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Up front, kudos to Boise Weekly’s Harrison Berry for once again shepherding our Fiction 101 contest. Now in its 17th year, the competition was as fierce as ever. For the uninitiated, writers were tasked with crafting mini-masterpieces that were exactly 101 words long. First place went to Lindsay Keogh, who penned “The Rabbit,” a child’s eye view of a rather visceral circle of life. There were plenty of special judge’s picks too, including entries from Ross Hargreaves, Allison Maier, Mark McCallister, Mark Perison and Eric Wallace. Read them all, plus a few more, on pages 6 through 8.

BW’s food guru Lex Nelson pops by on page 9 to start the new year off right with a bit of food news: The winner of the Trailmix competition, which took place in October, will start appearing on store shelves beginning this month.

Lex returns on page 10 where she takes us along on a visit to a unique exhibition at the Boise Art Museum, A New State of Matter: Contemporary Glass. It’s the latest in a line of glass-centric exhibits at BAM stretching back to 1984. The latest collection will fill five of the museum’s galleries through Sunday, Feb. 3. You won’t want to miss it.

I’ll join you on page 11 where I’ll provide you with a scorecard to help navigate all of this current award season’s most buzzworthy films. A good many of them are already screening at local cinemas, but there are just as many big titles that should soon be coming to a theater near you.

Finally, you’ll want to check out Page Break on page 18, where Lex writes about something unique from Boise’s Slow By Slow slow-pour coffee shop. Slow By Slow doesn’t roast its own beans, but it loves its myriad roasters/suppliers so much that it has crafted the “Specialty Coffee Roasters in America” map. No sugar, but leave a little room for cream, please.

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17TH-ANNUAL BOISE WEEKLY FICTION 101 CONTEST Don’t miss the reading party at Rediscovered Books on Thursday, Jan. 3

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here are a million and one ways to write a 101-word short story, and every year, the variety of entries people submit to the Boise Weekly Fiction 101 contest astounds me. Trends do emerge, though. The usual themes include family and nature, violent death, politics, youth and old age. This year, a rash of entries waxed anxious over Fiction 101 deadlines.

Getting the word out about the contest, we may have pushed a bit hard for some readers.

In aggregate, Fiction 101 submissions are a window into Boise Weekly readers’ passions

and concerns. All year long, we write about what we think they should know, and for one issue at the beginning of the new year, we give up a few pages to their soaring imaginations.

It’s one of the ways we can tell our readers that we couldn’t do it without them.

This year, readers entered more than 180 entries to the contest, and in late 2018, our group of eminent judges selected yet another fine crop of winners. A word about our judges: The tradition of this contest being overseen by excellent minds continued this year, with a panel comprising Rediscovered Books Co-owner Laura DeLaney, Idaho Commission on the Arts Literature Director Jocelyn Robertson, HomeGrown Theatre Manager Chad Shohet, The Cabin Operations Manager Hillary Bilinski and my colleague here at Boise Weekly, Staff Writer Lex Nelson.

As always, we hope you enjoy the stories and, if you can stand the pressure, submit 101 words of your own later this year!

—Harrison Berry

1ST PLACE “The Rabbit” LINDSAY KEOGH

I saw it first. A dead rabbit, belly eviscerated, maggots at work. My mother stayed back, waiting, watching me. The rabbit’s black eyes stared, milky and unseeing.

I grabbed a stick, stabbed at its intestines, strangely rubbery and strong, impenetrable. My mother appeared abruptly, gripping my forearm, knocking the stick away.

She took my hand in hers, pulled me down, and together we stroked the fur, the spine, gently examined organs as she described their elegant, symbiotic functions.

I returned alone every day until the rabbit absorbed fully into the forest floor. Until the skeleton fully emerged, perfectly formed, nature’s census.

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BY J EFFRE Y C . LOWE

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2ND PLACE

“Traffic” ISABELLE SHIFRIN

Whiskers started sprouting from Delphia’s chin when she was 40 .

Get laser hair removal, her friends told her. But Delphia refused, on principle. At a red light, she pulled at a particularly pernicious whisker with her fingernails.

“If I were a real feminist, I would pick my nose in traffic,” she thought. The man in the half-ton truck next to her examined the end of his finger, then reached to wipe it someplace below the steering wheel.

Then, suddenly, unbelievably, truck man looked over and winked. The whisker simultaneously came loose in Delphia’s fingers, curled like the ribbon on a present.

2018 JUDGES HILLARY BILINSKI, The Cabin Operations Manager LAURA DELANEY, Co-owner of Rediscovered Books LEX NELSON, Boise Weekly Staff Writer JOCELYN ROBERTSON, Idaho Commission on the Arts Literature Director CHAD ETHAN SHOHET, HomeGrown Theatre Manager

3RD PLACE “Mony Mony” DUST Y AUNAN

Billy Idol’s “Mony Mony” plays and it becomes clear who at the wedding feels most untethered. Aunt Regina gallops around the dance floor, both pony and rider.

Her husband fails to entangle her in a slow dance.

Off the shoulder of a kneeling photographer, Regina launches onto the head table, then to the canvas roof of DJ Scary Gary’s tent, then into the darkness above the fairy lights.

“There!” someone yells. Regina’s galloping shadow passes in front of the yellow moon.

Search parties are sent out into the woods. Scary Gary stays behind playing the macarena, chicken dance, and electric slide.

