Boise Weekly Vol. 23 Issue 28 by Boise Weekly

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DECE MBER 31, 2014– J AN U ARY 6, 2015

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“I apologize to anyone who made life decisions based on my Boise Weekly predictions for 2014.” REMBER 6

Hack Attack Local lessons learned from the Sony cyberattack

State of the State Boise Weekly quizzes 10 Idahoans on the true state of the state

INSIDE Idaho

Potato Drop

The ofﬁcial, indispensable guide to the New Year’s Eve Idaho Potato Drop FREE TAKE ONE!

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THIS SPUD’S FOR YOU In many places around the world, the new year is a much bigger deal than it is in the United States, where—like most of our holidays—it’s more or less a license for public debauchery. Not that that’s a bad thing, by any means, or that other cultures don’t debauch themselves while ushering out the old and welcoming the new. It’s just that some people have more elaborate traditions than others. The Danes jump off of chairs and throw plates at their loved ones’ doors in 3anama, they burn efÀgies of famous people Colombians have been known to carry around empty suitcases, hoping for a year of travel; Romanians try to communicate with their animals; and in certain parts of South Africa and Italy, revelers pitch old appliances and furniture off the tops of buildings. These traditions might seem weird, but they all share a common spirit: They’re meant to symbolize the casting off of the previous year—banishing evil in some cases, showing gratitude in others or merely cleansing the palate. All the while, we express hope for the future. In Idaho, of course, we watch a giant potato get lowered from the sky above downtown Boise. If you’re reading this on the day it was published—Dec. 31—that’s happening tonight. As ofÀcial print media partner of the nd Annual New <ear’s Eve Idaho Potato Drop, Boise Weekly is psyched to present the ofÀcial guide to the event, hosted by the Idaho New <ear’s Commission. Inserted into this week’s BW, you’ll Ànd everything you need to know about when and where to be, and all the entertainment taking place on three stages featuring national recording acts, a Àreworks display and an addition to the festivities that we’re not giving away here (for even more, see Culture, Page 9). From jumping off chairs to goat whispering to potato gazing, whatever your traditions we hope you have a safe, happy new year. —Zach Hagadone

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ARTIST: Annie Murphy TITLE: “Untitled” MEDIUM: Acrylic on canvas board ARTIST STATEMENT: “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” Mahatma Gandhi. More work can be found at Goldy’s Corner Coffee Shop downtown. For custom dog portraits email murphyannie@cableone.net.

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Boise Weekly publishes original local artwork on its cover each week. One stipulation of publication is that the piece must be donated to BW’s annual charity art auction in November. A portion of the proceeds from the auction are reinvested in the local arts community through a series of private grants for which all artists are eligible to apply. Cover artists will also receive 30 percent of the final auction bid on their piece. To submit your artwork for BW’s cover, bring it to BWHQ at 523 Broad St. All mediums are accepted. Thirty days from your submission date, your work will be ready for pick up if it’s not chosen to be featured on the cover. Work not picked up within six weeks of submission will be discarded.

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

MOST-READ STORIES OF 2014 ON BOISEWEEKLY.COM: 1.

“ AR R ES TS AR E THR E ATE NE D A S A DD THE WORDS P ROTE ST BLOCKS I DAHO S ENATE C HAMBE RS,” FEB. 3

“ M EET I DAHO’ S NEW CHIE F OF SCHOOLS,” NOV. 5

“ B YU -I DAHO PR ODU CE S V IDE O COMPA RING MA STURBATION TO WAR , ” FEB. 4

“ B OI S E C OU NTY S HE RIFF CONFIRMS LUCIUS ROBBI HA S BE E N LOC ATED, S EAR C HERS RE P ORT HE PA SSE D IN A FATA L CA R AC C I DENT, ” A UG. 2 8

“ B OI S E S AYS NO TO FINA L RE STING P LA CE FOR V E TE RA N A ND S POU S E, ” A P RI L 2 3

“ NO JOK E: AMANDA MIRA NDA PA NDA A ND A CCOMP LICE CHA RGE D W I TH S HOPLI F TI NG, STE A LING FROM CA RS IN STORE PA RKING LOT,” DEC. 2

“ DO YOU THI NK THI S SHIRT IS INA P P ROP RIATE FOR A N IDA HO S TU DENT?” S E P T. 2 8

“ B AR B AC OA OWNER A RRE STE D ON FE LONY DRUG CHA RGE ,” AUG. 5

“ F LU WI DES PR EAD I N IDA HO, 39 OTHE R STATE S,” JAN. 19

1 0 . “ TR ADER JOE’ S I S HIRING A ND HA S A N OP E NING DATE ,” JAN. 13

OPINION

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OPINION NOSTRIL BILL SAYS SO The way it will have been by this time next year BILL COPE I have a hunch old Nostril Damus didn’t always wait until the new year to release his predictions. Being a full-time seer must have been a tough enough gig without having to hold everything back for a particular season, don’t you suppose? I mean, even in the 16th century, there must have been bills to pay. So I’m guessing he dropped a few quatrains off at Ye Olde Prescience Shoppe every few weeks, just to keep the lights on. But that’s not how we do things now. These days, predictions are like resolutions and eggnog: not something we have a taste for all year long. No, we like to cram any predictions, prognostications, prophecies and visions into a few days before and after New Year’s Day. That way, if things don’t pan out the way we say they will, we can always claim we were shit-faced when we said them. Here are mine…

actor in the movie Johnny’s Deppth. His role?… a creepy, John Malkovich-like character named John Malkovich. U In what they consider a stroke of genius, high-powered Hollywood producers will combine the Spiderman franchise with the Transformers series in a single movie. In spite of scathing reviews and poor audience attendance, Spideyformers (or Trans-Spideys; Nostril Bill is a bit cloudy on that one) will still make a respectable proÀt, owing largely to the fact that there is not a single recognizable actor in the Àlm, and that more than 80 percent of the cast will actually pay the studio to be in it. U The summer will see the release of another Adam Sandler movie, the name of which will have slipped from our minds by Labor Day.

FROM THE WORLD OF POLITICS: U Facing intensifying scrutiny for his part in the broadband scandal, Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter will announce he is stepping down, claiming he wants to spend more time with his cowboy hat. Lt. Gov. Brad Little will move into the executive ofÀce, assuming that with almost three years as the incumbent, he will be a shoo-in for the 2018 election. What Little won’t foresee, and exactly what Otter is planning for, is that once he is governor, the scandal is his baby. U Dick Cheney will admit that he had personally directed the CIA to give extra “enhanced interrogation” attention to young, healthy men with the same blood type as his own, but that it’s just a coincidence he received two previously undisclosed heart transplants in the years immediately following 9/11. U Sen. Lindsey Graham will undergo a sex-change operation, grow his hair, replace his wardrobe with evening gowns and pantsuits, and emerge back into the public eye looking exactly like Eleanor Roosevelt. U Ex-everything Mitt Romney will announce his intentions to run for the ofÀce of president. In the following week, his wife Anne will appear on no fewer than 16 television talk shows, bemoaning the fact that, once again, she will be in the national spotlight.

FROM THE WORLD OF HOLLYWOOD: U Johnny Depp will take a role for what will prove to be the most bizarre on-screen persona of his career. The movie will be titled Johnny’s Deppth, and after months of immersing himself in the character—living like Johnny Depp, talking like Johnny Depp, dressing like Johnny Depp and even thinking like Johnny Depp—Johnny Depp will portray Johnny Depp. U John Malkovich will be cast as a supporting BOI S EW EEKLY.COM

FROM THE WORLD OF CELEBRITIES: U Bill Cosby will ask celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred to represent him in an attempt to rehabilitate his reputation. She is reluctant, as her normal practice is to speak for the victims of misdeeds rather than the perpetrators. But Cosby will persuade her to at least hear him out. The meeting is civil and professional, and Gloria is actually considering taking him up on his generous offer when The Coz invites her to join him upstairs for a special homemade cappuccino. Things go downhill from there. U Charlie Sheen will rejoin the cast of Two and a Half Men, this time as the half man.

FROM THE WORLD OF MUSIC: U There will be nothing new from the world of music.

FROM THE WORLD OF RELIGION: U Pope Francis will deliver Easter Mass from the Vatican balcony clad in bellbottom jeans, a tie-dyed T-shirt and sandals. His sermon will appeal to “squares” to, in his words, “lighten up, man.” U The leaders of ISIS will decide that even they and their followers are not devout enough. So in the most dramatic video yet to be released by the militants, thousands of ISIS warriors, including their leaders, will cut off their own heads as a prerecorded voice-over insists that the Western powers brought this on themselves. There will follow a brief (45-minute or so) period of peace in the Middle East, until another terror group emerges to Àll the void, releasing a video in which a masked spokesman explains that, “Hey, it’s too quiet around here.” U “The 700 Club’s” Pat Robertson of will say something batshit crazy. BOISEweekly | DECEMBER 31, 2014 – JANUARY 6, 2015 | 5

