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“A couple of years ago, the legislature was so proud about returning education to the 2009 funding levels. Excuse me?”

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As the immigration/refugee debate mounts, BW meets Idaho’s newest citizens.

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Milemarker sets sail for Boise with new album in tow.

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of a Salesman

Oscar-nominated film attracts critical praise, awards, controversy.

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EDITOR’S NOTE

IMMIGRATION, EXILE AND POST-HARDCORE

In June 2016, the number of refugees worldwide topped 65.3 million, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. That’s a record: One out of every 113 people worldwide is displaced and in search of asylum.

It’s in the shadow of this human crisis that now-President Donald Trump ran his presidential campaign and the first days of his administration. One of his first acts as Commander-in-Chief was to ban immigration and refugees from seven predominantly Muslim countries, which has since been mired in the courts.

The President’s rhetoric has bled over into one of America’s most cherished institutions: the naturalization ceremony. Boise Weekly News Editor George Prentice has been reporting on them for years, but at a recent event, he noticed fear among new Americans of discrimination. Check out his news feature (“They Pledge Allegiance,” page 6) for the voices of America’s newest citizens.

Adjacent to his story is an explanation of why the number “89” is an issue of concern. That’s the number of individuals who have been held by the Ada County Sheriff’s office on what are called “detainer requests” from Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Learn more about what they are, how they work, and what they mean for the push for so-called sanctuary cities on page 6.

Trump’s immigration ban is also set to have a profound impact on Hollywood. The cast and director of Iranian film The Salesman will not be able to attend the Academy Awards ceremony Sunday, Feb. 26. Starring the inimitable Shahab Hosseini and directed by Asghar Farhadi, the film will open at The Flicks Friday, Feb. 17, but the gates won’t be open to its crew, allowing them to contend for Oscars in person. Read Prentice’s review on page 16.

On a slightly lighter note, the Germany-based rockers of posthardcore group Milemarker released their first album in 11 years, Overseas, in 2016. The album received sterling reviews from critics, and writer Ben Schultz chased the band down to learn more about where Overseas fits into Milemarker’s oeuvre. The band will play Neurolux in Boise Tuesday, Feb. 21, but before you grab your tickets, definitely read Schultz’s full story on page 14.

—Harrison Berry

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ARTIST: Sean Hagerty TITLE: “Grover Whale: The Happy Whale” MEDIUM: Stained Glass ARTIST STATEMENT: A whale symbolizes creativity, truth, and rebirth. May we all enjoy these three things in 2017, and have a remarkable year.

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STREET SMARTS Some Boise students will walk out of class Thursday, Feb. 16, to protest the confirmation of Betsy DeVos as U.S. Secretary of Education. A Statehouse rally is scheduled for 10 am. More at News/Citydesk.

EVICTED The city is closing an old North End fire station, home to the Grapevine recovery center after finding asbestos and lead-based paint. The club must leave by Friday, Feb. 17.

More at News/Citydesk.

WISH WE WERE THERE The Basque Market is closed until Thursday, Feb. 22, while the staff tours Euskadi (Basque Country), to learn about its food, wine and culture.

More at Food/Food News.

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WHAT THE F**K DOES SHE HAVE TO DO TO WI N A L B U M O F T H E Y E A R ? ” —Adele, after winning the Album of the Year Grammy, referring to Beyonce, who was also nominated.

MAIL TRUMP PROPOSAL WOULD INCREASE DRUG PRICES, DECREASE PATIENT CHOICES President Donald Trump recently pledged to let federal officials negotiate the prices of drugs covered under Medicare. He claims this will save taxpayers billions of dollars.

Nobody doubts that Trump and his team are shrewd negotiators, but the sorts of “negotiations” Trump refers to have nothing in common with haggling over a real estate deal. Instead, the action Trump has proposed—repealing the non-interference clause, originally drafted by former Democratic U.S. Sens. Ted Kennedy and Tom Daschle—would result in Medicare drug prices going up and patient choices going down.

This clause has been the key to Medicare’s success.

Between 2004 and 2013, the Medicare “Part D” prescription drug benefit program cost an extraordinary 45 percent less than initial estimates. Premiums for the program also are roughly half of the government’s original projections.

These unprecedented results are largely due to the Part D market-based structure. Beneficiaries are free to

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choose from a slate of private drug coverage plans, forcing insurers to compete to offer American seniors the best options. This year, seniors can choose from among 746 plans nationwide, with an average monthly premium of around $35.

Such great choices and low costs have led to widespread support for the program: Nine out of 10 seniors report satisfaction with their Part D coverage, according to a recent survey.

Through their own negotiations with drug makers, private insurers offering Part D plans have had great success in keeping pharmaceutical prices down. In fact, the Congressional Budget Office observed Part D plans have “secured rebates somewhat larger than the average rebates observed in commercial health plans.”

The non-interference clause prohibits government officials from intruding in these negotiations.

On the other hand, doing away with the non-interference clause “would have a negligible effect on federal spending.” In a report from 2009, the CBO reiterated this view, explaining that such a reform would “have little, if any, effect on [drug] prices.”

Allowing the feds to nego-

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tiate drug prices under Part D likely would have a negative effect on the program. The CBO explains that to achieve any significant savings, the government would have to follow through on its threats of “not allowing [certain] drug[s] to be prescribed.”

In other words, the government might drop some drugs covered by Medicare.

Patients who need those drugs would be forced to pay for them out-of-pocket, which would make medicines vastly more expensive for the seniors Trump wants to help.

If patients can’t afford a prescription, they might switch to a less effective drug or stop taking the medicine altogether. Their health would suffer.

Unfortunately, this isn’t a hypothetical consequence.

Just look at what is happening with the Veterans Affairs formulary, which permits government interference. The VA covers barely 80 percent of the 200 most popular drugs in the country. Medicare, which doesn’t allow for government meddling, covers 95 percent of these medicines.

Letting Medicare go the way of the VA would be devastating for seniors.

Kennedy and Daschle knew what they were talking about. The President should pay close attention.

—Peter J. Pitts Peter J. Pitts, a former FDA associate commissioner, is president of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest.

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At Ada County Jail, 89 prisoners were held on “detainer requests” during 2016.

ICE HAD 89 ADA COUNTY INMATES DETAINED IN 2016 Standing before police chiefs from several American cities Feb. 8, President Donald Trump encouraged “turning in the bad ones”—undocumented immigrants who are gang members.

“You have that power,” Trump said. “The federal government can never be that precise.”

It’s a power police agencies already use.

Between Jan. 1, 2016, and Jan. 31, 2017, there were 89 inmates held in Ada County Jail at the request of Immigration and Customs Enforcement based on immigration status. They were kept on “detainer requests.” When suspects are booked into Ada County Jail, they are fingerprinted and cross-referenced with national databases for outstanding warrants in other jurisdictions. If a suspect is undocumented, ICE may issue a detainer request to keep a suspect until ICE can take custody.

Detainer requests are at the center of controversies over “sanctuary cities,” cities where law enforcement doesn’t comply with ICE requests to collect information on undocumented people or hand them over to immigration authorities when they’re arrested on unrelated charges. Numerous courts have held that being an undocumented immigrant in the U.S. is a civil, rather than criminal, violation, and police cooperation with detainer requests is voluntary.

Pursuing sanctuary status is risky political business, however. Cities that do not comply with federal immigration authorities could lose some funding through federal grant programs, and such policies could alienate voters.

In spite of the risks, some cities deny all detainer requests. Others base compliance on whether the inmate has prior felony convictions, is a gang member or appears on a terrorist watchlist. Ada County Sheriff’s Office policy is to accept requests, holding suspects until their state charge has been resolved and then handing them over to ICE. It is not ACSO policy to arrest undocumented foreign nationals.

The Boise City Council voted Jan. 31 to issue a resolution reaffirming the city’s commitment to being immigrant friendly. It deliberately fell short of a declaration of sanctuary for undocumented immigrants, but there is demand for this kind of action: According to a Boise Weekly opinion poll, 63.46 percent of 1,382 respondents said they think Boise should become a sanctuary city.

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An average of 1,450 people beocme U.S. citizens each year at naturalization ceremonies in the Boise office of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, a division of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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Fate of refugee resettlement swept into Trump’s legal battles GEORGE PRENTICE “BREAKING NEWS.” The all-caps headline from CNN Headline News filled two jumbo TV screens at the Boise office of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Feb. 9 at 8:30 a.m. USCIS officers and staff didn’t pay heed to the news bulletin, the first of at least a half-dozen “breaking news” items detailing President Donald Trump’s legal tussle caused by his effort to curb the flow of immigrants and even legal residents across U.S. borders. At 9 a.m., a USCIS staffer reached for a TV remote control, turned off CNN and replaced it with a static red, white and blue message that read, also in caps: “CELEBRATE CITIZENSHIP. CELEBRATE AMERICA.” “We press on,” said USCIS Boise Field Office Director Steve Gossett, a 29-year veteran of the agency which is now part of the Department of Homeland Security.

