Boise Weekly Vol. 27 Issue 45

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APRIL 24-30, 2019

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Celebrating Idaho’s indie bookstores

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Previewing BAM’s ‘Art of Fashion’ show

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EDITOR’S NOTE PAGE-TURNER History tells us that Aristotle and Plato were among the first customers of booksellers in 300 B.C. Fast-forward to the 21st century and you’ll find about 22,000 bookstores in the U.S. That said, online retailers and bookstore chains have had a significant impact on the fate of American independent booksellers— a trend that has happily reversed in recent years. With that resurgence of print in mind, BW’s Harrison Berry has our main feature this week on pages 6 and 7, where he highlights some of Idaho’s best bookstores in anticipation of Independent Bookstore Day on Saturday, April 27.

On page 8, BW’s Lex Nelson introduces us to Artist-inResidence Lynn Webster, the current occupant of Surel’s Place in Garden City. Surel’s Place describes Webster’s mixed-media art, which focuses on concepts of home, as the “collision and dance of seeming opposing forces, natural and constructed, human and fabricated.”

BW contributor Brian Millar is up next on page 10 to give us a sneak peek at the already-sold-out Art of Fashion show at Boise Art Museum. This year’s theme, “Indulge,” is inspired by the abundance of bright colors in BAM’s wildly popular Donut Ever Forget Me exhibition.

Finally, you may recall that the historic Gene Harris Bandshell in Julia Davis Park was seriously damaged by a humancaused fire a year ago. On page 11, BW contributor Skylar Barsanti reports on a $430,000 effort to preserve and update the historic structure. If all goes as planned, the bandshell should be ready in time for the city’s celebration of the Boise Greenbelt’s 50th anniversary in September.

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LEFTOVERS IX ARTIST: Wingtip Press TITLE: “Leftovers IX,” supporting The Idaho Hunger Relief Task Force MEDIUM: Fine art printmaking, relief, intaglio and planographic.

ARTIST STATEMENT: Now in our 9th year of gathering Leftovers, Wingtip Press hosts an annual print exchange with over 130 artists from around the world. Join us for the opening exhibition and silent auction benefitting the Idaho Hunger Relief Task Force at Push and Pour in Garden City on May 3 from 5:00-9:00 PM. The exhibition continues through the month of May. Prints featured on the cover by: Carl Richardson (Chair, untitled), Rayson Renfrow (“Mo’ai”), Kim Hindman (Dragonfly, untitled), Cassidy Rose (“Morel”), Molly Mundell (“Can it”), Deb Jones Yenson (“Garden Grazing”), and Jospeh Xie (Tree/fruit picking, untitled).

SUBMIT Boise Weekly is proud to publish local art on our cover each week, but submissions for cover space are currently closed due to an overwhelmingly positive response from local artists that has filled up our roster through September.

We plan to reopen submissions on Thursday, August 1, for cover slots beginning in October. When submissions reopen, one stipulation of publication is that the piece must be donated to BW’s annual charity art auction in October. A portion of the proceeds from the auction are reinvested in the local arts community through a series of private grants for which all artists are eligible to apply. Cover artists will also receive 30 percent of the final auction bid on their pieces. Additionally, a portion of the proceeds support our journalistic mission. To submit your artwork for the cover, bring it to BWHQ at 523 Broad St. on Wednesdays or Thursdays. All original works are accepted. Thirty days from your submission date, your work will be ready for pickup if it’s not chosen to be featured on the cover. Work not picked up within six weeks of submission will be discarded.

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Back Pain: The One Thing That Makes Sciatica Worse And What To Do About It By: Leading Physical Therapist, Bret adams

BOISE (ID) - Over the last few weeks, we’ve covered quite a lot of different things surrounding back pain. We’ve looked at why people get back pain when doing crunches and if there’s something they’re doing wrong, we’ve looked at some tips that can help to alleviate back pain while driving, especially if you have to drive a while to and from work every day, 5 daily habits that can help to reduce stiffness, why you need to drink more water to help relieve your back pain and last week we looked at how you can get the housework done without making your back pain worse.

These are all questions I get asked on a regular basis in the clinic, so I want to answer them here to try and help more people out who might be going through the same thing and may not be aware of the help that’s available.

This week, I wanted to look into sciatica in a little bit more detail, as it’s something that isn’t always covered when we talk about back pain.

Sometimes it happens. You’re going about your day nicely, you feel great and don’t think twice about any ‘health problems’ because they’re way off in the future anyway, but then all of a sudden you feel a twinge in your lower back, and immediately you know something’s not right...

Maybe you even begin to kid yourself into thinking that it’s nothing, that after a good night’s sleep it will go away on its own. But the thing is when lower back pain strikes, (and if you don’t do anything about it quick), it can leave you suffering in pain for much longer than you should ever have to.

Which is exactly what happened to one of my patients, Joy, last week... Joy came in to see me in a great deal of pain - back pain so bad that she couldn’t even get out of bed by herself in the morning, (not without struggling for 20 minutes anyway!).

Here’s what happened...

Two months ago, Joy was simply bending down to fold her laundry and put it away when all of a sudden ‘PING!’ Something in her back went. And like most people who come to see me with low back pain, she brushed it off hoping she’d wake up the next day as if it never even happened. But the following day, her pain was still there.

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Joy’s back was still bad, but she decided to leave it a little longer as she didn’t want to bother her doctor and thought if she just rested for a few more days, the pain would ease off. But those days turned into weeks, and her back pain grew worse and worse.

The problem was, all of the sitting and resting she was doing to make it ‘better’ was adding pressure to her back causing a shooting pain to run down her leg, which meant very little to no walking, and even time off work...

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Also known as Sciatica. Sciatica is when a disc at the base of your spine is put under too much pressure and it irritates a nerve that runs down your leg, often causing numbness and even pins and needles as well as pain. The pain from sciatica is often so excruciating it makes it almost impossible to get out of the house, drive to the store and even sleep comfortably - and nearly always gets worse when you sit.

To put it simply - it’s a painful and life-limiting condition that can happen as a result of not getting your back pain seen to as soon as pain strikes. But there are things you can do, such as specific exercises to help you get back to feeling healthy and on your feet again, without worrying that your back is going to put you out.

Here’s Three Tips: 1. Avoid sitting for any longer than is absolutely necessary.

2. As an exercise – stand up, put your hands on your bum and lean back – for one second. Try to go a little further each time.

3. Lie flat on your stomach for 5 minutes.

You might consider NSAIDS; over the counter anti-inflammatory medication.

You’ve most likely caused micro trauma to your disc and your body is going to respond with swelling.

Try out these three little things if you’re suffering from sciatica. Make sure that if you or someone you love have back pain, you see someone about it as soon as possible, so it doesn’t turn into sciatica.

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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IDAHO’S BEST SELLERS Celebrating Independent Bookstore Day across the Gem State HARRISON BERRY

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t wasn’t that long ago that brick-and-mortar bookstores were bad investments, and owning one was a financial albatross. Online sellers like Amazon undercut their prices, and the advent of e-readers like Amazon Kindle made “treeware”—a derogatory term for books—look obsolete by comparison.

Then, something dramatic happened. Bookstores around the country made a resurgence, growing in number across the U.S. by 35% between 2009 and 2015, according to the American Booksellers Association.

Today, that organization boasts 2,509 members, and an estimated 165 new bookstores are planning to open nationwide.

On Saturday, April 27, booksellers in Idaho will join others around the U.S. to observe Independent Bookstore Day. To mark the event this year, Boise Weekly has come up with a guide to some of Idaho’s most celebrated shops.

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In the early 2010s, Melissa DeMotte didn’t have plans to own a bookstore. She has a background in finance, and at the time she was the chief financial officer of a Californiabased company that made loans to low-income communities. Then, the Borders Books in Coeur d’Alene closed, and for years afterward, she drove past the building feeling like there was a hole in her life. During a bucket-list trip with her mother to New York, she attended a booksellers conference, and on May 31, 2014, she opened The Well-Read Moose in Coeur d’Alene. She said she felt the demand for a new local bookstore immediately.

“When we first opened, we had people who wanted to sleep in the store because it had a new-book smell,” she said.

DeMotte didn’t know the first thing about running a bookstore in the early days, but she said she has gotten plenty of support from other booksellers in the region (including Rediscovered Books in Boise), and used Above the Treeline, a bookstore sales and order data tracker, to build her first big book purchase tailored to suit her customers. Five years later, she said she has a grasp of what readers in Coeur d’Alene want—historical fiction, character-driven nonfiction, graphic novels and children’s literature. In addition to an official store book club, she said eight other book clubs have taken root, and use The Well-Read Moose as their home base.

“You don’t know your buyers until you’ve been at it for a while, but now we have all this history,” she said.

Will Peterson said he has seen a lot of businesses come and go from downtown Pocatello.

For almost 31 years, he has owned Walrus & Carpenter Books there, and apart from a Barnes & Noble in Idaho Falls, “I’m the only other store in an area as big as Bavaria.”

“Right now, I’m an anchor for downtown,” he said. “But I’m right next to a fly fishing shop, which is really nice. Here and there we have some pretty good blocks, but that oldtown Pocatello is pretty distressed.”

