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The time is NOW!

GIVE IT UP

Mother Teresa, in a now-famous 1994 speech to the Washington, D.C., National Prayer Breakfast, said, “This is the meaning of true love: to give until it hurts.” In fact, during that address, Mother Teresa repeated the phrase “give until it hurts” no less than eight times. But near the end of her speech, she said, “Give until it hurts—with a smile.” So it is with an act of noble sacrifice, which requires you to give of yourself to someone or thing in greater need than you are. In that vein, Idahoans have given, given and given a bit more for the past six years on each first Thursday of May, aka Idaho Gives Day. In fact, they’ve given more than $6.3 million to Idaho charities during Idaho Gives over the years. This Thursday, May 2, will just add to that pot. With nearly 600 charitable organizations participating in Idaho Gives, Idahoans will undoubtedly push that total over $7 million and beyond. In pursuit of that goal, we’ve dedicated the lion’s share of this week’s Boise Weekly to Idaho Gives. My colleagues Harrison Berry, Lex Nelson and I have spent the past several weeks chatting with nonprofits from every corner of Idaho, and in this week’s issue, we gave them some of our space to tell their stories. Some are enlightening. Some are charming. Some are heart-tugging. All of them are engaging. You’ll even find a special Idaho Gives pull-out section on pages 11-25 in the middle of this week’s issue, which might inspire you to “give until it hurts—with a smile.” We’ve got a few other tidbits for you this week. For instance, Lex has a profile of the Boise Co-op’s new Culinary Director on page 8, and we’re happy to report that your go-to guide for First Thursday reappears in this week’s BW. You’ll find that on page 9. Then, I’ll be back on page 10 to offer a bit of fun with our own version of Marvel-inspired Mad Libs (no spoilers, I promise).

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CITIZEN ELIZABETH LIZBERG, MADIE ROTHCHILD, ANNA BUSCHBACHER AND AMY LITTLE

BW sits down with nonprofits to talk about Idaho Gives GEORGE PRENTICE

Over the years, there have been rare instances in which Boise Weekly Citizen profiles have included two or three people together. Perhaps they were co-stars, colleagues or compadres. But this week’s edition brings together a quartet of women who had never met before. In fact, their respective professions are dramatically different, but their common bond is Idaho Gives, the theme of this issue. In advance of Idaho Gives Day on Thursday, May 2, we asked the Idaho Nonprofit Center to select representatives from three charitable organizations—big, medium and small—to talk about their respective missions. Our conversation included Idaho Nonprofit Center President/CEO Amy Little, Idaho Rivers United Development Director Anna Buschbacher, Camp Rainbow Gold Executive Director Elizabeth Lizberg and Animals in Distress Association President Mady Rothchild. The ensuing dialogue triggered plenty of passion, a lot of laughter and even a few tears. Amy, correct me if I’m wrong, but at some point during this year’s Idaho Gives your grand total of all of the money raised over the years will surpass $7 million. Little: We’ve raised something like $6.4 million in the six years since we’ve been running the program.

inspiring. That’s why we have a lot more peer-topeer fundraising this year. We’ve already seen a lot of success. I think I heard you say once that Idaho Gives was a lot like— Little: Having a baby. You have a baby and tell yourself, “Oh my gosh, that was so hard. I don’t know if I can do that again.” A couple of months go by and you think, “You know, I would really like to have another baby.” You start the planning. Somewhere in the middle, it feels great, mostly because you’re eating everything. But then, there’s the tail-end of the pregnancy, and you’re panicking. You have to get the nursery done, but you have to put your feet up. You need to drink more water. You’re not getting enough sleep. It’s the same thing with Idaho Gives. We’re up late. We’re not eating or drinking enough. We’re saying, “Oh my gosh, we just want to have this Idaho Gives baby.” And the day shows up and it’s the best day of the entire year. It’s all worth it. That baby is awesome, and you would love to do it all over again. And it all starts with Idaho charities telling their own stories. Little: Five hundred and ninety-eight stories. That’s how many nonprofits are participating in this year’s Idaho Gives.

I think the thing that really jumps out is that Anna, you’re one of those 598. Why do you you’ll hit that $7 million mark. do what you do at Idaho Rivers United? Little: We’ll hit that mark when one single Buschbacher: I do it… well, we all do it so person makes a single donation…one person that future generations can enjoy the rivers that wanting to give because they care. we all love. I can’t imagine how many things have been There isn’t a person in this state that doesn’t upgraded, changed or tweaked over the years, treasure our waterways. That said, our waterbut what have you learned about this underways are continually threatened. taking since last year’s Idaho Gives? Buschbacher: There are plenty of other Little: We learned that an individual volunconservation groups out there, but we’re the only teer for an organization is super passionate and Idaho nonprofit that solely works for the rivers. their ability to fundraise on behalf of their own There are 100,000 miles of waterways in Idaho. organization makes a huge difference. It’s so 6 | MAY 1–7, 2019 | BOISEWEEKLY

Only 1% of that is protected. So, we work to get more wild and scenic miles protected. We do a lot of research, policy review and litigation, if we have to. For the record, Idaho Rivers United has had great success when you’ve had to go to court. Buschbacher: That’s right. We have to keep dams that we don’t need off our rivers. We’re not afraid to do that because somebody has to be that safeguard. Somebody has to be the keeper. How might you best tell your organization’s story? Buschbacher: It’s really all about reminding people of why this is important. Everybody knows that water is the lifeline, but it’s threatened every day—mining, pollution, climate change, endangered species. Sad to say, we may take our water for granted in Idaho because we’re blessed to have such an abundance of it. Bushbacher: But there are plenty of places really close to us that that have water scarcity and severe water pollution. That’s even more reason to protect it.

Mady, let’s talk about your organization, Animals in Distress. Can I assume that you grew up around animals? Rothchild: It’s in my genes. My mother was a founder of the Idaho Humane Society in 1938. When did Animals in Distress start? Rothchild: Back in the 1980s with Sally Maughan. She was saving squirrels at the time. Injured squirrels. Sally went off to rehab bears and coyotes, but in 1987 we started [to realize] that there was a need to help injured and orphaned wildlife. Was your original mission back then the same mission you have today? Rothchild: The exact same. [Helping] injured, orphaned and displaced wildlife. Are you a volunteer organization? Rothchild: Primarily. At the beginning, there were three of us working primarily with mammals. In 1997, we added a bird sanctuary. I still do mammals out of our home. We don’t have a center for mammals. Raccoons. Beaver. Bats. Cottontail. Coyote. Badger. We have about 3,000 birds a year at our bird center, where we’ve hired a director who has her raptor permit.

Have you thought of your Idaho Gives strategy? Buschbacher: We’ve got a number of cool things planned, but we’ll also be at Payette Brewing. From 3-8 p.m., for every $10 donation you get $1 off your beverage of choice.

How do these animals come to you? Rothchild: I’ll get a phone call from police or fire departments, Fish and Game, the Humane Society and certainly the public. I’ll get calls at all hours of the day and night.

Pardon the pun, but we’ll be able to drink like fish. Buschbacher: Or take a salmon selfie with our mascot Lonesome Larry [the infamous sockeye salmon who was the only salmon to return to Redfish Lake in 1992].

If someone were to make a $50 donation to Animals in Distress, what might that help purchase? Rothchild: That could buy maybe a bag and a half of Mazuri [Exotic Pet Food]. That’s a special diet we feed to ducks. BOISE WEEKLY.COM

Elizabeth, let’s talk about Camp Rainbow Gold. How long have you been with your organization? Lizberg: Twelve years, but it has been part of my family for more than 20. Tell me more about that. Lizberg: My brother was the first in our family to volunteer for Camp Rainbow Gold. He’s rather well-known around town.

Wait a minute… what? Ted Challenger? Boise’s best-known nightclub owner? I never would have guessed in a million years. Lizberg: I know, right? Nobody knows, and he won’t let us tell. Well, now we know. I can’t think of a better time to hear this. Lizberg: That was 20 years ago, about the same time he bought Main Street Bistro. Somebody bet him that he wouldn’t volunteer, and he did it. It grabbed his heart and he’s been volunteering ever since. Our whole family has volunteered at Camp Rainbow Gold. Twelve years ago, Ted called me and he said, “There’s a job opening at camp and you have to apply.” I’ve been there ever since.

It has to be an amazing organization to work for. Lizberg: Most of us desire to feel accepted, to be understood, to be included. As soon as you get off the bus at Camp Rainbow Gold, you know you’re in a place of understanding and acceptance. We use the word “love” a lot, and some people think that’s a cliche. But it’s actually what we’re all about—providing love, acceptance and hope to these kids. Do you have a sense of how many kids have been at camp? Lizberg: Thousands. We support more than 400 family members a year. A big thing about Camp Rainbow Gold is that you don’t currently have to be in treatment. You could have had cancer years ago. The impact of cancer is a lifetime, including the possibility of being rediagnosed with cancer. BOISE WEEKLY.COM

College scholarships? Lizberg: We’ve awarded more than $800,000 [in] scholarships to Idaho kids in the last 10 years. I’m stunned. Lizberg: Eight hundred thousand dollars. And they can take as many years as they need to finish college. How many campers can you serve? Lizberg: We currently serve 80. We had to turn 30 kids away this year because we’re at maximum capacity. Which leads me to ask about your recently announced expansion. Lizberg: We’ve never been able to have more than a year-to-year lease at our current location, but we just signed papers for some land at the Soldier Mountain Ranch in Fairfield. That’s not the ski resort. It’s a ranch. One hundred and seventy acres. We’ve got a long way to go and we’re just beginning our master planning. What are your hopes for this year’s Idaho Gives? Lizberg: It’s really about sustaining our programs.

Animals in Distress (top), Camp Rainbow Gold (middle) and Idaho Rivers United (below) are among the 598 charitable organizations participating in Idaho Gives. COURTESY IDAHO RIVERS UNITED

For certain, a good many Idahoans have heard about Camp Rainbow Gold over the years. Lizberg: We were part of the American Cancer Society until 2014. Since we started our own organization, we’ve done a lot more outreach.

How many camp sessions do you have? Lizberg: We have five camp sessions. We’re mostly known for our camps, but we also have a teen support group and a college scholarship program.

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Are you going to make me ask his name? Lizberg: Ted Challenger.

Or the fear that it will come back into your life. Lizberg: Absolutely. The fear. You’ll hear people talk about something called “chemo brain,” but it’s actually trouble processing and adjusting. And siblings often have more psychosocial outcomes of the cancer diagnosis than the child with cancer. We lost our first sibling camper to suicide a couple of years ago. Suicide, drug abuse, early teen pregnancies… they’re impacts from a cancer diagnosis on a sibling.

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Idaho Gives is, in many ways, a great equalizer in that it puts nonprofits, big and small, on an equal stage, and I’m guessing that it might benefit you. People may not have heard of your organization, but they might know they want to assist an organization that rescues animals in danger. They go onto the Idaho Gives website, pull up the category of animals… Rothchild: And we’re pretty lucky because our organization starts with an “A.”

