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Pachyderm Peril

Love and Loss

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Love and Bananas is another must-see doc

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EDITOR’S NOTE COME RIDE WITH US We’d be remiss if we didn’t wish you a happy Independence Day. Hopefully, your Fourth of July activities will include plenty of outdoor fun, food and fireworks—and a slow perusal of this week’s issue, of course. But before we get down to the details of what exactly you’ll find in these pages, let me remind you of an upcoming event you won’t want to miss: Boise Weekly’s annual bike race and scavenger hunt, Bars & Stripes. If you like bikes, booze, challenges and good company, this Saturday, July 7, event is calling your name. Participants in the crosstown scramble can pre-register online for $25 until midnight on Wednesday, July 4, or roll down to Boise Weekly headquarters (523 Broad St.) at noon the day of to register for $30. This year, there will be two heats: a booze-and-cruise drinker’s heat that pushes off at 1 p.m., and a pedal-to-the-metal race heat that leaves BWHQ at 2 p.m. You’ll find a BW staff member or volunteer at each stop, so be sure to say hello!

As for this issue, there are plenty of good stories to check out despite its brevity. On pages 6 and 7, I give a behind-the-scenes peek into the rented artist studios on the third floor of the Gem Center or the Arts, a nonprofit on the Boise Bench. All of the artists I talked to are happy in their respective spaces, but they’re all using them for different projects and working in different media, from digital compliation to old-fashioned painting.

Then on pages 14 and 15, Marisa Casella offers a highly personal piece about her grandfather, Idaho poet William Studebaker, and how her family will remember him on July 4, the 10-year anniversary of his death. Plus, News Editor George Prentice has a review of the heartstrings-tugging documentary on elephant abuse, Love and Bananas, on page 13.

Finally, if you’re stuck on what to do to celebrate the Fourth, you can find plenty of ideas in our calendar on pages 8 through 11. Happy reading!

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BEHIND THE THIRD-FLOOR CURTAIN

Artists of all stripes have found a place to work at the Gem Center for the Arts LE X NEL SON

As housing grows scarce, square footage in Boise is becoming more valuable by the day. For artists, this means affordable studio space is nearly impossible to find—and it makes the appeal of the Gem Center for the Arts, a nonprofit offering studio rentals on the third floor of its converted Boise Bench building at $2 per square foot, practically irresistible.

“All of my wonderful stuff that I had for art was packed up and in storage, because I’m up there in the North End and it’s so expensive to have a place where you can fit an art studio,” said Gem Center Executive Director Evelyn Mason, a 20-year veteran in the nonprofit world who was lured away from her previous job in part by the promise of free studio space. As she spoke, she waved a hand behind her desk, where boxes of art supplies and a half-finished charcoal drawing propped on an easel took up half her office.

From the beginning, the Gem Center was meant to fill a void in the Boise art scene not only for its renters, but also for its staff. Mason said founders Jane Tharp and Candy Canning “wanted to have a collective of artists’ studios where they could get out of the loneliness of being an artist, and have people to collaborate and share with, and have clean and affordable work space.”

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After more than a year of permit processing and location hunting, the Gem Center finally welcomed its first renters in February.

In addition to studios, the four-story building also holds three galleries, an 800-square-foot community classroom and a 90-seat performance space it rents to local theater companies. Though the building is stark, with high, industrial ceilings and concrete floors, there is art happening in every corner—particularly on the third floor, where sculptors, painters, photographers and more with 24-hour access to the facilities work cheek-by-jowl in 20 small studios. Boise Weekly got a peek at a handful of these spaces for a series of interviews with renting artists, and found their stories as varied as the work they produce.

CHAD ESTES: DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHER, 150 SQUARE FEET A pastor-turned-photographer, writer and cancer research advocate, Chad Estes spends most of his time working on the Reveal Mission, a series of portraits and prose pieces chronicling the private struggles of women with breast cancer. He uses his corner studio—walled in by windows that pour natural light onto red leather chairs and a small gallery of black-and-white

photographs—to interview women interested in joining the project, and to write their stories.

“I had been working out of my home, but if [the women] hadn’t met me yet, the home seemed a little too familiar to invite them to, so we’d meet at a coffee shop,” Estes said. “But then a lot of times it would either end up with them crying, or me crying, or both. It was like ‘Okay, I need a place that’s professional, that I can have the interviews, I can have a box of tissues, and plus then they can see the work and really hear about the Reveal Mission in context.”

Though the Gem Center is his public workspace, Estes’ photographs are often partial nudes shot post-surgery, and he takes and edits them elsewhere to give his subjects privacy.

The studio space has also played a role in increasing public awareness about breast cancer. When the center hosts open houses on what it calls Third Thursdays, Estes said, people wander through his gallery and read the stories posted below each photograph.

A coffee table book about the Reveal Mission and its body image-focused sister project, Raw Beauty, is in the works.

“The whole purpose of the project, as far as the people that are involved, is to give them control of their story back,” Estes said.

SUZANNE FLUTY: CERAMIC ARTIST, 102 SQUARE FEET Like Estes, potter Suzanne Fluty creates her art in multiple places, with the Gem Center as her home away from home. She signed up for her studio—a brightly lit space crammed with work tables and shelves—after attending the nonprofit’s very first meeting. “[Before getting this space] I was just working out of my garage,” she said. “... But that was really problematic because there’s no heat or really insulation, so working in the winter was kind of impossible.”

Because her new space is heated yearround, Fluty no longer has to worry about the water in her clay freezing, which breaks down its structure and makes it useless for creating her bowls, mugs and plates. She still keeps her large kiln and raw materials at home, but her artistic process now starts at the Gem Center, where she can form, etch and dry her pottery before driving it home for the final glazing and firing. When she isn’t making her whimsical, nature-inspired dishes, Fluty is a substitute teacher and an ArtReach instructor for Boise Art Museum.