OPINION THE FACE OF 2015 Grinning, crazed with fear JOHN REMBER I apologize to anyone who made life decisions based on my Boise Weekly predictions for 2014. I did foretell that Idaho would remain a one-party state after last November, falling further “into injustice and corruption, as nepotism, kickbacks and quid-pro-quos substitute for action of, by and for the people.” But anyone with a handful of chicken entrails could have foretold that. The Idaho Youth Party didn’t spring into existence like I said it would. I said passive aggression would be a force among young voters, but didn’t realize it would be powerful enough to effectively disenfranchise everyone under 30. I said foreign bases would close as the American Empire dwindled. Turns out there’s life in the old Cold War yet, and bases slated for closure are still open. I said Idaho police departments would be inundated by repatriated military equipment, but was premature in saying it would take the form of landmines, cluster bombs, battle tanks, paramilitary auxiliaries and A-10 Warthogs. I said that prominent Idaho politicians would be embarrassed by leaked NSA Àles, but forgot that prominent Idaho politicians cannot be embarrassed because they have no shame. I was off by 5 million when I said air pollution would kill 6 million people in China. I said Idaho farmers would take a hit from the climate, but they did pretty well as other places, notably California, took a far worse hit from the climate. I said the Fukushima meltdown would be deadlier than anybody let on. True, but I was wrong to suggest anything would be done about it. I said Idaho parents would forbid their children to play football or soccer due to neurological concerns, that the Kardashians and Miley Cyrus wouldn’t go away, that Rupert Murdoch’s mummy would be stolen, that student debt would result in an American serfdom, that the Dow would go up and up and up. Mostly right, except Murdoch’s mummy wasn’t stolen. For all I know, it’s still sitting in the Sun Valley Lodge’s Duchin Room, covered with construction dust. So, 2015. I predict it will start tomorrow, but won’t predict what it has in store for us. Instead, I’m simply going to list some hopes and fears. If you want to see them as prophecy, go ahead: I hope that Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush will realize that political families become more burden than joy for their members and constituents. I hope they both refuse to run for president. I fear that they both will run, making “Hobson’s Choice” 2015’s Political Phrase of the Year. I hope that when it comes to Ukraine, Vladimir Putin will stop acting like a short, balding white guy wearing camo pants and no shirt. I fear that Barack Obama will taunt him about his 6 | DECEMBER 31, 2014 – JANUARY 6, 2015 | BOISEweekly

baldness, whiteness, shirtlessness and camo-itude, saying, “You’re playing chess, but I’m playing basketball. You’re too short for basketball.” On a related note, I hope the world will get through another year without somebody Àring off a nuclear weapon. I fear that in 2015, one or more will go off on the border between India and Pakistan. Or maybe the border between China and India. Or maybe in the South China Sea. Or Ukraine, what the hell. I hope the militarization of police forces will reverse as people realize that black uniforms, tactical vehicles and automatic weapons act as hallucinogenic drugs that result in a deep us-against-them psychosis. I fear that such druginduced hallucinations are going to get worse, M-4 by M-4, MRAP by MRAP, dead unarmed civilian by dead unarmed civilian. I hope safeguards for privacy are enacted. I fear that worries about terrorism will be used to make drones, CCTV and electronic surveillance facts of citizenship. I fear that the personal information thereby collected will be used to destroy people by shaming them in public (assuming they aren’t Idaho politicians). I hope the climate doesn’t get too weird. I fear the climate’s going to get superlatively weird. I hope the oceans won’t turn to carbonic acid and kill everything in them but jellyÀsh. I hope that the repeal of key parts of the Dodd-Frank bill will provide unalloyed beneÀts for the country. I fear that the repealers are alloyed—and allied—with criminals. I hope the Arctic ice cap won’t melt, that Greenland and Antarctica won’t melt, that the crust over the Yellowstone Supervolcano won’t melt. I fear meltings in general, more often at 2 a.m. than at noon. At noon I often hope for a patty melt. At 2 a.m. I fear overgrazing/bovine methane emissions/slaughterhouses/coronary artery disease. By now it should be obvious that hope casts a shadow of fear. If I’d really wanted to foretell the future a year ago, I should have said that in 2014 fear would dictate our laws, wars, political campaigns and environmental policies. People would be scared into obedience rather than taught the demands of ethics, inspired to revenge rather than urged to forgiveness, managed as cowardly herd animals rather than treated as independent beings with free will. I don’t want to carry this thinking much further, because it paints a picture of an ongoing national tragedy. For 2015, it’s probably better to hope for the very best, hope that such a wild hope will still be recognizable a year from now, and be done with it. B O I S E WE E KLY. C O M

JEFF LOW E

THE INTERNET CONNECTION

NEWS

How the Sony hack affects Boise media and businesses HARRISON BERRY

They’re known only as as Guardians of Peace and within hours of their Nov. 24 cyber raid of Àles on Sony Pictures Entertainment’s computer network, their name—though not their identities—were known the world over. During the following weeks the hacker, or hackers, now believed to be connected with North Korea, disseminated unreleased Sony Films, which quickly became popular on torrent download sites. The breach also included leaked internal emails and executive salaries, as well as the Social Security numbers of 47,000 current and former Sony employees. Leaked holiday releases Annie, Mr. Turner and Still Alice have been downloaded tens of thousands of times. The Àasco made for a rollicking story in the press, which dwelled on the most salacious aspects of the leaks, like Sony executives’ email exchanges about celebrities (whose Social Security numbers had also been compromised), which included damning details about pay discrepancies between male and female stars. Sony scuttled the planned Christmas Day release of The Interview, starring James Franco and Seth Rogen as two reporters who assassinate North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, in the face of terror threats, while everyone from President Barack Obama to screenwriter Aaron Sorkin took to the airwaves to chide the studio for cowardice (in the case of the former) and (in the case of the latter) the news media for fanning the Áames. Sony later restored the Àlm’s Christmas Day opening. The whole affair, from the questions it raises about companies’ electronic security to complaints about the journalistic ethics of reporting about stolen electronic property, is a cause for concern among media, cyber security and legal experts in Boise. “In an age where all that matters is clicks and proÀts, nobody wants to be left out of the game. My question is, ¶What public interest do >these reports@ serve?’” said Seth Ashley, Boise State University journalism professor and Arbiter faculty adviser. “Publishing email addresses and medical records doesn’t serve any public beneÀt.” BOI S EW EEKLY.COM

Ashley’s remarks echo those made in a Dec. 14 op-ed in The New York Times by Oscar- and Emmy-winning writer Sorkin, in which he lambasted the proÀt motive and news sense of media outlets that reported on information that had been obtained illegally. “As demented and criminal as it is, at least the hackers are doing it for a cause. The press is doing it for a nickel,” Sorkin wrote. Ashley worried that there were items of public interest the national news media ignored or marginalized when it reported on racist private emails about President Obama’s movie preferences, or what Sony executives think about Angelina Jolie and Leonardo DiCaprio (spoiler alert: They think they’re spoiled). “Exhibit A,” he said, was the budget recently passed by Congress, which is “full of scandalous giveaways to special interests.” “The attention paid to the Sony hack so far seems to represent an ongoing obsession with gossip and trivia at the expense of socially signiÀcant matters,” Ashley wrote in an email. “There’s a huge opportunity cost here.” But Ashley also said that corporations like Sony have become adept at controlling information and messaging, making it harder for journalists to report ethically, while increasing the pressure reporters are under to produce attention-grabbing stories. He said as faculty adviser to the Arbiter, he has occasionally experienced this Àrsthand as student journalists report on Boise State issues. But while the barriers between journalists and newsworthy information have hardened, the barriers between hackers and that same information remain Áuid. The government, as well as companies that store potentially sensitive information on computer networks hire cyber security specialists and erect tougher

roadblocks for hackers, but according to Don Bush, vice president of marketing at Boisebased transaction security Àrm Kount, those measures aren’t always enough. “Nobody likes their data to be exposed, but there really isn’t a 100-percent secure system,” he said. Kount authenticates electronic Ànancial transactions, and clients like Staples rely on Kount to process thousands of online transactions in which neither the cardholder nor credit (or debit) card is present at the time of purchase. If a credit card hails from Boise but the Internet Protocol address of the computer that used that card to make a purchase is traced to somewhere else, that’s usually a sign of attempted fraud. To combat this kind of fraud, many companies keep databases of valid IP addresses to match electronic money transfers with known computers. But as hackers’ sophistication grows, measures like these aren’t promises of security. “These fraudsters have gotten much more sophisticated. They’re faster; they’re more networked,” Bush said. “In the case of something like Sony, there are so many different ways to pull information off. There could be a disgruntled employee, there could be not very good security. They’re going to get a pretty big black eye about this.” Making that black eye a little blacker has been a slew of class-action lawsuits for breached employee data, citing laws like the California Online Privacy Protection Act, the California Data Breach Act and the California ConÀdentiality of Medical Information Act. If the personal information about a single California resident is obtained 8 electronically by a company, one or more of these laws may apply. AccordBOISEweekly | DECEMBER 31, 2014 – JANUARY 6, 2015 | 7

CITYDESK

NEWS ‘I’M GOING TO COURT’ Federal suit looms against Idaho labor chief

Will the Boise marketplace embrace another brewery/tasting room?

GEORGE PRENTICE

ANOTHER BOISE BREWPUB Boise’s bar scene begins 2015 looking through the same pint glass as it witnessed 2014: with yet another brewpub joining the ever-expanding market of breweries, tasting rooms and combinations of both. The latest proposal, from Boise dentist Dr. Ryan Kowalczyk, would be called the Clairvoyant Brewing Company and would occupy a portion of 2800 Idaho Street, the former West Boise home of Gregg’s Autohaus. “Clairvoyant Brewing plans on renovating the front half of the building,” wrote Kowalczyk to the city of Boise. “We are hoping that our presence will help influence growth in this developing area.” City officials have spent a lot of time, energy and public funds in revitalizing the West Boise neighborhood, primarily through the Boise River Park, where recreationists have migrated in increasing numbers to BRP’s man-made waves. This past year BRP attracted an equal number of bicyclists and pedestrians to watch kayakers and surfers. The neighborhood also includes Whittier Elementary School, one block from the proposed location for Clairvoyant Brewing. Though the brewpub would not be too near— at least legally—to the school, a letter from the Boise Independent School District to city officials stated the school’s “property line to the nearest entrance of the establishment appears very close to the required minimum feet of separating distance.” Initial documents from Clairvoyant state that hours of operation would be 10 a.m.-2 a.m., seven days a week. Brewery owners said they held a neighborhood meeting in November, but only two neighbors showed up, according to Kowalczyk, and both expressed support for the proposal. The first hurdle for Clairvoyant will be a Monday, Jan. 5, Planning and Zoning session, where owners will need to justify the city granting a conditional-use permit, due to the fact that the site is located within 300 feet of a residential zone. Kowalczyk told Boise Weekly that he was reluctant to talk too much about the proposal just yet, but there will be plenty of questions and, presumably, answers in 2015 as Boise prepares for what appears to be yet another round of growth for the local brewing scene. —George Prentice

Idaho Department of Labor Director Ken Edmunds is expected to Ànd something unpleasant in his inbox in the Àrst days of the new year: notice of a federal lawsuit. Boise Weekly Àrst reported in late November 2014 that Edmunds was the target of a discrimination claim Àled with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (BW, Feature, “The Wrong Question,” Nov. 26, 2014). The suit comes from Don Dew, who was a candidate to become the new administrator of the Idaho Human Rights Commission. Following a series of phone and video interviews, the IHRC Áew Dew to Boise to talk further, including conversations regarding salary and a possible start date. When Dew went face-to-face with Edmunds, whose Labor Department oversees IHRC, things got uncomfortable. When Dew told Edmunds that several years ago an infection triggered seizures that required medication—but that he hadn’t experienced any such seizures in more than three years—Dew said Edmunds looked at him as if “he was smelling a dirty diaper.” “Can you even work a 40-hour week?” Dew recalled Edmunds saying, expressing doubt over Dew’s ability to perform the tasks. “I was stunned,” Dew told BW, prompting him to Àle an EEOC claim alleging discrimination based on disability. OfÀcials at the Idaho Department of Labor and EEOC’s Washington, D.C., headquarters conÀrmed the Àling, which triggered an investigation that is being handled by EEOC’s Àeld ofÀce in Los Angeles. “I talked to the investigator just last week,” Dew said from his Sioux City, Iowa, home. “We talked about a number of the details.” Dew told BW that he was giving Idaho of-

