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Cupid’s Crosshairs

Monster Melody

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In Boise, gun ranges are date-night destinations

Previewing the Boise Monster Piano Concert

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EDITOR’S NOTE READY, AIM… Variety is indeed the spice of life, and it’s also the best way to summarize this week’s edition of Boise Weekly. For example, BW’s Lex Nelson takes us to a Meridian gun range where love and ammo are in the air. It’s a fascinating look at how target shooting is expanding its reach into a wider demographic and how Cupid’s aim at the range is on target. Read Lex’s feature on pages 6 and 7.

Up next, BW’s Harrison Berry chats with bestselling author Matthew Desmond, whose Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize. The Cabin will host Desmond on Tuesday, Oct. 9, and in advance of Desmond’s visit, Harrison reports that the award-winning writer will also get some face time with City of Boise officials to talk about the always-relevant issues of poverty and eviction. Read Harrison’s story on page 8.

Contributing writer Ashley Miller previews a unique musical event on page 16. It’s something called the Boise Monster Piano Concert, scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 22, in Brandt Auditorium on the campus of Northwest Nazarene University. The concert, a showcase of piano students from across the Treasure Valley, is expected to include as many as 62 pianists on one stage, accompanied by 10 violinists and a flutist. “This is ‘monster’ as in ‘big’ or ‘gigantic,’ not ‘scary,’” one of the organizers told BW. Read Ashley’s preview of this melodic “monster” on page 16.

I’m just back from Canada, where this year’s edition of the Toronto International Film Festival proved to be a bit of a disruptor, at least as far as the Oscar conversation goes. TIFF’s slate was its strongest in years. I screened some 40-plus feature length films, and I’ll put some high-profile titles (and one big surprise) on your must-see list. You can see which films earn five maple leaves on page 17.

I’ll return on page 18 to preview Madame Mao, a new stage production which is coming to Boise Contemporary Theater Thursday, Sept. 20, through Saturday, Sept. 22. The play’s star and co-author, Janet Lo, produced the show to critical acclaim in Toronto. But now, Lo calls Boise home and told BW that she’s anxious for Idaho to see this bio-drama, which deconstructs one of the most enigmatic figures in modern world history.

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SHOT THROUGH THE HEART

In Boise and beyond, couples are taking romance to the gun range LE X NEL SON

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t started on Facebook, when my cousin tagged her husband in an ad featuring a coyly smiling couple standing back to back.

Both of them were holding guns (the classic spy film pose) and the ad read “A Date on the Shooting Range.” Along the bottom paraded a row of hearts formed from shotgun shells. While that particular graphic was advertising a range in Wyoming, it got the wheels in my mind turning toward Boise, where they always eventually come to rest. With Idaho’s strong pro-gun culture, demonstrated Sept. 8 by a Second Amendment Alliance rally at the State Capitol, gun ranges as date-night destinations seemed not only possible, but likely.

Fast-forward four months, and I stood on an empty tract of land outside Boise city limits with dust swirling around my Nikes and a black AR-15—perhaps the most controversial gun in America today—snugged against my cheek. Under the instruction of retired police officer and NRA-certified instructor Mike Hassoldt, I slid my right foot back slightly, bent my knees and leaned forward, training the gun’s red dot sight on the center mass of a paper target roughly 25 yards away. When I flicked the safety selector to fire and squeezed the trigger, there was much more sound than kick, and the 5.56 nato round vanished in the muffled-butstill-raucous detonation. It was impossible to know if I’d hit the target—at least to my amature eye.

“You definitely hit something,” Hassoldt said, a smile twitching his beard.

That was the first day I’d ever shot a gun, and though the AR-15 wasn’t the first I tried (both a Smith & Wesson M&P 2.0 pistol and a Smith & Wesson 686 revolver preceded it under Hassoldt’s watchful eye, my ears still ringing with his safety briefing), it was the biggest. Hefting, aiming and shooting it was part of an attempt to get in the cultural trenches and try to understand what might attract couples to Idaho’s gun ranges, whether indoors or out. While I mulled over my own conclusion, and the question of whether I’d ever be tempted to make a return trip down Pleasant Valley Road to go shooting with my own boyfriend, I sought some more expert opinions.

Ryan Later, the general manager of Independence Indoor Shooting Range in Meridian, arrived at his answer after nearly a decade in the industry, and shared it with me in his office two days after my evening on the desert range.

“Shooting in itself presents challenges. There’s also a little bit of excitement, an adrenaline feeling to shooting a firearm sometimes,” Later said. “... It checks a lot of boxes for fun and entertainment as well as sport, and there’s a whole other athletic element to it. There’s a whole area of competitive shooting that people can get into, so I think that’s a big part of the attraction that makes it potentially fun for dating.”

He added that despite the common perception of ranges as “guy shops,” women shooters make up one of the fastest-growing segments in the industry—and many seem to start out on dates.

“We see a lot of couples come in Friday night, kind of early Friday, before or after mealtime,” Later said. “It’s fun to see a lot of couples come in and [the man] will introduce [his] female companion to shooting a gun for the first time.” In fact, Later said that’s how his own wife started shooting.

Independence has 21 indoor shooting lanes clustered on three different ranges, one of them the only 100-yard shooting range in the Northwest. The ranges are bunker-like, and Later and I donned safety glasses and noise-cancelling headphones at a station near the rental desk before ducking into their section of the facility; a necessity, as I’d been able to hear the shots discharge from the parking lot, even through the building’s thick walls. Before I pulled my headphones on, Later gestured to a wooden rack of

Later said Independence, a popular spot for shooting dates, is soon to be officially certified five-star by the National Sport Shooting Foundation.

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Independence boasts the only 100-yard indoor shooting range in the Northwest.

SAR AH R ADOCHA

BW reporter Lex Nelson shot a Smith & Wesson 686 revolver, in addition to three other guns.

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interest in cars, for example, she’ll often still paper targets to choose from nearby, which were go to a car show to support him. It can be the brightly colored and patterned. same way on the range.

“We try to keep things kind of fun,” he said.

Katie Williams, the voice behind the “We mix up our targets all the time—we have skee-ball targets and mashed potato targets where Boise-based blog The Traveling Spud, was more enthusiastic. She went on her first and only date you shoot a potato, tic-tac-toe, Battleship, things to a gun range nine years ago, when she was 21, like that, so we can kind of create that gaming but the sense of excitement and adventure she environment when you shoot on the range.” found there is still on her mind. In fact, it made a On my way to the range door, I caught sight strong enough impression that the venture ended of one target bearing a cartoon zombie in a red up on her “17 Best Summer Date Ideas in Boise, t-shirt, a crosshairs placed dead center between Idaho” list, the blog post that helped me find her. its bulging eyes.

“I had never shot a gun before in my life,” she At 11:30 a.m. on a Friday, it was a little early said. “... I didn’t know what I was doing.” for daters: The ranges Later and I peered into Williams and her date were in and out of the were sparsely populated by bearded men, though range in 45 minutes, and though she couldn’t one woman wearing bright pink headphones remember its name, she clearly recalled the feelshot me a smile. Clearly, I’d have to look elseing of shooting her first rifle. where for other perspectives on what drew folks “I’d always had that kind of on my bucket list, to ranges for romance—and who better to ask to learn how to shoot a gun. And the fact that than someone who’d been sharing the range, if I got to do it and had someone actually show infrequently, with his girlfriend for years? me—because I don’t think I would ever go out to Mark Long, a 30-year-old gun enthusiast a gun range with my girlfriends—it was a unique and the producer of Independence Shooting experience in that way,” Range’s weekly podshe said, adding, “It cast, Range Minded, was competitive against fit the bill, and based the partner I was with his answer more on I think, so it brought logic than emotion.

“IT CHEC KS A LOT OF out a little spark in He and his girlfriend, 25-year-old Connor BOXES FOR FUN AND me to hit the target.

Which was fun, [there Massey, are transwas] kind of a little plants from Illinois, ENTERTAINMENT AS competitive flirting, where Long first took WE L L A S S P O RT.” you could say.”

Massey shooting at an Williams plans indoor range. He said to do a take-two that for him, shooting on the date eventutogether was a way to ally, though this time introduce her to his she’ll opt for shooting outdoors, with a differhobby, while also serving as an informal test ent partner. of character.

Finishing up on the dusty range and helping “You know, if [your date isn’t] being necessarHassoldt pack away his equipment, I came to ily safe on the range, it kind of shows you how respectful they are,” Long said. “Because obvious- a conclusion close to Williams’. I’d be lying if I said I thought shooting an AR-15 was sexy—but ly with firearms, first and foremost, all the time I’d also be lying if I said it wasn’t fun. Attempting every time, is safety. You can see how seriously to hit the target had kickstarted my competitive somebody takes that, and it really shows you side, and it was easy to imagine a friendly rivalry their maturity level and how much respect they arising on a date, each of us attempting, as Long have for things like that, which can be indicative and Massey had, to outdo the other with wellfor other things.” placed shots. The thrill of pulling a trigger didn’t Since moving to Idaho, Long and Massey take precedent, a fact underscored by something have gone shooting together a handful of Long said later while reflecting on the reception times, each time on BLM land outside of of his hobby in Idaho: the city. Long is a regular at Independence, “It’s a lot more a sport, really, than anything but he said Massey opts not to join him. else. People go out to BLM land or whereever, Though she had fun on her first range trip, and are making mile-long shots or 1,000-yard even out-shooting him—“I think that was the shots ... People view guns as more than just part that she really enjoyed,” he joked—the weapons for self defense or killing or anything practice didn’t become a joint hobby, an outlike that around here. I think there’s a lot more come Later frequently sees at Independence. [emphasis on] recreation and utilitarianism.”

Instead, it’s something they do occasionally I fell firmly into that lot, and had a Swisswith friends, and Massey likened it to the cheese target in the pickup bed behind me to affectionate tolerance of any other hobby: prove it.

Even if a woman doesn’t share her boyfriend’s

Shooters at Independence choose from targets with themes like tic-tac-toe, Battleship and zombie apocalypse.

