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SATURDAY JUNE 19 runners SEE JANE RUN WOMEN’S HALF MARATHON AND 5K Have a burning desire to hear Meat Katie? Tune your chakras to the Esthetic Evolution.
FRIDAY-SUNDAY JUNE 18-20 burners ESTHETIC EVOLUTION MUSIC AND ART FESTIVAL Esthetic Evolution checklist: fur-covered boots, smiley face superhero cape, kerosene for fire spinning, glo sticks, hula hoops, old-school bus converted into a mobile “art van” and plenty of photos from your last five trips to Burning Man to build street-cred with all your new friends. From Friday, June 18, straight through Sunday, June 20, Esthetic Evolution—“a communitybased, participant-driven music and art festival centered on progressive thinking and selfexpression”—will take over the Twin Springs Resort located an hour east of Boise. In addition to sweating to a wide array of electronic beats from artists like Meat Katie (United Kingdom), James Harcourt (United Kingdom), Phutureprimitive (Portland, Ore.) and Chromatone/ Morphatrix (San Francisco), Esthetic Evolution participants can also experience a number of eclectic sound camps. At Monkey Do! you can listen to house, break beat, techno, dub-step and glitch while chilling in an Alice in Wonderland-themed camp, or at Sea Shanty, you’re promised “bacon, a cuddle dome and possibly a bacon-themed cuddle dome.” Eek. If none of this makes any sense, you’re either 1) not a Burner or 2) took far too many psychedelics last year in the Black Rock Desert. For a more thorough idea of what all goes down at Esthetic Evolution, check out estheticevolution.com. Noon, Friday, June 18 straight through 5 p.m., Sunday, June 20, $55 adults, FREE 12 and younger, Twin Springs Resort. For tickets and directions, visit estheticevolution.com.
THURSDAY JUNE 17 crooners BOISE’S QUEER IDOL Though American Idol’s ratings may have slipped in the ninth season—with Simon Cowell’s retirement
announcement and the whole Abdul/DeGeneres switch-a-roo—Boise’s Queer Idol is ready to pick up the cover-crooning reins. On Thursday, June 17, at 8 p.m., Humpin’ Hannah’s will echo with more Queen, Madonna and ABBA than an ’80s discotheque. Three local celebrity
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judges—BW A&E editor Amy Atkins, comedian Matt Bragg and DJ/emcee Keith Brown—will determine the evening’s top five finalists, who will then move on to a final round at the Boise Pride Festival on Saturday, June 19. In addition to local contestants, other performers at Boise Queer Idol
Guys steer clear: This is the Fried Green Tomatoes version of a distance run. According to the See Jane Run website, the race is “chocolate, champagne, dancing, massages, laughter, tears and lots of fun.” All of this bundled together with a friendly half-marathon and 5K. The starting point will be at Shelter No. 1 in the Julia Davis Park, with both races ending around the same area. Last year’s inaugural race brought out roughly 600 people. This year, they’re hoping for closer to 1,000. There’s a kids’ race for the tykes, and strollers are welcome at the back of the line. Awards will be given to the top three overall finishers and the top three winners in 11 age categories. The theme for this year is “I run for champagne and chocolate,” so for the lucky racers who complete the course, a host will be waiting with a glass of champagne and a bit of chocolate to soothe the aches and satisfy the soul. The event is for a worthy cause. See Jane Run will match up to $1,500 per individual or group donation, with proceeds benefiting the Boise affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. And kidding aside, dudes are totally welcome. According to Kiersten Cooper, manager of the local See Jane Run store, “Guys can race, but they can’t win. There’s going to be chocolate and champagne at the finish line. Who wouldn’t want to run?” 8 a.m., $15-$95, Julia Davis Park, 700 S. Capitol Blvd., 208-338-5263, seejanerun.com.
include Rebecca Scott and Deb Sager, Minerva Jayne, The Firefly Girlz, Common Ground Community Chorus and 2008 Boise Queer Idol Jared Meyer. For more information on the litany of other events happening during Boise Pride Week—including the Les Bois awards and the Boise Pride rally and parade—see Page 22 or visit boisepride.org. 7:30 p.m. registration, 8 p.m. show, $5, (VIP tickets are sold out), $10 to compete, Humpin’ Hannah’s, 621 Main St., 208-3457557, boisequeeridol.com.
SATURDAY JUNE 19 listeners RADIO BOISE’S SUMMER SOULSTICE Located in the Alaska Center building above the steady stream of Main Street traffic is Boise’s volunteer-run community radio station. Radio Boise has been streaming a wide range of audio content on its website since July 1, 2005, and hopes to start broadcasting as 89.9 FM throughout the Treasure Valley soon. To thank its
supporters, Radio Boise is taking over Eighth Street for its fourth-annual Radio Boise Summer Soulstice. Following in the footsteps of last year’s per formances by Finn Riggins and Polyphonic Pomegranate, this year’s event features Ketchum-based rock duo BlackSmith, local power pop group Spondee and the experimental Wolfman Fever. Four DJs from Radio Boise will spin tunes between sets. Bittercreek Ale House/ Red Feather Lounge, Brown Rental, Pride Foundation, Salmon River Brewer y, Hale Development, CCDC and DaWWW. B O I S E WE E KLY. C O M