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TAKING A CLOSER LOOK It’s a sad fact, but not “all the news that’s fit to print” makes it into print. Time, staff, budget and space constraints are constant challenges for news media of all types, but there are other, more sinister hurdles to truth-telling: advertising conflicts, political pressure, journalistic cowardice and plainold laziness. Boise Weekly prides itself on navigating these various shoals as best it can—and better than most. This week we dive into a couple of stories that have either gone unreported or badly reported. On Page 8 you’ll find a fascinating dispatch from freelance writer Matt Furber, who spent a weekend in the small town of Salmon, which has recently found itself in the crosshairs of the always-contentious debate euphemistically called “wolf management.” For those who follow issues related to wolves in Idaho, the so-called “predator derby” hosted in Salmon in December 2013 was indeed big news—garnering headlines in media outlets across the country. Billed as an opportunity for hunters to win cash prizes for their kills, the derby resulted in more than a couple of dead coyotes and some property damage. But no wolves taken. Still, the event drew headlines like “What’s the Matter With Idaho?” and “Wolf and Coyote Derby Turns Small Idaho Town Into a Battleground.” Meanwhile, a professional hunter was called in by the state to stalk two wolf packs in the rugged backcountry of the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness—a move that resulted in a pending lawsuit, alleging the hunter should not have been allowed to use federal property during his hunt. While coverage of the derby and its aftermath has focused on the broader issue of what to do with wolves, BW wanted to know what the people of Salmon think about the issue. Part of our BW Watchdogs program, which uses reader contributions to fund investigative journalism, we found—as with all good reporting—things are more complicated than they seem. On Page 11, we reprint “Project Censored,” an annual wrap up of the stories that didn’t get the attention they deserved in 2013. In it you’ll find an assessment of the media’s decision to focus on government whistleblower Pfc. Bradley Manning’s personal life and politics, rather than the content of his leaks; how global corporations have hidden just how rich they are; and more examples where the narratives we’re fed don’t quite jibe with the realities behind them. —Zach Hagadone

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BOISEWEEKLY.COM What you missed this week in the digital world.

JUMPING JIVE “Confusion” reigns in Twin Falls, as more daredevils are coming forward with plans to jump the Snake River Canyon—even though one has already secured the rights. Get more on Citydesk.

LINEUP LOWDOWN Treefort Music Fest has been steadily releasing info on artists set to attend the downtown throwdown in March. Find out who’s on the roster of acts on Cobweb.

MLK DAY Boiseans came out in the hundreds to mark Jan. 20 as Martin Luther King Jr.-Idaho Human Rights Day. Read more about it, and see pics and a video of the event, on Citydesk.

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OPINION/BILL COPE

POLAR VORTEX DIPS Can you teach a dense dog anything? Have you ever tried to explain algebra to your pet chimpanzee? OK, most of you don’t have a pet chimpanzee, I realize that. I was trying to think of a creature known for its intelligence, and I settled on chimpanzees. It was either that, or dolphins. And while I know good and well how unlikely it is that anyone in Idaho keeps a pet dolphin, I can’t be so sure about a pet chimpanzee. Still, I should have picked something a little less exotic. A potbellied pig, say. They’re supposed to be quite intelligent, and I wouldn’t a bit surprised to find out there’s a dozen or two of them clip-clopping around family rooms and kitchens right here in Meridian. Or border collies. I know for a fact border collies are smart. My dad had two of them and I swear, watching them work a bunch of cows might make you think they had figured out geometry, at least. I have an African grey parrot, and I’m here to tell you, those birds are smart, smart, smart. Mine—Coocoo—talks to me all the time, and I talk back. I ask him what he’s doing and he asks me what I’m doing. No kidding. He lets me know when he wants fed by saying “hungry” and he lets me know when he’s sleepy by saying “bed.” Almost every day, I find a new reason to be impressed by his intelligence. He can even count. He’s only up to “seven” so far, but it’s a start. Still, as smart as Coocoo is, I wouldn’t try to explain algebra to him. He’d listen, for sure. He listens to everything going on in the house: the telephone ringing, the microwave beeping, the doorbell dinging and people talking. He would watch me intently as I went through the algebra lesson, as he seems to be interested in seeing peoples’ mouths move. He would even nod his head. He’s always nodding his head when people talk to him. You get the impression that not only is he understanding everything being said, but that he couldn’t agree more. But listen, you could spend the rest of your life trying to teach algebra to that smart Coocoo, and he wouldn’t get it. He might even pick up a few words here and there: “coefficient”... “polynomials”... “quadratic.” But it’s just not in his nature to take several related threads and weave them together in his little brain as a coherent whole. This phrase goes in one compartment, that phrase goes in another compartment, but there is no door or telegraph line or Internet connection connecting the compartments. Coocoo’s sharp, but it’s all about what’s in front of him at any given moment. If you can’t put yourself in the consciousness of a bird (or a border collie or a chimpanzee)—try instead to put yourself in the consciousness of a conservative. Specifically, a conservative who denies there is such a thing as global warming. As we observed the week

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after New Year’s, they too are incapable of grasping several related threads in their little brains and weaving them together as a coherent whole. It’s all about what’s right in front of them, isn’t it? They see it’s cold outside today, so how could the Earth be warming up? People who have the capacity to understand the connections between this observation and that observation—scientists, among others—have tried about everything to help the deniers absorb the complexities of the global warming phenomenon. They have explained the evidence, but that didn’t help. They might as well have been explaining it in Klingon. They have described the dangers that lie ahead if nothing is done, but that didn’t help. To insufficient brains, both the past and the future are irrelevant and entirely disconnected with the only thing that matters to them, the right now. They have tried to explain that just because it’s cold in one spot on the globe does not mean it’s cold everywhere on the globe, but that didn’t help either, as it involves geography—something else average conservatives don’t get. Experts have tried to explain that extreme cold spells—as well as extreme hurricanes and extreme outbreaks of tornadoes, along with extreme flooding, extreme drought, extreme fires and, yes, extreme heat waves—are all part of a pattern, and that it is occurring in exactly the way it was predicted to occur years ago. Of course, that didn’t help, either. Conservatives have never listened to experts on any number of subjects, so why would we think they’d start now? I once suggested that if we talked... real... slow... to conservatives, it might help. It didn’t. Might as well try ex... plain... ing... al... ge... bra... to... Coo... coo... real... slowwwww. The results would be the same. Only the bird wouldn’t start squawking about how algebra was some big hoax those leftist scientists were pulling for some unspecified agenda. No, it’s time to abandon any hope that conservatives will ever have an “Ah ha!” moment with the global warning conundrum. And we also must accept that if their brains were wired to properly process something so complex, they wouldn’t be conservatives in the first place. But this is not to say we should give up and let the entire world go to hell just because a few million dullards don’t have the mental capacity to understand it’s going to hell. We just have to think of new ways to go around them, through them, over them, and do what needs to be done. It will be a slog, for sure, and conservatives will resist every effort, but it may help to know that all the parrots and border collies, pot bellied pigs and chimpanzees and dolphins—in short, every living thing on Earth other than conservatives—will be on our side. B O I S E WE E KLY. C O M

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FLUNKING THE TEST The ethics of disgust

A friend says all you need to know about a person’s character is whether or not they yell at underlings. He says if you abuse someone whose job requires patience and courtesy in return, you can’t excuse yourself by saying you’re having a bad day. You’ve revealed yourself as a disgusting human being. If, on the other hand, you treat the people under you with respect, you’re a decent human being. Splitting humanity into the disgusting and the decent is risky, and it isn’t much better than other, more popular distinctions: white and nonwhite, communist and capitalist, civilized and savage, believers and infidels. Dividing people up this way has caused a lot of misery, but it allows us to see our worst characteristics in our enemies, which is handy, because we can then believe that by destroying or humiliating them, we destroy all that’s disgusting about ourselves. It works for a while, and we can usually find new enemies if we run out of old ones. But when any of us takes an honest look inward, the notion of all-good or all-bad falls to pieces. As Alexander Solzhenitsyn said, “The line between good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being.” So I believe you can be a decent person who once yelled at underlings. Maybe you’ve even yelled at your own underlings. You might not have been a decent human being when you were yelling, and apologies were no doubt in order, and you may want to examine your abuse of people who can’t fight back. Find that dark little bit of your soul, resolve not to let it run things any more, and basic human decency might still be within your grasp. I’m not sure if this exception to my friend’s underling rule applies to civilizations. Solzhenitsyn, even when he extended his forgiveness to the individual humans who ran the Soviet Gulag, condemned the Soviet system as indecent, inhuman and disgusting. Yet he saw a far worse system in America. Addressing Harvard University graduates in 1978, Solzhenitsyn described America as a center of soulless materialism, a place where sacrifice and suffering were reserved for the weak and helpless, where moral cowardice was the norm, where self-restraint was unknown and where a legalistic bureaucracy rendered human souls into sludge. He was most withering when he spoke of Americans’ unwitting abuse of their sacred freedoms. Coming from a totalitarian state, he could not comprehend people who chose to use their liberty “for moral violence against young people, such as motion pictures full of pornography, crime and horror.” Of the media, he said, “Fashionable trends of thought are carefully separated from those which are not fashionable; nothing is forbidden, but what is not fashionable will hardly ever find its way into periodicals or books or be heard in colleges. Legally, your reporters are free, but they are imprisoned in the fashion of the day.” BOI S EW EEKLY.COM

Solzhenitsyn went on to say that living under the manipulations, lawlessness and backroom deals of the Soviet Union’s criminal one-party state were still better than having a shallow existence defined by corporations and bureaucracies. In the end, he said, America has been “deprived of its most precious possession: spiritual life.” He said our dedication to the pursuit of happiness can only work if people never die. Since we all die, our duty is not to our own happiness, but to “end life as better human beings than when we began it.” Not that I would want to live in Solzhenitsyn’s idea of a decent civilization. He believed in entering willingly—even happily—into suffering and sacrifice. He insisted on a deep religious orthodoxy, so much so that he believed a democracy couldn’t function unless everyone in it hewed to Christian ethics. That makes me nervous. Whenever I’ve observed people trying to enforce Christian ethics, their enforcement was neither Christian nor ethical. They also required lots of suffering and sacrifice, usually from the folks being force-fed the ethics. All the same, neither the Soviet Union nor America fit Solzhenitsyn’s standards for decent civilizations. He predicted they would collapse into their rotten cores. Little has happened since 1978 to convince me that history won’t bear him out. The Soviet Union has indeed collapsed. America, assembling the worst bits of both worlds, has become a one-party corporatocracy. It’s staved off collapse so far by cooking the books, floating stock and real estate bubbles, and stealing big-time from the future. If there’s a civilizational equivalent to yelling at underlings, it’s in our treatment of generations to come. They can’t talk back. They have to wait for whatever we dish out. So we’re screaming at them. “HEY, POSTERITY,” we’re saying, “RESCUE THIS BIG BANK BEFORE I FIRE YOUR ASS.” Or, “POSTERITY, PAY FOR THIS OLD AIRCRAFT CARRIER, AND MAKE IT SNAPPY.” Or, “YOU’LL VOTE FOR THESE SCLEROTIC POLITICAL PARTIES AND LIKE IT. WHY? BECAUSE I SAID SO.” Or, “CLEAN UP THIS NUCLEAR MELTDOWN AT ONCE. THIS PLACE IS A RADIOACTIVE PIGSTY!” We’re yelling really nasty stuff at posterity right now. Our civilizational capacity for decency is tending toward iffy at best. You might ask, “What has posterity ever done for me?” If so, you better hope posterity doesn’t invent a time machine, because if it does, posterity will come back to 2014 from the overheated, overpopulated, overfracked, bankrupt, mutagenic, open-pitted junkyard it calls home. Posterity will gaze at you and wonder what it did to cause you to hate it so much. Then posterity will indeed do something for you. It will willingly—even happily— clean your clock.