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NEWS GROUSING ABOUT HOUSING

Evicted author Matthew Desmond talks housing as Boise wrangles high rents HARRISON BERRY

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The Boise City Council was in an awkward position on July 24: One of its members, Councilman Scot Ludwig, had appealed a Design Review decision rejecting his proposal for a condominium complex in the Central Addition neighborhood. The appeal appeared before the city council, which approved the development in a 3-2 vote.

The dissenting council members argued the project—two towers straddling Broad Street and connected by a sky bridge—did not include enough housing, and that the housing available was too expensive for most Boiseans to afford.

Ludwig sweetened the pot, increasing the number of housing units in the plan to win over council member Holli Woodings.

“The developer responded to my request to increase the housing portion of this project by about 30 units,” Woodings wrote in a Facebook post after the vote.

“Scarcity is one of the driving factors in our rising cost of housing and adding to our inventory in walkable, vibrant neighborhoods close to employment centers is an excellent way to alleviate the pressure.”

According to sociologist Matthew Desmond, who will be in Boise on Tuesday, Oct. 9, as the first speaker in the 2018-19 season of The Cabin’s Readings & Conversations series, the release valve to mounting pressures on the rising cost of housing may not be so simple. After all, condos in BR OA DW

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one of Ludwig’s towers are anticipated to start at $230,000, and it’s unlikely the people with the greatest need for housing could afford one.

“Building more housing lowers rents at the top of the market, not the bottom of the market, because you’re building housing for a different sector of the market,” Desmond said. “I also think there is research that would caution us that we can’t just build our way out of this.”

Desmond is the author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, which won a Pulitzer Prize in 2017 for nonfiction. It chronicles the travails of low-income renters and landlords in harrowing detail; it also teases out the obscure market and social forces perpetuating poverty.

Desmond is as much of a draw to city leaders as he is to the public: During his stay in Boise, he’ll also speak before the City of Boise’s Housing and Homelessness roundtable group.

“Obviously he has an interesting perspective on these kinds of issues,” said Mike Journee, spokesman for Mayor Dave Bieter. “We’re always looking to have that conversation.”

Desmond is a professor of sociology at Princeton University and specializes in poverty issues. His academic writings are voluminous, but Evicted is unusual: It’s an ethnography of poverty-stricken tenants and their landlords in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, written for a mass audience. To write it, Desmond spent months living in a trailer park and a rented room in one of the Midwestern city’s poorest neighborhoods, where he met the housinginsecure people who populate the book.

Evicted author Matthew Desmond will be in Boise on Tuesday, Oct. 9, as the season opener of The Cabin’s Readings & Conversations series.

Over the course of Evicted, Desmond shadows a moving company conducting evictions and explores a warehouse that stores evicted people’s belongings. He meets Sherrena, a landlord whose hot-and-cold relationships with her tenants often land them on the curb; and Scott, whose drug addiction cost him his nursing job and his upscale apartment, and left him in a trailer park. There’s a lot of humanity in the book. Lamar, a former crack addict who lost his legs, strikes a bargain with his landlord to allow him to paint one of her apartments for a break on his own rent. Larraine drops a month’s worth of food stamps on expensive seafood.

Desmond subscribes to a theory that poverty has a logic alien to people likely to read his book; and he peppered Evicted with nods, hints and scholarship that show how degraded neighborhoods, flawed policies and exploitation have led to destitution and despair, which can look like dissipation to untrained eyes.

When asked how Boise might avoid the problems of poverty and a lack of adequate

housing, Desmond replied, “How do you know you’re not as bad as Milwaukee yet?”

According to The United Way’s ALICE report, a single adult in Ada County must earn $19,608 per year to survive, and budget $487 per month for housing. For a family of four, wage-earners must make three times as much in a year and spend $789 per month on housing. That’s in a county where, according to the most recent census data, gross monthly rent is $871.

Evicted contains extensive footnotes for people who want to trace Desmond’s work from a data perspective, but Desmond said he’s putting his chips on readers seeing the humanity of poor people and seeking change because of it.

“I guess for me, I learned the most from the people in the book. I learned more about poverty from them, and listening and trying to write their stories,” he said. “I always felt that my bet with the universe was that if I could write their stories with enough complexity and depth, that might make a bit of a difference.”

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WEDNESDAY SEPT. 19 Festivals & Events

On Stage

Kids & Teens

options. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. FREE. corner of Eighth and Broad streets, Boise, commuteride.com/ridetober.

ISF: BEEHIVE-THE ‘60S MUSICAL—7:30 p.m. $13$50. Idaho Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, 208-336-9221, idahoshakespeare.org.

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 app or a game. Questions? Contact Derek dramos@adalib.org. 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.

MARILYN SHULER CLASSROOM FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DEDICATION—Mark your calendar to attend the dedication of the Marilyn Shuler Classroom for Human Rights in the Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial. Festivities begin with a program at 11:45 a.m., and ribbon cutting at noon, followed by an open house to explore the new content features. 11:30 a.m. FREE. Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial, 777 S. Eighth St., Boise, wassmuthcenter.org.

ACHD RIDETOBER BLOCK PARTIES—Join ACHD Commuteride at one of its Ridetober block parties. It will provide hot beverages, treats, and even pay $2 toward your coffee, ice cream, or lunch just for stopping by to learn more about your smart commute options. Learn more at ridetober.com.

11 a.m.-1 p.m. FREE. Emerald-Ancestor Place cul-de-sac, Boise, commuteride.com/ridetober.

Art

IDAHO WHITEWATER ASSOCIATION 2ND ANNUAL SUMMER ROUNDUP—Join the IWA for an evening of storytelling and camaraderie with fellow rafters over a nice, cold brew. There will be a raffle and silent auction, plus Lost Grove will donate 20 percent of the night’s proceeds to IWA. Membership is not required, but members receive one free raffle ticket. 5-10 p.m. FREE. Lost Grove Brewing, 1026 S. La Pointe St., Boise, 208-286-2258, idahowhitewater.net.

ESTEREOSKOPIKO: STEREOSCOPIC PHOTOS BY JESUS DE ECHEBARRIA—Through spring 2019. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE-$5. Basque Museum and Cultural Center, 611 Grove St., Boise, 208-343-2671, basquemuseum.eus.

BOSCO SMALL WORKS EXHIBITION—This show previews the BOSCO Open Studios weekend, set for Oct. 12-14, when members will be showing their work in studios around the Boise area. Through Sept. 29. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE. Art Source Gallery, 1015 W. Main St., Boise, 208-331-3374, artsourcegallery.com.

Festivals & Events ACHD RIDETOBER BLOCK PARTIES—Join ACHD Commuteride at one of its Ridetober block parties.

It will provide hot beverages, treats, and even pay $2 toward your coffee, ice cream, or lunch just for stopping by to learn more about your smart commute

SATURDAY, SEPT. 22

MONDAY, SEPT. 24

On Stage AZURE RIVER LLC PRESENTS: MADAM MAO AMERICAN PREMIERE—The Toronto smash hit comes to Boise for its American premiere, featuring the originating musician and star-studded cast of actors and dancers from the original sold out production.

Madam Mao exposes the life of a woman who the Chinese are eager to forget and who North Americans never really knew. 1:30 and 8 p.m. $18-$28.

Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, azureriver.wixsite.com/madam-mao.

BLT: MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940—7:30 p.m. $12-$15. Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise, 208-342-5104, boiselittletheater.org.

COMEDIAN DAVID DRYER—8 p.m. $12$15. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-941-2459, liquidboise.com.

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Spacebar is known for its subterranean digs on Capitol Boulevard, but to celebrate its sixth anniversary the old-school arcade is stepping into uncharted territory—the upstairs.

On Saturday, Sept. 22, Spacebar will fill a nearby parking lot with an upstairs/downstairs 80s block party, complete with a slate of DJs and an outdoor dance party that promises to stretch into the early morning hours.

The Boise Fry Company food truck will sling its signature fries with burgers on the side, and all of the games below ground in Spacebar’s headquarters will be free all night long. Plus, there will be a beer garden at street level in addition to the bar’s usual pours, and 80s throwback attire is not just recommended, but highly encouraged.

7 p.m.-2 a.m., FREE. Spacebar Arcade, 200 N. Capitol Blvd., 208-918-0597, spacebararcade.com.

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THURSDAY SEPT. 20

MARK MCGINNIS: RECENT WORKS—Through September. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE. Evermore Prints, 780 W. Main St., Boise, 208-991-3837, evermoreprints.com.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 22

SPACEBAR ARCADE SIXTHANNIVERSARY 80S BLOCK PARTY

VIDEO GAME CHALLENGE—Enjoy open play on Wii and X-Box consoles. 4:30 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library Victory Branch, 10664 W. Victory Road, Boise, 208-362-0181, adalib.org/victory.

ICA VISUAL ARTS FELLOWSHIP EXHIBIT— Through Oct. 26. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. Gem Center for the Arts, 2417 W. Bank Drive, Boise, 208-991-0984, gemcenterforthearts.com.

TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY BENEFIT FOR ALZHEIMER’S—Join Re-POP Gifts to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Association. Enjoy complimentary refreshments, free gifts for donors and kids, and sample beer from Wallace Brewing. Plus, meet Captain Jack Sparrow ! 5-8 p.m. FREE. Re-POP Gifts, 3107 W. State St., Boise, 208-991-6112, misscourageous.com.

Take it back now ya’ll!

PRESCHOOL ART—Preschoolers create beautiful art based on fundamental art principles. 10 a.m. FREE. Ada Community Library Victory Branch, 10664 W. Victory Road, Boise, 208-362-0181, adalib.org/victory.

All paws on deck.

SEVENTH-ANNUAL B’ARC & BREW CRAFT BEER FESTIVAL The Arc knows the fastest way to Boisean’s hearts (and their wallets) is through the pooches they call family—which is probably why the B’Arc & Brew Craft Beer Festival, billed as Southwest Idaho’s largest dog-friendly suds fest, is back and barking. While most events give people permission to bring their dogs, B’Arc & Brew instead invites the canines to shepard their humans along for local beer drinking, a costume contest and “Mutt Strut” dog parade, silent auction bidding, Highlands Hollow food and vendors catering to a pup’s every need. The fest includes sets by eight local bands, among them Deviant Kin, Bread & Circus, and Knew Normal. To top it off, each $20 entry fee includes a free taster mug and eight beer tickets, and proceeds benefit The Arc. Noon-8:45 p.m., $20. Highlands Hollow Brewhouse, 2455 N. Harrison Hollow Lane, 208-343-6820, thearcinc.org.