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HONORABLE MENTIONS “Butterflyman”

“Griselda”

“Naughty”

GABRIELLE NEL SON

JSP JACOBS

BRENDA NEWMAN

After Hank came home, she noticed his skin had the elastic feel of taffy. He couldn’t remember their favorite breakfast place, but vividly recalled the red airless landscape he had come from, she could smell the dry sunsets on his breath. He reverently brought her comic books instead of flowers, he said understanding Superman would help. She stopped calling him Hank, now he was Knah. His skin wasn’t green, but banana blush. Knah wore moon child clothes from the sixties and hibernated in a cocoon. When he emerged, her heart felt like a jellyfish, when they flew through clouds she laughed.

The ghost of me haunts my childhood home.

Its new owner is first frightened, then grateful for company. Griselda is old, alone, hair white and wild.

She makes butter sandwiches while we watch Frasier.

I show her the spot in my mother’s bedroom where I was born, “So quickly Mom didn’t have time to remove her shoes.”

“I would’ve had a dozen babies like you,” Griselda says.

But we are both childless. She promises to will me the house, if I’ll just stay.

I agree.

When she hugs me, her arms pass through my silvery body, back around to embrace herself.

Lily checked the time. Ten minutes until dinner: enough to avoid detection.

She opened the website’s homepage. Login required.

“Damn!” Lily felt naughty for swearing.

She rummaged through the drawer next to her bed and found the paper with the password. Her skittish fingers managed to enter it.

The warm ring of a message notification. From him.

Lily read it and blushed. She sent an equally daring reply.

What she knew at her age was amazing.

Footsteps! Fun over, Lily closed the tablet and her eyes.

Nursing home life wasn’t bad, Lily thought, if you knew your way around social media.

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HILLARY BILINSKI

CHAD SHOHET

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The explosion was benevolent.

It vaulted an intact Henry, tightly buckled into 3F, out, up and away from the disintegrating jet. His seat reached a quick, shuddering apogee, hesitated, dropped, plunging him downward through the silent, frigid clouds. His silk tie strained heavenward, the steepled point fraying. Henry frowned. His shoes, high-shined, and his laptop, midspreadsheet, had fled. He’d not be properly dressed or fully prepared for the meeting. His bosses would be apoplectic. And, besides, when he landed, who would be there to pick him up and get him to the hotel? It was all so inconvenient, so terribly inconvenient.

I first saw them on the neighbor’s clothesline, a huddle of green and yellow against a slate sky. They flew away hours before the snow fell and before you came home, bourbon-sour and slurring imagined indignities.

You didn’t believe me—even after I explained how their ancestors, destined for domesticity, escaped a crate at the airport.

How they established themselves undaunted across the borough, their delicate feathers masking steel. You never heard their frenetic chorus or watched them pilfer crumbs as I drank coffee on the front stoop. You always underestimated the fortitude of instinct, the way it tends toward freedom.

MARK PERISON “It takes three to tango!” He was always saying weird things like that, technically incorrect but sometimes more interesting.

I tried to imagine the six-legged dance floor monster he’d conjured as I handed him the gun.

He held it out sideways, like some deranged gangster from TV. “Habba labista, Baby!” He pulled the trigger.

Nothing. Of course. That’s always how it always went with him. The can still sat on the fence, mocking us.

He examined the gun for a second and then chucked it into the tall grass. “The road to Hell is paved with grey intersections.”

It certainly was.

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ROSS HARGRE AVES The Periodontist’s assistant has my blood on her gloves. I love her.

They carve gum from the roof of my mouth and sew it onto recession above my back teeth. Recession caused by my suffering from degenerate mouth breathing.

“Suction,” the Periodontist says to her.

“Doing okay,” she says to me.

“Sure,” I say around tubes and fingers.

I know this love can never be reciprocated. Not after the intimate hour she’s spent in my mouth. And yet, when the Periodontist leaves to check on other patients, she applies balm to my lips and very gently wipes blood from my tongue.

MARK MCCALLISTER The barman warned her of traveling at night, said there were bandits and highwaymen on the road, that it wasn’t safe for a lady to travel alone. He indicated several escorts for hire sprawled about the pub. She sized the men up: a scoundrel, a brute, a roguish youngster.

Seeing her distaste, he suggested traveling with a gentleman who would be taking the road himself later that night, if she could delay.

She thanked him, but presently took her leave.

Two miles out of town she eased her horse off the road into a thicket, shadowed from the moonlight, and waited.

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LE X NEL SON On Oct. 18, Joni Kindwall-Moore, founder of Coeur d’Alene-based company Snacktivist Foods, was on tenterhooks alongside more than a dozen other Idaho food product creators at Trailhead, waiting to see who the panel of judges would choose to win the first-annual Trailmix competition. Created through a partnership with Trailhead and Albertsons as part of Boise Startup Week, Trailmix was designed to give small Idaho food companies with creative products a leg up in a cutthroat food industry dominated by giants like Kellogg’s, General Mills, Danone and Mars.

Turnout was impressive, both in the applicant pool, which pulled in 42 companies, and at the event itself, which stuffed Trailhead like an oversized sardine can.

“I can’t place a number on it, but the place was packed. We had standing room only, and even then it was pretty loud in the back—we had to shush people down,” said Trailhead Executive Director Tiam Rastegar. While some attendees were there to support the competitors, others had come to browse the booths, taste the goods and vote for the people’s choice award.

Prepping for the competition, KindwallMoore had taken a big risk—she’d chosen to offer the judges tastes of two unreleased products, moving up their original 2020 debut date. Rather than sticking to her established line of dry mixes for gluten-free baked goods like almond-oat mufBOISE WEEKLY.COM

fins, multigrain pizza crust and rosemary-garlic focaccia, she passed out chocolate chip and dark chocolate brownie cookies (both vegan, glutenfree, and made with organic, sustainable and fair trade ingredients) to the judges.