Àcials “until the Àrst of the year” to resolve the matter, but now he’s preparing to turn up the urgency of his claim. “If they’re not going to talk to me, I’m going to federal court,” he said. “No one from the Idaho Department of Labor or the Idaho Human Rights Commission has wanted to talk, or discuss anything. The governor will be on trial as much as the agencies.” Dew had received a hand-signed letter from Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter, dated Sept. 18, in regard to the matter. “I do not see a case of misconduct,” Otter wrote to Dew. “I believe Director Edmunds asked you what he would ask of any candidate interviewing for the position.” In his letter, Otter wrote that he had personally spoken to those in attendance at Dew’s fateful interview. But that’s not exactly true. “He never talked to me,” said Dew. Meanwhile, Dew has decided to add sex discrimination to his complaint in addition to

discrimination based on disability. Dew said that in notes regarding his references, then-IHRC Administrator Pam Parks wrote that one of Dew’s references told her that, “Don is moving because he is a disabled/gay man he can barely get a date.” “She would never say anything like that; my reference is the executive director of the Human Rights Commission in Sioux City, Iowa, and she’ll sign an afÀdavit that she never made those remarks,” Dew told BW. Meanwhile, Dew’s work as a human rights advocate was recently honored; he was given the 2014 War Eagle Human Rights Award in early December by Sioux City in observance of Universal Human Rights Day. “I just want to be reasonable and go on with my life,” said Dew. “But I can’t; not until we have some sort of resolution.” It appears that any chance for resolution may end up in court, in addition to the federal probe against the Idaho Department of Labor’s man in charge.

ing to Boise-based new media attorney Lisa McGrath, Boise companies have been slow to comply with these laws. “With my clients, there has been little in the way of compliance in place. It’s a relatively new issue,” McGrath said. Part of McGrath’s area of expertise is helping local companies comply with new rules regarding electronically stored data; but

often, she said, there’s little in the way of existing protections, legal or technological, for Boise companies, which have a lot to lose. Laws governing how personal information is collected have already been used against one Idaho company, Goldenshores Technologies, LLC, which inappropriately used its free Android application “Brightest Flashlight Free” to collect personal information about users

without proper authorization. It settled for an undisclosed amount with the Federal Trade Commission in December 2013. “It’s something I don’t think >Boise companies are@ fully aware of,” she said. “There’s all different kinds of hacking and reasons behind it. I’m sitting down and going over the privacy laws within companies. Just on that side, it’s really been like there isn’t anything in place.”

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This Sept. 18, 2014 letter from Gov. C.,L. “Butch” Otter indicated that he had spoken to those in attendance at Don Dew’s job interview. But that’s not true.

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ARTS & CULTURE PATR IC K S W EENEY

THE MARK OF ZORA

Justin Zora comes out from behind the bar to serve as an MC at the Idaho Potato Drop AMY ATKINS Though the Treasure Valley is technically a metropolitan area, we often still think of Boise in “small-town” terms. Our vision of what we look like may be shattered on New Year’s Eve. If expectations are met for the second annual Idaho Potato Drop, close to 50,000 people could gather downtown to watch the giant spud descend with the countdown. That’s a helluva crowd—but Justin Zora, who will keep grownups entertained between musical sets on the Adult Stage during this year’s Idaho Potato Drop, is comfortable with all eyes on him. Zora’s wide smile is a familiar one around Boise. Whether as an employee, a co-owner or owner, the big teddy bear of a guy has been everybody’s buddy behind the bar for years at the likes of Boogie Woogie’s, Barbacoa, The Drink, Fatty’s and Shorty’s. Now the general manager at Grind Modern Burger, Zora has an uncanny ability to make everyone who comes into his establishment feel genuinely welcome and, maybe more importantly, to instill his values in the people who work for him. When asked what three things are necessary to be successful in his industry, Zora offered suggestions that transcend foodservice. “First of all, you have to have passion. You have to,” he said. “You don’t do this job to get rich. You may do it to eat and drink for free,

Justin Zora thinks enthusiasm, commitment and clarity are the keys to success. Working in a bar doesn’t hurt either.

but that only gets you so far. When AT&T calls Kate McGwire on the Family Stage during last year’s Idaho Potato Drop. about the phone bill, you can’t pay them in gift Zora’s third requirement for success is somecards. The second thing you have to have is a team of people who ‘drink the Kool-Aid.’ They thing he said the Idaho Potato Drop has, and it’s part of why he’s excited to have to believe in what you’re More info available online at be involved again this year. doing. If they aren’t buying idahopotatodrop.com. “An establishment has to it, it doesn’t matter how dedihave a clear-cut vision of what cated or passionate you are. It it wants to be,” he said, giving the counterexwon’t get across to your guests.” ample of a once-favorite watering hole that Zora’s belief in what he does, along with a kept changing its employees’ uniforms, unsure keen sense of humor and a gregarious nature of what clientele it wanted to attract. have translated to a host of hosting duties for “I mean, you’re going to try things,” Zora Zora. He has hosted local fundraising events for The Chive (a popular website), he was a Fusion said. “But it’s like that old country song: ‘If you don’t stand for something / you’ll fall for Awards host, and he shared MC duties with anything.” Kaspe and KCIX Mixx 106 radio hosts Mike Kasper

SECOND ANNUAL WAITING FOR THE IDAHO POTATO TO DROP If even half of the people expected show up downtown forr the second annual Idaho Potato Drop on New Year’s Eve, the e streets will be packed. If you’re planning to go early in order to scope out the best spud-viewing spot, there will be plenty to he tate er keep you entertained—and well-fed—as you wait to watch the tater tumble at the stroke of midnight. As the ofﬁcial print sponsor for this year’s Idaho Potato Drop, rop, we have included a four-page map and music schedule in this edition ditti of Boise Weekly (pages 15-18). The bands, all local, kick off at 8 p.m. on three stages: On the Main Stage (Bannock Street) it’s Andy Byron, New Transit and Restless Heart; Speed of Sound, The Cove and Audio BOI S EW EEKLY.COM

IDAHO POTATO DROP Mo Moonshine are on the Family Stage (10th and Main streets); and the Adult Stage (Fifth and Main streets) has Bread and Cir Circus, Breakdown Boulevard and the one-and-only Matt Hopper and the Roman Candles. FFor your ﬁnal meal of 2014, food trucks will be lined up along Idaho Street, Ida St where you can dig into eats from Aladdin Egyptian, Burgerlicious, Freakin’ Funnel Cakes, Hachi Dogs and more. There’s a Burger g lic beer and booze garden near the Adult Stage and you’ll ﬁnd restrooms, bike b ike racks and merchandise booths dotted around the Drop area. Enjoy, be safe and Happy New Year from all of us here at Boise Weekly. —Amy Atkins BOISEweekly | DECEMBER 31, 2014 – JANUARY 6, 2015 | 9

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Idahoans offer their own message for 2015 BOISE WEEKLY STAFF When Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter takes the podium at the Idaho Statehouse on Monday, Jan. 12, it will be the beginning of the end for the thrice-elected chief executive—Otter will launch his third, and presumably last, term as governor and deliver a State of the State address that should sound pretty familiar: He’ll tout education, transportation and economic reforms while his critics will undoubtedly push back against what they say is Otter’s agenda to cut services in IDYRU RI WD[ EUHDNV 7KXV ZLOO EHJLQ WKH UG ÀUVW regular session of the Idaho Legislature—a tug-of-

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war that could stretch into early spring. Instead of leaning on pundits or Statehouse regulars, Boise Weekly turned to a slice of Idaho’s citizenry to offer their own interpretations of how they see the state of the state of Idaho. They also weighed in on what they hoped Otter might include in his own message. BW asked an activist, artist, caregiver, environmentalist, newcomer, political freshman, political veteran, small business owner, student and teacher to offer what they see as “The True State of the State.”

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acknowledge the signiÀcant contributions all immigrants make to this state. Finally, the time is long overdue for the Legislature to pass—and Gov. Otter to call for—a statewide nondiscrimination law to protect Idahoans against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.”

income. I’m sure he’s going to tell us how much he’s investing in education. I’m sure he’ll talk about his Àght against marriage equality because it’s the ‘will of the people.’ This is a very conservative state, and I’m sure there are people out there who want this Àght to go on. The people I know are embarrassed that he’s still Àghting, but I live in this little blue hub.”

