Boise Weeky Vol. 27 Issue 44

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APRIL 17-23, 2019

Power of Prayers

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Celebrating a season of diversity

An egg-cellent Easter at McIntyre Pastures

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EDITOR’S NOTE SEASONS GREETINGS Most Boiseans marvel about how wonderful summer and fall are in the City of Trees. Me? I’m all about springtime. And with all of the trees in full bloom, Boise has seldom been lovelier. It’s also a perfect week to embrace our diversity: We’re at one of those rare moments when Christianity, Islam and Judaism intersect, with the coming celebrations of Easter, Ramadan and Passover.

That, in fact, is the subject of our main feature this week, a story we call, “Heaven Help Us” on pages 6 and 7. I recently spent some time speaking with Treasure Valley faith leaders about this season of belief.

“Our unique customs and traditions and differences are beautiful,” Rabbi Dan Fink told BW. “But we do have to remember that they come out of a shared humanity.”

Up next on page 8, I’ll take you along on my visit to McIntyre Pastures, 1,200-plus acres of gorgeous farmland between the Snake River and the Deer Flat Wildlife Refuge. Spring has truly sprung on the farm, which will undoubtedly produce thousands of eggs that will make their way into Easter baskets throughout the region.

And speaking of Easter, BW’s Lex Nelson has the perfect go-to list of Treasure Valley restaurants that are hosting Easter brunch this year. You’ll find that on page 9.

Lex returns on page 12, where she’ll introduce Deb and Joe Giordano, the “sweet-loving” couple behind Cravin’s Candy Emporium. It’s the perfect spot to stock up on goodies for your Easter basket.

I’ll return for a preview of Amazing Grace, a wonderful new rockumentary on a 1972 concert performed by the late Aretha Franklin. But a big mystery surrounds the making of the film.

You’ll need to turn to page 13 to find out more.

Finally, BW’s Harrison Berry has a profile of Jennifer Egan on page 14. She’s the bestselling author of Manhattan Beach, and in a wide-ranging conversation with Harrison, Egan talks about suing Donald Trump, her books and the internet. Heady stuff.

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Back Pain: How To Get The Housework Done Without Making Your Back Worse By: Leading Physical Therapist, Bret adams

BOISE (ID) - Has this ever happened to you?

You’re going about your day doing your usual day-to-day jobs, you could be doing something as simple as taking out the trash, gardening, folding up the laundry or changing the bed then all of a sudden you feel a sharp pain in your back and you can hardly move... Sound familiar?

Just a few weeks ago this happened to one of our patients Mary, 57, from Meridian... She was making the most of a quiet weekend in, and before she planned to relax for the day, she decided to do some cleaning. Mary was fine to begin with, but as soon as she went to turn over her mattress, she put her back out completely.

At first, the pain wasn’t so bad, but then a few hours later her back began to stiffen up. Like most people we see, she thought at first “oh it’s just a stiff back, I’ve probably got a bit carried away with the cleaning, it’s happened before.” But the next day the pain was still there, and it felt even worse!

Mary’s back started to ache when she sat down, she struggled to find a comfortable position to fall asleep in, and she couldn’t even bring herself to stand without being in agony AND she had a weekend away planned...

How was she going to get away now with a back so painful? Now you might be thinking this won’t happen to you, not with something as basic as everyday chores, but when you consider that most of us do some form of jobs around the house, that’s a lot of backs that could potentially become sore! And not just that, most people we see say they suffer from back pain when doing routine activities such as chores that cause flare ups.

The thing is, many people will ‘put up’ with a bad back for days (even weeks!), hoping the pain will go away on its own eventually, but you really don’t have to play the waiting game and suffer for so long especially not if it’s getting in the way of daily life and even trips away and events that you’ve been looking forward to for ages! So how about I give you two quick tips for everyday housework jobs to help make agonizing back pain a thing of the past - because chores themselves aren’t to

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blame (even though we’d like to think they are), it’s how you ‘do’ them.

1. When using the vacuum cleaner or a mop: One of the most common mistakes people make is reaching out with their arms while bending at the waist over and over again. Bending over in awkward positions can place a lot of strain on your muscles - especially in your back! To help fix this the key is to keep your hips and shoulders moving towards the work. What I mean by this is instead of leaning forwards and twisting your back, step forward in the direction of the movement with one foot and bend slightly at the knee, allowing your upper body to stay upright to reduce any strain.

2. When doing the laundry, picking up items like rescuing that lost sock from the bedroom floor, leaning over can trigger off back pain- similar to sweeping and using the vacuum, bending at the waist repeatedly will strain your back muscles. To get around this I tell my patients to do something I like to call the ‘golfer’s reach’, it has this name because it’s similar to how golfers pick up a ball. When you reach for items with your right hand, balance yourself by lifting your leg up in the air.

If you need extra support, place your opposite hand on a nearby surface. If you’re reaching with your left hand, reverse the directions. The deeper you reach with your hand, the higher your opposite leg should go so that you can keep your balance while simultaneously reducing the amount of strain on your back muscles.

One more thing, I know it can be easy to get caught up, rushing around the house to get everything done but one thing to remember is to be kind to yourself and take breaks throughout.

Put the kettle on and relax before returning to your chores. If you start feeling any signs of pain, walk, stretch and rest your back. Don’t allow yourself to get so busy checking chores off your to-do list that you forget the safe way to move your body.

The author, Bret Adams, is a Physical Therapist and co-owner of Idaho Spine and Physical Therapy. If you have any questions about back pain, you can call (208) 991-2999 or email him at bret.adams@spinept.com

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HEAVEN HELP US

“Our unique customs and traditions and differences are beautiful.

But we do have to remember that they come out of a shared humanity.”

GEORGE PRENTICE

Deprivation. Subjugation. Xenophobia. At one time or another—and occasionally all at once—the ugliest of impulses have divided humankind. One millennium’s forced exodus is akin to another’s refugee crisis. Centuries of institutional bigotry live on in the form of bias against people who choose to love someone of their own gender. And today’s economic segregation is a direct descendent of historical servitude.

Against all those odds, most people still hunger for compassion, forgiveness and sympathy.

This month, as they have for centuries, billions across the globe will fall to their knees, beg for forgiveness, revisit the past, reconcile the present and yearn for a future of acceptance and empathy. To be sure, this is a season in which Western cultures embrace a cartoonish Easter Bunny, and indulge in bountiful brunches and baskets full of candy. But lest we forget, April is also the heart of the holiest season in Christianity—the culmination of Lent with the celebration of Easter. Concurrently, Jews prepare for their 3,000-plus year Passover traditions and Muslims anticipate the monthlong fasting season of Ramadan. At no other time in the modern calendar do so many of the world’s faith communities intersect.

However, even as devotees fill houses of worship, those same sanctuaries have never been under a greater threat—as made clear by the mass killing of 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue last October; the murders of 26 worshipers at a Baptist church in Texas last November; this March’s massacre at a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand; recent Satanic desecrations in Roman Catholic churches in 6 | APRIL 17–23, 2019 | BOISEWEEKLY

France; and just this month, a string of suspicious fires that engulfed three historically black churches near Lafayette, Louisiana.

“I don’t know if there are truly safe places anymore. But that doesn’t mean that we should be cynical and give up on faith. We should redouble our efforts to create safe places,’” said Rabbi Dan Fink, faith leader of Congregation of Ahaveth Beth Israel in Boise. “We have an obligation to do what we can to see that our sanctuaries are indeed sanctuaries. That means addressing the root causes of hatred and bigotry that spawn this violence.”

The Rt. Rev. Brian Thom, Bishop of the Idaho Episcopal Diocese, echoed that, saying, “We need to believe that our houses of worship are indeed safe places. We long for community.

We long for understanding.”

Phillip Thompson, outreach director of the Islamic Center of Boise said, “Look, we’re all under danger. We’re all under scrutiny. But it seems that because we are unified in understanding that scrutiny, that might actually tie us a little more closely.”

As we approach the seasons of Easter, Passover and Ramadan, Boise Weekly spent some time with faith leaders to talk about what binds us together and the never-ending search for what heals us.

Bible, John 3:16: “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

Bishop Thom oversees the Idaho Episcopal Diocese, which stretches from the Salmon River to Idaho’s southern border and from Weiser to

the eastern border. There are nearly 4,700 Episcopalians in the Gem State. Of the diocese’s 27 parishes, some are as small as a half-dozen congregants, while the 115-year-old Saint Michael’s Cathedral in downtown Boise—Idaho’s first Episcopal church—has a congregation of approximately 1,800. Most are regular attendees of worship services. Added to those numbers are the so-called “C and E” Christians.

“Those would be the Christmas and Easter Christians,” said Thom. “And so many of them come because mom says, ‘Won’t you please come to Church? All I want for Easter—or all I want for Christmas—is for you to come to church.’”

Attracting millennials or Gen Xers to a 21stcentury worship service is a challenge for any institution of faith, but Thom said he sees it as more of a gift than a problem.

“It’s a gift, because by holding a mirror up to ourselves, we’re making it very clear that we just can’t do it the same anymore,” he said.

