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EDITOR’S NOTE THERE’S SNOW BUSINESS… Don’t let Boise’s unusual spate of spring-like temperatures fool you. Like it or loathe it, there’s still a lot more winter to come. And with that in mind, we have all kinds of ideas in this week’s edition of Boise Weekly that might entice you to embrace the cold. Now, no one is recommending that you go jump into the river on a cold winter morning, but just in case you’re inclined to do just that, you won’t be alone. BW’s Harrison Berry visited with a hearty bunch of revelers who spend each Saturday morning splashing around in the Boise River. In typical Harrison form, he had to join them. Read his shivering expose on page 6. Up next, we have something a bit more serious: a deep dive into light therapy, a scientifically proven remedy for the depressive symptoms that creep up on people in the winter months. After talking with some experts on the subject at Boise State, BW contributor Micah Drew spent some quality time under the lamp. He shares his experience on page 7. Then, BW’s Lex Nelson invites us along on a couple of sleigh rides, one in Garden Valley and another at the Sun Valley Resort, which end with lip-smacking gourmet meals. Saddle up for that story on page 8. Next, on page 9, I’ll introduce you to 11-year-old Ezra Phillips, a fifth-grader at Valley View Elementary. Ezra had no idea that we were planning a snow-themed issue when he submitted a charming cartoon featuring a rather sassy snowman. But we just had to a find a home for it in this week’s BW. It’s hard to fathom that they’ve been celebrating the McCall Winter Carnival for more than half a century, but the 2019 edition looks as grand as ever, and BW contributor Skylar Barsanti has a preview on page 10. To further entice you to visit this year’s festivities, BW contributor Ashley Roshtish has a swell two-page primer to guide you through the carnival. And I’ll be back on page 14 to preview a lovely new biopic that will warm your heart in the deep of winter. It’s called Stan & Ollie, and it chronicles the final days of Laurel and Hardy.
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OVER MY HEAD IN COLD WATER
Meet the people who jump in the freezing Boise River every Saturday HARRISON BERRY
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ading into the frigid Boise River, I made a deal with myself: I would get all the way into the water. I would wet my hair. Then, I would return to my towel and sweats as quickly as humanly possible. The water reached my waist, my chest, my neck and, finally, it rolled over my head. My skin and muscles stiffened until they didn’t feel like themselves anymore. I was under for less than a second, but I gasped when I surfaced like I’d been holding my breath for minutes. The first thing I saw was the bright red foam-rubber shoes I’d worn to protect my feet floating downstream, slipping by people who’d gone polarbearing in the river just like me and were now lunging toward shore, unaware of my plight. Zerin Beattie, founder of Xpand, started the trend of wading into the Boise River in the dead of winter on Dec. 29 with some friends. The next Saturday, on Jan. 5, eight people joined him in the river. I attended the Jan. 12 meeting, where 33 swimmers, supplemented by spectators with cameras, met at the wooden bridge on the Boise Greenbelt near the Riverside Apartment complex at 8 a.m., performed a breathing and meditation exercise, and marched into the freezing stream en masse.
sets of 30 deep breaths. Huffing beside me was Nick Victory, who periodically switched on his phone for updates on his biostats, which he clocked using a heart rate monitor strapped to his chest. He has hopped into the river for the last two years to recover from his morning runs, but this was his first time doing it with a coordinated breathing exercise. “It’s ungodly cold,” he said about the water. “I don’t think it gets any easier.” Nearby was Brandee Robinett, who said she had never done any kind of cold exposure, but when she saw a picture of the group on Facebook, she knew she had to try it. “I was like, ‘I’ll do it!’” she said. “I think 2019 for me is about doing new things and breaking down the boundaries of fear for me, personally.” The breathing exercise felt like a countdown, but after the first set, my fingers and toes began to tingle, as though they’d fallen asleep on me. Beattie offered advice: People should hold their deep breaths before exhaling quickly to maximize the amount of oxygen reaching the blood. It would keep us warm, he said, and help us recover from the cold. It worked—I stayed warm despite wearing nothing but my bathing suit, at least until I got in the water. The breaths ticked down, ordering the world into deep inhales and Beattie’s call of “five more breaths!” PHOTOS BY HARRISON BERRY
Before they waded into the Boise River, people performed a breathing exercise to brace themselves for the cold water.
“The difference between a cold shower and the river is astronomical,” Beattie said afterward, warming his hands on a cup of coffee at the nearby Starbucks. He later added that the water temperature of the Boise River at the time of the plunge was 29 degrees Fahrenheit—a thermometer reading made possible by the speed of the water’s current. For the last four years, Beattie has taken cold showers, which he said have improved his blood flow, reduced inflammation and expanded his consciousness when done with breathing exercises. In December, he helped send off a friend who was heading out of town by wading into the river. A photo of them ended up on the internet, and the morning meetings have grown in popularity ever since. Increasingly, Beattie sees the meetings as a platform for XPand, which currently traffics in new-agey t-shirts but will soon roll out a 5-week health, wellness and mindfulness program he has been developing for years. Beattie has the bearing of a man on a mission. On the shore, minutes before he and many others plunged into the gray stream, he barked encouragement like a drill instructor: “We should all know our own threshold. We should know our limits,” he said. “This is beyond real.” Sitting, he criss-crossed his legs and led the group in taking three
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The next thing I knew, Victory, waist-deep in the water, was handing me my foam shoes. Some goose dung clung to the heel of one of them as I fumbled them onto my feet at the shore. I felt like I was in shock, but everyone else seemed ecstatic, as though they’d undertaken an immense journey together. They high-fived and shivered as they draped themselves in towels. A cluster of them formed around Beattie, hugging each other. My limbs moved sluggishly, but I managed to wrap my beach towel around my waist and pull on a shirt. It felt like a rock was lodged between my toes, even though I knew my feet were alone in my shoes. “You will feel a tingling sensation in your body,” I remembered Beattie saying during the breathing exercises. Later, he would liken jumping into the river to a near-death experience that shifts the body into performance mode in order to survive. The effect is invigorating, and could be a gateway to the physical and spiritual health goals at the core of Beattie’s philosophy. “The confidence you gain when you experience this is unreal,” he said. “This is something that kickstarts people to meditation.”
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LIGHT UP THE WINTER BLUES “The winter person has little energy and finds it difficult to cope with everyday tasks.” MICAH DREW
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depressive symptoms,” says Dr. Matt Niece, director of counseling services at Boise State. “Add that people are less likely to go out and do regular things that help with depression like walking, getting fresh air and socializing. We get isolated when the weather isn’t nice.” Dr. Niece said that symptoms often present strongly in students who move to Boise from sunnier climates, such as California. Research also shows the importance of location. In an interview with Boise State Public Radio, Inger Persson, a clinical social worker at St. Alphonsus, said 1 percent of the people in southern California or Florida have SAD, but it’s closer to 10 percent in northern regions like Washington State. Rates of SAD increase linearly with latitude up to the 38th parallel, and there’s a significant increase in prevalence along the
Micah Drew got some quality time with one of Boise State’s “happy lights.” MICAH DRE W
n the Health Services floor of the Norco building at Boise State University is a room labeled “Oasis.” The room is smaller than most faculty offices (which is saying a lot), and contains a large, comfy chair, a computer screen depicting a beach scene and a very bright lamp. The Oasis room is a free service offered to students and staff to help them destress and treat the gloom that may show up in the winter months. The bright lamp is a “happy light,” a full-spectrum artificial light that mimics the sun, something Idahoans might start to miss during the winter. A lack of light dims moods as well. The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) defines the cycle of winter moods as seasonal affective disorder, or SAD. Symptoms can range from mild “winter blues” to a seasonal pattern of clinical depression that interferes with normal function. People can experience low energy, oversleeping, changes in appetite and feelings of hopelessness. SAD is four times more common in women than in men, and often affects younger demographics more heavily. The term “Seasonal Affective Disorder” was first coined in the 1980s by Dr. Norman Rosenthal, a psychiatrist who moved from South Africa to New York and noticed changes in his mood. He found that between 6 and 10 percent of the population living in northern latitudes has SAD, and between 15 and 25 percent have seasonal mood changes—the “winter blues.” In his 2005 book, Winter Blues, Rosenthal describes the problem and its ties to the lack of sunlight. “The summer person is energetic, cheerful and productive,” he writes. “But the winter person has little energy and finds it difficult to cope with everyday tasks. As days grow longer in March and April, the energetic person reappears.” While it’s not fully understood, a key factor in SAD is the lack of sunlight. “Hormonally, when we don’t have regular contact with the sun, we have a decrease in melatonin and serotonin, melatonin being the hormone that helps you sleep and serotonin being the hormone that makes you feel good and decreases
western edge of a timezone. At 43.6 degrees north and only 50 miles from the Oregon border, Boise is in a sweet spot. One of the first treatments Rosenthal researched was using artificial light therapy. He found that it can be as effective as taking antidepressant medications, but with fewer side effects. A 2006 study confirmed that finding, with a double-blind trial that compared bright-light therapy to the antidepressant Prozac and found that the two treatments were equally effective. In 2016, another study was published where 11 patients with SAD were treated with two weeks of light therapy and saw serotonin levels rise to summertime norms. Dr. Rosenthal recommends those looking to try light therapy use about 10,000 lux for at least 30 minutes. A lux is a standard measure of illumination. For comparison, a typical household living room is around 50 lux, and office lighting is around 350 lux. An overcast day in Boise is about 1000 lux, and direct sunlight can measure up to 100,000 lux. A 10,000-lux happy light are available on Amazon for around $45, and can be just the thing to brighten up the mood of an office. Use of a happy lamp must be consistent to be effective, and should be used until the springtime. On a larger scale, Boise could take a hint from the town of Rjukan, Norway, which receives little to no sunlight between September and March. In 2013, the town spent 5 million kroner—more than $580,000—to build a series of large mirrors on nearby mountain that reflect the sun into the town square. Meanwhile, at Boise State, the Oasis room can be used for up to 30 minutes at a time. Dr. Niece said he finds it surprising how popular the room is, although The Arbiter reports that the room was only used 217 times during the last school year. Boise State also has a few happy lights in the library that can be checked out for use inside the building, but staff said they are rarely used. The good news for the general public is that light therapy can be self-prescribed and has limited side effects. Not just any light will do, though—intensity is key, and morning exposure is considered the best, although any time is beneficial.
