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BOISE WEEKLY DECEMBER 19-25, 2018

Healthy Holidays

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EDITOR’S NOTE SWEET AND SAVORY Nothin’ says lovin’ like somethin’ from the oven, and we can’t think of a better way to celebrate this holiday week than a series of visits to some of the Treasure Valley’s kitschiest kitchens. Our first stop is at Pastry Perfection, where we meet the “cookie-decorating machine” Kelly Prettyman. Get this: Kelly can ice and decorate 300-400 Christmas cookies per hour. Boise Weekly’s Lex Nelson has the plum assignment of visiting with Kelly at Pastry Perfection on page 6. Up next, I’ll take you to the kitchen at the Boise Co-Op at The Village in Meridian. That’s where Nutritional Therapy Practitioner Kendy Radasky hosts “Cooking with Kids” classes. This month, she has something scrumptious on the menu: holiday salted peppermint bark and soft paleo ginger molasses cookies. The story is on page 7, and on page 8 we share the recipes. Next, Lex will introduce us to Carolyn Robb, a former British Royal Chef to princes William and Harry. On page 10, Lex asks Chef Carolyn to share some of the secrets to her royal chocolate biscuit cake recipe. On page 11, I’ll take you along on my visit to the Boise Pie Co., where I met Bridgette McAbee. She rises well before dawn to fire up the ovens. Each and every day, she bakes about 20 pies, sweet and savory. On page 12, I’ve got a pair of movie reviews for you. The first feature film, Mary Queen of Scots, which co-stars Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie, opens Friday, Dec. 21. The next, ROMA, directed by Oscar-winner Alfonso Cuaron, has already dropped on Netflix. And finally, on pages 14 and 15, is the annual holiday tradition I call “Movie Madness,” a friendly competition among the year’s best movies, winnowed down to the Sweet 16, Elite Eight, Final Four and Finest Two films of 2018 (in my humble estimation). —George Prentice, Editor

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IT’S ALL IN THE ICING

At Pastry Perfection, the cookie decorators have a high-tech helper for the holidays LE X NEL SON

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Kelly Prettyman shows off her work at Pastry Perfection.

elly Prettyman, who heads the decorating department at Boise bakery Pastry Perfection, is a cookie-decorating machine. After timing her one morning, Prettyman’s coworkers discovered that she could ice and decorate between 300 and 400 Christmas cookies each hour—a prodigious feat even considering her 35 years of experience behind the counter. “The joke is I have a permanent spot here at the end of the counter where all I do is stand and do cookies all day long,” Prettyman said, reaching into a bowl of electric green icing with a gloved hand before swiping it in an even, mirror-smooth layer over a Christmas tree-shaped cookie. A few minutes later, she finished the tray with a shower of red and green sprinkles and reached over to a nearby rack for another, all without missing a word of conversation. “This time of year, obviously, is our busiest,” Prettyman said when she sat down for a few minutes to rest her feet. “We do a lot of wholesale—St. Luke’s, Boise Centre on 6 | DECEMBER 19–25, 2018 | BOISEWEEKLY

During the holidays, Pastry Perfection can churn out as many as 10,000 Christmas cookies in a single week.

the Grove, different places. I think last week alone we sent out over 10,000 [cookies] for the week, just our iced sugar cookies for Christmas.” If you haven’t been there, the first thing you need to know about Pastry Perfection is that it’s a sugar-coated wonderland—and bringing a child into its donut-scented air, hungry or otherwise, is risky business. The mammoth bakery off of Glenwood Street is lined with glass cases stocked with row upon row of muffins, cookies, specialoccasion cakes, cupcakes, turnovers, pies, eclairs, strudels, dessert breads, coffee cakes and cannolis. Overseeing it all are Prettyman and her team, who keep the sweets looking almost too good to eat. Customers can walk in off the street and choose desserts from the case, but for some of the big corporate orders, the Pastry Perfection crew gets a little bit of help from its secret weapon: a bright blue cookie printer that squats in a back room. A cookie printer is just what it sounds like— though maybe it should more properly be called an icing printer, to avoid any vague associations with Easy-Bake Ovens.

“It’s like a printer, but the cartridges are food coloring instead of ink,” Prettyman said, loading sugar cookies iced with white frosting onto a conveyor belt that would pull them through the printer and out the other side, newly decorated with the logo of a local company in dark brown “ink.” These “logo cookies,” as they’re called in the bakery, are particularly popular during the holidays, when companies put in whopping orders—sometimes as many as 650 cookies at a time, according to Prettyman—to fill Christmas gift baskets. But while the printer is used in special circumstances, most of the work at Pastry Perfection is still done the old-fashioned way: by hand. “Sometimes it’s pretty overwhelming,” Prettyman said. “And besides the [relatively simple] hand-iced cookies, we also do the hand-detailed cookies, what we call our designer cookies. They’re quite a bit more per cookie, but they’re also a lot more work.” Unfortunately, there’s no secret to making perfect, beautifully iced cookies at home. Pretty-

man said that while the process is important, it all comes down to practice. “I would say a lot of experience definitely helps. Because even some of my girls that are fairly new, they struggle. But, you know, like everything else, the more you do it the better you get at it,” she said. “I couldn’t begin to tell you how many probably millions of cookies I’ve done in my life. So I’ve got it pretty down pat.” After spending more than three decades submerged in cookies, you might think the last thing Prettyman would want to do during the holidays is bake—but in fact, she’s happy to take her work home with her for Christmas. “My adult children, the only things they ask me for every year are their favorite cookies and stuff, so I go home and bake there, too,” she said. “My son’s favorite cookie is a snickerdoodle, and he’ll eat the whole batch by himself. And my daughter, I do this peppermint Oreo cookie that she really likes. On average, I do probably about 12 different kinds of cookies and put them out.” Luckily, most of those recipes are sprinkleand icing-free.

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HAVE A HEALTHY, JOLLY CHRISTMAS

“I just don’t want to simply throw sugar at the kids.” GEORGE PRENTICE

vember, we introduced the kids to allergen-free endy Radasky’s salted peppermint bark and versions of classic Thanksgiving recipes; and ginger molasses cookies are so mouthwaterof course, this month, it’s all about the winter ingly scrumptious that it’s nearly impossible to holiday treats,” said Radasky. “We’ll cook up believe they’re healthy. The peppermint bark is some kid-friendly, healthy soups in January; grain-, nut-, egg- and dairy-free, for example; and in February we’ll do something we call and the cookies are grain- and dairy-free. So, ‘Muffin Madness,” where will introduce some you can imagine parents’ delight when Radasky shared the holiday recipes this month during her fun, paleo recipes.” But Radasky spends most of her time workCooking with Kids classes inside the showcase ing with adults. After all the Christmas and New kitchen at the Boise Co-op in Meridian. Year’s decorations have been put away, she’ll “There is certainly an expectation of sweetlaunch a five-week program to help grownups ness at Christmas time,” said Radasky. “That curb their sugar addictions. said, I just don’t want to simply throw sugar at “It will be every Thursday for five weeks, bethe kids. So, let’s take a look at the recipe.” ginning on Monday, Jan. 17. It teaches people The ginger molasses cookies are packed with about self-observation and self-compassion. protein from almond flour, fat from coconut It’s completely different from what people may oil and, of course, minerals from the molasses. be familiar with with food, which is the guilt They’re healthy enough to eat for breakfast, and the shame and the but this time of year, awkward weigh-ins and they’re the perfect treat. the calorie-counting,” Similarly, the salted pepshe said. permint bark recipe is All that said, much completely allergen-free “THERE IS of Western culture has and packed with healthy shackled sugar to the fats and an array of minC E RTA I N LY A N holiday season. erals from just a pinch “It would be very of sea salt, in addition to E X PECTATION OF difficult to try to teach sweetness from dairy-free SWEE TNES S AT this course in December, dark chocolate. because no one would Radasky’s business CHRI STMAS TIME.” commit. But with a new card indicates that her year, there’s a new chance, name is followed by the a new opportunity,” letters “NTP.” Radasky said. “The very “I’m a nutritional idea of sweetness is really therapy practitioner, important because people have particular things which is quite different from what you call a that they’re really challenged to let go of. So, we registered dietician. What I do is a very different brainstorm and ask, ‘What is it that you’re doing paradigm,” she said. “When I see people in my when you come home from work? Are you getpractice, it’s a very detailed intake. We look at ting a glass of wine to relax, and telling your kids the functionality of their digestive system and their blood sugar regulation. We’re really looking that you can’t talk to them right now? What is that wine, and that sugar, taking away from you? into the physiology of the body.” What can you do instead? Go for a walk? Take a Following an earlier career in ecological bath?’ I’ll be honest, the first week can be a little research, which took her to the Big Island of rough for some people, but what’s happening Hawaii for a spell, Radasky, her husband (a is that gut bugs, or bacteria, have grown out of movement therapist) and their then-5-year-old proportion inside you because they’ve been fed son took a 14,000-mile trek across the U.S., by sugar. Our body has to clean them up.” hosting health-based workshops in countless And there’s nothing better than to start early. American communities. Three and a half years “In the Cooking with Kids classes, we have ago, they settled on Boise as their ideal home. 3-year-olds all the way up to teenagers, and they Soon thereafter, Radasky partnered up with the love it,” said Radasky. “And quite often they’ll Co-op and began her Cooking with Kids classes take off to the aisles of the Co-op with their at its new location in The Village. parents so they can get healthy ingredients and “In October, we taught the kids to make start to cook healthy at home.” nutrient-dense, tasty Halloween treats. In No-

