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JE SUIS CHARLIE Words fail frequently, but images rarely do. When political cartoonist Thomas Nast penned his attacks against corrupt New York political operator William “Bossâ€? Tweed in the 1800s, Tweed famously said, “Stop them damned pictures. I don’t care so much what the papers say about me. My constituents don’t know how to read, but they can’t help seeing them damned pictures.â€? Words fail again when confronted by the Jan. 7 mass slaughter of artists and editors at French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo: SHRSOH NLOOHG LQFOXGLQJ WZR SROLFH RIĂ€FHUV DW WKH KDQGV RI masked gunmen retaliating against the publication’s depictions of the Prophet Muhammad and leaders of Islamic extremist groups. As horrendous as it is, mass killings happen with numbing regularity. The attack on Charlie Hebdo, however, made me feel sick; lost for words. I got into journalism as a political cartoonist, copyediting and drawing for the Bonner County Daily Bee in 1999. ,W ZDV D QRW D JRRG WLPH WR HQWHU WKH Ă€HOG 1HZVURRPV ZHUH VKULQNLQJ DQG WKH Ă€UVW VWDIIHUV FXW ZHUH RIWHQ WKH FDUWRRQLVWV Today, the American political cartoonist community is littered ZLWK KDFNV XQĂ€W WR FOHDQ 7KRPDV 1DVW¡V EUXVKHV 2QO\ LQ DOWHUQDtive papers like Boise Weekly ZLOO \RX VWLOO Ă€QG RULJLQDO ELWLQJ artistic commentary, which is in large part the reason I gravitated toward independent journalism. 2I FRXUVH WKHUH FDPH D WLPH ZKHQ , WUDGHG P\ DUW ER[ IRU D keyboard, but I’ve never given up my love and respect for satirical artists. Nothing is quite so brave or cutting, so elegant or effective, as a well-aimed visual barb. In our image-obsessed culture, nothing is quite so important, nor so threatened. International political cartooning did not suffer the brutalizing that took place here. In countries like England, France, Germany; Denmark, Latin America, even Russia, it remains a vital, powerful medium populated with artist-journalist-commentators who risk their lives to defend freedom of expression. That they lose WKHLU OLYHV LQ WKDW GHIHQVH LV SDLQIXO KRUULĂ€F DQG FKLOOing but underlines their importance—now more than ever. —Zach Hagadone

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

MOSCOW MURDERS JOHN LEE, 29, MADE HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE ON JAN. 12. LEE WAS CAPTURED BY WASHINGTON LAW ENFORCEMENT AFTER LEADING THEM ON A 100 MPH CHASE FOLLOWING THREE SEPARATE SHOOTING INCIDENTS IN THE IDAHO COMMUNITY OF MOSCOW THAT LEFT THREE PEOPLE DEAD AND A FOURTH FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE.

THAT’S AN MRAP A Boise man is behind bars following a standoff. The guy brought a knife, law enforcement brought an MRAP. Law enforcement won. Get details on Citydesk.

OUR HEALTH As of Jan. 13, Your Health Idaho, the Gem State’s health insurance exchange has processed 83,383 customers. Open enrollment ends Sunday, Feb. 15. Read more on Citydesk.

SCHOOL PHOTO OR MUGSHOT? Arrest warrant issued for Kootenai County youth: the nine-year-old couldn’t get a ride to court. Read about the prosecutor’s apology on Citydesk.

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Part 2: Preparing your kids for market BILL COPE Those predictions I promised last week: • As legislators gather in Boise, many of them will have already received their education reform marching orders from the American Legislative Exchange Council, the secretive policy hothouse that has been germinating corporate-friendly legislation for compliant lawmakers since the 1970s. None of Idaho’s legislators will admit to being little more than waterboys for ALEC’s predigested efforts to privatize everything involving taxpayer money, but public education proponents across the country will point out the striking similarities between what is being proposed in state after state, particularly states with Republican-controlled legislatures. Newly-elected “Chief of Schoolsâ€? Sherri Ybarra will be largely left out of the loop on most of the preparations, at least up until that time when she has to be told what it is she’s going to propose. • There will be a push to elevate computers even more to the center stage of learning, EH\RQG HYHQ FHUWLĂ€HG WHDFKHUV DV WKH SULPDU\ source of instruction in the classroom. This effort to make the computer screen the predominant focus of students’ attentions will make it easier to cut staff, ignore professional educators and gut the teachers unions—thereby decreasing H[SHQGLWXUHV ZKLOH PD[LPL]LQJ SURĂ€WVÂłDOO ZKLOH pretending to hold the students’ best interests as their biggest concern. There may be questions raised about who is being contracted to provide all this technology—especially after the shenanigans of the governor and his associates on the broadband arrangements have been exposed— but among the GOP faithful, none of that will matter any more than the CCA prison scandal mattered in Otter’s re-election, or Sherri Ybarra’s GHDUWK RI TXDOLĂ€FDWLRQV PDWWHUHG LQ KHUV While the legislative faction of the privatization coup is doing its assigned part, the Albertson Foundation—that institute so dedicated to convincing Idahoans their only purpose is improving prospects for youth—will continue inundating Idaho television with slickly-produced propaganda appealing to Idaho parents to go along with whatever they and their allies in the Legislature propose, as it will determine the futures of their youngsters. Few Idaho journalists will question why this non-government foundation is so well coordinated with the actions the Legislature is taking, nor will they bother to mention that the Albertson Foundation’s leaders are heavily invested in online education companies. But even if it were publicized that they just might be in it for the money, the faithful wouldn’t hear about it, as that would be exactly the sort of relevant BOI S EW EEKLY.COM

information they spend so much of their energies trying to avoid. When Sherri Ybarra is told to speak out for more technology in the classrooms of Idaho, she will. • In spite of ample evidence that charter schools are not living up to the promises their supporters make for them, Idaho will see a proliferation of such schools. Facts—such as the fact that only 29 percent of charters produce better results than public schools with a comparable student body, while 31 percent do worse; or that VLQFH 7RP /XQD RSHQHG WKH à RRGJDWHV ZLGH WR charter schools, Idaho has compiled a dismal record of failure in such institutions—won’t play a part in the decision. Not only will there come another spike in the number of charter schools, more and more of those schools will be opened and operated by RXW RI VWDWH IRU SURÀW EXVLQHVVHV $QG WKH FXUriculum (much if not most of it online) will be exactly the same for students from one end of the country to the other, a reality which conservatives will ignore even though they have bitched about the loss of local control ever since the establishment of the U.S. Department of Education 35 years ago. When Sherri Ybarra is told to promote more charter schools in Idaho, she will. • An ever-growing number of Idaho students will be denied the opportunity to partake in music art, drama, debate, languages, school newspapers, school politics, etc.—virtually all electives that have traditionally been avenues of personal expression—because school budgets will continue to shrink, and because an ever greater portion of the school day will be allocated to math, reading and computer skills, leaving few resources for making education an enjoyable experience. When Sherri Ybarra is told to announce Idaho’s schools must focus on math, reading and computer skills, she will. • As more and more of Idaho’s education dollars go to further the privatization of Idaho’s schools, and more and more of those dollars leave the state and enter the accounts of wealthy investors, not one reporter, legislator or Republican voter will ask whether the children of those investors attend school in classrooms with more students crammed into a space with less teachers, or if their children are in the sort of private school with fewer students per classrooms led by KLJKO\ TXDOLÀHG WHDFKHUV When Sherri Ybarra is told not to mention that rich people would never think about sending their children to the sort of schools she was told to promote, she won’t. BOISEweekly | JANUARY 14–20, 2015 | 5

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GETTING WOOD No, really getting wood JOHN REMBER <HVWHUGD\ HYHQLQJ WKH ELJ 'RXJ Ă€U RQ WKH southwest horizon, the one that marks the winter solstice, was discernibly south of the setting sun. The days are getting longer again. That is cause for cheer. More cause for cheer: Thanks to a mostly warm December, the woodpile that was only supposed to make it to New Year’s Day will have a few sticks in it come the Ides of January. We’ve got another woodpile when it runs out. Several more woodpiles, in fact, due to an obsessivecompulsive disorder I have come down with. It’s called Old-Man-Can’t-Get-Enough-Wood Syndrome, and it’s only cause for cheer on cold days in early April, when if you didn’t have that extra woodpile you’d have to burn the piano to thaw the ice in the toilet. The rest of the year, it’s hard on loved ones, who get recruited to cut wood, transport wood, chop wood, stack wood and make sure the wood box is full before it gets dark and cold outside. Our Christmas card shows Julie with an ax in her hand, standing next to a cord of wood in the pickup. She loaded it herself, while I was dropping more lodgepole with the chainsaw. The worst case of Old-Man-Can’t-GetEnough-Wood Syndrome I ever saw was when Wayne Willard, who owned the Stanley Club LQ WKH ¡ V DQG ¡ V VWDUWHG VWDFNLQJ Ă€UHZRRG around the bar and restaurant. As Wayne got into his own 70s, the stack grew until it formed a thick wall around two sides of the place. CustomHUV KDG WR QDYLJDWH D Ă€UHZRRG PD]H WR JHW LQ WKH back door. Inside, a giant two-barrel wood stove kept things warm all winter, no small thing in a big log building in Sawtooth Valley. Every summer, Wayne replaced the burned ZRRG DQG DGGHG Ă€YH RU FRUGV PRUH 3HRSOH started placing bets on when he would fall over out in the forest, dying with his logging boots on. The town of Stanley would have disappeared XQGHU Ă€UHZRRG H[FHSW WKDW :D\QH OHIW WRZQ WR visit his girlfriend one winter weekend, and his water heater shorted out and burned the Stanley Club and its giant woodpile down. Fifty cords of Ă€UHZRRG EXUQHG WKURXJK WKH QLJKW 7RZQ LWVHOI was only saved by the highway department’s rotary snowplow, which covered the nearby buildings with a thick coat of steaming snow. When Wayne rebuilt the Stanley Club, it was smaller, insulated and had electric heat. When October rolled around he stayed inside his bar, nursing a beer and staring at afternoon TV. The only thing worse than having a compulsion is getting over it. Last October I planted two rows of posts in the backyard, nailed planks onto them and used

them to contain the last three cords Julie and I hauled out of the woods. The new woodpile is 60 feet from the house, which makes our insurance company happier, and we have enough wood to last us through this winter and next, although we’ll cut some more in October, to be on the safe side. All it will take is another row of posts. Wayne Willard’s ghost was with me while I chopped up the last rick of wood in November. I was feeling sorry for myself, because I still had the tickets for another load of wood and Julie was refusing to go out again. As problems go, it was a small one, and it was easy to go from feeling sorry for myself to feeling sorry for Wayne Willard, who had way more time and effort LQYHVWHG LQ Ă€UHZRRG WKDQ , HYHU ZLOO ,W EXUQHG up, along with his livelihood and purpose in life. He lived in Stanley for a few more years, but life here wasn’t comfortable for him anymore, and eventually he sold out and moved to a warmer SDUW RI WKH VWDWH ZKHUH Ă€UHZRRG DQG Ă€UH ZHUHQ¡W such weighty issues. Then I went from feeling sorry for Wayne to feeling sorry for the human condition, which is subject to holocausts of various kinds and intensities. Our world can change in an instant— a lifetime of good fortune can turn on a dime— and a conscious human life is itself a kind of slow combustion of time and luck. I didn’t much worry about these things before I signed up for Social Security, but I worry about them now. It doesn’t take much personal insight WR VHH WKDW D KXJH VWDFN RI Ă€UHZRRG LV D PHWDphoric defense against a literal old age. In the rock-paper-scissors game of life, the literal always beats the metaphoric, but that doesn’t mean that you won’t feel better if you start hoarding food, ammunition or cats. Humans are unique among animals in their ability to lead a metaphoric existence, even if the metaphor turns them into its own creatures. Of course, money is the ultimate defense. It’s so consuming that it can take your mind off the inevitable right up to your last moments. That’s ZK\ ZH VHH RFWRJHQDULDQV JRLQJ WR WKH RIĂ€FH everyday, the deadly writing and rewriting of wills, piles of money stacked so high and solid it’s impossible to see the person behind them. 7KH ELJ 'RXJ Ă€U RQ WKH KRUL]RQ LV G\LQJ WKH victim of a fungus that, like the pine beetle, has found our warming climate congenial. In a few years, the tree will be dead and dry, and I’ll have WR Ă€QG DQRWKHU PDUNHU IRU WKH ZLQWHU VROVWLFH But it will provide two or three cords of wood. If I can get the pickup to it, I’ll carry it home. At least you can burn your metaphor to stay warm, I tell myself. That is cause for cheer. B O I S E WE E KLY. C O M