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JINGLE BELLS AND DINNER BELLS In Sun Valley and Garden Valley, horse-drawn sleighs bring guests to the table LE X NEL SON
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as the sleigh glides down trails near the Sun Valley Nordic & Snowshoe Center are just frosting on the cake. The season generally runs from mid-December to mid-February, but sleighs only go out Friday-Sunday at its tail end.
soon-to-be daughter-in-law, his granddaughters and a few hired hands, and stars sleighs pulled by the family’s horses. “They’re spotted drafts, and we’re one of three breeders in the Northwest right now,” KE VIN SYMS
horse-drawn sleigh gliding through justfallen snow is a pleasure no matter where it’s going. But if the final stop is a rustic log cabin where chef-prepared food lies in wait, so much the better; and if that cabin has deep roots in Idaho history, well, that just increases the mystique of the excursion. “It used to be Hemingway’s hunting lodge,” Sun Valley Resort spokeswoman Kelli Lusk said of Trail Creek Cabin, the dinner destination for the resort’s coveted winter sleigh rides. “...We used to do lunch out there in the summertime, but now because it’s booked so much during the summer we don’t have a public restaurant out there during the summertime. It’s just in the winter.” Trail Creek Cabin would be remarkable even if dinner guests didn’t arrive under literal horsepower. But pulling up in front of the writer’s retreat-turned-restaurant after a 30-minute moonlit trip wrapped in blankets makes it magical. The combination doesn’t come cheap: Adult tickets run from $129-$179 per person, peaking in price around the holidays, and kids 12 and under (with the exception of tiny tots, who are free) ride for $79-$99. That price includes the trip to and from the cabin, tips for the employees and, perhaps most importantly, a four-course dinner of soup, salad, an entree and dessert. Some star options include Idaho lamb shank with whipped potatoes, glazed parsnips, petite carrots and blackberry gastrique; a berry-loaded duck confit; and sticky toffee date cake with smoked maple ice cream, pop rocks and caramel. There’s a separate menu for kids, too, where favorites like cheeseburgers and chicken tenders are offered alongside a petite buffalo tenderloin paired with steakhouse fries. The sleighs, which leave from and return to the Sun Valley Inn, seat up to 14 people, and are often booked far in advance. Hot toddies at The Ram Bar preview the dinner to come, and tidbits of Idaho history passed out by the driver
Sun Valley Sleigh Rides convey guests to a four-course dinner at Trail Creek Cabin.
“It’s absolutely beautiful, especially on those nights that it’s really clear,” said Lusk. “It can be really cold, but you’re really warm because you have your warm blankets on.” Idaho Sleigh Rides, the Garden Valley equivalent to Sun Valley’s swanky horse-drawn tours, also provides blankets (and free hot drinks), but the experience there is more down-home. The business is run by Darl Allred, his son and
Allred said. As for his role in the company: “The majority of the time I drive, but there are days that I cook.” ISR’s 30-45-minute rides carve a loop through the forest around Garden Valley, passing through a meadow where wild elk hunker down to wait out the snow. Guests can feed the elk from the sleighs—Allred said they’re there “99.9 percent of the time”—and
the whole affair ends with a home-cooked dinner at Sawtooth Lodge made entirely in Dutch ovens. “Our meal consists of a top sirloin roast, Dutch oven cheesy potatoes, homemade bread, green salad and a cobbler dessert,” he said. It’s the stick-to-your-ribs fare and rustic cooking style that he and his family honed operating Sawtooth Wilderness Outfitters, an outdoor adventure company they’ve run in Garden Valley for 30 years. “Being in the outfitting business, we do cook for our clients a lot, especially in the backcountry, high-mountain lakes in the Sawtooths,” Allred said. The sleigh ride business has its roots in SWO, which is largely a warm-weather operation specializing in horseback riding and pack trips, fishing, pack-supported hiking excursions, wagon rides and big game hunting tours. When the family decided to diversify and add winter activities, sleigh rides came to mind. “About eight years ago I bought a team of horses and paid too much for them, and I needed to create a job for them,” Allred joked. (In fact, he’d already run sleigh rides in the past near Idaho City.) Now that the holiday season has died down, ISR runs two groups of 12-person sleighs per night Friday-Sunday, serving separate dinners for each. The rides cost $75 for adults, with a 10 percent discount for seniors, kids under 12 and military personnel (kids under 3 ride free). If you’d rather make a day trip, the Allreds also offer $45 lunch sleigh rides that include time feeding the elk and a homemade meal: a buckaroo burger (either barbeque beef or sloppy joe) green salad, deli salad and cobbler for dessert. Whether it’s Sun Valley or Garden Valley that’s beckoning this winter, be sure to go online for reservations—seats go fast, and the horses hold for no one.
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NO SNOW? NO PROBLEM, SAYS 11-YEAR-OLD EZRA PHILLIPS. HE HAS A SNOWMAN FOR ALL SEASONS “A few fries short of a Happy Meal, aren’t you?” GEORGE PRENTICE
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t’s not every day that Boise Weekly accepts a new submission from a never-before-published author, let alone a cartoonist. And it’s even rarer when that cartoonist is just 11 years old. “I had to send it to you. I know a lot of people read Boise Weekly, and my mom and dad always pick one up,” said Ezra Phillips. “I love cartoons and love Boise Weekly and I know that Boise Weekly loves cartoons, too. To me, that’s perfect.” You might imagine our surprise when we received a large envelope filled with cartoons, nearly all of them featuring a rather sassy snowman. In a moment of pure serendipity, this particular issue was slated to be filled with snow-related stories and features. We immediately went in search of young Ezra. Ultimately, that led us to his family’s home on the Boise Bench. Ezra’s father, Adam Phillips, is an English teacher at Fairmont Junior High School, and his mother, Stephanie Phillips, is an English teacher at Boise High. His 9-year-old brother Adam is a third grader at Valley View Elementary, and 11-year-old Ezra is a fifth grader, also at Valley View. He told us he wants to be a cartoonist or an actor, possibly both. “But I really, really, really love cartoons. My favorites are Jim Davis who draws Garfield and Bill Armend who draws FoxTrot,” said Ezra.
Eleven-year-old Ezra Phillips (second from the right) wants to be a cartoonist, an actor, or possibly both.