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Tyler Crabb likes to work big—his latest painting covers the entire 12-foot wall of his small studio at the Gem Center for the Arts.

her neighbors. She’s even considering a collaboration with one of them, weaver Melissa Pierce.

“I would throw the bottom part [of a basket] and basically make holes along the rim where the could weave the rest of it,” Fluty said. “I’m excited—I actually want to get started on some bowls for that this week.”

TYLER CRABB: MIXED-MEDIA PAINTER, 116 SQUARE FEET During a tour of the third floor, Mason peered into Tyler Crabb’s then-vacant studio and broke into a giddy grin.

“This is what I always pictured a real artist’s studio looking like,” she said.

That’s only fitting, as Crabb is likely what most people imagine when they think of an artist; just over two years ago, he was struck by a sudden inspiration to paint.

Though he still works as a graphic designer by day, Crabb visits the Gem Center at night to create large-scale, mixed-media abstracts in his

studio. The space is lit by lamplight and piled with cans of brushes and chest-high rolls of paper, and his pieces—generally in monochrome or muted palettes, as he views eye-catching color as “a bit of a crutch”—reflect its vibe.

“My personal philosophy is, if you can make something striking in just black and white, then you can do it even better with color,” he said.

Crabb first heard about the Gem Center in 2016, and said his studio, while tiny and without windows, is a big step up over working out of his bedroom at home. He particularly likes the 12-foot walls, perfect for working on his huge, horizontal paintings. Right now, he’s preparing for his first solo exhibition, which is scheduled to open Tuesday, Sept. 4, in the Northwest Nazarene University Friesen Galleries.

TROY CUSTER: HIGH-TECH CRAFTER, 121 SQUARE FEET “I’d been looking for studio space for a while, just to get out of my daily grind,” said artist Troy

Custer, standing in the middle of his spotless, high-tech studio. “I spend most of the day doing really specific graphic design-type work, but I don’t get to work with my hands much.”

When Custer isn’t at the Gem Center, he works 40-plus hours per week as the creative director for LunchboxWax, but it’s clear his heart lies with his hobbies. A big chunk of his studio is taken up by a cherry-red laser cutter, which he uses to cut and score paper, cardboard and more for his various projects, including intricate journal covers made with layers of digitally-designed cutouts, and origami-style gift boxes upcycled from old record album covers.

He found the Gem Center too late to snag a window studio, but his interior space is just under a vent, which he said is perfect for syphoning away the sometimes-unpleasant smells produced by the laser cutter.

“All this equipment and stuff that I’m doing, it’s all new to me,” said Custer, whose artistic background is in engineering and filmmaking.

Still, he added, he’d like to start teaching some of the public classes offered at the Gem Center.

WHAT’S NEXT? Away from the third floor, the Gem Center has several other projects in the works, including a 3,000-square-foot interactive installation and an outdoor sculpture garden. Mason said she’d love to do even more, but the nonprofit is still struggling with startup costs.

“Now here’s the hard part—there’s almost no staff,” she said. “There’s myself and one other person, and [we] are basically volunteering. So the struggle is launching the nonprofit with only 16 hours of paid staff time a week.”

Still, she said, there are upsides, and thanks to a team of enthusiastic volunteers, the future is bright and class enrollment should start to grow.

“I’m really committed to this and I’m here all the time,” she said. “And it’s a beautiful space, so who wouldn’t want to be?”

Suzanne Fluty’s work mirrors the places she lives; in Utah, she etched desert-inspired scenes, and now she’s influenced by the Idaho mountains.

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CALENDAR WEDNESDAY JULY 4 Festivals & Events BOISE FOURTH OF JULY FIREWORKS CELEBRATION—Families are invited to enjoy the 12thAnnual Fourth of July Fireworks Celebration back in its traditional venue. Fireworks will again be synced to the music on 107.1 KHITS, and food and beer vendors will be on hand. Get details on street closures and parking restrictions online. 10:15 p.m.

FREE. Ann Morrison Park, 1000 N. Americana Blvd., Boise, parks. cityofboise.org/4thofjuly.

CALDWELL MODEL RAILROAD CLUB’S 4TH OF JULY OPEN HOUSE—Model trains will be operating on large HO- and NScale layouts. Watch the parade outside and watch trains inside, located right on Caldwell’s 4th of July Parade route. 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

FREE. Caldwell Model Railroad

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Clubhouse, 809 Dearborn St., Caldwell, 208-615-1668, cmrchs.org.

corner of Main Street and Franklin Road, Meridian, meridiancity.org/ events.

GEM STATE KIWANIS ANNUAL 4TH OF JULY PANCAKE BREAKFAST—Enjoy a delicious pancake breakfast accompanied by patriotic music suitable for the whole family. 7-11 a.m. $6-$8, $25 families. Julia Davis Park, 700 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, boisechamber.org.

NAMPA AMERICAN LEGION RIDERS 3RD-ANNUAL COMMUNITY INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION AND FUNDRAISER—The Riders have hosted this event to give Nampa their very own July Fourth celebration and give the community an opportunity to help the veterans in the region with recreational therapy activities like fishing trips, whitewater rafting trips, and crafts for hospitalized vets. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE admission, $1-$5 activities. Lloyd Square, Intersection of 14th and Front streets, Nampa, idaholegionriders.com.

HAILEY DAYS OF THE OLD WEST—Hailey Days of the Old West plays host to the exciting Sawtooth Rangers rodeo, a fun and unique parade on Main Street, plenty of horses and a Road Apple Roulette, antique markets, pancake breakfasts, live music, a spectacular fireworks display and the popular, family friendly Draper Preserve RiverFest. Hailey, Idaho, Hwy. 75, Blaine County, Hailey, 208-7884221, haileyidaho.com.