Peterson has a personality as big as the area he serves. His sense of humor is self-deprecating and often bitter—traits exemplified in how his shop got its name. He said he was dissatisfied with Pocatello when he moved there from Twin Falls in 1988 (“It felt like Boise in 1890”) and irritated with the effort of opening a new business when, while moving some items from the back of the store, a paper slipped out bearing a picture of a coffee mug and the walrus and carpenter, characters Peterson described as

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She has also built connections to local schools and the library, but one of her regrets is not purchasing the local used bookstore when it went out of business a few years ago, and she has toyed with building a mobile bookstore to serve nearby rural communities. Until then, she’ll keep proving the haters wrong.

DeMotte recalled that when she first opened The Well-Read Moose, “Somebody had written a letter to the editor in the paper. They made a comment about, ‘Well, there goes another [Small Business Administration] loan down the toilet.’ What’s interesting is, there are still e-book sales, but people miss the tactile.”

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THE BARN OWL BOOKS AND GIFTS, MCCALL McCall Drug wasn’t a big place, but what it didn’t have in size, it made up for in appeal. In it were hundreds of games and toys, a 1950sstyle soda fountain that actually worked, a pharmacy and Blue Grouse

“the two biggest dickheads on Earth” as they’re represented in Lewis Carroll’s poem.

“I ended up with these two beautiful images, and people don’t think about my bitter feelings,” Peterson said.

Peterson has no plans for Independent Bookstore Day, which falls a few weeks after the Rocky Mountain Writers Festival that he founded in 1990 to showcase the work of local authors. In the beginning, there was a strong presence of local writers. Since then, a few generations of scribblers have come and gone.

This year’s festival will feature the return of Idaho-based collection The Limberlost Review.

“When I first came to town, there was just a crop of really great writers here in Pocatello,” he said. “Well, they all ended up dying. …

Now, there are young writers coming up.

They’re all young writers, and I’m just the grandfather.”

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1973 was an important year for the City of Moscow. It saw the founding of what would become the Moscow Food Co-op, the University of Idaho Women’s Center, the Moscow Renaissance Fair and a downtown staple: BookPeople of Moscow.

“I think the fact that it’s still going today indicates how important that kind of place is to the cohesiveness of the community,” said founder Ivar Nelson in an interview.

The shop has changed a lot in the last 45 years. In 1999, a team of volunteers helped move some 30,000 volumes from BookPeople’s original location across Main Street in 28-degree weather to where the store is today, and under the co-ownership and management of Carol Price, it expanded its selection of new books to reduce competition—there’s a thriving used bookstore in nearby Pullman, Washington—and cater to the local readership.

“There’s a lot of diversity here,” Price said about the selection of books. “In terms of the sections I concentrate on, I try to have children’s books, a lot of cookbooks—that’s one of my favorite things. We sell a lot of nonfiction. The people here love to be out doing stuff, and there are a lot of people who want to be current with science and math, ecology and the natural world.”

She and her now ex-husband bought BookPeople eight years ago, when online merchants were applying critical pressure to indie booksellers, and Price said the acquisition didn’t always feel like a wise move. Today, Independent Bookstore Day feels like a “celebration.”

“We have come to a good place, where I feel very confident about our future. In general, there are still a lot of people who don’t understand why shopping locally is important, but more people than ever understand why local shopping is important,” she said.

Book Shop, the only independent bookstore in town. It closed in 2016 after being bought by Albertsons and converted into a Sav-on Pharmacy, but there wasn’t a gap for long.

Enter The Barn Owl Books and Gifts. It opened in 2017, and so far, reception to it has been warm, according to Amy Cooper, who owns the store with her husband, Mike. An independent bookstore, she said, is the “backbone” of any small area, but pivoting into running one was a dramatic move, particularly for them.

“I had taken a year off from my previous career, and we came back to McCall, and neither my husband nor I could live in a community without a bookstore. Without a clue about how to do it, we started a bookstore,” she said.

(Amy’s previous career was in animal welfare leadership, and The Barn Owl has partnered with local pet shelter MCPAWS, keeping an adoptable cat in the store. Amy said they’ve helped home 12 cats so far.)

Local history is high on people’s readings lists.

So are books on the outdoors and travel guides— a large number of McCall residents tend to travel, both within the U.S. and internationally.

“There seems to be unlimited World War II historical fiction,” Amy said, and books like The Alice Network and its follow-up, The Huntress, have been popular, in large part because of her efforts. “I sold and sold and sold that book, and the joy isn’t ringing it up on the cash register,” she said. “It grabbed a hold of me, and I think you’d like it, too.”

For almost 13 years, Rediscovered Books has been where Boise goes for new literature. While it weathered the early storms that toppled bigbox sellers like Borders, it established itself as an early pillar of the buy-local movement that helped revitalize downtown.

Rediscovered has also been savvy about revitalizing itself. That process started when owners Bruce and Laura DeLaney sold their other business, All About Games, and expanded Rediscovered into an adjacent space formerly occupied by Lux Fashion Lounge. The extra room has let the DeLaneys grow their stock of books—Rediscovered now boasts one of the most extensive and up-to-date children’s book collections in the state—and host larger readings, book signings and other literary activities.

“It’s the support the Boise community has shown us that gave us the confidence to make the expansion,” Bruce said.

That support has remained high, in part due to the shop’s close ties to literary organizations like the Boise Public Library and The Cabin, and the launch of Rediscovered Publishing, which has released several titles to date, including A Kid’s Guide to Boise and Half the World.

It also cultivated goodwill in the City of Trees when it bought used bookstore Rainbow Books in 2018. The State Street shop, now called Once & Future Books, has been renovated, and its large collection has been reorganized under the new ownership. This year for Independent Bookstore Day, it will host a Devri Walls booksigning event, book bingo, “blind date with a book” and literary trivia.

Rediscovered is a draw for people across Boise, though it chiefly serves downtown. There are some neighborhoods in the City of Trees that don’t have bookstores at all though, used or new, and Bruce said he sees opportunity.

“We think there would be support for more bookstores in the Treasure Valley,” he said.

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NESTING IN GARDEN CITY Latta’s exhibition runs through Saturday, June 1.

ARTIST SUE LATTA EXPLORES LOVE AND DECAY WITH NEW EXHIBITION

If you go into The Texture of Things unfamiliar with Sue Latta’s art, know this: Everything deserves a second, third and even a fourth look.

“I’m all about the magic. If there’s magic in art, I love it. And I try to make magic as much as I can,” said Latta, gesturing to “Tell Tale,” one of her many intricately, deceptively layered pieces.

“Tell Tale” is three-dimensional, composed of steel-framed panes of clear resin shot through with the weblike silhouettes of what could be either trees or branching veins, and overlaid by a paper-white, anatomically correct heart sunk in shiny black resin. While there appears to be an entire forest of veins, Latta explained that in fact the image had been transferred to only a single layer of resin: The shadowy silhouettes in the background are actual shadows, and disappeared when she raised her hand to block the light.

The Texture of Things is a diverse collection, both in materials and content. One section of the 35-piece exhibition is centered on nails, with the phrase “When your only tool is a hammer…” hovering over it in black letters. Snippets of text form the background of many of those pieces, one of which, “Offering” is artistically (and serendipitously) dotted with drops of Latta’s own blood. The word “offering” repeats itself behind the blood-spattered resin block until it runs off the piece’s wooden backboard.

Latta said she often sources those lines of text—including song lyrics, poems or short phrases in Latin—from a collection she has been building for years, and their inclusion informed the exhibition’s name (Text-ure. Get it?).

If you visit the Visual Arts Collective, where Latta’s exhibition will hang through Saturday, June 1, and is open to the public from noon to 6 p.m. on Saturdays, those written Easter eggs are worth hunting for. To get to them, you’ll swim through a sea of sculpted skulls, Latta’s photographs of decaying buildings, resin-coated love letters and tangles of wire, all under the heading “The Human Condition.”

“This show in particular has been very stream-of-consciousness,” she said. “It’s like, ‘I wonder what will happen if I—.’” That space left blank is where the magic happens.

—Lex Nelson

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Surel’s Place Artist-inResidence Lynn Webster uses birds to explore concepts of home LE X NEL SON

When printmaker Lynn Webster* settled in on the couch at Surel’s Place to talk about her work, she was fresh off of her latest project: a folded paper mobile covered in black-and-white monoprint raptors, with paper birds exploding from its peaked roof. It hung just a few feet away.

“I’d been thinking about things hanging and I saw these hooks, and I noticed the reflection and Printmaker Lynn Webster dips paper into an ink bath during a workshop at Surel’s Place. shadows off one of the [fabricated printmaking] plates that I was holding up and I thought, ‘Hmm, this could be kind of interesting,’” she said. to teach fifth- and sixth-graders about the imWebster sees a connection between birds of Creating three-dimensional art is a challenge portance of birds of prey to indigenous people. prey and Native Americans, both of whom have for Webster as she’s blind in one eye, meaning been driven off of their lands by development and In her first two weeks on the job she brought she only sees in two dimensions. But she said her vulture feathers to class (which two bold boys in some cases into cordoned-off spaces. Those month-long residency at Surel’s Place has given promptly attempted to carry off) and taught populations have also discovered new ways to her time and space to explore new facets of her craft. On Saturday, April 27, when the house will live in a changed landscape; peregrine falcons, for the kids how to make simple origami raptor heads from colored paper. open to guests for an exhibition, she plans to hang example, often nest in skyscrapers.