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)RU WKH Ă€UVW WLPH LQ DOO P\ \HDUV RI GRLQJ WKLV , got backlash. There were moments when I asked myself, ‘Oh geez. Is this the right thing to do?’â€? Rosenlund has drawn some of BW’s most provocative illustrations. They often accompany news features, this story included. “Actually, there was some stuff you and I worked on years ago that I still hear about,â€? Rosenlund said. “Do you remember that inves-

Near the top of a current, albeit shrinking, list of American cartoonist-provocateurs is Dwayne Booth, aka Mr. Fish, whose cartoons appear regularly appear in Harper’s Magazine and in alt-weeklies across the nation. Booth told BW, “Anyone incapable of interpreting the massacre at the Charlie Hebdo RIĂ€FHV LQ 3DULV DV DQ\WKLQJ but a cruel and meaningless act of mass murder deserves neither my respect nor deference.â€? Bemoaning the scarcity of editorial cartoonists in the United States—something he terms a “bloodless massacre of epic proportionsâ€?—Booth said, “It should be noted with some urgency that something systemic in the culture is substantially diminishing the cartoonists’ population and threatening the very survival of the rendered word and the contemplative caption and very essence of creative dissent.â€? Outside of the United States, editorial cartoonists have never had greater urgency, according to Rosenlund. “Cartooning seems to be inhabiting a similar role overseas similar to what we had in the United States during our Industrial Revolution,â€? he said. “If you think of how many people in the U.S. may have been illiterate at the time, a powerful cartoon could break through all of that and paint a clear picture of injustice. And that’s similar to what’s happening in a lot of the world’s current hot spots. But recently a cartoonist in Syria, Ali Farzat, was beaten and had his hands broken. Cartooning is more important than ever in so many countries, HVSHFLDOO\ LQ Ă€JKWLQJ FRUUXSWLRQ Âľ Pettinger, Rosenlund and JensenLindsey said they were inspired to put pen to paper to express their feelings on the Charlie Hebdo massacre for this issue of BW (Rosenlund’s image is above and another is on the cover of this issue; Pettinger’s is on Page 22; Jensen-Lindsey’s is on Page 27). “For me to have the freedom to express sociopolitical issues is a pretty powerful thing,â€? said Jensen-Lindsey, who said he liked to meditate on the events of the world around him with a unique balance of content, analysis and satire. “You’re scrutinizing everything. And you’re thinking of your audience all the time. And you’re always looking at life‌â€? He paused for another moment. “But you’re looking at life on a deadline.â€? AD AM ROSEN LUN D

There is not an intensive care unit nor house of worship to hold vigil or grieve over what ZDV PRUWDOO\ ZRXQGHG DW WKH 3DULV RIĂ€FHV RI Charlie Hebdo $ ULYHU RI WHDUV ZLOO VXUHO\ Ă RZ DW the memorials for the 17 people, many of them journalists, murdered by a few terrorists who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group before being killed themselves. The freedoms that were victimized on Jan. 7 are not worshiped at any altar but in the soul of anyone yearning for those endowments. Throngs KDYH Ă€OOHG WKH VWUHHWV LQ VROLGDULW\ $ stunning 1.6 million marched through Paris on Jan. 11, rivaling crowds last seen celebrating the 1944 liberation of Paris from the Nazis, while millions more have expressed anger, purpose and grief on the Internet. But an even deeper resolve has been a collective experience among a fraternity of cartoonists who watched their brethren die because of their art. “It’s a shock to the system,â€? said Adam Rosenlund. “Yes, you could say there’s a family of cartoonists. This is not something that a large amount of people choose to do with their lives.â€? “It’s horrible. There’s a lot going through my mind right now,â€? Elijah Jensen-Lindsey told Boise Weekly just a few hours after the Jan. 7 massacre. “I just can’t understand this reality. I just don’t get it. It completely distorts P\ PLQG WR Ă€JXUH RXW ZKDW NLQG RI person would‌â€? E.J. Pettinger said, his voice trailing off as he paused for a moment. “It’s really strange to me that a group can get this upset about a cartoon.â€? Rosenlund, Jensen-Lindsey and Pettinger are all regular Boise Weekly contributors, and they all know something about getting pushback on illustrations. “I did a cover image for Boise Weekly a couple of years ago,â€? Pettinger said. “Let’s just say it included a guy squatting over a sprinkler during the dog days of summer. Yes, there have been a few of my cartoons that have upset people, but nothing really sustained.â€? Jensen-Lindsey said he crafted a few provocative drawings for BW at the height of the 2014 Idaho Statehouse debates over the Ag-Gag law and the Add the Words movement. “I simply couldn’t not address those debates with my comic,â€? Jensen-Lindsey said. “And yes, I had some references to Gov. Otter in my comic.

tigative story you wrote about Idaho dairy cows where high levels of antibiotics were discovered? I still hear about the image I did for that story. It still comes up and it gets tagged all the time.� This trio of acclaimed artists happens to be part of a vanishing breed, especially in the United States. According to a 2012 study by The Herbert Block Foundation, “There were approximately 2,000 editorial cartoonists employed by U.S. newspapers at the start of the 20th century. Today there are fewer than 40 staff cartoonists, and that number continues to shrink.�

Dwayne Booth’s cartoons appear regularly in Harper’s Magazine and U.S. alt-weeklies.

MR. FISH: IN HIS OWN WORDS A few hours after 12 people were murdered during the Jan. 7 shooting at the Paris ofďŹ ces of Charlie Hebdo, we asked famed San Francisco-based editorial cartoonist Dwayne Booth, aka Mr. Fish, for his thoughts: “Anyone incapable of interpreting the massacre at the Charlie Hebdo ofďŹ ces in Paris today as anything but a cruel and meaningless act of mass murder deserves neither my respect nor deference. To suggest, as some in the media—particularly those arguing from the right wing—have, that the targeting and killing of editors and cartoonists at a satire magazine is a tragic event, indeed, but that it is an inevitable consequence for those stupid enough to antagonize reactionary extremists is both overly simplistic, offensive and contrary to the purpose and promise of free speech and open democracy. Expressing an opinion with the point of a pencil leveled against a piece of parchment should in no way justify the point of a propelled bullet or bayonet leveled against living esh as a reasonable response under any circumstance. “SpeciďŹ cally, exercising one’s artistic prerogative to create a drawing that is critical or demeaning of an established religion or political ideology should in no way be construed to equate to kicking a hornet’s nest, which it has been, over and over and over again—for centuries, in fact!—as if art making where a form of telekinesis capable of physically threatening life and limb. Instead, art, like every other form of commentary, should equate to the voicing of an opinion, nothing more, even when that opinion is derogatory enough to piss people off by suggesting that there is NOT—nor will there ever be—a single favorite color that everybody must bow down to and claim as the best and prettiest in the universe. “Of course, an additional point can be made in light of the Charlie Hebdo massacre and that is the place of the editorial cartoonist in modern day society, particularly in the United States. While there exists near universal condemnation of the killings from the overwhelming majority of magazines and newspapers reporting on the subject, there is absolutely no acknowledgment of precisely how little support or tolerance contemporary culture has given to the profession as a whole.“ BOISEweekly | JANUARY 14–20, 2015 | 7

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So many major events happened last year, we easily could have written a Top 2,014 of 2014. Mindful of what a massive (and monotonous) project that would have been, we instead culled the top 14 stories from the 2014 annals of Boise Weekly. The range of criteria for what qualified as a “top” story was wide and we chose stories about people who made a difference, events that affected the entire community and ideas that sparked a larger debate beyond our reporting. Among our 14 of ’14 are stories in which we

looked at how something as benign as a bicycle fed the fire that burns between a county agency and a city; how a brave soldier who has difficulty walking stood up to the government in the name of love; how an applicant for a job at the Idaho Human Rights Commission was discriminated against; and how four little words could make an enormous difference. There are almost a million stories in this naked city. These are just 14 of them (in no particular order).

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Winter had just ceded to spring when we met Madelynn Taylor in 2014. We agreed to meet at the front gate of N the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery, and Taylor used a walker to slowly make her way to the entrance, then leaned on a cane to hold herself up. She took a long look at the FURVVHV WKDW PDUNHG WKH Ă€QDO UHVWLQJ SODFHV of thousands of her fellow armed service members. “Please don’t take my photograph when we’re inside the cemetery,â€? Taylor cautioned our photographer. “That would be against the cemetery rules and I always want to respect the rules.â€? Taylor had followed the rules most of her life, as a Navy veteran, as an Idaho phone company technician and EMT. Yet the state of Idaho had repeatedly denied her the right to be laid to rest at the cemetery alongside her late wife, Jean. “Jean was‌â€? Taylor paused and looked away for a moment. “Well, Jean was a lady.â€? 7KXV EHJDQ RXU VWRU\ WKH Ă€UVW UHSRUW RI 7D\ORU¡V life, her spouse’s death and what was, perhaps, the most egregious example of LGBT discrimination by the state of Idaho. Boise Weekly’s story was picked up by other media outlets and ultimately made international headlines. Meanwhile, the state of Idaho was waging a losing battle in its attempt to salvage its constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. When a federal court judge and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the ban was indeed unconstitutional, Taylor was allowed to lay her late spouse’s ashes to rest at the cemetery. RIE

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For years, Boise Weekly was teased over what some alleged was our obsession with the Ada County Highway District. Heck, a lot of people didn’t even know what ACHD stood for, let alone understood its unique authority over what goes on from curb to curb. Then 2014 happened. In a steady stream of controversies— bike lanes, parking meters, roundabouts and a lawsuit or two— ACHD and the city of Boise didn’t play too nice. It was nearly impossible to keep ACHD vs. Boise shenanigans out of the news and that set up an ACHD election like no other. “Elections matter, obviously,â€? Boise Mayor Dave Bieter told BW in June 2014. And how. Bieter told anybody who would listen that he wanted WR VHH FKDQJH RQ WKH $&+' FRPPLVVLRQ DQG WKH UDFH WR Ă€OO WZR seats on the commission attracted no fewer than eight candidates. “It’s a broken agency,â€? said candidate Kent Goldthorpe in his challenge of incumbent commissioner Mitchell Jaurena. “ACHD LV GHĂ€QHG E\ SHWWLQHVV DQG SROLWLFDO LQĂ€JKWLQJ Âľ Meanwhile, Paul Woods, former Ada County commissioner and ex-Public Works manager for the Bieter administration, tried WR VHW KLPVHOI DSDUW LQ WKH Ă€YH FDQGLGDWH Ă€HOG E\ LQVLVWLQJ WKDW ACHD needed more inclusion and less derision. “Making important decisions with less public input makes my skin crawl,â€? said Woods at an October candidate forum that attracted a standing-room crowd. On election night, Goldthorpe bounced Jaurena and Wood emerged victorious. As Goldthorpe and Woods were VZRUQ LQWR RIĂ€FH -DQ VKLIWLQJ WKH EDODQFH toward a more Boise-friendly ACHD, friends and family crowded the ACHD auditorium to show their approval. Someone else was in attendance to offer his well wishes: Mayor Bieter.

Idaho’s crackdown. The ACLU, Animal Legal Defense )XQG DQG RWKHU OLWLJDQWV Ă€OHG D lawsuit against Otter and Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden over the law, saying the measure “has both the purpose and effect of impairing the public debate about animal welfare, food safety, environmental and labor issues that arise on public and private land.â€? In effect, they alleged that the law has a chilling effect on free speech. “The public can’t improve the situation in these facilities if it doesn’t know what’s going on,â€? said the ALDF’s Carter Dillard. The state pushed back, and though U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill dismissed some of ALDF’s challenge, Winmill preserved the lawsuit, saying First Amendment claims against the Ag-Gag law were “ripe for review.â€? Meanwhile, one of the original bill’s most vocal supporters in 2014, Caldwell Sen. Jim Rice, has secured a particular seat of power at the Idaho Statehouse. He’s the new chairman of the Idaho Senate Agricultural Affairs Committee.