Press on they did. Later that day, Gossett would administer an oath of allegiance to the U.S. from 43 individuals representing 16 countries, affirming they would henceforward be afforded the privileges of U.S. citizenship. The candidates— refugees and relatives of U.S. citizens—eventually filled the modest Boise office to standing-room-

only. One-by-one, they surrendered their current green cards and were handed a large white packet and a small American flag.

“This is really the only piece of paper you’ll need this morning,” Gossett told the gathering crowd. Before the morning was over, each of the 43 candidates would read from that paper: “I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty, of who or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen.” The oath also insists naturalized citizens “bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by law” and “perform noncombatant service in the Armed Forces of the U.S. when required by law.” As Idaho’s newest citizens recited, “I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, so help me God,” nearly all of them broke into smiles, and many shed a few tears.

However, each new citizen who spoke with Boise Weekly at the naturalization ceremony asked their name not appear in print.

“I have relatives who don’t live here,” said one.

“I love…I truly love being an American today

but, no, please don’t use my name.”

“This is my father, he’s 69-years-old and today, he’s an American,” said another. “We’re very proud. We’re from Iraq, so please don’t print our names.” Comments like these were a sobering contrast to naturalization ceremonies in the past, where new citizens freely shared their personal stories.

Idaho began a formal resettlement program in 1975 to assist the growing number of refugees fleeing Southeast Asia. The program expanded to include refugees from Eastern European nations during the Soviet era.

As persecution has reared its head time and again so, too, has the response to the men, women and children who are its targets. In December 2016, the Pew Research Center confirmed “over the past decade, Idaho has consistently ranked among the top states for refugees resettled per capita.” The New York Times reported that since 2012, the City of Boise had resettled more Syrian refugees than New York City and Los Angeles combined.

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House Bill 76 should trigger the emotional public hearing of the 2017 session of the legislature.

ANTICIPATING THE SANCTUARY DEBATE IN IDAHO

Hundreds of attendees at the 2017Idaho Conference on Refugees were asked, “What gives you hope?” Their answers included, “The judge that stopped the executive order,” “Social media and how it spreads the word,” “Our children’s love and acceptance.”

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including educators, police officers, social workers, caregivers and public dent of the United States—refugees were lumped into the growing list of officials. Joining them were already-resettled refugees from every corner of people President Trump doesn’t want in this country. the world.

“The danger is that refugees, people with green cards, even visas, were “The screening process for refugees is the most rigorous, robust process to swept into [Trump’s] travel ban,” said Director of the Idaho Office for Refudetermine whether someone poses a threat to America. Yet, there has been a gees Jan Reeves. “The fear is real. It’s tangible. There are more refugees and general failure to acknowledge the rigor of the refugee vetting process,” said displaced people in the world than ever before in our history: 65,000,000,” Reeves. “Facts matter more than ever right now.” he added. “That’s one in every 113 people on the planet. It’s a crisis of unIn her job, Ellen Campfield precedented proportions.”

Nelson uses facts to effect positive As BW was going to print change. Nelson, who heads up with this edition, Trump’s the Boise office of consulting travel ban had already suffered firm Agnew Beck, was recruited two legal defeats: A Seattleto help facilitate the conference. based federal judge temporarWhen asked, considering the ily halted the president’s executenuous fate of refugees, what tive order, and a second ruling gives her hope, Nelson smiled. from a three-judge panel of the “It’s interesting that you 9th Circuit Court of Appeals asked,” she said, pointing to a upheld the Seattle judge’s decilong row of tables covered with sion. Trump has made it clear multi-colored index cards. “These he’ll continue fighting for his are very personal answers. You’ll ban, presumably all the way to need to look for yourself. We the U.S. Supreme Court, or asked them, ‘What gives you he’ll write a second executive hope?’” order, which would trigger a “The judge that stopped the concurrent legal standoff. executive order,” answered one.

“What can I say about “Watching those pro-refugee where we are right now?” commercials on the Super Bowl,” asked Reeves. “We’re uncertain wrote another. about where we’ll be a week “Social media and how it from now or, for that matter, Nation’s represented at the ceremony included Azerbaijan, Bhutan, Brazil, China, Congo, spreads the word,” answered where we’ll be tomorrow.”

India, Iran, Iraq, Mexico, Moldova, Peru, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam. another. And at the end of the As the immigration/refugee table covered with hundreds of debate raged across the nation neatly-stacked cards, was the answer, “Our children’s love and acceptance.” over the past week, Reeves was hosting the IOR annual Idaho ConferIf only. ence for Refugees. This year, the conference attracted nearly 500 attendees, BOISE WEEKLY.COM

The stage is set for the Idaho Statehouse debate over immigrants and refugees. As BW was going to press, the Idaho House State Affairs Committee was poised to host what is expected to be the most emotional hearing of the 2017 legislative session. House Bill 76, sponsored by Rep. Greg Chaney (R-Caldwell), is designed to discourage the formation of any sanctuary cities or counties in Idaho, threatening to cut off state general funds to any local entity that harbors unauthorized immigrants or refugees.

But even before his public hearing had begun Chaney was already complaining about being the target of name-calling due to his proposal, with Idahoans calling him “hateful, xenophobic, racist, un-Christian, anti-immigrant and “far more that wouldn’t be printable.”

A recently released 2017 Idaho Public Policy Survey, conducted by the School of Public Service at Boise State, revealed that a slim majority (51.1 percent) of those polled favored Idaho’s refugee resettlement program, with a sizable minority (43.8 percent) opposing it. But when the same numbers are divided by demographics, the opinions vary widely. For instance, among Idahoans between the ages of 18 and 29, nearly 60 percent support resettlement and for those between the ages of 30 and 44, the numbers rise even further to nearly 62 percent.

Idaho’s geography also reveals a gap in opinions. Boise residents were the most supportive —57.9 percent—of refugee resettlement, while residents of northern Idaho showed the lowest levels of support—42.4 percent.

“I travel all across the state for my work, and I always make a point of listening to talk shows on Idaho radio stations” said Ellen Campfield Nelson, head of the Boise-based offices of Agnew Beck. “It’s interesting and, quite frankly, shocking at what is being delivered as so-called factual news on this issue. It’s also dispiriting that there is a whole network of information not based on fact, yet that has become the main source of information for a good many people.”

While the pending public debate will trigger many opinions, including those not based on any facts, it will ultimately be up to legislators to have the final say on whether Idaho could be looked upon as a sanctuary against what experts on both side of the political divide deem to be the greatest refugee crisis in world history.

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CALENDAR WEDNESDAY FEB. 15

Center as part of Read Me Treasure Valley. In the Marion Bingham Room. 4 p.m. FREE. Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-972-8200, readmetv.com.

Festivals & Events DCI: A T. REX NAMED SUE—The Discovery Center of Idaho recently welcomed “A T. rex named Sue,” a traveling exhibit of the “largest, best-preserved and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex ever found.”

Sue has been traveling since 2000, bringing with her interactive activities and additional casts, which allow visitors an up-close experience. Through May 7. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $12-$16. Discovery Center of Idaho, 131 Myrtle St., Boise, 208343-9895, dcidaho.org.

READ ME TV: WONDERFUL WATER CYCLE—Discover how water moves around the world as you play a game called The Incredible Journey to simulate a water drop traveling to oceans, lakes, clouds and more.

Brought to you by the Boise WaterShed Environmental Education

On Stage COMEDY OPEN MIC—8 p.m. FREE. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-941-2459, liquidboise. com.

HISPANIC FILM FESTIVAL—Enjoy a selection of recent award-winning movies and documentaries from Spanish-speaking countries (with English subtitles). 6 p.m. FREE. Boise State Riverfront Hall, 1987 W. Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise.

Art 2017 ANNUAL STUDENT JURIED EXHIBITION—Through Feb. 15.

10 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. Boise State Visual Arts Center Gallery 2, Hemingway Center, Room 110,

MONDAY-FRIDAY, FEB. 13-24

1819 W. Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-426-3994, art.boisestate.edu/ visualartscenter.

BRYAN ANTHONY MOORE: NATIONAL MYTHSTORY—Through Feb. 19. 7 a.m.-9 p.m. FREE. Boise State Student Union Gallery, 1910 University Drive, Boise, finearts. boisestate.edu.

CRAFTING RESISTANCE GROUP SHOW—Through March 28. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. Boise State Visual Arts Center Gallery 1, Liberal Arts Building, Room 170, 1874 University Drive, Boise, 208-4263994, art.boisestate.edu.

GERALDINE ONDRIZEK: CHROMOSOME PAINTING II—Through June 4. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE-$6.

Boise Art Museum, 670 Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208-345-8330, boiseartmuseum.org.

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

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

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.

Talks & Lectures ATLANTIC ODYSSEY—The Atlantic Ocean is a vast sea dotted throughout by remote yet storied islands that harbor unique geology, wildlife and cultures. Join presenter Marian Herz to visit these small but strategically important islands while sailing across almost 80 degrees of latitude. For ages 18 and older.

