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WEDNESDAY JUNE 27 Festivals & Events SPLASH BASH POOL PARTY— Check out the weekly pool parties, featuring a poolside bar, special appetizers, and live music from 7-10 p.m. This week: music by Soul Serene. All ages welcome. 5-10 p.m. FREE. Owyhee Plaza Hotel, 1109 Main St., Boise, 208-343-4611, owyheeplaza.com.
On Stage TRAVIS LIPSKI WITH THE REPTILIANS—With Ned and the Sedatives and An Evening with Basqueskwatch. A night of brutal comedy and brutal music. For more information on Travis Lipski and The Unbookables, visit theunbookablesmovie.com. 8 p.m. $5. The Shredder, 430 S. 10th, Boise.
Maria Dominguez and her husband Alberto, along with 18 other people, became U.S. citizens June 23 during Boise’s World Refugee Day celebration at The Grove.
GRUBBING DOWN AND GREENING UP Food & Drink IDAHO FARMERS MARKET RECIPE CONTEST—Shoppers who love farmers markets and understand how their recipes taste better with quality ingredients can enter their favorite farmers market recipe for a chance to win a $100 prize. The entry deadline is Sunday, July 1. Contest entry forms and a complete listing of Idaho farmers markets are available at agri. idaho.gov.
Workshops & Classes HOW TO GET YOUR PIECE OF THE PIE—Meet Howard Olivier, former owner of the Flying Pie Pizzeria, and learn his business secrets to success, the four P’s. Discover what steps to take to set your business apart from the competition. Cost includes lunch. To register, call Shannon Gentry at 208-336-6722, ext. 221, or email sgentry@mtnstatesgroup. org. 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. $20. US Bank Building, 101 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-345-8519, unicoprop.com.
Calls to Artists
9:30AE - 1:30HE
8th Street from Bannock to Main Street & on the Grove Plaza Chef Abbigail Carlson - Cooking with fresh, seasonal produce from the Market - Saturdays Q 10am to Noon
This Week at the Market -
* Fresh locally grown produce, herbs, & flowers * Idaho Specialty Foods & Wines * Great Selection of Local Artwork
Oregon Berries! Albeke Farms, Oregon City, Oregon. EVERY SATURDAY AT THE MARKET
A Free Service of the Market!
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RECYCLED FASHION CONTEST—The Boise Art Museum invites fashion designers and wearable art makers of all experience levels to participate and compete in the Recycled Fashion Contest in conjunction with the current exhibition Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth. The competition is open to the first 20 entries. Entries will be featured at BAM’s Art of Fashion Show when attendees will vote for their favorite on Friday, Oct. 26 The winner of the Recycled Fashion Contest will receive $500. Visit the museum’s website for an entry form and specifications. To enter, complete the entry form and submit it with the $25 entry fee to BAM. See Arts News, Page 26. Boise Art Museum, 670 Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208-345-8330, boiseartmuseum.org.
Gefilte fish and rock-hard matzo might be easy to drag through the desert, but they aren’t exactly culinary marvels. Luckily, Congregation Ahavath Beth Israel’s annual Deli Days celebration helps to showcase all of the delicious aspects of Jewish grub. Boise Weekly New Media Czar Josh Gross schlepped out to the food festival June 21 to sample some of the assorted offerings. “In addition to the requisite corned beef and pastrami on rye, the kosher dogs and dills and the mountains of steaming knishes, there are tables upon tables of baked delights: challah bread, brownies made with Dead Sea salt, cheesecakes and enough kugel to make sure people pop that top button on their pants after the meal,” Gross gushed. Moving from culinary diaspora to cultural diaspora, World Refugee Day took over The Grove June 23. Capital City Public Market shoppers wandered by as 25 refugees from 12 different nations became new U.S. citizens with family and supporters looking on. According to BW intern Amy Merrill: “The area surrounding the Grove stage was filled with dozens of onlookers and ethnic booths. Vendors sold food, jewelry, housewares and more from myriad different countries. The smell wafting from a nearby booth selling African sambusas, a savory pastry, drew a steady stream of customers while dancers showcased moves from their native countries on stage.” Volunteers at the fifth-annual Idaho Green Expo spent all night June 22 reassembling tents at Expo Idaho after a wind storm ravaged the parking lot. Luckily, everything was back in working order before the expo opened June 23. According to BW freelancer Harrison Berry, there were “between 140-150 booths, 116 of which were inside the Expo building itself. Hidden from the summer sun were solar panel exhibits, geothermal water heater demonstrations, businesses selling everything from cookies to glassware and even environmentally conscious clubs.” And moving from glassware to bluegrass, the 60th annual National Oldtime Fiddlers’ Contest and Festival wrapped up June 23 in Weiser. BW freelancer Andrew Mentzer was there to check out the hullabaloo: “Musicians from around the world—along with thousands of spectators from around the region—made the trek to the otherwise quiet town for some good ol’-fashioned folk, country and bluegrass music. While fiddles were the focal point of the get-together, there were also some excellent riffs from talented guitar, mandolin, banjo and bass players,” Mentzer said. Visit boiseweekly.com for a slideshow of all the Weiser Fiddle Fest action. —Tara Morgan WWW. B O I S E WE E KLY. C O M