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EDITOR’S NOTE IN ONE EAR... Podcasts are still considered a rather recent phenomenon— the earliest ones only date back to 2003. But on any given day, tens of millions of Americans are listening to episodes of their favorite podcasts. Here in Idaho, those include Wanna Know Idaho and You Know the Place, both produced by Boise State Public Radio, and each in the throes of a second season. This week, I visit with Frankie Barnhill, the reporter/producer behind (and occasionally in front of ) the microphone for Wanna Know Idaho and BW’s Lex Nelson chats with Lacey “LD” Daley and Joel Wayne, hosts of You Know the Place. Check out our respective profiles on pages 6 and 7. On a completely different note, receiving an email from Amelia Earhart is surreal. The fact that she actually signs off her emails by typing, “Blue Skies, Amelia,” is nearly mindblowing. On page 8, I talk to Earhart (yes, that’s her real name) about her round-the-world trip in a single-engine airplane (much like her namesake). Just prior to her Thursday, Oct. 18, trip to Boise, Earhart also shares the fascinating story of having her roots explored by two different genealogists, which led to a bit of personal, on-ground turbulence. On page 9, I have a very different conversation with Hendrik Schuwer, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United States. We talk about the Dutch/U.S. relationship (dating back to the first American colonies) and why the Netherlands is investing millions of dollars into an Idahobased business. BW’s music guru Ben Schultz appears on page 10 to preview what he calls the “category-defying music” of Bells Atlas, just prior to the band’s Tuesday, Oct. 16, appearance at Neurolux in Boise. And on page 19, BW contributing writer Henry Coffey reports on the upcoming Idaho Horror Film Festival, now in its fifth year and featuring a little something for everyone, including a block of Idaho-based films dubbed (wait for it) “Spud and Guts.” –George Prentice, Editor

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ARTS & CULTURE

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Left to right: Joel Wayne and Lacey “LD” Daley of You Know the Place, and Frankie Barnhill of Wanna Know Idaho.

YOU KNOW THE PLACE When they committed to hosting and producing their Boise State Public Radio podcast You Know the Place, Joel Wayne and Lacey “LD” Daley also committed to spending chunks of their nights and weekends being just a little bit uncomfortable. That’s because recording You Know the Place requires them to walk into random, out-of-the-way shops, clubs, restaurants and stores across Boise and ask the unsuspecting people who run them two basic questions: “Who are you?” and “How do you stay in business?” “We’ve got about half of season two produced, and I still say as we’re sitting in the car, ‘I’m so frickin’ nervous.’ And then we go in and it’s like, ‘Who’s going to say hi first?’” Daley said. “And I think that’s probably good. I feel safe with Joel, but we’ve learned the importance of establishing a rapport with those people within the first five minutes of talking with them. Because we’re walking in, most of the times unannounced, with the shotgun mic—” “Which looks a little bit like a gun, honestly,” Wayne added. 6 | OCTOBER 10–16, 2018 | BOISEWEEKLY

“—So people are kind of on edge,” Daley continued. “You get that sense right away.” You can almost think of listening to You Know the Place as dipping into a series of fascinating and occasionally awkward cold calls, all being made to places that most Boiseans drive by and wonder about without ever stepping inside. In season one of the podcast, Wayne and Daley visited spots as diverse as Boise’s Rockin’ Reptile, Boise Acro Yoga, JUMP, the Sunset Club, Boise Stage Shop, The Beardsmith, Stewart’s Gem Shop, India Fashion & Grocery, Stillwater Float Center and Parrots ‘N’ Stuff. “You drive by all these places every day and 99 percent of them you’ve never gone into, you just haven’t,” explained Wayne, who first pitched the idea for the podcast to Daley during one of many brainstorming sessions. “And so you inevitably think—because we all think the world revolves around us—you think, ‘Well, who is going into those places?’” Answering that question continues to motivate the duo, and on Sept. 27 it 7 drove them into a second season of You

WANNA KNOW IDAHO The still-recent history of podcasting dates back to 2003, but it was Serial, the Peabody Award-winning series first produced by This American Life, that set the standard. To date, Serial episodes have been downloaded nearly 200 million times. “Serial really is the definitive demarcation in the podcast landscape,” said Frankie Barnhill, community engagement manager and award-winning reporter for Boise State Public Radio. “Like a lot of people, I vividly recall listening to that first season of Serial episodes in 2014.” Barnhill’s personal admiration for Serial intersected with her professional life when, during Serial’s second season (2015-2016), she produced Speaking of Serial, a BSPR podcast about the podcast. The 10-episode arc took a deep dive into Serial’s latest subject: Idaho-native and Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who was then facing a military court martial. Over the past three years, a few BSPR podcasts have followed, including You Know the Place (see Lex Nelson’s story in the opposite column). But one of the station’s most popular

series is Wanna Know Idaho, which recently launched its second season. “I’m lucky to be the one hosting the second season. The first season was basically unhosted, but this past summer, I approached our General Manager Tom Michael and said, “I’d like to take Wanna Know Idaho and push it even further than we went last year,’” said Barnhill. “It wasn’t necessarily that I wanted to be the host, but I think that my job as community engagement manager naturally has me wanting to involve the community as much as possible.” Indeed, that is Wanna Know Idaho’s unique MO: It bills itself as a “people-powered podcast.” Simply put, it’s based on the public’s curiosity. For example, in its first season, listeners asked, “What would it take for train travel to return to Southern Idaho?” “What’s up with the Abe Lincoln statues in Downtown Boise?” “How do the bands for Treefort get picked?” and “How did Idaho get that name?” And Wanna Know Idaho answered. 7 Wanna Know Idaho’s second season began in late August, when listener BOISE WEEKLY.COM


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Mary Reiman asked, “What’s in the fire retardant that’s dropped on Idaho’s wildfires?” The question couldn’t have been more timely, what with Idaho still in the throes of wildfire season. “She was pretty excited because I took her into the offices of the National Interagency Fire Center,” said Barnhill. “Now, as a reporter, I can enter NIFC, but members of the public don’t always have that privilege. It was also pretty great to see the excitement on her face as she got to ask all the questions. It took me back to the days of being a cub reporter and being so excited.” The NIFC visit resulted in a fascinating season premiere episode, which ran about nine and a half minutes. “Of course, you can subscribe to the podcast, but we also feature the episodes on Morning Edition and Idaho Matters,” said Barnhill, pointing two of BSPR’s flagship broadcasts. Up next came a question from listener John Lawson: “Why are gas prices so expensive in Idaho?” It’s a query that has been echoed throughout the Gem State for decades, particularly recently, as prices at some Idaho stations are 30 to 40 cents higher than in neighboring Wyoming. Lawson drove his 2016 Chevy diesel truck to a Kuna gas station, where he met Barnhill. “Sometimes I wonder, ‘Gosh, I wonder what people think when I walk up to them with all of my recording gear,’” said Barnhill. “John was great, because he actually did quite a bit of research for the episode.” That particular Wanna Know Idaho podcast episode dropped online Oct. 3. Without revealing any spoilers here, the episode is a fascinating explainer of how taxes, geopolitics and even weather events impact Idaho’s prices at the pump. As far as what’s next, Barnhill said she’s soliciting questions from listeners in central Idaho, possibly from the McCall area. “We’d love to hit the road and take another listener on a trip where their questions get some direct answers,” said Barnhill. “Who knows what it will be? But if our previous visits with listeners are any indication, it’s got to be good.” –George Prentice 6