The Activist: Greg Morris Greg Morris founded Charitable Assistanceto Community’s Homeless, or CATCH, in 2006 as a city of Boise pilot project to house the homeless. In 2011, Morris left City Hall, set up CATCH as a nonproÀt program and has been serving more and more homeless families with housing assistance every year. His housingÀrst approach has been recognized nationally, and in December 2014, the 43-year-old Morris became the new executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Idaho. “Much work still needs to be done to achieve equality, fairness and justice for all under the law in Idaho. I am pleased to see that we have made some progress recently. Today, almost 30 percent of Idaho’s population is covered by nondiscrimination laws championed by cities across the state. Ongoing criminal justice system reform work, through the Justice Reinvestment Initiative, has refocused much-needed attention to the problem of soaring incarceration rates and the revolving door of high recidivism rates. Finally, we now have marriage equality in our state. “To make progress, Idaho must promptly address its ailing public defender system. Once upon a time, Idaho was ahead of the curve when it came to public defense. But now, our state has one of the most disjointed, underfunded indigent defense systems in the country. To improve, the state needs to invest millions this year to protect Idahoans against their government and preserve their constitutional rights. One place the governor can Ànd some of this money is by immediately ending his vindictive challenge to marriage equality in the courts. The state should also withdraw its legal challenge to the president’s executive order on immigration and, instead,

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The Artist: Sue Latta Sue Latta is an accomplished mixed-media sculptor who works in glass, metal, rubber, resin and wood; mediums not easily manipulated, yet she creates elegant, almost delicate-looking pieces, exploring the dichotomy of opposites. Latta is also a vocal supporter of basic human rights—her name appeared on the court case that overturned Idaho’s same-sex marriage ban—and has a wish list for the governor’s speech. “I would like for him to say, ‘We’re going to raise minimum wage.’ I would like for him to say, ‘We’re going to expand Medicaid for those people who are on minimum wage,’ because most of them fall through the crack that >the government@ kind of created. And, I’m certain I’m not the only person who is noticing the uptick in the amount of homelessness we’re experiencing. That’s because nobody can make a living working for minimum wage anymore. Nobody can afford to pay rent. I would like to hear him say, ‘We’re going to help the people at the bottom instead of just helping the people at the top.’ “What I expect him to tout is >his@ winning record of blah-blahblah. He’s not going to say anything about how we’re at the top of the list of low-paying jobs and the bottom of the list of median

The Caregiver: Jessica Adams Jessica Adams has been a mental health care professional since 2009, and now splits her time between her private practice, Jessica D. Adams LPC, which she founded in 2014, and the Warm Springs Counseling Center. “With regards to mental health care, I see a lot of overhead with Medicaid and Optum now, so there’s still a gap. The other thing that I’m concerned about is ... the fact that a lot of people who just need to be detoxed, and not necessarily in a mental health crisis center can they do that in a way that doesn’t put such a strain on the mental health care system. So even though those things are related—people go into the emergency room when they have a substance abuse problem—the cost needs to be looked at. Let’s expand the number of crisis centers that are able to take Medicaid. Right now there’s no place for teens with Medicaid to go except Intermountain Hospital and West Valley. There’s an overall lack of availability with those beds both at St. 12 Al’s and West Valley. “At St. Al’s, I’d see a lot of kids and younger adults

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coming in with what’s more of a substance abuse problem than mental health problems. It might be more cost effec11 tive to treat substance abuse disorders. I’d be interested to Ànd out an update on that. “As a mental health provider, I’m interested in preventative services. Getting families into rehabilitation programs. That will help parents keep their kids safe at home. I think places like Family Advocates do a really good job at that, but why should a kid be in a court case to get services like that? Expanding Medicaid would help tremendously with that. “Idaho is just falling behind. I’m sounding really negative, but if you’re not going to educate and prevent mental health and substance abuse in children, then you’re setting people up for continuing this cycle of poverty. Idaho’s poor grow even poorer.”

issue that’s not being talked about, and there’s a real threat to Idaho that more nuclear waste is going to be shipped and stored here. We know that right now, Gov. Otter is being actively wooed by companies who will proÀt from bringing more nuclear waste into Idaho. We don’t want Idaho to be a waste dump for the private sector. “We want the nuclear waste that is here cleaned up; we don’t want to see more waste brought in. It’s sitting on top of the Snake River aquifer, which provides drinking water for 300,000 people in Eastern Idaho. His support for nuclear industry cannot be at the expense of Idahoans and our clean water. “There is no solution other than digging a hole, burying it and hoping no one ever comes into contact with it again. Historically, we’ve seen that that’s not what happens. We’re not safe from it.”

it’s just a bit strange to be teaching it at that age. They would start teaching that in Tanzania when >students@ hit puberty. Our girls down there don’t hit puberty until the age of 15 or 16, so when that happens, that’s when the educational part starts. But here, the puberty starts a bit early.”

The Political Freshman: Merrill Beyeler

The Environmentalist: Kelsey Jae Nunez Kelsey Jae Nunez, 33, took over as the executive director of the Snake River Alliance in August 2014, after a stint as an environmental attorney with Givens Pursley. Her organization— nearly 1,000 members strong—plays the role as Idaho’s nuclear watchdog. If the State of the State speech writing was up to her, she said Gov. Otter should focus on keeping nuclear waste at bay. “>We need to@ protect Idahoans from harms coming from nuclear waste. That’s an

The Newcomer: Kutukira Mberwa At age 13, Kutukira Mberwa came to America from Tanzania and moved to Idaho in 2011. Now 23, Mberwa co-owns Loba African Fashion and Fresh Produce—one of the businesses at the Boise International Market—with her husband. When Boise Weekly talked with her in early December, Mberwa was two days past her due date for her third child. She said she doesn’t follow Idaho politics as closely as she feels she should. “I am not a citizen yet, but I am working on it. It seems like a long process. I am not disappointed to be here. Here is a little peaceful, a little quieter. “We could use a lot of change, especially in the school academy. It’s getting crowded now. The educational system doesn’t seem to be in the right order. I don’t understand a lot of the academics that they’re giving them and stuff like that. I’ve got two little ones that haven’t gone to school yet, and I’ve got two sisters and three brothers going to school. When they come back to do their homework, it just doesn’t seem like the stuff they’re supposed to be learning. “Like, when it comes to health, my little sister, she’s about 12, and she’s learning about the sex educational thing. I understand in America they teach all that stuff. For me,

Idaho politics watchers were set on their heels in the May 2014 GOP primary when a little-known rancher from Leadore unseated Challis Republican Rep. Lenore Hardy Barrett, who had served in the Idaho Legislature since 1992. A former longtime teacher, Merrill Beyeler, 69, operates family-run Beyeler Ranches, which raises 800 head of cattle on 2,400 acres of private land in Lemhi County. He was elected on a platform of conservation, openness and bringing communities together to achieve common goals. “I think, economically, we’re in a little better position than we have been. I believe there’s been an uptick in that. Certainly the beef industry has seen signiÀcant increases in revenue the last couple years. … I am cautiously optimistic. “Education: That’s going to be a huge item, as far as the State of the State. I think to grow Idaho we’re going to have to have youth that come out of schools and go on in education; be that technical education or higher education. … I believe we’ve gone through a period of time when teachers have felt underappreciated and under-recognized as professionals. I believe that’s an area that needs to be addressed. “Medicaid, Medicare, changing that level that allows more people to be involved in that, dealing with the indigent fund in counties—those are some issues that are going to have to be addressed. … I would really hope that in the process we can take the political connotations away from it. “If I was to pick one >issue@ that was Áying under the radar, it would be water in Idaho—the relationship between the groundwater and the surface water. “When we look at the economic engines in Idaho, I think No. 1 is probably the dairy industry. No. 2 is the beef industry, No. 3 is potatoes and then you go on to a bunch of the other agricultural products and technology … and all of those are consumers of water. Then you have to look at your cities. All are consumers are water. We have to look at how we can use water more efÀciently. It’s going to be a complicated issue and a lot of discussion.”

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The Political Veteran: Wendy Jaquet

Wendy Jaquet, 71, represented Idaho Legislative District 25, including the Wood River Valley, for nine terms in the Idaho House, including several terms as minority leader. Today she serves on the Idaho Board of Health and Welfare and serves on the boards of the Foundation for Parks and Lands, the Andrus Center, the Idaho Humanities Council and Conservation Voters of Idaho. “Although the economy appears to be improving a little with increased housing starts, decreases in foreclosures, less unemployment, and six or seven new businesses qualifying for the new tax incentives to locate here, I believe that Idaho is still not healthy after the Great Recession. “We are near the bottom in education funding; we have decreased university and college funding, which is an economic growth engine; we have too many children on free, hot lunches; we need to invest in infrastructure; and we aren’t attracting the jobs needed jobs to create healthy growth. “We also have issues surrounding cronyism and ethical challenges, which decrease trust in our government. “I hope Gov. Otter will be concerned about leaving a legacy. I would want him to address the following in his message to the Legislature in January: U Aggressively Àght for the implementation and funding of his Education Task Force recommendations. U Demand that the Legislature provide health insurance to Idahoans in the ‘gap’— working Idahoans

earning too much money for Medicaid, but too little for the tax credits. U Communicate that he is requiring his Department of Administration to re-bid the Idaho Education Network contract, plus fund IEN in his budget proposal until the new bid is accepted. U Tell the Legislature to pass the ‘Add the Words’ legislation. U Show courage and Ànd the new revenue needed to maintain our roads and bridges. U Promote local-option taxation for cities and counties, thereby reducing the property tax burden on working families. U Terminate Idaho’s efforts to take over the public lands. U Increase college and university base funding; U Work with Congress to Ànd solutions to immigration. U 4uit wasting the taxpayers’ money by continuing to join other states on frivolous litigation (e.g., same-sex marriage).”

The Small-Business Owner: Michael Bunnell In the late ’70s, Michael Bunnell opened a record store on the Boise Bench. In the nearly four decades since, The Record Exchange has survived inÁation, recession and an industry sea change that even giant Tower Records couldn’t weather. Bunnell, who founded the Coalition of Independent Music Stores, has seen The Record Exchange become a local icon with national renown. “We have owned a small business in downtown Boise for over 37 years. The people here are generous, community-minded, compassionate and many are working hard to make Idaho a better place to live. However, the ofÀcials voted in year after year do not always provide the creative leadership necessary to move the state forward. “As business owners we expect leaders to expand the business community by bringing in new industries and companies, but it appears we are losing rather than gaining in this area. As employers we believe in the importance of raising the minimum wage to

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increase the living standard of everyone, but the concept looks to have very little traction in the Legislature. The failure to support education—in particular higher education—and the partisanfueled election of questionable education leaders will have long-term impacts on our children and the state’s ability to build a strong and qualiÀed workforce. And denying the expansion of Medicaid to those of us who need the most help seems completely at odds with the values of the people we meet every day on the streets of downtown Boise. “We hope that someday these values and the leadership of the state will align and the state’s full potential will be realized.”

aid, but the state needs to address this issue with health care because I am sure I am not the only one who is facing it. This while the alternative student insurance provided here at my public university has risen in the last six years from $630 to $1,254 a semester while my brother, attending a private university, is able to get his insurance at $528 a semester and he has cheaper tuition, as well. “I do feel that the state is doing a lot of things right, like last legislative session when it increased K-12 funding. But the thing I have learned in my education is that no matter what has been done, there is always more that needs to be addressed.”