INDEPENDENCE DAY FAMILY CELEBRATION—Enjoy this fun event for the whole family.

3-10:30 p.m. FREE. Storey Park,

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YELLOW PINE 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION—Enjoy a full day of activities, including an Independence Day Parade open to all participants. Plus ice cream sundaes ($3 for one scoop, $4 for two), live music and fireworks at dusk. Noon-midnight. FREE. Yellow Pine, Lick Creek Road, Yellow Pine, ypescapade.org.

NAMPA ART COLLECTIVE QUARTERLY EXHIBITION: AGRICULTURE, INFLUENCED BY THE LAND—The exhibition agriCULTURE: Influenced by the Land showcases the work of Nampa Art Collective and Treasure Valley Artist Alliance member artists, along with featured artist Robin Cox. Through Sept. 11. 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

FREE. Nampa Civic Center, 311 Third St. S., Nampa, 208-4685555, nampaciviccenter.com.

On Stage STARLIGHT MOUNTAIN RETRO ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS—For two performances only, over 20 of your favorite Starlight alumni cast members are flying in from all around the country to reprise their roles in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. 8 p.m. $10$28. Starlight Mountain Theatre, 850 S. Middlefork Road, Crouch, 208-462-5523, starlightmt.com.

PHOTOGRAPHER KIM LOCK: URBAN ELEMENTS—Photographer Kim Lock loves wandering neighborhood alleys and junk yards in search of miniature landscapes, ones that you might not look at twice, but that upon close inspection reveal beauty, humor, abstraction, juxtaposition and the downright weird. Through Aug. 5, 10:30 a.m.-8 p.m. FREE. Crossings Winery, 1289 W. Madison Ave., Glenns Ferry, 208-3662313, crossingswinery.com.

Art CERCLE ET CARRÉ AND THE INTERNATIONAL SPIRIT OF ABSTRACT ART—10 a.m.-5 p.m.

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

JOSE ‘PRIME’ REZA: THROUGH THE WORMHOLE—3-7 p.m. FREE. MING Studios, 420 S. Sixth St., Boise, 208-972-9028, mingstudios.org/exhibitions.html.

PIERRE DAURA: FIFTY FIFTY—10 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE-$6.

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Kids & Teens FREE FOOD AND FUN FOR YOUTH AT MPL—Through a partnership with the West Ada School Nutrition Services, youths ages 18 and younger can receive a free meal Monday-Friday through July 31. After the meal, they can participate in a variety of fun and engaging activities. 3:30 p.m.

FREE. Meridian Public Library, 1326 W. Cherry Lane, Meridian, 208-888-4451, mld.org/free-foodfun-youth-library-23.

Animals & Pets MERIDIAN CANINE RESCUE SAVE THEM ALL SUMMER ADOPTION PROMOTION—Meridian Canine Rescue is partnering with Best Friends Animal Society so you can enjoy fee-waived adoptions through July 4. Meet all of

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Bicycles, food, handmade crafts and friendly company?

That sure sounds like Boise. It’s also a recipe for Boise Bicycle Project’s upcoming social ride, which will guide attendees on two wheels from BBP headquarters to Artisans for Hope, a local nonprofit that teaches practical skills to refugees, for an evening celebrating cultural diversity in the City of Trees.

The party will include live traditional music, sewing demonstrations, a site tour and multinational appetizers made by refugees participating in Artisans for Hope’s programs.

Plus, the two groups will raffle off a custom-built bike, so don’t miss your shot to score it.

6-9 p.m., FREE. Boise Bicycle Project, 1027 Lusk St., 208-429-6520, boisebicycleproject.org.

The post-holiday weekend is the perfect time to sneak out of Boise for a short in-state vacation—and where better to sneak off to than Ketchum, one of Idaho’s premier resort towns? If you need a reason besides trails and mountain views, here it is: DockDogs, a pool diving competition for dogs, is setting up shop, and everyone is invited to watch the excited pooches get wet. The contest features three main events: Big Air, a long jump competition that will have pups soaring off a dock into the water; Extreme Vertical, in which dogs will leap high after a suspended toy; and Speed Retrieve, a water relay race for canines.

Register your pooch for $30 the day of, or get your pup-watching fix for free.

5 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. Saturday, FREE. Washington Avenue between the Limelight Hotel and Forest Service Park, Ketchum, 330-241-4975, dockdogs.com/eventscal/dockdogs-in-ketchum.

One of the most famous songs from Disney’s 1994 classic The Lion King includes this line: “Near the village, the peaceful village / The lion sleeps tonight.” Thanks to Zoo Boise, the City of Trees actually is that village—complete with a newly arrived male African lion named Revan—and this weekend, you can sleep in the heart of its jungle during Snooze at the Zoo, a Zoo Boise program that invites guests to stay overnight in a “safari camp” surrounded by animal exhibits. The fun, which starts at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, July 6, will include an after-hours zoo tour, animal encounters and other staff-led programs, plus snacks and breakfast the next morning before the experience ends at 9 a.m. If you’re 7 years old or older, this is your chance to run wild in your pajamas with full permission.

6:30 p.m. Friday through 9 a.m. Saturday, $45-$50. Zoo Boise, 355 Julia Davis Dr., 208-608-7760, zooboise.org.

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THURSDAY JULY 5 Festivals & Events DOWNTOWN BOISE FIRST THURSDAY—Head to Downtown Boise to experience art, shopping, dining and entertainment in a special and unique way you’ll only find Downtown. 5-9 p.m. FREE. Downtown Boise, Downtown Corridor, Boise, 208-472-5252, downtownboise.org/events/first-thursday.

