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“At some level, people know that clowns aren’t far from the demonic.”

Flag Flap

Confederate battle ﬂag controversy taps into Idaho’s long history with Southern sympathy

First Thursday

It’s oﬃcially summer and time to kick oﬀ July in downtown Boise

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Sundance Darling Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is a certiﬁed charmer FREE TAKE ONE!

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EDITOR’S NOTE FLAGS, FIREWORKS AND LOCAL FOOD Odds are, at some point this week, everybody in the Treasure Valley will have experience with flags, fireworks and food. This week’s edition of Boise Weekly features all three as well, but not necessarily in the context of Independence Day revelry. On Page 7, BW News Editor George Prentice delves into the controversy surrounding the Confederate battle flag, which is being run down flagpoles around the country in the wake of last month’s racially motivated mass killing at a historic black church in South Carolina. The so-called “Stars and Bars” has come under criticism in Idaho, too, where Boise Mayor Dave Bieter took the step of lowering the Mississippi state flag from the City Hall plaza. Mississippi is the last state in the union to include the Confederate battle flag on its state flag, but it’s not the last state with sympathetic ties to the failed Confederate States of America. Though it was far from the battles of the Civil War, Idaho also has a long history with the Southern cause—beginning with a wave of migrants who came to the Gem State from the South after the war. In his piece, Prentice gets the historical details from Boise State University professor Todd Shallat, and gets the perspective of a member of the Nampa Sons of Confederate Veterans. On Page 9, one of our current interns, Micah Drew, takes a look at the rules governing fireworks in the Boise area—including how customers are allowed to purchase illegal fireworks by signing a waiver—and checks in with the organizers of the notorious Fourth of July celebration in Crouch. Finally, on Page 24 BW roving food writer Tara Morgan profiles a new effort to build a food hub in Gem County that could give locavores the infrastructure they need to make local food a long-term, sustainable and widespread industry. The facility, which will most likely be located in Emmett, would include kitchen space and a processing component to serve local food producers within a 400-mile radius. Don’t forget to check the First Thursday listings on Page 12 and find some Fourth of July picks on Page 18.

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ARTIST: Heather Bauer TITLE: “View From a Star #4” MEDIUM: Wax Encaustic ARTIST STATEMENT: This series is dedicated to Molly Hill and Surel Mitchell, inspiring female artists in our community who left powerful legacies and gigantic shoes to fill. Come to my show at Gallery Five18 on First Thursday, July 2. To contact, email waxwingencausticstudio@gmail.com.

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

GUILTY ADAM DEES , THE 22-YE AR- OLD NAMPA MAN ON TRIAL FOR MURDERING THREE PEOPLE IN A FO OTHILLS HOME IN MARC H, ADMIT TED TO THE BRUTAL KI L L I N G S I N C O U RT O N J U N E 2 6 . HIS GUILT Y PLE A TO MURDER 1 ALLOWS HIM TO AVOID THE DE ATH PENALT Y, THOUGH A PROPOSED SENTENCE WOULD SEE HIM SERVE FOUR TERMS OF LIFE IN PRISON. MORE ON N E W S , C IT YDES K .

BUILD UP Another big chunk of downtown Boise is slated for major redevelopment, with the Gardner Company’s plan to turn ﬁve acres west of JUMP into an apartment/hotel complex. Details on News, Citydesk.

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ALMOSTING

If you missed Almosting It when it opened at the Egyptian, you’ll have another chance to catch it July 3-9 at The Flicks. Get the scoop on the ﬁlm by Boise local William Von Tagen at Screen, Screen News.

FLEET OF FOOT Boisean Nick Symmonds won his sixth national title in eight years at the U.S. Outdoor Track and Field Championships on June 28. Read more about the BK grad on News, Citydesk.

OPINION

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OPINION RED OUT

Yet another reason for morons to move to Idaho BILL COPE “So, Cope, tells me about this ‘Merican Redapt.” “Red! Where you been?” “The GOPPA Tour. Where ya’ think?” “The GOPPA Tour?” Yup. The Grand Ol’ Party Pres’dential ‘Nnouncement Tour. It’s where every few days, ya get to go watch another feller announce how he’s runnin’ f’r pres’dent. It’s like that Threeforks music hootin’Annie what they put on over in Boise, ‘ceptin’ it’s all speeches instead o’ music, and it’s spread out on totally diff’ernt days to totally diff’ernt cities all o’er the country.” “Uh-huh, sounds just like Treefort.” “First one up was Ted Cruz. Ain’t that ol’ boy a crackerjack, huh? Then I saw Doc Carson and Randy Paul and Mark O’Rubio. I saw that Carl Fiorina feller, and Mike Huckable. I skipped going to see some feller name o’ Jerry Pataski ‘cause I ain’t never heard of him, but I was there sweatin’ like a pig along wit’ ol’ Rick Perry. Then I went o’er t Looseranna to see Bobby Jindal but it turned out he hadn’t made up his mind yet. And then I saw Ricky Santitarium... “ “Did you see Trump?” “Hold y’r horses, Cope! I’m savin’ the best f ’r last. And I saw Jeb Bush, only I dozed off an’ missed most o’ his speech, and I didn’t see Lindy Graham acause I ended up goin’ t’ the wrong Carolina, then on my way to News York City, I stopped by New Jersey to see Chris Crisco, but it turned out he ain’t made up his mind yet neither... and then I went an’ saw ol’ Donal’ Trump.” “And that was the best?” “I made fi’ty bucks off’n it, Cope. No kiddin’! On the way out, some feller hands me a fi’tydollar bill!” “I heard about that. How Trump brought in paid actors to inflate his crowd.” “Naaaaa! He wouldn’t o’ done that. He’s ‘bout the most pop’lar feller in News York City. I heard ‘im say so. So why’d he have t’ hire people to come see ‘im?” “Maybe, because everyone but Trump understands what a repulsive asshole he is.” “Watch y’r mout’, Cope. Y’r talkin’ ‘bout the next Pres’dent of the U. S. and A. Besides, that ain’t whys I come over. I wants t’ hear more about this ‘Merican Redapt what you were talkin’ ‘bout a couple weeks back.” “Ah, Jeez, Red. I don’t want to get into that with you. You know how you get every time you hear about some bunch of rat-shit crazy right wingers who’ve decided North Idaho is a good place to sit out the Apocalypse.” “What you talkin’ ‘bout, Cope? Hows I get, ‘ccordin’ t’ you?” BOISE WEEKLY.COM

“Like when some warlord wannabes announced they were going to build that citadel place close to St. Maries? You were all ready to pick up and go, just because you heard they would keep out liberals. And then what about the time that beefy blowhard Bo Gritz was starting Almost Heaven outside of Kamiah? You even put some money on a lot.” “’Tweren’t much. I only signed up f ’r four hun’ert square feet. Jus’ enough land t’ park m’ camper on.” “But you didn’t have a camper. You spent the money on your lot that you were going to buy an RV with.” “Yeah, but I still own four-hun’ert square feet ouside o’ Kamiah don’ I? Now where ‘zac’ly is this ‘Merican Redapt place? I’m betting it’s up there around Curd Allen Lake somewheres. That way, they could barr’cade the freeway when it comes time t’ hunker down an’ keep the rape gangs out.” “Rape gangs? That’s what you’re worried about?” “Shoot, Cope! Y’ ever see a movie ‘bout the collapsizing o’ civ’lization what didn’t have rape gangs?” “Red, first of all, it’s not the American Redapt. It’s the American Redoubt. Like a fallback position when all else fails. And of course, these are the kind of people who are convinced everything else already has failed. Or, at the least, they’re convinced they can make money convincing stupid people it all will fail. So they’re encouraging the most feeble-minded, frightened, paranoid misfits in America to flock to the Intermountain Northwest and take over the entire area. Politically, culturally... you name it.” “Sounds like a gull-durn good plan. Hows come I ain’t heard ‘bout it b’fore?” “Don’t know, Red. I hadn’t heard about it myself until a few weeks ago. But then, I’m not a fundamentalist gun-nut xenophobic idiot who spends his time searching through the Internet for places where he might be able to live off the land like a parasite, keep his kids as ignorant as he is with homeschooling, and where there aren’t hardly any minorities.” “There ya’ go again, Cope. Why’s it always have t’ be about them dang minorities? Why cain’t it jus’ be about folks who want t’ be wit’ their own kind?” Unfortunately, we must leave this discussion for the time being. Since Red rattled on so incessantly about the GOPPA Tour, I have run out of room. But I assure you, there is more to be said about the American Redoubt. BOISEweekly | JULY 1–7, 2015 | 5

OPINION PRICKING OF MY THUMBS A clownish carnival this way comes JOHN REMBER How did they get all those Republican presidential candidates in that little car? As I write this, Jeb! Bush is trying to generate enthusiasm for his campaign with an exclamation mark behind his name. It makes me think he’s in trouble with his mom: “Jeb? Jebby! Jeb! Get over here!” Then I think, “Oh wow, there’s another one. Where are they all coming from? Is there a trapdoor under the back seat or what?” And then I think that there must be clowns still in the car, trampled in the rush, the hobnailmarks of big clown shoes on their foreheads, the paunches of their big ol’ overalls vomiting rags, the big ol’ glistening tears on their cheeks real. It’s time to call for the Jaws of Life before the whole thing catches fire, right there in center ring. I’m not the first to use a clown car metaphor for this year’s crop of Republican candidates. I’ve seen it a couple of times in national publications, but it seems to have died down for the moment. Perhaps editors had concerns about the questionable taste of comparing a series of primary elections to a traveling circus. It’s more likely that at some level, people know that clowns aren’t far from the demonic. We pretend they represent a disempowered kind of evil, like the gods of exterminated enemies, able to bring children to laughter and adults to scorn. Except they’re not always disempowered. That idea that something remains alive and empty behind the greasepaint scares the bejeezus out of us. A quick look at Wikipedia reveals the titles of 35 evil-clown films. Ray Bradbury’s fine novel, Something Wicked This Way Comes, is an all-too-real fantasy about Satan arriving in a small Midwestern town with his carnival, the faces of his victims already tattooed on his back. From nonfiction comes the chilling example of John Wayne Gacy, the Illinois keeper of 30 strangled bodies in his crawl space, who appeared as Pogo the Clown at political fundraisers, parades and children’s birthday parties. Right now Republican presidential aspirants are trying on traditional clown identities for the primaries. Without too much trouble we can squint and see the Sad Clown, the Clumsy Clown, the Rodeo Clown, the Fool, the Harlequin and Poor Yorick the Skull, whom I think is Richard Nixon trying for one last comeback. In their unscripted moments, all of them look a bit like Pogo, and while that may seem unduly harsh for a nice lady like Carly Fiorina, a lot of laid-off Hewlett-Packard employees would agree that sure enough, that’s Pogo the Clown under all that makeup. Jeb! (¡Jeb! if you’re a Hispanic voter) looks like the Sad Clown, weighed down by the burden of maternal expectation and some resent6 | JULY 1–7, 2015 | BOISEweekly

ful things he’s said about single mothers. But many of those same single mothers would look at Jeb! and say, “¡Ay! ¡Pogo!” I wish I were exaggerating. But these are people busily transforming themselves into grotesques. Imagine Donald Trump saying, “You’re fired,” to all the Americans who won’t salute his hairpiece: Pogo. Lindsay Graham? Some genuine Pogo anger behind that grin. Ben Carson? Now there’s some serious Pogo whiteface. We’ve been through this before. John McCain comes off as a harmless guy, but imagine him as a president ordering nuclear weapons into Ukraine: Super-Pogo, with the serial deaths of billions on his patriotic hands. Mitt Romney seems like your normal unselfconscious and overconfident small-town Mormon bishop until you imagine his hands around the economic fate of 47 percent of American men, women and children: Pogo. Sarah Palin, crashing neighbors’ yard parties with Dick Cheney’s security goons as an entourage: Pogo with a vengeance. George Bush, clowning around on the plane with reporters, joking with his national security adviser about torture: Pogo. Ronald Reagan’s idiot grin that disguised the throes of Alzheimer’s: Pogo. Nixon, telling the South Vietnamese to hold off on a peace plan until he was elected and could get them a better deal: Pogo in spades, and 25,000 extra American deaths in the bargain. A Pogo will be on the ballot in 2016. Millions of people will vote for something that smiles and looks human. Traces of human DNA may lie under the greasepaint somewhere, but what was once a private self has been eaten away by a public identity. The shell that’s left becomes a good place for a demon to hang out. Do the Democrats have their own clown car? Not exactly. They certainly have their candidate who is all surface, whose public persona has devoured the private person, whose every move, every gesture, stems from a calculation of how it will play to voters. I’m pretty sure there’s nobody human inside Hillary Clinton, but she’s not a clown. Instead, in her ability to convert herself to pure purpose, in her earthly ambition, in her willingness to say and do whatever it takes to win, she seems to be possessed by the same entity that possessed Lady Macbeth. The Republicans have already noticed this about her. As usual they prefer to examine the inhumanity of opponents rather than peering at the darkness within. The result will be an election with a surfeit of exclamation marks: “Jeb!” and “¡Jeb!” and “She’s a witch!” and “¡Ella es una bruja!” BOISE WEEKLY.COM

AWAY, AWAY, AWAY DOWN SOUTH IN IDAHO

RYAN J OH NSON

NEWS

How the Gem State whistles Dixie in the shadow of flag flap

The controversial mural is part of the largest remaining collection of WPA art in Idaho.