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Nutritional Therapy Practitioner Kendy Radasky teaches kids how to make healthy holiday treats.

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COURTESY CHEF CAROLYN ROBB & THE ROYAL TOUCH

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A past British Royal Chef talks biscuits, Christmas and baking with family LE X NEL SON

Whenever the British royal family brings a new heir or heiress into the world, the public eye zeros in, with past debuts sparking a rush for matching baby blankets and tiny outfits. But after the little royals hit toddlerhood, is anyone wondering what they eat? When princes William and Harry were young, the job of keeping them fed fell to Chef Carolyn Robb, then-chef to Their Royal Highnesses The Prince and Princess of Wales at Kensington Palace. She was the first female personal chef—and the youngest personal chef, period—to serve the couple, and kept the job for 13 years before moving on to work in Dubai, adding to an impressive career that included stints at Michelin-starred restaurants in England, Italy and France. Now, more than a decade later, Robb works out of her home in England under her personal brand, The Royal Touch, and published a cookbook of the same name. Just before the holidays, she spoke with Boise Weekly about cookies, working with royals and what she bakes for Christmas. Looking through The Royal Touch, I was particularly attracted to your recipe for royal chocolate biscuit cake. Apart from looking delicious, it seems to have a great story attached. Can you talk about making it for the royal family? As it had been a great family favorite when I was growing up, I was keen to make it when I started cooking for William and Harry, and they loved it too. When they were a little older they took it back to boarding school with them sometimes as a treat. It was really special for me that William chose to have [it] as his groom’s cake! That recipe calls for English biscuits. Can you explain what those are for American readers? Do you have a particular brand in mind, or are they homemade? Our biscuits are the same as your cookies! The best ones to use for the chocolate biscuit cake are digestive biscuits. These are a very traditional old English biscuit (cookie), dating back to about 1830, made with wheat flour and some whole-grain flour, butter, sugar, malt extract and bicarbonate of soda as the raising agent. McVities is the brand that I like to use. If they aren’t available you could substitute a shortbread biscuit or even Graham crackers.

You’ve worked all over the world, including in the U.S. Was it difficult to adjust your cooking lexicon when you moved? I didn’t find it difficult as I have cooked in many different places with differing weights and measures, and I love learning the local words for ingredients! My bookshelf is full of culinary dictionaries from around the world. Perhaps the only thing that I found tricky was the cuts of meat that seem very different to here in the UK. Royal chocolate biscuit cake is just one of many dessert recipes in The Royal Touch. How many are there, and how did you curate them? There are about 35 recipes that include desserts, cakes, cookies, slices and sweet confections. The hardest job was choosing which recipes to include, as I could have filled a whole book entirely with delicious sweet things! Some recipes come from my mother, with my own little twists added; some I created during my royal chef years; some things I make as a way to combine my favorite ingredients and some have ingredients or combinations that I picked up on my travels, especially in the Middle East. Everything that I selected is easy to make, no complicated processes, and there is, I hope, something for all tastes in the selection that I settled on.

And what does a typical day for you look like these days? The days are still long! I have two young daughters, so the day starts early getting them off to school, and I get as much of my work done as I can while they are at school—but that’s never quite long enough, so I finish off what still needs to be done after the girls have gone to bed, which is often very late. I always like to be here with my girls when they come home from school. My younger daughter is home by 4 p.m.—so just in time for a piece of cake and a glass of milk. She loves cake so there is always a homemade cake in cut! Cooking a fresh, healthy supper for us every night is really important to me and it is very special family time. My work is varied, which I really enjoy. [I’m] still doing some professional cooking whilst also working on other projects, product development and events with some wonderful travel companies. Does your family have any holiday food traditions? My mum was a wonderful baker, which is where my love of baking comes from. Christmas was always the time of year when every cake tin was bursting with my mum’s wonderful homemade treats! We don’t enjoy traditional English Christmas cake with dried fruit, so we always have wonderful rich moist ginger cake and a chocolate log—a chocolate roulade decorated to look like a snowy log! Also [we] always have shortbread and Christmas biscuits—lightly spiced cookies cut in Christmas shapes. Traditional mince pies are also not very popular, so I fill them with spiced apple or lemon curd, apricot conserve or chocolate paste! My younger daughter loves baking and we bake together at every opportunity; though she’s just turned six and now often tells me that she knows what she’s doing and no longer needs my help!

You’ve moved on from working for the royal family, but it seems to have been a highlight of your career. Can you tell me what a typical day in that job was like? One of the great joys of the job was that it was so varied—one day I might be cooking shepherds pie for two little princes at Kensington Palace, and a few days later I might be on the royal yacht in Hong Kong doing a banquet for a hundred people! Wherever I was, the days were long, starting before breakfast and working through until after dinner, which was often not served until about 9 p.m. There were usually a couple of hours in the afternoon when I would go out to do any shopFind Chef ping that was needed, or go into the Carolyn Robb’s recipe garden and pick fruit or catch up on for royal chocolate biscuit paperwork. As well as cooking for the cake attached to this story royal family there were also quite a at boiseweekly.com. few members of staff to be fed. I didn’t mind the long, unsociable hours at all as I so loved what I was doing.

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Bridgette McAbee grew up around restaurants. “I was doing dishes when I could barely reach the sink,” she said. “My first memory as a young girl was wanting to open my own restaurant someday.” That said, she studied interior design in college. But each time she returned to her Florida home, she worked in her father’s restaurant at every available opportunity. And when the time came for her to pursue that dream, she decided she needed to go west. “I just got into a car with my son, and we started driving,” she recalled. Today, more than a few Boise customers are happy she drove through Idaho. “I saw that you didn’t have a real pie shop. I’m not talking about a place that sells pies that have been frozen. I’m talking about a real pie shop,” said McAbee. Indeed, Boise Pie Co. is the very definition of a “real pie shop.” And in a rare moment when she wasn’t making pies, Boise Weekly got McAbee to sit still long enough to talk about her personal and professional passion, and how she’ll juggle Boise’s demands for non-stop pies for the holidays. Did you have a business plan mapped out when you opened? Not really. I knew I wanted to open a year ago about this same time, right before Thanksgiving. I wasn’t sure how successful I would be. I just started making pies. Word-of-mouth spread pretty quickly about this place. It really did. We’ve been busy since the moment we opened. I really didn’t have to advertise. How many pies are coming out of your ovens on any given day? Probably 20. We’ll always have savory pies: chicken pot pies, shepherd’s pie, a quiche and sometimes I bake a mac and cheese. Plus, we’ll always have homemade soup. And then we’ll have about 15 or so different sweet pies. I also do whoopie pies. That’s a southern thing—two cakes with a buttercream filling. It’s important to note that your menu also has a few sandwiches. We roast our own turkey, make fresh chicken BOISE WEEKLY.COM

salad, homemade meatballs for sliders, we roast mojo pork from Tampa, Florida, for our Cuban sandwich and of course, we bake our own bread for that. What have been your holiday best-sellers? A lot of pumpkin, apple and pecan. But our most popular is Key lime. What’s the secret to a perfect Key lime? I actually have the limes shipped in from Key West, Florida. I squeeze them all by hand.