6:30 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library Lake Hazel Branch, 10489 Lake Hazel Road, Boise, 208-2976700, adalib.org.

Food BASQUE MARKET TEMPORARY CLOSURE—Don’t panic. The

THURSDAY-SUNDAY, FEB. 16-19

Basque Market is closed, but just temporarily. You’ll find the doors locked through Feb. 22, as the entire crew travels in the Basque Country. They’ll re-open for regular business on Thursday, Feb. 23.

Basque Market, 608 W. Grove St., Boise, 208-433-1208, thebasquemarket.com.

THURSDAY FEB. 16 Festivals & Events CWI CAREER EXPO—Explore over 35 different career-technical programs offered at CWI. 5-7 p.m.

FREE. College of Western Idaho Micron Center for Professional Technical Education, 5725 E. Franklin Road, Nampa, 208-562-3000, cwidaho.cc/PACE.

On Stage COMEDIAN COSTAKI ECONOMOPOLIS—8 p.m. $10. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-941-2459, liquidboise.com.

COMEDY OPEN MIC—9:30 p.m.

Continues through March 9. FREE. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-941-2459, liquidboise. com.

OFF CENTER DANCE: ELEMENTAL IDAHO—Enjoy modern dance inspired by the elements and our beautiful state, with choreography by Kelli Brown and artistic director Katie Ponozzo. “Fire” is inspired by flamenco, the passion that starts as a spark and ignites to flame. “Air” plays on the flight of birds, as dancers seemingly float on air. “Earth” is inspired by the sand dunes as they shift and move over time, with original piano composition

by Jeremy Allen. “Water” rounds out the performance by celebrating this essential element. Through Feb. 18.

8 p.m. $14-$30. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, offcenterdance.org.

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Social issues from a different cultural and linguistic perspective will be explored during the upcoming inaugural Hispanic Film Festival organized by the Boise State World Languages Department. Over two weeks, the department will screen five award-winning films coving a range of social issues: child marriage in the Guatemalan film Ixcanul; vanity in 3 Bellezas; a Venezuelan movie about a beauty-pageant crazed mother; fear and domination in El Pais del Miedo from Spain; education and literacy in Chilean film Las Inalfabetas; and the effect of the Cuban-American embargo on families in Pequenas Mentiras Piadosas, made in Cuba, Spain and Italy. All of the films have English subtitles.

6 p.m., FREE. Feb 13, Feb. 15, Feb. 17, Feb. 22 and Feb. 24. Boise State Riverfront Hall, 1987 W. Cesar Chavez Lane, facebook.com/Hispanic-Film-Festival-Boise.

Entertainment is right at our fingertips—literally, one mouse click is like the wave of a magic wand, granting access to movies, television, music, education, live performance, etc. (and, of course, sex). Because of the copious amount of content, branding is important, particularly for independent performers—and it works. Costaki Economopoulos’ tagline, “the biggest name in comedy,” works on a few levels, helping turn what could have been a hindrance into a kind of calling card. Curiosity may have opened a few doors in his early days (“Let’s get this Cost Talky Economonopoly” some club owner probably said) but after more than two decades of hard work and consistently funny material, Economopoulos has earned all of the levels on which his tagline works.

Thursday and Sunday, 8 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.; $10-$12. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., 208-941-2459, liquidboise.com.

For almost a year, arts collective LED teased its latest production, This Way to the Egress. The company dished out bits and pieces—an excerpt at Treefort 2016, another at MING Studios— before audiences were treated to the full energetic, long-form meditation on aging at the Morrison Center last October.

The multimedia fiesta that is LED isn’t done with This Way yet, however. The company is throwing an album release party for the original soundtrack written by LED Creative Director Andrew Stensaas at the Visual Arts Collective on Saturday, Feb. 18.

And it isn’t an LED fiesta without a performance, so along with the live music, see LED Artistic Director Lauren Edson and company dancers Brett Perry and Evan Stevens perform selections on the VAC stage.

8 p.m., $12 adv., $15 door. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297, visualartscollective.com.

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CALENDAR OPERA IDAHO OPERATINI: I LIVED FOR LOVE—Get in the mood for Opera Idaho’s production of Puccini’s Tosca with a finely crafted martini and great food. The cast will serenade you with some of their favorite pieces from the opera, set for Feb. 24 and Feb. 26 at the Morrison Center. 6 p.m. $20, $35 for 2. Riverside Hotel Sapphire Room, 2900 W. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-343-1871, Ext. 1617,operaidaho.org.

Workshops & Classes ENERGIZE HOUR WORKSHOP: NEIGHBORHOOD BRANDING— Join Jane Naillon of See Jane Brand Strategy to discuss what brand is and what it is not. She’ll help you understand the importance of culture as it is represented in brand, and outline the critical components that define and inform a successful brand. 7-8:30 p.m. FREE. Trailhead, 500 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-3445483, energize.cityofboise.org.

TRADE SECRETS OF PROFESSIONAL GENEALOGISTS—Join the Meridian District Library and the Idaho State Historical Society for this new six-part genealogy lecture series for beginning and advanced family historians. Dr. Steve Barrett, Idaho State Historical Society local and family history specialist, will provide tips on where and how to get started, how to keep records of the research you do, pitfalls to avoid, alternate sources when all other sources have dried up, and much, much more. On the third Thursday of the month through Feb. 16. Register online. 7-9 p.m. FREE. Meridian Public Library, 1326 W. Cherry Lane, Meridian, 208-888-4451, mld.org.

Literature AUTHOR JIM JONES READING AND SIGNING—Retired Idaho Supreme Court Justice Jim Jones discusses and signs copies of his book A Little Dam Problem. 7 p.m.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18

6 NIGHTS A WEEK

FREE. Rediscovered Books, 180 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-376-4229, rdbooks.org.

Talks & Lectures THE PRESIDENTS AND THEIR FAITH—Join Dr. Darrin Grinder of the Northwest Nazarene University English Department, and Dr. Steve Shaw of the NNU Political Science Department for a fascinating and informative look at how every U.S. president exercised their personal faith, exerted presidential power, and led a religiously diverse nation.

In the Boyington Room. 6 p.m.

FREE. Boise State Student Union Building, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 208-426-INFO, finearts. boisestate.edu.

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Citizen NONPROFIT RESOURCE THURSDAYS—The Idaho Nonprofit Center and BPL invite nonprofit leaders, staff members and volunteers to learn about free and low-cost resources available. The free, drop-in sessions are held on the third Thursday each month. Feb. 16: How to Capture and Grow your Social Media Audience by Kim Ellsworth, Idaho Nonprofit Center.

4-6 p.m. FREE. Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208972-8200, boisepubliclibrary.org/ calendar.

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Animals & Pets PETCO PRESENTS LEOPARD GECKO—Join the Nampa Petco Store on the third Thursday of every month for an hour of fun as you meet and learn all about the animal of the month. February’s special guest is the Leopard Gecko. For all ages. 4 p.m. FREE. Nampa Public Library, 215 12th Ave. S., Nampa, 208-468-5800, nampalibrary.org.

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Interact with the best of local art

2017 IDAHO TRIENNIAL The Boise Art Museum Triennial showcases the best recent work from artists across Idaho. For the 2017 Triennial, which opens Saturday, Feb. 18, BAM received 900 submissisions, and juror John Spiak—director and chief curator of Grand Central Art Center at California State University Fullerton in Santa Ana—selected 41 works by 24 artists from Boise, Meridian, Moscow, Nampa and Twin Falls. Spiak will share his take on the works at the after-hours opening party, which starts at 5:30, and this year, visitors will have the chance to watch and interact with artists during Artist Labs, scheduled times when six local artists will be at BAM working on new art.

5:30-8 p.m., members FREE, non-members $10. RSVP to RSVP@boiseartmuseum.org or 208-345-8330 ext. 35. Boise Art Museum, 670 Julia Davis Drive, 208-345-8330, boiseartmuseum.org.

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HEART MONTH WINE AND CHOCOLATE AFFAIR—Enjoy five pairings of dark chocolate and red wine by The Chocolat Bar and Indian Creek Winery. Tastings from 2-3 p.m. and live auction from 3-3:45 p.m.

Proceeds benefit the American Heart Association’s Idaho Chapter.

Seating is limited; call to RSVP. 2 p.m. FREE. Touchmark at Meadow Lake Village, 4037 E. Clocktower Lane, Meridian, 208-319-5311, touchmarkmeridian.com.

FRIDAY FEB. 17 On Stage BOISE PHILHARMONIC—Join guest conductor Andres Franco and guest cello soloist Edgar Moreau for a program that includes

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CALENDAR works by Verdi, Elgar and Mussorgsky. Arrive early for Musically Speaking at 7 p.m. 8 p.m. $22$43. Brandt Center at NNU, 707 Fern St., Nampa, 208-467-8790, brandtcenter.nnu.edu.

$6-$12. Knitting Factory Concert House, 416 S. Ninth St., Boise, 208-367-1212, salsaidaho.com.