HISTORIAN ON U OF I COVER-UP: ‘MISPLACED INSTINCT’

GEORGE PRENTICE This week, the South Carolina Legislature takes up the debate on whether to remove the Confederate battle flag from its statehouse as the Civil War-era symbol remains at the center of a renewed debate over whether it is an emblem of hatred and ignorance, or evokes a legacy of rebellion. The flag still flies and certainly insults its foes, atop countless homes, businesses and vehicles across the nation—including in Idaho, where a few critics say the Stars and Bars is a mainstay in the most “Southern” of the northern states. “I see them all over,” said Dr. Todd Shallat, Boise State professor and director of the university’s Center for Idaho History and Politics. “You want to see the confederate flag? Go to a truck stop. Gun racks. Coffee mugs. Belt buckles... Man and his symbols.” The symbol isn’t new, but it’s a tangible centerpiece in a national conversation happening in the shadow of the fatal shooting of nine AfricanAmericans in a South Carolina church. Within hours of the mass murder, photographs of the gunman—now charged with a hate crime—were all over the Internet, showing him posing with the Confederate battle flag. “This is a wakeup call to the nation,” Cornell Brooks, NAACP president and CEO, told NBC News. “Would you feel safe walking into a room of swastikas and Nazi paraphernalia? In the same way, Americans do not feel safe, do not feel comforted by this emblem of hatred, bigotry, bias and slavery.” Nate Pyles does not see any of that when he looks at the 13 stars and the two blue bars crisscrossed over a field of red. “When I see the Confederate flag, I see the fight for limited government,” Pyles told Boise Weekly. Pyles, a real estate investor and former minister, serves as chaplain for the Nampa chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, a national preservation society limited to male descendants of those who served in the Confederate armed forces. Pyles said he had two great, great uncles who fought for the South. “I think of the blood sacrifice,” he said. “Obviously, slavery is a horrible thing. None of BOISE WEEKLY.COM

us are racists. Slavery and racism are an anathema to our organization, both locally and nationally. But the southern states felt trampled by a big federal government.” Therein lies the heart of Idaho’s post-Civil War history, which still has some Idahoans whistling Dixie. “The most Southern place in America, the heart of deep Dixie— that was home to many people who ended up coming to Idaho,” said Shallat, author of more than 20 books on history and culture. “The story of Idaho starts during the Civil War, the Oregon Trail and General [Ulysses] Grant’s drive through the South.” Grant’s 1862 victories at the battles of Shiloh, Tenn., and Vicksburg, Miss., pushed some Confederate deserters, draft dodgers and many who simply wanted to escape the war to the Oregon Trail and points west. “In the beginning, southern Idaho and the Boise Basin absolutely were controlled by confederates,” said Shallat. “Then Lincoln organized the territory. Lincoln Republicans controlled Idaho’s first hierarchy of state government, but the Legislature was controlled by the Democrats.” It doesn’t take too much effort to trace those Southern roots, beginning with the Elmore County town of Dixie (founded in 1864), the Boise County community of Confederate Gulch, the Canyon County town of Dixie and the Boise County area known as Grayback Gulch, named for the large number of Confederates, aka “graybacks,” in the region. U. S. Senator William Borah, dubbed the “Lion of Idaho,” was posthumously honored by having high schools, streets, a park, and a University of Idaho foundation and theater named in his honor. Borah was noted for his isolationist views during his unsuccessful run for the U.S. presidency in 1936, but less is said about Borah’s affinity for the South. “One of Idaho’s most famous Southern sympathizers was Borah. His story is very complicated and tangled up with the South,” said Shallat. “When he ran for president, he had a constituency that looks exactly like the presidential electoral

map that Mitt Romney had in 2012. There was Idaho, Wyoming and Utah and then the Deep South. The Republican map of 2012 was the same map as the early part of the 20th century.” The ranks of Southern sympathizers were shored up, according to Shallat, by two significant waves of so-called “white flight,” in search of less diversity: in the post-Civil War years and again in the 1970s. But the ’70s brought waves of white people from southern California, and with them, some strong prejudices. “The newer arrivals were more militant. Idaho conservatives, before then, had been more libertarian, but those southern California conservatives brought in a lot of white people who thought that their place in society was being eroded,” said Shallat. “And they like Idaho. And they sure liked our attitude toward guns. They were really interested in arming themselves.” Shallat added it didn’t take much to connect the dots of that conservatism to a culture of guns. “You see those gun racks on the trucks and the Confederate flag, too. There are plenty of Southern alliances,” he said. “I don’t know if most of them see it as a symbol of white supremacy. But, you know what? It’s still about man and his symbols.” Meanwhile, at the Nampa chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, Pyles said while he sympathizes with African-Americans’ view of the Confederate battle flag, he aligned the same feelings to Native Americans. “Do you know what? It’s a bit like Native Americans when they look at the U.S. flag,” said Pyles. “That’s a lot of hurt and insult, too. There’s a lot of horror in our history.”

The headlines about racial insensitivity spread across the globe June 25, but this time the center of the debate wasn’t the Confederate flag or South Carolina. Instead, the world’s media turned its lens toward Idaho and a mural inside the under-renovation Old Ada County Courthouse and soon-to-be Boise law center for the University of Idaho College of Law-Boise. When the U of I swings open the doors of new center in August , university officials say they don’t want the public to see two permanent murals depicting white settlers about to hang a Native American. Lee Dillion, an associate dean at the law school, told Channel 6 KIVI-TV the paintings had “no connection to the history of Idaho.” He couldn’t have been more wrong. The controversial paintings, dating back to a commission from the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s, are part of the largest remaining collection of WPA art in all of Idaho. “Covering it, no matter how well intentioned, is a mistake,” said Dan Everhart, architectural historian and board member of Preservation Idaho. “Is it offensive? Yes. That said, because it tells a story, it’s important.” The mural in question is part of a progression of images for the old courthouse. Unfortunately, it wasn’t put in the right position. “That mural was intended to be on the lowest level, because it’s the lowest level of justice: mob justice. As you go up the walls, it was supposed to take you through the evolution of how law is to be administered, until you come to being judged in courts by a jury of your peers,” Everhart told Boise Weekly. “But they put it in the wrong order.” Meanwhile, it can’t be moved without being seriously damaged. “The canvas is directly affixed to the wall,” said Everhart. “It would be significant expense to take it away; odds are you would damage it.” That said, U of I doesn’t want it be on public display, despite the fact that Native American tribes worked with state officials in 2008 to place interpretative plaques that read, in part, “Their story is an important part of the mosaic of Idaho’s past, present and future.” “This instinct from the U of I of trying to protect us from ourselves is a misplaced instinct,” said Everhart. “We will suffer from that.” —George Prentice BOISEweekly | JULY 1–7, 2015 | 7

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IDAHO CONSERVATION LE AGUE

NEWS DIALING DOWN THE THERMOSTAT, DIALING UP THE DEBATE ON SOLAR POWER ‘Everybody has a plan until you get punched in the mouth’ GEORGE PRENTICE

Between 50 and 70 freight trains pass through Sandpoint every day.

NORTH IDAHO BRACES FOR OIL TRAIN IMPACTS The national economy might run on oil but for Sandpoint, the energy source could also be its undoing. About 75 north Idaho residents turned out June 24 to hear the latest on oil train threats from a panel of conservation and public safety groups, who said vigilance is important to maintain safety. “It’s going to happen eventually in Bonner County where we’ll have to deal with some kind of incident,” said Ron Stocking, fire chief both Sandpoint and the nearby community of Sagle. “Hopefully it will be a minor one.” Sandpoint is located at a critical rail juncture for freight trains carrying coal from Wyoming and Montana, and crude oil from the Bakken oil fields in North Dakota. Between 50 and 70 trains pass through the north Idaho resort town every day, and if planned export terminals on the Washington and Oregon coasts are built, that number is projected to increase dramatically. That’s worrisome to many, considering a number of derailments and explosions in recent years, including a 2013 explosion in Quebec that killed 47 people. “The reason we are seeing so many derailments is because we are running so many crude oil trains,” said Eric de Place, policy director at sustainability nonprofit Sightline Institute. Stocking said the city is preparing emergency plans in the event a derailment occurs, with human life, property and environmental protection topping the list of priorities. Meanwhile, Sandpoint City Councilwoman and Lake Pend Oreille Waterkeeper Director Shannon Williamson said the city is eyeing the possibility of a second rail bridge to accommodate more traffic. Projected for construction as early as 2018, the bridge would require a public comment period before authorization if the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers requires a special permit. Council members have formally requested this special permit, Williamson said. “Since this project is so far afield, we don’t know what the Army Corps will do, but the request has been made,” Williamson said. —Cameron Rasmusson A version of this article first appeared in the June 25 edition of the Sandpoint Reader. 8 | JULY 1–7, 2015 | BOISEweekly

Not one. Not a single person stood before the Idaho Public Utilities Commission June 24 to say Idaho Power should be allowed to dramatically limit its contracts with solar energy providers. One-by-one, members of the public—students, retirees, officials from the public and private sectors, conservation advocates, engineers and selfproclaimed energy experts—told the commission, which regulates all of the Gem State’s utilities, in no uncertain terms that the PUC should quash Idaho Power’s proposal to reduce the duration of future renewable energy sales agreements from 20 years to 24 months. Decades from now, Gem State historians may look back on that unseasonably hot June evening, when a mix of Idahoans expressed solidarity in favor of solar power and opposition to the effort to dial down renewable energy contracts. “I should caution you that commissioners are not here to offer comments,” said PUC Commissioner Paul Kjellander, setting the ground rules for what would be a two hour-plus hearing. “The commissioners serve as judge in this matter.” The proceedings did indeed run similar to a courtroom, with citizen “witnesses” being sworn in by a deputy attorney general and sitting in a witness box before the PUC “judges.” The commission kept its Boise hearing room at a comfortable 75 degrees as triple-digit heat baked the city outside the PUC’s Washington Street office. Though the meeting remained civil throughout, there was no doubt it is a heated issue. “Before a championship boxing match, someone asked Mike Tyson if he had a plan. Tyson said, ‘Everybody has a plan until you get punched in the mouth,’” said the evening’s first witness, retired energy developer Michael Heckler. “This two-year limitation of contracts is a punch in the mouth. I urge the PUC to shake this off. It limits competition and free-market regulation of prices.” Public testimony continued into the evening: some of it articulate, some of it rambling, some of it featuring homemade charts and graphs. Nearly all of the speakers identified themselves as Idaho Power customers: “[Idaho Power] chooses to be on the wrong side of environmental health and the wrong side of history,” said self-described alternative energy promoter Reed Burkholder. “Our state is blessed with clean, renewable resources and we should embrace them,” said Rebecca Bundy, Senior Planner at the City of Ketchum’s Department of Planning and Building.

“The Public Utilities Commission and Idaho Power have an ethical responsibility to open all pathways to environmental renewables,” said Ketchum artist Karen McCall, who handed commissioners a petition with 1,000 signatures opposing Idaho Power’s proposal to restrict new renewable energy contracts. “Idaho Power simply need to work a little harder on this,” said Pocatello-based engineer Brian Formusa. “They don’t need any extra PUC protections from renewable energy projects.” Representatives of Idaho Power sat mum throughout the night as every speaker voiced opposition to the plan, which we reported on in the spring (BW, News, “Here Comes the Sun, “ March 18, 2015). It was then that Idaho Power attorney Donovan Walker pointed to what he called his “hockey stick chart,” featuring a long, steady line stretching for decades before rising rapidly as it reaches 2014 and 2015. The chart demonstrates the amount of renewable energy coming through Idaho Power’s grid and the sharply rising line indicates when Idaho Power began signing contracts through the Public Utility Regulatory Policy Act, or PURPA, requiring utilities to purchase solar, wind and/or hydroelectric power from developers. “We already have, under contract, 400 MWs that will be coming in from new solar projects next year,” Donovan told Boise Weekly. “Then on top of that, there’s another 900 MWS from proposed contracts. To put that in perspective, that’s larger than our entire Hells Canyon three-dam complex. It exceeds the total load on our system.” Based on those numbers, Idaho Power balked at the mandated 20-year length of the contracts with renewable energy providers and asked the PUC to lower the contract length to two years. “It’s asking someone to buy a house but with

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only a twoyear mortgage,” said Ben Otto, energy associate with the Idaho Conservation League. “This would squash future renewable energy development.” Otto sat quietly during the June 24 public testimony. Otto, Donovan and many other parties—both pro and con—knew they would have their own day in PUC “court,” and on the morning of June 29 Donovan walked back into the same PUC hearing room carrying a box full of binders. He slapped each one down on his desk in front of PUC commissioners as he prepared for what would be multiple days of so-called “technical hearings,” in which intervenors would include other utility companies, the Idaho Conservation League, the Sierra Club, Snake River Alliance, Intermountain Energy Partners, Micron, JR Simplot Co. and about a dozen other companies or nonprofits. “Have you come to watch the fireworks?” asked Clint Kalich, manager of resource planning for Avista Power, a party to the hearing. A layperson could have been easily lost in the lengthy technical hearing as the room full of attorneys and spokespeople parsed through the Idaho Power application, but the real fireworks may come later in the month, when the PUC is expected to issue a significant ruling in the matter. “You should know that the PUC could rule on this issue as early as the end of July,” Kjellander cautioned the June 24 hearing. “So the affected parties should be on notice.” BOISE WEEKLY.COM

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Safe and sane doesn’t mean legal everywhere MICAH DREW Children thrill to the sights. Pets cower at the sounds. Law enforcement agencies hope something doesn’t go terribly wrong. The surest sign Fourth of July is looming is the appearance of stands popping up in parking lots across the Treasure Valley, each offering a profusion of pyrotechnics, ranging from small firecrackers to large fountains, and all wrapped in inviting, multi-colored packaging. “I love doing this,” said Crissy Boice, the third-generation operator of Outlet Fireworks, pointing to dangerous delights such as the “Psychedelic,” “Pyro Surprise” and “Fish out of Water. You don’t sell fireworks for the money; you do it because it’s so fun.” Boice said she has been in the fireworks trade since she was 7 years old and currently shuttles between two Boise stands this summer, both of which opened since June 25 and will shut down Sunday, July 5. Boice said her customers typically shell out $50 for fireworks, but it’s not unusual for someone to drop $200-$300 in a single visit, which would be easy to do: individual “fountains” were selling for up to $42 at Boice’s stand on the corner of State and 16th streets; variety packs of fireworks were going for as much as $150. “People just love seeing pretty colors and celebrating the Fourth of July,” said Boice, whose stand even has a kids’ section featuring sparklers and smoke balls. No one keeps a closer eye on sparks than Boise Fire Chief Dennis Doan who calls the Fourth of July “a double-edge sword.” “I really love fireworks,” Doan told Boise Weekly. “But we’ve got to be safe. The stands selling fireworks all around Boise have been inspected, and we count on them to sell the safe and sane items.” “Safe and sane” is the informal definition used throughout Idaho for legal fireworks, which includes most sparklers and some fountains, as long as they do not rocket or emit sparks more than 20 vertical feet. Even though larger fireworks are illegal in the state, the paradox is that many of them are sold right outside Boise city limits: In 2014, BOISE WEEKLY.COM

One local retailer at a Boise ﬁreworks stand told Boise Weekly that her customers typically shell out about $50, but it’s not unusual for someone to drop $200-$300 in a single visit.

