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Smoke Signals

November is Coming

High Flyers

Meet the scientists studying wildfire smoke

Ada County officials talk election integrity

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SMOKE GETS IN YOUR…EVERYTHING The Treasure Valley has been blessed with a stretch of clear blue skies, but no one will soon forget how it was framed by a smoke-filled atmosphere through much of August. But that was just fine for the team of scientists from Colorado, Montana, Washington and Wyoming that spent August in Boise to conduct what it said was the largest, most exhaustive analysis of Western wildfire smoke in U.S. history. The official project title was “Western Wildfire Experiment for Cloud Chemistry, Aerosol Absorption and Nitrogen,” or WE-CAN. Read reporter Lex Nelson’s fascinating chronicle of the project on page 6.

Just before the 2018 political season hits a fever pitch, I sat down with two election experts: Ada County Elections Director David Levin and Ada County Elections Office Administrator JoMeta Spencer. Jo, as she is better known, was recently designated a Certified Elections/Registration Administrator, having graduated from a multi-year program through the Master of Public Administration faculty of Auburn University. On page 7, we talk about the CERA certification, their department’s rich history and the never-ending challenge of protecting the integrity of the vote.

On page 16, contributing writer Brian Millar tells us about a unique fundraiser for the World Center for Birds of Prey, including a rundown of the Center’s partnership with Mad Swede Brewing for the upcoming “Nocturne” event. As of press time, just three tickets were still available.

Contributing writer Skylar Barsanti also previews the upcoming Capitol Table event, where attendees are invited to dine al fresco in the middle of one of Idaho’s busiest roads. Check that out on page 17. Then on page 18, learn from contributing writer Ashley Miller about downtown Boise’s newest watering hole—a cider house from Meriwether Cider.

Finally, I return on page 19 with a preview of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, my annual north-of-the-border movie marathon. This year’s slate looks pretty fabulous.

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NEWS UGLY SKIES, BEAUTIFUL DATA

Boise-based analysis of wildfire smoke may pay big scientific dividends LE X NEL SON L E X N E L SON

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Left to right: Scientists huddle under the wing of the Lockheed C-130 Hercules that is their “flying laboratory,” Boise smothered by wildfire smoke, and WE-CAN Project Lead Emily Fisher sits at her station in the C-130’s cockpit.

In the heart of downtown Boise on Aug. 11, the smoke choking the skyline from nearby wildfires was oppressive, hazing the foothills and stealing the blue from overhead. But as bad as it was, a drive out to Western Aircraft, an avionics company near the Boise Airport, revealed that it could have been much worse. There, the gray-brown murk was so dense it blanketed the ground like fog.

While the lack of visibility might have dampened the spirits of ordinary air travelers, it was actually good news for the group of scientists from Colorado, Montana, Washington and Wyoming huddled on the tarmac outside Western, dwarfed by a Lockheed C-130 Hercules airplane—in fact, it was their whole reason for being there. Their mission was nothing less than to conduct the largest, most exhaustive analysis of Western wildfire smoke in U.S. history, a project dubbed “Western Wildfire Experiment for Cloud Chemistry, Aerosol Absorption and Nitrogen,” or WE-CAN. The plane was one of their “flying laboratories,” packed with thousands of pounds of high-tech equipment.

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of reporters gathered near the belly of the C-130 that morning. “Basically what we’re trying to do is get as close as we can safely to wildfires and transit the aircraft through smoke as it moves downwind. Most of the instrumentation that’s on this aircraft actually pulls smoke into the plane, so we can measure the composition of that smoke in real time.”

Smoke can include everything from organic particles to toxic gasses like nitrogen and ozone.

Its composition changes with each mile and hour it travels, meaning it impacts each city and town it passes through differently. The implications of the WE-CAN team’s data are massive.

Over the course of the morning, the gathered scientists mentioned a multitude of applications for their research, including insight into the effects of smoke on human health, wildlife, cloud formation, weather patterns, crops and the understanding of climate change.

“As we’re getting better at controlling other types of pollution like catalytic converters on cars [and] more controls on power plant plumes, these fires are becoming more important, and we know they’re getting bigger and bigger,” said Amy Sullivan, a research scientist from CSU and a regular on the 6- to 7-hour smoke sampling flights. “And so really being able to understand what they’re doing right now is really going to help us.”

As is often the case with valuable things, gaining access to that data isn’t easy. Frank Flocke, a scientist in the Atmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modeling Laboratory at NCAR with roughly 20 smoke analysis missions under his belt, knows that better than anyone.

He described the process with gravitas in his German accent.

“The first time we went into a fire plume we couldn’t believe the visibility. It’s absolutely zero, you can’t see anything. It’s like flying through a cloud,” he said.

During its time based in Boise, the WECAN C-130 made more than a dozen trips to sample the the smoke plumes of various wildfires, often in spots as far away as Utah and California. It approached the plumes from the upland side, flying high to avoid the firefighting aircraft below. The crew worked with air traffic control on each trip to carve out a 50-by-50 mile space where the plane could operate safely, without interference. Flocke said the pilot carefully avoided flying directly over fires, where strong updrafts could catch the plane’s wing, flip it and send it spiraling to the ground.

During the flights, Flocke himself stayed in the cockpit, playing backseat driver and guru to Fisher, who made her mission lead debut with WE-CAN. After the Aug. 11 press conference, they climbed up the ladder and into their chairs

behind the pilot and co-pilot to give a play-byplay of the action.

“I feel like this is the reason I got a PhD—to fly around in this cockpit,” said Fisher, pulling on noise-canceling headphones and flashing a smile.

She said that she and Flocke have a constant raport as the plane approaches a smoke plume, running a “morning show” that drives the crew in the back of the plane, who are crammed between massive banks of knob- and dial-covered instruments, a bit crazy. Flocke said the banter helps alleviate tension, because when the plane hits a plume things can get “intense.”

“If you don’t have a little fun, you go bananas,” he said wryly.

Back on the smoke-shrouded tarmac, Shane Murphy, an assistant atmospheric science professor at the University of Wyoming, looked out at that same anxiety-causing smoke, which he’d commented seems to get thicker and more widespread every year.

“We have to understand all these effects, because it looks like this might be our new reality,” Murphy said.

After collecting a host of data, the WE-CAN team left Boise on Aug. 31, just as the smoke finally cleared. Its findings—funded by the the National Science Foundation to the tune of $10 million—are currently being analyzed across the U.S. and in labs as far away as Germany.

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CITIZEN JOMETA SPENCER AND DAVID LEVINE

CERA certifications, election integrity and the ‘Bureau of Frivolity’

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At no other time in U.S. history has there been so much conversation (that sometimes dissolves into vitriolic debate) about election integrity. That makes JoMeta Spencer’s achievement that much more essential.

Spencer, elections office administrator for Ada County, was recently designated a Certified Elections/Registration Administrator, having graduated from a multi-year program through the Master of Public Administration faculty of Auburn University. Spencer is only the third Idaho election official to become a CERA grad. Her boss, David Levine, who secured his own CERA certification before becoming Ada County Elections Director, said he couldn’t be prouder of his colleague’s achievement.

As they ramp up their office for another high-profile election season, Spencer and Levine spoke with Boise Weekly about CERA certification, their department’s rich history and the never-ending challenge of protecting the integrity of the vote.

Jo, how long have you been with the Ada County Clerk’s office?

Spencer: I started in 1975. Someone said, “We’re having an election soon. Would you like to help?” I thought that sounded like fun.

I’ve been an election office staff member, I became an election supervisor in 2005 and when they brought David here, my title became elections office administrator.

Can I assume that you’ve hired a lot of people over the years?

Spencer: I’m very proud to say that when I became a supervisor in 2005, I hired Phil McGrane as an election specialist.

Levine: It’s interesting to note that Chris Rich is one of the other two people in Idaho who have been CERA certified.

Spencer: The other was Dan English, the former Kootenai County Clerk.

And David, you were CERA certified when?

Levine: In 2015. I was in D.C. at the time.

How big a deal is CERA certification?

Levine: It’s quite significant. This field is becoming more and more professionalized.