Animals & Pets

BROADWAY IN BOISE: ELVIS LIVES!—Journey through Elvis’ life with winners and finalists from Elvis Presley Enterprise’s annual worldwide Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest. 8 p.m. $30-$50. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-4261110, morrisoncenter.com.

LIZARD BUTTE KENNEL CLUB DOG AGILITY TRIALS—Watch many breeds of dogs as they run a course of jumps, weaves and tunnels against a clock. 8 a.m. FREE. Canyon County Fairgrounds, 111 22nd Ave. S., Caldwell, 208-571-3809, lizardbuttekennelclub.org.

COMEDIAN COSTAKI ECONOMOPOLIS—8 p.m. and 10 p.m. $12. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-941-2459, liquidboise.com.

SATURDAY FEB. 18

DAN COSTELLO’S BIRTHDAY CONCERT— Help local singer-songwriter Dan Costello celebrate his birthday. He’ll be joined by vocal group Mostly Mary and other special guests. This event sold out last year, so get your tickets while you can. 7:30 p.m. $12-$16 adv., $15-$20 door. Riverside Hotel Sapphire Room, 2900 W. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-343-1871, sapphireboise.com.

HISPANIC FILM FESTIVAL—6 p.m. FREE. Boise State Riverfront Hall, 1987 W. Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise.

TREASURE VALLEY FLEA MARKET—9 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE-$2. Expo Idaho (Fairgrounds), 5610 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-9396426, spectraproductions.com.

Festivals & Events OLD IDAHO PEN’S SECRET SATURDAYS—You and a friend can visit the Old Pen for the price of one. Be sure to mention the code words “Secret Saturday” to redeem your discount. There will be guided tours at 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. (first come first served), with last admission at 4:15 p.m. Noon-5 p.m. $6. Old Idaho State Penitentiary, 2445 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-3342844, history.idaho.gov/old-idahopenitentiary.

OFF CENTER DANCE: ELEMENTAL IDAHO—8 p.m. $14-$30.

Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, offcenterdance.org.

Literature LIT FOR LUNCH—The 2017 Literature for Lunch monthly book discussions with the Boise State Department of English share the theme, “To Read or Not to Read: Hamlet.” Feb. 17: John Updike, Gertrude and Claudius. Noon.

FREE. Boise Public Library Hayes Auditorium, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-972-8200, boisepubliclibrary.org.

READ ME TV: IMAX MOVIE— Watch an IMAX documentary featuring exotic and isolated undersea locations and mysterious sea creatures. It’s a breath-taking underwater look at the diverse coastal regions of Southern Australia, New Guinea and the Indo-Pacific areas and the impact of global warming on the oceans.

For all ages. 3:30 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library Hidden Springs Branch, 5868 W. Hidden Springs Drive, Boise, 208-229-2665, adalib.org/hiddensprings.

Odds & Ends CARNIVAL SALSA CELEBRATION—Start off the evening with beginner lessons in merengue, bachata and salsa at 9 p.m., followed by entertainment and social dancing with DJ Giovanni. For ages 18 and older. 8 p.m.-2 a.m.

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On Stage BOISE PHILHARMONIC—Join guest conductor Andres Franco and guest cello soloist Edgar Moreau for a program that includes works by Verdi, Elgar and Mussorgsky. Arrive early for Musically Speaking at 7 p.m. 8 p.m. $21.23-$65. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-426-1110, morrisoncenter. com.

COMEDIAN COSTAKI ECONOMOPOLIS—8 p.m. and 10 p.m. $12. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-941-2459, liquidboise.com.

OFF CENTER DANCE: ELEMENTAL IDAHO—2 p.m. and 8 p.m. $14-$30. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, offcenterdance. org.

THIS IS MY BRAVE BOISE: THE SHOW—Check out this live presentation of touching essays, original music and poetry performed by a dozen

individuals living with―or loving someone with―a mental illness.

The power of the human connection through the telling of personal experiences will grab hold of the audience for the show’s 90 minutes and beyond. 7:30 p.m. $20 adv., $25 door. Boise State Special Events Center, 1800 University Drive, Boise.

Workshops & Classes 3-D PRINTING 101—Learn about the history of 3-D printers, 3-D printing terms, the software and hardware it takes to make them run, and the types of design projects that can be created using the Library’s printers. Families are welcome. Children under 11 must be accompanied by an adult. In the Sycamore Room. 1 p.m. FREE. Boise Public Library at Collister, 4724 W. State St., Boise, 208972-8320, boisepubliclibrary.org/ calendar.

GOSPEL MUSIC WORKSHOP AND CONCERT—Singers are invited to participate in the workshop beginning at 9 a.m.; gospel music lovers are encouraged to attend the free concert that same evening. 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. FREE concert, $30 workshop. mvcommunityfellowship.org.

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MILD ABANDON

By E.J. Pettinger

2017 IDAHO TRIENNIAL—The 2017 Idaho Triennial juried exhibition brings together 41 exemplary works of art created by a broad selection of Gem State artists.

Juror for the show is John D. Spiak, director and chief curator of California State University Fullerton’s Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana. Awards will be announced at a special reception from 5:30-8 p.m. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. FREE-$10.

Boise Art Museum, 670 Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208-345-8330, boiseartmuseum.org.

Interfaith Sanctuary, an agency that provides emergency shelter and helps people transition out of homelessness. Join Jamie Lange and Mary Mandell for a mixed-level slow-flow vinyasa class.

10-11:15 a.m. By donation. The Linen Building, 1402 W. Grove St., Boise.,208-863-7040.

Kids & Teens RIGHT ON TARGET SPECIAL NEEDS STORYTIME—This storytime is intended to be a full-family opportunity for caregivers and/or therapists of patrons with special needs. The planning will focus on cognitive levels of pre-school through second grade with stories, songs and activities. Made possible by the Nampa Target Store on the third Saturday of each month for this program. 10:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. FREE. Nampa Public Library, 215 12th Ave. S., Nampa, 208-468-5800, nampalibrary.org.

Odds & Ends SWING DANCE—Join the High Desert Swing Dance Club for open social dancing on one of Boise’s best dance floors. Go early for a Cha Cha intermediate lesson at 7:30 p.m., with dancing and snacks from 8:30-11 p.m. 8:30-11 p.m. FREE-$8. Boise Square and Round Dance Center, 6534 W. Diamond Street, Boise, 208-3629911, idahoswingdance.org.

Animals & Pets BIRDS OF PREY FAMILY FIELD TRIP WEEKEND—Experience live raptors, walk the scenic interpretive trail, and participate in crafts and activities while learning about the global conservation of raptors at the headquarters here in Boise.

Free admission for children 16 and younger. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE$7. World Center for Birds of Prey, 5668 W. Flying Hawk Lane, Boise, 208-362-8687, peregrinefund.org.

LIZARD BUTTE KENNEL CLUB DOG AGILITY TRIALS—8 a.m.

FREE. Canyon County Fairgrounds, 111 22nd Ave. S., Caldwell, 208571-3809, lizardbuttekennelclub. org.

Food 31ST ANNUAL IDAHO CITY CHILI COOK-OFF— Enjoy the best End-ofWinter’s-In-Sight Party around, featuring the best that these chili masters can ladle up, more food, beer, live music, and raffle. 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. $5. Idaho City, Hwy. 21, 40 miles past Boise, Idaho City, 208-392-4159.

MERIWETHER CIDER ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY—In addition to the delicious cider, there’ll be a food truck and live music. Noon. FREE. Meriwether Cider Co., 5242 W. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208972-6725, meriwethercider.com.

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Real Dialogue from the naked city

Talks & Lectures RETHINKING IDAHO LANDSCAPES—This horticulture symposium addresses principles for growing landscapes while working within the constraints of the Treasure Valley’s soils and climate. Featuring Michael Bone of Denver Botanic Garden; Susan Bell, University of Idaho Extension Educator; and Advanced Master Gardener Carol Brennan.

9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $35-$45. Boise State Special Events Center, 1800 University Drive, Boise, 208-3438649, idahobotanicalgarden.org.

Sports & Fitness YOGA FOR GOOD FUNDRAISER FOR INTERFAITH SANCTUARY—In the spirit of giving, unity and community, Yoga for Good is offering a bydonation yoga class to support

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CALENDAR SUNDAY FEB. 19 Festivals & Events TREASURE VALLEY FLEA MARKET—10 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE-$2.

Expo Idaho (Fairgrounds), 5610 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208939-6426.

On Stage COMEDIAN COSTAKI ECONOMOPOLIS—8 p.m. $10. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-941-2459, liquidboise.com.

SISTERS IN SONGWRITING—Sisters in Songwriting highlights the creativity of women songwriters in Idaho.

With Gayle Chapman, Desirae Bronson, Ellie Shaw and Kiley Shaw. 7 p.m. FREE. Riverside Hotel Sapphire Room, 2900 W. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-343-1871, sapphireboise.com.

Animals & Pets BIRDS OF PREY FAMILY FIELD TRIP WEEKEND—10 a.m.-4 p.m.

