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EDITOR’S NOTE GIVING, GIGGING AND GRADUATING Politicians, chamber of commerce boosters and business types love to tout “the Idaho spirit” of rugged DIY-ism and can-doitude. Truth be told, the Gem State is pretty bootstrappy—because it has to be. With Boise’s distinction as “the most remote metropolitan area in the lower 48” and the generally rural, lowwage nature of our state, if we don’t have something, we make it. On Thursday, May 4, the willingness of Idahoans to band together and pitch in for the common good will be on full display with the fourth annual Idaho Gives—a 24-hour nonprofit support-a-thon when residents of all economic status will donate what they can to help keep afloat a raft of charities and causes whose vital services we’d otherwise go without. Boise Weekly News Editor George Prentice checked in with three nonprofit organizations of varying size to gauge the importance of Idaho Gives. Spoiler alert: It’s super important. Find his report on Page 6. Adding to the significance of May 4, it’s also First Thursday, which means a host of entertainment and events downtown. Check out all the happenings beginning on Page 8. On Page 19, read BW freelancer Chris Parker’s profile of Seattle-based singer-songwriter Sera Cahoone, whose new album follows her 2012 surprise sensation Deer Creek Canyon, which NPR tapped as one of the 10 best releases of the year. If past is prelude, her recent record From Where I Started will also succed. Frequent BW music contributor Ben Schultz has a conversation with Samwise Carlson (a.k.a. local band Tispur), who dropped his debut album Sleepy Creature in late April. Despite Carlson’s young age, Schultz writes his dreamy mix of cryptic lyrics and melancholia have made Tispur “one of the most mesmerizing local acts in recent years.” Get the whole story on Page 20. Another highlight in this week’s paper is a chat between Prentice and Oceane Pelloille, who will serve as the commencement speaker at the 100th Boise State University graduation ceremony on Friday, May 5. Meet this distinguished student on Page 23. —Zach Hagadone
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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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LOST AND FOUND Boise Weekly staffer Harrison Berry loved discovering the Lost City of Z, a film that he called a “cross between Indiana Jones and a Joseph Conrad novel.” Read more at Screen/Screen News.
FEE FLAP The Idaho Supreme Court agreed with a Meridian grandfather, who argued fees charged by the West Ada School District to his grandkids were unconstitutional. Read more at News/Citydesk.
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OPINION THE LINGERING STINK How do we get rid of it after he’s out BILL COPE This is addressed to those citizens who already know our country is in damn deep doo-doo. Let’s say this rolls out as it appears, increasingly, to be rolling out. Let’s say at some point in the coming months, it is convincingly demonstrated to all but the irredeemably dense that the most egregious betrayal of American democracy, ever, did indeed happen last November. Let’s say that by... to take a random stab at the calendar... Independence Day, we know beyond reasonable doubt that the election was stolen from Hillary Clinton—lock, stock and, yes, electoral college— and more relevantly, that it was stolen from the substantial majority who voted for her. Then, if it gets that far—as it already has for anyone who has been watching the dots being inexorably connected—let’s say we know with certainty how such a desecration of our 240-plus year process for choosing presidents was accomplished: that it was managed through covert manipulation by a hostile foreign power, and with the cooperation of highly placed individuals within the Trump campaign. Let us say further that by July 4, the dots have been connected well beyond the grungy Paul Manafort dot, the noxious Mike Flynn dot, the idiot Carter Page dot and the wormy Jeff Sessions dot. Let us say those damning connections have reached all the way to the DIC (Dot-In-Chief), and we know—at least, those of us with enough concern for America’s future to care to know— that the very individual who boasts of being the only one who can Make America Great Again played an active role in the greatest act of treason to our nation since the Confederacy tried to dissolve the Union by force of arms. By then, we would also know, let’s say, that since taking office, he has been frantically trying to hide his culpability under distraction, bluster and force of arms. (I admit there is an awfully lot of “let’s say” in this presentation. Given the reality that about two-thirds of this conjecture has already been established—not to mention that the DIC himself is on tape inviting the hostile foreign power to interfere in the campaign—I’m confident that whatever limb I’m out on is sturdy and thick, and about as liable to break as the DIC is to finish a four-year term. With that said, let us continue...) Let’s say that by Labor Day—as the portrait of criminal conspiracy has been fleshed out so vividly that even groveling invertebrates like Paul Ryan can no longer pretend they don’t smell anything—that the mechanism to remove the DIC from office has been set in motion. And let us say that by Veterans Day, the eyes of America are glued to the wide screens, watching the impeachment trial and, that by New Year’s Day, the BOISE WEEKLY.COM
ex-POTUS is either residing permanently in Mara-Lago, Trump Tower (provided his wife lets him back in) or, most appropriately, a federal prison. My fellow anxious citizens, it is then—when the avalanche of evidence has settled and the rotten bastard is buried under it—that we have our most vital, most far-reaching, decisions to make. Once the Trump presidency is a thing of the shameful past, are you and I going to sit by and allow anything he has done during his defilement of the nation’s top office to stand? *** The most pressing reason that we, the anxious ones, are so anxious is not so much the damage coming directly from the MOAC (Mother Of All Creeps)—given that he has proven to be even more stupid and incompetent than we feared just a few months ago—but from the institutional damage his appointments are doing to the agencies they’ve been assigned to administer: The EPA under Scott Pruitt, Education under DeVos, everyday affronts to human decency by ICE agents, the threats to the arts, to science, to the nation’s health, the Supreme Court with Neil Gorsuch on it, Mike Pence as the replacement creep... these travesties and more are the Trump legacy taking hold even as this is being written. Even as the MOAC is looking more and more like a fragile porcelain grotesquery teetering on the edge of a big smash, the machinery he has set in motion will roll on—if we allow it. When our worst fears are confirmed—when we know that it was treason that gained this swine the presidency—we must assume that the people he’s appointed were as aware of the festering stink around him as we were. Most likely long before we were. Yet they agreed to become part of his scheme anyway. That, in my book, makes them co-conspirators. So to this anxious citizen, it’s simple. Would we allow the aftermath of any other criminal act to stand? If a thief burglarized our home, made off with everything of value and vandalized what he couldn’t carry away, would we complacently allow the thief’s cronies—the aiders, abettors, the accomplices—to benefit from his crimes? When the traitor Trump has been removed, will we meekly endure the continuing disorder in our home—our neighborhoods, our society, our world—without fighting like angry Marines to set it right? Are we going to flush out every vestige of the Trump stain, and put our nation back to where it was before the bully broke it? Or are we going to celebrate the outcome of one battle, even as we lose the war? FYI: Supreme Court justices and vice presidents can be impeached, too. BOISEweekly | MAY 3–9, 2017 | 5
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Big changes in store for Idaho Gives 2017 GEORGE PRENTICE Access to the Boise Foothills may be the “line in the sand” for a 120-unit housing development.
BOISE FOOTHILLS FLAP Residents of the Central Foothills Neighborhood Association won’t be afforded an opportunity to speak before the Idaho Supreme Court when, on Wednesday, May 3, the high court considers a lawsuit over access to the Boise Foothills. Neighbors aren’t even a party to the suit, in which developers say they need access between Hillside Park and the Quail Hollow Golf Course in order to build 120 units on foothill ridges. “We totally understand that there are 63 acres of private property which has been zoned for development,” said Central Foothills resident Emily Boehner. “But this is about access.” Partnerships Boise Hollow Land Holding and Beard and Musser are suing the city of Boise because the city has refused to expand an easement into the private property. It turns out that Ada County officials had insisted appropriate roads would need to be developed in order to provide access for emergency vehicles into the proposed development. “And indeed, a lower Ada County Court ruling agreed with the city of Boise that the city didn’t have to create a special easement,” said Boehner. “And if the developers ever got their way with that easement, they would probably have to take land from the city of Boise on one side and the Boise School District on the other side to expand the road. The school district owns the one side of the property because it’s part of Hillside Junior High.” Sitting nearby is Quail Hollow Golf Course, donated to the city of Boise in December 2013 and which saw its busiest season ever in 2016. That, in turn, inspired the developers to pursue the construction of 120 units on their private land just above the golf course. “Is this a line in the sand for this development? Let’s see,” said Boehner. “But you can bet that a lot of us will be in court to watch. Stay tuned.” —George Prentice 6 | MAY 3–9, 2017 | BOISEweekly
Sixty-five dollars may pay for a fancy dinner, a bottle of wine, a new shirt or maybe a concert ticket. It also happens to be the average donation made last year on Idaho Gives, an annual day of giving when tens of thousands of Idahoans pitch in to help keep the home fires burning and the lights on for hundreds of Gem State charities. We asked representatives of three nonprofits what $65 could do for them. “Oh, my gosh. Sixty-five dollars? That would be amazing,” said Life’s Kitchen Director of Development and Communications Ciara Allen. Founded in 2003, Life’s Kitchen has provided life-changing skill sets and self-sufficiency to hundreds of at-risk young adults. Some of its income is derived from catering or the nonprofit’s popular cafe, but an increasing amount of its overhead is funded through individual donations, which is why Idaho Gives is such an asset for organizations like Life’s Kitchen. “A $65 donation would buy a lot of ingredients for us to turn into some amazing food,” said Allen. “And that, in turn, helps to create the next generation of chefs, cooks and food service workers.” Melissa Bixby’s eyes also lit up at the thought of a $65 donation through Idaho Gives. Bixby is the program director—and only full-time staff member—of Girls on the Run Treasure Valley, a nonprofit that guides third- to fifth-grade girls through a semesterlong journey of body- and soul-building, culminating in a celebratory 5K run. “Sixty-five dollars? That would go a long way to pay for a girl’s entire semester. We charge on a sliding scale ... and we offer a lot of scholarships,” said Bixby. “What can I say? A donation like that could change a girl’s life.” Marsha Tennyson, founder of Chrysalis Women’s Transitional Living, said a $65 donation would help subsidize a woman coming from incarceration, homelessness, addiction or all of the above. “Hundreds of women have walked through the doors of Chrysalis,” said Tennyson. “With us, they’ll attend their recovery meetings, learn life skills like budgeting, and find and