Are all these pie recipes in your head? My grandma taught me, plus a I use a few more of mom’s recipes. And the secret to a perfect crust? Cold, cold ice water. What does that mean? As you’re mixing your flour, you slowly add very cold water, bit by bit. It makes it perfectly flaky. Are you making pies for restaurants yet? I would eventually like to have an off-site location where I can make more pies. Yes, I’ve already been asked by a number of restaurants.

“ I WOU LD E VENTUALLY LIKE TO HAVE AN OFFSITE LO CATION WHERE I CAN MAKE MORE PIES . Y ES , I ’ V E A L RE A DY B EEN ASKED BY A N U M BER OF RESTAU R ANTS .”

Talk to me about your pie flight. I’m assuming it’s a bit like a beer flight. You can try three slices of different pies for $10.95. You’ve got a pretty busy operation. How many of you are baking pies at any given moment? I’m the only one baking pies. Wait a minute… what? Pardon me, but what happens if you get hit by a bus? What happens if you get sick? I know. It’s pretty scary. But I don’t get sick.

For goodness sakes, you need to start teaching other people your secret recipes. Especially if your business is only going to get bigger. Yes, I know. Believe me, that’s the big picture. But it’s all about keeping the quality up. A lot of people don’t care as much about pies as I do. I’m afraid to ask when you start your day. Four a.m. Can I try some Key lime pie while we’re talking? I’ll cut you a slice. You’ll probably notice a lot of other places have Key lime pie that’s green. That’s food coloring. Mine is purer. It practically smells like I’m in Key West. And too many other Key lime pies are a bit too firm. This is a lot creamier. What’s your son’s favorite pie? The Key lime of course. And yours? Sugar cream. It takes me back to my childhood.

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ROMA, the much-anticipated valentine from Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity), tells an intimate story that uses a backdrop so wide of scale it conjures memories of some of the best work from film’s grandest masters, such as Bergman (Fanny and Alexander), Fellini (Amarcord) and Truffaut (The 400 Blows). Filmed in glorious 65mm black and white, ROMA is devastatingly beautiful—joyous one moment and tragic the next—and in spite of it being a Netflix production, the film must be part of the Best Picture Oscar conversation. Yes, Hollywood and particularly movie distributors and cinema owners decry Netflix’s deleterious impact on movie-going, but ROMA cannot be denied. It’s magnificent. It’s just a shame that so many will have to see it on a home screen or (I shudder at

the thought) something smaller. Cuaron, who also wrote and edited this semiautobiographical triumph, returned to his own middle-class roots in Mexico City’s Roma district to craft what appears at first to be a simple tale of a live-in maid and the family she serves and protects. But the story evolves into something so much more. ROMA is set in the 1970s, when violent student demonstrations scarred the neighborhood; but as that political storm brews, the family’s day-to-day existence remains in the eye of the hurricane. Rest assured, there is much laughter in ROMA, but Cuaron also immerses us in the family’s tragedies, big and small, with equal aplomb. To that end, the story’s gentility is masterful. What remains a mystery, however, is how Netflix will negotiate ROMA’s fate during the

current award season. The streaming service has been the recipient of a truck load of Emmy Awards from the Television Academy, but Netflix executives clearly have their sights set on a taller Hollywood hill: the one they call Oscar. A Netflix spokeswoman told me at the Toronto International Film Festival, where ROMA had its North American premiere, that the studio would screen the film in cinemas in select cities (indeed, it has), but now that the film has officially dropped on Netflix, its fate now rests solely in the living rooms of Netflix subscribers. But I plead with you: When you do get around to seeing ROMA (and I hope that you do), turn down the lights and turn off the phone. ROMA is a film to be treasured for its grandeur. Somehow, a small screen feels like an injustice. BOISE WEEKLY.COM

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claiming the No. 20 spot on AFI’s Top 100. 7 p.m. $6-$9. Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, 208-387-1273, boiseclassicmovies.com/deals. COMEDIAN ANDREW SLEIGHTER—Andrew Sleighter has performed on Last Comic Standing, Nuvo TV’s Stand Up & Deliver and made his late-night stand-up debut on Conan. He’s also written and performed sketch comedy for Comedy Central. A regular at colleges and comedy clubs across the country, Andrew’s also performed at some of the most prestigious comedy festivals in and out of the country. 8 p.m. $10. Doc’s Lodge Social Club, 1108 W. Front St., Boise, 208-813-6222, downtownboise.org/go/docs-bar.

WINTER GARDEN AGLOW—Head out to the Idaho Botanical Garden for the annual dazzling display of over 380,000 sparkling lights artfully displayed throughout the holiday season. Open daily rain, shine or snow through Jan. 1, including Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. 5:30-9:30 p.m. FREE-$12. Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-343-8649, idahobotanicalgarden.org/winter-garden-aglow.

Festivals & Events THE BISHOPS’ HOUSE VICTORIAN HOLIDAY OPEN PARLORS—Drop by the Bishops’ House display of more than a dozen decorated Christmas trees with thousands of ornaments and lights. You’ll enjoy a complimentary cup of wassail as you explore this winter wonderland. Look for the perfect gift in the Holiday Shop, featuring ornaments, chocolates and more. Proceeds beneﬁt The Friends of The Bishops’ House mission of preserving and sustaining this historic home. Through Dec. 23. 5:30-8:30 p.m. FREE-$5. Bishops’ House, 2420 E. Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-342-3279. thebishopshouse.org/page/events.

MURDER MYSTERY: HO HO HOMICIDE—Enjoy a night of North Pole naughtiness and murder. Dinner available with show; see website for details. 8 p.m. $6-$103. The Playhouse Boise, 8001 W. Fairview Ave., Boise, 208-779-0092, playhouseboise.com.

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COUSIN EDDIE’S PROGRESSIVE HOLIDAY BENEFIT SALE—Head over to Boise Bicycle Project for its endof-season progressive holiday sale. The discounts get steeper each day. Whoever thinks winter isn’t the time to shop for bikes and parts is wrong. Take advantage of great deals before they close up shop until January. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE. Boise Bicycle Project, 1027 Lusk St., Boise, 208-429-6520, boisebicycleproject.org.

BCT: WITH LOVE AND A MAJOR ORGAN—You don’t want to miss Julia Lederer’s intriguing new play, previously featured in BCT’s 5X5 Reading Series. This eccentric, edgy comedy tells the story of a man with a paper heart, a mother who wanted to spare him the pain of a real one and a woman on the subway with so much love to give. It’s a modern-day fable about what it costs to give your heart away, and what happens when you discover you actually have one. 7 p.m. $18-$38. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, bctheater.org/readings/5x5.

HOLIDAY LIGHTS TROLLEY TOURS—Enjoy the lights of the holiday season aboard the vintage open air Molly Trolley. Concessions will be sold onsite. All tours leave from the Evergreen Business Mall, located

BOISE CLASSIC MOVIES: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE—Often times, Christmas movies are pretty good “for a Christmas movie.” Not so here. It’s a Wonderful Life is a good ﬁlm by any measure,

THURSDAY, DEC. 20

ART SOURCE GALLERY HOLIDAY MARKET—Art Source Gallery’s Holiday Market returns, with affordable, unique gifts and cards by Idaho artists. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE. Art Source Gallery, 1015 W. Main St., Boise, 208-331-3374, artsourcegallery.com.

Kids & Teens CURIOUS CUBS STORYTIME—Three- and 4-year-old Curious Cubs develop social and communication skills as they enjoy dancing, singing, laughing and learning with great stories and music in a group of their peers. 10-10:30 a.m. FREE. Meridian Public Library, 1326 W. Cherry Lane, Meridian, 208-888-4451, mld.org.

Odds & Ends Art 2018 VIVID STUDIOS SHOWCASE—The Gem Center for the Arts celebrates the diverse talents of the artists who have taken residency in its studios. With works ranging from video installations and immense oil paintings to ceramic sculpture and more, this show celebrates the broad spectrum of creatives in and around Boise. Through Jan. 4, 2019. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. Gem Center for the Arts, 2417 W. Bank Drive, Boise, 208-991-0984, gemcenterforthearts.org.