Much like Davis and Armend, who center their wildly popular comic strips around familiar personalities—Garfield and the Fox family, respectively—Ezra’s comics feature his own recurring main character. “Well, he doesn’t really have a name. He’s just… well, he’s just Snowman. He’s usually not too happy, until he sees human suffering. Then, he’s happy,” said Ezra, grinning mischievously. For example, in one of his comic strips, there’s some snappy banter between Snowman and a boy named Jack. Jack: “So, you’re a snowman?” Snowman: “Correct.” Jack: “And you can talk?” Snowman: “What tipped you off? My voice?” Jack: “You’re surprisingly not too cheerful for a snowman.” Snowman: “A few fries short of a Happy Meal, aren’t you?” Our favorite drawing that Ezra sent to us shows Snowman getting sliced into three even parts when he walks through an electric fence. When the unwitting Jack tries to do the same… well, see for yourself. “Yeah, I think that’s my favorite too,” Ezra said. “Are you really going to print my cartoon?” Indeed we are.
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SNOW SCULPTURES ARE JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG Break your cabin fever at the 54th McCall Winter Carnival SK YL AR BARSANTI
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There will be something for everyone at the 54th-annual McCall Winter Carnival.
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here’s a saying: If you don’t like winter, don’t go to McCall. But if you like ice in the shape of a katana-wielding samurai, performance art, Mardi Gras beads or mountain towns that look carbon-copied from a Hallmark Christmas movie, you might want to reconsider. Between Friday, Jan. 25, and Sunday, Feb. 3, some 50,000 people will brave slippery sidewalks and full parking lots to experience the 54th-annual McCall Winter Carnival. And if you’re wondering what keeps mountain-loving overnighters and daytrippers returning, consider Winter Carnivals past. “In 1924, the first ‘Winter Carnival’ was the Payette Winter Games. That year, 248 people came from Boise by train to McCall,” said McKenzie Kraemer, events and marketing coordinator for the McCall Area Chamber of Commerce. “At the time, it was really a way for people to beat cabin fever, which is still at the heart of Winter Carnival.” Kraemer doesn’t skirt around the fact that the Winter Carnival, McCall’s 10 busiest days of the year, is a lucrative event, as much for visitors as it is for the town’s roughly 4,000 residents. She cites a 2016 economic impact study conducted by the University of Idaho that estimated in the average attendance year, 40,000 visitors can inject some $20 million into the economy in those 10 days. And that’s with free activities.
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Winter Carnival’s first snow maze—ideal for “We love Winter Carnival because it people who love to wander and don’t want to shows off our town in a fabulous way, and wait for pumpkin-spice latte season to do it. it generates significant funds for our local Additionally, the Idaho Sled Dog Chaleconomy,” Kraemer said. “McCall’s a big lenge kicks off Tuesday, Jan. 29, at Ponderwinter destination, but mid-week is slow. osa State Park, with a ceremonial start and That money helps people get through those Meet the Mushers event. Teams are slated slow winter days.” to finish the 150-mile and With livelihoods on the 300-mile legs in Cascade line, it takes a village to FOUR MCCALL WINTER and McCall on Friday, Feb. make a carnival. The ChamCARNIVAL TIPS ONLY A LOCAL 1. This year’s challenge is ber plans the event, but it’s WOULD KNOW set to up the ante, as it’s a the local business owners Don’t turn left. Always take a qualifying event for the Idiand organizations that are right-turn route. tarod and the Yukon Quest, credited with the work. Treat yourself to a pair of Yaktrax with some teams vying for Kraemer said business ownor any shoe attachment that the triple crown: the Rocky ers will staff up, extend hours provides traction on ice. Mountain Cup. and even modify menus to Dress for the weather. Layers, For less disciplined accomodate more people. boots, hats and gloves are a furry companions, there’s the They also sponsor acmust. Monster Dog Pull, benefittivities—the McCall Public Get a ride from Mountain Comting the MCPAWS Regional Library is hosting this year’s munity Transit, which runs free Animal Shelter. From fluffy kids’ snowman-building seven-day routes around town during the festival. Pomeranians to imposing contest, for example—and German shepherds, competiopen their properties and tors pull weighted sleds for a storefronts to the Carnival’s chance at the No. 1 spot. 40 snow sculptures, a staple of the event. On top of all that, there’s a Mardi Gras With so many organizations working parade, a beer garden, the Alpine Playtogether, visitors can expect more than snow house production of the “modern sex farce” sculptures from the 2019 schedule. Parade Bedtime Stories, professional skaters at the floats are likely to follow this year’s theme, McCall Starz on Ice show and no lack of “Legends, Myths and Superheroes.” Meanlocal talent. while, McCall’s Activity Barn will become
“Some of our residents tend to hibernate during the Carnival,” said Lindsey Harris, senior administrator for the Chamber. “But we have made a concerted effort this year to incorporate local musicians and talent on our main stage. We wanted to create a more community feel, so everyone can enjoy the fun.” Featuring acts with more McCall roots, the Carnival will bring classic rock/Americana band Innocent Man to the main stage while artist Joseph Bedford creates pieces to auction off to benefit Hodia, a camp for kids and teens with diabetes. For Harris, it’s the community vibe that makes the Winter Carnival so important for visitors and locals. As a McCall native, she has always participated in the event in some capacity. She helped build a snow sculpture. She hosted exchange students in town for the Carnival. She even convinced visiting friends to walk the parade route as Sharlie, the Payette Lake Monster, during a 30thbirthday bash. And if you ask Harris, she won’t tell you that she did those things out of obligation. “I love the opportunity to show people what McCall is all about,” she said. For the full schedule of events, accommodation listings and more information on parking and shuttles, visit mccallchamber.org/wintercarnival. BOISE WEEKLY.COM
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Stan & Ollie stars the magnificent Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly GEORGE PRENTICE Biopics are tricky business. For every Steve Jobs (which scored Oscar nods for Michael Fassbender and Kate Winslet) there’s an embarrassing flick like Jobs (featuring Ashton Kutcher as the Apple co-founder). I keep thinking about why Bohemian Rhapsody is so wildly popular this award season. The film—this week nominated for five Oscars—uses a mercurial moment as its true north: Freddie Mercury’s jaw-dropping performance at Live Aid. (A scene made infinitely more powerful by the knowledge that Mercury would die of AIDS just six years later.) Stan & Ollie, a bittersweet love story about the greatest comedy partnership in movie history, dips into the same magic. It, too, chooses to shine its brightest Klieg light on a littleknown slice of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy’s time together, rather than making the mistake of pumping too much air into an extended chronology of their careers (they made 107 film appearances between 1927 and 1950). As the end credits rolled on Stan & Ollie, I wanted more—always a good sign for biopic—and some wonderful, rarely seen photos of Laurel & Hardy triggered more than a few happy tears as the lights came up on the theater. Simply put, I adored this film and can’t wait for you to see it. Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly are two of the funniest men in cinema, but I never would have thought of a film pairing them together. Within the first two minutes of Stan & Ollie,
Steve Coogan (left) and John C. Reilly (right) star in Stan & Ollie, opening Friday, Jan. 25, at The Flicks.
though, I’m guessing you’ll have the same reaction as I did: “Of course, they’re perfect. They were born to play Laurel & Hardy.” A marvelous script from Jeff Pope (who previously collaborated with Coogan on the Oscarnominated screenplay for Philomena), reveals a somewhat neglected bit of Laurel & Hardy history, an extremely modest live appearance tour of the U.K. and Ireland during the early ‘50s. Here we see these former Hollywood titans staying in low-quality hotels or guest houses, and playing to half-packed theaters in tiny British towns. All along, they’re eking out what would be the last vestige of their careers. The real magic in the story is that at the height of their film popularity in the 1930s and ‘40s, the pair were inseparable on screen, but off-screen they were simply work colleagues. Hardy would often go golfing and liked to toss back more than a few drinks, while Laurel was the creative brains who oversaw every aspect of production. It wasn’t until they went on a live tour in the early ‘50s that they lived as if they were in each others’ pockets. In effect, they became as close in their real lives as their on-screen personas
had been. The story is peppered with touching details about that central relationship. For example, Laurel kept writing sketches for the pair seven years after they had retired—sketches that were ultimately never performed. Director Jon Baird’s dynamism is present from the get-go: The film opens with a sixminute tracking shot that follows the pair from their dressing room across a Hollywood studio lot, onto a set, into an argument with a studio boss and directly into on a film set where Laurel & Hardy perform their iconic dance to “At the Ball, That’s All” in Way Out West, considered by many to be one of the funniest movies ever made. Extra kudos should go to makeup supervisor Jeremy Woodhead and prosthetic designer Mark Coulier (Oscar winners for The Grand Budapest Hotel and The Iron Lady) for transforming Coogan and Reilly into two of the most famous faces in cinema history. It’s a puzzlement why Stan & Ollie isn’t part of this year’s Oscar conversation. Alas, the true reward is in this surprisingly tender (and often hilarious) story itself.