Ada County emergency responders logged 138 reports of illegal fireworks. Boice said her brother’s stand outside of Nampa makes a lot more money than the stands in Boise. He sells illegal fireworks, but in order to purchase them, customers must sign a document saying they will not be used, handled, stored or lit within Idaho’s borders. But even the smallest, seemingly safest, fireworks aren’t legal everywhere. According to Boise Deputy Chief Fire Marshal Romeo Gervais, fireworks are banned in all areas north of Hill Road, in and around Camel’s Back Park and north of Warm Springs Avenue. “Even the safe and sane ones that are legal in other areas of the city are not allowed in those areas due to our wildfire risks,” said Gervais. If there’s any place in Idaho that puts the term “safe and sane” to the test, it’s the Boise County community of Crouch, where locals and visitors are encouraged to set off fireworks in the middle of town on July 4. YouTube videos chronicle how past holidays have been marked by sparks flying through crowds, past rooftops and over the local gas stations. Popular T-shirts read, “I Survived the 4th of July in Crouch,” and this year’s holiday motto is “Chaos in Crouch.” Chamber of Commerce President C.J. Scharf said they pull off the extravaganza “by the skin of our teeth.”

“There’s really a fair amount of dissent [over the fireworks] here and there,” said Scharf. “The chamber shells out $5,000$6,000 to put on a drunken bash that mostly attracts 1A and 2C plates; so it’s not really for us.” Ada and Canyon County residents who don’t head into the chaos are likely to leave the fireworks to the professionals and, as in years past, Ann Morrison Park will be packed with a daylong menu of activities (see Picks, Page 18) before the big showcase at sundown. Up to 30,000 attendees are expected in the park throughout the day, with about 10,000 staying to watch the show, managed by Oregon-based Western Display Fireworks, who said this year’s show will feature the “Eight Pattern Butterfly” and “Strobe Waterfalls.” “They’re absolutely beautiful,” Western Display co-owner Heather Gobet told BW. “They’re these really intense white strobes that are shot in a waterfall pattern… they just hang in the sky and twinkle.” City of Boise Director of Community Partnerships Diana Lachiondo said the city will spend around $25,000 for the fireworks, partnering with several sponsors. “Mainly we’re looking for a big, bold beautiful show,” said Lachiondo. “Fireworks isn’t our expertise so we leave it to the experts. It’s the epitome of the term ‘biggest bang for our buck.’” BOISEweekly | JULY 1–7, 2015 | 9

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Giovanna, the folks at the Idaho Shakespeare Festival provide us with a short biography of performers, and I must say that I’m a bit stunned to see how many shows you’ve been in. Giovanna Layne: I think I’ve done 13 shows. I don’t really keep track. When they’re over, they’re over. Maybe it’s 14. Do you want to keep performing in the coming years? Giovanna Layne: Definitely. It has already taken me quite far. If that continues, I can see this as a career.

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Mrs. Layne, I need to pause our conversation and turn to you again. What do you want for your daughter Giovanna and what don’t you want for her? Victoria Layne: Giovanna remembers that it’s important to stay humble. She gives back to her community back home in Cleveland. She would love to be performing on Broadway right now, but her dad and I are working parents and that’s not going to happen anytime soon.

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Giovanna, if you could be an actress and still have another profession, what would that be? Giovanna Layne: I have it all planned out. I want to be an actress and a lawyer.

The trio from ISF’s The Secret Garden on the secret to their success Boise Weekly rarely conducts a pre-interview before sitting down for a Citizen Q&A, but it became clear that we would be remiss if you we didn’t have a few words with Victoria Layne, mother of 11-year-old Giovanna, who this summer is the leading lady of Idaho Shakespeare Festival’s musical production of The Secret Garden. “I’ve never really been away from home before, except on a family trip,” said Giovanna, the seventh-grader who will portray Mary Lennox, the centerpiece of the musical. Victoria Layne was sitting quietly in the back of the room. “Is this going to be difficult?” we asked. “For me or for her?” Victoria asked, with a smile on her face but tears in her eyes. She was about to return to her husband and son, back home in Cleveland, “This was a very big decision for our family, but we’re all flying to Boise to see Giovanna on the Fourth of July.” What a holiday celebration that will be: Not only will it be a family reunion for the Laynes, but that same evening is Giovanna’s opening night in The Secret Garden. BW talked to the little lady with the big role, along with The Secret Garden director Victoria Bussert and choreographer Gregory Daniels.

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OK then. Moving on. With that, Victoria Bussert, let me to turn to you and ask how you choose a musical each season. This is your 10th year with ISF. Victoria Bussert: I’m actually on the outside of that process. This is a repertory company, and no single show has a cast only for that show. Nearly every single actor has to be able to do multiple shows. We’re always asking if we can cross-cast these shows. It’s quite an equation.

And you’re directing two musical productions this season Victoria Bussert: That’s right. The Secret Garden opens in early July and runs through late August. And then we have The Fantastics opening five nights later and running through late September. When did you get word that you would be directing The Secret Garden? Victoria Bussert: December. Actually, I did the national tour of The Secret Garden a long time ago. But with our production, we’re really trying to focus on telling the story with as much clarity as possible. It’s a bit different from the original Broadway show. I’m presuming that casting any musical is a challenge, but where do you begin in ﬁnding someone to ﬁll the role of Mary Lennox, who is in practically every scene of this show? Victoria Bussert: We started with an open call last winter. Giovanna Layne: I remember that very well. Victoria Bussert: It was brutally cold in Cleveland. We probably saw 25 girls for the role. But Giovanna was the clear favorite. It wasn’t terribly difficult because Giovanna has Mary’s spirit and intelligence. Giovanna Layne: I remember that I was in a production of A Christmas Carol in Cleveland and [ISF regular] Laura Perrotta told me, “You should totally audition for The Secret Garden.” I thought it sounded like a lot of fun. Victoria Bussert: And Laura is in our production as Mrs. Medlock [the head of servants at the English home where Mary is sent to live]. Gregory, where did your connection to this production begin? Gregory Daniels: From the beginning. Victoria [Bussert] and I have worked together for five years now. It’s been 20 productions.

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CITIZEN That’s practically a marriage. It’s certainly as much drama as any relationship. Gregory Daniels: But The Secret Garden is brand new for me. I’ve never worked on this particular show before. So I begin with Vicki’s vision. One of our biggest challenges was the presentation of the so-called “dreamers.” And by dreamers you’re referring to the ghosts of The Secret Garden. They’re integral to the through-line of the story. Victoria Bussert: In the opening scene, we meet Mary in India. But we soon learn that all of the adults have died of Cholera and Mary is alone. And those adults reappear as dreamers, or ghosts, through the story. They’re all invested in Mary and need to make sure she’s alright. The whole conceit of the musical is that ghosts are with us until they’re sure that we don’t need them anymore. I saw the original show on Broadway in the early 1990s and all of a sudden I remember being a blubbering mess at the end. It’s a pretty emotional experience for adults, yet kids see this as a story of empowerment. Victoria Bussert: And it gets more emotional for us as we get older. In many ways, The Secret Garden is a story about loss. How do you direct something that visceral with someone so young? Victoria Bussert: Giovanna and I will just have to find that place. Giovanna will have a different understanding of that than you or I. She is as Mary was. Giovanna is 11 and Mary was 10. Her perception of Mary’s world is much more accurate than yours or mine. There’s a song in the show called “Wick” that reminds us that even if there’s a teeny bit of life in something, it can bloom again. That’s an important theme for all of us. How challenging is your rehearsal process? Victoria Bussert: They’re long days, but they’re fun. I’ve never looked at this as being difficult. And I’m really excited for Giovanna. We spend three weeks in our rehearsal hall. The week before we open, we’re out in the amphitheater for five days on the actual set which is beautifully imagined by Jeff Herman. Talk to me about working with young performers. Victoria Bussert: It’s the best. The thing that separated Giovanna from everyone else was clear in her audition. You can find a lot of young actors who can speak the lines. The challenge has always been to find a young actor who truly listens to fellow performers. Giovanna already has a natural instinct for listening. A lot of directors make the mistake of telling children, “This is how you should act.” But for me it’s, “Show me what you want to do and let me help you with that.” BOISE WEEKLY.COM

Gregory Daniels: I’ve worked a lot with young performers. It’s more about being a friend and having some fun and just letting them be them. Gregory, I’m certain that you’ve worked with wonderful actors who are great from the waist up but have two left feet. How do you work through that challenge? Gregory Daniels: Years ago, when I was a performer, I auditioned for Crazy for You on Broadway for the great choreographer/director Susan Stroman. She said, “I’ve got four weeks. I can teach anyone to dance.” I ﬁnd that diﬃcult to believe. Gregory Daniels: That show had every shapeand-size actor. So do a lot of modern musicals. But Susan had a knack to work with that, and that stuck with me all these years later. Give me four weeks, and I’ll get you to do it. Giovanna, do you like to move around on stage? I’m guessing you’ve danced a bit in previous shows. Giovanna Layne: If the show doesn’t have any dancing, I’m prepared for the lines and music. If the show has dancing, I’m ready to move. I love to take my dance classes: ballet and tap. Do you have a favorite song in the show? Giovanna Layne: “I Heard Someone Crying.” Wow, that’s a pretty emotional moment. Victoria Bussert: If you think of it, Mary ends up saving everyone else in the show. When Frances Hodgson Burnett wrote the novel in 1910, her son had died and that really motivated her story of The Secret Garden. There are wonderful lessons for all age groups, depending on your own life experience. My sense is that much of your audience will be familiar with the novel, but very few people have seen the Broadway show. Yet, it’s one of the best-written musicals of the past 20 years. Victoria Bussert: And it’s a magnificent musical score. Giovanna’s co-stars are wonderful. There’s Stephen Mitchell Brown, who had the lead in last summer’s production of Les Miserables, as Mary’s Uncle Archibald and Stephen’s wife, Leah Jennings who plays Mary’s mother. Plus there’s Tom Ford as Neville, Archibald’s brother, and Jillian Kates who joins us after being in the touring company of Wicked. She’s playing Lilly, Archibald’s late wife who beckons Mary to come to the garden. Giovanna, I hope you can appreciate what a big deal this is. Are you up for all of this? Giovanna Layne: Absolutely yes. Victoria Bussert: Oh my gosh, what if she had said “no” right now? BOISEweekly | JULY 1–7, 2015 | 11

FIRST THURSDAY east side THE AMSTERDAM LOUNGE—Now featuring Gravlax bruschetta, sushi rolls, Amsterdam burger, baked brie, an awesome steak plate and lots more. Service starts nightly Monday through Saturday at 5 p.m. 5 p.m.-2 a.m. FREE. 609 Main St., Boise, 208-283-8048, facebook.com/ amsterdamboise. BARDENAY—Catch the distillers and tour the distillery to ﬁnd out all you want to know about our nation’s ﬁrst small batch distillery pub. A Boise original indeed. 5 p.m. FREE. 610 Grove St., Boise, 208-4260538, bardenay.com. BASQUE CENTER—Amuma Says No plays live. 5-10 p.m. FREE. 601 W. Grove St., Boise, 208-331-5097 or 208-342-9983, basquecenter. com.

HIGH NOTE CAFE—Try food made from the open kitchen, $2 specialty mimosas with seasonal local fruit and berries, six taps of local brews and a local wine list. Plus local art and live music. 5 p.m. FREE. 225 N. Fifth St., Boise, 208-429-1911, thehighnotecafe.com. IDAHO BLUEPRINT AND SUPPLY COMPANY—BOSCO artist Ann Sorenson, a watercolorist, will have her art on display through July. Stop by and see the specials and have some treats. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 619 Main St., Boise, 208-344-7878, idahoblueprint.com. INDIE MADE—See what your local Indie Makers have been up to during this sidewalk celebration at Boise’s best gift shop, right next to Boise Backyard BBQ at Sixth and Main Streets. Plus free munchies. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 108 N. Sixth St., Boise, shopindiemade.com.