It was a particularly emotional day Oct. 28 when BW witnessed Taylor return to the cemetery. “And now, we commit our sister Jean to D Ă€QDO UHVWLQJ SODFH ZKHUH VKH will wait for thee,â€? said Pastor Renee McCall, placing her hand on a small wooden box holding Jean’s ashes. “Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is true, whatever is right, whatever is pure‌ if anything is excellent or praiseworthy, think about those things.â€?

YBARRA’S PLAGIARISM WITH A PURPOSE Rule of thumb: Reporters should avoid being a part of the story. So when Borah High School senior Harmony Soto called Boise Weekly, asking if she could openly plagiarize some of our reporting on new Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra, we were puzzled, disturbed and intrigued, all at once. Soto told BW that she and her fellow students learned quite a bit, and understood the consequences quite well, when it came to plagiarizing. But by plagiarizing BW’s reporting on Ybarra, who was accused during her 2014 campaign of “borrowing� content from her political opponent and posting it to her own campaign website, Soto was taking a big risk. “I started thinking about how many times in our English or history classes here at Borah that we’re lectured about how to cite your sources and give proper credit to people,� said Soto. In the Dec. 2, 2014, issue of the Borah Senator, there was Boise Weekly’s reporting—plagiarized—in a story titled, “New Chief of Schools Plagiarizes to Win Elections.� More abrupt though was an accompanying sidebar that read, “We could apologize and say this is a mistake on part of the Borah Senator Staff, but if our new state superintendent was able to get away with it, is it even worth it?� The reaction in the school was immediate. “You’ve got some serious guts to do this,� a classmate told Soto. And a few days later, the story gained steam when Idaho Public Television’s Idaho Reports co-host Melissa Davlin called BW to inquire about the origin of Soto’s article. The Associated Press, Idaho broadcast outlets and national media pundit Jim Romenesko all reported on the controversy. As for Ybarra, a spokeswoman said the new school superintendent had “apologized on behalf of her web team employees because that is what good leaders do.� Soto’s sidebar, however, clearly puts Ybarra on notice: “To our state leadership: Remember, the students of Idaho do pay attention to the examples you’re setting.� B O I S E WE E KLY. C O M

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In nine cities across Idaho, LGBT people enjoy shields against discrimination in the areas of housing, employment and public accommodations. In only one city, Sandpoint, those protections are upheld without exception within city limits, while in cities like Pocatello and Idaho Falls, numerous conditions have been made to nondiscrimination ordinances to weaken protections in the face of public opposition to LGBT equality. Idaho is an archipelago of such ordinances, and some of its islands provide more shelter against bigotry than others. SE 7KH Ă€JKW WR PDNH WKHVH SURWHFWLRQV UREXVW DQG HYHQO\ DSSOLHG NL UN D across the state isn’t taking place at the local level, and scores of members of the Add the Words movement—advocates for the Idaho Legislature to add “sexual orientationâ€? and “gender identityâ€? to the state’s human rights law—were THE WRONG QUESTION: arrested during demonstrations at the Idaho State Capitol during the CLAIM FILED AGAINST IDAHO 2014 legislative session. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR The spectacle was stunning. 'XULQJ WKH Ă€UVW GHPRQVWUDWLRQ Things were going so well. Don Dew, of Sioux City, Iowa, was resulting in arrests, the Idaho State a candidate to become the new administrator of the Idaho HuSenate suspended its own rules to man Rights Commission. Following a series of phone and video eject former Sen. Nicole LeFavour LQWHUYLHZV WKH ,+5& Ă HZ 'HZ WR %RLVH LQ HDUO\ 6HSWHPEHU from its chamber. At another, Gov. C.L. to meet in person and talk about salary and a possible start date. 'HZ KDG RQH Ă€QDO LQWHUYLHZ KXUGOH .HQ (GPXQGV GLUHFWRU RI WKH “Butchâ€? Otter addressed a small audience RQ WKH Ă€UVW Ă RRU RI WKH ,GDKR 6WDWH &DSLWRO Idaho Department of Labor, which is the parent department for while ATW demonstrators blocked the entrances to both legislathe human rights commission. WLYH FKDPEHUV RQ WKH VHFRQG DQG WKLUG Ă RRUV Things soured when Edmunds asked Dew about a gap in Some legislators decried ATW’s methods, saying that they the prospective IHRC administrator’s resume—several years ago impeded important state business, though sympathizers countered Dew suffered an infection that triggered seizures that required that without these tactics, the movement, now in its 10th year, medication. After describing the reason behind the gap, Dew said might never be taken seriously enough to enact statewide change. Edmunds looked at him as if “he was smelling a dirty diaper.â€? “Can you even work a 40-hour week?â€? Dew recalled Edmunds saying. COPS AND SOLDIERS “He made me feel like I was less than a person,â€? Dew told Boise Weekly. “I have never been embarrassed like that. Never, ever.â€? In July, Boise Weekly sent out Freedom One would think Edmunds would know better. He’s sworn to of Information Act requests to learn uphold Idaho’s labor laws and presumably understands that it’s what military hardware Southillegal to cite someone’s disability as a barrier to employment. Now west Idaho law enforcement Edmunds is in the precedent-setting position of being the subject agencies had requested of a formal human rights complaint. and received through Dew received a hand-signed letter from Gov. C.L. “Butchâ€? Otthe Department ter, dated Sept. 18, 2014, in regard to the matter. of Defense’s 1033 “I do not see a case of misconduct,â€? Otter wrote to Dew. “I Program. By Aug. believe Director Edmunds asked you what he would ask of any 10, Ferguson, Mo., candidate interviewing for the position.â€? was awash in protests In his letter, Otter wrote that he had personally spoken to those over the police shootin attendance at Dew’s fateful interview. But that’s not exactly true. ing of an unarmed, “He never talked to me,â€? said Dew. 19-year-old black man, The controversy is expected to be an even bigger story in Michael Brown. Police 2015. In late December, BW reported exclusively that in addiresponded to those protests tion to a formal investigation being launched by the U.S. Equal with military hardware, beginning Employment Opportunity Commission, Dew was preparing to nationwide conversations about police launch a federal lawsuit. militarization and white privilege. “If they’re not going to talk to me, I’m going to federal court,â€? The resulting BW story published Sept. 10, 2014, Dew told BW. “No one from the Idaho Department of Labor “Big Iron: Police Departments are Grabbing Up Free Military or the Idaho Human Rights Commission has wanted to talk, or Hardware,â€? grappled with the differences between how law discuss anything. The governor will be on trial as much as the enforcement agencies across the Treasure Valley use the military agencies.â€? hardware they already have. While the Boise Police Department AM

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rolls out its Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle (MRAP) almost exclusively in situations involving active shooters or suspected explosives, other police departments have used the same equipment to serve “high-riskâ€? warrants. Then-Boise Police Chief Mike Masterson told BW, “Look, we’re paramilitary. I wear a uniform. I’m the most visible form of government ‌ and so are my 200 colleagues on the police force.â€? The debate over the role of military materiel in the hands of police departments rapidly spilled onto the comment boards. “That’s not right,â€? wrote boiseweekly.com user Drew Dunn. “The SWAT team is paramilitary, but the police force as a whole is certainly not paramilitary (or, at least, it had better not be).â€? Masterson defended BPD’s MRAP, describing it as a valuable tool in dangerous situations, but in the wake of Ferguson, many in the Treasure Valley have been left wondering if all this military technology in the hands of the police is worth it.

SEARCHING FOR LUCIUS One thing was known for certain: Lucius Robbi left Cascade Raft and Kayak in Horseshoe Bend on Aug. 19, around 2 p.m. For nine days, his whereabouts remained a complete mystery. Robbi was a 21-year-old raft guide who spent his summer working for Cascade Raft and Kayak. He was anxious to start his college career at the University of Montana in Missoula and he was on his way there when he disappeared. Friends and family worried when he never showed up, and started searching for him on the 360 miles of road in between. The search was spearheaded by Robbi’s buddies—none older than himself—as well as his family. A private search party convened in Stanley a week after he went missing, made up of nearly two dozen volunteers. They scoured at least 2,000 miles of dirt road in Idaho’s backcountry while sheriff ’s departments from Custer, Lemhi, Ravalli and Boise counties searched Highway 21 DQG YLD URDG DQG À[HG ZLQJ DLUSODQHV On Aug. 28, volunteer searchers in a chartered helicopter spotted Robbi’s Subaru Outback at the bottom of a 60-foot embankPHQW ÀYH PLOHV HDVW RI 6WDQOH\ RQ +LJKZD\ ,W ZDV D à DW VWUHWFK of road with a spectacular view of the Sawtooth Mountains where Robbi’s vehicle drifted into the northbound lane, then veered off. He died on impact. The same group of friends from Cascade Raft and Kayak who spent days searching for Robbi paddled down the Payette River in his honor 11 days after he left Horseshoe Bend. They weren’t deterred by the thunder and lightning overhead, or the pouring rain. Now, a knobby tree trunk off Highway 21 marks his memoULDO $ SDLU RI KLNLQJ VKRHV ZLWK ZLOGà RZHUV WXFNHG LQVLGH hang from a branch. Sprinkled over the memorial is water from the Payette. BOISEweekly | JANUARY 14–20, 2015 | 11

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UBER ON Back in October, the car service called Uber made its move into Boise—intriguing citizens with its clean, techy app, its big-city style and its alternative mode of transportation. At the launch party held at Bittercreek Ale House, Uber representatives handed out Uber sunglasses and Uber iPhone 5 cases. When an Uber rep in a slick black button-down and tight khaki slacks met with Boise Weekly at the time, he assured us the app was safe, requiring drivers to go through background checks and maintain vehicles no older than 2005. Uber, the ride-share app being both embraced and banned in cities around the world, came LQ FRQĂ€GHQW DQG FRFN\ Back then, the city wanted to see Uber drivers undergo the same regulations as the already-oversaturated taxi industry. They expected city-approved inspections on vehicles, licensing through the city and rooftop lights—but that’s not Uber’s M.O. Those requests were ignored and Uber started conducting business anyway. On New Year’s Eve, the city of Boise slapped the company with a cease-and-desist order. “[Uber is] essentially operating a business without a business license,â€? read the statement from Boise City Hall. The city proved the order ZDVQ¡W MXVW WDON ZKHQ RIĂ€FLDOV started handing out citations to drivers charging customers within city limits. In response, the app went back to giving free rides in January as it continues to work with the city to make a “permanent home for ridesharing in Boise by the month’s end,â€? DFFRUGLQJ WR D QRWLĂ€FDWLRQ on the mobile platform. “Uber on!â€? the app says. ADAM ROSE