“It forces us to consider the full expression of what happens at the cathedral each Sunday. Yes, there’s music, a lot of people and some mystery; and it’s great theater…it’s that drama that good worship can be. But I’m also convinced that the Episcopal Church has something else, something special to offer to millennials. Gen Xers and millennials actually have a better grasp of mystery because it’s not defined. They may not trust institutions, but mystery may be okay for them. And that’s an entirely appropriate response, because we can’t really be sure about anything nowadays. Some very big pieces of Christianity’s history were formed long ago in black and white. Well, the world doesn’t really work like that.”

Thom delivers a sermon every Sunday, either in Boise or on the road at any one of the diocese’s parishes, but on Easter he’s one of the busiest men in Boise. In fact, his first Easter vigil will come the night before, on Saturday, April 20, at St. Michael’s Cathedral. On Sunday, April 21, Thom will deliver no fewer than three Easter morning services at St. Michael’s.

“It’s a tradition that the bishop always goes to the cathedral for Easter. By the fourth service, you better have it down,” he said.

And where does the 2,000-plus-year-old story of Christ’s resurrection fit into the 21st century?

“Boy, now more than ever,” said Thom.

“It’s just primordial to reach toward unity. The redeeming thing about Easter for us is that it confirms to us that we are not God. God is God. Indeed, there is this life that can be lived, both on this side and then with God in whatever future he has for us. Unfortunately, right now, we are in disunity. So now, more than ever, Easter is the ultimate expression of unity.”

Torah, Exodus 12 50-51: “All the children of Israel did; as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did. It came to pass on that very day, that the Lord took the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt with their legions.”

This year, Rabbi Fink will celebrate his 25th anniversary as faith leader of Congregation Ahaveth Beth Israel (CABI) in Boise.

“Is seems as if it’s only a moment rather than 25 years,” said Fink, a 12th-generation rabbi. “Sometimes the days are long, but the years fly by.”

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Rev. Brian Thom (left) is Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Idaho. Rabbi Dan Fink (right) is celebrating his 25th year as faith leader of Congregation Ahaveth Beth Israel.

Thompson was quick to add that Islam and Thompson, Executive Director of the Idaho meaning “narrow street” in Hebrew. In fact, He added, “before there was Judaism, before Christianity also share beliefs.

Black History Museum and Outreach Directhe Israelites traveled through the narrow there was Christianity, before there was Islam, “Absolutely. Do you believe in Jesus? Well, tor of the Islamic Center of Boise, grew up in strait of Sinai. there were festivals rooted in the cycle of naour book says he’ll return, as is written in Reva Christian household and reminds his own “But it also takes on a metaphorical signifiture. Why would you not have a spring festival? elations in the Bible, but most Christians don’t children that there are strong bridges among cance here, because Egypt wasn’t just a nation.

You see the world being reborn around you. realize that Muslims hold that truth.” many faiths.

It’s the place of ‘narrowness,’” said Fink. “Think After a long winter, it’s a season of hope. In the Thompson said Islam’s month-long fasting “Every major Abrahamic faith has major of it. We’ve all been in those narrow places, and Jewish tradition, it becomes a remembrance of Ramadan has tangible relevance to a 21stour obligation is to help other people get free of celebrations in the spring, whether it be Easter, for us… a remembrance of our liberation century world where the gap between the haves those narrow places too. I remind my congrega- Passover or Ramadan. It’s all renewing. It gives from Egypt. However you view your particular and have-nots continues to widen. us the opportunity to participate and learn tion that the Passover Seder experience is not traditions through your own lens, at the heart “Ramadan is an act of devoof the matter, it’s a celebration tion and sacrifice. We’re not of freedom, a celebration of new only supposed to fast, but we’re possibility, a rebirth for all of us.” also supposed to be steadfast in All that said, Fink added WHE RE D OES THE 2,000-PLU S -Y E AR- OLD STO RY O F prayer,” said Thompson. “We’re that the differences among us, supposed to go help the poor particularly in how we worship, C HRI ST’ S RESU RRECTION FIT INTO THE 21ST CENT URY? and the needy and less fortuare good things. nate. Many people don’t have “I don’t really want to live in a “ BOY, NOW M ORE THAN E VER,” SAID RE V. B RIAN TH O M, the perk of choosing to fast world where everybody has to be when they’re constantly in need Jewish or Christian or Muslim or B I SHOP O F THE EPISC OPAL D IOCESE OF IDAH O. “RIGHT of something to eat…something Buddhist or Hindu or agnostic,” NOW, WE ARE IN D ISU N IT Y. SO NOW, M ORE THAN E VER, to feed their children. Ramadan, said Fink. “Our unique customs for us, is this cool cleansing and traditions and differences E A STE R IS THE U LTIMATE E X PRES SION OF UNIT Y.” [and] spiritual journey because are beautiful. But we do have to it forces you to put all of your remember that they come out of vices in check and work on helpa shared humanity.” ing others.”

The centerpiece of the beginAbove all, he said, the celebrations of Raabout what others do during this time. My just a remembrance of something that hapning of Passover is the Seder, the ritualistic madan, Passover and Easter are opportunities, own family is predominantly Christian, so pened to people 3,000 years ago. It’s not just a meal that helps commemorate the retelling albeit spiritual ones, to reflect inward and reach there’s an overlap there. It’s an embodiment reenactment. It’s a lived experience in which we of the story of the liberation of the Israelites out to the “other.” we all need to follow,” said Thompson. “My make our own journey out of our own narrow from slavery.

“We have a choice. We can let our petty daughter has gone to a synagogue a time or places. If you haven’t done that, you’ve missed “We’re sitting around having this meal and differences split us or keep us apart, or we can two for someone’s Bar Mitzvah and she usually the point.” we’re reading from the Haggadah, the liturgy asks about things we have in common—such as unify against that,” said Thompson. “In these for the meal; and we have this line that says, ‘In holy times, even if it’s something we don’t women covering their heads, people remainQuran, 2:183: “Believers! Fasting is every generation, it is incumbent upon us to see practice through any faith, we can still choose ing kosher or halal. Judaism and Islam have so enjoined upon you, as it was enjoined upon ourselves as if we too went out of Mizraim.’” to be mindful and respectful. We can choose much in common. We just don’t talk about it those before you, that you become God“Mizraim” is the Hebrew word for Egypt. to unite.” that much.” fearing.”

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PH OTO S C OURTESY MCINT YRE PASTURES

When I think about white wines for spring, I think Sauvignon Blanc. Crisp, fruity and refreshing, it’s the perfect thing to break the doldrums of winter. The grape has found a home in almost every wine region in the world, and it expresses itself in unique ways depending on the terroir and winemaking. For this tasting, wines from three different continents topped the panel’s list of favorites.

Check out a slideshow of all of the springtime activity at McIntyre Pastures at boiseweekly.com.

OUT TO PASTURE

The McIntyre clan prepares for another season on the farm GEORGE PRENTICE At McIntyre Pastures—1,200-plus acres of gorgeous farmland between the Snake River and the Deer Flat Wildlife Refuge—spring is in the air, water and soil. There’s even spring in the step of the thousands of chickens, cows and pigs that have patiently waited out a longer-than-expected winter to return to the pasture. The crispness in every inhale is as bracing as the greenery is eye-popping.

But you don’t really need to travel to rural Caldwell to fill your senses: The McIntyres bring the pastures’ bounty to Boise every Saturday.

“We love telling our story to our customers at the Boise Farmers Market,” said Maria McIntyre.

She manages the family farm’s office and has helped with chores since marrying Ben, who is the brother of Brad, who are both sons of family patriarch Loren, who… well, let’s put it this way: The clan is rather huge, and has been farming the same pastures since 1909. (One dramatic side note: When the financially strapped McIntyres nearly lost the farm at the height of the Great Depression, a local doctor purchased the land and sold it back to them for $1 just to keep it in the family.)

The soil at McIntyre Pastures is as rich as that family history.

“The real purpose of what we do is all about the soil. The soil is No. 1. The animals… well, they’re sort of tools, working the soil. The cattle, the chickens, the pigs—they all come together to make a healthy soil,” said Ben McIntyre. “Our ultimate goal is to build a healthy soil, and that includes no tilling.”

The no-till method of managing topsoil may sound revolutionary to most gardeners, but in fact it couldn’t be more old-school. Instead of tilling, the McIntyres have their free-range animals do some of the work. Make no mistake: Most days on the farm are back-breaking, sunrise to sunset. The McIntyre’s innovative process of moving their free-roaming animals from one parcel of pasture to another every few days is part of a very detailed plan. When the cattle, for example, are moved from one pasture to another, more than 2,000 chickens are then moved into the parcel behind them.

“And those thousands of chickens? Well, they love to scratch out all those cow patties. The chickens eat a lot of feed, but they’re also eating that larvae, really cutting down on the flies,” said Maria. “In time, when the cows and chickens have moved on to other pastures, the grass in all of those previous pastures has really greened up, and the soil just keeps getting better.”

The process repeats itself through nearly 100 parceled-out pastures across the McIntyres’ acreage. And by the time the cows have reached the furthest pasture, the soil of the first—now thick with fresh grass—awaits their return.