What works for you as far as getting support for that cause? Lizberg: Our strongest storytellers are our former campers. Plus, every staff member at Camp Rainbow Gold has their own profile as well, sharing their own stories. I can’t begin to tell you how successful that [is] for us. And where will you be on May 2? Lizberg: We’re partnering with Costa Vida, and we’ve got something really special this year. One of our volunteers made this massive board full of pictures of kids having fun at Camp Rainbow Gold. Every one of those photos is covered by a different number—one through 100. And if somebody donates a dollar amount equal to one of those numbers, then we reveal that photo. That would ultimately total $5,000, and at the end it will be the amazing image. Giving, caring...I’m getting emotional just thinking about it. BOISEWEEKLY | MAY 1–7, 2019 | 7

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FOOD JIN YANG: CHEF, FISHERMAN, SUSTAINABILITY WARRIOR Meet the Boise Co-op’s new Culinary Director LE X NEL SON By the time Jin Yang started working in the kitchen at Bamboo Sushi, an eco-friendly, fish-focused restaurant in Portland, Oregon, he had already cut his teeth on the tenets of sustainability. In fact, he credits his fisherman father with making the philosophy part of his life since childhood. “As a child I used to pick up trash. I used to have bags of garbage in my trunk, and me and my friends would stop and pick up trash [on the roads],” Yang said, “And I’ve fished my whole life, so that’s always meant something. That’s something that my father and I did.” Even now, Yang said, he sneaks off when he can for stints of commercial fishing in Alaska, in what he described as the planet’s healthiest fishery. It was a background that would serve him well at Bamboo (and later at the Boise Co-op), even though his early cooking leaned heavily on fried chicken and mashed potatoes—staples from his upbringing in Charleston, South Carolina. By 2016, Yang was named one of the world’s most innovative sustainable chefs by Uproxx, which placed him alongside pros from around the world. Bamboo went so far as to track the carbon footprint of each of its dishes, aiming to spread what Yang called the “gospel” of sustainable eateries. But it was his next job, as a corporate executive chef at Sustainable

Restaurant Group, that brought him to Boise. When his co-worker Michelle Andersen became the Boise Co-op’s first-ever CEO in February, Yang followed her east, pulled in by the Co-op’s tight-knit team and the siren song of recreation in the Boise foothills. His first goal, he said, is a healthy culture. Yang has a lot of buzzwords, and trust and respect top the list. They’re feelings he hopes to foster not just in his team but the community. “Everyone has a soulful reason why they shop at places now,” Yang said, pointing to the Co-op’s green initiatives and local emphasis. “Not just because it’s cheapest. … I think our generation and the future generations coming up, we have a deeper care in how our money affects [things]. That dollar is kind of a vote in what the future holds.” By early April, when he met with BW at the Co-op’s wine bar, Uncorked!, he had already started to audit the grocery’s prepared foods menu, adding his own recipes, raising the profile of local, seasonal produce and removing allergens, like swapping tamarind (soy paste) for nutritional yeast in a vegan recipe. That way, he said, he could keep the dish’s umami flavor without making it off-limits for people with soy allergies.

“Every time I’m formulating recipes all of those things are in my mind,” he said. “How can I cook as gluten-free as possible? How can I cook as paleo as possible? I can’t make everybody happy with every single recipe … That’s the biggest challenge in any restaurant, in any co-op, in any situation when it’s dealing with food.” Yang also plans to add more food demos and cooking classes to the Co-op’s roster, helping solidify the farm-to-table process for customers. “Moving forward, we have beautiful relationships with the farms and all of the local stuff that we have right now, and I just want to integrate that and showcase that a little more. I have a million ideas,” he said. Right now, he’s splitting his time between the two locations of the Co-op and his house, where he works on recipes while fending off his cat

and then we’ll do some sort of dessert,” said Rosendahl. As the name suggests, the sauces will be the culinary heart of il Sugo. Some of them come from Rosendahl’s family recipes, and he’s developing others with the help of another local chef. They’ll all top noodles from Boise’s Ferranti Fresh Pasta, or a gluten-free alternative. One example, captioned “pig in the brush” on the restaurant’s Instagram, features slow-roasted pork, brown butter, sage and sausage all tossed onto pappardelle pasta. Wine and beer will round out the experience, and a fenced-off patio is in the works for those who want to eat and drink outside. “I’m looking at probably a $20-$25 perperson check average, and that’s with wine and everything,” Rosendahl said.

Apart from the food, there will be an element of fun in the restaurant’s transformation. After Main Street Deli closes at 3 p.m., the process of becoming il Sugo will start. Staff will sweep the deli counter clean of baskets of chips and turn it into a bar, the deli’s hanging menu will descend and disappear, and even the Coke machine will be rolled away into a curtained-off section of the restaurant. Counter service will be a thing of the past, and waitstaff will appear to pour beer and wine for guests served tableside starting at 4 p.m. Rosendahl even has il Sugo covers ready to slot over the Main Street Deli signs on the street, completing the restaurant’s evening look. If all goes to plan, il Sugo should open for its ﬁrst dinner in mid-May. —Lex Nelson

Culinary Director Jin Yang has “a million ideas” for updating the Boise Co-op’s prepared foods program.

(which likes to sleep on his computer keyboard). Yang’s job at the Co-op goes beyond the food itself, extending to its packaging and presentation to customers—two areas where he saw room for improvement, particularly considering the changes to Boise’s recycling rules that reclassified the deli’s plastic clamshells containers as trash. Just a few weeks after BW sat down with Yang, the Co-op announced that it had officially embarked on a change to its deli packaging, replacing the non-recyclable clamshells with plant-based, slow-compostable Eco Products. “We’re fighting, quote-unquote, against these large corporations that have been telling us how to shop, what to buy and what we need to have,” Yang said. In Boise, he’s on the front lines.

FOOD/NEWS Main Street Deli has been a downtown Boise staple for years, but the sandwich shop is in the midst of a transformation. Not only will the size of its menu double in the next few weeks, owner Grant Rosendahl has appropriated part of the space next door for 30 more seats in pursuit of a bigger goal: Opening a fast-casual Italian restaurant called il Sugo (“the sauce” in Italian) that will serve dinner where Main Street Deli serves lunch. “It’s basically like, choose your pasta, choose your sauce. There will be a large or a small, and you can add on certain proteins if you want. We’re going to do a couple appetizers, a couple of salads, because we already do salads here, 8 | MAY 1–7, 2019 | BOISEWEEKLY

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FIRST THURSDAY THE ALASKA CENTER—Enjoy works from artists and vendors like Mike Shipman of Blue Planet Photography, The Leap Photography, Chi E. Shenam Westin, Joseph Panchico and Allan Ansell. Ansell will display photos of bands from Treefort and create complimentary portraits for families, couples and individuals. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 1020 W. Main St., Boise, 208-345 3221, parklaneco.com. ART SOURCE GALLERY—Gary Peer’s Wood Sculptures features fascinating depictions of order versus chaos, space versus negative space, geometric versus organic. With Indian Creek Wine, and JB Duo music. Through May 31. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 1015 W. Main St., Boise, 208-331-3374, artsourcegallery.com. ARTISAN OPTICS—Mark your calendar for the Face a Face Eyewear pop-up showroom. The entire collection of eyewear and sunglasses for men and women will be instore. Choose from vintage, retro or contemporary. 1-7 p.m. FREE. 190 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-3380500, artisanoptics.com. BALSAM BRANDS—Join Balsam Brands for a silent auction, Balsam Hill product rafﬂe, hors d’oeuvres and beverages to raise money for its volunteer partner, Negrense Volunteers for Change. 5-7 p.m. FREE. 718 W. Idaho St., Boise, balsambrands.com.

downstairs. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 1118 W. Idaho St., Boise, 208-3430571, elkorah.org. EVERMORE PRINTS—Check out Josh Udesen’s solo exhibition, Submerged, which imagines the perspective of a fish or observes a calm unbroken surface. Enjoy light snacks and libations by Press & Pony. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 780 W. Main St., Boise, 208991-3837, evermoreprints.com. FLATBREAD NEAPOLITAN PIZZERIA-DOWNTOWN—Buy one regular pie, get a second for only $10. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 800 W. Main St., Boise, 208-287-4757, flatbreadpizza.com. FLYING M COFFEEHOUSE— Magnus Von Robotsson presents After These Messages, a mixedmedia celebration of 1980s Saturday morning cartoons and pop culture. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 500 W. Idaho St., Boise, 208-3454320, flyingmcoffee.com. FOOT DYNAMICS—See the new spring collection and receive a free gift with your Birkenstock purchase from 3-8 p.m. Enter to win a pair of Birkenstocks, and take 10% off already discounted prices in the Shoe Shed from 6-8 p.m. Plus Irish music in the alcove starting at 6:30 p.m. 3-8 p.m. FREE. 1021 W. Main St., Boise, 208-386-3338.

BOISE STATE BRONCO SHOPCITY CENTER—Stock up on Bronco drinkware while it’s buyone, get-one half price, excluding Hydro Flasks. 9 a.m.-9 p.m. FREE. 777 W. Main St., Boise, 208-4264648, broncoshop.com.

GALLERY 601 ON THE GROVE—Have a “Rock’n Good” time with local artist Brian Florence’s Guitar Series and the unveiling of his Rock’n Drink coasters. Brian will be on hand to personalize his artwork. Enjoy half-price appetizers from Trillium and drink specials from the Grove Hotel Bar. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 245 S Capitol Blvd., Ste. 180, Boise, 208-336-5899, gallery601.com.

BUFFALO WILD WINGS-BOISE— Join Buffalo Wild Wings for the launch of its new draft beer lineup, with $3 Miller Lite and Coors Light, and cheap Jameson shots during happy hour. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 777 W. Main St., Boise, 208-429-6355, buffalowildwings. com.

THE GROVE HOTEL—Enjoy 50% off appetizers from Trillium, tastings from Rogue Ales & Spirits, free chair massages by The Grove Fitness Club & Spa and art by Gallery 601 artist Brian Florence. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 245 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-3338000, grovehotelboise.com.

BUY IDAHO—Enjoy tunes by Dusty Leigh and The Claimjumpers, brews by Magic Valley Brewing and and tasty grub from Kanak Attack. 5 p.m. FREE, 412 S. Sixth St., Boise, 208-343-2582, buyidaho. org.

GURU DONUTS—Guru will stay open late and release its ﬁrst potato donut. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 928 W. Main St., Ste. 100, Boise, 208-571-7792, gurudonuts. com.

BEN & JERRY’S—Enjoy $2 scoops. Noon-8 p.m. FREE. 103 N. 10th St., Boise, 208-342-1992, benjerry.com/boise.

THE CHOCOLAT BAR—Stop in to taste how good beer and chocolate can be. Bella Brewing is going to be pouring all new samples paired with fabulous chocolates. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 805 W. Bannock St., Boise, 208-338-7771, thechocolatbar.com. EL KORAH SHRINE CENTER— The El Korah Shriners are in the process of restoring their magniﬁcent ballroom. You’re invited to visit the 104-year-old building for a guided tour and to see the wonderful murals painted by the famous stage drop and sign painter Harry Hoffgarten of Boise. The Oasis will be open

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THE GYRO SHACK-BOISE MAIN— Buy-one, get-one-free Original Gyros at this location. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 777 W. Main St., Ste. 115, Boise, 208-918-0004, thegyroshack.com. INN AT 500 CAPITOL—Join Richard’s for an extended happy hour. 3-8 p.m. FREE. 500 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-2270500, innat500.com. LIQUID LOUNGE—Enjoy buy-one, get-one-free comedy tickets, specials on local brews and food from Solid. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-941-2459, liquidboise.com.

LUCKY FINS SEAFOOD GRILL— Enjoy local landscape art prints for sale by Arthur Balluff Photo, live music and half off all beer on tap. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 801 W. Main St., Boise, 208-888-3467, luckyﬁnsgrill.com. THE MIXING BOWL—Celebrate Mother’s Day and Cinco de Mayo with a night of shopping for your kitchen. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 216 N. Ninth St., Boise, 208-345-6025, themixingbowlboise.com. OLIVIN OLIVE OIL AND VINEGAR TAPROOM—In celebration of Cinco de Mayo. Olivin has Jalapeno shrubs, Baklouti Green Chili popcorn and more. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 218 N. Ninth St., Boise, 208-3440306, olivinboise.com. PADDLES UP POKE-DOWNTOWN BOISE—Join Paddles Up to celebrate its second birthday and enjoy free beer and birthday cake with your purchase. Plus music by Red Light Challenge, beer samples by Powderhaus, local artist Idahventure Art and more. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 237 N. Ninth St., Boise, 208-412-5581, paddlesuppoke.com.

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Experience of

Downtown Boise Visit downtown Boise businesses during May’s First Thursday and support your favorite local non-proﬁt or ﬁnd a new worthy cause during Idaho Gives Day.

R. GREY GALLERY JEWELRY AND ART GLASS—R. Grey welcomes the Boise State Metal Arts students back to the gallery for the 16th year. A collection of their work will be offered in a monthlong silent auction. Appetizers will be served. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 415 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-385-9337, rgreygallery.com. REDISCOVERED BOOKS—Join author Rick Just to hear the story of the signs, the skunk, the crop dusting, the tragedy and triumph of a man who was the essence of Idaho. 7-8:30 p.m. FREE. 180 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-376-4229, rdbooks.org. ROBERT COMSTOCK—Enjoy a nose-to-beak experience with some of Boise’s highest flyers. The Peregrine Fund’s World Center for Birds of Prey will be on site along with some of their feathered friends. Also, Mad Swede Brewery will be pouring “flights” of beer. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 765 W. Idaho St., Boise, 208-888-4055, robertcomstock.com. SOLID GRILL & BAR—Enjoy live music, free tastings, free appetizers and appetizer specials. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-345-6620, solidboise. com. TITLE NINE BOISE—Take the 2019 Fit Fest to make your boobs happy, and take 9% off all bra purchases. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 170 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-342-1493, titlenine.com. TRAILHEAD—Join Idaho Virtual Reality Council and Trailhead for the introduction of Virtual Tour Co., which is putting downtown Boise on the map in virtual reality. Don’t miss your chance to experience VR. There will be local art, tastings by BFM vendors and a raffle. Drop by any time from 6-8 p.m. FREE-$5. Trailhead, 500 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-344-5483, trailheadboise.org.

