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With beer steins this big, it’s kind of like working out, right?
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Idaho Botanical Garden will have nary a crow in sight in October.
OLD BOISE OKTOBERFEST Americans love other countries’ holidays—especially when they involve adult beverages. We love us some Coronas on Cinco de Mayo, Guinness (or the less authentic green Bud Light) on St. Patty’s, and soak up the kalimotxos during Jaialdi. So it’s no wonder that many a Boisean looks forward to the Oktoberfest celebration held downtown in Old Boise, which will return for its third installment Saturday, Sept. 29. Attendees can, of course, expect to find an abundance of beer at the festival, with season-appropriate brews from far, far away, as well as Sierra Nevada and locals Payette Brewing Company and Crooked Fence Brewing Co. Admission and a mug can be obtained for $10, and tickets for beers are sold separately. But the fun isn’t all for the legal-to-drink set. From noon-5 p.m., attendees of all ages can explore the rides of yesteryear with a car show from This-N-That Classic Car Group and peruse crafts from local artisans. The afternoon hours will also include a station for younger attendees to make a Halloween spider craft, fly high in a bouncy house and delight in balloon animals. Live music from Boise Rock School, Treasure Valley Musik Meisters, Wolfie and the Bavarians and Pilot Error will get Oktoberers grooving from 1-10 p.m. Those with some upper-body strength can partake in brewpurveyor Samuel Adams’ national stein hoisting competition beginning at 2 p.m. Hold that heavy beer as long as you can and you may make it to the finals at 7 p.m., and perhaps be one of the lucky SOBs who nets a trip to Munich’s Oktoberfest in 2013. Noon-10 p.m., FREE, $10 for beer festival admission. Old Boise, Sixth and Main streets, 208-345-7852, oldboise.com.
The Sneezz, Cerberus Rex, Microbabies, A.K.A. Belle, Storie Grubb and the Holy Wars, Grandma Kelsey, James Plane Wreck, The Hand, CAMP, Point Break 2, Bar Carb, Hol-O-Grabs, Big Ups, DJ Skape, Godcrotch, Strange Vine, 1D, Sad Horse and First Borns will all also take to the stages throughout the weekend.
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Tickets are $18 in advance for an all-access pass, $12 in advance or $15 at the door for the Green Jelly/o show and $3-$5 per day for the Eyes of the World Imports parking lot, Visual Arts Collective and Monday, Oct. 1, Red Room shows. Carnival weekend proceeds will benefit Go Listen Boise. Check out the event
MONDAY-WEDNESDAY OCT.1-OCT. 3 autumn awesomeness SCARECROW STROLL Even when summer refuses to let go of its grip and allow fall to bring in its cooler temperatures and changing leaves, there are still a few signs of the season Boiseans can look forward to. Among them is the plethora of scarecrows that show up at the Idaho Botanical Garden in October, like a horde of slightly creepy, slightly whimsical sentries standing guard over the garden. This year, more than 30 scarecrows designed by schools, businesses and individuals from around the community will go on display beginning Monday, Oct. 1, and running through Halloween. This is the fifth year IBG has hosted the event, which encourages the public to stroll along garden paths to check out the scarecrows. This year, the theme for the event is Figures from History, so, no, you won’t be imaging things if you think a scarecrow looks strangely like Queen Elizabeth or Rosa Parks. Scarecrows will be judged by both a panel of judges and the public, and awards will be handed out in November. The public can cast its votes throughout October when visiting the garden. Daily during regular garden hours through Wednesday, Oct. 31, FREE with the cost of admission. Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 Old Penitentiary Road, 208-343-8649, idahobotanicalgarden.org.
on Facebook and evilwine. com for full details. Various times, $3-$18. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208424-8297, visualartscollec-
If you’ve made it this far in our annual Best of Boise issue, you know that Boise is brimming with weirdos. And while we consider ourselves the foremost authority on all things weird in the Treasure Valley, a new photo blog is nipping at our unicycle tire. Stay Weird Boise’s motto stayweirdboise.com is “keeping Boise weird, one photo at a time.” Founded by Ryan Smith and his wife, Tess, the blog is “a light-hearted look at the people, places and things that make Boise what it is.” Some particularly strange photos on the site include an SUV decked out in pink velour to look like a pig, a man pole dancing in his underwear next to a bottle of Windex, and a dude on his cellphone walking an orange saddlebag-draped goat through downtown. The Smiths have also taken Stay Weird Boise to the streets, sponsoring a free-to-play piano in front of Aspen Leaf Frozen Yogurt on Eighth Street and planting crocheted tricycles around downtown. The couple hopes that their efforts will help document and contribute to Boise’s growing community of eccentrics. “We want to make this an even more interesting place,” Smith told Boise Weekly. If you have a photo to submit to Stay Weird Boise, you can upload it at stayweirdboise.com under Submit a Photo, or email it to stayweirdboise@gmail.com. —Tara Morgan
tive.com; Red Room, 1519 W. Main St., redroomboise. com; Eyes of the World Imports parking lot, 1576 W. Grove St., 208-331-1212, eyesoftheworldonline.com.
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