To be sure, a trip to McIntyre Pastures is tonic for the soul. That said, for their thousands of customers across Southern Idaho, it’s all about the farm-to-table eggs, beef, pork and chicken they produce. In addition to the family’s appearance each Saturday at the Boise Farmers Market, you’ll see products from McIntyre Pastures on

the shelves at Albertsons, the Boise Co-op and even Atkinsons Market in Hailey. Their eggs are in high demand.

“People have to have their eggs. Every day, every week, all year. We’ve got deliveries out all across the Treasure Valley even as we speak,” said Maria. “Right now, we’re making deliveries to a number of restaurants, including Alavita, Bittercreek, Diablo & Sons, The Modern, Red Feather, Waffle Me Up…chances are, you’re eating our eggs at a lot of top restaurants.”

The days are quite long at McIntyre Pastures.

“You bet; we’re up in the morning when the chickens are up,” said Maria.

Maria, her sister-in-law Jill, and their husbands Ben and Brad have 10 children between them. Plus there’s another brother, Spencer, his wife Michelle, and, of course, the patriarch and matriarch, Loren and Kelly.

There are dozens of kids and grandkids overall, ranging in age from 1 to 13. Somewhere in the middle of that mayhem is 6-year-old Elsie, who happened to be helping out when BW paid a visit. A word to the wise: Don’t let Elsie’s age or size fool you.

“I help with the eggs. We all help with the eggs,” she said. And when one of the chickens wandered away from its pasture, she ran over and snatched it with the speed and grace of a veteran farmer, returning the bird to the 2,000plus flock.

“I bet I could count them all,” said Elsie. Her smile was as big as sunrise.

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TANA RUUD

With Easter less than a week away on Sunday, April 21, it’s time to get hopping on restaurant reservations. While popular spots like Petite 4 and Cottonwood Grille are already sold out, there are still plenty of seats available in top-notch dining rooms across Boise. Some of our favorite brunch destinations are going ham (pun intended) for Easter, while others, like 36th Street Bistro, BACON, Bittercreek Alehouse, Bonefish Grill, Fork, Red Feather, Riverside Grill and Trillium, are sticking to tried-and-true menus, often with the addition of an Easter special or two. Here’s a shortlist of those pulling out all of the edible stops—and we suggest calling sooner rather than later.

ASIAGO’S—American and Italian cuisines meet up for Easter at Asiago’s 10 a.m.-2 p.m. brunch buffet. The menu has everything from antipasti and pasta to house-smoked beef with rosemary-cherry reduction and all of the fixings. Entry runs $25.95 for adults and $9.95 for kids age 6-12; kids under 6 eat free.

BRICKYARD—BrickYard isn’t usually open on Sundays, but it makes an exception for Easter. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the steakhouse will throw an extravagant brunch featuring a build-your-own omelette bar, prime rib, creme brulee French toast and more. Seats are $27 for adults and $15 for kids.

CHANDLER’S—Chandlers will celebrate Easter in style with a $43-per-person, three-course prix fixe menu. Start off with soup or salad, pick an entree from options like veal picatta and duck two ways (seared and confit), and finish with a decadent dessert.

JUNIPER—Juniper will tackle the Easter volume with a special menu of its most popular brunch items, including the fried “Chicken in a Biscuit,” grilled kale and eggs, and a skirt steak benedict.

THE MELTING POT—In addition to its usual menu, The Melting Pot will celebrate Easter with a four-course featured menu for $38.95-$47.95 per person including diner’s choice of salad, cheese fondue, and entree and chocolate fondues.

RICHARD’S—Diners will have two brunch options at Richard’s: an all-you-can-eat buffet in the Capitol Room or a special menu in the restaurant, where everything from egg-topped local asparagus to buttermilk pancakes will make an appearance.

The buffet costs $45 for adults and $15 for kids age 6-12, while younger kids eat free.

SOFIA’S GREEK BISTRO—If you can’t find a table on Easter, save your celebration for the Sophia’s Easter Party on Saturday, April 27. The Starbelly Dancers will be on site for a show at 6 p.m. to compliment the restaurant’s menu of pitas, lemon rice bowls and souvlaki. Opa! —Lex Nelson

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These mouthwatering treats will be just two of the Easter brunch menu items at Juniper (left) and Richard’s (right).

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CITIZEN DEB AND JOE GIORDANO The sweet-loving couple behind Cravin’s Candy Emporium talks Easter LE X NEL SON

Though Boise has a handful of candy shops, there’s only one that could be considered a candy experience, and that’s Cravin’s Candy Emporium in Bown Crossing. Walking into Cravin’s is a bit like falling down the sugar-coated rabbit hole—a particularly appropriate image with Easter approaching. Inside, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory screens on an endless loop, punctuated by vintage candy commercials, and tunes like Sammy Davis Jr.’s “The Candy Man” trill from overhead speakers. And that’s not to mention the bulk candy dispensers and brightly colored packages covering the walls and stacked in towers on every surface. When BW visited, co-owners Deb and Joe Giordano offered us the grand tour, starting with the imported candies and the oldfashioned soda bar (crowned by a jar of massive $11 jawbreakers) and moving past a kid’s candy and toy section, a gelato station, a case of housemade chocolate confections and a display of old Candyland boards.

With Easter on the way, Cravin’s is particularly busy, but before the doors opened, the Giordanos sat down in the candy shop’s row of theater seats (surrounded by a mountain of movie candy favorites, of course) to talk about their business and what the upcoming holiday looks like through the lense of chocolate bunnies, chick-decorated cookies and foil-wrapped candy eggs.

So let’s start with a big question: What brought you to candy?

Deb: What brought us to candy? It’s candy!

Everybody loves candy.

Joe: Well, we were both in different industries, we were both doing different things in public service and we started having a family, so we decided that we were going to make a life change.

And we thought, well, we’ll open up our own business and that will give us more time to be at home with the kids.

Is the name Cravin’s a play on “cravings”?

Deb: It is, yes! It’s kind of like, ‘Everybody has a little cravin’.”

Joe: It took us a year to come up with that name! It’s not easy to do.

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Joe, you mentioned when we were talking earlier that your grandparents had owned a mom-and-pop store back in Pennsylvania, where you’re from. When you think back to that time, what are some of the good memories that you want to incorporate here?

Joe: In my family, we had Sunday night dinner at my grandparents’, who had their mom-and-pop store, so after we had dinner they turned us loose to go get a candy out there, or an ice cream. So that was always a memory that was just great. … It linked it to family, and to good times with family, and it just creates those links to time best spent. So that really is what this store is about. It wasn’t picking something online and clicking on a button. It’s coming here, it was going there, and being with family, being with those people that aren’t around anymore and having those memories.

What about you, Deb? Did you have a neighborhood candy store?

Deb: I feel like, we’ve owned the store for 12 years and that’s always been kind of our jumping off point was we have these great memories. Mine was a neighborhood candy store [in California] that was owned by a mom and pop. They turned their garage into a candy store. But it was great! We would wash the car and get a quarter and go down with our quarter and pick out what we wanted. I’d do that with my siblings, we’d walk together. You’re chatting and talking and like Joe said, you’re spending time. So all those times create good memories, and now that Joe and I are getting older we do really feel like time is so important, and so we want this place to be a place where people can come and have their time well spent.

Let’s talk about Easter. Do you bring in any new inventory specifically for people loading up candy baskets or eggs?

Joe: Well, that’s a good segue into Easter and some of the traditions that started here. We see a lot of families coming here for Easter. Instead of necessarily making a basket for their house, they’ll bring their kids here and the kids will choose and

“ THAT RE ALLY IS WHAT THIS STO RE IS ABO UT. IT WASN ’T PI C KING SO ME THING O NLINE AN D CLIC KING O N A BUT TO N. IT’S C O MING HERE ... AN D BEING WITH FAMILY, BEING WITH THO SE PEOPLE THAT AREN’T ARO UND AN Y M ORE AN D HAVING TH O SE MEMO RIES .” make their own Easter here in the store. We see that more and more.

Deb: … We do bring in Easter-specific things.

It’s one of my favorite candy holidays. I mean, who doesn’t love pastel colors and foil-wrapped chocolates? It’s just, I don’t know, it’s beautiful candy. And it’s spring! But we’ll bring in, you know, stuffed rabbits and we have a lot of fun little retro toys that people like to incorporate into their kids’ baskets with the candy.

Are there any particular candies that you associate with Easter from when you were kids?

Joe: Chocolate eggs, of course, and jelly beans, and bunnies, chocolate bunnies.

Deb: Lots of jelly beans.

That was my thing as a kid, chocolate bunnies. You’d eat the ears off and the bunny would be all, ‘Ah, my ears!”

Joe: That’s universal, right? The ears go first.

CRAVIN’S CANDY EMPORIUM will be open on Easter Sunday, April 21, from 11 a.m.- 8 p.m.

Find it at 3064 S. Bown Way, Boise, or cravinscandy.com.

