Boise Weekly Vol. 25 Issue 25

BOISE WEEKLY DECEMBER 7–13, 2016

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“I listened to a tape of myself and I sounded like the ‘Schweddy Balls’ skit on Saturday Night Live.”

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Time Trial

Idaho employers ask ‘What now?’ as court blocks new overtime rule

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Poison Pen

Facing a Donald Trump presidency, Gem State artists get political

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Kid Rock

Some Boise Rock School students release a new album and, well, it rocks

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EDITOR’S NOTE ‘THEM DAMN PICTURES’ No other American editorial cartoonist—or artist of any type—ever rocked the boat as hard as Thomas Nast. During the Civil War, Nast produced pieces of anti-Southern and anti-slavery imagery so biting, President Abraham Lincoln called him “our best recruiter.” After the war, Nast turned his ire on President Andrew Johnson, blasting him as a slavery sympathizer who let the Confederacy off easy. Nast’s attacks contributed to Johnson’s unpopularity, which ultimately resulted in his impeachment.

The most famous victim of Nast’s poison pen was New York politico “Boss” Tweed, who said he didn’t care what newspapers wrote about him, but wanted to “stop them damn pictures.”

When Tweed fled to Spain to escape corruption charges, he was arrested by local authorities who recognized him from one of Nast’s cartoons.

It seems quaint today to consider the reach and influence cartoonists and artists like Nast once had. Since the turn of the century, the full-time newspaper editorial cartoonist has already become a mythical creature, and social media memes have mostly taken over as people’s primary diet of political imagery.

Having a robust culture of political art is as important as a free press and, while the job market for editorial cartoonists or protest artists is worse than ever, there are still those who put pen or brush to paper to make a political point.

Boise Weekly Staff Writer Harrison Berry checked in with a number of local and regional artists to get their take on the importance of protest art, the perils of producing it and Idaho’s attitude toward rabble rousing creatives. Find his report on “them damn pictures” on Page 14.

—Zach Hagadone

COVER ARTIST Cover art scanned courtesy of Evermore Prints... supporting artists since 1999.

ARTIST: Katherine Grey TITLE: “Ptarmigan in Snow” MEDIUM: Linocut ARTIST STATEMENT: Katherine Grey is a printmaker known for her depictions of the landscape and animals of Idaho and the Pacific Coast. Her images elicit the essence of her subjects with simple lines and strong contrast.

Find Grey at the Capital City Public Market or etsy.com/shop/TheGreyFoxStudio.

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

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

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JAIL JOB Kevin Kempf has resigned as director of the Idaho Department of Correction to head the Association of State Correctional Administrators. Details at News/Citydesk.

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SUSPENDED A University of Idaho fraternity remains suspended through the 2016-2017 academic year following an investigation into university violations. More at News/Citydesk.

PARDON ME Charged with desertion, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl thinks he won’t get a fair trial under Donald Trump, so he wants a President Obama pardon.

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OPINION FROM THE FAR MARGINS Wake

NICOLE LEFAVOUR Time to wake from your slumber liberal America. Time to brush your teeth or rise crooked-haired from your beds. Reality is calling us. What every day was reality for millions is our reality now. Powerlessness. Real powerlessness.

We do not walk the halls of the White House. Congress, which we once held onto by our fingernails, is all but lost. It still looks nothing like us. State legislatures have fallen.

Lofty buildings in pretty cities, which might have produced some recourse for those facing police brutality and despair—those facing addiction, some veneer of protection for gay and transgender people, some level of security for the poor, some promise of education that transcends babysitting or warehousing—they fell, too.

Now we are at the mercy of the ones who would set America loose to fend for itself.

America has swallowed the message of blame.

The families spread across vast millions of acres of farmlands and small towns believe that funding services for the poor is what ate their pensions and broke their farms and businesses. They deny it was the ghostly owners of industry and Wall Street who swallowed the prosperity they hoped for—the American dream they fought for, that their sons and daughters died in the deserts for, the one they were promised for their hard work and patriotism.

We are them. We are the farmer and the hardware store owner, the waitress and the college student, scared by the future under any president.

To those who had hope sexism could fade into the lawns of the White House, fall from the trees like leaves on warm wind, I’m sorry.

It is like the Dream of Martin Luther Jr.: the harder we work to attain it and the closer it seems, the harder the voices of the past scream.

America is not giving up racism and sexism easily. It is true of any species that generosity evaporates when food is scarce. For too many in America, food feels scarce. We have not adjusted to the world that is real for billions across this planet we share. We still live like it’s the ’90s and we can just borrow to buy the new car and make minimum payments until things look up again. We are hell bent on sending our kids to college, even if it means shackling them to a life of soul killing work just to pay into loans they will never pay off.

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the dream and attain the options and choices that come with knowledge. We want them to have the access others have to the path that leads to gilded cities and a life with vacations, leisure and new clothes or a car. But they won’t.

Most of us will die in debt. The bills that insurance and drug companies will leave us to pay will bankrupt our families. There will be nothing left to pass on as long as we hold to this model of letting corporations profit off of illness and insurance companies waste our wages pushing paper. Nothing.

It doesn’t have to be this way. We didn’t have to give up American manufacturing, pensions and increases in the minimum wage so vast segments of our economy could be dedicated to turning the sweat represented by our consumer dollars into a rain of wealth for CEOs and powerful shareholders. Maybe today we will wake and realize we let this happen. Our hope kept us sleeping when we should have been running for office, organizing strategic boycotts and strikes, refusing to pay our student loans, marching in the streets, getting the compassionate wealthy on our side, taking over shareholder meetings or camping with the Occupy Movement in the cold. This is the death of hope and the birth of work.

It will not be easy to build bridges into the farmland; to get ranchers and gun shop owners to see that Trump is not the answer, that racism and the forced exit of 2 million workers and consumers is not the answer; that the revival of a “Christianity” that is bent on white racial domination and forcing gay and trans people back in the closet is not the answer.

It will not be easy to convince the neighbor across the street, much less our parents and families, to let go of hate and blame and realize we have more in common than we have to divide us. We can’t let a vote divide us. We can’t let the fiction of political parties divide us. We can’t let race divide us. That is the brilliance of Trump—divide those who should hate him for squandering America’s decency and future. Divide women and men.

Divide those who will pay for his tax breaks.

Make them fight with each other, hate each other, black and white, Muslim and Christian, refugee and Latino businesswoman, undocumented immigrant and college student.

Make us all fight so we don’t notice where the money goes, who grows more powerful and who grows more poor, whose debts grow and whose houses get bigger and bigger.

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NEWS (OVER)TIME STANDS STILL

In wake of injunction on overtime rule, Idaho employers asking: ‘What now?’

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NORTH IDAHO COLLEGE SETTLES WITH ALLEGED RAPE VICTIM, USES HER NAME IN STATEMENT Boise attorney Rebecca Rainey struggled to use the word “happy” when describing her client’s feelings in the wake of a settlement with North Idaho College following a claim of rape and inaction by the college.

“Happy?” asked Rainey. “Let’s say that my client is optimistic for her future.”

It’s an improvement from the living hell Rainey’s client endured back in November 2013 when, as a 17-year-old freshman at North Idaho College, she reported being gang raped at an off-campus party. Through scores of internal NIC notes and emails, we learned college officials leading all the way up the college’s organization chart to the Vice President of Student Services were made aware soon after the alleged event.

Instead of addressing the reported rape or launching a formal Title IX investigation, the college instead focused on the young woman’s behavior, which, by her own admission was “spiraling.”

“The way the administration handled my case altered my life dramatically,” the young woman told Boise Weekly in September of this year.

Those actions led to the young woman filing a lawsuit against NIC, claiming the college had violated federal Title IX requirements when officials “ignored the situation entirely,” “refused to investigate or take corrective action” and conducted “willful, knowing and intentional discrimination.”

The college turned to its insurer, Idaho Counties Risk Management Program, to launch mediation with the young woman, who left NIC after completing her freshman year in 2014. Attorneys for the alleged victim and NIC never met face-to-face.

Instead, a mediator shuttled from one room to another, exchanging messages about the strengths or weaknesses of the case and what each of the parties might think would be appropriate settlement terms.

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chambers around the U.S., Connors lobbied the Idaho congressional delegation to fight the proposed rule, saying, “small entities can’t just turn on a $10,000 revenue spigot. This federal government rule would put small employers in a no-win situation. Do I cut hours, cut staff or tell loyal salaried employees they have to go back to the time clock?”

The National Retail Federation, which estimated as many as 32 percent of the national retail workforce would be converted from salary to hourly pay, argued employers would be operating in a “zero-sum game scenario,” saying the change would trigger less workplace flexibility, reduced bonuses and benefits, less career advancement and reduced hours.

“Millions of workers would have been turned into time-card punchers,” said David French, senior vice president of government relations and public policy for the NRF. In the public sector, it was estimated nearly 2,000 Idaho state employees and about a dozen city of Boise employees would have been affected by the change Ultimately, 21 states (not including Idaho) and a coalition of business groups, led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, took the proposed rule to court in the case of State of Nevada et. al v. the U.S. Department of Labor. According to legal experts, challengers took their case to a federal judge in Texas due to the Lone Star State’s “fast-track dockets,” because it was important to get an injunction before the ruling went into effect—if a favorable ruling had been handed down after the rule became law, it would have been difficult to support.

With only eight days before the overtime rule was to go into effect, Judge Mazzant said, “The Court finds the public interest is best served by an injunction.” Mazzant ruled that while the Fair Labor Standards Act gave the DOL ample leeway to establish the types of duties qualifying an employee for an overtime exemption, there was nothing to indicate Congress had granted DOL the authority to define a minimum salary level. Mazzant ruled the DOL “exceeds its delegated authority and ignores Congress’ intent by raising the minimum salary 7 level. … The DOL’s rule is to carry out Congress’ intent. If Congress intended the JEFFRE Y C . LOWE

Attorney on NIC settlement: “The very process of litigation is victim-blaming all over again.”

Over the Thanksgiving weekend, Amos L. Mazzant III was the most famous judge in America. Beginning his legal career as a law clerk in Dallas, Mazzant rose to become a magistrate and appellate court judge. In 2014, he was appointed a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas by President Barack Obama.

Two days before Thanksgiving, Nov. 22, Mazzant issued an injunction against a pending overtime law, stunning economists and spurning Obama’s effort to raise take-home pay for millions of Americans.

Newspapers across the U.S. interpreted the injunction with headlines ranging from Mother Jones’ “Texas Judge Terminates Obama Overtime Rule with Extreme Prejudice,” to Bloomberg’s “Trump’s Anti-Regulation Era Has Begun.”

“I looked at my email that morning and had to rub my eyes. I asked myself, ‘Am I actually seeing this?’’ said Amy Little, executive director of the Idaho Nonprofit Center.

Little has spent the better part of the past seven months preparing for the change to the Fair Labor Standards Act which, after it passed in 1938, guaranteed time-and-a-half pay for employees who work more than 40 hours per week.

The act also exempted some employees with high-level duties and salaries from overtime, placing the burden on employers for distinguishing who is exempt by satisfying three tests: No. 1, the salary basis test, which requires an employee be paid a predetermined salary rather than on an hourly basis, and the amount paid is not adjusted based on whether the person works certain hours; No. 2, the duties test, which requires the employee’s job duties must primarily involve executive, administrative and/or professional duties; No. 3, the salary level test—the subject of the proposed change from the Obama administration—which requires an employee be paid at or above a minimum amount.

In 2004, the minimum amount was re-set to $455 per week or $23,660 per year. Then, in April 2016, in one of Obama’s most progressive moves, the U.S. Department of Labor finalized a new rule, scheduled to go into effect Dec. 1, which would have raised the salary threshold to $913 per week or $47,476 per year—about double the current threshold.

“The U.S. Department of Labor had estimated the new rule would impact about 20,000 workers in Idaho,” said Craig Shaul, research analyst and supervisor at the Idaho Department of Labor.

