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NATURAL RESOURCES

Redfish Lake got its name from the sockeye salmon that once spawned there, but in 1992, people were shocked when just one—dubbed “Lonesome Larry”—made it all the way upstream to the Wood River Valley. Since then, there has been a mounting tension between advocates for the fish and Idaho’s inland empire of agriculturalists, who use the Lower Snake River’s dams to ship their goods to the world. For this week’s edition of Boise Weekly, I’m proud to announce the first in a three-part series on what some are calling “the most complex natural resource issue in the west”—the question of whether to breach four of those dams to save Idaho’s salmon. Read the first installment on page 6. Following the conservation theme, Anna Felix dives into Zoo Boise’s new Gorongosa National Park exhibit, which opened on July 17 and features animals found at the Mozambique park. We can’t wait to tell readers about the special relationship between it and the zoo on page 8. Ward returns on page 9 with a preview of Built to Spill’s upcoming show at The Egyptian Theatre benefitting the Idaho Suicide Prevention Hotline, and Hayden Seder writes about Native artist Wally Dion, who repurposes computer parts to make quilts that look like real fabric. Three of his larger pieces are on display at the Boise Art Museum. Read all about it on page 10. I’m concerned about the conversation surrounding the letter war between legislators of both parties and Boise State University regarding the school’s diversity and inclusion efforts (read more at boiseweekly.com). A university, like the voting booth and the marketplace, is a place where equality is measured by the end-user experience. Students have to feel safe and welcome there in order to participate, and programs like Black and Rainbow graduations, respecting gender identities, and working to attract diverse pools of students and employees make Idaho’s public schools better places for all comers, where the real focus can, and should be, on education. We should respect legislators’ concerns about the cost to taxpayers and whether D&I efforts promote equity, but when people dismiss student advocacy as the whining of children, this city and state deserve a better class of discussion. —Harrison Berry, Editor

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NEWS ‘THE MOST COMPLEX NATURAL RESOURCE ISSUE IN THE WEST’ COURTESY CHS PRIMEL AND

Part 1 of a three-part series on Lower Snake River dam removal X AVIER WARD Historically, millions of salmon would swim from the Pacific Ocean up the Columbia and Lower Snake rivers to ancestral spawning grounds in Idaho. After birthing smolts that would keep the salmon population healthy, the current would push the fish back to the ocean and the process would repeat. It’s a natural cycle that happens less every year. Now a few thousand salmon swim to spawn in the cold mountain waters of central Idaho’s Clearwater basin. “Idahoans have done a lot to protect this habitat for salmon and steelhead,” said Justin Hayes, director of the Idaho Conservation League. “It’s worth pointing out that much.” The decline in salmon is a complex issue. The euryhaline breed of fish prefers cold water, and rising ocean temperatures pose a problem. However, the sticking point for those trying to save wild salmon in Idaho are the hydropower dams on the Lower Snake and Columbia rivers. Conservationists have tried for years to breach the federally owned dams to no avail. It’s not just power officials who want the dams in place, but also grain shippers who use barges to transport crops down the river from Lewiston, the furthest inland seaport in the lower 48. To Hayes’ mind, the solution to increasing the population of wild salmon in Idaho is by no means simple, but if it doesn’t involve breaching four dams on the Lower Snake River, it’s not tenable. “It has to involve dam removal,” he said. “People want, I believe, to restore wild abundant fish that are ecologically meaningful.” There have been efforts to circumvent dam removal. All dams have a fish ladder, which allows the salmon to swim up and around, but that’s hardly intuitive after thousands of years of travelling directly up the river to home spawning grounds, Hayes said. For the journey down, the least-fatal way for the salmon to get past the dam is actually spilling over into the river below. Some even survive being sucked into the hydropower turbine and spat out the other side, he said, but each year, fewer fish make the journey home. Hayes said environmental scientists have pinpointed the number of dams that need to be removed. If four of the eight dams on the Lower Snake and Columbia rivers are taken out, salmon should be able return in numbers that will enable a slow recovery. 6 | JULY 24–30, 2019 | BOISEWEEKLY

Barges are used to ship grain down the Columbia and Lower Snake rivers. The dams on the river keep water levels high enough to continue using the river as a shipping corridor.

Dams slow the pace of the river, allowing the water to heat up in the reservoirs created along the river, creating less-than-ideal conditions for salmon smolts. This has also allowed predatory fish species like pike and largemouth bass to gobble small salmon along the way. One of the bigger problems, however, is the amount of time it takes to get to the ocean. Before the dams, salmon could reach the ocean in roughly two weeks. Now, with all the blockages, it can take up to two months. All the while, a metamorphosis of these fish is taking place: going from freshwater to saltwater fish. “It’s akin to saying you went from breathing air to breathing water, it’s an amazing physiological change they undertake,” Hayes said. While conservationists say dam removal is the issue, some depend on the dams for business purposes. Jeff Sayre, spokesman for CHS Primeland, a grain-shipper based in Craigmont, said the dams keep rivers at a level that allow shippers to haul wheat down the river to Portland, Oregon, where it is shipped all over the world. Without those dams on the river, the river levels

would drop to a point where barges could no longer use the river for passage. “You just drop it off at Lewiston and down the river it goes,” Sayre said. The river acts as one of the largest thoroughfares for grain shippers in the country. All told, 10% of all U.S. wheat is shipped down the Columbia River, he said. Each bushel of wheat sells for roughly $6, and each year anywhere between 20 and 25 million bushels are shipped on the river, making the economic impact of the dams significant. Grain isn’t an afterthought for these small communities, it is the only economic driver, Sayre said. Conservationists have pushed for alternative forms of shipping, but Sayre said nothing is as cost-effective or efficient as shipping on river barges. Carrying one ton of cargo, a barge travels 573 miles using the same amount of fuel as a semi tractor trailer would in 155 miles and a train would in 413 miles. There is some rail infrastructure in the area, but it’s outdated and hasn’t been used for years, he said. It would require a significant investment and expansion

of the existing lines. Even then, rail lines can’t ship as much wheat as a river barge. “It gets very complicated on the alternative transportation systems,” he said. “The rail doesn’t go anywhere from here like it used to go.” While it seems the sides are diametrically opposed, Sayre said he has never met a farmer who wants wild salmon to go extinct in Idaho. But for them, the river is helping to keep farmers afloat. “It’s a complicated web of ideas,” Sayre said. “I don’t think there’s any silver bullet for getting these fish back.” Sayre also questioned whether the dams are really to blame. Recently, sewage spills in the Puget Sound have toxified salmon habitat, and climate change has raised ocean temperatures, potentially causing fish death. As the conversation of how to save Idaho salmon moves forward, Sayre and his cohorts are ready to come to the table and look for a solution. “It’s a complicated web and hopefully we can figure out some common ground,” Sayre said. BOISE WEEKLY.COM