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In September 2015, I stood in a long line of movie critics anxiously awaiting the muchanticipated Amazing Grace. We never saw it. The mythology surrounding the film was practically a movie unto itself. In 1972, Oscar-winning director Sydney Pollack (The Way We Were, Out of Africa) reportedly had filmed a jaw-dropping live performance of Aretha Franklin inside a Baptist church in the riot-torn Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. Forty-seven years later, we now know for a fact that Franklin’s 1972 performance was extraordinary because a recording of the event won a 1973 Grammy award, and went on to become the highest-selling gospel album in history.

But, whatever happened to the film?

Rumor had it that Pollack struggled for decades to synch his film footage, shot on 16mm cameras, with his audio tape soundtrack.

Pollack died in 2008, but music producer Alan Elliott employed 21st-century sound editing tools to complete Amazing Grace, a film that he promised would be a “masterpiece.” There was even a private screening of the film in 2010 and a promotional trailer was prepared in anticipation of a scheduled release sometime in 2011. But then, Franklin sued Elliott for “appropriating her likeness without her permission.” A stunned Elliott scrambled, digging through Pollack’s original notes. Alas, Elliott found contracts signed by everyone involved in Amazing Grace except, stunningly, B OI S E WEEKLY.C O M

the Queen of Soul herself. A dejected Elliott promised not to screen the film without Franklin’s permission.

Fast forward to 2014, when Elliot claimed he had finally unearthed a contract signed by Franklin, but she insisted that the piece of paper was a personal services contract that she signed in 1969. Elliot argued that the contract with Warner Bros, producers of the album and the film, gave him a green light to finally screen Amazing Grace. But in the fall of 2015, a judge slapped the Toronto and Telluride film festivals AMAZING GRACE (G) Realized and produced by Alan Elliott Starring Aretha Franklin Opens Friday, April 19, at The Flicks, 646 W. Fulton St., 208-342-4288, theflicksboise.com.

with an emergency injunction, thus halting the film’s premiere and leaving audiences and critics (me included) perplexed.

Three years later, we all mourned the passing of Aretha Franklin when she died in August 2018, at the age of 76. Some thought that Amazing Grace, the film, would remain in a vault; but soon thereafter, Franklin’s surviving family members came to an agreement with Elliott. In fact, the ink on that contract was barely

dry in time for the film’s world premiere at last November’s Doc NYC Festival. No details were ever released regarding the terms of the contract with Franklin’s heirs.

I’m happy to report that I have, at last, seen Amazing Grace, and it is (pardon me for being so obvious) amazing. My immediate response was that this is a film that truly needs to be seen. It’s a testimony to one of the greatest artists of her or any other generation. Additionally, it’s a time-machine window into a moment of American social and musical history.

Having said all that, the ethical questions surrounding Amazing Grace remain. Franklin went to her grave with the distinct wish that the film not be screened publicly. For the record, she once told The Detroit Free Press that she had actually seen a copy of the film and liked what she saw.

“It isn’t that I’m not happy about the film, because I love the film itself,” she told the Free Press in 1975. “It’s just that—well, legally I really should just not talk about it, because there are problems.”

Making matters a bit more melancholy, at least for me, is that Elliott has given himself the following billing in Amazing Grace: “Realized and Produced by Alan Elliott.” The name of the late Pollack, meanwhile, appears with a list of other people who are given “Special Thanks” in the film’s final credits.

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JENNIFER EGAN: AUTHOR, FIRST AMENDMENT WARRIOR, TIME LORD

Zoning Out will show at Evermore Prints through the end of April.

ART OUT OF FOCUS: TOBY DAVIS’S ZONING OUT LOOKS AT CITYSCAPES THROUGH BLURRED EYES

Walking through Zoning Out, oil painter Toby Davis’s latest exhibition at Evermore Prints, is a bit like driving through downtown Boise at night and squinting through a rainspattered windshield. That’s not to say the experience is vaguely frustrating—instead, what Davis has translated onto canvas is exactly what you’d see on that moonlit trip, right down to the haloed streetlights and wavery outlines of umbrella-carrying pedestrians.

While it takes skill to paint with clarity and precision, Zoning Out argues successfully that it requires just as much effort to create the illusion of detail hiding just behind a pane of fogged glass.

“Sometimes the most beautiful scenes are the ones that aren’t perfectly focused,” Davis wrote in an artist’s statement. “They are abstract visions of good memories, lacking detail, but still holding the important aspects that make them memorable.”

With names like “Stopped at the Light” and “Hydroplane,” Davis’ works are unassuming, but still skewer the eye with their bursts of bright color, from electric oranges and reds to splashes of cool, untouchable teal. Some, like the 20-by-20-inch “Tailgater,” are busy, with clustered points of while paint overlaying a color-block backdrop, while others are gentle, like the 8-by-8-inch “Unfocused No. 6,” which features soft pastel hues and a single watery silhouette. Of the 20 pieces, only “Parkin’” seems captured through clear eyes, with awnings, street signs and lightposts clearly visible despite falling rain.

The oil paintings start at $200 apiece and are going fast, with five—including the vibrant “Unfocused No. 13” and “Unfocused No. 2”—already sold within a week of the April 4 opening of the exhibition. They and the rest of Davis’ work will be on display through April, with special pricing throughout the show.

Davis is based in Boise, so even if you miss Zoning Out, stop by Capitol Contemporary Gallery (or tobydavisart.com) to see more of his meticulous land- and cityscapes.

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The author of Manhattan Beach talks about suing Donald Trump, “fake news” and reading Proust for years

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HARRISON BERRY Jennifer Egan has been accused of prescience.

Her novel, Look at Me, features a terrorist who has embedded himself into the society he wants to destroy by becoming a high school math teacher. It hit shelves the same week as September 11, 2001. She wrote much of her Pulitzer Prize-winning short story cycle A Visit from the Goon Squad in 2010 before the release of the iPhone, but predicted its impact on children with an in-story touch-screen device for kids called a “Starfish.” Writing in The New Yorker, Alexandra Schwartz observed that “Egan can sometimes seem capable of predicting the future.”

“I can explain why I’m fascinated by all this: It’s my age,” Egan told Boise Weekly, referring to her choice of subjects before her Thursday, April 25, reading at The Egyptian Theatre, courtesy of The Cabin’s Readings & Conversations series.

Egan was born in 1962, putting her at the youngest periphery of the baby boomers. Call waiting was introduced when she was in college. Then came computers (she dated Apple Founder Steve Jobs as a student), the internet, social media and smartphones. Sometimes she has followed these developments, and sometimes, her vision has preceded them; but she’s wary of technology, and lets the human side of it guide her work.

“I’m not fascinated by the thing,” she said.

“I’m fascinated by the people fascinated by it.”

That has served her well: Egan is a lauded writer of fiction and journalism (notably with The New York Times Magazine), the president of PEN America and a guest lecturer on literature at her alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania. Early this year, PEN signed an open letter to the U.S. House of Representatives recommending the passage of a bill that would restore net neutrality, which recently cleared that body and is on its way to the Senate; and in October 2018, it sued President Donald Trump for curtailing a free and independent press, though Egan said his softer attacks on free expression and knowledge, like the use of the term “fake news,” may be more pernicious. His disposition toward climate change is near the top of her personal list.

Jennifer Egan will speak at The Egyptian Theatre in Boise on Thursday, April 25.

“The idea that climate change is fake news and not real is destructive. It’s out-and-out destructive, and that’s an extreme worry for many, including me,” she said.

Egan’s fiction itself is elusive, and any throughline identified across her novels and short stories would likely say more about the critic than the author. Her first novel, The Invisible Circus, deals with a young woman’s trip to Europe to discover why her sister committed suicide there; The Keep is as surreal as Franz Kafka’s The Castle and as creepy as The House on Haunted Hill.

Her more recent works have a Jacob’s Room quality to them, as Egan explores the literary construction of time—she said she was inspired by Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time—through a series of short stories about people tangentially involved in music and the music industry in A Visit from the Goon Squad.

“I was explicitly trying to write a book about the passage of time. It works best to do that in this a-chronological way, and to take an almost pointillistic approach to different people at different points in their lives. There was no way to do anything else but to allow many of the events in their lives off-stage, if you will,” she said.

She picked up the tool again in her most recent novel, Manhattan Beach, in 2017. In it, a young woman working in the New York shipyards during World War II unravels the mystery of the disappearance of her father years before while also aspiring to become a professional diver.

The action takes place before and after her father’s disappearance and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, life-shaping events that Egan withholds from her readers, their preludes and consequences striking them but never fully penetrating.

The book points to Egan’s unusual relationships with time and narrative. During her conversation with BW, she described taking six years to read In Search of Lost Time with a group. During those years, her life and Proust’s narrative layered over each other, and she discovered the impossibility of recreating Proust’s moment-by-moment tack in her own work. She instead sought ways to riff off it in her latter books. The result is a rendering of how life lived creates pools and eddies in time.

“We gave birth to five children among us in the time it took us to read [it],” she said. “[My] glancing, fragmentary approach really made sense given that project, because it was a way of suggesting the enormity of passing decades without rendering all of it.”

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CALENDAR WEDNESDAY APRIL 17 Festivals & Events BEST OF BOISE 2019 VOTING— Boise votes for its favorites in local arts and entertainment, bars and nightlife, food and dining, goods and services, and sports and recreation. Final voting runs through April 30. Get more info and cast your ballots online at boiseweekly. com. FREE. Boise Weekly, 523 Broad St., Boise, 208-344-2055.