SCREEN EXTRA BOISE STATE HOSTS FRENCH LANGUAGE FILM FEST
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Yes, Paris is the City of Lights, but it’s also one of the world’s first cities of cinema. There are more theaters per capita there than anywhere else, and a thriving film industry currently produces an astounding 300 fulllength features per year. Only the light of the French movie industry’s brightest stars reaches
Boise, where French films sometimes screen at theaters like The Flicks, but on Fridays and Saturdays between now and Feb. 2, Boise State University will screen a few select titles, open to the public and free of charge, as part of the Tournees Film Festival. Sponsored by a grant from the French government, Boise State’s Department of World Languages and the Idaho Film Collection are staging
screenings of six films, which began with Avril et le monde truque on Jan. 18 and La Cour de Babel on Jan. 19. Future titles include A peine j’ouvre les yeux on Friday, Jan. 25; Hippocrate on Saturday, Jan. 26; La noire de… on Friday, Feb. 1; and Qu’Allah benisse la France on Saturday, Feb. 2. All films begin at 6 p.m. in Riverfront Hall, room 106, on the Boise State campus. Each is presented by a Boise
State professor—the roster includes Professor of Biological Sciences and Idaho Innocence Project Director Greg Hampikian, English Professor Gail Shuck, Music Education Associate Professor Dr. Jim Jirak, Community and Environmental Health Professor Uwe Reischl, French Professor Mariah Devereux Herbeck and French Professor Jason Herbeck; all in order. —Harrison Berry BOISE WEEKLY.COM
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WEDNESDAY JAN. 23 Festivals & Events STEM MATTERS DAY—The fourthannual STEM Matters Day at the Statehouse is a free, hands-on educational event for kids that explores and celebrates innovations in science, technology, engineering and mathematics learning. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. FREE. Idaho State Capitol Building, 700 W. Jefferson St., Boise, STEM.Idaho.gov.
On Stage RAW BOISE: REFLECT—Featuring visual art, photography, accessory design, fashion, performance art, hair and makeup, and music by Steve Fulton Music. Dress code: casual upscale. 6:30 p.m. $23. Revolution Concert House and Event Center, 4983 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-938-2933, rawartists.org/boise/reflect.
Workshops & Classes CIDER LOVES CHEESE WITH LACEY MCNEFF AND KYLE BAAS—Join Lacey McNeff, the Co-op’s cheese whiz, and Kyle Baas from Idaho Wine Merchant to learn about ciders and cheeses from all around the world. 6 p.m. $30-$35. Boise Co-op The Village, 2350 N. Eagle Road, Meridian, 208-809-2200, boise.coop.
Art HOME/LAND GROUP EXHIBITION—The Home/Land Group Exhibition includes photographs, video and 3-D installation by Anna Horcinova, Christiana Caro, Clare Benson, Emma High, Jakub Janco, and Nidaa Absoulhosn. This work touches on themes of landscape, memory and the body in relationship to site. Through Feb. 24. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. Gem Center for the Arts, 2417 W. Bank Drive, Boise, 208-991-0984, gemcenterforthearts.org. JANY SEDA PAINTS MESA VERDE—Jany Rae Seda celebrates Mesa Verde National Park in oils. Through Jan. 31. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE. Art Source Gallery, 1015 W. Main St., Boise, 208-331-3374, artsourcegallery.com.
KHARA OXIER: OSMOSIS—Khara Oxier uses human evolution, development, causation and adaptation in her abstracted figures, wchich draw attention to the subjective consciousness. With Artist Talk on Thursday, Jan. 24, at 6 p.m. Through Feb. 24, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. FREE. Boise State Student Union Gallery, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 208-426-1242, finearts.boisestate.edu.
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TVAA EXHIBITION: AFTER DARK, A DUALITY—How do artists respond to the long nights of winter? Is it cozy? Threatening? Artists respond to these questions with visually and thematically dark art. Through March 25. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. Nampa Civic Center, 311 Third St. S., Nampa, 208468-5555, treasurevalleyartistsalliance.org.
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Kids & Teens SESAME STREET LIVE! LET’S PARTY—Join the fun with an interactive show that unfolds on one of the world’s most famous streets. With pre-show event from 1:15-2 p.m. (must have event ticket and pass to attend). 1:15, 2:30 and 6 p.m. $20-$55. Ford Idaho Center, 16200 Idaho Center Blvd., Nampa, 208-468-1000, fordidahocenter.com.
PAINT NITE AT COPENROSS: PAINT YOUR PET—All painting supplies provided, featuring a 16-by-20-inch canvas, plus music and a good time. 6 p.m. $50. CopenRoss Growlers, 5120 W. Overland Road, Ste. 5, Boise, 208342-6866, paintnite.com.
WINE NOT GIVE: IDAHO BOTANICAL GARDEN—Meet the Idaho Botanical Garden’s horticulture staff, local horticulture professionals and Xeric Gardening owner Peggy Faith. Thirty percent of all wine sales will be donated to the Garden. 5-8 p.m. FREE. Split Rail Winery, 4338 Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-490-0681, splitrailwines.com.
THURSDAY JAN. 24 Festivals & Events ADA COMMUNITY LIBRARY 30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION—The open house will include
cake, a family scavenger hunt and an appearance by Whoodini, the owl mascot. For all ages. 3-6 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library Hidden Springs Branch, 5868 W. Hidden Springs Drive, Boise, 208-229-2665, adalib.org/hiddensprings. FETTUCCINE FORUM: BOISE COUNTERCULTURE, ROOTS OF AN ARTS CITY—Learn how urban countercultural scenes formed in the shadows of mainstream society and spread to influence and shape American arts and culture. 6 p.m. FREE. Boise City Hall, 150 N. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-6087050, boiseartsandhistory.org.
On Stage BLT: THE BAKER’S DOZEN—This show about a food critic and some donut shop regulars proves sweetness does not always come with cream and sugar. 7:30 p.m. $12$15. Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise, 208-342-5104, boiselittletheater.org. BOISE STATE TOURNEES FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL—Come by for Boise State’s second-annual French-language film festival, set for successive Thursdays and Fridays through Feb. 8. For the complete schedule of films,
visit the event’s Facebook page. 6 p.m. FREE. Boise State Micron Business and Economics Building, 2360 University Drive, Boise, worldlang.boisestate.edu. COMEDIAN GABRIEL RUTLEDGE—8 p.m. $12-$15. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-941-2459, liquidboise.com. THE FINAL WISH SPECIAL SCREENING—This twisted tale might cost one character his soul. The event will include a special introduction by Lin Shaye along with a pre-taped Q&A from Screamfest Horror Film Festival with actors Lin Shaye, Michael Welch, Tony Todd and Melissa Bolona, director Timothy Woodward Jr. and Final Destination creator Jeffrey Reddick. 7:30 p.m. $13. Edwards Boise Stadium 21 with IMAX, 7701 W. Overland Road, Boise, 208-3779603, fathomevents.com. STAGE COACH: A COMEDY OF TENORS—One hotel suite, four tenors, two wives, three girlfriends and a soccer stadium filled with screaming fans. What could possibly go wrong? 7:30 p.m. $15. Stage Coach Theatre, 4802 W. Emerald Ave., Boise, 208-3422000, stagecoachtheatre.com.