View all First Thursday events and plan your route at downtownboise.org

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Keeping Avengers: Endgame secrets under your hat is nearly as difficult as enduring the film’s 3-plus hours without a bathroom break. Instead, why not test your own superpowers with our Mad Libs-inspired word game? You know the drill: Don’t read the resulting Mad Libs until you’ve first made your 20 selections of words from the list below. (It’s always better to play with a friend.)

As it approaches its second weekend, Avengers: Endgame is poised to assemble nearly $2 billion at the box ofﬁce.

18. Your least-favorite television show 19. Your favorite restaurant

1. A famous but unpopular personality 2. A popular children’s game 3. An element from the Periodic Table 4. An object nearby (plural) 5. A brand of candy bar 6. A brand of soda 7. A country or nation 8. A color 9. An unkind description of someone 10. A type of hairstyle 11. A power tool 12. A part of the body 13. Something light and fluffy 14. A horrible politician 15. Your least-favorite food chain 16. An embarrassing fashion fad 17. Your least-favorite singer 10 | MAY 1–7, 2019 | BOISEWEEKLY

20. Your favorite fantasy TV/movie franchise ... In Avengers: Endgame, the surviving superheroes do their best to battle the evil supervillain (1)_________________. Unfortunately, some of the superheroes don’t think they’re up to the task of defeating (1) ___________________, so instead, they challenge the villain to a game of (2) _________________. Unfortunately, the Avengers aren’t what they used to be. Iron Man is now made of (3)_________________. Thor is no longer the God of Thunder and is now known as the God of (4) _________________. Thor is a bit out of shape because he has eaten way too many (5) _________________ candy bars and chugged way too many bottles of (6) _________________. Meanwhile, Captain America doesn’t even live in the United States anymore and is now known as Captain (7)_________________. Plus, Black Widow no longer prefers to wear black. She’s now called (8) _________________ Widow. And the Incredible Hulk isn’t really so incredible

anymore. In fact, most people now call him the (9)_________________ Hulk. Even Hawkeye has changed. He’s sporting a new (10) _________________ haircut; and instead of a bow and arrow, he now wields a (11) _________________, which also requires him to carry a very long extension cord. The Avengers know that they can’t allow (1) _________________ to rub his (12) _________________ again, because if he does, all of mankind might turn into (13) _________________. Instead of going back in time to stop (1)_________________, The Avengers decide to go back in time and stop the election of (14)_________________, the creation of (15)_________________, the design of (16)_________________, the music of (17) _________________, and the creation of (18)_________________. As a result, anyone who is still alive is now very thankful that the Avengers have made the planet a bit more livable. The Avengers meet up for a brief celebration at (19) _________________, and then head back to their headquarters to binge-watch episodes of (20) _________________. BOISE WEEKLY.COM

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“What I love about Idaho Gives is that donors choose exactly where their funds go.” GEORGE PRENTICE With the possible exception of Election Day, no other day on the calendar brings the entire Gem State together like the first Thursday in May. The 24-hour give-a-thon, better known as Idaho Gives, is quite simply Idaho at its best. Last year, 10,843 Idahoans donated more than $1.5 million to 570 nonprofits in every corner of the Gem State. Over the last 6 years, Idaho Gives has raised over $6.3 million for charitable organizations; and if all goes as expected, that grand total will surpass $7 million at some point on Thursday, May 2, 2019. To be sure, it will be a rather historic achievement, but what it really means is that a single Idahoan will make an equally historic donation—perhaps $5, perhaps $50 or more—to a support a worthy cause. “What I love about Idaho Gives is that donors choose exactly where their funds go,” said Idaho Nonprofit Center President and CEO Amy Little. “Plus, it’s a wonderful example of Idaho’s nonprofits coming together in collaboration and community.” The give-a-thon begins at midnight on May 2, and the eye of the hurricane will be IdahoGives.org. The genius of the website is its simplicity. Idahoans are generous but, more often than not, they may not be familiar with the long list of charitable organizations that share their passion. That’s why there are multiple categories grouped by cause: Animals, Arts and Culture, Community Advocacy, Disability Service, Disaster Relief, Education, Emergency Response, Entrepreneurship, Environment, Health and Wellness, Homelessness and Housing, Politics, Poverty and Hunger, Religion, Seniors, Social Justice, Substance Abuse Prevention, Veterans, Women’s Issues and Youth. You may opt to peruse the list of nonprofits that pop up under each category, or you may want to narrow that search by entering your hometown. You can even further filter your search by typing in a specific word or phrase, such as “food bank,” “horses,” “theater” or “wildlife.” Click the “profile” button next to any charitable organization to find exactly what your donation will help pay for. For example, a $20 donation to Alley Repertory Theater funds a can of paint; a $25 donation to Dreamhaven Ranch will pay for one month’s supply of hay for a miniature donkey; and $50 to the Idaho Foodbank is equivalent to 250 nutritious meals. Understanding that some people prefer a person-to-person conversation about a possible donation, this year Idaho Gives volunteers will also man the phones at 1-877-ID-GIVES, beginning at 4 a.m. on Thursday. The phone bank will be situated in the studios of KTVB NewsChannel 7, which will also showcase remote broadcasts from Idaho Gives events across the Treasure Valley, beginning with the Start Strong Breakfast at Even Stevens Sandwiches in downtown Boise, and ending with the Thursday night BFF Block Party, which will fill La Pointe Street in Boise’s Lusk District (see a full calendar of Treasure Valley Idaho Gives events on page 16).

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Our mission is “To ﬁll the gap for women who are going through cancer treatments by providing housecleaning services, childcare, food, transportation to appointments and other needs.””

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IDAHO GIVES: HEALTH AND WELLNESS “We love to tell our story, but May 2 will help make our story even bigger.” GEORGE PRENTICE

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Chair the Hope’s reach stretches across the globe. In 2018, the charity delivered 400 wheelchairs to impoverished families in Mexico. This year, chairs will be delivered to Ghana and Peru.

There are over 300 health-related charitable organizations in the Gem State. A few are among Idaho’s best-known charities—American Red Cross, the Children’s Home Society of Idaho, Metro Meals on Wheels, Make-A-Wish Idaho, Planned Parenthood and Terry Reilly Health Services are just a smattering. Take Ronald McDonald House Charities as an example. The 19-bedroom house near St. Luke’s Hospital has been a home away from home for hundreds of families at their most vulnerable moments. A $50 donation during Idaho Gives could help pay for a family’s toiletries and $150 would buy new sheets and blankets for a guest room. A significantly smaller charitable organization is Bustin’ Out of Boise, which began when a small group of women banded together to create a nonprofit to help local women fight their battles with cancer. They deliver meals, clean homes and provide transportation to healthcare appointments. A $30 donation during Idaho Gives could provide an hour of house cleaning, child care or meal prep, and a donation of $125 could pay for a full week of a family’s groceries. One of the most inspiring Idaho Gives stories that we’ve heard came from Nathan Ogden, founder of Chair the Hope, the Meridian-based charity that delivers wheelchairs to people in need. Ogden does much more than talk the talk—he wheels the wheel. “You may remember me,” said Ogden. “I’m the guy who had his wheelchair stolen at a Boise State football game.” His plight got plenty of attention when his wheelchair was snatched, after he had parked it to sit in a regular seat during a September 2017 BSU football game at Albertsons Stadium. The community responded by purchasing a new chair for Ogden. In the years that followed, he and his wife Heather raised tens of thousands of dollars to buy wheelchairs for people in need. “Heather turned to me and said, ‘Maybe we need to do something a bit bigger,” he recalled. The charity’s reach now stretches across the globe. In 2018, Chair the Hope delivered 400 wheelchairs to impoverished families in Mexico, and this year, chairs will be delivered to Ghana and Peru. “This is something I can give 150% of my heart to, because I know what it feels like… to be paralyzed and to want to do something but you can’t because you don’t have a wheelchair,” said Ogden. Perhaps the most impressive piece of the puzzle is that a $150 donation during Idaho Gives will hand-deliver a wheelchair to someone in need, anywhere in the world. “Each chair requires only one tool, in case of repairs. Most wheelchairs require many, many tools,” said Ogden. “We partner with a wonderful nonprofit called the Wheelchair Foundation that has built more a million wheelchairs in the past several years.” Ogden was quick to add that Idaho Gives is a rare opportunity to shine a spotlight on Chair the Hope’s cause. “We love to tell our story, but May 2 will help make our story even bigger,” he said. BOISE WEEKLY.COM

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Women’s Transitional Living

A quarter-million pairs of The Shoe That Grows have been distributed in 100 countries around the world.

– Empowering Women Toward Positive Life Change – Chrysalis equips women whose lives have been devastated by addictions to build a new life and create hope for their future.

Please come by our State Street home at 2501 W. State St. between 11:30am and 6pm on May 2, 2019, join us for tacos and learn more about Chrysalis. More info also available on our Facebook page Chrysalis Women’s Transitional Living Inc. and our website www.chrysaliswomenidaho.org

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IDAHO GIVES: YOUTH

“Our lane is that parent-to-parent, youth-to-youth support that nobody else can really do.” GEORGE PRENTICE There are more than 150 youth development-related charities in Idaho. Added to that are nearly 750 education nonprofits and 490 recreation, sports and athletics-related nonprofits in the Gem State. And they run the gamut, quite literally, from A to Z; from AquaAbility to the Zoo Idaho Zoological Society. Many Idahoans may not immediately recognize the name of Because International, a Nampabased charitable organization, but they might have heard of its increasingly popular product dubbed “The Shoe That Grows.” Founder and Executive Director Kenton Lee was inspired to create a growing shoe while working with children at an orphanage in Nairobi, Kenya. “That was 10 years ago,” said Linnea Hanson, Because International’s marketing manager. “Since its creation, 250,000 pairs of The Shoe That Grows have been distributed in 100 countries around the world.” Because International’s Idaho Gives website will also promote its Wear-a-Pair campaign, through which anyone can buy a fundraising kit that comes complete with a pair of The Shoe That Grows shoes to help further promote the cause. “The last 10 years have been a humbling experience,” said Lee. “I never imagined we’d be where we are today.” Another nonprofit, the Boise-based Idaho Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health, assists families with children who are struggling with emotional and behavioral disorders. “Our board and staff have lived with the experience of having children with mental health challenges,” said Ruth York, the federation’s executive director. “We provide peer support. And we’re particularly proud of our youth M.O.V.E. groups.” “M.O.V.E.” is an acronym for Youth Motivating Others Through Voice of Experience, and the program lets Idaho’s youth take the lead on peer support for their peers. A donation of $5 during Idaho Gives might help pay for a phone call with a struggling parent that could connect them to community resources. A gift of $50 to the federation would provide a meal at a Youth M.O.V.E. support group meeting. “Over the years, we’ve learned that people really love those different giving levels,” said York. “That really speaks to people.” York said there have been some successes, of late, when it comes to providing services for Idaho families living in the shadows. “But the thing that’s a little crushing is that, quite often, some of those gains came because somebody had to file a lawsuit and say, ‘My child was not being served and this really shouldn’t happen to anyone else again,’” said York. “As a result, our health and welfare department, education department and juvenile justice just have had to step up to the plate. So, we here at the federation are asking, ‘What’s our lane in all of this?’ There are a lot of gaps, but we ask, ‘What’s our lane?’ Well, our lane is that parent-to-parent, youth-to-youth support that nobody else can really do.” BOISE WEEKLY.COM

BECAUSE INTERNATIONAL

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WHAT WE DO:

Because International invents and develops innovative products that provide solutions for children and families living in poverty, and works with partners to produce and distribute them worldwide. One of our innovative products is The Shoe That Grows—a shoe that expands ﬁve sizes and lasts for years.

HOW TO GET INVOLVED May 6–19, join us for Wear-A-Pair and ﬁght poverty through innovation with Because! Wear a pair of the Shoe That Grows for two weeks and fundraise to help families and children around the world. Use your voice to raise awareness about global poverty and how innovative products—like a growing shoe—can help. Visit becauseinternational.org/wear-a-pair to sign up.