keep a job. It’s about integrity and healthy relationships with themselves and others.” Allen, Bixby and Tennyson easily answered the $65 question—maybe because they’ve all been busy preparing for Idaho Gives 2017, which this year falls on Thursday, May 4. The three women had never met before and were as interested in hearing each other’s stories as they were to tell their own. “Just listening to you reminds me that… and I know this sounds corny… well, there’s something magical about Idaho Gives,” said Bixby. “On Thursday, we’ll have this amazing 24 hours of giving, and we’ll each be watching how our own nonprofit is doing with dona-
tions, but it’s even more exciting to see donations coming in to everybody else. Everybody wins. It’s, well, it’s...” “It’s Idaho at its best, isn’t it?” said Allen. “Everybody wins,” added Tennyson. This was all music to the ears of Amy Little, president and CEO of Idaho Nonprofit Development Center, the driving force behind Idaho Gives. “We have nonprofits across Idaho with budgets as small as $3,000, as large as $56.7 million and everything in between,” said Little. “I think most people would agree that giving feels pretty good, but it feels even better when we’re all part of something bigger.” BOISE WEEKLY.COM
NEWS said Little. “It was tough to get the word out “Bigger” is the operative word for Idaho Gives 2017, beginning with the its new media on almost anything.” Little said expectations are pretty high for partner, KTVB-TV, which boasts the highest 2017 and the incentives to succeed are equally ratings, by far, in the Treasure and Magic valleys. For the first four years of Idaho Gives, high. Once Idaho Gives launches at midnight KIVI-TV was the main broadcast partner, but May 4, all participating nonprofits will be divided into three groups—large, medium the fundraiser was looking for a change. and small—depending on their operating ex“We love our friends at KIVI,” said Little. penses. Then, leaderboards will start appearing “But this year, we pressed the reset button. We solicited bids from all the possible media at IdahoGives.org, indicating how nonprofits are doing in each of the three groups. The sponsors in the region, and KTVB came out charities will be ranked, not based on dollars on top. We’re thrilled.” The biggest “reset” at Idaho Gives won’t be received, but on unique donations. Cash prizes as visible as the coverage Channel 7 is already will be doled out to the top ten leaders in each of the large, medium and small categories at giving the event. Still, most donors probably the end of the 24-hour period. won’t notice it at all. The online fundraising Making things even more interesting are platform is now being managed by a company called GiveGab, and charities will now receive so-called “golden tickets” where extra cash Idaho Gives donations one to three days from incentives will be handed out throughout the give-a-thon. Random drawings will be held the pledge. Previously, it took six to eight hourly throughout the day, beginning at 6 weeks for nonprofits to get funds donated a.m., where any nonprofit could win $1,000 through Idaho Gives. The online fundraising platform is the cen- in bonus money. Additionally, there will be terpiece of the 24-hour Idaho Gives event, and seven times during the day when instead of the ease of use will be critical. Little said many just one hourly prize, there will be five cash prizes handed out to nonprofits in the state’s possible donors know what causes they care about but haven’t heard of the Idaho nonprof- five geographic regions: north (Coeur d’Alene, its that share that passion. For example, if you Sandpoint); north-central (Lewiston, Moscow, Grangeville, McCall, Salmon);southwest choose “poverty and hunger” from the topics (Boise, Nampa, Caldwell); south-central (Sun on a dropdown menu on IdahoGives.org, Valley, Twin Falls, Mountain Home); and you’ll get a list of hundreds of charities from across Idaho. Search “Ada County” in the box southeast (Pocatello, Idaho Falls). Plus, there are a number labeled “location,” and the list of other bonus prizes that will is narrowed down to 31. In that be handed out during the day, 31 is Life’s Kitchen. Click “view IDAHO GIVES 2017 all made possible with nearly profile,” and you can watch a May 4, 2017, midnight to $60,000 in incentive funds sevideo, get details on the mission midnight cured by the Idaho Nonprofit of Life’s Kitchen, and get details IdahoGives.org Development Center. about the nonprofit, like how Bixby said there won’t be the majority of its trainees live much time for her nonprofit at or below the poverty level and to celebrate once Idaho Gives has come and many have been homeless. You’ll also learn gone for another year. that Life’s Kitchen trainees help feed thou“We’ll be working, getting our message out, sands of people in need. around the clock during Idaho Gives; but, at “That’s right. A lot of people know Life’s the same time all of our girls from across the Kitchen from our cafe or our catering, but Treasure Valley will be getting ready to run in I’m not sure many people know that we their spring 5K race. Believe it or not, it will produce more than 100,000 meals every year be one day after Idaho Gives is over.” for the Interfaith Sanctuary homeless shelter, To some degree, Girls on the Run is a winAllumbaugh House, the City of Boise’s ner right out of the gate. Pioneer Day Shelter for the homeless, the “A very generous donor told us that they’ll Hays Shelter Home and Terry Reilly Health match every dollar that we raise during Idaho Services,” said Allen. Gives,” said Bixby. “If we hit our goal of In 2016, more than 800 nonprofits $75,000, it will actually be $15,000.” received donations during the Idaho Gives While that may seem like a good many 24-hour marathon. individual donations, it will all start with one “But quite frankly in 2016, a lot of our near the stroke of midnight. nonprofits were competing with so much “Who knows where it will come from or who social media content. Think of this time will get it,” said Little. “Oh, by the way, we’ll last year for a moment and you’ll quickly even have a bonus prize for the nonprofit that remember that the presidential election was consuming so much social media bandwidth,” receives the first donation after midnight.” BOISE WEEKLY.COM
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FIRST THURSDAY Central ANGELL’S BAR AND GRILL RENATO— Enjoy free Tapas appetizers, plus live music and the best patio in Downtown Boise. 4-9 p.m. 999 W. Main St., 208342-4900, angellsbarandgrill.com. ARTISAN OPTICS—Check out the annual spring Anne et Valentin pop-up showroom. Plus live music by Diana Conwell. 1-8 p.m. 190 N. Eighth St., 208-338-0500, artisanoptics.com.
BITTERCREEK ALEHOUSE—Enjoy a different DJ from Radio Boise every First Thursday. A dollar per beer sold during the set will be donated to Radio Boise. 5-9 p.m. 246 N. Eighth St., 208429-6340, bcrfl.com/bittercreek. CHANDLERS—Enjoy some special new bites at Chandlers New Social Hour from 4-6 p.m., featuring a menu of delicious small plates and creative cocktails, all priced between $5-$7. 4-9 p.m. 981 W. Grove St., 208-383-4300, chandlersboise.com.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING ROOM—Take advantage of First Thursday specials on products, as well as audio/visual presentations on spiritual healing based on the Bible. 5-9 p.m. 222 N. 10th St., 208-344-5301, cschurchboise.org/readingroom.html.
D.L. EVANS BANK—Learn about four fantastic nonprofit organizations and the great work they do in our community. Featuring Big Tree Arts, Idaho Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the Girl Scouts and AquAbility. 5-9 p.m. 890 W. Main St., 208-331-1399.
COSTA VIDA—The coast is calling at Costa Vida downtown. Surf in for the best beach-inspired fresh Mexican food now available on the Grove downtown. 5-9 p.m. 801 W. Main St., 208-4294109, costavida.net.
EVEN STEVENS—Enjoy Powderhaus Brewing tastings from 6-8 p.m., and music from Bobbie Blue 7-9 p.m. and all the giving your heart can handle. 5-9 p.m. 815 W. Bannock St., 208-3434018, evenstevens.com.
EVERMORE PRINTS—Rena Vandewater uses vivid colors, patterns and textures to help guide our visualization in a harmonious shift in universal meanings. 5-9 p.m. 780 W. Main St., 208-9913837, evermoreprints.com. FLATBREAD NEAPOLITAN PIZZERIA—Enjoy happy hour from 4-6 p.m. with 50 percent off all cocktails, beer and wine. After 5 p.m., take 20 percent off all bottles of wine. 4-9 p.m. 800 W. Main St., 208-287-4757, flatbreadpizza.com. THE GYRO SHACK—Stop by The Gyro Shack and take 10 percent off your order. 5-9 p.m. 777 W. Main St., Ste. 115, 208-918-0004, thegyroshack. com. JAMBA JUICE—Enjoy free samples of premium freshly squeezed juices, including all natural fresh produce, all day long. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. 132 N. Eighth St., 208-658-1765, jambajuice.com.
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art, music, in-store promotions, dining, wine tastings & more Come down and celebrate the 5th Annual Idaho Gives! Make a donation to your favorite nonprofits and give them a chance to win extra award money. Find many local nonprofits hosted at your favorite downtown businesses!
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MCU SPORTS—Come in and see the new lineup of Kona Mountain Bikes and new Felt Criusers. 5-9 p.m. 822 W. Jefferson St., 208-342-7734, mcusports.com. MERAKI GREEK STREET FOOD—Enjoy drink specials: $3 local draft beers, $4 local wines and 20 percent off Greek wines by the bottle. Plus $2 off all appetizers and local art on display. 5-9 p.m. 345 S. Eighth St., facebook.com/merakigsf.
OLD CHICAGO—Enjoy Happy Hour from 4-7 p.m., with $3-$6 food specials, $1 off all pints, $3 wells and $5 crafted Mules. 4 p.m.-2 a.m. 730 W. Idaho St., 208-363-0037, oldchicago.com. RUBY LOU CLOTHING BOUTIQUE—Book It Forward would love your books and donations. Donate and get your name entered into a fabulous raffle. Meet Brighton jewelry’s Boise designer, Kim Cruser-Scott. 5-9 p.m. 130 N. Eighth St., 208-3339610, shoprubylou.com.
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SCOTTRADE SECURITIES—Drop by and say hello to the Scottrade team and the newest team member from Salt Lake City. They’ll have some goodies to share. 5-9 p.m. 176 N. Ninth St., 208433-9333, scottrade.com.
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MAI THAI—Enjoy happy hour craft cocktails all night. 5 p.m.-2 a.m. 750 W. Idaho St., 208-3448424, maithaigroup.com.
THE MODE LOUNGE—Stop by the Idaho Gives headquarters all day to see what giving in Idaho is all about. 5-9 p.m. 800 W. Idaho St., 208-3426633, themodelounge.com.
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KEYSTONE STATION—County Line Brewing will be pouring tastes of their great brews. 5-9 p.m. 222 N. Ninth St., 208-331-7806, facebook.com/ KEYSTONEstation.
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SHIFT BOUTIQUE—Learn about Wipe Every Tear, the nonprofit committed to bringing hope and healing in the lives of women trafficked in the sex trade. Potter Winery will be pouring tastes. 5-9 p.m. 807 W. Bannock St., 208-331-7806, facebook. com/shopSHIFTboutique. SUPERB SUSHI—Swing on down and sample some wine and the in-house Smoked Salmon samples. Unlimited dollar Nigiri with the purchase of any sushi roll. 5-9 p.m. 280 N. Eighth St., 208385-0123, superbsushidowntown.com. TITLE NINE—Eat, drink and party as you find the right support for your sport with a personalized bra at the 2017 Fit Festival. 5-9 p.m. 170 N. Eighth St., 208-342-1493, titlenine.com. UMPQUA BANK—Check out this new Downtown Boise location for Umpqua Bank. 5-9 p.m. 280 S. Capitol Blvd., 208-424-2000, umpquabank.com. WALLA WALLA CLOTHING CO.—Take 10 percent off the entire store. 5-9 p.m. 814 W. Idaho St., 208-343-2059, wallawallaclothing.com. WARD HOOPER GALLERY AND VINTAGE SWANK—Check out the vintage area, featuring Hawaiian or aloha shirts, as well as rock T-shirts. 5-9 p.m. 745 W. Idaho St., 208-866-4627, wardhooper.com.