The Student: Tyler Holden

The Teacher: Sam Perez

Hailing from Yakima, Wash., 24-year-old Tyler Holden is a recent graduate of the Boise State University Political Science Department, but he’s not planning to leave the City of Trees yet. With his Boise State diploma in hand, Holden will be one of the Àrst students in the university’s inaugural Master of Arts program in political science. He’ll be watching Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter’s State of the State address with interest—both for personal and academic reasons. “As a student, one the major problems that I feel is facing Idaho in the coming year is the cost of education. For example, in the last six years the cost of education at Boise State has risen from $1,445 to $3,320. That increase should be a worry for a state whose educational slogan is ‘Go On.’ This needs to be addressed because, if not, and education continues to increase at an exponential rate, what are the odds that we will achieve the slogan ‘Let’s Get to an Educated State’? “Another of the major problems that I feel is facing Idaho is health care. As a student I make very little. I go to the health care exchange and I take the time to Àll out all the information to Ànd out I make so little that I didn’t even qualify for a health care subsidy. So because I make so little I have to pay full price for health care, which kind of blows my mind. “I realize that it is due to a federal law and I see why the state doesn’t want to expand Medic-

With almost two decades of teaching experience, 47-year-old Sam Perez is an English language instructional coach for all middle schools in the West Ada (formerly Meridian) School District, the largest district in the state. “Unfortunately, some Idahoans feel that the state of the state solely rests on the economics, wealth and possessions; but there are many other factors that measure a successful state. For instance, prioritizing public education both Ànancially and in a true collaborative, systemic process, where placating the public isn’t counted as giving a voice to all stakeholders. All the while, school boards just continue to implement their own policy changes regardless of public feedback. That is not true school reform or cooperative dialogue for improving education. “Gov. Otter is notorious for taking credit for economic gains, yet shifts blame to outside entities when businesses falter (i.e. private prison Àasco, Internet sham, etc.). Unfortunately, he has shown himself to be the typical professional politician whose No. 1 goal is to be re-elected term after term. “The expanding inequality between the haves and have-nots is most evident within the medical costs that all families must endure. Coverage gaps seem to add more pressure to the rising costs of medical care for those who cannot afford it. Something more must be done soon.” B O I S E WE E KLY. C O M

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CALENDAR WEDNESDAY DEC. 31 Festivals & Events BOGUS BASIN NOW OPEN—It’s ofﬁcially time to hit the slopes as Bogus Basin opens Deer Point No. 1, Showcase No. 4, the Easy Rider magic carpet and a small terrain park in Stewart’s Bowl. Limited trails will be open from the Nordic Center. Round-trip bus service will be available for $13. For more info, visit the website. 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. $8-$35. Bogus Basin Mountain Recreation Area, 2600 Bogus Basin Road, Boise, 208-332-5100, bogusbasin.org. BOISE PUBLIC LIBRARY HOLIDAY CLOSURES—All locations of the Boise Public Library will close at 6 p.m. on New Year’s Eve and will be closed New Year’s Day. Wed., Dec. 31 and Thu., Jan. 1. Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-384-4076, boisepubliclibrary.org. IDAHO STATE ARCHIVES SPECIAL EXHIBIT—When Nels and Emma Just built their fourth home in Idaho’s Blackfoot River Valley in 1887, they purchased a big U.S. map to hang in the hallway. It hung there for 127 years until April 2014, when it was taken down for restoration by the familyoperated Presto Preservation Association. The restored map, along with interpretive panels

about the Just family, will be on display Tuesdays-Sundays through Jan. 13. 12-4 p.m. FREE. Idaho State Archives, 2205 N. Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-334-2620, history.idaho.gov/ idaho-state-archives. NEW YEAR’S EVE IN NAMPA— Ring in the New Year with dinner, dancing to live music by The Mystics, and a champagne toast. 7:30 p.m. $75. Nampa Civic Center, 311 Third St. S., Nampa, 208-468-5555, nampaciviccenter. com. NEW YEAR’S EVE IDAHO POTATO DROP 2014-15—The 2nd annual NYE Idaho Potato Drop has more than doubled its footprint with three stages, national recording artists, and a new drop location at the intersection of Eighth and Main streets. There will also be ﬁreworks to ring in the new year. For more info, visit idahopotatodrop.com. FREE. Eighth and Main streets, Boise. NEW YEARS EVE OPEN MIC— Ring in the New Year at this open mic night, featuring Anna Moreno. There’ll also be a silent auction to beneﬁt Send Hope, a local charity founded in 1989 that currently supports more than 300 full-time pastors, school teachers and orphanage workers in India. Get more info at sendhopenow.org. 8 p.m. FREE. The District Coffee House, 219 N. 10th St., Boise, 208-343-1089, districtcoffeehouse.com.

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UNDER THE HOLLYWOOD STARS NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY—Dress as your favorite Hollywood actor and dance the night away with JoyRide, followed by DJ from midnight to 2 a.m.Call for more speciﬁcs and reservations. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. $30 each, or $50 for two. Boise Hotel and Conference Center, 3300 S. Vista Ave., Boise, 208-343-4900, theboisehotel.com/packages-rates/ new-years-eve-party. WINTER GARDEN AGLOW— Don’t miss your chance to see the dazzling display of more than 300,000 sparkling lights artfully displayed throughout the holiday season. Daily through Jan. 4. 6-9 p.m. FREE-$8. Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-343-8649, idahobotanicalgarden.org.

Art AHMAD EJAHALI: TIME FOR ALL TIME 3—Check out the Iraq-born artist’s socially and politically charged works that evoke healing for both artist and viewer. Through Jan. 5. FREE. Boise State Special Events Center, 1800 University Drive, Boise, sub.boisestate.edu. ALEXANDRA GRANT: A PERPETUAL SLOW CIRCLE—Ochi Gallery is pleased to present this survey of Los Angeles-based artist Alexandra Grant’s “nimbus” series made from 2004 to 2014. 6-9 p.m. FREE. Ochi Gallery, 119 Lewis St., Ketchum, 208-7268746, ochigallery.com. ARP, MIRO, CALDER—Featuring three modern masters who pushed color, line and form beyond convention and became innovators in art of the 20th century. For more info and a complete listing of programs and events, visit the website. Through Jan. 11. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE-$5. Boise Art Museum, 670 Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208-345-8330, boiseartmuseum.org. CHARLES HAMAN—Check out this printmaking and oil painting exhibit by local artist Charles Haman during regular library hours. Through Feb. 3. FREE. Garden City Library, 6015 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-472-2942. FORAY IV: PUSHING THE ENVELOPE—Check out this collection of recent works by 46 Treasure Valley Artists’ Alliance members, featuring 55 pieces in a dazzling array of media and styles. Get more info at treasurevalleyartistsalliance.org. In the Boise State Public Radio ofﬁces through Jan. 30. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. Yanke Family Research Park, 220 E. Parkcenter Blvd., Boise.

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CALENDAR trates the connections between rock ’n’ roll and social, political, musical and historical events. Through Jan. 30. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. Sun Valley Center for the Arts, 191 Fifth St. E., Ketchum, 208-726-9491, sunvalleycenter. org.

will provide the soundtrack for the party everyone will be talking about. For 21 and older. Get advance tickets at sunvalleycenter. org. 9 p.m. $75. River Run Lodge, At the Base of Bald Mountain, Sun Valley, 208-622-2133.

WINTER GROUP EXHIBITION— Don’t miss your chance to check out works by 10 groundbreaking artists during this show’s 48-day run. Through Jan. 9. 12-4 p.m. FREE. Stewart Gallery, 2230 Main St., Boise, 208-433-0593, stewartgallery.com.

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Citizen SVCA NEW YEAR’S EVE BUBBLY BASH— Welcome in 2015 with fellow supporters of the arts at this beneﬁt for the Sun Valley Center for the Arts. Revelers will enjoy free champagne from 9-10 p.m. and a midnight toast. Hollywood favorite DJ Shark and his unstoppable percussionists

NEW YEAR’S EVE LOCK-IN FOR KIDS— Kids will enjoy movies, swimming, games and a pizza party. A male and female supervisor will be with the children all night. For ages 6-12. 7 p.m. $20$25. Nampa Recreation Center, 131 Constitution Way, Nampa, 208-468-5858, namparecreation. org. WINGS CENTER CLUB KID HOLIDAY CAMP—Shake things up this holiday with two weeks of all-day, holiday-themed excitement. For ages 3 years to eighth grade. For more info, visit the website or call the business ofﬁce. Through Jan. 2. 7 a.m.-6

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GREAT POLAR BEAR CHALLENGE Go ahead, start the new year with a gym membership you know you’ll use all of nine times before your “get-in-shape” resolution falls to the wayside. Or join the brave few (hundred) who will begin the ﬁrst day of 2015 by jumping into Lucky Peak Reservoir for the Great Polar Bear Challenge. Now in its 11th year, the challenge helps Make-a-Wish Foundation reach its goal of $75,000, used to grant the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions. The Idaho chapter grants up to 90 wishes every year. It’s free for participants to charge into the frigid waters at the Spring Shores Marina, but the foundation encourages each studly swimmer to fundraise at least $50 (to receive a complimentary T-shirt). 10 a.m., FREE, Spring Shores Marina at Lucky Peak Reservoir, 208-345-9474, idaho.wish.org. 20 | DECEMBER 31, 2014 – JANUARY 6, 2015 | BOISEweekly

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WINTER GARDEN AGLOW— Don’t miss your chance to see the dazzling display of more than 300,000 sparkling lights artfully displayed throughout the holiday season. Daily through Jan. 4. 6-9 p.m. FREE-$8. Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-343-8649, idahobotanicalgarden.org.

On Stage Festivals & Events BOGUS BASIN NOW OPEN—It’s ofﬁcially time to hit the slopes as Bogus Basin opens Deer Point No. 1, Showcase No. 4, the Easy Rider magic carpet and a small terrain park in Stewart’s Bowl. Limited trails will be open from the Nordic Center. Round-trip bus service will be available for $13. For more info, visit the website. Through Jan. 4. 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. $8-$35. Bogus Basin Mountain Recreation Area, 2600 Bogus Basin Road, Boise, 208-332-5100, bogusbasin.org.

COMEDIAN GABE DUNN—Local stand-up comic Gabe Dunn offers his unique view of the world. 8 p.m. $10. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-2875379, liquidboise.com. COMPANY OF FOOLS: PETER AND THE STARCATCHER—Set sail with a wildly theatrical, hilarious and innovative retelling of how a miserable orphan came to be Peter Pan. For more info, visit sunvalleycenter.org/companyoffools. 7 p.m. $15-$35. Liberty Theatre, 110 N. Main St., Hailey,

SATURDAY, JAN. 3

Forget football, it’s Broncos basketball season now.