Know the Place. Only two episodes have run so far, but Wayne and Lacey offered Boise Weekly a sneak peek at some soon-to-befeatured locales—including a crematorium, a nude resort called Bare Mountain Retreat that’s just a half-hour drive from Boise, and the “stink room” inside Rocky Mountain Fireworks & Fur. Both hosts agreed that their time recording at Bare Mountain was the most memorable of any foray so far. “We’re expecting that to be a popular episode, and honestly it was a really great experience, and really unexpected for us,” said Daley. “We didn’t intend to participate, we didn’t think we would— we did. We spent the whole frickin’ day there.” (Later, they sent BW a tasteful, in-the-buff photo to prove it.) Wayne said he and Daley usually budget between an hour and an hour and a half of recording time for each episode, but they ended up staying at Bare Mountain for seven hours, and even eating dinner with the guests. Another episode, the one featuring the “stink room,” stood out in a different way. Sandwiched into the end of a shipping container and packed with bottles of scents like cheese oil and musk, the tiny space was almost intolerably smelly. “I could last about eight seconds in there before I had to get out the bowl [to vomit],” Wayne said. Still, he said, he and Daley make a point to always say ‘yes’ to those kinds of experiences. For Daley, it’s in pursuit of painting a candid, no-frills portrait of the real Boise. “It’s not this best-of list. It’s not the Travel Channel, or the Food Network,” she said. “...It’s kind of a snapshot of right now, and what Idaho is like.” –Lex Nelson 6

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AMELIA E ARHART

CITIZEN AMELIA ROSE EARHART

Yes, that’s her name, and yes, she’s a world-class pilot GEORGE PRENTICE

It’s not every day that you receive an email from Amelia Earhart, let alone speak with her. “Yeah, people usually respond to my emails, writing: ‘Wait, is this real?’” said Earhart. Right up front, you should know that yes, Earhart is an accomplished pilot. In fact, she has made a 28,000-mile flight around the world in a single-engine aircraft. Plus, she oversees the Fly with Amelia Foundation, which grants scholarships to young women to help fund flight training. In advance of her visit to Idaho on Thursday, Oct. 18, when she’ll be the featured guest of the Boise Metro Chamber’s 135th annual gala, Earhart spoke with Boise Weekly about legacies: the one of the historic woman who shares her name, and her own. We have to begin by talking about your name. My parents had always been told that, somehow, we were distantly related to Amelia. My mom told my dad, “We’ve got a great opportunity here to name our daughter after somebody incredibly inspirational, somebody who was a real game-changer.” My dad immediately said, “Whoa, I don’t know about that. This could be troublesome. What if our daughter feels like she has to learn to fly?” Needless to say, my mom won out. And it’s funny, because all those things my dad said were absolutely true. From a very young age, every adult I met would say, “Oh, you’re little five-yearold Amelia. You better be a pilot someday. You’ve got big shoes to fill.” And what was it like for you as a young schoolgirl? I had a second-grade teacher who somehow managed to spend a lot of time, a full week, studying Amelia, and she never embarrassed me in front of the class. That was the first time I can remember feeling that there’s something really special about this. At what point did you first consider flight lessons? I was in college. By then, everyone was asking, “Are you a pilot yet?” When I told them “No,” 8 | OCTOBER 10–16, 2018 | BOISEWEEKLY

It was 2013, just before my trip around the world. But that genealogical search found that I wasn’t related to the first Amelia Earhart. It was the first point in my life when I really experienced true turbulence. I was a television personality in Denver and social media was pretty new, and when people found out, they sent messages that read, “How dare you.” “You lied to us.” “I hope you crash into the ocean and die, just like the first Amelia.” “Get out. You’re a fraud.” It was incredibly painful. I wished that my family had never placed this burden on me. But over time, I became glad that I wasn’t related. It would have been an easy story, right? Amelia Earhart’s distant “I STOPPED CHASING AMELIA’ S relative flies around the world. Sure. But, Amelia PATH. I FELT LIKE SAYING, ‘C OME Earhart who thought she was related, finds ON AMELIA . WE’RE out that she’s not? And she still flies around the TA KING YOU BACK HOME. world? The big takeaway LE T’S FINISH THE FLIGHT is that I may not be related, but I learned YOU STARTED 77 YE ARS AGO.’” how to relate to her, to the type of life she led, the passions that she had for aviation, for fashion, I understand that soon after, you began your for social work. That’s the type of woman I’m trying to be now. first genealogical search. I was born in 1984, so you couldn’t hop Let’s talk a bit about that around-the-world online and do a genealogical search. I found a flight. What was the best part of that and what woman and gave her birth certificates, death records, military records, anything we could find. was the most challenging? The most joyful moments were watching the She came back to me and said, “Amelia, I can tell sun come up over the eastern horizon while flying that you’re definitely related to the first Amelia over the ocean; there was a heightened sense of Earhart. You share common ancestry through awareness around the undertaking. You’re flying a Pennsylvania, dating back to the 1700s.” I was plane with one engine and if that fails and you’re so proud. I went back to my parents and said, over the ocean, you’re going to have to use all “Look, you’re right.” your skills to ditch the plane in the water and then survive until somebody hopefully rescues But it’s important to note that the genealoyou. The colors were brighter, the sounds more gist also cautioned you… vibrant. Those images and feeling are so burned …to pinpoint the exact lineage, going into onto my heart. European records. But that would be $3,500 more. I was a college student and could barely I know we spoke of figurative turbulence afford the first bill of $500. in your life, but did you not run into literal And it was some time later that you followed turbulence on your round-the world flight? There are best times to travel—late June or up with another genealogist. I was always faced with a disappointed look. I got sick of it. I realized that I had to take a flight lesson, even though I had no idea if I would be scared or get motion sickness. I had no clue. The first lesson began terribly. I was with an instructor who didn’t care much [for] having a woman in the cockpit with him. But when we took off, it was like he wasn’t there. I forgot about the petty issues. I realized that when I was in flight, I was responsible for my own life and anyone else that was in the aircraft. It was a joyful experience.

early July—when you fly around the equator. I had studied the past 100 years of climate data, and of course temperatures are rather high near the equator and you’ve got a lot of conduction over the ocean, so storms can pop up very rapidly. I traveled through some massive 60,000-foothigh cumulus thunderstorms between Singapore and Australia. It’s an incredibly intimidating part of the world when you’re flying a small aircraft. Even worse, you can get to a point of no return when you can no longer continue flying without gliding back without an engine. For me that was about 70 miles offshore, and we were past 70 miles and there was a lot of turbulence. I also experienced metaphoric turbulence in Papua, New Guinea, where they don’t see a lot of female pilots. When I landed, they claimed that I landed at the wrong airport, but that wasn’t true. We were basically held inside the plane by armed guards. I’ve never been more scared in my life. Here I was, a young woman, being looked at with absolutely zero respect. It took four hours to get through it. It was all resolved with money. Can I assume that you run into sexism at a number of airports, including the U.S.? Absolutely. I’ll be walking out to the plane and one of the airport officials will come up and ask me if I’m lost or if I’m looking for my husband. I answer, “I need fuel. I’m going to fly this thing.” I’d be remiss if I didn’t ask you to reflect on the part of your flight as you flew over Howland Island, where the first Amelia Earhart had intended to land. Yes. In fact, that’s exactly where I sent out Twitter messages, via a GPS device, to 10 young women, saying that they would be the recipients of $7,500 scholarships for flight training. At that point in the journey, I stopped chasing Amelia’s path. I felt like saying, “Come on Amelia. We’re taking you back home. Let’s finish the flight you started 77 years ago.” BOISE METRO CHAMBER’S 135TH ANNUAL GALA Featuring Amelia Rose Earhart Thursday, Oct. 18, 6 p.m. Boise Centre