“But everything is on hold now.”

He said in anticipation of what was expected to be the rule change on Dec. 1, many Idaho employers had raised some of their employees’ salaries to at least $47,476.

“Honestly, I don’t see those employers rolling back those increases, mostly because of what a demoralizing effect it would have,” said Shaul.

The Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce pushed back hard against the proposed increases.

Chamber President Bill Connors argued salary adjustments in New York City or San Francisco may have been “small potatoes, but that’s not true for Boise, Buhl or Bonners Ferry.” Joining

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salary requirement to supplant the duties test, then Congress, and not the DOL, should make that change.”

Not long after turkey and mashed potatoes had become leftovers, the DOL was prepared to defend the proposed change.

On Dec. 1, the day the new overtime rule was scheduled to become law, lawyers representing the Obama White House walked into the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans and filed a notice of appeal, asking the injunction be overturned.

“The Department strongly disagrees with the decision by [Mazzant],” read a brief DOL statement. “The Department’s Overtime Final Rule is the result of a comprehensive, inclusive rule-making process, and we remain confident in the legality of all aspects of the rule.”

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest was more blunt in a statement to reporters, saying some large businesses and Republican governors “had colluded” to disrupt the overtime rule implementation, and “essentially continue to take advantage of more than 4 million of the hardestworking Americans.”

Walmart, one of the nation’s—and Idaho’s— largest private employers, may keep a close eye on the legal actions but probably won’t anticipate any significant change, because it recently increased the salaries of its assistant managers and certain other managers from $45,000 to $48,500, ensuring it wouldn’t have to pay them time-and-a-half for working more than 40 hours a week, even if the overtime rule had become law. Many large and small employers across the U.S. and in Idaho had also made adjustments to comply with the rule.

“The message from us, is that if you’ve already implemented those changes, stay the course,” said Little. “And for those that procrastinated, well, that may have paid off, but to be clear, it’s still the right thing to do to compensate employees for their time.”

Little should know. As executive director of the Idaho Nonprofit Center, she takes the pulse of one of Idaho’s biggest employment sectors.

“The Idaho nonprofit sector employs over 54,000 people in Idaho,” she said. “That’s the sixth largest employer in Idaho, and that’s a big deal.”

Charitable organizations constitute 8.4 percent of all jobs in Idaho and 10.2 percent of private sector jobs, paying $3.9 billion in total aggregate compensation. If ranked as a county economy in terms of employment, charitable nonprofits would rank third, coming only behind Ada and Canyon counties, and their contribution to Idaho’s gross state product is 4.1 percent. Nonprofits range from huge employers such as St. Luke’s and Saint Alphonsus health systems down to scores of one- or two-person operations.

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Attorney for former NIC student: Litigation examining medical records is a “horrifying prospect.”

case like this for the other party to demand my client’s medical records for the last five years, and then they would have asked about every reason she ever talked to a mental health professional,” said Rainey. “That’s a horrifying prospect to anybody, particularly a 20-year-old girl. The very process of litigation is victim-blaming all over again.”

Ultimately, NIC and the alleged victim agreed to a $75,000 cash settlement, and the college agreed to write a letter on behalf of the former student should she decide to apply to another college or university. Rainey said the letter should bypass future inquiries about what happened at NIC. “I’m relieved that it’s over,” the young woman said, following the settlement. “It was really difficult to cope with the lawsuit.”

In confirming the end of the lawsuit, an official statement from NIC said the settlement with the former student was procured “to limit the costs and distraction associated with lengthy litigation.”

“I assure you that those words are standard language that go into every settlement agreement ever reached,” said Rainey.

What isn’t standard is to publicly name a young woman who reports being raped.

Yet, in its Dec. 1 announcement that it had settled the matter, NIC used the woman’s name three times in a statement only five sentences long.

“They haven’t done anything illegal, but I think a more deft hand would have been appropriate,” said Rainey, saying naming a victim continues to be a barrier for victims to come forward.

Meanwhile, Rainey said her client’s biggest wish was “to be heard.”

“And now she thinks she was,” said Rainey.

As for the young woman, she has since moved on, focusing her energy on a new project examining homelessness in the Pacific Northwest.

“I’m ready to start over,” she said. “North Idaho College has some work to do. People are watching.”

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selves,” said Erin Hutto, program director at INC. Hutto spends her days overseeing training for hundreds of the center’s members, as well as helping to manage INC’s annual statewide conference and the Idaho Gives initiative, a 24-hour nonprofit give-a-thon held each May. “When we first got word of the pending overtime change, the Idaho Nonprofit Center became the first organization of its kind in the nation to put together training and resources for our colleagues,” said Hutto. “We held a series of webinars over the summer and into the fall. As you can guess, participation grew and grew as we got closer to Dec. 1.”

Little says there was a flood of questions from Idaho nonprofit employers, but not panic.

“We didn’t hear, ‘Oh my God, I might go out of business.’ Instead, we heard, “What do we need to do to get this right and that doesn’t explode my budget?’” she said. “It was a bit like a serious tooth problem. You get increasingly worried about how bad it’s going to be but, eventually, you go to the dentist, and it’s not as bad as you feared.”

Little concedes the biggest concern was raising salaries—in some cases, doubling them.

“Some people’s instinct is fight or flight. You can pretend it doesn’t exist or you can meet it head on,” she said. “We took a proactive approach. We brought in an attorney to discuss the legal ramifications with our nonprofits. We had a human resources professional who really talked them through the reality of it not being as scary as it had seemed.”

While INC serves nearly 600 Idaho nonprofit members, it also has employees who would have been directly affected by the overtime change.

“Honestly, it was a little unnerving in the beginning,” said Keri Davidson, INC development director. “Erin [Hutto] and I weren’t exactly sure how this would impact our own hours, everything from overtime to our vacations. I hadn’t clocked in my hours for quite some time.”

Hutto explained the emotional effect the ruling would likely have had on many employees.

“I first looked at it as being demoted,” she said.

“I hadn’t been hourly since I was in high school.

But I took a step back, and my Dad, who is also in a nonprofit job at a university, said, ‘Think about this: You do great work. It’s a federallymandated thing. It’s not you.’ It finally clicked: If I work overtime, I’ll get paid overtime. The last place I lived was England, where they’re very strict about not working over 40 hours a week. Our culture has people work and work and work. Yes, it’s a change for our culture, and it’s a good thing.”

Little said it’s all about time management, a time-worn cliche but now, a glaring reality.

“We use a software system that integrates with payroll,” she said. “So do a lot of Idaho employers now, but it’s also an opportunity to update employee handbooks and job descriptions. We’re looking at part-timers differently. There’s opportunity for flex time or working from home. You’ve got to have an open-door policy with your staff.”

When Judge’s Mazzant’s injunction and the DOL’s appeal to ask that the injunction be overruled Little said her center’s best advice for employers is “keep calm.”

“We consulted with our attorney and human resources professional for some guidance, and the message from us is: stay the course,” she said.

“The threshold or criteria might change, but be prepared. It’s still the right thing to do.”

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CALENDAR WEDNESDAY DEC. 7 Festivals & Events CWI WELDING AND METALS FABRICATION OPEN HOUSE—Explore the in-demand careers available through Career and Technical (CTE) programs. This event will highlight certificate and degree opportunities available through the Welding and Metals Fabrication program. Instructors, advisers and enrollment specialists will be at the event to talk with attendees about career options, give tours, and provide details. 5:30-7:30 p.m. FREE. College of Western Idaho Micron Center for Professional Technical Education, 5725 E. Franklin Road, Nampa, 208-562-3000, cwidaho. cc.

WINTER EASY STARGAZING— Learn how to find star clusters, satellites, meteors, lunar features and planets with Near Space Evangelist Paul Verhage. 7 p.m. FREE.

Boise Public Library at Hillcrest, 5246 W. Overland Road, Boise, 208-972-8340, boisepubliclibrary. org/calendar.

WINTER GARDEN AGLOW— Through New Year’s Day. 6-9 p.m.

FREE-$10. Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-343-8649, idahobotanicalgarden.org.

On Stage BCT: A NIGHTTIME SURVIVAL GUIDE—Eleven-year-old Idaho boy Verne is terrified of what comes out when the sun goes down, and Aki hates her new home in rural Japan.

They’re united by a shared mystery and an unshared darkness in this fantastic adventure of friendship, hope and imagination set in two places where monsters just might exist. Appropriate for ages 6 and up. Through Dec. 17. 8 p.m. $16$34. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-3319224, bctheater.org.

THURSDAY, DEC. 8

CALDWELL FINE ARTS: EUGENE BALLET’S NUTCRACKER JR.—Experience the wonder and magic of the world’s most beloved ballet with its timeless message of friendship and adventure. Plus Clara’s Tea Party for both boys and girls before and after performances. See online for details and tickets. 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. $6-$30. Jewett Auditorium, The College of Idaho, 2112 E. Cleveland Blvd., Caldwell, 208-4595275, caldwellfinearts.org.

GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN: CHRISTMAS WITH MILLENNIAL CHOIRS AND ORCHESTRAS—This concert will bring the magic of Christmas to your heart and inspire your soul.

7:30 p.m. $14-$34. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208426-1110, morrisoncenter.com.

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Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208-3458330, boiseartmuseum.org.

AARON RODRIGUEZ AND JESSICA WINFREE: HUMANNATURE—Through Jan. 31. Noon-7 p.m. FREE. Studio Boise, 4619 Emerald St., Ste 106, Boise, 208917-7427.

MINIDOKA: ARTIST AS WITNESS—Through Jan. 15. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE-$6. Boise Art Museum, 670 Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208345-8330, boiseartmuseum.org.

THE CENTER BIG IDEA: IDAHO STORIES—Through Jan. 6. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. Sun Valley Center for the Arts, 191 Fifth St. E., Ketchum, 208-726-9491, sunvalleycenter. org.

CERAMIC ARTIST JERRY HENDERSHOT: NEW WORKS— Through Dec. 31. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

FREE. Art Source Gallery, 1015 W. Main St., Boise, 208-331-3374, artsourcegallery.com.

JERRY KENCKE: IT’S WHAT I DO ... PHOTOGRAPHY—Through Jan. 16. 11 a.m.-9 p.m. FREE. Crossings Winery, 1289 W. Madison Ave., Glenns Ferry, 208-366-2313, crossingswinery.com.

LAURA HEIT: EARTH AND SKY— Through Feb. 19. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

FREE-$6. Boise Art Museum, 670

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, DEC. 9-10

TALL TALES: NARRATIVES FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION— Through April 9. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

FREE-$6. Boise Art Museum, 670 Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208-3458330, boiseartmuseum.org.

THERESA BURKES AND CONNIE WOOD: COMPLEX ECOSYSTEMS—Through Dec. 19. 7 a.m.-midnight. FREE. Boise State Student Union Gallery, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 208-4261242, finearts.boisestate.edu.

Literature AUTHOR VISIT: GAIL CHUMBLEY—Join Idaho author Gail Chumbley as she introduces her new book, River of January: The Figure Eight, which

won a 2016 Idaho Book Award in the Biographies, Autobiographies and Memoir category. The book is part two of the River of January series and is about aviation and World War II history, America at war and is also a great love story.

A book signing will follow. In the Marion Bingham Room. 6:30-8 p.m. FREE. Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208972-8200, boisepubliclibrary.org/ calendar.

Talks & Lectures WILD IDAHO: BOISE RIVER WATER TRAIL— Enjoy a virtual tour of 63 miles of the Boise River Trail. Tom Chelstron and Gary Grimm tell the story of the river with words, images and maps in this interactive presentation. 7 p.m. FREE. Meridian Public Library, 1326 W. Cherry Lane, Meridian, 208-888-4451, mld.org.

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KEL SE Y HAWES All aboard.

’Tis the season.

Here’s a good way to Cap off a week of entertainment.

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No one has hopped on a passenger train at the Boise Union Pacific depot in nearly 20 years, but it remains an architectural treasure and gathering place.