BOISE PRIDE

P.O. BOX 1924 • BOISE, IDAHO 83701 BOISEPRIDEFEST.ORG • INFO@BOISEPRIDEFEST.ORG

WHAT WE DO:

Boise Pride Fest is set to celebrate its 30th Anniversary this year! Exceptional support from our community has made the Festival a stand-out LGBTQ celebration. We strive to promote unity and celebrate the diversity of sexual orientations and gender identities, engaging the Boise community year round.

HOW YOUR DONATIONS HELP Your donation allows Boise Pride to activate engaging events in our community from talent on the festival main stage to speaking engagements, community gatherings such as Winter Garden a Glow, and youth events like Pride Prom. Our organization thrives on your generous donations and volunteering year-round.

CHAIR THE HOPE

4247 S. NICKEL CREEK PL. • MERIDIAN, IDAHO 83642 208-841-3869 • WWW.CHAIRTHEHOPE.ORG • HOPE@CHAIRTHEHOPE.ORG

WHAT WE DO:

Allowing individuals with different abilities the opportunity to have hope and dream bigger by providing adaptive equipment and wheelchairs to those who cannot afford them. We raise funds to help with local projects to encourage kids with disabilities to go on adventures as well as ship and deliver wheelchairs worldwide to help impoverished individuals.

HOW YOUR DONATION HELPS With each donation we teach individuals with different abilities that life can still be fun, adventurous and worth the extra effort. The adaptive equipment and wheelchairs we provide allow kids and adults independence to be included in activities, try sports, and even travel. We take the “dis” out of disabilities and want them to experience living!

FACES OF HOPE

417 S. 6TH ST. • BOISE, IDAHO 83702 • 208-577-4400 WWW.FACESOFHOPEVICTIMCENTER.ORG • HELLO@FACESOFHOPEFOUNDATION.ORG

WHAT WE DO:

Faces of Hope Victim Center is a warm and welcoming place, where people affected by interpersonal violence can come and receive help, with no judgment, no strings, no wait lists, and no fees. Through one door, our specialized multi-disciplinary team wraps around an individual or family, and provides crisis intervention services to stabilize them.

HOW YOUR DONATION HELPS When you donate to Faces of Hope, your support will help those in need by providing: Forensic examinations and medical care, civil legal aid, crisis counseling, emergency housing assistance, food and gas cards, transportation, basic necessities, support groups and empowerment classes, and safety planning and protection order assistance. BOISE WEEKLY.COM

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IDAHO GIVES EVENTS IN THE TREASURE VALLEY COURTESY IDAHO NONPROFIT CENTER

8–10 A.M. START STRONG BREAKFAST AT EVEN STEVENS 815 Bannock St., Boise Start the day with yummy food and mingle with nonproﬁts

9-11 A.M. MORNING KICKOFF PARTY AT MERIDIAN CANINE RESCUE 501 E. Scenery Lane, Meridian Free brunch and playtime with puppies

11 A.M.-MIDNIGHT DINE FOR A CAUSE AT EUREKA! 800 Idaho St., Boise Fifteen percent of proceeds will be donated to ACLU Idaho

11:30 A.M.-6 P.M. CHRYSALIS TACO BAR 2501 State St., Boise Tacos, tours and awesome door prizes

NOON-3 P.M. IDAHO GIVES AT THE VILLAGE AT MERIDIAN 3597 Monarch Sky Lane, Meridian Games, giveaways and a day full of fun with 20 amazing nonproﬁts

3–8 P.M. HAPPY HOUR GIVING AT PAYETTE BREWING 733 Pioneer St., Boise Meet the folks and make a toast to Idaho Rivers United and Generation Wild

3-8 P.M. BACKPACK & MERCH RAFFLE AT BARBARIAN BREWING 1022 Main St., Boise All proceeds from rafﬂe ticket sales will go to an Idaho Gives charity

4-7 P.M. STAMPEDE FOR THE CURE AT 2C IDAHO GIVES PARTY Nampa Flying M Coffee Garage, 1314 Second St. S., Nampa Enjoy brews, food and, of course, coffee while rubbing elbows with Canyon County nonproﬁts

Multiple charitable organizations will be at the BFF Block Party in Boise’s Lusk District.

Boise Mayor Dave Bieter joined in the Idaho Gives festivities in 2018.

4-7 P.M. IDAHO GIVES AT INDIAN CREEK PLAZA 106 Kimball Ave., Caldwell Visit Caldwell’s new outdoor showcase and celebrate local nonproﬁts

4-8 P.M. HOPPY HOUR FOR THE LAND AT HIGHLANDS HOLLOW 2455 Harrison Hollow Lane, Boise Hike the hillside, stop in for a beer and celebrate the Land Trust of the Treasure Valley

5-7 P.M. FIRST THURSDAY AT IDAHO STATE MUSEUM 610 Julia Davis Drive, Boise Visit the newly refurbished (and renamed) Idaho State Museum

5-8 P.M. RADIO BOISE NIGHT AT THE RECORD EXCHANGE 1105 Idaho St., Boise Find great tunes from KRBX DJs and free beer from Woodland Empire Ale Craft

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5-8 P.M. TRULY BOGUS PARKING LOT PARTY 2600 Bogus Basin Road, Boise Pick up your 2019-20 season pass and grab some grub from Double R Ranch

5-9 P.M. FIRST THURSDAY AT ZEE’S ROOFTOP 250 S. Fifth St., Boise A special menu will support River Discovery, Corks for a Cure, Catcolab, Audrey Pet Foundation and Gr8ter Inc.

5-10 P.M. IDAHO GIVES AT MAI THAI 750 Idaho St., Boise Twenty percent of proceeds will beneﬁt Idaho Hunger Relief Task Force

5-10 P.M. BFF BLOCK PARTY Lusk District, between Ann Morrison Park and Boise State Island Avenue and LaPointe Street will be closed for food; brews; music from Juice, Lounge on Fire and MESSIMER; and dance performances from Project Flux and The Colossal Collective 16 | MAY 1–7, 2019 | BOISEWEEKLY

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IDAHO GIVES: COMMUNITY

Donations will support everything from Pridefest to victims of abuse HARRISON BERRY

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Nonprofits are to communities what businesses are to economies, and it’s hard to imagine Boise without the contributions of groups like the Idaho Foodbank or the Women’s and Children’s Alliance. On the Idaho Gives Day of Giving, the big winners, then, will be the communities those nonprofits serve. Take Boise Pridefest. For the last 30 years, it has thrown a massive celebration of LGBTQ culture, featuring guest speakers, drag competitions, performances and, of course, the pride parade. Joseph Kibbe, a member of Boise Pridefest’s board of directors, said he remembers attending the first event at a time when many people in Boise were openly hostile to LGBTQ issues. “I was that 11-year-old kid who went to that first Pride festival in 1989 wearing a paper bag over my head,” he said. When the festival first started, Boise didn’t have a nondiscrimination ordinance or many nonprofits that catered to the LGBTQ community. This year, Kibbe said the festival, which will take place on the Capitol steps and in nearby Cecil D. Andrus Park, expects a total attendance on Friday and Saturday, June 14 and 15, of approximately 75,000 people, and it will feature special guests like music acts Betty Who and Jaimie Wilson, RuPaul’s Drag Race season 10 winner Aquaria, and Cleve Jones, creator of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt—the world’s largest piece of community folk art, weighing in at 54 tons. The event is also a locus of other nonprofit activity—it’s a platform for groups like a.l.p.h.a., SNAP and many others—and donations on Idaho Gives have helped expand the festival to its 18 current two-day format and increase its support of related organizations.

FACES of Hope (top) offers crime victims essential services, while the Wassmuth Center for Human Rights (below) manages the Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial near downtown Boise.

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“The smallest donation, $5, $15, is monumental when you start multiplying that,” Kibbe said. “We’re able to celebrate as a community longer, or we’re able to cover some costs for smaller nonprofits. Those small donations aren’t small by any means.” This year, hundreds of community-based nonprofits will participate in Idaho Gives, like ACLU-Idaho, Add the Words, Habitat for Humanity, Chrysalis Women’s Transitional Living, the Idaho Guard & Reserve Family Support Fund and the Wassmuth Center for Human Rights. Many of them are household names, having dedicated years of service to issues like civil and human rights, housing the homeless and supporting families. Boise-based FACES of Hope is at the forefront of addressing issues before some of the Treasure Valley’s most distressed and underserved communities. “It’s a triage center,” said Executive Director Paige Dinger. “It provides wraparound services for all types of intimate partner abuse. Through one door, you have support.” That isn’t an exaggeration. The front door of FACES is robin’s-egg blue and nondescript, but through it are resources and social services for any victim of abuse, ranging from Boise Police liaisons and mental health professionals to hotel vouchers and child victim coordinators—and they’re open to anybody, on their terms. “Abuse has no socioeconomic status that can be pinpointed anywhere,” Dinger said, adding, “I think a safe space means something different to everyone. There are no strings. There’s no judgment. You can be exactly who you want to be, and there are people here working to keep you safe.” The center is currently revamping its elderly abuse task force and establishing a group that supports teens seeking healthy relationships, but said donations of any size during Idaho Gives will go to supporting victims with the essentials: $100 gives a family a room at one of FACES’ partner hotels, and $10 could go toward a tank of gas for someone leaving an abusive situation. “We want to take care of your basic needs,” Dinger said. “You’re not worrying about where your next meal is coming from. We tell people that $25 will buy a victim some groceries. Fifty dollars will provide a phone. We see people who’ve lost touch with their families.” 17

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Please help us continue to foster the next generation of healthy local food eaters through the Sprouts Kids Club and continue to deliver local produce and eggs to seniors and others who can’t make it to the farmers market through the Boise Farmers Mobile Market. Thank you, in advance, for your support on May 2nd.

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$1 can provide food for 5 meals Help us make Idaho hunger-free, donate today: 208.577.2694 Donate online at: https://www.idahogives.org/organizations/the-idaho-foodbank

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IDAHO FEDERATION OF FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH 704 N. 7TH ST. • BOISE, ID 83702 PH: 208.433.8845 • IDAHOFEDERATION.ORG • INFO@IDAHOFEDERATION.ORG

WHAT WE DO:

Idaho Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health works towards a world in which there is understanding of, and support for those impacted by youth mental illness. Mission: To empower, support and educate youth and their families living with mental illness. Impact Statement: To improve the experience of living with mental illness for youth and their families. We do this through our youth and family support programs, our mental illness awareness work, and by bringing youth and family voice to community stakeholders and state policy makers regarding the needs of families living with youth mental illness.

DONATIONS WILL SUPPORT THESE PROGRAMS:

• Feeling Buddies - A mental wellness activity for Idaho elementary age youth to offer children a way to talk about their feelings through our youth-designed “feeling buddies”. • Youth MOVE - Our teen program for youth interested in peer support and advocacy for youth with mental illness. • Parent Support Program - We provide one-on-one and group opportunities for support and resource identiﬁcation for parents who have a child with a mental illness.

IDAHO GUARD & RESERVE FAMILY SUPPORT FUND 4040 W GUARD ST, BLDG 600 • BOISE, IDAHO 83705 PH: 208.801.4225 • IGRFAMILYSUPPORTFUND.ORG • BWILLIAMSON@IMD.IDAHO.GOV

WHAT WE DO:

We provide grants and zero-interest loans for emergency and urgent situations for Idaho’s Guard & Reservist military members and their families.

HOW YOUR DONATIONS HELP

Your donation supports our military members when crisis strikes, so they can concentrate on supporting our state and country. We pay for medical travel, rent, utilities, food, and gas, and much more.

Idaho Humane Society 4775 Dorman Street • Boise, Idaho 83705 • (208) 342-3508 idahohumanesociety.org • info@idahohumanesociety.org

WHAT WE DO:

Mission statement: The mission of the Idaho Humane Society it to advocate for the welfare and responsible care of animals, protect them from neglect and cruelty, and promote humane education, awareness and compassion.

HOW YOUR DONATION HELPS: ADOPT • FOSTER • VOLUNTEER • DONATE When you choose the Idaho Humane Society for your Idaho Gives charity of choice, you help local animals in so many ways: $10 helps shelter over 11,000 pets in our care annually; $20 contributes to the urgent veterinary care for thousands of low-income pet owners; $50 helps provide orthopedic surgeries to more than 150 shelter pets a year!