In the past, election offices were primarily clerical. Now, we have people with impressive technical backgrounds or [who] specialize in the logistics of emergency management. Per-

What’s the biggest difference in this elections office from when you started in the 1970s?

Spencer: Complexity. When I started, we had punch cards. With the advent of the optical scan ballot, our ballots are very complex.

“ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING, BUT MOST SATISF YING, PA RTS OF THE JOB IS TO SEE THE WHOLE PROCES S THROUGH : FROM BUILDING A BALLOT, TO THE TR AINING, TO THE MANAGEMENT OF STAFF, ALL THE WAY TO THE ELECTION RESULTS.”

Wow, and now he’s your boss’s boss.

Spencer: He ended up going to law school, worked in the Attorney General’s and U.S. Attorney’s offices in Colorado, and then returned here as the Chief Deputy Ada County Clerk.

haps most importantly, Jo can be a significant resource for other election offices. At a time when the integrity of the election process has been under siege, it’s more critical than ever to have people to step into the breech, get the knowledge and be calm, cool and collected in the toughest of moments. Jo embodies all of that.

What’s even more interesting is that Phil McGrane will be on the ballot this November. He’s running for Ada County Clerk.

Spencer: That’s right, County Clerk Chris Rich is retiring this year.

How intense was the classwork for CERA certification?

Spencer: There are twelve core classes, and each class is a day and a half long. Plus, there are additional workshops.

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So, I know there’s an event in New Orleans, where your CERA certification will be awarded in a big ceremony.

Spencer: But I decided to have them send it to me. Honestly, I don’t want to waste the county’s tax dollars.

One of the most challenging, but most satisfying, parts of the job is to see the whole process through: from building a ballot, to the training, to the management of staff, all the way to the election results.

A big part of that now in Ada County is early voting, which continues to gain in popularity.

Levine: And we’re quickly coming up on early voting. Here’s a bit of news: This year we’re going to have three weeks of early voting in Ada County and, for the first time, we’ll have early voting available

on two Saturdays. It’s all about reaching out to people to try to get them to be part of the process.

If you don’t mind me asking you a personal question, Jo, what are your passions outside of work?

Spencer: My husband Dave and I have raised, trained and shown dogs in competition. Some of them have been ours, but we also show other people’s dogs.

All types?

Spencer: Norwegian elkhounds and Norwich terriers all over the Northwest and in Canada. We’ve been doing that since the 1970s. At one point, we would do about 50 dog shows a year. We just show dogs occasionally now.

Can I assume that your home is filled with blue ribbons and trophies?

Spencer: We have a fair number.

And now, you’ll have your CERA trophy. I understand that it’s a very impressive piece of hardware.

Spencer: Yes, that’s all nice, but if I may, I really want to say a word about my coworkers. Our County Clerk Chris Rich is an absolutely wonderful person. And David is a wonderful example of being a great leader.

Levine: Jo is too kind. She’s always ensuring goodwill around the office. We even have a committee named… Well, I’m not sure I should tell you the name.

Well, now I have to know the name of the committee.

Spencer: It’s the Bureau of Frivolity.

You have to make sure that people are having a good time, especially when they work so hard.

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CALENDAR WEDNESDAY SEPT. 5 Festivals & Events FALL 2018 IDAHO JOB AND CAREER FAIR—If you are looking for a job or a career change, employers and human resource representatives from a wide assortment of industries will be on hand to speak with you. Plus free educational seminars. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. FREE. Riverside Hotel, 2900 W. Chinden Blvd., Boise, 208-343-1871, ibleventsinc.com.

Art BOSCO SMALL WORKS EXHIBITION—Each artist has selected a small work to exhibit. Watercolors, oil and acrylic paintings, photography, ceramics, fiber and other sculptural media will be shown in a variety of styles.

Through Sept. 29. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

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FREE. Art Source Gallery, 1015 W. Main St., Boise, 208-3313374, artsourcegallery.com.

Room 170, 1874 University Drive, Boise, 208-426-3994, art. boisestate.edu/visualartscenter.

CHINESE CULTURAL SERIES TRAVELING EXHIBIT—Chinese calligraphy workshops, crafts, music, story times and more than 50 children’s picture books from China will be part of a cultural and book exhibition through Thursday, Sept. 6, at the Library! at Cole and Ustick. For more information on the exhibit, visit the U of I Confucius Institute Facebook page, or the library’s event page. 10:30-11 a.m. FREE. Boise Public Library at Cole and Ustick, 7557 W. Ustick Road, Boise, 208-972-8300.

OLIVER COTTING: HUMAN REFLECTIONS—Through Oct. 28, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. FREE. Boise State Student Union Gallery, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 208426-1242, art.boisestate.edu.

ESTEREOSKOPIKO: STEREOSCOPIC PHOTOS BY JESÚS DE ECHEBARRIA—Through spring 2019. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE-$5.

Basque Museum and Cultural Center, 611 Grove St., Boise, 208343-2671. basquemuseum.eus.

MARIA CHAVEZ AND ELI CRAVEN: SWIMMING AND DIVING— Through Oct. 29. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

FREE. Boise State Visual Arts Center Gallery 1, Liberal Arts Building,

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PULPED UNDER PRESSURE GROUP SHOW—Featuring Jillian Bruschera, Julia Goodman, Reni Gower, Trisha Oralie Martin, Melissa Potter, Marilyn Propp and Maggie Puckett. Through Oct. 25. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. Boise State Visual Arts Center Gallery 2, Hemingway Center, Room 110, 1819 W. Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-426-3994, art. boisestate.edu/visualartscenter.

Kids & Teens CODERDOJO PROGRAMMING CLUB—Participants will use the Dojo to select a learning pathway.

Options include learning the skills to build a website or create an

ping, dining and entertainment in a special and unique way you’ll only find Downtown. Local merchants plan exciting, engaging in-store events, including food and beverage tastings, local art exhibits and trunk shows. 5-9 p.m. FREE. Downtown Boise, Downtown Corridor, Boise, 208472-5252, downtownboise.org.

app or a game. Other avenues of technology will be explored in this informal, creative and social environment. Wednesdays through September. For ages 7-17. 6:30 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library Victory Branch, 10664 W. Victory Road, Boise, 208-362-0181, adalib.org/victory.

CURIOUS CUBS STORYTIME—Three- and four-year-old Curious Cubs develop social and communication skills as they enjoy dancing, singing, laughing and learning. 10-10:30 a.m.

FREE. Meridian Public Library, 1326 W. Cherry Lane, Meridian, 208-888-4451, mld.org.

NOCTURNE AUCTION: GIVE A HOOT FOR STEM EDUCATION— Experience the magic of twilight at The Peregrine Fund’s World Center for Birds of Prey, and support their acclaimed STEM education programs, which impact 5,000-plus students each year. The Nocturne Auction will feature popular local artists’ new works, unique raptorrelated travel experiences, and adorable drawings from children at the Ridgway’s Hawk project in the Dominican Republic. Reserve your tickets at nocturne.afrogs. org. 6-9 p.m. $35, $60 couple, $500 table. World Center for Birds of Prey, 5668 W. Flying Hawk Lane, Boise, 208-362-8687.

THURSDAY SEPT. 6 Festivals & Events DOWNTOWN BOISE FIRST THURSDAY—Head to Downtown Boise the First Thursday of each month to experience art, shop-

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, SEPT. 7-9

On Stage 208 COMEDY FEST—Over 50 comics from around the world perform at multiple venues across downtown Boise Sept. 6-9. This year includes an all-ages comedy magic show, as well as headliners Caitlin Gill, Chris Fairbanks, Erin Foley, Quinta Brunson and festival headliner Kyle Kinane. Get a complete schedule and buy tickets at 208comedyfest.com. 8 and 10:15 p.m. $10-$15, $50-$100 passes. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-941-2459.

MAGICIAN MAT FRANCO—Mat Franco takes an innovative approach to magic-making that’s driven by pure joy. For all ages. 7 p.m. $35-$50, $150 VIP. Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, 208-345-0454, matfranco.com.

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

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Laugh it up.