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lawmakers’ inability to stay on task. First there was the so-called “Ag-Gagâ€? bill, signed into law by Gov. C.L. “Butchâ€? Otter in February. The measure levies EXPANDING THE Ă€QHVÂłHYHQ MDLO WLPHÂłIRU DQ\RQH ZKR FOOTHILLS covertly records or observes the goings on at “agricultural operations,â€? effectively Boise Foothills users gained a lot of barring journalistic or activist oversight of trail miles this year. Most recently, real estate Y PA T R I C K S W E E N E facilities like factory farms. Then, in a ghoulish GHYHORSPHQW Ă€UP *URVVPDQ &RPSDQ\ 3URScoincidence, Idaho lawmakers voted to approve erties—known for founding Hidden Springs and a bill stripping universities of their ability to regulate developing the Eagle River business park—gifted the Ă€UHDUPV RQ FDPSXV ZLWKLQ D PRQWK RI WKH VHYHQWK DQQLcity of Boise 3,400 acres of trails in the Upper Dry Creek versary of the Virginia Tech massacre. Finally, Boise Republican area in the form of trail and conservation easements. Rep. Lynn Luker introduced his “religious libertyâ€? bills, adding The area above Bogus Basin Road allots 11 miles of trails for protections for professionals and businesses that discriminate hiking and mountain biking, while giving access to the city’s Ridge based on “sincerely held religious beliefs.â€? to Rivers system for trail maintenance. The conservation portion Whence came all this kookery? Boise Weekly mapped the DNA of the easement agreements lets the Land Trust of the Treasure Valley, the College of Idaho, Trout Unlimited, Biomark and several of those three bills and found their authors to be carrying water for a mish-mash of national right-wing groups, ranging from the other entities research and restore native redband trout habitat. American Legislative Exchange Council to the National Before that, the same company granted a 12.6-mile 5LĂ H $VVRFLDWLRQ DQG )RFXV RQ WKH )DPLO\ trail easement linking Polecat Gulch Reserve to the People’s house? More like people hosed. 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They then got to decide which trails should that Idaho’s ban on same-sex marriage was stay, which should go and where new trails could be unconstitutional because it relegated some citizens added. The master plan was presented to the Boise Parks to a “stigmatized, second-class status.â€? and Recreation Board of Commissioners in October and met with Bombshell dropped. approval. *RY & / ´%XWFKÂľ 2WWHU FRQĂ€UPHG KLV LQWHQWLRQ WR Ă€JKW WKH In keeping with the spirit of collaboration, Parks and Rec UXOLQJ DV IDU DV WKH 6XSUHPH &RXUW RI WKH 8QLWHG 6WDWHV DQG Ă€OHG opened up the naming of the trails in Hillside to Hollow to the for an immediate stay, which was granted by the U.S. 9th Circuit public at the end of 2014, but that plan has been shelved Court of Appeals. for now. In September, a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit heard the case—Latta v. Otter—in a San Francisco courtroom, XOWLPDWHO\ DIĂ€UPLQJ 'DOH¡V UXOLQJ WKDW ,GDKR¡V EDQ ZDV XQFRQVWLBILLS IN THE tutional. 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ONE HOLE, TWO HOLE, 8TH AND MAIN, EIGHT-BAY TERMINAL Boise Weekly spent countless years and column inches poking fun at the pit on the corner of Eighth and Main streets in downtown Boise. We even devoted more than 1,000 words to the 21st anniversary of the perpetually not-happening project in our Jan. 22, 2008, edition—almost six years to the day before we wrote about the grand opening celebration of what is now the 8th and Main Building, ZKLFK Ă€OOHG 7KH +ROH ZLWK D “concrete and glass building now rising high above the downtown-Boise skyline and any other Idaho skyline as well: because of the spire that tops the skyscraper‌ it is ofĂ€FLDOO\ WKH WDOOHVW EXLOGLQJ in Idaho.â€? Local developer Gardner and Co. attracted the likes of Ruth’s Chris Steak House, Flatbread 3L]]D +ROODQG DQG +DUW ODZ Ă€UP &7$ Architects Engineers and the Idaho headquarters of Zions Bank. The Goo Goo Dolls performed at the opening celebration, which attracted thousands of people and which Zions Bank President and CEO Scott Anderson called “epicâ€? and a Ă€WWLQJ ZD\ WR ´FORVH the books on ‘The Hole’ and pay tribute to the beautiful new building that’s taken its place as the tallest in Idaho.â€? Across the street from Idaho’s new tallest

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building, plans were being laid to dig a crater that would make The Hole look like a divot from a nine iron. The new City Center Plaza, currently under construction, will be comprised of a building housing “a 15,000-square-foot ballroom DQG D VTXDUH IRRW FRPPHUFLDO NLWFKHQ Âľ another building with 14,000 square feet of PHHWLQJ VSDFH DQG VTXDUH IHHW RI VR FDOOHG “pre-function space,â€? and a below-ground multimodal transportation center that will include an “eight-bay bus terminal.â€? Unlike The Hole, the colossal CCP construction project is scheduled to take about two years from groundbreaking to completion, which wasn’t exactly good news to VRPH RI WKH SURMHFW¡V QHLJKERUV VSHFLĂ€FDOO\ WKH Basque Museum and Cultural Center. “I would say probably 95 percent of the people in Boise do not know that this is coming down like this,â€? Patty Miller, executive director of the Basque Museum and Cultural Center, told Boise Weekly. Plans include “steep in- and outramps, a contra-lane to accommodate buses and a cantilever overhang blocking out an open view of the Grove Plaza.â€?

TMP: TIME (TO) MOVE PERMANENTLY In 2014, local dance company Trey 0F,QW\UH 3URMHFW UROOHG XS LWV 0DUOH\ Ă RRU and closed the doors of its vivid yellow headquarters on Warm Springs Avenue for good. Since 2008, TMP had called Boise home, an anomaly few media outlets failed WR QRWH ZKHQ WKH QRQSURĂ€W DUWV organization was mentioned. Boise embraced and supported TMP in an exceptional way and its feelings were reciprocated by the company, which is why news of TMP shuttering was met with some sorrow: In its short time here, the eponymous artistic director and his company had become a source of pride for Boise and its members had become our friends and neighbors. In response to news that McIntyre would no longer head a full-time dance company, instead shifting his focus to other creDWLYH SXUVXLWV VXFK DV Ă€OPPDNing and writing, Boise Mayor Dave Bieter wrote “I’m sure TMP’s future will be as thrilling as its past.â€? Most of TMP’s dancers and administrative staff, including McIntyre, set off for various corners of the world, though few who had put down roots stayed in the City of Trees.

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TED EXTENDS ITSELF TO BOISE The Technology, Entertainment, Design conference, more commonly known as TED talks, began humbly—as a Silicon Valley oneoff event in 1984. Friday, Jan. 16, marks a similar moment as the TED brand comes to Boise Contemporary Theater. “TEDxBoise: Icebreakerâ€? will feature a wide selection of Boise-area speakers, including Idaho Poet Laureate Diane Raptosh, motivational speaker Alejandro Anastasio, social entrepreneur John Michael Schert and many others. It started with a Facebook post. “All we did was create a tiny JPEG poster and put it on Facebook,â€? said TEDxBoise co-organizer Laura Hampikian. “It was shared over 200 times.â€? Hampikian and Thomas Lansing (of Carp Solutions Organic Fish Fertilizer) founded the Idaho Speakers Bureau, a project similar to TED. Together they negotiated the process for holding a TED-afďŹ liated event: the license is for an “extensionâ€? (hence the “Xâ€? in “TEDxBoiseâ€?), which, for the ďŹ rst year, allows engagements under the TED banner for audiences of no more than 100. Because of the limited tickets, Hampikian and Lansing stressed exclusivity. “We wanted a quality audience, so we made people apply for the opportunity to attend this event,â€? Lansing said. Interest in attending was high but demand was higher for the chance to speak, Lansing said. The ďŹ ve-person selection committee received about 200 speaker applications. Anastasio learned about the event from his friends, who encouraged him to apply. “The day it was formally announced, a number of people who heard me speak sent me the info and said I should apply,â€? he wrote in an email. “I planned to apply regardless. However the extra support made it more possible.â€? Anastasio, born without a left hand, is a noted public speaker. His talk, titled “Disabled Thinking,â€? stresses the power of mind and character over perceived limitations. “I have accomplished many great things in this one-handed life because of how I think about myself,â€? Anastasio wrote. TEDxBoise talks will be available online or can be seen at viewing parties across Boise. Find more info at TEDxBoise.org. —Harrison Berry 14 | JANUARY 14–20, 2015 | BOISEweekly

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ARTS & CULTURE PUTTING ON THE FINISHING STEPS

Balance Dance Company shares ‘Works in Progress’ HARRISON BERRY The teenage women and men stretched, leaped and somersaulted as the audience of mostly Balance Dance Company’s “Works In Progressâ€? promise an excellent spring performance. SDUHQWV Ă€OHG LQWR VHDWV DW WKH 'DQQ\ 3HWHUVRQ Theater in the Morrison Center on Jan. 10. ,W ZDV WKH SHUIRUPDQFH RI %DODQFH 'DQFH “We do have the luxury of process that maybe Amanda Micheletty, illustrated memory forma&RPSDQ\¡V ´:RUNV LQ 3URJUHVVÂľ DQG ZKLOH WKH WLRQ FKDQJH DQG ORVV LQ WKUHH VHFWLRQV 3ULRU WR PDQ\ GDQFH FRPSDQLHV GRQ¡W Âľ &ODUN WROG WKH dancers performed calisthenics in practiced, HDFK VHFWLRQ GDQFHUV EULHĂ \ GHVFULEHG ZKDW IHDaudience. focused motions, the bleachers hummed with %'& RSHQHG WKH DIWHUQRRQ SHUIRUPDQFH ZLWK tures of memory would be demonstrated for the the kind of anxiety only eager, proud parents DXGLHQFH¡V EHQHĂ€W WKRXJK WKHVH YLJQHWWHV ZLOO ´2XWVLGH WKH /LQHV Âľ FKRUHRJUDSKHG E\ 0ROO\ can produce. be absent from the spring show. When asked +HOOHU DQG VHW WR ´&UDFNOLQ¡ 5RVLHÂľ E\ 1HLO 'LD3DUHQWDO WHQVLRQ ZDV DW LWV SHDN ZKHQ %'& why by a parent, Micheletty seemed to waver: mond and Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Bad $UWLVWLF 'LUHFWRU /HDK 6WHSKHQV &ODUN WRRN WKH 0RRQ 5LVLQJ Âľ 7KH GDQFHUV¡ PHFKDQLFDO RSHQLQJ 'R FRQWHPSRUDU\ GDQFH DQG VSRNHQ H[SRVLWLRQ stage, explaining what the afternoon’s performix? Would this dance be more accessible with movements melted into rhythm mance entailed. These with the music in a visualization of spoken roles? ´:RUNV LQ 3URJUHVVÂľ ZHUH BALANCE DANCE CO. %'& LV RQ WKH HYH RI ´JUDGXDWLQJÂľ &ODUN¡V the classic tunes’ infectious beats. MXVW WKDW WKH XQĂ€QLVKHG FRQVisit balancedance.org for term) some of its talent. But it has depth far Rhythmic movements made way WHQW RI WKH XSFRPLQJ %'& more information and tickets to the March performances. beyond its company dancers in Balance 2, which for repeating motions copied and spring performances, March SHUIRUPHG ´2QH 7ZHQW\ )LYH Âľ E\ IRUPHU %'& riffed upon by the dancers. Maya 5-7. The dancers and Clark’s Garabedian, a senior at Boise High PHPEHU &LHUD 6KDYHU 6W\OHG DV ´PRYHPHQW IRU corps of choreographers had PRYHPHQW¡V VDNH Âľ 6KDYHU¡V SLHFH ZDV VWUXFWXUHG 6FKRRO DQG D ORQJWLPH %'& GDQFHU VDLG WKDW been working on these six pieces since October without being rigid, and set to music of her own Heller described the piece to her as “like you’re and though the degree to which the dancers HGLWLQJ ,W ZDV DQ LGHDO IRUXP IRU VRPH RI %'&¡V GRLQJ UHDOO\ EDG KLS KRS LQ \RXU EHGURRP Âľ had attained mastery of their dances remained 3ULRU WR LQWHUPLVVLRQ WKH FRPSDQ\ SHUIRUPHG upcoming talent as some of its veteran dancers uneven, the fruits of their labors were already prepare to graduate from high school and leave what is likely to be a standout in the March competitive to that of similar contemporary and their parents’ nests. SHUIRUPDQFH ´2Q 0HPRU\ Âľ FKRUHRJUDSKHG E\ modern dance companies in the Treasure Valley.

CULTURE/MUSIC ROCK AND CHEESE Every other Saturday through mid-May, Boise Rock School is offering 90-minute workshops every other Saturday (with a few exceptions). While some of the classes will focus on the kind of training BRS is known for—vocals, running a soundboard, recording, etc.—several will provide students with unique, albeit still music-related, instruction: designing posters, making a guitar strap and songwriting. Better yet, some of these cool workshops will be taught by cool people like graphic designer/illustrator (and Boise Weekly contributor) James Lloyd, Bricolage owner Chelsea Snow, Edmond Dantes member Andrew Stensaas and The Dirty Moogs’ Will Gillett. Classes for ages 6-12 start at 10 a.m., adult classes begin at noon. Cost is $20 per person. For questions or class reservations, visit boiserockschool.com or call 208-572-5055.