Enjoy the elegance of the 91-year-old Spanish mission-style building during a Toys for Tots toy drive and holiday open house with face painting by the Boise Little Theater Student Club and model trains from Hardwood Hardware Hobbies, which will be running a Peanuts Christmas train and G-scale Holiday Express train.

Sweet Pitkin’s Comfort Food will have warm drinks and eats, and Silver Brass will provide live music. Free guided tours start at 6:30 p.m. Space is limited, so register online at bit.ly/BoiseDepotHolidayTour. The toy drive continues through Monday Jan. 9. during free public drop-in hours.

5:30-8:30 p.m., FREE. Boise Depot, 2603 W. Eastover Terrace, parks.cityofboise.org.

As annoying as a lot of it is, Christmas music is as much a part of the season as Santa and snow, and some of the most beautiful music ever composed was written for the holidays.

Get into the spirit with Boise Philharmonic’s signature winter event, Holiday Pops. Conductor Troy Quinn, the Master Chorale and a few solo vocalists will perform some of the greatest hits of the Christmas and Hanukkah repertoires. With performances in both Nampa and Boise, the Holiday Pops spread good cheer across the Treasure Valley, but pick up your tickets soon because these shows sell out faster than you can say “O Tannenbaum.”

Dec. 9, 8 p.m. $29-$48. Northwest Nazarene University Brandt Center, 707 Fern St., Nampa, 208-467-8970. Dec. 10, 8 p.m. $27$69. Morrison Center, 2210 W. Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-4261609, boisephil.org.

Channeling Homer Simpson, who he called his “biggest comedy influence” in a 2013 interview with Westword, standup John Caparulo comes off as somewhere between a good ol’ boy and a schlubby, sardonic nerd. His bits are peppered with jabs at healthy eating, snooty intellectuals and anything perceived as “fancy.”

Don’t be fooled by his apathetic, apolitical, man-child routine, though: Caparulo has an edge. A joke about giving directions to a New York City cabbie starts as small-town guy poking fun at big-city folk but ends with a mounting sense of panic: Does anyone really know where they’re going? Who’s driving this thing?

Best known for his work on Chelsea Lately, Caparulo’s bona fides include appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Comedy Central Presents and The Tonight Show—and now Liquid Laughs in Boise.

Dec. 9-10: 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.; Dec. 11: 8 p.m.; $23. 405 S. Eighth St., 208-287-5379, liquidboise.com.

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ADULT CRAFT: MAGAZINE HOLIDAY TREES—Make and decorate trees using recycled magazines. For ages 18 and older. 6:30 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library Lake Hazel Branch, 10489 Lake Hazel Road, Boise, 208-297-6700, adalib.org/ lakehazel.

BASQUE MARKET PAELLA COOKING CLASS—Learn the traditional techniques for making delicious chicken, chorizo and seafood paella, the national dish of Spain.

You’ll also learn how to make yummy olive tapenade. Includes wine tasting, tapas, instruction and paella served after class. This class fills up quickly, so sign up soon. 6-8 p.m. $40. Basque Market, 608 W. Grove St., Boise, 208-433-1208, thebasquemarket.com/classes.

HOLIDAY LIGHTS TROLLEY TOURS—Join the fun aboard the vintage holiday decorated Molly Trolley for the one-hour Holiday Lights Tour, an annual Boise favorite. The vintage holiday music, open-air trolley and refreshments sold at the concessions stand make this a memorable family affair. Tours run daily through Dec. 28, except on Dec. 18 and Dec. 25. Times and seating availability will vary on certain days. Customers should visit the website for available seating. 6-8 p.m. $5-$18.

Evergreen Business Mall-Library Plaza, corner of Cole and Ustick, Boise, 208-433-0849, boisetrolleytours.com.

THURSDAY DEC. 8 Festivals & Events BOISE DEPOT HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE—Celebrate the season at the historic Boise Depot with a festive open house and toy drive to benefit Toys for Tots. Kids can enjoy two free model trains, painting by Boise

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Little Theater Student Club and merry time with the snowman and toy soldier. Sweet Pitkin’s Comfort Food will be on-site selling food and warm drinks. Plus music by Silver Brass, starting at 5:45 p.m.

Depot Tour Guide Eriks Garsvo will offer a free guided tour at 6:30 p.m. Space is limited; register online. The holiday display and toy drive will continue on Sundays and Mondays through Jan. 9 during free public drop-in hours (closed legal holidays). 5:30-8:30 p.m.

FREE. Boise Train Depot, 2603 W. Eastover Terrace, Boise, parks. cityofboise.org.

CWI FINANCIAL AID NIGHT— Need help completing your FAFSA? Student advisers, including a CWI veterans adviser, will be on-site to help you learn tips for paying for college, including access to federal student aid 5-7 p.m. FREE. College of Western Idaho Micron Center for Professional Technical Education, 5725 E. Franklin Road, Nampa, 208-562-3000, CollegeofU.com/ FAnight.

FREE COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY HEALTH SCREENING—If you have no insurance or limited access to medical care, then this free Community Health Screening is for you.

The full process takes about 90 minutes, and patients in immediate need are given appointments at low-cost Treasure Valley clinics for additional care. Treasure Valley clinics faculty and student clinicians administer the services. The Idaho Foodbank will provide free boxes of food and a cooking demo and samples will be available. 4-7 p.m. FREE. ISU-Meridian, 1311 E. Central Drive, Meridian, isu.edu/ meridian, 208-373-1700.

WINTER GARDEN AGLOW—6-9 p.m. FREE-$10. Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-343-8649, idahobotanicalgarden.org.

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FEAR OF THE DEEP BOOK SIGNING Though artists often work in solitude, a collaboration can expose another side of an artist and highlight individual talents— the case with Fear of the Deep (Elisabeth Sharp McKetta LLC, Nov. 2016), a new coffee table book by local poet Elisabeth Sharp McKetta and local writer/painter Troy Passey.

Fear of the Deep is text and images on a theme: “the ocean and how words become lifeboats.” Passey’s stark, simple designs serve as a kind of substrate for McKetta’s text and vice versa, creating both beautiful singular expressions and a captivating whole.

McKetta and Passey will work together again Sunday, Dec. 11 for a book signing at Rediscovered Books. For more information on the book, visit fearofthedeep.com or learn more about the artists at elisabethsharpmcketta.com and troypasseyart.com.

1-3 p.m., FREE. Rediscovered Books, 180 N. Eighth St., 208376-4229, rdbooks.org.

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ALLEY REP: DISENCHANTED!— Alley Repertory Theater presents the off-Broadway favorite by Dennis T. Giacino. Snow White and her sisterhood of women who are sick of pop-culture princess tales will reclaim their stories through songs like “Big Tits” and “All I Want To Do is Eat (Haagen-Dazs)”. 8 p.m. $15$20. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-4248297, alleyrep.org.

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BCT: A NIGHTTIME SURVIVAL GUIDE—8 p.m. $16-$34. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, bctheater.org.

BLT: MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET—In this heart-warming holiday classic, a little girl comes to believe in Santa Claus after a retirement home resident teaches the world a lesson about the true spirit of Christmas. Through Dec. 10. 7:30 p.m. $11-$14. Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise, 208-342-5104, boiselittletheater. org.

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CALENDAR BOISE CLASSIC MOVIES: THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL— What story isn’t made better with Muppets? And The Muppet Christmas Carol is one of the truer depictions of Dickens’s story put to film. (Give or take a song or two.) 7 p.m. $9 online, $11 door. Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, 208-345-0454, 208-387-1273, boiseclassicmovies.com/deals.

THE CENTER PERFORMING ARTS SERIES: KORBY LENKER READING AND LECTURE—Twin Falls-born singer-songwriter and author Korby Lenker will read from his first book, Medium Hero, and talk about his experiences in Idaho.

6:30 p.m. $10-$12. Sun Valley Center for the Arts, 191 Fifth St. E., Ketchum, 208-726-9491, sunvalleycenter.org.

COMEDY SHOWCASE EXTRAVAGANZA— 8 p.m. $5. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-9412459, liquidboise.com.

MUSIC THEATRE OF IDAHO: MARY POPPINS—Music Theatre of Idaho brings the beloved story of the English nanny to the stage.

7:30 p.m. $18-$22. Nampa Civic Center, 311 Third St. S., Nampa, nampaciviccenter.com, 208-4682385.

STAGE COACH: A CHRISTMAS CAROL—7:30 p.m. $12-$15. Stage Coach Theatre, 4802 W. Emerald Ave., Boise, 208-342-2000, stagecoachtheatre.com.

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CAROL A. LEONARD: FINE ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY—Enjoy the beautiful photography of Carol A. Leonard. 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. FREE. Meridian Senior Center at the Park, Julius M. Kleiner Park, 1920 N. Records Way, Meridian, 208-8885555.

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MOBLEY ARTISTS OPEN HOUSE—Check out this art exhibition and sale featuring four artists that live on Mobley Drive in Boise: Geoff Krueger, Jill Millward, Rachel Teannalach and Peggy Jo Wilhelm.

This is a great opportunity to add art to your Christmas gift-giving.

You will find Mobley off Warm Springs Avenue (turn at the castle).

Each home will be marked. 5-8 p.m. FREE. Mobley Artists on Mobley Drive, Boise.

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AUTHOR STEVE STUEBNER: IDAHO MICROBES—The author of Idaho Microbes discusses the fascinating and strange world of single-celled organisms in the Gem State and their super-sized impact.

From soil crusts to microbrews, microbes impact us in a variety of ways. Winner of the Idaho Library Association Book of the Year Award for 2015. 7 p.m. FREE. Meridian Public Library, 1326 W. Cherry Lane, Meridian, 208-888-4451, mld.org.

ALL IS CALM: THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE OF 1914—Even after a century has passed, the events that happened on the first Christmas of World War I seem almost surreal.

Soldiers from both sides came out of their trenches and celebrated the holiday together. This a cappella musical explores that event through the actual letters and songs of the men who lived it. 7:30 p.m. $10. Northwest Nazarene University Little Theatre, 550 Holly St., Nampa, homeencoreetc.org.

FRIDAY DEC. 9 Festivals & Events WINTER GARDEN AGLOW—6-9 p.m. FREE-$10. Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-343-8649, idahobotanicalgarden.org.

WINTER WONDERLAND—Start a family tradition with the very first Twin Oaks Farms Winter Wonderland. Fridays through Dec. 30. 4-11 p.m. $12. Twin Oaks Farms, 4000 N. Eagle Road, Eagle, 208-939-6373, idahoswinterwonderland.com.

ALLEY REP: DISENCHANTED!—8 p.m. $15-$20. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297, alleyrep.org.

BCT: A NIGHTTIME SURVIVAL GUIDE—8 p.m. $16-$34. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, bctheater.org.

BLT: MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET—8 p.m. $11-$14. Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise, 208-342-5104, boiselittletheater.org.

BOISE PHILHARMONIC: HOLIDAY POPS—Join Conductor Troy Quinn and the Boise Philharmonic Orchestra and Master Chorale for Christmas and Hanukkah favorites.

Holiday Pops promises to mesmerize listeners with familiar repertoire

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THE ART OF ANIMATION: BRINGING BACK MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD—This new exhibit from the collection of Jay and Gretchen Basen focuses on early animation and features production cels and drawings from 1950’s Disney cartoon Donald Duck’s Birthday, Bugs Bunny from a Nike television ad with Michael Jordan, production cel and drawings from The Simpsons, and others. Tuesdays, Thursdays through December. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.

FREE. The Community Library Ketchum, 415 Spruce Ave., Ketchum, 208-726-3493, comlib.org.

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By William Shakespeare June 2–25 The Hunchback of Notre Dame Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz,

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CALENDAR and sing-alongs, while inspiring joyful memories of the holidays. 8 p.m. $29-$48. Brandt Center at NNU, 707 Fern St., Nampa, 208344-7849, boisephil.org.