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Many of us probably have a vague concept of When he was a young man, Hendrik Schuwer an international ambassador, but how do you thought that he might be a history teacher or, spend most of your days? perhaps, work at the Port of Rotterdam in his If there is something that the United States home country of the Netherlands. But a singular wants to convey to my country, they can either letter changed everything. come to me or go to their own ambassador to “I tell you honestly, when I graduated from the Netherlands. Being a go-between [for] our university, I sent out a number of letters,” he said. “The first who wrote me back was the Min- two nations is what this position always was. I spend at least half of my day in looking after the istry of Foreign Affairs. I never looked back.” Four decades letter, Schuwer is Ambassador economic interests of the Netherlands, promoting Netherlands companies and investments. I of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United States. Just prior to his visit to Idaho— would say about 25 to 30 percent of my work is old, political handwork. I go to your State Departwhere he’ll participate in a Wednesday, Oct. 17, panel discussion titled “Across the Pond, In ment if there’s a query from my Ministry. I may do the same with the Department of Defense or the Field” at Boise State University and meet on Capitol Hill. The relationship between the with the Boise Committee on Foreign RelaNetherlands and the U.S dates to 1609, when tions—Schuwer spoke to Boise Weekly about the Netherlands established a colony in New his nation’s centuries-old relationship with the Amsterdam. You know it U.S. and how now as New York. There trade and investare approximately 4 milment between the “ YO U A M E RI C A N S , I lion Americans of Dutch two countries is descent. directly linked to THINK, ARE ALWAYS hundreds of thouHow might you characsands of American IN A HURRY. I TELL terize the 2018 relationjobs. ship between the U.S. and YOUNG PEOPLE the Netherlands? How many ALL THE TIME TO It’s very good. As I said, years in the forwe have a very old relationeign service has it TR AVEL. AND DON’T ship. You know, we were been for you? the ones who paid for your I just got a DO EUROPE IN revolution. very nice letter from our Minister T WO WE E KS .” That’s one way of putcongratulating ting it. me for 40 years of Actually, we made quite service. a pretty penny on it. And we also paid for the Louisiana Purchase. Where have you been stationed over the years? That was another critical loan from the In 1979, I started out in Hanoi [Vietnam]. Dutch that helped forge the U.S. as we know it. Then, it was India in 1981. In 1984, I went to But of course, you were the ones who liberated the EU in Brussels [Belgium]. Then, it was Los us in the Second World War. One of the biggest Angeles in 1988, back home to our Ministry in the Netherlands in 1997, Washington, D.C., in war cemeteries outside the U.S. is in the Nether1997, back to the EU in 2002, NATO in 2006, lands. I think there are more than 8,000 American soldiers lying in Margraten Cemetery, not far back home to the Ministry, and then I became from where the Battle of Arnhem took place. We ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium in have a very strong relationship with you. We are 2010, and ever since 2015, I’ve been in Washthe fourth- or fifth-biggest investor in the U.S., ington, D.C., as Ambassador to the U.S. BOISE WEEKLY.COM

supporting roughly 825,000 American jobs. And you are the biggest investor in our country; more than 700 billion dollars are invested in the Netherlands by American companies [each year]. To that end, a Dutch Company, NewCold, is investing millions of dollars in a new facility in Burley, Idaho. We’ve been told that it will be one of the largest frozen storage facilities of its kind in the United States. What can you tell me about NewCold? NewCold has several facilities in Europe, Japan and Australia, a real international company. They’ve developed a new system for cold storage and you in Idaho, of course, are the potato state. It turns out that we have a sizable potato industry in the north of the Netherlands, so I think we found each other. The NewCold investment into the Idaho facility is more than $90 million. I know that when you visit Idaho later this month, you’ll be spending some time at Boise State. When you have the opportunity to talk to students or young adults, what’s your message? You Americans, I think, are always in a hurry. I tell young people all the time to travel. And don’t do Europe in two weeks. Take time. If possible, study for a semester in Europe. I say exactly the same thing to European kids. We have so much in common. We share the base values of human rights, free speech, all those things. I think it’s important that we knit our future generations together. They’ll be the ones to defend those rights. Speaking of human rights, you must know that Boise takes great pride in its Anne Frank Memorial, which includes a sapling from the actual Anne Frank chestnut tree in Amsterdam. That’s great. Though she died at a very young age, she’s also a symbol, not only for her death in the Holocaust, but [for] her optimism. Our Anne Frank Center in Amsterdam, in her spirit, continues to focus on what we can do better now.

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Esme Patterson has been hearing catches in the voices of people she meets while on tour.

Bells Atlas explores new musical frontiers BEN SCHULTZ

ESME PATTERSON TALKS ABOUT SMALL SONGS WITH BIG HEARTS She would rather talk about the weather. In fact, while on the road, Denver, Coloradobased singer-songwriter Esme Patterson often does. “I find it strange that people find [talking about the weather] boring, like it’s a cliche. Weather affects everyone at the same time, the mathematics of it are really cool—the weather systems are fractals. It’s interesting and powerful,” she said. Across three solo albums and several more with her former band, Paper Bird, Patterson has written and performed songs about mundane things that reveal personal truths, but in the last few years, she has noticed tension in the voices of the people she meets on tour. On her most recent album, We Were Wild (XTra Mile Recordings, 2016), that tension bled into her lyrics. In “Feel Right,” she sings, “No one wants to feel nothing that don’t feel right.” “That was something I wrote after reading about police brutality,” Patterson said. She and her sister, Genevieve, got their start playing rhythm and blues together, but later formed the indie-folk band Paper Bird with some friends in Denver in 2006. The band became the darling of its scene, receiving critical and popular acclaim. It toured widely, playing in Boise several times since 2008, including at Treefort Music Fest, but Esme embarked on a solo career in 2014 when it was clear she couldn’t be in the band and tour independently at the same time. Four years later, Esme is working on a new album set for release in 2019. For this album, she’ll lay down her guitar and use a more diverse palette of sounds to cut higher-energy tracks than much of her previous work. “I was, like, ‘[Expletive], I want to make dancing music!’” she said. Esme will play at The Olympic on Thursday, Oct. 11. She said her backing band of fellow Denverites breathes new life into her songs in a distinctly Esme Pattersonian way. “I’ve seen a lot of bands tour where the show sounds just like the record, and I just wish that they would kind of do a reinterpretation,” Esme said. “I really love the reinterpretation of the music that is only possible to see and make live.” —Harrison Berry 10 | OCTOBER 10–16, 2018 | BOISEWEEKLY

Bells Atlas is, in bassist Doug Stuart’s words, a “very democratic band.” Each of its members—Stuart, lead singer Sandra LawsonNdu, guitarist Derek Barber, drummer Geneva Harrison and keyboardist Steve Blum— take an active role in creating songs. Stuart feels that this helps keep their music fresh. “It’s always happened naturally for us,” he told Boise Weekly, “because the process is never really limited to one person or even two people. And I think because of that, and because we’re all pretty diplomatic, we end up surprising ourselves.” The Oakland, California-based band’s latest release, Salt and Soap (Tender Loving Empire, 2018), is a good case in point. The foundation for the EP’s four tracks came from recordings on Harrison’s phone. “There was a period of time where Geneva traveled to New York for a few months to do a gig,” Stuart explained. “We hadn’t been writing too much prior to that—we’d just come out of a cycle of playing a lot of live shows. Anyway, before she left, she was like, ‘Here’s this folder of a bunch of beats that I just played in my practice space. If you guys feel uninspired, you should check ’em out.’” Harrison’s bandmates found inspiration in more than her angular, funky drum beats. “The phone recording itself was kind of inspiring,” Stuart said, “because it gave us this grainy, distorted, interesting sound on top of her unique playing. … Sandra and I started a handful of [songs] from there. And then when [Harrison] got back from her gig, she got in on the process and Derek was roped in throughout. It was a new process for us for sure.” Listeners and critics have taken note of Bells Atlas’ unique blend of R&B, African music, pop and psychedelia. Afropunk.com, the online hub of the festival and cultural movement of the same name, praised the band’s music as “a sumptuous feast for the ears.” Impose declared that “no two-bit adjectives can contain their infectious sound, [which] draws influences from all corners and unexpected places the world over.” Boise music fans can hear that unique sound on Tuesday, Oct. 16, when Bells Atlas plays Neurolux. Local electronica act Up is the Down is the will open.

Bells Atlas will perform at Neurolux on Tuesday, Oct. 16.