Anyone who hasn’t heard of The String Cheese Incident might live in a cabin without electricity or might be a newborn. The super-popular Colorado-born band garnered fame, fortune and followers by being unafraid to blend everything from bluegrass to hip-hop to create utterly danceable tunes. SCI connects with its fans on a deep level, becoming more than just a favorite group: The band becomes part of people’s lifestyles. It has been 10 years since SCI last played Boise and nearly as long between studio albums before 2014’s Song in My Head (Loud and Proud Records). Be part of the Incident on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 8 p.m. at the Knitting Factory (bo.knittingfactory.com). Start saving up now, though, because tickets are $50-$150. —Amy Atkins B O I S E WE E KLY. C O M

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MONDAY JANUARY 26, 2015

WILD WOMEN......................................................4 MINS DELTA DAWN......................................................16 MINS SCULPTURED IN TIME: THE WISE MAN..........5 MINS TASHI AND THE MONK....................................40 MINS

MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL WORLD TOUR SCHEDULE AND FILM DESCRIPTIONS

EGYPTIAN THEATRE, BOISE INTERMISSION

LOVE IN THE TETONS........................................9 MINS JUST KEEP RUNNING.......................................10 MINS SUFFERFEST 2: DESERT ALPINE.....................27 MINS VASU SOJITRA: OUT ON A LIMB.....................7 MINS TOTAL:

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SUN DOG..............................................................6 MINS 14.C.......................................................................9 MINS AND THEN WE SWAM.......................................37 MINS DANNY MACASKILL: THE RIDGE.......................7 MINS TOTAL:

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AFTERGLOW .........................................................3 MINS MENDING THE LINE.........................................20 MINS CALEB..................................................................4 MINS DRAWN..............................................................42 MINS INTERMISSION

AFRICA FUSION................................................20 MINS ARTIC SWELL-SURFING THE ENDS OF THE EARTH ....................................8 MINS INTO THE EMPTY QUARTER...........................20 MINS HAPPY WINTER..................................................8 MINS TOTAL:

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FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: FROM THE FILM ARCTIC SWELL, ©BURKARD; FROM THE FILM HAPPY WINTER, ©BJARNE SALEN.

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WILD WOMEN

Smile and laugh along with slack-liner Faith Dickey as she shows us just how fun life on the line can be.

During an experimental pulse flow in the spring of 2014, filmmaker Pete McBride packed up his stand-up paddle board and headed to the Colorado River Delta to investigate how we use and abuse Western water - and how restoration is possible.

Filmmakers: Lukasz Warzecha, Polished Project Website: www.polishedproject.com Classification: General, no advisory. 4 min.

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DELTA DAWN

Filmmaker: Pete McBride Website: www.petemcbride.com Classification: General, no advisory. 16 min.

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SCULPTED IN TIME: THE WISE MAN Filmmaker: Dave Mossop, Malcolm Sangster, Sherpas Cinema Website: www.sherpascinema.com Classification: General, no advisory. 5 min.

Eddie Hunter is 88 years old and has skied over 2,500 days during the past 79 years. Follow him as he continues to shred on the home town mountain he just can’t seem to get enough of.

TASHI AND THE MONK

Filmmakers: Andrew Hinton, Johnny Burke Website: www.pilgrimfilms.com; www.jhamtsegatsal.org Classification: General, no advisory. 40 min.

There’s a brave social experiment taking place on a remote mountaintop in the foothills of the Himalaya. A former Buddhist monk is seeking to transform the lives of abandoned children through love and compassion. Tashi is especially vulnerable as she struggles to make friends, and learns that love can help heal even the saddest memories.

SUN DOG

Filmmaker: Ben Sturgulewski Website: www.sturgefilm.com Classification: General, no advisory. 6 min.

What could be better than riding gorgeous lines of untouched snow with your best friend at your side?

14.C

Filmmakers: George Knowles, EVOLV Sports & Designs Website: www.goodiepocket.com Classification: General, no advisory. 9 min.

Kai Lightner discovered rock climbing at the age of six. Now 14, he is pushing the limits of hard climbing and trying to staying focused, all with his single mom on belay.

AND THEN WE SWAM

Filmmaker: Ben Finney and Robb Ellender Website: www.benjaminfinney.com/andthenweswam Classification: Parental Guidance; coarse language, nudity. 37 min.

Most adventurers who set out to cross the Indian Ocean have some rowing experience. For two blokes from the UK, that seemed like a minor detail, not a death wish.

DANNY MACASKILL: THE RIDGE

Filmmaker: Stu Thomson Website: www.cutmedia.com; www.dannymacaskill.co.uk Classification: General, no advisory. 7 min.

World-renowned trials rider Danny MacAskill is back! Filmed on the BOI S EW EEKLY.COM

stunning Isle of Skye in Scotland, MacAskill returns to his childhood haunt for a new challenge: riding a mountain bike on the infamous Cuillin Ridge.

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TOUCH

Filmmaker: Jean-Baptiste Chandelier Website: www.jeanbaptistechandelier.com Classification: General, no advisory. 5 min.

Touch is a colorful and spectacular flying tour of Santorini in Greece, the Aiguille du Midi above Chamonix and the Col du Galibier in France, with a bit of cheekiness added in, just for fun.

FORGOTTEN DIRT

Filmmakers: Colin Jones, Darcy Wittenburg, Ian Dunn Website: www.anthillfilms.com Classification: General, no advisory. 10 min.

A small team of mountain bikers travels to the remote Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan in search of remote cultures and trails that are thousands of years old.

THE LITTLE THINGS: MEGHANN O’BRIEN Filmmakers: Darcy Turenne and Marie-France Roy Website: www.thelittlethingsmovie.net Classification: General, no advisory. 6 min.

Six years ago, snowboarder Meghann O’Brien started delving into her First Nations roots. She sold her sled, said good-bye to Whistler-livin’, and headed north to learn from her Haida elders the fine art of weaving.

DAMNATION

Filmmakers: Ben Knight, Travis Rummel, Matt Stoecker, Patagonia Inc – Lost Arrow Corporation Website: www.damnationfilm.com Classification: Parental Guidance; coarse language. 52 min.

DamNation explores the economic, environmental and cultural value of a river and goes behind the myths surrounding hydro energy, highlighting what can happen when low value, high cost dams come down.

LOVE IN THE TETONS

Filmmakers: Amy Marquis, Dana Romanoff Website: www.npexperience.com/#mission Classification: General, no advisory. 9 min.

A former resident of south-central Los Angeles and a park ranger from a family of Mexican-American migrant workers share their vows in Grand Teton National Park. This is not your average wedding video! BOISEweekly | 2015 BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL WORLD TOUR | 17

VASU SOJITRA: OUT ON A LIMB

Classification: General, no advisory. 4 min.

Vasu Sojitra lost his right leg to a blood infection at nine months old, but that doesn’t stop him from venturing deep into the backcountry to ski challenging lines – entirely unassisted.

DRAWN

Filmmaker: Tyler Wilkinson-Ray Website: www.t-barfilms.com/projects; www.vasusojitra.com Classification: General, no advisory. 7 min.

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AFTERGLOW FROM THE FILM JUST KEEP RUNNING © DERRICK LYTLE

JUST KEEP RUNNING

Filmmaker: Aaron Smart Website: www.smartasproductions.com Classification: General, no advisory. 10 min.

Ruby Muir is one of the world’s most promising young trail runners. Ruby shares her journey of love and loss and the inner struggles which have helped shape her into the running sensation she is today.

SUFFERFEST 2: DESERT ALPINE

Filmmakers: Cedar Wright Website: www.cedarwright.com Classification: Parental Guidance, coarse language. 27 min.

Cedar Wright and Alex Honnold are back! This time, a month riding their bikes and climbing desert towers in the American Southwest should be a piece of cake for these fast friends. Or will it?

Filmmakers: Michael Brown, Nick Waggoner, Zac Ramras, Sweetgrass Productions Website: www.sweetgrass-productions.com Classification: General, no advisory. 3 min.

Afterglow turns big mountain skiing on its end, and then turns it upside down again, heading into the night through a wintery glow of trippy technicolor.

MENDING THE LINE

Filmmakers: Steve Engman and John Waller, Uncage the Soul Productions Website: www.uncagethesoul.com Classification: General, no advisory. 20 min.

In 1944, 20-year-old Frank Moore landed on the beaches of Normandy. Now, at the age of 90, he returns with his wife and son to heal the wounds of his past by fly-fishing the streams he once helped free.

CALEB

Paralyzed in a skiing accident in 2007, Caleb has defied the odds and continued to thrive in his chosen passions. Learning to kayak after his injury, Caleb is positive, inspiring and one epic human!

Filmmakers: Jeremy Collins, James Q Martin Website: www.Jercollins.com Classification: General, coarse language. 42 min.

Four years, four cardinal points, four epic adventures — acclaimed climbing artist Jeremy Collins embarks on four journeys, from the Venezuelan Amazon, to the China-Mongolian Border, to the northern reaches of Canada, and closer to home in the Yosemite Valley.

AFRICA FUSION

Filmmakers: Robert Breyer and Nic Good Website: www.africafusion.co.za Classification: General; coarse language, nudity. 20 min.

Climbers Alex Honnold (USA) and Hazel Findlay (UK) team up for a journey into the exotic landscapes of South Africa. Breathtaking scenery and some of the best climbing in the world await.

ARCTIC SWELL: SURFING THE ENDS OF THE EARTH Filmmakers: Anton Lorimer, Chris Burkard Website: www.chrisburkard.com Classification: General, no advisory. 8 min.

Surfing photographer Chris Burkard loves capturing cold water surfers. He’s prepared to venture to the ends of the earth to snap that once in a lifetime shot.

Filmmaker: Blair Trotman, Papatuanuku Film Website: www.papatuanukufilm.com

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WINTER RING & SP items

FROM THE FILM AFRICA FUSION

INTO THE EMPTY QUARTER Filmmakers: Alastair Humphreys, Leon McCarron Website: www.intotheemptyquarter.com Classification: General, no advisory. 20 min.

Inspired by their hero Wilfred Thesiger, adventurers Alastair Humphreys and Leon McCarron attempt a trip into the Empty Quarter desert on the Arabian Peninsula. The 1,000-mile journey sometimes puts the cart before the camel, and then, all you can do is laugh along the way.

HAPPY WINTER

Filmmakers: Bjarne Salén, EndlessFlowFilms Website: www.endlessflow.net Classification: Parental Guidance; coarse language. 8 min.

Being grateful makes you happier, and there is so much to be grateful for. Especially if you spend as much time in the mountains as Andreas Fransson did.

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CALENDAR WEDNESDAY JAN. 14 Workshops & Classes RED CROSS ADULT FIRST AID/CPR/AED— Learn to recognize and care for a variety of first aid emergencies. Students who successfully complete this course will receive a certificate for Adult and Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED valid for two years. 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. $90. American Red Cross Boise Office, 5371 W. Franklin Road, Boise, 208-947-4357, redcross.org. WINTER 2015 COMMUNITY EDUCATION CLASSES—Boise Schools Community Education classes are held Monday through Thursday evenings at Timberline High School and West and Hillside junior high schools, in addition to a number of off-site locations Jan. 26-March 19. Register up to the night a class begins (space permitting). Registration continues through the end of the session. For more info or to register, visit boiselearns. org/pub. Mondays-Thursdays. Continues through March 19. Prices vary.

Art CHARLES HAMAN—Check out this printmaking and oil painting exhibit by local artist Charles Haman.

Mondays-Saturdays through Feb. 3. FREE. Garden City Library, 6015 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208472-2942, notaquietlibrary.org. 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 Mondays-Fridays through Jan. 30. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. Yanke Family Research Park, 220 E. Parkcenter Blvd., Boise. QUILT EXHIBITION—The Narrative Thread, an exhibition of quilts and stitched artworks, features work by 37 quilters representing the Panhandle, Eastern Idaho and the Boise Valley. Through Feb. 8. FREE. Idaho State Capitol Building, 700 W. Jefferson St., Boise, 208433-9705, capitolcommission. idaho.gov. RED CIRCLE PRESS: TRANSLUCENCY—Student and alumni printmakers dissect the concept of translucency through a series of prints. Through July 12. FREE. Boise State Special Events Center, 1800 University Drive, Boise, 208-426-1242, finearts. boisestate.edu. UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ROCK ’N’ ROLL—Celebrate an art form with uniquely American origins and its impact on our culture. Featuring paintings, photography, sculpture, contemporary and historic show posters and a timeline of the 1960s created by Sage School students that illus-

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trates the connections between rock ‘n’ roll and social, political, musical and historical events. Mondays-Fridays 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.