On Stage BCT WORLD PREMIERE: RABBIT/MOON—This play explores the liminal space between what we think and what we feel. 7 p.m. $18-$38. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, bctheater.org.

Art D’ARCY BELLAMY: PIPE DREAM—D’Arcy Bellamy transforms steel pipe into abstract, kinetic sculptures. With Artist Talk on Friday, April 26, 6-7:30 p.m.

Through May 12. 9 a.m.-9 p.m.

FREE. Boise State Student Union Gallery, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 208-426-1242.

THURSDAY APRIL 18 On Stage

Talks & Lectures DR. FIRDAUS DHABHAR: HARNESSING THE POWER OF STRESS—Join Dr. Firdaus Dhabhar to learn about minimizing bad stress to promote health and well-being. 6:30 p.m. FREE. Washington Group Plaza, 720 Park Blvd., Boise, 208-303-0040, riverdiscovery.org.

Sports & Fitness SHEJUMPS ‘KNOW BEFORE YOU GO’ RAFTING CLINIC—Tickets include beer, raffles, a SheJumps goodie bag and discounted gear at Cascade River Gear. Information

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sessions include whitewater safety tips and a trip planning Q&A. For ages 21 and older. 6:30-8:30 p.m. $20. Cascade River Gear, 604 E. 45th St., Garden City, 208-3224411, cascaderivergear.com.

BCT WORLD PREMIERE: RABBIT/MOON—7 p.m. $18-$38.

Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, bctheater.org.

BOISE CLASSIC MOVIES: OFFICE SPACE—Load up your vest with flair for an exhibition/contest before the show. Beer and wine available. 7 p.m. $9-$11. Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, 208-387-1273, boiseclassicmovies.com/deals.

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

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ENCHANTMENT THEATRE: THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH—Milo, the boy “who didn’t know what to do with himself,” drives his toy car through a mysterious tollbooth that appears in his bedroom and finds himself on a dangerous quest. 7 p.m. $10. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208426-1110, morrisoncenter.com.

Wilderness Society. 7 p.m. FREE. Rediscovered Books, 180 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-376-4229, rdbooks.org.

STAGE COACH: PLAYING BRIDGE—This combination of comedy and drama features nine different plays on nine different bridges. Contains adult humor.

7:30 p.m. $15. Stage Coach Theatre, 4802 W. Emerald Ave., Boise, 208-342-2000, stagecoachtheatre.com.

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THE MUG SHOT PERCOLATOR FUND BENEFIT—Boise ceramacists have donated handcrafted mugs to support The Percolator Fund. Mugs will be available for sale at an event that includes live music, a food truck and more, all to support people with disabilities.

6:30-9:30 p.m. FREE. Java-Hyde Park, 1612 N. 13th St., Boise, 208-345-4777, javabowlofsoul. com.

JOHN MCCARTHY: WORKING THE WILDERNESS—John McCarthy started writing as a reporter for the Lewiston Morning Tribune, but switched to environmental organizing and advocacy for two decades as the conservation director for the Idaho Conservation League. He was also Idaho forest campaign director for the

LINDA MARIE HILTON POETRY READING—6:30 p.m. FREE. Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-972-8200, boisepubliclibrary.org.

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The theme for this year’s TEDxBoise event, a day-long affair at JUMP that gives speakers a platform to share their innovative ideas, is “Taking Flight,” and a quick scan of the speakers reveals that nature, tech and people learning from people—whether they’re indigenous tribes or refugees—are hot topics.

Live music, dance performances and other entertainment will punch up the dialogue, which includes 12 speakers split into two sections, one at 11 a.m. and one at 4 p.m. Over just a few hours, attendees will get a look at a world where fossil fuels never existed, delve into the meaning of flowers and learn “why everyone should be data literate.” Pick just one session for $35 or stay the whole day for $65—and did we mention that an extra $5 earns you a spot at the Basque Center after party?

11 a.m., $5-$70. Jack’s Urban Meeting Place, 1000 W. Myrtle St., tedxboise.org.

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ARC IDAHO’S 9TH-ANNUAL SPROUT FILM FESTIVAL—This festival celebrates the diverse lives and creativity of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) and challenges assumptions to break down stereotypes. 10 a.m.-10 p.m. $8-$10. Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, 208-422-1759, thearcinc.org.

BCT WORLD PREMIERE: RABBIT/MOON—8 p.m. $18-$38.

Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, bctheater.org.

BLT: EVELYN IN PURGATORY—A claim of improper behavior by a student lands teacher Evelyn Reid in “the rubber room,” with a group

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SPRING 2019 RIVER CLEANUP

With the South Fork of the Salmon River recently re-designated as one of the most endangered rivers in the country by American Rivers, keeping favorite waterways safe and clean should be front and center in Boiseans’ minds, particularly with the approach of summer and what’s predicted to be a top-notch season for recreation. To that end, Snake River Waterkeeper is back in action with its Adopt-a-Stream Cleanup, which rallies people from across the Northwest to pull trash from local rivers. A group will meet at the River Street Taproom of Payette Brewing on Saturday, April 20, to get a jump on Earth Day and wade in to make a difference. Instructions, gloves and bags will be provided—just bring your enthusiasm.

Noon, FREE. Payette Brewing River Street Taproom, 733 S. Pioneer St., snakeriverwaterkeeper.org.

Things are about to get bloody.

BLOODY MARY MIX OFF

The Bloody Mary may be a divisive drink among the brunch crowd, but there’s no doubt it’s one of the most creative—bartenders have been known to top their confections with celery stalks, olive skewers, bacon strips and even miniature burgers or sandwiches.

On Saturday, April 20, that innovative spirit will come to a head at Beside Bardenay for the Bloody Mary Mix Off, where Boise bartenders will compete for the people’s favor.

Participants include Bardenay, Whiskey Bar, Lucky Fins, 10 Barrel Brewing, Red Feather Lounge and Cirino’s Bloody Mary Mix. There will be samples and appetizers to try, and designated drivers can score discounted tickets. Plus, proceeds from the brunch event will go to The Idaho Chapter of the National Hemophilia Foundation.

10 a.m.-2 p.m., $20-$35. Beside Bardenay, 610 W. Grove St., 208-426-0538, idahoblood.org.

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7TH ANNUAL BOMBSHELL AND BLOKES CREATIVE SHOWCASE—Join Bombshell and Blokes Salon for a night of music and dance. Performers will don wearable art made of post-consumer/ recycled materials. All of the profits will go to Idaho Rivers United.

7 p.m. $10. The Olympic, 1009 Main St., Boise, 208-921-1005, theolympicboise.com.

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Sending off Treasure Valley Reads.

26TH ANNUAL SEVEN ARROWS POWWOW

Not only is this year’s Seven Arrows Powwow the impressive event Boiseans have come to expect, pulling in performers from across North America, it’s also the denouement of the 2019 Treasure Valley Reads project, which highlighted There There, a novel by Native American author Tommy Orange. The powwow will include appearances from dancers, drummers and storytellers, along with art and crafts for purchase. Bring your Boise State student ID for free entry, and don’t forget a food donation for the Native American Council of Boise, which will collect cans at the door. See page 17 for parking details.

Noon-2 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Saturday, and Noon-2 p.m. Sunday, FREE-$6. Boise State University, Student Union Building, Jordan Ballroom, 1700 W. University Drive, mss. boisestate.edu/powwow.

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CALENDAR of teachers, some guilty, some not, who have lost any hope of returning to a classroom. 8 p.m. $12-$15. Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise, 208-3425104, boiselittletheater.org.

Coffee, 117 S. 10th St., Boise, 208-850-7050.

COMEDIAN AL JACKSON—8 and 10 p.m. $12-$15. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-9412459, liquidboise.com.

HISTORIC BOISE RIVER—Learn about the river from historian David Blew. 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

FREE. Boise Public Library Hayes Auditorium, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-972-8200, boiseriverenhancement.org.

RED LIGHT VARIETY SHOW: MASTERPIECE—Red Light performances feature burlesque, boylesque, aerial acrobatics, modern dance, partner acrobatics and comedy. For ages 21 and older.

9 p.m. $25-$30. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297, redlightvarietyshow.com.

STAGE COACH: PLAYING BRIDGE—8 p.m. $15. Stage Coach Theatre, 4802 W. Emerald Ave., Boise, 208-342-2000, stagecoachtheatre.com.

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Sports & Fitness FULL MOON CANDLELIGHT FLOW YOGA SERIES—This 90-minute class will leave you grounded, centered and energized. RSVP on the Mindbody app.

7-8:30 p.m. FREE-$18. Studio Move Boise, 6734 N. Glenwood Ave., Garden City, 208-871-9129.

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SEMA READING SERIES: JOHN MYERS, CAROLINE O’CONNOR THOMAS—Join two pulished poets for a reading. 7 p.m. FREE. Neckar

BUNNY BALL: AN EASTER PREFUNK—Join Fatty’s for an adult easter egg hunt. Some eggs have candy, some have bar tabs

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or drink tickets and some have cash. Plus, ladies will get free bunny ears. 9 p.m. FREE. Fatty’s, 800 W. Idaho St., Ste. 200, Boise, 208-629-6314, facebook.com/ drinkfattys.