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BOISE BREWING TRIVIA NIGHT—Enjoy a holidaythemed trivia night featuring some very merry, festive questions. So get together your team of up to six and brush up on your world holidays and all the different ways that we celebrate. There will be prizes for ﬁrst, second and third places. 7-9 p.m. FREE. Boise Brewing, 521 W. Broad St., Boise, 208-342-7655, boisebrewing.com.

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BASQUE FOUNDATION’S ANNUAL SHEEPHERDERS BALL For just about as long as people have been herding sheep in Idaho, Basque transplants from Europe have been the ones to do it. They’ve been at it here so long that even as immigrants from other corners of the world start to replace them, Basques remain synonymous with the job. Herding sheep has been baked into the local Basque culture, which is why on Saturday, Dec. 27, the Basque Foundation will throw its annual Sheepherders Ball at the Basque Center. There, the Oinkari Basque Dancers will perform, followed by a charity lamb auction and live music by the Kalimotxo Cowboys. In addition to the dancing and auction, there will be plenty of chorizo and booze to go around. The fun is cash-only, so don’t forget to stock your wallet. 7 p.m., $5. Basque Center, 601 W. Grove St., 208-331-5097, basquecenter.com.

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PROCRASTIGANZA! PROCRASTINATORS POP-UP HOLIDAY MARKET When kids procrastinate, it involves things like homework, chores and thank-you cards. For their parents, it’s taxes and holiday gifts. Leaving things until the last minute is far more involved for adults than for children, though, and necessitates hidden time sucks like waiting in line, collecting gifts and wrapping them. Just two days before Christmas, the Procrastiganza! Procrastinators Pop-up Holiday Market will help even the most harried last-minute shoppers scratch the ﬁnal names off their lists. On Sunday, Dec. 23, at Mad Swede Brewing, scoop up goodies from local artisans, soothe holiday nerves with beer and warm up with soup from Seeds, Roots, and Shoots, all while shopping. Chronology will starting pumping out live music at 4 p.m., too. 2-7 p.m., FREE. Mad Swede Brewing Company, 2772 S. Cole Road, 208-922-6883, madswedebrewing.com.

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STORY STORY NIGHT: BRAVE THE ELEMENTS—GOLD During the Civil War, gold was discovered in the Boise Basin, kicking off the biggest gold rush since the stuff was found in California in the 1850s. The newly founded Idaho City swelled to 7,000 people, making it the biggest city in the Northwest—bigger, even, than Portland, Oregon—but by 1870, the gold had started to run dry, and the town’s population dwindled. Gold is woven into the fabric of the Gem State, and on Wednesday, Dec. 26, it will get its due at Story Story Night’s second installment of Brave the Elements, a storytelling series based on elements from the Periodic Table, with featured storytellers, story slammers and more hitting the stage to tell stories that all have one thing in common: gold. 7 p.m., $12-$15. Jack’s Urban Meeting Place, 1000 W. Myrtle St., 917-495-5840, storystorynight.org. BOISE WEEKLY.COM

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Festivals & Events THE BISHOPS’ HOUSE VICTORIAN HOLIDAY OPEN PARLORS—Through Dec. 23. 5:30-8:30 p.m. FREE-$5. Bishops’ House, 2420 E. Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-342-3279, thebishopshouse.org/page/events. COPENROSS UGLY SWEATER CONTEST AND PAYETTE PINT NIGHT—Don your ugliest and most festive sweater and enjoy some great food and fun. CopenRoss Growlers will serve their delicious rib dinner and Payette Brewing Pints will be $1 off. Voting will take place from 6:30-8 p.m., so arrive early to get more votes. There will be prizes from Payette and CopenRoss for the ugliest, most festive and most recycled/thrift store cheesy sweater and whatever else they can think up to vote on. 6:30-8:30 p.m. FREE. CopenRoss Growlers, 5120 W. Overland Road, Ste. 5, Boise, 208-342-6866, payettebrewing.com. COUSIN EDDIE’S PROGRESSIVE HOLIDAY BENEFIT SALE—Head over to Boise Bicycle Project for its endof-season progressive holiday sale. The discounts get steeper each day. Whoever thinks winter isn’t the time to shop for bikes and parts is wrong. Take advantage of great deals before they close up shop until January. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE. Boise Bicycle Project, 1027 Lusk St., Boise, 208-429-6520, boisebicycleproject.org. HOLIDAY LIGHTS TROLLEY TOURS—Through Dec. 24. 7 p.m. $5-$18. Evergreen Business Mall-Library Plaza, corner of Cole and Ustick, Boise, 208-433-0849, boisetrolleytours.com.

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WINTER GARDEN AGLOW—Through Jan. 1, 2019. 5:30-9:30 p.m. FREE-$12. Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-343-8649, idahobotanicalgarden.org/winter-garden-aglow.

On Stage ALLEY REP. CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA: JODI SINGS JUDY—Jodi Eichelberger and Todd Dunnigan lead Boise’s most talented singers and dancers as they re-imagine Judy Garland’s one and only televised Christmas special. Judy invited the TV cameras into her home to share the holiday with her family and good friends as they all informally drop by. This Alley Repertory Theater Christmas Extravaganza will pull on your nostalgic heartstrings and push your funny bone in a way that only Alley Rep can: by making this Christmas classic irreverent and bittersweet. Doors open one hour before performance time. 8 p.m. $15-$20. Alley Repertory Theater at VAC, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-388-4278, alleyrep.org. BCT: WITH LOVE AND A MAJOR ORGAN—7 p.m. $18-$38. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, bctheater.org/readings/5x5. BOISE CLASSIC MOVIES: LOVE ACTUALLY—Often called the ultimate date movie, Love Actually has it all: a brilliant ensemble cast, hilarious laughs, irresistible tear-jerking and plenty of Christmas feelgoods. This one’s a 21-and-older only screening with beer, wine and mulled wine available, so leave the kiddos at home. 7 p.m. $9-$11. Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, 208-387-1273, boiseclassicmovies.com/deals/love-actually-dec-21/. COMEDIAN ANDREW SLEIGHTER—8 p.m. $12-$15. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-941-2459, liquidboise.com.

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VINTAGE MOVIE NIGHT: NATIONAL LAMPOON’S CHRISTMAS VACATION—The Vintage Movie Night Series features classic movies, bottomless movie snacks, and a full bar and food menu. The ticket price includes bottomless movie snacks with popcorn and theater candy favorites. 7:30 p.m. $13-$20. Riverside Hotel Sapphire Room, 2900 W. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-343-1871, sapphireboise.com.

Art 2018 VIVID STUDIOS SHOWCASE—Through Jan. 4. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and 6-9 p.m. FREE. Gem Center for the Arts, 2417 W. Bank Drive, Boise, 208-991-0984, gemcenterforthearts.org. ART SOURCE GALLERY HOLIDAY MARKET—Art Source Gallery’s Holiday Market returns, with affordable, unique gifts and cards by Idaho artists. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE. Art Source Gallery, 1015 W. Main St., Boise, 208-331-3374, artsourcegallery.com. GEM CENTER THIRD THURSDAY—Join the Gem Center for Third Thursday, featuring the Vivid and Gem artists show opening reception and Vivid artists open studio. 6-9 p.m. FREE. Gem Center for the Arts, 2417 W. Bank Drive, Boise, 208-991-0984, gemcenterforthearts.com.

Religious/Spiritual TAROT AT 10TH STREET—Seeking the divine? Step into a new reality with a Tarot reading. Atticus Kirkham offers free single-card draws, $5 past, present, future spreads, and $20 Celtic crosses. Free reading hour after 10 p.m. With all-day happy hour on Sundays. 7-10 p.m. FREE$20. 10th Street Station, 104 10th St., Boise, 208-269-0871, tenthstreetstation.com.

Odds & Ends BOARD GAMES AND MORE—Take your favorite board game, or play one provided by Albertsons. You and your friends can enjoy hours of play time, all while enjoying a variety of food and drink specials. For all ages. 6-10 p.m. FREE. Albertsons Broadway on the Rocks, 1219 S. Broadway Ave., Boise, 208-336-5278, local.albertsons. com/id/boise/1219-s-broadway-ave.html.