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A nurse at St. Luke’s in Twin Falls, Emily Mason was looking for a creative outlet beyond her work. Living in a farmhouse once surrounded by a 200-acre plum orchard—a few acres still survive—she turned to cider. Like most American ciders, Cedar Draw relies on table apples, but they are from old-growth orchards, and Mason ferments them bone-dry. Embracing the future, she has also planted a stand of hard cider apples. Currently, you’ll ﬁnd Cedar Draw on tap at Meriwether Cider House and by the bottle at the Boise Co-op. SOUR EMPRESS, $8.49

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Long in the making, the Gorongosa Exhibit at Zoo Boise opened on July 17.

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It felt a lot like a steamy African afternoon— the perfect kind of day to unveil Zoo Boise’s new Gorongosa National Park exhibit, which opened, July 17. People buzzed with excitement for the 20 new species hailing from the African park and animal sanctuary now call Boise home. The zoo’s support for Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique has been steady since 2008, when the zoo ﬁrst donated a large chunk of money to help stabilize its animal population. “We try to tell the story of Gorongosa with this exhibit,” said the Director of Zoo Boise Gene Peacock. “We tell the story of conservation and how we can make an impact with the animals and their environment.” The exhibit includes a warthog pen, an aviary, a connected African wild dog and hyena enclosure and the riveting EO Wilson Science and Exhibit Hall, which held baboons, otters, an enclosure for the Nile crocodile and vervet monkeys—all of it there to showcase the special relationship between Zoo Boise and Gorongosa with a special eye toward conservation. The issue has been an important part of the zoo’s actions since it implemented a revolutionary $.50 conservation fee tacked onto the sale of every ticket. “[It] was a huge leap of faith by our department... To take a portion of our funds and actually use that to walk the walk we’ve been talking has been so important.” said Director of Parks and Recreation Doug Holloway. The funds support conservation eﬀorts in Idaho and around the globe. Just recently,

in 2016, Zoo Boise committed to donating $200,000 over 5 years to restore and preserve the Boise Foothills. Just like the efforts being made at home in Boise, the zoo is making sure that the park can once again thrive. “Gorongosa National Park lost almost all of its wildlife in a generation of civil war,” said philanthropist and entrepreneur Greg Carr. “The government of Mozambique asked me and my friends if we’d help them, and when I say my friends that includes Zoo Boise. Fourteen years later you drive around Gorongosa and everywhere you look there is wildlife.” The exhibit has been a long time in the making. It took substantial fundraising efforts and work to make it a reality. The City of Boise contributed $2.3 million to aid the zoo’s plans, which grew to $10 million with the help of others in the community. The planning didn’t stop at funding. The exhibit was designed not only to show off animals native to Mozambique, but to educate visitors about life in and around Gorongosa National Park. “Now, Gorongosa is not just about wildlife, it’s about the people who live next door. It’s surrounded by a couple hundred thousand wonderful Mozambiquans, there’s a lot of children and there’s one hundred primary schools around the park,” said Carr. “Our goal is to help every one of those primary schools. We run after school programs and we help teachers which is critical.” The vision for the Gorongosa exhibit at Zoo Boise took a lot of planning but it has features

like heated pools and double-sided enclosures to ensure that visitors can enjoy the animals even as the weather cools. “These exhibits were designed with welfare in mind. Visitors are going to be able to see these animals year round, indoor and outdoor,” said Peacock. “We use mulch because it’s better for the animals. It’s easier on their feet and their hips. And it’s more environmentally friendly because we don’t use as much water to hose down the exhibits as we have to with concrete.” The animal enclosures were meticulously designed with an eye to their impact on the environment and the community. It was important for everyone involved in the design of the exhibit that Boisians could understand the impact of the conservation fee. A little over a decade ago, Gorongosa National Park had been ravaged by years of war and left almost bereft of wildlife. “We did a census this year from a helicopter and we counted one hundred thousand large animals. Progress is possible,” said Carr. “Seven hundred elephants, a thousand buffalo, ﬁve hundred hippos, one hundred ﬁfty lions. We hear a lot of bad news in the world about wildlife numbers going down and national parks having trouble but it’s important to remember that progress is possible. And it’s important to remember that optimistic people can make things better and Idaho is full of optimistic people.” BOISE WEEKLY.COM

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BUILT TO SPILL CONCERT WILL BENEFIT IDAHO SUICIDE PREVENTION HOTLINE

