human connections. But I hope you will also find time to commune with the earth and sky and rivers and winds. Why? You are scheduled to take a big, fun spiritual test in the not-too-distant future. An excellent way to prepare for this rite of passage will be to deepen your relationship with Mother Nature. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You are hereby excused from doing household chores and busywork, Scorpio. Feel free to cancel boring appointments. Avoid tasks that are not sufficiently epic, majestic and fantastic to engage your heroic imagination. As I see it, this is your time to think really big. You have cosmic authorization to give your full intensity to exploring the amazing maze where the treasure is hidden. I urge you to pay attention to your dreams for clues. I encourage you to ignore all fears except the one that evokes your most brilliant courage. Abandon all trivial worries, you curious warrior, as you go in quest of your equivalent of the Holy Grail.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Broadway is one of New York City’s main streets. It runs the length of the island of Manhattan. But hundreds of years ago it was known by the indigenous Lenape people as the Wickquasgeck Trail. It was a passageway that cut through stands of chestnut, poplar and pine trees. Strawberries grew wild in fields along the route. Is there a metaphorical equivalent in your own life, Sagittarius? I think there is: a modest, natural path that you will ultimately build into a major thoroughfare buzzing with activity. Part of you will feel sad at the loss of innocence that results. But mostly you’ll be proud of the visionary strength you will have summoned to create such an important conduit. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The heavenly body known as 1986 DA is a near-Earth asteroid that’s 1.4 miles in diameter. It’s packed with 10,000 tons of gold and 100,000 tons of platinum, meaning it’s worth more than $5 trillion. Can we humans get to it and mine its riches? Not yet. That project is beyond our current technology. But one day, I’m sure we will find a way. I’m thinking there’s a smaller-scale version of this scenario in your life, Capricorn. You know about or will soon find out about a source of wealth that’s beyond your grasp. But I’m betting that in the next 10 months you will figure out a way to tap into it, and begin the process. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “I just sort of drifted into it.” According to author Gore Vidal, “That’s almost always the explanation for everything.” But I hope this won’t be true for you anytime soon, Aquarius. You can’t afford to be unconscious or lazy or careless about what you’re getting yourself into. You must formulate a clear, strong intention, and stick to it. I don’t mean that you should be overly cautious or ultraskeptical. To make the correct decisions, all you have to do is be wide awake and stay in intimate touch with what’s best for you. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Members of the industrial band Skinny Puppy are upset with the United States military. They discovered that an interrogation team at America’s Guantanamo Bay detention camp tortured prisoners by playing their music at deafening volumes for extended periods. That’s why they sent an invoice to the Defense Department for $666,000 and are threatening to sue. Now would be a good time for you to take comparable action, Pisces. Are others distorting your creations or misrepresenting your meaning? Could your reputation benefit from repair? Is there anything you can do to correct people’s misunderstandings about who you are and what you stand for?

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