That work isn’t the only way Webster’s “I see birds as kind of an icon for me to stand the mobile even higher so that people can stand residence will intersect with the local commuin opposition to our inclination to overbuild under it and peer up into the colorful landscape things and take their habitat, as well as all of these nity. On April 27, when an exhibition of her hidden inside. work opens at the house, Surel’s Place will also questions about home and how we make our The mobile looks a bit like a birdhouse, a host its first ever artHome tour from 2-4:30 homes. We’re very intershape that is no coinp.m. Attendees will meet at Surel’s Place to view ested in that and we forget cidence considering Webster’s work, then break into groups to walk its pattern. Birds and “ I SEE B IRD S AS sometimes about all of these creatures that it’s their through the homes of three art lovers in the houses—both human and Surel Mitchell Live-Work-Create District and avian—are themes that run KIN D OF AN IC ON home, too,” she said. check out their private collections.

The destruction of one through Webster’s work, FOR M E TO STAN D home to make way for anJodi Eichelberger, the executive director of and it was “outsider” birds Surel’s Place, said the tour was inspired by the other is a concept that has like crows and birds of prey IN OPP O SITION TO fueled her art, and many of concepts of home explored in Webster’s residency. that brought her back to “The homeowner will guide us through their prints hanging at Surel’s Idaho from retirement in OU R INCLINATION the Place feature the silhouettes own personal art collection and tell us about how Florida. She has spent time that art came to be part of their home. In some of birds and houses set with raptors at the Morley TO OVERBU ILD cases it will be art that they themselves created, against natural backdrops.

Nelson Snake River Birds in some cases it’s art they’ve collected while they of Prey National ConservaTHING S AN D TAKE She creates them using a combination of techniques, traveled, and there are a lot of local artists feation Area, and has gotten THEIR HABITAT.” including marbling paper in tured,” said Eichelberger, who will open his own up close and personal with India ink baths, rolling ink home for the tour. peregrine falcons, a species Tickets cost $25, and are available now on over cut-out plastic shapes that fascinates her because eventbrite.com. and adding color with oil pastels. of its place in the culture of the Mississippians, “I’m excited about it,” said Webster. “It’s As a former teacher, Webster was also Native Americans who lived in the American always interesting to hear what draws people to a selected to spend a portion of her residency mid- and southwest 10,000 years ago.

“The peregrine falcon to the ancient Mississip- teaching through the PARTNER Schools Pro- work that they want so much that they want to buy it. They want to take it home and put it on a gram, an honor that goes to only two Surel’s pian people was very sacred,” said Webster, who wall.”

Place artists-in-residence annually. During used to teach Native American art history at the her month in Garden City, she made multiple College of Idaho. “...They would hammer falcon *Webster’s residency is funded in part by Boise stops at the Morley Nelson Elementary School Weekly’s Cover Art Auction grant program. iconography out of copper.”

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A TALE OF TWO CITIES: Two towns, both alike in dignity and proximity to mountainous activities, are bound by a single brewery. White Dog Brewing Co. was originally founded in Bozeman, Montana, but opened a second location in Boise in 2017. The owners acquired brewing equipment left over from the old TableRock brewpub, and even started to brew some old TableRock classics, including the currently on-tap Hopzilla and Nut Brown Ale. ICE ICE BABY: My advice is to always sit at the bar. A 24-foot strip of ice runs down its length, just wide enough for a pint glass and perfectly frosted over to keep your beer cold. You can draw on it or scrape together enough shavings to flick miniature snowballs at your buddies. Even better is the smorgasboard of tiny plastic animals frolicing in the frost. It’s impossible to resist playing “stack the penguins” every time I go (my record is three).

CAPITALIZING ON CUTENESS: White Dog cans seven of its beers, and each style has a different human/pup mascot pair featured on the label. Online you can find the backstory for each duo, including the photos used as inspiration for the artwork—and it’s very impressive. There are also accompanying Q&As. White Dog’s staff puts a lot of creativity into coming up with Tinder bio lines for the four-legged models, so they’re definitely worth reading while you drink.

WHAT SHOULD YOU DRINK? The regular tap lineup at White Dog is always solid (Vanilla Cream Ale, Blood Orange Hefe, Irish Stout, etc), but my go-to is the Scotch Ale. That brew is hard to find outside of Montana, but with roots up north it’s nearly a necessity that White Dog have one on tap. The Scotch is richer and maltier than a brown or amber ale, but I firmly believe it’s light enough to drink year-round.

WHERE TO FIND IT: White Dog is located at 705 W. Fulton St. in Boise.

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The theme of Boise Art Museum’s 2018 Art of Fashion show (left) was “Material.” The 2019 theme, inspired by BAM’s Donut Ever Forget Me exhibit (right) is “Indulge.”

DONUTS AND DESIGNS

Looking behind the scenes of BAM’s ‘Art of Fashion’ show BRIAN MILL AR The show will have ready-to-wear looks 16 design teams will be to create pieces that On Saturday, April 27, well-heeled Boiseans spaced throughout the show that are styled with evoke Kim’s work by using a repeated patwill line up at the door to Boise Art Mugarments from local retailers and inspired by the tern, form, color or other design elements seum for its annual “Art of Fashion” show. In theme. Places like Serendipity Boutique, Repeat that make the fashion appear avant-garde. preparation, artists and designers have been Boutique and Piece Unique Clothing Co. have The garments need to be wearable and able trying their hands at creating head-turning participated in the past. There will be three to withstand walking, turning and all other looks using unconventional garment-draping awards this year: Best Construction, techniques. Last year, the theme sponsored and selected by sewBoise; was “Material,” inspired by the People’s Choice; and Best of Show. museum’s featured exhibition ConThe winner of the People’s Choice sider the Source, and it challenged “ PEOPLE WILL SEE THAT E AC H award will be decided through votes designers to work with clay, wood, cast by audience members and glass and more instead of fabric.

DESIG N ER OR DESI GN TE AM BAM will award Best of Show to This year, the theme is a little less HAS APPROAC HED TH E TH EME the design that best responds to this tangible: “Indulge.” It’s based off year’s theme. of artist Jae Yong Kim’s Donut Ever IN THEIR OWN U N IQUE WAYS “I am fortunate enough to have Forget Me exhibition, which comseen the images that accompanied prises 483 glazed ceramic donuts.

FOR AN E XCITING AN D DIVERSE the entries, and I can’t wait to have Inspired by pop art, the exhibition the audience experience them as they blends craft and fine art.

FASHION SHOW.” walk down the runway,” said Fales.

“The goal [of the show] is to Guests can expect to be amazed. connect ideas and concepts in Kim’s exhibition has already inspired visual art to high fashion and local businesses like Guru Donuts to create works forms of movement. They also needed to design,” said Melanie Fales, executive after his designs, so it will be exciting to see how be made with permanent attachments––no director of BAM. the designers build on that popularity. glue, tape or Velcro is allowed.

This year, designers weren’t restricted “I hope people will take away a sense of awe at “People will see that each designer or to any specific materials. Instead, BAM the talents and abilities of the designers and their design team has approached the theme in provided reference images of work by pop creative ideas, [and] a feeling of inspiration by their own unique ways for an exciting and artists like Yayoi Kusama, Takashi Museeing the way the artists linked their designs to diverse fashion show,” said Fales. “Their rakami, Jim Dine, Roy Lichtenstein and the artwork at BAM,” said Fales. designs will be over-the-top and indulgent!”

Andy Warhol. The challenge for this year’s B O ISE WE E KLY.C O M

GETTING THE BANDSHELL BACK TOGETHER Boise Parks and Rec expects fall reopening of Gene Harris Bandshell SK YL AR BARSANTI When a human-caused fire tore through the Gene Harris Bandshell in Julia Davis Park almost a year ago on April 23, 2018, the Boise Fire Department feared it would be a total loss. But the smoke The Gene Harris Bandshell has remained silent since April 2018, when an arson damaged the historic structure. cleared, and the bandshell stood—though the fire had caused significant damage to the roof and walls of the 90-year-old structure. could evaluate the integrity of the structure and Adding to the opportunity to rebuild, Boise Earlier this month, Boise Parks and Recresecure it from future damage. Before architects Parks and Rec hopes to secure funding for a new ation announced that the plans to repair and could get involved, city officials had to know what shade structure to protect audiences from the restore the structure were very nearly set. And though the topic has been somewhat out of the sun, hold connections for additional lights, make they were dealing with, a process that took time.

“We didn’t want the structure to deteriorate space for an accessible viewing area and turn the news since last year, it hasn’t been out of mind while we were figuring out the reconstruction area into more of a community gathering place. for many Boiseans. process,” Holloway said. “Once we got through The structure would add another $400,000 to “I get questions about this almost weekly: all that, we procured an architect, took the engithe project, which the department is hoping will What’s happening with the bandshell?” Doug be funded internally. As of this writing, the shade neering study in and got a design to reconstruct Holloway, director of Boise Parks and Rec, told the entire facility back to where it was but with structure is not in the approved repair plan.

Boise Weekly. newer amenities.”