FRIDAY DEC. 21 Festivals & Events THE BISHOPS’ HOUSE VICTORIAN HOLIDAY OPEN PARLORS—Through Dec. 23. 5:308:30 p.m. FREE-$5. Bishops’ House, 2420 E. Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-3423279, thebishopshouse.org/page/events. COUSIN EDDIE’S PROGRESSIVE HOLIDAY BENEFIT SALE—Head over to Boise Bicycle Project for its end-of-season progressive holiday sale. The discounts get steeper each day. Whoever thinks winter isn’t the time to shop for bikes and parts is wrong. Take advantage of great deals before they close up shop until January. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE. Boise Bicycle Project, 1027 Lusk St., Boise, 208-429-6520, boisebicycleproject.org. HOLIDAY LIGHTS TROLLEY TOURS—Through Dec. 24. 7 p.m. $5-$18. Evergreen Business Mall-Library Plaza, corner of Cole and Ustick, Boise, 208-433-0849, boisetrolleytours.com. WINTER GARDEN AGLOW—Through Jan. 1, 2019. 5:30-9:30 p.m. FREE-$12. Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-343-8649, idahobotanicalgarden.org/winter-garden-aglow.

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CALENDAR On Stage ALLEY REP. CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA: JODI SINGS JUDY—Jodi Eichelberger and Todd Dunnigan lead Boise’s most talented singers and dancers as they re-imagine Judy Garland’s one and only televised Christmas special. Judy invited the TV cameras into her home to share the holiday with her family and good friends as they all informally drop by. This Alley Repertory Theater Christmas Extravaganza will pull on your nostalgic heartstrings and push your funny bone in a way that only Alley Rep can: by making this Christmas classic irreverent and bittersweet. Doors open one hour before performance time. 8 p.m. $15-$20. Alley Repertory Theater at VAC, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-388-4278, alleyrep.org. BCT: WITH LOVE AND A MAJOR ORGAN—8 p.m. $18-$38. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-3319224, bctheater.org/readings/5x5. COMEDIAN ANDREW SLEIGHTER—8 and 10 p.m. $12-$15. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-941-2459, liquidboise.com. DARCI LYNNE AND FRIENDS: ROCKING AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE—Ventriloquist Darci Lynne is the youngest contestant to ever win America’s Got Talent. 7 p.m. $35-$55. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-426-1110, morrisoncenter.com/events/detail/darci-lynne. HOMEGROWN THEATRE: HORIZON THREE— HomeGrown Theatre presents Horizon Three by Isabella D’Esposito. Explore the lives of Georgia Lawson, an astronaut, and Andy, an android, as they participate in a long-term isolation study onboard the Horizon Three station orbiting Neptune. As the study enters Phase Two, the pair discover not only is the study perhaps more dangerous than they ﬁrst believed, but they’re also not as alone out here as they ﬁrst thought. 8 p.m. FREE-$6. Gem Center for the Arts, 2417 W. Bank Drive, Boise, 208-991-0984, hgtboise.org.

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VINTAGE MOVIE NIGHT: NATIONAL LAMPOON’S CHRISTMAS VACATION—The Vintage Movie Night Series features classic movies, bottomless movie snacks, and a full bar and food menu. The ticket price includes bottomless movie snacks, including favorites like popcorn and theater candy. 7:30 p.m. $13-$20. Riverside Hotel Sapphire Room, 2900 W. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-343-1871, sapphireboise.com.

Art 2018 VIVID STUDIOS SHOWCASE—Through Jan. 4, 2019. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. Gem Center for the Arts, 2417 W. Bank Drive, Boise, 208-991-0984, gemcenterforthearts.org.. ART SOURCE GALLERY HOLIDAY MARKET—Art Source Gallery’s Holiday Market returns, with affordable, unique gifts and cards by Idaho artists. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE. Art Source Gallery, 1015 W. Main St., Boise, 208-331-3374, artsourcegallery.com.

Sports & Fitness TAI CHI—Learn this gentle martial art from a trained instructor. 11 a.m.-noon FREE. Ada Community Library Victory Branch, 10664 W. Victory Road, Boise, 208-362-0181, adalib.org/victory.

Food WINTER SOLSTICE CEILIDH CELEBRATION—Celebrate the shortest day/longest night of the year in proper Viking style with Uptown Chiefs and the good folks at Mad Swede Brewing. Foxy Franks will be on site with delicious pub fare. 7 p.m. FREE. Mad Swede Brewing Company, 2772 S. Cole Road, Ste. 140, Boise, 208-922-6883, madswedebrewing.com.

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STUFF STOCKINGS WITH BALLET SUN VALLEY EARLY-BIRD TICKETS For a lot of Boiseans, Ballet Sun Valley may be as out of mind as it is out of sight this holiday season, but dance enthusiasts ought to keep its 2019 calendar on their radars, particularly because it will once again bring the renowned San Francisco Ballet company to town for its annual festival at the Sun Valley Pavilion next summer. The SFB performed at the inaugural BSV Festival in 2012, and its top-notch dancers and staff have been regular guests ever since. “Bob Smelick, who is the person who founded Ballet Sun Valley, has been on the board of the San Francisco Ballet for a long time, so his relationship with with [it] started that way,” said BSV representative Shannon Atlas. “He also has a long-term relationship with the Sun Valley community as a resident there.” In 2017, the BSV Festival made the pages of The New York Times when Sun Valley native and American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Isabella Boylston joined with its organizers to plan a three-day event centered around the solar eclipse. That festival included free dance education classes, which will also feature in the 2019 programming slated to run FridaySunday, July 5-7, 2019. There will be options for beginning, intermediate and advanced students, with various levels of experience required. Applications will open on the BSV website in January, and those who earn spots will also score free tickets to the festival. “Students will be able to select which classes they wish to attend, rather than having a mandatory three-day program,” wrote Atlas in an email. “... We want to make this program as ﬂexible as possible so that many levels of students can be exposed to the teaching skills of professional dancers and to instructors from [the] San Francisco Ballet.” The 2019 festival includes two performances from the SFB under the guidance of Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson: a gala-style production and set of short dances (Friday, July 5) and a longer, mixed-repertory performance of three different works (Sunday, July 7). More information can be found at balletsunvalley.com, where tickets went on sale Dec. 5 at prices ranging from $50-$500 per night. —Lex Nelson 20 | DECEMBER 19–25, 2018 | BOISEWEEKLY

BASQUE FOUNDATION’S ANNUAL SHEEPHERDERS BALL—Don’t miss this annual Boise holiday tradition. Doors open at 7 p.m., and the Oinkari Basque Dancers perform at 8 p.m., followed by the charity lamb auction. Then dance the night away to the music of the Kalimotxo Cowboys. With chorizos and drinks for purchase. This event is cash only. 7 p.m. $5. Basque Center, 601 W. Grove St., Boise, 208-331-5097, basquecenter.com. THE BISHOPS’ HOUSE VICTORIAN HOLIDAY OPEN PARLORS—Through Dec. 23. 5:308:30 p.m. FREE-$5. Bishops’ House, 2420 E. Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-3423279, thebishopshouse.org/page/events. COUSIN EDDIE’S PROGRESSIVE HOLIDAY BENEFIT SALE—Head over to Boise Bicycle Project for its end-of-season progressive holiday sale. The discounts get steeper each day. Whoever thinks winter isn’t the time to shop for bikes and parts is wrong. Take advantage of great deals before they close up shop until January. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. Boise Bicycle Project, 1027 Lusk St., Boise, 208-429-6520, boisebicycleproject.org. HOLIDAY LIGHTS TROLLEY TOURS—Through Dec. 24. 7 p.m. $5-$18. Evergreen Business Mall-Library Plaza, corner of Cole and Ustick, Boise, 208-433-0849, boisetrolleytours.com. OLD BOISE MODEL RAILROAD HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE—Join the Old Boise N-Scale Model Railroad Club for a tour of their setup, which features more than 1,000 feet of track, multiple switch yards, miniature towns, villages and wilderness, and hundreds of rail cars. Admission is free, but donations are accepted and used to improve the layout. Saturdays through Dec. 29. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE. The Pioneer Building, 106 N. Sixth St., Boise, facebook.com/oldboiserailroad. WINTER GARDEN AGLOW—Through Jan. 1, 2019. 5:30-9:30 p.m. FREE-$12. Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-343-8649, idahobotanicalgarden.org/winter-garden-aglow.