LGBTQIA+? This is your party.

THE GAY AF COMEDY SHOW You thought it, they listened: Boise Queer Comedy is stepping up to the plate to bring The City of Trees its first-ever comedy showcase for the LGBTQIA+ community. As you might have suspected, the comics will take the stage at Lucky Dog Tavern, the spot consistently voted one of Boise’s most gay-friendly bars in BW’s Best of Boise. Mikey Pullman and Amanda Capps will host, introducing headliner Sophie Hughes (the openly transgender comedian fresh off the stage at 208 Comedy Fest) and guests Jynx Jenkins (of Lady Bizness), Riley Hoy (who you may remember from Boise’s Funniest Person 2018) and Casey Rocket (of The Grimace Half-Hour Power Hour podcast). Even better, the fun doesn’t stop at one night—the show is set to go on during the last Monday of every month through November.

8-9:30 p.m., FREE. Lucky Dog Tavern, 2223 Fairview Ave., 208-353-8357, luckydogtavern. com.

Race to the period.

STORY STORY NIGHT SLAMMER OF THE YEAR: FINISH LINE Story Story Night and The Meridian Speedway don’t seem to go together at first glance, but that only goes to show that the creative team behind Story Story has a a lot more imagination than we do. For its final event of the series, Story Story will pit winning slammers from past story competitions against each other in a showdown based around the theme “Finish Line.” Each competitor will have five high-octane minutes to tell their story to the crowd, and the three storytellers moved forward fastest by popular vote will face the Story Story “pit crew,” which will single out the Slammer of the Year. To grease the wheels, beer and wine will flow, Janice Witherspoon will spin yarns and Addam Chavarria will fill the speedway with song.

7-9:30 p.m., $20. Meridian Speedway, 335 E. Main St., 917-495-5840, storystorynight.org.

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CALENDAR ISF: BEEHIVE-THE ‘60S MUSICAL—7:30 p.m. $13$50. Idaho Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, 208-336-9221, idahoshakespeare.org.

RIFKA HELTON: MY FATHER’S IDAHO, THE MOVIE AND THE MUSIC—My Father’s Idaho tells remarkable stories of our cultural heritage: the Clearwater River before Dworshak, Highway 12 before paving, a ’58 Chevy at Lizard Butte, a teardrop trailer blanketed in snow, kids soul-deep in Wilderness and places forever changed by “progress” and time. Featuring the photographs of Dr. “Red” Helton, with music

by Rifka Helton, his daughter. 7:30 p.m. $15-$25.

Riverside Hotel Sapphire Room, 2900 W. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-343-1871, sapphireboise.com.

Art BJIM SPICKA: POP-UP ART EXHIBIT—Also featuring works by Kellie Cosho and Tarmo Watia. 5-9 p.m., FREE. State Street Plaza 4105 W. State St., Boise, baysofhuatulco.blogspot.com.

THIRD THURSDAY AT THE GEM CENTER FOR THE ARTS—Third Thursdays are community celebrations in collaboration with the Vista neighborhood including art reception, open artist studios and a variety of performances. 6-9 p.m. FREE. Gem Center for the Arts, 2417 W. Bank Drive, Boise, 208-991-0984, gemcenterforthearts.com.

Odds & Ends LIKE BOOK CLUB...BUT FOR PODCASTS—The Meridian Library and Podcast Brunch Club invite you to listen to something new each month and discuss it with your podcast-loving peers. Visit the website for the monthly themes and playlists. 6-7 p.m. FREE. Meridian Public Library UnBound Digital Services Branch, 713 N. Main St., Meridian, 208258-2000, podcastbrunchclub.com/meridian.

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We are excited to partner with the Boise Weekly to bring you a sneak peek of the covers that will be up for sale in the upcoming Cover Auction. Come check out the 52 original pieces, engage in some lively conversation, have a snack and enjoy a beverage.

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TOUR OF THE FOOTHILLS RESERVES: MESA RESERVE—Get to know your backyard as the Foothills Learning Center and Idaho Conservation League team up to offer these short hiking tours of city-owned Foothills reserves. Preregistration required; call 208-345-6933, ext. 16. 5:30-6:30 p.m. FREE. Jim Hall Foothills Learning Center, 3188 Sunset Peak Road, Boise, bee.cityofboise.org.

FRIDAY SEPT. 21 Festivals & Events

Sports & Fitness FITONE HEALTHY LIVING EXPO—The FitOne Expo is a fun, engaging experience focusing on fitness, health and nutrition. The expo is also where race participants pick up their packets and T-shirts.

Noon-8 p.m. FREE. Boise Centre, 850 W. Front St., Boise, 208-336-8900, fitoneboise.org.

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

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Questions? Contact Dungeon Master Eric at ehovey@ adalib.org. 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.

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15TH ANNUAL WASSMUTH CENTER CHANGE YOUR WORLD CELEBRATION—Join The Wassmuth Center for Human Rights for their annual signature event to help them fulfill their statewide mission of promoting respect for human dignity through education. Enjoy no-host reception, silent and live auctions, raffles, dinner with keynote speaker, and music by Steve Eaton. Plus a special presentation by New York City-based actor Wesli Spencer on “A Call to Action,” and award recognition of Devon Barker-Hicks, the 2018 Idaho Human Rights Educator-of-the-Year.

5:30-9:30 p.m. $100, $1,250 tables for 10. Riverside Hotel Grand Ballroom, 2900 W. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-345-0304, wassmuthcenter.org.

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Beehive is hair-raising in the best possible way.

BEEHIVE IS A #METOO MUSICAL THAT PREDATES THE INTERNET If every history lesson were set to the kind of music that fills Beehive - The 60s Musical, it’s a fair bet that a lot more high schoolers would pass the AP history exam. Created by booking agent and 60s music enthusiast Larry Gallagher in the mid-80s, Beehive is less a story than a tribute to the ladies who set the American music charts on fire in the decade of swing, and an explanation of the turbulent politics that underpin their foot-tapping tunes.

One of the lines, shouted in chorus by the six powerhouse women vocalists on stage for the Idaho Shakespeare Festival’s production, summed up Beehive’s female-empowerment theme: “This wasn’t their time, this was our time! This was the 60s!”

Watching the ISF production Sept. 11, it was easy to get sucked into its inherent contradictions. On the one hand, the musical’s female leads—played by Adrianna Cleveland, Annalise Griswold, Shelby Griswold, Christina Perrault, Camille Robinson and Hannah-Jo Weisberg, all of whom took turns stunning the crowd at the mic—sang about independence and self-worth in tracks like “You Don’t Own Me” and “It’s My Party.” On the other, they wore pert pastel dresses, performed neat toe touches and occasionally fell into fits of giggles over the sweetness of men. It was that delicate dance between housewife and activist that truly embodied the 60s, padded by references to Woodstock, mile-high hairdos and the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and JFK. Icons like Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin, Tina Turner and many more filled the soundtrack, pushing the ISF actresses to their vocal limits.

Beehive was undoubtedly a lot of fun— Annalise Griswold’s spunky performance of “My Boyfriend’s Back,” which sees her swing from angel to ax murderer in a matter of seconds, was a standout—but it also felt eerily prescient, bringing to mind the #MeToo movement that exploded decades after the events it portrayed.

“Women were unifying behind women with a call for change,” Robinson told the crowd between renditions of “River Deep Mountain High” and “Proud Mary.” Despite decades of progress, it seems some things remain the same.

—Lex Nelson

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and others, plus a shot at the tour grand prizes, including trips to Jackson Hole or Crested Butte. 6:30 and 9 p.m. $7-$15. Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, 208-345-0454, egyptiantheatre.net.

Literature CRAIG JOHNSON: DEPTH OF WINTER—Celebrated mystery author Craig Johnson will present his latest installment of the Longmire mysteries, Depth of Winter. Tickets cost $35 and include a free copy of the book. 7-8:30 p.m. $35. The Owyhee, 1109 Main St., Boise, 208-376-4229, rdbooks.org.

BLT: MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940—8 p.m. $12-$15. Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise, 208-342-5104, boiselittletheater.org.

POET DIANE RAPTOSH: MOBY? A READING FROM DEAR Z: THE ZYGOTE EPISTLES—College of Idaho Professor Diane Raptosh will read from Dear Z: The Zygote Epistles, her forthcoming poetry collection channeling Melville’s Moby Dick. Light refreshments provided. Reception and book signing to follow. 6 p.m. FREE. Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 208-426-3426, boisestate.edu.

COMEDIAN DAVID DRYER—8 and 10 p.m. $12-$15. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-941-2459, liquidboise.com.

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AZURE RIVER LLC PRESENTS: MADAM MAO AMERICAN PREMIERE—8 p.m. $18-$28. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208331-9224, azureriver.wixsite.com/madam-mao.

ISF: BEEHIVE-THE ‘60S MUSICAL—7:30 p.m. $13$50. Idaho Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, 208-336-9221, idahoshakespeare.org.

RED LIGHT VARIETY SHOW: BLACK LABEL—Pop the champagne and join Red Light Variety Show to celebrate 10 titillating years of entertaining Boise adult audiences. Black Label features top-shelf performances like aerial acrobatics, pole dancing, burlesque, boylesque and partner acrobatics, plus live music and comedy. 9 p.m. $20-$25.

Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297, redlightvarietyshow.com.

TETON GRAVITY RESEARCH: FAR OUT—Join REI for a one-night-only premiere of Teton Gravity Research’s new feature-length ski and snowboard film. Enjoy prize giveaways from TGR’s partners at Yeti, Atomic Skiing, Volkl Skis, Outdoor Research, The North Face

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FITONE HEALTHY LIVING EXPO—The FitOne Expo is a fun, engaging experience focusing on fitness, health and nutrition. The expo is also where race participants pick up their packets and T-shirts during Expo hours only. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. FREE. Boise Centre, 850 W. Front St., Boise, 208-336-8900, fitoneboise.org/race-week/healthy-living-expo.