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UNDA’ THE ROTUNDA THE ACLU OF IDAHO IS 2 FOR 2 IN 2014.

NO RECALL FOR NORTH IDAHO SCHOOL TRUSTEE In spite of his opponents securing a sufﬁcient number of signatures and submitting the necessar y paper work, a recall effort against a North Idaho school board member has been dropped. Earlier this month, Boise Weekly told you about a controversial proposal from Lake Pend Oreille School Board Trustee Steve Youngdahl that called for education staff to carr y concealed weapons at his district’s schools (BW, News, “Packing Heat,” Jan. 8, 2014). A number of residents signed petitions to launch a recall election and, indeed, the Bonner County clerk scheduled a special recall election for Tuesday, March 11. But a procedural error has brought the recall effort to a halt. The Idaho Secretar y of State’s Ofﬁce ruled that the recall petition signatures needed to be turned in all at once to be valid, but it turns out that the recall petitions were submitted in two separate batches. Recall organizers can still recollect signatures, but they now say they have no plans to do so.

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NEWS DAVE LINGLE

Just days after the ACLU of Idaho’s successful challenge to the city of Boise’s controversial solicitation ordinance (BW, Citydesk, “This All Could Have Been Avoided,” Jan. 15, 2014), the civil liberties activists set their sights on the Idaho Statehouse, where they warned lawmakers that they risked an unhealthy dose of legal fees if they insisted on backing new rules to limit rallies around the Capitol Mall. In November 2013, U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill ruled that the state of Idaho’s attempt to limit protests—and, in particular, its effort to curtail Occupy Boise protests—was in violation of the U.S. Constitution’s protection of free speech. “A group could occupy state property indeﬁnitely until another group seeks to occupy the same area,” wrote Winmill, who left intact rules that ban chalking, staking on the ground and allow for grounds maintenance. The decision warned the state, however, that the court could decide that these rules could also be unconstitutional if unfairly enforced. In spite of that warning, Idaho Department of Administration Director Teresa Luna pushed for ward with the restrictive rules, saying that if lawmakers voted in favor, they would show support for the state’s legal appeal of the November ruling. “[Legal fees] could double in the course of an appeal,” ACLU of Idaho attorney Ritchie Eppink told the Senate State Affairs Committee, estimating that fees shouldered by Idaho taxpayers could mount to $200,000. Ultimately, the committee voted 7-2 to reject the rules, as written by the Department of Administration. The Idaho House must also consider the same rules. If, as expected, the House committee rejects the rules, the Department of Administration will have to start from scratch in crafting new regulations to govern peaceful protest and occupation on the Capitol grounds.

The Lemhi County city of Salmon has an approximate population of 3,100. Nearby, sits the 2.3 million acres of rugged, boundless backyard that is the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness.

WOLVES IN ‘THE CHURCH’ Boise Weekly visits Salmon, Idaho, where wolves are public enemy No. 1 MATT FURBER The news about an Idaho town offering a big load of cash for a big dead wolf reached far beyond the Continental Divide. Salmon’s socalled 1st Annual Predator Derby, held Dec. 28-29, 2013, attracted some 260 hunters, and more than its share of headlines across the globe. “Wolf and Coyote Derby Turns Small Idaho Town Into a Battleground,” wrote Guardian Liberty Voice. “Two-Day Holiday Killing ‘Derby’ in Idaho Targets Wolves and Coyotes,” wrote the Huffington Post. The news triggered protests and, according to law enforcement, some threats. When Boise Weekly visited Sheriff Lynn Bowerman in his Lemhi County Courthouse office, the lawman said that some Salmon business owners had received threats leading up to and during the derby. The sheriff also confirmed that he had conferred with the FBI about possible violations of Idaho statutes regarding harassment of “any person who is, or was engaged in the lawful taking or control of fish or wildlife.” Bowerman said most of the threats had apparently come from out of state and even abroad—via telephone or Internet—and “are unlikely to be pursued further.” “I knew it would be controversial,” Bowerman said of the derby. “I asked the organizers, ‘Is this really what you want to do? At least don’t put phone numbers on the poster.’” But names and phone numbers did appear on the poster, which stated the derby was, “Brought to you by: Idaho for Wildlife, Salmon Chapter.” “Some people have strong beliefs and be-

lieve in protecting animals that are not on the [endangered species] list anymore,” Bowerman said. “So, I knew what the reaction was going to be.” The sheriff told BW that he has advised the alleged victims to keep records of communications, which can be passed along to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for review. A Salmon couple told Boise Weekly that they were reluctant to comment on the record, but confirmed that they had been counseled to remain quiet about the furor until results from Bowerman’s investigation were received. “I wanted to document things,” Bowerman said. “All of our hotels received threats and a couple of the restaurants and sporting goods stores. Plus, the sponsors had threats.” John Cranney, owner of Rawhide Outfitter in Salmon, was not one of the Salmon businesses that sponsored the derby, but said he was still dismayed by the reaction. “You can’t imagine the flak people have gotten,” Cranney said, adding that the issue is more complicated than most people understand. “It isn’t what people think. Some people have the impression that wolves are standing around here.” Bowerman, nearly 63, has worked in law enforcement much of his career, including an early stint as Boise County sheriff, where he killed a troublesome predator in 1981—a bear that had been ransacking vacant cabins. A photo of the sheriff and the dead bear hangs in his Lemhi County office. Bowerman also served as Ada County deputy chief coroner for 20 years, and said he worked as an “undercover agent” for the Idaho Outfitters and Guides Licensing Board—work that introduced him to Salmon.

“Working here, undercover, helped me fall in love with the place,” he said. “This is God’s country.” Throughout BW’s visit to Salmon, residents shared their great afﬁnity for the mountains and valleys that surround their town, known as the birthplace of Sacajawea. In particular, they expressed their affection for “The Frank”—the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness—the neighboring 2.3 million acres of rugged, boundless backyard that some said was “their church.” When BW visited Salmon in mid-January— two weeks after the controversial derby—the only real buzz in town was being generated by a local hockey tournament that had attracted several teams from other parts of Idaho and neighboring states. “It’s a lot of fun to be here,” said 22-yearold Luke Nicks, who joined friends to chat by the ﬁre at an outdoor rink adjacent to the Salmon Valley Business Development Center, with views of the valley and the mountains that form the Continental Divide. Taking a break from a hockey match to talk with BW, Nicks said that despite the controversy, he believed like many people in town that the derby was “a good event.”

THE MOUNTING DEBATE Some, like Ketchum Democratic Sen. Michelle Stennett, question whether the Idaho Department of Fish and Game is taking into account all the factors impacting wildlife—including wolves—such as new developments and wildﬁres that have 9 torn through habitat in recent years. During a recent meeting of the Idaho B O I S E WE E KLY. C O M

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Senate Resources and Environment Committee, Stennett questioned Fish and Game Commission gubernatorial appointee Brad Corkill about whether his service would suffer from a conflict of interest since he said he would like to see “all wolves removed from Idaho.” Corkill, who, if approved, would represent the Idaho Panhandle region, said his view on wolves would not impede his management responsibilities. “I understand the wolf is here to stay,” Corkill said. After the hearing, Stennett said that she wants to make sure that prospective IDFG commissioners understand that there is more to managing wildlife than wolves. “It makes it lopsided if we just focus so much on wolves,” Stennett said, explaining that she doesn’t want a wildlife management regime that acts “at the expense of other species.” Adding fuel to wolf-hunting opposition was the recent discovery that Idaho Fish and Game had a Salmon-based hunter and trapper in its employ to actively hunt wolves in the Frank Church Wilderness, only a few miles west of Salmon. The hunter has reportedly utilized the U.S. Forest Service’s Cabin Creek wilderness airstrip, and his access by government plane and use of a Forest Service cabin for his hunting operations has more than irked conservationists, who typically support Fish and Game’s management plans wholeheartedly. “Seemingly covert predator control actions like this erode the public trust and disenfranchise wildlife supporters who are critical to the department’s long-term success,” wrote John Robison, public lands director for the Idaho Conservation League, in a statement which he read at a Jan. 15 IDFG hearing in Boise. Idaho Fish and Game officials were, at first, reluctant to talk to BW about the agency’s contract with the professional wolf hunter, but in an email sent Jan. 17, IDFG spokesman Mike Keckler wrote that the agreement involved “a single employee going into the wilderness in early December to help determine the effectiveness of trapping wolves.” “Fish and Game is not seeking to get rid of wolves from the Wilderness,” wrote Keckler. “Fish and Game is taking action to see if it can alleviate the impact of predation to help recover the elk population in the Middle Fork zone. The Middle Fork elk herd has declined by 44 percent since 2002 (from 7,485 in 2002 to 4,223 in 2011). The recent ratio of calves to cow elk during winter was less than 13 calves per 100 cows. Since 1998, the cow-to-calf ratio has been too low for the annual reproduction of calves to replace the adult cow elk that die annually. This low level of reproductive success is well below that needed to recover the herd, and at its current level, the elk population will continue to decline. We attribute this decline largely to predation on elk by wolves.” IDFG Director Virgil Moore said any actions taken in the Frank Church Wilderness “are my responsibility.” “Now, if we have overstepped our bounds with the Forest Service, well, the courts will help sort that out,” said Moore. 8

GAS DRILLERS GO PUBLIC Thousands of acres in the Gem State have been leased to oil and gas developers—the lion’s share in Payette County. Boise Weekly has chronicled the burgeoning gas drilling industr y, which has been tr ying to jump-start in earnest since Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter was bragging that Bridge Resources had “hit a hell of a big well.” Bridge went on to continue leasing properties from landowners and drilling several explorator y wells. But following a series of investigative reports by BW, Bridge’s ﬁnancial house of cards collapsed, and its leases were sold off to the next round of developers. Texas-based Alta Mesa Ser vices has since snapped up a number of leases and wells from Bridge and moved for ward with its plans to build a natural gas processing plant near U.S. Highway 30, south of New Plymouth. But it turns out that Alta Mesa, which is partnering with Snake River Oil and Gas, also has its eyes on Canyon County, leasing nearly 3,500 acres of public land there. All of the Canyon County leases purchased by Alta Mesa are north of Highway 44. The state of Idaho has collected nearly $695,000 in leases of public lands to the gas exploration companies. To date, approximately 8,700 acres of Idaho’s public lands—about half owned by the state’s endowment fund and the other half owned by public trust—have been leased to the drillers. Funds raised through leases of the endowment fund are funneled to Idaho public schools.