X AVIER WARD Boise is no stranger to Built to Spill shows. The local band may have a seemingly permanent place on the national stage, but it has kept its Idaho roots. Built to Spill’s next Idaho show, however, is a little different than most, as all proceeds from the concert will go to the Idaho Suicide Prevention Hotline. Built to Spill is playing the Egyptian Theater Sunday, July 28. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. The show is all ages, but there will be a bar selling drinks for concert goers 21 years of age and older. Wendy Young, development director for the hotline, said the concert will not only raise funds for the hotline, but also raise awareness. “We have been doing more and more outreach in the county to recruit more volunteers,” she said. Right now, there are 80 volunteers with someone there to respond to those in need Doug Martsch (middle) with bandmates Joao Casaes (left) and Le Almeida. Almeida and Casaes are memaround the clock. Due to an increased call volbers of Brazilian rock band Orua. ume in the past few years, however, she hopes they can hit 100 volunteers sometime soon. Martsch is the only constant member of the While the band’s sound is often relaxed and Last year, the hotline received 14,000 calls, band. The lineup has changed routinely over laid back in its recorded material, its live texts and messages. That’s a 30% increase from the years, which helps bring in new ideas and performances can be loud and raucous, but 2017, she said. To handle that volume, Young sounds, Martsch has said previously. the music still hopes more will “When you change the lineup you’ve got to maintains its volunteer as the rehearse a lot. But it’s fun to play with different precise tone. organization people and it’s interesting to hear their take on It has been a becomes more “ WHEN YOU CHANGE the music,” he said. while since Built well known. Recently, Martsch has been backed by Orua, to Spill formed While the hotline THE LINEUP YOU’VE which is also playing the Egyptian on Sunday in Boise, and has had other evening. Orua made its Idaho debut at Treefort a lot of things benefits, none G OT TO RE HE A RSE A this year, bringing a considerably fuzzier and have changed. have been this more distorted tone than Built to Spill’s tracks. The band is an large or featured LOT. BUT IT’S FUN TO Orua made the journey around the U.S. and anomaly. While such a prominent Europe after Treefort, but is landing back in the the band signed artist, Young said. PL AY WITH DIFFERENT City of Trees. to major label “This is pretty PEOPL E.” Dirt Russell, a local group, is a local rock group Warner Brothnew, especially reminiscent of a punk version of Black Sabbath. ers for its 1997 on this scale,” she If you or someone you know is in crisis or album Perfect said. “This will be, needs support, please reach out for help by calling From Now On, by far, the largest and has stayed with that label since, band leader or texting the Idaho Suicide Prevention Hotline concert we’ve ever been engaged with.” at 208-398-4357. All calls are confidential and Doug Martsch has retained creative control of Built to Spill is known for its strange, anonymous. oftentimes-vague lyrics and gazey guitar tones. the music. BOISE WEEKLY.COM

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Lord Huron will play the Idaho Botanical Garden on Wednesday, July 31.

CREEPING INTO THE ETHER, LORD HURON TO PLAY IDAHO BOTANICAL GARDEN It shouldn’t surprise anyone that tickets are sold out to the Wednesday, July 31, Lord Huron show at the Idaho Botanical Garden. The Los Angles-based indie band’s latest release, Vide Noir (2018), is enormously popular, landing the band its first top-five debut on the Billboard Top 200 and garnering praise from NPR, Time and Spin. The opening acts are just as promising: Shakey Graves and special guest Julia Jacklin. Lord Huron, named for Lake Huron, where band founder Ben Schneider grew up visiting and playing music around the campfire at night, formed in 2010 when Schneider began writing music in his hometown of Okemos, Michigan. What started as a solo project grew to include musicians to help with live shows, most of them Schneider’s close friends since childhood. In 2012, the band released its first full-length album, Lonesome Dreams, along with a series of music videos, all filmed in a western 1970s style to complement the western influence the album got from the work The Collected Works of Billy the Kid: Left-Handed Poems. After a six-year hiatus, the band released Vide Noir, an album steeped in cosmological references and dark, brooding lyrics. In a review of the album, KEXP describes the album as “more intimate” than the previous two: “Rather than staring out into a dusty rural plane, ready for adventure, frontman Ben Schneider is looking up to the cosmos asking for help. The lyricism on the album is consistent in its heartache and melancholy, so consistent one could call it a concept album revolving around the girl that got away.” Singles are already emerging. “Wait by the River” (which the band performed on Late Night with Seth Meyers) and “The Night is Over” have generated tens of millions of streams. If this album is anything like their other two, the songs will creep into pop culture. Songs by Lord Huron have appeared in numerous TV shows, from Shameless to 13 Reasons Why to Girls and more. —Hayden Seder BOISEWEEKLY | JULY 24–30, 2019 | 9

COURTESY WALLY DION

ARTS & CULTURE WALLY DION AT BAM BY HAYDEN SEDER This year, Boise Art Museum has made a point of showcasing Native American artists—in particular, Native artists porting the traditional to contemporary media and aesthetics. That trend continues with Wally Dion’s exhibition of visually striking quilt works, Current, which will run Friday, July 27-Jan. 5, 2020. Made from circuit boards and other media, three large quilts will be suspended from BAM’s 26-foot Sculpture Court ceiling. Dion said he found himself combining his love for art and circuit boards while working on a solo show with the theme of Native American people in the workforce in response to a politician who described Natives as drains on the public coffers. In his exhibition, Dion decided to portray Natives in Soviet-era-style posters working in construction, nursing and contemporary occupations like working at a computer. “That’s when the idea came to combine the material of technology with the quality of quilting which is what small groups of women have done in Native American culture, gotten together to quilt garments,” Dion said. “The idea came to me to use technology itself.” Weaving together intricate pieces of circuit boards, Dion creates pieces that, from afar, look like fabric quilts. On closer inspection that the electrical components start to show, their brittle textures softening into the appearance of a blanket—a sort of artistic cognitive dissonance. “Artists like Wally Dion are telling the story

of indigenous peoples in new and creative ways, counteracting accepted narratives and stereotypes,” said BAM Executive Director/CEO Melanie Fales. “His use of materials such as circuit boards and auto paint to create customary First Nations quilt patterns portrays the fact that indigenous cultures are not relegated to the past, and places their traditions in the context of modern technological society.” Dion hails from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, and is a member of the Yellow Quill First Nation (Salteaux). He received his MFA in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design, and has exhibited numerous times throughout the U.S. and Canada. For his exhibition at BAM, his three quilts are focused on the star quilt theme, an indigenous symbol. Dion’s quilts are inspired by quilting bees or parties during which First Nation women historically gathered to make quilts for burials, dances and other ceremonies. Aside from his quilts, Dion also does small circuit board work (that does not look like a quilt), paint work on plywood, paint covered “steppes,” small wooden models drizzled with paint, and portraits. The majority of his works feature First Nations cultural symbolism like his Thunderbird series. In the description of the series, for which he used circuit board materials, Dion describes Thunderbirds as a mythological being that has existed in the past and continues to exist today.

Wally Dion is the latest Native artist to show his work at Boise Art Museum.

“For thousands of years, people have fashioned mythologies in an attempt to understand the power and signiﬁcance of the Thunderbird. Viewed collectively as fossils, or as living prophecy, Thunderbirds are pulled from the tar sands of Northern Alberta, hydro-fracked from the bedrock of the Marcellus Shale and resurrected from the uranium mines of Northern Saskatchewan to live again among human beings,” he wrote on his website.

