BOISEvisitWEEKLY PICKS boiseweekly.com for more events THURSDAY MARCH 17 green beer ST. PATTY’S DAY GOINGS ON At least one day of the year, we all want to be Irish. On Thursday, March 17, you can be as Irish as you want to be. Here’s a little taste of the action. For more St. Patty’s Day events, visit boiseweekly.com. Ha’ Penny: A special menu featuring classics like bangers and mash will provide the sustenance you’ll need while partaking in green beer and shot specials. The Irish dancers will perform around 6 p.m. and the Boise Highlanders at 8 p.m. Arm and Hammered and the Irish Volunteers start at 9 p.m. At some point during the night, a trip to Las Vegas will be given away. Best of all? No cover. Red Room Tavern: Matt Hopper and the Roman Candles will host a benefit concert to help local musician Thomas Paul cover medical expenses. The lineup also includes New Transit, Storie Grubb and the Holy Wars, Radillac and Piers Lamb. Wear green and get $2 off the $7 donation/cover charge. The show starts at 9 p.m. Liquid: Get your jig on with Fleet Street Klezmer who plans to “bring down the house with a set of Irish drinking songs.” Celtic Resin adds to the merriment with its own brand of Irish dance tunes, and drink specials include the ever-popular green beer. The party begins at 9 p.m. and is FREE. Hannah’s: Be the “greenest” person and win some o’ the green for yourself—as in $100. Starting at 6:30 p.m., the Boise Highlander Bagpipers, Giant Leprechauns and the Rocci Johnson Band will provide the dance tunes. There will be drink specials, games and prizes. There is a $5 cover after 9 p.m.
It’s no Orr-dinary night at BAM.
FRIDAY MARCH 18 music JAMES ORR LIVE AT BAM Boise Art Museum came into being before there even was a physical building—its first exhibition was actually held in the Boise Hotel, now the Hoff Building. In 1937 a smaller version of the museum that we know today was constructed. On Friday, March 18, BAM presents James Orr in concert, whose music, like the steady expansions of the museum builds layer by layer, engulfing listeners in a sweet cacophony of sound. Orr’s concert is a benefit for BAM’s educational programs and will take place in the sculpture court. Artist Stephen Knapp’s refracted light paintings will serve as the backdrop, where the mixture of sound, light and color are sure to create a unique poly-sensual experience. On his website Knapp stresses that viewers of his work should approach with open eyes because “perception and interaction lead to an act of mutual discovery, a universal bond of our existence. There is no right answer hidden within each piece, only a shared journey.” For one night, that journey will feature a soundtrack. With the Early Grey. 6 p.m. doors, 7 p.m. show, $8 students and BAM members, $10 general. Boise Art Museum, 670 Julia Davis Drive, 208-345-8330, boiseartmuseum.org.
FRIDAY MARCH 18 glam rock TOGETHER AGAIN
The cat in the Celtic hat says, “Oh, hai. I’m Irish.”
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Everyone needs a glamrock theme song, even city planners. In the Broadway musical Rock of Ages, a feisty city planner named Regina gets to belt out Jefferson Starship’s “We Built This City” and Twisted Sister’s “We’re Not Gonna Take It” to protest the pending demolition of the Sunset Strip’s seedy rock ’n’ roll dive The Bourbon Room. The rest of the musical is also infused with lyrically appropriate and comedic tunes—Foreigner’s “I Want to Know What Love Is” plays during a bathroom sex scene, and Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” wraps up the tale.
Rock of Ages is currently being adapted to the big screen, with Tom Cruise slated to play sleazy rocker Stacee Jaxx and Mary J. Blige on board as Justice, the owner of a strip club. But if you can’t afford a trip to Broadway or wait for the theatrical release of Rock of Ages, be sure to check out Together Again, a collaboration between Boise Rock School and Idaho Shakespeare Festival’s Drama School. The show will take place at Esther Simplot Center for the Performing Arts and feature selections from both Rock of Ages and Fame performed by kids from both schools. 6 p.m., $3. Esther Simplot Center for the Performing Arts, 516 S. Ninth St., 208-345-9116. For more information, e-mail info@ boiserockschool.com.
MONDAY MARCH 21 film FIGHT IN THE FIELDS People are protesting these days in numbers not seen since the Vietnam War. Even in Boise, thousands have marched to the Capitol demanding their voices be heard. Cesar Chavez would be proud. Chavez was a farmerturned-activist who inspired generations to stand up against injustice. He formed unions, swayed government officials and helped to create laws that gave basic rights to farmers. He’s a model of peaceful American protest to whom people can look as they craft their picket signs. March is Chavez’s month: Eight states have WWW. B O I S E WE E KLY. C O M