When Stuart and Lawson-Ndu formed the group in 2011, they called it simply “Bells.” Recruiting Harrison and Barber, they played under that name for almost two years before they discovered a problem. “We were about to release our first album and [realized] just how challenging it was to find us on the internet with just the name ‘Bells,’” Stuart recalled with a chuckle. “So that was kind of the inspiration to augment it.” The bandmates came up with a variety of alternate names but finally settled on Bells Atlas. “I don’t know, it was the only one that we all agreed on,” Stuart said. “I think because it’s not very confining. It’s expansive and could apply to a lot of different worlds and a lot of different influences.” Befitting its name, the group draws upon a wide range of genres. Lawson-Ndu, a Nigerian-American, grew up listening to highlife, a combination of jazz, calypso and West African music. Stuart and Barber studied jazz together at the University of Michigan. Harrison attended the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music and played in a range of settings, like orchestras, rock bands, jazz ensembles and salsa groups. Blending so many types of music makes categorizing Bells Atlas difficult.

“I feel like our music is very hard to put in a box, which can be challenging at times,” Stuart said. “But at the same time, it’s nice for that reason because I think it appeals to a lot of different people who tend to be in a different thing. I think that [is reflected] in the audience we usually attract. Also, the kinds of bands that we can bill with is pretty diverse.” To date, those bands have included Canadian jazz fusion group Badbadnotgood, Australian “future soul” group Hiatus Kaiyote and Oakland-based hip-hop band The Coup. In a 2015 interview with SF Weekly, Coup frontman Boots Riley expressed his admiration for Bells Atlas. “Rarely, someone comes around that is influenced by so many things but is looking for a new way to do something,” he said. “You can’t really put any particular category on it. Bells Atlas is like that.” Bells Atlas’ members will put out more category-defying music soon. During the winter, they’ll work on various solo projects and might start writing new band material. Then, the group will release its sophomore LP next spring and begin touring. Whatever Stuart and company do next, they should bear out the rest of Riley’s comment: “It is possible to be experimental and creative in a way that makes you excited about what they’re doing and about life.” BOISE WEEKLY.COM


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Artists On Tour CERAMICS 23 Jerry Hendershot 25 Rick Jenkins 30 Jill Lawley 32 Kris Mannion 37 Eric Mullis & Kelly Cox 38 Tim Murphy 39 Angela Neiwert 47 Melodee Sather 48 Audrey Schwind 62 Genie Sue Weppner COLLAGE 44 Lorelle Rau DRAWING 53 Jill Storey FIBER 1 Arin Arthur 21 Betty Maguire 17 43

GLASS 14 Ann Durand 57 Filip Vogelpohl 63 Wendy Wooding JEWLERY 29 Karen Klinefelter 51 Kay Seurat MIXED MEDIA 7 Lisa Cheney 27 Jaki Katz 28 Lauren Kistner 54 John Taye 59 Tarmo Watia 60 Becka Watkins 61 Anne Watson Sorensen 64 Surel’s Place

Hayzlett Lisa Flowers Ross Kathleen Probst

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Grimmett 5 Karen Bubb (Encaustic) 8 Fred Choate 9 Julie Clemons 10 Kellie Cosho 12 Mark Davis 15 Karen Eastman 16 Carol Elliott Smith 19 Joyce Green 22 Dennis Hayzlett 26 Lauren Johnson 33 Deborah Martell 35 Jill Millward 40 Bonnie Peacher 41 Anne Peterson 42 Virginia “Giny” Pitchell 46 Carl Rowe 49 Brian Schreiner 50 JanyRae Seda 55 Rachel Teannalach 56 Jessica Tookey 58 Cindi V. Walton

PHOTOGRAPHY 4 John Bertram 6 Brooke Burton 13 David R. Day 36 James Moorcroft PRINTMAKING 52 Angela R. Stewart SCULPTURE 3 D’Arcy Bellamy 11 Delia Dante 18 Lynn Fraley 20 Michael Hamilton 24 31 34 45

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Step through the door into an artist’s private studio and you will see that artist’s mind at work. It’s an incredible once-a-year opportunity for avid collectors and anyone who is curious about the art-making process. A glance around a studio is enormously informative. You will see what tools the artist reaches for. You may see swatches that have been chosen for a fiber arts project; the latest experimental combination of color and texture; even older work tucked away in a dusty corner. BOSCO artists are happy to share stories about their work and the unexpected directions their artistic journey has taken them in. Things you might never learn about from a gallery visit or by reading an artist’s biography. Most BOSCO artists work in studios located in or close to their homes. Be it in the heart of downtown or around the bend and up the hill, each studio is a bright spot of inspiration and productivity. A thoroughly intriguing place to visit. We look forward to welcoming you to our favorite places, our studios. Interested in becoming a BOSCO member and participating in Open Studios in the future? New Membership Drive begins in February with applications available at BoiseOpenStudios.com

PRESENTING THE 17TH ANNUAL Each entry must contain exactly 101 words (not including the story title). Please confirm your word count using Microsoft Word. We will do the same. No handwritten entries. Entry fee is $10 per story. Submit your Microsoft Word entry to fiction101@boiseweekly.com and enter your credit card payment at payment.boiseweekly.com. Please put story title in Notes. If you prefer to pay by check, please send your entry fee to: Boise Weekly/Fiction101 523 Broad St. Boise, ID 83702. Your submission will be confirmed via email once entry and payment are received. Both must be received by noon Monday Nov. 19, 2018. Cash prizes are awarded for winning entries. BW will publish winning stories in the Jan. 2, 2018 edition. BOISEWEEKLY

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Talks & Lectures

Festivals & Events IBG SCARECROW STROLL—Idaho Botanical Garden’s 11th Scarecrow Stroll will display 31 different scarecrow designs entered by community members and organizations. All guests vote for their favorite scarecrow and prizes will be awarded on Nov. 1. Through Oct. 31. 9 a.m.-7 p.m. FREE-$7. Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-343-8649, idahobotanicalgarden.org. TRAILING OF THE SHEEP FESTIVAL—Enjoy five days of nonstop activities featuring history, folk and traditional arts, a Sheep Folklife Fair, a Fiber Festival with classes and workshops, music, dance, storytelling, Championship Sheepdog Trials and the alwaysentertaining Trailing of the Sheep Parade with 1,500 sheep hoofing it down Main Street in Ketchum. FREE. Downtown Ketchum, trailingofthesheep.org.

On Stage BOISE CLASSIC MOVIES: O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?—7 p.m. $9-$11. Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, 208-345-0454, egyptiantheatre.net.

FRI.-SAT., OCT. 12-13

SIERRA LAVERTY: CREATE A POLLINATOR GARDEN—Sierra Laverty from the Idaho Botanical Garden will teach you how to “bee the change” by planting a pollinator garden in your own backyard. 7 p.m. FREE. Jim Hall Foothills Learning Center, 3188 Sunset Peak Road, Boise, 208-493-2530, bee.cityofboise.org.

Kids & Teens UNSCRIPTED—Go be silly and spontaneous as you learn to be quick on your feet with ad-libbed, unrehearsed improv games. For ages 8-11. 4:30 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library Lake Hazel Branch, 10489 Lake Hazel Road, Boise, 208-297-6700, adalib.org/lakehazel.

THURSDAY OCT. 11

Snow, a film that looks at the impact of warming winters. A panel discussion and Q&A will follow. 6:30 p.m. FREE. Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-972-8200, boisepubliclibrary.org.

Festivals & Events

STAGE COACH: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW—7:30 p.m. $20. Stage Coach Theatre, 4802 W. Emerald Ave., Boise, 208-342-2000, stagecoachtheatre.com.

TRAILING OF THE SHEEP FESTIVAL—Through Oct. 14. FREE. Downtown Ketchum, trailingofthesheep.org.

Kids & Teens

On Stage

TWEENS: WICKEDLY WONDERFUL ORIGAMI—Have fun folding Halloween origami. 4 p.m. FREE. Nampa Public Library, 215 12th Ave. S., Nampa, 208-4685800, nampalibrary.org.

BOISE CLASSIC MOVIES: NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS—7:30 p.m. $9-$11. Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, 208-345-0454, boiseclassicmovies.com/deals.