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FIRST THURSDAY WEAR BOISE—Enjoy wine samples, Idaho chocolates and all Wear Boise merch will be 15 percent off. 5-8 p.m. 828 W. Idaho St., 208-680-6017, wearboise.com. WEST ELM—Kirsten of Simply Grove will be offering a styling event for outdoor entertaining and signing her book. Pop-up artists include Olivia with Live And Let Burn. 5-9 p.m. 824 W. Idaho St., 208-342-0163, westelm.com.
East Side BARDENAY—Catch the distillers and tour the distillery to find out all you want to know about our
nation’s first small batch distillery pub. 5-9 p.m. 610 W. Grove St., 208-426-0538, bardenay.com. BOISE CREATIVE CENTER— Check out Sue Latta’s new gallery display, Dr. J’s collection, art by Katie Bird and many more. 5-9 p.m. 1204 W. Front St., 208371-9697, facebook.com/boise. creative.center. CAPITOL CELLARS—Enjoy 25 percent off Idaho wines by the bottle and Pinney’s Potato Croquettes for $7.50 starting at 5 p.m. 5-9 p.m. 110 S. Fifth St., 208-344-9463, capitolcellarsllc.com. CRAZY NEIGHBOR—Take advantage of Crazy Neighbor’s Spring Handbag Sale two days only May 4-5. On First Thursday, visit with
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friends, see what’s new and talk about how we miss Modern Art. Open late. 11 a.m.-9 p.m. 1415 W. Grove St., 208-957-6480, crazyneighbor.biz. FETTUCCINE FORUM—Join noted Idaho composer Jim Cockey to learn about his experiences while creating Sacred Land, a four-movement piece created for the Boise Philharmonic in honor of the original Native American people of the Boise Valley. 5:30 p.m. FREE, Boise City Hall, 150 N. Capitol Blvd. FLYING M COFFEEHOUSE— Sarah Marshall Terrell presents Dinosaurs in Space, a series of Mesozoic portraits inspired by a childhood fascination. The show features various species
of dinosaurs set against galactic skyscapes. 5-9 p.m. 500 W. Idaho St., 208-345-4320, flyingmcoffee.com. GO OUT LOCAL—Join Proletariat Wine Company and Capitol Bar Catering to help support Boise Bully Breed Rescue and their volunteers, who are devoted to rehoming unwanted bully breed dogs. 5-9 p.m. 106 N. Sixth St., Ste. M4, 208-440-5618, gooutlocal.com. GOLDY’S CORNER—Goldy’s Corner is featuring art by Taylor Humby, a New Zealand native who uses watercolor and ink to create spacey and psychedelic masterpieces. 5-9 p.m. 625 W. Main St., 208-433-3934, goldyscorner.com.
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GUIDO’S ORIGINAL NEW YORK STYLE PIZZERIA—Enjoy pizza with an attitude. You get a large one-topping pizza and one bottle of select wine, two bottles of beer, or four fountain sodas for only $22 plus tax. Dine in only. 5-9 p.m. 235 N. Fifth St., 208-345-9011, guidosdowntown.com. HIGH NOTE CAFE—Enjoy live music by Megan Nelson beginning at 6 p.m. Plus $2 specialty mimosas with homemade juice all day, from-scratch menu and local art for sale. 5-9 p.m. 225 N. Fifth St., 208-429-1911, thehighnotecafe.com. IDAHO BLUEPRINT AND SUPPLY COMPANY—This First Thursday and through the month of May, Idaho Blueprint will be featuring oil painter James David Knoecklein.
Plus refreshments. 5-9 p.m. 619 Main St., 208-344-7878, idahoblueprint.com. THE MELTING POT—Take advantage of the First Thursday 2-for-$22 special. You’ll receive a cheese fondue for two and two glasses of house wine. 5-9 p.m. 200 N. Sixth St., 208-343-8800, meltingpot.com/boise. TRADER JOE’S—Cha cha on down for your Cinco de Mayo party or the perfect blooms for Mom, plus something new or fun to taste. 5-9 p.m. 300 S. Capitol Blvd., 208336-7282, traderjoes.com. WHISKEY BAR—Enjoy whiskey flights and cheese pairings from 6-10 p.m. 509 W. Main St., 208345-2505, whiskeybarboise.com.
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See Megan Nelson strum her stuff at High Note Cafe. You’ll want multiple helpings of these leftovers.
MUSIC AROUND DOWNTOWN Inspired by architecture.
WINGTIP PRESS “LEFTOVERS VII” Leftovers can be a welcome redux, the name of the criminally underrated HBO series starring Justin Theroux, or reimagined into something new. Leftovers are also the basis of a series of exhibits by local printmaking studio, Wingtip Press. Submissions come from artists around the globe, who use “leftover” scraps of paper to create an edition of 14 small fine art prints. From those submissions, each participating artist receives 12 different prints, one is kept for an exhibit and one is sold via silent auction to raise funds for The Idaho Hunger Relief Task Force, a local nonprofit dedicated to “putting private and public resources into action statewide in order to eliminate hunger and provide food security for all Idahoans.” The latest of these exhibits, Leftovers VII, opens on First Thursday at Ming Studios with live music, refreshments and more than 95 fine art prints for sale via silent auction. The event runs 3-9 p.m., and the auction closes at 8:30 p.m.
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SWELL ARTIST COLLECTIVE The works in a Swell Artist Collective group show are as heterogenous as their local creators—yet they share a common theme. The exceptional SAC artists are given an idea or concept, like dinosaurs, mug shots or, as in the case of the upcoming show, local architecture. In partnership with the Idaho State Historic Preservation Office, the latest SAC exhibit is Buildings of Historic Boise Art Show, which will be on display 5-9 p.m. on First Thursday at The Owyhee. From among the collective’s 50-plus artists, 20 works of art inspired by Boise buildings are in the exhibit and for sale. Beer and wine will be available for sale, too, but parking, admission and the live music are all free. With work by some of the most talented and creative artists in this— and any other—area, this exhibit promises to be historic.
Live music is a big part of First Thursday happenings, and this First Thursday is no exception. At High Note Cafe, catch sweet-voiced singer/songwriter Megan Nelson strumming her stuff. Down the road at Doc’s Bar, multi-talented local Laio will perform amid her own paintings and multimedia works. Over at City Hall, the Fettuccine Forum features renowned longtime Idaho composer Jim Cockey, who will present “Singing Their Story: A Tribute to the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes.” In the late 1860s, the Shoshone-Bannock were forcibly relocated to the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in Eastern Idaho. As part of the Boise sesquicentennial celebrations in 2013, former Boise Philharmonic music director Robert Franz commissioned Cockey to compose a work for the orchestra. The work, Sacred Land, tells the story of the long and often tragic history of the Shoshone-Bannock in Idaho. At the Fettuccine Forum, Cockey will share his process for composing Sacred Land, as well as his experiences and some excerpts from the work.
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FIRST THURSDAY South Side ATOMIC TREASURES—Check out the collection of vintage, retro, art and found objects. You’ll find lots of weird stuff, cool junk and unusual and unforgettable gifts. 5-9 p.m. 409 S. Eighth St., Ste. 105, 208-344-0811. BODOVINO—Enjoy artwork donated by LaBry Fine Art, plus complimentary wine tasting 5-7 p.m. 5-7 p.m. 404 S. Eighth St., 208-336-8466, bodovino.com. BOISE ART MUSEUM—Celebrate Idaho Gives with Boise’s cultural organizations from 4:30-7 p.m. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. 670 Julia Davis Drive, 208-345-8330, boiseartmuseum. org. BOISE BREWING—Enjoy a hot, fresh-baked pretzel with two types of cheese sauce while you sample new beer and check out the featured local artist. 5-9 p.m. 521 W. Broad St., 208-342-7655, boisebrewing.com. FRESH OFF THE HOOK SEAFOOD—Enjoy $2 off all beer on tap. 5-9 p.m. 401 S. Eighth St., 208-343-0220, freshoffthehookseafood.com. HA’ PENNY BRIDGE IRISH PUB AND GRILL—Celebrate First Thursday with 20 percent off your
food and drinks, plus live music. 5-9 p.m. 855 Broad St., 208-3435568, hapennybridgepub.com. HAIRLINES—Call 208-383-9009 today to make an appointment for a new DU by Lui The Hair Whisperer. 5-9 p.m. 409 S. Eighth St., 208-383-9009. HAPPY FISH SUSHI AND MARTINI BAR—Enjoy a 20 percent discount on Happy Fish’s great sushi, which is rolled to order and made with the freshest ingredients. Plus full bar. 5-9 p.m. 855 W. Broad St., 208-343-4810, happyfishsushi. com.
MR. PEABODY’S OPTICAL SHOPPE—Mr. Peabody’s is always getting in new frame styles, with frame and single-vision lenses starting at $95. They now take vision insurance. 5-9 p.m. 409 S. Eighth St., Ste. 101, 208-3441390, mrpeabodysoptical.com. PAYETTE BREWING—Don’t miss this fundraiser by the ANSER Public Charter School Sixth-Graders for The Community Center. After 6 p.m., 20 percent of beer proceeds will be donated to TCC. 5-9 p.m. 733 S. Pioneer St., 208-3440011, payettebrewing.com.
JUMP (JACK’S URBAN MEETING PLACE)—Enjoy art exhibits, including Typeaux Graphic, as well as fly fishing demonstration and lecture by author David James Duncan. 5-9 p.m. 1000 W. Myrtle St., 208639-6610, jumpboise.org.
QUE PASA—Enjoy the best in Mexican expression, featuring thousands of items from Mexican master craftsmen: Sterling silver, pottery, blown glass, Talavera, dragons, fairies, mermaids and Day of The Dead. 5-9 p.m. 409 S. Eighth St., 208-385-9018.
LIQUID LOUNGE—First Thursday special: BOGO comedy show tickets. 5-9 p.m. $10. 405 S. Eighth St., 208-941-2459, liquidboise. com.
SWANK BOUTIQUE—Check out jewelry, accessories and home decor and enjoy 20 percent off one item of your choice. 5-9 p.m. 860 W. Broad St., 208-331-4126.
MACLIFE—Just in time for Mother’s Day, replace that worn out iPhone case and enjoy 40 percent off all iPhone and iPad cases and laptop bags. 5-9 p.m. 421 S. Eighth St., 208-323-6721, maclifeboise.com.
UPCYCLE STUDIO—Drop by early and take an indoor cycle class or TRX class, then enjoy a local beverage and chat with some local artists. 5-9 p.m. 380 S. Eighth St., 208-297-5591, upcycleboise.com.