“When you sit on the grass in the middle Boise-based Trout Architects presented plans Add to that the need to preserve the history for an estimated $430,000 repair and restoration of the summer, in the middle of the day, it’s of the mission-style bandshell and maintain its extremely warm,” Holloway said. “There’s not project, funded by the city’s insurance plan. His “character and charm,” and repairing the burned a lot of shade from trees proposal includes a new bandshell is no small task. Though there is no intentionally because we roof and walls, as well official start date for repairs, Holloway said he is want a clear view of the as a green room for shell. So we’ve been working optimistic that construction will begin at the end performers, upgraded “ R ATHE R THA N of the month, with a dedication of the finished with the architect to come restrooms and full audio bandshell planned for the days leading up to the up with a shade design that visual capabilities that JU ST RE B UI L D... anniversary celebration of the Boise River Greenwill provide overhead cover include LEDs and a and not obstruct the view of belt, Thursday-Saturday, Sept. 19-21, with a free WE THO U GHT, new soundboard. After concert on the books that Friday. the stage.” the repairs, perform‘ L E T’ S I M PROVE Holloway said the finished product will be While many Boiseans ers won’t have to bring worth the wait, though it will miss summer have been eager to see the their own mics and SO M E F E AT URES .’” structure fully functional staples like the Boise Women’s Classic and Art speakers; instead, they in the Park. Not one to hang summer event again, the reality of the can just plug in. organizers out to dry, Holloway said Parks and repair schedule is a tricky “Rather than just one. After all, it would be six Rec is working to relocate those and other events rebuild what had been destroyed, we thought, let’s improve some features months before structural engineers could clear out on the bandshell schedule. In the meantime, the damaged timber and install barriers to protect the bandshell has been removed from the Boise Parks to make the bandshell more performer-friendly and a more attractive venue,” Holloway said. “All bandshell from weather and further deterioration. and Rec reservation request form.

According to Holloway, though the 2018 In the case of the Gene Harris Bandshell, the we have is a concrete stage with the shell around fire was determined to be human-caused, the city is required by law to go through open bidit. Performers have to bring their own audio Boise Police Department’s investigation turned ding processes for engineers and architects—that equipment. So as great of a structure as it is, it up no suspects. The bandshell was dedicated isn’t set up to host a lot of cool performances. We rule applies to every city project over a certain in 1928 and is named after Boise jazz musician wanted to rebuild the structure to be more habit- amount of money. Once Holloway and his team Gene Harris. got a bid out to structural engineers, the firm able, which it hasn’t been for several decades.”

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CALENDAR WEDNESDAY APRIL 24 Festivals & Events BEST OF BOISE 2019 VOTING— It’s time to vote for your favorites in local arts and entertainment, bars and nightlife, food and dining, goods and services, and sports and recreation. Voting is open through April 30. Get more info and cast your ballots online at boiseweekly.com. FREE. Boise Weekly, 523 Broad St., Boise, 208-344-2055.

BOVI FILM FESTIVAL—The Boise Student International Video Festival showcases the talent of aspiring filmmakers from all over the world. Each evening features a different program. 7:20 and 9:20 p.m. FREE. The Flicks, 646 W. Fulton St., Boise, 208-342-4222, theflicksboise.com.

DOCUMENTARY SCREENING: ANGST, ANXIETY IN YOUTH AWARENESS—Help break the stigma around anxiety. Open to ages 10+. Free parking in the Lincoln Garage. 6 p.m. FREE. Boise State Special Events Center, 1800 University Drive, Boise, idahosuicideprevention.orgt.

Kids & Teens

Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, bctheater.org.

STORY TIME WITH SIR READSALOT—11 a.m. FREE. Once and Future Books, 1310 W. State St., Boise, 208-336-2230.

BLT: EVELYN IN PURGATORY—A claim of improper behavior by a failing student lands teacher Evelyn Reid in “the rubber room,” where she encounters a group of teachers, some guilty, some not. 7:30 p.m. $12-$15. Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise, 208-3425104, boiselittletheater.org.

Odds & Ends

On Stage

Literature

PAYETTE PLANT NIGHT WITH EDWARDS GREENHOUSE—Create and take home a Spring Garden Bucket Planter featuring a mix of cool-weather veggies, flowers and seeds. The price includes a hands-on demo, all the materials and your first beer. 6-8 p.m. $50. Payette Brewing River Street Taproom, 733 S. Pioneer St., Boise, 208-344-0011.

BCT WORLD PREMIERE: RABBIT/MOON—A kind of fairytale that unfolds from the heart of a desolate, science fiction moonscape, Rabbit/Moon 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.

LIVE POETS SOCIETY ANNUAL POETRY READING—5:45 p.m.

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

THURSDAY APRIL 25 On Stage BCT WORLD PREMIERE: RABBIT/MOON—7 p.m. $18-$38.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 26

BOVI FILM FESTIVAL—Each evening features a different program.

7:20 and 9:20 p.m. FREE. The Flicks, 646 W. Fulton St., Boise, 208-342-4222, theflicksboise. com.

CHAD PRATHER: STAR SPANGLED BANTER COMEDY TOUR—8 p.m. $30-$50. Knitting Factory Concert House, 416 S. Ninth St., Boise, 208-367-1212, bo.knittingfactory.com.

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

LIVING VOICES: WITHIN THE SILENCE—Living Voices combines live performances with archival film, turning the history of Japanese-American internment

into a moving personal journey.

Following the performance, hear from journalist and historian Ken Mochizuki. 7 p.m. $10. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-426-1110, morrisoncenter. com.

STAGE COACH: PLAYING BRIDGE—This combination of comedy and heart-felt drama features nine different plays on nine different bridges. 7:30 p.m. $15. Stage Coach Theatre, 4802 W. Emerald Ave., Boise, 208-3422000, stagecoachtheatre.com.

Talks & Lectures IDAHO INTERFAITH ROUNDTABLE AGAINST HUNGER: THE RENT EATS FIRST—Which is worse: to be hungry or homeless?

Join the roundtable for an engaging public lecture and discussion about this issue. 7 p.m. FREE. Boise Public Library at Hillcrest, 5246 W. Overland Road, Boise, 208-972-8340, iirah.org/events.

SHRED DAY—There is no limit on the number of documents individuals may have shredded. 4-6 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library Victory Branch, 10664 W. Victory Road, Boise, 208-362-0181, adalib.org/victory.

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THURSDAY, MAY 2

May the best dish win.

MAD SWEDE FOOD SHOWDOWN

Idaho Craft Beer Month is still in full swing at Mad Swede Brewing Company, which is celebrating the 30-day holiday with a contest to please the taste buds. On Friday, April 26, the brewers will pit two local food vendors—Boise’s Distal Provisions, formerly of Grind Modern Burger and now based out of Capitol Bar, and Nampa’s Warhawks Air Museum hangout The Tower Grill—against each other to see which can come up with the best dish to pair with its Naked Sunbather Nut Brown Ale. The food will start flying to tables at 6 p.m., followed by live music from Boise singer/songwriter Dan Costello at 7:30 p.m. as drinking takes over. Your $20 ticket includes dinner and a pint of beer to boot—a solid lineup for a Friday night.

6 p.m., $20. Mad Swede Brewing Company, 2772 S. Cole Road, Ste. 140, Boise, 208-922-6883, madswedebrewing.com.

Quaffing for a cause.

BEER AND TAPAS PAIRING FOR CREATE COMMON GOOD

Where food, drinks and charity collide, Boiseans often aren’t far away. That’s Boise Brewing’s recipe for its upcoming beer and tapas pairing event. The downtown brewmasters will serve four courses of beer and appetizers, and proceeds from the evening will benefit Create Common Good, a Boise nonprofit that helps people with barriers to employment enter the food industry. The drinks include Cafe Mule, Sternewirth’s Privilege, Syringa Pale Ale and Deja Brut, paired with an almond torte, watercress-pesto polenta fries, veggie-topped avocado toast and smoked steelhead mousse-crowned wonton chips, respectively. If you can’t make the celebration, don’t worry: $1 of every Smooth Groove Vanilla Porter purchase at the Brewery this month will go to CCG, too.

6 p.m., $15. Boise Brewing, 521 W. Broad St., Boise, 208-342-7655, boisebrewing.com.

C OU RTESY IDVSA .ORG

Following a recent screening of Karen Day’s documentary Bamboo & Barbed Wire, another spotlight is about to shine on the internment camps across the west where thousands of Japanese-Americans were imprisoned during World War II. Within the Silence focuses in on a single Seattle family, the Yamadas, as its members fight to survive that perilous period of American history. As the performance unfolds with a combination of theater and film, the Yamadas are split up into various camps and Emiko Yamada, the teenage daughter, ends up in Idaho’s Minidoka, near Jerome. After the production, Ken Mochizuki—the author, historian and journalist who wrote Within the Silence—will address the crowd.

7 p.m., $10. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-426-1110, morrisoncenter.com.

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Odds & Ends

JASON JACOBSEN

LIVING VOICES: WITHIN THE SILENCE

STUFFED ANIMAL SLUMBER PARTY—Wear your favorite jammies and take a stuffed animal for some slumber party fun. 6:30 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library Lake Hazel Branch, 10489 Lake Hazel Road, Boise, 208-2976700, adalib.org/lakehazel.