On Stage COMEDIAN MATTIO MARTINEZ— 8 p.m. $12-$15. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-9412459, liquidboise.com.

ISF: MISERY—Through July 29. 8 p.m. $13-$50. Idaho Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, 208-429-9908, idahoshakespeare.org.

FRIDAY JULY 6

STARLIGHT MOUNTAIN RETRO ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS—$10-$28. Starlight Mountain Theatre, 850 S. Middlefork Road, Crouch, 208-462-5523, starlightmt.com.

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Kids & Teens #PROJECTHOPE—#projectHOPE will celebrate the kids in the community with a day filled with positive messages, community role models and, most importantly, kids. The surface space around JUMP will be turned into thousands of square feet of pictures, quotes and postitive messages, all created with sidewalk chalk. The goal of this event is to create the largest sidewalk chalk art display in history. 1-5 p.m. FREE. Jack’s Urban Meeting Place, 1000 W. Myrtle St., Boise, 208-6396610, jumpboise.org.

SATURDAY, JULY 7

ARTISANS FOR HOPE AND BOISE BICYCLE PROJECT DIVERSITY CELEBRATION—Meet some of the refugee artisans and community volunteers, sample foods from artisans’ home countries, and tour the studio and shop. Plus games and entertainment, and souvenirs to take home. You can join a social bike ride to AFH at BBP HQ (1027 S. Lusk) beginning at 6:30 p.m., or just drop by the studio. 6:30-8:30 p.m. FREE. Artisans for Hope, 723 N. 15th St., Boise, 208-286-8460, facebook.com/artisans4hope.

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EAGLE FUN DAYS—Eagle Fun Days returns for another exciting year of community fun. The weekend kicks off with Family Fun Night on Friday, July 6, at Eagle City Hall. FREE. Downtown Eagle, Old State Street and Eagle Road, Eagle, cityofeagle. org/fundays.

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COMEDIAN MATTIO MARTINEZ— 10 p.m. $12-$15. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-9412459, liquidboise.com.

STARLIGHT MOUNTAIN: DISNEY’S THE LITTLE MERMAID—Through Aug. 18. 6:15 p.m. dinner, 8 p.m. show, $10-$41. Starlight Mountain Theatre, 850 S. Middlefork Road, Crouch, 208-462-5523, starlightmt. com/the-little-mermaid.html.

Art ART ZONE 208 FIRST FRIDAY— Join the artists for a fun evening of tidbits, sips and live music by Bob Crist. Featuring watercolor artist Pat O’Hara and guest paper artist Laura Yager. 6-8:30 p.m. FREE. Art Zone 208, 3113 N. Cole Road, Boise, 208-322-9464, facebook. com/artzone208.

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BARS & STRIPES Cinch up your helmet and grease your chain: Boise Weekly’s annual bike race and scavenger hunt, Bars & Stripes, is back. Roll in at noon to BW headquarters on Saturday, July 7, for a round-town race, beers and challenges. Stick around at the finish line for prizes and an after party. Pre-registration is $25, and is available online until midnight on Wednesday, July 4. Or, you can sign up the day of the competition starting at noon for $30. Riders looking to drink and cruise can join the drinking heat, which crosses the starting line at 1 p.m. Speed demons can select “racer” on the registration form, and depart at 2 p.m. Each heat will have first place winners for men and women. All racers get swag bags at check-in, and official Bars & Stripes t-shirts will be ordered after the race. Join us to pedal your way to some pints!

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POKEMON CELEBRATION—It’s Pokemon North American International Championships time. You might not be able to make it to Columbus, Ohio, to watch the battles in real time, so head down to the Main Library instead. They’ll be streaming footage from the championships, including the Pokemon Trading Card Game, the Pokemon Video Game, and the Pokkén Tournament Video Game. They’ll also have spaces set up to trade cards and play in a casual tournament for prizes. 2-5 p.m. FREE. Boise Public Library Hayes Auditorium, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-972-8200, boisepubliclibrary.org.

SNOOZE AT THE ZOO—Zoo guides will provide your family with evening and early morning treks through the zoo to investigate animals, as well as their habitats, behavior and

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SATURDAY JULY 7 Festivals & Events EAGLE FUN DAYS—Eagle Fun Days gets off to an early start in downtown Eagle with a Fun Run at 8 a.m., opening ceremonies at 11 a.m., vendors from 11 a.m.midnight, live music from 11:30 a.m.-midnight, a custom car show from noon-4 p.m., a Wet n Wild Parade from 1-2 p.m., a Cornhole tournament at 3 p.m., a firetruck pull from 5-7 p.m. and fireworks at 10 p.m. 8 a.m.-11:30 p.m.

FREE. Downtown Eagle, Old State Street and Eagle Road, Eagle, cityofeagle.org/fundays.

On Stage BOISE’S FUNNIEST PERSON KICKOFF—See who made it through the auditions, as all 20 contestants perform. 8 p.m. $15. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-941-2459, liquidboise.com.

COMEDIAN MATTIO MARTINEZ— 10 p.m. $12-$15. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-9412459, liquidboise.com.

STARLIGHT MOUNTAIN: LEGALLY BLONDE—Through Aug. 11. 6:15 dinner, 8 p.m. show. 8 p.m. $10-$41. Starlight Mountain Theatre, 850 S. Middlefork Road, Crouch, 208-462-5523, starlightmt.com/legally-blonde.html.

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Art ART @ THE BARN—Check out the first Art at the Barn. Find art, crafts, a beer tent, food and drink, an art tent for the kids and lots of fun outside games and activities for adults and kids. Plus live music all day, with Scotty Tyler playing from 4-6 p.m. Noon-6 p.m. FREE. McCall Activity Barn, Highway 55, left on Deinhard Lane, half a mile to Mission St., left on Mission 1.6 miles to Moonridge Rd., McCall, 208-634-2222, brundage.com/ event/art-at-the-barn.