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West Side THE ALASKA CENTER—Enjoy art in the Alaska Center: Judson Cottrell’s 2-D and 3-D fractal art; Allan Ansell’s open studio, with complimentary portraits; Radio Boise open house; Chi E Shenam Westin’s new series of small oil paintings, plus “Trees of the Boise River” and a new painting “Paleo Ruins of Utah”; Joseph Pacheco’s huge selection of pen and ink drawings, oceanscapes and handmade original greeting card series The Rites of Spring; and The Bellmont barber shop. 5-9 p.m. 1020 W. Main St., Boise. ART SOURCE GALLERY—Check out Melodee Sather’s unique and whimsical pottery. With wine by Indian Creek and music by Wayne White. 5-9 p.m. 1015 W. Main St., 208-331-3374, artsourcegallery. com. BEN & JERRY’S—As always, enjoy $2 scoops all day on First Thursday. 11 a.m.-10 p.m. 103 N. 10th St., 208-342-1992, benjerry.com. CHI E SHENAM WESTIN—Chi E Shenam Westin introduces oil paintings of the Boise River, Spring Awakening. 5-9 p.m. Alaska Center, 1020 W. Main St., Boise.
DOC’S BAR—Laio will be providing live original music, as well as displaying some of her paintings and other multimedia art pieces. 5-9 p.m. 1108 W. Front St., 208-344-2076, facebook.com/ Boisedocsbar. FIREFUSION STUDIO—This month, FireFusion Studio will be offering their Introduction to Enameling Class: Millefiori, lumps and threads, for a special price of $40 per person. Call 208-3451825 and choose Option 2 to sign up for this exciting class. 5-9 p.m. 1124 W. Front St., 208-345-1825, firefusion-studio.com. FOOT DYNAMICS—Join in the fun at an Irish music session in the new outdoor alcove at Foot Dynamics 6:30-8:30 p.m. Plus Winter Wildlands Alliance booth in association with Idaho Gives, and a Birkenstock Trunk Show, showcasing new items, special offers and giveaways all day. 5-9 p.m. 1021 W. Main St., 208-386-3338. GALLERY 601—Roll on down and enjoy the artwork of Colorado artist Todd Van Fleet. His May in Motion exhibition features old Schwinn bikes in the great outdoors. Plus, you can savor hand-crafted beer from Highlands Hollow Brew House. 5-9 p.m. 211 N. 10th St., 208-336-5899, gallery601.com.
LANEIGE BRIDAL AND TUX— Stop by and find the dress of your dreams. 5-9 p.m. Alaska Center, 1020 W. Main St., Ste. 104, 208514-0439, laneigebridal.com. LOCK STOCK & BARREL— Choose from 25 different varieties of wine for just $20 each. 5-9 p.m. 1100 W. Jefferson St., 208-3364266, lsbboise.com. RADIO BOISE—Check out Radio Boise’s open studio. 5-9 p.m. 1020 W. Main St., Alaska Building, Ste. 200, 208-424-8166, radioboise.org. THE RECORD EXCHANGE—Join The Record Exchange during Idaho Gives for Radio Boise Night. You’ll enjoy free beer while you hear live Radio Boise DJs and donate to KRBX. A portion of sales 5-9 p.m. will be donated to Radio Boise. 5-9 p.m. 1105 W. Idaho St., 208-3448010, therecordexchange.com. XTREME FITNESS AND WELLNESS—Enjoy fresh fruit and veggie smoothies as you check out Xtreme’s workout facility in connection with Endurance Boise. Meet the owners and coaches who will be available to answer any questions you may have about your fitness program. 5-9 p.m. 1114 W. Jefferson St., 310-4890828, xtremefitnessandwellness. com.
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CALENDAR WEDNESDAY MAY 3 On Stage BCT: THE CLEAN HOUSE— Penned by playwright Sarah Ruhl. 8 p.m. $16-$18. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, bctheater.org. COMEDIAN BRIAN REGAN—Brian Regan is a comedian’s comedian: His bio is full of quotes from famous comics like Bill Burr, Marc Maron, Patton Oswalt, Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld. Regan is also a comic of the people: he’s affable, relatable, never goes “blue” and jokes about the familiar—from Pop Tarts to politics—without ever being trite. He’ll stuff your face with funny. 8 p.m. $53. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-4261110, morrisoncenter.com.
DANIEL TOSH: TOSH.0 ON-CAMPUS SHOW— Daniel Tosh will host and perform an evening of stand-up comedy featuring writers and comedians from his Comedy Central show, Tosh.0. 7:30 p.m. $45-$75. Taco Bell Arena, 1910 University Drive, Boise State campus, Boise, 208-426-1900, tacobellarena.com.
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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. JAKE PRENDEZ: DON’T SELFCONCHAS—In the SUB Student Diversity Center through May 13. 7 a.m.-midnight. FREE. Boise State Student Union Building, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 208-426-INFO.
2017 IDAHO TRIENNIAL—Through July 16. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE-$6. Boise Art Museum, 670 Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208-345-8330, boiseartmuseum.org.
JANYRAE SEDA: CALLING FROM A SUMMER—JanyRae Seda’s solo exhibition. Through May 21, 7 a.m.-midnight. FREE. Boise State Student Union Gallery, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 208-4261242, janyrseda.com.
DEANNA SCHERRER: EFFERVESCENCE—Through May 28. 7 a.m.-midnight. FREE. Boise State Student Union Gallery, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 208-4261242, finearts.boisestate.edu.
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GARTH CLAASSEN: GROUP AREAS—Wednesday-Saturday through May 5. Noon-4 p.m. FREE. Stewart Gallery, 2230 Main, 208-4330593, stewartgallery.com.
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STOP THE INVADERS: QUAGGA AND ZEBRA MUSSELS—Join Nic Zurfluh, Idaho Department of Agriculture invasive species specialist, to learn about the threat of aquatic invasive species in Idaho. 11:30 a.m. FREE. Washington Group Plaza, 720 Park Blvd., Boise, 208-345-1452, boiseriverenhancement.org. WILD IDAHO: LOCAL HIKING— Learn about some of the best trails and how they are maintained from representatives of the Idaho Trails Association. 7 p.m. FREE. Meridian Public Library, 1326 W. Cherry Lane, Meridian, 208-8884451, mld.org.
Odds & Ends MINI MAY POP-UP MARKET—Enjoy craft beer and live music while you get all of your shopping done. 5-9 p.m. FREE. Payette Brewing River Street Taproom, 733 S. Pioneer St., Boise, 208-863-6949,
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MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU For Yoda-level fans, every day is Star Wars Day. The high point of the calendar, however, is May 4, when the force inhabits the fourth. Get Jedi with it at two Star Wars celebrations at the Boise Public Library and Ada Community Library Hidden Springs Branch. At the Boise library, Star Wars-themed arts and crafts will be followed by a virtual reality session in which you’ll defend the Millennium Falcon in an all out space battle. The Falcon secured from foes, clear your throat for the Chewbacca Roar Contest and settle in for a screening of Rogue One. At the Ada Community Library, padawans and masters alike will enjoy games, crafts and snacks. 4-9 p.m., FREE. Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., 208972-8200, boisepubliclibrary.org/calendar. 4 p.m., FREE. Ada Community Library Hidden Springs Branch, 5868 W. Hidden Springs Drive, 208-229-2665, adalib.org/hiddensprings. BOISE WEEKLY.COM
BOISE BIRDING SERIES: BIRD IDENTIFICATION—Learn how to identify the most common birds coming through Hulls Gulch. This is the perfect time of year to catch a glimpse of the regulars. There’ll be a short talk, but most of the time will be spent birding on the trails. 8 a.m. FREE. Jim Hall Foothills Learning Center, 3188 Sunset Peak Road, Boise, bee.cityofboise. org/foothills, 208-493-2530.
THURSDAY MAY 4 Festivals & Events FIRST THURSDAY IN DOWNTOWN BOISE— First Thursday takes place throughout downtown Boise from 5-9 p.m. and focuses on providing visitors the chance to stroll through the unique shops and galleries in downtown, while
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CALENDAR enjoying in-store entertainment and special events. See a special section elsewhere in this issue of Boise Weekly. 5-9 p.m. FREE. Downtown Boise, 208-472-5251, downtownboise.org. IDAHO GIVES DAY—This statewide, 24-hour giving day celebrates the awesome work of Idaho’s nonprofits. And it’s all online. Since the inaugural event in 2013, Idahoans have raised more than $2.3 million for participating organizations one donation at a time. Visit the Idaho Gives website for more info. idahogives.org.
On Stage BCT: THE CLEAN HOUSE—8 p.m. $16-$18. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, bctheater.org. THE BLACK ZONE DOCUMENTARY—Dr. Chuck Washington, a local St. Luke’s emergency room physician, and his colleagues travel to Myanmar every year to
train medics so they can help impoverished citizens without medical care. This documentary by Grace Baek covers her decade-long journey following workers on this covert and daring medical relief program as they struggle to provide aid amid war atrocities in the jungles of Burma. 7 p.m. $15. The Flicks, 646 W. Fulton St., Boise, 208-342-4222, theblackzonefilm.com. COMEDIAN MYLES WEBER—8 p.m. $10. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-941-2459, liquidboise.com. LISA LYNNE AND ARYEH FRANKFURTER: CELTIC HARPS, RARE INSTRUMENTS AND WONDROUS STORIES—Lisa Lynne and Aryeh Frankfurter blend music and tales from their adventures as modern day troubadours. You’ll hear traditional instrumental music from Sweden and Ireland, as well as original compositions featuring Celtic harps, the rare Swedish Nyckelharpa, Ukranian Bandura, Cittern and more. 7 p.m. $10-$15, $25
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for two. First Presbyterian Church, 950 W. State St., Boise, 208-3453441, fpcboise.org.
Art BUILDINGS OF HISTORIC BOISE ART SHOW—5-9 p.m. FREE. The Owyhee, 1109 Main St., Boise, 208-488-7474, swellboise.com. LEFTOVERS INTERNATIONAL PRINT EXCHANGE VII—Exhibition continues May 5-6. 5-8 p.m. FREE. MING Studios, 420 S. Sixth St., Boise, 208-949-4365. MELODEE SATHER: UNIQUE AND WHIMSICAL POTTERY—5-9 p.m. FREE. Art Source Gallery, 1015 W. Main St., Boise, 208331-3374, artsourcegallery.com.
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also a father, renowned fly fisher and practitioner of what he calls “direct, small-scale compassion-activism,” to share some river adventures, writings, fish stories, friendships, conservation victories and great films. 7 p.m. FREE. Jack’s Urban Meeting Place, 1000 W. Myrtle St., Boise, 208-639-6610, davidjamesduncan.com.
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NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER IDAHO STATE RALLY—Join this interdenominational public worship and prayer event with Idaho State Treasurer Ron Crane and Lt. Gov. Little. At the end, attendees will be invited to “circle the capitol in prayer.” Noon-1:15 p.m. FREE. Idaho State Capitol Building, 700 W. Jefferson St., Boise, 208-433-9705, nationaldayofprayer.org.
SCENTSY CON—Enjoy activities for all ages, including photo opportunities with live Star Wars action figures, a martial arts demonstration from Dragon Bushido Martial Arts, and a LEGO booth sponsored by Bricks and Minifigs. 5-8 p.m. FREE. Scentsy Commons, 2701 E. Pine Ave., Meridian, 208-855-0617, superheroic.org.