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OPENS JANUARY 14 CLOSES MARCH 4 GRANT AWARDS $500-$5,000
Since its founding in 2013 The Alexa Rose Foundation has granted nearly $389,000 to 179 individual artists in the Boise Valley to further their creative practice. The foundation awards grants to individual artist who reside in Ada or Canyon County, as well as Boise Valley tribal descendants. Examples of What Alexa Rose Foundation Grants May Fund: *Tuition for classes/workshops/mentorships *Project related equipment, materials, or professional service *Space and time to create
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PRESS & PONY’S BAR MASTER HOPES TO SERVE A RECORD NUMBER OF OLD FASHIONEDS THIS YEAR
Old fashioned: This term describes both the ambiance and Press & Pony’s most popular drink. The nondescript entrance is easy to miss next to the bright corner windows of Dharma Sushi on Idaho Street. Heavy curtains cover the door, making your entrance feel at once grand and furtive. The minimal lighting reflects from the copper bar top, giving visitors the vague sense of sitting inside a Moscow mule mug, and even a few patrons make the narrow room bustle. Just be wary of Press & Pony specializes in old fashioneds. sitting in the last spot at the bar—the only thing dividing that seat from the Boise Fry Co. is another curtain, and a glimpse can ruin your Prohibition illusion. What’s good here? Ask bar master Erik Schweitzer and he will unabashedly respond, “Besides making the best old fashioneds around?” In 2018 he served 7,301 old fashioneds, and plans to break that record this year. During the time I sat at the bar I watched him make 13—bringing his daily average close to 30. It’s clear from the flying ice chips as he chisels blocks for each drink that Schweitzer knows what he’s doing behind the bar. If you can’t decide what to order, he only needs to know liquor and flavor profile you’re craving to whip something up. The bar master: Schweitzer is easily one of the most memorable bartenders I’ve met in Boise, not the least because of his West Egg appearance—perfectly waxed and twirled mustache, suspenders and Homburg hat. He’s a lively host that makes the rounds regularly to check on drinks and the latest developments in life. Also, no less than twice while I was sipping away did he create enormous fireballs behind the bar. I’m still trying to figure that one out. What’s the happiest hour? Classic cocktails are two for one all day on Mondays, and from 4-7 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays Where to find it: 622 W. Idaho St., Boise —Micah Drew
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ASL FOR CHILDREN WITH PAULA BAKER—Check out this fun and engaging American Sign Language class geared for children and their families. 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. FREE. Meridian Public Library, 1326 W. Cherry Lane, Meridian, 208-888-4451, mld.org.
ENDING THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES: THE HORMONE CONNECTION—Hormones are deeply connected to emotions and behavior in both men and women, and chronic health conditions are at an all-time high. Something needs to change. Join Dr. Patrick Flynn, The Hormone Whisperer and founder of The Wellness Way Clinics, to learn a better way. 6 p.m. $10-$15. MaxGiving HQ, 7253 W. Franklin Road, Boise, 208-4956766, thewellnesswayclinics.com.
FRIDAY JAN. 25 Festivals & Events
Food NATIONAL BEER CAN APPRECIATION DAY—From 3-6 p.m., Joe Prin will showcase some of his can collection, which includes over 15,000 different canned beers from the United States. 11 a.m.-10 p.m. FREE. Payette Brewing River Street Taproom, 733 S. Pioneer St., Boise, 208-344-0011, payettebrewing.com.
BOISE BARD PLAYERS BARD OF THE PEOPLE FUNDRAISER— Enjoy a special performance by the players and their first season announcement, as well as a silent auction, contests and prizes, delicious beer by Powderhaus Brewing, bundt cakes by Nothing Bundt Cakes, and more. 6:30 p.m. FREE. Powderhaus Brewing Company, 9719 W. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-376-4026.
NEW BEER THOR’S DAY: HEL’S LAGER AND OATMEAL CARAMELITA STOUT—Barbarian Brewing is tapping a new beer, Hel’s Lager, and bringing back a batch
MCCALL WINTER CARNIVAL— Celebrate 54 years of the McCall Winter Carnival with the famous snow sculptures, Torchlight and Mardi Gras parades, live music, daily events spanning everything from comedy shows to art auctions, snowbike races, the Mon-
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If you miss warm weather but are short of funds for a trip to Hawaii, Edwards Greenhouse has a creative solution: On Friday, Jan. 25, the nursery will open ts greenhouses to the public, offering up a slice of perpetual springtime. On its website, Edward staff say visitors can expect “a family friendly, park-like setting, complete with green grass, blooming flowers and the sights and smells of spring.” Picnic baskets are encouraged, and kids are welcome as long as they leave their balls and Frisbees at home. Leashed dogs are allowed in the greenhouses, too, as long as they don’t enter the park area. Over the pop-up’s 10-day run, Edwards will offer special events and activities for visitors, so be sure to check its website before your trip. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, FREE. Edwards Greenhouse, 4106 Sand Creek St., Boise, 208-342-7548, edwardsgreenhouse.com. 16 | JANUARY 23–29, 2019 | BOISEWEEKLY
CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH— This group is aimed at those who are beginning to learn and looking for camaraderie. 6 p.m. FREE. Garden City Library, 6015 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-472-2941, notaquietlibrary.org.
of Oatmeal Caramelita Stout. 3-11 p.m. FREE. Barbarian Brewing Downtown Boise Taproom, 1022 W. Main St., Boise, 208-3872739, barbarianbrewing.com.
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Power to the poets.
GRAND SLAM/STORYFORT REGIONAL QUALIFIER The 2019 edition of Storyfort—Treefort Music Fest’s literary arm—will feature an unexpected event: a team regional poetry slam that will pit poets from the Boise area against other verse-happy performers. On Friday, Jan. 25, at Ming Studios, eight invited poets will face off for a regional qualifier grand slam in front of a panel of judges and a live audience. Only four poets will make it onto the final team, so be prepared for an avalanche of high-quality material as all eight—Boiseans Ben Chappell, Lyd Havens, Alex Lindberg, Emily Ruth Herbster, Noel Nelson, Cassandra Perez and Noah Kelley—compete for the slots. K Lange will be there too as the event’s mysteriously titled “Sacrificial Poet,” though they won’t take part in the competition. Join the crowd for a night of quality wordplay. 7 p.m., $7-$10. Ming Studios, 420 S. Sixth St., Boise, 208-972-9028, mingstudios.org.
What does it mean to be masculine?
MIKEY PULLMAN’S WHISKEY GINGER: REDEFINING MASCULINITY PART 1 If you’ve watched that conversation-sparking commercial from Gillette (and talked about it) then you already know that “masculinity” is a hot-button term. It’s no surprise, then, that artists are and have been addressing it every way they know how, through comedy, visual art, literature and more. On Saturday, Jan. 26, the folks from Boise comedian Mikey Pullman’s side project Whiskey Ginger will weigh in a performance titled “Redefining Masculinity Part 1” at Woodland Empire Alecraft. The night will include storytelling from Paycen McGahey, Reilly Hoy, Crispin Gravatt and Andy Capps, and musical performances from Pullman and Nic Coutts. It and the rest of the series will address topics related to masculinity, including emotion, empathy, communication and more. 8 p.m., $10. Woodland Empire Alecraft, 208426-0510, woodlandempire.com.
Music + wine = a quality evening.
BOISE PHIL’S UNCORKED #1: FACADE At the Boise Philharmonic’s annual Uncorked series, the musicians drop their stoic performance faces to offer stories and tidbits about their repertoire, and even mingle with the audience at a pre-show happy hour. This coming event will feature Boise vocalist Melissa Bagwell performing William Walton’s “Facade.” The song stars Edith Sitwell’s poems set to music, and will challenge Bagwell’s full vocal range during her first-ever Boise Phil performance. In the past, she has appeared alongside talented performers from Opera Idaho, Boise Classical Revolution and more. Guillaume Connesson’s “Double Quatuor,” an instrumental piece, is also on the schedule, and discounted drinks at Boise Co-op’s Uncorked! wine bar will follow the show. 2 p.m., $10-$25. Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, 208-387-1273, theegyptiantheatre.net. BOISE WEEKLY.COM
CALENDAR ster Dog Pull and much more. For a complete schedule of events, visit mccallchamber.org/winter-carnival. Through Sunday, Feb. 3. FREE. McCall, Hwy. 55, McCall.
BROADWAY IN BOISE: THE KING AND I—8 p.m. $43-$75. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-4261110, morrisoncenter.com.
On Stage
COMEDIAN GABRIEL RUTLEDGE—8 and 10 p.m. $12-$15. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-941-2459, liquidboise.com.