Food THIRD FRIDAY FAN FAVORITE NIGHT WITH CRISP—Crisp is back pairing some “Fan Favorite” Barbarian beers with some of their popular food items. 5-8:30 p.m.

FREE. Barbarian Brewing Garden City Taproom/Brewery, 5270 E. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208387-2739.

SATURDAY APRIL 20

Welcoming Gayle Detweiler, PA-C to Integrity Mental Health

Festivals & Events 26TH ANNUAL SEVEN ARROWS POWWOW—Showcasing the customs of Native Americans in full regalia, the competition draws performers from all over the U.S. and Canada, and features demonstrations, storytelling, vendors selling traditional crafts and original artwork. Find parking in the Lincoln Garage; enter license plate number and the code word “POWWOW.” Non-perishable food donations will be taken at the door for the Native American Council of Boise. Noon-2 p.m. and 7-9 p.m.

FREE-$6. Boise State Student Union Building, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 208-426-4636, mss. boisestate.edu/powwow.

Carey Crill, ARNP-C

Brig Panther, ARNP-C

BOISE FARMERS MARKET—9 a.m.-1 p.m. FREE. Boise Farmers Market, 1500 Shoreline Drive, Boise, 208-345-9287, theboisefarmersmarket.com.

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

EARTH DAY CELEBRATION ELECTRIC VEHICLE SHOW— Bring your EV with you or learn more about how EVs and other strategies can help reduce your individual environmental impact.

Visit with other local green vendors and pick up some free compost. 1-4 p.m. FREE. Whole Foods Market, 401 S. Broadway Ave., Boise, 208-287-4600, tvcleancities.org.

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EASTER EVE APRIL WATERSHED WEEKEND—Meet and pet live animals, and plant a garden vegetable, create crafts and play in the simulated Boise River water feature. An Easter Egg hunt for ages 1-12 will be held at 11 a.m. Closed-toe shoes required; for ages 4 and up, no strollers.

10 a.m.-1 p.m. FREE. Boise WaterShed, 11818 W. Joplin Road, Boise, 208-608-7300, boiseenvironmentaleducation.org.

HEMOPHILIA FOUNDATION BLOODY MARY MIX OFF—Boise bartenders showcase their signature Bloody Mary recipes, with

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CALENDAR proceeds benefiting the work of The Idaho Chapter of the National Hemophilia Foundation. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. $20-$35. Beside Bardenay, 612 Grove St., Boise, 208-4260538, idahoblood.org.

SPRING 2019 RIVER CLEANUP—Join Snake River Waterkeeper for its sixth “Adopt-a-Stream” Cleanup. A group will leave from Payette Brewery at noon, but safety materials, gloves and bags will be provided. Use the event Facebook page to organize your own local cleanup. Noon. FREE. Payette Brewing River Street Taproom, 733 S. Pioneer St., Boise, 208-344-0011.

BLT: EVELYN IN PURGATORY—8 p.m. $12-$15. Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise, 208342-5104, boiselittletheater.org.

TEDXBOISE 2019—TEDxBoise 2019 speakers will share their journeys and discoveries. There will be live music, entertainment and an after party. For ages 14 and older. 11 a.m.-10 p.m. $5$65. Jack’s Urban Meeting Place, 1000 W. Myrtle St., Boise, 208639-6610, tedxboise.org.

CLOWNIN’ AROUND: A VERY GRIMM BIRTHDAY—Join Boise drag clown Nikki Grimm for a variety show guaranteed to entertain with aerialists, drag performers, live singing and more. 8 p.m. $7-$10. The Balcony Club, 150 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-336-1313, thebalconyclub.com.

On Stage BCT WORLD PREMIERE: RABBIT/MOON—8 p.m. $18-$38.

Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, bctheater.org.

COMEDIAN AL JACKSON—8 and 10 p.m. $12-$15. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-9412459, liquidboise.com.

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One of the first steps to designing a brand-new outfit, even one made from scratch, is almost always going shopping. Fabric, beads, sequins and thread all come from somewhere, and that somewhere is usually a store. But for the artists behind the looks in Bombshell and Blokes Salon’s 7th-Annual Creative Showcase on Friday, April 19, buying things isn’t an option.

“The biggest thing is that they can’t get anything to go out and make the costumes that hasn’t already been used.

It has to be 100% post-consumer,” said Bombshells and Blokes owner Danielle Cheatle.

Throughout the year, the salon saves items like foil and color tubes for the artists.

Denae, a local singer, will make an The show’s trash-to-fashion, appearance at the showcase. or “trashion,” mandate is more than just a challenging twist for the designers: It’s also in line with the night’s mission to raise funds for Idaho Rivers United, a conservation group that aims to protect Idaho’s rivers, watersheds and fish. Tickets to the 7 p.m. show cost $8 in advance or $10 at the door, and earn attendees access to more than the usual catwalk prowl. Performers from Akashic Moves Bellydance, Flamenco Idaho, Ophidia Studio and Starbelly Dancers will model the outfits, showing them off while they shake and shimmy on stage to live music from Elizabeth Findley, Denae and more. Artist/costumer Barb Howard said the pieces she has planned for members of Aashic Moves Bellydance include choli—tops typically worn under saris— made from recycled aluminum pop tabs, and hip scarves crafted from plastic potato bags and CDs. A silent auction is also on the agenda, and an ‘80s costume contest and after party will wrap up the event with a soundtrack provided by Casio Dreams. Cheatle and Bombshell’s stylists will also be in on the action. In years past, they made massive puppets—think Chinese dragons and giant squid—out of salvaged parts, and this year they plan to put together what Cheatle described as “individual llama pinatas” that they’ll wear for the finale, a sight which alone might be worth the $8. Tickets to the showcase are on sale at eventbrite.com, with 100% of proceeds going to IRU. —Lex Nelson 18 | APRIL 17–23, 2019 | BOISEWEEKLY

PIVOT MOVEMENT DANCE PERFORMANCE AND FUNDRAISER— Pivot Movement is holding its first public dance performance and fundraiser. The group is made up entirely of people with disabilities.

All proceeds will go to dance and yoga scholarships for Pivot students. 3 p.m. $7-$25 donation.

Gem Center for the Arts, 2417 W. Bank Drive, Boise, 208-850-6869, pivotmovement.com/fundraiser.

RED LIGHT VARIETY SHOW: MASTERPIECE—9 p.m. $25-$30.

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

STAGE COACH: PLAYING BRIDGE—8 p.m. $15. Stage Coach Theatre, 4802 W. Emerald Ave., Boise, 208-342-2000, stagecoachtheatre.com.

Art SUE LATTA: THE TEXTURE OF THINGS—A local artist finds the inherent meaning that exists in the relationships between things.

Through May 12. 6 p.m. FREE. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297, visualartscollective.com.

Literature REDISCOVERED BOOK AND WINE NIGHT WITH POTTER WINES—Your ticket includes wine tasting, $15 Potter Wine voucher, one copy of a staff pick, and tapas tasting from the Basque Market.

7:30 p.m. $35. Rediscovered Books, 180 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-376-4229, rdbooks.org.

Sports & Fitness TREASURE VALLEY ROLLER DERBY—5 p.m. $5-$15. Expo Idaho (Fairgrounds), 5610 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-2875650, tvrderby.com.

Kids & Teens EASTER EGG HUNT—Everyone is welcome to join Silver Sage Baptist Church for an Easter Egg Hunt and hot dogs. 2 p.m. FREE. Silver Sage Baptist Church, 5858 S. Maple Grove Road, Boise, 208362-0309, silversagebc.com.

SUNDAY APRIL 21 Festivals & Events 26TH ANNUAL SEVEN ARROWS POWWOW—Noon-2 p.m. FREE$6. Boise State Student Union Building, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 208-426-4636, mss. boisestate.edu/powwow.

On Stage BOISE BAROQUE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA—Enjoy an afternoon of music featuring Haydn’s The Creation in Daniel Stern’s final performance as music director and conductor. 2 p.m. FREE-$30.

Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, 208-297-3182, boisebaroque.org.

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

STAGE COACH: PLAYING BRIDGE—2 p.m. $15. Stage Coach Theatre, 4802 W. Emerald Ave., Boise, 208-342-2000, stagecoachtheatre.com.

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TVFC APRIL DINNER AND A MOVIE: PARIS TO PITTSBURGH— Join the Treasure Valley Food Coalition for dinner and a movie, with discussion to follow. 6 p.m. $39. Red Feather Lounge, 246 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-429-6340, bcrfl.com/redfeather.

VOICES OF THE EARTH: PERSPECTIVES FROM OUR PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE—Check out performances of poetry, fiction and essays on the relationship between humans and nature from Boise-based writers and Boise State faculty and students. On the second floor of Albertsons Library at the College of Innovation and Design. 5:30 p.m. FREE. Boise State Albertsons Library, 1865 W. Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208426-1204, boisestate.edu.