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AN EVENING WITH DAVID JAMES DUNCAN—Join author David James Duncan, who’s
IDAHO BOTANICAL GARDEN GUIDED TOURS—FREE-$7. Idaho
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Walk about it, talk about it.
MAYOR’S COMMUNITY PRAYER BREAKFAST—Featuring keynote speaker Judge Sergio Guttierez of the Idaho Court of Appeals, with music by the Nampa Christian Combined Varsity Choir and a breakfast buffet. 7 a.m. $11. Nampa Civic Center, 311 Third St. S., Nampa, 208-468-5555, nampaciviccenter.com.
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Botanical Garden, 2355 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-3438649, idahobotanicalgarden.org. OLD ASSAY OFFICE TOURS—Guided tours every half-hour. 5-9 p.m. FREE. The Old Assay Office, 210 Main St., Boise, facebook.com/ events/1750722378571309.
Food ANSER CHARTER SCHOOL FUNDRAISER FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER—Check out the ANSER Public Charter School Sixth Grade Year of Service Fundraiser for The Community Center. Enjoy happy hour from 5:30-6:30 p.m., Beer of the Day specials, a food truck and live music by The Locusts, Belinda Bowler, Critter Soup and others. Payette will donate 20 percent of beer sales from 6-10 p.m. to The Community Center in ANSER Charter School’s name. 5-10 p.m. FREE. Payette Brewing River Street Taproom, 733 S. Pioneer St., Boise, 208-344-0011.
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Werther original.
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With a direct threat to funding coming from the White House, support for the Meals on Wheels program is important now more than ever. Metro Meals on Wheels provides services to more than 1,600 senior citizens in Ada County each week, but it needs help. You can do your part in sustaining this lifeline for homebound residents and get a sampling of stellar cuisine in return. The 20th annual Culinary Walkabout features at least 20 local restaurants ranging from Andrades to Zee Catering, who will gather Thursday, May 4 at the Boise Centre to offer some of their finest fare. Adding a little flair to the affair—and in a nod to May 4 being Star Wars Day—this year’s Walkabout features a Star Wars theme, and participants are encouraged to dress for the occasion. 6-9 p.m.; $75, $500 table for 10. Boise Centre, 850 W. Front St., 208-336-8900, metromealsonwheels.net/culinary-walkabout.
Boise Music Week (which actually spans nine days) celebrates its 99th anniversary in 2017, and it still hits all the right notes. The free entertainment steps off Friday, May 5 with international dance night at South Junior High School, followed on Saturday, May 6 with a lunchtime concert at the Julia Davis Park bandshell and jazz showcase that evening at South Junior. Over the following seven days there will be performances from gospel choirs, barbershop quartets and organ recitals. The highlight this year will be five performances of the recent Broadway smash Mary Poppins at the Morrison Center. Unfortunately, Mary Poppins tickets have all been distributed, but the supercalifragilisticexpialidocious news is that there are eight other—free—Music Week events to choose from. May 5-13, times vary. FREE. Multiple venues, boisemusicweek. org.
When then-24-year-old Johann Wolfgang von Goethe published his first novel, The Sorrows of Young Werther, he had no idea how much it would affect his life. When Goethe—who also wrote Faust, The Apprenticeship of Wilhelm Meister and Elective Affinities—died in 1832, Werther was his still most popular book, inspiring countless tributes and works of art. Among them is Werther, the four-act opera by Jules Massenet. Premiering 60 years after Goethe’s death, this drama lyrique introduced opera-goers to the longing and lovable titular character; his beautiful love interest, Charlotte; and her fiance, Albert. Catch this classic, presented by Opera Idaho, at The Egyptian with Julie Miller as Charlotte, Joshua Dennis as Werther and Jason Detwiler as Albert. Friday, May 5, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, May 7, 2:30 p.m.; $9-$72. The Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., 208-387-1273, operaidaho.org.
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CALENDAR METRO MEALS ON WHEELS CULINARY WALKABOUT—A talented group of local chefs unite to help raise money for Metro Meals on Wheels by dishing up their most creative cuisine. It’s a palatepleasing way to support senior citizens who rely on Metro Meals on Wheels for their daily nutrition. This year’s Culinary Walkabout celebrates 20 years and features a Star Wars theme. 6-9 p.m. $75. Boise Centre, 850 W. Front St., Boise, 208-336-8900, metromealsonwheels.net/culinarywalkabout.
FRIDAY MAY 5 Festivals & Events CLEAN AND AFFORDABLE ENERGY CONFERENCE—Join the Northwest Energy Coalition for their spring conference. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. $90-$115. The Grove Hotel, 245 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 206-621-0094, nwenergy.org/ nw-clean-affordable-energyconference.
On Stage 2017 POLE-A-PALOOZA—Enjoy student and teacher performances of pole dancing, aerial silks, Lyra (aerial hoop) and more. Plus raffles and beer and wine bar (donations accepted). 7:30 p.m. $15 adv., $18 door. Ophidia Studio, 2615 W. Kootenai St., Boise, 208409-2403, ophidiastudio.com. BCT: THE CLEAN HOUSE—8 p.m. $16-$18. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224. bctheater.org. BOISE MUSIC WEEK— The 99th season of Boise Music Week features nine days of music events, including International Dance Night, Music in the Park, All That’s Jazz!, Church Night, Noon Organ Recitals, Monday Showcase, School Night, the Egyptian Theater Silent Movie and Organ Concert and the classic Broadway musical by Disney and Cameron Mackintosh, Mary Poppins. As always, all events are offered free to the public. May 5-13. boisemusicweek.org.
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BROADWAY IN BOISE: RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN’S
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CINDERELLA—Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella is the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical from the creators of The Sound of Music and South Pacific that’s delighting audiences with its contemporary take on the classic tale. This lush production features an incredible orchestra, jaw-dropping transformations and all the moments you love, plus some surprising new twists. 8 p.m. $48-$70. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-4261110, morrisoncenter.com. COMEDIAN MYLES WEBER—8 p.m. and 10 p.m. $12. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-941-2459, liquidboise.com. OPERA IDAHO: MASSENET’S WERTHER— Jules Massenet’s Werther is a tender love story about a poet who would rather die than be without the woman he loves. With hauntingly beautiful melodies throughout, one act alone contains two of the greatest arias in the operatic repertoire: Charlotte’s “Va! Laisse couler mes larmes” and Werther’s “Pourquoi me rèveiller.” In their sentimental power and melodic richness, these arias encapsulate the qualities that account for the universal popularity of this great work. 7:30 p.m. $24-$72. Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, 208-3871273, operaidaho.org.
NATIONAL PUBLIC GARDEN DAY Friday, May 12, 2017
FREE ADMISSION | 9:00 am - 7:00 pm
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ational Public Garden Day is a national day of celebration to raise awareness of America’s public gardens and the role they play in promoting environmental stewardship and awareness, plant and water conservation and education.
Art ART ZONE 208 FIRST FRIDAY—6-9 p.m. FREE. Art Zone 208, 3113 N. Cole Road, Boise, 208-322-9464, facebook.com/ artzone208. TREASURE VALLEY ARTISTS ALLIANCE: YELLOW—Through June 23. 5:30-8 p.m. FREE. Boise State Public Radio, Yanke Family Research Building, 220 E. Parkcenter Blvd., Boise, 208-426-3663, treasurevalleyartistsalliance.org.
Odds & Ends HOKUM HOEDOWN—7-10 p.m. $7. Mardi Gras Ballroom, 615 S. Ninth St., Boise, 208342-5553, facebook.com/ events/162335104210796.
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Festivals & Events BOISE FARMERS MARKET—The market features specialty food products, Idaho goods and a select few artisans, plus a community space to learn about food and sustain16 ability. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. FREE. Boise Farmers Market, 10th and Grove, 208-345-9287, theboisefarmersmarket. com.
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BOISE STATE SPRING COMMENCEMENT—10 a.m. FREE. Boise State Broncos Albertsons Stadium, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 208-4264737, boisestate.edu.
CAPITAL CITY PUBLIC MARKET—9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. FREE. Capital City Public Market, Eighth Street between Main and State streets, Boise, 208-345-3499, capitalcitypublicmarket.com.
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A tender love story about a poet who would rather die than be without the woman he loves.
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BOISE PARKS AND REC TRACK MEET—For youth ages 7-14. 8 a.m.-1 p.m. FREE. Timberline High School, 701 E. Boise Ave., Boise, 208-608-7651, parks.cityofboise. org.
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EAGLE SATURDAY MARKET—9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. FREE. Heritage Park, 185 E. State St., Eagle, 208-489-8763, cityofeagle. org/market.
BOISE URBAN GARDEN SCHOOL PLANT SALE—9 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE. Boise Urban Garden School, Comba Park, 2995 Five Mile Road, Boise, 208-376-3006, boiseurbangardenschool.org.
TRACTOR SHOW AND STREET FAIR—9 a.m.-2 p.m. FREE. Nampa Church of the Brethren, 11030 W. Orchard Ave., Nampa, 208-4663321, churchofthebrethrennampa.org.
SNAKE RIVER REGION SPORTS CAR CLUB OF AMERICA AUTOCROSS—8 a.m. Expo Idaho (Fairgrounds), 5610 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-287-5650, srrscca.com.
TREASURE VALLEY ORCHID SOCIETY SHOW AND SALE—10 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE-$4. Hilton Garden Inn, 7699 W. Spectrum, treasurevalleyorchidsociety.org.
WALKABOUT BOISE WALKING TOUR—11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $12. Basque Block, Grove Street between Capitol Boulevard and Sixth Street, Boise, preservationidaho. org/walkabout-boise-2016.
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Kids & Teens
2017 POLE-A-PALOOZA—7:30 p.m. $15-$18. Ophidia Studio, 2615 W. Kootenai St., 208-4092403, ophidiastudio.com. BCT: THE CLEAN HOUSE—2 p.m. and 8 p.m. $16-$18. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, bctheater. org.
Animals & Pets
IDAHO HELPING HAND PET WALK AND FAIR— Join the annual Helping Hand Pet Walk and Fair to benefit the Idaho Helping Hand Fund, Meridian Valley Humane Society Canine Rescue, Helping Idaho Dogs and Pet Peace of Mind. Dogs are welcome. 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $30-$35. Julius M. Kleiner Memorial Park, 1900 N. Records Ave., near Fairview Avenue and Eagle Road, Meridian, idahohelpinghandfund.com.
Food PROVOST GUARD’S 10TH ANNIVERSARY WINE TASTING—Enjoy hors d’oeuvres, Idaho wines and live jazz while bidding in a silent auction. Call the El Korah office or visit their Facebook page for ticket info. 6-9:30 p.m. $20, $35 for two. El Korah Shrine Center, 1118 W. Idaho St., Boise, 208-343-0571, facebook.com/ ElKorahShriners.