IDAHO SCREENDANCE FESTIVAL—Join the Idaho Dance Education Organization for Idaho’s first

SATURDAY, APRIL 27

C OURTESY MAD SWEDE BRE WING C OMPAN Y

C OURTESY LIVING VOICES

Looking back on Minidoka.

Kids & Teens

It’s time to set sail.

MOANANUIAKEA: ONE OCEAN. ONE CANOE. ONE PEOPLE.

These days, news and ideas are often spread online with nothing but the compression of the enter key. But in Hawaii, a team of environmental crusaders went about sharing their hopes for the future a different way: by sailing a single canoe across the globe, making stops to teach environmental stewardship and the protection of cultural resources. The trip, dubbed the Malama Honua Worldwide Voyage, stretched from 2013 through 2018, making stops in 150 ports, 23 countries and territories, and eight Marine World Heritage sites. Now, the journey has been immortalized on film in the documentary Moananuiakea: One Ocean. One Canoe. One People., and it’s coming to Boise Thursday, May 2.

Don’t forget your sailor suit.

7 p.m., FREE-$15. The Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main Street, Boise, 208-387-1273, egyptiantheatre.net.

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CALENDAR screendance film festival, which includes engaging workshops on how to create a screendance, four screening sessions, a quick-fire filmmaking contest, adjudication awards and more. 5-9:30 p.m. $5$30. Boise State Special Events Center, 1800 University Drive, Boise, idahoscreendance.com.

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RIDE FOR JOY’S 4TH ANNUAL GALA—Join RFJ for a night of fun, fine dining and fundraising. Show off your duds to win the Best Dressed Contest. All proceeds go toward the Ride for Joy Therapeutic Riding Program benefiting equine-assisted activities. 6:30 p.m. $65, $120 couples, $425 table for eight. Riverside Hotel, 2900 W. Chinden Blvd., Boise, 208-365-0671, rideforjoy.org.

On Stage 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—8 p.m. $12-$15. Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise, 208342-5104, boiselittletheater.org.

BOISE CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES: MIRO QUARTET—For single tickets, email jbelfy@boisestate. edu. 7:30 p.m. $30. Morrison Center Recital Hall, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise State campus, Boise, 208-426-1110, morrisoncenter.com.

Art

Kids & Teens

LYNN WEBSTER: IDEAS OF HOME—Surel’s Place artist-inresidence Lynn Webster presents mixed-media hanging works. 5:308:30 p.m. FREE. Surel’s Place, 212 E. 33rd St., Garden City, 208918-3591, surelsplace.org.

GLOBAL GAMES AND SNACKS— Learn about Korea while listening to K-pop and making kimbap. For ages 12-18. 4:30 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library Lake Hazel Branch, 10489 Lake Hazel Road, Boise, 208-297-6700, adalib.org/ lakehazel.

SAFETY, HEALING, FREEDOM CHALK ART FESTIVAL—This festival is a culmination of a monthlong campaign on sexual assault.

10 a.m.-7 p.m. FREE. Boise State Quad, Greenbelt, campus, Boise. codyevans446.wixsite.com/ shfchalkartfestival.

PUPPET SHOW—Head over to the library for A Narwhal and Jelly Puppet Play. 4:30 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library Victory Branch, 10664 W. Victory Road, Boise, 208-362-0181, adalib.org/victory.

Odds & Ends

Literature ANDREA BRADY POETRY READING—In the Bergquist Lounge.

7:30 p.m. FREE. Boise State Student Union Building, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 208-4264636.

KIRK WALLACE JOHNSON: THE FEATHER THIEF—One copy of the paperback edition is included in the ticket price. 7 p.m. $20. Rediscovered Books, 180 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-376-4229, rdbooks.org.

BOISE WATERSHED FRIDAY NIGHT ADULT EARTHWORKS: LET’S BEESPONSIBLE—Create beautiful artwork at the Boise WaterShed. Light refreshments provided. Class descriptions and registration can be found at bee. cityofboise.org. 6-9:30 p.m. $15.

Boise WaterShed, 11818 W. Joplin Road, Boise, 208-608-7300.

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BOISE CLASSIC MOVIES: NAPOLEON DYNAMITE—For all ages.

7 p.m. $9-$11. Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, 208-3871273, egyptiantheatre.net.

NNU BRANDT CENTER AND MORRISON CENTER TICKETS STARTING AT $23.

CALL 208 344.7849 OR VISIT WWW.BOISEPHIL.ORG

COMEDIAN STEVE HOFSTETTER—8 and 10 p.m. $12-$15.

Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-941-2459, liquidboise. com.

the virtuoso orchestra Works by Adams, Shepherd, and Bartok FEATURING COMPOSER SEAN SHEPHERD ERIC GARCIA, MUSIC DIRECTOR SPONSORED BY THE HONORABLE STEPHEN AND CAROL TROTT

LEZBE KINGS DRAG KING SHOW—Join the LezBe Kings for their first ever “drag king” show.

Free HIV testing and resources from local organizations from 6-8 p.m. 8 p.m. $11. The Balcony Club, 150 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-336-1313, thebalconyclub. com.

OLD PEN MOVIE NIGHT: BACK TO THE FUTURE—Plus, enjoy a scavenger hunt to celebrate Idaho Archaeology and Historic Preservation Month. 7 p.m. $8.

Old Idaho State Penitentiary, 2445 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208334-2844.

RED LIGHT VARIETY SHOW: MASTERPIECE—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.

Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk.

Go to www.boiseweekly.com and look under odds and ends for the answers to this week’s puzzle. And don’t think of it as cheating.

Think of it more as simply double-checking your answers.

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CALENDAR Food FOOD SHOWDOWN—Join The Tower Grill and Distal Provisions as they compete to pair their delicious food with Mad Swede’s Naked Sunbather Nut Brown Ale. Food starts at 6 p.m., with live music by one of Boise Weekly’s Best of Boise Best Musician nominees Dan Costello at 7:30 p.m.

6 p.m. $20. Mad Swede Brewing Company, 2772 S. Cole Road, Ste. 140, Boise, 208-922-6883, madswedebrewing.com.

SATURDAY APRIL 27 Festivals & Events BOISE FARMERS MARKET—9 a.m.-1 p.m. FREE. Boise Farmers Market, 1500 Shoreline Drive, Boise, 208-345-9287, theboisefarmersmarket.com.

BOISE NEDA WALK—The Boise NEDA Walk is a free community awareness event for individuals and families suffering from the effects of an eating disorder. 11

a.m.-1 p.m. FREE. Julia Davis Park, 700 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, nedawalk.org/boise2019.

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.

EXPERIENCE IDAHO EXPO— Newcomers and native Idahoans learn about the best products, services and activities they can find in the Gem State. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

FREE. Expo Idaho (Fairgrounds), 5610 Glenwood St., Garden City.

208-376-0464, ibleventsinc.com.

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Don’t be terribly surprised to see plenty of co-workers wearing denim Wednesday, April 24. It’s more than simply being “business-casual.” In fact, Wednesday is Denim Day, and its backstory is worth retelling.

It was 1992 when an 18-year-old Italian woman was picked up at her home by a middle-aged driving instructor her parents had hired. The male instructor drove the young woman away from her town, raped her and threatened to harm her family if she told anyone. The victim eventually told authorities, but the rapist’s conviction was overturned by the Italian Supreme Court because the victim had worn tight jeans. Following the ruling and the freeing of the rapist, a number of women, all wearing jeans, staged a protest at the Italian Parliament. As news of the decision spread, so did global protests. In 1999, an agency in Los Angeles established the first Denim Day in the U.S. The Women’s and Children’s Alliance in Boise began observing Denim Day in 2014, and each year the nonprofit promotes increased local recognition of the initiative. On Wednesday, Boise Mayor Dave Bieter will sign another official Denim Day proclamation at City Hall.

“We’re particularly excited about what will be happening with the Boise Police Department,” said WCA Communications Director Christine Davis. She added that in the past, Bones has recommended that civilian employees of the police department wear jeans on Denim Day. “But this year, Chief Bones has sent out a communication where he’s encouraging Boise Police patrol officers to also wear denim on Wednesday. That’s a pretty big deal,” said Davis.

Wearing jeans on Denim Day—Wednesday, April 24—is a way to Additionally, officials at the Idaho advocate against victim-blaming for sexual assault.

National Guard have sent out a formal communication to Guard personnel that denim will be allowed to mark Denim Day. Boise School Superintendent Dr. Don Coberly also communicated to his district’s personnel that they are more than welcome to wear denim on April 24.

As with most awareness campaigns, Davis said education is key. Supporters are urged to post photos of friends, family or coworkers wearing denim on social media, using the hashtags #DenimDay and #WCABoise.

—George Prentice

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GARDEN CITY LIBRARY BEACH BASH 4 BOOKS—Join the Garden City Public Library Foundation for the 2019 Beach Bash for Books, a benefit for literacy outreach programs at the library. Enjoy a catered dinner and hosted bar.

6-9 p.m. $25. Garden City Library, 6015 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-472-2941.

IDAHO SCREENDANCE FESTIVAL—See April 26 for a full description. 10 a.m.-10 p.m. $5-$30.

Boise State Special Events Center, 1800 University Drive, Boise, idahoscreendance.com.