Talks & Lectures GENEALOGY SERIES: INTERVIEWING FAMILY MEMBERS—Boise Public Library will host Steve Barrett, a reference archivist at the Idaho State Archives, in this genealogy series held on the second Wednesday of the month through June. In this session, Barrett will discuss interviewing family members and finding your ancestors in federal censuses. 7-8:30 p.m. FREE. Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-384-4076, boisepubliclibrary.org/calendar.

Citizen HOW RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE CAN HELP IDAHO—TransForm Idaho’s presentation will be followed by a lively discussion and refreshments. For more info, visit transformidaho.org, email info@transformidaho.org or phone Sue at 208-340-9450. 7 p.m. FREE. Boise Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 6200 N. Garrett, Garden City, 208-6581710, boiseuu.org.

THURSDAY JAN. 15

Real Dialogue from the naked city

Festivals & Events DCI ADULT NIGHT: CHEMISTRY OF THE COCKTAIL—Explore cocktail chemistry with speakers from 44 North, 8 Feathers Distillery and Corson Distilling, in addition to science demonstrations and experiments happening throughout the night. Piper Pub’s mobile bar catering service will be on hand mixing special cocktails made just for the event. There’ll also be beer and wine, and Pie Hole will be slinging slices. 6-10 p.m. $12-$15. Discovery Center of Idaho, 131 Myrtle St., Boise, 208-343-9895, dcidaho.org. ISU/ADA COUNTY HEALTH SCREENING—The process takes about 90 minutes, and patients in immediate need are given appointments at low-cost T clinics for additional care. For more info, call 208-373-1700 or email healthyU@isu.edu. 4-7 p.m. FREE. Immanuel Lutheran Church, 707 W. Fort St., Boise, 208-344-3011. Overheard something Eye-spy worthy? E-mail production@boiseweekly.com

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CALENDAR SCRABBLE TOURNAMENT— Play as many one-on-one games as you can, and win special prizes. First-, second-, and thirdplace prizes will be awarded. 4 p.m. FREE. Rediscovered Books, 180 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208376-4229, rdbooks.org.

On Stage MODERN CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES—With The Chimera Duo and The Boise Cello Collective. 7:30 p.m. $12-$18. Riverside Hotel Sapphire Room, 2900 W. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-343-1871, riversideboise.com/dining/sapphire-room. PROJECT FLUX: “YOU___ NOT___”—Experience modern dance in a nontraditional setting at the premiere of this new work based on one simple concept: the hug. For more info or advance tickets, visit projectfluxdance.com. 8 p.m. $15. MING Studios, 420 S. Sixth St., Boise, 208-949-4365, mingstudios.org.

RED LIGHT VARIETY SHOW: HOLLYWOOD—Join the Red Light Variety Show to pull back the curtains on the delightfully good and sinfully bad sides of Tinseltown. This star-studded cast features emcees Joe Golden and Veronica Von Tobel, music by The Green Zoo, and all of the jaw-dropping entertainment you would expect from a Red Light show, including comedy, aerial arts, modern dance, burlesque and so much more. For more info and tickets, visit rlvs-boise. com/rlvs-boise/RLVS.html. 9 p.m. $15 adv., $20 door. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297, visualartscollective.com. THE SECOND CITY—Chicago’s legendary comedy company features the next generation of comic greats performing a diverse array of sketches and songs, as well as unexpected comic brilliance with off-the-cuff improvisation. 7 p.m. $25-$45. Liberty Theatre, 110 N. Main St., Hailey, 208-578-9122, companyoffools.org.

THURSDAY-SATURDAY, JAN. 15-17

SQUABBLES—Jerry Sloan is a successful writer of advertising jingles married to an equally successful lawyer. Living with the happy couple is the not so happy Abe Dreyfus, Jerry’s curmudgeon of a father-in-law. The situation is exacerbated when Jerry’s mother Mildred loses her house and needs a place to stay. Comedy for adult audiences. 7:30 p.m. $11-$16. Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise, 208-3425104, boiselittletheater.org. THIRD ANNUAL ATHEIST COMEDY EXPERIENCE—Enjoy some free-thinking fun with Ryan Noack, Chadwick Heft, Brett Badostain and Mikey Pullman. 8 p.m. $5. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-287-5379, facebook.com/ events/570778436388264.

Art TRANSLUCENCY PRINTMAKERS RECEPTION AND DEMO—

Join the members of Red Circle Press for a special printmakers’ reception and live printmaking demonstration. Exhibit runs through July 12. 4-6 p.m. FREE. Boise State Special Events Center, 1800 University Drive, Boise, 208-426-1242, finearts. boisestate.edu.

Citizen DOINGWHATWECAN. ORG KICKOFF—Find out how you can get involved in doingwhatwecan.org, a newly established Idaho-based environmental group focused on fighting climate change. Open to all who share the mission. Food and beverages can be purchased at The Flicks (optional). Check out the website for information on climate change. 5:30-6:30 p.m. FREE. The Flicks, 646 Fulton St., Boise, 208-484-3241, doingwhatwecan.org. IDAHO SUICIDE PREVENTION HOTLINE INFORMATION SES-

FRIDAY, JAN. 16

Project Flux keeps flowing.

Take a ride with the GLAMavan.

SIONS—The Idaho Suicide Prevention Hotline needs volunteer phone responders for all shifts. Find out how you can get involved at one of four January information sessions. Next training class begins Jan. 31. For more info, call Nina Leary at 208-258-6992, email nleary@mtnstatesgroup. org or visit idahosuicideprevention.org. 6-7:30 p.m. FREE. Mountain States Group, 1607 W. Jefferson St., Boise, 208-3365533, mtnstatesgroup.org.

FRIDAY JAN. 16 On Stage CARAVAN OF GLAM—Enjoy audience interaction, plenty of skin and something for everyone. For more info, visit caravanofglam. com. 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. $10.

Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise.com. GEORGE LOPEZ: LISTEN TO MY FACE TOUR—George Lopez is a multi-talented entertainer whose career encompasses television, film, stand-up comedy and late-night television. Lopez most recently released his second memoir, I’m Not Gonna Lie And Other Lies You Tell When You Turn 50, in which he tells the unabashed and hilarious truth about aging--as only he can. For mature audiences 18 and older. 8 p.m. $41-$61. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-426-1110, boisestatetickets. com/event/georgelopez. PROJECT FLUX: “YOU___ NOT___”—8 p.m. $15. MING Studios, 420 S. Sixth St., Boise, 208-949-4365, mingstudios.org. RED LIGHT VARIETY SHOW: HOLLYWOOD—9 p.m. $15 adv., $20 door. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City,

SATURDAY, JAN. 17

Four little words can change lives in a big way.

PROJECT FLUX AT MING STUDIOS

CARAVAN OF GLAM

ADD THE WORDS RALLY

Since the announcement in early 2014 that Trey McIntyre Project would pivot away from dance while its founder pursued other artistic endeavors, dance companies have begun to fill the vacuum left by the former Boise Cultural Ambassador: there has been a slight uptick in productions of modern dance and contemporary ballet works by established companies. Since June 2013, Project Flux has been ahead of that curve, performing stylish productions of original choreographies with fresh talent. Check out its newest program, “You___not___,” at Ming Studios. Thursday-Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 10 p.m. $15. Ming Studios, 420 S. Sixth St., Boise, projectfluxdance.com

The Caravan of GLAM is a high-energy, costume-heavy Cirque du Soleil-esque extravaganza laced with acrobatics and singing—all performed by drag queens. It pulls into Liquid Lounge for two shows on Friday, Jan. 16 at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m. for the 8 p.m. show and 10 p.m. for the 11 p.m. show). Caravan of GLAM is always reimagining and reinventing its shows, so even if you saw the group in May, this time will be different and promises to blow your mind. Performing in the set is the Northwest’s only rapping drag queen alongside famous, gender-bending performer Isaiah Esquire, known for being more than 7-feet tall in heels. See? Mind blown. Get more info at caravanofglam.com. 8 p.m. and 11 p.m., $10-$20, Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., 208-287-5379, liquidboise.com.

For almost a decade, equality advocates have been pushing the Idaho Legislature to add the words “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to the Idaho Human Rights Act. It still hasn’t happened, so this time around, there will be a rally on the steps of the Capitol organized by Add the Words, Idaho. Speakers include people who have lived their lives in fear of workplace, housing and public accommodation discrimination, as well as North Idaho State Rep. Paulette Jordan, former Boise Police Chief Mike Masterson, Boise City Council President Maryanne Jordan and musician/promoter Eric Gilbert, The rally will have live music, giveaways from Treefort Music Fest and a few surprises. Noon, FREE, Idaho State Capitol Building, 700 W. Jefferson St., 208-794-2458, addthewords.org.

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CALENDAR 208-424-8297, visualartscollective.com. THE SECOND CITY—7 p.m. $25-$45. Liberty Theatre, 110 N. Main St., Hailey, 208-578-9122, companyoffools.org. SQUABBLES—8 p.m. $11-$16. Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise, 208-342-5104, boiselittletheater.org. STAGE COACH THEATRE: RUN FOR YOUR WIFE—In this British farce by Ray Cooney, a taxi driver tries getting away with having two wives in different areas of London, but his double life threatens to explode after a car accident starts overlapping his two different lives. Through Feb. 7. 8 p.m. $15. Stage Coach Theatre, 4802 W. Emerald Ave., Boise, 208-342-2000, eventbrite.com/ org/2762190930.

Food

Middle Eastern dining experience, with Starbelly Dancers featured artists Tracy Lay and Cecilia Rinn performing. 6-7 p.m. FREE admission. Boise International Market, 5823 W. Franklin Road, Boise, boiseinternationalmarket.com.

SATURDAY JAN. 17 Festivals & Events $1 DAY—Take advantage of discounted admission at the Old Idaho Penitentiary. Last admission for self-guided tours is 4:15 p.m. For more info, call the office or visit the website. 12-5 p.m. $1, 208-334-2844, history. idaho.gov. Old Idaho State Penitentiary, 2445 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise.

MIDDLE EAST DINNER WITH STARBELLY DANCERS—Don’t miss your chance to enjoy a full

SATURDAY, JAN. 17

BRUNDAGE BEER & GEAR FESTIVAL— Don’t miss this two-day celebration of ski culture featuring special brews from local breweries and the latest demo gear available. Visit the website for more info. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE. Brundage Mountain Resort, 3890 Goose Lake Road, McCall, 1-800-888-7544, brundage.com/event/beer-gearfestival-2. CRUX VENDORFEST—Once again the Crux will fill with vendors of local products for your shopping pleasure. Go on down and see what they have for you. 1-6 p.m. FREE. The Crux, 1022 W. Main St., Boise, 208-342-3213, facebook.com/ thecruxcoffeeshop. IDAHO REMODELING & DESIGN SHOW— Tour 100-plus exhibits to discover what’s hot in decorating, kitchen and bath renovations, landscaping and the newest products on the market. For more info, visit idahobusinessleague.com. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE-$5. Boise Centre, 850 W. Front St., Boise, 208-336-8900, boisecentre.com. KICK-START YOUR YEAR VENDOR FAIR—Shop local and support small-business owners at this vendor fair hosted by The Savvy Networking Ladies of Treasure Valley. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. La Quinta Inn & Suites Boise Towne Square, 7965 W. Emerald St., Boise, 208-3787000, lq.com.

On Stage COMEDIAN MATT BRAGG—8 p.m. and 10 p.m. $12. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise.com.