Odds & Ends

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

Food TREASURE VALLEY REFUGEE RESTAURANT WEEK—Try new foods and learn about refugees in Idaho while supporting refugee chefs and local restaurants. Presented by the Idaho Office for Refugees; participating restaurants include Grit American Cuisine (360 S. Eagle Road, Eagle), The STIL (786 W. Broad St.), Locavore (3110 S. Bown Way) and Petite 4 (4 N. Latah). Through Oct. 14, refugeerestaurantweek.org.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, OCT. 12-14

BUD LIGHT ROCK PAPER SCISSORS TOURNAMENT—Go head to head bracket-style for the chance to advance to win a trip to Seattle. 7 p.m. FREE. Double Tap Pub, 409 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-364-7800, doubletapppub.com.

FIFTH-ANNUAL IDAHO HORROR FILM FESTIVAL— Prepare to have your pants scared off as you enjoy three days of film screened at more than 10 venues, as well as Q&As with cast members and flimmakers, panels dedicated to marketing film, epic networking opportunities for filmmakers and the IHFF Awards Bash (21 and older). $5-$10, $50-$100 passes, times and locations vary, idahohorrorfilmfestival.org.

Food TREASURE VALLEY REFUGEE RESTAURANT WEEK—Visit idahorefugees.org/refugeerestaurantweek.html for details. Through Oct. 14.

SAVING SNOW DOCUMENTARY SCREENING—Join the Citizens’ Climate Lobby for a showing of Saving

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OFF CENTER DANCE: SIDE EFFECTS If you want to get spooked for Halloween a bit early, Off Center Dance has the perfect performance for you: Side Effects, opening Friday, Oct. 12, at the Visual Arts Collective, promises to creep out and impress viewers all in one go. The triumphant return of a sold-out production, this year’s Side Effects features fresh choreography from Kelli Brown and Katie Ponozzo, but is just as terror-inducing, questioning reality and showcasing dancing demons at every turn. In one promotional image, a woman sits in a wheelchair hooked up to an IV, screaming and clutching the side of her face as a black-robed, skeleton-masked figure behind her rests its hand on her head— the setup for a night of self-induced discomfort if ever there was one. 9 p.m., $15-$20. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297, visualartscollective.com. BOISE WEEKLY.COM

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If movies and television are to believed, the artist’s studio is something of a mad scientist’s laboratory—it’s the place where the magic happens, perennially messy and jam-packed with baffling tools. It’s also a private space, often sequestered in an artist’s home. That veil is occasionally lifted in Boise though, thanks in large part to BOSCO’s Artists’ Open Studios Weekend Tour, a three-day annual event when 64 local artists invite the public into their studios. Art buffs can get a peek at new work, and even talk to the artists themselves. Plus, there’s a chance to score free art; participants simply have to print off a “passport” from the BOSCO website, visit a minimum of 10 studios and have it stamped at each location. Completed passports will be entered into a drawing for free art—a deal too good to pass up. 4-8 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, FREE. Check out pages 11-14 of this issue for a full list of artists and locations.

The idea of Halloween at the zoo might tempt an outcry of “Lions, tigers and bears, oh my!” but in fact, Zoo Boise’s mid-October Spooktacular has been billed as a “merry-not-scary,” family friendly event. More properly, it’s a string of events, with the first cluster running Friday-Sunday, Oct. 12-14, and the second Friday-Sunday, Oct. 19-21. Each night will feature Halloween displays and special themed activities, as well as entertainment and close-up interactions with the animals. Perhaps the most exciting part of the Spooktacular is that it takes place after hours, continuing through 8 or 9 p.m. depending on the day of the week. Young kids in particular will get a thrill wandering the zoo in the dark to see their favorite critters—so why not let them run wild? 6-9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 5:30-8 p.m. Sundays. FREE-$10, with discounts for members. Zoo Boise, 355 Julia Davis Dr., 208-6087760, zooboise.org.

Since 2001, Boise Weekly has given up its most valuable piece of real estate—the cover— to local artists each week. And each year we give them a double dose of love, auctioning off their original artworks and handing them a chunk of the proceeds. This year, the annual Boise Weekly Cover Art Auction will take place at the Visual Arts Collective on Wednesday, Oct. 17, filling the Garden City exhibition space with 52 weeks’ worth of cover artwork. Proceeds from the auction will benefit the artists, BW’s art grants and our journalism efforts. Even better, the $15 cover charge will be credited toward your winning bids. The doors open at 5 p.m., bidding starts at 6 p.m. sharp, and a no-host bar and appetizers from Bonefish Grill will set the tone for a good time. Don’t miss this party—or forget your ID. 5 p.m., $15. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297, visualartscollective.com. BOISEWEEKLY | OCTOBER 10–16, 2018 | 15


CALENDAR FRIDAY OCT. 12 Festivals & Events BRIGHT PINK FASHION SHOW—Raise funds for breast cancer and ovarian cancer research while enjoying a fashion show, music, food trucks and raffle prizes. 5-8 p.m. $3. Julius M. Kleiner Memorial Park, 1900 N. Records Ave., Meridian, 208-375-0190, meridiancity.org.

Food TREASURE VALLEY REFUGEE RESTAURANT WEEK— Visit idahorefugees.org/refugeerestaurantweek.html for details. Through Oct. 14. WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER FOUNDATION FUNDRAISER—Boise Brewing will be donating 10 percent of the taproom sales to the WFF during this event. Enjoy food trucks from 5-9 p.m. and live music from 6-9 p.m. 5-10 p.m. FREE. Boise Brewing, 521 W. Broad St., Boise, 208-342-7655, boisebrewing.com.

DISCOVERY CENTER ADULT NIGHT: SURVIVING MURDER AND MAYHEM—Enjoy drinks, food, frights and fun. Get all the details on this 21-and-over event at dcidaho.org. 7-10 p.m. $18-$20. Discovery Center of Idaho, 131 Myrtle St., Boise, 208-343-9895.

SATURDAY OCT. 13

IDAHO STATE MUSEUM GRAND RE-OPENING—The Idaho State Museum is re-opening after a four-year renovation and expansion. Enjoy food trucks, hands-on activities for children, potato sack races, gold panning, cultural performances and more. Visit the Idaho State Museum’s Facebook page to learn more. 11 a.m. $8.00-$10.00. Idaho State Museum, 610 N. Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208-334-2120.

Festivals & Events

TRAILING OF THE SHEEP FESTIVAL—Through Oct. 14. FREE. Downtwon Ketchum, trailingofthesheep.org.

On Stage COMEDIAN BOB DIBUONO—8 and 10 p.m. $12-$15. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-941-2459, liquidboise.com. FIFTH-ANNUAL IDAHO HORROR FILM FESTIVAL— Through Oct. 14. $5-$10, $50-$100 passes. Times and locations vary, idahohorrorfilmfestival.org. LIPSINC HALLOWEEN SHOW: GARGIRLS—LipsInc! is back with a vengeance to present their frightfully popular Halloween shows. Make your reservations sooner rather than later (call 208-368-0405) because these shows inevitably sell out. 8:30 p.m. $20. Balcony Club, 150 N. Eighth St., Boise, lipsinc.net. OFF CENTER DANCE: SIDE EFFECTS—For ages 21 and older. 9 p.m. $15-$20. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297, visualartscollective.com. STAGE COACH: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW—8 p.m. $20. Stage Coach Theatre, 4802 W. Emerald Ave., Boise, 208-342-2000, stagecoachtheatre.com.