Animals & Pets ALL ABOUT BIRD BANDING—Join Boise State’s Intermountain Bird Observatory to learn all about their bird banding research. Families will get to meet real-life scientists and ask them questions. The next morning, you will have the opportunity to follow scientists into the field and capture and tag birds. Preregister through Parks and Rec at bprwebtrac.cityofboise.org/wbwsc/

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Jim Hall Foothills Learning Center, 3188 Sunset Peak Road, Boise, 208-493-2530, bee.cityofboise.org.

RED LIGHT VARIETY SHOW: BLACK LABEL—9 p.m. $20-$25. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297, redlightvarietyshow.com.

SATURDAY SEPT. 22

WELLRED COMEDY TOUR: FROM DIXIE WITH LOVE—Featuring Trae Crowder, Drew Morgan and Corey Forrester. 8 p.m. $33-$35.

Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, 208-387-1273, egyptiantheatre.net.

Festivals & Events AUTUMN FESTIVAL—Edwards Greenhouse’s family friendly Autumn Festival features DIY demos, special sales, children’s activities, a scavenger hunt, face painting, a photo area and a raffle. Plus live music by The Pearl Snaps, and The Rusty Dog food truck. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. FREE. Edwards Greenhouse, 4106 Sand Creek St., Boise, 208-342-7548, edwardsgreenhouse.com.

B-AMP BLOCK PARTY—Join Boise All-Ages Movement Project, JUMP and Boise Rock School for this all-ages block party in JUMP’s outdoor amphitheater. You’ll enjoy bands, skate demos, food, community art, pop-up performances, dance, community booths and general fun. 4-9 p.m. FREE. Jack’s Urban Meeting Place, 1000 W. Myrtle St., Boise, 208-639-6610, boiseallagesproject.org.

SPACEBAR ARCADE SIXTH ANNIVERSARY ‘80S BLOCK PARTY—Join Spacebar Arcade to celebrate its sixth anniversary. The Downtown Boise barcade is taking over the parking lot next to the Adelmann Building for its first-ever upstairs/downstairs 80s block party.

7 p.m.-2 a.m. FREE. Spacebar Arcade, 200 N. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-918-0597, spacebararcade.com.

WORLD MUSIC CELEBRATION OUTDOOR MARKET AND ARTS FAIR—The Ada Community Library’s annual outdoor market and arts fair is back with live music and dance, delicious food, a photo booth, balloon animals and more. Take the whole family. 2-6 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library Lake Hazel Branch, 10489 Lake Hazel Road, Boise, 208-297-6700, adalib.org/lakehazel.

BLT: MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940—2 and 8 p.m. $12-$15. Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise, 208-342-5104, boiselittletheater.org.

BOISE PHIL: STAR WARS, A NEW HOPE IN CONCERT—Experience the magic of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope like never before. The original 1977 intergalactic epic comes to life on the big screen with the Boise Philharmonic performing John Williams’ unforgettable score live. 2 and 7:30 p.m., $41-$83.

Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-344-7849, boisephil.org.

COMEDIAN DAVID DRYER—8 and 10 p.m. $12-$15. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-941-2459, liquidboise.com.

ISF: BEEHIVE-THE ‘60S MUSICAL—7:30 p.m. $13$50. Idaho Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, 208-336-9221, idahoshakespeare.org.

PIANO MONSTER CONCERT: TOUR OF THE WORLD—The 16th Annual Monster Concert is called a “monster” because it is monstrously big, with 24 pianists playing simultaneously on 12 pianos.

Participants range in age from preschoolers to grandparents. Proceeds are awarded to outstanding local student musicians. 7 p.m. $10, $20 Family. Brandt Center at NNU, 707 Fern St., Nampa, 208-467-8790, boisetuesdaymusicale.com.

RECYCLED MINDS COMEDY: HARRY POTTER, THE LOST BOOK—Recycled Minds Comedy performs a completely improvised show, Potter’s Scar, inspired by the Wizarding World and based off of your suggestions. 8 p.m. $5-$10. The Hub, 1408 State St., Boise, recycledmindscomedy.com.

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Workshops & Classes BACKCOUNTRY BASICS 101—Gain the fundamental knowledge needed to deal with backcountry emergencies. Preregister online. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. $51.

Jim Hall Foothills Learning Center, 3188 Sunset Peak Road, Boise, 208-493-2530, bee.cityofboise.org.

FRENCH COOKING CLASS—Join Nanou et Suzy Personal Chef to learn how to prepare a typical French meal, featuring French Onion Gratinee and Parisian Flan. Registration required; call 208-985-9492 or email contact@nanouetsuzypersonalchef.com. 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $35. Nanou et Suzy Personal Chef, Meridian, nanouetsuzypersonalchef.wordpress.com.

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HOLDING WHAT CAN’T BE HELD FUNDRAISING DINNER-ART AUCTION 2018—Dine in an outdoor courtyard beside the gallery and meet the artists of this compelling exhibition presented by Snake River Alliance. You’ll enjoy the DJ stylings of “The Professor” Jonathan Sadler, a glass of wine or hard cider and a dinner of all-local food prepared by Peaceful Belly Farm, all gluten-free but the cookies. Some exhibition pieces will be available for auction or purchase. Sept. 22, 6-9 p.m. $40. MING Studios, 420 S. Sixth St., Boise, 208-972-9028, snakeriveralliance.org.

JIM SPICKA: POP-UP ART EXHIBIT—Also featuring works by Kellie Cosho and Tarmo Watia. 10 a.m.-2 p.m., FREE. State Street Plaza, 4105 W. State St., Boise, baysofhuatulco.blogspot.com.

Sports & Fitness BOISE WALK TO DEFEAT ALS—The Walk to Defeat ALS is an opportunity to bring hope to people living with ALS, to raise money for a cure, and to come together for something you care about. 10 a.m.-1 p.m., By donation. Esther Simplot Park, 614 N. Whitewater Park Blvd., Boise, alsa-ec.org.

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FITONE 5K, 10K AND HALF MARATHON—All three courses take runners and walkers from the steps of the State Capitol in the heart of the city, along historic avenues and past favorite landmarks, to finish in Ann Morrison Park.

Packet pick-up will be at the FitOne Expo Sept.

20-21 at the Boise Centre. Proceeds benefit St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital. 7:15, 7:30 and 9 a.m. $45-$65. Downtown Boise, Capitol Boulevard and Bannock Street, Boise, fitoneboise.org.

TREASURE VALLEY ROLLER DERBY—Enjoy an action-packed night of roller derby.

Doors open at 5 p.m. 6 p.m. $5-$15. Expo Idaho (Fairgrounds), 5610 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-287-5650, tvrderby.com.

Animals & Pets 7TH-ANNUAL B’ARC & BREW CRAFT BEER FESTIVAL—Dogs are strongly encouraged to take their humans to Idaho’s largest dog-friendly craft beer festival for a howlin’ good time in support of employment opportunities for Idahoans with disabilities.

Enjoy local and regional brews, dog-related vendors, live music, a silent auction, and a dog parade and costume contest at 3 p.m. Admission includes a taster mug and eight beer tickets. Noon-8:45 p.m. $20. Highlands Hollow Brewhouse, 2455 N. Harrison Hollow Lane, Boise, 208-343-6820, thearcinc.org.

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BOISE FARMERS MARKET—Saturdays through October. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. FREE. Boise Farmers Market, 10th and Grove Streets, Boise, 208345-9287, theboisefarmersmarket.com.

TODDLER STORYTIME—For ages 1-3. 11 a.m. FREE. Ada Community Library Victory Branch, 10664 W. Victory Road, Boise, 208-362-0181, adalib.org/victory.

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.

HYDE PARK OKTOBERFEST—Celebrate Oktoberfest in Hyde Park. Admission includes two beers, a custom mug and authentic German food.

There will be prizes for best dressed, so dress to impress in your best German attire. 2-8 p.m. $15. 13th Street Pub and Grill, 1520 N. 13th St., Boise, 208-639-8888, 13pubandgrill.com.

OKTOBERFEST AT OLD BOISE—Enjoy bier, brats, games, prizes and music. 3-10 p.m. $20. Old Boise, Sixth and Main Streets, Boise, facebook.com/OktoberfestOldBoise.

VICTORY TEENS: MOVIE NIGHT—Hang out with other teens and enjoy watching Jumanji 2.

4:30 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library Victory Branch, 10664 W. Victory Road, Boise, 208-362-0181, adalib.org/victory.

Food KEGS4KAUSE: ST. MARY’S FOODBANK—Enjoy a beer to help out the St. Mary’s Foodbank, with 50 percent of proceeds from beer sales on Monday, Sept. 24, donated through Payette Brewing’s Kegs4Kause program. 5-10 p.m. FREE. Payette Brewing River Street Taproom, 733 S. Pioneer St., Boise, 208-344-0011, payettebrewing.com.

OKTOBERFEST AT SCHNITZEL GARTEN—Enjoy an authentic Oktoberfest celebration, complete with limited-time Oktoberfest beer selection and traditional dishes found at the real event in Munich. Sept. 22-Oct. 7. Noon-9 p.m. FREE. Schnitzel Garten, 1225 E. Winding Creek Drive, Eagle, 208-629-8855, schnitzelgartenboise.com.

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IDAHO SONGWRITERS ASSOCIATION FORUM— The Idaho Songwriters Association Forum is a monthly event celebrating 100 percent original music by local performers. Songwriters may sign up only on the day of the forum between 5:30-6:30 p.m. Be prepared to perform one original song.

Food and drinks will be available. 6:30-9:30 p.m.

FREE. Gem Center for the Arts, 2417 W. Bank Drive, Boise, 208-991-0984, gemcenterforthearts.com.

On Stage COMEDIAN DAVID DRYER—8 p.m. $12$15. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-941-2459, liquidboise.com.

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

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

Animals & Pets SNIP 2018 GRAPE STOMP—Enjoy live music, harvest hors d’oeuvres, a free glass of wine or beer, the famous Grape Stomp Contest, bocce ball, a no-host bar and more. Event proceeds will benefit SNIP’s Spay & Neuter Programs. 2-5 p.m. $35, $250 table of 8.

The Flats 16 Restaurant and Event Center, 3705 Hwy. 16, Eagle, 208-576-7660, snipidaho.org.