AUBREY CLINEDINST: THE STARVING CLOWN CIRCUS—In this solo piece, professional clown and puppetteer Aubrey Clinedinst addresses the appetites we have as humans. These appetites, whether they be for food, love or material possessions, are supposedly satiated by the million different things we can buy, and yet we are left starving and emptier than ever. 7 p.m. FREE-$11. Surel’s Place, 212 E. 33rd St., Garden City, 208991-4718, surelsplace.org. BLT: THE BAKER’S DOZEN—8 p.m. $12-$15. Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise, 208-342-5104, boiselittletheater.org. BOISE STATE TOURNEES FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL—Check out Boise State’s second-annual French-language film festival, set for Thursdays and Fridays through Feb. 8. For the schedule of films, visit the event’s Facebook page. 6 p.m. FREE. Boise State Micron Business and Economics Building, 2360 University Drive, Boise.
STAGE COACH: A COMEDY OF TENORS—8 p.m. $15. Stage Coach Theatre, 4802 W. Emerald Ave., Boise, 208-342-2000, stagecoachtheatre.com.
Art TVAA 2019 JURIED ART EXHIBITION—Treasure Valley Artists Alliance’s only juried exhibition for the year Features 54 works chosen by juror Laurel Macdonald that express originality and craftsmanship. Through March 14. 5:30-8 p.m. FREE. Boise State Public Radio, Yanke Family Research Building, 220 E. Parkcenter Blvd., Boise, 208-426-3663, boisestatepublicradio.org.
Literature GRAND SLAM/STORYFORT SLAM QUALIFIER—Storyfort at Treefort Music Festival will host a
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team regional slam this year. Eight of Boise’s best poets will vie for a spot on the team representing the city. Ticket sales go to Big Tree Arts and the Boise Poetry Slam. 7 p.m. $7-$10. MING Studios, 420 S. Sixth St., Boise, 208-972-9028, mingstudios.org.
Sports & Fitness GEM STATE GYMNASTICS INVITATIONAL—This annual event is Idaho’s longest-running invitational and draws around 1,000 gymnasts from Idaho and neighboring states. Through Sunday, Jan. 27. 8 a.m.-9 p.m. $TBD. CenturyLink Arena, 233 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-331-8497, gemstategymnastics.com.
Food Y STEM AND CHESS INC. FUNDRAISER—Y STEM and Chess Inc. are throwing a party. Food will be catered by Chow. DJ AuzomatiK will be supplying the tunes. A raffle will be available with prizes from Trader Joe’s, Albertsons and others. 6-8 p.m. FREE. Boise Brewing, 521 W. Broad St., Boise, 208-3427655, ystemandchess.com.
SATURDAY JAN. 26
• 50km of World Class Ski Trails • 25 km of Snowshoe Trails • Ski Shop • Snowshoe Tours • Nordic ski school • 4 Overnight Yurts (Ski or Snowshoe into them) • Charming Day Lodge • Fresh Baked Goods, and Espresso • Hearty Handcrafted Lunches,
Open Daily 9am-5pm. • Lunch 11am-3:30pm • 23 miles North of Ketchum 208-726-4010 • www.GalenaLodge.com
Festivals & Events IDAHO REMODELING AND DESIGN SHOW—Tour 100-plus exhibits to discover what’s hot in decorating, kitchen and bath renovations, landscaping and more. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE-$7. Boise Centre, 850 W. Front St., Boise. 208-376-0464, ibleventsinc.com. MCCALL WINTER CARNIVAL— Through Feb. 3. FREE. McCall, Hwy. 55, McCall, mccallchamber. org/winter-carnival.
On Stage AUBREY CLINEDINST: THE STARVING CLOWN CIRCUS—7 p.m. FREE. $11. Surel’s Place, 212 E. 33rd St., Garden City, 208991-4718, surelsplace.org.
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BLT: THE BAKER’S DOZEN—8 p.m. $12-$15. Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise, 208342-5104, boiselittletheater.org. BROADWAY IN BOISE: THE KING AND I—2 and 8 p.m. $43-$75. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-426-1110, morrisoncenter.com. COMEDIAN GABRIEL RUTLEDGE—8 and 10 p.m. $12-$15. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-941-2459, liquidboise. com.
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CALENDAR GESAMTKUNSTWERK PRESENTS: KINGDOM HEARTS DRAG BURLESQUE TRIBUTE—Performers dragify and burlesquefy Disney and Square Enix characters to coincide with the release of Kingdom Hearts 3. Featuring Vice Squiwly Bones, Stella Sin, Arabella de Lioncourt, Belle Fast, Rikku Min and Austin Hetrick, Annie Depressant, Cloaca, Darla Guns, Missfyre. 8
p.m. $15-$20. The Balcony Club, 150 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-3361313, thebalconyclub.com.
by Nic Coutts and Mikey Pullman. 8 p.m. $10-$15. Woodland Empire Ale Craft, 1114 W. Front St., Boise.
MIKEY PULLMAN’S WHISKEY GINGER: REDEFINING MASCULINITY PART 1—This event features storytellers and music for an evening of thoughtfulness, laughter and emotion, with Paycen McGahey, Reilly Hoy, Crispin Gravatt and Andy Capps, with music
ROBBIE BURNS NIGHT—Join the Boise Scottish Caledonian Society for poetry, singing, piping and Scottish Highland dancing, with two bag pipe bands, the Boise Highlanders and The City of Trees Pipes and Drums. Dinner included, plus no-host Scotch whiskey bar. 6 p.m. $12-$35. Riverside Hotel, 2900 W. Chinden Blvd., Boise, 208-3840404, boisehighlanders.com.
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STAGE COACH: A COMEDY OF TENORS—8 p.m. $15. Stage Coach Theatre, 4802 W. Emerald Ave., Boise, 208-342-2000, stagecoachtheatre.com.
SUN VALLEY HOTELS GO ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR WINTER VISITORS
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You might expect a winter getaway to Sun Valley, one of the top ski destinations in North America, to include hotel-provided shuttle service to the slopes—and you’d be right. But it’s much less likely that you’d anticipate the dozen other tricks, specials and packages those same hotels have up their sleeves to keep winter recreators At Sun Valley Resort, guests can swap lift tickets for happy. Here’s restaurant credit. a look at a few hotspots and the perks they offer: Sun Valley Resort: SVR is the resort in Sun Valley, and encompases multiple hotels, including its flagship the Sun Valley Lodge. If you get too sore or tired after hitting the slopes, the resort offers a Lift Ticket Exchange Program that allows guests with multi-day lift tickets to trade a day on the slopes for another activity—like bowling, spa treatments or a sleigh ride—retail credit or a gear tuneup. Plus, season pass holders from other resorts get a 20 percent discount on lodging and 40 percent off lift tickets (a deal that holds no matter where you stay). Hotel Ketchum: Located in the heart of downtown Ketchum, this hotel is newly remodeled with a quirky character reminiscent of Boise’s The Modern. Among other perks, through Monday, Feb. 14, and from Friday, Feb. 25, to the end of the 2019 season, kids aged 12 and under can ski for free with the purchase of an adult lift ticket if you stay there for three or more nights. Knob Hill Inn: Knob Hill is a boutique hotel on the outskirts of Ketchum, with some of the best mountain views in the city. If you book two consecutive nights there before Feb. 15, you get the third free, and all-inclusive packages like the Snowshoe & Stay can take away the stress of planning excursions. Plus, if you’re heading up the mountain in the morning, let the staff know and they’ll warm up your boots by the fire and set your skis out on the ski rack. You can even call Knob Hill’s shuttle from the top of the mountain to have it waiting when you finish your last run. The Limelight Hotel: At The Limelight, you can rent your ski and snowboard gear, have it professionally fitted and even pick out new outerwear right in the lobby at Four Mountain Sports. The downtown Ketchum hotel also offers free snowshoeing through a partnership with the Environmental Resource Center, and a free “First Tracks” program that lets select skiers and boarders tackle Bald Mountain before it opens on Friday mornings. —Lex Nelson
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SUNDAY JAN. 27 Festivals & Events IDAHO REMODELING AND DESIGN SHOW—Tour 100-plus exhibits to discover what’s hot in decorating, kitchen and bath renovations, landscaping and more. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE-$7. Boise Centre, 850 W. Front St., Boise. 208-376-0464, ibleventsinc.com. MCCALL WINTER CARNIVAL— Through Feb. 3. FREE. McCall, Hwy. 55, McCall. mccallchamber. org/winter-carnival.