INTERIOR DESIGNERS OF IDAHO CHAIR AFFAIR 2019— Mingle and enjoy the company of furniture and design industry professionals while you check out hand-crafted furniture pieces, then vote for People’s Choice and your favorite ReUse Cup Challenge chairs (it’s a chair made from a coffee cup). 6:30-10 p.m. FREE$25. Wahooz, Pinz Bowling and Galaxy Event Center, 400 W. Overland Road, Meridian, 208-8980900, interiordesignersofidaho. com/chair-affair.

MK NATURE CENTER SPRING WILDLIFE EVENT—This family friendly event features fun, handson activities geared toward youth ages 3 and up, like a live perigrine flacon demonstration, a bear station, retrieving dog demonstrations, crafts and more. Be sure to also check out the Idaho Native Plant Society’s native plant sale, going on nearby on the same day.

10 a.m.-4 p.m.$3. MK Nature Center, 600 S. Walnut St., Boise, 208-287-2882, idfg.idaho.gov.

PARTY 4 THE PLANET: HALFWAY TO HALLOWEEN—Dress up for Halloween and have your tarot cards read. Enjoy a raffle and full bar to benefit local veterans and youth scholarships, and the Idaho Conservation League. 7-11 p.m. $10-$15. Boise Elks Lodge No. 310, 6608 W. Fairview Ave., Boise, 208-377-2763, party4theplanet.org.

On Stage BCT WORLD PREMIERE: RABBIT/MOON—2 and 8 p.m. $18$38. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-3319224, bctheater.org.

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

THE BLUE CITY’S COMIC OF THE MONTH—Audience votes and a hilarious judge panel determine which funny person takes home the cash prize. 7:30 p.m. $10-$15. Mad Swede Brewing Company, 2772 S. Cole Road, Ste. 140, Boise, 208-922-6883, madswedebrewing.com.

BOISE PHIL: THE VIRTUOSO ORCHESTRA—Enjoy works by exciting composers, including one piece that the Boise Phil is the second orchestra in the world to perform.

7:30 p.m. $24-$72. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts,

2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-344-7849, boisephil.org.

Literature

COMEDIAN STEVE HOFSTETTER—8 and 10 p.m. $12-$15.

Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-941-2459, liquidboise. com.

INDIE BOOKSTORE DAY 2019— Enjoy a Devri Walls book signing, Book Bingo, exclusive merch, Blind Date with a Book, and Literary Trivia Night. 9:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m.

FREE. Rediscovered Books, 180 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-3764229, rdbooks.org.

GESAMTKUNSTWERK PRESENTS VALENTINE ADDAMS— Check out Valentine’s amazing looks and performances on Instagram at @itsmevalentine.

Plus your fave local burlesque and drag performers. 8 p.m. $17.

The Balcony Club, 150 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-336-1313, thebalconyclub.com.

COMEDIAN JIM GAFFIGAN: THE QUALITY TIME TOUR—8 p.m. $33-$68. Taco Bell Arena, 1910 University Drive, Boise State campus, Boise, 208-426-1900, tacobellarena.com.

RED LIGHT VARIETY SHOW: MASTERPIECE—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.

Art ARTHOME—Explore the art inside four private homes in the Surel Mitchell Live-Work-Create District.

The tour will break into three small groups for guided walking tours with special access to Surel’s Place and the homes of three art lovers in the district. Each homeowner will guide you on a tour through their personal collections.

2-4:30 p.m. $25. Surel’s Place, 212 E. 33rd St., Garden City, 208918-3591, surelsplace.org.

MING ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE ERIK WESSELO FILM SCREENING—In Wesselo’s films, the artist carries out both radical and commonplace acts that are depicted through constructs of repetition, duration, and tempo. The monotonous nature of the work catches the viewer contemplating notions of expectation, chance and their part in the picture. 6:30-9 p.m.

FREE. MING Studios, 420 S. Sixth St., Boise, 208-972-9028, mingstudios.org.

SAFETY, HEALING, FREEDOM CHALK ART FESTIVAL—1-4:30 p.m. FREE. Boise State Quad, Greenbelt, campus, Boise, codyevans446.wixsite.com/ shfchalkartfestival.

SUE LATTA: THE TEXTURE OF THINGS—Latta is driven by the desire to find the inherent meaning that exists in the relationships between things; the meaning that is born of the union between words and objects, images and textures. Through June 1. Noon-6 p.m. FREE. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297, visualartscollective.com.

Sports & Fitness DASH FOR DONATION BOISE— Organ donation saves lives and so can you by joining the first annual Dash for Donation 5K Dash or 2K Walk. Visit eventbrite.com for more information. 8-10 a.m. $15$30. Julius M. Kleiner Memorial Park, 1900 N. Records Ave., near Fairview Avenue and Eagle Road, Meridian, 801-521-1755.

IDAHO WHITEWATER ASSOCIATION ANNUAL USED EQUIPMENT SALE—Sell quality outdoor gear, then buy some new-to-you toys at the sale. For more info and to register gear, visit idahowhitewater.org. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. FREE. Cascade River Gear, 604 E. 45th St., Garden City, 208-322-4411.

RUN FOR AUTISM 2019—Create a team, take your family and friends, or just enjoy a lovely riverside run or walk in support of autistic individuals. 8-11 a.m. $7$22. Veterans Memorial Park, 930 N. Veterans Memorial Parkway, Boise, 208-336-5676, asatvc.org.

Kids & Teens IDAHO HIGH SCHOOL ESPORTS CHAMPIONSHIPS—High school esport digital athletes compete head-to-head for the chance to win prizes and awards. Games to be played include Overwatch, DOTA 2, CSGO, Smash, LOL, Fortnite, Apex and Rocket League. 8:30 a.m.-8 p.m. FREE to watch, $45 for entrants. Boise State Venture College, 301 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-573-6974, highschool.gg.

Animals & Pets FAMILY FUN PET EXPO—The expo features pet products, pet services, traditional family pets as well as exotic and beautiful animals. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $2-$5, $20 Family Pass. Expo Idaho (Fairgrounds), 5610 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-376-0464, ibleventsinc.com.

Food BEER AND TAPAS PAIRING BENEFIT FOR CREATE COMMON GOOD—Boise Brewing teams up with Create Common Good for the month of April. To celebrate, they’re hosting a Beer and Tapas Pairing with proceeds going right back to the organization. 6-8 p.m. $15. Boise Brewing, 521 W. Broad St., Boise, 208-342-7655.

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Idaho premiere of the film Moananuiākea and a conversation with director Nā‘ālehu Anthony and local writer Malia Collins

Thursday, May 2nd 7:00 PM • Egyptian Theatre Tickets $15/$10/FREE on www.engagingvoices.org

The world-wide voyage of the Hōkūlea traditional canoe inspired new practices to protect our environment and a resurgence of pride and respect for native cultures and the active rediscovery of cultural practices.

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CALENDAR SUNDAY APRIL 28 Festivals & Events BCT BACKSTAGE PASS 2019 EDUCATION FUNDRAISER—Take a sneak peak into the education program, Theater Lab. Gather for food and beverages, then tour the theater and classrooms. Finish the evening with entertainment and a reverse auction. 6 p.m. $35.

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

HUMANISTS OF IDAHO SPEAKER SERIES: EARTH DAY CELEBRATION WITH CITIZENS CLIMATE LOBBY—The guest speaker will update participants on Citizens’ Climate Change Lobby activities and climate actions. 1-3 p.m. FREE. Boise Public Library Hayes Auditorium, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-972-8200.

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

Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-3319224, bctheater.org.

CALENDAR EXTRA

BLT: EVELYN IN PURGATORY—2 p.m. $12-$15. Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise, 208342-5104, boiselittletheater.org.

BOISE STATE SYMPHONY CHOIRS AND ORCHESTRA—7:30 p.m. FREE-$7. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-4261110, morrisoncenter.com.

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

MAKE’EM BLUSH BURLESQUE: PROM AN EVENING OF PASTIES—8 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon, 513 W. Main St., Boise, 208-345-6344, facebook.com/ PengillysSaloon.

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Food BREWS AND BRAINS WITH GIRLS PINT OUT—Join Girls Pint Out for a fun afternoon of Brews and Brains for a Cause. They’ve created beer-themed trivia to play in teams over some delicious craft beer by Clairvoyant Brewing.

Plus a raffle ticket for some sweet swag. All proceeds will benefit Faces of Hope. 4-7 p.m. $5. Clairvoyant Brewing Company, 2800 W. Idaho St., Boise, 208-890-1247, facebook.com/BoiseGPO.

The first Idaho Screendance Festival will run Friday-Saturday, April 26-27.

BRINGING DANCE TO THE SILVER SCREEN

For many years, Rachel Swenson was a professional dancer and dance instructor in Utah, and her resume is a mile long. Now, she’s an instructor of dance at the Idaho Fine Arts Academy and, most recently, the co-director of the Idaho Screendance Festival.

“My thoughts were, I really wanted to further filmmaking in Idaho and dance as an art form for the State of Idaho,” she said.

“One way to broaden audiences is to combine.”

The festival, which will run Friday-Saturday, April 26-27, at the Boise State University Special Events Center, will screen 36 films with a common subject: dance. It’s a “virtual museum” created by filmmakers to showcase a particular performing art.