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Workshops & Classes OUR PLANET SOAP DIY DEMOS—Join Our Planet Soap founder Chris Rudd for free Saturday morning DIY Demos of fun personal care products you can make for yourself or for gifts. The Boise factory will be open to the public every Saturday until Christmas, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m., with events at 11 a.m. Satudays. Dec. 22: Making Moisturizing Natural Shower Gel. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. FREE. Our Planet Soap, 6165 W. Clinton St., Boise, 208-841-4460, ourplanetsoap.com.

Talks & Lectures A CONVERSATION WITH JOHN KERRY—Former Secretary of State John Kerry discusses his new memoir, Every Day Is Extra. Through the telling of his personal story, Kerry provides remarkable insights into some of the most pivotal moments and powerful personalities of the past 50 years of American history. The program will provide a special opportunity for members of the public to hear him elaborate on those insights and personal stories in a conversational presentation. He also will answer questions from the audience and sign books after the program. 4 p.m. FREE. The Community Library Ketchum, 415 Spruce Ave., Ketchum, 208-726-3493, comlib.org.

Kids & Teens Art 2018 VIVID STUDIOS SHOWCASE—Through Jan. 4, 2019. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. Gem Center for the Arts, 2417 W. Bank Drive, Boise, 208-991-0984, gemcenterforthearts.org. ART SOURCE GALLERY HOLIDAY MARKET—Art Source Gallery’s Holiday Market returns, with affordable, unique gifts and cards by Idaho artists. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE. Art Source Gallery, 1015 W. Main St., Boise, 208-331-3374, artsourcegallery.com. YULE INVITATIONAL GROUP ART SHOW—With the popularity of the KRAMPUS Invitational in 2015, the decision was made to carry on the tradition with broader strokes to include what other cultures do to celebrate Yule and the Winter Solstice. This is not a show to be missed. Saturdays through December. Noon-6 p.m. FREE. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297, visualartscollective.com.

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BOWLING WITH SANTA—Let the good times roll with the Jolly Old Elf himself, and Mrs. Claus, too. Kids get unlimited bowling, shoe rentals, cookies and hot cocoa, and plenty of Santa time. Family members can join in the fun for $10, too. 10-11 a.m. $10. Wahooz, Pinz Bowling and Galaxy Event Center, 400 W. Overland Road, Meridian, 208-898-0900, wahoozfunzone.com.

Food BOISE FARMERS MARKET INDOOR WINTER MARKET—The Boise Farmers Market moves to its indoor location at the corner of Eighth and Fulton streets for the winter market Nov. 3-Dec. 22. You’ll ﬁnd local produce and protein, artisan cheese and dairy, bread, pastries and pasta, wine and cider, specialty foods, locally made gifts, art, Christmas trees and more, including an abundance of local produce, right up until Christmas. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. FREE. Boise Farmers Market Indoor Winter Market, Eighth and Fulton Streets, Boise, 208-345-9287, theboisefarmersmarket.com.

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On Stage ALLEY REP. CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA: JODI SINGS JUDY—Jodi Eichelberger and Todd Dunnigan lead Boise’s most talented singers and dancers as they re-imagine Judy Garland’s one and only televised Christmas special. Judy invited the TV cameras into her home to share the holiday with her family and good friends as they all informally drop by. This Alley Repertory Theater Christmas Extravaganza will pull on your nostalgic heartstrings and push your funny bone in a way that only Alley Rep can: by making this Christmas classic irreverent and bittersweet. Doors open one hour before performance time. 8 p.m. $15-$20. Alley Repertory Theater at VAC, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-388-4278, alleyrep.org. BCT: WITH LOVE AND A MAJOR ORGAN—2 and 8 p.m. $18-$38. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-3319224, bctheater.org/readings/5x5. COMEDIAN ANDREW SLEIGHTER—8 and 10 p.m. $12-$15. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-941-2459, liquidboise.com. HOMEGROWN THEATRE: HORIZON THREE— HomeGrown Theatre presents Horizon Three by Isabella D’Esposito. Explore the lives of Georgia Lawson, an astronaut, and Andy, an android, as they participate in a long-term isolation study onboard the Horizon Three station orbiting Neptune. As the study enters Phase Two, the pair discover not only is the study perhaps more dangerous than they ﬁrst believed, but they’re also not as

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SUNDAY DEC. 23 Festivals & Events THE BISHOPS’ HOUSE VICTORIAN HOLIDAY OPEN PARLORS—5:30-8:30 p.m. FREE-$5. Bishops’ House, 2420 E. Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-342-3279, thebishopshouse.org/page/events. HOLIDAY LIGHTS TROLLEY TOURS—Through Dec. 24. 7 p.m. $5-$18. Evergreen Business Mall-Library Plaza, corner of Cole and Ustick, Boise, 208-433-0849, boisetrolleytours.com. PROCRASTIGANZA! PROCRASTINATORS POPUP HOLIDAY MARKET—Although brewmaster Jerry’s beer can Rudolph is pretty cute, you’ll ﬁnd many more exquisite and welcome handmade gifts at this curated, last-minute holiday pop-up market featuring several local artisans to help you ﬁnd that perfect gift. Enjoy a mad great beer and a bowl of soup from Seeds, Roots, and Shoots while you shop. Plus live music by Chronology in the brewery 4-7 p.m. 2-7 p.m. FREE. Mad Swede Brewing Company, 2772 S. Cole Road, Ste. 140, Boise, 208-922-6883, madswedebrewing.com. WINTER GARDEN AGLOW—Through Jan. 1, 2019. 5:30-9:30 p.m. FREE-$12. Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-343-8649, idahobotanicalgarden.org/winter-garden-aglow.

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

Art 2018 VIVID STUDIOS SHOWCASE—Through Jan. 4, 2019. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. Gem Center for the Arts, 2417 W. Bank Drive, Boise, 208-991-0984, gemcenterforthearts.org. ART SOURCE GALLERY HOLIDAY MARKET—Art Source Gallery’s Holiday Market returns, with affordable, unique gifts and cards by Idaho artists. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE. Art Source Gallery, 1015 W. Main St., Boise, 208-331-3374, artsourcegallery.com.

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Religious/Spiritual TAROT AT 10TH STREET—Seeking the divine? Step into a new reality with a Tarot reading. Atticus Kirkham offers free single-card draws, $5 past, present, future spreads, and $20 Celtic crosses. Free reading hour after 10 p.m. With all-day happy hour on Sundays. 7-10 p.m. FREE-$20. 10th Street Station, 104 10th St., Boise. 208-269-0871, tenthstreetstation.com.

MONDAY DEC. 24 Festivals & Events HOLIDAY LIGHTS TROLLEY TOURS—7 p.m. $5-$18. Evergreen Business Mall-Library Plaza, corner of Cole and Ustick, Boise, 208433-0849, boisetrolleytours.com. WINTER GARDEN AGLOW—Through Jan. 1, 2019. 5:30-9:30 p.m. FREE-$12. Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-343-8649, idahobotanicalgarden.org/winter-garden-aglow.

On Stage THE CHRISTMAS INTERLUDES: CHARLES DICKENS’ A CHRISTMAS CAROL—Stitch Marker, Jodeen Revere with Peter John Still perform and sing The Christmas Interludes’ annual reading of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, the seasonal ghost story beloved the world over. Hard-hearted Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by messengers from the spirit-realm, who take him on a voyage of selfdiscovery and self-reclamation in Victorian London. 5 p.m. $10. The Mode Lounge, 800 W. Idaho St., Boise, 208-830-6657, christmasinterludes.com.

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WINTER GARDEN AGLOW—Through Jan. 1, 2019. 5:30-9:30 p.m. FREE-$12. Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-343-8649, idahobotanicalgarden.org/winter-garden-aglow.

Festivals & Events WINTER GARDEN AGLOW—Through Jan. 1, 2019. 5:30-9:30 p.m. FREE-$12. Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-343-8649, idahobotanicalgarden.org/winter-garden-aglow.

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

WEDNESDAY DEC. 26 Festivals & Events CHRISTMAS DOWNTOWN CHURCH WALKING TOUR DAY TWO—Join the Coalition of Idaho Living Historians for a tour of the historical churches in downtown Boise. You’ll enjoy organ, choral and other instrumental music along with Christmas decorations, holiday treats and beverages. Tour stops include First Presbyterian Church, 950 W. State St.; Immanuel Lutheran Church, 707 W. Fort St.; St. John’s Roman Catholic Cathedral, 775 N. Eighth St.; Cathedral of the Rockies First United Methodist Church, 717 N. 11th St.; and St. Michael’s Episcopal Cathedral, 518 N. Eighth St. St. John’s will also host a concert from 5:30-6 p.m., right after the ﬁnish of the tour. 2:30-5:30 p.m. FREE. Downtown Boise.