“Normally when you’re used to doing investor pitches you want everything to be super-duper laser focused, and with this competition I decided just to sell them on the brand and the concept of conscientious indulgence, which is really kind of our mantra at Snacktivist Foods,” she said.

The risk paid off. Kindwell-Moore raked in the top prize package from the pitch competition, which included shelf space at the Broadway Albertsons, a $10,000 cash prize, $3,000 in legal services from Holland & Hart, a $4,000 marketing workshop, mentorship opportunities with “key Albertsons leaders” and more. And according to Albertsons, hers isn’t the only new product to watch for. Finalists Voce Fruit Tea, BGood Bars, Kate’s Real Food and Galimofre Pasta—and people’s choice-winner Yaya Cheese—may also make appearances on Albertsons’ shelves.

“We loved all of the products,” said Albertsons spokesperson Kathy Holland. “So there’s definitely some opportunity there for some of those other products to be in our stores coming soon.”

Foodies can order Kindwall-Moore’s cookies now at snacktivistfoods.com, or find them at the Broadway Alberstons in early February.

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Bodovino is a Boise go-to for wine by the glass.

SERVE YOURSELF AT BODOVINO Unleash your inner sommelier. Bodovino has a very classy feel, which is to be expected of a wine bar. It’s the perfect place to educate—and then flaunt—your inner wine snob, or silently sip in the corner and hope no one judges what you’re drinking. I brought my outer wine snob with me to help out. He bandied around wine words like “tannins” and could pinpoint which region of the French countryside his favorite “old world” wines came from. My inner self, on the other hand, asked mature questions like, “On the adult scale, is this wine more or less adult-y?”

Can’t wine about the selection.

Bodovino has dozens of wines on tap, all divided up by region and variety. For the truly intrigued, there is a $900 bottle of 2009 Bordeaux Blend sitting behind the counter.

How does it work? The thing that makes Bodovino special is that the wine taps are self-serve. The first time you visit, you purchase a Bodovino card and add as much money to it as you’d like. Each wine case has a slot that works as a chip reader for the card. Once you put your card in, you can select a taste, half- or full pour of your chosen beverage. The beauty of this is it allows you to compare, contrast and sample as many varieties as you want. Just don’t, I beg of you, do as a friend jokingly suggested and mix as many wines as possible into a single glass. Odds are you’ll end up on the sidewalk, rear end first.

What’s the happiest hour? All day Sundays, Saturdays 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and weekdays 3 p.m.-6 p.m. and 9 p.m.-close; $1.99 mimosas, $2.99 sangria and a selection of happy hour wines half-off.

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Left: Charlotte Potter (American, born 1981), “Pending” (installation detail), 2014, cameo engraved glass and metal, 156 by 360 by 96 inches, courtesy of the artist and Heller Gallery, New York. Right: Jeffrey Stenbom (American, born 1978), “To Those Who Have” (installation detail), 2015, kiln-cast glass, acrylic, vinyl-coated steel cable and blown glass, 140 by 16 by 16 inches, courtesy of the artist and Bullseye Projects, image courtesy of Bullseye Projects, photo credit: Will Crocker

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS Boise Art Museum shows off a glass wonderland LE X NEL SON The coincidence has a mystical quality, something akin to the the waxing and waning of the moon, or the orbital whimsey of comets: Every 17 years, the Boise Art Museum opens an exhibition made from glass.

The first, a group show, took place in 1984.

Cutting-edge at its time, BAM Curator of Art Nicole Herden said it was “meant to show the fact that artists were really taking new steps in glass artistry, taking it away from just the traditional vessels that had been created in the past and moving more toward expression and sculptural work.”

A solo exhibition of work by glass sculptor Dale Chihuly came next, in 2001. Its appearance filled the museum with multicolored blown-glass forms, and local art buffs still mention it to BAM Executive Director Melanie Fales on the street.

Over the years, those comments piled up, and the height of that pile may have contributed to the fact that 17 years later, like clockwork, BAM opened A New State of Matter: Contemporary Glass in 2018. Featuring 19 artists and 29 works from around the world, this latest exhibition was curated and organized by BAM. It took Fales and Herden roughly two years—not to mention a lot of research, and a $50,000 grant from the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation—to put together.

Fales said the pieces, which will fill five of the museum’s galleries through Sunday, Feb. 3, are “not what you would normally expect” from glass work—which is probably an understatement. From Steffen Dam’s fictional glass-encased jellyfish to Rachel Moore’s toddler’s shoes stained with decomposing cherries (the shoes are glass, the cherries were not), every turn reveals something unexpected. And that’s even before visitors reach a wooden table of oversized blue marbles glowing with an evil green light. A nearby plaque explains they’re made from “alluring but radioactive uranium glass,” and meant to make a statement about the long-lasting dangers of nuclear fallout.

Artists Etsuko Ichikawa named the piece “Leaving a Legacy.”

Herden said she chose those artists, and the 13 others, because they use their medium to make social statements—what she called another step forward for glass. She and Fales pointed to two pieces in particular as standouts with strong messages: “Pending” by Charlotte Potter and “To Those Who Have” by Jeffrey Stenbom.

Both Potter and Stenbom’s pieces hang in Gallery 1, directly left of the art museum’s main entrance. Potter’s installation of cameo-engraved glass portraits mounted on metal spindles takes up an entire wall of the gallery, each of the hundreds of tiny portraits protruding into the room like loose limbs in a bus’ center aisle.