Sports & Fitness BOISE WEEKLY BARS AND STRIPES 2018—Roll in at noon to BW headquarters for the annual round-town race, beers and challenges. Stick around at the finish line for prizes and an after party.

Noon. $25-$30. Boise Weekly, 523 Broad St., Boise, 208-3442055, boiseweekly.com.

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CALENDAR Food BOISE FARMERS MARKET—9 a.m.-1 p.m. FREE. Boise Farmers Market, 10th and Grove Streets, Boise, 208-345-9287, theboisefarmersmarket.com.

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.

PAYETTE BREWING LAGER THAN LIFE—Enjoy delicious beers, a silent disco, a live mural painting and more. Entry is free with glassware and drink tokens available for purchase. 2-10 p.m. FREE. Payette Brewing River Street Taproom, 733 S. Pioneer St., Boise, 208-344-001, payettebrewing.com/lager-than-life.

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MONDAY JULY 9 On Stage CAMPFIRE STORIES 2018—Maura Way, and Joel Wayne and Lacey Daley of the You Know the Place podcast will speak on their experience getting started. 8-10 p.m.

FREE. Txikiteo, 1401 W. Idaho St., Boise, 208-813-6178, themodernhotel.com.

Workshops & Classes WORLD VILLAGE FEST: MAZAGUA EMBROIDERY WORKSHOP— Learn the miniature embroidery technique of the indigenous Mazahua of Mexico. 5:30-7:30 p.m. $15.

MING Studios, 420 S. Sixth St., Boise, 208-972-9028, facebook. com/worldvillagefest.

Kids & Teens

COMEDIAN MATTIO MARTINEZ— 8 p.m. $12-$15. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-9412459, liquidboise.com.

BOISE ROCK SCHOOL INTERACTIVE GIG—Hear a performance, become part of a band, learn about instruments

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and make an instrument to take home. 6:30 p.m. FREE. Meridian Public Library, 1326 W. Cherry Lane, Meridian, 208-888-4451, mld.org/ boise-rock-school.

Food KEGS 4 KAUSE: BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF ADA COUNTY—Enjoy your favorite Payette Brewing craft beer and 50 percent of proceeds will benefit the Boys and Girls Clubs of Ada County. 5-10 p.m. FREE. Payette Brewing River Street Taproom, 733 S. Pioneer St., Boise, 208-3440011, adaclubs.org.

TUESDAY JULY 10 Festivals & Events PEACE CORPS EXPERIENCES: MALAWIAN CULTURE AND FOOD—Enjoy a discussion and slideshow followed by a cooking demonstration of traditional food, and wrap up the evening with a wonderful shared meal. Thirty percent of ticket sales will benefit the local nonprofit Idaho Returned Peace Corps Volunteers.

Registration ends Sunday, July 8. 6-8 p.m. $25. Jack’s Urban Meeting Place, 1000 W. Myrtle St., Boise, 208-6396610, jumpboise.org.

Sports & Fitness BOGUS BASIN COMMUNITY TRAIL RUNNING SERIES— The Bogus Basin Summer Trail Running Series is a participation-based series with races every Tuesday night through Aug. 14. The series includes racing geared for all levels of runners and awards are based on participation throughout the series. Find online registration at webscorer.com. 6:30 p.m. FREE-$10, $60 series pass. Bogus Basin Mountain Recreation Area, Bogus Basin Road, Boise, 208-332-5100, bogusbasin.org.

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

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

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GUINNESS WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT—Join World’s Fastest Juggler David Rush, the 14-time Guinness World Records-setter, as he attempts to break the Guinness World Record for the most balloons burst using chopsticks.

For all ages. 2 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library Lake Hazel Branch, 10489 Lake Hazel Road, Boise, 208-297-6700, adalib.org/lakehazel.

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ALIVE AFTER FIVE: LOUNGE ON FIRE, GROVE PLAZA, JULY 4 At this point, BW has heaped so much love on Lounge on Fire that it’s difficult to know what’s left to say—except maybe that if you haven’t caught one of the local alt-rock band’s iconic live performances yet, you’re seriously missing out. Luckily, a chance to correct that mistake and burnish your Boise citizenship card is coming up on Wednesday, July 4, when LoF will storm the Grove Plaza stage for Alive After Five. The band is best known for, as it puts it, combining “dark, seductive grooves and a boisterous fanfare of wind instruments” in a chorus that includes trumpet, saxophone and trombone; and though its debut album, Lips of Calypso (self-released, 2017), provides plenty of musical fodder, your ears may also be treated to some funky covers. At BW’s Big Le Boise block party, LoF amped up the crowd with Gogol Bordello’s “Start Wearing Purple” in high style.

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A harsh lesson, a lot of love and even more bananas GEORGE PRENTICE In what is already a groundbreaking summer for big-screen documentaries (if you haven’t yet seen RBG or Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, you’ve got some catching up to do), along comes another must-see nonfiction narrative: Love and Bananas.

Unlike many other movies, you will not see any disclaimer saying “No animals were harmed Actress Ashley Bell is the writer, producer and director of Love and Bananas. in the making of this film,� because Love and Bananas shines an unflinching spotlight on the systemic abuse of Asian elephants in practically change is for others. In fact, in many ways the and what you see in the opening moments of every corner of the globe, whether they’re used two crises are related, as wild elephants are often Love and Bananas, was more horrifying than any to haul lumber in the eastern hemisphere or referred to as “architects of the earth� for their fiction movie could portray. When Bell returned forced to ride circus tricycles in the west. migrations, which carve paths for other animals. to Southeast Asia a year later to take a deeper Boise Weekly has chronicled the efforts of Without elephants, some ecosystems would dive into the crisis, she was able to film a living a select few animal advocates who picketed collapse. nightmare.