RULES ARE RULES

Lemhi County Sheriff Lynn Bowerman: “All of our hotels received threats and a couple of the restaurants and sporting goods stores. Plus, the sponsors had threats.”

A group of conservation advocates even sued, asking a federal judge to immediately stop the efforts of the professional hunter, but on Jan. 17, U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge denied the temporary restraining order, ruling that the “evidence in the current record shows that the IDFG program for hunting results will not result in the loss of the species as a whole.” An attorney for Earthjustice, representing the groups, has already filed an appeal with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Robison weighed in on the matter in the form of a cartoon, published on ICL’s website, advising Fish and Game administrators to “retake Hunter’s Education.” “Be sure of your target and what is in front and what is beyond it,” the caption reads. The cartoon depicts a Fish and Game officer shooting holes through a row of “targets.” The first one is of the alleged wolf packs to be killed in the wilderness area. Behind that a second target, also blasted through, says “Wilder-

ness values and River of No Return.” Behind that, a third shot-through target reads “IDFG Credibility and Wildlife Summit Goals,” and a fourth ruined target reads “Public Trust and Transparency and Accountability.” Meanwhile, Salmon outﬁtter John Cranney said he still thinks that government-sanctioned hunting and/or trapping in “The Frank” will have little effect on the wolf population. “It’s immeasurable,” he said. “It’s like taking an aspirin for a brain tumor.”

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It’s been nearly 10 months since a federal judge told former U.S. Sen. Larr y Craig that using campaign funds to pay for his defense after he was busted in a 2007 airport bathroom sex sting was out of line. In March 2013, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said Craig’s arrest had nothing do with his official duties as a U.S. senator. Craig was tr ying to fight a lawsuit from the Federal Election Commission, which charged Craig had improperly used $200,000 from his campaign war chest to fight disorderly conduct charges after he allegedly made a pass at an undercover police officer in a Minnesota airport bathroom. Craig has been tr ying to appeal ever since, saying that federal prosecutors were coming down too hard, but on Jan. 17, FEC attorneys filed a response, arguing that Craig and his campaign “ignored admonitor y language in FEC guidance indicating their spending would be illegal, and they now admit that they did not ask for their own advisor y opinion because they were concerned the commission might say ‘no.’” Craig’s D.C.-based lawyer, Andrew Herman, declined comment, but in recent cour t filings said the FEC’s penalties were “harsh, unjustified remedies” and that his client was “financially unable to cover the total.” Judge Jackson may move for ward with ordering Craig to pay the fines or schedule yet another hearing to consider more arguments. —George Prentice

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ILANA RUBEL Poverty, politics and priorities GEORGE PRENTICE There are Type A personalities, workaholics and overachievers. And then, there’s Ilana Rubel. The Harvard Law school graduate is a partner in the Boise office of Silicon Valley-based Fenwick & West LLP; she likes to teach the U.S. Constitution at her children’s Boise school; and now she’s an Idaho legislator—one of only 13 Democrats and 22 women in the Idaho House. “I got the phone call from Gov. [C.L. “Butch”] Otter on Jan. 3,” said Rubel. “He said, ‘I’ve heard good things about you,’ and it was time to get to work.” Indeed there’s plenty of work to do for Rubel, whom Otter chose to fill the Boise District 18 seat in the Idaho House vacated by Janie Ward-Engelking, who days earlier was picked to join the Idaho Senate, filling the seat vacated by former Sen. Branden Durst. “It was lightning-fast,” Rubel said. That appears to be just fine for the 41-year-old wife and mother of four, who talks about politics and government with a focused and, yes, lightning-fast passion.

Talk to me about your roots. I’m the only daughter of a single mother, who did what she could to put food on the table. We had no money; no, we had less than no money. We were very, very poor, which helped me to qualify for every type of ﬁnancial aid imaginable, which ironically helped me attend some top schools. So I went to Georgetown University on a full scholarship. Were you interested in politics at the time? I’ve been passionate about politics since I was a very young girl. My grandmother Charlotte was a lobbyist for the League of Women Voters and some of my earliest memories were

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of spending time with her going door-to-door at state capitols. What did you choose to study at Georgetown? Everything. I was so excited for the opportunity to go to such a great school that I had double majors in English and American Government, plus minors in history, philosophy, theology and even pre-med. I petitioned the dean to [allow me to] take more classes than were normally allowed. And I understand you had a pretty impressive professor at Harvard Law.

Elizabeth Warren [current senior U.S. Senator from Massachusetts]. The best teacher I ever had. Have you had any communication with her over the years? Funny you should mention that; her chief of staff just called to congratulate me and get my address because Sen. Warren wanted to send me a letter. Yes, we’ve stayed in touch and she has written recommendation letters for me over the years. When she decided to run for the U.S. Senate in 2012, I went to the Democratic [National] Convention in Charlotte and we had brunch together. How did you get to Boise? I worked for a top law firm in Chicago for a few years, and that’s where I met my husband. Actually, let me correct that: We met in law school but re-met in Chicago. We got married in 1999, and in 2000, he was recruited to work for Micron here in Boise. What is your specialty at Fenwick & West? I joined the firm at the height of the technology bubble and I’ve been with them for 13-and-a-half years. It’s an amazing firm with some of the smartest people around. I do a lot of intellectual property litigation for Micron, HP, Keynetics and a number of Silicon Valley clients. My husband is no longer with Micron. He does technology licensing now. Have you had to put a lot of your legal work on pause because of your responsibilities at the Legislature? I don’t sleep many nights. I’m usually working ’til about 2 in the morning. I probably sleep three or four hours a night. Did you ever ask yourself why you’re a Democrat? I came from a very difficult background: a single-parent family in extreme poverty. I wore clothes from the Salvation Army; we ate rice and beans and lived in a dumpy house in the slums. But I went to the best schools you could imagine and I had access to health care and the basics to live out my potential.

That’s a path that needs to be kept open for everybody. But, with a few exceptions, I think a Republican could tell me a similar story. But I don’t that that would play out in the politics they advocate. They might say that they want people to get ahead, but you have to ask, “What are the policies that they’re pushing?” We have to invest in our children, and certainly make certain that poor, smart kids can get the best possible education. What do Idaho schools and, more speciﬁcally, teachers need that they don’t currently have? For one, they need more pay. They’re being asked to do more with less and that’s unfair and wrong and it really risks our ability to recruit quality talent. Has Gov. Otter recommended enough money for teachers? Nooooo; not by half. There needs to be a far, far better investment. Is increasing teacher salaries worth raising taxes? I don’t think that’s the choice we’re facing. So where does the money come from? There are plenty of talks about more unnecessary tax breaks for the wealthy—somewhere in the neighborhood of $30 million; then there’s the Internet sales tax that we’re not collecting; and look at Idaho’s decision to reject Medicaid expansion funds—that’s at least $50 million that could go into government coffers. But the word on the street is that the governor and Republican leadership have no desire to consider Medicaid expansion this year. That’s unfortunate and politically driven by incumbents’ concern of being challenged within their own party in the primary. So what can you do about any of that? I’m not sure, considering the 19 percent Democratic minority presence in the Idaho Legislature, but we sure can be vocal.

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his yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual Project Censored list of the most underreported news stories includes the widening wealth gap, the trial of Pfc. Bradley 0DQQLQJ IRU OHDNLQJ FODVVLĹľHG GRFXPHQWV DQG 3UHVLdent Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s war on whistleblowersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;all stories that actually received considerable news coverage.

So how exactly were they â&#x20AC;&#x153;censoredâ&#x20AC;? and what does that say of this venerable media watchdog project? Project Censored isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t only about stories that were deliberately buried or ignored. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about stories the media has covered poorly through a sort of false objectivity that skews the truth. Journalists do cry out against injustice, on occasion, but they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always do it well. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why Project Censored was started back in 1976: to highlight stories the mainstream media missed or gave scant attention to. Although the project initially started in our backyard at Sonoma State University, now academics and students from 18 universities and community colleges across the country pore through hundreds of submissions of overlooked and underreported stories annually. A panel of academics and journalists then picks the top 25 stories and curates them into themed clusters. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book, Censored 2014: Fearless Speech in Fearful Times, hit bookstores in October. What causes the media to stumble? There are as many reasons as there are failures. Brooke Gladstone, host of the radio program On the Media and writer of the graphic novel cum news media criWLTXH 7KH ,QĹśXHQFLQJ 0DFKLQH VDLG WKH VWRU\ RI 0DQQLQJ ZKR QRZ JRHV E\ WKH ĹľUVW QDPH &KHOVHD ZDV WKH SHUIHFW BOI S EW EEKLY.COM

example of the media trying to cover a story right, but getting it mostly wrong. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Bradley Manning case is for far too long centered on his personality rather than the nature of his revelations,â&#x20AC;? *ODGVWRQH WROG XV 0DQQLQJĹ&#x2018;V FDUHHU ZDV VDFULĹľFHG IRU VHQGLQJ FODVVLĹľHG GRFXPHQWV DERXW WKH ,UDT ZDU to WikiLeaks. But the media coverage focused largely on Manningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trial and subsequent change in gender identity. Gladstone said that this is part of the mediaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inability to deal with vast quantities of information which, she said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;is not what most of our standard media does all that well.â&#x20AC;? The media mangling of Manning is number one on the Project Censored list, but the shallow coverage this story received is not unique. The news media is in a crisis, particularly in the U.S., and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s getting worse.

WATCHING THE WATCHDOGS The Project for Excellence in Journalism, which conducts an annual analysis of trends in news, found that as revenue in journalism declined, newsrooms have shed 30 percent of their staff in the last decade. In 2012, the number of reporters in the U.S. dipped to its lowest level since 1978, with fewer than 40,000 reporters nationally. This creates a sense of desperation in the newsroom, and in the end, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the public that loses. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What won out is something much more palpable to the advertisers,â&#x20AC;? said Robert McChesney, an author, longtime media reform advocate, professor at University of Illinois, and host of Media Matters from 2000-2012. Blandness beat out fearless truth-telling.