“She’s using that [traditional Roman cameoengraved glass] process in a very contemporary way, utilizing it in a conceptual way, making reference to all of her different Facebook friends that she has acquired over a specific course of time,” Herden explained.

Indeed, a closer look reveals that each blue and white engraving is a tiny Facebook profile picture: two women hugging, a tiger roaring, a smoky white silhouette playing the piano. The cameos are grouped on the wall according to where their subjects live in the world, and mounted on spindles whose lengths corresponds to their intimacy with Potter, a literal map of closeness.

But even Potter’s massive display fails to compete with “To Those Who Have” on gravitas. Above a low spotlit plinth hangs a mammoth confection of kiln-cast glass, acrylic, vinyl-coated steel cable and blown glass in the shape of a jumbo-sized pair of military dog tags dangling from a chain. It’s an ode to artist Stenbom’s time in the military and the struggles he and other veterans face after returning home. In his artist’s statement, Stenbom explains that he left the tags blank to indicate they could belong to any soldier.

Fales compared the dog tags to a human body dangling from the ceiling—a comparison that works for both size and emotional weight.

“It has a very demanding presence,” Herden said.

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YOUR AWARD SEASON SCORECARD COURTESY VARIOUS FILM STUDIOS

Which Oscar-worthy films are currently playing or coming to a theater near you?

GEORGE PRENTICE

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Sure, there’s the holiday season, but then there’s that other “wonderful time of the year:” award season. With the Oscar nominations set to be unveiled on Tuesday, Jan. 19, some serious award contenders are already playing at the local cineplex and a few more titles are heading our way.

How many have you seen?

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Bohemian Rhapsody

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Mary Poppins Returns

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Shoplifters

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January 11

If Beale Street Could Talk

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On the Basis of Sex

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Cold War

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February 8

2019 Oscar Shorts

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WEDNESDAY JAN. 2

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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THURSDAY JAN. 3

2018 VIVID STUDIOS SHOWCASE—The Gem Center for the Arts celebrates the diverse talents of the artists who have taken residency in its Vivid Studios this past year with the 2018 Vivid Showcase. With works ranging from video installations and immense oil paintings to ceramic sculpture and more, this show celebrates the broad spectrum of creatives based in and around Boise. Through Jan. 4. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

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

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

A NEW STATE OF MATTER: CONTEMPORARY GLASS—This exhibition features work by contemporary artists who are using glass in innovative ways, while presenting its metaphorical possibilities. Their artworks also connect to broader cultural, environmental, political, and spiritual themes. Through Feb. 3. 10 a.m.5 p.m. FREE-$6. Boise Art Museum, 670 Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208-345-8330, boiseartmuseum.org.

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

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17TH ANNUAL BOISE WEEKLY FICTION 101 READINGS—Boise Weekly’s Annual Fiction 101 contest brings out the funny, the touching, the absurd, the creepy, the odd and the poignant... all in exactly 101 words. The winning entries are published in this edition of Boise Weekly and you can listen to them read aloud by the authors at Rediscovered Books. 7 p.m. FREE. Rediscovered Books, 180 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-376-4229, rdbooks.org.

WINTER BEER 101—If your 2019 resolution is to try something new, join local cicerone Neal to sample and discuss seasonal beers, featuring Boise Brewing. Space is limited; reserve your seat with the catering department. FREE. Albertsons-Broadway, 1219 S. Broadway Ave., Boise, 208-336-5278, albertsons.com/broadway.

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,

FRIDAY, JAN. 4

FRIDAY JAN. 4 Festivals & Events STATE OF IDAHO PUBLIC SWEARING IN OF ELECTED OFFICIALS—The public swearing in of the Idaho governor and other elected constitutional officers will take place on the Capitol steps. The Inaugural Ball follows in the Capitol Rotunda on Saturday, Jan. 5, at 7 p.m. Noon. FREE. Idaho State Capitol Building, 700 W. Jefferson St., Boise, capitolcommission.idaho.gov.

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For decades, experts and academics have pored over short stories and novels for insight into their authors. If a novel or volume of short stories is a window into an artist’s soul, the Boise Weekly Fiction 101 contest is a window into Boise’s. Join many of the winners of this year’s contest at the annual reading party, hosted by Rediscovered Books. The winning entries are printed in this week’s edition of Boise Weekly, and the reading party is where folks can meet the authors and hear them read their work, rub elbows with the eminent judges and BW staff and catch up over snacks from the Basque Market. The contest is one of those rare times when BW publishes fiction; its reading party is a special celebration people look forward to all year long. Don’t miss it.

7-9 p.m., FREE. Rediscovered Books, 180 N. Eighth St., 208-376-4229, boiseweekly.com.

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THURSDAY, JAN. 3

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101 reasons.

1219 S. Broadway Ave., Boise, 208-336-5278, local. albertsons.com/id/boise/1219-s-broadway-ave.html.

EXTREME BOOK NERD 2019 LAUNCH PARTY— Celebrate the launch of the Meridian Library’s new year-long reading challenge. Can you read 50 books in 50 weeks in 50 different categories?

Get signed up for the program, find out what the top secret categories are and start your year off right. 5-7 p.m. FREE. Meridian Public Library, 1326 W. Cherry Lane, Meridian, 208-888-4451.

DRAGULA NEW YEAR—Break your new resolutions with Dragula alumni James Majesty, Frankie Doom and Ursula Major. 9 p.m. $10$30. The Balcony Club, 150 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-336-1313, thebalconyclub.com.