While Dion doesn’t necessarily think each of his pieces needs to have a connection to the cultural symbols of First Nations, the majority have in his portfolio of work. Whether that’s to spark discussion of the true mythology of something like the thunderbird or the broader theme of transformation is anyone’s guess. Dion continues to push the boundaries of what is expected of Native American art both in his own career and soon, at BAM.

AMERICAN CIPHER AUTHOR TO SPEAK ON BOWE BERGDAHL AT KETCHUM COMMUNITY LIBRARY Michael Ames’ latest work chronicles the journey of the controversial Idaho soldier HAYDEN SEDER

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pieces on Bergdahl, sought to answer that question. Other questions remain, like why he pleaded guilty to the charges against him and what the recovery efforts were like during his five years as a captive. Ames worked as an editor at Sun Valley Magazine when Bergdahl was captured in the summer of 2009. Bergdahl’s father was Ames’ UPS driver and he saw the hostage ordeal unfold up close. “I was outraged by what happened after Bowe was recovered in 2014 and specifically the way Hailey was exploited by the national info-tainment complex,” Ames said. “Good people were punished, threatened and demonized simply for supporting this family, which they had already been doing for five years.” The book uses Bergdahl’s story to demonstrate Ames and Farwell’s assertion that the U.S. lost its way in Afghanistan. At his talk, Ames will discuss some of the book’s findings, and why Bergdahl’s story still matters in the Wood River Valley and

beyond. He will read two short sections and hold a question and answer session after the readings. “There was a lot of pain in the Valley after Bowe was recovered and the town was burned by the political ﬁrestorm,” Ames said. “I hope this event can provide some useful perspective and maybe even some healing.” Co-author Farwell, a former Army infantryman who fought in the same Afghan province where Bergdahl disappeared, will not attend.

COURTESY MICHAEL AMES

Bowe Bergdahl’s story hits close to home in the Sun Valley area. A Hailey native, Bergdahl came into the national spotlight when he was captured by the Taliban in 2009. “The story chose me,” said Michael Ames, co-author of American Cipher: Bowe Bergdahl and the American Tragedy in Afghanistan. Published in March 2019 with co-author Matt Farwell, the book tells a story that most Idahoans (and Americans, for that matter) are by now familiar with: Private First Class Bergdahl deserting his post in 2009. Bergdahl was held by the Taliban for ﬁve years, and court martialed for desertion upon his return. Ames will present on his latest work at the Ketchum Community Library Thursday, July 25 from 6-7:30 p.m. The question of why Bergdahl left his post haunts the story. He was the subject of the second season of popular public radio podcasts Serial and Speaking of Serial, which, like many other

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MEN OVERBOARD: THE SEA CHANGE THAT IS MAIDEN Opens Friday, August 9 at The Flicks GEORGE PRENTICE

Maiden is the documentary sleeper-hit of the summer.

Maiden—the documentary sleeper-hit of the summer—pairs well with the U.S. soccer team’s World Cup championship, not just because they both involve women, but because each is a tale of achievement. Inspirational? Gripping? Crowd-pleasing? Yes, yes, and absolutely yes! The feminist fireworks are undeniable. In 1989, the idea of a competitive all-female sailboat crew was inconceivable to the all-male world of open-ocean yacht racing. Yachting’s inner-sanctum, and much of the world press, said the crew of the Maiden would never make it to the start of the Whitbread Round the World Race, much less survive to the finish. The chorus of naysayers was loud: “They’ll never find funding,” said critics. “They don’t have the strength or skill. They’ll die at sea.” But it’s not as if the sea discriminates whether it swallows men or women. “The ocean is always trying to kill you. It never takes a break,” a woman’s voice warns us at Maiden’s beginning. The only image accompanying the voice is that of the deep blue sea. This is not the ocean one might see from the

shore: This is the crushing ocean with a Prussian blue hue that has claimed countless lives. “You’re on your own,” the voice tells us. “There is no hope if anything happens out there.” That voice belongs to Tracy Edwards, who, aged 26 in 1989, helmed the first-ever all-woman challenge to the Whitbread. By the time the Maiden returned to its starting point at Southampton, England, after 32,000 miles of global racing, the crew shocked the sailing world and Edwards was awarded the Yachtsman of the Year Award, the first woman to receive it. Soon thereafter, the Queen appointed Edwards a Member of the Order of the British Empire. Unlike most of her crewmates, Edward didn’t grow up in a sailing family. In fact, she was a high school dropout and ran away from home at 16, finding refuge among a hard-partying tribe of boat crew vagabonds, working as a cook and stewardess. But sailing represented freedom to Edwards, so with… well, a boatload of naivete, she set her sights on experiencing the world’s

biggest and most challenging sailing event: the Whitbread Round the World Race, which circumnavigated the globe every three years. And through a bizarre chance meeting with no less than Jordan’s King Hussein, Edwards secured a financial sponsor for her dream. Soon enough, the Maiden’s sails were adorned with the colors of the Royal Jordanian Airlines. Maiden’s story of an upstart, defiant run at the Whitbread has all the elements of an epic adventure tale: 50-foot waves, life and death drama, near-mutiny, and heart-in-your-throat victory. It’s all grounded in a group portrait of a group of fearless women led by the remarkable, complicated Tracy Edwards. Together, they would pioneer a sport and inspire women in all fields to prove themselves the equal, or superior, of men. Sound familiar? Watch the highlights of the U.S. women soccer team’s recent World Cup championship and it’s a good bet that you’ll thrill to Maiden. Or vice versa.

SCREEN EXTRA THE PUBLIC SPONSORED BY CORPUS CHRISTI HOMELESS DAY SHELTER The Public isn’t anywhere near the best film of the year, but I can’t think of a better time and place than The Flicks on Thursday, July 25, to see this engaging film and be part of a more engaging postscreening conversation. When I first BOISE WEEKLY.COM

saw The Public at TIFF last September, I mustered up some middling admiration for the film co-starring Alec Baldwin and Christian Slater. But my greater interest for the film’s overheated tension came when police attempt to roust the homeless from a public library and into a sub-freezing winter on the streets. You may ultimately forget the film,

but it’s an evening well-spent when you dive into the debate the everwidening gap between the haves and have-nots, civil disobedience and human decency. The fact that too many people have frozen to death on Boise’s streets makes this event a must-attend.