BOISE STATE ANNUAL FAMILY HOLIDAY CCONCERT—The Boise State University Music Department invites the community to celebrate the season with this yearly tradition for music lovers in the Treasure Valley. Tickets are available at the Morrison Center box office. 7:30 p.m. FREE-$10. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-4261609, box office: 208-426-1110, morrisoncenter.com.

BOISE WOMEN’S CHORUS: HOLIDAY MUSIC PASSPORT— Ring in the holidays with Boise Women’s Chorus. Holiday Music Passport, featuring Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols, will take you on a musical adventure around the world that will delight your senses. A social hour will be held in the reception area at 6:30 p.m. before the concert, with beer and wine available. 7:30 p.m. $10$25. Esther Simplot Performing Arts Academy, 516 S. Ninth St., Boise, 208-345-9116, boisewomenschorus.org.

THE CENTER PERFORMING ARTS SERIES: KORBY LENKER IN CONCERT—The multi-talented musician and author originally from Twin Falls performs as part of The Center’s current BIG IDEA project, Idaho Stories. Lenker began work on a new album, Thousand Springs, in early 2016 and spent weeks traveling and recording in outdoor locations across southern Idaho. He then spent the early part of the summer laying more tracks with some of his favorite musicians around the country. 7 p.m. $18$60. Sun Valley Opera House, Sun Valley Village, Sun Valley, 208-6222244, sunvalleycenter.org.

COMEDIAN JOHN CAPARULO—8 p.m. and 10 p.m. $23. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-941-2459, liquidboise.com.

COMEDYSPORTZ IMPROV—Two teams of comics battle it out for your laughs. Suitable for all ages.

7:30 p.m. $5-$10. ComedySportz Boise, 4619 Emerald St., Boise, 208-991-4746, boisecomedy.com.

EAGLE HIGH CHOIR: A HEAVEN FULL OF STARS—The awardwinning choral program at Eagle High School presents its annual Christmas concert, featuring over

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200 singers and six choirs. 7 p.m. $5-$10. Eagle High School, 574 N. Park Lane, Eagle, 208-939-2189, ehsmeridianschools.org.

GERRY AND THE DREAMBENDERS TOYS FOR TOTS FUNDRAISER—Get in the Christmas spirit with the Second Annual Toys for Tots Fundraiser presented by Gerry and The Dreambenders. The U.S. Marine Corps Reserve program distributes toys to children in need during the holiday season. A new, unopened toy or a cash donation is your admission into this event.

You’ll enjoy great music, food and drink for a great cause. With Jake Leg. 7:30 p.m. By donation. Riverside Hotel Sapphire Room, 2900 W. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208343-1871, sapphireboise.com.

LIPSINC: WE ARE SANTA’S ELVES—It is that time of year again for LipsInc! to wreck your holidays with their final shows of the year, We Are Santa’s Elves. Victoria, Martini, Christina Champagne and first-time guest star Jackie Blue are furiously busy in Santa’s workshop preparing to bring you the best in this season’s entertainment. These are usually their busiest shows of the year, so don’t procrastinate calling for reservations. 8:30 p.m. $20.

Balcony Club, 150 N. Eighth St., Ste. 226, Boise, 208-368-0405, lipsinc.net.

MUSIC THEATRE OF IDAHO: MARY POPPINS—7:30 p.m. $18-$22. Nampa Civic Center, 311 Third St. S., Nampa, nampaciviccenter.com, 208-468-2385.

RECYCLED MINDS BENEFIT COMEDY SHOW—Recycled Minds Comedy is partnering with CATCH (Charitable Assistance to Community’s Homeless) to provide a family of four with a home in time for Christmas. All proceeds go to CATCH. 8 p.m. $10. The Hub, 1408 State St., Boise.

STAGE COACH: A CHRISTMAS CAROL—8 p.m. $12-$15. Stage Coach Theatre, 4802 W. Emerald Ave., Boise, 208-342-2000, stagecoachtheatre.com.

STAGE COACH LATE NIGHT: 7 SANTAS—In this adult holiday comedy by Jeff Goode, scandal erupts at the North Pole when the most powerful man on Earth is sentenced to rehab for a minor traffic violation. Christmas will never ever be the same. 11 p.m. $10. Stage Coach Theatre, 4802 W. Emerald Ave., Boise, 208-3422000, stagecoachtheatre.com.

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CALENDAR Talks & Lectures IDAHO ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY EVENING LECTURE—Join Dr. Loren Davis for a talk entitled, Surprising Similarities Between Western Stemmed Tradition and Clovis Paleoindian Lithic Technologies Revealed at the Cooper’s Ferry Site, Idaho. 7 p.m. FREE. Boise State Education Building, 1910 University Drive, Boise, idahoarchaeology.org.

Sports & Fitness TAMARACK OPEN—Open daily through March. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE$69. Tamarack Resort, 2099 W. Mountain Road (off Hwy. 55, Donnelly, 208-325-1000, tamarackidaho.com.

Odds & Ends 6TH ANNUAL FUSED GLASS HOLIDAY BAZAAR—Shop local, handmade glass art gifts from over 15 local glass artists represented at Fusions’ Sixth Annual Holiday Bazaar. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $5-$200.

Fusions Glass Studio, 135 N. Second St., Eagle, 208-938-1055, fusions-idaho.com.

HIPSTER SANTA PHOTO OPPS—Get your pic taken with Hipster Santa as Flying M Coffeegarage transforms their stage into Santa’s workshop, where you will magically be transported back in time to when Santa was a young hipster aspiring to be the jolly man he is today. Remember to take a camera, as Hipster Santa’s hipster elf will be snapping the photo with your device. 6-9 p.m. FREE. Flying M Coffeegarage, 1314 Second St. S., Nampa, 208467-5533, flyingmcoffee.com.

SALSA DANCING—Dance to the best Latin Tropical music from the best local DJs: Salsa, Bachata, Merengue and Cumbia. Beginner lessons 8:30-9:30 p.m.; open dancing until 1 a.m. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. $5-$8. Ochos Boise, 515 W. Idaho St., Boise, tangoboise.com/ ochos.

SATURDAY DEC. 10 Festivals & Events BOISE FARMERS MARKET—9 a.m.-2 p.m. FREE. Boise Farmers Market Indoor Winter Market, 516 S. 8th Street, Boise, 208-3459287. facebook.com/TheBoiseFarmersMarket.

CALDWELL MODEL RAILROAD CLUB HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE— Special Thomas, Chuggington and holiday trains for the kids will be on display and running. Plus, a scavenger hunt, activities for kids and drinks and snacks available.

Donations accepted. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. By donation. Caldwell Model Railroad Clubhouse, 809 Dearborn St., Caldwell, cmrchs.org.

CAPITAL CITY PUBLIC MARKET HOLIDAY MARKET—10 a.m.-2 p.m. FREE. Capital City Public Market, Eighth Street between Idaho and Jefferson streets, Boise, 208-345-3499, facebook.com/ capitalcitypublicmarket.

CITY SANTA—Families are invited to take their children to tell Santa their Christmas wishes, capture a treasured photo, and make the experience one the whole family will cherish. Donations benefit the Women’s and Children’s Alliance.

You can also enjoy a variety of Christmas in the City events, the Winter Window Gallery, and the City Christmas Tree on the newly renovated Grove Plaza. 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

By donation. D.L. Evans Bank, 890 W. Main St., Boise, 208-331-1399, downtownboise.org.

FREE DENTAL DAY—Drs. Veronica Montgomery, James Eaton and J. Scott Bobst, along with Patterson Dental and their teams, will provide a day of free extraction services for people 18 and older who can’t afford the dentistry they need. By appointment only. 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

FREE. Boise Caring Dentistry, 5360 N. Eagle Road, Ste. 101, Boise, 208-939-7620, boisecaringdentistry.com.

MODEL RAILROAD HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE—Join the Old Boise N Scale Model Railroad Club to see a variety of model trains, including special Christmas trains, running through scenic towns, mountains and industrial areas. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. By donation. The Pioneer Building, 106 N. Sixth St., Boise, facebook.com/oldboiserailroad.

SANTA VISITS EDWARDS GREENHOUSE—Whisper your wishes into the ear of the Jolly Old Elf himself at Edwards Greenhouse.

Noon-2 p.m. FREE. Edwards Greenhouse, 4106 Sand Creek St., Boise, 208-342-7548, edwardsgreenhouse.com.

WINTER GARDEN AGLOW—6-9 p.m. FREE-$10. Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-343-8649, idahobotanicalgarden.org.

WINTER WONDERLAND—10 a.m.-11 p.m. $12. Twin Oaks Farms, 4000 N. Eagle Road, Eagle, 208-939-6373, idahoswinterwonderland.com.

YOUR HEALTH IDAHO ENROLLMENT OPEN HOUSE/WORKSHOP—Get your questions about the Your Health Idaho program answered by Amanda Davison, a certified independent agent at

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University Financial Group. She’ll present information about health plans available this year, and tell participants how to navigate through the program’s website.

10 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE. Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-972-8200, boisepubliclibrary. org/calendar.

LIPSINC: WE ARE SANTA’S ELVES—8:30 p.m. $20. Balcony Club, 150 N. Eighth St., Ste. 226, Boise. 208-368-0405, lipsinc.net.

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STAGE COACH: A CHRISTMAS CAROL—8 p.m. $12-$15. Stage Coach Theatre, 4802 W. Emerald Ave., Boise, 208-342-2000, stagecoachtheatre.com.

ALL IS CALM: THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE OF 1914—7:30 p.m. $10.

Northwest Nazarene University Little Theatre, 550 Holly St., Nampa, home.encoreetc.org.

ALLEY REP: DISENCHANTED!—8 p.m. $15-$20. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297, alleyrep.org.

BCT: A NIGHTTIME SURVIVAL GUIDE—2 p.m. and 8 p.m. $16$34. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-3319224, bctheater.org.

BLT: MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET—2 p.m. and 8 p.m. $11$14. Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise, 208-342-5104, boiselittletheater.org.

BOISE PHILHARMONIC: HOLIDAY POPS—Join Conductor Troy Quinn and the Boise Philharmonic Orchestra and Master Chorale for Christmas and Hanukkah favorites. Holiday Pops promises to mesmerize listeners with familiar repertoire and sing-alongs, while inspiring joyful memories of the holidays. 8 p.m. $29-$48. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-3447849, boisephil.org.

BOISE WOMEN’S CHORUS: HOLIDAY MUSIC PASSPORT—7:30 p.m. $10-$25. Esther Simplot Performing Arts Academy, 516 S. Ninth St., Boise, 208-345-9116, boisewomenschorus.org.

CAPITAL CITY SOUND HOLIDAY HARMONY CHRISTMAS CONCERT AND BAKE SALE—Holiday carols will ring from the rafters at Capital City Sound’s fourth annual Christmas Concert, featuring the costumed chorus singing traditional favorites and novelty songs.

With 4th Dimension, the very talented men’s quartet from the Boise Chordsmen, and Capital City Sound’s own popular quartet, In Treble Again. Plus Cookie Walk with an array of delicious baked goods for sale. 7 p.m. FREE-$7. St. Mark’s Catholic Church, 7960 Northview St., Boise, 208-375-6651, capitalcitysound.org.

Food BOISE BREWING FIRKIN FRIDAY—Boise Brewing will be tapping a unique cask-conditioned Snow Boarder Porter with a little something extra added to it. Plus Wetos Locos serving up some delicious grub. 5-9 p.m. FREE. Boise Brewing Co., 521 W. Broad St., Boise, 208342-7655, boisebrewing.com.

COMEDIAN JOHN CAPARULO—8 p.m. and 10 p.m. $23. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-941-2459, liquidboise.com.

COMEDYSPORTZ IMPROV—7:30 p.m. $5-$10. ComedySportz Boise, 4619 Emerald St., Boise, 208-9914746, boisecomedy.com.