Ready, set, Gogh!

“Coming to a grill near you.”

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The laugh-out-loud brainstorm of local comedians Dylan Haas and Emma Arnold, 208 Comedy Fest is back to tickle Boise’s funnybones for another year. The three-day, multivenue event will give a platform to more than 50 stand-up comedians from the Treasure Valley and beyond, highlighting national acts like Kyle Kinane (of Nexflix’s The Standups and Kyle Kinane: Loose In Chicago), Caitlin Gill (a Time Out Los Angeles 2018 Comic To Watch credited in Misfits & Monsters) and Dave Ross (a Moth Grand Slam winner and host of the podcast Terrified) as well as local names like Lady Bizness and Sophie Hughes. Plus, this year’s fest is charitable as well as funny, sending a portion of ticket sales to the Women’s and Children’s Alliance.

Times and locations vary. $10-$30 individual events, $50$100 festival pass. 208comedyfest.com.

The Boise Art Museum has long billed its late-summer festival, Art in the Park, as “one of the premiere cultural events in the Northwest”—and it isn’t wrong. For three days each September, Julia Davis Park in downtown Boise fills with row upon row of booths, showcasing art that runs the gamut from photography and sculpture to welding and woodworking. It’s worth going simply to soak in the colors and smells: the wine-red handmade scarves, the scents of roasted nuts and oil paints, the rich browns and golds of desert photographs the ever-present glitter of jewelry on display. Not to mention, it’s a last shot at fair food and a chance to meet and buy from more than 200 artists.

10 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday.

FREE. Julia Davis Park, 700 S. Capitol Blvd., 208-345-8330, boiseartmuseum.org/art-in-the-park.

If you like beer, barbeque or rock music—or, like most Idahoans, all three—then oh boy, do we have news for you. The Rock’n Brews & BBQ competition is back in town for its third year, ready for a day of pitting the region’s top meat masters against each other for the title of State BBQ Champion and a shot at the Jack Daniels National Competition in Tennessee. Even better, all of that smoked and grilled deliciousness from more than 25 barbeque teams will be backed up by a beer tasting of local brews from more than a dozen Idaho breweries from noon to 5 p.m.

Tickets to the tasting cost $25 in advance or $30 at the door, but access to the rest of the festivities, including concerts by The Voltz and The Weary Times, is free. Grab a couple of buddies or bring the whole family.

11 a.m.-5 p.m., FREE entry, $25-$30 beer tasting. Boise Spectrum, 7709 W. Overland Road, rocknbrewsandbbq.com.

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CALENDAR THE TEAL CHAIR DOCUMENTARY—The Teal Chair intertwines a thread of insights into what makes us uniquely human.

People from all walks of life and generations, ranging in age from 102 to 8, reflect on how limited time would affect the importance of living today. If you knew you had limited time, what would you do? 5 p.m. $10. The Flicks, 646 W. Fulton St., Boise, 208-3424222, theflicksboise.com.

Art BOISE STATE MFA EXHIBIT: AMASS—See the innovative work coming from the students currently enrolled in the master’s program at Boise State University.

Through Sept. 12. 4:30-7 p.m.

FREE. Boise State Fine Arts Building, 2249 University Drive, Boise, art.boisestate.edu.

CHINESE CULTURAL SERIES TRAVELING EXHIBIT—Enjoy allages story time with books, music, and movement from China. For more information, visit the U of I Confucius Institute Facebook page or the library’s event page. 10:3011 a.m. FREE. Boise Public Library at Cole and Ustick, 7557 W. Ustick Road, Boise, 208-972-8300.

LAST THURSDAY ART PARTY: RENA VANDEWATER AND KAT THOMPSON PAUL—Through September 30. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

FREE. The Gallery at Finer Frames, 164 E. State St., Ste. B, Eagle, 208-888-9898, finerframes.com.

and roll the dice to determine the outcome of events. For ages 12-18. 4:30 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library Victory Branch, 10664 W. Victory Road, Boise, 208-362-0181, adalib.org/victory.

Odds & Ends Literature AUTHORS RAASCH, MCGEE AND BLAKE: EPIC READS BOOK TOUR—Authors Sara Raasch, Katherine McGee and Kendare Blake stop by Rediscovered Books to sign copies of their books, Two Dark Reigns, The Towering Sky, and These Rebel Waves. 7 p.m. $18 or $45. Rediscovered Books, 180 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-376-4229, rdbooks.org.

Kids & Teens DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS: ROLE PLAYING FOR BEGINNERS—Tap into your imagination and explore the engaging world of Dungeons and Dragons.

This tabletop game encourages socialization, literacy, inventiveness and storytelling through role playing. You’ll create your own characters, fight monsters

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MAMMOTH CAVE AND SHOSHONE INDIAN ICE CAVES ROAD TRIP—Join the Nampa Recreation Department for a road trip to tour both caves, visit a trading post and enjoy a scenic drive on this full-day tour. Trip includes transportation, admission to both the caves and the museum, and lunch. Depart from- and return to- the Nampa Rec Center. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. $45. Nampa Recreation Center, 131 Constitution Way, Nampa, 208-468-5858, nampaparksandrecreation.org.

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Food LIFE AS A TEA CEREMONY— Consciousness Academy of Idaho hosts Toni “Tea Mistress” Hodge, the creator of Divine Lotus Teas and former owner of ShangriLa restaurant, for a guided tour deep into the spirit of tea.

7-8:30 p.m. FREE. Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-371-2622, facebook. com/consciousnessacademy.

FRIDAY SEPT. 7 Festivals & Events SCENTSY ROCK-A-THON AND FIREWORKS SHOW—Scentsy is spearheading a 12-hour, communitywide Rock-a-Thon to raise funds that will help The Women’s and Children’s Alliance provide safety, healing and freedom from domestic abuse and sexual assault. From 8 a.m.-8 p.m., 70 rocking chairs will line Eagle Road with volunteers rocking to raise money. The celebration will end with a spectacular firework show at 9 p.m. 8 a.m.-9:30 p.m.

FREE. Scentsy Commons, 2701 E. Pine Ave., Meridian, 208-8951262, scentsyrockathon.com.

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208 COMEDY FEST—Get a complete schedule and buy tickets at 208comedyfest.com.

8, 10:15 p.m. and midnight. $10-$15, $50-$100 passes.

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

BLT: MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940—8 p.m. $12-$15. Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise, 208-3425104, boiselittletheater.org.

BOISE PHIL: BRAHMS 1 WITH PIANIST JON NAKAMATSU— You won’t want to miss Boise Phiharmonic’s 2018-2019 Season Opener, featuring guest soloist Jon

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Brandt Center at NNU, 707 Fern St., Nampa, 208-467-8790, boisephil.org/concert/brahms-nampa.

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CAMPFIRE THEATRE FESTIVAL—Campfire Theatre Festival is a three-day theatrical explosion.

It produces staged readings from up-and-coming playwrights across the country, hosts guest artist performances from local artists such as Project Flux and Story Story Night, and offers workshops taught by incredible professional artists. 4-11 p.m. $10, $55 pass.

Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, campfiretheatrefestival.com.

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Swagger the Band Kris Deelane & the Hurt Ben Burdick w/Joel Kasserman Jezebel’s Mother Basic Needs Ben Rice & Much More!

ISF: BEEHIVE-THE ‘60S MUSICAL—7:30 p.m. $13-$50. Idaho Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, 208-3369221, idahoshakespeare.org.

STAGE COACH: DOUBLEWIDE, TEXAS—8 p.m. $15.

Stage Coach Theatre, 4802 W. Emerald Ave., Boise, 208-3422000, stagecoachtheatre.com.

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ART IN THE PARK 2018—This open-air festival provides visitors of all ages and interests with the opportunity to meet more than 200 artists and purchase their works. During the three-day event, Boise Art Museum presents a variety of art along with an exceptional array of live entertainment, park performances, wonderful food and hands-on activities for children. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. FREE. Julia Davis Park, 700 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-345-8330, boiseartmuseum.org/art-in-the-park.