BASQUE MARKET—Drop by for ﬁery pintxos and wines with a bit of sparkle. Pintxos start at 50 cents and free wine tasting with purchase of pintxos. Paella ($10.99) served at 6 p.m. 5-8 p.m. FREE. 608 W. Grove St., Boise, 208-433-1208, thebasquemarket.com.

THE MELTING POT—Take advantage of the First Thursday 2-for-$22 special. You receive a cheese fondue for two and two glasses of house wine. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 200 N. Sixth St., Boise, 208-343-8800, meltingpot.com/boise. MING STUDIOS—Check out Holding What Can’t Be Held, a group exhibition sponsored by The Snake River Alliance. Idaho artists present artwork inspired by a pilgrimage to the nuclear waste clean-up sites in our own backyard. Plus music by Bijoux and the Experimental Breeders. 11 a.m.-10 p.m. FREE. 420 S. Sixth St., Boise, 208-949-4365, mingstudios.org. OLD BOISE—Enjoy Old Boise’s Backyard Barbecue, with games, music, food, wine, Red Bull and beer by Payette, Crooked Fence, Sockeye and Pabst. 5-9 p.m. FREE. Sixth and Main Streets, Boise.

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BASQUE MUSEUM AND CULTURAL CENTER—Explore the lifestyle of the Basques in the boarding house setting and the sports associated with frontons or ball courts. Guided tours of the Jacobs Uberuaga House available every half hour from 6:308:30 p.m. Store open 5:30-8:30 p.m. Plus Live Basque music by local musicians. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 611 Grove St., Boise, 208-343-2671, basquemuseum.com. BOISE BREWING—Enjoy a threecourse beer and barbecue dinner at the brewery featuring Mickey Ray’s barbecue and, of course, Boise Brewing beer. Seating is limited, so don’t waste any time getting your tickets. 5-9 p.m. 521 W. Broad St., Boise, 208-342-7655, boisebrewing.com. BOISE FRY COMPANY—Check out BFC’s new patio and bar space as you enjoy free fry samples and live, local music. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 204 N. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-495-3858, boisefrycompany.com. BRICKYARD STEAKHOUSE— Indulge your taste buds with Brickyard’s First Thursday special: certiﬁed Angus beef tenderloin steak char-grilled with melted gorgonzola cheese atop crisp Caesar greens. Served with a glass of pinot noir. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 601 Main St., Boise, 208-287-2121, brickyardboise.com. FLYING M COFFEEHOUSE—Check out the new mixed-media show by Boise artist Erin Ruiz. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 500 W. Idaho St., Boise, 208345-4320, ﬂyingmcoffee.com. GUIDO’S NEW YORK STYLE PIZZERIA—Enjoy pizza with an attitude. You get a large one-topping pizza and one bottle of select wine, two bottles of beer, or four fountain sodas for only $22 plus tax. Dine in only. 5 p.m. FREE. 235 N. Fifth St., Boise, 208-345-9011, guidosdowntown.com.

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See nuclear activity through an artist’s eyes.

MING STUDIOS In the fall of 2014, seven artists from Boise, McCall, Pocatello and Idaho Falls took a tour of the Idaho National Laboratory with the Snake River Alliance—a nonproﬁt that focuses on curbing nuclear activity in Idaho. The artists spent time touring the places where INL stores and dumps spent nuclear fuel rods, then they came back and spent the past several months creating artwork based on their experiences. One of the artists recently lost her mother to cancer and skin disease, after a long career at the Rocky Flats Plant in Colorado. “Most of the waste from Rocky Flats has been brought to the Idaho National Laboratory,” SRA Executive Director Kelsey Nunez told Boise Weekly. “This artist was seeing the radioactive materials that killed her mother.” The exhibit, Holding What Can’t Be Held, opens First Thursday at 6 p.m. at MING Studios (420 S. Sixth St.); Bijoux and the Experimental Breeders will play music throughout the evening. The exhibit also features an open discussion on the artwork on Friday, July 10, and a ﬁlm screening on Friday, July 17 and Saturday, July 18. Nunez said the goal of this project is to bring more attention to nuclear issues in the state. “Not everyone wants to read a fact sheet,” she said. BOISE WEEKLY.COM

FIRST THURSDAY REEF—Reef has new palapas that provide much needed shade, so you can party on the patio. 105 S. Sixth St., Boise, 208-287-9200, reefboise.com. SILLY BIRCH—Don’t miss Silly Birch Tub Night, featuring 32 oz. Tub-OBeer for only $3. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 507 Main St., Boise, 208-3441889, sillybirch.com/. TOM GRAINEY’S—Head on down for Rockeoke every First Thursday. 10 p.m. FREE. 109 S. Sixth St., Boise, 208-345-2505, tomgraineys. com.

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TRADER JOE’S—Stop by for your Fourth of July barbecue essentials. Trader Joe’s will have some fantastic barbecue ideas and food samples, plus wine pairings and expanded beer tastings. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 300 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-336-7282, traderjoes.com. WHISKEY BAR—Join the Whiskey Bar for an exciting whiskey-andcheese pairing. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 509 W. Main St., Boise, 208-345-2505, whiskeybarboise.com. ZEE’S ROOFTOP CAFE—Enjoy live music on the patio, wine tasting,

free appetizers, local art, beer and wine for sale, a dinner menu with local ﬂair, and free parking 5-9 p.m. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 250 S. Fifth St., Boise, 208-381-0034.

south side ATOMIC TREASURES—Check out the collection of vintage, retro, art and found objects. You’ll ﬁnd decorative and unique treasures for home, jewelry, books, collectibles, vintage ephemera. Lots of weird

stuff, cool junk, unusual and unforgettable gifts. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 409 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-344-0811. BASQUE SOCCER FRIENDLY HQ— Drop by for wine tasting courtesy of Cinder Wines and 10 percent off Basque Soccer Friendly, Athletic Club Bilbao and Club Tijuana merchandise to get ready for the game on Saturday, July 18, in Albertson’s Stadium. Proceeds beneﬁt the Basque Studies Foundation and Idaho Youth Soccer Association. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 401 S. Eighth St., Boise, basquesoccerfriendly.com.

BODOVINO—Enjoy happy hour 11 a.m.-3 p.m., and 9 p.m.-close, plus free wine tasting 5-7 p.m. 11 a.m.11 p.m. FREE. 404 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-336-8466, bodovino. com. BOISE ART MUSEUM—Admission is by donation and in BAM’s galleries, 4-7 p.m., learn about Op Art as seen in the exhibition Richard Elliott: Language of Light. Then create your own optical art. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. By donation. 670 Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208-345-8330, boiseartmuseum.org.

BOISE PUBLIC LIBRARY—Enjoy the Treasure Valley Children’s Theater’s performance of Super Hero Social Skills, a fun show for preschool and school-aged kids. 6:30 p.m. FREE. 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-384-4076, boisepubliclibrary.org. BONEFISH GRILL—Drop by for $6 Bang Bang Shrimp appetizer from 4 p.m. to close, with purchase. Plus Happy Hour 3-6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m.-close. 4 p.m. FREE. 855 W. Broad St., Boise, 208-433-1234, boneﬁshgrill.com.

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FIRST THURSDAY CHERISHED IMAGES PHOTOGRAPHY/ CSI PHOTO DESIGN—Watch the action unfold as you meet the artists and see live modeling demonstrations in this upscale boutique studio located inside the 8th Street Marketplace. Creatives will appreciate the work, everyone will enjoy the music and refreshments. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 404 S. Eighth St., Ste. 166, Boise, 208-331-2288, cherishedimages.net. FRESH OFF THE HOOK SEAFOOD—Voted Best of Boise 10 years in a row, FOTH will be offering $2 off all beer on tap,

wine and appetizers, such as calamari strips, seared ahi, crab cakes and more. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 401 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-343-0220, freshoffthehookseafood. com.

HAIRLINES—Ready for something new for summer? Trim? Highlights? New style? Call Lui the Hair Whisperer for an appointment. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 409 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-383-9009.

GALLERY FIVE18—Heather Bauer showcases Chasing the Moth: How fleeting inspiration can be for creators of all types. This idea is embodied by the moth and the multiple squiggly trails it leaves as it flits just out of arm’s reach. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 518 S. Americana Blvd., Boise, 208-342-3773, galleryfive18.com.

HA’ PENNY BRIDGE IRISH PUB AND GRILL—Enjoy the special Irish menu or one of the 26 beers they have on tap, featuring 10 percent off for First Thursday. Happy hour 4-6:30 p.m. daily and live music starts at 8:30 p.m. 5 p.m. FREE. W. 855 Broad St., Ste. 250, Boise, 208-343-5568, hapennybridgepub.com.

HAPPY FISH SUSHI/MARTINI BAR— Enjoy a special 10 percent discount on any purchases made at Happy Fish. We have full selections of liquor, 34 martinis and 24 beers on tap. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 855 W. Broad St., Boise, 208-343-4810, happyﬁshsushi.com.

JULIA DAVIS PARK—Docent-led tours offer visitors an introduction to Boise’s ﬂagship park. During the one-hour walk, which starts at the Rose Garden Gazebo, knowledgeable volunteer docents identify sites and markers of historic signiﬁcance, revealing why Julia Davis Park is the cultural and historic heart of Boise. 4 p.m. FREE. 700 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise.

JOSIE ANNE’S BOUTIQUE—Check out Boise’s newest unique boutique. We have retro, chic, trendy and boho dresses, home decor and so much more. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 404 S. Eighth St., Ste. 150, Boise, 208-424-8900.

LIQUID—Don’t miss out on BOGO comedy tickets, plus fantastic food specials from Solid and deals on local brews at the club that features national touring acts and great comedy ﬁve nights a week. 5 p.m. FREE. 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise. com. LIT & CO. CANDLES—Beer + Candles + Fun = Win. Payette Brewing will be in the shop with delicious beer samples. Lit will be featuring their Cascade Hops candle for only $10 during the tasting. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 755 W. Broad St., Boise, 208-994-1041, litandco.com. POSTMODERN BREWERS—First Thursday this July features delicious, decadent confections from Emmeli’s Cakes, paired with PostModern beers. There will be four beers with four desserts for only $10. Plus free parking for up to one hour and 20 minutes. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 603 Capital Blvd., Boise, 208-342-0944, postmodernbrewers. com. QUE PASA—Enjoy the best in Mexican expression, featuring thousands of items from Mexican master craftsmen: Sterling silver, pottery, blown glass, Talavera, dragons, fairies, mermaids and Day of the Dead. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 409 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-385-9018. R. GREY GALLERY—July features Wool and Spice’s hand-made felted wool purses, pouches and boxes. Toast the Fourth of July with hand-blown stemware made by Romeo Glass that combines beauty and functionality with the innovative look of metal wire on glass. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 415 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-385-9337, rgreygallery.com. SNAKE RIVER WINERY—Stop in and celebrate independence with red, white and blue Jell-o shots. You can also pick up some picnic gear and wine for the weekend, with 20 percent off all cases. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 786 W. Broad St., Boise, 208-345-9463. SOLID GRILL AND BAR—Don’t miss out on the free tasting, free art show and free appetizers, plus 2-for-1 drinks and live music. 5 p.m. FREE. 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-345-6620, solidboise.com. THE VINTAGE TRUNK—Stop by and check out the unique new and vintage home décor. 5-8 p.m. FREE. Foster Building, 409 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-841-2371.

central downtown BALCONY CLUB—Salsa dance instruction from 8-9 p.m., with open dance until midnight. 8 p.m. $5. 150 N. Eighth St., Ste. 226, Boise, 208-336-1313, thebalconyclub.com. BANK OF THE WEST—Stop by and enjoy a free cup of Moxie Java iced coffee, and meet the downtown Bank of the West team. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 827 W. Idaho St., Boise, 208-343-0606, bankofthewest.com. BARBARA BARBARA AND CO.—Drop by and say goodbye to Barb and Barb, who are retiring in style after 31 wonderful years. There will be discounts throughout the store, so shop now while selection of sizes and styles are at their best. 6-9 p.m. FREE. 807 W. Bannock St., Boise, 208-342-2002. BITTERCREEK ALEHOUSE—Art of the Worm: Get to know the underground worms that Bittercreek Alehouse employs in their quest to eliminate organic waste. Tours run from 6-8:30 p.m. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 246 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-429-6340, bcrﬂ.com/bittercreek. CHANDLERS STEAKHOUSE—Enjoy some special new bites at Chandlers new social hour 4-6 p.m., featuring a menu of delicious small plates and creative cocktails, all priced $5-$7. This menu is exclusive to these hours only. 4 p.m. FREE. 981 W. Grove St., Boise, 208-383-4300, chandlersboise.com. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING ROOM—Take advantage of specials on products as well as audio/visual presentations on spiritual healing based on the Bible. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 222 N. 10th St., Boise, 208-344-5301, cschurchboise.org/readingroom.html.