CenturyLink Arena in Boise each summer when There are approximately 450,000 African As an example, Bell’s film crew captured the Shrine Circus entered town with elephants elephants left on the planet. That crisis is rare footage of a so-called “crush box,� somein tow. Their signs read, “Their pain is your fairly well-known, due in large part to media thing experienced by nearly every captive shame,� or “Animals belong attention focused on the black Asian elephant. Captors can’t train a baby elin the wild, not a circus.� market sale of elephant tusks. ephant alongside its mother, so they immediAnd while the Shrine Circus Lesser known is that only about ately separate the baby, haul it into a brutally LOVE AND BANANAS (PG-13) continues to tour nationwide 45,000 Asian elephants remain confining enclosure dubbed the “crush box,�

Written and directed by Ashley with its elephant act (one of on Earth, and they are regularly and beat the animal for 24 hours straight Bell its recent stops was at the Ford slaughtered for body parts. using bullhooks and chains. In effect, the Opens Friday, July 6, at The Idaho Center in Nampa just Asian elephants are killed for baby’s love of its mother is eventually replaced Flicks, 646 W. Fulton St., 208last month), the pushback their skin or trunks—and to by fear of the beating. If the desired effect 342-4288, theicksboise.com. against the spectacle of seeing some, they are worth more dead isn’t reached in one session, it’s repeated for elephants perform for our than alive. another 24 hours, and another and another, pleasure continues to mount.

Love and Bananas’ unlikely until only fear remains.

In 2014, for example, students from the Sage guide is actress Ashley Bell, perhaps best known But don’t think Love and Bananas is comSchool in the Wood River Valley convinced for her performances in B-grade horror films pletely soul-crushing. There is actually much Blaine Bounty and the city of Ketchum to ban (Psychopaths, The Last Exorcism). But as writer, to love (and more than a few bananas) in the exotic circus animal performances, a first-ofproducer and director of Love and Bananas, one film’s final third, and tears of joy are practically its-kind ordinance in Idaho. And in a groundof the most-buzzed-about films of the summer, guaranteed as this amazing film delivers a bit of breaking move, Ringling Bros. Circus retired its my sense is that Bell’s career will take a turn. As promise and much-needed hope. Please don’t elephant act and ultimately shut down its tour a self-admitted longtime lover of elephants, she hesitate to see Love and Bananas; even the best in 2017, ending a 146-year run. traveled to Thailand in 2013 to film what she documentaries disappear all too quickly from All that said, the plight of the Asian elephant thought would be a slight docudrama, fingers the cinema. They need a bit of love, just like the remains as urgent for some activists as climate crossed for a “happy end ing.� What she found, gentle giants.

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Remembering Idaho poet William Studebaker on the 10-year anniversary of his death MARISA CASELL A RICK ARDINGER

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Drew Stuebner’s latest work features animals in unusual places.

IT TAKES A VILLAGE: COMMUNITY SUPPORT PAVES WAY FOR BOISE MAN’S FIRST ART SHOW Tucked away in a third-floor corner of Boise’s Gem Center for the Arts is a small, sunlit gallery that can be rented out for private showings.

There, 19-year-old Drew Stuebner held the opening of his first solo exhibition Tuesday, June 26, after completing a summer drawing course at Boise State University.

“This is his latest series with his private art teacher, Kelley Cooper,” Drew’s father, Steve, said as he walked through the gallery, gesturing to a row of brightly colored acrylic paintings featuring exotic animals in unusual places: relining in a canoe, perched on the roof of a train or sprawled on the pillowy top of a cloud. “Kelly came up with the idea of putting [the animals] in a kind of more incongruent setting.”

A solo exhibition by age 19 would be remarkable for any artist, but is even more so for Drew, who is on the autism spectrum. Steve credits the guidance of a host of local teachers and mentors—as well as a natural, enthusiastic talent—for Drew’s success. On opening night, the gallery filled with supporters, including Drew’s first private art teacher, Marilyn Cosho, who began working with him at age 10.

“Part of my message is just that really it takes a village in terms of a kid like Drew, to grow his talents, and we’ve just been so fortunate to have worked with all of those people,” Steve said, listing off the names of those who’d attended the debut, including public school art instructors, local artists and a favorite specialed teacher. “It’s just so cool from my perspective to have all of these people come and see how Drew has grown his talent.”

Most of the watercolor and acrylic paintings covering the gallery walls feature animals like zebras, lions and giraffes, but others, which Drew himself was quick to point out, are prints of whimsical digital drawings starring cartoon and comic book characters.

“You might recognize one of the characters—Patrick from Spongebob, and [here’s] The Tigger Movie, there’s Eeyore. Piglet, Roo, and Pooh,” said Drew, grinning as he pointed from drawing to drawing.

A few of Drew’s paintings already sold at the exhibition opening, two for more than $300, but his entire body of work will be on display to the public through Saturday, July 7.

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William “Bill” Studebaker was a widely published Idaho author and poet whose work can still be found in local libraries.

William “Bill” Studebaker would have enjoyed himself on June 16. The sky was full of clouds, and the late spring air was warm and inviting.

The sparkling Boise River begged to be traversed. Just off the river, the Studebaker clan of 23 people gathered with shots of Bill’s favorite George Dickle whiskey and gave a toast, raising their glasses to the words, “Once it starts to taste good, that’s when it’s time to stop drinking.” They would later venture across the river to see the new park bench with a plaque honoring Bill. Had he been there, he’d have loved it, but he’d passed away a decade before.