MONDAY SEPT. 24 On Stage IDAHO YOUTH BARBERSHOP FESTIVAL—Students from Idaho and Oregon gather for vocal instruction and performances. The evening performances begin with the Boise Chordmsen, followed by 8-12 student-led quartets and ensembles, the combined men’s chorus and the women’s chorus. The men’s and women’s choruses return to the stage together to sing with 450-500 students on stage. This years teaching and performing quartet is the Newfangled Four, Collegiate Gold Medal winners. 6:30 p.m. FREE. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-426-1110, morrisoncenter.com.

THE GAY AF COMEDY SHOW—Boise’s first comedy showcase for the LGBTQIA+ community will be held on the last Monday of the Month. September’s show is headlined by Sophie Hughes, featuring Jynx Jenkins, with Riley Hoy and Casey Rocket.

Hosted by Mikey Pullman and Amanda Capps.

8-9:30 p.m. FREE. Lucky Dog Tavern, 2223 Fairview Ave., Boise, 208-353-8357, luckydogtavern.com.

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IDAHO YOUTH BARBERSHOP FESTIVAL—6:30 p.m. FREE. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-426-1110, morrisoncenter.com.

ISF: BEEHIVE-THE ‘60S MUSICAL—7:30 p.m. $13-$50. Idaho Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, 208336-9221, idahoshakespeare.org.

Despite its name, The Soft White Sixties’ new EP feels more like the last gasp of 70sand 80s-style rock than 60s swing. Not that that’s a bad thing—in fact, the band hits a hip-swiveling groove that works just as well in the 2010s as it would have decades ago. On top of that is the fact that the groups’ August EP, Alta California (CHAR+COAL), combines English and Spanish (a nod to lead singer Octavio Genera’s first-generation MexicanAmerican upbringing) with a third language: political commentary. “If you build a wall / we’re gonna’ tear it down / brick by brick,” Genera sings in “Brick by Brick,” his sharp-edged voice set against windchimes and electric guitar in a glittering echochamber. In a press release, the band said it felt it would be “irresponsible to develop lyrical content that ignored the inescapable global climate developing literally while the tape was rolling”—a philosophy that makes Alta California as relevant as it is nostalgic.

—Lex Nelson With Ruff Pups and King Dream. 8:30 p.m., $10-$12. Neurolux, 111 N. 11th St., 208-343-0886, neurolux.com.

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FRIDAY SEPT. 21

ASHLEY ROSE—8 p.m. FREE. Reef

THE BLUES GROOVE—8 p.m. FREE. Ironwood Social

CHUCK SMITH TRIO—7:30 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse

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

DEMOB HAPPY—7:30 p.m. $8-$10. Neurolux

BUDDY DEVORE AND THE FADED COWBOYS—7 p.m. FREE. Sockeye Grill and Brewery-Cole

FALL CREEK—6:30 p.m. FREE. Highlands Hollow Brewhouse

STORY STORY NIGHT SLAMMER OF THE YEAR: FINISH LINE—Past Story Story winners kick into high gear with stories on the theme”Finish Line.” They’ll compete for crowd votes to win the chance to walk away with the title of Slammer of the Year. Featuring storyteller Janice Witherspoon and guest musician Addam Chavarria; hosted by Jodi Eichelberger.

All ages with beer, wine and concessions offered.

7-9:30 p.m. $20. Meridian Speedway, 335 E. Main St., Meridian, 917-495-5840, storystorynight.org.

JOSHUA JAMES—7 p.m. $12. The Olympic

Talks & Lectures ON THE TRACKS WITH ANTI-NUCLEAR ACTIVISTS—Join this conversation between two anti-nuclear activists (Beatrice Brailsford, nuclear programs director for the Snake River Alliance in Idaho, and Chuck David from The Rocky Flats Truth Force) who have been protesting the existence of nuclear weapons and nuclear power, and battling the movement of nuclear waste across state lines for decades.

7 p.m. FREE. MING Studios, 420 S. Sixth St., Boise, 208-972-9028, mingstudios.org/event-listings.html.

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MIKE ROSENTHAL—5:15 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse

COVEN—With Disciples of Dissent, and Hatespell. 8 p.m. $8. The Shredder D’FUNKT—With Jack Loyd Gish and TT Miller. 5-8 p.m. FREE. Albertsons Broadway on the Rocks

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

JAKE FREEMAN AND JAKE MARTINI—8 p.m. FREE. Dwellers Public House

SOMETHING UNITED—With Between Disasters, and Satisfactory. 8 p.m. $TBA. The Shredder

KEITH SWEAT—With Ginuwine. 7 p.m. $45-$103.

Revolution Concert House and Event Center

SUNSLEEPER—With City Ghost, Jennelle Christine, and Winter Forever. 7 p.m. By donation. Java-Downtown

LIZ BRASHER—With Zack Quintana.

7 p.m. $10-$12. The Olympic

UPTOWN CHIEFS—8 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s Saloon

LLOYD AND BECKY BLAKE—5 p.m. FREE. Tower Grill

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

THURSDAY SEPT. 20

THE MATTSON 2—With Astronauts, and ETC. 7:30 p.m. $12-$15. Neurolux MIKE ROSENTHAL—5:15 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse NEW TRANSIT—9 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon

BEN BURDICK TRIO—7:30 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse

ROLANDO ORTEGA TRIO—8:30 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse

FRIM FRAM FOUR—9 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon

THIS END UP!—8 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s Saloon

JAMES SUPERCAVE—7:30 p.m. $10-$14. Neurolux

WIDE STANCE—10 p.m. $5. Reef

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LEVEE TOWN NATIONAL TOUR—7:30 p.m. $15-$40. The Playhouse Boise

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, ilcdinners.ivolunteer.com.

LUKE BRYAN: WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY TOUR—With Jon Pardi and Carly Pearce.

7 p.m. $60-$100. Ford Idaho Center NELLY—8 p.m. $35-$75. Revolution Concert House and Event Center OUTLAW FIELD: THE AVETT BROTHERS—7 p.m. $43. Idaho Botanical Garden

SATURDAY SEPT. 22 B-AMP BLOCK PARTY: CHARLY BLISS— With American Culture, King and Queen of the Losers, and Boise Rock School. 4-9 p.m. FREE. Jack’s Urban Meeting Place B’ARC & BREW FESTIVAL—With Cunningham and Moss (noon), Rob Harms and Friends (1

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MUSIC GUIDE p.m.), The Grape and The Grain (2 p.m.), Knew Knormal (3 p.m.), Deviant Kin (4 p.m.), Bread and Circus (5 p.m.), Deborah Michels Gang (6 p.m.), and Like a Rocket (7 p.m.). Noon-8 p.m. $20. Highlands Hollow Brewhouse BRAZILIAN DIAMONDS NIGHT—DJ K Schef spins Brazilian music all night, from Samba and Brazilian Boogie, to Baile Funk, Latin House and more. 8 p.m. FREE. The Funky Taco

JAPANESE BREAKFAST—With Ought.

7:30 p.m. $13-$15. Neurolux KNITTING FACTORY BENEFIT SHOW—This show will benefit Knitting Factory employees out of work folllowing the recent fire. With Black Tooth Grin, Septic Era, Traitors’ Gate, Break Surface, Rise of the Fallen, Ghost Box, Hand of Doom, Eleven 44, Atheras, and Abaasy. 1 p.m.-midnight, $5-$10. Mardi Gras

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

RADNEY FOSTER: AN ACOUSTIC EVENING— With Andy Byron and Gary Tackett. 7 p.m. $15$35. Cinder Winery and Tasting Room

CAMDEN HUGHES—8:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse

THE SIDEMEN: GREG PERKINS AND RICK CONNOLLY—6 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse

DIE LIKE GENTLEMEN—With Mariana and Casual Worship. 9 p.m. FREE. The Vista Bar FLASHBACK—8 p.m. FREE. The TK Bar GODFREY PAUL—8 p.m. FREE. O’Michael’s Pub & Grill IDAHO CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT SERIES—With Jared Hallock, Wayne White, Joseph L. Young, and Lynn Tredeau.

6:30 p.m. $15. Idaho Music Academy INCITE—With Lody Kong. 8 p.m. $12. The Shredder MANTOOTH—With The Guardians of Virginity, and Mikropenus. 7 p.m. $5. The Olympic MIKE ROSENTHAL—5:15 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse MOJO BOOGIE—8 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s Saloon R.J. MCGINNIS BAND—8:30 p.m.

FREE. The Gathering Place THE SOFT WHITE SIXTIES—7:30 p.m. $10-$12. Neurolux WHISKEY TOAST—5 p.m. FREE. Albertsons Broadway on the Rocks WIDE STANCE—10 p.m. $5. Reef

MONDAY SEPT. 24 GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV—With Shook Twins. 8 p.m. $25-$55. Knitting Factory Concert House GRINGO STAR—7:30 p.m. $10-$12. Neurolux IRON AND WINE—With Erin Rae. 7:30 p.m. $30$60. Revolution Concert House and Event Center

TUESDAY SEPT. 25 BLUES ON THE BELT: JEFF ENGELBERT AND FRIENDS—6 p.m. FREE. Riverside Hotel Sandbar Patio Bar and Grill CHUCK SMITH TRIO—7:30 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse KING STRANG—With Jimmy Sinn and The Bastard Kinn, and Reverend Otis. 7 p.m. $5. The Olympic LIKE A ROCKET—7 p.m. FREE. Sockeye Grill and Brewery-Cole

SUNDAY SEPT. 23

PUDDLES PITY PARTY—8 p.m. $34$44. Egyptian Theatre

BOISE STATE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA—7:30 p.m.

FREE-$7. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts

ROLANDO ORTEGA—5:15 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse

IJEE ANNUAL SHOWCASE—Hosted by The VanPaepeghem Sextet. 5 p.m. FREE. Riverside Hotel Sandbar Patio Bar and Grill

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

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The music video for Neighbor Lady’s song “Oh Honey” could have easily been shot on a camcorder, and has the feel of something filched out of a cardboard box in the attic marked “Home Videos.” There are shots of pets being held and carried, kids playing on the edge of a pond (they outshine the nearby drum set) and optimistic 20-somethings crammed into the front seat of a car, holding peace signs up to the camera on the other side of the windshield. Lead singer Emily Braden’s careless drawl matches the mood as she croons: “I know I held my tongue for too long / then I held it again / hold it against me when I’m wrong.” Poetic lines like those, from the band’s debut Maybe Later (2018, Friendship Fever), set the Georgia four-piece apart from what can sometimes feel like a mass of folk and Americana, and make it a band worth watching. Catch Neighbor Lady in Boise at Neurolux on Monday, Sept. 24, when it opens for fellow indie group Gringo Star.