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EAGLE HIGH CHOIR: A HEAVEN FULL OF STARS—1 p.m. and 4 p.m. $5-$10. Eagle High School, 574 N. Park Lane, Eagle, 208-9392189, ehsmeridianschools.org.

MUSIC THEATRE OF IDAHO: MARY POPPINS—1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. $18-$22. Nampa Civic Center, 311 Third St. S., Nampa, nampaciviccenter.com, 208-4682385.

STAGE COACH LATE NIGHT: 7 SANTAS—11 p.m. $10. Stage Coach Theatre, 4802 W. Emerald Ave., Boise, 208-342-2000, stagecoachtheatre.com.

TREASURE VALLEY CHILDREN’S THEATER: LITTLE WOMEN—Join Treasure Valley Children’s Theater for this one-hour stage adaptation of the classic novel by Louisa May Alcott, adapted by Jacqueline Goldfinger. 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. $5.

Treasure Valley Children’s Theater, 703 N. Main St., Meridian, 208287-8828, treasurevalleychildrenstheater.com/see.

Art MOBLEY ARTISTS OPEN HOUSE—5-8 p.m. FREE. Mobley Drive, Boise.

Talks & Lectures JOEL SALATIN: CAN WE FEED THE WORLD?—Join Joel Salatin, the world’s “most famous farmer” and face of the local organic farming movement, to learn how we can feed the world without being dependent on monolithic and destructive farming corporations. Free parking in the Lincoln garage. 4:30-7:30 p.m.

FREE. Boise State Student Union Jordan Ballroom, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 208-426-5800.

Citizen VOLUNTEER CONNECTIONS: ENGAGE, EMPOWER, CREATE CHANGE!—Are you looking for a way to get involved and become engaged? The Wassmuth Center for Human Rights and United Vision for Idaho are hosting an event for folks to visit with people who can talk to you about opportunities that fit your passion and talents.

2-4 p.m. FREE. Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208972-8200, wassmuthcenter.org.

Odds & Ends 6TH ANNUAL FUSED GLASS HOLIDAY BAZAAR—Shop local, handmade glass art gifts from over 15 local glass artists represented at Fusions’ Sixth Annual Holiday Bazaar. 10:15 a.m.-5 p.m. $5$200. Fusions Glass Studio, 135

N. Second St., Eagle, 208-9381055, fusions-idaho.com.

ARTISANS FOR HOPE HOLIDAY SALES EVENT—Find handmade goods by the refugee artisans of Artisans For Hope, who earn 75 percent of the purchase price for each product they make and sell.

11 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE. Artisans for Hope, 723 N. 15th St., Boise, 208477-8828, artisansforhope.org.

EAGLE COUNTRY CHRISTMAS—Enjoy free kids activities, live music, market vendors, and s’mores by a fire. Help Santa this year by donating lightly used winter coats and other items for Coats for Kids. Take a free horse-drawn carriage ride sponsored by Mountain America Credit Union. New this year is the Reindeer Ramble, a fun run/walk through downtown Eagle starting at 4:15 p.m. and ending just in time for the tree lighting. 1-6 p.m. FREE. Heritage Park, 185 E. State St., Eagle.

HIPSTER SANTA PHOTO OPPS—10 a.m.-2 p.m. FREE. Flying M Coffeegarage, 1314 Second St. S., Nampa, 208-467-5533, flyingmcoffee.com.

SUNDAY DEC. 11 Festivals & Events BOISE DEPOT HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE—11 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. Boise Train Depot, 2603 W. Eastover Terrace, Boise, parks. cityofboise.org.

SCANDINAVIAN ST. LUCIA CHRISTMAS EVENT—Join the Scandinavian Society of Southwestern Idaho for a St. Lucia procession, St. Nicholas and more surprises. With potluck at 5:30 p.m.; take your own tableware and a main dish and side dish/dessert to share. Plus music by the ScandiBand. 4:30-7:30 p.m. FREE. Fort Boise Senior Center, 690 Robbins Road, Boise, 208-345-9921, facebook.com/Scandinavian-Societyof-Southwestern-Idaho.

WINTER GARDEN AGLOW—6-9 p.m. FREE-$10. Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-343-8649, idahobotanicalgarden.org.

WINTER WONDERLAND—Noon-8 p.m. $12. Twin Oaks Farms, 4000 N. Eagle Road, Eagle, 208-9396373, idahoswinterwonderland. com.

On Stage ALLEY REP: DISENCHANTED!—1 p.m. $15-$20. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297, alleyrep.org.

THE CHRISTMAS INTERLUDES: STUBBY PRINGLE’S CHRISTMAS—Enjoy cowboy guitar and harmony singing as The Christmas Interludes perform this heart-warming story, from

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CALENDAR the pen of the beloved Western writer Jack Warner Schaefer, author of Shane. Featuring Stitch Marker, Ashley Townend (Dowden) and Peter John Still. 4:30 p.m. $12. The Mode Lounge, 800 W. Idaho St., Boise, 208-342-6633, christmasinterludes.com.

Dec. 25 or Jan. 1; dancing resumes Jan. 8. Saturdays and Sundays, 7:30-10:30 p.m. Continues through Dec. 18. $6-$7. Eagles Lodge Nampa, 118 11th Ave. N., Nampa, 208-442-1970, treasurevalleysingles.weebly.com.

TUESDAY DEC. 13

COMEDIAN JIM GAFFIGAN: THE FULLY DRESSED TOUR—Don’t miss the Grammy-nominated comedian’s Boise debut. 8 p.m. $40-$60. Taco Bell Arena, 1910 University Drive, Boise State campus, Boise, 208-426-1900, tacobellarena.com.

MONDAY DEC. 12

THE RAG COMPANY NEW STORE GRAND OPENING—Help The Rag Company celebrate the grand opening of their new State Street store. Every guest will receive a free Microfiber Lens Cloth, as well as the opportunity to save 20 percent off all in-store products. You can meet local detailing and cleaning professionals, as well as The Rag Company’s owners and crew. Plus refreshments, snacks, prizes and giveaways. 3-5 p.m. FREE. The Rag Company Store, 5430 W. State St., Boise, 208-888-6821.

COMEDIAN JOHN CAPARULO—8 p.m. $23. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-941-2459, liquidboise.com.

FRANKLY BURLESQUE REVUE—8 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon, 513 W. Main St., Boise, 208-345-6344, facebook.com/PengillysSaloon.

MARK O’CONNOR: AN APPALACHIAN CHRISTMAS—Grammywinning composer and violinist Mark O’Connor has created several arrangements of Christmas classics and fashions a wondrous mixture of both instrumental and vocal music in bluegrass and other American music genres. Concertgoers are treated to fresh takes on traditional songs with a few original compositions included. His renditions are playful and joyous, but can be strikingly earnest too. 7 p.m. $35-$45 adv., $40-$50 door.

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

STAGE COACH: A CHRISTMAS CAROL—2 p.m. $12-$15. Stage Coach Theatre, 4802 W. Emerald Ave., Boise, 208-342-2000, stagecoachtheatre.com.

Literature ELISABETH SHARP MCKETTA AND TROY PASSEY: FEAR OF THE DEEP BOOK SIGNING—Fear of the Deep combines Elisabeth Sharp McKetta’s poetic fragments with Troy Passey’s atmospheric artwork. This first book-length collaboration is about the ebb and flow of human connection and mortality as symbolized by the ocean; it’s rooted in the idea that life is both beautiful and terrible.

A percentage of proceeds will be donated to Suicide Prevention Action Network of Idaho. 1-3 p.m.

FREE. Rediscovered Books, 180 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-376-4229, fearofthedeep.com.

Odds & Ends TREASURE VALLEY SINGLES DANCE—Join the Treasure Valley Singles Club at their new venue in Nampa for weekly social dancing to live bands. Couples welcome, too. For 21 and older. Dec. 4 is the club’s Western Dance, with the Christmas Dance on Dec. 18, and maybe Santa will show up if you’ve been good. There’ll be no dance on

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Festivals & Events BOISE DEPOT HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE—11 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. Boise Train Depot, 2603 W. Eastover Terrace, Boise, parks. cityofboise.org.

CRAVIN’S CANDY EMPORIUM AND WINTER GARDEN AGLOW TOUR—Join the Nampa Recreation Department for a spectacular winter adventure that includes a tour of Cravin’s Candy Emporium followed by Idaho Botanical Garden’s Winter Garden aGlow.

Includes transportation, tour and candy from Cravin’s, admission to the Garden and dinner. Depart and return Nampa Rec Center. 4-9 p.m. $25. Nampa Recreation Center, 131 Constitution Way, Nampa, 208-468-5858, nampaparksandrecreation.org.

WINTER GARDEN AGLOW—6-9 p.m. FREE-$10. Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-343-8649, idahobotanicalgarden.org.

WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA IDAHO STATEHOUSE WREATH-LAYING CEREMONY—Wreaths Across America is a national nonprofit organization celebrating its 25th year of placing fresh evergreen memorial wreaths to remember our nation’s veterans. In Boise, the ceremony will be held in the hallway outside of the Governor’s Office. 10 a.m. FREE. Idaho State Capitol Building, 700 W. Jefferson St., Boise, 208-433-9705, wreathsacrossamerica.org.

On Stage BOISE CHORISTERS WOMEN’S CHOIR: I HEART CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY CONCERT—Join the Boise Choristers Women’s Choir for their annual Christmas choral concert. They’ll be singing traditional and contemporary Christmas music that will fill your heart with peace, joy and love during this holiday season. Plus some fun surprises. Donations benefit the choir’s scholarship program. 7 p.m. By donation. Cathedral of the Rockies, First United Methodist Church, 717 N. 11th St., Boise, 208-343-7511, sites.google.com/ site/boisechoristers2.

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WINTER GARDEN AGLOW—6-9 p.m. FREE-$10. Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-343-8649, idahobotanicalgarden.org.

On Stage PENGILLY’S 39TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY—Tyler Nelson performs The Grinch. With The Ringtones. 7 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon, 513 W. Main St., Boise, 208-345-6344, facebook.com/PengillysSaloon.

BOISE CLASSIC MOVIES: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE—You’ll be running down Main Street yelling “Merry Christmas” to anyone who’ll listen, even the grouchiest of Mr. Potters. 7 p.m. $9 online, $11 door.

Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, 208-345-0454, 208-3871273, boiseclassicmovies.com/ deals.

SCENTSY’S POINT OF LIGHTS HOLIDAY CONCERT—Scentsy invites the community to take a break from the holiday gauntlet for a night of festive music, warm beverages and a feast for the senses at its first-ever Point of Lights Concert.

Local high school and community choirs will perform in the Scentsy Commons Café. Refreshments will be served. 6:30 p.m. FREE. Scentsy Commons, 2701 E. Pine Ave., Meridian, 208-855-0617.

Workshops & Classes LEAVE NO TRACE AWARENESS WORKSHOP—Those interested in learning the principles of Leave No Trace will benefit from this informative session. Tools will be presented so you can become better stewards of the outdoors and nature. From teaching a kid the importance of not feeding wildlife to picking up trash on the trail, you’ll learn more about outdoor ethics so that you can leave no trace. 7 p.m.

FREE. Idaho Outdoor Association Hall, 3401 Brazil St., Boise.

Open at 11 am 8th & Main, 2nd Level 208.343.2444 www.thepiperpub.com

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Larry Calkins said he knew President-elect Donald Trump was trouble right from the start.

“He’s a racist, he’s a bigot, he’s an abuser of women. All those things galvanized my feelings.

When I’m upset or when I’m pissed, I do a lot of drawing, and that’s how I work it out,” he said.

The Issaquah, Wash.-based artist typically gravitates toward “small politics”—subjects like family life, relationships, home and nature—but ahead of the Nov. 8 election, his work took a dark turn. Following the defeat of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary, Calkins filled three sketchbooks with images representing an increasingly divided America. Within days of the election, he’d filled another three sketchbooks, which brimmed with Nazi and fascist imagery.

“It’s just history repeating itself,” Calkins said.