Citizen FREE SPEECH AND SAFE SPACES—Join the Boise State Civic Responsibility Network for a conversation about free speech and safe spaces. 5-7:30 p.m.

FREE. Papa Joe’s, 1301 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-344-7272, facebook.com/boisestatecivility.

Odds & Ends BOISE STATE FIRST FRIDAY ASTRONOMY EVENT—Join Boise State Physics in Room 112 to hear a planetary geologist from Brigham Young University explain the significance of dune formation on Pluto, the most distant world ever visited by spacecraft. 7:30-9:30 p.m. FREE. Boise State Education Building, 1910 University Drive, Boise.

SATURDAY SEPT. 8 Festivals & Events BOISE NATIONAL DRIVE ELECTRIC WEEK—Anyone can take a stand for climate by switching to cleaner transportation, like an

electric car. Join the Sierra Club to learn about some Idaho folks’ experiences with clean transportation. Check out a huge variety of electric cars, motorcycles, taxis, bikes and more. 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Idaho State Capitol Building, 700 W. Jefferson St., Boise, 208384-0123, driveelectricweek.org.

RISE FOR CLIMATE, JOBS AND JUSTICE MARCH AND RALLY— Join members of 350 SW Idaho, PODER of Idaho, IORC, Idaho Sierra Club, and Citizens Climate Lobby to march down Capitol Boulevard, then rally at Boise City Hall. Four short presentations will empower and inspire you to create climate solutions in your community. 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

FREE. Boise City Hall, 150 N. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-3444675, actionnetwork.org.

ROCK’N BREWS AND BBQ— World-class pitmasters from all over the country come to Boise Idaho to compete for Grand Champion in the KCBS BBQ State Championship.

There will be local breweries, bands, vendors and barbecue sampling. Noon-5 p.m. FREE admission, $25 Beerfest tastings.

Boise Spectrum, 7609-7709 W. Overland Road, Boise, 208-9382898, rocknbrewsandbbq.com.

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FIRST FRIDAY AT ART ZONE 208—Join the artists for any evening of conversation, art, food and beverages. Featuring artist Ron Pridmore, and featured guest artist if Betty Mallorca. Plus live music by Johnny Downing. 6-8:30 p.m. FREE. Art Zone 208, 3113 N. Cole Road, Boise, 208-322-9464, facebook.com/artzone208.

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FIRST FRIDAY AT URBAN GALLERY: BLAKE SHERLOCK— Sherlock is joined by artist Kay Seurat and photographer Susan Valiquette of Urban Gallery, for this monthly event in the Surel Mitchell Live/Work/Create District.

6-9 p.m. FREE. Urban Gallery, 215 E. 34th St., Garden City, 208860-2423, blakesherlock.com.

SUSAN VALIQUETTE: EASTERN EUROPE, A JOURNEY—Check out this new show of works

by Susan Valiquette. Through Oct. 4. 6-10 p.m. FREE. Push & Pour, 214 E. 34th St., Garden City, 208-488-4747, facebook.com/pushandpour.

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CALENDAR On Stage 208 COMEDY FEST—Get a complete schedule and buy tickets at 208comedyfest.com. 8 and 10:15 p.m. $10-$15, $50-$100 passes. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-941-2459.

BLT: MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940—8 p.m. $12-$15. Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise, 208-3425104, boiselittletheater.org.

BOISE PHIL: BRAHMS 1 WITH PIANIST JON NAKAMATSU—7:30 p.m. $22-$66. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-426-1110, boisephil.org.

CAMPFIRE THEATRE FESTIVAL—Campfire Theatre Festival is a three-day theatrical explosion. 9 a.m.-11 p.m. $10, $55 pass. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, campfiretheatrefestival.com/schedule.

ISF: BEEHIVE-THE ‘60S MUSICAL—7:30 p.m. $13-$50. Idaho Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, 208-3369221, idahoshakespeare.org.

STAGE COACH: DOUBLEWIDE, TEXAS—8 p.m. $15.

Stage Coach Theatre, 4802 W. Emerald Ave., Boise, 208-3422000, stagecoachtheatre.com.

Workshops & Classes IDAHO KRAV MAGA SELFDEFENSE CLASS FOR GIRLS AND WOMEN—Join Krav Maga

Alliance-certified instructor Tracie Ide for this women’s selfprotection and empowerment class. This hands-on practical training will include striking combative practice and self-defense principles to defend against common attacks both standing and on the ground. Registration required. For ages 12 and older.

1-3 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library Victory Branch, 10664 W. Victory Road, Boise, 208362-0181, adalib.org/victory.

THINGS ZINE AND UNZINE: A ZINESMITHING WORKSHOP—Learn how to set up a cool zine to print in software programs like Microsoft Word and Apple Pages. Go with a project idea in mind, or take a project you’ve already started.

For all ages. 1-3 p.m. FREE. Flying M Coffeegarage, 1314 Second St. S., Nampa, 208467-5533, flyingmcoffee.com.

Art ART IN THE PARK 2018—10 a.m.-8 p.m. FREE. Julia Davis Park, 700 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-345-8330, boiseartmuseum.org/art-in-the-park.

Kids & Teens FOOTHILLS FAMILY DAY: BUSY BEES—Enjoy honey bee crafts, pollinator garden tours and more.

10 a.m.-1 p.m. FREE. Jim Hall Foothills Learning Center, 3188 Sunset Peak Road, Boise, 208493-2530, bee.cityofboise.org.

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

CAPITAL CITY PUBLIC MARKET—Saturdays through Dec. 15. 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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MERRY HOPSTERS BUS TOUR—Gooding Farms is heading out west to Wilder for a guided tour of the family hop farm during harvest. Groove to live music by Marshall Poole and Luke Messimer band and picnic on the farm. Odell Brewing will be bringing fresh pours and beverages for the bus. Check in at Bittercreek Alehouse at 9:30 a.m., bus leaves at 10 a.m. to return 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $40. Bittercreek Alehouse, 246 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-724-7230, facebook. com/pg/goodingfarms.

SUNDAY SEPT. 9 On Stage 208 COMEDY FEST—Get a complete schedule and buy tickets at 208comedyfest. com. 8 & 10:15 p.m. $10-$15, $50-$100 passes. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-941-2459.

CAMPFIRE THEATRE FESTIVAL—Campfire Theatre Festival is a three-day theatrical explosion. 9 a.m.-11 p.m. $10, $55 pass. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, campfiretheatrefestival.com/schedule.

ISF: BEEHIVE-THE ‘60S MUSICAL—7 p.m. $13-$50.

Idaho Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, 208-336-9221, idahoshakespeare.org.

MAKE ‘EM BLUSH BURLESQUE’S SEASON OPENER: CAMPFIRE!—Join Make ‘em Blush Burlesque for a season opener with favorites from last season and new faces.

Learn more on the MEBB Facebook page. 8 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon, 513 W. Main St., Boise, 208-345-6344.

Art ART IN THE PARK 2018—10 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. Julia Davis Park, 700 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-345-8330, boiseartmuseum.org/art-in-the-park.

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DOWNTOWN BOISE CAPITOL TABLE—Featuring an unrivaled collection of Idaho’s best restaurants, Capitol Table brings community together for an exclusive dining experience while raising funds for a worthy local cause. Diners will enjoy a spectacular meal paired with the wines from their choice of featured restaurants. 5:30 p.m. $150, $650 4-Pack.

Idaho State Capitol Building, 700 W. Jefferson St., Boise, 208-472-5252, downtownboise. org/events/capitol-table.

VICTORY TEENS: ICE CREAM SOCIAL—Get to know Tara and Eric, the library’s new teen event planners, while hanging out and enjoying a little ice cream. For ages 13-18. 4:30 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library Victory Branch, 10664 W. Victory Road, Boise, 208362-0181, adalib.org/victory.

MONDAY SEPT. 10 On Stage CAMPFIRE STORIES 2018— Featuring Kim Cross, Matthew Cameron Clark, Dwayne Blackaller, Brian Quijada and special guests Migration Theory.

8-10 p.m. FREE. Txikiteo, 1401 W. Idaho St., Boise, 208-8136178, themodernhotel.com.