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Even worse than kowtowing to advertisers is the false objectivity the media tries to achieve, McChesney told us, neutering its news to stay â&#x20AC;&#x153;neutralâ&#x20AC;? on a topic. This handcuffs journalists into not drawing conclusions, even when they are well-supported by the facts. In order to report a story, they rely on the words of others to make claims, limiting what they can report.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;You allow people in power to set the range of legitimate debate, and you report on it,â&#x20AC;? McChesney said. 3URMHFW &HQVRUHG VWRULHV UHĹśHFW WKDW G\QDPLFĹ?PDQ\ RI them require journalists to take a stand or present an illuminating perspective on a set of dry facts. For example, reporting on the increasing gulf between the rich and the poor is easy, but talking about why the rich are getting richer is where journalists begin to worry about their objectivity, Gladstone said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that there is a desire to stay away from stories that will inspire rhetoric of class warfare,â&#x20AC;? she said. Unable to tell the story of a trend and unable to talk about rising inequality for fear of appearing partisan, reporters often fail to connect the dots for their readers. One of Project Censored stories this year, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bank Interests ,QĹśDWH *OREDO 3ULFHV E\ WR 3HUFHQW Ĺ&#x201D; LV D JRRG H[DPple of the need for a media watchdog. Researchers point to interest payments as the primary way wealth is transferred from Main Street to Wall Street. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how the banks are picking the pockets of the 99 percent. But if no politician is calling out the banks on this practice, if no advocacy group is gaining enough traction, shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it be the mediaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s role to protect the public and sound the battle cry? â&#x20AC;&#x153;So much of media criticism is really political commentary squeezed through a media squeezer,â&#x20AC;? Gladstone said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and it comes out media shaped.â&#x20AC;? 12 | JANUARY 22â&#x20AC;&#x201C;28, 2014 | BOISEweekly

SHAPING THE MEDIA McChesney says journalism should be a proactive watchdog by independently stating that something needs to be done. He said thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more watchdog journalism calling out inequity in democracies where there is a more robust and funded media. And they often have one thing we in the U.S. donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;tâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;govern-

ment subsidies for journalism. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All the other democracies in the world, there are huge subsidies for public media and journalism,â&#x20AC;? McChesney said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They not only rank ahead of us in terms of being democratic, they also rank ahead of us in terms of having a free press. Our press is shrinking.â&#x20AC;? No matter what the ultimate economic solution is, the crisis of reporting is largely a crisis of money. McChesney calls it a â&#x20AC;&#x153;whole knife in the heart of journalism.â&#x20AC;? For American journalism to revive itself, it has to move beyond its corporate ties. It has to become a truly free press. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to end the myth that corporate journalism is the only way for media to be objective, monolithic and correct. The failures of that prescription are clear in Project Censoredâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top 10 stories of the year:

MANNING AND THE FAILURE OF CORPORATE MEDIA

Untold stories of Iraqi civilian deaths by American soldiers, U.S. diplomats pushing aircraft sales on foreign royalty, uninvestigated abuse by Iraqi allies, the perils of the rise in private war contractorsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;this is what Manning exposed. They were stories that challenge the U.S. political elite, and they ZHUH RQO\ PDGH SRVVLEOH E\ D VDFULĹľFH Manning got a 35-year prison sentence for the revelation of state secrets to WikiLeaks, a story told countless times in

corporate media. But as Project Censored posits, the failure of our media was not in the lack of coverage of Manning, but in its focus. Though The New York Times partnered with WikiLeaks to release stories based on the documents, many published in 2010 through 2011, news from the leaks have since slowed WR D WULFNOHĹ?D ZDVWH RI RYHU SLHFHV RI FODVVLĹľHG LQWHO-

ligence giving unparalleled ground-level views of Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s costly wars. The media quickly took a scathing indictment of U.S. military policy and spun it into a story about Manningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s politics and patriotism. As Rolling Stone pointed out (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Did the Media )DLO %UDGOH\ 0DQQLQJ"Ĺ&#x201D; 0DQQLQJ LQLWLDOO\ WRRN WKH WURYH RI leaks to The Washington Post and The New York Times, only to be turned away. Alexa Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien, a former Occupy activist, scooped most of the media by actually attending Manningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trial. She produced tens of thousands of words in transcriptions of the court hearings, one of the only reporters on the beat.

RICHEST GLOBAL PERCENT HIDE BILLIONS IN TAX HAVENS

Global corporate fatcats hold $21-$32 trillion in offshore havens, money hidden from government taxation that would EHQHĹľW SHRSOH DURXQG WKH ZRUOG DFFRUGLQJ WR ĹľQGLQJV E\ James S. Henry, the former chief economist of the global PDQDJHPHQW ĹľUP 0F.LQVH\ &RPSDQ\ The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists obtained a leak in April 2013, revealing how widespread the EX\ LQ ZDV WR WKHVH WD[ KDYHQV 7KH ĹľQGLQJV ZHUH GDPQLQJ JRYHUQPHQW RIĹľFLDOV LQ &DQDGD 5XVVLD DQG RWKHU FRXQWULHV have embraced offshore accounts, the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top banks (inFOXGLQJ 'HXWVFKH %DQN KDYH ZRUNHG WR PDLQWDLQ WKHP DQG the tax havens are used in Ponzi schemes. B O I S E WE E KLY. C O M

Moving money offshore has implications that ripped through the world economy. Part of Greeceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economic collapse was due to these tax havens, ICIJ reporter Gerard Ryle told Gladstone on her radio show. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s because people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to pay taxes,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You avoid taxes by going offshore and playing by different rules.â&#x20AC;? U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., introduced legislation to combat the practice, SB1533, The Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act, but so far the bill has had little play in the media. Researcher James Henry said the hidden wealth was a â&#x20AC;&#x153;huge black holeâ&#x20AC;? in the world economy that has never been measured, which could generate income tax revenues between $190-$280 billion a year.

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7DNH FRUSRUDWH DGYLVHUV PL[ LQ RIĹľFLDOV IURP LQternational governments, let it bake for about two years, and out pops international partnerships that threaten to cripple progressive movements worldwide. 7KH 7UDQV 3DFLĹľF 3DUWQHUVKLS LV D WUDGH DJUHHPHQW EXW OHDNHG texts show it may allow foreign investors to use â&#x20AC;&#x153;investorstateâ&#x20AC;? tribunals to extract extravagant extra damages for â&#x20AC;&#x153;exSHFWHG IXWXUH SURĹľWV Ĺ&#x201D; DFFRUGLQJ WR WKH 3XEOLF &LWL]HQĹ&#x2018;V *OREDO Trade Watch. The trade watch group investigated the TPP and is the main advocate in opposition of its policies. The AFL-CIO, Sierra Club, and other organizations have also had growing concerns about the level of access granted to corporations in these agreements. :LWK H[WUD SRZHUV JUDQWHG WR IRUHLJQ ĹľUPV WKH SRVVLELOLW\ that companies would continue moving offshore could grow. %XW HYHQ ZLWK WKH ULVNV RI RXWVL]HG FRUSRUDWH LQĹśXHQFH WKH U.S. has a strong interest in the TPP in order to maintain trade agreements with Asia. The balancing act between corporate and public interests is at stake, but until the U.S. releases more documents from negotiations, the American people will remain in the dark.

OBAMAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S WAR ON WHISTLEBLOWERS

President Obama has invoked the Espionage Act of 1917 more than every other president combined. Seven times, Obama has pursued leakers with the act, against Thomas 'UDNH 6KDPDL /HLERZLW] %UDGOH\ 0DQQLQJ 6WHSKHQ .LP -HIIUH\ 6WHUOLQJ -RKQ .LULDNRX DQG PRVW UHFHQWO\ (GZDUG Snowden. All had ties to the State Department, FBI, CIA or NSA, and all of them leaked to journalists. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Neither party is raising hell over this. This is the sort of story that sort of slips through the cracks,â&#x20AC;? McChesney said. And when the politicians donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t raise a fuss, neither does the media. Pro Publica covered the issue, constructing timelines and mapping out the various arrests and indictments. But where Project Censored points out the lack of coverage is in Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s BOI S EW EEKLY.COM

hypocrisyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;only a year before, he signed The Whistleblower Protection Act. Later on, he said he wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t follow every letter of the law in the bill he had only just signed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Certain provisions in the Act threaten to interfere with my constitutional duty to supervise the executive branch,â&#x20AC;? Obama said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As my administration previously informed the Congress, I will interpret those sections consistent with my authority.â&#x20AC;?

HATE GROUPS AND ANTIGOVERNMENT GROUPS ON RISE ACROSS U.S.

Hate groups in the U.S. are on the rise, according to a report by the Southern Poverty Law Center. There are 1,007 known hate groups operating across the country, it wrote, including QHR 1D]LV .X .OX[ .ODQ ZKLWH QDWLRQDOLVWV QHR &RQIHGHUates, racist skinheads, black separatists, border vigilantes, and others. Since 2000, those groups have grown by over half, and there was a â&#x20AC;&#x153;powerful resurgenceâ&#x20AC;? of Patriot groups, the likes of which were involved in the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995. Worst of all, the huge growth in armed militias seems to have conspicuous timing with Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s election. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The number of Patriot groups, including armed militias, has grown 813 percent since Obama was electedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;from 149 in 2008 to 1,360 in 2012,â&#x20AC;? the SPLC reported. Though traditionally those groups were race motivated, the report noted that now they are gunning for government. There was a smattering of news coverage when the SPLC released its report, but not much since.

BILLIONAIRESâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; RISING WEALTH INTENSIFIES POVERTY AND INEQUALITY

of labor unions. His conclusions are backed up by the United Nationsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Trade and Development Report from 2012, which noted how the trend hurts everyone: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Recent empirical and analytical work reviewed here mostly shows a negative correlation between inequality and growth.â&#x20AC;?

MERCHANT OF DEATH AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS

The report highlighted by Project Censored on the threat of nuclear war is an example not of censorship, strictly, but a desire for media reform. Project Censored highlighted a study from the The Physicians for Social Responsibility that said 1 billion people could starve in the decade after a nuclear detonation. Corn production in the U.S. would decline by an average of 10 percent for an entire decade and food prices would make food inaccessible to hundreds of millions of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s poorest. This is not journalism in the classic sense, Gladstone said. In traditional journalism, as itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s played out since the early 20th century, news requires an element of something new in order to garner reportingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;not a looming threat or danger. 6R LQ WKLV FDVH ZKDW 3URMHFW &HQVRUHG LGHQWLĹľHG ZDV WKH need for a new kind of journalism, what it calls â&#x20AC;&#x153;solutions journalism.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Solutions journalism,â&#x20AC;? Sarah van Gelder wrote in the foreword to Censored 2014, â&#x20AC;&#x153;must investigate not only the individual innovations, but also the larger pattern of change â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the emerging ethics, institutions, and ways of life that are coming into existence.â&#x20AC;?

The worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s billionaires added $241 billion to their collective net worth in 2012. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an economic recovery, right? That gain, coupled with the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s richest peoplesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; new total worth of $1.9 trillion (more than the GDP of &DQDGD ZDVQĹ&#x2018;W UHSRUWHG E\ VRPH NRRN\ VRFLDOLVW group, but by Bloomberg News. But few journalists are asking the important question: Why? Project Censored points to journalist George Monbiot, who highlights a reduction of taxes and tax enforcement, the privatization of public assets, and the weakening BOISEweekly | JANUARY 22â&#x20AC;&#x201C;28, 2014 | 13

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BANK INTERESTS INFLATE GLOBAL PRICES BY 35 TO 40 PERCENT Does 35 percent of everything bought in the United States go to interest? Professor MarJULW .HQQHG\ RI WKH 8QLYHUVLW\ RI +DQRYHU thinks so, and she says itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a major funnel of money from the 99 percent to the rich. ,Q KHU ERRN 2FFXS\ 0RQH\ .HQnedy wrote that tradespeople, suppliers, wholesalers and retailers along the chain of SURGXFWLRQ UHO\ RQ FUHGLW +HU ĹľJXUHV ZHUH drawn from the German economy, but Ellen Brown of the Web of Debt and Global Research said she found similar patterns in the U.S. This â&#x20AC;&#x153;hidden interestâ&#x20AC;? has sapped the growth of other industries, she said, lining WKH SRFNHWV RI WKH ĹľQDQFLDO VHFWRU So if interest is stagnating so many industries, why would journalists avoid the topic? Few economists have echoed her views, and few experts emerged to back up her assertions. Notably, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a professor in an architectural school, with no formal credentials in economics. From her own website, she said she became an â&#x20AC;&#x153;expertâ&#x20AC;? in economics â&#x20AC;&#x153;through her continuous research and scrutiny.â&#x20AC;? Without people in power pushing the topic, McChesney said that a mainstream journalist would be seen as going out on a limb. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The reporters raise an issue the elites are not raising themselves, then youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re ideological, have an axe to grind, sort of a hack,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It makes journalism worthless on pretty important issues.â&#x20AC;?

tion the cost in human lives. If we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pay attention to our own wars, why exactly does Project Censored think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d pay attention to Iceland? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The constitutional reforms are a direct reVSRQVH WR WKH QDWLRQĹ&#x2018;V ĹľQDQFLDO FUDVK Ĺ&#x201D; Project Censored wrote, â&#x20AC;&#x153;when Icelandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unregulated banks borrowed more than the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gross domestic product from international wholesale money markets.â&#x20AC;? Solutions-based journalism rears its head again, and the idea is that the U.S. has much to learn from Iceland, but even Gladstone was dubious. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iceland is being undercovered, goddamnit! Where is our Iceland news?â&#x20AC;? she joked with us. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Certainly I agree with some of this list, Bradley Manning was covered badly, I was sad the tax haven story didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get more coverage. But when has anyone cared about Iceland?â&#x20AC;?

A â&#x20AC;&#x153;CULTURE OF CRUELTYâ&#x20AC;? ALONG MEXICOâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;U.S. BORDER The plight of Mexican border crossings usually involves three types of stories in U.S. press: deaths in the stretch of desert beyond the border, the horrors of drug cartels, and heroic journeys of border crossings by sympathetic workers. But a report released a year ago by the organization No More Deaths snags the 10th spot for overlooked stories in Project Censored.

In 2012, Icelandic citizens voted in referendum to change the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1944 constitution. When asked, â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the new constitution, do you want natural resources that are not privately owned to be declared national property?â&#x20AC;? its citizens voted 81 percent in favor.

The report asserts that people arrested by the Border Patrol while crossing were denied water and told to let their sick die. No More Deaths conducted more than 12,000 interviews to form the basis of its study in three Mexican cities: Nacos, Nogales and Agua Prieta. The report cites grossly ineffective oversight from the Department of Homeland Security. This has received some coverage, from Salon showcasing video of Border Patrol agents destroying jugs of water meant for crossers to a recent New York Times piece citing a lack of oversight for Border Patrolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s excessive force.

Project Censored says this is important for us to know, but in the end, U.S. journalism is notably American-centric. Even the Nieman Watchdog, a Harvard journalism foundation at, issued a report in 2011 citing the lack of reporting on a war the U.S. funneled over $4 trillion into over the past decade, not to men-

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The ACLU lobbied the United Nations high commissioner for Human Rights to call international attention to the plight of these border crossers at the hands of U.S. law enforcement.

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front of the bus CIVIL RIGHTS FILM SERIES Rosa Parks made histor y Dec. 1, 1955, when she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger in the black section of a Montgomer y, Ala., bus. Her nonviolent protest and the ensuing legal challenge to racial segregation kick-started the civil rights movement with an ironic tinge: America was an infrastructurally advanced nation where public transportation was available to practically ever ybody—but equality under the law was not. Monday, Jan. 20, was Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, and for the whole week, Boise State University is hosting a series of ﬁlms designed to inspire and provoke discussion in the spirit of the civil rights movement and the long shadow it has cast over American values, collectively titled Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle. Wednesday, Jan. 22, the public is invited to a screening of “The Abolitionists,” an installment of PBS’ The American Experience series about the 19th centur y Americans who opposed the South’s “peculiar institution” of slaver y as tensions between the North and South escalated into violence. Thursday, Jan. 23, view Slaver y by Another Name, the 2012 documentar y that chronicles how de facto slaver y persisted in America well after the conclusion of the Civil War and well into Reconstruction. Wednesday, Jan. 29, check out Freedom Riders, the 2010 PBS documentar y about a group of activists who rode interstate buses into Southern states to test the enforcement of segregation and brought international attention to racial inequality in America. 6:30 p.m. FREE. Barnwell Room, Boise State University Student Union Building, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 208-426-1000, sub.boisestate.edu.

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Earlier this month, the Boise City Department of Arts and History announced its yearly City Arts and History grants. The concept behind the grants is to help artists and artisans create works that will reﬂect on Boise as an incubator for the arts. Amid the news of Trey McIntyre Project’s new creative direction (BW, Arts

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News, “Trey McIntyre Project to Reduce Dance,” Jan. 8, 2014) and awards to smaller projects like Boise Gay Men’s Chorus Pride Concert, one might overlook one of Boise’s longest-standing proving grounds for creatives from Idaho and around the West: Idaho Dance Theatre. That would be a grievous oversight. The 2014-15 sea-

If your introduction to vampires was the Twilight series, you might think the nocturnal exsanguinators have personalities. Maybe you think they’re sexy, imbued with an aura of dangerous romance, cat eyes and per fect hair. You would be wrong—un-dead wrong. Vampires have fangs. They’re the reanimated corpses of actual people that are inhabited by psychopathic demons. As Blade the vampire hunter might say, “some folks are always tr ying to ice skate uphill.” Here to dispel any misconceptions you might have about these bloodsucking fiends is the Idaho Horror Film Festival. Though the festival proper is coming to the City of Trees in October, the festival organizers, in conjunction with Boise Art Museum, are hosting a screening of Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horrors, Thursday, Jan. 23, at the Boise Art Museum beginning at 5:30 p.m. F.W. Murnau’s treatment of Count Orlok is one of the most iconic representations of the vampire in cinematic histor y—before his kind was buried beneath campy cliches, this stalking wraith who slept in plague-infested soil and sported two elongated, razor-sharp front teeth, was shambling his way out of the Carpathian Mountains and into the home of the hapless Hutter family. Because of a lawsuit filed by Bram Stoker’s estate, copies of the film were burned and its production company, Prana Film, declared bankruptcy. Only one copy of Nosferatu sur vived, and the original score by Hans Erdmann was lost. To add luster to the BAM screening, an original composition by musician Sean Dahlman will be per formed in its stead. 5:30 p.m. $10 members, $15 nonmembers. Boise Art Museum, 670 Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208-345-8330, boiseartmuseum.org.

son is IDT’s 25th, and in that time, it has moved dozens of dancers through Idaho to the delight of the state’s dance enthusiasts. The company is gearing up for its winter performance series FridaySunday, Jan. 24-26, and has a slew of fresh dances—including an as-yet-untitled choreography by founding IDT member Carl Rowe—ready

for the stage. Don’t miss New Visions Choreography Competition winner “Good Morning Midnight” by Eric Handman and performed by six IDT dancers; Chanel DaSilva’s “To Live in the Truth,” which premiered in August 2013 at the Boise Dance Co-Op performance; founding member Marla Hansen’s “Catch,”

set to jazz and featuring innovative dance partnering; and Rowe’s piece, “set to old music played in a new way.” Thursday, Jan. 23, 7 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, Jan. 24-25, 8 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 26, 2 p.m. $12-$37. Special Events Center, Boise State University, 1800 University Drive, Boise, 208-426-1000, idahodancetheatre.org. B O I S E WE E KLY. C O M

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There’s no art like snow art.

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Anything you can do, I can do better.

winter wonderland 49TH ANNUAL MCCALL WINTER CARNIVAL The tradition dates back to 1924, when passenger trains still ran between McCall and Boise. And while the railroad no longer runs that service, a steady train of vehicles up and down Idaho Highway 55 is a sure sign that it’s time for the McCall Winter Carnival—a 10-day frozen blast that includes Idaho’s wackiest Mardi Gras parade, dog sled races, gourmet meals, a snow bike race, fireworks and some pretty spectacular snow sculptures. With a theme of “World of Wonders,” this year’s carnival kicks off with a children’s torchlight parade, live music and fireworks over Payette Lake. Things really kick into high gear Saturday, Jan. 25, with the parade, beginning at noon, featuring floats, bands and plenty of Mardi Gras beads that you won’t need to disrobe in order to receive. The parade fills McCall’s downtown for the better part of Saturday afternoon. Dogs of every shape and size pull small weighted sleds through an obstacle course on Sunday, Jan. 25. That same day, anyone crazy enough to jump into a huge tub of icy water is invited to participate in Sharlie’s Plunge, named for the mythical sea serpent who “lives” in Payette Lake. Another of this year’s highlights is the Spirit of the Dream ice show on Friday, Jan. 31, and Saturday, Feb. 1, at the Manchester Ice and Events Centre, featuring 2011 U.S. men’s figure skating champ Ryan Bradley. Friday-Sunday, Jan. 24-Feb 2. Full schedule of the 10-day carnival is available at mccallchamber.org/carnival.

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of furniture with microwave pizza, watching uncompelling cable reruns. If that suits you, so be it. For others, the colder months present ample opportunities to come alive and conquer snowy terrain while wearing stylish spandex. Whether you enjoy participating in winter sports or just like spectating up close and personal, there’s no better place to do so than the Wood River Valley.