On Stage STORY STORY NIGHT: BRAVE THE ELEMENTS— Brave the Elements at the ﬂagship season of Story Story Night this winter and spring. This season’s themes are based on elements from the periodic table. With true stories on themes that pack some atomic power, featured storytellers and spontaneous story slammers get on stage and into their element. Dec. 26: Gold. 7 p.m. $12-$15. Jack’s Urban Meeting Place, 1000 W. Myrtle St., Boise, 917-4955840, storystorynight.org/shows/main-season.

Food GERMAN DINNER AND MOVIE NIGHT—Check out Schnitzel Garten’s weekly German-language movie nights. You’ll enjoy the authentic winter German dinner specials, beer and wine while watching a German ﬁlm. Reservations recommended for parties of four or more. 6-9 p.m. FREE. Schnitzel Garten, 1225 E. Winding Creek Drive, Eagle, 208-629-8855, schnitzelgartenboise.com.

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

BEN BURDICK TRIO—7:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse

GIGGLEBOMB—DJ Winkle will join a drummer, live vocalist and dancer to captivate your senses and ignite the dance ﬂoor. 9 p.m. FREE. Humpin’ Hannah’s HAVEN SNOW—8 p.m. FREE. Reef

BRIDAL PARTY—With Ruff Pups. 7:30 p.m. $5. Neurolux

JIMMY LAWRENCE—5:15 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse

BROOK FAULK—7 p.m. FREE. The Ranch Club

OPEN MIC WITH UNCLE CHRIS—7 p.m. FREE. O’Michael’s Pub & Grill

BUDDY DEVORE AND THE FADED COWBOYS—9 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon DAN COSTELLO—6 p.m. FREE. Willowcreek Grill DOUGLAS CAMERON—7 p.m. FREE. Old Chicago Pizza Downtown MIKE ROSENTHAL—5:15 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse OOKAY—With Bonnie X Clyde, and DNMO. 8 p.m. $15$45. Revolution Concert House and Event Center THE ROCCI JOHNSON BAND—9 p.m. FREE. Humpin’ Hannah’s

STYLUST: TIDAL WAVE TOUR—With WSKY TNGO FXTRT, EvoluShawn, and Turner Keyes. 9 p.m. $5. Fatty’s

FRIDAY DEC. 21 ANDREW SHEPPARD BAND—9 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon BLAKADAAR—With Groggy Bikini, and The Hand. 7 p.m. $5. The Olympic

ROSS MCINTIRE—7:30 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s Saloon

BLOOM AND BROTHER (FROM BREAD AND CIRCUS)—5 p.m. FREE. Sockeye Grill and Brewery-Cole

SHON SANDERS—6 p.m. FREE. Highlands Hollow Brewhouse

BUDDY DEVORE AND THE FADED COWBOYS—6 p.m. FREE. Powderhaus Brewing Company

SONS OF THUNDER MOUNTAIN 2ND ANNUAL CHRISTMAS SPECIAL—A celebration of the Holidays with American Folk and seasonal favorites. 7:30 p.m. $12-$20. Riverside Hotel Sapphire Room STEVE EATON—5 p.m. FREE. Riverside Hotel Bar 365 WESTERN WEDNESDAYS: TYLOR AND THE TRAIN ROBBERS—9 p.m. FREE. Tom Grainey’s

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CHUCK SMITH TRIO—8:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse

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

1332 RECORDS PUNK MONDAY—9 p.m. FREE. Liquid Lounge

CUNNINGHAM AND MOSS—5 p.m. FREE. Riverside Hotel Bar 365

BILLY BLUES BAND—With Michele Eastland and Becky Blake. 7:30 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s Saloon

BOBBY DEE KEYS BRINGS IN CHRISTMAS—6 p.m. FREE. Deja Brew Laugh a Latte

GUILTY PLEASURE—8 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s Saloon

BREAD AND CIRCUS—8 p.m. FREE. O’Michael’s Pub & Grill

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

CHUCK SMITH TRIO—8:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse

MOOD SWING—5 p.m. FREE. Riverside Hotel Bar 365,

JENSEN BUCK—8 p.m. FREE. Quinn’s Restaurant and Lounge MIKE ROSENTHAL—5:15 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse

AMBROSE SCHOOL CHRISTMAS PROGRAM—Featuring all K–6 students along with the upper school choirs, orchestra and special guests. 7 p.m. $5-$30. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts

For the last 20 years, the New York Connection series has brought high-profile session artists to Boise, and next week, it will bring Mike Merritt, James Wormworth and Hugh Pool to Lock Stock & Barrel. Merritt, whose interests primarily include blues and roots, just finished a 25-year stint playing with talk show host Conan O’Brien’s house band; Wormworth, also an O’Brien veteran, is a drummer who has recorded with the likes of Stevie Ray Vaughan and played with Cyndi Lauper, Jerry Lee Lewis and Buddy Guy; and Pool plays the guitar and harmonica, and sings. He has been called out of the audience to perform with legends like Leon Russell and John Campbell. This show is a rare chance to get up close to a trio of some of the finest musicians working today. —Harrison Berry

THE ROCCI JOHNSON BAND—9 p.m. FREE. Humpin’ Hannah’s RYAN CURTIS—8 p.m. FREE. Dwellers Public House STRAIGHT AWAY—8 p.m. FREE. Ha’ Penny Bridge Irish Pub and Grill

BAKER-DEFFRIES OVERDRIVE—7 p.m. FREE. High Note Cafe

TRANSISTOR SEND—With Lars Luna, and Queen Boychild. 7:30 p.m. $7. Neurolux

BLAZE AND KELLY—5 p.m. FREE. Riverside Hotel Bar 365

WENDY MATSON—7 p.m. FREE. Deja Brew Laugh a Latte

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

CLUB NIGHT: ADDAM C. AND DJ BROCHACHO—9 p.m. $3, $5 for two. Reef DAVE STRODA—7 p.m. FREE. High Note Cafe FATTY’S SIXTH-ANNUAL PA RUM PUM PUM BUMP PARTY—Head down to Fatty’s sixth-annual Pa Rum Pum Pum BUMP Party and celebrate Christmas the right way. Get your picture taken with Santa. They’re giving away tons of Fattys merch and a Fireball sign. The promo team will be giving out free drink tickets to the people who are there to party. Wear your Santa hats and ugly sweaters. 9 p.m. FREE. Fatty’s MARCUS EATON—7:30 p.m. $25-$31. Riverside Hotel Sapphire Room MATT ROOS—7 p.m. FREE. Deja Brew Laugh a Latte MIKE ROSENTHAL—5:15 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse

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TRANSISTOR SEND, NEUROLUX, FRIDAY, DEC. 21 There is an immersive quality to Transistor Send’s music that makes the $7 cover for its upcoming show at Neurolux seem low, as though tickets have been subsidized by the government or something. The band includes Casey Cathey and Zach Sherwood, both from Boise, and they have an especially compelling polish on their alt-pop sound. Their latest album, Serotonin (selfreleased, 2018), is a lovely companion album to alt-J’s 2012 album An Awesome Wave (Infectious), and it comes off like a buffet of shoegaze-y melodies that have impressive depth and voice. Every track feels like the end of the party but the beginning of a feeling—an ambiance many bands have tried to capture, but which Transistor Send has the chops and attention to detail to achieve. —Harrison Berry With Lars Luna, and Queen Boychild. 7:30 p.m., $7. Neurolux, 111 N. 11th St., 208-343-0886, neurolux.com.