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FIRST THURSDAY CITY PEANUT SHOP—Wet your whistle with City Peanut Shop and Boise Brewing. You can try out and beer pairings to cool you off during these summer months. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 803 W. Bannock St., Boise, 208-433-3931. COSTA VIDA—The coast is calling at Costa Vida downtown. Surf in for the best beach-inspired fresh Mexican food now available downtown, on the Grove. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 801 W. Main St., Boise, 208-429-4109, costavida.net. EVERMORE PRINTS—Local artist Spencer Hattabaugh debuts Places To Hide, a photographic investigation into the lights that illuminate the night. Plus beer, wine and nibbles. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 780 W. Main St., Boise, 208-991-3837, evermoreprints.com. FLATBREAD NEAPOLITAN PIZZERIA—Enjoy happy hour 4-6 p.m. with 50 percent off all cocktails, beer and wine. After 5 p.m., you’ll get 20 percent off all bottles of wine until they’re gone. Kids under 12 eat free with the purchase of an adult meal. Limit two per table. 4 p.m. FREE. 800 W. Main, Ste. 230, Boise, 208287-4757, ﬂatbreadpizza.com.

OLD CHICAGO—Kids eat free. Featuring happy hour and Blue Moon paint the glass promotion 4-7 p.m., and live music by Like a Rocket 6-9 p.m. Plus $1 off all pints, $5 tall drafts and $3 well cocktails 5-9 p.m. FREE. 730 W. Idaho St., Boise, 208-363-0037, oldchicago.com. OLIVIN OLIVE OIL AND VINEGAR TAPROOM—Start your Fourth of July weekend cookout with some great balsamic vinegars and extra virgin olive oils. The fused green chili olive oil would be a great place to start. Plus, as always, free tastings. 5-8 p.m. FREE. 218 N. Ninth St., Boise, 208-344-0306, olivinboise. com. RUTH’S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE—Try out the offerings from local Idaho wineries Hat Ranch Winery—voted 2014 Idaho Winery to Watch—and Vale Winery 4:30-6:30 p.m. Taste and visit with sommelier Ryan Robinson. 4:30 p.m. FREE. 800 W. Main St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-426-8000, ruthschrisprime.com/boise.

SUPERB SUSHI—Swing on down and sample some awesome wines as well as in-house smoked salmon. Unlimited $1 nigiri with the purchase of any sushi roll all night long. Located beneath Thomas Hammer Coffee. 6-8 p.m. FREE. 208 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-385-0123, superbsushidowntown.com.

west side ALLAN R. ANSELL PHOTOGRAPHY—Featuring an open studio, with complimentary portraits. 5-9 p.m. FREE. Alaska Center, 1020 Main St., Boise, 208-863-2808, ansellphotography.com. ART SOURCE GALLERY—Don’t miss the opening reception for ASG’s 13th Annual Juried Exhibition, featuring about 45 works from artists across the nation. Winners will be announced, and there’ll be music by Wayne White and wines by Indian Creek Winery. 5-9 p.m. FREE.

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JAMBA JUICE—Enjoy free samples of premium freshly squeezed juices, including all natural fresh produce, all day long. 8 a.m.-8 p.m. FREE. 132 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-6581765, jambajuice.com. LEAF TEAHOUSE—Celebrate Leaf’s ﬁrst anniversary with a free sample of their new Celebration blend tea and special vegan treats. With music by Hollow Wood in the Loft from 6-8 p.m. All ages welcome. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 212 N. Ninth St., Boise, 208-336-5323, leafteahouse.com.

MIXED GREENS—County Line Brewing will be pouring tastes of their brews, and artist Jenny Miller, aka Japricorn, will be showing off her fun jewelry and accessories. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 237 N. Ninth St., Boise, 208-344-1605, ilikemixedgreens. com. MODE LOUNGE—Drop by to meet photographer Ryan Cheatham and view his artwork. His installation will be up for the entire month of July. Plus beer and wine tastings and nightlong specials. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 800 W. Idaho St., Boise, 208-3426633, themodelounge.com.

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BEN & JERRY’S SCOOP SHOP—As always, enjoy $1 scoops all day on First Thursday. 1-8 p.m. FREE. 103 N. 10th St., Boise, 208-342-1992, benjerry.com. BOISE ART GLASS AND FIREFUSION STUDIO—Watch free demonstrations while enjoying light refreshments. Craft Brew Alliance will be sampling and selling beer. First Thursday classes feature make your own glass hummingbird feeder ($40) and make your own silver foil and glass enamel jewelry ($25). Call to reserve your seat. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 1124 W. Front St., Boise, 208-345-1825, boiseartglass.com. BOISE CREATIVE CENTER—You drive by the studio all the time, wondering, “what do they do there? BCC is a full-function commission art studio with a huge list of professional services. Every day is First Thursday at the BCC, so stop by anytime. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 1204 W. Front St., Boise, 208-371-9697, facebook.com/boise.creative.center.

at the shop. 5-9 p.m. FREE. Alaska Center, 1020 W. Main St., Ste. 111, Boise, 208-336-1747, lillyjanescupcakes.com.

INTERFAITH SANCTUARY—Take a look at the I Am Project, a compelling exhibit of words and images that tells a story of the shelter’s guests. 5-9 p.m. FREE. Alaska Center, 1020 W. Main St., Boise, 208-343-4160, interfaithsanctuary.org. LANEIGE BRIDAL AND TUX—Find the dress of your dreams at LaNeige Bridal during their $299 sale. That’s right, only $299 for a wedding dress. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 1020 W. Main St., Ste. 104, Boise, 208-514-0439, laneigebridal.com. LILLY JANE’S CUPCAKES—Check out the new downtown location and get a FREE cupcake. You’ll also want to take advantage of special pricing, with $2 large cupcakes and $1 baby cakes. Plus Olive and Vyne will be doing a free taste testing of their balsamic vinegars that Lilly Jane’s uses in their cupcakes and sells

ONE NINTEEN BOISE—Stop in for some ﬁne local wines and beers. You can browse the design center for the new One Nineteen project under way next door. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 117 S. 10th St., Boise, 208-3434606, onenineteenboise.com. THE RECORD EXCHANGE—Enjoy buy-2-get-1-free savings all around the store, including used CDs, vinyl, DVDs, Blu-ray and cassettes, espresso drinks and select items in the gift shop. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 1105 W. Idaho St., Boise, 208-344-8010, therecordexchange.com.

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CHANDI LIGHTING STUDIO—Swing by the beautiful chandelier studio for a not-to-be-missed group show. You can view an array of artists and mediums inspired by crystal as you peruse the selection of rock crystal. Plus $3 theme cocktails by Hawthorne Beverage Catering. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 1110 W. Jefferson St., Boise, 208-331-8332, chandilighting.com. CHI E SHENAM WESTIN—Featuring art in the Alaska Center, with photography by Allen Ansell; landscapes of the West by Chi E Shenam Westin; and pen and ink by Joseph Pacheco. 5-9 p.m. FREE. Alaska Center, 1020 Main St., Boise, ﬁneartamerica.com/proﬁles/ chieshenam-westin.html.

LUX FASHION LOUNGE—If you’re looking for new and resale men’s and women’s clothing for a fraction of retail price, then this is your place. You’ll also ﬁnd a unique selection of jewelry, hats and purses. Different local art is featured each month. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 785 W. Idaho St., Boise, 208-344-4589. MCU SPORTS—Check out all the new stuff, including lots of new summer clothing. Plus new bikes, clothing and helmets; and great selection of running shoes for the road and trail. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 822 W. Jefferson St., Boise, 208-3427734, mcusports.com.

1015 W. Main St., Boise, 208-3313374, artsourcegallery.com.

CRAZY NEIGHBOR—Join the fun poolside with DJ, snacks and a great sale, with 10 percent off all hats and sunglasses. What better way to add enjoyment to a summer day. 4-9 p.m. FREE. 1415 W. Grove St., Boise, 208-957-6480, crazyneighbor.biz. An evening of beer and barbecue with a few hundred of your closest friends.

OLD BOISE BACKYARD BBQ The bars and restaurants along Sixth and Main streets usually aren’t the ﬁrst thing people think of when they think of First Thursday activities. “People go to art galleries and glass blowing demonstrations,” said Cassidy Kay of Tom Grainey’s Sporting Pub. “They don’t think of bars, though. So we thought, ‘Let’s pump it up again.’” That’s why the owners of Old Boise, China Blue, Dirty Little Roddy’s, Amsterdam Lounge, Silly Birch, Tom Grainey’s, the Front Door, Reef and Whiskey Bar decided to do something a little different to attract attention. This First Thursday, a block of Sixth Street will be closed to cars and open to an Old Boise Backyard Barbecue, complete with canned beer from Crooked Fence Brewing, a DJ, barbecue and burger food trucks, and games from 7-11 p.m. “We wanted to do something more exciting than wine and cheese,” Kay said. If you miss this one, you can catch it next First Thursday (Aug. 6) as well.

THE DISTRICT COFFEE HOUSE— Swing by for an art show featuring local artist Grace McBride and free samples of single-origin pour-over coffee. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 219 N. 10th St., Boise, 208-343-1089, districtcoffeehouse.com. FOOT DYNAMICS—Save an additional 10 percent off all items already on sale. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 1021 W. Main St., Boise, 208-386-3338. GALLERY 601—Local graphic artist Brian Florence unveils the latest installment of The Guitar Series, featuring 12 images of great guitars, played by great musicians, all perfect for your family/music room. The artist will be on hand to sign all artwork purchased that evening. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 211 N. 10th St., Boise, 208-336-5899, gallery601.com.

It’s more than just a walk in the park: It’s entertaining education.

JULIA DAVIS PARK Anyone who has lived in or visited Boise has no doubt spent time in Julia Davis Park, but many don’t know who Julia Davis was. Turns out, she was pretty cool. “Julia was really a welcome wagon,” said Diane Davis Myklegard, Davis’ great-granddaughter. “She would go down as the pioneers came in their carriages and greet them—particularly the women. She had such empathy for the women and what they went through on their journeys. She came across on a wagon train, so she knew what it was like. She knew the hardship they felt.” That is just one of the many facts that are part of the Julia Davis Park Docent Tours, led by volunteers. The hour-long tours are offered every First Thursday at 4 p.m. from May to October. “Some of the volunteers [wear] in period dress, which gives you more of a feeling for that time,” Myklegard said. “I don’t think any of us stop to think about what it was like to walk around in that kind of garb in July.” The tour starts at the Rose Garden Gazebo. It’s free, but participants must pre-register online at juliadavispark.org. BOISEweekly | JULY 1–7, 2015 | 15

CALENDAR WEDNESDAY JULY 1 Festivals & Events TAMARACK WATERFRONT CABANA AT POISON CREEK OPENING—The new Tamarack Waterfront Cabana at Poison Creek Campground and Day Use Area is open for business July 1-Labor Day. Located just north of the group pavilion, the dock and yurt-style retail facility features a variety of amenities and rentals, including motorized boats, stand-up-paddleboards, kayaks, boat mooring, lawn games and a small store. MondaysThursdays through Sept. 7. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE. Tamarack Resort, 2099 W. Mountain Road (off Hwy 55, Donnelly. 208-325-1011, waterfront@tamarackidaho.com.

On Stage ROCKSTAR MAYHEM FESTIVAL— Featuring Slayer, King Diamond, Hellyeah and Devil Wears Prada, plus Whitechapel, Sworn In, They Art is Murder, Code Orange, Jungle Rot, Sister Sin, Shattered Sun, Feed Her to the Sharks and Kissing Candice. 12:30 p.m. $49.50. Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater, 16200 Idaho Center Blvd., Nampa, 208468-1000, idahocenter.com.

Art 13TH ANNUAL JURIED ART SHOW—Winners will be announced at a reception on First Thursday, July 2. Mondays-Saturdays through July 31. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE. Art Source Gallery, 1015 W. Main St., Boise, 208-331-3374, artsourcegallery.com. CO-CREATION PROJECT—Through Sept. 30. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE-$6. Boise Art Museum, 670 Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208-345-8330, boiseartmuseum.org.

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CRAIG CULLY: SINGULAR MARVELS—Through July 31. Noon-4 p.m. Stewart Gallery, 2230 Main St., Boise, 208-433-0593, stewartgallery.com. ONE SQUARE MILE FINE ART SHOW—Through August. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. The Gallery at Finer Frames, 164 E. State St., Ste. B, Eagle, 208-888-9898, ﬁnerframes. com. RED CIRCLE PRESS: TRANSLUCENCY—Through July 12. FREE. Boise State Special Events Center, 1800 University Drive, Boise, 208426-1242, ﬁnearts.boisestate.edu.

Calls to Artists BPL COMIC CON DRAWING CONTEST—Boise Public Library wants you to draw or paint your favorite comic book, television or movie character, or even invent a character of your own, for the BPL’s Comic Con Drawing Contest. Then, ﬁll out an entry form and take your art and the form to the checkout desk at any Boise Public Library location through 5 p.m. on Friday, July 31. Entry forms are available at any Boise Public Library location or online. Winning entries will be on display at Library Comic Con on Saturday, Aug. 29, at the Main Library. FREE. Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208384-4076, boisepubliclibrary.org/ LibraryComicCon.

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TVAA SPRING AWAKENING— Through July 17. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. Boise State Public Radio, 220 E. Parkcenter Blvd., Boise, 208-426-3663, treasurevalleyartistsalliance.org. WEATHER OR NOT—Through March 20. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE$6. Boise Art Museum, 670 Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208-345-8330, boiseartmuseum.org.

experiments during the library’s Summer Fest STEAM Camp in June and July. Offered weekly at all four BPL locations. 4 p.m. FREE. Library at Collister, 4724 W. State St., Boise, 208-562-4995, boisepubliclibrary.org. NAMPA WEDNESDAY TRAVELING PLAYGROUND—Join Nampa Parks and Rec on Wednesdays through Aug. 5 at Lakeview Park (11:30 a.m.) and West Park (noon) for organized activities such as soccer, football, basketball, jump rope, volleyball, tag games and more. The Traveling Playground operates in conjunction with the Oasis Summer Feeding Program, so you can go out to the park, have lunch and play. FREE.