In its first year, it’s already showing signs of success. Roughly 40 films were submitted from every corner of the planet. “At least a dozen” entries came from Idaho, Swenson said, but submissions also came from Australia, Canada, France and South Korea, where filmmakers learned about the festival through the Film Freeway submission process. The weekend of April 13, Swenson and the festival’s adjudication team whittled down the list to 36 films, some of them just a few minutes long, that will be screened at the festival.

Filmmakers took a multitude of approaches to the festival’s prompt: Some films are abstract, capturing little more than bodies in motion, while others lay out narratives. One submission takes on the sticky subject of bullying.

Swenson said film can transform dance the way it has already transformed the theater, by taking a work of performance art and making it into an artifact that can withstand the test of time. She added that Idaho has a wealth of filmmakers who can use the festival as a springboard for their careers and make a lasting contribution to the arts in the Gem State. “[They can create] a visual work that can broaden audiences and be shown over time all over the world,” she said.

—Harrison Berry 18 | APRIL 24–30, 2019 | BOISEWEEKLY

COILED WINE’S SPRING FIESTA—Join Coiled for new releases paired with bites by Calle 75 Tacos. Tastings are offered on the hour from noon-7 p.m. FREE-$11.

Coiled Wines Tasting Room, 240 E. 32nd St., Garden City, 208-820VINO, coiledwines.com.

SPLIT RAIL WINERY SPRING RELEASE—Join Split Rail for new releases and food pairings created

by Chef Peter of 13th Street Pub and Grill. With tastings at Noon, 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. Free-$17.

Split Rail Winery, 4338 Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-490-0681, splitrailwines.com.

MONDAY APRIL 29 On Stage BCT 5X5 READING SERIES: NATIVE GARDENS—The fifth installment of the BCT 5X5 Reading Series features Native Gardens by Karen Zacarias, followed by a discussion with the actors, directors and playwrights. 7 p.m. $8-$12.

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

BOISE PHIL: YOUTH ORCHESTRA SPRING CONCERT—7 p.m. $8, $35 for families of five or more. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-344-7849, boisephil.org.

Food AMICO GINO: VINO AND LINGO—Enjoy a trio of Italian wines, and while you’re drinking, host Gino Pilato, aka Amico Gino, will teach you a few essential Italian words and phrases. 6:30 p.m. $30. House Of Wine, 1409 W. Main St., Ste. 110, Boise.

208-891-5900, facebook.com/ amicoginoboi.

TUESDAY APRIL 30 On Stage COMEDIAN AHMED AHMED—8 p.m. $20. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-941-2459, liquidboise.com.

STEVE’S BIG DUMB COMEDY SHOW—Don’t miss your chance to catch the act of Nashville comedian-musician Steve Goodie.

6:30 p.m. $10. Gem Center for the Arts, 2417 W. Bank Drive, Boise, 208-991-0984.

STORY STORY NIGHT: BRAVE THE ELEMENTS—These locally sourced true stories on the theme “Helium” are guaranteed to pack an atomic punch. 7 p.m. $12-$15.

Jack’s Urban Meeting Place, 1000 W. Myrtle St., Boise, 917-4955840.

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OPERA IDAHO PANEL DISCUSSION: TRUE TO YOU—Join Opera Idaho General Director Mark Junkert for a constructive, informed and transparent dialogue on the issue of gender identity and social topics explored in Opera Idaho’s upcoming chamber opera As One, set for May 9-11. 7 p.m.

FREE. The Linen Building, 1402 W. Grove St., Boise, 208-385-0111, operaidaho.org.

IDAHO ANTI-TRAFFICKING COALITION DOCUMENTARY NIGHT—Featuring California’s Forgotten Children, a documentary and multi-platform project to research, gather and share triumphant stories of survivors creating a new life after commercial sexual exploitation. 5:30 p.m. $5.

Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, 208-649-1580.

WHO WILL WRITE OUR HISTORY? SCREENING—This documentary recounts the work of a group of journalists and more in the Warsaw Ghetto who vowed to defeat Nazi propoganda with pen and paper. Introduced by Wasmuth Center Director Dan Prinzing, with post-film discussion led by Rabbi Dan Fink. 7 p.m. $8$10. The Flicks, 646 W. Fulton St., Boise, 208-342-4222, theflicksboise.com.

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

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

IDAHO GIVES PARTY BY THE RIVER—Join Boise River Enhancement Network, Idaho Whitewater Association, Boise Valley Fly Fishers and Golden Eagle Audubon Society for an evening by the river.

You’ll enjoy dutch oven cooking demonstrations, fly casting lessons and fly tying, bird watching and party refreshments. Make an early Idaho Gives donation and you’ll be entered into a prize drawing. 5:30-8 p.m. FREE. Julia Davis Park, 700 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise. boiseriverenhancement.org,

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JILL STOREY AND LIZZIE TAYLOR: ART BY THE BOOKS—Jill Storey’s rich pastels and Lizzie Taylor’s expressionist acrylics combine for a lavish display of color, movement, texture and artistic nuance. Through June 17.

9:30 a.m.-8 p.m. FREE. Garden City Library, 6015 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-472-2941, notaquietlibrary.org.

Sports & Fitness KRIS GETHIN: MAN OF IRON BOOK LAUNCH—Hear from Gethin as he dives into his Ironman journey. Plus product giveaways, hors d’oeuvres and drinks.

6 p.m. FREE. TriTown, 1510 N. 13th St., Boise, 208-297-7943.

WEDNESDAY MAY 1 Festivals & Events CITIZENS PLANNING ACADEMY: DOES SMART GROWTH MAKE ECONOMIC SENSE?—Led by Dr. David Eberle, the session will look into the economics of growth. 6 p.m. FREE. University of Idaho Water Center, 322 E. Front St., Boise, 208-333-8066, idahosmartgrowth.org.

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MUSIC GUIDE WEDNESDAY APRIL 24

THURSDAY APRIL 25

AGES AND AGES—With The Harmaleighs. 7 p.m. $12. The Olympic

CHUCK SMITH TRIO—7:30 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse

BEN BURDICK TRIO—7:30 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse

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

BIG WOW—8:30 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s Saloon BILLY BLUES BAND—7 p.m. FREE. Albertsons Broadway on the Rocks CHUCK SMITH TRIO—8:30 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse CUNNINGHAM AND MOSS—5 p.m.

FREE. Riverside Hotel Bar 365

BLAZE AND KELLY—7 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s Saloon

INTEGRITY—With Funeral Chic, State of Suffering, and TxAx. 7 p.m. $16. Myrtle Morgue

BROOK FAULK—5 p.m. FREE. Riverside Hotel Bar 365

KAYLEIGH JACK—5 p.m. FREE. Riverside Hotel Bar 365

THE LOWEST PAIR—7 p.m. $10.

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

LISA LYNNE AND ARYEH FRANKFURTER— Enjoy Celtic harps, rare instruments and wonderous stories. 7:30 p.m. $15-$25. Sapphire Room

MIKE ROSENTHAL—5:15 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse

CONNOR JAY LIESS—6 p.m. FREE. Hilltop Station FEVER 333—8:30 p.m. $17-$18.

Knitting Factory Concert House

OLD DOMINION—With Jordan Davis, and Mitchell Tenpenny. 6:30 p.m. $32-$62. CenturyLink Arena

GEORGE DEVORE—6 p.m. FREE. Highlands Hollow Brewhouse

ROLANDO ORTEGA—5:15 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse.

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

TYLOR AND THE TRAIN ROBBERS IN-STORE—Help celebrate the band’s new album. 6 p.m.

FREE. The Record Exchange

MIKE ROSENTHAL—5:15 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse NEAL GOLDBERG AND BENNETT BARR—6 p.m. FREE. Old Chicago Pizza Downtown

FRIDAY APRIL 26 AARON GOLAY—8 p.m. FREE. Quinn’s Restaurant and Lounge

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THE CACTUS BLOSSOMS, NEUROLUX, APRIL 28

The Cactus Blossoms are The Everly Brothers, take two. At least, that seems to be the consensus in the comment section of the band’s YouTube music video for “Stoplight Kisses,” an old-school country throwback that tells the sweet story of smooching at a red light. “It is a great sound and I am sure that Phil and Don [Everly] would be proud and flattered. I just hope these guys don’t fight each other like the Everly Brothers did,” wrote commenter MrHillBilly49. At this point strife doesn’t seem likely, though as Mr. HillBilly would no doubt point out, The Cactus Blossoms might be tempting fate as yet another brother duo. Its second album, Easy Way (Walkie Talkie Records), debuted on March 1 to applause from Rolling Stone, which cited the “freak of genetics harmonies” and “Roy Orbison-meets-Television” sound from brothers Page Burkham and Jack Torrey. “We still haven’t found a way to take inspiration from the future,” Burkum joked to Rolling Stone.

Listeners don’t seem to mind.

—Lex Nelson With Jack Klatt. 8:30 p.m., $12-$16. Neurolux, 111 N. 11th St., Boise, 208-343-0886, neurolux.com.

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HILLFOLK NOIR—9 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon

OLIVIA MILLERSCHIN—7 p.m. $20.

Acoustic Alchemy Studio OXYGEN DESTROYER—With Kommand, and Hummingbird of Death.