—Lex Nelson

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RADIO BOISE TUESDAY: CARBON LEAF—7:30 p.m. $15-$20. Neurolux

With headliner Gringo Star. 8:30 p.m., $10-$12. Neurolux, 111 N. 11th St., 208-343-0886, neurolux.com.

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TREVOR POWERS: MULBERRY VIOLENCE Trevor Powers is a complicated man. During an interview with Boise Weekly, he had this to say about ending Youth Lagoon, his immensely popular and critically acclaimed solo act: “Youth Lagoon was never meant to be something that continued. Even its name was a reflection on the past, and I viewed the entire project as a period piece.”

Later in the interview, he took a different tone: “I had to murder that project in order to feel free.”

There are two Trevors, and though they differ, it’s hard to imagine Powers’ first release since 2015, Mulberry Violence (Baby Halo, 2018), without them. The craftsman and rationalist in him cut an album with his inner Leninist, and the result is a record of uncommon clarity and honesty. Mulberry Violence drips with anger, disruption and frustration. Tracks crackle idiosyncratically with static, and distortion and echo batter the lyrics, sometimes, like in “Plaster Saint,” to the point of unrecognizability. Time seems to bend and melody scarcely restores order in tracks like “XTQ Idol” and “Film It All.” Others, like “Clad in Skin,” are delicate and sexual. Ever-present is Powers himself, the stylist on a sonic safari.

Work on Mulberry Violence began over two years ago. Feeling like he had outgrown Youth Lagoon, Powers started building a sound library to draw from for a project under his own name.

“I made my own samples, my own sound library, really, for the first six to eight months, where I’d be sitting around the house in front of a microphone, turning knobs, doing anything to have that impulse to just create without knowing why,” he said. “I used the sound library I created as the paintbrushes to the music. Because of that there was this idea of mixing the grotesque with the beautiful. I think you can say more through opposites than you can through choosing a side.”

Powers will embark on a series of performances promoting the album starting at Neurolux on Wednesday, Sept. 26, that will take him across the West and to Europe, where he will perform at the Pitchfork Avant-Garde Festival in Paris. It’s a packed schedule, but he said he’s already writing his next work.

“I’m trying to not view it as an album yet, not to put stress on the writing process, but I’m never stopping the writing process,” he said.

—Harrison Berry 16 | SEPTEMBER 19–25, 2018 | BOISEWEEKLY

The Boise Monster Piano Concert hits all the right notes ASHLE Y MILLER In 2002, Nona Haddock was getting her car serviced and happened to strike up a conversation with another woman in the waiting room.

It turned out that Haddock and Marion Corron were both music fans, specifically piano aficionados, who bemoaned the lack of opportunities to showcase Treasure Valley piano students. But Corron told Haddock about events she’d seen in Arizona that put the spotlight simultaneously on dozens of pianists across the spectrum of age, talent, and genre in one concert: a massive love The Boise Monster Piano Concert will fill the Brandt Auditorium stage at NNU Saturday, Sept. 22. letter to song.

In that moment, in the waiting room of that car dealership, the Boise Monster Piano Concert was born.

The true origins of The Monster Concert, that makes up the Boise Monster Piano Concert “But this is ‘monster’ as in ‘big’ or ‘gigantic,’ rehearses together only once before taking the fittingly, are rooted in two cities with rich musinot ‘scary,’” Haddock was quick to add. cal legacies: New Orleans and Havana, Cuba. stage in front of an audience.

Sixteen years later, the event has grown into Louis Moreau Gottschalk, a New Orleans-born Apart from the skills they develop, Hada staple of the Idaho piano community. While pianist, was famous for performing with massive dock says the major takeaway for the artists it remains a celebration of music, Haddock and is the comradery they form with their fellow orchestras; his largest being in 1860, when he the other members of Boise Tuesday Musicale, put together 900 musicians on a single stage in performers. a 103 year-old nonprofit focusing on music Havana. And while Haddock isn’t counting on “They learn the importance of keeping a education, have turned the event into a yearly steady beat, following a conductor, but also how pulling in something so overwhelming for the fundraiser.

Boise Monster Piano Concert, she says she does to perform musically as a group,” she said.

Last year, the concert brought together 73 hope people will show up, no matter the size of The concert’s continued success, Haddock participants: 62 pianists, 10 violinists and one the orchestra. The concert raises much-needed stressed, is owed in part to Mark Dunkley. The flutist to play a selecfunds to assist the students in their music educurrent owner of tion of songs in unication, but Haddock said it’s equally important the Dunkley Music son. In the end, the to have a full house in order to show students store, which began $8,000 in proceeds that their art matters to the community. in downtown Boise went to 44 aspiring While the Boise Monster Piano Concert is in 1950 and now has “THI S I S ‘ MONSTE R’ young musicians. three locations in the a highlight of the cultural calendar, the Boise A S I N ‘ BI G’ OR The students must Tuesday Musicale has a high profile throughout Treasure and Magic perform in front of a the year, offering spring and fall music festivals, valleys, provides ‘ GI GA NTI C, ’ NOT panel of judges and music workshops for educators and its wildlyconcert pianos and the money can be popular Boise Music Week each May. The headkeyboards for the ‘ SCA RY. ’ ” used to attend trainspinning Music Week schedule is the classical event free of charge, ing camps around the music version of Treefort, and 2019 it will mark even absorbing all state or in any other its 100th anniversary. It’s no wonder that Boise of the cost related to way the committee Tuesday Musicale also tames the region’s biggest moving and setting feels will “help improve their musical training.” up the instruments. Haddock said that generos- musical “monster” each September.

The performers range from “preschoolers to ity allows organizers and musicians to focus grandparents,” or as Haddock put it: “Anyone solely on the music.

BOISE MONSTER PIANO CONCERT who can play.” In fact, some of the perform“This year’s theme is Tour of the World.

Saturday, Sept. 22, 7 p.m. ers have been participating in the event since Nineteen countries are represented by selected its debut. And while a Boise Tuesday Musicale $10, $30 for families music, including folk tunes, dances and classical committee decides the music, the students are pieces,” Haddock says. Her favorite piece is a Brandt Auditorium, Northwest Nazarene Union their own when it comes to preparation.

Cuban song called “Cancun Cha-Cha-Cha” a versity, 707 Fern St., Nampa, 208-467-8790, brandtcenter.nnu.edu.

In a tradition that would terrify even the most trio arrangement that involves three players on accomplished of performers, the huge ensemble one piano.

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“A RELATABLE DOC ABOUT THE ENDLESSLY FASCINATING, CONSTANTLY EVOLVING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DOGS AND HUMANS.” The Hollywood Reporter

This year’s TIFF film slate was one of the strongest in recent memory.

“DELIGHTFUL ANDFASCINATING! ” NOW Magazine

“OUTSTANDING! THE UNCOMMON NEAR-PERFECT DOCUMENTARY.” Film Threat

AT TIFF, AUDIENCES HAVE THE FINAL SAY

A Star is Born, First Man, Green Book, If Beale Street Could Talk, ROMA, Widows

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Colette, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Gloria Bell, The Old Man & the Gun, Tito and the Birds, Vox Lux, Wildlife

Green Book disrupts the Oscar conversation

If I’ve learned anything from spending a good chunk of my life in the dark, it’s that you have to stay in your seat until they roll that final reel (not bad advice for life, let alone movie-going).

From Citizen Kane to Get Out, the best of the best have taught me, time and again, to expect the unexpected. And true to form, the 2018 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival had its own surprise twist just before the credits rolled. After some prestigious film critics had already published their “Best of...” lists, it was Toronto’s general public (nearly 600,000 attendees cued up for this year’s screenings) that wouldn’t allow a coronation of the much-hyped A Star is Born or First Man. Instead, the paying public played the role of disruptor in awarding the highly coveted People’s Choice Award to Green Book, an out-of-nowhere surprise hit in Toronto (see BW’s review at boiseweekly.com). To be clear, next to no one had pegged the emotionally charged and crowd-pleasing Green Book to be part of the Oscar conversation. The bottom line: TIFF just made the looming award season a hell of a lot more interesting.

Pound-for-pound, the 2018 TIFF slate was its strongest in years. Sunrise to midnight, for 10 straight days, film after film (after film, after film) continually raised the critical bar.

So, in my own tip of the touque to the overly generous people of Toronto, I’ll borrow their beloved maple leaves for a rating system. The upper class, earning five out of five maple leaves were, in alphabetical order: A Star is Born, First Man, Green Book, If Beale Street Could Talk, ROMA and Widows. And of the 40-plus films that I saw at this year’s festival, seven more were good enough to receive four out of five leaves. Honestly, in any other year, films earning four leaves this year would easily have earned five. The quality was that good. Now, we’ll undoubtedly have to sit tight for many of these films to hit North American screens in the coming few months, but I promise you that the best of the fest is well worth the wait.

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“EARNESTANDHEARTWARMING.” The Seattle Times

“SIMPLY AMAZING! A MUCH-NEEDED BALM FOR THE SOUL.” Los Angeles Times

A Private War, Beautiful Boy, Boy Erased, The Elephant Queen, Free Solo, The Front Runner, The Hate U Give, The Kindergarten Teacher, Kursk, The Man Who Feels No Pain, The Public, Shoplifter, Red Joan, The Sisters Brothers, What They Had, Wild Rose

Ben is Back, Driven, Everybody Knows, Greta, High Life, Hotel Mumbai, The Lie, Mid90s, The Predator

Destroyer, Fahrenheit 9/11, Halloween, Her Smell, Life Itself, A Million Little Pieces, Viper Club

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ARTS & CULTURE MADAME MAO COMES TO BOISE FOLLOWING SOLD-OUT RUNS IN TORONTO “I absolutely had to bring this show to my new home.”