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We bring together over 1000 vocal students representing 25-30 schools from all over southern Idaho and eastern Oregon into the Morrison Center for the Idaho Youth Barbershop Festival (IYBF). Students and teachers are taught by the world’s best vocal clinicians and Gold Medal quartets, something schools have no access to or can afford. Evening performances are FREE to the public.

HOW YOUR DONATIONS HELP Your donation helps us buy safety risers for the Festival. 500 students at a time are placed on risers that have no safety rails across the top back row 6’ off the stage ﬂoor or down each side. We desperately need these risers to continue this well received Festival into the future. In our 12th year, IYBF has become a staple for schools and school districts. BOISE WEEKLY.COM

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IDAHO GIVES: ENVIRONMENT

“Idaho Gives is an opportunity for us to raise funds with a level of outreach we could never do on our own.” LE X NEL SON COURTESY SAW TOOTH INTERPRE TIVE & HISTORICAL AS SOCIATION

Idaho has 107,651 miles of rivers, over 100 named mountain ranges and many more hiking and biking trails—so it’s no wonder the people who live here like to enjoy and protect the outdoors. During Idaho Gives, dozens of environmentally minded nonprofits will seek donations, with missions ranging from keeping pollution out of the Gem State’s air and rivers (like the Boise River Enhancement Network and Idaho Rivers United) to preserving habitat for native species (Idaho Native Plant Society, Dry Creek Valley Coalition, Sagebrush Steppe Land Trust and many others) and leading outdoor excursions for folks who could use the inspiration of nature most (River Discovery, for example, plans river-float adventures for cancer survivors). Thanks to the egalitarian nature of Idaho Gives, national heavy-hitters like the Sierra Club and Winter Wildlands Alliance will be side-by-side with smaller nonprofits. One of those is Wild Hearts Idaho, a leadership organization for teenage girls that teaches them confidence and skills through outdoors adventures. It just earned nonprofit status in 2018. “Really, we’re all about opportunity, introducing girls to Idaho’s wild places and building leadership in the process,” said Maggie Benedetti, WHI’s founder and executive director. To keep Idaho Gives Day interesting, WHI has created a scavenger hunt: Every time a donation goal is reached it will unlock a new clue. Representatives of the group will also show up at Idaho River Sports from noon-3 p.m. and the BFF Block Party at Lost Grove Brewing from 5-10 p.m. on May 2 to share their mission and goals with would-be donors. Another group getting creative with giving is Idaho Conservation League, which will incentivize donations with a funding match. Contributions up to $22,500 will be doubled, with funds going to support its Boise, Ketchum, and Sandpoint offices as they advocate for local, state and federal policies that protect Idaho’s natural resources.

Through Wild Hearts Idaho, teen girls explore Idaho’s mountains and rivers. COURTESY WILD HE ARTS IDAHO

The nonprofit Sawtooth Interpretive & Historical Association encourages first-hand engagment with Idaho’s environment through educational programs at Redfish Lake.

In addition to wild places, food and agriculture play big roles in environmental health. Not only does eating locally produced meats and produce support Idaho’s agricultural community, it saves on fossil fuels used to transport food from Point A to Point B—spots that are sometimes a whole country apart. Boise Farmers Market, one of Boise’s go-to suppliers of local food raised ethically, plans to use funds raised on Idaho Gives Day to build and spread those green habits, starting with kids. “Our Idaho Gives campaign supports the Sprouts Kids Club and the Boise Farmers Mobile Market,” said BFM Executive Director Tamara Cameron. Sprouts, which starts in May, offers kids ages 5-12 a free hands-on activity each week at the market, centered on local food and healthy eating. Those rage from making kale smoothies to planting their own tomatoes. A $50 gift will cover Sprouts tokens for 25 kids who can use them at the market to buy their very own fruit and vegetables from farmers, and a $100 buys a week of gas for the Mobile Market “Veggie Van,” which sold nearly 9,000 pounds of produce in 2018, much of it to elderly or disabled people who couldn’t visit the market. Even bigger gifts will go toward driver salaries, which Cameron said are difficult to fund through grants. “Our drivers are amazing. They don’t just drive the bus. They know about the food and they know about our local farmers, and they know how to prepare food so they can suggest recipes,” she said. This will be BFM’s third year participating in Idaho Gives, and it’s a fundraiser that Cameron said has grown “dramatically” each year. She added, “Idaho Gives is an opportunity for us to raise funds with a level of outreach we could never do on our own.” 20 | MAY 1–7, 2019 | BOISEWEEKLY

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TRICA: Treasure Valley Institute for Children’s Arts 1406 Eastman St. • Boise, Idaho 83702 • 208-344-2220 www.trica.org • info@trica.org

WHAT WE DO:

TRICA is renovating a historic building to be its Center for Learning and the Arts. It has been a labor of LOVE! By having a home base, TRICA will be able to greatly expand its quality programming by offering a dynamic after-school program, more summer camps, and space for community gatherings, projects, performances, family dances, and activities. Our mission is to provide meaningful experiences in the arts taught by outstanding and loving educators, inspiring the children of the Treasure Valley to develop attitudes and values contributing to a stronger sense of community, humanity, and good will.

HOW YOUR DONATION HELPS: By donating, you are helping TRICA restore a once-endangered historic site into a children’s art institute! We are currently finishing a renovation of the building’s exterior and will be working on interior construction in order to gain occupancy. The year 2020 mark’s TRICA’s 25th anniversary of meaningful programming within our community. Let’s celebrate TRICA’s success by getting the new center open! Your ongoing donations are making this happen! Thank you!

WASSMUTH CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - HOME OF THE ANNE FRANK HUMAN RIGHTS MEMORIAL 777 S. 8TH ST. • BOISE, IDAHO 83702 • 208-345-0304 WWW.WASSMUTHCENTER.ORG • WWW.ANNEFRANKMEMORIAL.ORG

WHAT WE DO:

With a mission to promote respect for human dignity and diversity through education and foster individual responsibility to work for justice and peace, the Center’s efforts sustain ongoing awareness of human rights issues.

YOUR DONATION BUYS:

$20–education poster set for an Idaho school; $50–human dignity response kit delivered; $100–ﬁeld trip fund to offset bus costs bringing students to the Memorial

HOW YOUR DONATION HELPS

To achieve our mission, we provide educational programming and content for teachers and students - both in the classroom and online. Also, over 10,000 people are educated through docent-led tours of the Memorial each year. Finally, we provide support for companies and municipalities looking to establish or reﬁne their own human rights initiatives.

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Idaho Humane Society expects to take in nearly 2,000 pets from shelters around the country this year in addition to local dropoffs.

IDAHO GIVES: ANIMALS

Do it for the puppies (and bears, and rats, and crocodiles) LE X NEL SON Most Boiseans have probably already heard Idaho’s impressive pet statistics: The Gem State ranked fifth in the nation for overall pet ownership in 2018 according to the American Veterinary Medical Association, and came first in dog ownership in 2016. It’s no surprise, then, if Idaho Gives’ section on animal-related nonprofits makes your mind jump immediately to pets. For a lot of people, that probably puts the Idaho Humane Society at the top of the list. “All of the funds [raised by IHS during Idaho Gives] will go towards medical care for shelter animals, including transfers from Idaho and across the U.S.,” Idaho Humane Society PR and Communications Manager Kristine Schellhaas wrote in an email. IHS expects to take in close to 2,000 dogs, cats and other animals from overcrowded shelters around the country this year. To encourage donors on the big day, the shelter will station adorable pets at different spots around town, including Even Stevens (8-10 a.m.), Mixed Greens (11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.) and The Village at Meridian (Noon-3 p.m.), with more in the works. Plus, the downtown location of Panera Bread will donate 20% of its sales to IHS from 4-8 p.m. 22 | MAY 1–7, 2019 | BOISEWEEKLY

Dozens of other pet rescues across Idaho will take donations on Idaho Gives Day, ranging from the Homestead Animal Rescue in Murphy to the Panhandle Animal Shelter in Ponderay. Some of shelters are cat- or dog-specific (or in the case of nonprofits like Boise Bully Breed Rescue in Eagle, Boxer Lovers Rescue in Kuna, and Boise-based Moonsong Malamute Rescue, Pug Pals Rescue of Boise and Idaho Saint Bernard Rescue, breed-specific) while others focus on pets that often get less attention—like rats. According to its Idaho Gives tab, a $10 donation to The Rat Retreat buys one rat a hammock to sleep and play in, while $40 will help pay for a vet appointment. Other nonprofits, like Anythings Pawsable Foundation Inc., focus on a different side of animal welfare. APF Co-founder Mary Holley said her nonprofit centers on helping cities and counties build new, robust shelters that include services like vet centers. All of the funds APF raises through Idaho Gives will go toward building a new shelter and animal clinic in Glenns Ferry, set to be finished in 2022. BOISE WEEKLY.COM

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DON’T WAIT. Idaho Horse Rescue is one of a handful of horse-focused nonproﬁts taking donations during Idaho Gives.

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“Building is the answer, and [that means] building it correctly and giving them the tools to be able to take care of the animals when they come in,” said Holley, a trained architectural designer and long-time animal activist. Horses, too, get plenty of nonprofit representation during Idaho Gives: Idaho Horse Rescue, HAPI Trails Horse Rescue, Swiftsure Ranch Therapeutic Equestrian Center, Wild Love Preserve and Dreamhaven Ranch are all equine-focused, with money going to feed horses, help disadvantaged kids attend riding camps (donations to Swiftsure Ranch, for example, can sponsor student riders from the Idaho School for the Blind and Deaf ), and even secure land for wild horses. Speaking of wild, Idaho Gives also offers a platform to groups dedicated to preserving or rehabilitating Idaho’s wildlife, from birds of prey to mink, bears and fish. Idaho Black Bear Rehab, Inc., for example, is a Garden City-based nonprofit that will celebrate 30 years of helping bears this May. So far, 225 bears have passed through IBBR on their way back to the wild. Meanwhile, groups like the Idaho Fish & Wildlife Foundation and Idaho Rivers United are dedicated to keeping Idaho’s river-bound animals safe in clean, plentiful habitat, and between the extremes of wild and tame are organizations like Friends of Zoo Boise, which is looking for donations to help bring a pair of Nile crocodiles to Boise for its soon-to-open Gorongosa National Park exhibit. When BW visited the under-construction exhibit in February, Zoo Boise Executive Director Gene Peacock let us sneak a peek at the concrete chutes the zoo was building to let the crocs move between their indoor and outdoor haunts—now all it needs are the crocs themselves.

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IDAHO GIVES: ARTS & CULTURE

Fresh funds could help nonprofits finish existing projects, start new ones HARRISON BERRY On the Idaho Gives Day of Giving, scores of arts nonprofits will get a boost. Some will use the platform to increase their visibility in the communities they serve. Others will jockey for money that could make big differences for the furtherance of their missions. All of them will take the opportunity to tell their stories. Few tell better stories than people in the theater. For its 2019-20 season, HomeGrown Theatre will continue staging what Managing Director Jamie Nebeker called the “theatrically impossible,” opening with Qui Nguyen’s She Kills Monsters, a production about a woman who plays her deceased sister’s Dungeons & Dragons dungeon master scenario; followed by Jaclyn Backhaus’ Men on Boats, about men who explore the Colorado River—and are all played by women and non-binary people. Then, it will stage the eighth-annual Horrific Puppet Affair, and end the season with Duncan Macmillan’s Lungs, about two people living in the near-future deciding whether they want to have children. “If you’re reading a play and it doesn’t feel like it would be an experiment...I don’t think HomeGrown Theatre would be interested in producing that play,” Nebeker said. HomeGrown can produce a play on a shoestring budget, but funds from Idaho Gives will help it foster a thriving theater scene by making sure its actors are paid enough to live and work in Boise. “We’ve paid our artists every dime we possibly could, because if we don’t keep local artists in town, if we don’t give them a reason to stay, they won’t,” Nebeker said. Keeping artists in Boise is a key part of HomeGrown’s mission. At the Treasure Valley Institute for Children’s Arts, it’s to foster emerging artistry in kids. In 2017, “snowpocalypse”

HomeGrown Theatre is one of scores of arts nonproﬁts that will participate in the Idaho Gives Day of Giving.