Talks & Lectures ENERGY, SALMON, AGRICULTURE AND COMMUNITY: CAN WE COME TOGETHER?—The conference encourages action and discussion toward such resolution and to bring together the leaders and groups who can find and implement a long-term plan. 8 a.m.-6 p.m. $75. Boise State Student Union Jordan Ballroom, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 208426-5800, boisestate.edu.

WEDNESDAY APRIL 24 On Stage BCT WORLD PREMIERE: RABBIT/MOON—7 p.m. $18-$38.

Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, bctheater.org.

DOCUMENTARY SCREENING: ANGST, ANXIETY IN YOUTH AWARENESS—Featuring candid interviews with real teens about anxiety, tools that help, and hope.

For ages 10 and up. Free parking is provided in the Lincoln Garage.

6 p.m. FREE. Boise State Special Events Center, 1800 University Drive, Boise, idahosuicideprevention.org.

Literature LIVE POETS SOCIETY ANNUAL POETRY READING—Join the Live Poets Society to celebrating National Poetry Month at the group’s annual poetry reading. 5:45 p.m.

FREE. Garden City Library, 6015 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208472-2941, notaquietlibrary.org.

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2019 EARTH DAY EXHIBITION CLOSING RECEPTION—See the annual exhibition entitled People, Planet, Solutions, a collection of works that relate to the theme of environmental sustainability.

Albertson’s Library, Second Floor.

5:30-7:30 p.m. FREE. Boise State Albertsons Library, 1865 W. Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-4261204.

Kids & Teens TEEN PROGRAM: EARTH DAY CUPCAKES—4:30 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library Victory Branch, 10664 W. Victory Road, Boise, 208-362-0181, adalib.org/victory.

TUESDAY APRIL 23 On Stage NED EVETT’S RIVERSIDE: LET THE MUSIC BRING YOU HOME DOCUMENTARY SCREENING— Check out Ned Evett’s documentary about musicians performing at Boise’s Riverside Hotel. Reserve your seat on Eventbrite. 7:30 p.m.

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

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MUSIC GUIDE WEDNESDAY APRIL 17 BEN BURDICK TRIO—7:30 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse BRIAR BOOTS—6 p.m. FREE. Hilltop Station BROOK FAULK AND DUSTIN MORRIS—6 p.m. FREE. Highlands Hollow Brewhouse DOUGLAS CAMERON—7 p.m.

FREE. Old Chicago Pizza Downtown EX HEX—With Feels, and Lovey.

7:30 p.m. $16-$18. Neurolux GEORGE DEVORE—6 p.m. $10 table of two, $20 table of four.

The Local LAYERS OF PINK: THE END IS COMING TOUR—8 p.m. FREE. Tom Grainey’s MCGRATH AND COSTELLO PUB BAND—9 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon MIKE ROSENTHAL—5:15 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse ROSS MCINTIRE—7 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s Saloon SPENCER BATT—6 p.m. FREE. Willowcreek Grill TECH N9NE: IT GOES UP TOUR 2019—7:30 p.m. $33-$75. Knitting Factory Concert House

TROUT STEAK REVIVAL—7 p.m. $12. The Olympic

THURSDAY APRIL 18 CHUCK SMITH TRIO—7:30 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse FRIM FRAM FOUR—9 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon LIKE A VILLAIN—7 p.m. $10. The Olympic MOSTAFA AND DJ WILL—With Illumneye Crew, Psyco Flores, B.O.G.I and Geniu$, Ryan Camargo, and D-Rock. 8 p.m. $TBA. The Shredder ROLANDO ORTEGA—5:15 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse

18 STRINGS—8 p.m. FREE. Quinn’s Restaurant and Lounge

MIGHTY RED MELONS: VINCE GILL, ALAN JACKSON AND RANDY TRAVIS TRIBUTE—7:30 p.m. $23-$34. Riverside Hotel Sapphire Room

BET ON RED—With The Meridian Movement, and Sobersick. 7:30 p.m. $5. Neurolux BOSTON ROCKS TRIBUTE BAND— 7:30 p.m. $32-$38. Riverside Hotel Sapphire Room CHUCK SMITH TRIO—8:30 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse DJ GIOVANNI: SALSA NIGHTS—8 p.m. $6-$12. Knitting Factory Concert House LIFEWITHOUT—With Lonehand, ViciousFvck, and Natural Evil. 9 p.m. $7. High Note Cafe MIKE ROSENTHAL—5:15 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse

THUMP 2-YEAR ANNIVERSARY: KAI WACHI—8 p.m. $15-$30.

Knitting Factory Concert House

PORTERDOG—8 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s Saloon

TRANCESESSION RADIO 1 YEAR ON THE AIR—Featuring Just James and R2. 10 p.m. FREE. Fatty’s UNDERHILL FAMILY ORCHESTRA—With Dustin Morris. 8 p.m.

FREE. Edge Brewing Co.

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FEVER 333, KNITTING FACTORY, APRIL 24

FEVER 333 is aptly named: If you had to choose a single word to describe the hiphop/punk hybrid’s sound, “feverish” would be a good one. So would “angry.” Nominated in 2018 for a Best Rock Performance Grammy, the band is on the rise, no doubt in part due to the groundswell of activism its sonic screams promote. Tracks like “BURN IT,” which rails against police violence, invoking Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Martin Luther King Jr. and Rodney King in a single breath, combine shredding guitars, throaty shrieks and pulse-pounding drums to create a blistering cocktail.

“ONE OF US” is another riot of sound, its music video dropping the band members directly into the center of a Los Angeles protest against privilege in all its forms. The supergroup, which includes members of The Chariot, Letlive, and Night Verses, will inject its manic energy into Boise’s Knitting Factory on Wednesday, April 24, to promote its debut album, STRENGTH IN NUMB333RS (Roadrunner Records/333 Wreckords Crew, 2019). Don’t go unprepared.

—Lex Nelson 8:30 p.m., $17-$35. Knitting Factory, 416 S. Ninth St., 208-3671212, bo.knittingfactory.com.

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SHAUN B AND CO.: R&B, MOTOWN AND SOUL REVUE—7:30 p.m. $17-$25. Riverside Hotel Sapphire Room

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POLICULTURE—With Naughty Pine.

10 p.m. $5. Reef

WEARY TIMES—9 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon YER MAMA—9 p.m. $5. The Ranch Club

SATURDAY APRIL 20 B-TOWN HITMEN—8 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s Saloon CHUCK SMITH TRIO—8:30 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse FOUR TWENTY: BUNNIES ON THE LOOSE—Featuring Mr. Rogers, Erin EvenflO, Variety Show and Cap’n Redbeard. 7 p.m. $12. The Olympic HOOCHIE COOCHIE MEN—8 p.m.

FREE. O’Michael’s Pub & Grill KEVIN LITTREL TRIO—8:30 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse LEE PENN SKY—7 p.m. FREE. Capitol Bar LIFE UPON LIARS ALBUM RELEASE—With Separating The Seas, Living in False Eyes, Forsythia, and Faded Leroy. 6 p.m. $6-$10. The Shredder MIGHTY RED MELONS: VINCE GILL, ALAN JACKSON AND RANDY TRAVIS TRIBUTE—7:30 p.m. $23-$34. Riverside Hotel Sapphire Room MIKE ROSENTHAL—5:15 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse SEPIATONIC—Featuring brass, bass, beats, belly dance, and burlesque. 10 p.m. $7-$10. Reef

ROLANDO ORTEGA—1:30 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse THE SIDEMEN: GREG PERKINS AND RICK CONNOLLY—5:30 p.m.

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MONDAY APRIL 22 JAZZ MONDAYS: QUINN AND SHIRLEY VAN PAEPEGHEM—5 p.m. FREE. Riverside Hotel Bar 365

TUESDAY APRIL 23 GRIFFIN HOUSE—With Andy Byron.

7:30 p.m. $22-$32. Cinder Winery and Tasting Room

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HALESTORM—With Palaye Royale, and Beasto Blanco. 7:30 p.m. $35$150. Revolution Concert House and Event Center MIKE ROSENTHAL TRIO—7:30 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse RADIO BOISE TUESDAY: THE PACK A.D.—With See Night. 7:30 p.m. $10-$12. Neurolux THE SUBURBANS—9 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon

WEDNESDAY APRIL 24 AGES AND AGES—With The Harmaleighs. 7 p.m. $12. The Olympic BEN BURDICK TRIO—7:30 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse BLAZE AND KELLY—7 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s Saloon BUDDY DEVORE AND THE FADED COWBOYS—9 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon CONNOR JAY LIESS—6 p.m. FREE. Hilltop Station FEVER 333—8:30 p.m. $17-$35.

Knitting Factory Concert House GEORGE DEVORE—6 p.m. FREE. Highlands Hollow Brewhouse GOLDBERG AND BARR—7 p.m.

FREE. Old Chicago Pizza Downtown

UPTOWN CHIEFS—7 p.m. FREE. Quinn’s Restaurant and Lounge, 1005 S. Vista Ave., Boise

MICHAEL BLUMENSTEIN AND CO.—6 p.m. FREE. Willowcreek Grill

YER MAMA—9 p.m. $5. The Ranch Club

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VAMACHARA—With Rhythm of Fear, Swarm Beating, and Encounter XXX. 9 p.m. $10. High Note Cafe

SUNSET GOAT—8:30 p.m. FREE. The TK Bar

WEARY TIMES—9 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon

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MIKE ROSENTHAL—5:15 p.m.