Bill Studebaker was my grandfather. I don’t remember much of what he and I did together during the short time that I knew him, but I remember the conversations we had and the lessons he taught me. It wasn’t until I was older that I learned about his accomplishments. He was a widely published Idaho author and poet, and his friends, family and countless others remembered him on the 10-year anniversary of his death.

Bill was an expert kayaker, and on July 4, 2008, he attempted to navigate the large Class V rapids of the East Fork of the Salmon River near Yellow Pine. He and his two friends, Rick and Michelle Burkes, had left Twin Falls the previous morning in preparation for the excursion. While the details of Friday’s events are murky, at some point Bill went into a rapid and he didn’t come out.

“When that happens, sometimes you come out down the river,” said Tona Casella, Bill’s eldest daughter. “So a search and rescue party started …

And they searched for three days: Friday, Saturday and Sunday.”

Friends and family, including Bill’s sons Robert and Eric Studebaker, and his younger daughter Tyler Newton, helped search for his body. By 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 6, his body had still not been found.

After the search was called off, Tyler hiked down to an embankment. Recalling the moment, she said she saw a vision of her dad sitting on the other side of the river.

“I had just a really warm, comforting feeling go through my body,” Tyler said.

She hiked back to the other searchers, and when she reached them a hummingbird flew into their faces, looked each of them in the eye and then flew away. Tyler said she told her mother, Judy Studebaker, the story of the hummingbird later.

“My mom started crying, and she told me my dad loved all the Buddhist stories and the Buddhist religion, and was always fascinated with hummingbirds,” Tyler said. “The Buddhist story is [that] when someone dies, their body is preserved in ice-cold water for three days until their spirit is released. And then they choose an animal that matches their personality to take them to the next world. Well, my dad had been preserved in ice-cold water, and then hummingbirds are adventurous … That whole thing wrapped in one was just crazy.”

Hummingbirds have become a symbol of Bill for the family.

In life, Bill was an accomplished author and a poet. He published 13 books in total, four with Limberlost Press: Trailing the Raven, The Rat Lady at the Company Dump, River Religion and Passions We Desire. His books of poetry can still be found

at local libraries. He met his publisher and best friend, Rick Ardinger, in 1978. Ardinger said they were like family.

“I always thought we’d be old men together,” he said, adding that Bill was extremely dedicated to his art.

“A lot of people will say, ‘Oh, I’ll write poetry if I have the time,’” Ardinger said. “Bill could teach, build a house, wake up and still have time in the morning to write poetry …

He always had a notebook in his pocket, he was always writing down something.”

In addition to writing, Bill started the Outdoor Program at the College of Southern Idaho, served on the board of the Idaho Writers’ Connection, was a commissioner for the Idaho Commission on the Arts and was a councilor for the Idaho Humanities Council, which awarded him the Outstanding Achievement in the Humanities award in 2005.

My grandfather knew life was better as a participant than a spectator. He participated in all aspects of his life with an intensity that inspired those who knew him to embrace it with just as much passion. He also had an eye for finding the extraordinary in the ordinary, and often wrote about the simple beauty of Idaho.

A decade after Bill’s death, the Studebakers, including myself, were all together again for the first time in many years. Tona was the first to take a drink of the Dickel whiskey, and she winced at the taste. As her eyes welled up, she broke the silence with a simple, but heartfelt thought: “I miss him.”

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After a three-year hiatus, Middle Class Rut returns to Boise with free show WILL REID

The middle class might be dead, but Middle Class Rut is back. On Friday, July 6, the Sacramento, California-based rock duo will play a free concert at the Knitting Factory, presented by Boise rock radio station The X. It will be the group’s first live show, anywhere, in three years.

Middle Class Rut has always had a reputaWith just two musicians, Middle Class Rut achieves the precise, layered sound vital for any modern rock group. tion for punching above its weight. With just two musicians—guitarist/vocalist Nick Lopez and drummer/vocalist Sean Stockham—the Three backers took that option, and In 2017, Stockham and Lopez announced band achieves the precise, layered sound vital their requests ranged from predictthey would reunite for another record, their for any modern rock group. It first made the able—one fan wanted to play a song with third, and that a tour would follow. But getcharts in 2010 with “New Low,” a single off Middle Class Rut on stage at a concert— ting money from a label was nearly imposits first album, No Name No Color (Bright to flat-out weird. Stockham said a pair sible, so the duo went the route that so many Antenna), engineered to manufacture a headof fans from Salt Lake City wanted him veteran bands with a many fans but little bobbing trance. It features industrial drums to help them lose weight, so they asked capital have gone: a Kickstarter campaign. marching against layers of guitar played in Stockham to record a video of himself fatStockham, who described himself as a syncopated rhythms, granting the track a “worrier,” said the whole shaming them. sense of unrelenting accel“It put me in a weird spot because I’m process was “nerveeration despite a moderate not for that kind of thing,” Stockham said. racking.” He said it felt tempo. Since then, the band like the album wasn’t the But they asked (and paid), so he did it. “I released a successful second MIDDLE CLASS RUT only thing at risk; if they have ‘FOR SALE’ tattooed on my chest, album, Pick Up Your Head With Break Surface, so I kind of have to do that stuff.” didn’t raise the money, (Bright Antenna, 2013) and and Marching to Sirens With the funds, Stockham and Lopez Stockham wasn’t sure toured extensively.

FREE returned to the the studio and recorded Middle Class Rut would Eventually, fatigue Presented by 103.3 The X a new album, Gutters. It will be availsurvive. caught up with Stockham The Knitting Factory able for streaming by the end of August.