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“Alive After Five” is one of Spicka’s Boise-inspired works.

Hidden in back of the Sweet Valley Cookie Company complex on the corner of State and Lander streets is an empty storefront that has served as painter Jim Spicka’s art studio all summer. The space is unconventional, but for Spika it’s perfect—his friends Randy and Kam Garner own the building, and offered him use of the space until it sells. With the date of his return to Mexico looming, Spicka decided to close out his time in Boise in style by hosting a joint pop-up art show in his temporary studio.

“We’ve got about 2,400 square feet and just tons of blank wall space, so I said, ‘Let’s just fill it up!” said Spicka.

The pop-up is a tale of three painters: Spicka, a Boise artist who spent years producing splashy paintings of tropical fish and foliage in Mexico, and still winters there; Kellie Cosho, one of Boise’s tentpole painters who has been turning out abstract work for more than half a century; and Tarmo Watia, who draws on his childhood in Detroit for colorful animal portraits, abstracts and still lifes. Though very different, the three are united by a mutual respect for each other’s work, which made a collaborative show feel natural.

Cosho said she plans to have a total of 40 pieces for sale at the show, which will pop up on Thursday, Sept. 20, from 5-9 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 22, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Spicka will have 18, and he expects Watia to contribute another 25-30.

Though Spicka’s art took inspiration from the tropics while he lived in Mexico, in Boise he’s been “experimenting with themes more conducive to the local sensibilities,” capturing iconic events like Art in the Park, the Race to Robie Creek and the Spirit of Boise Balloon Classic in acrylic paint. Cosho too has seen an evolution in her style, although she’ll show mostly older acrylic pieces at the pop-up, saving her newest work for BOSCO’s Boise Open Studios event Friday-Sunday, Oct. 12-14.

“I have been painting for over 70 years, so I have a lot of, we’ll say, ‘experience,’” Kosho said with a laugh. “My works today are probably very different from what I was doing even last year. They’ve evolved into very abstract, very bright pieces.”

With all of that space to fill, prolific, colorful paintings should be be just the ticket.

—Lex Nelson 18 | SEPTEMBER 19–25, 2018 | BOISEWEEKLY

Her birth name was Li Shumeng. When she was a schoolgirl, she changed her name to Li Yunhe. As an actress, she took the stage name Lan Ping. And as a revolutionary, she used the name Li Jin to pen articles during China’s Cultural Revolution in the 1960s. But she is probably best known as Madame Mao, the name most people called her when she married Mao Zedong, founding father of the People’s Republic of China and its ruler until his death in 1976. Following her husband’s death she was tried as a traitor and spent most of the rest of her days behind bars until 1991, when she hung herself. Despite her definitive role in history, the woman who was Madame Mao remains as much a mystery as she was a legend.

She has also been the subject of a sold-out stage production in Toronto, Canada. Janet Lo, co-creator and star of Madame Mao, regularly commutes between Toronto and Boise, the city which she and her husband, Boise High School drama teacher John Rowe, now call home.

“After seeing great success with Madame Mao in Toronto, I absolutely had to bring it to my new home,” Lo told Boise Weekly in Toronto, where she and her cast were rehearsing before traveling to Boise. “We’re performing at Boise Contemporary Theater. It’s a perfect fit.”

All in, there will be six performances at BCT: daily matinees and evening shows from Thursday, Sept. 20, through Saturday, Sept. 22.

“We added extra matinees because there was so much interest from students—drama students, world history, foreign language students too—but we’re also opening those matinees to the general public as well,” said Lo. “I think this will be a pretty special run for us.”

Madame Mao became Toronto’s must-see show when acclaimed novelist and Toronto native Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid’s Tale) raved about the production on Twitter in 2016.

“Through the years, we have kept the original cast and crew together,” said Lo. “Plus, our director, Severn Thompson, won Toronto’s equivalent of the Tony Award.”

Joining Lo on stage in Madame Mao is actress Samantha Wan, currently starring in the TV series Private Eyes, which is now in its second year on Canadian television but just launched this year on American TV. “Samantha portrays a character that we simply call ‘The Sergeant,’ who tries to get Madame Mao to confess to her crimes,” said Lo.

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Following a sold-out production in Toronto, and raves from acclaimed novelist and Toronto native Margaret Atwood, Madame Mao is coming to Boise Contemproary Theater for six performances.

The real Madame Mao spent the last 15 years of her life in jail, and 23 hours of each day in solitary confinement.

“In our production, we use Madame Mao’s solitude as a convention to wander deep into her subconscious,” said Lo. “So The Sergeant is a piece of her imagination as Madame Mao looks back on her life.”

And does Lo’s production offer a theory of what exactly motivated Madame Mao’s ambition and ultimate downfall?

“Yes, absolutely. But I don’t want to spoil that by having you print it in Boise Weekly,” she said with a laugh.

Madame Mao is a deep dive into the couple’s exploitation of art for the purpose of revolution. Mao Zedong famously said, “There is no such thing as ‘art for art’s sake.’”

In fact, Mao and Madame Mao regularly plied art as a tool of propaganda, using theater, dance and music to tell people what to think or even how to feel.

“So, yes, there is dance in our production of Madame Mao,” said Lo. “One of my co-stars, Amanda Zhou, is the former lead dancer of

the Hong Kong Dance Company, and in our show, we actually refer to a play that the real Madame Mao wrote: a ballet for women, holding rifles in stylized, choreographed fights.”

Also co-starring is Heidi Chan, who performs live music during each production.

“She joined us when we were first creating Madame Mao,” Lo recalled. “As the actors improvised, Heidi starting jamming with us. She’s amazing. She plays a half-dozen instruments.”

Ultimately, the show examines the enigma that was Madame Mao, and how her story has significant resonance in today’s political climate.

“Think of this for a moment: When Mao came to power, he said he wanted to make China great again. He wanted to get rid of all foreigners,” said Lo. “And then you had his wife with her own political ambition. The journey of the real Madame Mao is fascinating.”

Lo’s own journey has seen major theatrical successes, first in Los Angeles, where she first met her husband, and then in Toronto.

“But now Boise is home,” she said. “And that’s the biggest reason why I want to bring Madame Mao to BCT.” BOISE WEEKLY.COM

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BOOKS AND BOOZE A LA MODE

At this Boise book club, what you drink tastes like what you read

You’ll laugh, you’ll think, you’ll squirm.

AUGUST MCLAUGHLIN TALKS SEX AND SEXUALITY IN GIRL BONER

HARRISON BERRY No matter what day it is, The Mode cocktail lounge has a way of making it feel like a Saturday evening, with its dim lighting and parade of well-dressed patrons seated in leather chairs, speaking in low voices. Sixteen of them, members of the Books and Booze book club, sat in a semicircle in a sequestered area of the bar and spoke glowingly of the August/September selection on Tuesday, Sept. 11, but closed their remarks with what became a common refrain: The book simply didn’t entertain.

“I thought the book, at first, was beautifully written. I thought it was slow in places.

I enjoyed the immigrant experience,” said Kit McMaster, a retired English teacher and one of the club’s members.

The club was discussing Mohsin Hamid’s novel, Exit West. On the second Tuesday of every month, it meets at The Mode to drink cocktails inspired by that month’s selection and hash over the book. There are appetizers involved, and at the end of the evening, members pay $25 for a ticket to the next month’s event, which includes a copy of the book and two craft cocktails.

Exit West made it onto The New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books list in 2017. The story of two lovers fleeing a war-torn city somewhere in the Middle East, it dips its toes into magical realism, refugee politics and reactions to displaced people in places like Greece, England and the United States. It checks a lot of boxes and includes beautiful, simple language, lively and heartfelt discussion of timely topics, and plenty of drama.

The club appreciated those aspects, but found the book’s pacing jarring and distracting.

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The Lives We Left Behind (pictured) is a coffee-based cocktail made tart with cherry bitters for the Books & Booze book club.

unwieldy. When asked by Books and Booze club organizer Paige Thomas who they would recommend Exit West to, several of them said it would be good reading for critics of a generous immigration and refugee policy.

It’s always a little nerve-wracking, Thomas said afterward, when the group doesn’t particularly like a book, but she added that merely liking a given book isn’t the point of the club.

“I really feel the pressure. These people trust me; I hope this is a conversation,” she said. “I’m thrilled that we’re having a conversation, and I’m always enthusiastic about the ‘whys.’”

Books have been a major part of Thomas’ life since, well, forever, and she’s living the dream holding down jobs as a bookseller for Rediscovered Books and a library assistant at the Boise Public Library’s HAR RIS ON BER RY Collister branch.

She brings years of experience with books to what she called a “safe conversation about a book where, I hope, the curation is appreciated.”

Purchasing a book isn’t required to participate—there are plenty of copies of most of the selections at the library, Thomas said—and neither is imbibing, but drinking is in the club’s name, and before the conversation on Exit West began, most of the participants had one of two themed cocktails in front of them. By far the

most popular was Red Light Lover, a wine-red concoction made principally from mezcal and sloe gin. The other cocktail was the fragrant The Lives We Left Behind, made with black coffee and cherry bitters.

For the book club’s first read, Emily Ruskovich’s novel Idaho, Mode Manager/Bartender Sara Behunin, who’s also a member of Books and Booze, foraged for cocktail ingredients in the woods in keeping with the book’s North Idaho setting. Exit West posed a different challenge: Its characters are Muslims, and don’t drink alcohol. Behunin said she took a pencil to her copy of the book, underlining passages depicting colors, the things characters ate, any kind of sensual detail that could inspire her behind the bar. Red Light Lover and The Lives We Left Behind had low alcohol by volume, at least compared to other cocktails, and strong fruit notes. Coffee has an extensive history in the Middle East, and sloe gin was a bit of wordplay on Behunin’s part, a nod to the long decay of a key relationship in the book.

“Their relationship kind of slowed, which was why I added the sloe gin,” she said.

On the docket for October is Roald Dahl’s collection of short stories, Skin. Dahl is famous for his children’s books, which are marked by their lavishly realized fantasies and dark themes.

A bookseller at The Last Bookstore in Los Angeles picked Skin out for Thomas, who said she “fell head over heels” and “figured [Skin] would be good in October to have something a little creepy.” Behunin said she was sold.