8 p.m. $8. The Shredder TYLOR AND THE TRAIN ROBBERS ALBUM RELEASE PARTY—7:30 p.m. $15-$25. Sapphire Room WIDE STANCE—10 p.m. $5. Reef

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SUNDAY APRIL 28 THE CACTUS BLOSSOMS—With Jack Klatt. 7:30 p.m. $12-$16.

Neurolux GESTURES AND SOUNDS—With Maskots, Nikao, and A Residual Affinity. 7 p.m. $7. The Shredder MOOD SWING—5 p.m. FREE. Riverside Hotel Bar 365, THE SIDEMEN: GREG PERKINS AND RICK CONNOLLY—5:30 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse TREASURE VALLEY SONGWRITERS SHOWCASE—Featuring Gary Tackett, Seattle Goes South, Jean Cardeno, and Captain SNAFU. 3 p.m. $3. The Playhouse Boise

MONDAY APRIL 29 JAZZ MONDAYS: TROY FERGUSON AND MIKE ROSENTHAL—5 p.m.

FREE. Riverside Hotel Bar 365 SEAN ROGERS—5:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse

CHUCK SMITH TRIO—8:30 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse

VOUNA—With Brett Netson and Wend. 5 p.m. $5. High Note Cafe

DOUGLAS CAMERON—5 p.m.

FREE. Riverside Hotel Bar 365

TUESDAY APRIL 30

HAYES CARLL SOLO IN-STORE—4 p.m. FREE. The Record Exchange ID CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT SERIES: DAN COSTELLO, PAMELA MORTENSEN—7 p.m. $15. Gem Center for the Arts IDAHO DEATH FEST—With Mortal Ashes, Embryocide, Abaasy, Negated, Deathstalker, Sicarian Impulse, Faces of Annihilation, Dredge Hammer, and Eulogy Of The Slaughtered. 2 p.m. $10. The Shredder KAWIKA ALFICHE AND HALAU O KEIKIALI’I: LIVE HAWAIIAN MUSIC—4 and 7:30 p.m. $40. Sapphire Room LADY LAMB—With Renata Zeiguer, and Alex Schaaf. 7 p.m. $15-$17.

The Olympic LLOYD AND SAVIOUR—With Bitter Suns, and The Love Bunch. 9 p.m. $5. High Note Cafe MIKE ROSENTHAL—5:15 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse THE RETREADS—8 p.m. FREE. Ha’ Penny Bridge Irish Pub and Grill RJ MCGINNIS BAND—8 p.m. FREE. Quinn’s Restaurant and Lounge SOUL SERENE—8 p.m. FREE. O’Michael’s Pub & Grill STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN—7:30 p.m. $33-$85. Egyptian Theatre THIS END UP—8 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s Saloon WIDE STANCE—10 p.m. $5. Reef

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BRENT COWLES—8 p.m. $13. The Olympic

AARON GOLAY AND CO.—9 p.m.

FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon

HAYES CARLL—With Ben Dickey.

7:30 p.m. $20. Neurolux

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MIKE ROSENTHAL TRIO—7:30 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse THE SAWTOOTH SERENADERS—7 p.m. FREE. Barbarian Brewing Downtown Boise Taproom THE SUBURBANS—9 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon

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WEDNESDAY MAY 1 ANTI-VISION—With The Jerkwadz, and Slurm Flirty Worm. 7 p.m. $6.

The Shredder THE BILLY BLUES BAND EXPERIENCE—7 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s Saloon EKOLU—With Island Bound. 9 p.m. $15-$20. Reef MATT ROOS—5 p.m. FREE. Riverside Hotel Bar 365 WAYNE ‘THE TRAIN’ HANCOCK— 7:30 p.m. $15-$18. Neurolux WAYNE WHITE—6 p.m. FREE. Willowcreek Grill

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ASTROLOGY TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Whether or not you believe in magic, magic believes in you right now. Will you take advantage of the fancy gifts it has to offer? I guess it’s possible that you’re not interested in seeing deeper into the secret hearts of those you care for. Maybe you’ll go “ho-hum” when shown how to recognize a half-hidden opportunity that could bring vitalizing changes. And you may think it’s not very practical to romance the fire and the water at the same time. But if you’re interested, all that good stuff will be available for you. P.S. To maximize the effects of the magic, believe in it.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In 1815, the most ferocious volcanic eruption in human history exploded from Mount Tambora in what’s now known as Indonesia. It flung gas and ash all over the planet, causing weird weather for three years.

Sunlight dimmed, temperatures plummeted, skies were tumultuous and intense storms proliferated. Yet these conditions ignited the imagination of author Mary Shelley, inspiring her to write what was to become her most notable work, Frankenstein. I suspect that you, too, will ultimately generate at least one productive marvel in response to the unusual events of the coming weeks.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): For over 40 years, Cancerian musician Carlos Santana has made music that blends rock and roll with Latin and African rhythms. In the early years, his creations sold well, but by the mid-1980s his commercial success declined. For a decade, he floundered. His fortunes began to improve after a spectacular meditation session. Santana says he was contacted by the archangel Metatron, who told him how to generate material for a new album. The result was Supernatural, which sold 30 million copies and won nine Grammy Awards. I mention this, Cancerian, because I suspect that you could soon experience a more modest but still rousing variation of Santana’s visitation. Are you interested? If so, the next seven weeks will be a good time to seek it out—and be very receptive to its possibility.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Expergefactor” is an old English word that has fallen out of use. In its original sense, it meant something that wakes you up, like an alarm clock or thunderstorm or your partner’s snoring. But I want to revive “expergefactor” and expand its meaning. In its new version, it will refer to an exciting possibility or beloved goal that consistently motivates you to spring out of bed in the morning and get your day started. Your expergefactor could be an adventure you’re planning or a masterpiece you’re working on or a relationship that fills you with curiosity and enchantment. In my astrological opinion, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to identify and fine-tune an expergefactor that will serve you well for a long time.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): We live in a cultural moment when satire, sarcasm, cynicism and irony are prized as supreme emblems of intelligence. If you say that you value sincerity and earnestness, you risk being considered naive and unsophisticated. Nevertheless, the current astrological omens suggest that you will generate good fortune for yourself in the coming weeks by making liberal use of sincerity and earnestness. So please try not to fall into the easy trap of relying on satire, sarcasm, cynicism, and irony to express yourself. As much as is practical, be kindly frank and compassionately truthful and empathetically genuine. (P.S. It’s a strategy that will serve your selfish aims quite well.)

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Most people don’t find their creativity,” mourned Libran author Truman Capote. “There are more unsung geniuses that don’t even know they have great talent.”

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Do you know the word “sfumato”? Its literal meaning in Italian is “smoked.” When used to describe a painting, it refers to blurred borders between objects or fuzzy transitions between areas of different colors. All the forms are soft and hazy. I bring this to your attention because I suspect the coming weeks will be a sfumatolike time for you. You may find it a challenge to make precise distinctions. Future and past may overlap, as well as beginnings and endings. That doesn’t have to be a problem as long as you’re willing to go with the amorphous flow. In fact, it could even be pleasurable and useful. You might be able to connect with influences from which you’ve previously been shut off. You could blend your energies together better with people who’ve been unavailable.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “You have a right to experiment with your life,” declared author Anais Nin. I agree. You don’t necessarily have to be what you started out to be. You can change your mind about goals that you may at one time have thought were permanent. I suspect you could be at one of these pivot points right now, Sagittarius. Are there any experiments you’d like to try? If so, keep in mind this further counsel from Nin. It’s possible “you will make mistakes. And they are right, too.”

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You have one main task to accomplish in the coming weeks, Capricorn. It’ll be simple and natural if you devote yourself to it wholeheartedly. The only way it could possibly become complicated and challenging is if you allow your focus to be diffused by less important matters. Ready for your assignment?

It’s articulated in this poem by Rupi Kaur: “bloom beautifully / dangerously / loudly / bloom softly / however you need / just bloom.”

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): When the forces of the Roman Empire occupied the British Isles from the years 43 to 410, they built 2,000 miles of roads. Their methods were sophisticated.

That’s why few new roads were built in England until the 18th century, and many of the same paths are still visible and available today. In this spirit, and in accordance with astrological omens, I recommend that you make good use of an old system or network in the coming weeks. This is one time when the past has blessings to offer the future.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “I’m not enigmatic and intriguing enough,” writes a Piscean blogger named RiddleMaster. “I really must work harder. Maybe I’ll start wearing ankle-length black leather coats, billowing silk scarves imprinted with alchemical symbols, and wide-brimmed hats. I’ll listen to Cambodian folk songs and read rare books in ancient Sanskrit. When someone dares to speak to me, I’ll utter cryptic declarations like, ‘The prophecies will be fulfilled soon enough.’” I understand RiddleMaster’s feelings. You Pisceans need mystery almost as much as you need food. But I believe you should set aside that drive for a few weeks. The time has come for you to show the world who you are with crisp candor.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the U.S., the day after Thanksgiving typically features a spectacular shopping orgy. On “Black Friday,” stores sell their products at steep discounts and consumers spend their money extravagantly. But the creators of the game Cards Against Humanity have consistently satirized the tradition. In 2013, for example, they staged a Black Friday “anti-sale,” for which they raised their prices. The coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to try something similar. Is it possible you’re undercharging for your products and services and skills? If so, consider asking for more. Reassess your true worth and seek appropriate rewards.

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