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p.m. Free-$6.17. Gem Center for the Arts, 2417 W. Bank Drive, Boise, 208-991-0984. hgtboise.org.

Where to be when the clock strikes five.

THE BEST OF FIRST THURSDAY Once a month, the businesses of downtown Boise take a break from their typical Thursday night routines to have a bit of fun with their customers. It’s called First Thursday, and it’s one of the best times to cycle, scooter or walk through downtown and pop in to all of your favorite local businesses. This coming Thursday, we’d love for you to stop by our BW Fiction 101 Contest Reading Party at Rediscovered Books (look left for details), but barring that, here are a few other choice hotspots for First Thursday this week. If you’re looking for laughs, try Liquid, which is selling buy-one-get-one-free comedy tickets for the night. Amsterdam will step up with an art exhibition from portrait artist Chance Watt and half-priced drinks until 7 p.m., and for everything from prize drawings to art exhibits and free portraits, swing by the Alaska Center.

5-9 p.m., FREE. Downtown Boise, downtownboise.org/events/first-thursday.

Goodbye, Otter. Hello, Little!

Wild comes west.

IDAHO GOVERNOR’S INAUGURATION CEREMONY

WILD AND SCENIC FILM FESTIVAL

The Idaho governor’s race, which culminated in the midterm elections Nov. 4, was a historic one for the Gem State, pitting Republican Lieutenant Governor Brad Little against Democratic challenger Paulette Jordan. Little won out, raking in 59.8 percent of the vote to Jordan’s 38.2, and on Friday, Jan. 4, he’ll officially assume his new role as governor when he takes the oath of office, alongside the rest of Idaho’s elected state constitutional officers, on the steps of the Capitol. The ceremony starts at noon, and after its completion Little will replace C.L. “Butch” Otter behind the governor’s desk. Before he gets down to business, though, Little will make time the next night to attend the State of Idaho’s 48th Inaugural Ball in the Statehouse. The swanky affair will fill the rotunda with dancing, and raise a glass to toast Little’s new position starting off on the right foot.

Noon, FREE. Idaho State Capitol, 700 W. Jefferson St., inaugural.idaho.gov.

It doesn’t take much to convince Idahoans to take a good, long look at the great outdoors— though doing that sightseeing on the big screen presents a fun twist. On Sunday, Jan. 6, Boise nature lovers, sportsmen and sportswomen, activists and adventurers will be able to take in this year’s best wilderness-related stories at the Wild and Scenic Film Festival, which will press play at 7 p.m. at the Egyptian Theatre. Attendees will be immersed in 14 films about nature, community activism, adventure, conservation, water, energy and climate change, wildlife, environmental justice, agriculture, and Native American and indigenous cultures. Plus, kids can get in on the fun with the Wild Child Film Festival that afternoon. The Idaho Chapter of the Sierra Club, which hosts the event, said it hopes the day will “excite, challenge and inspire” viewers.

7 p.m., $15. The Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., 208-384-1023, wildandscenicfilmfestival.org.

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

FIRST FRIDAY SQUARE DANCE—Everyone is welcome to kick up your heels at this old-time square dance. First-timers of all ages are encouraged, and all dances will be taught on the spot. No experience, partner or special attire are ever needed. Doors open at 7 p.m., with concert at 7:30 p.m. and dancing from 8-10 p.m. Food and beverages available, including alcohol with ID. 7-10 p.m. FREE-$7. Mardi Gras Ballroom, 615 S. Ninth St., Boise, 208-342-5553.

COMEDYSPORTZ IMPROV—ComedySportz is fastpaced, family friendly improvisational comedy, played as a sport. Two teams take turns making up scenes, playing games and singing songs, and the “fanz” vote on which team they like the best. It’s all presided over by a referee, who plays host for the evening, calls the ComedySportz fouls and takes suggestions shouted out by the fanz before each game. 7:30 p.m. $5-$10. ComedySportz Boise, 6225 W. Overland Road, Boise, 208-991-4746, boisecomedy.com.

HOMEGROWN THEATRE: HORIZON THREE—8 p.m. FREE-$6. Gem Center for the Arts, 2417 W. Bank Drive, Boise, 208-991-0984, hgtboise.org.

WILD AND SCENIC FILM FESTIVAL—The 16th Annual Wild and Scenic Film Festival returns to Boise with an incredible selection of 14 adventure and conservation films that will excite, challenge and inspire you.

Presented by the Idaho Chapter Sierra Club, the films will inform and ignite solutions to ensure the conservation of wild and scenic places we all love. All proceeds from ticket sales benefit the Idaho Chapter Sierra Club for their conservation work. Doors at 6 p.m. For more information, email casey.mattoon@sierraclub. org or call 208-384-1023. 6 p.m. $15. Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, sierraclub.org/idaho.

WILD CHILD FILM FESTIVAL—The Idaho Chapter Sierra Club presents Wild Child, the youth program of the incredible Wild and Scenic Film Festival, set for screening later the same day. Doors at 3:45 p.m. 4 p.m. $5. Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, 208-387-1273, sierraclub.org/idaho.

SATURDAY JAN. 5 Festivals & Events STATE OF IDAHO 48TH INAUGURAL BALL—Join newly inaugurated Gov. Brad Little under the Capitol Rotunda to celebrate the changing of the guard at the 48th Inaugural Ball. Tickets are available online at inaugural.idaho.gov/Register through Friday, Dec. 28, at 5 p.m. 7 p.m. SOLD OUT. Idaho State Capitol Building, 700 W. Jefferson St., Boise, inaugural.idaho.gov.