“I’m always looking forward to the next book,” she said. “This next one seems like something I would pick out for myself.”

During her Q&A at Rediscovered Books on Sept. 15, sex writer August McLaughlin fielded a question about the increasing visibility of LGBTQ people.

“It’s not trendy,” she said. “People are just beginning to live out loud.”

“Living out loud” could be McLaughlin’s mantra. After a bout with anorexia that nearly killed her, McLaughlin began researching sexuality, which figured prominently in her healing process. Educating on and discussing sexuality is now her mission. Today, she’s one of the foremost communicators on the topic.

She runs the podcast Girl Boner Radio, pens a blog and writes books.

Her most recent is Girl Boner: A Good Girl’s Guide to Sexual Empowerment (Amberjack Publishing, 2018), 353 pages of straight talk about the biology, culture and psychology of sexuality. Conversations about the act itself, mental health, sexually transmitted infections and LGBTQ issues are contained therein, written about in a friendly and encouraging tone.

McLaughlin designed it to undercut a culture of shame that she said hurts everyone.

“I think female sexual empowerment benefits all genders,” she said. “When we shroud women’s sexuality in shame, it causes a lot of devastation … and if nobody has an understanding to communicate, people are terrified of talking about it.”

Women’s sexuality may be on the book’s cover, but it’s a keyhole issue McLaughlin uses to declaw a whole host of sometimes-thorny contemporary issues. She peppers her writing with phrases like “people with uteruses,” interviews transgender people and delves into polyamory. She also dedicates a chapter to extensive discussion of LGBTQ concepts, definitions of terms and anaysis.

McLaughlin never forgets sexuality is a lived experience, and writes with an eye to people with STIs, ageing people and folks wondering why their own orgasms are so elusive. While a lot of topics were left on the editing room floor, McLaughlin wrote the book to be a trusted friend to all comers.

“If I want people to learn this information, and people didn’t learn [about sexuality] much growing up, I have to really be that big sister, friend, person.” she said.

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PAGE BREAK $GYLFH IRU WKRVH RQ WKH YHUJH MRS. ROBINSON DEAR MINERVA, When I was a 24-year-old single mom, I dated and later married a man 28 years my senior. I firmly believed age was “just a number.” He knew me better than I knew myself. Sadly, he died shortly thereafter. Recently, I’ve been pursued by a 24 year-old (2 years older than my child). I’ve enjoyed hanging with him but it’s too early to tell where this might go. He’s been tenacious about wanting a relationship. He stated, unabashedly, that he smokes weed, is divorced, has depression, was engaged to a woman 30 years his senior, and spends most of his free time online, which gives me pause. My understanding of different needs at different ages has changed. I’m not sure if we met today that I’d date my husband. Does that make me disloyal? A hypocrite?

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One of the perks of living in Idaho is access to the great outdoors.

In Boise alone, there are dozens of parks with amenities from children’s equipment to bocce courts, not to mention the Greenbelt and the Boise Foothills.

The real action, though, is farther afield: hot springs, day hikes, skiing, rafting—you name it. On Wednesday, Sept. 19, one of the area’s best launch pads for winter sports, the Idaho City Backcountry Yurt System, opens its reservations period for yurt stays starting on Wednesday, Nov. 21. Fees for each of the six yurts (round, permanent tents for upscale camping) are $115 per night, and they come fully stocked with essential amenities like beds, wood-burning stoves, kitchen appliances and outhouses—all patrons need to bring for themselves are sleeping bags and food to enjoy spectacular views and straight shots to skiing, snowshoeing and more.

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DEAR UNSURE, Hey, if you aren’t into him, you aren’t into him. What gives you “pause” is reality for many younger people in 2018. If you have objections, fine, but don’t drag it out if he’s a “pass” for you. He’s been upfront and honest with you. Do the same for him. If you no longer think “age is just a number,” that’s ok. It makes you neither disloyal to your late husband nor a hypocrite. It just means you’ve changed.

Incidentally, depression is the number-one mental health problem for adults and Idaho is in the top 10 states for high rates of depression. We must end the stigma.

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ASTROLOGY VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo businessman Warren Buffet is one of the top five wealthiest people on the planet. In an average year, his company Berkshire Hathaway adds $36 billion to its already swollen coffers. But in 2017, thanks to the revision of the U.S. tax code by President Trump and his buddies, Buffet earned $65 billion—an increase of 83 percent over his usual haul. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you’re entering a year-long phase when your financial chances could have a mild resemblance to Buffet’s 2017. I’m not predicting your earnings will increase by 83 percent. But 15 percent isn’t unreasonable. So start planning how you’ll do it!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): As he stepped up to use an ATM in a supermarket, a Scottish man named Colin Banks found £30 (about $40 U.S.) that the person who used the machine before him had inadvertently neglected to take. But rather than pocketing it, Banks turned it into a staff member, and eventually the cash was reunited with its proper owner.

Shortly after performing his good deed, Bank won £50,000 (about $64,500 U.S.) in a game of chance.

It was instant karma in dramatic action—the positive kind! My analysis of the astrological omens reveals that you’re more likely than usual to benefit from expeditious cosmic justice like that. That’s why I suggest you intensify your commitment to doing good deeds.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): As you dive down into your soul’s depths on a quest for renewal, remember this testimony from poet Scherezade Siobhan: “I want to dig out what is ancient in me, the mistaken-for-monster … and let it teach me how to be unafraid again.” Are you brave and brazen enough to do that yourself? It’s an excellent time to douse your fear by drawing wild power from the primal sources of your life. To earn the right to soar through the heights in November and December, delve as deep as you can in the coming weeks.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): According to author Elizabeth Gilbert, here’s “the central question upon which all creative living hinges: do you have the courage to bring forth the treasures that are hidden within you?” When I read that thought, my first response was, why are the treasures hidden? Shouldn’t they be completely obvious? My second response was, why do you need courage to bring forth the treasures?

Shouldn’t that be the easiest and most enjoyable task imaginable? Everything you just read is a perfect riddle for you to contemplate during the next 14 months, Sagittarius.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A blogger named Sage Grace offers her readers a list of “cool things to call me besides cute.” They include dazzling, alluring, sublime, magnificent and exquisite. Is it OK if I apply those same adjectives to you, Capricorn?

I’d like to add a few more, as well: resplendent, delightful, intriguing, magnetic and incandescent. I hope that in response you don’t flinch with humility or protest that you’re not worthy of such glorification.

According to my astrological analysis, now is one of those times when you deserve extra appreciation for your idiosyncratic appeal and intelligence. Tell your allies and loved ones that I said so. Inform them, too, that giving you this treatment could help mobilize one of your half-asleep potentials.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Many educated Americans and Europeans think of reincarnation as a loony delusion, even though it’s a cornerstone of spiritual belief for over 1.5 billion Earthlings. I myself regard it as a hypothesis worthy of intelligent consideration, although I’d need hundreds of pages to explain my version of it. However you imagine it, Aquarius, you now have extra access to knowledge and skills and proclivities you possessed in what we might refer to as your “past lives”—especially in those past lives in which you were an explorer, maverick, outlaw or pioneer. I bet you’ll feel freer and more experimental than usual during the next four weeks.

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BY ROB BREZSNY PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “When the winds of change blow,” says a Chinese proverb, “some people build walls while others build windmills.” Since the light breezes of change may soon evolve into brisk gusts of change in your vicinity, I wanted to bring this thought to your attention. Will you be more inclined to respond by constructing walls or windmills? I don’t think it would be foolish for you to favor the walls, but in the long run I suspect that windmills would serve you better.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): “The flower doesn’t dream of the bee. It blossoms and the bee comes.” So says poet and philosopher Mark Nepo in The Book of Awakening. Now I’m transmitting his observation to you. I hope it will motivate you to expend less energy fantasizing about what you want and devote more energy to becoming the beautiful, useful, irresistible presence that will attract what you want. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to make plans to produce very specific blossoms.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Budi Waseso, the former head of the Indonesian government’s anti-narcotics division, had a radical plan to prevent escapes by people convicted of drug-related crimes. He sought to build detention centers that would be surrounded by moats filled with crocodiles and piranhas. But his replacement, Heru Winarko, has a different approach. He wants addicts and dealers to receive counseling in comfortable rehabilitation centers. I hope that in the coming weeks, as you deal with weaknesses, flaws, and sins—both your own and others’—you’ll opt for an approach more like Winarko’s than Waseso’s.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In one sense, a “patron saint” is a Catholic saint who is a heavenly advocate for a person, group, activity, thing or place. St. Jude is the patron saint of lost causes, for instance. St. Francis of Assisi is the guardian of animal welfare and St. Kentigern is the protector against verbal abusers. “Patron saint” may also be invoked poetically to refer to a person who serves as a special guide or influence. For example, in one of his short stories, Nathaniel Hawthorne refers to a veteran nurse as “the patron saint of young physicians.” In accordance with current astrological omens, I invite you to fantasize about persons, groups, activities, things or places for whom you might be the patron saint. To spur your imagination, here are some appropriate possibilities. You could be the patron saint of the breeze at dawn; of freshly picked figs; of singing humorous love songs in the sunlight; of unpredictable romantic adventures; of life-changing epiphanies while hiking in nature; of soul-stirring music.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): In August 1933, author Virginia Woolf wrote a critical note to her friend, the composer Ethel Smyth, lamenting her lack of emotional subtlety. “For you,” Woolf told Smyth, “either things are black, or they’re white; either they’re sobs or shouts—whereas, I always glide from semi-tone to semi-tone.” In the coming weeks, fellow Cancerian, you may encounter people who act like Smyth. But it will be your sacred duty, both to yourself and to life, to remain loyal and faithful to the rich complexity of your feelings.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “People think of education as something they can finish,” said writer and scientist Isaac Asimov, who wrote or edited over 500 books. His point was that we’re wise to be excited about learning new lessons as long as we’re on this earth. To cultivate maximum vitality, we should always be engaged in the processes of absorbing new knowledge and mastering new skills and deepening our understanding. Does that sound appealing to you, Leo? I hope so, especially in the coming weeks, when you will have an enhanced ability to see the big picture of your future needs for education.

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