“Ho! Ha ha! Guard! Turn! Parry! Dodge! Spin! Ha! Thrust!” —Daffy Duck

HISTORICAL EUROPEAN SWORDSMANSHIP If education is a weapon, imagine the power of weapon education. Maybe Benjamin Smith’s presentation on historical European swordsmanship won’t prepare you for world domination, but you will walk away with some newfound knowledge from a qualified teacher. On the website for his local European martial arts school, Hilt and Cross, Smith writes about studying the techniques of 15th century fencing masters Sigmund Ringeck and Hans Talhoffer and training to instruct the Xinzhu Bagua Association’s Stealth Tiger Saber style. At the Library, Smith will demonstrate sword fighting techniques including longsword and dagger styles and If assistants are available, he’ll also cover grappling arts, followed by a Q&A. Suitable for teens and adults. 2 p.m., FREE, Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., 208-384-4076, boisepubliclibrary.org. BOI S EW EEKLY.COM

PLAY READING SERIES: GRACELAND BY ELLEN BYRON—Presented by Company of Fools, the reading features company artists and audience favorites Jana Arnold as Bev Davies and Russell Wilson as Rootie Mallert under Andrew Alburger’s direction. Although free, space is limited and tickets should be reser ved in advance by visiting the Sun Valley Center for the Arts website or calling 208-7269491. 6:30 p.m. FREE. Sun Valley Center for the Arts, 191 Fifth St. E., Ketchum, 208-726-9491, sunvalleycenter.org. PROJECT FLUX: “YOU___ NOT___”—8 p.m. $15. MING Studios, 420 S. Sixth St., Boise, 208-949-4365, mingstudios.org. RED LIGHT VARIETY SHOW: HOLLYWOOD—9 p.m. $15 adv., $20 door. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297, visualartscollective.com. SQUABBLES—8 p.m. $11-$16. Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise, 208-342-5104, boiselittletheater.org.

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CALENDAR STAGE COACH THEATRE: RUN FOR YOUR WIFE—8 p.m. $15. Stage Coach Theatre, 4802 W. Emerald Ave., Boise, 208-342-2000, eventbrite.com/ org/2762190930.

10 a.m.-2 p.m. FREE. Ultimate Karate & Jiu-Jitsu, 68 E. Fairview Ave., Meridian, 208-846-9119, idahoujj.com.

Art Workshops & Classes HABIBA’S CULTURAL WORKS OF ART—Hear story telling, learn African knitting and crocheting, listen to and learn African drumming, and taste foods from Africa, South America and the Middle East. RSVP to Susan ObasiIkeagwu at restoremissions@ gmail.com. 12-4 p.m. $20. Boise International Market, 5823 W. Franklin Road, Boise, boiseinternationalmarket.com. SELF-DEFENSE SEMINARS FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY—Your child will learn the skills to cope with bullies, resolve conflict and deal with violence, at 10 a.m. Then at 11:15 a.m., Kids Gun Safety for ages 5 and older will take the mystery, mystique and wonder out of handguns by educating and implementing practical tests. And capping off the day will be a women’s self-defense workshop covering the color code of awareness, and simple self-defense techniques. For ages 14 and up.

KAREN WOODS: SHIFT OPENING RECEPTION—Longtime Boise artist Karen Woods heads into new territory with this solo exhibition. 1-6 p.m. FREE. Stewart Gallery, 2230 Main St., Boise, 208-433-0593, stewartgallery. com.

Talks & Lectures HISTORICAL EUROPEAN SWORDSMANSHIP—Presenter Ben Smith, a historian, researcher and instructor of historical European martial arts, will demonstrate the longsword, sword and buckler, and dagger fighting styles. Suitable for teens and adults. For more info, visit hiltandcross.com. 2 p.m. FREE. Boise Public Library Hayes Auditorium, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208384-4076, boisepubliclibrary.org.

MILD ABANDON By E.J. Pettinger

Citizen

On Stage

LEGISLATURE CITIZEN ACTIVIST ACADEMY—The ACLU of Idaho is hosting a daylong training to provide you the skills to be a successful activist at the Capitol this legislative session. 9 a.m. FREE. Idaho State Capitol Building, 700 W. Jefferson St., Boise, 208-433-9705, acluidaho. org/our-work/in-the-legislature.

OLEK SZEWCZYK’S COMEDY VARIETY SHOW—8 p.m. $5. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise.com.

Kids & Teens BCT FLASH LAB WEEKEND WORKSHOPS—Join the fun and write, rehearse and perform a new play in just six hours. Flash Labs covering a range of subjects will be offered on Saturday and Sunday once a month through June 7. For ages 12-18. For more info and to register, visit the BCT website. 9 a.m.-12 p.m. and Sun., Jan. 18, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. $50. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, bctheater.org. JUNIOR DUCK STAMP ART DAY—Young artists and wildlife enthusiasts from kindergarten to high school are invited to create and submit their own masterpiece to the Idaho Junior Duck Stamp art contest. All the necessary supplies will be provided. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE. Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge Visitor’s Center, 13751 Upper Embankment Road, Nampa, 208-4679278, fws.gov/deerflat.

SUNDAY JAN. 18 Festivals & Events BRUNDAGE BEER AND GEAR FESTIVAL—10 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE. Brundage Mountain Resort, 3890 Goose Lake Road, McCall, 1-800-888-7544, brundage.com/event/beer-gearfestival-2. IDAHO REMODELING AND DESIGN SHOW—11 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE-$5. Boise Centre, 850 W. Front St., Boise, 208-336-8900, boisecentre.com.

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SQUABBLES—2 p.m. $11-$16. Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise, 208-342-5104, boiselittletheater.org.

MONDAY JAN. 19 Kids & Teens 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 every first and third Monday of the month. All craft supplies are provided. Third Monday of every month. 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. FREE. Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge Visitor’s Center, 13751 Upper Embankment Road, Nampa, 208-467-9278, fws.gov/deerflat.

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.

TUESDAY JAN. 20

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

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Animals & Pets ART, BARK AND BEER—Get in on this silent auction of art by local artists. All proceeds benefit Greyhound Rescue of Idaho. 7-10 p.m. FREE. PreFunk Beer Bar and Growler Fill Station, 1100 Front St., Boise, 208-3313865, prefunkbar.com.

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Festivals & Events LADIES NIGHT BIKE REPAIR—Join Eagle Parks & Rec and Reed Cycle for a ladies-only bike repair clinic. This class will cover wheel removal, tire change, proper cleaning and lubrication, and what you need to take with you on every ride. You’ll learn the basics to keep your bike rolling safely and smoothly. Preregistration required. 6:30-7:30 p.m. $9. Reed Cycle, 238 E. State St, Eagle 208-489-8784, cityofeagle.org/recreation.

Art

Literature

KAREN WOODS: SHIFT—Longtime Boise artist Karen Woods captures the beauty of the everyday experience, such as the trail of a raindrop sliding down a windshield. Through Feb. 28. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Stewart Gallery, 2230 Main St., Boise, 208-4330593, stewartgallery.com.

AUTHOR NOMI EVE— Boise Public Library hosts historical fiction author Nomi Eve, whose newest book, Henna House, is a comingof-age story set in the exotic world of Yemen’s Jewish community in the 1920s and ‘30s. A book signing follows. 7 p.m. FREE. Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-3844076, boisepubliclibrary.org.

Workshops & Classes

Food

WORD WORKSHOP: POEMS IN SEQUENCE—Jump-start your writing practice in the New Year with this small group workshop dedicated to the craft of poetry with poet Elisabeth McKetta. Tuesdays through Feb. 24. For more info or to register, visit thecabinidaho.org/WordWorkshopSeries 6:30-8:30 p.m. $180-$207. The Cabin, 801 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-3318000, thecabinidaho.org.

BODOVINO WINE TASTING— Weekly tastings are drop-in and feature four different wines. 5-7 p.m. FREE. Bodovino, 404 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-3368466, bodovino.com.

WEDNESDAY JAN. 21

Sports & Fitness TREASURE VALLEY ROLLER GIRLS OPEN ENROLLMENT 2015— Do you have what it takes to play derby? If your answer was “yes,” then the Treasure Valley Roller Girls want to invite you join the team. RSVP to tvrgfreshmeat@ gmail.com, and get more info at tvrderby.com. 6:30-8:30 p.m. FREE.

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MUSIC GUIDE WEDNESDAY JAN. 14

KARAOKE WEDNESDAYS—10 p.m. FREE. Mulligans LIQUID WETT WEDNESDAY— Electronic music and DJs. 9:30 p.m. FREE. Liquid

BREAD & CIRCUS ACOUSTIC— 6:30 p.m. FREE. Highlands Hollow

PATRICIA FOLKNER—7 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel

CHUCK SMITH TRIO—7:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

THE RINGTONES A CAPELLA GROUP—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

HAPPY KARAOKE—5:30-6:30 p.m. FREE. AEN Playhouse

STEVE EATON—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

SWING IS THE THING WITH PAMELA DEMARCHE—7 p.m. $5. Sapphire Room. TERRY JONES—6 p.m. FREE. Chandlers WEDNESDAY NIGHT JAM— Hosted by For Blind Mice. 8 p.m. FREE. Tom Grainey’s

THURSDAY JAN. 15

JOHN JONES TRIO—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

ROB HARDING—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365.

KARAOKE WITH DJ BONZ—9 p.m. FREE. Crazy Horse

MOTTO KITTY—9 p.m. $3. 127 Club.

TAUGE AND FAULKNER—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

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

REBECCA SCOTT—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365 SOUL SERENE—8:30 p.m. FREE. Piper TYLOR BUSHMAN AND THE TRAIN ROBBERS—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s WALTER EGO—8 p.m. $3. AEN Playhouse

RADIO BOISE TUESDAY: MATT HOPPER AND THE ROMAN CANDLES—With Ford Harrison and the Holy Broke. 7 p.m. $5. Neurolux

SUNDAY JAN. 18 CALIFORNIA X—With RevoltRevolt and Mantooth. 7 p.m. $7. Neurolux

TOM TAYLOR—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365 TYLER JORDAN—5:30 p.m. FREE. O’Michael’s

JIM LEWIS—6 p.m. FREE. Lulu’s

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BEN BURDICK TRIO WITH AMY ROSE—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers THE CODLANDS—With Pop Overkill and Gorcias. 8 p.m. $3. Crazy Horse FRIM FRAM FOUR—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s KEVIN KIRK—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365 PAUL COLLINS BEAT—With The Rich Hands and Marshall Poole. 7 p.m. $10. Neurolux ROB HARDING—7 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel TERRY JONES—6 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

PAUL COLLINS BEAT, JAN. 15, NEUROLUX On Thursday, Jan. 15, local promoter Duck Club Presents will provide what is essentially a seminar on influential American power-pop music. It costs $10 to get in, you must be 21 or older to attend and making a reservation isn’t an option, so arrive early to make sure you get a spot. In this workshop, you’ll learn that commercial success and longevity are often mutually exclusive; you’ll see tenacity and talent personified; and you’ll learn that the music sounds familiar because it has been emulated by so many others. OK, this “seminar” is actually a show, but you probably will learn something about the past 40 years of pop music (and see an incredible show) from watching iconic Paul Collins Beat perform live. Though we were kidding about this being a workshop, arriving early is no joke. You don’t want to miss openers The Rich Hands and Marshall Poole. —Amy Atkins 7 p.m., $10. Neurolux, 111 N. 11th St., 208-343-0886, neurolux.com.