“It may not be a rise of German fascism, but it’s certainly an American brand of it,”.

Trump’s campaign, which threatened historically marginalized groups like women, minorities and the LGBT community, has also been accused of giving a toehold in the national discourse to radical right-wing and white supremacist groups.

In Boise, as in the Seattle area, where Calkins works and teaches, artists and creatives have begun responding to Trump, whom many see as an autocratic threat to democratic values, institutions and civil rights. He’s simultaneously a subject ripe for artistic treatment—from caricature and graphic design—to appeals for unity after a traumatizing election.

“I wish I had more time because [Trump] is a political cartoonist’s dream,” said Boise-based artist Kelly Knopp. “The hair or the orange face; those are, like, home runs. He makes up words, and some of his policies and visions—there’s no way that’s possible. It feels like a constant SNL skit.”

In the summer of 2014, Crooked Fence Brewing released Little Bitch Otter India Brown Ale. The label was designed by Knopp, who was then the brewery’s co-owner and artistic director. The beer and label artwork were inspired by white-hot debate over the Gem State’s same-sex marriage ban. At an unveiling party in May, the line to purchase the beer and LBO swag at PreFunk in downtown Boise wrapped around the block.

Later that year, the ban, supported by Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter, the Idaho Legislature and a $1 million legal defense fund, was struck down in the courts, and Little Bitch Otter established Knopp as one of Boise’s most visible political artists, with a caricaturist’s style, an eye for detail and a sense of humor. His reputation as an artistic provocateur, however, has come with a price he said few local artists can afford to pay.

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Much of the protest art surrounding the president-elect centers on his complex relationships with members of the Republican party, his rhetoric on the campaign trail and his perceived flirtations with white nationalism and the extreme far right.

want to express yourself through your art, but it can be dicey when you’re trying to make a living doing it, and you’re pissing off half the people in your community.”

Lost business is one consequence of creating politically charged content in a place as reliably conservative as Idaho; hate mail is another. When a video that went viral of body-positive feminist activist Amy Pence-Brown in a bikini being written and drawn upon at the Capital City Public Market hit YouTube in 2015, Melanie Folwell, who helped make the video, started receiving angry and aggressive emails and Facebook messages, which she still sometimes gets more than a year after the video’s release.

“It threw me for a loop,” she said.

Some have questioned Trump’s qualifications to serve as president because of his celebrity background. Folwell described him as “our first, true celebrity president” leveraging his fame into a policymaking position. Her disgust with what she sees as his style-over-substance platform came to a head shortly after the election, when she had an epiphany.

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seems like total bullshit right now.’”

A commercial graphic designer, illustrator and photographer by trade, Folwell recognized what artists like Knopp see in Donald Trump: a collection of cartoonish features and mannerisms floating on a raft of outlandish statements and murky policy positions. Rather than lampoon the president-elect’s look and message, her approach taken in “When Fascism Comes to America, It Will Be Called Americanism” draws from a rich tradition of text-heavy, political pop art to direct criticism not to Trump but to the cultures of business and celebrity of which he is a part. Folwell doesn’t plan on signing her work, preferring to eschew fame culture altogether.

Folwell’s reliance on art craft and theory to deliver “good, subversive, strong messaging” belies her feeling of being “unmoored” after an election propelled as much by memes, fake news and Facebook as it was by values-based discussion and debate over policy.

“I’m not sure what this country is about right now,” she said. “I’m not sure what truth means, I’m not sure what facts mean, I don’t know how to move forward.”

A similar feeling has propelled Sarah Masterson. She and many of her friends belong to

groups disparaged or targeted by Trump or his supporters during the campaign, and a feeling of antagonism coming from the future commanderin-chief gave her pause.

“I have a lot of friends who live all over the U.S., and the majority of them are gay or trans or artists or queer,” Masterson said. “My response [to the election] was shock and surprise. I was scared for my friends and their safety.”

In the past, Masterson has promoted Treefort Music Fest with enormous, temporary banners featuring simple messages placed in public areas like the Boise Greenbelt. It’s a medium she’ll dust off for an upcoming message of unity.

“It’s like how song lyrics hit you,” she said. “I approach it in the same way as writing a song.”

Like Folwell, Masterson said Trump isn’t the direct target of her work and, unlike Knopp, who said he wants his art to start a conversation, she prefers instilling a feeling of solace and warmth in her audience. She didn’t tip when or what her message would be, but as winter descends on Boise, it may thaw people’s will to act.

“When I think about shock, I think about being frozen,” Masterson said. “When the shock wears off, I feel like stepping forward and taking action.”

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ALMOST FAMOUS KARAOKE—9:30 p.m. FREE. Liquid

MARK O’CONNOR’S ‘AN APPALACHIAN CHRISTMAS,’ FEAT. THE O’CONNOR BAND, DEC. 11, THE EGYPTIAN THEATRE

OPEN MIC JAM NIGHT—9:30 p.m. FREE. The Buffalo Club

GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN: CHRISTMAS WITH MILLENNIAL CHOIRS AND ORCHESTRAS—7:30 p.m. $14-$34.

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BOISE PHILHARMONIC: HOLIDAY POPS—8 p.m. $29-$48.

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MIKE ROSENTHAL SOLO PIANO—5:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

BOISE STATE ANNUAL FAMILY HOLIDAY CONCERT—8 p.m., FREE-$10. Morrison Center

SPEEDY GRAY—6 p.m. FREE. Highlands Hollow STEVE EATON—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365 TYLOR AND THE TRAIN ROBBERS—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

7 p.m., $35-$50, The Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Capitol Blvd., 208-387-1273, egyptiantheatre.net.

CHUCK SMITH SOLO PIANO— 5:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers FRIM FRAM FOUR—8:45 p.m.

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The American Christmas is defined by bundled-up children playing in heavy snowfall and brilliantly wrapped gifts reaching up to the branches of decorated tree. Add to that rosy image the sounds of fiddles and banjos weaving holiday classics like “Linus and Lucy” from A Charlie Brown Christmas and “Sleigh Ride.”

They’re just a few of the beautifully rendered tracks in Mark O’Connor’s An Appalachian Christmas, from which he’ll perform Sunday, Dec. 11, at The Egyptian Theatre. Expect the best: O’Connor is a four-time National Oldtime Fiddler’s Contest-winner, has performed with everyone from Yo-Yo Ma to James Taylor, and has been cutting albums since 1974. The man is a stringed instrument wizard, and together with The O’Connor Band, they cut some of the best Americana around.

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BUCKSKIN—8 p.m. FREE. O’Michael’s

BOISE WOMEN’S CHORUS: HOLIDAY MUSIC PASSPORT—7:30 p.m. $10-$25.

Esther Simplot Performing Arts Academy

THE CENTER PERFORMING ARTS SERIES: KORBY LENKER IN CONCERT—7 p.m. $18-$60.

Sun Valley Opera House EAGLE HIGH CHOIR: A HEAVEN FULL OF STARS—7 p.m. $5-$10.

Eagle High School EMILY TIPTON BAND—10 p.m. $5. Reef FRANK MARRA SOLO PIANO— 5:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

STORIE GRUBB—With Marquina and Lucid Aisle. 8 p.m. $5. Neurolux SUNSET GOAT—9 p.m. FREE. Ha’ Penny Bridge TRACTOR BEAM—7 p.m. FREE. Sockeye-Cole

SATURDAY DEC. 10

GERRY AND THE DREAMBENDERS TOYS FOR TOTS FUNDRAISER—A new, unopened toy or a cash donation is your admission into this event. With Jake Leg. 7:30 p.m. By donation.

Sapphire THE OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND MOSQUITOS—7 p.m. FREE. High Note QUINN VAN PAEPEGHEM TRIO WITH NICOLE CHRISTENSEN—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers ROB HARDING BAND—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s SMOOTH AVENUE—7 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s

BRETT REID—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

Boise Philharmonic BOISE PHILHARMONIC: HOLIDAY POPS—8 p.m. $27-$69Morrison Center BOISE WOMEN’S CHORUS: HOLIDAY MUSIC PASSPORT—6:45 p.m. FREE. Payette Brewing

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MUSIC GUIDE CAPITAL CITY SOUND HOLIDAY HARMONY CHRISTMAS CONCERT AND BAKE SALE—7 p.m. FREE-$7. St. Mark’s Catholic Church CLAY MOORE TRIO WITH AMY ROSE—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers EAGLE HIGH CHOIR: A HEAVEN FULL OF STARS—1 p.m. and 4 p.m. $5-$10. Eagle High School GHOST REVOLVER—7 p.m.

FREE. High Note HECKTOR PECKTOR—7 p.m.

FREE. WilliB’s

REFLECTIONS—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

OPEN MIC—7 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s

ST. CHRISTOPHER WEBSTER— With Sarga. 8 p.m. $TBA. The Shredder

RADIO BOISE TUESDAY: MUUY BIIEN—With The Western Mystics and Nude Dude. 7 p.m. $5.

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TELE NOVELLA—Plus With Child and Mighty Fang. 7 p.m. $7.

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SCENTSY’S POINT OF LIGHTS HOLIDAY CONCERT—6:30 p.m.

FREE. Scentsy Commons

TUESDAY DEC. 13

SOMA—7 p.m. FREE. Sockeye-Cole SWINGIN’ WITH ELLIE SHAW—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

39TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY—Tyler Nelson performs The Grinch.

With The Ringtones. 7 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

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KORBY LENKER—8 p.m. $12 adv., $15 door. Neurolux MIKE ROSENTHAL SOLO PIANO—5:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers MOODY JEWS—5 p.m. FREE. Schnitzel Garten PATRICIA FOLKNER—5 p.m.

FREE. Bar 365 THE SLOW—With The Openers. 8 p.m. $5. Flying M Coffeegarage TAUGE AND FAULKNER—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

SUNDAY DEC. 11 100.3 THE X FREE SHOW: KYLE GASS BAND—Win tickets by listening to 100.3 The X. 7:30 p.m.

FREE. Knitting Factory CHAD SUMMERVILL AND FRIENDS CD RELEASE PARTY AND IRISH SESSION—7 p.m.

FREE. Ha’ Penny Bridge THE CHRISTMAS INTERLUDES: STUBBY PRINGLE’S CHRISTMAS—4:30 p.m. $12. The Mode MARK O’CONNOR: AN APPALACHIAN CHRISTMAS—7 p.m. $35$45 adv., $40-$50 door. Egyptian NOCTURNUM LIVE INDUSTRIAL DJS—8 p.m. FREE. Liquid THOMAS PAUL—11 a.m. FREE. High Note

MONDAY DEC. 12 1332 RECORDS PUNK MONDAY—9 p.m. FREE. Liquid BOISE CHORISTERS WOMEN’S CHOIR: I HEART CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY CONCERT—7 p.m. By donation. Cathedral of the Rockies OPEN MIC WITH REBECCA SCOTT AND ROB HILL—8 p.m.

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TELE NOVELLA, DEC. 12, NEUROLUX If Wednesday Addams was to drop a vinyl 45 on her Victrola for some quality brooding time in her room, she might pick an album from Tele Novella.

The Austin-based quartet, fronted by Natalie Gordon, whips up a moody brew of psych-pop shot through with ’60s-inspired guitar rhythms. Far from coming off as bleak or doom-struck, Tele Novella’s macabre style is simultaneously charming and creepy— the band contributed a track to the album I Saved Latin! A Tribute to Wes Anderson (American Laundromat Records, 2014), so that should tell you something right there.

It would be a mistake to group Tele Novella with other rockabilly throwbacks, however, which trade on twee disaffection and quirky nostalgia—owing in part to the whip-smart lyrics and sonorous vocal delivery of Gordon, whose languid yet forceful style evokes shades of Peggy Lee and Grace Slick.

Touring behind its new album, House of Souls (Yellow Year, September 2016), Tele Novella is bringing its infections gloom to Neurolux, where it should feel right at home.