TRICA has been updating and remodeling a former North End church for years to use as its base of operations and a place to spread the gospel of children’s arts education. PHOTOS COURTESY TRICA

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hit Boise, cleaving sandstone from the exterior of the iconic North End church being converted into TRICA’s headquarters. “The sandstone was unstable and started falling off the building. What we thought would be a $40,000 improvement became a complete overhaul,” said Rebecca Weeks, TRICA’s operations manager. For 25 years, TRICA has taken the gospel of arts education—much of it dance education—to Treasure Valley children by providing all-day summer camps, joining school and after-school programs, and hosting classes with guest artists. According to Executive Director Jon Swarthout, reaching children with that message is socially critical. “I think there’s an inborn power in art,” he said. “The belief is, it will pour over into [children’s] regular lives in the decisions they make and their observations. The opposite of creation is destruction.” Damage to TRICA HQ didn’t affect its programming, but funds raised through Idaho Gives will help further those programs and put the nonprofit back on track to finishing its conversion of the church. “It’s been this long-sustaining community fundraising campaign,” said Weeks. “We’ve been hesitant about putting a date on [completion], but we’re really hoping to be open next year.” A third arts nonprofit, Book It Forward!, has given away approximately 580,000 books to low-income children and families in Idaho since 2013. At a book drive in late April the allvolunteer nonprofit collected 109,000 new and gently used books. “We were close to our half-million [collected books] mark, and we made that on day one,” said Book It Forward! Coordinator Diane Schwarz. “There were 28,000 donated that first day.” According to one study, there are 13 books per child in middle-income households. For children in low-income families, that ratio drops to one book for every 300 children. Book It Forward! began when Schwarz and some friends collected 700 books and took them to the P16 graduation in Caldwell. The next year, they collected 7,000 books, and 70,000 the year after that. Schwarz called it “kind of like a snowball,” but said that may not be enough. With more money, Book It Forward! hopes to help establish similar groups across the state. “When we first started, we thought, ‘We’re all volunteer, and we can really operate without money.’ But we’re never going to have the reach from Boise to get books up to Coeur d’Alene on a regular basis,” she said. “We’re looking for people like us to put the time in and do it in their communities.”

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The Community Kindness Movement was founded in 2015 and has grown rapidly the past five years, inspiring many schools across the State of Idaho. The CKM has developed a Kindness Begins with Me Annual School Program. Our program was created to help diminish the sobering Idaho Statistics of Bullying that happens in our schools, online, and in our communities. www.TheCKM.org 1892506

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Book It Forward! Idaho is dedicated to increasing access to books for children who have little or no access to books at home. Donate your new or gently-used kids’ books at our collection bins around town, including at theYMCAs, United Way, Idaho Voices for Children, and Barnes & Noble.Your monetary donation will support buying new books.

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CALENDAR 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. OPERA IDAHO PANEL DISCUSSION: TRUE TO YOU—Join 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. The opera follows Hannah, a transgender woman portrayed by two singers, as she discovers her gender identity and learns to love herself in a world where she’s not accepted. The evening will also feature musical excerpts, light bites and a no-host bar. 7 p.m. FREE. The Linen Building, 1402 W. Grove St., Boise, 208-385-0111, operaidaho.org.

intellectuals and saved from the 1943 destruction of the ghetto. Dan Prinzing, executive director of The Wassmuth Center for Human Rights, and Rabbi Dan Fink of Congregation Ahavath Beth Israel will lead a discussion of the archives following the screening. 7 p.m. $8-$10. The Flicks, 646 W. Fulton St., Boise, 208-342-4222, theﬂicksboise.com.

On Stage 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.

WHO WILL WRITE OUR HISTORY HOLOCAUST DOCUMENTARY SCREENING—Who Will Write Our History tells the story of the Oyneg Shabes Archives. The vast trove of documents details the lives of the people living in the Warsaw Ghetto and the human rights abuses they suffered, compiled by a code-named group of Jewish

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MEYASI MESHILIECK: SAVING THE SERENGETI—Join Meyasi Meshilieck, a Maasai science educator and conservation activist from Tanzania, to learn about the threats and opportunities to save one our planet’s great natural wonders, the Serengeti National Park. A social hour with refreshments and a cash bar kick off the evening, followed by the presentation at 7 p.m. 6 p.m. FREE. Capital City Event Center (formerly The Adelmann), 622 W. Idaho St., Boise, 208-985-9000, serengetiwatch.org.

GARDENING 208—This free class will help you understand Idaho’s unique climate, soil and other factors that go into gardening in the 208. 5:30-7 p.m. FREE. Franz Witte Nursery, 9770 W. State St., Boise, 208-853-0808, franzwitte. com.

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. 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. 5:308 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.

STORY TIME WITH SIR READSALOT—Join Jane and Sir Readsalot for tales of friendship and adventure. 11 a.m. FREE. Once and Future Books, 1310 W. State St., Boise, 208-336-2230, ofbooks. net/events.

BCT WORLD PREMIERE: RABBIT/MOON—7 p.m. $18-$38. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, bctheater.org.

Workshops & Classes

IDAHO ANTI-TRAFFICKING COALITION DOCUMENTARY NIGHT—Watch 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.

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

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DANTZA—This beautiful musical presents the discovery of an ancestral dance, a poetic song to the earth, its myths and customs. In person all the way from the Basque Country, director Telmo

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Since 1919, Boise Music Week has been causing foot taps and head nods across the City of Trees, and the 2019 season—its 101st, kicking off a new century of local tunes—continue that tradition. Events this year will will take place over 10 days, starting with a First Thursday performance on May 2 from Boise pianist Dr. Del Parkinson at JUMP and running through a packed slate, including International Dance Night in the Borah High School Auditorium, an organ recital and silent movie at The Egyptian Theatre, Music In the Park, events for kids, jazz and a capella performances, and more. Of course, Boise Music Week wouldn’t be complete without its big annual production, and this year that honor goes to Thoroughly Modern Millie, a 1920s-era smash directed by Jonathon Perry and performed at The Morrison Center from Thursday, May 9, through Sunday, May 12. FREE. Times and locations vary. Visit boisemusicweek.org for a full schedule.

In its seventh year, Swell Artist Collective is once again carving, wheeling, grinding and kickﬂipping through Garden City’s Visual Arts Collective with one of the most off-the-wall art events of the year: Art Deck-O*, a decorated skate deck silent auction. Attendees have to be 21 or older, but once they’ve ﬂashed their IDs, Swell will welcome them into a gallery of paint- and ink-covered skateboards, all lovingly adorned by local artists. The names behind this year’s one-of-a-kind pieces include D’Arcy Bellamy, Suzanne Lee Chetwood, Chopsy, Mike Dreher, Noble Hardesty, Shelley Jund, Kelly Knopp, Lorelle Rau, Alex Rhodes, Adam Rosenlund and many more. *Art Deck-O is supported by the Boise Weekly Cover Art Auction grant program. 5-10 p.m., FREE. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297, visualartscollective.com.

Beards and trapeze artists probably don’t come to mind when you think of Star Wars— but two Boise events that will take place on Star Wars Day will introduce them. First up is the “Boise Beardsmen Beard Bazaar Episode III: May the Fourth Be With You” event, a “friendly facial hair competition” that will put whiskers on stage for judging, with raffle funds benefiting Boise Bicycle Project. That same night, Fly Boise Aerial Arts Center performers will take to the air for a Star Wars-themed production. Beer and food trucks will be on site along with a silent auction, and guests can try the flying trapeze after the performance. Beard Bazaar: 1-7 p.m., FREE-$25. Ironwood Social, 5467 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-830-3868, facebook.com/boisebeardsmen. Trapeze and Aerial Show: 5:30 p.m., $10-$15. Fly Boise Aerial Arts Center, 3401 N. Collister Drive, Boise, 208-7945327, flyboise.org.

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BOISE MUSIC WEEK—Celebrate the 101st consecutive season of Boise Music Week with family entertainment at it’s best. This year, BMW presents Thoroughly Modern Millie, and a bevy of daily concerts and dance performances at venues across the city. For a complete schedule of events, visit boisemusicweek.org. Through May 12. FREE. COMEDIAN ANDY BENINGO—8 p.m. $12-$15. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-9412459, liquidboise.com.

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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, who have long since lost any hope of returning to a classroom. 7:30 p.m. $12-$15. Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise, 208-342-5104, boiselittletheater. org.

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11TH-ANNUAL VPS BOISE RECORD SHOW AND SWAP The annual Boise Record Show and Swap bills itself as “Boise‘s ﬁrst, oldest and only allvinyl record convention”—and considering the traction that Boise’s own record headquarters, The Record Exchange, gets each time it throws an event or expands its collection, there’s no doubt it will bring in a crowd on Saturday, May 4. The Vinyl Preservation Society will open the doors to the old-school party at The Basque Center at 9 a.m. for VIP ticket holders ($10) and 10 a.m. for everyone else ($5). Along with vinyl sourced from four states, people can check out a rafﬂe and other record-related merch like vintage audio equipment (turntables, anyone?), concert posters and collectibles. Don’t forget your records—or your wallet. 9 a.m.-4 p.m., $5-$10. The Basque Center, 601 W. Grove St., Boise, 208-869-0485, facebook.com/boiserecordshow. BOISEWEEKLY | MAY 1–7, 2019 | 27

CALENDAR Esnal will be on hand. 7:30 and 7:45 p.m. $12. The Flicks, 646 W. Fulton St., Boise, 208-342-4222, theflicksboise.com. MOANANUIAKEA: ONE OCEAN, ONE CANOE, ONE PEOPLE—The film celebrates the historic Worldwide Voyage that connected countless individuals and communities from around the globe. The voyage also represented the fulfillment of the vision of Nainoa Thompson and his contemporaries, the passing of the mantle to the next generation of kanaka maoli who will retain the skills of their ancestors and perpetuate this tradition for generations to come. 7 p.m. FREE-$15. Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, 208-3871273, egyptiantheatre.net.

Art GARY PEER: WOOD SCULPTURES—View fascinating depictions of order versus chaos, space versus negative space, geometric versus organic. Through May 31. 5-9 p.m. FREE. Art Source Gallery, 1015 W. Main St., Boise, 208331-3374, artsourcegallery.com. RACHEL TEANNALACH AND MARK LISK—Enjoy Idaho landscape paintings by Rachel Teannalach and recent blackand-white photography by Mark Lisk. Through May. 5-9 p.m. FREE. Capitol Contemporary Gallery, 451 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-3849159, capitolcontemporary.com.

Literature RICK JUST: FEARLESS—Rick Just’s Fearless: Farris Lind, the Man Behind the Skunk, is the story of the Stinker gas station signs, the skunk, the crop dusting, and the tragedy and triumph of a man who was the essence of Idaho. 6-9 p.m. FREE. Rediscovered Books, 180 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-376-4229, rdbooks.org.

Citizen IDAHO GIVES AT MERIWETHER CIDER: PRIDE FOUNDATION— Meriwether Cider is teaming up with The Pride Foundation for Idaho Gives Day. Wildﬂower will sell pride-colored bouquets on the patio, and Valere Salon will offer free massages and $20 gift certiﬁcates. 5-8 p.m. FREE. Meriwether Cider House, 224 N. Ninth St, Boise, meriwethercider.com.

Religious/Spiritual 2019 NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER—Join in prayer and worship for our nation and state at the Idaho State Rally at the Capital Steps. Find more info at nationaldayofprayer.org. Noon. FREE. Idaho State Capitol Building, 700 W. Jefferson St., Boise, nationaldayofprayer.org.

FRIDAY MAY 3 On Stage BALLET IDAHO: CINDERELLA— Join Ballet Idaho artistic staff, choreographers, stagers and dancers for their new pre-performance discussion series an hour before curtain time. You’ll explore the concepts for the evening’s performance and take a look inside the artistic process and historical context of the work, including a Q&A. 7:30 p.m. $38-$61. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-426-1110, morrisoncenter.com. 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 MUSIC WEEK—See May 2. Through May 12. FREE. Boisemusicweek.org. BOISE PHIL’S ANNUAL GALA— Join Boise Phil for Haute Couture: An Evening on the Runway. You’ll enjoy live and silent auctions, an elegant dinner, wine, a costume contest and live entertainment. Proceeds will beneﬁt the operations of the Boise Phil. 6 p.m. $200. Stueckle Sky Center, Boise State Broncos Albertsons Football Stadium, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 208-344-7849, boisephil. org. COMEDIAN ANDY BENINGO—8 and 10 p.m. $12-$15. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-941-2459, liquidboise.com. DRIPPING IN GOLD BURLESQUE VARIETY SHOW—Join Stella Sin for a night of over-the-top opulence with a variety show featuring Boise’s favorite drag and burlesque icons. 8 p.m. $17. The Balcony Club, 150 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-336-1313, thebalconyclub.com. ESPRIT DE CORPS DANCE CONCERT—7:30 p.m. $5-$8. Danny Peterson Theatre, Morrison Center, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-426-3980, theatre. boisestate.edu. THE F***** UP COMEDY HOUR—Join three of Boise’s best comics for the ﬁrst F***** Up Comedy Hour at The Shredder, featuring Bree Jones, Hailee Lenhart-Wees and Montana Burke. 8 p.m. $12-$15. The Shredder, 430 S. 10th, Boise, 208-345-4355.