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DEAR MINERVA,

I am writing to you today to get some advice on what to do about wigs. I love your hair and now that I am facing losing mine due to medical reasons, I thought maybe you could give me some suggestions on what to do so I can stay comfortable and look great too. What does Boise have to offer?

—Sincerely, Getting Wiggy With It

DEAR WIGGY,

Oh the wide wonderful world of wigs! There is so much to consider when wig shopping. Wigs can range from very affordable to costing thousands of dollars.

Along with price usually comes quality. My suggestion to you is to assess what you want from a wig. If you want a natural look similar to your own hair, human hair is a great option but it is quite expensive. These are investment pieces. There are great synthetics out there too, some that are even heat resistant so you can use heated styling tools. Warning: Many of the wig shops that you encounter are going to be expensive.

They are often billing wigs to insurance for medical reasons as “cranial prosthetics.” If you have insurance to cover your wigs, go for it. Otherwise, find affordable styles you like, and since wigs can be discontinued, buy a couple in your preferred styles to have on hand.

While shopping local is a great thing, when it comes to wigs for daily living, you may find the Internet is a better option for procuring your coiffures reasonably, once you know your color, style and fiber preferences.

Good luck!

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EDIBLE EASTER GRASS

Don’t just visit the bunny this year to celebrate Easter—be the bunny. With the whorls of Edible Easter Grass on sale right now at Cravin’s Candy Emporium in Bown Crossing, every kid in Boise can have that chance. The “grass” is actually a starchbased wafer paper candy, dyed bright green and wrapped up into a nest. It’s perfect to plunk down in an Easter basket surrounding pastel foil-wrapped candy eggs, jelly bean and chocolate rabbits. The only challenge will be wading through the rest of Cravin’s Easter candy display to get to the $2.99 treat. You might just leave with your hands full of marshmallow Peeps, bunnyshaped lollipops, chick-decorated cookies and Easter-themed Mad Libs, too.

—Lex Nelson $2.99, Cravin’s Candy Emporium, 3064 S. Bown Way, Boise.

These pets can be adopted at the Idaho Humane Society.

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Boise’s warmest Easter was in 1897 (86 degrees).

Boise’s coldest Easter was in 1945 (24 degrees).

Boise’s snowiest Easter was in 1969 (7.2 inches).

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Americans consume about 16 billion jelly beans on Easter.

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Candystore.com says Idaho’s favorite jelly bean flavor is orange.

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Influentster.com says Idaho’s favorite Easter candy is Cadbury Milk Chocolate Mini Eggs.

The Paas Easter egg dye company comes from the Dutch word “Paasen,” for Easter.

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Each Easter, Americans buy more than 700 million marshmallow Peeps.

Yellow Peeps are the most popular, followed by pink, lavender, blue and white.

Among Peeps’ many flavors are fruit punch, pumpkin spice, lemonade, and pancakes & syrup.

These pets can be adopted at Simply Cats.

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HERCULES: I’m big,

but not tough at all.

I’m a sweet bear hoping for a soft place to lay my head. I’m in Room 13!

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CHEZ: Would you like a hunky orange fellow to fall asleep in your arms? Come see my charms in Room 13!

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TURKEY: I’m a playful guy looking for a home where I can be my silly self. Find me pawing at the door in Room 12!

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ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): French writer Simone de Beauvoir wrote a letter to her lover, Aries author Nelson Algren, saying, “I like so much the way you are so greedy about life and yet so quiet, your eager greediness and your patience, and your way of not asking much of life and yet taking much because you are so human and alive that you find much in everything.” Embody that state in the coming weeks, Aries. You have a mandate to be both utterly relaxed and totally thrilled; both satisfied with what life brings you and skillfully avid to extract the most out of it; both at peace with what you already have and primed to grab for much more.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The Beat Generation of American poets embraced sexual liberation, Eastern spirituality, ecological awareness, political activism and psychedelic drugs.

One of its members, Jack Kerouac, tweaked and ennobled the word “beat” to serve as the code name for their movement. In its old colloquial usage, “beat” meant tired or exhausted. But Kerouac re-consecrated it to mean “upbeat” and “beatific,” borrowing from the Italian word beato. I bring this to your attention, Taurus, because you’re on the verge of a similar transition: from the old meaning of “beat” to the new.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Scattered through the ordinary world, there are books and artifacts and perhaps people who are like doorways into impossible realms, of impossible and contradictory truth.” Argentinian author Jorge Luis Borges said that, and now I’m passing it on to you—just in time for your entrance into a phase when such doorways will be far more available than usual.

I hope you will use Borges’ counsel as a reminder to be alert for everyday situations and normal people that could lead you to intriguing experiences and extraordinary revelations and life-changing blessings.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The Free Will Astrology Committee To Boldly Promote Cancerian’s Success is glad to see that you’re not politely waiting for opportunities to come to you.

Rather, you’re tracking them down and proactively wrangling them into a form that’s workable for your needs. You seem to have realized that what you had assumed was your fair share isn’t actually fair; that you want and deserve more. Although you’re not being mean and manipulative, neither are you being overly nice and amenable. You’re pushing harder to do things your way. I approve! And I endorse your efforts to take it even further.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Many experts who have studied the art and science of running fast believe that it’s best if a runner’s legs are symmetrical and identical in their mechanics. But that theory is not supported by the success of champion sprinter Usain Bolt. Because he has suffered from scoliosis, his left leg is a half-inch longer than his right. With each stride, his left leg stays on the track longer than his right, and his right hits the track with more force. Some scientists speculate that this unevenness not only doesn’t slow him down, but may in fact enhance his speed. In accordance with current astrological variables, I suspect you will be able to thrive on your asymmetry in the coming weeks, just as your fellow Leo Usain Bolt does.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo adventurer Jason Lewis traveled around the world using transportation powered solely by his own body. He walked, bicycled, skated, rowed, pedaled, and swam more than 46,000 miles. I propose that we make him your role model for the next four weeks. You’re primed to accomplish gradual breakthroughs through the use of simple, persistent, incremental actions. Harnessing the power of your physical vitality will be an important factor in your success.

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BY ROB BREZSNY LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Curcumin is a chemical found in the plant turmeric.

When ingested by humans, it may diminish inflammation, lower the risk of diabetes, support cardiovascular health and treat digestive disorders.

But there’s a problem: The body is inefficient in absorbing and using curcumin—unless it’s ingested along with piperine, a chemical in black pepper.

Then it’s far more available. What would be the metaphorical equivalent to curcumin in your life?

An influence that could be good for you, but that would be even better if you synergized it with a certain additional influence? And what would be the metaphorical equivalent of that additional influence?

Now is a good time to investigate these questions.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “I have the usual capacity for wanting what may not even exist,” wrote poet Galway Kinnell. How abut you, Scorpio? Do you, too, have an uncanny ability to long for hypothetical, invisible, mythical and illusory things?

If so, I will ask you to downplay that amazing power of yours for a while. It’s crucial for your future development that you focus on yearning for actual experiences, real people, and substantive possibilities. Please understand: I’m not suggesting you’re bad or wrong for having those seemingly impossible desires. I’m simply saying that for now you will thrive on being attracted to things that are genuinely available.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself, because I could find no language to describe them in,” wrote Sagittarian novelist Jane Austen. I’m guessing you’ve had that experience—maybe more than usual, of late. But I suspect you’ll soon find ways to express those embryonic feelings. Congrats in advance! You’ll discover secrets you’ve been concealing from yourself.

You’ll receive missing information whose absence has made it hard to understand the whole story. Your unconscious mind will reveal the rest of what it has thus far merely been hinting at.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Lots of people are responding to the crisis of climate change with alacrity. Among them is an engineer in India named Ramveer Tanwar. Since 2014, he has organized efforts leading to the rejuvenation of 12 dead lakes and ponds. I propose we make him your role model for the coming weeks. I hope he will inspire you to engage in idealistic pursuits that benefit other people. And I hope you’ll be motivated to foster fluidity and flow and wetness everywhere you go. The astrological time is ripe for such activities.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A blogger named Caramelizee offered her definition of elegance: “being proud of both your feminine and masculine qualities; seeing life as a non-ending university and learning everything you can; caring for yourself with tender precision; respecting and taking advantage of silences; tuning in to your emotions without being oversensitive; owning your personal space and being generous enough to allow other people to own their personal space.” This definition of elegance will be especially apropos and useful for you Aquarians in the coming weeks.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You Pisceans have been summoning heroic levels of creative intensity. You’ve been working extra hard and extra smart. But it seems that you haven’t been fully recognized or appreciated for your efforts. I’m sorry about that. Please don’t let it discourage you from continuing to express great integrity and authenticity.

Keep pushing for your noble cause and offering your best gifts. I’m proud of you! And although you may not yet have reaped all the benefits you will ultimately sow, three months from now, I bet you’ll be pleased you pushed so hard to be such a righteous servant of the greater good.

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