“We kind of rely on and Lopez. Stockham Friday, July 6 Two singles, “Gutters” and “No Sale,” are the morale to inspire us moved to the Treasure Valalready streaming. Neither sounds much to keep going … our ley a few years ago, and told different from the band’s earlier work. On lives are so incompatBoise Weekly the distance “No Sale,” guitars and drums pound forth ible,” he said. between Boise and Sacrawhile Lopez sings anthemically. On “GutAnd the cash started to flow. Ultimately, mento made rehearsal difficult. Beleaguered ters,” Lopez yells like a straightedge punk by logistics and tired of touring, he and Lopez they raised $30,016 from 562 backers.

“That was awesome,” said Stockham. “It re- over ear-piercing drums and guitar. went on indefinite hiatus in 2015.

In their daily lives, Lopez and Stockally holds you accountable to go through with Stockham and Lopez have played together ham are far from rock stars. Stockham is a this idea that you have.” since they were kids growing up in Sacracarpenter—a far cry from sex, drugs and The band offered the usual slate of mento. rock ’n’ roll. thank-you perks to its donors: early access “It has lasted “longer than anything else “It’s such a strange duality going on to the record, signed CDs, apparel and even in my life,” said Stockham, adding that, with there … I crave a kind of a humble, simple handwritten lyric sheets. The most generous Lopez, everything comes naturally. lifestyle, but there’s also this weird, strange fans recieved some rather exclusive items. For “We don’t even need to speak … We just character,” said Stockham. “So, it’s fun for $500, donors could “name their reward,” (to play music and everything gets worked out him to come out too.” be negotiated). that way,” he said.

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Played for a fool Total mess Big piece of cake Buzzed “It’s all good” Guido ____, painter of the “Crucifixion of St. Peter” 22 “Do I ____!”

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88 Seize 90 Work 91 “You betcha!”

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99 Openly gay 101 Fix, as a mess of wires 103 Singer Garfunkel 104 Big part of an orchestra 108 Bottle for a beachgoer 109 It’s left on a highway … or a path used by five answers in this puzzle?

111 ____ about (approximately) 112 A little 113 “Yeah, that makes sense” 114 Nota ____ 115 Had too much, for short 116 Go on a drinking spree, in slang 117 Nuggets in “Poor Richard’s Almanack”

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4 Not wait till evening to crack a bottle 5 Semester’s end 6 Rapper ____ Azalea 7 General’s assistant: Abbr.

8 Tool for undoing stitches 9 What many runners do before a marathon 10 Senectitude 11 “r u 4 real?”

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14 Lions and tigers 15 Tidbit with rice in Creole cuisine 16 Sidestep 17 It’s under helium in the periodic table 18 Dog’s warning 20 Endure 25 Per 30 ____ News 31 Annoy, in a way 33 Goal for many a H.S. dropout 34 Donations to certain clinics 35 Pantry item 37 David ____, C.I.A. director under Obama 38 “Watch it!”

40 Took a breather 43 Possess, as thou might 45 Old Testament land 46 “Pick me! Pick me!”

47 Certain Spanish murals 49 Elapse, as years 51 Braided floor covering 54 Where coal miners work 55 Doesn’t bother 56 Telly pitch 57 1040 reviewer, for short 58 Humerus connection 59 “How uncool!”

60 “Yer darn ____!”

61 It may bring a tear to one’s eye 64 “____ Is Us” (65-Down drama)

65 See 64-Down 66 Bout result, in brief 67 Like a game with equal winners and losers 70 ’Vette option 71 Happenin’ place 75 Election that’s too close to call 76 Peachy 78 “Phooey!”

80 Like many clowns and beachside houses 81 Kennedy Library architect 82 Nickname for a devil 83 Flowery poem 85 Help grow 86 “You agree?”

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PAGE BREAK PLUS-SIZED PROBLEM DEAR MINERVA, I have a friend who is unhappy with her body. Whenever our friend group gets together, she insists on reviewing any photos that will be posted online. If she doesn’t like a photo, she’ll ask that person to send her the photo so she can crop it or she’ll veto it. If it’s posted without her permission, she’ll demand that it be deleted. We’re all supportive of her but it’s becoming frustrating. Many of us are the same or bigger than her and have accepted that the online world will see us as the real world does. We respect that she doesn’t but the degree to which she wants to control our images is getting uncomfortable. My gentle attempts to steer her towards body-positivity were met with hostility. Asking her not to join the group for photos would be hurtful. What do we do?

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ANDERSON SUPPLY CO. BACKPACKS Fourth of July Weekend is America’s cue to get out of Dodge.

A few people will hang out in Boise for Alive After Five (Lounge on Fire is playing) and check out the fireworks show, but Boiseans hunting for a reprieve from the summer heat will throw some clothes and toiletries into a bag and go a-roamin’. Anderson Supply Co., based out of the Gem State, makes outdoor bags specially designed for adventures, Idaho-style. Its tough-asnails lines of backpacks are made with 1000 Denier Cordura—a rugged, lightweight, spun-looking Nylon fabric—and have buckle closures, easy-access zipper compartments and exterior D-ring loops for hanging storage. Double reinforced seams mean the wearer will come apart before they do. They’re tough as a Sherman tank, will hold all the cargo and look awesome to boot.

—Harrison Berry $165, andersonsupplyco.com Taken by Instagram user @fairycriesrain.

DEAR PSP, I HATE candid photography. I believe that people should be required to have a license to take photos. As a “big ol’ boat-load of a woman,” I empathize. Cameras are in the hands of the untrained masses. My suggestion: plan a photo party to learn how to pose for great pictures. Have food, cocktails and music.

Dress up. There are tutorials on how to look your best in a photo including face positioning, how to pose to minimize your size, and even how to hold your tongue for the best smile. It could be a fabulous, body-positive group exercise where you all come away with more confidence. I also routinely tell the person taking the photo to change the height and angle of the camera.

This teaches them how to take flattering photos and that haphazard snapping is a poor technique by any standard.

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