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NUDE DUDE—With Brain Bagz, and Lloyd and Saviour. 7:30 p.m. $5. Neurolux THE ROCCI JOHNSON BAND—9 p.m. FREE. Humpin’ Hannah’s STRAIGHT AWAY—8 p.m. FREE. Ha’ Penny Bridge Irish Pub and Grill TRIPLE THREAT—8 p.m. FREE. Quinn’s Restaurant and Lounge WILSON ROBERTS—5 p.m. FREE. Riverside Hotel Bar 365

SUNDAY DEC. 23 NOCTURNUM LIVE INDUSTRIAL DJS—10 p.m. FREE. Liquid Lounge THE SIDEMEN: GREG PERKINS AND RICK CONNOLLY—6 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse TOM BURDEN AND FRIENDS—Noon. FREE. High Note Cafe

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

TUESDAY DEC. 25 CHUCK SMITH TRIO—7:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse OPEN MIC—7 p.m. FREE. Dwellers Public House SEAN ROGERS—2 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse THE SUBURBANS—9 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon WAYNE WHITE—5 p.m. FREE. Riverside Hotel Bar 365 XMAS NIGHT DANCE PARTY: DJ BODIE—10 p.m. FREE. Neurolux

WEDNESDAY DEC. 26 ANDREW SHEPPARD BAND—9 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon BEN BURDICK—6 p.m. FREE. Willowcreek Grill CUNNINGHAM AND MOSS—6 p.m. FREE. Highlands Hollow Brewhouse MIKE ROSENTHAL—5:15 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse QUINN VAN PAEPEGHEM TRIO—7:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse THE ROCCI JOHNSON BAND—9 p.m. FREE. Humpin’ Hannah’s STEPHANIE STRANGE—7 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s Saloon STEVE EATON—5 p.m. FREE. Riverside Hotel Bar 365 WESTERN WEDNESDAYS: TYLOR AND THE TRAIN ROBBERS—9 p.m. FREE. Tom Grainey’s

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DEAR ‘EX,’ With all due respect and sympathy to your situation, she broke up with you. She ended it. Now you have to move on. A text message breakup is still a breakup. Many relationships these days live and die by the keyboard. The same seriousness with which a few typed-out words started a year long involvement, must be heeded when it is over. While it may feel bad or distant, even cowardly, and yes, tacky, the truth is more and more people communicate this way. Sure, you could request to meet with her, but she may not feel comfortable doing so and you must respect that. I wish you a lot of luck as you move on from this chapter that has closed in your life, and I hope that you ﬁnd the person you’ve been looking for, hopefully one with better communication skills. SUBMIT questions to Minerva’s Breakdown at bit.ly/MinervasBreakdown or mail them to Boise Weekly, 523 Broad St., Boise, ID 83702. All submissions remain anonymous. Illustration of Minerva by Adam Rosenlund.

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ASTROLOGY SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Until 1920, most American women didn’t have the right to vote. For that matter, few had ever been candidates for public office. There were exceptions. In 1866, Elizabeth Cady Stanton was the first to seek a seat in Congress. In 1875, Victoria Woodhull ran for president. Susanna Salter became the first woman mayor in 1887. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, Sagittarius, 2019 will be a Stanton-Woodhull-Salter type of year for you. You’re likely to be ahead of your time and primed to innovate. You’ll have the courage and resourcefulness necessary to try seemingly unlikely and unprecedented feats, and you’ll have a knack for ushering the future into the present. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Studies show that the best possible solution to the problem of homelessness is to provide cheap or free living spaces for the homeless. Not only is it the most effective way of helping the people involved; in the long run, it’s also the least expensive. Is there a comparable problem in your personal life? A chronic difficulty that you keep putting Band-Aids on but that never gets much better? I’m happy to inform you that 2019 will be a favorable time to dig down to find deeper, more fundamental solutions; to finally fix a troublesome issue rather than just addressing its symptoms. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Many people in Iceland write poems, but only a few publish them. There’s even a term for those who put their creations away in a drawer rather than seeking an audience: skúffuskáld, literally translated as “drawerpoet.” Is there a comparable phenomenon in your life, Aquarius? Do you produce some good thing but never share it? Is there a part of you that you’re proud of but keep secret? Is there an aspect of your ongoing adventures that’s meaningful but mostly private? If so, 2019 will be the year you might want to change your mind about it. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Scientists at Goldsmiths University in London did a study to determine the catchiest pop song ever recorded. After extensive research in which they evaluated an array of factors, they decided that Queen’s “We Are the Champions” is the song that more people love to sing than any other. This triumphant tune happens to be your theme song in 2019. I suggest you learn the lyrics and melody, and sing it once every day. It should help you build on the natural confidence-building influences that will be streaming into your life. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Consumer Reports says that between 1975 and 2008, the average number of products for sale in a supermarket rose from about 9,000 to nearly 47,000. The glut is holding steady. Years ago you selected from among three or four brands of soup and shampoo. Nowadays you may be faced with 20 varieties of each. I suspect that 2019 will bring a comparable expansion in some of your life choices, Aries—especially when you’re deciding what to do with your future and who your allies should be. This could be both a problem and a blessing. For best results, opt for choices that have all three of these qualities: fun, usefulness and meaningfulness. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): People have been trying to convert ordinary metals into gold since at least 300 A.D. At that time, an Egyptian alchemist named Zosimos of Panopolis unsuccessfully mixed sulfur and mercury in the hope of performing such magic. Fourteen centuries later, seminal scientist Isaac Newton also failed in his efforts to produce gold from cheap metal. But now let’s fast forward to 20th-century chemist Glenn T. Seaborg, a distinguished researcher who won a share of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1951. He and his team did an experiment with bismuth, an element that’s immediately adjacent to lead on the periodic table. By using a particle accelerator, they literally transmuted a small quantity

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BY ROB BREZSNY of bismuth into gold. I propose that we make this your teaching story for 2019. May it inspire you to seek transformations that have never before been possible. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): President Donald Trump wants to build a concrete and fenced wall between Mexico and the United States, hoping to slow down the flow of immigrants across the border. Meanwhile, 12 Northern African countries are collaborating to build a 4,750-mile-long wall of droughtresistant trees at the border of the Sahara, hoping to stop the desert from swallowing up farmland. During the coming year, I’ll be rooting for you to draw inspiration from the latter, not the former. Erecting new boundaries will be healthy for you—if it’s done out of love and for the sake of your health, not out of fear and divisiveness. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Cancerian poet and filmmaker Jean Cocteau advised artists to notice the aspects of their work that critics didn’t like—and then cultivate those precise aspects. He regarded the disparaged or misconstrued elements as being key to an artist’s uniqueness and originality, even if they were as-yet immature. I’m expanding his suggestion and applying it to all of you Crabs during the next 10 months, even if you’re not strictly an artist. Watch carefully what your community seems to misunderstand about the new trends you’re pursuing, and work hard to ripen them. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In 1891, a 29-year-old British mother named Constance Garnett decided she would study the Russian language and become a translator. She learned fast. During the next 40 years, she produced English translations of 71 Russian literary books, including works by Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Turgenev and Chekhov. Many had never before been rendered in English. I see 2019 as a Constance Garnett-type year for you, Leo. Any late-blooming potential you might possess could enter a period of rapid maturation. Awash in enthusiasm and ambition, you’ll have the power to launch a new phase of development that could animate and motivate you for a long time. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I’ll be bold and predict that 2019 will be a nurturing chapter in your story; a time when you will feel loved and supported to a greater degree than usual; a phase when you will be more at home in your body and more at peace with your fate than you have in a long time. I have chosen an appropriate blessing to bestow upon you, written by the poet Claire Wahmanholm. Speak her words as if they were your own. “On Earth I am held, honeysuckled not just by honeysuckle but by everything—marigolds, bog after bog of small sundews, the cold smell of spruce.” LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Be very, very careful what you put into that head, because you will never, ever get it out.” This advice is sometimes attributed to 16th-century politician and cardinal Thomas Wolsey. Now I’m offering it to you as one of your important themes in 2019. Here’s how you can best take it to heart. First, be extremely discerning about what ideas, theories and opinions you allow to flow into your imagination. Make sure they’re based on objective facts and make sure they’re good for you. Second, be aggressive about purging old ideas, theories and opinions from your head, especially if they’re outmoded, unfounded or toxic. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Memorize this quote by author Peter Newton and keep it close to your awareness during the coming months: “No remorse. No if-onlys. Just the alertness of being.” Here’s another useful maxim, this one from author Mignon McLaughlin: “Every day of our lives we are on the verge of making those slight changes that would make all the difference.” Shall we make it a lucky three mottoes to live by in 2019? This one’s by author A. A. Milne: “You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”

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