Odds & Ends OWL BANDING AT IBO LUCKY PEAK—Don’t miss this great opportunity to see owls, observe Intermountain Bird Observatory researchers in action collecting data and learn more about the owls passing through our forests.

Register online at ibo-owls.eventbrite.com. 7-11:30 p.m. FREE. MK Nature Center, 600 S. Walnut St., Boise, 208-407-8798.

Food AMICO GINO ITALIAN WINE AND LANGUAGE CLASS—The theme for this class is “travel Italian and Tuscan reds.” You’ll taste wonderful Italian wines and

learn some fun Italian phrases. No experience necessary. 6-8 p.m. $40. The Sturiale Place, 1501 W. Jefferson St., Boise, 208-8915900, thesturialeplace.com.

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WEDNESDAY SEPT. 4 ANDREW SHEPPARD BAND—9 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon

TUESDAY SEPT. 11

BUDDY DEVORE—6:30 p.m.

FREE. Highlands Hollow Brewhouse CORSICANA—With Up is the Down is the, and Spiritual Warfare and the Greasy Shadows. 7 p.m.

By donation. Java-Downtown

On Stage ISF: BEEHIVE-THE ‘60S MUSICAL—7:30 p.m. $13-$50. Idaho Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, 208-3369221, idahoshakespeare.org.

IEVA—8 p.m. FREE. Reef MIKE ROSENTHAL—5:15 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse ROLANDO ORTEGA—7:30 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse

COURTESY JONATHAN WARREN & THE BILLYGOATS

Citizen TUESDAY DINNER—Volunteers needed to help cook up a warm dinner for Boise’s homeless and needy population, and clean up afterward. Event is nondenominational. Volunteer at ilcdinners. ivolunteer.com. 5:15-7 p.m. FREE. Immanuel Lutheran Church, 707 W. Fort St., Boise, 208-344-3011.

JONATHAN WARREN & THE BILLYGOATS, NEUROLUX, SEPT. 15

ROSS MCINTIRE—8 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s Saloon

The autumnal equinox is a week after the Neurolux release party of Jonathan Warren & The Billygoats’ Cletus, and there’s serendipity in an album of such penetrating lassitude landing on the eve of turning leaves. In songs like “Sense of Lovely,” where strings twang and Warren’s dirt-road drawl drags through lyrical lines, the space between sunscreen and shoveled driveways never felt so inviting.

—Harrison Berry

TREVOR GREEN—7 p.m. $10.

The Olympic

With Curtis Sutton & The Scavengers, 8 p.m., $5 adv., $7 door.

Neurolux, 208-343-0886, jonathanwarrenmusic.com.

BEN BURDICK TRIO—7:30 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse

TYLOR AND THE TRAIN ROBBERS—9 p.m. FREE. Tom Grainey’s

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MUSIC GUIDE FRIM FRAM FOUR—9 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon GOLD CASIO AND HAUNTED SUMMER—With Firesigns. 7:30 p.m. $8-$10. Neurolux KARL BLAU—6:30 p.m. FREE-$10.

Idaho Botanical Garden KEN HARRIS AND RICO WEISMAN—8 p.m. FREE. White Dog Brewing KASHER—8:30 p.m. FREE-$2.

Fatty’s MEGAN NELSON—6 p.m. FREE. High Note Cafe MILKY CHANCE—With Slenderbodies. 8 p.m. $30-$75. Knitting Factory Concert House ROLANDO ORTEGA—5:15 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse SOL SEED—9 p.m. $5. Reef TOTAL CHAOS—With Piss Poor, Alleged, and Kancho. 7 p.m. $10.

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FRIDAY SEPT. 7 THE BONES OF JR JONES—9 p.m. $5. Reef BREAD AND CIRCUS—9 p.m.

FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon

BROKEN OUTLAWS—8 p.m. FREE. Ha’ Penny Bridge Irish Pub and Grill EMILY STANTON—8:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse GREEN DRUID—With Ealdor Bealu, and By Fire and Sword. 8 p.m. $8.

The Shredder

BROKEN OUTLAWS—8 p.m. FREE. Ha’ Penny Bridge Irish Pub and Grill

LONESOME JET BOAT RAMBLERS—9 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon

DEBORAH MICHELS GANG—8 p.m. FREE. O’Michael’s Pub & Grill

MIKE ROSENTHAL—5:15 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse

DIRTFACE—With Shitty Person, and Brett Netson. 7:30 p.m. $8-$10.

Neurolux

ORIGAMI GHOSTS—8 p.m. FREE. High Note Cafe

FUN BROTHERZ—8 p.m. FREE. High Note Cafe

PACIFIC DUB: GUIDE YOU HOME TOUR—With The Ries Brothers. 10 p.m. $8-$12. Reef

GENERATOR SAINTS—8 p.m.

FREE. WilliB’s Saloon

SUNSET GOAT—8 p.m. FREE. The TK Bar

MIKE ROSENTHAL—5:15 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse

TAUGE AND FAULKNER—8 p.m.

FREE. McCleary’s Pub

QUINN VAN PAEPEGHEM—8:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse

WE WERE GIANTS: THE DECLARATION RELEASE SHOW—With The Nixon Rodeo, Life Upon Liars, and Roses are Dead. 8 p.m. $6$12. Knitting Factory Concert House

SATURDAY SEPT. 8 BARTON AND BOLLAR—8 p.m.

FREE. WilliB’s Saloon

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WEND—With Queen Boychild, and Cactus Coy. 7:30 p.m. $5. Neurolux

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CHUCK SMITH—5:15 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse

ANDREW KASAB—11 a.m. FREE. High Note Cafe JONATHAN TYLER AND THE NORTHERN LIGHTS—7 p.m. $10.

The Olympic SLOW HOLLOWS—8 p.m. $8-$10.

The Funky Taco

MONDAY SEPT. 10 DANDU—6 p.m. FREE. The Funky Taco REBELS AND REJECTS—9:30 p.m. $5. Liquid Lounge

BOISE PHILHARMONIC, SEPT. 7 AND 8

THE SUBURBANS—9 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon

The 2018-19 season promises to be game-changing for the Boise Philharmonic, and it’s kicking it off with a guest performance from international pianist sensation Jon Nakamatsu. An accomplished soloist, Nakamatsu was just 29 years old when he won the Gold Medal at the prestigious Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, and has dropped 12 CDs. Two days running, Nakamatsu will perform Camille Saint-Saens’ second piano concerto with The Phil.

—George Prentice

TABLE SUGAR—With Death Matches of a Grade School Nightmare, and Belly Aching. 7:30 p.m.

By donation. Java-Downtown

$22-$67, Sept. 7 at Northwest Nazarene University; Sept. 8 at The Morrison Center, 208-344-7849, boisephil.org.

TUESDAY SEPT. 11 RADIO BOISE TUESDAY: THE BLOW—7:30 p.m. $15. Neurolux

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ARTS & CULTURE A NEW CHARITY EVENT TAKES WING AT THE WORLD CENTER FOR BIRDS OF PREY “It’s an enchanting place to spend an evening.”

Valiquette’s exhibit is partially funded by the Alexa Rose Foundation.

Boise-based photographer Susan Valiquette had a hard time describing her visit to Sedlec Ossuary, the so-called Bone Church in the Czech Republic that has perhaps the world’s most disturbing basement. It’s decorated with the bones of 40,000 Black Plague victims, pulled from the walls and reshaped into art.

“You go down there and it’s just all bones— there are caves that go back for yards that are just all skulls, and there are all of these [bone] chandeliers...It’s just fascinating, but creepy,” Valiquette said. “It’s really bizarre, because you’re thinking ‘Wow, this is really creative,’ and then you’re thinking, ‘Wow, these are all dead people.’”

Valiquette travels regularly in the United States and has even made a handful of trips to Central America, but her three-week excursion through Eastern Europe—with stops in the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Poland, Croatia and Hungary—was a journey apart. The region’s history and people shaped her photographs, which will be on display at Push and Pour in Garden City from Friday-Thursday, Sept. 7-Oct. 4, in an exhibit titled Eastern Europe: A Journey.

