8 DAYS OUT Food & Drink
WEEK IN REVIEW
THE GARDEN PLATE—As part of the national Let’s Move! Initiative, chefs from Boise Co-Op will provide inspiration for using healthy, seasonal vegetables as part of a daily diet. 7 p.m. $5, FREE for IBG members. Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 N. Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-3438649, idahobotanicalgarden.org. SUN VALLEY HARVEST FESTIVAL—The 2012 festival will embrace the national movement toward regional food and eating and feature local, sustainable foods. The festival will feature a restaurant walk around downtown Ketchum, cooking demonstrations hosted by Boise Weekly contributor Chef Randy King, the Idaho Martini and Caviar Party, and many more events. See Picks, Page 18. Sun Valley and Ketchum, sunvalleyharvestfestival.com.
Chicago busted out love ballads and rocking hits in Boise.
EATING IT UP Talks & Lectures SEX AND INTERNET ADDICTION—Dr. Mary-Linda Sara, licensed marriage and family therapist and expert in sex and Internet addiction will discuss the dangers of sex and Internet addiction, how to recognize if a loved one is struggling, and what can be done to help them recover. 6:30-7:30 p.m. FREE. Boise State Student Union Hatch Ballroom, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 208-426-1677, sub. boisestate.edu.
Animals & Pets ZOOBILEE!—Guests at Zoo Boise’s premier fundraising event will be treated to an unforgettable evening, featuring cuisine from local restaurants, live music, live and silent auctions and special zoo experiences. For tickets, call 208-384-4125, ext. 200, or go online to store.zooboise.org, and click on “events” to reserve your spot. Space is limited. 5:30-10 p.m. $75-$125. Zoo Boise, 355 Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208-384-4125, zooboise. org.
SATURDAY SEPT. 22 Festivals & Events BOGUS BASIN STAR PARTY—Members of the Boise Astronomical Society are setting up their telescopes at Bogus Basin Mountain Recreation Area to provide views of the sun, planets, stars, nebulae, galaxies, and myriad other celestial objects, many invisible to the naked eye. Drawing for FREE telescope. Event is weather permitting. Dress warmly. See Picks, Page 18. 7 p.m. Admission is the donation of a can of food for Idaho Foodbank. Bogus Basin Frontier Point Lodge, Bogus Basin Road, Boise.
Curtis Stigers may have dropped his new album, Let’s Go Out Tonight, in April, but he didn’t officially debut it to a packed, enthusiastic Boise crowd until Sept. 14 at the Egyptian Theatre. According to Boise Weekly’s Josh Gross, Stigers primarily played tracks from the new record, which “leans much closer to Stax Records-era soul than it does smooth jazz gangstas like Kenny G.” He also threw in a few covers, including Elvis’ “That’s All Right” and a brief a cappella version of “Call Me Maybe,” by Carly Rae Jepsen. And the audience ate it up, knowing it would be months before Stigers plays Boise again. And speaking of eating it up, more than 500 folks decked out in steampunk style flooded Idaho Botanical Garden for the second-annual Carnevale Sept. 14. According to BW freelancer Mika Belle: “The family friendly party drew its inspiration from traditional Carnival celebrations and included local foods and drinks and a Venetian theme with an assortment of activities throughout the evening, including a fashion show, photo shoot, fire dance, fortune telling booth and more, headlined by the Red Light Variety Show.” Visit boiseweekly.com for a photo slideshow of all the action. And speaking of crazy parties, BW film guru George Prentice spent the last couple weeks at the Toronto International Film Festival soaking in all of the year’s forthcoming releases. “Having watched more than four dozen films over the past 10 days (still only a fraction of this year’s entries), I can report that the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival was, for the most part, a success,” wrote Prentice. “There are some sure bets for Oscar gold, some refreshing new visions in independent film and some outright stinking duds.” For a behind-the-scenes look at all the flops and fantastic successes, visit boiseweekly.com. And speaking of success, legendary American rock band Chicago rocked the Morrison Center with its extensive catalog of hits Sept. 16. According to BW’s Andrew Crisp: “Though the lineup has changed considerably over the last four decades, the band had more energy than the electrified lines of the Chicago Transit Authority, from which the band swiped its name.” Before launching into the track “Just You ’n’ Me,” Crisp noted that singer James Pankow wiped his lips and said: “We like to think of this song as having two audiences. One that got married to it, and one that got conceived to it.” Though Chicago played popular love ballads, Crisp also said “they never shied away from going all out on their rocking hits. At the end of ‘I’m a Man,’ percussionist Wally Reyes and drummer Tris Imboden duked it out in a huge drum solo, which had both men pounding their sticks against every surface.” —Tara Morgan
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