FREE-$7. World Center for Birds of Prey, 5668 W. Flying Hawk Lane, Boise, 208-362-8687, peregrinefund.org.

LIZARD BUTTE KENNEL CLUB DOG AGILITY TRIALS—8 a.m.

FREE. Canyon County Fairgrounds, 111 22nd Ave. S., Caldwell, lizardbuttekennelclub.org.

MONDAY FEB. 20 Festivals & Events LIBRARY HOLIDAY CLOSURE—All locations of the Boise Public Library will be closed Monday, Feb. 20, in observance of Presidents’ Day. Mon., Feb. 20. Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208972-8200, boisepubliclibrary.org.

Sports & Fitness BOGUS BASIN 2017-18 SEASON PASS SALE— Get the lowest prices of the year on 2017-18 Bogus Basin season passes. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. $29$329, $999 family. Bogus Basin Corporate Offices, 2600 N. Bogus Basin Road, Boise, 208-332-5144, 208-367-4397, bogusbasin.org.

PRESIDENT’S DAY SPECIAL—On President’s Day, enjoy a 2-for-$20 special on two games and shoes for two, with up to $6 credit toward food purchase. For up to six people per lane. 11 a.m.-10 p.m. $20.

Wahooz Fun Zone and Pinz Bowling Center, 400 W. Overland Road, Meridian, 208-898-0900, wahoozfunzone.com.

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Citizen A PINT FOR A PINT BLOOD DRIVE—Join Boise Brewing and the Red Cross for A Pint for a Pint Blood Drive. No explanation necessary.

Noon-6 p.m. FREE. Boise Brewing Co., 521 W. Broad St., Boise, 208342-7655, boisebrewing.com.

Animals & Pets LIZARD BUTTE KENNEL CLUB DOG AGILITY TRIALS—Watch many breeds of dogs as they run a course of jumps, weaves and tunnels against a clock. 8 a.m. FREE. Canyon County Fairgrounds, 111 22nd Ave. S., Caldwell, 208-5713809, lizardbuttekennelclub.org.

TUESDAY FEB. 21 Festivals & Events 106TH ANNUAL ADA COUNTY LINCOLN DAY ASSOCIATION BANQUET—Celebrate the memory and legacy of Abraham Lincoln at the 106th Annual Ada County Lincoln Day Association Banquet.

Hear from special guest speaker Andrew Card, former White House Chief of Staff under President George W. Bush. 6-9 p.m. $65, $600-$5,000 tables. Boise Centre, 850 W. Front St., Boise, 208-336-8900, adacountylincolnday.org.

EXPLORE YOUR WATERSHED— What is a watershed? We all live in the Boise River Watershed and can all do our part to protect it. Learn how you can prevent pollution from entering the Boise River and how your daily activities can either help or harm the river. Create a fun art project and leave with some helpful tips for protecting our watershed. Brought to you by the Boise WaterShed Education Center. 3:30 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library Hidden Springs Branch, 5868 W. Hidden Springs Drive, Boise, 208-2292665, adalib.org/hiddensprings/ events-calendar.

IDAHO BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY EXPO— Business owners and entrepreneurs, learn about the latest technology applications and business resources. You’ll find exhibits, ideas, educational seminars, serious investment, quality value, and unlimited B2B networking. Visit ibleventsinc.com for a complete list of activities. 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE. Riverside Hotel, 2900 Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-343-1871, ibleventsinc.com.

On Stage ATHEIST COMEDY EXPERIENCE—It’s time for another exciting comedy show for atheists, agnostics and

free-thinkers. With Lady Bizness, Merry Cole, Jeni Adams, Eli Nary and Mikey Pullman. 8 p.m. $7.

Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-941-2459.

Workshops & Classes BOISE COMMUNITY EDUCATION CLASSES—Online registration for Boise School District’s Winter 2017 Community Education session is now open. From arts and crafts, computers and culinary arts, fitness and health, to garden, green living and the great outdoors, they have a class for everyone. Classes run through March 16. Boise School District Services Center, 8169 W. Victory Road, Boise, 208-854-4125. boiselearns.org.

BOISE PARKS AND REC WINTER/SPRING ACTIVITIES—Boise Parks and Rec’s Winter/Spring Activity Guide is filled with hundreds of classes for children, teens and adults. Registration starts Dec. 12 for Boise City residents and Dec. 14 for non-residents, with classes running into April. Check out the guide’s digital edition on the web.

Scholarships are available for the youth in our community who experience hardship. You can register online, stop by the Fort Boise Community Center, or call 208-608-7680. Through April 8.

Fort Boise Community Center, 700 Robbins Road, Boise, 208608-7680, parks.cityofboise.org/ register-for-classes.

Calls to Artists

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2017 SUN VALLEY CENTER ARTS AND CRAFTS FESTIVAL APPLICATIONS—Artists are invited to apply for the 2017 Sun Valley Center Arts and Crafts Festival, to be held Aug. 11–13 at Atkinson Park in Ketchum. Approximately 130 artists will be chosen to exhibit through a competitive blind jury process. Applications are now available online at zapplication. org; due by midnight Tuesday, Feb. 28. Sun Valley Center for the Arts, 191 Fifth St. E., Ketchum, 208726-9491, zapplication.org.

SHOW OFF! 2017—SHOW OFF 2017, the spring fine art show sponsored by Smith & Coelho Real Estate, is seeking local artists to submit work. Applications will be juried by professional artists. Email showoffartshow@gmail.com for details and application form. Submit two samples of recent work as jpeg file by March 4; 25 artists will be selected and notified by March 18.

The show, set for April 28 from 4-9 p.m., will be an evening of art, live music, refreshments, fresh flowers and fun. 208-955-1700.

THE CABIN’S WRITERS IN THE ATTIC ANTHOLOGY—The Cabin is now accepting submissions for the sixth annual Writers in the Attic writing competition. Idaho poets, fiction and nonfiction story writers are encouraged to send their work on the one-word theme, “Game.” Work will be blind judged by a local literary notable and the selected works will be published as part of the Writers in the Attic 2017 anthology. Entries will be accepted through 5 p.m., Friday, March 3. $10-$15. The Cabin, 801 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208331-8000, thecabinidaho.org/

Sports & Fitness

Literature IDAHO WRITERS GUILD LITERARY LUNCH—Join Anne Westcott, a trustee and grant administrator from the Alexa Rose Foundation, which offers grants for artists, including writers. You’ll learn how you can submit a grant application. Plus Jeff Fromen, nonfiction author.

11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. $20-$25. Riverside Hotel Sapphire Room, 2900 W. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208343-1871, idahowritersguild.com.

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OUTDOOR CONVERSATIONS: IDAHO WILDERNESS CONSIDERED—Join Rick Johnson of the Idaho Conservation League to discuss Idaho Wilderness Considered. Edited by Boise environmental attorney Murray Feldman and Ketchum Community Library Director Jennifer Emery Davidson, Idaho Wilderness Considered charts the conversations, political negotiations and personal journeys that have influenced and been influenced by Idaho’s wild places.

7 p.m. FREE. Rediscovered Books, 180 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-3764229, rdbooks.org.

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FIT AND FALL PROOF—Stay fit at this exercise-based fall prevention program for older adults. Held twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Noon-1 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library Victory Branch, 10664 W. Victory Road, Boise, 208-362-0181, adalib.org.

MOVE, MEDITATE, RESTORE— Take a midday break to hit your internal reset button and tap more energy and inner resources. This combination of gentle movement, mindfulness meditation and restorative postures enhances focus, clarity, creativity and compassion.

For ages 13 and older. Noon-1 p.m. $40 for 4 sessions. Jack’s Urban Meeting Place, 1000 W. Myrtle St., Boise, 208-639-6610, register. jumpboise.org/mastercalendar.

FERMENTING BASICS: SAUERKRAUT AND KIMCHI—Learn some favorite fermentation recipes: Kimchi, Sauerkraut and Pickles are just a few of the items on the menu. You’ll learn how to use different fermenting hardware such as the Perfect Pickler and Fermenting Crocks. 6 p.m. FREE. North End Organic Nursery, 3777 E. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-389-4769.

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FINAL CUT PRO X WORKSHOP— Do you want to take your videos to the next level, but aren’t sure where to start? Final Cut is the perfect program to learn. This twoday workshop covers advanced Final Cut techniques, from how to manage that pesky magnetic timeline and beyond. Award-winning Boise videographer and editor Jonathan Conti will lead the twopart workshop. Class limited to 10 seats; register online. 6-9 p.m. $75-$125. Chad Case Photo and Video Studio, 3910 W. Hill Road, Ste. 103, Boise, 208-429-8837, chadcasephotography.com.

Kids & Teens

MAKE YOUR OWN KOMBUCHA, SOURDOUGH AND KEFIR—Learn how easy it is to make Kombucha, sourdough and kefir at home with Miss Libby. She may even have a scoby for you to take home.

5-6:30 p.m. FREE. North End Organic Nursery, 3777 E. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-389-4769.