Odds & Ends Kids & Teens BPL SUMMER FEST STEAM CAMP—Kids ages 6-12 can learn about life in the ocean, sing with a live band and conduct science

SATURDAY, JULY 4

You know the nearer your destination, the more you’re slip slidin’ away.

2015 BEST OF BOISE NOMINATIONS—Boise Weekly is pleased to announce the opening of nominations for the 2015 Best of Boise. This year, voting will take place in two

rounds. First, we’re taking nominations (so we can add them to the ballot) through Monday, July 20. The second round is voting, Aug. 5-Aug. 31. Winners will be published Sept. 23. To submit your local-only nominations, visit boiseweekly.com and click on the BOB link, or to connect by phone, text “Boiseweekly” to 77948. Through July 20. FREE. boiseweekly.secondstreetapp.com/l/ Boise-Weeklys-Voters-Choice-2.

THURSDAY JULY 2 Festivals & Events FIRST THURSDAY IN DOWNTOWN BOISE—First Thursday takes place in downtown Boise from 5-9 p.m. and focuses on providing visitors the chance to stroll through the shops and galleries in downtown while enjoying in-store entertainment and special events. 5-9 p.m. FREE. Downtown Boise, 208-4725251, downtownboise.org.

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Making ﬁreworks out of ﬁre.

CANYON COUNTY FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATIONS

SLIDE THE CITY, FOURTH OF JULY IN ANN MORRISON PARK

OLD FASHIONED FOURTH OF JULY FAMILY FUN DAY IN IDAHO CITY

Whoever said fireworks displays must be limited to July 4 forgot to tell Nampa. On Thursday, July 2, the Ford Idaho Center will host what the annual God and Country Festival calls the “Treasure Valley’s largest fireworks display.” 5 p.m., FREE. Ford Idaho Center, 16200 Idaho Center Blvd., godandcountryfestival.com. Then, get your fireworks on again two days later in Melba, which says its display, with the Owyhees as a backdrop, is the “grandest.” It’s all part of the annual Melba Old Tyme Fourth of July Celebration, which includes a car show, horseshoe tournament, live music and the popular Olde Tyme parade. Parade chairman Jane Zeyer told the Kuna Melba News “all entries are welcome” and it’s “never too late to enter.” Contact Zeyer at 208-495-2241 with questions. 10:30 a.m., FREE. Melba, 33 miles south of Boise on I-84, melba4thofjuly.com.

Cool off on the Fourth by shooting down Americana Boulevard on Slide the City’s 1,000-foot-long vinyl waterslide. Sliding starts at 10 a.m. and costs $24-$30 for one trip down, $37-$45 for three. Proceeds benefit Ronald McDonald House. Sliders must have a tube to ride. Visit slidethecity.com for more info. Down the hill, find family friendly fun at the annual Fourth of July Fireworks Celebration with food, booths, live music, Boise Parks and Rec’s recreation van, a bike parade with Boise Police Department patrol officers and the Idaho Statesman Chalk Art Festival (free for kids 11 and younger, $10 for ages 12-17, $15 for adults). Finish the day with Western Display Fireworks’ dazzling show (around 10:15 p.m.), followed by a screening of Under the Sea. All day. FREE-$45. Ann Morrison Park, 1000 N. Americana Blvd. Full schedule of events available at parks.cityofboise.org.

In early June, a fire in Idaho City destroyed several businesses including Calamity Jaynes, the Idaho City Trading Post, the Sarsaparilla Ice Cream Parlor, Old Time Photo, Main Street Floral and Candle Shop, and a vacant business. Though no one was injured in the blaze, the entire town suffered both economically and emotionally, but the Old West pioneer spirit is alive and well in the small community of around 500 as Idaho City citizens (Idaho Cityzens?) are working to rebuild. They could use your support and the Idaho City Volunteer Fire Department promises to make it easy—and fun: There’s a parade, kids’ games, a triathlon, a wheelbarrow race, shootouts, a reading of the Declaration of Independence at John Brogan Park and fireworks at dusk in the football field. Noon, FREE. Idaho City, 50 miles from Boise on Highway 21.

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CALENDAR FULL CIRCLE EXCHANGE: EMPOWERING WOMEN, CHANGING LIVES—Get information about the Boise-based job training program for women in transition while shopping their unique boutique. Items are individually handcrafted through the Full Circle Exchange global artisan collective. All purchases go directly toward improved income, education, enrichment and new opportunities for women in our community. Plus fair-trade coffee and chocolate sampling. 5-9 p.m. FREE. The Linen Building, 1402 W. Grove St., Boise, 208-385-0111, fullcircleexchange.com.

On Stage IMPROV WITH SAUSAGE PARTY OF FIVE—2013 Improv Comedy Cage Match winners Sausage Party of 5 is a very funny comedy improv troupe made up of ﬁve of Boise’s funniest local comedians. 8 p.m. $10-$12. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise.com.

KLEINER PARK LIVE: 562ND AIRFORCE BAND—The exciting rhythms and energy of jazz in all of its forms are the repertoire of this 20-member group. 5:30 p.m. FREE. Julius M. Kleiner Memorial Park, 1900 N. Records Ave., near Fairview Avenue and Eagle Road, Meridian, kleinerparklive.com.

per Hero Social Skills, followed by a fun activity. Great for kids in grades pre-K through sixth. 6:30-7:30 p.m. FREE. Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-384-4076, boisepubliclibrary.org.

OPERA ELECT: TOMORROW, TOMORROW, A SUMMER MUSICAL— Don’t miss this fun and clever one-act musical featuring the lives of two roommates: Alex and Jill are both trying to follow their artistic dreams. However, Jill’s future as an aspiring opera singer threatens the duo’s friendship and Alex’s own personal struggles aren’t helping either. For all ages. 7 p.m. $15-$25. Riverside Hotel Sapphire Room, 2900 W. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-343-1871, operaelect.org.

FLY BOISE TRAPEZE CLASSES— Have you ever dreamed of flying? Participants of nearly all ages and abilities will be guided by three flying trapeze professionals to accomplish a trick that matches the flyer’s ability level. Beginning classes require no special skills; serious flyers may accept the challenge of ever-increasing levels of difficulty. Private parties available. 7 p.m. $45. Fly Boise Aerial Arts Center, 5315 N. Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-794-5327, facebook. com/flyboise.

TREASURE VALLEY CHILDREN’S THEATER: SUPER HERO SOCIAL SKILLS—Celebrate Summer Fest by attending this Treasure Valley Children’s Theater performance of Su-

MAKING KOMBUCHA TEA—Learn how to make kombucha tea, including ingredients and equipment to use, storage, multiplying (and sharing) your SCOBY (symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast), and more. This is a super easy and nutritious drink that anyone can make. 6-8 p.m. FREE. North End Organic Nursery, 3777 E. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-389-4769, northendnursery. com.

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Workshops & Classes

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Art THE AQUARIUM DELIRIUM— Trailhead Boise presents a unique art exhibition by Boise artist Sam Johnson, where high art meets high tech at the bottom of the sea. 6 p.m. FREE. Trailhead, 500 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-871-9139.

Wouldn’t you like to weekend in Wood River Valley?

FOURTH OF JULY IN THE WOOD RIVER VALLEY There are several reasons to pack up the family and head to the Wood River Valley. In Hailey, the Draper Preserve Riverfest offers ﬂoating, music by The Kim Stocking Band, free food and ice cream, and much more. 2-5 p.m., FREE, members.haileyidaho.com. In Stanley, watch the Fourth of July Parade, which morphs into a street dance with music by Free Peoples, followed by ﬁreworks. 5 p.m., FREE. Pioneer Park, stanleycc.org. Or, head to the Throwdown in Dogtown with music from Chris Knight with the Full Band, Dirty River Boys, Shane Smith & The Saints, Old Death Whisper and The Barking Owls. 6:30 p.m., $25. Mountain Village Resort, 3 Eva Falls Ave., rightlaneproductions.net. In Sun Valley, cool off when Sun Valley on Ice kicks off with 2014 Olympic Gold medalists Meryl Davis and Charlie White and many more. 9:30 p.m., $44-$144, Sun Valley Lodge, 1 Sun Valley Road, sunvalley.com. BOISE WEEKLY.COM

SVCA FREE EVENING TOUR—Get a last look at Moving Pictures: Early Animation and Its Inﬂuence before the exhibit closes July 3. Featured artist Shelley Jordon will speak about her hand-drawn animated ﬁlms and their connection to her painting and drawing practices. As always, you can enjoy a glass of wine along with your guided tour. 5:30 p.m. FREE. Sun Valley Center for the Arts, 191 Fifth St. E., Ketchum, 208-726-9491, sunvalleycenter.org.

Sports & Fitness DROP-IN CO-ED VOLLEYBALL— Join Boise Parks and Rec for summer drop-in co-ed volleyball Mondays and Thursdays through Aug. 27. Games run from 6 p.m. to sunset on grass courts in the east end of the park (near the tennis courts). Thursdays are for lower/ rec players. Open to players 16 and older. Play is four-person draw. You must be there by 5:45 p.m. for the draw and be able to play until sunset. No preregistration required. 5:45 p.m. $4. Julia Davis Park, 700 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, parks. cityofboise.

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CALENDAR Kids & Teens BPL SUMMER FEST STEAM CAMP—Kids ages 6-12 can learn about life in the ocean, sing with a live band and conduct science experiments during the library’s Summer Fest STEAM Camp in June and July. Offered weekly at all four BPL locations. 4 p.m. FREE. Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-384-4076, boisepubliclibrary.org. NAMPA THURSDAY TRAVELING PLAYGROUND—Join Nampa Parks and Rec on Thursdays through Aug. 6 at Mary Ellen Meadows (11:30 a.m.) and Indian Creek Park (12:30 p.m.) for organized activities such as soccer, football, basketball, jump rope, volleyball, tag games and more. The Traveling Playground operates in conjunction with the Oasis Summer Feeding Program, so go out to the park, have lunch and play. Thursdays. Continues through Aug. 6. FREE.

Odds & Ends SALSA DANCING—The evening kicks off with dance lessons, followed by open Salsa dancing until midnight. 8 p.m. $5. Balcony Club, 150 N. Eighth St., Ste. 226, Boise, 208-336-1313, thebalconyclub. com.

St. Luke’s Sports Medicine

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Food truck rally on the Village Green 11am-4pm Have lunch and watch top Amateur bike racing Free Kids Race FOOD TRUCKS: VietMom Grill, P. Ditty’s Wrap Wagon, Brown Shuga Soul Food, Il Segreto Wood Fired Pizza

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the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of ‘Night Mother. Orphaned in India, 11 year-old Mary Lennox returns to Yorkshire to live with her embittered, reclusive uncle Archibald and his invalid son Colin. The estate’s many wonders include a magic garden, which beckons the children with haunting melodies, and the “Dreamers,” spirits from Mary’s past who guide her through this compelling tale of forgiveness and renewal. 8 p.m. $12-$44. Idaho Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, 208-336-9221, idahoshakespeare.org.

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LIQUID COMEDY SHOWCASE—10 p.m. $7. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise.com.

Festivals & Events

Art ART ZONE 208 FIRST FRIDAY—Party down this First Friday at Boise’s artist co-op gallery. There’ll be new art to check out and artists demonstrating their particular craft, plus live music, wine, food truck and lots of fun. 6-9 p.m. FREE. Art Zone 208, 3113 N. Cole Road, Boise, 208-322-9464, facebook.com/ artzone208.

INDEPENDENCE DAY MIXED COUPLES CHAPMAN—Play nine holes of golf, with cart, prizes, awards and dinner buffet. 4 p.m. $80. Banbury Golf Club, 2626 N. Marypost Place, Eagle, 208-9393600, banburygolf.com.

SATURDAY JULY 4 27TH ANNUAL ROSEBERRY ARTS AND CRAFTS FAIRE—Don’t miss this famous regional juried event. All items are original and handmade for this family friendly experience in beautiful Long Valley. Historic Roseberry is located off Hwy. 55 one mile east of Donnelly. 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. Roseberry Townsite, 2598 E. Roseberry Road, McCall, McCall Chamber 800-260-5130 or 208-634-7631, historicroseberry.com. BOISE FARMERS MARKET—9 a.m.-1 p.m. FREE. Boise Farmers Market, 10th and Grove, Boise, 208-345-9287, theboisefarmersmarket.com.

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Festivals & Events BPL HOLIDAY CLOSURE—All locations of the Boise Public Library will be closed July 3-4 in observance of Independence Day. boisepubliclibrary.org.