On Stage AUBREY CLINEDINST: THE STARVING CLOWN CIRCUS—2 p.m. FREE-$11. Surel’s Place, 212 E. 33rd St., Garden City, 208-9914718, surelsplace.org. BLT: THE BAKER’S DOZEN—$12-$15. Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise, 208-3425104, boiselittletheater.org. BOISE PHIL: UNCORKED 1 CHAMBER CONCERT—Join Boise Philharmonic for the kick-off to its Uncorked Chamber Series with Guilliame Connesson’s “Double Quatuor.” Melissa Bagwell provides the narration to Sitwell’s extraordinary and haunting text. With After-party at Boise Co-op’s Uncorked! Wine Bar from 4-6 p.m. 2 p.m. $14-$24. Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, 208-3447849, boisephil.org. BROADWAY IN BOISE: THE KING AND I—1 p.m. $43-$75. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-426-1110, morrisoncenter. com. COMEDIAN GABRIEL RUTLEDGE—8 p.m. $12-$15. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-941-2459, liquidboise.com. MAKE’EM BURLESQUE LIP SYNC BATTLE IV—8 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon, 513 W. Main St., Boise, 208-345-6344, facebook. com/PengillysSaloon.
STAGE COACH: A COMEDY OF TENORS—2 p.m. $15. Stage Coach Theatre, 4802 W. Emerald Ave., Boise, 208-342-2000, stagecoachtheatre.com.
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On Stage BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL—7 p.m. $14-$18, $48 for a three-day pass. Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, 208-345-0454, 208-387-1273, egyptiantheatre.net.
JAE YONG KIM: DONUT EVER FORGET ME—South Korean artist Jae Yong Kim’s installation Donut Ever Forget Me is made up of hundreds of hand-sculpted and intricately painted ceramic donuts. Through July 7. Noon-5 p.m. FREE-$6. Boise Art Museum, 670 Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208-3458330, boiseartmuseum.org.
STORY STORY NIGHT: BRAVE THE ELEMENTS—This season’s themes are based on elements from the periodic table, with true stories that pack some atomic power. 7 p.m. $12-$15. Jack’s Urban Meeting Place, 1000 W. Myrtle St., Boise, 917-495-5840, storystorynight.org.
MARK W. MCGINNIS: THE UNFOLDING OF THE UNTITLED— Mark W. McGinnis presents a sampling of his three-year series of non-objective paintings. Inspired by early Modernists and Euclidean geometry, the artwork morphs from one stylistic phase to another. Through March 3. 9 a.m.9 p.m. FREE. Boise State Student Union Gallery, 1910 University Drive, Boise.
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WEDNESDAY JAN. 30 Festivals & Events MCCALL WINTER CARNIVAL— Through Feb. 3. FREE. McCall, Hwy. 55, McCall. mccallchamber. org/winter-carnival.
On Stage BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL—7 p.m. $14-$18, $48 for a three-day pass. Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, 208-345-0454, 208-387-1273, egyptiantheatre.net.
CHAOS STEM—Knock stuff down, blow stuff up, and break things in the name of science and engineering. For ages 8-14. 4:30 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library Victory Branch, 10664 W. Victory Road, Boise, 208-362-0181, adalib.org/victory.
MONDAY JAN. 28 Festivals & Events MCCALL WINTER CARNIVAL— Through Feb. 3. FREE. McCall, Hwy. 55, McCall, mccallchamber. org/winter-carnival.
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TUESDAY JAN. 29 Festivals & Events MCCALL WINTER CARNIVAL— Through Feb. 3. FREE. McCall, Hwy. 55, McCall. mccallchamber. org/winter-carnival.
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Brought in by Boise State University as part of its week-long celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Chelsey Green’s music is as focused on breaking new ground as King’s famous speech. But the stereotypes she fights revolve around string instruments, not race. Green—or more properly Dr. Green, considering her Doctor of Musical Arts degree—focuses on violin and viola, but her genre-busting repertoire goes beyond classical music, incorporating elements of funk, jazz, pop, soul, gospel, hip-hop and more. Since beginning her career on stage at age 5, Dr. Green has appeared at events ranging from the opening of The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture to the Bahrain Spring of Culture Festival, and on Monday, Jan. 28, she’ll bring her wellspring of talent—and her band, The Green Project—to Boise for a performance that’s sure to defy expectations. A Q&A will follow the free event, so have your questions ready. —Lex Nelson 7 p.m., FREE. Boise State University Special Events Center, Student Union Building, 1700 W. University Dr., Boise, mlk. boisestate.edu.
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—Harrison Berry With Dirty Revival, and Mother Yeti. 7:30 p.m., $10-$12. Neurolux, 111 N. 11th St., Boise, 208-343-0866, neurolux.com.
ROB HILL AND DOUG BROWN— Noon. FREE. Edwards Greenhouse JIMMY VEGAS AND THE PHOEBS—With Knotty Brine, and Bullets are the Cure. 10 p.m. $3. Tom Grainey’s LOUNGE ON FIRE: 3RD-ANNUAL WINTER SOCIAL—With Dirty Revival, and Mother Yeti. 7:30 p.m. $10-$12. Neurolux MADDIE ZAHM—7:30 p.m. $12$18. Sapphire Room NEAL AND FRIENDS—9 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon NEW TRANSIT—8 p.m. FREE. O’Michael’s Pub & Grill RJ MCGINNIS BAND—8:30 p.m. FREE. The TK Bar THE SKY BURNS BRIGHTER—With The Exphantoms. 7 p.m. $5. The Olympic SWING DANCING WITH JACK HALE’S QUINTET—9 p.m. FREE. The Ranch Club
FRIM FRAM FOUR—9 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon
TREASURE VALLEY SONGWRITERS SHOWCASE—6 p.m. $3. Deathproof Coffee House
KORBY LENKER: WORDS, MUSIC, FILM—7:30 p.m. $30. Audio Lab Recording Studios
VOICE OF REASON—10 p.m. $5. Reef
PROPERGANDA: LOCAL SWAG— Featuring BOON, with THNDR, and Clocktave. 10 p.m. $2. Fatty’s
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THUMP—8 p.m. $5. 9th St. Parallel at KFCH
FRIDAY JAN. 25 CARBIN—With Pierce, Darth Bane, Future Twist, and Ruebin. 9 p.m. $10. The Shredder
It’s no secret that we here at Boise Weekly have a bit of a yen for the funky stylings of Lounge on Fire. From the band’s humble beginnings to the 2017 release of its debut album, Lips of Calypso (self-released), which reviewer Ben Schultz described as one of the best releases of that year, the band has gone through numerous iterations, and, in Shultz’s words, “played a bewildering range of events” (including our own The Big Le Boise). We’ve kept track, because this band keeps playing great ones every chance it gets. With a big, brassy funk sound and the motor-mouthed, sexed-up lyrics of Nathan Norton, Lounge on Fire is one of the best bands in town. Join it on Saturday, Jan. 26, for its third-annual Winter Social performance at Neurolux.
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CHAZ BROWNE—Enjoy ‘60s music in your ugliest sweater. 7:30 p.m. $15-$25. Sapphire Room CURTIS/SUTTON AND THE SCAVENGERS—9 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s THE FRENCH TIPS ALBUM RELEASE—With The Vang Basics, and Death Matches of a Grade School Nightmare. 7:30 p.m. $5. Neurolux THE HONEY SHIVERS—10 p.m. $3. Tom Grainey’s THE POSIES DUO—7 p.m. $20$25. The Olympic TRACY MORRISON—With Alexi Byrnes and Bill Parsons. 7 p.m. FREE. High Note Cafe ZERO—With Myke Bogan, Axiom Tha Wyze, and Andy O. 8 p.m. $10. 9th St. Parallel at KFCH
SATURDAY JAN. 26 AARON GOLAY BAND—9 p.m. FREE. The Ranch Club BHAD BHABIE—8 p.m. $20-$75. Revolution BLOOM AND BROTHER ACOUSTIC DUO—6:30 p.m. FREE. The Funky Taco
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With the 2019 edition of the McCall Winter Carnival quickly approaching, here are a couple of great resources if you’re looking to join this year’s fun. The McCall Chamber of Commerce has a great website to check availability of accommodations, including cabin rentals and local hotels/motels. Check that out at mccallchamber.org/ winter-carnival. Ponderosa State Park is a muststop destination for any McCall visit, and it’s doubly spectacular in the winter. Find the details at parksandrecreation.idaho.gov/parks/ ponderosa. Sure, everyone loves to ski Brundage when visiting Valley County, but we also love the McCall Activity Barn, which features some amazing tubing and five kilometers of Nordic trails. Find more at brundage.com/trip-planner/snow-tubing-mccall. Finally, you don’t often hear one newspaper sing the praises of another, but we love our friends at the McCall Star-News. It’s your go-to source for all-things Winter Carnival, and the web address is mccallstarnews.com. —George Prentice Taken by Instagram user @kendraroophotography.
