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REPUBLICANS HAVE BALLS Say hello motto at the Idaho Vintage Motorcycle Club’s Rally and Show.
Find your pot ’o gold—or green beer—this St. Patty’s Day.
SATURDAY-SUNDAY MARCH 17-18
SATURDAY MARCH 17
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IDAHO VINTAGE MOTORCYCLE CLUB RALLY AND SHOW
ST. PATTY’S DAY
No matter what kind of metal steed you prefer, the Idaho Vintage Motorcycle Club wants you to show off your ride. On Saturday, March 17, and Sunday, March 18, the IVMC will invite motorcycle owners for a group ride and more to celebrate all things hog. In years past, the group has featured 150 bikes on the floor. This year the goal is 175. The event kicks off at 1:30 p.m. at Caldwell City Park, followed by a 32-mile group ride to the Snake River, opening up the throttle on the roads near Lake Lowell, looping back into the city, followed by a group dinner at Jade Garden Restaurant. Whether you’re a leather-jacket-wearing Harley fan or a straight-laced, buttoned-up office manager quietly polishing the chrome fenders of a classic Indian, Caldwell is your stop to bring out the bikes you had to keep cooped up in the garage all winter. “You meet the nicest people on a Honda” was the sickeningly sweet 1963 ad slogan adopted by the American Honda Motor Company to push more of its motorcycles. While Honda managed to attract record numbers of Americans to its cute little motorbikes—more than all other manufacturers by the end of the year—two-wheeled motor diehards of the Triumph and nigh sacrosanct Harley-Davidson were decidedly miffed. You can learn more about motorcycle history Sunday, March 18, at the O’Connor Fieldhouse. A show and swap will feature those more-delicate vintage rides better for show than cruising the open road. Get a look at some classic leather or long-neck handlebars or buy that much-needed part. But remember, keep it clean—this family friendly event isn’t Sturgis. Group ride: Saturday, March 17, 1:30 p.m., FREE, Caldwell City Park, 618 Irving St.; Show and Swap, Sunday, March 18, $4, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., O’Connor Fieldhouse, 2207 Blaine St., Caldwell; idahovintagemotorcycleclub.org.
composed by music legends Jeff Lynne and John Farrar. The stage interpretation lit up Broadway for the first time in 2007 and continues to make noise. Treasure Valley theater buffs can enjoy this blend of fantasy, fun and ’80s glam alongside a threecourse meal of salad, fettuccine and mocha cheesecake
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Fridays and Saturdays through Saturday, April 14. Catch the show sans dinner Thursdays through April 12. 6:30 p.m. dinner, 8 p.m. show, $15-$39. Knock ’Em Dead Dinner Theatre, 415 E. Parkcenter Blvd., 208-3850021, kedproductions.org.
Oh, St. Patrick’s Day, the day of cultural significance to the Irish and—since it involves alcohol—adopted holiday of the United States. Time to celebrate the melting-pot country’s knack for using the traditions of foreign lands as excuses to party by wearing green and putting down some Guinness. Here’s where to live it up leprechaun style. Kick off your St. Patty’s Day celebration with a jaunt to the Fort Boise Highland Games and 5k Fell Race at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center. We know it’s Scottish, but go with us here. Check out some hammer-throwing, cabertossing athletics and the kilted fell race beginning at 9 a.m. Your wee ones can participate in the children’s version of the games or run through the obstacle course. It’s free to watch and $10-$25 to participate. Visit saaa-national.org. What would St. Pat’s be without some bagpipe music? Lame, that’s what. Fortunately, the Boise Highlanders will be all over town come Saturday, March 17. And when we say all over town, we mean it. The crew will canvas Meridian, downtown Boise, Bown Crossing and everywhere in between. Find out where and when at boisehighlanders.com. The 21-and-older set can cruise by the St. Party’s Day shindig at Liquid for all kinds of Guinness-and-green-drink specials, a costume contest and lots of dancing to the sounds of three DJs, all sans cover charge. The riotous fun begins at 10 p.m. after the comedy show. Or walk across the street to the Knitting Factory for the Shamrock Shindig. This all-ages party gets going at 6 p.m. and includes performances by Joe Young, Beltane and Irish Dance Idaho, among others. A celtic-themed dinner by 3 Girls Catering will be available, as well as a full bar with ID. Tickets are $6. Visit toentertainu.com for more info and to buy tickets. If you’d rather skip the food and go right for the booze, Humpin’ Hannah’s will host an outrageous party with all kinds of drink specials and entertainment from Kip Attaway, the Giant Leprechauns and, of course, the Rocci Johnson Band. The greenest attendee can score a $100 bar tab which can buy a lethal amount of food-coloring-enhanced beer. The fun gets going with Attaway at 4 p.m. A $10 cover for his show occurs from 4-6 p.m., and the rest of the night is cover-free. Or head to Helina Marie’s for a “naughty leprechaun” costume contest. Paint your scandalous Halloween costume green and you could score prizes while enjoying a corned beef cook-off, dancing and trying to sing karaoke after a few green Jello shots. The party starts at 7 p.m. and costs $10.
What’s the best party on campus? Kegger in the dorms? Togas at the frat house? Please. It’s the Republican Party, you donkey-assed fool (is that redundant?). Don’t take our word for it: It says so on the box, “The Best $5 per sleeve, available Party on Campus.” The box of from the Idaho Federation of College Republicans six GOP-sanctioned beer pong balls, that is. Boise Weekly did a doubletake at Ada County’s Republican Straw Poll on Jan. 7, when we saw a group of young men from the Idaho Federation of College Republicans hawking some intriguing items— keychains, bottle openers and a neatly stacked pile of boxes of beer pong balls. We’re pretty certain the older members attending the straw poll (the average age hovered somewhere around death) may have thought the boxes were filled with run-of-the-mill ping pong balls. The young pachyderms must have sold quite a few, because a group of 15 Boise State Young Republicans traveled to Washington, D.C., in February to attend a meeting of the Conservative Political Action Committee, getting some oneon-one time with Newt Gingrich. “My duty as chairman of the Idaho Federation was to market our organization to people in power,” Domenic Gelsomino told Boise Weekly. “I think it’s fair to say that we had the best time of our lives.” Face-time with Newt must have been swell. But beer pong with red, white and blue elephant-adorned balls? Pinch me. —George Prentice
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