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CALENDAR WEDNESDAY JULY 24 Theatre ISF: THE MUSIC MAN—There’s trouble in River City when a fasttalking salesman gets his heart stolen by the town librarian. 8 p.m. $13-$57. Idaho Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, idahoshakespeare.org.

Film NAPOLEON DYNAMITE: PRESENTED BY THE BOISE FILM FOUNDATION AND PAYETTE BREWING—An exclusive screening of Napoleon Dynamite! 8-10 p.m. $5-$10. Payette Brewing River Street Taproom, 733 S. Pioneer St., Boise, 208-283-7065.

Sports & Outdoors YOGA IN THE YARD—The yard is calling you... Enjoy the morning sunshine against the sandstone walls of the historic Old Idaho Penitentiary at Yoga in the Yard. This is a small, intimate experience (25 people per session), with instructor Josie Kunzman. Eight sessions are available at $10 per session or $64 for all eight. Previous yoga experience is suggested, but all levels are welcome (for ages 18 and older). Take your own equipment, and a water bottle. 6:30-7:30 a.m. $10-$64. Old Idaho Penitentiary, 2445 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-3342844, store.history.idaho.gov.

Learning COOKING WITH THE PRESS: BARBECUE CLASS—Join Pitmaster Rob Harding from Pitmaster BarBQue Co. to learn great tips and tricks. 6:30-8:30 p.m. $20-$30. The Boise Spectrum, 7701 W. Overland Road, Boise, 208-465-8147, myidahotix. com.

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THURSDAY JULY 25 Theatre ISF: WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION—As part of Agatha Christie’s gripping courtroom thriller, you hereby are summoned for jury duty in a whodunit that will keep you guessing. 8 p.m. $13-$52. Idaho Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, idahoshakespeare.org. TRUE WEST BY SAM SHEPARD— Tim Pakutka and Justin Tharpe star in True West, a darkly humorous story of the power struggle between two brothers. 7 p.m. $10-$15. GEM Center for the Arts, 2417 W. Bank Drive, Boise, 208-477-7546, loungeboise.com.

Literary Arts DREAM PARTY—Join Boise poets and illustrators for a night of literature and art on the topic of dreams ahead of the arrival of Mathias Svalina of the Dream Delivery Ser-

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vice. 5-7 p.m. By Donation. Neckar Coffee, 117 S. 10th St., Boise, facebook.com/semaboise.

Comedy COMEDIANS JESSICA KEENAN AND MATTIO MARTINEZ—8 p.m. $12-$15. Liquid Laughs, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise.

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TRUE WEST BY SAM SHEPARD— Tim Pakutka and Justin Tharpe star in True West, a darkly humorous story of the power struggle between two brothers. 7 p.m. $10-$15. GEM Center for the Arts, 2417 W. Bank Drive, Boise, 208-477-7546, loungeboise.com.

Film BOISE CLASSIC MOVIES: THE BIG LEBOWSKI—The Dude is back for one night only! 7 p.m. $9-$11. The Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, boiseclassicmovies.com.

Theatre ISF: WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION—As part of Agatha Christie’s gripping courtroom thriller, you hereby are summoned for jury duty in a whodunit that will keep you guessing. 8 p.m. $13-$52. Idaho Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, idahoshakespeare.org.

Comedy COMEDIAN ALVIN WILLIAMS—9 p.m. $8-$10. Gem Center for the Arts, 2417 W. Bank Drive, Boise, 208-477-7546, loungeboise.com. COMEDIANS JESSICA KEENAN AND MATTIO MARTINEZ—8 p.m. and 10 p.m. $12-$15. Liquid Laughs, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise.

LEZBE KINGS SIDE SHOW AND CARNIVAL—8 p.m. $15. Ophidia Studio, 2615 W. Kootenai St., Boise, ophidiastudio.com.

SATURDAY, JULY 27

Channel your inner goddess and bring the family together for an outdoor extravaganza Saturday for the 25th anniversary of Goddess Fest at Julia Davis Park. The festival celebrates sacredness, spirituality and diversity, and welcomes folks to enjoy vendors, apothecaries, boutiques and jewelry. While checking out the vendors be sure to take a break to chow down with different food options such as Aladdin Egyptian, a pizza cone from Coned! or a funnel cake for dessert. Sit down with some food, relax and enjoy performances from belly dance groups and musicians. Celebrate by creating a “Goddess Doll” and even a “Herbal Protection Pouch” between activities. Goddess Fest promotes “peace, joy, harmony, ecology, understanding, compassion and every good thing.” July 27, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., and July 28, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. Julia Davis Park., 700 S. Capitol Blvd., goddessfest.org. 12 | JULY 24–30, 2019 | BOISEWEEKLY

SATURDAY JULY 27 Theatre ISF: WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION—As part of Agatha Christie’s gripping courtroom thriller, you hereby are summoned for jury duty in a whodunit that will keep you guessing. 8 p.m. $13-$52. Idaho Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, idahoshakespeare.org. LEZBE KINGS SIDE SHOW AND CARNIVAL—8 p.m. $15. Ophidia Studio, 2615 W. Kootenai St., Boise, ophidiastudio.com.

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THE THIRD-ANNUAL BURLESQUE MARATHONG The Visual Arts Collective will be filled with music, dancing and burlesque performers dressed up in unimaginable sparkling outfits. Frankly Frankie’s Third-Annual Burlesque Marathon Show hits the VAC stage on Saturday, July 27, from 9-11:30 p.m. Frankie’s performances highlight gender fluidity. This BSU graduate puts her heart and soul into every performance while also adding in “goofball antics” and “absurdist humor twists” challenging standard beauty norms. Twenty other performing artists will have an opportunity to showcase their skills alongside Frankie. Entertainment rarely goes out of style and this performance seeks to challenge what viewers think of as standard entertainment. Vendors will be onsite with goods for purchase and prizes for a lucky fan. 9 a.m.-11:30 p.m. $15-$20. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, visualartscollective.com.