Valiquette is known for the unfiltered feel of her snapshots, which often show marginalized or overlooked people, those she called “a little off the center of humanity.” But for Eastern Europe she steered clear of portraits, largely because the language barrier prevented her from explaining her project to her subjects.

Instead, she turned to architecture, producing a series as haunting as the spots she visited, which included two concentration camps, as well as the Bone Church. Each shot was filtered through a modern lense.

“I shot the whole show with my Apple iPhone 7,” Valiquette said. “So that was really different. I usually shoot with a film camera, and I didn’t want to have to deal with that, getting film through security and x-rays and all that. So I decided to shoot with the iPhone.”

Thanks to an app called ProCamera, Valiquette was able to “shoot in raw,” capturing images as large as 35 megapixels. That file size enabled her to produce sprawling prints for Eastern Europe, which are sure to make a powerful statement on Push and Pour’s white walls. Europhiles can get an early eyeful starting at a 6-10 p.m. opening reception on Sept. 7.

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Birds of a feather flock together, but at the World Center for Birds of Prey’s upcoming event, there are many different groups doing the flocking. The Peregrine Fund’s Center will host “Nocturne” on Thursday, Sept. 6, from 6-9 p.m., gathering artists, philanthropists and bird enthusiasts in one place.

“The event is specifically to help The Peregrine Fund and the World Center to raise money to be able to provide STEM education for free to students from all over the valley,” said Ellen Wilson, who is coordinating Nocturne.

“We will have about 30 local artists that have created pieces [showcasing] raptors that will be auctioned off. There will be bird handlers there, birds flying, food and libations, and an auction for the pieces.”

Wilson, an artist herself, has been involved with the Center for a few years. She initially reached out because of her love of birds and her desire to help the Center with its conservation efforts. One of her collaborations with the Center was an installation titled The 22, in which she placed 22 life-sized condors on top of the Record Exchange to bring awareness to This scultpture by artist Benjamin Victor is among the treasures from 30 artists the organization’s mission and the scarcity of to be auctioned off at Nocturne on Thursday, Sept. 6. condors before human conservation efforts.

Wilson said she had wanted to do an event like Nocturne for a while.

“We then tell them that science is about making global engagement. “We do ‘Birds & Brew’ ev“We’ll have all of the birds out for the event,” ery spring at Mad Swede where we bring some observations, hypotheses to understand those she said. “There will be some condors, a harpy observations, then testing those hypotheses. of our birds so that the community can meet eagle, a bunch of owls, a vulture and a bald eagle. them, and then a portion of the sales from that Then kids realize they are scientists, maybe not It’s an enchanting place to spend an evening.” formally, but they are constantly making obsernight goes back toward the Center.”

One unexpected partner will be Mad Swede vations throughout their day and then coming The programs that the Center offers are Brewing, which has designed to teach students up with ideas about what those different situafermented a specially tions could mean and then testing to see if those about the importance crafted beer called are right.” of science and its own “THERE WILL BE “Nocturne Ale” for the Corbin Maxey, a nationally recognized bioloconservation efforts. event. Mad Swede Head SO M E C O N D O R S , More than 5,000 students gist, will emcee the STEM-centered event. Mad Brewer Jerry Larson Swede will take care of the drinks, and local take advantage of these A HARPY E AGLE, A described it as a robust programs each year at little caterer A Lively Chef will provide the food. The porter with undertones B U N C H O F OWL S , Center hopes to raise $15,000 over the course to no cost. The Center of chocolate and roastiof the evening so that it can continue to provide focuses on the core buildA V U LT U RE A N D A ness. Oatmeal was added its STEM programs to children in the Treasure ing blocks of science, like into the brewing process, BALD E AGLE.” the scientific method, and Valley. which Larson said makes “This is going to be a really fun event,” said uses birds of prey to get the beer silkier on the Katzner. “It’s the first time that we’ve done anystudents excited about palette. The brew will be available at Mad thing like it and I think that it’s a great way to learning. Transportation is provided for the Swede for tasting until the end of September, students, as well as admission, a tour and a family connect with the community, not only with the and a portion of all of its sales will be donated Center, but also with some of the amazing local pass, so that they can return to the Center with to the Center. artists that we have here in town.” their families and show them around.

“They’re one of our best partners and have The artwork that will be auctioned off at the “We’ll start out by asking students how helped us out with fundraising events in the many of them think they are scientists, and not event can be previewed at the Center’s online past,” said Erin Katzner, the Center’s director of a lot of them raise their hands,” said Katzner. auction page.

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“The extent to which the community accepts and envelops you was surprising, and really lovely.”

ASHLE Y MILLER In the last year and a half, downtown Boise hard cider watering holes have increased 200 percent. More simply, the number went from zero to two, starting with Long Drop Cider Co., and now Meriwether Cider Co., which opened the doors to its location at Ninth and Bannock streets on Sept. 4.

Molly Leadbetter, who owns one-quarter of the company (along with her mom, dad, and sister), was only too excited to show Boise Weekly around the new taproom, which is Idaho’s first cider house, with 20 ciders available from around the world. She and her sister, apart from running the company’s communications and event planning branches, respectively, also pull double duty as bartenders in both the Garden City location and the downtown spot.

A cider house was never where Molly and her family intended to end up. Molly and her sister were wildland firefighters, and their parents were professors who occasionally dabbled in homebrewing as a hobby. It wasn’t until her parents went on sabbatical in Australia that their “real life” began.

Down Under, cider was everywhere.

“Oh my gosh, cider is the next big thing,” Molly’s parents told her. “This is what we should do.”

Debuting their cider in 2015, they were warned repeatedly that cider was no easy market, and they attended seminars on how to “force bars to take your cider” as Molly put it, how to “show them that they need cider.” She prepared eloquent speeches and impassioned pleas about the importance of diversifying bar taps, but she never got to use them. Or, better put, she never needed to use them.

“Everyone was so receptive. It was just incredible,” she said. “I knew Boise was a wonderful place...but the extent to which the community accepts and envelops you was surprising, and really lovely.”

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munity, and about the passion they’re trying to spark in Boise bar-goers.

“Boise loves to drink,” Molly laughed.

It was inevitable, then, that Meriwether would outgrow its Garden City taproom.

“We have a great community here,” she said.

“The writing was on the wall. Downtown is popular. We needed to be downtown.”

Then it became a matter of watching and waiting. Several leases on buildings downtown had ended, opening up options for Meriwether, but with the company only two years old at that point, the risk was high. Older companies warned the Leadbetters to wait. Molly paused at their words of caution, but Boise’s rising trajectory, its growth and potential, told Molly and her family everything they needed to know: It was now or never.

“In five years, when the next set of leases will be up, prices will be insane and no one will be leaving,” Molly said. “And it’ll be cost prohibitive at that point.”

Molly and her family considered several possible locations, weighing the pros and cons of each and factoring in the money they had for the expansion. Then, when the Ninth and Bannock corner space opened up, Molly described it as a “no brainer.”

It was the perfect combination: in close proximity to the foot traffic on Eighth Street,

but at a remove from the bar crawl routes. Having 10 Barrel Brewing Company as a neighbor, along with Coiled Wine Bar, made the block a hotspot for local craft brew fans, too.

The Garden City taproom will stay put as the hub of operations. The location has its own community that Molly said is vital to the company. The best aspects of it will be cloned for the downtown cider house: Meriwether cider on tap, a family member behind the bar, board games and a bring-your-own-food policy. The differences at the cider house will be simply “more”—more ciders, from around the country and around the world, more hours, more space and more staff.

“We actually get to hire people,” Molly said.

“For the longest time it was just the four of us.”

And those new employees are well trained.

The staff is working toward certified cider professional status, the cider equivalent of a wine sommelier. The Leadbetters said they want education and accessibility to be a big part of the cider house. With so many diverse ciders in the its selection, they want to empower their patrons to take control of their tastes, to know that they don’t like the French cider, or that they do like the spiced ciders from Spain. As much as they want their customers to drink Meriwether cider, they also want them to know that there is a whole other world out there.