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BALLET IDAHO FALL GALA—Join Ballet Idaho in welcoming Garrett Anderson for the debut performance under his artistic direction. This elegant evening includes a cocktail reception, fine dining and live auction. 5:30 p.m. $150, $1,200 table for 8. Jack’s Urban Meeting Place, 1000 W. Myrtle St., Boise, 208-343-0556, ext. 223, balletidaho.org. BBP 11 YEAR APPRECIATION PARTY—This year, Boise Bicycle Project is kicking it old school with an ‘80s Hip-Hop theme and dance party with DJ Izze Azalea Rumppshaker. With free drinks for BBP members, free Guru donuts and The Funky Taco food truck. Plus silent and live auctions, bike auctions and raffles. Festivities kick off with a pre-party at 34th Street Market at 5 p.m., followed by a group ride to the BBP shop at 6:30 p.m. 7 p.m. FREE. Boise Bicycle Project, 1027 Lusk St., Boise, 208-429-6520, boisebicycleproject.org. BOISE RIVER COMMUNITY PLANTING DAY—Join a project to plant around 2,000 native plants at the Boise River. Kids and families are welcome. To attend, fill out the online Google form. Intermountain Bird Observatory Boise River Research Station on the Greenbelt. 9 a.m. FREE. 208-860-5935, ibo.boisestate.edu/boiseriver. DIG INTO GEOLOGY—Celebration National Fossil Day and Earth Science Week at the Idaho Museum of Mining and Geology. Noon-4:30 p.m. FREE. Idaho Museum of Mining and Geology, 2455 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-368-9876, idahomuseum.org. IDAHO RIVERS UNITED 24TH ANNUAL AUCTION FOR THE RIVERS—Celebrate Idaho’s rivers with wild and scenic perspectives, photos and videos, food, river awards, silent auction, music and dancing. Tickets required. 6 p.m. $30. Zions Bank Tower 17th floor, 800 W. Main St., Boise, 208-343-7481, idahorivers.org.

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

Animals & Pets ZOO BOISE SPOOKTACULAR—Explore the zoo at night and experience a variety of fun Halloween displays, special entertainment, activities and a few animal encounters all designed for families. 6-9 p.m. FREE-$10. Zoo Boise, 355 Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208-608-7760, zooboise.org.

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BPL INDIE AUTHOR DAY—Enjoy readings, panel discussions, workshops and a book sale. 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. FREE. Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-972-8200, boisepubliclibrary.org.

ZOO BOISE SPOOKTACULAR—6-9 p.m. FREE-$10. Zoo Boise, 355 Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208-6087760, zooboise.org.

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BOISE STATE OUTDOOR GEAR SALE—The Boise State Outdoor Program is having its fall gear sale, featuring winter, camping and whitewater gear, as well as bicycles. 9-11 a.m. FREE. Boise State Recreation Center, 1515 University Drive, Boise, 208-426-1946, rec.boisestate.edu/gear-sale.

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

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TREASURE VALLEY REFUGEE RESTAURANT WEEK—Visit idahorefugees.org/refugeerestaurantweek.html for details. Through Oct. 14.

AUTHOR ADAM GIDWITZ: UNICORN RESCUE SOCIETY, THE BASQUE DRAGON—The Newberry Awardwinning author will be reading and talking about his latest book. Kids can also taste food from the Basque Country, learn some Basque phrases and help make a life-size Basque dragon. 3 p.m. FREE. Rediscovered Books, 180 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-376-4229, rdbooks.org. JUNIOR LEAGUE OF BOISE TOUCH A TRUCK—This annual event offers children a hands-on opportunity to explore working trucks of all types and to meet the people who build, protect and serve the Treasure Valley. Visit jlboise.com for info. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. By donation. Boise State Broncos Albertsons Stadium, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 208-424-5011.

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CAPITAL CITY PUBLIC MARKET—9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. FREE. Capital City Public Market, Eighth Street between Main and State streets, Boise, 208-345-3499, capitalcitypublicmarket.com.

SUNDAY OCT. 14 Festivals & Events TRAILING OF THE SHEEP FESTIVAL—Through Oct. 14. FREE. Downtown Ketchum, trailingofthesheep.org.

On Stage CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE BURLESQUE KIND: A SCI-FI ADVENTURE—8 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon, 513 W. Main St., Boise, 208-345-6344, facebook. com/PengillysSaloon.

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FIFTH-ANNUAL IDAHO HORROR FILM FESTIVAL— Through Oct. 14. $5-$10, $50-$100 passes. Times and locations vary, idahohorrorfilmfestival.org. LIPSINC HALLOWEEN SHOW: GARGIRLS—8:30 p.m. $20. Balcony Club, 150 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-3680405, lipsinc.net.

Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk. Go to www.boiseweekly. com and look under odds and ends for the answers to this week’s puzzle. And don’t think of it as cheating. Think of it more as simply double-checking your answers. LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS

OFF CENTER DANCE: SIDE EFFECTS—9 p.m. $15$20. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297, offcenterdance.org. STAGE COACH: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW—8 p.m. and noon. $20. Stage Coach Theatre, 4802 W. Emerald Ave., Boise, 208-342-2000, stagecoachtheatre.com.

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sette deals and a first-ever Record Exchange Mixtape Contest. 9 a.m.-9 p.m. FREE. The Record Exchange, 1105 W. Idaho St., Boise, 208-344-8010, therecordexchange.com.

TRAILING OF THE SHEEP FESTIVAL—Through Oct. 14. FREE. Downtown Ketchum, trailingofthesheep.org.

BOISE STATE MFA POETRY READING: C. VIOLET EATON AND SARA NICHOLSON—7:30 p.m. FREE. MING Studios, 420 S. Sixth St., Boise, 208-426-7139, english.boisestate.edu/mfa.

HAUNTED HALLOWEEN TROLLEY TOURS—Join the fun aboard the annual Haunted Halloween Trolley Tour, leaving nightly from Joe’s Crab Shack parking lot. Ages 13 and up, with a few adults-only exceptions. Through October. 8-9:30 p.m. $18-$40. Joe’s Crab Shack, 2288 N. Garden St., Garden City, 208-433-0849, boisetrolleytours.com.

Surel Mitchell Live Work Create District of Garden City. 2-4:30 p.m. $20. Push & Pour, 214 E. 34th St., Garden City, 208-991-4718, surelsplace.org.

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CALENDAR COMEDIAN BOB DIBUONO—8 p.m. $12-$15. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-941-2459, liquidboise.com. COMEDIAN MATT BRAUNGER—7 p.m. $15. The Olympic, 1009 Main St., Boise, 208-342-0176, theolympicboise.com. FIFTH-ANNUAL IDAHO HORROR FILM FESTIVAL— Through Oct. 14. $5-$10, $50-$100 passes. Times and locations vary, idahohorrorfilmfestival.org. WASSMUTH CENTER BENEFIT SCREENING: THE CHILDREN OF CHABANNES—3 p.m. $10. The Flicks, 646 W. Fulton St., Boise, 208-342-4222, theflicksboise.com.

Kids & Teens MINI PUMPKIN DECORATING FOR KIDS—3 p.m. $17. Albertsons-Broadway, 1219 S. Broadway Ave., Boise, 208-336-5278, albertsons.com/broadway. YMCA HARRISON CLASSIC KIDS RUN—The YMCA Harrison Classic is a one-mile race for kids 13 and under of all abilities. Register online. 3 p.m. $20-$30. McAuley Park, Harrison Boulevard at Resseguie Street, Boise, ymcatvidaho.org.

Animals & Pets ZOO BOISE SPOOKTACULAR—5:30-8 p.m. FREE-$10. Zoo Boise, 355 Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208-6087760, zooboise.org.

Food TREASURE VALLEY REFUGEE RESTAURANT WEEK—Visit idahorefugees.org/refugeerestaurantweek.html for details. Through Oct. 14.

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BCT: THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME—7 p.m. $18-$38. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, bctheater.org.

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DISNEY’S THE LION KING—Through Nov. 4. 7:30 p.m. $30-145. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-426-1110, morrisoncenter.com. HENRY ROLLINS: TRAVEL SLIDESHOW TOUR—Join Rollins for an intimate evening as he tells the fascinating stories behind the photos he has taken, from Baghdad to Timbuktu. 9:30 p.m. $33-$43. Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, 208-345-0454, egyptiantheatre.net.