BOISE STATE VS. UTAH STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL The Boise State football season wraps up at the Fiesta Bowl on New Year’s Eve, so Bronco Nation can shift its fandemonium to Taco Bell Arena, where the men’s and women’s basketball teams have been doing rather nicely in the opening weeks of their 2014-2015 season. Things get serious Saturday, Jan. 3, when the men’s squad takes on Mountain West Conference rival Utah State, starting at the family-friendly matinee tip-off time of noon. Here’s a quick primer on the Utah State Aggies: The team has four players that average in double digits: Jalen Moore, David Collette, Darius Perkins and Chris Smith. Moore is a particular threat, averaging nearly 33 minutes and 15 points per game. Noon, $6 adults, $4 juniors and seniors. Taco Bell Arena, 1401 Bronco Lane, 208-426-1900, broncosports.com.

208-578-9122, companyoffools. org.

Workshops & Classes EAGLE MOTHERS OF PRESCHOOLERS—Connect with other moms through education, discussion and crafts while your preschoolers (newborn through kindergarten) attend the Moppets program. First and third Thursday of every month. 9:15-11:30 a.m. FREE. Eagle Nazarene Church, 1001 W. State St., Eagle, 208939-0661.

Citizen GREAT POLAR BEAR CHALLENGE—Jump into the icy waters of Lucky Peak on New Year’s Day to beneﬁt Make-A-Wish Idaho, which grants wishes to children with life-threatening illnesses. The goal this year is to raise $75,000, which will fund one wish every

month in 2015. This year, there’ll be a costume contest, food trucks and prizes for top fundraisers. For more info, visit idaho. wish.org. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. FREE. Lucky Peak Reservoir, 9725 E. Hwy. 21, Boise.

FRIDAY JAN. 2 Festivals & Events BOGUS BASIN NOW OPEN—It’s ofﬁcially time to hit the slopes as Bogus Basin opens Deer Point No. 1, Showcase No. 4, the Easy Rider magic carpet and a small terrain park in Stewart’s Bowl. Limited trails will be open from the Nordic Center. Round-trip bus service available for $13. For more info, visit the website. 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. $8-$35. Bogus Basin Mountain Recreation Area,

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY, JAN. 5-7

“We’re knights of the round table / We dance whenever we’re able.”

FRED MEYER BROADWAY IN BOISE: CAMELOT The story of Camelot is one of chivalry, jealousy, lust and the worst wingman in history. Historians don’t know if King Arthur existed—signs point to no—but his legend is a cornerstone of Western mythology. From Monty Python to Disney, everyone has taken a seat at the fabled Round Table. Fred Meyer Broadway in Boise brings the four-time Tony Award-winning Lerner and Loewe musical adaptation to the Morrison Center stage with critically acclaimed vocal performances from Adam Grabau (Arthur), Mary McNulty (Guinevere) and Tim Rogan (Lancelot). You might think you’ve seen/read/heard the tale of King Arthur and his valiant knights, but not like this. 7:30 p.m., $37.50-$57.50. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, 208-426-1110, boisestatetickets.com/event/camelot. B O I S E WE E KLY. C O M

CALENDAR 2600 Bogus Basin Road, Boise, 208-332-5100, bogusbasin.org.

On Stage

CHRISTMAS LIGHT HELICOPTER TOURS—See the festive lights of Boise like you’ve never seen them before with Silverhawk Aviation. These exciting tours begin at Western Aircraft near the Boise Airport, and will circle downtown Boise and the Foothills or surrounding areas. Flights are available select evenings through Jan. 3. Call Krista at 208-453-8577 for reservations or gift certiﬁcates. Get more info at silverhawkaviation.net. 6-10 p.m. $125-$150. Western Aircraft at Boise Airport, 4300 S. Kennedy St., Boise, 208338-1800, westair.com.

COMEDIAN GABE DUNN—8 p.m. and 10 p.m. $12. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208287-5379, liquidboise.com.

WINTER GARDEN AGLOW— Don’t miss your chance to see the more than 300,000 sparkling lights artfully displayed throughout the holiday season. Daily through Jan. 4. 6-9 p.m. FREE-$8. Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-3438649, idahobotanicalgarden.org.

COMPANY OF FOOLS: PETER AND THE STARCATCHER—7 p.m. $15-$35. Liberty Theatre, 110 N. Main St., Hailey, 208-5789122. LIQUID MIDNIGHT MIC—Comedy open mic. FREE. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208287-5379, liquidboise.com.

Workshops & Classes SIMPLY FINDING YOU MEDITATION AND MANIFESTING—In this private group, you will connect with your unique individuality, ﬁnd your desires and intentions for the coming year, then set your desires and intentions to give you a roadmap to follow throughout the year. 6-8 p.m. $30, 208-841-9062.

TUESDAY, JAN. 6

Wholistic Beauty Boutique, 1615 W. State St., Boise, wholisticbeautyboutique.com.

SATURDAY JAN. 3 Festivals & Events BOGUS BASIN NOW OPEN—It’s ofﬁcially time to hit the slopes as Bogus Basin opens Deer Point No. 1, Showcase No. 4, the Easy Rider magic carpet and a small terrain park in Stewart’s Bowl. Limited trails will be open from the Nordic Center. Round-trip bus service will be available for $13 beginning Saturday, Dec. 20. For more info, visit the website. 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. $8-$35. Bogus Basin Mountain Recreation Area, 2600 Bogus Basin Road, Boise, 208-332-5100, bogusbasin.org. IDAHO STATE ARCHIVES SPECIAL EXHIBIT—When Nels and Emma Just built their fourth home in Idaho’s Blackfoot River Valley in 1887, they purchased a big U.S. map to hang in the hallway. It hung there for 127 years until April 2014, when it was taken down for restoration by the familyoperated Presto Preservation Association. The restored map, along with interpretive panels about the Just family, will be on display through Jan. 13. 12-4 p.m. FREE. Idaho State Archives, 2205 N. Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, , 208-334-2620, history. idaho.gov/idaho-state-archives. WINTER GARDEN AGLOW— Don’t miss your chance to see the dazzling display of more than 300,000 sparkling lights artfully displayed throughout the holiday season. Daily through Jan. 4. 6-9 p.m. FREE-$8. Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-343-8649, idahobotanicalgarden.org.

On Stage From the Statehouse to the stage.

CHERIE BUCKNER-WEBB IN CONCERT Cherie Buckner-Webb has long been known as one of Idaho’s few Democratic state senators, an inspiring public speaker and coach for working women. She’s also an accomplished professional singer whose speech was affected by a stroke she suffered in November 2013. The one-woman band hasn’t let that stop her, and through therapy and perseverance she has resumed her career as a performer. Catch her Tuesday, Jan. 6, debut in the Sapphire Room, where she’ll sing with the spirit and feeling that have made her a star both on the ﬂoor of the Statehouse and the stage. 7 p.m. $5-$7. Sapphire Room, Riverside Hotel, 2900 W. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-343-1871, riversideboise.com.

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COMEDIAN GABE DUNN—8 p.m. and 10 p.m. $12. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208287-5379, liquidboise.com. COMPANY OF FOOLS: PETER AND THE STARCATCHER—7 p.m. $15-$35. Liberty Theatre, 110 N. Main St., Hailey, 208-5789122, companyoffools.org.

SUNDAY JAN. 4

Tom Ford*, Les Misérables (2014). *Member Actors’ Equity. Photo by DKM Photography.

Festivals & Events BOGUS BASIN NOW OPEN—It’s ofﬁcially time to hit the slopes as

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CALENDAR Bogus Basin opens Deer Point No. 1, Showcase No. 4, the Easy Rider magic carpet and a small terrain park in Stewart’s Bowl. Limited trails will be open from the Nordic Center. Round-trip bus service will be available for $13. For more info, visit the website. 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. $8-$35. Bogus Basin Mountain Recreation Area, 2600 Bogus Basin Road, Boise, 208-332-5100, bogusbasin.org.

Road, Boise, 208-343-8649, idahobotanicalgarden.org.

IDAHO STATE ARCHIVES SPECIAL EXHIBIT—When Nels and Emma Just built their fourth home in Idaho’s Blackfoot River Valley in 1887, they purchased a big U.S. map to hang in the hallway. It hung there for 127 years until April 2014, when it was taken down for restoration by the family-operated Presto Preservation Association. The restored map, along with interpretive panels about the Just family, will be on display through Jan. 13. 12-4 p.m. FREE, 208-334-2620. Idaho State Archives, 2205 N. Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, history. idaho.gov/idaho-state-archives.

Citizen

On Stage COMEDIAN GABE DUNN—8 p.m. $10. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-2875379, liquidboise.com.

OPEN HOUSE AND TOY DRIVE—Tour the interior of the historic building while you donate new, unwrapped gifts for Toys for Tots. Continues Sundays and Mondays through Jan. 5. 11 a.m.5 p.m. FREE. Boise Train Depot, 2603 W. Eastover Terrace, Boise, parks.cityofboise.org/parks-locations/parks/boise-depot.

MONDAY JAN. 5 On Stage

MILD ABANDON By E.J. Pettinger

BROADWAY IN BOISE: CAMELOT—Experience Camelot’s “one brief shining moment” as Lerner and Loewe envisioned it in one of theater’s most legendary musicals. You’ll relive the time-honored legend of King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot and the Knights of the Round Table in an enchanting fable of chivalry, majesty and brotherhood in this four-time Tony Award-winning show. FREE parking. 7:30 p.m. $37.50-$57.50. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-426-1110, boisestatetickets.com/event/camelot. SUBTERRANEAN COMEDY—Yuk it up with a lineup of some of Boise’s favorite comics. 10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s Basement, 109 S. Sixth St., Boise, 208-3452505, tomgraineys.com.

Citizen OPEN HOUSE AND TOY DRIVE—Tour the interior of the historic building while you donate new, unwrapped gifts for Toys for Tots. Continues on Sundays and Mondays through Jan. 5. 11 a.m.5 p.m. FREE. Boise Train Depot, 2603 W. Eastover Terrace, Boise, parks.cityofboise.org/parks-locations/parks/boise-depot.

Kids & Teens CODE IT MAKE IT—For ages 1218. 4:30 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library, Lake Hazel Branch, 10489 Lake Hazel Road, Boise, 208-297-6700, adalib.org. READING AT THE REFUGE—Preschoolers and kindergarteners and their families are invited to enjoy a wildlife-related story, make a craft, and explore the Deer Flat visitor center. 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. FREE. Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge Visitor’s Center, 13751 Upper Embankment Road, Nampa, 208467-9278, fws.gov/deerﬂat.

