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Meow Mix? Paw-lease. Veronica Livingstone prefers cat caviar.
Put some running shoes on your feet and get ready to beat Pete.
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TUESDAY-THURSDAY APRIL 17-19 cat cash VERONICA LIVINGSTONE, I PRESUME
sprint BEAT COACH PETE FUN RUN Few things may be more gratifying than outrunning a millionaire, no matter how super-nice he/she may be. For the fourth year in a row, Boise State will let you pay to experience this triumph with its annual fund-raising fun run, Beat Coach Pete. Students can pay $15 to run with/against Boise State’s head football coach Chris Peterson, who is pretty much worth his team’s weight (and with a bunch of linebackers, that’s probably a solid number) in gold. Entries fees for the race do not directly fund college scholarships but crossing the finish line before Coach Pete does. Every person who passes Peterson on the approximately threemile-long course represents a $5 donation from the coach for the Boise State general scholarship fund. In addition to feeling awesome, the first 3,000 racers will receive a T-shirt commemorating the event. Since the competition began in 2008, Beat Coach Pete has raised $98,000 for scholarships, while in-state tuition has climbed $500 per semester. Remember that carbing up before the run is smart, but signing up before is even smarter and cheaper. Non-student runners will pay $25 to run if they register in advance, or $30 day of race. 9:30 a.m., Boise State Recreation Center, 1910 University Drive, 208-426-1131, imathlete.com, rec.boisestate.edu.
booths featuring 20 local pur veyors. Loads of parking and free entrance means a one-stop shop for gift ideas and other treats. Featuring members like Ar t Hale Photography, Dorothy Tobin and Andra Jade jewelr y and vintners like Bitner Vineyards, the state now expor ts much more than brown tubers. 10 a.m.-3 p.m., FREE. The Linen Building, 1402 W. Grove St., buyidaho.org.
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FRIDAY APRIL 13 booze BW + 44 NORTH April 4 BW published its annual guide to all things food and booze: Restaurant + Bar Guide. Now that you’ve spent a week salivating, it’s time satiate your craving for
What would a cat do with millions of dollars? Shred the bills and use them in its litterbox? Buy a ton of Meow Mix, a souped-up jingle ball for its collar or a skyscraper scratching post? It would probably just lie down on a pile of Benjamins and take an afternoon-length nap. The newest Homegrown Theater production involves a cat and a wad of cash. Veronica Livingstone, I Presume tells the stor y of a deceased millionaire and the ultimate crazy cat lady, who leaves her fortune not to her son but to her feline friend. The play will run Tuesday, April 17-Thursday, April 19 at the Linen Building. Homegrown Theatre is exactly what the name suggests: it employs local actors, directors and playwrights. It’s basically the theater version of the eat-local movement. Veronica Livingstone, I presume stars local actors Derek Patterson, Jaime Nebeker, Brecca Chabot-Olson, Edith Dull and Dylan Haas and is directed by Janessa Nichole White. The play is the work of Boise Weekly’s New Media Czar Josh Gross, and even though he’s not technically homegrown—hailing from the exotic city of Ashland, Ore., he’s been pretty darn involved in all things Boise for quite a while now, and can be deemed “local.” The company staged Sarah Ruhl’s Eur ydice in October 2011 and strives to produce three plays per year, funded by its Blip play-reading series that occurs monthly at Hyde Park Books. Advance tickets are available at brownpapertickets.com. 7 p.m., $10, $8 students and seniors. The Linen Building, 1402 W. Grove St., homegrowntheater.com.
a gluttonous good time. We’re holding a rowdy bash with our always-downfor-a-good-time friends at 44 North Vodka. Bust out your bejeweled devil horns and glitter pitch forks, because this year’s theme is Demons and Divas, and we’re doling
In an unassuming small strip mall space at 3019 W. State St. across from Lowell Elementary, a reinvention is under way. Now, in addition to The Soda Works, an all-natural, boutique soda pop shop, you’ll also find Bee Wise Goods. Owned by Gabrielle Krake, who also has a hand in Soda BEE WISE GOODS Works, Bee Wise is a made-in3019 W. State St., Idaho paradise where you can 208-392-8493. buy handmade goods, take a Open Tuesday-Saturday, collaging class or learn how to 11 a.m.-6 p.m. operate a sewing machine. Bee Wise held an official grand opening party on April 7. Inside the bright space, reclaimed pottery sat next to tableware, handmade treasures crafted by local artists and items fashioned by Krake and her crew. As a mother of four, Krake wants Bee Wise Goods to be a place where kids can touch things. She will offer weekly rotating craft courses in addition to sewing space and machine time available by the hour. On her website, Krake states: “Our goal from the beginning has been to take steps toward better consumer habits. We are crafty, innovative and full of green living info.” It’s fitting, then, that the store’s motto is “preserving the Earth one project at a time.” —Amber Clontz
out prizes for costumes. The evening will include 44 North drink specials and music by the Rocci Johnson Band. 8 p.m., FREE before 10 p.m. Humpin’ Hannah’s, 621 W. Main St., 208-3457557.
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