—Zach Hagadone With Mighty Fang and With Child, 7 p.m., $7. Neurolux, 111 N. 11th St., 208-343-0886, neurolux.com.

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ARTS NEWS SURVIVING A SECOND RUN OF A NIGHTTIME SURVIVAL GUIDE The monsters in Boise Contemporary Theater’s A Nighttime Survival Guide are disgusting, however lovingly rendered. The guts of this production, however, aren’t creature horror or loving set design, but a reminder that within small children, big hearts beat.

The story follows 11-year-old pen pals Aki from Japan and Verne from Idaho (Carie Kawa and Dwayne Blackaller, respectively) as Verne fills his survival guide with tips for defeating the monsters under his bed from Aki, who derives the strength to confront her own problems from her growing friendship with Verne.

Survival Guide takes children seriously.

The demons and beasts pulled from Japanese mythology stalking Verne are, surely, figments of his imagination, but Blackaller communicates the boy’s terror and courage with ebullience.

Kids aren’t tabula rasa, and Verne’s imagination is a training ground for what will one day become adult virtues.

The show stealer, however, is Aki, whose feelings and insight seem caught up in spiderwebs of uncertainty. Writers and directors Blackaller and Matthew Cameron Clark gave Aki a long, slow arc and the stage, divided between the two characters, seems darker and more spare on Aki’s side. Watching her fold her bed cot into a corner of the room signals impermanence, insecurity and the doubt howling in her soul—and just outside her window.

Puppet grotesqueries come courtesy of Resident Scenic and Puppet Designer Michael Baltzell, who just this year won a Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts—and they are gorgeous. Audience reactions to the filth demon dwelling in Verne’s bathroom were a mixture of delight and disgust. Its long, pink tongue made people gag with glee.

But though puppets were a fantastical break from the Verne/Aki drama, tonally they were out of place, and could be seen as either a way to establish Verne’s vivid imagination or distract from it. Children come to terms with their imaginations slowly, and rarely do they get to heroically wage decisive battles against the monsters in their heads, let alone over grainy Skype sessions with friends half a world away.

The play takes place within a snowglobe of rural isolation, waning daylight and kids’ bedrooms. Even inside their bubbles, though, Aki and Verne are on the precipice of a long tumble toward adulthood, and the gravity of their respective moments is realized and relayed to audiences.

This is BCT’s second go at Survival Guide (the first was February 2013). It’s also the first time BCT has staged a revival. Neither the content nor the technical aspects have been updated or changed significantly, which raises the question of why this play was returned to the BCT stage—but it’s a question audiences must answer for themselves. What the revival does offer, however, is a second chance to see the constructed lines between youth and adulthood blurred in a dazzling moral tale for, and about, kids.

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If the debut EP from local band Know Reaction was a final project, these students would clearly deserve an A+. (Clockwise from bottom left: Zachary DiNucci, Jillian DiNucci, Jackson DiNucci and Jay Everett)

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Debut EP by local band Know Reaction shows more than musical chops AMY ATKINS instruments at BRS, they learned the value of Siblings in bands is not a novel concept. The collaboration, tenacity and teamwork.

Jackson 5, The Beach Boys, The Osmonds, The four tracks on Clear to Me are wellThe Kinks, Heart, Van Halen, AC/DC, New crafted, clever, polished rockers, sonically Kids on the Block, Oasis, Hanson, The Black more mature than might be expected from a Crowes, Kings of Leon, The Dixie Chicks and group of high-schoolers (drummer Jackson, Reckless Kelly are a tiny sampling of famous the youngest DiNucci sibling, isn’t even old acts from over the years in which brothenough to drive at night yet). ers and sisters did or do Jillian, who plays bass and perform together. In some sings, is the band’s primary cases, however, the friction KNOW REACTION songwriter but she doesn’t between related members of Thursday, Dec. 16, 6 p.m., FREE. take all the credit for herself. a band becomes bigger than Dry Creek Mercantile, 5892 W. Hid“I’ll bring in some bass the band itself (we’re lookden Springs Drive, 208-229-2001, chords or come in with a ing at you, Oasis). drycreekmerc.com. drum idea and say, ‘Here you Local alt-rock band For more info on Know Reaction or go. Make this your own,” Know Reaction, formed Clear to Me, visit facebook.com/ knowreaction.

Jillian said, looking over at while the members were atJackson. “It’s me giving them tending Boise Rock School, a bass line, but everyone is made up of siblings Jackin the band has their own son, Jillian and Zachary Dicreative ways of making it more challenging Nucci, and their friend Jay Everett. The band, for themselves and growing with it.” which performed at the 2016 Treefort Music Jillian and Jackson also credit their BRS Festival, recently released its debut EP, Clear teachers with giving them and their bandmates to Me (self-released, 2016) and after chatting more than just instrument skills. Instructors with Jillian and Jackson, what becomes clear like local musicians Daniel Kerr and Douglas is that the teens not only learned how to play

Cameron have been hugely influential. Cameron said he has seen a marked difference in the DiNucci kids over the years.

“In the beginning, they argued like siblings will,” Cameron said with a laugh. “But they learned how to compromise and hold each other accountable.”

Jillian said she and her bandmates also valued the respect of their mentors, which meant maintaining a high standard for their output, so they worked hard on the new EP. Know Reaction spent months recording at BRS before stepping into the booth at Tonic Room Studios, where they recorded Clear to Me. “They were like sponges. They listened to everything I said,” said Cameron, who produced the EP. What Jillian and Jackson took from the experience seemed to stick. Jillian wants to learn about recording, producing and mastering, and Jackson wants to teach music to young people someday. Clearly, BRS taught the DiNuccis something else, too: paying it forward.

“Whenever we can, we always give a shout out to Boise Rock School,” Jillian said. “It has completely changed my life.”

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SCREEN SLOGGING THROUGH THE SWAMP

Caustic election may have doomed Miss Sloane GEORGE PRENTICE What starts out as a fast-paced character study of a D.C. lobbyist in Miss Sloane, slows to a slog through the same swamp Democrats and Republicans have been shouting about for the past 18 months. It isn’t a bad movie—Miss Sloane even has moments, particularly near the end, when it leans toward greatness.

Jessica Chastain plays the not-very-nice Upon advice of counsel, we can testify that the best reason to see Miss Sloane is indeed Miss Jessica Chastain.

Elizabeth Sloane. At the beginning of her story, we discover Miss Sloane is a ruthless, conservawith a rather unlikeable character and despicable tive, pro-gun lobbyist who jumps political ship to Madden, who previously directed Chastain in motivations at its core. Worse yet, it’s left-leaning, 2010’s The Debt (a great, overlooked film), said join a left-leaning lobbying group taking on the heavy-handedness does Miss Sloane’s noble cause right-wing group she just left. Ultimately, all that the story of Miss Sloane “was predicated on the an injustice. idea of the surprise.” is left of Miss Sloane is her ruthlessness.

The film’s greatest weakness is that it slips Few were prepared for this past Election Day With someone as skilled as Chastain inside into cliche, employs a gaggle of character actors surprise, which catapulted the skin of Elizabeth Sloane, in one-dimensional roles, and tries too often to Donald Trump to the presiyou know you’re in for some MISS SLOANE (R) emulate the walking-and-talking genre perfected dency and somehow made first-rate acting and, as Directed by John Madden

by Aaron Sorkin in TV’s The West Wing or his Miss Sloane woefully out of expected, this film sits on ChasStarring Jessica Chastain, Sam WaOscar-nominated biopic, Steve Jobs. sync and out of touch with tain’s padded shoulders. Already terston, Alison Pill and John Lithgow While it’s nearly tolerable to watch Chastain the new political climate that nominated twice for an Oscar, Opens Friday, Dec. 9 at The Flicks portray what President-elect Trump might dub a shut out what would have Miss Sloane has again put Chasand Edwards Boise Stadium 21 been our nation’s first female “nasty woman,” Miss Sloane’s particular penchant tain on many critics’ short lists for verbally shaming her opponents is too stark a commander-in-chief. Days for a Best Actress nod. Chastain after the election, at the Nov. 11 premiere of Miss reminder of what our nation endured during the reportedly spent time shadowing a dozen D.C. past 18 months. Miss Sloane’s arguments weren’t lobbyists—11 of them women—on Capitol Hill Sloane, Chastain was beside herself. wrong, but they are unnerving nonetheless.

“It’s a nightmare,” she said from the red carin preparation for Miss Sloane. She returned to pet. “Right here, talking about this right now, it’s Sadly, this film exploits what divides us as a nathe nation’s capital days before the presidential tion, and while there may be reality in that, I can election to preview her film, telling the audience, not the best experience.” think of a dozen other ways to spend two hours Therein lies the problem with Miss Sloane: It “My greatest hope for this film is that it inspires this holiday season. attempts to unwind as a taut, political thriller women to really step forward.” Director John

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NOCTURNAL ANIMALS (R) featuring the lonely Then a badly-scarred, Directed by Tom Ford existence of an exobese, naked woman Starring Amy Adams and tremely beautiful Los begins a pole dance, Jake Gyllenhaal Angeles gallery owner filling the screen. The Opens Friday, Dec. 9 at (played by a perfectly burlesque continues The Flicks gowned and coiffed with another obese, Amy Adams) and a naked dancer, then polar-opposite story unwinding into another and another—all before

an intense, violent rape fantasy.

At its world premiere at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival, I heard as many critics ask, “What the f**k was that all about?” as I heard some say, “This was the most stylish, beautiful movie of the year.” Unfortunately, my reaction was closer to the former.

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The Zamzows guy talks Christmas trees GEORGE PRENTICE

Growing up in Gresham, Ore., Nolan Guthrie had a particular dislike for gardening—due in large part to the fact that his father loved it so much.

“He was so into landscaping that I looked at it as a chore,” said Guthrie. “But take a look at me now.”

After mowing countless lawns and going to college to learn landscape design, Guthrie joined Zamzows—he’ll mark his 13th anniversary with the company next month. Working his way up the company ladder from the warehouse to floor sales to manager of the Chinden Boulevard location, Guthrie is now Zamzows’ manager of social media and online marketing. He also hosts the Zamzows Garden Show on KBOI News Talk 670 every Saturday, fielding a variety of inquiries, many of which—this time of year—are about Christmas trees.

You’re a natural on the radio.

Really? After the second time I hosted the show, I listened to a tape of myself and I sounded like the “Schweddy Balls” skit on Saturday Night Live.

Rule No. 1: Don’t listen to yourself. It will drive you crazy.

I had to be more normal. Now, it’s the real me. [I’m] more humorous and people respond.

How does a farm qualify to supply Christmas trees to Zamzows?

Over the years, we’ve toured a number of nurseries—thousands of acres of farmland—in Oregon. Some of those farms are huge because they ship tons of trees to the East Coast. Those farms are cutting their trees weeks and weeks and weeks in advance, and the trees lie on the ground for a long time. Zamzows is looking for that farm that is small enough to supply a quality product but just the right size to provide all of the trees our customers need. A Christmas tree provider can’t just have one farm—they need to circulate from various locations as they harvest over the years. It’s also really important to us that we check out the farm’s soil quality and how they care for the soil.

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When do Christmas tree sales peak?

My guess is that this year, it will be the weekend of Dec. 10 and 11.

You mentioned that Zamzows turns to Oregon for its Christmas trees, so can I assume Idaho has the advantage of getting a pretty fresh harvest?

About 90 percent of U.S. Christmas trees are grown in Oregon. So, our transportation costs are not as high as they are for trees that are shipped back East.

Walk us through the different options for trees.

A lot of tree farms grow the Douglas Fir: they’re cheaper and they grow to full size quicker but they dry out fast. The next step up is the Noble Fir. I prefer that, mostly because of the smell. The Douglas Fir smells citrus-y, but Noble Fir smells… well, it just smells more Christmas-y. The Noble Fir has a blueish, silvery color, and its boughs give you more spacing for decorations. One step up from that is the Grand Fir, but we stopped carrying Grand Firs a few years back because they’re pretty spendy. We started carrying something called the Nordmann. It’s a pretty high quality Christmas tree but more affordable. The needles are green and waxy, and it holds water like crazy.