TUESDAY JAN. 6 Festivals & Events IDAHO STATE ARCHIVES SPECIAL EXHIBIT—12-4 p.m. FREE, 208-334-2620. Idaho State Archives, 2205 N. Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, history.idaho. gov/idaho-state-archives.

On Stage BROADWAY IN BOISE: CAMELOT—7:30 p.m. $37.50$57.50. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar

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Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-4261110, boisestatetickets.com/ event/camelot.

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CHERIE BUCKNER WEBB—Don’t miss Cherie Buckner-Webb’s debut in The Sapphire Room. In addition to representing the North End in the Idaho Senate, BucknerWebb is a gifted vocalist who has captivated audiences across the nation by her ability to intertwine spirit, feeling and wisdom with a human touch through music. 7 p.m. $5-$7. Riverside Hotel Sapphire Room, 2900 W. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-3431871, riversideboise.com/dining/ sapphire-room.

Workshops & Classes DROP-IN WRITING WORKSHOP—Poet Danny Stewart hosts in January with a brand-new prompt to help you write into new spaces, plus time to share your work. FREE. The Cabin, 801 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-3318000, thecabinidaho.org.

Citizen HOLIDAY HERO BLOOD DRIVE—Help save lives with your donation. For an appointment, go to redcrossblood.org and enter sponsor code “knitting” or call 208-4840138. 10 a.m. FREE. Knitting Factory Concert House, 416 S. 9th St., Boise, 208-367-1212, bo.knittingfactory.com.

WEDNESDAY JAN. 7 Festivals & Events IDAHO JOB AND CAREER FAIR—Check out the positions available, including salaried, hourly, commission and own-your-own-business opportunities. There’ll also be free workshops on resumes and interviews for job seekers. For more info, visit idahobusinessleague.com. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. Riverside Hotel, 2900 Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-343-1871, riversideboise.com.

On Stage BROADWAY IN BOISE: CAMELOT—7:30 p.m. $37.50$57.50. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-4261110, boisestatetickets.com/ event/camelot.

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.

LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS

Talks & Lectures WILD ABOUT LIFE LECTURE SERIES—Ever wonder how the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation decides where and how much water goes in the system of reservoirs that includes Lake Lowell? Join Michael Anselme of the Bureau to learn more about the current management of Lake Lowell and the other Boise Project dams and reservoirs, including an explanation of the process for determining “who gets what and how much” water. 7 p.m. FREE. Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge Visitor’s Center, 13751 Upper Embankment Road, Nampa, 208-467-9278, fws.gov/ deerﬂat.

Calls to Artists WRITERS IN THE ATTIC ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY CONTEST—The Cabin is now accepting submissions from Idaho poets, ﬁction and nonﬁction story writers on the theme “animal.” Entries will be accepted through 5 p.m., Friday, Feb. 27. Selected works will be published as part of the Writers in the Attic 2015 anthology. Competition guidelines and

submission forms can be found at virtualcabinidaho.com. $10-$15. The Cabin, 801 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-331-8000, thecabinidaho.org. BOISE WEEKLY COVER ART SUBMISSIONS—Each week’s cover of Boise Weekly is a piece of work from a local artist. One stipulation of publication is that the piece be donated to BW’s annual charity art auction in November. The artist will receive 30 percent of their pieces auction price from the BW Cover Auction. A portion of the proceeds from the auction are reinvested in the local arts community through a series of private grants for which all artists are eligible to apply. The remainder of the covers this year will help support Boise Weekly. To submit your artwork for BW’s cover, bring it to BWHQ at 523 Broad St. All mediums are accepted. Thirty days from your submission date, your work will be ready for pick up if it’s not chosen to be featured on the cover. Work not picked up within six weeks of submission will be discarded. For more information email production@boiseweekly.com or call 208344-2055. Boise Weekly, 523 Broad St., Boise, boiseweekly. com.

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RECKLESS KELLY, DEC. 31, REVOLUTION “Idaho,” a track on Reckless Kelly’s 2013 release Long Night Moon (No Big Deal Records), is an ode to home. In the classic Americana song, guitars twang as brothers Willy and Cody Braun sing harmonica-laced lyrics: “The cold is useless without the snow / And I’m on the road / Bound for home / Back to what I know / Back to Idaho.” As is usually the case, Reckless Kelly’s annual New Year’s Eve concert will serve as a sort of family reunion. Willy and Cody’s dad, Muzzie, and their uncle, Billy, kick off the night; brothers Micky and Gary and their band Micky and the Motorcars will keep the engine revved; and Reckless Kelly will take it from there, ringing in the new year All the younger Braun brothers live in Austin, Texas, now but it sounds like they can’t wait to return to “A mix of solitude and silence / on the snow-capped peaks where [they] were born.” —Jessica Murri 8 p.m. $30-$80. Revolution Concert House, 4983 N. Glenwood St., 208-938-2933, cttouringid.com.

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MUSIC GUIDE WEDNESDAY DEC. 31

NEW YEAR’S EVE: INNOCENT MAN, BREAD AND CIRCUS AND DRIFTER STILL—9 p.m. $5. Tom Grainey’s

THE 904 BAND—9 p.m. FREE. Cylos

NEW YEAR’S EVE: MOTTO KITTY—9 p.m. $5. Kay and Traci’s 127 Club

BERRYHILL NEW YEAR’S EVE—Featuring pianists Eric Grae and Jason Buckalew 6-9 p.m., and “Greg and Johnny” with friends until midnight. 6 p.m. FREE. Berr yhill

RESOLUTIONS NEW YEAR’S EVE 2015—Featuring Rubicon 7, Skape, KC Jonez and DJ Brady Green. 8 p.m. $12-$20. Knitting Factor y

THURSDAY JAN. 1 BEN BURDICK AND DAN COSTELLO—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

NEW YEAR’S EVE POTATO DROP WATCH PARTY—Featuring Brandon Pritchett. 9 p.m. FREE. Piper

BRANDON PRITCHETT—8 p.m. FREE. Reef

NOAH HYDE—9 p.m. $5. Neurolux

CHUCK SMITH TRIO WITH NICOLE CHRISTENSEN—9:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Rob Harding

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

ROB HARDING AND CLAY MOORE—6 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

HILLS BROS. AND AARON ALKIRE—6 p.m. FREE. Highlands Hollow

ROCKEOKE NEW YEAR’S EVE—9 p.m. $5. Crazy Horse

KARAOKE—7:30 p.m. FREE. High Note KEN HARRIS AND CARMEL CROCK—6 p.m. FREE. Sofia’s

Pilot Error

LIKE A ROCKET—8:45 p.m. $5. Pengilly’s

PILOT ERROR—10 p.m. $10. Reef

LIQUID NEW YEAR’S EVE BASH—Featuring Indjneous, Chiron, Hivemind, Vaporizing Dreams and DJ Plane Walker. 9:30 p.m. $5. Liquid

RECKLESS KELLY AND MICKY AND THE MOTORCARS—With Muzzie and Billy Braun. 8 p.m. $29.50-$79.50. Revolution

SMOOTH AVENUE—With Wayne White. 7 p.m. $TBA. Sapphire Room TERRY JONES AND DAN COSTELLO—6:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

Frim Fram Four FRIM FRAM FOUR—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s ROCKEOKE LIVE BAND KARAOKE—10 p.m. FREE. Tom Grainey’s TERRY JONES—6 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

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MUSIC GUIDE FRIDAY JAN. 2

MOTTO KITTY—9 p.m. $3. Kay and Traci’s 127 Club

DJ JASON BEEK—11 p.m. FREE. Neurolux

SEAN HATTON BAND—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

ERIC GRAE—6 p.m. FREE. Berr yhill

SUNDAY JAN. 4

ALMOST FAMOUS KARAOKE— 9 p.m. FREE. Neurolux

TERRY JONES AND CLAY MOORE—6 p.m. FREE. Berryhill

FRANK MARRA SOLO PIANO— 6 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

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

DAN COSTELLO—8:30 p.m. FREE. Piper DJ MANIK—10 p.m. $5. Grainey’s Basement FRANK MARRA—6 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

HIP-HOP SUNDAY—10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s Basement

SATURDAY JAN. 3

JIM LEWIS—6 p.m. FREE. Lulu’s NOCTURNUM! INDUSTRIAL GOTH DJS—Industrial DJs. 9:30 p.m. FREE. Liquid

ALTURAS—10 p.m. $5. Tom Grainey’s AMELIA HYDE AND AARON RODRIGUEZ—7:30 p.m. FREE. The District BERNIE REILLY BAND—9 p.m. FREE. O’Michael’s BLAZE AND KELLY—7 p.m. FREE. Willi B’s Hang Eleven HANG ELEVEN—10 p.m. $5. Tom Grainey’s JENNY WILLISON—7:30 p.m. FREE. The District JOHN JONES TRIO—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

CALEB KLAUDER COUNTRY BAND—With The Country Club. 7 p.m. $10. Neurolux

THE SIDEMEN: GREG PERKINS AND RICK CONNOLLY—6 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Hillfolk Noir

HILLFOLK NOIR—9:30 p.m. FREE. Juniper JOHNNY SHOES—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365 MOTTO KITTY—9 p.m. $3. Kay and Traci’s 127 Club

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

SEAN HATTON BAND—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

DJ ESKO—10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s Basement

SOUL SERENE— 8:30 p.m. FREE. Piper

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MONDAY JAN. 5 CHUCK SMITH AND NICOLE CHRISTENSEN—6 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

PUNK MONDAY—9 p.m. FREE. Liquid

SEAN HATTON—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

REFLECTIONS—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

TUESDAY JAN. 6

WEDNESDAY JAN. 7 CHUCK SMITH DUO—7:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

BILL RECTOR—5:30 p.m. FREE. O’Michael’s

KEN HARRIS AND CARMEL CROCK—6-9 p.m. FREE. Soﬁa’s

CHERIE BUCKNER WEBB—7 p.m. $5-$7. Sapphire Room

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

DAN COSTELLO AND CHUCK SMITH—7:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

OPHELIA—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

DAN COSTELLO—6 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

STEVE EATON—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

RADIO BOISE SOCIAL HOUR: DJ GILBERT—5:30 p.m. FREE. Neurolux

TERRY JONES—6 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

RADIO BOISE TUESDAY: HALLOWED OAK—With Atomic Moses and Taylor Robert Hawkins. 7:30 p.m. $5. Neurolux

WEDNESDAY NIGHT JAM— Hosted by For Blind Mice. 8 p.m. FREE. Tom Grainey’s

MONDAY NIGHT KARAOKE—10 p.m. FREE. Tom Grainey’s OPEN MIC WITH REBECCA SCOTT AND ROB HILL—8 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

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FOOD/REVIEW

At this time, it’s traditional to reﬂect on the year past. Though it’s hard to narrow my favorite wines to three, what follows is a trio that was distinctive enough to stand out in my memory during the last year. That two are from Idaho might speak to a certain prejudice, but it’s undeniable that our local wines are increasingly improving.