SUNDAY MAY 7 Festivals & Events 2017 TREASURE VALLEY
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BROADWAY IN BOISE: RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN’S CINDERELLA—2 p.m. and 8 p.m. $48-$70. Morrison Center, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, 208-4261110, morrisoncenter.com. COMEDIAN MYLES WEBER—8 p.m. and 10 p.m. $12. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-941-2459, liquidboise.com. MAYDAY MICRO MUSIC FESTIVAL—This benefit for Boise Hive and Idaho Suicide Prevention Hotline features 12 bands performing on two stages, musician workshops, local music video showcase and food trucks. 2 p.m.-1 a.m. $5. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297.
Art 2017 MARSING WINE AND ART IN THE PARK—11 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. Marsing Island Park, Hwy. 55, south side of Snake River bridge, Marsing, facebook.com/ MarsingChamber.
Sports & Fitness SOUTHERN IDAHO SAILING ASSOCIATION SAILBOAT REGATTA—10 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE. Lake Lowell, 1003 W. Locust Lane, Nampa, idahosailing.org.
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CALENDAR ORCHID SOCIETY SHOW AND SALE—11 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE-$4. Hilton Garden Inn, 7699 W. Spectrum, Boise, treasurevalleyorchidsociety.org.
only lifeline is a story. 7 p.m. $8$12. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., 208-331-9224, bctheater.org.
AMC FAMILY SHOW AND SHINE—Join the Treasure Valley AMC Club for this exclusive car show and shine event featuring all American Motors Corp. car brands: Nash, Hudson, Jeep, Rambler, Willys and Kaiser Frazer. 1-5 p.m. FREE. Westside Drive-In Parkcenter, 1113 Parkcenter Blvd., Boise, 208-424-0000.
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BOISE’S GOT FAITH FUN RUN AND FAMILY FESTIVAL—Proceeds benefit the families of 4-year-old Lily King and 5-year-old Ryan Crawford. 1:30 p.m. $20-$30. Julia Davis Park, 700 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, robiesgotfaith.org.
VETERANS HOUSING OUTREACH—Veterans are invited to stop by Boise Public Library on Monday mornings to visit with Bryan Bumgarner, an outreach specialist for homeless veterans from Boise’s Veterans Affairs. He’ll help connect you with essential VA services such as housing and medical care. 10:30 a.m.-noon. FREE. Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., 208972-8200, boisepubliclibrary.org.
Kids & Teens On Stage COMEDIAN MYLES WEBER—8 p.m. $10. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-941-2459, liquidboise.com. OPERA IDAHO: MASSENET’S WERTHER—2:30 p.m. $24-$72. Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, 208-387-1273, 1617. operaidaho.org. VIEUX FARKA TOURE: SAMBA—Malian superstar Vieux Farka Touré returns to American stages with a brand new record, Samba. With Afrosonics. 7 p.m. $15 adv., $18 door. Neurolux, 111 N. 11th St., Boise, 208-343-0886, neurolux. com/vieux-farka-toure.
AFTERSCHOOL SENSORY 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 preschool through second grade with stories, songs and activities. 4:15-5 p.m. FREE. Nampa Public Library, 215 12th Ave. S., Nampa, 208-468-5800, nampalibrary.org.
TUESDAY MAY 9
ANNE FRANK MEMORIAL TOURS—Enjoy free docent-led tours of the Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial every Tuesday from April to October. Meet at the statue of Anne Frank on the Greenbelt at Eighth Street. Hosted by the Wassmuth Center for Human Rights. Tuesdays, 12:15-1 p.m. FREE. Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial, 777 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208345-0304, wassmuthcenter.org.
Kids & Teens GURU DONUTS TASTY TALES STORYTIME WITH REDISCOVERED BOOKS—Get the kiddos giggling at two storytime sessions while enjoying the tasty treats. 10-11 a.m. FREE. Guru Donuts, 928 W. Main St,, Ste. 100, Boise, 208-5717792, gurudonuts.com/tasty-tales.
Odds & Ends 1000 SPRINGS BOAT TOUR AND SHOSHONE FALLS VIEWING— Catch the Snake River canyon at the height of color with spring wildflowers and witness Shoshone Falls their high-water grandeur. 9:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. $70. Nampa Recreation Center, 131 Constitution Way, Nampa, 208-468-5858, nampaparksandrecreation.org.
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Art ART FOR ALL POP-UP—2-6 p.m. FREE. Meriwether Cider Co., 5242 W. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208972-6725, meriwethercider.com.
EYESPY
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Sports & Fitness SOUTHERN IDAHO SAILING ASSOCIATION SAILBOAT REGATTA—10 a.m.-3 p.m. FREE. Lake Lowell, 1003 W. Locust Lane, Nampa, idahosailing.org.
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BCT 5X5 READING SERIES: THE RABBIT IN THE MOON—The last reading in Boise Contemporary Theater’s 2016-17 5X5 series is a first look at the latest from Dwayne Blackaller and Matthew Cameron Clark. Rebecca Stuart is 238,900 miles from home and has lost contact with the world in this play about ancient myths and modern marvels, of records and revolution, of sound and the space between us. Sometimes your Overheard something Eye-spy worthy? E-mail production@boiseweekly.com
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MUSIC GUIDE WEDNESDAY MAY 3
FRIDAY MAY 5
CASHMERE CAT—With Star Vis. 7 p.m. $16 adv., $18 door. Neurolux
BERNIE REILLY—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365
CHUCK SMITH TRIO—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers
BOISE MUSIC WEEK—May 5-13. For a complete schedule of events, visit boisemusicweek.org.
GAYLE CHAPMAN—6:30 p.m. FREE. Highlands Hollow
BIG WOW BAND—8 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s
MIKE ROSENTHAL—5:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers
CINCO DE MAYO WITH MAHAVIA MUSIC—6:30 p.m. FREE. Highlands Hollow
ROB HARDING—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365
CLAY MOORE TRIO WITH AMY ROSE—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers
TOMORROWS BAD SEEDS—9 p.m. $12 adv., $15 door. Reef
THURSDAY MAY 4
FRANK MARRA—5:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers JUPITER HOLIDAY—7 p.m. FREE. Sockeye-Cole LANCE LIPINSKY AND THE DREAMERS—7:30 p.m. $28-$35 adv., $33-$40 door. Sapphire MICKY AND THE MOTORCARS— With Jeff Crosby and The Refugees, and Tylor and The Train Robbers. 8 p.m. $20-$40. Knitting Factory SOUL KITCHEN—7 p.m. FREE. Awakenings THE SUBURBANS—8 p.m. FREE. Ha’ Penny
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WILSON ROBERTS— 5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365
BERNARDUS—7 p.m. FREE. High Note
SATURDAY MAY 6 ALEX RICHARDS BAND—10 p.m. FREE. Juniper Kitchen and Cocktails, 211 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-342-1142, juniperon8th.com. ANDREW SHEPPARD BAND—8 p.m. FREE. O’Michael’s Pub & Grill, 2433 N. Bogus Basin Road, Boise, 208-342-8948, omichaelspub.com. BOISE BLUES SOCIETY: JOHN CLIFTON BLUES BAND—7:30 p.m. $15-$20. Sapphire
A-PLUS AND KNOBODY—With J.Lately, J. Morgan, DJ Nocturnal, and Pawz One. 8 p.m. $8. The Shredder ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE—With Babylon and Ealdor Bealu. 7 p.m. $10. Neurolux GREG BRIDGES—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365
EMILY STANTON BAND—7 p.m. FREE. Sockeye-Cole LYLE SINCLAIR BAND—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365 OKILLY DOKILLY: HOWDILLY DOODILLY TOUR—7 p.m. $14 adv., $16 door. Neurolux SLIDE GUITARIST MATT BRADFORD—7 p.m. FREE. Capitol Bar
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LEIF VOLLEBEKK—With Molly Burch. 7 p.m. $12 adv., $14 door. The Olympic MAYDAY MICRO MUSIC FESTIVAL—2 p.m.-1 a.m. $5. Visual Arts Collective
MAYDAY MICRO MUSIC FESTIVAL, MAY 6, VISUAL ARTS COLLECTIVE Like the song says, “Everybody needs somebody.” That’s the gist of the Boise Hive, which provides practice space and emotional support for local musicians. The nonprofit also needs somebody—or somebodies—to help keep the lights on and continue its good work. The Hive is teaming up with the Idaho Suicide Prevention Hotline for a joint fundraiser filled with music, workshops, a music video showcase, food and more Saturday, May 6 at the Visual Arts Collective. As many as 12 bands will perform on two stages, including Abaasy, a.k.a. Belle, Black Bolt, Brett Netson, Cerberus Rex, Faded Leroy, The Dorks from Ork (Boise Commonauts), Glenn Mantang and the GOV, The Hand, The Lost Men, Lyonsdale and Star Warrior. Workshops will focus on band development, empathy listening and making a music video. Food trucks Tacos y Tortas El Paco and Burgerlicious will also be on hand. Good music, good information and good food add up to a good time for two good causes. —Zach Hagadone 2 p.m.-1 a.m., $5. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297, visualartscollective.com
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MONDAY MAY 8
FRANK MARRA—5:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers
CHUCK SMITH— 5:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers
MEGAN NELSON— 6:30 p.m. FREE. High Note
WHITAKER AND OLIVER—7 p.m. FREE. High Note
ESE—With Camacho, and Slimy Members. 8 p.m. $TBA. The Shredder
BEN BURDICK TRIO WITH AMY ROSE—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers
MARCUS EATON—7:30 p.m. $25$30 adv., $32-$37 door. Sapphire
TUESDAY MAY 9
DREW HOLCOMB AND THE NEIGHBORS: THE SOUVENIR TOUR—With Stephen Kellogg. 8 p.m. $18-$71. Knitting Factory
ANSER CHARTER SOS STUDENTS BENEFIT CONCERT FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER— With Belinda Bowler, Bill Coffey, Edmond Dantes, Ken Pedersen, Penny Barnett, Boise Rock School, Critter Soup and LED. 6 p.m. FREE. Payette Brewing
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a brand new record, Samba. With Afrosonics. 7 p.m. $15 adv., $18 door. Neurolux
CLAY MOORE TRIO WITH AMY ROSE—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers
ADDAM CHIAVARRA—7 p.m. FREE. Capitol Bar
LISA LYNNE AND ARYEH FRANKFURTER: CELTIC HARPS, RARE INSTRUMENTS AND WONDROUS STORIES—Featuring traditional instrumental music from Sweden and Ireland. 7 p.m. $10-$15, $25 for two. First Presbyterian
WESTERN DAUGHTER TOUR KICKOFF SHOW—With Whereling and Kathleen Williams. 7 p.m. $5. Neurolux
MINOR PARADOX—7 p.m. FREE. High Note NEIGHBOR DAVE— 5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365 THIS END UP—8 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s
SUNDAY MAY 7 BILLY BRAUN—6 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s E-40—With Kool John, Clyde Carson, Skinny Pete, and Tha Native. 8 p.m. $20-$150. Revolution LANCE LIPINSKY AND THE DREAMERS—7:30 p.m. $28-$35 adv., $33-$40 door. Sapphire THE SIDEMEN: GREG PERKINS AND RICK CONNOLLY—6 p.m. FREE. Chandlers THOMAS PAUL—11 a.m. FREE. High Note VIEUX FARKA TOURE: SAMBA— Malian superstar Vieux Farka Touré returns to American stages with
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE, MAY 8, NEUROLUX On a long enough timeline, the wicked get their just desserts, evolution goes from theory to phenomenon and the various iterations of psychedelic prog rock collective Acid Mothers Temple begin to make sense. There are several versions of AMT, each fronted by guitarist Kawabata Makoto, whose sometimes bluesy and always trippy style has generated legions of fans all over the world and spawned dozens of albums across numerous bands and music labels. With its voluminous catalog, dizzying iterations and vast array of influences, there’s no easy entry point for AMT other than checking out one of the band’s shows and drinking deeply from its chalice of heavy metal, blues, free jazz, folk and psychedelia. If you missed AMT’s appearance at Crazy Horse in 2015, another opportunity will present itself Monday, May 8 at Neurolux. —Harrison Berry 7 p.m. $10. Neurolux, 111 N. 11th St., Boise, 208-3430886, neurolux.com.