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BOISE WEEKLY COVER AUCTION 2018—Each week, BW publishes an original work by a local artist on the front cover, and every October we gather the 52 works that appeared over the previous 12 months and auction them off at our Boise Weekly Cover Art Auction party. Proceeds benefit the artists, the Boise Weekly Cover Auction Art Grant Program and BW’s investigative journalism mission. We’ll have a no-host bar, delicious eats from Bonefish Grill, and your $15 entry fee goes toward your winning bids. 5-9 p.m. $15. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297, boiseweekly.com. OPERA IDAHO OPERATINI—Enjoy music, food and drinks! The ticket price includes the cast of Opera Idaho’s upcoming production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni serenading you with some of their favorites from the canons of opera and musical theater, and a dinner bar. There will also be a no-host bar with a martini specially designed by a local mixologist. 5:30 and 8:15 p.m., $22-$33. Riverside Hotel Sapphire Room, 2900 W. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-343-1871, operaidaho.org.

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WEDNESDAY OCT. 10 ACOUSTIC MOONSHINE—7 p.m. FREE. Old Chicago Pizza Downtown

GWAR AND HATEBREED—With Miss May I, and Ringworm. 8 p.m. $27-$65. Revolution Concert House and Event Center MIKE ROSENTHAL—5:15 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse

ADULT—With Plack Blague. 7 p.m. $12. The Olympic

OKTOBERFEST: THE EDELWEISS BAND—6-8 p.m. FREE. Highlands Hollow Brewhouse

CASEY KRISTOFFERSON—6 p.m. FREE. Highlands Hollow Brewhouse

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

CHUCK SMITH TRIO—7:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse DALE WATSON—With Wayne The Train Hancock. 7:30 p.m. $16-$18. Neurolux DAN COSTELLO TRIO—9 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon

THE ORIGINAL ROCKETEERS: ‘50S SOCK HOP— 7:30 p.m. $12. Riverside Hotel Sapphire Room RADIO BOISE BENEFIT: MARSHALL POOLE—With Motopony. 7 p.m. $15. The Olympic SKELER, AND DJEDI—10 p.m. $5-$10. Reef

DOUGLAS CAMERON—6 p.m. FREE. Willowcreek Grill

TOM TAYLOR—5 p.m. FREE. Albertsons Broadway on the Rocks

LLOYD AND BECKY BLAKE—6 p.m. FREE. Sofia’s Greek Bistro

TRACTOR BEAM—7 p.m. FREE. Sockeye Grill and Brewery-Cole

MIKE ROSENTHAL—5:15 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse STRAWBERRY WINE—7 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s Saloon

THURSDAY OCT. 11 BOISE ROCK SCHOOL 10TH BIRTHDAY PARTY—Help Boise Rock School celebrate its 10th year of teaching local youth how to unleash their inner rock stars with music by local and BRS bands. 5-9 p.m. FREE. Boise Rock School BUDDY DEVORE AND BERNIE REILLY—7 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel CASTING CROWNS—With I Am They. 7 p.m. $14-$36. Taco Bell Arena CHUCK SMITH—5:15 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse ESME PATTERSON—7 p.m. $12. The Olympic FRIM FRAM FOUR—9 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon THE HAPPY FITS—With Jennelle Christine and The Solarists. 7 p.m. $TBA. High Note HAUNTED SUMMER—With Avi Buffalo. 10 p.m. $5. Reef IDAHO HORROR FILM FESTIVAL VINYL SHOWCASE—Enjoy DJs spinning two hours of classic and underground horror film soundtracks on vinyl. 5 p.m. FREE. The Record Exchange

MYSTIC BRAVES—With The Creation Factory. 7:30 p.m. $12. Neurolux ROB HARDING TRIO—7:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse

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

BAILEY VARVEL—7 p.m. FREE. High Note BEWITCHER—With Roadrash, Soul Grinder, and Munchkin Suicide. 7 p.m. $5. The Shredder BIG WOW—8 p.m. $5. WilliB’s Saloon BROKEN OUTLAWS—8 p.m. FREE. Ha’ Penny Bridge Irish Pub and Grill CHUCK SMITH TRIO—8:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse DAVID LIEBE HART—With Chip The Black Boy, Whatever Your Heart Desires, Sneezzbole, and A Mighty Band of Microbes. 7:30 p.m. $8-$10. Hell House

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COLTON ELWOOD—7 p.m. FREE. Sockeye Grill and Brewery-Cole

CHUCK SMITH TRIO—7:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse

RADIO BOISE TUESDAY: BELLS ATLAS—7:30 p.m. $8-$10. Neurolux

DAN COSTELLO—7 p.m. FREE. Old Chicago Pizza Downtown

COLD SHOULDER—With Omen, and Meat Town. 9 p.m. By donation. High Note

ROB VERDI AND SAXOPHOBIA—With the VanPaepeghem Quintet. 7:30 p.m. $26-$37. Riverside Hotel Sapphire Room

EMILY TIPTON—6 p.m. FREE. Willowcreek Grill

FALL CREEK STRING BAND—9 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon

ROLANDO ORTEGA—5:15 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse

JORDAN LEISURE—7 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s Saloon

HUMPIN’ HANNAH’S 40TH HANNAHVERSARY—With GiggleBomb, J.R. and The Stingrays, and The Rocci Johnson Band. 4 p.m. FREE. Humpin’ Hannah’s

SNAILS—With Svdden Death, and UBUR. 8 p.m. $20$55. Revolution Concert House and Event Center

BUDDY DEVORE AND THE FADED COWBOYS—9 p.m. FREE. Corner Cafe Bar & Grill CAMDEN HUGHES—8:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse

LARRY AND HIS FLASK—With comedian Alex Rios and Austin Lucas (folk-punk). 7:30 p.m. $15-$18. Neurolux

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

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

WEDNESDAY OCT. 17

PARTY OF 4—6:30 p.m. $20 suggested donation. Esther Simplot Performing Arts Academy

BUDDY DEVORE AND THE FADED COWBOYS—9 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon

IDYLTIME—6 p.m. FREE. Highlands Hollow Brewhouse KYLE EMERSON—With Luke Messimer, and Tispur. 7:30 p.m. $7. Neurolux THE LION’S DAUGHTER—7 p.m. $8. The Shredder MC LARS—With MC Frontalot, Mega Ran, Schaffer The Darklord, and Big O. 8 p.m. $12-$15. The Funky Taco MIKE ROSENTHAL—5:15 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse MISS RAYON—With Get Wet, and Sick Wish. 7 p.m. $7. The Olympic

THE SOULMATES—8 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s Saloon VINTAGE PISTOL—10 p.m. $5. Reef

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The streak of vintage-inspired bands coming to Boise continues with the arrival of the Mystic Braves at Neurolux on Thursday, Oct. 11. On its most recent album, The Great Unknown (2018, Lolipop Records), songs vibrating with nasal resonance speak about love, heartache and a pervading restlessness driven by adventure in lyrics like “Got another destination / Only for the new sensations / Caught up in the place that I once knew,” from the title track. Most notably, Mystic Braves consistently presents intricate guitar solos reminiscent of old-school greats like The Beatles and Creedence Clearwater Revival. Mystic Braves is still a fairly new name, having released its debut album in 2012, but in a way, that fresh perspective works to its advantage. Listeners should prepare to be reminded of what made the music of the ‘60s so inspiring in the first place. —Cassidy Richey

CHUCK SMITH TRIO—7:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse

With The Creation Factory. 9:30 p.m., $12. Neurolux, 111 N. 11th St., 208-343-0886, neurolux.com.