Art TVAA JURIED EXHIBIT: FLOW CONVERGENCE—Join Surel’s Place for this juried exhibition featuring new works by 15 members of Treasure Valley Artists’ Alliance. Paintings, photography, mixed

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media, and found object assemblage come together and carve a channel exploring landscape and abstract, fragile skies, Modernists and Euclidian geometry, and metal and air. Through May 5. 5:30-9 p.m. FREE. Surel’s Place, 212 E. 33rd St., Garden City, 208-9183591, surelsplace.org.

rinas (among others) compete on stage; take your chances in a rafﬂe with local donations; or better yet, join in on the competition. This year, money raised will beneﬁt Boise Bicycle Project. 1-7 p.m. FREE; $25 for competitors. Ironwood Social, 5467 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-830-3868.

BLT: EVELYN IN PURGATORY—2 and 8 p.m. $12-$15. Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise, 208-342-5104, boiselittletheater. org.

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

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

BOISE STATE FIRST FRIDAY ASTRONOMY EVENT—Join Boise State Physics to hear Dr. Henry Ngo of the National Research Council of Canada discuss exoplanets. You’ll learn about how these planets are found and what can be learned about their histories. In Room 112 of the Education Building. 7:30 p.m. FREE. Boise State Education Building, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 208-690-9164.

Food MAIFEST 2019—Celebrate spring at Maifest. The Wurst foods truck is coming all the way from Bend so Boise can try its house-packed sausage and traditional dishes. Bob Kasnik will be on the backyard stage getting the crowd dancing with games and polka. They’ll have two satellite bars in the brewhouse and backyard pouring a few German exports and some Powderhaus lagers. Noon-10 p.m. FREE. Powderhaus Brewing Company, 9719 W. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-376-4026.

SATURDAY MAY 4 Festivals & Events 11TH-ANNUAL VPS BOISE RECORD SHOW AND SWAP—Private dealers and independent record stores from four states offer thousands of records across a wide variety of genres. Vintage audio equipment, including turntables, also will be available for purchase. VIP early admission begins at 9 a.m., with general admission at 10 a.m. A free rafﬂe ticket is included with all admissions. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $5, $10 VIP early entry. Basque Center, 601 W. Grove St., Boise, 208-331-5097, facebook.com/ vpsidaho. AMERICAN CIVIL WAR LIVING HISTORY EVENT—Travel back to the 1860s and visit with living history presenters who will share the elements of the Civil War. Enjoy cannon- and musket-ﬁring demonstrations, military and civilian stations. The Idaho State Park fee is the only cost. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $5. Eagle Island State Park, 2691 Mace Road, Eagle, parksandrecreation.idaho.gov. BOISE BEARDSMEN BEARD BAZAAR: EPISODE III MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU—Enjoy a fun afternoon of friendly facial hair competition. Watch freestyle, “business beards” and Whiske-

CAPITAL CITY PUBLIC MARKET—9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. FREE. Capital City Public Market, Eighth Street between Ninth Street and Capitol Boulevard, Boise, 208345-3499, capitalcitypublicmarket.com. INDIGO ART FESTIVAL—Help spread mental health awareness and celebrate the arts. Find a variety of workshops, over 60 vendors, a silent auction, kids art activities, food, live music and guest speakers. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. FREE. Storey Park, corner of Main Street and Franklin Road, Meridian. MOTHER’S DAY CELEBRATION AT EXPO IDAHO—Enjoy hundreds of vendors, live music and activities along with a kids’ scavenger hunt and prizes. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. Expo Idaho (Fairgrounds), 5610 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-287-5650. SHINECOLOGY DERBY DAY SOIREE—Dress to impress and be ready for a good time while supporting Idaho’s pediatric cancer families. Shinecology connects those families to community resources and each other. Watch the Derby while enjoying the miniature horses from Mini Joys, cornhole with Cornhole Idaho, a silent auction, music from Wild 101, food, drinks and more. 2-6 p.m. FREE. Jack’s Urban Meeting Place, 1000 W. Myrtle St., Boise, 208-6396610, shinecology.org.

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ESPRIT DE CORPS DANCE CONCERT—2 and 7:30 p.m. $5-$8. Danny Peterson Theatre, Morrison Center, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-426-3980, theatre. boisestate.edu. MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU TRAPEZE AND AERIAL SHOW—Join the Fly! Boise team and students for a night of Star Wars-themed flying trapeze and aerial acts. Take your blankets or low-backed chairs to use in the outdoor circus arena. This early evening performance will be fully catered, with a mobile bar provided by Lost Grove Brewing, and food trucks by Bistro Babe gourmet sandwiches and Sushi Shack. Following the performance, audience members can take their turn on the flying trapeze for just $5 per flight. Plus, there will be a

silent auction. 5:30 p.m. $10-$15. Fly Boise Aerial Arts Center, 3401 N. Collister Drive, Boise, 208-7945327, flyboise.org. PAW PATROL LIVE—It’s up to Chase, Marshall, Skye and all their heroic pirate pup friends to save the day and find the pirate treasure before Mayor Humdinger finds it first. 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. $19-$99. Ford Idaho Center, 16200 Idaho Center Blvd., Nampa, 208-468-1000, fordidahocenter.com. STAR WARS-THEMED IMPROV COMEDY SHOW—Celebrate, roast and enjoy the epic saga with a stellar cast of local improv comedians. Also featuring a fastpaced, frenetic romp through the Star Wars universe: eight movies, three actors, 45 minutes. 8 p.m. $5-$10. Recycled Minds Creative Space, 121 E. 34th St., Garden City, 208-450-2128, recycledmindscomedy.com/shows.

Art CARLEY COLLECTION GIFTS: SOUTHWEST CERAMICS AND TEXTILES—Boise natives Joan H. and John B. Carley amassed a collection of more than 65 objects by Native American artists in the

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On Stage 4TH URBAN CULTURAL FASHION SHOW—This event celebrates the beautiful cultures and diverse fashion in the state of Idaho. It promotes entrepreneurship and will feature local designers, fashion, artists, business owners and a great cause. Some of the proceeds will go to Metro Meals on Wheels and the Miss Africa Idaho Cultural Scholarship Program. Hors d’oeuvres and drinks will be served. 6 p.m. $20-$25. Potomac Manor, 7311 W. Potomac Drive, Boise. BALLET IDAHO: CINDERELLA— Join Ballet Idaho for a new preperformance discussion series an hour before curtain time for the evening performance. 2 and 7:30 p.m. $38-$61. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-4261110, morrisoncenter.com. BCT WORLD PREMIERE: RABBIT/MOON—2 and 8 p.m. $18$38. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-3319224, bctheater.org.

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CALENDAR Southwest. The collection features ceramics, sculptures and textiles by Apache, Choctaw, Hopi, Navajo, Pueblo, Tohono O’odham and Wyandot artists. Through May 10, 2020. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE-$6. Boise Art Museum, 670 Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208-345-8330, boiseartmuseum.org. SUE LATTA: THE TEXTURE OF THINGS—Latta is driven by the desire to ﬁnd the inherent meaning that exists in the relationships between things. Through June 1. Noon-6 p.m. FREE. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297, visualartscollective.com.

Literature KELLY JONES: BLOODLINE AND WINE BOOK SIGNING—2-4 p.m. FREE. AeroCaffe, 201 N. Orchard St., Boise, 208-995-2913, aerocaffe.com.

Sports & Fitness IDAHO INTERSCHOLASTIC CYCLING LEAGUE BIKE SWAP—The swap will have tons of bikes and everything bike related, including components and clothing. Food trucks and coffee will be on site. A percentage of each item sold will beneﬁt the IICL. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE. Sage International School, 431 E. Parkcenter Blvd., Boise, 208-343-7243, idahomtb.org.

Kids & Teens SINGLE PRINGLE AND TAKEN BACON ALTERNATIVE PROM— Whether you’re a senior or a freshman, whether you’re a traditional student or a homeschool student, whether you go by yourself or with a date, you’ll enjoy music, snacks, and fun. Semi-formal dress is welcome but not required. Presented by the Teen Advisory Group and Queer-Straight Alliance at MLD. For ages 13-18. 6-8 p.m. FREE. Meridian Public Library, 1326 W. Cherry Lane, Meridian, 208-8884451, mld.org. STAR WARS DAY—Celebrate Star Wars Day at the library. They’ll have Star Wars-themed crafts, games, science experiments and more. Costumes are encouraged. 2-3:30 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library Victory Branch, 10664 W. Victory Road, Boise, 208-3620181, adalib.org/victory.

Odds & Ends UI MASTER GARDENER PLANT SALE—Find houseplants, herbs, vegetables, berries, ﬂowering perennials, gardening books and more. 9 a.m.-Noon. FREE. University of Idaho Ada County Extension Ofﬁce, 5880 Glenwood St., Boise, 208-287-5900, uidaho. edu/extension.

Food CINCO DE MAYO AT FATTY’S—Enjoy a bunch of different tequilas on special and giveaways from el jimador. DJ Slieb and KISS FM will be in the house. 9 p.m. $5. Fatty’s, 800 W. Idaho St., Ste. 200, Boise, 208-629-6314, facebook.com/drinkfattys. CINCO DE MAYO FIESTA AT MAD SWEDE—Enjoy chili-infused beers all day, with the The Kilted Kod food truck on site from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Plus there will be live music by Mahogany Road at 7:30 p.m. 5-10 p.m. FREE. Mad Swede Brewing Company, 2772 S. Cole Road, Ste. 140, Boise, 208-922-6883, madswedebrewing.com. MAIFEST 2019—The Wurst foods truck is coming all the way from Bend so Boise can try its housepacked sausage and traditional dishes. Bob Kasnik will get the crowd dancing with games and polka. Noon-10 p.m. FREE. Powderhaus Brewing Company, 9719 W. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-376-4026.

SUNDAY MAY 5 Festivals & Events INDIGO ART FESTIVAL—Find a variety of workshops, over 60 vendors, a silent auction, kids art activities, food, live music and guest speakers. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. FREE. Storey Park, corner of Main Street and Franklin Road, Meridian.

Kids & Teens SENSORY FRIENDLY JUMP/ PLAY TIME—Urban Air Adventure Park turns off the ﬂashing lights and the music so kids can enjoy the attractions in a controlled environment. This is event is also for those with disabilities. Sunday 10-midnite $12. Urban Air Adventure Park, 3876 E. Lanark St., Meridian, 208-278-2005, urbanairtrampolinepark.com.

Odds & Ends ANTIQUE WORLD MALL OUTDOOR MARKET—Shop for antiques, vintage, artisans, crafts, jewelry, furniture and more. Plus, enjoy a 10 percent storewide antique sale inside the mall, and Big Jud’s Food Truck from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE. Antique World Mall and The Annex, 4544 W. Overland Road, Boise, 208-342-5350.

Food On Stage BOISE MUSIC WEEK—See May 2. Through May 12. FREE. Boisemusicweek.org. BOISE PHIL: UNCORKED 4 CHAMBER CONCERT—The Phil will spotlight an assortment of contemporary music inspired by jazz: Gershwin’s “Lullaby for String Quartet,” Shostakovich’s “Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 1,” and Derek Bermel’s “Three Rivers.” 2 p.m. $14-$24. Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, 208-3447849, egyptiantheatre.net. COMEDIAN ANDY BENINGO—8 p.m. $12-$15. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-9412459, liquidboise.com. PAW PATROL LIVE—It’s up to Chase, Marshall, Skye and all their heroic pirate pup friends to save the day and find the pirate treasure before Mayor Humdinger finds it first. 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. $19-$99. Ford Idaho Center, 16200 Idaho Center Blvd., Nampa, 208-468-1000, fordidahocenter.com.