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TURN AND FACE THE CHANGE
Sera Cahoone finds strength in exploring From Where I Started CHRIS PARKER Life holds less for the timid. Rather than accept the short end, Seattle folk singer/songwriter Sera Cahoone made a change. “First years I ever played my songs for anyone, my back was toward them and I sang down to the ground / Got so tired of being nervous that I finally turned around,” she sings on “Turned Around” the moving first track of her fourth album, From Where I Started (Lady Muleskinner Records, March 2017). It’s an album rich in change and selfpossession. Not only did Cahoone play all the drums herself—she had previously entered the studio with a band in tow—but self-released the record. Unlike Deer Creek Canyon (Sub Pop, 2012), it’s not so much an album about going home as it is finding a place or a way to begin— perhaps again. That’s sort of why it’s been five years since her last release. “I wasn’t even sure if I was going to put out another record. It’s these sorts of ups and downs and figuring out what I was doing in life,” she said. “I have grown up a lot and I think matured, and that comes through on this record, too. I just wanted to do it how I wanted to do it and I think that there’s a sense of maturity in that and a sense of just figuring out myself and life, you know?” Cahoone grew up in Littleton, Colo., snowboarding, selling boards at a local shop and playing drums in bands. “I knew from a very early age that I was pretty obsessed with music. I would constantly watch music videos and, you know, want to be on stage and playing in front of people,” she said. “I was extremely shy as a kid, so it’s pretty funny. Though I was a drummer, so I was in the background. But coming up to the front took a while for me to do.” “A lot of my guitar playing is very rhythmic. It’s pretty simple, and a lot of my guitar goes right with the drums,” she said. “Right when I write something I will want to get behind the drums and put some stuff to it and see where it goes.” If it was difficult for Cahoone to muster the BOISE WEEKLY.COM
Unlike surprise sensation Deer Creek Canyon, Sera Cahoone’s latest album swaps delicacy for assurance.
Now 41 and two decades removed from her courage to step out front, she went about it in a Seattle move, Cahoone is stepping comfortdetermined manner. At 21, she packed up and ably into adulthood with her boldest, warmest moved to Seattle where she began frequenting release. In a departure from the delicacy of open mics. prior releases, From Where I Started exchanges “It’s one of those things where I had played mystery for assurance. drums forever. I didn’t even bring my drums. On “Up To Me,” Cahoone announces I just really wanted to force myself to play in her intent to be a “lover like no other” but front of people in a different way and get over also recognizes that’s just one direction on a my shyness,” she said. “So going to open mics and not knowing anybody was completely scary two-way street: “It’s really not up to me,” she sings. The searching hip-swinging mountain but it definitely helped me a lot.” While Cahoone continued to hone her song- shuffle “Time to Give” is looking for a similar exchange of time. The loping pedal steel peals craft under the radar, she wound up playing of “Better Woman” find Cahoone promising drums in chamber rock outfit Carissa’s Wierd, to “step up,” while acknowledging with heavy whose principal songwriters went on to form regret on “Tables Turned” that she has “a lot Band of Horses. to give, but I have a lot to Cahoone played drums on learn.” Band of Horses’ first album in “I tried different stuff 2005 before releasing her self-titled SERA CAHOONE With Son Volt. Tuesday, May 9; and self-released this debut Deer Creek Canyon, which 7 p.m.; $20. The Olympic, 1009 album, so it feels kind of became a surprise sensation. NPR W. Main St., 208-342-0176, free,” she said. “I did know picked the album as one of the 10 theolympicboise.com I wanted to play all the best of the year and Seattle public drums on the album and radio station KEXP was a big maybe keep it more tosupporter. gether. Bring in some different instruments. I “I always knew I wanted to release a record recorded it differently, I did a lot of things difof my own and play all the drums, but I really ferent, and it is a much more personal album didn’t know what to expect; I didn’t really expect much. Before I even had the record ready in a lot of ways, too.” Part of growing up is leaving things behind I sent KEXP a demo of a few songs, maybe and shedding old skin. Cahoone is still a thinking they might play it,” she said. prophet of sweet tender ache, but she’s bringThe station did play it, of course, and “suding more spice to the stew. denly everyone was, ‘Where’s the record?’ ‘I “I think that’s more of it, I just needed to don’t know!’ So, it was kind of a crazy thing to change up something,” she said. “You don’t happen, and, yeah, they played a huge part in want to do the same thing.” my success,” she added.
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POST MODERN ART The Modern Hotel last spring announced 2016 would be the last year of Modern Art, a one-night event each May when artists transformed the hotel’s rooms into mini galleries. Local artist Troy Passey—who had participated in Modern Art all nine years—joked with friends about how funny it would be if he booked his regular room and exhibited new work in 2017, as though oblivious that Modern Art was no more. Passey forgot about it until organizers got in touch and suggested the idea should come to fruition. So, in April, The Modern issued a press release with the headline “Local Artist Misses Memo. Will Do Modern Art Alone.” The release explained how Passey “missed the announcement that last year would be the final year,” and had already booked his regular room—Room 103—for the event. “Taking pity on the poor man, we did not feel we could deny his quest to complete 10 years,” the release read, “and wishing to spare him the embarrassment, The Modern will welcome Troy back to show his work.” Passey’s monochromatic artworks are spare and sublime, yet reveal his sense of humor, so it’s no surprise he is embracing the tongue-incheek situation—he titled the exhibit Denial: New Works. His approach, however, was exactly the same as Troy Passey if he’d been DENIAL: NEW WORKS preparing for The Modern Hotel, Room 103 Modern Art. Thursday, May 4, 5-10 p.m. “I have a ton of work. It’s what I’ve always done. I’ve always made work to show [at Modern Art]. I’m making a big piece for the bed, just like I always do,” Passey said. “Like I’ve always done,” he added, laughing, saying he even used an Alexa Rose grant he received to fund Denial. The Modern is all in, too, taking the work seriously but leaning into the levity. Passey’s art for the infinite scroll—work created by a Modern Art artist and hung on the exterior of the hotel for a year—will be unveiled during his show. The hotel then ended the press release with this: “Please don’t mention that Passey missed the memo. It’s possible he still doesn’t know.” —Amy Atkins 20 | MAY 3–9, 2017 | BOISEweekly
Fantasy has always appealed to Samwise Carlson. The young singer-songwriter’s stage name, Tispur, came from a type of character he created in the video game The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. “Every time I’d make a dark elf character, I’d name it ‘Tispur’ because I thought that sounded like a dark elf name,” he said. For a while, Carlson was so engrossed by fantasy stories, he confused fiction with fact. “I spent a long time when I was a kid being homeschooled and reading a lot of fantasy books, playing fantasy video games—just living in a fantasy world until I was 18,” he said. “And I literally believed you could be whisked away to Narnia or whatever.” Carlson may know better now, but his music has that sense of magical transport. His cryptic lyrics, melancholy melodies and angelic vocals have made Tispur one of the most mesmerizing local acts in recent years. Tispur’s debut album Sleepy Creature (Obsolete Media Objects, 2017) was released on April 24. Featuring pristine production by Brett Hawkins and contributions from musicians Jake Saunders, Kathleen Williams and Riley Anne Johnson, it promises to be one of the best local releases of the year. Physical copies of Sleepy Creature aren’t available in Boise yet, but listeners can stream or download it on Tispur’s Bandcamp page. “It kind of was hard-hitting for me,” Carlson said, “being homeschooled and living in a tiny town and then trying to navigate through existential dread and what’s happening to our planet. So blending the two, which I do a little bit in this album—it’s magical, but then there’s songs like [‘The Hills are Alight’], which are very much about the eventual demise of our planet.” Born in Mission Viejo, Calif., Carlson lived with his family in southern California before moving to Rigby in 2007. “We lived in San Diego for a couple years after Mission Viejo, and we had friends there who moved to Boise. They just raved about Boise, and my parents were like, ‘Well, maybe we should move to Idaho.’ So they just did it.” The open spaces of Rigby gave Carlson lots of room for his mind to wander. “I definitely went out to the fields and
Samwise Carlson, of Tispur: “I literally believed you could be whisked away to Narnia or wherever.”