TUESDAY DINNER—Volunteers needed to help cook up a warm dinner for Boise’s homeless and needy population, and clean up afterward. 4:30-7:30 p.m. FREE. Immanuel Lutheran Church, 707 W. Fort St., Boise, 208-344-3011.

BIRDS OF PREY HOMESCHOOL DAY—Join your home school commLessons will incorporate the life sciences, with special emphasis on adaptations, habitat and wildlife conservation. Two sessions: morning 10:30 a.m.-noon, with Interpretive Center open house 12-1 p.m.; afternoon 1:30-3 p.m., with Interpretive Center open house 3-4 p.m. 10:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. FREE$3. World Center for Birds of Prey, 5668 W. Flying Hawk Lane, Boise, 208-362-8687, peregrinefund.org.

Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk.

Go to www.boiseweekly.com and look under odds and ends for the answers to this week’s puzzle. And don’t think of it as cheating.

Think of it more as simply double-checking your answers.

LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS

GURU DONUTS TASTY TALES STORYTIME WITH REDISCOVERED BOOKS—Get the kiddos giggling at two storytime sessions with the staff of Rediscovered Books while enjoying the tasty treats at Guru Donuts. The first 20-minute session starts at 10 a.m., with an encore at 10:30 a.m. 10-11 a.m.

FREE. Guru Donuts, 928 W. Main St, Boise, 208-571-7792, gurudonuts.com.

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MUSIC GUIDE WEDNESDAY FEB. 15

ALMOST FAMOUS KARAOKE—9:30 p.m. FREE. Liquid CLAY MOORE TRIO—8 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers

ANDREW SHEPPARD: FEB. 17, PENGILLY’S; FEB. 18, NEUROLUX Andrew Sheppard wouldn’t be surprised if you don’t recognize his name.

“I spent the last 10 years in California,” Sheppard said. “People around here probably don’t know who I am.” They will.

Sheppard is an adept musician, who plays like it’s a skill he was born with—but the singer-songwriter has been honing his craft for years, playing everywhere from “the hustle and grind of L.A., to the honky tonks of Tennessee, through the heartland of America and back to his roots,” according to his bio. His anomalous vibe is a big part of his charm: heavily tatted arms and hands, a fondness for denim and an authentic country/rock ’n’ roll/soul sound say “outlaw,” but his honeyed-husky voice is as sweet as a Sunday stroll.

Sheppard has been recording a new album in Nashville and hopes to have it out by summery—plenty of time to get to know him.

—Amy Atkins Friday, Feb, 17: 9 p.m., FREE. Pengilly’s, 513 W. Main St., 208345-6344. Saturday, Feb. 18: p.m., $3. Neurolux, 111 N. 11th St., 208-343-0886, neurolux.com.

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TYLOR AND THE TRAIN ROBBERS—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s WINGIT—6 p.m. FREE. Highlands Hollow

THURSDAY FEB. 16

SYNRGY—9:30 p.m. FREE. Reef WAYNE WHITE—4 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

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

FRIDAY FEB. 17

FRIM FRAM FOUR—8:45 p.m.

FREE. Pengilly’s

BART BUDWIG—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

ELIZABETH FINDLEY—7 p.m.

High Note ENCORE—8 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s FRANK MARRA—5:30 p.m.

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NEW MOVE, FEB. 18, THE OLYMPIC Seldom does someone use the phrase “new move” to describe a negative. In business, it usually suggests a climb up the professional ladder or a shift into a more fitting position. In music, it’s also a positive—especially in reference to stylish, funny Portland, Ore.-based pop quintet New Move, whose visuals are as engaging as its music.

The video for “It Was No Good”—off of New Move’s self-titled debut album (Bug Hunt, 2016)—is an expertly shot two-part noir comedy vignette about a museum heist perpetrated by a bandit named The Rook and his double-crossy romance with Lady Lightning, a vigilante—New Move gets bonus points for setting a supervillain lair in the Portland train station clock tower. The second video picks up the story during a police stakeout at the clock tower with a schlubby cop and his exasperated partner arguing about whether one of them ever owned a dog named Gary, and the rest of the 4:14 track is a brilliant conversation between the two.

Seeing New Move live is definitely a positive.

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Post-punk progenitor Milemarker sails into Overseas BEN SCHULTZ One of the most famous paintings of the Romantic period is Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog (c. 1818). In historian John Lewis Gaddis’ view, this image of a lone man gazing out at a landscape covered in mist conveys both confidence and powerlessness.

“The impression it leaves is contradictory,” Gaddis wrote in The Landscape of History (Oxford University Press, 2002), “suggesting at once mastery over a landscape and the insignificance of the individual within it. We see no face, so it’s impossible to know whether the prospect facing the young man is exhilarating, or terrifying, or both.”

The cover of Milemarker’s latest release, Overseas (Lovitt Records, 2016), drew inspiration from Friedrich’s painting, changing the man to a robot with a light bulb for a head. The band didn’t know about Gaddis’ interpretation, but bassist-vocalist Al Burian could see parallels between it and the spirit of the album.

“Yeah, definitely,” Burian told Boise Weekly.

“Trying to keep a brave face while gazing into uncertainty. And I guess we’re probably in a similar time period to the upheavals of the Industrial Revolution. The extremely rapid pace of technological change and that kind of thing gives a lot of people that ‘Is it exhilarating or terrifying?’ kind of feeling.”

Combining old themes of alienation and social decay with a new emphasis on compassion and perseverance, Milemarker’s first album in 11 years manages to sound both exhilarating and terrifying. Impose Magazine called Overseas “[the band’s] most groundbreaking and fun work yet.”

Now based in Germany, Milemarker is touring the U.S. behind Overseas now. The post-punk quartet will play Neurolux Tuesday, Feb. 21, with Atlanta, Ga.-based alt-rock group Big Jesus and local melodic hardcore band Stepbrothers.

Composed originally of Burian, singerguitarist-keyboardist Dave Laney and drummer Ben Davis, Milemarker emerged from the rock scene in Chapel Hill, N.C., in 1997. The group would go through numerous personnel changes and eventually relocate to Chicago. Along the way, Milemarker would earn recognition for 14 c FEBRUARY 15-21, 2017 c BOISEweekly

Overseas, Milemarker’s first album in 11 years, combines old themes of alienation and social decay with a new emphasis on compassion and perserverance. It manages to sound both exhilirating and terrifying.

combining raging post-hardcore with new wave synthesizers and lyrics portraying the industrialized world as a degrading horror show.

In a 2016 retrospective for Noisey on Milemarker’s seminal album Frigid Forms Sell (Lovitt Records, 2000), Jason Heller explored the band’s influence on other post-hardcore groups.

“Milemarker never got much credit for it,” Heller wrote, “but they were pivotal in shifting the scene’s perspective when it came to a broader instrumental palette. From there, The Blood Brothers, The Faint, and countless others picked up and ran with that idea. At the same time, the delicious sense of cognitive dissonance that Milemarker cultivated was lost once keyboards became standard issue in post-hardcore. But it bears remembering how bracing, thought provoking, abrasive, and downright oddball Frigid Forms Sell sounded on its release.”

Looking back on Milemarker’s earlier work, Burian has some misgivings.

“There’s a line between being socially critical and not looking away from the dark side of things—you know, there’s sort of a line between that and going over into negativity or just [saying], ‘There’s no hope,’” Burian told BW. “I would say with music in general, my idea of what I’d like to get across—or what we hopefully get across—is a little more constructive.”

Milemarker achieves that goal on Overseas.

The defiance and outreach of songs like “Untamed Ocean,” “Blue Flag” and “Recognition” balances out the angst of “Conditional Love,” “Luxuria” and “Supercomputer.” The music adds

more uplift: The catchy riffs and supple beats on Overseas make it the most accessible album in Milemarker’s 20-year history.

Part of the credit for the less abrasive sound on Overseas goes to the chemistry between Burian, Laney and Milemarker’s newest members, keyboardist-singer Lena Kilkka and drummer Ezra Cale.

“It’s funny because Milemarker [always had] a lot of drama and wigged-out people and a lot of intra-band tension fueling it,” Burian said.

“So it’s strange now to be playing in this lineup [where] everyone gets along well and there isn’t that underlying thing.”

Laney and Burian had worked with Cale and Kilkka on separate projects while living in Germany. The two American musicians had different reasons for moving away from the U.S. “For me, I’ve got family in Germany,” Burian explained, “and I always was drawn to the city of Berlin. It just ended up being the next place I moved to after Chicago. For Dave, he got married. … He decided he wanted to keep a relationship going with this person. That involved moving.”

Though older and calmer, Milemarker won’t slow down anytime soon. The band has shows scheduled through this summer.

Whatever comes next, Burian and company will face it full speed ahead. The chorus of “Untamed Ocean” sums up their resolution best: “Don’t talk to me of the tides. / Don’t speak to me of your fears. / Open up your mind, let’s sail, we’ll disappear.”

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Review: Ballet Idaho Winter Repertory HARRISON BERRY Ballet Idaho’s Winter Repertory wasn’t bad, but it also wasn’t great. The trio of productions Feb. 10 suffered in parts from ill-tuned performances, lack of focus and body comedy that missed its mark.