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offer a three-hour afternoon of ﬂying, spinning, popping and playfulness. Whether you are brand new or quite experienced, you’ll leave with new skills. Content will include L base acrobatics, dance lifts and partner conditioning. No partner required. $25-$35, $40-$60 for two. UpCycle Studio, 380 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-297-5591, upcycleboise. com/events.

CINCO DE MAYO AT PAYETTE BREWING—Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with ﬂavorful, fun and refreshing cervezas. Plus, there will be tacos. Big Daddy’s Meat Wagon will be on hand from 11 a.m.-5 p.m., and Tacos y Tortas El Paco will be serving up delicious Mexican cuisine from 1-7 p.m. 11 a.m.-10 p.m. FREE. Payette Brewing River Street Taproom, 733 S. Pioneer St., Boise, 208-344-0011. CINCO DE MAYO FIESTA AT WESTERN COLLECTIVE—In honor of Western Collective’s favorite holiday, it’s launching three Mexican-style beers and frozen margaritas. Plus pinatas and tacos. 12-8 p.m. FREE. Western Collective Brewery and Taproom, 111 W. 33rd St., Garden City, westerncollective. beer. CINCO DE MAYO STREET PARTY AT THE MATADOR— Enjoy DJs, live music, tequila tastings, giveaways and games, including a giant Jenga competition and cornhole, as well as food and drink specials. 2-10 p.m. FREE. The MatadorDowntown Boise, 215 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-342-9988, matadorrestaurants.com.

Are You Living With, Or Worried About, Someone Suffering With Chronic Back Pain? By Leading Physical Therapist, Bret Adams

BOISE (ID) - Have YOU ever been told that back pain is just one of those things that comes with your job, family, age and daily stress? Worse, have you been told by your doctor that you “just have to accept it”, take medication, or rest for weeks on end, because nothing else can be done?... If you’re aged 35+ and you answered “YES” to any of those questions, and you have suffered with low back pain for longer than 9 days now, then please pay special attention to what I’m about to tell you... It could help save your job, your independence, mobility, family and everything else you hold dear in your life. What’s more, if you’re NOT the one who’s suffering, but your husband, wife, partner, mother or father is, then please read on because I have some special information that may benefit you and them... It’s a shame that so many people think their only option is to “rest” and mask their pain with pills and hope that it just goes away... ...Because as you may be experiencing, if you’ve suffered for longer than 9 days, something is wrong and there is a problem - and I want to help you by simply showing you all of the different options that are currently available to you. Get this: I reveal 3 Quick Easy Ways that could possibly make a significant and positive difference to the discomfort and torment you are currently experiencing, in a new report titled: “3 Quick Easy Ways To End Back Pain And Stiffness Without Taking Painkillers”. Inside is simple, actionable advice, that is easy to follow and proven to work... the kind which can often make the difference between those who suffer for weeks, and those who’s suffering can last a lifetime! My name is Bret Adams, a Physical Therapist who specializes in helping peopled aged 35+ to find quick, natural and longlasting relief from back pain. And it’s very often the case that success with finding long lasting relief from chronic lower back pain is a simple case of “do this, but don’t do that!” ... And that’s why I have decided to make you aware of this new Special Report that has been privately published. My reasons for writing this report are clear and simple: To help people in this area make a better, more educated and more informed decision about their health. I want you to read this BEFORE you have the hassle of talking to your network or even begin to think about who to see, or where to go and how much it will cost - and to show you proof that many things can be done, some by you at home as soon as tonight, to put an end to back pain fast.

And, if you’re already receiving care elsewhere, I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s something in my report that they aren’t telling you or have skipped over, but you really must know! This quick-reading report is waiting to be rushed to you and is packed full with easy to follow tips and advice based upon 17+ years of helping people like you recover from the daily torment of chronic lower back pain. And the good news is this... Today, I’m giving away a completely FREE copy of this report (Value $19.95!). Inside could well be the solution that lets you keep active, maintain independence AND live free from harmful medication for years to come. For example: Discover the real secret to being able to walk further for longer with much LESS back ache. The single biggest back pain mistake that most office workers (and business owners) are making each day - and what to do instead... The change you can make in the bedroom to get a better night’s sleep! A simple trick for easing back pain that costs you nothing - perfect if you just want to play golf, cycle longer or jog further! More: Knowing what I reveal could help you (or someone at home) move more freely, improve posture and even save you some money from things that are only treating your symptoms and not the actual cause. Ultimately, the report shows you the number one thing anyone aged 35+ can do to actually get to the bottom of back pain without needing a referral from a doctor. If you are currently held back or restricted from things like: getting a good night’s sleep, being able to work, keep up with or walking with friends, standing in line at the store, playing golf or even spending time with grandkids at the park - then this quickreading report titled: “3 Quick Easy Ways To End Back Pain And Stiffness Without Taking Painkillers” will help you... request your copy today by calling this number now: (208) 991-2999 or visit this website: https:// spinept.com/back-pain-report where you can download this guide instantly. - Sincerely, Bret Adams The author of this report, Bret Adams, of Idaho Spine and Sports Physical Therapy is one of the USA’s leading physical therapists – an expert on finding ways to actually end back pain. To confirm: No one will ask you for money when you call (208) 991-2999 or visit https://spinept. com/back-pain-report and download it now! BOISEWEEKLY | MAY 1–7, 2019 | 29

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RELATIONSHIP MAGIC: WAKING UP TOGETHER—Guy Finley, bestselling author of Letting Go, will talk about, “Waking Up Together: the 3 Stages of Love,” based on the ground-breaking ideas in his new book, Relationship Magic. A Q&A and book signing will follow. With practical and inspirational advice, Finley draws on wisdom from over four decades as a spiritual teacher. 7-9 p.m. FREE. Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-9728200, guyﬁnley.org.

EXPLORE VIRTUAL REALITY GAMES—Drop in and try out the library’s new Playstation 4 Virtual Reality games. For ages 10 and older. 4:30 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library Victory Branch, 10664 W. Victory Road, Boise, 208-362-0181, adalib.org/victory.

Kids & Teens TEEN PROGRAM: MINUTE TO WIN IT GAMES—Play Minute to Win It-style games and challenge your friends: Face the Cookie, Nose Dive, Movin’ On Up, Floatacious, Tilt-a-cup, Separation Anxiety, Rapid Fire, Nutstacker and more. 4:30 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library Victory Branch, 10664 W. Victory Road, Boise, 208-362-0181, adalib.org/victory.

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mystic philosopher. You’ll enjoy this non-denominational celebration of wisdom and love, with poetry, music, Persian desserts and tea, all for free. 6:30 p.m. FREE. Boise Public Library Hayes Auditorium, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-972-8200, boisepubliclibrary.org.

STORY TIME WITH SIR READSALOT—Join Jane and Sir Readsalot for tales of friendship and adventure. 11 a.m. FREE. Once and Future Books, 1310 W. State St., Boise, 208-336-2230, ofbooks. net/events.

Religious/Spiritual RUMI NIGHT—Celebrate the life of Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi, the 13th-century Persian poet and

DAFFODIL TEA BENEFIT FOR THE BOOTH MARIAN PRITCHETT SCHOOL—Join the Salvation Army for the 2019 Daffodil Tea to beneﬁt the Booth Marian Pritchett School for Pregnant and Parenting Teens. Becoming a sponsor of the Daffodil Tea helps improve the life prospects for pregnant and parenting teens and their children while making the Treasure Valley a stronger community. In the Pioneer Room. 11:30 a.m. $40. Jack’s Urban Meeting Place, 1000 W. Myrtle St., Boise, 208-6396610, boothdaffodiltea.com. TREASURE VALLEY WINE SOCIETY MAY TASTING—Bask in the deliciousness of Basque wine and food. 6:30 p.m. $38. Touchmark at Meadow Lake Village, 4037 E. Clocktower Lane, Meridian, 208-789-0064, touchmarkmeridian.com.

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TUESDAY MAY 7 On Stage BOISE MUSIC WEEK—See May 2. Through May 12. FREE. Boisemusicweek.org.

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

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TEACHER APPRECIATION DAY— Teachers work hard to educate the future so Payette is celebrating you. Teachers enjoy $3 pints all day with proof of employment. With Big Daddy’s Meat Wagon on site from 5-9 p.m. 11 a.m.-10 p.m. FREE. Payette Brewing River Street Taproom, 733 S. Pioneer St., Boise, 208-344-0011.

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

COLUMBIA JONES—With Sean Hatton, and The Trees The Trees. 8 p.m. $12. The Olympic THE DIP—With Moorea Masa and The Mood. 7:30 p.m. $12-$15. Neurolux

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CHUCK SMITH TRIO—8:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers Steakhouse COREY JAMES—8 p.m. FREE. Quinn’s Restaurant and Lounge

WILSON ROBERTS—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

DAN COSTELLO DUO—2 p.m. FREE. Sandbar Patio Bar and Grill

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VANDOLIERS, THE SHREDDER, MAY 4 An alt-country act at The Shredder stands out like a flamingo in a flock of pigeons, but the Texas-based band Vandoliers would be comment-worthy at any venue. The group’s latest album, Forever (Bloodshot Records, 2019), plays like the deep roots of the Lone Star State itself, combining trumpet trills reminiscent of mariachi with Americana fiddle licks and rough-edged vocals that flirt with country rock. Vandoliers’ six members call themselves the “Converse Cowboys,” and Rolling Stone trumpeted that Forever “resurrected cowpunk”—a genre that, if not dead, has lived deep in the American underground for decades (Meat Puppets, Jason & the Scorchers, and The Beat Farmers are three examples formed circa 1980). In short: Stop by The Shredder May 4 to binge on an aural Tex-Mex feast. —Lex Nelson With Cory Branan. 8 p.m., $12. The Shredder, 430 S. 10th St., 208-345-4355, shredderboise.com. BOISE WEEKLY.COM

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “We must choose between the pain of having to transcend oppressive circumstances, or the pain of perpetual unfulfillment within those oppressive circumstances,” writes mental health strategist Paul John Moscatello. We must opt for “the pain of growth or the pain of decay,” he continues. We must either “embrace the tribulations of realizing our potential, or consent to the slow suicide in complacency.” That’s a bit melodramatic, in my opinion. Most of us do both; we may be successful for a while in transcending oppressive circumstances, but then temporarily lapse back into the pain of unfulfillment. However, there are times when it makes sense to think melodramatically, and I believe now is one of those times for you. In the coming weeks, I hope you will set in motion plans to transcend at least 30 percent of your oppressive circumstances. CANCER (June 21-July 22): You Cancerians can benefit from always having a fertility symbol somewhere in your environment: an icon or image that reminds you to continually refresh your relationship with your own abundant creativity; an inspiring talisman or toy that keeps you alert to the key role your fecund imagination can and should play in nourishing your quest to live a meaningful life; a provocative work of art that spurs you to always ask for more help and guidance from the primal source code that drives you to reinvent yourself. So if you don’t have such a fertility symbol, I invite you to get one. If you do, enhance it with a new accessory. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In my horoscopes, I often speak to you about your personal struggle for liberation and your efforts to express your soul’s code with ever-more ingenuity and completeness. It’s less common that I address your sacred obligation to give back to life for all that life has given to you. I only infrequently discuss how you might engage in activities to help your community or work for the benefit of those less fortunate than you. But now is one of those times when I feel moved to speak of these matters. You are in a phase of your astrological cycle when it’s crucial to perform specific work in behalf of a greater good. Why crucial? Because your personal wellbeing in the immediate future depends in part on your efforts to intensify your practical compassion. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “We are whiplashed between an arrogant overestimation of ourselves and a servile underestimation of ourselves,” writes educator Parker Palmer. That’s the bad news, Virgo. The good news is that you are in a prime position to escape from the whiplash. Cosmic forces are conspiring with your eternal soul to coalesce a well-balanced vision of your true value that’s free of both vain misapprehensions and self-deprecating delusions. Congrats! You’re empowered to understand yourself with a tender objectivity that could at least partially heal lingering wounds. See yourself truly! LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The country of Poland awards medals to couples that have stayed married for 50 years. It also gives out medals to members of the armed forces who have served for at least 30 years. But the marriage medal is of higher rank, and is more prestigious. In that spirit, I’d love for you to get a shiny badge or prize to acknowledge your devoted commitment to a sacred task—whether that commitment is to an intimate alliance, a noble quest, or a promise to yourself. It’s

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