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Art FIRST FRIDAY AT ART ZONE 208—Join the artists for an evening of conversation, tidbits, sips and live music by Johnny Downing. Featured jewelry artist is Jan Fease. 6-8:30 p.m.

FREE. Art Zone 208, 3113 N. Cole Road, Boise, 208-322-9464, facebook.com/artzone208.

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FRIDAY NIGHT MAGIC—Do you love Magic the Gathering? Join over 100 Friday Night Magic customers in your choice of one of three Friday Night Magic events: Standard, Draft or Commander. You’ll receive one booster pack for playing and additional prize packs depending on your performance.

Buy-in depends on your choice of event. 7-11 p.m. $5-$15. All About Games, 7079 Overland Road, Boise, 208-343-5653, allaboutgamesboise.com.

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

COMEDYSPORTZ IMPROV—7:30 p.m. $5-$10.

ComedySportz Boise, 6225 W. Overland Road, Boise, 208-991-4746, boisecomedy.com.

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CALENDAR HOMEGROWN THEATRE: HORIZON THREE—8 p.m. FREE-$6. Gem Center for the Arts, 2417 W. Bank Drive, Boise, 208-991-0984, hgtboise.org.

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FREE. Albertsons-Broadway, 1219 S. Broadway Ave., Boise, 208-433-9905, albertsons.com/broadway.

MONDAY JAN. 7

LITTLE SCHOLARS—This drop-in cooperative playand-learn program prepares children for kindergarten by helping develop foundations for pre-literacy and math skills while building confidence and independence. For ages 0-5. 10-11:30 a.m. FREE. Ada Community Library Victory Branch, 10664 W. Victory Road, Boise, 208-362-0181, adalib.org/victory.

WEDNESDAY JAN. 9 Workshops & Classes EXPLORERS CLUB—The Explorers Club focuses on group activities such as creating art, playing games and exploring the library. The club supports and nurtures independence, health, safety, socialization and community inclusion—all while having fun. For adults with a wide range of intellectual and physical disabilities and skill levels. For ages 18 and older.

Wednesday 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library Victory Branch, 10664 W. Victory Road, Boise, 208-362-0181, adalib.org/victory.

On Stage SWEET SWEDE COMEDY OPEN MIC—Have a laugh and a beer at The Mad Swede on Mondays with a different host and featured comedian each week. 8 p.m. FREE. Mad Swede Brewing Company, 2772 S. Cole Road, Ste. 140, Boise, 208-922-6883, madswedebrewing.com.

Kids & Teens EXPLORE VIRTUAL REALITY GAMES—Drop in and try out the library’s new Playstation 4 Virtual Reality games. For ages 10 and up.

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

Kids & Teens TEEN PROGRAM: SMASH BROS TOURNAMENT—Show off your skills and battle it out with your friends in the annual Super Smash Bros for the Wii Tournament. 4:30 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library Victory Branch, 10664 W. Victory Road, Boise, 208-362-0181, adalib.org/victory.

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Odds & Ends THE ANGRY EASEL PUBLIC PAINT—Paint along with the Angry Easel while you enjoy food and the huge selection of beer, wine and cider. 6:308:30 p.m. $20. CopenRoss Growlers, 5120 W. Overland Road, Ste. 5, Boise, 208-342-6866.

TUESDAY JAN. 8 On Stage COOL BIRTHDAY COMEDY PARTY—Cool Birthday is a brand spanking new, monthly comedy party at Liquid Laughs. Stand up, sketch, characters, games, prizes, treats, possible confetti, probably some weird performance art, all on a monthly theme. Brought to you

by Lady Bizness Comedy and Liquid Laughs. Tuesday 8-10 p.m. $5. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-941-2459, facebook.com/CoolBirthdayComedy.

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.

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WEDNESDAY JAN. 2 18 STRINGS LITE—7 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s Saloon ALMOST FAMOUS KARAOKE—9:30 p.m. FREE. Liquid Lounge ANDREW SHEPPARD BAND—9 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon JIM LEWIS—6 p.m. FREE. Willowcreek Grill

DOUG ARMENTO AND THE IRON MULES—9 p.m.

FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon MIKE ROSENTHAL—5:15 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse RJ MCGINNIS BAND—8:30 p.m. FREE. The Gathering Place THE ROCCI JOHNSON BAND—9 p.m. FREE. Humpin’ Hannah’s ZACK QUINTANA BAND—With Delta Mud. 7:30 p.m. $12-$18. Riverside Hotel Sapphire Room

KARAOKE WITH SPIN DOCTOR ROX—7 p.m. FREE. High Note Cafe MIKE ROSENTHAL—5:15 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse QUINN AND SHIRLEY VAN PAEPEGHEM TRIO—7:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse THE ROCCI JOHNSON BAND—9 p.m. FREE. Humpin’ Hannah’s

CHUCK SMITH TRIO—7:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse FRIM FRAM FOUR—9 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon 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 JIMMY LAWRENCE—5:15 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse KEN HARRIS AND RICO WEISMAN—6:30 p.m.