That sounds grim, but the evening opened well, with Nilas Martins’ staging of George Balanchine’s Concerto Barocco. Featuring beautiful, white-clad dancers moving in geometric precision against blue screen and behind leads Elizabeth Barreto and Graham Gobeille, the piece was set to Johann Sebastian Bach’s Double Violin concerto in D minor, played exquisitely by Boise Baroque Chamber Orchestra.

The performance threatened to founder, however, with leads that failed to capture much of the charm of the production. The eight backup dancers, who had all the energy, enthusiasm and grace in the world, weren’t quite synced in their movements, unfortunately sapping their collective motions and the clarity Balanchine and Martins intended.

Despite its flaws, it still teased how great ballet can be.

Concerto Barocco was followed by what could have been the jewel of the evening, Daniel Ojeda’s The Monster and the Gift. An elaborate and beautiful production, it featured excellent

In spite of its flaws, Ballet Idaho’s production of George Balanchine’s Concerto Barocco teased how great ballet can be.

music by Jeremy Stewart and Daniel Kerr, evocative costumes by Sherrol Simard and lots of fine artwork by Huma Aatifi. Though a clear aesthetic accomplishment, The Monster and the Gift felt like a rough draft that could be tightened and revised into something more poignant and less repetitive.

Inspired by the relationship between performance artists Marina Abramovic and Ulay and boosted by a strong and familiar storyline, this ballet nevertheless lacked focus. Its parade of themes—love, art, criticism, success, failure and reflection on the past—were effectively teased out, but in a manner that felt haphazard.

Finally, Peter Anastos’ Night Crawlers was a body comedy jab at the foibles and pretensions of classical ballet. Full of hard falls and lighthearted in-jokes, its nearest target was Concerto Barocco, which still shone as an exemplar of the medium.

It got a lot of laughs, though. Crisp performances and Del Parkinson’s on-stage piano music gave Night Crawlers some much-needed lifts, but its relationship to its satirical object isolated the dance. As a result, it leaned too heavily on slapstick. Staging it within a country mile of a Balanchine ballet ended the evening with a misstep.

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ROCKY MOUNTAIN (HIGH) IS ALIVE WITH THE SOUND OF A STUDENT-WRITTEN MUSICAL During his junior year, now 18-year-old Porter Jeppson decided to write a musical.

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[Erin Davidson], and she agreed to take a look at it when he finished,” said Jeppson’s mother Mignon. “All of the teachers [at Rocky Mountain High] are so supportive, but Erin might have been humoring him,” Mignon added, laughing.

Maybe, but Jeppson wasn’t dissuaded. With practice and help from YouTube, Jeppson taught himself to play guitar and piano and before too long, the sudden composer/librettist/lyricist had written Original: In Progress, which will be performed on the Rocky Mountain High School stage Wednesday, Feb.

22-Saturday, Feb. 25.

Original is a story about a group of teenagers overcoming adversity.

Jeppson spent more than 1,000 hours writing and editing his musical, but he wanted the production to be a collaborative effort. Another student is directing, and Jeppson even had to audition to be in it (he plays the “villain”).

Although Original isn’t autobiographical, Jeppson said he followed the adage “Write what you know.”

The high-schooler has a medical condition and has spent quite a bit of time over the last few years in the hospital. The idea to write a musical grew from his love of music and how much he depended on it during those stays.

“When you’re in the hospital, you don’t have much to do besides watch movies and TV and listen to music,” he said. “Music has been important to me.”

Jeppson’s classmates and teachers are, too.

“The theater department [at Rocky Mountain High] and the students have done so much for me ... I want to give back to them.”

—Amy Atkins Wednesday, Feb. 22-Saturday, Feb. 25, 7 p.m. Tickets are $6 general, $5 student and are available at the door. Rocky Mountain High School, 5450 N. Linder Road, westada.org/rmhs.

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AN AMERICAN/IRANIAN TRAGEDY Oscar-nominated film, The Salesman, transcends borders GEORGE PRENTICE “Attention,” cries out Linda Loman, one of tragedy will recall Willy Loman’s undoing was drama’s most tragic characters, in Death of a his emasculation by unforeseen circumstance.

Salesman. “Attention must finally be paid.”

And in one brief moment of mistaken identity The declaration from Arthur Miller’s Pulitzer and violence in The Salesman, perpetrated Prize-winning play, one of the most famous in against Rana, Emad’s own spiral into emasculatheatrical history, is never heard in the Oscartion leads the audience into a Hitchcockian nominated film, The Salesman. Yet, attention suspense of ill-fated vengeance. The Salesman’s must be paid to this startling new treatise final act, where Emad’s one-man judge and of crime and punishment. Giving it greater jury obsession leads him to a suspect we would urgency is the fact that The Salesman (entitled never guess to be a perpetrator, is a must-see Forushande in Persian), is from Iran, catapult40-minutes. Concurrently, the fissures exposed ing the film’s director and by the attack against Rana stars into the Trump-fueled bleed into the couple’s controversy on whether they’ll ill-fated stage performances THE SALESMAN (FORUSHANDE) (PG-13) be able to travel to the Oscars in The Death of a Salesman.

Written and directed by Asghar later this month.

And in that, director Asghar Farhadi Shahab Hosseini won the Farhadi’s blend of stage and Starring Shahab Hosseini and best actor prize at the 2016 cinema makes The Salesman Taraneh Alidoosti Opens Friday, Feb. 17 at The Flicks Cannes Film Festival for his one of the best films of the performance as Emad Etesami, year. a Tehran literature teacher Meanwhile, the real-world who, along with his wife Rana (played by the global drama surrounding President Trump’s equally splendid Taraneh Alidoosti) also happroposed travel ban from Iran and six other pen to be playing the lead roles in a local stage Muslim-majority nations left Farhadi and his production of Death of a Salesman. At first, the cast twisting in the wind over their ability to neorealism balance between Emad and Rana’s attend the Sunday, Feb. 26 Academy Awards personal lives and their nightly performances ceremony. As of press time, Trump’s White come across as being minimalist, almost slight.

House lawyers have lost two court challenges, But students of Arthur Miller’s 20th century lifting the travel ban, but the president has

insisted that he’ll continue doing everything within his power to block travel from Iran to the U.S. Farhadi, uncertain of his ability to travel to Hollywood, told The New York Times, “I neither had the intention to not attend, nor did I want to boycott the event as a show of objection, for I know that many in the American film industry and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are opposed to the fanaticism and extremism which are today taking place more than ever … However, it now seems that the possibility of this presence is being accompanied by ifs and buts which are in no way acceptable to me even if exceptions were to be made for my trip.” Tareneh Alidoosti, who portrays The Salesman’s Rana, added that she would be boycotting the ceremony, calling Trump “a racist.”

In response, the Motion Picture Academy said Farhadi’s dilemma was “extremely troubling,” adding, “We believe any form of censorship – including the restriction of travel – to be against all values we cherish as a community of storytellers.”

That alone, should encourage you to see The Salesman when it opens at The Flicks in Boise, beginning Friday, Feb. 17. Add to that, the fact that its themes transcend all borders, making it essential you rush to this film.

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BEERGUZZLER DREAMING OF SPRING (BREWS) We’re finally into the big melt, and if the weather gurus are right, the daily temps from now on will rise above 40. I, for one, am ready to ignore the groundhog and welcome the approach of spring. With apologies to all the snow lovers, I’m happy to see the white stuff gone—and so are the grass-loving geese. Here are three brews to help you leave the winter blues behind.

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Educator/legislator on levies, charters and Betsy DeVos GEORGE PRENTICE

Idaho House Rep. Sally Toone (D-Gooding) is worried about the fate of public education in America, particularly in Idaho. She spent 37 years as an educator and though she’s now a freshman legislator, she has the conviction of a veteran lawmaker. Toone is passionate about a multitude of issues—but she leans in with urgency when talking about K-12 education.

“My family farms and ranches land in Camas and Gooding counties. We have a herd of about 25 in our beef operation,” she said. “I’m engaged on the issues of agriculture, water, private property and public lands, but education was the driving force of my decision to run for office.”

When former Rep. Donna Pence retired from the Idaho House after serving Legislative District No. 26 for 12 years, she urged Toone to run for her seat. In a district which covers four counties, Toone handily defeated her Republican challenger in one of the few moments of optimism for Idaho Democrats in 2016, who saw a net loss of four seats in the legislature.

Your legislative district runs the gamut of the political and cultural spectrum.

The district is purple. We’ve got Blaine County where tourism is key, the prairie of Camas County, down to the south and the desert of Lincoln County and Gooding County where we’ve ranched for decades and I taught high school for many years.

How did you win so convincingly in a year when Democrats struggled?

I think I fit our district’s need of the time.

I campaigned as an independent, and in my district, it’s less about D’s and R’s.