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FRIDAY JAN. 16 ACTORS KILLED LINCOLN— With Velvet Hook and Hallowed Oak. 8 p.m. $5. Crazy Horse ANDY CORTENS DUO—6 p.m. FREE. Berryhill BILLY BRAUN—5 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel BLACK WHALES—With Pond People. 7 p.m. $5. Neurolux DJ VERSTAL—11 p.m. FREE. Neurolux FRANK MARRA—6 p.m. FREE. Chandlers HELL’S BELLES—All-female tribute to AC/DC, with Dying Famous and Faded Leroy. 8:30 p.m. $13-$30. Knitting Factory HOSS WHITE—7:30 p.m. FREE. The District

SATURDAY JAN. 17 BRANDON PRITCHETT—8:30 p.m. FREE. Piper BRET WELTY—7:30 p.m. FREE. The District CHUCK SMITH TRIO WITH NICOLE CHRISTENSEN—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers CYMRY—4 p.m. FREE. Artistblue DJ REVOLVE—11 p.m. FREE. Neurolux ERIC GRAE—6 p.m. FREE. Berryhill

NOCTURNUM! INDUSTRIAL GOTH DJS—9:30 p.m. FREE. Liquid THE SIDEMEN: GREG PERKINS AND RICK CONNOLLY—6 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

EDMUND WAYNE—With Matt Hopper. 8 p.m. $3. Flying M Coffeegarage

MONDAY JAN. 19

HAPPY KARAOKE—5:30 p.m. FREE. AEN Playhouse

CHUCK SMITH AND NICOLE CHRISTENSEN—6 p.m. FREE. Chandlers LIVE MUSIC MONDAYS—Featuring various local artists every Monday night. 6 p.m. FREE. Bodovino

EVIL WINE 2015 LOCAL MUSIC SHOWCASE—Featuring Ancesters, The Bleach Effect, Bliiss, Emerald Lanes, Glenn Mantang & the Guardians of Virginity, HiHazel, Marshall Poole, Obscured by the Sun, Paper Gates, Red Hands Black Feet, Sleepy Seeds, Starlings Murmurations, Sword of a Bad Speller and Toy Zoo. 5 p.m. $5. Crazy Horse

OPEN MIC WITH REBECCA SCOTT & ROB HILL—8 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

FRANK MARRA—6 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

TUESDAY JAN. 20

FREUDIAN SLIP—7 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel HECKTOR PECKTOR—7 p.m. FREE. Willi B’s HILLFOLK NOIR—9:30 p.m. FREE. Juniper HOLIDAY FRIENDS—With Deep Creeps. 7 p.m. $5. Neurolux

WEDNESDAY JAN. 21

PUNK MONDAY—9 p.m. FREE. Liquid SOUL SERENE—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

JOEL KASSERMAN AND THE ELEMENTS—7 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel KARAOKE WEDNESDAYS—10 p.m. FREE. Mulligans LIQUID WETT WEDNESDAY— Electronic music and DJs. 9:30 p.m. FREE. Liquid RANDOM CANYON GROWLERS—6:30 p.m. FREE. Highlands Hollow SONGWRITERS’ ROUND: JONATHAN WARREN, AUDRA CONNOLLY, TY CLAYTON—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s STEVE EATON—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365 THE STRING CHEESE INCIDENT—8 p.m. $49.50$150. Knitting Factory TERRY JONES—6 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

CHUCK SMITH AND DAN COSTELLO—7:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers DAN COSTELLO—6 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

INANNA’S TEMPLE—7 p.m. FREE. Kind Cuisine MOTTO KITTY—9 p.m. $3. 127 Club

V E N U E S Don’t know a venue? Visit www.boiseweekly.com for addresses, phone numbers and a map.

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BEERGUZZLER SPRING BREWS

NEW BELGIUM PORTAGE PORTER, $1.39-$1.79 A tan head tops this opaque ebony brew, settling to a light lacing. This beer opens with subtle smoky aromas like the dying embers of a camp ďŹ re, along with dark coffee and bittersweet chocolate. The malt component is fairly subdued, lurking behind roasted grain avors with a bit of char. Slightly bitter hops color the notes of mocha and coffee. This is a perfect match for the current winter weather. ODELL BREWING RUNOFF RED IPA, $1.69$2.19 This beer pours a rubytinged dark amber with a two-ďŹ nger head that collapses quickly, leaving a nice lacing. It opens with hefty aromas of resiny hops and citrus. This is a beautifully balanced brew with smooth malt backed by just the right hit of bitter hops. Tropical fruit avors, touches of pine, toffee and sweet bread dough add interest. This pick is delicious for all seasons. SAMUEL ADAMS COLD SNAP, $1.39-$1.79 Nothing says spring like a Witbier, and this version from Sam Adams is a credible example of the style. With its hazy, dark lemon peel pour, this beer is topped by a thin head. Ripe citrus and tart grain aromas dominate on the nose. The avors are simple but pleasant with lightly toasted wheat, soft fruit, spice and a touch of orange zest on the ďŹ nish. —David Kirkpatrick 24 | JANUARY 14–20, 2015 | BOISEweekly

FOOD

JAR R ETT M ITC HELL

Too soon? OK, we’re just a few weeks into winter, but many breweries are already starting to roll out their spring releases. Who am I to argue? With back-to-back inversions, I’m ready for anything that reminds me of warmer weather, sunshine and air you breathe rather than chew. Here are three of this spring’s advance guard:

CRUISING FOR A BREW Two new businesses begin brewery tours this week TARA MORGAN Boise’s beer boom is now branching out beyond breweries. Two new tour companies are launching this month that will provide guided trips to local brew houses: Boise Brew Bus and Boise Brews Cruise. Because both businesses offer similar packages, we decided to compare them side-by-side.

BOISE BREW BUS Owners: Rich Fletcher and Holly Neitzel Background: “The concept is just to take people from brewery to brewery ‌ and then to give them a tour with the brewers: a behind-thescenes look at why they’re brewing the beer that they are,â€? Fletcher said. Cost: $55 per person Launch: Inaugural tour Friday, Jan. 16, 6:30 p.m.; second tour Saturday, Jan. 24, 2 p.m. Arrive 15-20 minutes before departure with your ID to snag a seat. “Right now we’re shooting for Fridays and Saturdays, just because we’re launching,â€? said Fletcher. “We’re hoping to end that Saturday one with a dinner at one of the breweries.â€? Location: Meet at the Boise Brew Bus Depot, 4299 W. Chinden Blvd. Min. People: “If there are six or less seats booked, the tour may be subject to cancellation,â€? notes the Boise Brew Bus website. Max. People: 14 Van Style: Ford e350 passenger van purchased in Portland, Ore. “The seats are lined along the side so you’re looking at each other. ‌ We’ve got a leather couch in the back that you can sit on and a disco ball; we’re trying to make it a little bit more fun than just an average tour,â€? said Fletcher. Tour Length: Each tour will stop at three to four rotating breweries, including Crooked Fence Brewing, Haff Brewing, Edge Brewing Co. and Highlands Hollow Brewhouse. “It’s going to be about an hour to an hour and a half [at each brewery] depending on the size of the group and depending on how enthusiastic they are and how many questions they have,â€? Fletcher said. 7RXU 6SHFLĂ€FV: The focus is on beer educaWLRQ ZLWK D WDVWLQJ Ă LJKW RI EHHU VDPSOHV DW HDFK brewery and an ice chest to keep any growlers or six-packs purchased cold. “They’re going to be able to taste the beer,

Rich Fletcher and Holly Neitzel of Boise Brew Bus promise beery much fun.

ask the brewers questions about the beer and then there will be some time afterwards where they could purchase a glass or something if they wanted to drink another beer,� said Fletcher. Extras: Boise Brew Bus is offering Boise Weekly readers a coupon code to save $15 off each ticket. Enter “BoiseWeeklyRocks� when purchasing tickets at boisebrewbus.com. Contact: 208-995-5505, boisebrewbus.com, facebook.com/boisebrewbus

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): You will never make anything that lasts forever. Nor will I or anyone else. I suppose it’s possible that human beings will still be listening to Beethoven’s music or watching The Simpsons 10,000 years from today, but even that stuff will probably be gone in 5 billion years, when the sun expands into a red giant star. Having acknowledged that hard truth, I’m happy to announce that in the next five weeks, you could begin work in earnest on a creation that will endure for a very long time. What will it be? Choose wisely. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): What does your soul need on a regular basis? The love and attention of some special person? The intoxication provided by a certain drink or drug? Stimulating social interaction with people you like? Music that drives you out of your mind in all the best ways? The English poet Gerard Manley Hopkins said that the rapture his soul needed more than anything else was inspiration—the “sweet fire,” he called it, “the strong spur, live and lancing like the blowpipe flame.” So the experience his soul craved didn’t come from an outside stimulus. It was a feeling that rose up inside him. What about you, Taurus? According to my analysis of the astrological omens, your soul needs much more than usual of its special nourishment.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In 1987, California condors were almost extinct. Less than 30 of the birds remained. Then the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service launched an effort to capture them all and take measures to save the species. Almost 28 years later, there are more than 400 condors, half of them living in the wild. If you act now, Gemini, you could launch a comparable recovery program for a different resource that is becoming scarce in your world. Act with urgency, but also be prepared to practice patience. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Daniel Webster (1782-1852) was an American statesman who served in both houses of Congress. He dearly wanted to be president of the United States, but his political party never nominated him to run for that office. Here’s the twist in his fate: Two different candidates who were ultimately elected president asked him to be their vice-president, but he declined, dismissing the job as unimportant. Both those presidents, Harrison and Taylor, died after a short time on the job. Had Webster agreed to be their vicepresident, he would have taken their place and fulfilled his dream. In the coming weeks, Cancerian, I advise you not to make a mistake comparable to Webster’s.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In one of his poems, Rumi writes about being alone with a wise elder. “Please,” he says to the sage, “do not hold back from telling me any secrets about this universe.” In the coming weeks, Leo, I suggest you make a similar request of many people, and not just those you regard as wise. You’re in a phase when pretty much everyone is a potential teacher who has a valuable clue to offer you. Treat the whole world as your classroom. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Have you been tapping into your proper share of smart love, interesting beauty and creative mojo? Are you enjoying the succulent rewards you deserve for all the good deeds and hard work you’ve done in the past eight months? If not, I am very upset. In fact, I would be livid and mournful if I found out that you have not been soaking up a steady flow of useful bliss, sweet revelations, and fun surprises. Therefore, to ensure my happiness and well-being, I command you to experience these goodies in abundance. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Libran engineer Robert Goddard was the original rocket scientist. His revolutionary theories and technologies laid the foundations for space flight. Decades before the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, he and his American

team began shooting rockets aloft. Members of the press were not impressed with his unusual ideas. They thought he was a misinformed crank. In 1920, The New York Times sneered that he was deficient in “the knowledge ladled out daily in our high schools.” Forty-nine years later, after his work had led to spectacular results, the Times issued an apology. I foresee a more satisfying progression toward vindication for you, Libra. Sometime soon, your unsung work or unheralded efforts will be recognized. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In the plot of the science-fiction show Ascension, the U.S. government has conducted an elaborate covert experiment for 50 years. An outside investigator named Samantha Krueger discovers the diabolical contours of the project and reveals the truth to the public. “We’re going full Snowden,” she tells a seemingly sympathetic conspiracy theorist. She’s invoking Edward Snowden, the renegade computer administrator who in the real world leaked classified information that the U.S. government wanted to keep hidden. It might be time for you to go at least miniSnowden yourself, Scorpio—not by spilling state secrets, but rather by unmasking any surreptitious or deceptive behavior that’s happening in your sphere. Bring everything out into the open—gently if possible. But do whatever it takes.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In 1939, author Ernest Vincent Wright finished Gadsby, a 50,000word novel. It was unlike any book ever published because the letter “e” didn’t appear once in the text. Can you imagine the constraint he had to muster to accomplish such an odd feat? In accordance with the astrological omens, I invite you to summon an equally impressive expression of discipline and selfcontrol, Sagittarius, but devote your efforts to accomplishing a more useful and interesting task, please. For example, you could excise one of your bad habits or avoid activities that waste your time or forbid yourself to indulge in fearful thoughts. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Most plants move up as they grow. Their seeds fall to the ground, are blown off by the wind or are carried away by pollinators. But the peanut plant has a different approach to reproduction. It burrows its seeds down into the soil. They ripen underground, where they are protected and more likely to get the moisture they need to germinate. The peanut plant’s approach to fertility might be a good metaphor for you Capricorns to adopt for your own use. It makes sense for you to safeguard the new possibilities you’re incubating. Keep them private, maybe even secret. Don’t expose them to scrutiny or criticism.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In his poem “The Garden,” Jack Gilbert writes, “We are like Marco Polo who came back / with jewels hidden in the seams of his ragged clothes.” Isn’t that true about you right now, Aquarius? If I were going to tell your recent history as a fairy tale, I’d highlight the contrast between your outer disorder and your inner riches. I’d also borrow another fragment from Gilbert’s poem and use it to describe your current emotional state: “a sweet sadness, a tough happiness.” So what comes next for you? I suggest you treat yourself to a time out. Take a break to integrate the intensity you’ve weathered. And retrieve the jewels you hid in the seams of your ragged clothes. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “All the colors I am inside have not been invented yet,” wrote Shel Silverstein, in his children’s book Where the Sidewalk Ends. It’s especially important for you to focus on that truth in the coming weeks. I say this for two reasons. First, it’s imperative that you identify and celebrate a certain unique aspect of yourself that no one else has ever fully acknowledged. If you don’t start making it more conscious, it may start to wither away. Second, you need to learn how to express that unique aspect with such clarity and steadiness that no one can miss it or ignore it. B O ISE W E E KLY.C O M

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