These pets can be adopted at the Idaho Humane Society. idahohumanesociety.org | 4775 W. Dorman St. Boise | 208-342-3508
STAR: 4-year-old,
8-pound female. Has Ataxia, good with dogs and cats. (#27812306 - Cattery Kennel 04)
BENTLEY: 1.5-yearDELTA: 7-month-old old, 54-pound male male rabbit. Calm husky mix is sweet and easy-going, surand he loves long rended when owners walks. (#40552766 moved. (#40234351 - Kennel 421) - Big Petter) Cat Care by Cat People
TOP 10 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT BOISE WINTERS snowiest winter was in 1916/1917 (50 inches). 1.Boise’s snowiest day was Feb. 2, 1916 2.Boise’s (15.5 inches). snowiest January was in 1929 (27 3.Boise’s inches). average precipitation for January is 4.Boise’s 1.39 inches. driest month on record was January 5.Boise’s 1940 (0 inches).
average low temperature in January is 24 degrees. 6.Boise coldest day was Dec. 23, 1990 (25 7.Boise’s degrees below zero). coldest January day was Jan. 31, 8.Boise’s 1950 (17 degrees below zero). coldest month on record was 9.Boise’s December 1985 (average of 3.3 degrees). coldest January on record was in 10.Boise’s 1937 (average of 5.7 degrees).
These pets can be adopted at Simply Cats. simplycats.org | 2833 S. Victory View Way | 208-343-7177
TURKEY: I’m no bird MILA: I self-soothe by brain! The Simply sucking my thumb... Cats staff think I’m humans say it’s pretty smart. When really cute. I need a you visit, I’ll be pawquiet home and a lot ing at the door. of love! 22 | JANUARY 23–29, 2019 | BOISEWEEKLY
PIPPA: I’m a sweet
girl, still a baby really. I love to play and purr. Throw in some catnip and I’m a friend for life!
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ASTROLOGY AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A motivational speaker and author named Nick Vujicic was born without arms or legs, although he has two small, unusually shaped feet. These facts didn’t stop him from getting married, raising a family of four children and writing eight books. One book is entitled Life Without Limits: Inspiration for a Ridiculously Good Life. He’s a positive guy who has faith in the possibility of miracles. In fact, he says he keeps a pair of shoes in his closet just in case God decides to bless him with a marvelous surprise. In accordance with current astrological omens, Aquarius, I suggest you make a similar gesture. Create or acquire a symbol of an amazing transformation you would love to attract into your life. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): About 11 percent of the Philippines’ population is comprised of Muslims who call themselves the Bangsamoro. Many resist being part of the Philippines and want their own sovereign nation. They have a lot of experience struggling for independence, as they’ve spent 400 years rebelling against occupation by foreign powers, including Spain, the United States and Japan. I admire their tenacity in seeking total freedom to be themselves and rule themselves. May they inspire your efforts to do the same on a personal level in the coming year. ARIES (March 21-April 19): We might initially be inclined to ridicule Stuart Kettell, a British man who spent four days pushing a Brussels sprout up 3,560-foot-high Mount Snowden with his nose. But perhaps our opinion would become more expansive once we knew that he engaged in this stunt to raise money for a charity that supports people with cancer. In any case, the coming weeks would be a favorable time for you, too, to engage in extravagant, extreme, or even outlandish behavior in behalf of a good or holy cause. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The Taurus guitar wizard known as Buckethead is surely among the most imaginative and prolific musicians who has ever lived. Since producing his first album in late 2005, he has released 306 other albums that span a wide variety of musical genres— an average of 23 per year. I propose that we make him your patron saint for the next six weeks. While it’s unlikely you can achieve such a gaudy level of creative self-expression, you could very well exceed your previous personal best in your own sphere. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Novelist Arthur Conan Doyle created Sherlock Holmes, a fictional character who personifies the power of logic and rational thinking. And yet Doyle was also a devout spiritualist who pursued interests in telepathy, the occult, and psychic phenomena. It’s no surprise that he was a Gemini, an astrological tribe renowned for its ability to embody apparent opposites. Sometimes that quality is a liability for you folks, and sometimes an asset. In the coming weeks, I believe it’ll be a highly useful skill. Your knack for holding paradoxical views and expressing seemingly contradictory powers will attract and generate good fortune. CANCER (June 21-July 22): In 2006, a 176-year-old tortoise named Harriet died in an Australian zoo owned by “Crocodile Hunter” and TV personality Steve Irwin. Harriet was far from her original home in the Galapagos Islands. By some accounts, evolutionary superstar Charles Darwin picked her up and carried her away during his visit there in 1835. I propose that you choose the long-lived tortoise as your power creature for the coming weeks. With her as inspiration, meditate on questions like these: 1. “What would I do differently if I knew I’d live to a very old age?” 2. “What influence that was important to me when I was young do I want to be important to me when I’m old?” 3. “In what specific ways can my future benefit from my past?” 4. “Is there a blessing or gift from an ancestor I have not yet claimed?” 5. “Is there
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anything I can do that I am not yet doing to remain in good health into my old age?” LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): John Lennon claimed that he generated the Beatles song’ “Because” by rendering Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” backwards. Even if that’s true, I don’t think it detracts from the beauty of “Because.” May I suggest you adopt a comparable strategy for your own use in the coming weeks, Leo? What could you do in reverse so as to create an interesting novelty? What approach might you invert in order to instigate fresh ways of doing things? Is there an idea you could turn upside-down or inside-out, thereby awakening yourself to a new perspective? VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The Tsonga language is spoken by more than 15 million people in southern Africa. The literal meaning of the Tsonga phrase “I malebvu ya nghala” is “It’s a lion’s beard,” and its meaning is “something that’s not as scary as it looks.” According to my astrological analysis, this will be a useful concept for you to be alert for in the coming weeks. Don’t necessarily trust first impressions or initial apprehensions. Be open to probing deeper than your instincts might influence you to do. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The old Latin verb crescere meant “to come forth, spring up, grow, thrive, swell, increase in numbers or strength.” We see its presence in the modern English, French, and Italian word “crescendo.” In accordance with astrological omens, I have selected crescere and its present participle crescentum to be your words of power for the next four weeks. May they help mobilize you to seize all emerging opportunities to come forth, spring up, grow, thrive, swell, and increase in numbers or strength. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): When animals hibernate, their metabolisms slow down. They may grow more underfur or feathers, and some add extra fat. To conserve heat, they may huddle together. In the coming weeks, I don’t think you’ll have to do what they do. But I do suspect it will be a good time to engage in behaviors that have a resemblance to hibernation: slowing down your mind and body; thinking deep thoughts and feeling deep feelings; seeking extra hugs and cuddles; getting lots of rich, warm, satisfying food and sleep. What else might appeal to your need to drop out of your fast-paced rhythm and supercharge your psychic batteries? SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): When people tell me they don’t have time to read the books I’ve written, I advise them to place the books under their pillows and soak up my words in their dreams. I don’t suggest that they actually eat the pages, although there is historical precedent for that. The Bible describes the prophet Ezekiel as literally chewing and swallowing a book. And there are accounts of sixteenth-century Austrian soldiers devouring books they acquired during their conquests, hoping to absorb the contents of the texts. But in accordance with current astrological omens, I suggest that in the next four weeks you acquire the wisdom stored in books by actually reading them or listening to them on audio recordings. In my astrological opinion, you really do need, for the sake of your psychospiritual health, to absorb writing that requires extended concentration. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Among the top “how to” search inquiries on Google are “how to buy Bitcoin,” “how to lose belly fat fast,” “how to cook spaghetti in a microwave,” and “how to make slime.” While I do think that the coming weeks will be prime time for you to formulate and launch many “how to” investigations, I will encourage you to put more important questions at the top of your priority list. “How to get richer quicker” would be a good one, as would “how to follow through on good beginnings” and “how to enhance your value” and “how to identify what resources and allies will be most important in 2019.”
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