Let’s dive into the debate over public education. Can you speak to the change in the wind at a national level, particularly the recent confirmation of Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos? The bedrock of the United States is equal opportunity for public education, but DeVos never attended a public school—neither have her children.

She undoubtedly waves the banner for charter schools.

Charter schools were developed to be unique, as an alternative. And now charter schools want more funding? Whoa. They knew what the rules were when they wrote their charters, and they knew what the funding formula would look like.

Let’s talk about the gap between the haves and have-nots of public education in Idaho, and the new normal of school districts depending on supplemental levies or bonds.

In 2006, when then-Governor Jim Risch shifted the way we fund public schools, we had a few dozen supplementals across the state. We quickly skyrocketed to something like 95 districts needing supplemental funding., then the recession kicked in. Right now, we fund education on a formula that practically requires a supplemental levy.

And in the meantime, the legislature fell asleep at the wheel to recognize that gap.

A couple of years ago, the legislature was so proud about returning to the 2009 funding levels. Excuse me? We’ve added something like 18,000 more students into the school systems since then.

Tell me about your proposal to grant some student loan forgiveness to teachers in rural Idaho.

It’s something I worked on with Rep. Paulette Jordan (D-Plummer). We’re proposing student loan forgiveness, up to $3,000 per year, if you’re a teacher in a district that would be considered in rural isolation, or if that district has an economic disadvantage or if there’s low student achievement. Our rural schools are really struggling with core classes. College debt for those teachers is a major issue, and we need some incentive.

What’s the price tag for something like this?

That’s the next step. We’re having a lot of conversations about it, and the State Board will have to determine how many grants to give out each year. Right now, we’ve got a lot of interest.

What have you been told about being a freshman in the legislature?

Listen and learn. There’s definitely a learning curve. You’re never too old to learn, and everybody has to start somewhere.

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DEAR MINERVA, I have noticed a lot of people who compliment my appearance have recently started saying, “You’re as beautiful as ever.”

I keep trying to tell myself they are giving me a compliment, but it doesn’t exactly feel like it. I have struggled being comfortable with my appearance, and this sounds almost like a back-handed compliment. Am I wrong? What do you think?

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DEAR SLEEPING BEAUTY, This is a tough one because, as social creatures, we have sort of rehearsed our go-to greetings. This extends to compliments, sometimes. For instance, if someone asks us how we are doing, we usually say “Well” or “Good” because “OK” or “Fine,” though absolutely conveying contentment and nothing to complain about, are often met with replies like, “Just OK?” Frankly, “OK” is good enough sometimes, but I digress. My policy is to take any compliment at face value. While I can understand your concern about “pretty as ever,” it does neither you nor your view of a well-intentioned person any good to try and pick it apart. We are our own worst critics, so if we have never felt pretty, we can feel like they are giving us a 50-cent insult all tarted up like a two-dollar compliment. Just thank them for the pleasantry, and go one step further: Feel pretty. You are worth it. Whether they meant it shouldn’t matter to you. Beauty is too subjective to fret about, loverdoll.

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BY ROB BREZSNY ARIES (March 21-April 19): By my estimates, 72 percent of you Aries are in unusually good moods.

The world seems friendlier, more cooperative. Fifty-six percent of you feel more in love with life than you have in a long time. You may even imagine that the birds and trees and stars are flirting with you.

I’m also guessing that 14 percent of you are weaving in and out of being absurdly, deliriously happy, sometimes without any apparent explanation. As a result of your generosity of spirit, you may be the recipient of seemingly impossible rewards like free money or toasted ice cream or unconditional tenderness. And I bet that at least ten percent of you are experiencing all of the above.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I am launching a campaign to undo obsolete stereotypes about you Bulls. There are still backwards astrologers out there who perpetrate the lie that many of you are stingy, stolid, stubborn slowpokes.

As an antidote, I plan to heighten everyone’s awareness of your sensual, soulful sweetness, and your tastefully pragmatic sensitivity, and your diligent, dynamic productivity. That should be easy in the coming weeks, since you’ll be at the height of your ability to express those superpowers. Luckily, people will also have an enhanced capacity to appreciate you for who you really are. It will be a favorable

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Will Giovanni surreptitiously replace Allesandra’s birth control pills with placebos? Will Camille take a hidden crowbar to her rendezvous with the blackmailer? Will Josie steal Jose’s diary and sell it on eBay? Given the current astrological omens, you may have an unconscious attraction to soap operatype events like those. The glamour of melodrama is tempting you. But I’m hoping and predicting that you will express the cosmic currents in less toxic ways. Maybe you’ll hear a searing but healing confession after midnight in the pouring rain, for instance. Perhaps you’ll break an outworn taboo with ingenious grace, or forge a fertile link with a reformed rascal, or recover a lost memory in a dusty basement.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): All naturally-occurring matter on earth is composed of 92 basic elements arranged in various combinations. Since some of these appear in trace amounts, they took a long time for humans to discover. In the 18th and 19th centuries, chemists were exuberant when they tracked down seven of the 92 in a single location: an underground mine on the Swedish island of Ytterby. That small place was a mother lode. I’m predicting a metaphorically similar experience

for you, Cancerian: new access to a concentrated source that will yield much illumination.

Virgo—a ritual or gesture to assert your sovereignty or evoke a welldeserved reversal or express your unconquerable spirit.

be relentlessly serious and dour in order to shed the ancient burden.

In fact, just the opposite is true.

Trust blithe and rowdy spirits.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The next four weeks will be an excellent time to upgrade your understanding of the important characters in your life. In fact, I suspect you will generate good fortune and meaningful synchronicities whenever you seek greater insight into anyone who affects you. Get to know people better, Leo! If there are intriguing acquaintances who pique your curiosity, find out more about them. Study the oddballs you’re allergic to with the intention to discern their hidden workings.

In general, practice being objective as you improve your skill at reading human nature.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The ancient Roman rhetorician Quintilian authored a twelve-volume textbook on the art of oratory.

As ample as it was, it could have been longer. “Erasure is as important as writing,” he said. According to my reading of the astrological omens, that counsel should be a rewarding and even exciting theme for you in the coming weeks. For the long-term health of your labor of love or your masterpiece, you should focus for a while on what to edit out of it. How could you improve it by making it shorter and more concise?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In 1787, English captain Arthur Phillip led an eight-month naval expedition to the southeastern part of the continent now known as Australia. Upon arrival, he claimed the land for England, despite the fact that 250,000 Aboriginal people were living there, just as their ancestors had for 2,000 generations. Two hundred years later, an Aboriginal activist named Burnum Burnum planted the Aboriginal flag on the White Cliffs of Dover, claiming England for his people. I encourage you to make a comparably artful or symbolic act like Burnum’s sometime soon,

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Do you know about Sesame Street? Are you familiar with Big Bird, the talking 8-feet-tall yellow canary who’s one of the main characters? I hope so, because your horoscope is built around them.

In the Sesame Street episode called “Don’t Eat the Pictures,” Big Bird solves a riddle that frees a 4,000-year-old Egyptian prince from an ancient curse. I think this vignette can serve as a model for your own liberation. How? You can finally outwit and outmaneuver a very old problem with the help of some playful, even child-like energy. Don’t assume that you’ve got to

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Your lessons in communication are reaching a climax. Here are five tips to help you do well on your “final exam.” 1. Focus more on listening for what you need to know rather than on expressing what you already know. 2. Keep white lies and convenient deceptions to a minimum. 3. Tell the truth as strong and free as you dare, but always—if possible—with shrewd kindness.

4. You are more likely to help your cause if you spread bright, shiny gossip instead of the grubby kind.

5. Experiment with being unpredictable; try to infuse your transmissions with unexpected information and turns of phrase.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The meaning of the Latin phrase crambe repetita is “cabbage reheated, twice-cooked.” I urge you to avoid partaking of such a dish in the coming weeks, both literally and figuratively. If you’re hungry for cooked cabbage, eat it fresh.

Likewise, if you have a ravenous appetite for stories, revelations, entertainment, and information —which I suspect you will—don’t accept the warmed-over, recycled variety. Insist on the brisk, crisp stuff that excites your curiosity and appeals to your sense of wonder.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Here’s your mantra for the next three weeks: “I know what I want, and I know how to glide it into my life.” Say this out loud 11 times right after you wake up each morning, and 11 more times before lunch, and 11 more times at bedtime. “I know what I want, and I know how to glide it into my life.” Whenever you do this little chant, summon an upflow of smiling confidence—a serene certainty that no matter how long the magic might take, it will ultimately work. “I know what I want, and I know how to glide it into my life.” Don’t let any little voice in your head undermine your link to this simple truth. Lift your heart to the highest source of vitality you can imagine.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “We cannot simply sit and stare at our wounds forever,” writes Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami. “We must stand up and move on to the next action.”

That’s your slightly scolding but ultimately inspirational advice, Pisces.

According to my astrological analysis, you have done heroic work to identify and investigate your suffering. You have summoned a tremendous amount of intelligence in order to understand it and further the healing. But right now it’s time to turn your focus to other matters.

Like what? How about rebirth?

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