8 DAYS OUT WEDNESDAY JAN. 18 Festivals & Events GET LOUDER FOR POWDER—Longtime Bogus Basin supporter and jazz icon Curtis Stigers will host and headline an evening of live music, food, beer and wine with special deals for Bogus season pass holders. There will be $1 beer and $1 Bogus Burgers for 2011-2012 season pass holders. 5-8 p.m. FREE. Basque Block, 601 Grove St., Boise.
Calls to Artists ADD THE WORDS ART CONTEST—Works of visual art on a 3-inch by 3-inch sticky/Post-It note or art in any medium no more than 1-foot by 1-foot in size, reflecting the spirit of the Add the Words campaign may be submitted for display at a juried show on Thursday, Feb. 2, at Bittercreek Alehouse. $300 grand prize for the winner. Entries are due to P.O. Box 2661, Boise, ID, 83701 by Tuesday, Jan. 24, or may be delivered to the Hoff Building, Ste. 402 on Monday, Jan. 23, or Tuesday, Jan. 24. 8:30 a.m.6:30 p.m. Hoff Building, 802 W. Bannock St., Boise. BOISE WEEKLY COVER AUCTION GRANT—Each year, Boise Weekly hosts its annual Cover Art Auction, when we sell off a
year’s worth of cover art from local artists. For the last decade we’ve been giving away the proceeds of our annual auction to arts organizations and individual artists. In memory of two regular BW cover artists, two $1,000 grants will be awarded to individual artists. At least will be awarded the PJ Dean Grant and at least one will be awarded the Surel Mitchell Grant. The remaining funds will be awarded to arts organizations. To apply, submit a proposal answering a series of questions, which can be found at boiseweekly.com. Proposals must be submitted by 5 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 3. For more information, please contact Office Manager Shea Sutton at 208-344-2055 or shea@boiseweekly.com. Boise Weekly, 523 Broad St., Boise, 208-344-2055, boiseweekly.com.
Sports & Fitness INTRO TO ARGENTINE TANGO—Boise Parks and Recreation and the Boise Tango Society present this free introductory class to Argentine tango. This class will include instruction on the basic body mechanics, beat and rhythms used by all tango dancers. Open to everyone ages 18 and older. For details, contact Clay Lee at clee@cityofboise.org or call 208-6087684. 7:15-8:30 p.m. FREE. Fort Boise Community Center, 700 Robbins Road, Boise, 208-384-4486, cityofboise.org/parks.
THURSDAY JAN. 19 On Stage LIQUID LAUGHS COMEDY SHOW: ROY JOHNSON—Catch funny man Roy Johnson with Heather Turman and local MC Danny Amspacher at this installment of the Liquid Laughs comedy show. Tickets can be purchased at Liquid or Solid, at liquidlaughs. com or by calling 208-941-2459. 7 p.m. $8. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise.com. OUT OF ORDER—When Richard Willey, a government junior minister, plans to spend the evening with one of the opposition’s typists, things go disastrously wrong. 7:30 p.m. $12.50, $9 students and seniors. Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise, 208-342-5104, boiselittletheater.org. UNNECESSARY FARCE—Two cops. Three crooks. Eight doors. Go. In a cheap motel room, an embezzling mayor is supposed to meet with his female accountant, while in the room next door, two undercover cops wait to catch the meeting on videotape. But there’s some confusion as to who’s in which room, who’s being videotaped, who’s taken the money, who’s hired a hit man and why the accountant keeps taking off her clothes. 7:30 p.m. $15. 251 N. Orchard St., Boise, 208-342-2000, stagecoachtheatre.com.
Workshops & Classes SUMMER BULB PLANTING CARE—Instructor Todd McNulty from Van Bloem Gardens will discuss the planting, care and storage of summer bulbs. Call Idaho Botanical Garden to register. 6:30 p.m. $10 IBG member, $15 nonmember. Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 N. Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-3438649, idahobotanicalgarden.org.
Talks & Lectures PRICELESS: AN EVENING WITH ROBERT WITTMAN—Join this author and founder of the FBI’s Art Crime Team for a presentation about art fraud and theft. Dubbed by the London Times as “the most famous art detective in the world,” Wittman was responsible for the recovery of more than $225 million in stolen art and cultural artifacts over the course of his 20-year career. Tickets available at the Boise Art Museum website. See Arts, Page 25. 6:30 p.m. $10 members and students, $15 nonmembers. Boise Art Museum, 670 Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208-345-8330, boiseartmuseum.org.
FRIDAY JAN. 20 Festivals & Events LET THEM EAT CAKE VARIETY SHOW— Fundraiser for Let Them Eat Cake!, an organization committed to promoting a positive body image for women. The show features burlesque dancers, musicians and a variety of other talent. Also, wine tasting by Totally Random Wines, raffle, pastry booth and a merchandise table. See Picks, Page 17. 8 p.m. Donation at the door. The Red Room Tavern, 1519 W. Main St., Boise, 208-331-0956, redroomboise.com.
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