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JAPANESE SUMMER CLASSICS— Celebrate summer with some of Tasso’s favorite Japanese summer recipes. 6:30-8:30 p.m. $45. Tasso, 401 S. Eighth St., Boise, tassoboise. com.

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TRUE WEST

In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the titular character tells his friend Horatio that “there are more things in heaven and earth … Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” Ironically, dreams have sailed where philosophy has sputtered at showing the true colors of the world and the elegance of experience. Enter poet Mathias Svalina, who will be in Boise in September with his Dream Delivery Service. During his stay, subscribers to DDS will receive poems written specially for them by Svalina himself—part of a traveling service he has provided in many cities already. Before his arrival with a celebration from the Sema Reading Series at Neckar Coffee on Saturday, July 27, as poets and illustrators put dreams to ink and paper, check out of Svalina’s previous works and sit in for dream-poem readings from local poets. 5-7 p.m. By donation. Neckar Coffee, 117 S. 10th St., Boise, facebook.com/semaboise.

New York Magazine described Sam Shepard, as “the greatest American playwright of his generation.” Shepard is a well-known American actor, playwright, author, screenwriter and director. Even though he died in 2017, his work lives on. A production of his play True West will run at the Gem Center for the Arts starting Thursday, July 25. Two brothers, Lee (Tim Pakutka) and Austin (Justin Tharpe), are struggling for power. One is a drifter and a petty thief, while the other is a successful screenwriter. They are collaborating a screenplay in their mother’s home and Lee claims he can write a “truer” western compared to his brother. Austin’s producer decides to give him the job and the brothers’ roles switch. This play was a ﬁnalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1983. July 25-27 and Aug 1-3. 7 p.m. General Admission $15. Gem Center for the Arts, 2417 Bank Drive., Boise, gemcenterforthearts.com. BOISE WEEKLY.COM

Visual Arts RESIDENT ARTIST CINDY STEILER FLASH SHOW: ALL TOO BRIEF—Check out All Too Brief, an exhibition of works by James Castle House Resident Artist Cindy Steiler. 3-6 p.m. FREE. James Castle House, 5015 Eugene St., Boise, 208-6087051. WALLY DION: CURRENT—Dion uses materials such as circuit boards and auto paint to create his own renditions of Indigenous quilt patterns. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE-$6. Boise Art Museum, 670 E. Julia Davis Drive, Boise, boiseartmuseum.org.

Comedy BOISE’S FUNNIEST PERSON FINAL ROUND—The winner walks off with $1,000 in cash and the title of Boise’s Funniest Person. 8 p.m. $15. Liquid Laughs, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, liquidboise.com.

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COMEDIAN ALVIN WILLIAMS—9 p.m. $8-$10. Gem Center for the Arts, 2417 W. Bank Drive, Boise, 208-477-7546, loungeboise.com.

COMEDIANS JESSICA KEENAN AND MATTIO MARTINEZ—10 p.m. $12-$15. Liquid Laughs, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise. COMEIAN DAVID KOECHNER—8 p.m. $22-$45. Knitting Factory, 416 S. Ninth St., Boise, bo.knittingfactory.com.

Sports & Outdoors 10 BARREL BOISE’S 2ND-ANNUAL BOGUS TO THE BARREL—Registration is now open for 10 Barrel Boise’s second-annual Bogus to the Barrel XC mountain bike race. Must be age 21+. 3-9 p.m. FREE-$50. 10 Barrel Brewing, 826 W. Bannock St., Boise, bogustothebarrel2019. eventbrite.com. RUN WILD AT ZOO BOISE—Run Wild at Zoo Boise is a fun run through the zoo, designed for kids ages 2-11. 8-10 a.m. $20-$25. Zoo Boise, 355 E. Julia Davis Drive, Boise, zooboise.org.

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2019 BALCONY UNDERWEAR FASHION SHOW—Check out the 2019 Underwear Fashion Show featuring models from all walks of life showcasing men’s boxers, briefs and more by top brands. 7-10 p.m. $19-$29. The Balcony Club, 150 N. Eighth St., Boise, thebalconyclub. com.

SUNDAY JULY 28 Theatre ISF: WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION—As part of Agatha Christie’s gripping courtroom thriller, you hereby are summoned for jury duty in a whodunit that will keep you guessing. 7 p.m. $13-$52. Idaho Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, idahoshakespeare.org.

Visual Arts WALLY DION: CURRENT—Dion uses materials such as circuit boards and auto paint to create his own renditions of Indigenous quilt patterns. Noon-5 p.m. FREE-$6. Boise Art Museum, 670 E. Julia Davis Drive, Boise, boiseartmuseum.org.

Comedy COMEDIANS JESSICA KEENAN AND MATTIO MARTINEZ—8 p.m. $12-$15. Liquid Laughs, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise.

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Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk. Go to www.boiseweekly.com and look under odds and ends for the answers to this week’s puzzle. And don’t think of it as cheating. Think of it more as simply double-checking your answers. © 2013 Mepham Group. Distributed by Tribune Media Services. All rights reserved.

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YOGA IN THE YARD—The yard is calling you... Enjoy the morning sunshine against the sandstone walls of the historic Old Idaho Penitentiary at Yoga in the Yard. This is a small, intimate experience (25 people per session), with instructor Josie Kunzman. Eight sessions are available at $10 per session or $64 for all eight. Previous yoga experience is suggested, but all levels are welcome (for ages 18 and older). Take your own equipment, and a water bottle. 6:30-7:30 a.m. $10-$64. Old Idaho Penitentiary, 2445 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-3342844, store.history.idaho.gov.

TUESDAY JULY 30 Theatre LES MISERABLES—This epic and uplifting story has become one of the most celebrated musicals in

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theatrical history. 7:30 p.m. $45-$. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 W. Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, morrisoncenter.com.

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TVFC JULY DINNER AND A MOVIE: CON O SIN PAPELES (WITH OR WITHOUT PAPERS)—Join the Treasure Valley Food Coalition for dinner and a movie in the Red Feather Cellar. 6 p.m. $36. Red Feather Lounge, 246 N. Eighth St., Boise, bcrﬂ.com.