Listening to the song now, he doesn’t conplayed pretend,” he said. “I mean, I did that sider it their best work. until I was 16—just, maybe, weird behavior “We were… really high when we wrote for a 15- or 16-year-old, to go out in the field with sticks and a fake shield. I had a younger that,” Carlson said. “The lyrics don’t make friend who was 12, and we would just go out any sense. That’s OK, though. I mean, it’s kind of a cool song—I like it still—but I do recogthere … and pretend to be adventurers.” nize that those lyrics aren’t the best lyrics.” Carlson’s childhood wasn’t just dreams Despite his misgivings, the elliptical quality and roleplaying, though. When he was 8 of “White Widyears old, his ow” and Sleepy father bought him Creature’s other a guitar. songs is one of “I still have the album’s main it. He thought it charms. The lyrics was a kid’s guitar, seem to suggest but it’s actually a various scenes and travel-size guitar. characters and … I think that invite listeners to really helped me fill in the details. continue because The name a lot of kid’s “Tispur” itself guitars are just so has had a similar terrible.” effect. Carlson “A lot of eventually grew people think of tired of living in ‘whisper’ and Rigby—“I came ‘tickle,’” Carlson to the conclusaid. “They say, sion that I can’t ‘Is it a mixture of believe in certain tickle-whisper?’ religions,” he Sleepy Creature is available at tispur.bandcamp.com. And I’m like, ‘No, said—and moved but that’s cute.’” to Boise. He Tispur will get the chance to mystify and began performing at The Crux’s open mic, enchant more audiences. Carlson is currently which allowed him to befriend musicians on a 21-date tour with new local act queen like Bronwyn Leslie and Brett Hawkins—the boychild. After they return to Boise in late latter who, in addition to recording Sleepy May, Carlson hopes to organize a proper Creature, formed the psych-pop band Anrelease show for Sleepy Creature. He’s also cient Psychic with Carlson and his brother working on a “magical realism” concept Taylor Hawkins. album about atheism and existential dread. Meanwhile, Carlson and Leslie co-wrote “I guess it’s typical 23-year-old kind of “White Widow,” which Tispur released in stuff,” he said. 2014 and re-recorded for Sleepy Creature. BOISE WEEKLY.COM
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 4TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA IN RE: Ruben Edward Medrano Jr Legal Names Case No. CV 01 1705480 NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE A Petition to change the name of Ruben Edward Medrano Jr. now residing in the City of Meridian, State of Idaho, has been filed in the District Court in Ada County, Idaho. The name will change to Ruben Edward Scheerer. The reason for the change in name is: Change to mom and step dad’s last name. A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 1:30 o’clock p.m. on (date) May 25, 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 April. 6, 2017 DEBBIE NAGELE CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT DEIRDRE PRICE DEPUTY CLERK PUB Apr. 19 & 26, May 3 & 10 IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 4TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA IN RE: Aiden Archer Rain WarriorMilford Legal Names Case No. CV 01 1706122 NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE A Petition to change the name of Aiden Archer Rain Warrior–Milford 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 Aiden Mouse ShortCloud. The reason for the change in name
is: Adoption & Ancestry correction. A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 1:30 o’clock p.m. on (date) June 13th, 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 April.17, 2017 CHRISTOPHER D. RICH CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT DEIRDRE PRICE DEPUTY CLERK PUB Apr. 26, May 3, 10 & 17 IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 4TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA IN RE: MUSTAFA MUNGED ABDULMAJED Legal Names Case No. CV 01 1707355 NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE A Petition to change the name of Mustafa Munged Abdulmajed 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 Mustafa Munjid Aljarh. The reason for the change in name is: Errors made on paperwork when arriving in the US, would like to carry on family name. A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 1:30 o’clock p.m. on (date) July 11th, 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 April.19, 2017 CHRISTOPHER D. RICH CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT JAMIE MARTIN DEPUTY CLERK PUB Apr. 26, May 3, 10 & 17 IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 4TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA IN RE: HANNAH NOELLE GIBBONS Legal Names Case No. CV 01 1705821 NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME
CHANGE A Petition to change the name of Hannah Noelle Gibbons 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 Alexa Dakota Gibbons. The reason for the change in name is: Child is gender fluid and wishes to have a name more gender neutral. A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 1:30 o’clock p.m. on (date) June 13th, 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 April.20, 2017 CHRISTOPHER D. RICH CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT DEIRDRE PRICE DEPUTY CLERK PUB Apr. 26, May 3, 10 & 17 IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 4TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE A Petition to change the name of Paul Victor Powers II now residing in the City of Meridian, State of Idaho, has been filed in the District Court in Ada County, Idaho. The name will change to Maximus Victor Powers. The reason for the change in name is: because Family has called me a name other than what’s on my birth certificate my entire life. A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 1:30 o’clock p.m. on (date) June 20th, 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 April.21, 2017 CHRISTOPHER D. RICH CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT DEIRDRE PRICE DEPUTY CLERK PUB Apr. 26, May 3, 10 & 17
LEGAL NOTICE SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION CASE NO. CV 2017-2407-C IN THE DISCTRICT COURT OF THE 3RD JUDICIAL DISTRICCT OF THE STATE OF IDAHO IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CANYON To: Joseph Paul Nelson McGiboney You have been sued by Ariel Nichole Law, the petitioner in the District Court in and for Canyon Country, Idaho. Case No. CV 2017-2407-c The nature of the claim against you is Divorce Any time after 20 days following the last publication of this Summons, the court may enter a judgment against you without further notice, unless prior to that time you have filed a written response in the proper form, including the case number, and paid any required filing fee to the Clerk oh the Court at 1115 Albany St, Caldwell, ID 83605, (208) 454-7272 and served a copy of your response on the other party whose mailing address and telephone number are 5601 E locust ln, Nampa, ID 83686, (208)249-5774 A copy of the Summons and Petition/Motion can be obtained by contacting either the Clerk of the Court or the other party. If you wish legal assistance, you should immediately retain an attorney to advice you in this matter. DATE April 24th, 2017 CANYON COUNTY CLERK DEPTUTY CLERK J COTTLE PUB May 3, 10, 17 & 24
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DEAR HELPLESS, Oh l’amour! L’amour! L’amour! Romance is such a funny little thing, isn’t it? Once we start feeling things for someone, we also start second guessing ourselves and over analyzing everything. We can work ourselves up into quite a frenzy. You should look at the fact that there is a history and a friendship as good things. There is something to be said for being comfortable with someone and it doesn’t take much to stoke those coals into a full fledged fire. Invite her to do things that you know she enjoys. Take her to her favorite places. Remind her why she liked you in the past. If she is anything like me, then she also needs you to be direct. Sometimes you have to come right out and say it. Either way, your friendship can be preserved. The same things that endear us to people as friends can endear us to people as lovers.
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY BY ROB BREZSNY ARIES (March 21-April 19): Beware of feeling sorry for sharks that yell for help. Beware of trusting coyotes that act like sheep and sheep that act like coyotes. Beware of nibbling food from jars whose contents are different from what their labels suggest. But wait: “Beware” is not my only message for you. I have these additional announcements: Welcome interlopers if they’re humble and look you in the eyes. Learn all you can from predators and pretenders without imitating them. Take advantage of any change that’s set in motion by agitators who shake up the status quo, even if you don’t like them. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): When poet Wislawa Szymborska delivered her Nobel Prize speech, she said that “whatever else we might think of this world—it is astonishing.” For a poet, she added, there is no such thing as the “ordinary world,” “ordinary life” and “the ordinary course of events.” What’s more, she said, “Nothing is usual or normal. Not a single stone and not a single cloud above it. Not a single day and not a single night after it. And above all, not a single existence, not anyone’s existence in this world.” I offer you her thoughts, Taurus, because I believe that in the next two weeks you will have an extraordinary potential to feel and act on these truths. You are granted a license to be astonished on a regular basis.
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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Would you consider enrolling in my Self-Pity Seminar? If so, you would learn that obsessing on self-pity is a means to an end, not a morass to get lost in. You would feel sorry for yourself for brief, intense periods so that you could feel proud and brave the rest of the time. For a given period—let’s say three days—you would indulge and indulge and indulge in self-pity until you entirely exhausted that emotion. Then you’d be free to engage in an orgy of self-healing, self-nurturing and self-celebration. Ready to get started? Ruminate about the ways that people don’t fully appreciate you. CANCER (June 21-July 22): In a typical conversation, most of us utter too many “uhs,” “likes,” “I means” and “you knows.” I mean, I’m sure that... uh... you’ll agree that, like, what’s the purpose of, you know, all that pointless noise? I have some good news to deliver about your personal use of language in the coming weeks, Cancerian. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you’ll have the potential to dramatically lower your reliance on needless filler. But wait, there’s more: Clear thinking and precise speech just might be your superpowers. As a result, your powers of persuasion should intensify. Your ability to advocate for your favorite causes may zoom.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In 1668, England named John Dryden its first poet laureate. His literary influence was so monumental that the era in which he published was known as the Age of Dryden. Twentieth-century poetry great T.S. Eliot said he was “the ancestor of nearly all that is best in the poetry of the 18th century.” Curiously, Dryden had a low opinion of Shakespeare. “Scarcely intelligible,” he called the Bard, adding, “His whole style is so pestered with figurative expressions that it is as affected as it is coarse.” I foresee a comparable clash of titans in your sphere, Leo. Two major influences may fight it out for supremacy. One embodiment of beauty may be in competition with another. One powerful and persuasive force could oppose another. What will your role be? Mediator? Judge? Neutral observer? Whatever it is, be cagey. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Just this once, and for a limited time only, you have cosmic clearance to load up on sugary treats, leave an empty beer can in the woods, watch stupid TV and act uncool in front of the Beautiful People. Being totally well behaved and perfectly composed and strictly pure would compromise your mental health more than being naughty. Besides, if you want to figure out what you are on the road to becoming, you will need to know more about what you’re not.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In addition to fashion tips, advice for the broken-hearted, midlifecrisis support and career counseling, I sometimes provide you with more mystical help. Like now. So if you need nuts-and-bolts guidance, I hope you’ll have the sense to read a more down-to-earth horoscope. What I want to tell you is that the metaphor of resurrection is your featured theme. You should assume that it’s somehow the answer to every question. Rejoice in the knowledge that although a part of you has died, it will be reborn in a fresh guise. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Are you ready for the genie’s favors? Don’t rub the magic lamp unless you are.” That’s the message I saw on an Instagram meme. I immediately thought of you. The truth is that up until recently, you have not been fully prepared for the useful but demanding gifts the genie could offer you. You haven’t had the self-mastery necessary to use the gifts as they’re meant to be used and, therefore, they were a bit dangerous to you. That situation has changed. Although you may still not be fully primed, you’re as ready as you can be. That’s why I say: RUB THE MAGIC LAMP! SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You may have heard the exhortation “Follow your bliss,” which was popularized by mythologist Joseph
Campbell. After studying the archetypal stories of many cultures throughout history, he concluded that it was the most important principle driving the success of most heroes. Here’s another way to say it: Identify the job or activity that deeply excites you, and find a way to make it the center of your life. In his later years, Campbell worried that too many people had misinterpreted “Follow your bliss” to mean “Do what comes easily.” That’s all wrong, he said. Anything worth doing takes work and struggle. “Maybe I should have said, ‘Follow your blisters,’” he laughed. I bring this up, Sagittarius, because you are now in an intense “Follow your blisters” phase of following your bliss. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The versatile artist Melvin Van Peebles has enjoyed working as a filmmaker, screenwriter, actor, composer and novelist. One of his more recent efforts was a collaboration with the experimental band The Heliocentrics. Together they created a science-fiction-themed spokenword poetry album titled The Last Transmission. Peebles told NPR, “I haven’t had so much fun with clothes on in years.” If I’m reading the planetary omens correctly Capricorn, you’re either experiencing that level of fun, or will soon be doing so.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In what ways do you most resemble your mother? Now is a good time to take inventory. Once you identify any mom-like qualities that tend to limit your freedom or lead you away from your dreams, devise a plan to transform them. You may never be able to defuse them entirely, but there’s a lot you can do to minimize the mischief they cause. Be calm but calculating in setting your intention, Aquarius! P.S.: In the course of your inventory, you may also find there are ways you are like your mother that are of great value to you. Is there anything you could do to more fully develop their potential? PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “We are what we imagine,” writes Piscean author N. Scott Momaday. “Our very existence consists in our imagination of ourselves. Our best destiny is to imagine who and what we are. The greatest tragedy that can befall us is to go unimagined.” Let’s make this passage your inspirational keynote for the coming weeks. It’s a perfect time to realize how much power you have to create yourself through the intelligent and purposeful use of your vivid imagination. (P.S. Here’s a further tip, this time from Cher: “All of us invent ourselves. Some of us just have more imagination than others.”)
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