SEAN K. PRESTON AND THE LOADED PISTOLS—7 p.m. FREE. Dwellers Public House THE SIDEMEN: GREG PERKINS AND RICK CONNOLLY—6 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse

SIGNAL: FALL OF THE BASS—9 p.m. FREE. Fatty’s

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When it comes to jazz piano, New Yorkbased Larry Fuller is one of the best in the business. In 2010, a New York Times article gushed that he “sprinkles stardust on whatever song he plays,” and although that might be a bit of an exaggeration, the sentiment holds. Fuller started tickling the keys at age 13, and in the 40 years that followed he played around the world alongside notables like Ernestine Anderson, Ray Brown, Jeff Hamilton and John Pizzarelli. Now, he leads his own trio, and on Thursday, Oct. 11, it will appear at the Riverside Hotel Sapphire Room for an Idaho Jazz Education Endowment-sponsored concert. Fuller is known as much for his emotionally charged, swinging delivery as for his technically meticulous playing—so if you make it to the Sapphire on Thursday, prepare to be swept up in song. —Lex Nelson

MONDAY OCT. 15 GENEVIEVE AND HEMMY—7 p.m. FREE. High Note JONATHAN DAVIS OF KORN—With Birthday Massacre, and Julien K. 7:30 p.m. $25-$300. Revolution Concert House and Event Center

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The Idaho Horror Film Festival turns five HENRY COFFE Y People don’t usually make friends when they’re scared out of their wits, but the Idaho Horror Film Festival, which will take over downtown Boise Thursday-Sunday, Oct. 11-14, is that rare place where lifelong friendship can be formed from the fetal position. To that end, the festival—part Sundance, part “Monster Mash”—offers something for everyone, from the most timid to the most maniacal. Short, feature-length and even foreign language films will be screened at Boise’s Egyptian Theatre in 10 separate “blocks” during the festival. Additionally, horror luminaries will participate in a series of panel discussions This year’s edition of the Idaho Horror Film Festival, running from Friday, Oct. 11, through Sunday, Oct. 14, at the Amsterdam Lounge and organizers of received a stunning 750 submissions. Storyfort, the literary branch of the Treefort music festival, will host a micro-fiction contest. can be visual and you can tell a good story in Robinson. “My favorite response in a scary Parents might be pleased to know that Casper, two minutes.” movie is always the jump, and then after you the 1995 story of everyone’s favorite friendly Plus, it’s particularly friendly to novices, even jump you turn to your buddy and you laugh ghost, will be screened at the Egyptian on those whose first films are rather bad. and you go, ‘You jumped!’” Saturday, Oct. 13. That same evening, adults “B movies are a thing,” said Deckart. “People Artists say that sharing their work at festivals will rule the theater as “scream queen” Linhunt them down.” like IHFF is reinvigorating after the difficult, nea Quigley will be honored with the IHFF In the first year of the festival, Deckart said often lonely work of producing a short film. Trailblazer Award and join Boise Weekly’s she had to scramble to find enough quality films “No one was sitting here with me in my George Prentice for an onstage Q&A following to fill the slate, but this year, IHFF received a office at 2 a.m. I was super tired, red-eyed, a screening of Return of the stunning 750 submis- while I was deciding between several differLiving Dead. sions. ent angles for one frame at three minutes And here’s another twist “THE PEOPLE WHO Deckart added 42 seconds,” said Florida filmmaker James of the screenings at the that the number of Reeves. “You’re like, ‘Why am I doing this?’ LOVE HORRO R Egyptian: You’re invited Idahoans submitting And it’s because you’re passionate about it, to “confess your sins” to to the festival also so it’s nice to have some confirmation.” ARE THE KINDEST, someone in the lobby who continues to grow, the They may traffic in blood, guts and gore, will write a poem about your result of a concerted but horror fans say there’s no reason to be SWE E TEST worst secrets. effort to give in-state afraid of them. In fact, they declare them“We actively try to plan artists more exhibition selves the least pretentious and most friendly PEOPL E.” a festival that is not just opportunities. IHFF part of the film world. about watching scary films,” waives submission fees Boston filmmaker Izzy Lee, whose film said IHFF Director Molly for Idaho filmmakers, entering them into the The Rites of Vengeance was named IHFF’s Deckart, who founded the festival in 2014 and Idaho-only “Spud and Guts” category. Best Short Film in 2017, said that people has watched it grow from a small band of enMatt Robinson, a Lewiston-based heavy watch horror movies for the cathartic experithusiasts into what has become a must-attend equipment operator and filmmaker whose films ence of seeing something worse than their event on Boise’s crowded fall calendar. have been featured in all five years of the fesown lives. A leading advocate for Idaho’s film industry, tival, was amazed at the number of Gem State “Because of that, the people who love horDeckart considered a variety of genres for the submissions. ror are the kindest, sweetest people I’ve ever festival in 2014 before ultimately deciding that “An Idahoan that makes short films that also met in my life,” she said. “I think we get our horror was the best choice. happen to be horror films: That’s such a specific demons out and we’re all the better for it.” “One of the things that new emerging group,” he said. IHFF’s joyous atmosphere keeps people filmmakers have in common with even big Filmmakers relish the chance to watch an coming back year after year. Hollywood directors is they all usually have a audience react to their work. “The festival is really, really welcoming” horror film in their filmography,” she said. “It “I try and sit at the very front so I’m staring said Robinson. “I don’t know what I’d do in doesn’t rely as heavily on script or dialogue. It at the audience, trying not to look creepy,” said October without it.” BOISE WEEKLY.COM

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BY ROB BREZSNY ARIES (March 21-April 19): In his book The Snow Leopard, Peter Matthiessen describes his quest to glimpse the elusive and rarely seen creature in the Himalayas. “Its uncompromising yellow eyes, wired into the depths of its unfathomable spirit,” he writes, give it a “terrible beauty” that is “the very stuff of human longing.” He loves the snow leopard so much, he says, that it is the animal he “would most like to be eaten by.” I bring this up, Aries, because now would be a good time, astrologically speaking, for you to identify what animal you would most like to be eaten by. In other words, what creature would you most like to learn from and be inspired by? What beautiful beast has the most to give you? TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Richard Nelson is an anthropologist who has lived for years with the indigenous Koyukon people of Alaska. He lauds their “careful watching of the same events in the same place” over long periods of time, noting how this enables them to cultivate a rich relationship with their surroundings that is incomprehensible to us Westerners. He concludes, “There may be more to learn by climbing the same mountain a hundred times than by climbing a hundred different mountains.” I think that’s excellent counsel for you to employ in the coming weeks. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “It is sad that unless you are born a god, your life, from its very beginning, is a mystery to you,” writes Gemini author Jamaica Kincaid. I disagree with her because she implies that if you’re human, your life is a complete and utter mystery, whereas my observation has been that for most of us, our lives are no more than 80 percent mystery. Some lucky ones have even deciphered as much as 65 percent, leaving only 35 percent mystery. What’s your percentage? I expect that between now and Thursday, Nov. 1, you can increase your understanding by at least 10 percent. CANCER (June 21-July 22): You Cancerians may not possess the mental dexterity of Virgos or the acute cleverness of Geminis, but you have the most soulful intelligence in the zodiac. Your empathetic intuition is among your greatest treasures. Your capacity to feel deeply gives you the ability to intensely understand the inner workings of life. Sometimes you take this subtle acumen for granted. It may be hard for you to believe that others are stuck at a high-school level of emotional skill when you have the equivalent of a PhD. Everything I just said is a prelude to my advice. In the coming weeks, I doubt you can solve your big riddle through rational analysis. Your best strategy is to deeply experience all the interesting feelings that are rising up in you. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Do you ever experience stress from having to be so interesting and attractive all the time? It may on occasion feel like an onerous responsibility to be the only artful egomaniac amidst swarms of amateur egomaniacs. I have a suggestion that might help. Twice a year, celebrate a holiday I call Dare to Be Boring Week. During these periods of release and relief, you won’t live up to people’s expectations that you keep them amused and excited. You’ll be free to be solely focused on amusing and exciting yourself, even if that means they’ll think you’re dull. Now is an excellent time to observe Dare to Be Boring Week. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): A Chinese proverb says, “Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.” I’m happy to let you know that you are currently more receptive to this truth than maybe you have ever been. Furthermore, you have more power than usual to change your life in ways that incorporate this truth. To get started, meditate on the hypothesis that you can get more good work done if you’re calm and composed than if you’re agitated and trying too hard.

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