SATURDAY JAN. 25 wheels down S.K.A.T.E. AT THE CRUX You love skateboarding and it always loves you back. Nevermind the broken bones, chipped teeth and lost layers of skin, you can’t get enough of dropping in on the halfpipe and feeling the wind run through your hair. Skateboarding is a unique sport for unique individuals and The Crux wants to see what you’ve got. Head there Saturday evening for a game of S.K.A.T.E. Similar to H.O.R.S.E. (as played with a basketball), skaters must match tricks in order to advance to the next round. $5 gets you registered at the door and 16 lucky boarders will be drawn at random to participate in the game. There will also be a rafﬂe for skate gear and tickets can be purchased individually for $1 or six for $5. All proceeds beneﬁt pushdocumentary.com, the brainchild of Boise’s own TJ Hughes. Hughes raises funds to collect skate gear for at-risk youth in Ecuador and will be delivering the goods in hopes of introducing them to the sport to enrich their lives and make the world a better place. The next time someone accosts you from the rocking chair on their front porch and calls you a hooligan, take a deep breath, skate on and accept the fact that you’re the cat’s pajamas and that’s just how it is. 5 p.m. $5. The Crux, 1022 W. Main St., Boise, facebook. com/thecruxcoffeeshop.

The Sun Valley Nordic Festival features events ranging from ski and snowboard races, snowshoe tours, avalanche awareness classes, paralympic biathlon races and more. The festival culminates with the renowned 32-kilometer SWIX Boulder Mountain Tour. Though you may not yet be a master of Nordic skiing, you can witness ﬁrsthand the hard work and

Guitarists, whether gigging professionals or basement hobbyists, often have an insatiable appetite for gear. They scour the Internet for deals on the latest technology and hard-to-find vintage machinery. Simply say the words “1959 Gibson Les Paul,” “Dumble” or “Klon Centaur,” and many players will break out in a feverish sweat, wishing their credit card limit was higher. And though Jimi Hendrix gave notes soul with his hands and Django Reinhardt compensated a few missing fingers with a unique style, cool gear never hurts. digitech.com $99.99 The underrated Digitech iStomp available at various may not have the most eye-catching retailers design, but it does have an incredible utilitarian effect. One Benjamin (as of this writing, some retailers had sold the product new for as low as $40) buys a pedal that acts as the hardware for the software created by Digitech, a guitar effects manufacturer. Then, download the free Stompshop app to an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch and simply plug the iOS device into the pedal, select the desired effect and become an axe master. All but one of the downloads are free, and with more than three dozen of them, the iStomp is nearly 40 pedals for the price of one. And this isn’t kids’ play—the sounds are impressive and suitable for bedroom rockers and seasoned pros alike. No longer do you have to get a second job to buy a room full of gear, or start building a time machine to take you back to days of yore when iconic guitar effects were first created. Get the iStomp and sound like you did both of those things, when all you actually did was click your mouse a few times. Work smarter, not harder. —Sam Hill

training the athletes have put in to entertain you and look sharp in their outﬁts. Times, prices and event locations var y, so be sure to keep a schedule of events on hand. Times, location and pricing varies. For complete information, visit nordictownusa.com.

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8 DAYS OUT WEDNESDAY JAN. 22 Workshops & Classes ADULT/FAMILY MAKEITEER NIGHTS—Explore different aspects of the library’s Make IT Space, featuring a 3-D printer, robots, engineering kits and more. These events are geared for adults or adults who want to bring children and explore with them. 6:30 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library, 10664 W. Victory Road, Boise, 208-362-0181, adalib.org.

Special Screenings THE ABOLITIONISTS— Boise State University hosts this screening as part of the Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle ﬁlm series. See Picks, Page 16. 6:30 p.m. FREE. Boise State University Student Union Bishop Barnwell Room, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 208-426-4636, sub.boisestate.edu.

On Stage IDAHO DANCE THEATRE WINTER PERFORMANCE—Boise State University’s modern dance troupe performs their winter performance. See Picks, Page 16. 7 p.m. $10-$37. Boise State Special Events Center, 1800 University Drive, Boise, idahodancetheatre.org.

Special Screenings FILM SCREENING: NOSFERATU—Join the Boise Art Museum for a special viewing of the horror classic. See Picks, Page 16. 5:30 p.m. $10 members, $15 nonmembers. Boise Art Museum, 670 Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208345-8330, boiseartmuseum.org. SLAVERY BY ANOTHER NAME—Boise State University hosts this screening as part of the Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle ﬁlm series. See Picks, Page 16. 6:30 p.m. FREE. Boise

State University Student Union Bishop Barnwell Room, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 208-4264636. sub.boisestate.edu.

Workshops & Classes “GRUMPY CAT” PAINTING CLASS—Paint everyone’s favorite grumpy cat. Even if you’ve never painted before, you’ll have fun. Everything needed to craft your own masterpiece is provided. All you need to take is any refreshments you’d like to enjoy. Call or visit the website to register. 7 p.m. $35. My Masterpiece Parties, 603 E. State St., Eagle, 208938-1370, mymasterpieceparties.com. IPHONEOGRAPHY WITH MATI YOUNG—Learn from designerturned-iPhoneographer Mati Young, who shoots for The Tone Report Magazine of Portland, Ore., and various music artists, as well as Steve Fulton, owner of the Audio Lab in Boise. Held in the Longitude Room. 7 p.m. $10, FREE students with ID. Hotel 43, 981 Grove St., Boise, 208-3424622, hotel43.com.

Odds & Ends DATE NIGHT—Featuring live music, massages and champagne. 6 p.m. $ varies. The Springs, 3742 Idaho 21, Idaho City, 208392-9500, thespringsid.com.

THURSDAY JAN. 23 Festivals & Events ACL SILVER ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION—Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Victory Branch opening its doors with refreshments, Boise Rock School, scrapbook with memories of the past 25 years, and a memory book for people to share memories and experiences of the library. 5 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library, 10664 W. Victory Road, Boise, 208-3620181, adalib.org. FOOTHILLS SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE—Learn about what makes Foothills’ educational program inspiring, followed by student-led tours, and classroom visits with pre-K through ninthgrade teachers. 6 p.m. FREE. Foothills School of Arts and Sciences, 618 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-331-9260. JAVA CULTURE COFFEE CO. GRAND OPENING—Check out Boise’s newest and most innovative coffee shop, which features more than 75 drinks on the menu that are like dessert in a cup. First 10 people in get a free Java Culture bag and color-changing coffee mug. Serving discounted gourmet drinks all day. 10 a.m. Java Culture Coffee Co., 112 E. Myrtle St. (Winco shopping center), Boise, 208-342-7011, javaculturecoffeeco.com.

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NOISE/CD REVIEW REVEREND HORTON HEAT: REV Spawned out of the counterculture scene of Dallas’s Deep Ellum neighborhood in the mid-1980s, Reverend Horton Heat serves up a hearty mix of rock swagger at surf-rock speeds. Rev (Jan. 21, Victory Records), a straight-ahead rockabilly release, is sure to please RHH fans and convert new ones. Reverend Horton Heat frontman Jim Heath has defied labels by using rockabilly and an original mix of surf guitar, swing, jazz, country, blues and up-tempo rock. But Rev, the band’s first album in four years, is a return to its early music, with two blistering instrumentals, 10 riveting rock tunes and one country song. The mostly instrumental “Zombie Dumb” is where Heath’s love for extremes shines: Sudden drops from loud to soft are followed by a sweet, sustained guitar riff, which leads to a jolt of speed. RRH performed “Zombie Dumb” when the band played the Boise Knitting Factory Jan. 5, and electric guitar reverberated with off-the-wall spirit and spontaneity, driving home what Heath told Boise Weekly about performing live: “Playing for an audience is a type of streaming art form.” Rev delivers what RHH fans have come to expect of these Texans. Yet among these 13 tunes are signs of fresh adventure, like the high-octane romp of “Zombie Dumb” or the rockabilly swagger of “Mad Mad Heart.” But none of the new sounds are likely to change anyone’s mind about the rock ’n’ roll flavor of RHH; and, with Rev, RHH makes a statement that could only have come from them. —Joette Faulkner B O I S E WE E KLY. C O M

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Bogus Basin Nordic Team Alumni Continue Giving Back and Competing!

A portion of the proceeds from ticket sales for the Banff Mountain Film Festival go to support the Bogus Basin Nordic Team, and all of the proceeds from the raffle support the team. The team helps members to not only develop skills as skiers, but also as good citizens. We thought you might like to hear about some of the alumni and what they’re doing now. Many former team members have returned as assistant coaches, nurturing young BBNT athletes. Olive Wicherski is again coaching this year’s Comp- Devo and Rec Teams. Helping coach in recent seasons were Luke Studebaker, Ariel Kronenberg, Bob Smith, Kerry Molina, Emma Donohoe, Charlie and Wyatt Fereday. BBNT alumni also have reached high ranks in Nordic events after high school.

Sara Studebaker continues competing for USA on the World Cup and will be competing in her second Olympics in Sochi. Rose Kemp is skiing with the US elite team, Sun Valley Gold and working towards earning a spot on the US Ski Team. Three current college competitors are Emma Donohoe (Colby College), Bridger Dunnagan (fighting for a spot on top ranked Montana State) and Will Wicherski (Williams College). Wicherski went to Turkey for the World Junior Championships in 2012, one of just six men representing USA. Wyatt Fereday skied four years at Colby College and competed in three NCAA Championships. Wyatt skis for the semipro Far West Farm Team. Many other BBNT alums continue skiing for fun and health, often competing in local races such as the Boulder Mountain Tour.

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CASCADA

2012, USA, 8 minutes Filmmakers: Anson Fogel, Skip Armstrong, Shannon Ethridge (Camp4 Collective) Focus: Paddling

Paddler and cinematographer alike explore a world beyond the unexpected … and find perfection.

KEEPER OF THE MOUNTAINS 2013, USA, 16 minutes Filmmakers: Allison Otto, Scott McElroy Focus: Culture/Human Story/Female

Elizabeth Hawley bucked the conventions of her time by settling alone in Kathmandu in 1960, where she began chronicling Himalayan expeditions for The Himalayan Database. Even as she turns 90, she continues to update these records with rigorous accuracy and dedication.

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HEAVENS GATE

2013, Finland, 48 minutes Filmmakers: Iiro Seppanen, Nic Good, Pan Pacific Entertainment Focus: Wingsuit Flying

A group of wingsuit pilots gather at Tianmen Mountain in China, the birthplace of the dream of human flight, to attempt an intimidating feat – flying through the sacred site known as Heaven’s Gate, an archway carved out of the mountain. As Jeb Corliss drops from a helicopter and soars toward the opening, nearly a half-billion people hold their breath.

PUSH IT

2012, United Kingdom, 26 minutes Filmmaker: Jen Randall Focus: Rockclimbing, Female Climbers

Want to see what it takes to get a job done with unique style and grace – and friendship intact? Let these two women show you as they attempt their first big wall climb ever – El Capitan in Yosemite. Though yearning for greater confidence, they are inspiring from start to finish. You go! We’re behind you all the way! WWW. B O I S E WE E KLY. C O M

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STAND

2013, Canada, 23 minutes Filmmakers: Anthony Bonello and Nicolas Teichrob Focus: SUP, Environmental, Culture

With a pipeline proposal always comes talk of what will be gained – but shouldn’t we be asking, ‘What do we stand to lose?’ A hauntingly beautiful examination of the people and culture of the Great Bear Rainforest– and the lives of those committed to defending its fragile ecosystems and fjords, one paddle stroke at a time.