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BEER GUZZLER OKTOBERFEST BREWS It’s billed as the world’s biggest fair, but you’ve got to wonder why they call it Oktoberfest when it starts in September. Blame it on history.

The first festival back in 1810 celebrated a royal wedding on Oct. 12, and the party lasted five days. As the years went by, it was pushed back into September to take advantage of better weather and warmer evenings. That said, the malt-driven beer at its center has remained much the same. Here are three to try:

AYINGER OKTOBER FEST-MARZEN, $2.99-$3.49

ODELL OKTOBERFEST MARZEN STYLE LAGER, $1.79-$2.09 This is a copper-colored pour bright as a new penny, with a decent head that leaves little lacing. The aromas are an enticing mix of lightly sour malt, soft hops, toffee and rich, dark fruit. The flavors follow suit with smooth malt, creamy caramel, lightly bitter hops (a bit more than most Marzens), fresh-baked bread and dried fruit.

SIERRA NEVADA OKTOBERFEST, $1.59-$1.89 For four years running, Sierra Nevada has collaborated with a German brewery, and this time around, it’s the world’s oldest: Bavaria’s Weihenstephan. A thick head covers this bright amber pour. It opens with subtle aromas of malt, toasted grain and light, spicy hops.

The flavors are a rich combination of smooth malt and dark bread, with just a hint of hops. Delicious.

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DOWNTOWN BOISE ASSOCIATION SETS THE TABLE FOR SECOND HELPING OF AL FRESCO DINING Capitol Dining will again take over one of Boise’s busiest thoroughfares SK YL AR BARSANTI On Sunday, Sept. 9, the Downtown Boise Association will roll out the white linens and set out the fine china for its second Capitol Table. It’s an event that brings together four of Downtown Boise’s most popular eateries for al fresco dining under the lights of the Idaho Statehouse.

A precursor to the DBA’s Dine Out Downtown Boise Restaurant Week (FridaySunday, Oct. 26-Nov. 4), Capitol Table is more than just patio seating. It’s seating that takes up a city block. With Capitol Boulevard between Bannock and Jefferson streets shut down for the evening, all 150 seats have a view, said DBA Executive Director Lynn Hightower. The event is also an opportunity for downtown restaurants to showcase their talents—because even on their busiest nights in the dining room, at least they’re working in their own kitchens.

“Capitol Table is a very unique way to celebrate fine dining and downtown as a venue,” Hightower said. “Each restaurant has to cooperate with the others in a way that’s not something they have to do on a daily basis. To serve 150 guests four courses, the timing has to be very methodical. The way the meals are prepared and presented has to be orchestrated so it’s seamless for guests. If it weren’t for their willingness to cooperate, this event couldn’t happen.”

With four courses to prepare, the chefs from Brickyard, Fork, Red Feather and Juniper won’t have their own kitchens to work in (but they will have a refrigerated prep area, courtesy of sponsor Food Services of America). They’ll still have to get creative. After all, guests can get a table at these restaurants on any given night.

Capitol Table menus have to be staples of each restaurant’s brand and present a dining experience worth the $150 cost of admission.

“For an event like this, when you’re dealing with constraints like available equipment and timing, you want to focus on making a menu you’re confident you can execute,” said Maria Clarke, Red Feather’s executive chef. “As a chef, you have to shut down the voices that make you want to be overly ambitious. These events are special, so instead of thinking about what you want to serve, you have to think about what you can get perfect.”

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A slightly hazy, orangetinged amber in the glass, this brew is topped by a generous head that leaves islands of porous froth. There’s a touch of spice on the nose, along with cracked wheat and caramel-laced malt. The palate offers balanced sweet malt, toasted grain and biscuit flavors, with just a bare kiss of hops.

It’s a classic Marzen.

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The Downtown Boise Association will host its second-annual Capitol Table al fresco dining event on Sunday, Sept. 9.

Returning Capitol Table participant Red Feather knows what it takes to serve the event and events like it—Clarke is cooking for three equally big events in that weekend alone. So she’s created a menu that’s both familiar and unexpected.

A tongue-in-cheek nod to the fact that she’s Capitol Table’s only woman head chef, Clarke’s pescatarian menu features two dishes served cold and several shades of pink, including pickled watermelon rinds and beetroot-cured salmon.

In the spirit of the evening, Clarke will take simple, traditional ingredients that Capitol Table diners and regulars of Red Feather know and deliver them in new ways. Diners will recognize what’s on the plate, Clarke said, but they won’t recognize the flavors. As Hightower put it, each dish is your favorite meal, from your favorite restaurant, but in a setting where not every restaurant can thrive.

In choosing restaurants to participate, Hightower said the DBA had to consider which restaurants could prepare a four-course

meal in the middle of a city street and still be willing to experiment, while also recreating last year’s success.

“Last year’s event went so well, we decided not to grow the event this year,” Hightower said. “The goal is to make sure we repeat that success, because between planning with the DBA, the restaurants, the Idaho Wine Commission and the Ada County Highway District, Capitol Table is a logistical feat. And we’re so appreciative of everyone who’s on board.”

But as any good chef knows, no matter how busy the evening, success is in planning and knowing when to ask for help.

“In any kitchen, we know where our strengths lie and when to ask people to capitalize on their own skills,” Clarke said. “I’m lucky.

My team is young and hungry and dynamic.

And Red Feather is having a rebranding moment, so Capitol Table feels more like a coming out party for the new direction. The bar has been set, and I’m excited to show everyone what we’re doing.”

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More than any other force of nature, it is wind that disrespects the borders that separate us, and the gale that sweeps across Lake Ontario is a superb example. In winter, a blistering wind can dump lake-effect snow on anything in its path on Ontario’s shoreline; while a burst of summer wind can spank the most stifling August humidity. Yet every September (you can set your watch by it), an early autumn breeze twirls across the shoreline to announce that change, quite literally, is in the air.

Whether organizers first considered any of that meteorological poetry when they dreamed up the Toronto International Film Festival back in the 1970s is anybody’s guess. Their real goal was to create a showcase of great films, and indeed, they have done just that for nearly half a century—driven not by ambition, but by unbridled passion. All the while, the wind off of Lake Ontario has done its part, swirling a breeze through Toronto each September as if one of the great cities of the world was nothing more than a wind chime.

To be clear, some film festivals can be stuffy affairs, while others have all the subtlety of a monster truck rally. But TIFF feels like the best wedding reception you’ve ever attended.

Mind you, the party is rather long: 11 days— this year, running from Thursday, Sept. 6, through Sunday, Sept. 16.

On a more serious note, TIFF organizers are not to be confused with the Harveycome-lately’s, masquerading as born-again advocates of feminist agency. This year, 36 percent of TIFF’s movies come from women filmmakers. Compare that to the recently wrapped Venice Film Festival, which The Hollywood Reporter recently scolded for reflecting a “culture of toxic masculinity.”

Additionally, TIFF is a people’s festival; approximately 480,000 moviegoers stood cued up last year, nearly all of them members of the paying public. In fact, TIFF’s most coveted prize isn’t handed down from a lofted jury. It’s the People’s Choice Award, which has previously been given to Chariots of Fire, The Princess Bride, The King’s Speech and Silver Linings Playbook, all of which emerged from Toronto.

Of the 342 films that will be screened at TIFF this year (232 are world or North American premieres), here are some of the most anticipated features:

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Stars that will appear in TIFF films include (top row, left to right) Ryan Gosling in First Man, Keira Knightly in Colette, Robert Redford in The Old Man and a Gun, and (bottom row) Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga in A Star is Born.

A Star is Born: The buzz couldn’t be greater for this rebooted musical starring Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper (who also directs).

Beautiful Boy: Steve Carell and the hottest young talent in Hollywood, Timothee Chalamet.

Can You Ever Forgive Me?: Melissa McCarthy as real-life biographer-turnedscammer Lee Israel.

Colette: Keira Knightley always dazzles in a costume drama. Here, she’s the enigmatic French novelist.

First Man: Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon.

If this doesn’t scream “Oscar,” I don’t know what does.

Front Runner: Hugh Jackman as… wait for it… disgraced presidential hopeful Gary Hart.