FREE. White Dog Brewing MEGAN NELSON—6 p.m. FREE. High Note Cafe

FRIDAY JAN. 4 AARON GOLAY BAND—9 p.m. FREE. The Ranch Club BLUES BROTHERS ROCK ‘N SOUL REVUE—7:30 p.m. $23-$30. Riverside Hotel Sapphire Room

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

MONDAY JAN. 7 OPEN MIC WITH REBECCA SCOTT AND EMILY TIPTON—8 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon SEAN ROGERS—5:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse

TUESDAY JAN. 8 OPEN MIC—7 p.m. FREE. Dwellers Public House RADIO BOISE TUESDAY: THE RADIO UNDERGROUND—The Radio Underground plays The Velvet Underground’s Loaded. With Bright Old Giant. 7:30 p.m. $5. Neurolux ROLANDO ORTEGA—5:15 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse

MOJO BOOGIE—7:30 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s Saloon THE ROCCI JOHNSON BAND—9 p.m. FREE. Humpin’ Hannah’s WEARY TIMES—9 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon WHITAKER AND OLIVER—7 p.m. FREE. High Note Cafe

SATURDAY JAN. 5

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THE WEARY TIMES, PENGILLY’S SALOON, JAN. 4

If there’s one Boise watering hole that every local has to take out-of-town friends to, it’s Pengilly’s, where the old-timey bar, complete with an oversized Wild West mirror, is just the tip of a frontier ambiance iceberg. It’s the perfect place to watch a true Boise original, The Weary Times, play. TWT’s blues and old-school rock sound, like something pulled from the soundtrack of an obscure movie, is a perfect fit for ‘Gilly’s jewel-box stage. Singer/ songwriter Ryan Curtis, guitarist Mike Simon, keyboardist Mike Swain, bassist Nick Archibald and drummer Ben Wieland are set on dropping their first record later this spring, so catch their free show on Friday, Jan. 4, for a taste.

—Harrison Berry 9 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon, 513 W. Main St., 208-345-6344, thewearytimes.com.

SPENCER BATT—7 p.m. FREE. Sockeye Grill and Brewery-Cole

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

LAURA GIBSON, THE OLYMPIC, JAN. 10

WEDNESDAY JAN. 9 ALMOST FAMOUS KARAOKE—9:30 p.m. FREE. Liquid Lounge ANDREW SHEPPARD BAND—9 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon DOUGLAS CAMERON—6 p.m. FREE. Willowcreek Grill KARAOKE WITH SPIN DOCTOR ROX—7 p.m. FREE. High Note Cafe MIKE ROSENTHAL—5:15 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse QUINN AND SHIRLEY VAN PAEPEGHEM TRIO—7:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse

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

THE ROCCI JOHNSON BAND—9 p.m. FREE. Humpin’ Hannah’s

HECKTOR PECKTOR—7 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s Saloon

UPTOWN CHIEFS—7 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s Saloon

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V E N U E S

The best way to describe Laura Gibson’s music is to let her describe herself. In “Domestication,” she sings, “I was born a wolf in woman’s clothes / Shadow-stained, blue and gray / Tore a hole in every dress I made / Knit our limbs and trim the ivy back / You let me lie in your bed / Saw my hunger, called it tenderness.” Those lines, like the rest of Goners (Barsuk Records, 2018), Gibson’s latest album, are an ode to grief. Over and over, her deftly woven, atmospheric music—brass and drums one moment, piano and violin the next—is augmented by sharp, poetic lyrics, no doubt honed while in pursuit of her Creative Writing MFA. Sometimes the Oregon singer-songwriter sounds as though she’s picking her way through a field of knives; at others, she’s stepping note-by-note to a dramatic tango. It’s a style-meets-substance approach reminiscent of artists like Vienna Teng, Jaymay and sister duo Fleet Foxes, and when Gibson takes the stage Thursday, Dec. 10, at The Olympic, you can bet she’ll spellbind the audience.

C O U RTESY L AU R A G I B SO N

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

9 p.m., FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon, 513 W. Main St., Boise, 208-245-6344, oldboise.com/merchant/ pengillys-saloon.

NOCTURNUM LIVE INDUSTRIAL DJS—10 p.m. FREE. Liquid Lounge

BRIAR BOOTS—7 p.m. FREE. Sockeye Grill and Brewery-Cole CHUCK SMITH TRIO—8:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse

The members of Middleton-based band Doug Armento and the Iron Mules are country down to the steel shanks in their boots.

Centered on frontman Doug Armento’s deep, rasp-edged holler and a heavy dose of guitar, the four-piece is deep in outlaw country: It takes photoshoots with a shiny red pickup as a point of pride and encourages its fans to “slip on your dancin’ boots [and] get your rowdy on” for regular shows at spots like The Ranch Club, Indian Creek Steakhouse and Double Diamond Saloon. This time, the band will spin through Pengilly’s in downtown Boise for a foot-stomping performance Saturday, Jan. 5. And if the rest of its repertoire is as strong as “Montello Rose,” a fresh track debuted in April, drinkers at the bar had better get ready to hit the dance floor.

—Lex Nelson

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THURSDAY JAN. 3

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DOUG ARMENTO AND THE IRON MULES, PENGILLY’S, JAN. 5

—Lex Nelson With Stelth Ulvang. 8 p.m., $10-$12. The Olympic, 1009 W. Main St., Boise, 208-342-0176, theolympicboise.com.

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ASTROLOGY CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): What themes and instruments do people least want to hear in a piece of music? Composer Dave Solder determined that the worst song ever made would contain bagpipes, cowboy music, tubas, advertising jingles, operatic rapping and children crooning about holidays. Then he collaborated with other musicians to record such a song. I suspect that as you head into 2019, it’ll be helpful to imagine a metaphorically comparable monstrosity: a fantastic mess that sums up all the influences you’d like to avoid. With that as a vivid symbol, you’ll hopefully be inspired to avoid allowing any of it to sneak into your life in the coming months.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In Canada, it’s illegal to pretend to practice witchcraft.