INTO THE MIND

2013, Canada, 12 minutes Filmmakers: Dave Mossop, Eric Crosland, JP Auclair, Malcolm Sangster, Sherpas Cinema Focus: Snow Sports

Amazing skiing, stunning imagery, and fabulous music are showcased in this high-energy excerpt from the feature film..

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NOTBAD

2013, Canada, 10 minutes Filmmakers: Darcy Wittenburg, Darren McCullough, Colin Jones and Ian Dunn Focus: Biking

Seven brave riders set out from the four corners of the globe for thirty days of outrageous fun and bicycle tomfoolery in New Zealand.

THE BEAUTY OF THE IRRATIONAL 2012, South Africa, 6 minutes Filmmakers: Dean Leslie, Greg Fell, The African Attachment Focus: Running

Running in the wilds of Namibia can be primal – as utterly simple and beautiful as it is daunting and irrational..

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2013, USA, 9 minutes Filmmakers: Joe Riis and Jenny Nichols, Pongo Media Focus: Environmental, adventure WWW. B OISEWEEKLY.C O M

A wee pebble toad living in the crevices of the tepuis of South America is the missing link to understanding the age of the species as well as the age of the tepuis themselves.

NORTH OF THE SUN (NORDFOR SOLA) 2012, Norway, 46 minutes Filmmakers: Inge Wegge and Anne Bergseng Focus: Adventure, Surfing, Environment, Snowboarding

Tucked between the cold Atlantic Ocean and the rocky slopes of a remote, arctic island, two young Norwegian adventurers discover their own private playground. They build themselves a cabin out of flotsam while clearing the beach of debris, then spend the long winter skiing and surfing in the haunting low light.

SPICE GIRL

2013, USA, 24 minutes Filmmakers: Josh Lowell, Alex Lowther, Peter Mortimer, Nick Rosen Focus: Rockclimbing, Female Climbers

The UK climbing scene is known for its strict traditional ethic, yielding super sketchy, dangerous routes, and a competitive machismo. It’s the last place you’d expect to find a nice little blond girl putting all the lads to shame, but Hazel Findlay is doing just that. The first woman to climb the British grade of E9, Hazel is a connoisseur of loose rock, dodgy gear, and big runouts.

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2013, USA, 36 minutes Filmmakers: Peter Mortimer, Nick Rosen, Zachary Barr, Josh Lowell, Focus: Mountaineering

Flying fists, obscenities, and death threats at 23,000 feet? Is this the new Everest reality? This film takes a closer look at the 2013 incident at Camp II that made international headlines and had climbers Ueli Steck, Simone Moro, and Jonathan Griffith running for their lives.

2013, USA, 5 minutes Filmmakers: Nasa Koski, Austin Siadak, Matthe Van Biene, Fitz Cahall Focus: Climbing, Culture/Human Story

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35 routes in one day to celebrate 35 years of life? Why not? Take the birthday challenge!!

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FLOW: THE ELEMENTS OF FREERIDE 2013, USA, 3 minutes Filmmaker: Oly Mingo Focus: Biking

Follow Geophysicist Rex Flake on a high-adrenaline mountain bike ride through the Cascade Mountains as he identifies the flora, fauna, and geology of this cinematic region. Uniquely edited without the typical hard core soundtrack, Flow uses creative graphics and sound design to bring the viewer uncomfortably close to the action.

THE LAST ICE MERCHANT (EL ULTIMO HIELERO)

When Baltazar Ushca dies, the long-lived tradition of harvesting glacial ice from the tallest mountain in Ecuador will die with him. Every action is tenderly portrayed as Baltazar steadfastly wraps his bounty in hay and loads it on his donkey for delivery to his loyal customers..

READY TO FLY

2012, USA, 56 minutes Filmmakers: William A. Kerig, Scott Zeller Focus: Ski Jumping, Human Story, Female Athletes

Full of pluck and determination, a woman battles massive obstacles not only to achieve her dream, but also to help change the world for other women. In an emotional and triumphant journey with more ups and downs than a ski jumping competition itself, Lindsey Van and her colleagues take us along on their 15-year fight to achieve equality in the Olympic Winter Games.

2012, USA, 14 minutes Filmmakers: Jeremy Yaches and Sandy Patch

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THE BURN

2012, Canada, 6 minutes Filmmakers: Mike Douglas, Jeff Thomas, Switchback Entertainment Focus: Skiing

Fire frees new lines for skiers, who revel in the newly-charred forest.

SEA OF ROCK

2012, Switzerland, 12 minutes Filmmaker: Sebastian Doerk, Infinite Trails Production Focus: Biking

A bicycle found lodged on a climbing route in the Austrian Alps inspires two expert riders to follow in the treads of the early cyclists, down the über-gnarly slopes of the Sea of Rock..

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Focus: Rockclimbing, Expedition

Are rock stars Leo Houlding, Sean “Stanley” Leary, and Jason Pickles up to their old tricks again? Maybe so, but they’ve brought along a few new friends and hopes of a bold new line on a remote spire in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. They’re going big again – the majestic unclimbed Ulvetanna Peak is their goal this time. But they’re in the middle of nowhere, miserably cold, a bit delirious. Hopefully it’s nothing a little adrenaline can’t cure.

SUFFERFEST

2013, USA, 18 minutes Filmmaker: Cedar Wright Focus: Climbing, Biking, Adventure

Alex Honnold and Cedar Wright embark on a wholly human-powered adventure to link all of California’s 14,000 foot peaks. Utterly new to biking, the quirky yet endearing duo push themselves to their absolute limits in pursuit of success.

2013, UK, 26 minutes Filmmaker: Alastair Lee

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8 DAYS OUT Kids & Teens 3-D PRINTING CLUB FOR TEENS AND TWEENS—The library has a 3-D printer and Travis and Hailey will be on hand to demonstrate the basics of 3-D design. Opportunities to print original designs will be available weekly on Thursdays. You can take your own laptop. 4:30 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library, 10664 W. Victory Road, Boise, 208-362-0181, adalib.org.

Odds & Ends YOGA AND SOAK—Enjoy a kidsfree night with one hour of yoga and one hour of hot springs relaxation. Reservations required. 6 p.m. Price varies. The Springs, 3742 Idaho 21, Idaho City, 208392-9500, thespringsid.com.

FRIDAY JAN. 24 Festivals & Events MCCALL WINTER CARNIVAL—Enjoy the 10-day celebration of all things winter, including ﬁreworks, the Mardi Gras parade, the children’s torchlight parade, live music, a vendor court and snow sculptures. See Picks, Page 17. Visit mccallchamber.org/ carnival_home.html for more info. Runs Jan. 24-Feb. 2.

SUN VALLEY NORDIC FESTIVAL—The festival begins with an opening night celebration and culminates with the Swix Boulder Mountain Tour. See Picks, Page 17. Times and locations vary. See website for details. nordictownusa.com.

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On Stage IDAHO DANCE THEATRE WINTER PERFORMANCE—See Thursday. 8 p.m. $10-$37. Boise State Special Events Center, 1800 University Drive, Boise, idahodancetheatre.org. IRISH STEP DANCING WITH ACADAMH RINCE—The Ada Community Library Victory Branch is staying open late to present a very special performance by local Irish step dancing troupe Acadamh Rince. 6:30 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library, 10664 W. Victory Road, Boise, 208-362-0181, adalib. org. RED LIGHT VARIETY SHOW: NOSTALGIA—Pay tribute to the sultry side of the past with burlesque, aerial arts, comedy and live music from Frim Fram 4. 9 p.m. $15 adv., $20 door. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297, visualartscollective.com.

Sports & Fitness SAWTOOTH OUTDOOR BONSPIEL—The Boise Curling Club hosts the second-annual event

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Jan. 24-26 at the Stanley outdoor ice rink. There will be a free Learn to Curl class on Saturday, along with a banquet. Spectators can watch for free. For more info, go to sobidaho.com. $65/ individual, $260/team.

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GURU DONUTS POP-UP SHOP—Every Friday, enjoy a selection of fresh-made donuts, maple bacon bars, fritters and more. Call ahead to pre-order by the dozen or just go on down; no minimum required. 7:30 $1.50$3. Guru Donuts, The Garro Building, 816 W. Bannock St., Boise, 208-571-7792, gurudonuts.com. WINE TASTING WITH RIEDEL— See how Riedel wine glasses’ scientiﬁc design can enhance your tasting experience. Tasting is accompanied by light tapas, and price of admission includes four Riedel glasses. Space is limited so call to reserve a spot. 7 p.m. $60 adv., $70 day of. Basque Market, 608 W. Grove St., Boise, 208-433-1208, thebasquemarket.com.

SATURDAY JAN. 25 Festivals & Events JUST ADD WATER—Check out this garden workshop and learn how to start and sustain a garden at your school. 9 a.m. FREE. Library at Cole and Ustick, 7557 W. Ustick Road, Boise, 208-5706900, boisepubliclibrary.com. MCCALL WINTER CARNIVAL— See Friday. Visit mccallchamber. org/carnival_home.html for more info. Jan. 24-Feb. 2. SNOWFLAKE GAME OF S.K.A.T.E.—Enter a drawing to participate in a game of S.K.A.T.E., like horse in basketball but with skate tricks. Sixteen skaters will be chosen at random to participate in the game. Rafﬂes will be held giving away skate-related prizes. All proceeds beneﬁt pushdocumentary.com. See Picks, Page 17. 5 p.m. $5. The Crux, 1022 W. Main St., Boise, 208-3423213, facebook.com/ thecruxcoffeeshop.

On Stage RED LIGHT VARIETY SHOW: NOSTALGIA—See Friday. 9 p.m. $15 adv., $20 door. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297, visualartscollective.com.

Garden City, 208-407-7529, surelsplace.org.

Sports & Fitness

LATE-NIGHT SWING DANCE— Beginner lesson, followed by dancing until midnight. Now with a Late-Night Lindy Special Move, and opportunities to win music and other vintage-themed prizes. Everyone is encouraged to dress up in their favorite Swing attire. All ages. No partner required. 8 p.m. $5. Heirloom Dance Studio, 765 Idaho St., Boise, 208-8716352, heirloomdancestudio.com.

SAWTOOTH OUTDOOR BONSPIEL—See Friday. For more info, go to sobidaho.com. Jan. 24-26. $65/individual, $260/team.

MONDAY JAN. 27 Festivals & Events

Sports & Fitness SAWTOOTH OUTDOOR BONSPIEL—See Friday. For more info, go to sobidaho.com. Jan. 24-26. $65/individual, $260/ team.