K ELS EY HAW ES

KIBROM’S RESTAURANT

TOP THREE WINES

Ethiopian and Eritrean restaurant impresses TARA MORGAN Injera—a large, spongy pancake made from fermented teff Áour—is the cornerstone of Ethiopian cuisine. It’s both plate and utensil; piles of intensely spiced vegetables and thick, meaty stews are ladled onto the injera like paint on a palette, then hunks torn from the dense pancake are used to pinch mounds of spicy stew into tiny tacos. Idaho’s Snake River region produces a signiÀcant amount of teff—a Àne grain with a mild, nutty Áavor—but Boise hasn’t been home a single Ethiopian restaurant. Until now. Kibrom’s Restaurant opened in late November in the food court at the Boise International Market. Owners Kibrom Milash and his wife Tirhas Hailu hail from Eritrea, a small country on the horn of Africa, but they moved in 2008 to a refugee camp in neighboring Ethiopia, where they ran a restaurant for Àve years. When they resettled in Boise in 2013, they focused on opening an Ethiopian and Eritrean restaurant. Kibrom’s boasts a small open kitchen where Milash fries up lentil samosas and stirs bubbling pots on the stove, while Hailu scoops mounds of stew onto light brown injera behind the deli-style counter. Customers order from a large, numbered menu that features items like Zigni, “morsels of beef in Kibrom’s signature berbere red sauce,”

Injera, a spongy teff ﬂour pancake popular in Ethiopia, is both plate and utensil.

and Red Ades, “red lentils, onions and carrots with a hint of alicha spice.” Berebere—a red spice blend that includes chili peppers, ginger, paprika and garlic—is another pillar of Ethiopian cuisine, along with turmeric-laced Alicha and Niter Kibbeh, a clariÀed butter seasoned with lots of spices. Ethiopian food is not lacking in Áavor. With the combo plates, sample two to Àve dishes ladled on a single injera for between $8.50$11.50. Each entree is served with a side of rolled up injera and a romaine salad with raw onion slivers, diced tomato and slices of spicy green chilies. Though the smorgasbord of spices makes it difÀcult to identify a standout item, the beef dishes—like the Red Tibs, the Zigni and the Zilzil— packed the richest Áavor, along with the Derho,

a traditional stew of chicken wings and whole eggs served in a buttery tomato-based sauce with Berbere spice. The veggie dishes sometimes lacked consistency. On one visit, the Shiro, ground chickpeas in an herb sauce, was thick and complex, but on a return trip it was bland and runny. Thankfully each table comes with a shaker of bright red Mitmita, an aromatic seasoning made from African birdseye chili peppers. Perhaps one of the best parts of the meal at Kibrom’s is the Ànale. Once all the stews are consumed, you can devour the injera plate, its airy pockets soaked in savory juices and stained dark red from buttery spices. A hearty meal like this calls for a pick-me-up and you can grab a strong cup of coffee just a few feet away at Khave.

ITALY: LENTILS AND COTECHINO

GREECE: VASILOPITA

In Italy, lentils are a popular New Year’s dish due to their coin-like shape, which represents good fortune and prosperity. The lentils are generally paired with slices of spicy pork sausage in a dish dubbed Cotechino con Lenticchie. Across the world, pork is a popular New Year’s meal because they symbolize progress, due to the fact that they move forward when rooting for food.

On New Year’s in Greece, families break out a sweet bread called vasilopita that has a lucky coin tucked inside. A piece of cake is sliced for each family member and whoever gets the coin is said to blessed with good luck in the new year and receives some sort of prearranged gift.

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Oliebollen are often sold from street carts and at fairs. The little deep-fried dough balls are sometimes ﬁlled with dried fruits like raisins, currants or candied peel and dusted with powdered sugar. Another New Year’s treat are Appelbeignets, deep-fried apple rounds dipped in sweet batter and served with cinnamon and sugar. —Tara Morgan

FOOD/NEWS NEW YEAR’S FOOD TRADITIONS FROM AROUND THE WORLD Whether you choose to chug a bottle of bubbly or watch a sparkling spud slowly descend from the sky, you’ll be joined by revelers around the world ringing in the new year with unique traditions involving food and booze. Here are some New Year’s food customs from across the globe.

SPAIN: 12 GRAPES Spaniards celebrate New Year’s by consuming “las doce uvas de la suerte,” or the 12 lucky grapes. At the stroke of midnight, as 12 bells toll, revelers have to eat one grape per second— each sweet grape symbolizing a good month, while each sour grape portends an unlucky one. If you ﬁnish all 12 grapes by the ﬁnal bell, you’ll have good luck in the new year. The tradition has is also held in Portugal, Cuba and Peru. BOI S EW EEKLY.COM

The Japanese celebrate New Year’s by eating osechi-ryori, an assortment of elaborately presented foods packed into lacquered bentolike boxes called jubako. Though the individual dishes vary, some examples include Kuromame, simmered black soybeans that symbolize health, and Tazukuri, dried sardines in a sugary soy sauce that represent an abundant harvest.

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The reason for the change in name is: Sam is the nickname I have always been known as. A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 130 o’clock p.m. on (date) FEB 03 2015 at the Ada County Courthouse. Objections may be ﬁled by any person who can show the court a good reason against the name change. Date 09 2014 CHRISTOPHER D. RICH CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT By: DEIRDE PRICE DEPUTY CLERK PUB Dec. 17, 24, 31, 2014 & Jan. 7, 2015. IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 4TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA IN RE: Blake Alan Smith Legal Name

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The Greek god Zeus had seven wives. Themis, Leto, Eurynome, and Hera were among them. Another was his older sister Demeter, and a sixth was his aunt Mnemosyne. Then there was the sea nymph Metis. Unfortunately, he ate Metis—literally devoured her—which effectively ended their marriage. In 2015, Gemini, I encourage you to avoid Zeus’ jumbled, complicated approach to love and intimacy. Favor quality over quantity. Deepen your focus rather than expanding your options. Most importantly, make sure your romantic adventures never lead to you feeling fragmented or divided against yourself. This is the year you learn more than ever before about what it’s like for all the different parts of you to be united.

work on the mind. That’s the only thing you should be trying to control.”

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Here are three of my top wishes for you in 2105: You will have a clear, precise sense of what’s yours and what’s not yours... of what’s possible to accomplish and what’s impossible... of what will be a good influence on you and what won’t be. To help ensure that these wishes come true, refer regularly to the following advice from Cancerian author Elizabeth Gilbert: “You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. That’s a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad,

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The fish known as the coelacanths were thought to have become extinct 66 million years ago. That was when they disappeared from the fossil record. But in 1938 a fisherman in South Africa caught a live coelacanth. Eventually, whole colonies were discovered in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa and near Indonesia. I foresee a comparable phenomenon happening in your life during the coming months, Virgo. An influence you believed to have disappeared from your life will resurface. Should you welcome and embrace

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Author Robert Moss has published 27 books. When he talks about the art of launching and completing big projects, I listen attentively. There’s one piece of advice he offers that would be particularly helpful for you to keep in mind throughout the first half of 2015. “If we wait until we are fully prepared in order to do something, we may never get it done,” he says. “It’s important to do things before we think we are ready.” Can you handle that, Leo? Are you willing to give up your fantasies about being perfectly qualified and perfectly trained and perfectly primed before you dive in?

it? Here’s what I think: Only if you’re interested in its potential role in your future, not because of a nostalgic attachment. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Nothing brings people closer than business,” said composer Arnold Schoenberg. You could be living proof of that hypothesis in 2015, Libra. Your drive to engage in profitable activities will be at a peak, and so will your knack for making good decisions about profitable activities. If you cash in on these potentials, your social life will flourish. Your web of connections will expand and deepen. You will generate high levels of camaraderie by collaborating with allies on productive projects. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Deathwatch beetles have a peculiar approach to the mating game. Their seduction technique consists of smacking their heads against a hard object over and over again. This generates a tapping sound that is apparently sexy to potential partners. I discourage you from similar behaviors as you seek the kind of love you want in 2015. The first rule of romantic engagement is this: Sacrificing or diminishing yourself may seem to work in the short run, but it can’t possibly lead to lasting good. If you want to stir up the best results, treat yourself with tenderness and respect.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707) was a German composer whose organ music is still played today. He was a major influence on a far more famous German composer, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). When Bach was a young man, he decided it was crucial for him to experience Buxtehude’s music first-hand. He took a leave of absence from his job and walked over 250 miles to the town where Buxtehude lived. There he received the guidance and inspiration he sought. In 2015, Sagittarius, I’d love to see you summon Bach’s determination as you go in quest of the teaching you want and need.

renaissance, rejuvenation and reinvention.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Even in normal times, you are a fount of regeneration. Your ever-growing hair and fingernails are visible signs of your nonstop renewal. A lot of other action happens without your conscious awareness. For example, your tastebuds replace themselves every two weeks. You produce 200 billion red blood cells and 10 billion white blood cells every day. Every month the epidermis of your skin is completely replaced, and every 12 months your lungs are composed of a fresh set of cells. In 2015, you will continue to revitalize yourself in all these ways, but will also undergo a comparable regeneration of your mind and soul. Here’s my prediction: This will be a year of

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “Erotomania” is a word for the erroneous fantasies people entertain when they imagine that a celebrity is in love with them. Laughable, right? Just because I have dreams of Game of Thrones actress Lena Headey texting me seductive notes doesn’t mean that she genuinely yearns for my companionship. Yet most of us harbor almost equally outlandish beliefs about all kinds of things. They may not be as far-fetched as those that arise from erotomania, but they are still out of sync with reality. The good news, Pisces, is that in 2015 you will have the best chance ever to become aware of and shed your delusions—even the long-running, deeply-rooted kinds.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Sometimes I can feel my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I’m not living,” says a character in Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. If you have ever felt that way, Aquarius, I predict that you will get some relief in 2015. Your bones won’t be straining as much as they have in the past because you will be living at least one of the lives you have wanted to live but haven’t been able to before. How you will handle all the new lightness that will be available?

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