On Stage 562ND AIR FORCE AND COMMUNITY BAND CONCERT—Enjoy the inspiring music of the 562nd Air Force Band, joined by the Boise Community Band for a 100-person ensemble. Under the direction of Capt. Vu Nguyen, the ensemble performs all styles of music, from military marches and patriotic selections to Broadway shows, movie themes and timeless concert literature. 6 p.m. FREE. Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise. 208-343-8649, idahobotanicalgarden.org/events/air-force-bandcommunity-concert. IMPROV WITH SAUSAGE PARTY OF FIVE—8 p.m. and 10 p.m. $12. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise. com. ISF: THE SECRET GARDEN PREVIEW—This enchanting classic of children’s literature is re-imagined in brilliant musical style by composer Lucy Simon and Marsha Norman,

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CALENDAR BOISE FOURTH OF JULY FIREWORKS—This family-friendly event features a chalk art festival, children’s games, a children’s bike decorating contest, rodeo and parade, food and beverages, and more. The ﬁreworks display will start at approximately 10:15 p.m. 8 a.m. FREE. Ann Morrison Park, 1000 N Americana Boulevard, Boise, parks. cityofboise.org. BOISE FOURTH OF JULY LIBERTY DAY PARADE—Join in the patriotic fun at the 2015 July Fourth Parade. The action begins at 10th and Jefferson and heads east on Jefferson to Fourth Street. The parade will turn right (south) continue one block to Bannock. The parade will turn right (west) at Bannock and continue back to 10th Street, where the parade ends. 11 a.m. FREE. Downtown Boise, Downtown Corridor, Boise, boiseparade.blogspot. com. BPL HOLIDAY CLOSURE—All locations of the Boise Public Library will be closed in observance of Independence Day. boisepubliclibrary.org. CAPITAL CITY PUBLIC MARKET—9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. FREE. Capital City Public Market, Eighth

Street between Main and Bannock streets, Boise, 208-345-3499, seeyouatthemarket.com. IDAHO CITY 4TH OF JULY OLD-FASHIONED FAMILY FUN DAY—Support Idaho City after its devastating fire by celebrating the Fourth of July there. The whole family will have fun, from the parade at noon to fireworks at dusk. In between, there’ll be hot dogs, kids’ games and a reading of the Declaration of Independence at John Brogan Park; plus wheelbarrow and triathlon races, and shootouts on the streets. 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m. FREE. Idaho City, Hwy. 21, 40 miles past Boise, Idaho City, 208-392-4159, idahocitychamber.org. JULY 4 PRINTMAKING, PIE MAKING, PARADES AND PRIX FIXE DINNER—Escape the city and join The Atlanta School for an all-American Fourth of July celebration. Take part in low-cost workshops, build your own float, join the community in a hometown parade and enjoy the flavor of a rustic, mountain meal. Reserve your tickets and learn more online. 10 a.m.-9 p.m. $15-$25. The Atlanta School, Atlanta, 208-869-6741, theatlantaschool.org.

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MELBA QRU 4TH OF JULY FUN RUN/WALK—Get your running shoes out and get ready to support the Melba QRU, a part of the Melba Rural Fire Department. Options include a six-mile run, two-mile run, a family walk and T-shirt-only fundraiser. Get an early start on the holiday, then stick around for all the Melba Fourth of July festivities. 7:30 a.m. $12-$18 adv., $15-$20 day of. Melba. NAMPA FARMERS’ MARKET—9 a.m.-1 p.m. FREE. Lloyd Square, Intersection of 14th and Front streets, Nampa. SLIDE THE CITY—Slide the City takes over Americana Boulevard so you can enjoy a smooth and speedy ride down all 1,000 slippery feet. 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m. $34-$45. Ann Morrison Park, 1000 N. Americana Blvd., Boise, facebook.com/slidethecity. STAGE STOP MARKET—10 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE. $20 vendors. Boise Stage Stop, 23801 S. Orchard Access Road, I-84 off Exit 71, Boise, 208-343-1367, boisestagestop.org. STAR SPANGLED BASH—Wrap up your Independence Day party with star spangled games and prizes. All military personnel and families receive one FREE drink per person along with red, white and blue memorabilia. Plus VJ Jazzy Jim and the Rocci Johnson Band rocking out from 9:30 p.m. to close. 7 p.m.-2 a.m. FREE. Humpin’ Hannah’s, 621 Main St., Boise, 208-345-7557, facebook.com/HumpinHannahs.

On Stage IMPROV WITH SAUSAGE PARTY OF FIVE—8 p.m. and 10 p.m. $12. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise. com. ISF: THE SECRET GARDEN OPENING NIGHT—This enchanting classic of children’s literature is re-imagined in brilliant musical style by composer Lucy Simon and Marsha Norman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of ‘Night Mother. 8 p.m. $12-$44. Idaho Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, 208-336-9221, idahoshakespeare.org. LIQUID COMEDY SHOWCASE—10 p.m. $7. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise.com.

Sports & Fitness Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk. Go to www.boiseweekly.com and look under odds and ends for the answers to this week’s puzzle. And don’t think of it as cheating. Think of it more as simply double-checking your answers.

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BOGUS BIKE SHUTTLE—A bike shuttle will run from Simplot Lodge to Pioneer Lodge Saturdays and Sundays through Sept. 6. Buy tickets at the Simplot Lodge. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. $10 single ride, $25 day pass. Bogus Basin Mountain Recreation Area, Bogus Basin Road, Boise, 208-332-5100, bogusbasin.org.

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CALENDAR

CAPITOL CELLARS Open the 3rd & 4th of July

M–F 7am-9pm • Sat. 9am-9pm • Reservations Recommended

Business Meetings Welcome Breakfast Served From 7-11am Mon.-Fri.

5th & Main, Boise • 208-344-WINE (9463) • capitolcellarsllc.com

BRUNDAGE MOUNTAIN SUMMIT CAT TRACK RUN—Prepare your mountain legs for Brundage Mountain’s 10K run. Starting at the Bluebird Quad, runners will ascend 3.1 miles, gaining 1,640 feet in elevation, to the breathtaking summit via the Cat Track. Then after a moment to enjoy the views, it’s a quick descent down the Cat Track to the ﬁnish line. Take your family and friends for a discounted chairlift ride to the summit to cheer you on. Be sure to stay for the post-race party, awards, beer and live music with Lucky Tongue at Smoky’s. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. $40. Brundage Mountain Resort, 3890 Goose Lake Road, McCall, 1-800-888-7544, brundage.com/events.

SUNDAY JULY 5 Festivals & Events 27TH ANNUAL ROSEBERRY ARTS AND CRAFTS FAIRE—10 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE. Roseberry Townsite, 2598 E. Roseberry Road, McCall, McCall Chamber 800-260-5130 or 208-634-7631, historicroseberry.com. STAGE STOP MARKET—10 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE, $20 vendors. Boise Stage Stop, 23801 S. Orchard Access Road, I-84 off Exit 71, Boise, 208-343-1367, boisestagestop.org.

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TREASURE VALLEY SINGLES CLUB WEEKLY DANCE—Join the Treasure Valley Singles Club for a weekly dance with live bands. Everyone 21 years and older is welcome, including married couples. 7:30 p.m. $6-$7. Boise Eagles Lodge, 7025 Overland Road, Boise, 208376-0115, treasurevalleysingles. weebly.com.

will be provided. Depart and return: Nampa Rec Center. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $25. Nampa Recreation Center, 131 Constitution Way, Nampa, 208-468-5858, nampaparksandrecreation.org.

Sports & Fitness DROP-IN CO-ED VOLLEYBALL— Join Boise Parks and Rec for co-ed volleyball Mondays and Thursdays through Aug. 27. Games run from 6 p.m. to sunset on grass courts in the east end of the park (near the tennis courts). On Mondays, play is upper/middle level. Open to players 16 and older. Play is four-person draw. You must be there by 5:45 p.m. for the draw. No preregistration required. 5:45 p.m. $4. Julia Davis Park, 700 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise. parks.cityofboise.

TUESDAY JULY 7 Festivals & Events IDAHO ANNE FRANK HUMAN RIGHTS MEMORIAL TOURS—Enjoy 45-minute docent-led public tours of the Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial weekly on Tuesdays. Meet at the statue of Anne Frank in the memorial. 12:151 p.m. FREE. Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial, 777 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-345-0304. KNITTING FACTORY BLOOD DRIVE—Donate life-giving blood so that someone else might live: Your donation can save three lives.

Each donor will receive a pair of concert tickets, plus there’ll be pizza and T-shirts. Schedule your appointment online (enter sponsor code “Knitting”) or call Debi at 208484-0138. 10 a.m. FREE. Knitting Factory Concert House, 416 S. Ninth St., Boise, 1-866-236-3276, redcrossblood.org.

On Stage DANCING WITH THE STARS PERFECT 10 TOUR—Don’t waste time getting your tickets for the Dancing with the Stars Perfect 10 Tour, because they’re going fast. The 90-minute action-packed live show treats audiences to exciting and romantic performances, from choreography never before seen on the show, to some of the most memorable numbers from all 10 years of Dancing with the Stars. 8 p.m. $39.50-$79.50. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-426-1110, mc.boisestate.edu. DRUMS ALONG THE ROCKIES 2015 —The Drum Corps International Tour returns to Kuna High School with a dynamic lineup of world- and open-class corps is set to perform, including The Blue Knights, The Oregon Crusaders, The Academy, The Cascades, Impulse and Thunder. 7:30 p.m. $18-$50. Kuna High School, 637 E. Deer Flat Road, Kuna, 208-955-0231, dci.org. ISF: DIAL ‘M’ FOR MURDER—8 p.m. $12-$44. Idaho Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, 208-336-9221, idahoshakespeare.org.

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On Stage IMPROV WITH SAUSAGE PARTY OF FIVE—8 p.m. $10. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208287-5379, liquidboise.com.

BASQUE CUISINE intimate dining

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ISF: THE SECRET GARDEN—7 p.m. $12-$44. Idaho Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, 208-336-9221, idahoshakespeare.org. LIQUID COMEDY SHOWCASE—8 p.m. $7. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise.com.

MONDAY JULY 6 Festivals & Events SILVER CITY TOUR—Join Nampa Parks and Rec and enjoy Silver City through stories and interesting facts about the people, buildings and surrounding area shared by two local historians. This tour will involve walking on uneven terrain. Lunch

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MUSIC GUIDE WEDNESDAY JULY 1

JEREMY STEWART—5:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

ALIVE AFTER FIVE: JEFF CROSBY AND THE REFUGEES—With Lee Penn Sky and The Oliphants. 5 p.m. FREE. Grove Plaza BETH MASON—5:30 p.m. FREE. O’Michael’s CHUCK SMITH TRIO—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers THE FAMILY CREST—With The Lonely Wild. 7 p.m. $10 adv., $12 door. Neurolux

THURSDAY JULY 2

JEANNE SQUARED—7 p.m. FREE. Franco’s

LARKSPUR—6:30 p.m. FREE. Highlands Hollow

AFROSONICS—6 p.m. FREE. Crooked Flats

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

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

JOEL KASSERMAN AND THE ELEMENTS—7 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel

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

PATRICIA FOLKNER—7 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel REBECCA SCOTT—8:30 p.m. Piper

HARPER AND MIDWEST KIND— 6 p.m. FREE. Sandbar Patio

ROCKSTAR MAYHEM FESTIVAL—Featuring Slayer, King Diamond, Hellyeah and Devil Wears Prada on the Main Stage, plus Whitechapel, Sworn In, They Art is Murder, Code Orange, Jungle Rot, Sister Sin, Shattered Sun, Feed Her to the Sharks and Kissing Candice on the Victory Stage. 12:30 p.m. $49.50. Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater

HOUSE OF LIGHTNING—With Wrong, Unhallowed and Quit. 8 p.m. $7. Crazy Horse

ROSEBERRY SUMMER CONCERTS: BOTTOM LINE BAND— 6:30 p.m. FREE. Roseberry

JAM NIGHT—Hosted by The Blind Mice. 8 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s

STEVE EATON—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

FRIM FRAM FOUR—7 p.m. FREE. The Owyhee GREG AND JOHNNY WITH FRIENDS—6:30 p.m. FREE. Berryhill

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BLAZE AND KELLY—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365 FRIM FRAM FOUR—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

Bread And Circus GREAT GARDEN ESCAPE: BREAD AND CIRCUS—6:30 p.m. FREE-$10. Idaho Botanical Garden IDYLTIME DUO—6 p.m. FREE. Sandbar Patio

ANDY BYRON BAND—6 p.m. FREE. Sandbar Patio

TOM TAYLOR—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

JEREMY STEWART—5:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

SATURDAY JULY 4

KARAOKE WITH DJ BONZ—5:30 p.m. FREE. Six Degrees Nampa KAYO DOT—With Dust Moth and Dos Ojo Terceros. 7 p.m. $8 adv., $10 door. Crazy Horse

ARABROT—With Ghold and Satyr Co. 9 p.m. $8. The Shredder The Big Wow

KLEINER PARK LIVE: 562ND AIRFORCE BAND—5:30 p.m. FREE. Kleiner Park

THE BIG WOW—10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s

ROCKEOKE LIVE BAND KARAOKE—10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s

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

SOUL SERENE—8:30 p.m. FREE. Piper

DOUGLAS CAMERON—11 a.m. FREE. Sandbar Patio

FRIDAY JULY 3 562ND AIR FORCE AND COMMUNITY BAND CONCERT—6 p.m. FREE. Idaho Botanical Garden ANCIENT RIVER—With Sun Blood Stories and Darling Rollercoaster. 8 p.m. $TBA. Crazy Horse

SAM LAY—7:30 p.m. FREE. The District

FRANK MARRA—5:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers GAYLE CHAPMAN—2 p.m. FREE. Sandbar Patio JOHN JONES TRIO—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

THE BIG WOW—10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s ESTEBAN ANASTASIO—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365 FIGURE 8—With Big Idiot, DDT, Sleep Spindles and Dunce. 6 p.m. $5. The Crux FRANK MARRA—5:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers OLIPHANTS—2 p.m. FREE. Sandbar Patio PATRICIA FOLKNER—11 a.m. FREE. Sandbar Patio