Speaking of which, what’s the trick for not drying out the tree?

When you buy it, we give it a special cut. After the tree is first harvested, the sap drains down and creates a cap on the bottom of the trunk, preventing it from taking water. So, when we cut it again at the bottom, get it home and get it into water as soon as you can.

There are some commercial products on the market that promise to keep Christmas trees from drying out.

I’ve even heard of some people putting aspirin into the water to supposedly open up the capillaries of the tree. I’ve never done any of that. The trick is to keep the water reservoir full, especially in the first two days that you put your tree up. Keep that reservoir full, and you should be good.

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BEERGUZZLER WINTER WARMERS, PART TWO The thermometer has taken a plunge since we visited holiday brews a month ago. The current trio takes colder weather into account, offering richer malt and more subdued hops.

These beers are perfect for sipping in front of the fire when the snow is flying outside.

GRAND TETON COMING HOME 2016 HOLIDAY ALE, $10.50-$13, 750 ML. This barley-style ale brewed with rye is an ebony pour with so little carbonation, it throws almost no head. The aromas are fairly reserved, offering soft hops, stone fruit, caramel and malt.

Weighing in at 10 percent alcohol by volume, the warm, boozy palate is no surprise. It’s filled with candied fruit flavors of raisin, date and fig, with a light hit of hops. Enjoy now or cellar for a few years.

LAGUNITAS BROWN SHUGGA SWEET RELEASE, $1.70-$2.20, 12 OZ. Pouring an orangehued caramel, this one is topped by a two-finger head that leaves a nice lacing. The nose fluctuates between sweet malt and fruity hops with touches of spice and pine.

It tastes like it smells: the perfect mix of creamy malt and lightly bitter hops with none of the heat, given its 9.7 percent ABV. So delicious, caution is advised.

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BY ROB BREZSNY ARIES (March 21-April 19): Normally I cheer you on when you devote single-minded attention to pressing concerns, even if you become a bit obsessive. Right now, in accordance with astrological omens, I invite you to run wild and free as you sample lavish variety. It’s prime time to survey a spectrum of spicy, shiny and feisty possibilities—to entertain a host of ticklish riddles rather than to insist on prosaic answers. You have been authorized by the cosmos to fabricate your own temporary religion of playing around and messing around and fooling around.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus poet Adrienne Rich described “an honorable human relationship” as “one in which two people have the right to use the word ‘love.’” How is that right earned? How is such a bond nurtured? Rich said it was “often terrifying to both persons involved,” because it’s “a process of refining the truths they can tell each other.” I bring this to your attention, Taurus, because you’re in a favorable phase to become an even more honorable lover, friend and ally than you already are. To take advantage of the opportunity, explore this question: How can you supercharge and purify your ability to speak and hear the truth?

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In Goethe’s play Faust, the hero

bemoans his lack of inner unity.

Two different souls live within him, and they don’t cooperate.

Even worse, they each try to rule him without consulting the other.

I’m guessing you’ve experienced a version of that split during the course of your life. Lately, though, it may have grown more intense and divisive. If that’s true, I think it’s a good sign. It portends the possibility that healing is in the works... that energy is building for a novel synthesis. To help make it happen, identify and celebrate what your two sides have in common.

evidence is now abundant. (See a summary here: tinyurl.com/ mindmyths.) I hope this helps spur you to destroy any limited assumptions you might have about your own brainpower, Leo. According to my astrological analysis, you could and should become significantly smarter in the next nine months— and wiser, too!

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The poet Dick Allen described Zen Buddhism as being “so filled with paradoxes that it jumps through hoops that aren’t even there.” I’m tempted to apply this description to the way you’ve been living your life recently. While I can see how it may have entertained you to engage in such glamorous intrigue, I’m hoping you will stop. There is no longer anything to be gained by the complicated hocus-pocus. But it’s fine for you to jump through actual hoops if doing so yields concrete benefits.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Born under the sign of Virgo, Mary Oliver is America’s best-selling poet. She wasn’t an overnight sensation, but she did win a Pulitzer Prize when she was 49. “What I loved in the beginning, I think, was mostly myself,” she confesses in one poem. “Never mind that I had to, since somebody had to.

That was many years ago.” I bet that even at her current age of 81, Oliver is still refining and deepening her self-love. Neither she nor you will ever be finished with this grand and grueling project. Luckily for you both, now is a time when Virgos can and should make plucky progress in the ongoing work. (P.S.: And this is an essential practice if you want to keep refining and deepening your love for others.)

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): For decades, numerous self-help authors have claimed that humans use ten percent or less of their brain’s potential. But the truth is that our gray matter is far more active than that. The scientific

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Most high-quality suits worn by men are made of wool from merino sheep raised in Australia, says Nicholas Antongiavanni in his book The Suit: A Machiavellian Approach to Men’s Style. There are now more

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than 100 million members of this breed, but they are all descendants of just two rams and four ewes from 18th century Spain. How did that happen? It’s a long story.

(Read about it here: tinyurl.com/ merinosheep.) For the oracular purposes of this horoscope, I’ll simply say that in the next nine months you’ll also have the potential to germinate a few choice seeds that could ultimately yield enormous, enduring results. Choose well.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Five of my Scorpio acquaintances and 17 of my Scorpio readers have let me know they’re actively seeking to make new alliances and strengthen their existing alliances. Does this mean Scorpios everywhere are engaged in similar quests? I hope so. I would love to see you expand your network of like-minded souls. I would love for you to be ardent about recruiting more help and support. Happily, the current astrological omens favor such efforts. Hot tip: For best results, be receptive, inviting and forthright.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “The awesome splendor of the universe is much easier to deal with if you think of it as a series of small chunks,” wrote novelist Terry Pratchett. That’s true enough, but I’ll add a caveat: Now and then the trickle of small chunks of awesome splendor gives way to a surge of

really big chunks. According to my astrological analysis, that’s either already happening for you, or else is about to happen. Can you handle it? I’m sure you’ve noticed that some people are unskilled at welcoming such glory; they prefer to keep their lives tidy and tiny. They may even get stressed out by their good fortune. I trust you’re not one of these fainthearted souls. I hope you will summon the grace you’ll need to make spirited use of the onslaught of magnificence.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In his book The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, John Koenig coins words to describe previously unnamed feelings. I suspect you may have experienced a few of them recently. One is “monachopsis,” defined as “the subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place.” Then there’s “altschmerz,” meaning “weariness with the same old issues you’ve always had.”

Another obscure sorrow you might recognize is “nodus tollens,” or “the realization that the plot of your life doesn’t make sense anymore.”

Now I’ll tell you two of Koenig’s more uplifting terms, which I bet you’ll feel as you claw your way free of the morass. First, there’s “liberosis”: caring less about unimportant things; relaxing your grip so you can hold your life loosely and playfully. Second, there’s “flashover,” that moment when conversations become “real and alive, which

occurs when a spark of trust shorts out the delicate circuits you keep insulated under layers of irony.”

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In 1983, two Australian blokes launched a quest to tip a drink at every pub in Melbourne. Thirtytwo years later, Mick Stevens and Stuart MacArthur finally accomplished their goal when they sipped beers at The Clyde. It was the 476th establishment on their list.

The coming weeks will be a highly favorable time to plan an epic adventure of your own, Aquarius. I hope and pray, though, that you will make it more sacred and meaningful than Stevens’ and MacArthur’s trivial mission.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): For three seasons of the year— spring, summer and fall—a certain weasel species has brown fur.

During that time, it’s known as a stoat. When winter arrives, the creature’s coat turns to white. Its name changes, too. We call it an ermine. The next spring, it once again becomes a stoat. Given the nature of the astrological omens, Pisces, I think it would make poetic sense for you to borrow this strategy. What would you like your nickname to be during the next three months? Here are a few suggestions: Sweet Sorcerer; Secret Freedom-Seeker; Lost-andFound Specialist; Mystery Maker; Resurrector.

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LEGAL BW LEGAL NOTICES IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 4TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA IN RE: Tiffany Frances McKainRasmussen Legal Name Case No. CV 01 1621280 NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE (adult) A Petition to change the name of Tiffany Frances McKain-Rasmussen, now residing in the City of Boise, State of Idaho, has been filed in the District Court in Ada County, Idaho. The name will change to Tiffany Freja Rasmussen. The reason for the change in name is: personal.

A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 130 o’clock p.m. on (date) Jan. 19, 2017 at the Ada County Courthouse. Objections may be filed by any person who can show the court a good reason against the name change.

Date Nov. 18, 2016 CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT DEBBIE NAGELE DEPUTY CLERK PUB Nov. 30, Dec. 7, 14 & 21 IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 4TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA IN RE: Madeline Blair Packwood Legal Name Case No. CV 01 1620581 NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE (adult) A Petition to change the name of Madeline Blair Packwood, now residing in the City of Boise, State of Idaho, has been filed in the District Court in Ada County, Idaho.

The name will change to Matthew Alistair Packwood. The reason for the change in name is: I am a transgender person transitioning with the full support of my parents and family.

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Date Nov. 5, 2016 CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT DEBBIE NAGELE DEPUTY CLERK PUB Nov. 30, Dec. 7, 14 & 21 IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 4TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA IN RE: Kaisley Ann Zamora Legal Name Case No. CV 01 1617622 NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE (minor) A Petition to change the name of Kaisley Ann Zamora, a minor, now residing in the City of Boise, State of Idaho, has been filed in the District Court in Ada County, Idaho. The name will change to Kaisley Ann Zamora-Seward. The reason for the change in name is: I want to add my maiden name to the child.

A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 130 o’clock p.m. on (date) Jan. 31, 2017 at the Ada County Courthouse. Objections may be filed by any person who can show the court a good reason against the name change.

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DEAR MINERVA, I hate Christmas. I hate the whole rotten season. The lights, the colors, the greetings, the bows, the infernal music and the dumb smiles on everyone’s faces. Besides locking myself in my house until Jan. 2, what can I do to avoid the onslaught of merriment?

Sincerely, —Bah Humbug

DEAR BAH HUMBUG, Oh, my darling little Grinch, I have to say, I think I love you. I completely understand your aversion to all things Christmas-y.

While I don’t hate the hubbub and celebration, there are times in my life that I have. I can do without the yearly obligation to wish everyone well in cheery tones. I can do without the sudden pressure to give because it’s Christmas, when in reality, people are in need the remaining 364 days of the year. Every time I pass anything soaked in cinnamon scent, whether twig brooms, candles, pinecones or Fireball, I feel like un-swallowing my Christmas pudding. What I challenge you to do is try to let people enjoy things, even if they annoy you. The holidays are one of the few times of the year we may actually see people at their best. No, you needn’t become a recluse or Scrooge your way out of every interaction. I know the holidays are hard. I don’t know why they are hard for you, and your feelings are absolutely valid, but by practicing a little acting, you might find you can deal a little easier with the merriment of others.

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A CHILD’S FIRST BOOK OF TRUMP President-elect Donald Trump has broken all the rules. By conventional wisdom, his candidacy should have been over when he mocked a New York Times reporter’s disability, and again when audio was released of him bragging about sexually assaulting women.

Instead of selecting one of the most qualified presidential contenders in U.S. history, voters handed the office to one of the least equipped candidates on record. While the rest of us struggle to wrap our heads around the Trump phenomenon, comedian and author Michael Ian Black has had the Cheetocolored gaffe dervish pegged and committed to rhyme since July 2016, when he released A Child’s $16, simonandschuster.com First Book of Trump.

The 32-page children’s book/survival manual offers sage observations about The Donald, from his little baby hands to his unusual mane, which bears more resemblance to American cheese fondue than hair.

While the book is for children, it may inspire a few parents to dream up lyrics to commemorate our first NSFW president.

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