It’s fine to actually do witchcraft, however. With that as our inspiration, I advise you to be rigorous about embodying your authentic self in 2019. Make sure you never lapse into merely imitating who you are or who you used to be. Don’t fall into the trap of caring more about your image than about your actual output. Focus on standing up for what you really mean rather than what you imagine people expect from you. The coming months will be a time when you can summon pure and authoritative expressions of your kaleidoscopic soul.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In the 18th century, Benjamin Franklin was a Founding Father who played a key role in getting the United States up and running. He wasn’t happy that the fledgling nation chose the bald eagle as its animal symbol. The supposedly majestic raptor is lazy, he wrote. It doesn’t hunt for its own food, but steals grub obtained by smaller birds of prey. Furthermore, bald eagles are cowardly, Franklin believed. Even sparrows may intimidate them. With that as our theme, Pisces, I invite you to select a proper creature to be your symbolic ally in 2019. Since you will be building a new system and establishing a fresh power base, you shouldn’t pick a critter that’s merely glamorous.

Choose one that excites your ambition and animates your willpower.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): No one has resisted the force of gravity with more focus than businessman Roger Babson (1875–1967).

He wrote an essay entitled “Gravity—Our Enemy Number One,” and sought to develop anti-gravity technology. His Gravity Research Foundation gave awards to authentic scientists who advanced the understanding of gravity. If that organization still existed and offered prizes, I’m sure that researchers of the Aries persuasion would win them all in 2019.

For your tribe, the coming months should feature lots of escapes from heaviness, including soaring flights, playful levity and lofty epiphanies.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The night parrots of Australia are so elusive that there was a nearly six-decade stretch when no human saw a single member of the species. But in 2013, after searching for 15 years, photographer John Young spotted one and recorded a 17-second video. Since then, more sightings have occurred. According to my astrological vision, your life in 2019 will feature experiences akin to the story of the night parrot’s reappearance. A major riddle will be at least partially solved. Hidden beauty will materialize. Long-secret phenomena will no longer be secret. A missing link will re-emerge.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Millions of years ago, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica, and North and South America were smooshed together. Earth had a single land mass, the supercontinent Pangea. Stretching across its breadth was a colossal feature, the Central Pangean Mountains. Eventually, though, Europe and America split apart, making room for the Atlantic Ocean and dividing the Central Pangean range. Today the Scottish Highlands and the Appalachian Mountains are thousands of miles apart, but once upon a time they were joined. In 2019, Gemini, I propose that you

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What disparate parts of your world had the same origin? What elements that are now divided used to be together? Re-establish their connection. Get them back in touch with each other. Be a specialist in cultivating unity.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): 2019 will be an excellent time to swim in unpolluted rivers, utter sacred oaths near beautiful fountains and enjoy leisurely saunas that help purify your mind and body. You are also likely to attract cosmic favor if you cry more than usual, seek experiences that enhance your emotional intelligence and ensure that your head respectfully consults with your heart before making decisions. Here’s another way to get on life’s good side: Cultivate duties that consistently encourage you to act out of love and joy rather than out of guilt and obligation.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Here are four key questions I hope you’ll meditate on throughout 2019: 1. What is love? 2. What kind of love do you want to receive? 3. What kind of love do you want to give? 4. How could you transform yourself in order to give and receive more of the love you value most? To spur your efforts, I offer you these thoughts from teacher David R. Hawkins: “Love is misunderstood to be an emotion; actually, it is a state of awareness, a way of being in the world and a way of seeing oneself and others.”

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Most living things begin in the absence of light,” writes Virgo author Nancy Holder. “The vine is rooted in the earth; the fawn takes form in the womb of the doe.” I’ll remind you that your original gestation also took place in the dark. And I foresee a metaphorically comparable process unfolding for you in 2019. You’ll undergo an incubation period that may feel cloaked and mysterious. That’s just as it should be: the best possible circumstances for the vital new part of your life that will be growing. So be patient. You’ll see the tangible results in 2020.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Many plants that modern Americans regard as weeds were regarded as tasty food by Native Americans.

A prime example is the cattail, which grows wild in wetlands. Indigenous people ate the rootstock, stem, leaves and flower spike. I propose that we use this scenario to serve as a metaphor for some of your potential opportunities in 2019. Things you’ve regarded as useless or irrelevant or inconvenient could be revealed as assets. Be alert for the possibility of such shifts. Here’s advice from Ralph Waldo Emerson: “What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.”

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The slow, gradual, incremental approach will be your magic strategy in 2019. Being persistent and thorough as you take one step at a time will provide you with the power to accomplish wonders. Now and then, you may be tempted to seek dramatic breakthroughs or flashy leaps of faith, and there may indeed be one or two such events mixed in with your steady rhythms.

But for the most part, your glory will come through tenacity. Now study this advice from mystic Meister Eckhart: “Wisdom consists in doing the next thing you have to do, doing it with your whole heart and finding delight in doing it.”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarian polymath Piet Hein wrote a poem in which he named the central riddle of his existence. “A bit beyond perception’s reach, / I sometimes believe I see / That life is two locked boxes / Each containing the other’s key.” I propose that we adopt this scenario to symbolize one of the central riddles of your existence.

I’ll go further and speculate that in 2019 one of those boxes will open as if through a magical fluke without a need for the key. This mysterious blessing won’t really be a magical fluke, but rather a stroke of well-deserved and hard-earned luck that is the result of the work you’ve been doing to transform and improve yourself.

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