Visual Arts WALLY DION: CURRENT—Dion uses materials such as circuit boards and auto paint to create his own renditions of Indigenous quilt patterns. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE-$6. Boise Art Museum, 670 E. Julia Davis Drive, Boise, boiseartmuseum.org.

Literary Arts STORY STORY LATE NIGHT: MADCAP SPILL-THE-TEA PARTY— The adults-only black sheep of the storytelling family is back. 7 and 10 p.m. $12-$15. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City. storystorynight.org.

ANTIQUE SALE Sunday, July 28th 10am to 4pm

AntiqueMar. World Mall6pm parking lot Friday, 15th – 9pm Vintage items, Antiques, collectibles, ANTIQUE APPRAISALS up-cycled goodies, handmade Saturday Mar. 16th 11am – 4pm and specialty items. $25 (1 large or 1-3 small items) Plus 10% Store Wide Sale inside Anniversary Celebration! Mar. 29thWorld – 31stMall the Antique Prizes! Including Boise Music Festival Tickets VendorsBig Wanted! a 10x22 Jud’s 11am$35 to 2pmfor (Saturday Only) space 4544 4544 W. Overland Rd. Boise, ID 83705 W. Overland Rd. Boise

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Theatre LES MISERABLES—This epic and uplifting story has become one of the most celebrated musicals in theatrical history. 7:30 p.m. $45. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 W. Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, morrisoncenter.com.

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TOP GUN: PRESENTED BY THE BOISE FILM FOUNDATION—8-10 p.m. $5-$10. Payette Brewing River Street Taproom, 733 S. Pioneer St., Boise, 208-283-7065.

Visual Arts WALLY DION: CURRENT—Dion uses materials such as circuit boards and auto paint to create his own rendi-

tions of Indigenous quilt patterns. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE-$6. Boise Art Museum, 670 E. Julia Davis Drive, Boise, boiseartmuseum.org.

Dance ROBIN STIEHM: HOME/BODY— Stiehm presents a site speciﬁc movement solo in the house and surrounds of Surel’s Place. 5:30 p.m. $10. Surel’s Place, 212 E. 33rd St., Garden City, surelsplace.org.

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MUSIC GUIDE WEDNESDAY JULY 24 ALIVE AFTER FIVE: RIVER WHYLESS—With Lonesome Jetboat Ramblers. 5 p.m. FREE. Grove Plaza HAYES CARLL—8:30 p.m. $20. Neurolux ROCKSTAR DISRUPT FESTIVAL: THE USED, THRICE—With Circa Survive, Sum 41, Atreyu, Sleeping With Sirens, Andy Black, Four Year Strong, Memphis May Fire, Juliet Simms, and Hyro The Hero 1:30 p.m. $40-$55. Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater UP IS THE DOWN IS THE—With People With Bodies, and Jen Scafﬁdi. 7 p.m. $7. The Olympic

THURSDAY JULY 25 NATHANIEL RATELIFF AND THE NIGHT SWEATS—With Lucius. 7:30 p.m. $42. Outlaw Field at the Idaho Botanical Garden

FRIDAY JULY 26 FORTUNE’S FOOL—With Mindz Eye, and Encounter XXX. 9 p.m. $7. High Note Cafe FRANK IERO AND THE FUTURE VIOLENTS—With Geoff Rickly. 8 p.m. $20-$55. Knitting Factory

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FREEDOM RENEGADES ALBUM RELEASE—With Zero, Andy O, Illumney Crew, Madison Proof, Devin B and The Lyrical Sound Demon, and DJ Spin Master Mugen. 10 p.m. $5. Reef JOSHY SOUL—With Jun. 8:30 p.m. $10-$12. Neurolux KRYSTOS—With Atheras, and Abaasy. 7 p.m. $5. The Olympic

SCOTT YODER—With HiHazel. 8:30 p.m. $8-$10. Neurolux

MONDAY JULY 29 KING STRANG AND MATT PRATER—9 p.m. $5. Liquid Lounge

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THE TREES THE TREES ALBUM RELEASE—With The Hurdy Gurdy Girls, and Mighty Band Of Microbes. 8 p.m. $10. Visual Arts Collective

DISTURBED: EVOLUTION TOUR— With Pop Evil. 7 p.m. $28-$87. Taco Bell Arena

DEVIN THE DUDE: STILL ROLLING UP TOUR—7 p.m. $25. The Shredder

WEDNESDAY JULY 31 ALIVE AFTER FIVE: NATE BOTSFORD—With Critical. Hits 5 p.m. FREE. Grove Plaza

SPOSE—Spose Summer Tour $15 7:30 p.m. $15. The Olympic

BEN MORRISON—With Rider, and Rolling Thunder. 8:30 p.m. $10$12. Neurolux

THROES ALBUM RELEASE—With Armed For Apocalypse, Possessive, and Blackcloud. 7:30 p.m. $8. Neurolux

LORD HURON AND SHAKEY GRAVES—With Julia Jacklin. 6:30 p.m. [SOLD OUT]. Outlaw Field at the Idaho Botanical Garden

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MARILYN MANSON—With Palaye Royale. 8 p.m. [SOLD OUT]. Knitting Factory

BUILT TO SPILL—With Orua, and Dirt Russell. 6 p.m. $20. The Egyptian Theatre

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River Whyless once used a typewriter to punch out the rhythm to the folk song “Life Crisis” on NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Concert while crooning harmonies over the tribal beat. The band’s newest album, Kindness, A Rebel (2018), took a step outside of the folk genre. The opening song, “All My Friends,” dabbles in lo-ﬁ sounds, and “Van Dyke Brown” has a ton of spunk to it. The band also addresses some new topics lyrically. On the new album, the lyrics address everything from religious and racial discrimination on “Born in the Right Country” and the class struggles of everyday Americans in “New Beliefs” to the devastating effects of war on families in “War is Kind.” River Whyless plays the Grove Plaza, Wednesday, July 24, at 5 p.m. for Boise’s Alive After Five. —Anna Felix With Lonesome Jetboat Ramblers. 5 p.m. FREE. Grove Plaza, Downtown Boise, www.riverwhyless.com. BOISE WEEKLY.COM

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ASTROLOGY LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The Queen of North America and Europe called me on the phone. At least that’s how she identified herself. “I have a message for your Leo readers,” she told me. “Why Leo?” I asked. “Because I’m a Leo myself,” she replied, “and I know what my tribe needs to know right now.” I said, “OK. Give it to me.” “Tell Leos to always keep in mind the difference between healthy pride and debilitating hubris,” she said. “Tell them to be dazzlingly and daringly competent without becoming bossy and egomaniacal. They should disappear their arrogance but nourish their mandate to express leadership and serve as a role model. Be shiny and bright but not glaring and blinding. Be irresistible but not envy-inducing.”