Red Joan: Dame Judi Dench. Super spy.

Intrigue. Check, check and check.

Roma: The much-anticipated return to the big screen from director Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity).

The Old Man and a Gun: Robert Redford says this is his final acting role, and the advance word is great.

The Sisters Brothers: Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly in an old-school western.

Widows: Perhaps the ultimate #MeToo film of 2018, starring Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Liam Neeson and Robert Duvall.

I’ll be sending dispatches from Toronto throughout the run of the festival, reporting from red carpet premieres and conversations with Oscar hopefuls as we begin to stack the deck for what promises to be a pulse-racing 11 days of moviegoing.

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DEAR MINERVA, I travel a lot for my job, and get greeted with a formal greeting like “Hello Mr. Smith. Welcome back to the hotel.”

It got me thinking, if I didn’t identify as male or female, what would be the appropriate greeting other than Mr. or Ms. for a non-binary person?

—Sincerely, Meet and Greet

DEAR MEET AND GREET, Greetings are important, and I know people who can’t stand the formality so often present, while others demand it.

Most of the time, these little greetings are taken for granted.

An easy answer on an appropriate way to greet people would be to greet them in an open-ended way. Introduce yourself first and then allow them to introduce themselves how they see fit. If you opt to greet someone based on how they present visually, they may correct you and ask to be addressed in a different way. Don’t take it as a scold or as them being offended, but as guidance and a polite way of approaching the subject. The important thing is that both parties need to take part in the process, especially since issues around gender are very much a part of our cultural conversation. Neither party should come at a greeting ready to “out” someone or ready to be offended. Ultimately we are all human and there is no shame in that. As someone whose preferred pronouns are dahling/dahling, if all else fails, ask yourself, what would Zsa Zsa do? Good luck, dahling!

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ASTROLOGY VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): By volume, the Amazon is the largest river in the world. But where does it originate? Scientists have squabbled about that issue for over 300 years.

Everyone agrees the source is in southwestern Peru.

But is it the Apurimac River? The Maranon? The Mantaro? There are good arguments in favor of each.

Let’s use this question as a poetic subtext as we wonder and meditate about the origin of your life force, Virgo. As is the case for the Amazon, your source has long been mysterious. But I suspect that’s going to change during the next 14 months. And the clarification process begins soon.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): When Warsan Shire was a child, she immigrated to the U.K. with her Somali parents. Now, she’s a renowned poet who writes vividly about refugees, immigrants and other marginalized people. To provide support and inspiration for the part of you that feels like an exile or fugitive or displaced person, and in accordance with current astrological omens, I offer you two quotes by Shire. 1. “I belong deeply to myself.” 2. “Document the moments you feel most in love with yourself—what you’re wearing, who you’re around, what you’re doing. Recreate and repeat.”

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Once in a while came a moment when everything seemed to have something to say to you.” So says a character in Alice Munro’s short story, “Jakarta.”

Now I’m using that message as the key theme of your horoscope. Why? Because you’re at the peak of your ability to be reached, to be touched, to be communicated with. You’re willing to be keenly receptive.

You’re strong enough to be deeply influenced. Is it because you’re so firmly anchored in your understanding and acceptance of who you are?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In 1928, novelist Virginia Woolf wrote a letter to her friend Saxon Sidney Turner. “I am reading six books at once, the only way of reading,” she confided, “since one book is only a single unaccompanied note, and to get the full sound, one needs 10 others at the same time.” My usual inclination is to counsel you Sagittarians to focus on one or two important matters rather than on a multitude of semi-important matters. But in accordance with current astrological omens, I’m departing from tradition to suggest you adopt Woolf’s approach to books as your approach to everything. Your life in the coming weeks should be less like an acoustic ballad and more like a symphony for 35 instruments.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Not many goats can climb trees, but there are daredevils in Morocco that do. They go in quest of the delicious olive-like berries that grow on argan trees.

The branches on which they perch may be 30 feet off the ground. I’m naming them as your power creature for the coming weeks. I think you’re ready to ascend higher in search of goodies. You have the soulful agility necessary to transcend your previous level of accomplishment.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): From 49-45 B.C.E., civil war wracked the Roman Republic. Julius Caesar led forces representing the common people against armies fighting for the aristocracy’s interests. In 45 B.C.E., Caesar brought soldiers to Roman territory in North Africa, intent on launching a campaign against the enemy. As the general disembarked from his ship, he accidentally slipped and fell. Thinking fast, he exclaimed, “Africa, I have tight told of you!” and clasped the ground, thus implying he had lowered himself on purpose in a ritual gesture of conquest. In this way, he converted an apparent bad omen into a positive one. And indeed, he won the ensuing battle, which was the turning point that led to ultimate victory and the war’s end.

That’s good role modeling for you right now.

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BY ROB BREZSNY PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Below are sweet words I’ve borrowed from poets I love. I invite you to use them to communicate with anyone who is primed to become more lyrically intimate with you. The time is right for you to reach out! 1. “You look like a sea of gems.” -Qahar Aasi 2. “I love you with what in me is unfinished.” -Robert Bly 3. “Yours is the light by which my spirit’s born.” -E. E. Cummings 4. “Tell me the most exquisite truths you know.” -Barry Hannah 5. “It’s very rare to know you, very strange and wonderful.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald 6. “When you smile like that you are as beautiful as all my secrets.” -Anne Carson 7. Everything you say is “like a secret voice speaking straight out of my own bones.” -Sylvia Plath ARIES (March 21-April 19): Now is an excellent time to feel, explore, understand and even appreciate your sadness. To get you in the mood, here’s a list of sadnesses from novelist Jonathan Safran Foer: sadness of the could-have-been; sadness of being misunderstood; sadness of having too many options; sadness of being smart; sadness of awkward conversations; sadness of feeling the need to create beautiful things; sadness of going unnoticed; sadness of domesticated birds; sadness of arousal being an unordinary physical state; sadness of wanting sadness.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Do you have any feral qualities lurking deep down inside you? Have you ever felt a mad yearning to communicate using howls and yips instead of words? When you’re alone, do you sometimes dispense with your utensils and scoop the food off your plate with your fingers? Have you dreamed of running through a damp meadow under the full moon for the sheer ecstasy of it? Do you on occasion experience such strong erotic urges that you feel like you could weave your body and soul together with the color green or the sound of a rain-soaked river or the moon rising over the hills? I ask these questions, Taurus, because now is an excellent time to draw on the instinctual wisdom of your feral qualities.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Close some doors today,” writes novelist Paulo Coelho.

“Not because of pride, incapacity, or arrogance, but simply because they lead you nowhere.” I endorse his advice for your use, Gemini. In my astrological opinion, you’ll be wise to practice the rough but fine art of saying “no.” It’s time for you to make crisp decisions about where you belong and where you don’t; about where your future fulfillment is likely to thrive and where it won’t; about which relationships deserve your sage intimacy and which tend to push you in the direction of mediocrity.

CANCERIAN (June 21-July 22): To casual observers you may seem to be an amorphous hodgepodge, or a simmering mess of semi-interesting confusion, or an amiable dabbler headed in too many directions at once. But in my opinion, casual observers would be wrong in that assessment. What’s closer to the symbolic truth about you is an image described by poet Carolyn Forche: grapes that are ripening in the fog.

Here’s another image that resonates with your current state: sea turtle eggs gestating beneath the sand on a misty ocean beach. One further metaphor for you: the bright yellow flowers of the evening primrose plant, which only bloom at night.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I want to make sure that the groove you’re in doesn’t devolve into a rut. So I’ll ask you unexpected questions to spur your imagination in unpredictable directions.

Ready? 1. How would you describe the untapped riches in the shadowy part of your personality? 2. Is there a rare object you’d like to own because it would foster your feeling that the world has magic and miracles? 3.

Imagine the perfect party you’d love to attend and how it might change your life for the better. 4. What bird most reminds you of yourself? 5. What’s your most evocative and inspiring taboo daydream? 6. In your past, were there ever experiences that made you cry for joy in ways that felt almost orgasmic? How might you attract or induce a catharsis like that sometime soon?

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