NIGHT DEMON—9 p.m. $5. The Shredder

ROCCI JOHNSON BAND—With VJ Jazzy Jim. 9:30 p.m. FREE. Hannah’s

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

SMOOTH AVENUE—6 p.m. FREE. Sandbar Patio

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MUSIC GUIDE ESTEBAN ANASTASIO—5:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

SOUL PATCH—5 p.m. FREE. Settlers Park

JACK GISH—5:30 p.m. FREE. O’Michael’s

SUNDAY JULY 5

OPEN MIC—8 p.m. FREE. Willi B’s

HIP-HOP SUNDAY—10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s ICE HOCKEY—With Upinatem, Fools Rush and Stepbrother. 6 p.m. $5. The Shredder LUKE BRODT COMBO—6 p.m. FREE. Sandbar Patio NAOMI PSALM BAND—2 p.m. FREE. Sandbar Patio NOCTURNUM LIVE INDUSTRIAL DJS—10 p.m. FREE. Liquid REFLECTIONS—11 a.m. FREE. Sandbar Patio

Dawes DAWES—With Sam Outlaw. 8 p.m. $17-$30. Knitting Factory DJ ODIE—10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s DRUMS ALONG THE ROCKIES— The Drum Corps International Tour features a lineup of world- and open-class corps, including The Blue Knights, The Oregon Crusaders, The Academy, The Cascades, Impulse and Thunder. 7:30 p.m. $18-$50. Kuna High School

RADIO BOISE TUESDAY: NAP EYES—With Monomyth. 7 p.m. $7. Neurolux SEAN HATTON—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365 SWINGIN’ WITH ELLIE SHAW—6 p.m. FREE. Sandbar Patio WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS— With Trailview, Falcor and Mindrips. 7 p.m. $5. The Crux

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LISTEN HERE Round 2 Crew ROUND 2 CREW—With Michael Wood. 6:30 p.m. $20. The Crux THE SIDEMEN: GREG PERKINS AND RICK CONNOLLY—6 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

MONDAY JULY 6 CHUCK SMITH AND NICOLE CHRISTENSEN—7:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers CHUCK SMITH—5:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers EMPTY VESSELS—With Batholith. 8 p.m. $5. The Shredder GAYLE CHAPMAN—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365 MONDAY NIGHT KARAOKE—10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s PUNK MONDAY—9 p.m. FREE. Liquid RED HANDS BLACK FEET—With Buzzmutt, Sleepy Seeds and Revolt Revolt. 8 p.m. $5. Crazy Horse SOUL SERENE—6 p.m. FREE. Sandbar Patio

TUESDAY JULY 7 BLUEPRINT—With Nick Grooms. 8 p.m. $8. The Shredder CHUCK SMITH TRIO—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

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JEFF CROSBY AND THE REFUGEES, JULY 1, AA5 Since moving to L.A. in 2010, Jeff Crosby and the Refugees have gained momentum—and fans—with high-energy live shows, and their ever-evolving sound, as evidenced by their 2014 selfreleased full-length All Nighter. Roots-rock website No Depression called the album “feel-good music,” adding that the “standout is Crosby’s voice ... just incredible, unique and such a pleasure to listen to.” The Idaho native will bring his band of Refugees, which now include Jeff’s brother Andy on bass and Ben Brault on drums, home for a handful of performances: In addition to Alive After Five, they’ll head to the Wood River Valley to play Friday, July 3, in Stanley Park and Saturday, July 4, during the Fourth of July Celebration at McCall’s Salmon River Brewery. Hopefully, they’ll be able to chill out with a mug of SRB’s Jeff Crosby and The Refugees Refugee Sage Pale Ale. —Micah Drew With local openers Lee Penn Sky and The Oliphants. 5 p.m., FREE, Grove Plaza, 850 W. Front St., jeﬀcrosbymusic.com. BOISEweekly | JULY 1–7, 2015 | 23

BEERGUZZLER BREWS TO BEAT THE HEAT

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If you need evidence the demand for local food is booming, try showing up at the Boise Farmers Market at 11 a.m. Not only are produce tables pretty much picked over, but chalkboard signs that once listed dozens of products are smudged with strike-throughs. Ask someone involved in the local food movement what’s lacking and they probably won’t say demand, they’ll say infrastructure. “Anyone who’s spent five minutes in local food knows that local food needs a big kitchen,” said Chris Florence of Sweet Valley Family Farm, which sells foraged fare like wild mushrooms and huckleberries. “In order for local food to work, there has to be some value-adding, processing component. It’s not enough to just try to aggregate and distribute fresh market produce.” Because the window for growing and selling fresh produce is relatively short in southern Idaho—around four months—and the margins are razor-thin, Florence and his peers are constantly searching for ways to add value to their products. “The fresh market window is too tight; it’s too stressful. ... So in order to round out the business model you have to put up jars of stuff—pickled stuff, frozen stuff, dried stuff—so that you can keep selling throughout the year,” said Florence. Unfortunately, the region lacks local food processing facilities. While some farmers pay to work out of the University of Idaho’s Food Technology Center in Caldwell or rent commercial kitchen space by the hour to make their jams and pickles, it’s not a particularly efficient endeavor. “You need one big processing outfit that can contract with the producer pre-season and say, ‘Your entire crop of pumpkin is sold because I have a contract to sell it all. I’m going to cook it for you; I’m going to add all the value.’ That’s what the producer needs is a purchase order, they don’t need to be running around trying to do deliveries and trying to make jam,” said Florence. He isn’t speaking hypothetically. For the last eight months, Florence has been working with Gem County to develop a business plan for a new regional food hub. Though a food hub can take many forms, like Idaho’s Bounty or Brown Box Organics, its essential function is to link

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STELLA ARTOIS LAGER, $1.60-$2 There’s a lot of hype (and controversy) surrounding this Belgian entry: some love it, some hate it. It’s a bit skunky on the nose (the part people hate), but it blows off leaving notes of grain and soft hops. Clean and light on the palate, this beer has a bit of sweet biscuit and bitterness. On a really hot day, I like it in a near brain-freeze, slushy state, with ice crystals just starting to form.

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food producers and consumers. “What we’ve found is people who are really good at farming don’t always have the know-how or resources to do their own distribution and do it reliably. … A hub might just make three phone calls and have an entire crop secured for a producer,” said Florence. Over the past four years, Gem County has been researching the feasibility of forming a food hub. “We received a couple of grants: two from USDA and one from Idaho Department of Commerce,” explained Dian Streeby, president and CEO of the Gem County Chamber of Commerce. “Then we went forward doing the architectural study and the producer/buyer study. Four years later, we’ve evolved and now we’ve identified [Sweet Valley] as the business.” Sweet Valley has signed on to spearhead the food hub effort in Gem County, which will most likely take over an existing building in Emmett and work with producers in a 400-mile radius. Eventually, the goal is for the venture to grow into a producer-owned cooperative. There’s another, even more ambitious, component to the project. The Gem County food hub also plans to incorporate a processing arm, which could potentially include freezing, drying and juicing facilities. “For a food hub to exist here, it needs to have some anchor tenants, or anchor revenue streams,” said Florence. “One of those that we identified as a potential was a juicing operation that services the new cideries in town.” According to Florence, most of the apples grown in the Northwest are shipped to two or three giant facilities in Washington state to be processed and juiced. “As it stands right now, that juice for local cideries is being trucked back to the Treasure Valley and the cost of the transportation is actually more than the cost of the product,” said Florence. “So just by being located in close proximity to these cideries, we have a pretty big competitive advantage.” Chris Blanchard of Longdrop Cider Co. in Eagle is on board to buy locally pressed apple

PILSNER URQUELL, $1.70-$2 The original pilsner, this clear, golden Czech brew created quite a sensation when it debuted in 1842. Fresh-baked wheat bread aromas dominate with a bit of mown grass and citrusy hops. The palate opens with toasted, cracked wheat and bright lemon ﬂavors, with a light earthiness and a dry, hoppy ﬁnish. This is a world class brew.

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PERONI NASTRO AZZURRO, $1.60-$2 The No. 1 beer in Italy, this pours a light straw with a thin white head. Subtle aromas of fresh cut hay, biscuit and a hint of spice come through. There’s a nice balance between the just-sweet malt and the just-bitter hops. The ﬁnish is crisp and dry. While it won’t win over any diehard ale lovers, served well chilled, it hits the spot—and it works well with pizza.

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juice when it becomes available. “If we can get juice locally we’d far rather do that because it’s $2,300 to send a truck down here full of juice. It’s not cheap,” said Blanchard. But getting local apple growers on board might prove to be a little more difficult. “Most of these big guys are contracted with Tree Top or somebody similar that’s buying all their apples,” said Florence. “It’s a chicken or egg kind of scenario where we have to get producers to commit to be able to justify the project but you can’t really get them to commit until you’ve proven something to them.” Florence recently submitted an application for a $19,000 USDA grant to continue planning the food hub project and he’s confident he’ll be funded “pretty soon.” “It’s nice that USDA is helping to support the planning process because I’ve got two or three other full-time people working on just this hub and these business plans and running simulation models and trying to make sure that it works because it’s too easy to lose money,” said Florence. Moving forward with the project, Florence will be looking for more grants and possibly seeking private funding to purchase processing equipment, which he calls “key infrastructure pieces that we can’t live without.” “I think a lot of the press that comes out wants to make it sound very positive that local food is budding and blossoming and that everything is going well,” said Florence. “We’re seeing a lot of improvement, but this is a critical point where we’re counting on support from the local community to help us move forward with local food and keep it going.” BOISE WEEKLY.COM

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By all means, do not go see Me and Earl and the Dying Girl if you don’t like comedy… or movies… or life, for that matter. If you have no intention of seeing this film–destined to be on my and many other critics’ 2015 top 10 lists—you are hereby forbidden from reading the remainder of this column. You can turn the page now. I’ll wait... OK. Now that they’re gone, we can get back to this quite special film, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, which fits nicely in the same groove of smart, wry comedies where Little Miss Sunshine, Garden State, (500) Days of Summer and Lars and the Real Girl landed. Olivia Cooke is Rachel, Thomas Mann is Greg, and RJ Cyler is Earl in Me and Earl and the Dying Girl. This new mini-masterpiece, scripted by Jesse Andrews from his own bestselling YA novel and directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, was Then there’s Rachel, the “dying girl,” and the co-opting what he calls partial “citizenship” in the runaway most-buzzed about film at the star-making performance from Olivia Cooke. most of the high school’s “warring nations”: Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, snagjocks, nerds, theater geeks, goths and the nearly With so many young adult novels and movies ging both the Grand Jury Prize and coveted of late featuring terminal heroines (If I Stay, homicidal. Suffice to say, Greg compares the Audience Award. The Fault in Our Stars), I was, pardon the pun, school lunch room to Kandahar, Afghanistan. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl begins deathly afraid this movie might be heading down “Some people think Earl [RJ Cyler] is my as a mildly amusing coming-of-age film but a familiar path of morbidity. Fortunately, Me friend,” says Greg. He’s more like a co-workquickly evolves into something much more. and Earl and the Dying Girl has little patience for er.” That “work” they do is About 20 minutes in, rather unique, inspired by their such nonsense. That said, take some tissues—not the film begins feeling because it’s so sad, but because it’s so sincere. shared love for independent like a comfortable ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL The adults (I use the term loosely) in Me movies. Influenced by a canon T-shirt; a half-hour (PG-13) and Earl and the Dying Girl are equally swell: of critically acclaimed and later, it’s the comfort Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon foreign films (think of the Cri- there’s Molly Shannon as Rachel’s mom and as of a favorite T-shirt; Starring Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler, Olivia Greg’s parents, Connie Britton as the almostterion Collection), Greg and and by the end, it’s the Cooke Earl write and star in their own always teary-eyed mom and the wonderful T-shirt you’ll wear until Opens Wednesday, July 1. The Flicks, Nick Offerman as a bathrobe-wearing, kale home movies—with a twist. it’s ragged. My sense 646 W. Fulton St., 208-342-4288, chip-eating dad, who is a tenured sociology For example, Apocalypse Now is that American auditheﬂicksboise.com. professor with a bit too much time on his becomes A Box of Lips, Wow, ences will discover a Greg and Earl’s own war drama hands. Greg’s folks hug a little too much, and personal connection to complete with parachuting sol- those group-hugs usually involve the family’s this lovely film, yet they cat, Stevens. It took me a minute to get it: Cat dier, a score including “Ride of the Valkyries” will learn soon enough that they’re not alone: Stevens. Priceless. Hugh Jackman is also in this and some plucked tulips that, you guessed it, Variety has already called Me and Earl and film, too, but if you think I’m giving anything end up in a box. the Dying Girl “a touchstone for its generamore away on that cameo, you, too, now must Other gems include: A Sock Work Orange tion,” and The New York Times credits the title (inspired by A Clockwork Orange): sock puppets turn the page. characters as “three young people in whose For the select few who have endured the encompany it is a pleasure to drift and wonder.” enjoying some orange juice; Death in Tennis (Death in Venice); Rosemary’s Baby Carrots (Rose- tire length of this review, my humblest thanks. “Me” is Greg (Thomas Mann), who avoids I owe you some popcorn. Better still, take my mary’s Baby); and my personal favorite, 2:48 the minefields of high school where he doesn’t tip and run to see this amazing film. p.m. Cowboy (Midnight Cowboy). fit it anywhere by nearly fitting in everywhere, BOISE WEEKLY.COM

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