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Congrats, Virgo! You are beginning the denouement of your yearly cycle. Anything you do to resolve lingering conflicts and finish up old business will yield fertile rewards. Fate will conspire benevolently in your behalf as you bid final goodbyes to the influences you’ll be smart not to drag along with you into the new cycle that will begin in a few weeks. To inspire your holy work, I give you this poem by Virgo poet Charles Wright: “Knot by knot I untie myself from the past / And let it rise away from me like a balloon. / What a small thing it becomes. / What a bright tweak at the vanishing point, blue on blue.” LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I predict that between now and the end of the year, a Libran genetic engineer will create a new species of animal called a dat. A cross between a cat and a dog, it will have the grace, independence, and vigilance of a Persian cat and the geniality, loyalty, and ebullient strength of a golden retriever. Its stalking skills will synthesize the cat’s and dog’s different styles of hunting. I also predict that in the coming months, you will achieve greater harmony between the cat and dog aspects of your own nature, thereby acquiring some of the hybrid talents of the dat. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio poet Marianne Moore (1887–1972) won the Pulitzer Prize and several other prestigious awards. She was a rare poet who became a celebrity. That’s one of the reasons why the Ford car company asked her to dream up interesting names for a new model they were manufacturing. Alas, Ford decided the 43 possibilities she presented were too poetic, and rejected all of them. But some of Moore’s names are apt descriptors for the roles you could and should play in the phase you’re beginning, so I’m offering them for your use. Here they are: 1. Anticipator. 2. The Impeccable. 3. Tonnere Alifère (French term for “winged thunder”). 4. Tir á l’arc (French term for “bull’s eye”). 5. Regina-Rex (Latin terms for “queen” and “king”). SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): It’s conceivable that in one of your past lives you were a pioneer who made the rough 2,170-mile migration via wagon train from Missouri to Oregon in the 1830s. Or maybe you were a sailor who accompanied the Viking Leif Eriksson in his travels to the New World five hundred years before Columbus. Is it possible you were part of the team assembled by Italian diplomat Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, who journeyed from Rome to Mongolia in the thirteenth century? Here’s why I’m entertaining these thoughts, Sagittarius: I suspect that a similar itch to ramble and explore and seek adventure may rise up in you during the coming weeks. I won’t be surprised if you consider making a foray to the edge of your known world. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): When the dinosaurs died off 65 million years ago, the crocodiles didn’t. They were around for 135 million years before that era, and are still here now. Why? “They are extremely tough and robust,” says croc expert James Perran Ross. Their immune systems “are just incredible.” Maybe best of all, they “learn quickly and adapt to changes in their situation.” In accordance with the astrological omens, I’m naming the crocodile

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BY ROB BREZSNY as your creature teacher for the coming weeks. I suspect you will be able to call on a comparable version of their will to thrive. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “My only hope is that one day I can love myself as much as I love you.” Poet Mariah Gordon-Dyke wrote that to a lover, and now I’m offering it to you as you begin your Season of Self-Love. You’ve passed through other Seasons of Self-Love in the past, but none of them has ever had such rich potential to deepen and ripen your self-love. I bet you’ll discover new secrets about how to love yourself with the same intensity you have loved your most treasured allies. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “Poems can bring comfort,” writes Piscean poet Jane Hirshfield. “They let us know ... that we are not alone—but they also unseat us and make us more susceptible, larger, elastic. They foment revolutions of awareness and allow the complex, uncertain, actual world to enter.” According to my understanding of upcoming astrological omens, Pisces, life itself will soon be like the poems Hirshfield describes: unruly yet comforting; a source of solace but also a catalyst for transformation; bringing you healing and support but also asking you to rise up and reinvent yourself. Sounds like fun! ARIES (March 21-April 19): After analyzing unusual animal behavior, magnetic fluctuations, outbreaks of mayhem on Twitter, and the position of the moon, a psychic has foretold that a moderate earthquake will rumble through the St. Louis, Missouri, area in the coming weeks. I don’t agree with her prophecy. But I have a prediction of my own. Using data about how cosmic forces are conspiring to amuse and titillate your rapture chakra, I predict a major lovequake for many Aries between now and Aug. 20. I suggest you start preparing immediately. How? Brainstorm about adventures and breakthroughs that will boost exciting togetherness. Get yourself in the frame of mind to seek out collaborative catharses that evoke both sensory delights and spiritual insights. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “Tell me what you pay attention to and I will tell you who you are,” wrote Taurus philosopher José Ortega y Gasset. You could use that idea to achieve a finer grade of peace and grace in the coming weeks. The navel-gazing phase of your yearly cycle has begun, which means you’ll be in closest alignment with cosmic rhythms if you get to know yourself much better. One of the best ways to do that is to analyze what you pay most attention to. Another excellent way is to expand and refine and tenderize your feelings for what you pay most attention to. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Uruguayan author Eduardo Galeano wrote that in Havana, people refer to their friends as “mi sangre” my blood, or “mi tierra,” my country. In Caracas, he reported, a friend might be called “mi llave” my key, or “mi pana,” my bread. Since you are in the allianceboosting phase of your cycle, Gemini, I trust that you will find good reasons to think of your comrades as your blood, your country, your key, or your bread. It’s a favorable time for you to get closer, more personal, and more intimate. The affectionate depths are calling to you. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Your emotional intelligence is so strong right now that I bet you could alleviate the pain of a loved one even as you soothe a long-running ache of your own. You’re so spiritually alluring, I suspect you could arouse the sacred yearning of a guru, saint, or bodhisattva. You’re so interesting, someone might write a poem or story about you. You’re so overflowing with a lust for life that you might lift people out of their ruts just by being in their presence. You’re so smart you could come up with at least a partial solution to a riddle whose solution has evaded you for a long time.

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