Kids & Teens JUNIOR DUCK STAMP ART DAYS—Young artists and wildlife enthusiasts from kindergarten to high school are invited to create and submit their own masterpiece to the Idaho Junior Duck Stamp art contest. All the necessary supplies will be provided. Call for more info. 10 a.m. FREE. Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge Visitor’s Center, 13751 Upper Embankment Road, Nampa, 208-467-9278, fws.gov/deerﬂat.

Odds & Ends SALSA IN THE SAPPHIRE: A BLACK TIE AFFAIR—Dress up in your ﬁnest, sexiest, most ﬂavorful attire and join this night of dancing and socializing. DJ Jazzy Jessie will be playing a mix of latin dance music. All ages welcome. 9 p.m. $5. Riverside Hotel Sapphire Room, 2900 W. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208343-1871, riversideboise.com/ dining/sapphire-room. SUB-ZERO SALSA—Beginner lessons in Merengue, Bachata, and Salsa at 9 p.m., followed by performances and dancing with DJ Giovanni from 10 p.m.-2 a.m. For 18 and up; full bar with ID. Get more info at salsaidaho. com. 8 p.m. $8. Knitting Factory Concert House, 416 S. Ninth St., Boise, 208-367-1212, bo.knittingfactory.com.

MCCALL WINTER CARNIVAL— See Friday. Visit mccallchamber. org/carnival_home.html for more info. Jan. 24-Feb. 2.

TUESDAY JAN. 28 Festivals & Events MCCALL WINTER CARNIVAL— See Friday. Visit mccallchamber. org/carnival_home.html for more info. Runs Jan. 24-Feb. 2. SCRABBLE TOURNAMENT—Pull yourself out of winter hibernation at Rediscovered Books’ ﬁrst-ever Scrabble tournament. First-, second- and third-place prizes will be awarded. Sign up in advance at the store, or the day of the event, but procrastinators be warned: Space is limited. 3 p.m. FREE. Rediscovered Books, 180 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-3764229, rdbooks.org.

the American West. The group will also chat via webcam with University of Nebraska professor Dr. Gary Moulton, editor of The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. 7 p.m. FREE. Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-384-4076, boisepubliclibrary.org.

WEDNESDAY JAN. 29 Festivals & Events MCCALL WINTER CARNIVAL— See Friday. Jan. 24-Feb. 2. SUICIDE HOTLINE INFO/ SCREENING SESSIONS—The Idaho Suicide Prevention Hotline is looking for caring individuals with good communication skills to join the volunteer crisis phone responder team. Contact Nina Leary to RSVP and receive your application before attending the session at Nleary@mtnstatesgroup.org. 6 p.m. FREE. Mountain States Group, 1607 W. Jefferson St., Boise, 208-2586992, mtnstatesgroup.org.

On Stage WARREN: THOSE PEOPLE—This comedy is set in the Warren, Mich., living room of Rose MacBeth Ericson, who forges an unlikely friendship with a man named Dano. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, bctheater.org.

Literature

Workshops & Classes

LEWIS AND CLARK BOOK DISCUSSION—Meet with other Lewis and Clark aﬁcionados to discuss Stephen Ambrose’s classic, Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson and the Opening of

VIDEO MARKETING FOR SMALL BUSINESSES—With speaker Monique Diaz, of Publix Productions. 3 p.m. $25. Boise State Micron Business and Economics Building, 2360 University Drive, Boise, boisestate.edu.

EYESPY Real Dialogue from the naked city

SUNDAY JAN. 26 Festivals & Events MCCALL WINTER CARNIVAL— See Friday. Visit mccallchamber. org/carnival_home.html for more info. Jan. 24-Feb. 2.

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C.L. YOUNG: WRITING THE BODY WORKSHOP—A threepart (Jan. 18, Jan. 25, Feb. 1) workshop using spatial awareness and attention to the body to inform writing. Workshops may be attended on an individual basis, however, attendance of all three is encouraged. For ages 15 and older. Limited to 10 participants. Register: writingthebody. eventbrite.com. 10 a.m. FREE. Surel’s Place, 212 E. 33rd St.,

On Stage IDAHO DANCE THEATRE WINTER PERFORMANCE—See Thursday. 2 p.m. $10-$37. Boise State Special Events Center, 1800 University Drive, Boise, idahodancetheatre.org.

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NEWS/ARTS PAT KILBY’S ART AT 5TH & MAIN ST

ARTS/CULTURE

TRAFFIC BOX MURALS AND A SUN VALLEY ARTS LEADER MOVES ON If anyone wants proof that Boise is an arts town, they need look no further than the nearest downtown street corner. In most cities, what would normally be bulky, industrial-looking traffic control boxes are, in the City of Trees, canvases on which the work of dozens of local artists are displayed year round. Since 2009, when the program was launched, 70 traffic boxes around downtown Boise have been wrapped with murals, selected by a panel judges facilitated by Boise’s Department of Arts and History. The next round of art selection is open, and interested artists have about a month to submit their designs. To apply, send 10 digital examples of past work, along with a letter of interest and resume. Deadline is Feb. 20. The selection committee will choose a slate of artists for near-term installation, along with others who will be added to a traffic box “registry,” from which future designs will be commissioned. Selected artists will receive $1,000 to design a mural—with a community-related theme—with templates provided. The program is funded through the Mayor’s Neighborhood Reinvestment Program, Capital City Development Corporation and the city of Boise, in partnership with the Downtown Neighborhood Association and the Downtown Boise Association. Previously selected artists are eligible to re-apply, but preference may be given to those who have not yet participated in the program. Artists are not responsible for fabricating the vinyl wraps or installing the final art on the box. Accepted works will be celebrated with a dedication and walking tours on a date to be announced. In arts news from other arts towns, Sun Valley Center for the Arts announced Jan. 16 that executive director Sally Boettger has resigned her position to “pursue opportunities in the private sector,” according to a news release. Boettger had served the center in some capacity since 2006—first as development director, then co-director and, since 2012, executive director. According to board president John Gaeddert, a nationwide search for Boettger’s replacement has already begun. In the interim, artistic director Kristin Poole will serve as executive director. —Zach Hagadone

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Down on the corner, art on the street.

BREATHING FRESH AIR INTO ARTS INSTRUCTION Fresco Arts Academy thrives with new board of directors, trust in students HARRISON BERRY J. Thomas “Tommy” Ahlquist may be best known in Boise as the chief operating officer at Gardner Company, which erected the Zions Bank building at the corner of Eighth and Main streets in downtown Boise, but in 2006, he was a full-time physician wrestling with the trials and tribulations of raising a family. A father of four, Ahlquist wanted to bring up his kids with musical training, but his son objected to playing the piano, so he sent him to a local pianist for some one-on-one instruction. “I send him down for a private lesson with Justin Nielsen and he came out playing the guitar,” Ahlquist said. “He went in hating music and came out loving it.” The next year, Nielsen, his wife, in-laws and a now-departed staff member founded ArtsWest School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Eagle—a private school teaching grades 6-12 with, as the name suggests, a strong emphasis on the arts. Ahlquist enrolled his son, who graduated from the by-thenrenamed Fresco Arts Academy in 2013. A daughter also attends Fresco, specializing in jazz vocals. The school has had its share of ups and downs, though: In 2013, its third board of directors, comprising Ahlquist and Christian Gardner (also of Gardner Company) and Orville and Heidi Thompson, founders of wickless candle giant Scentsy, overhauled the school’s name, leadership and finances. “The board of directors, frankly, [financially] underwrites the school,” said Kendall Nielsen, father of Justin Nielsen, who became Fresco’s executive director when the new board took charge. Despite the board’s monetary contributions to the school, it left Fresco’s methods and mission intact. “The results, the kinds of people who come from there, that’s the real miracle of the school,” Ahlquist said. That resonated with the Nielsens. For them, the academy is where their educational ideals come to life. Fresco’s premise is that students should participate in the arts at school and in their free time, and that they should interact with artists and performers to inspire and enhance their knowledge; but, beyond that, Fresco’s is an open philosophy. As the academy’s administrator, Kendall has put few

With help from some deep pockets, students at Fresco Arts Academy, in Eagle, follow a rigorous curriculum.

strictures on his teachers. “You won’t hear me tell a teacher how to run their classroom—never,” he said. Rather, Kendall described Fresco as a place where commonly held educational ideals like low student/teacher ratios, one-on-one instruction, a reintegration of the arts into the curriculum and after-school student engagement are realities. “We’re just doing what everyone says would happen [in an ideal educational setting] if they went out and did it,” Kendall said. As a founder of the school, Justin Nielsen has watched Fresco grow from a 70-student startup to a 131-student academy instructing students aged 11-18. Enrollment is capped at 160 students, and for the first time, grades 10 and 11 are maxed out. There’s even a short waiting list. The mission of the school has always been to use students’ creativity to inspire them to fruitfulness in all areas of their lives; but it wasn’t until recently that Justin Nielsen felt like Fresco had achieved stability. “Last year was the first time I came to work thinking I’d be here for a while. I came to it with maybe utopian ideals. A lot of the pragmatic aspects of the school have finally been figured out,” he said. Justin Nielsen has distanced himself from the administrative side of the school, preferring to focus on instruction. Currently he teaches four classes, including Conduction, a music-writing class and a creative music ensemble class for between three and seven advanced students. He observed that if he leaves his students alone in a room full of instruments, eventually they begin to play and harmonize. He sees his job as creating optimal conditions for that kind of behavior. “A gardener knows what the right elements are; the carrots grow themselves,” he said. Many of Justin’s students already have some musical training—as part of the admissions process, prospective students must audition, as well as apply. Almost all of them have their own instruments, and they frequently travel for gigs, competitions and recitals. Tuition is $8,400 per year and doesn’t cover travel, food

or instrument rentals and purchases. Though students come to Fresco with artistic chops, it’s the advanced instruction that has propelled them into arts programs beyond the school. Alumni have attended colleges and conservatories at institutions like the Berklee School of Music and Cal Arts. “You should see where our students go,” Kendall said. From the outside, Fresco is unassuming. Its river-rock facade, blocky, white-washed colonnade and manicured lawn make the two-story building look like a converted office building. Sandwiched between Eagle High School and a cluster of fast food joints on State Street, its parking lot was a thoroughfare for EHS students during the lunch hour until Kendall installed a barrier blocking car traffic. As with any school, however, it’s the inside that counts. Fresco is packed with dozens of practice spaces, recital halls and small classrooms featuring oval Harkness Desks—at which even the teachers sit—making classes feel more like seminars than lectures. There is even a sound-proofed band practice room on the ground floor, just feet from the main office. In a nearby annex, there are still more practice rooms, a large dance studio and a meeting space that doubles as a cafeteria. All of the facilities are geared toward giving students the practice they need to become proficient in their artistic endeavors. “We’re getting them closer to reaching the 10,000-hour mark,” Kendall said, referring to the amount of practice time thought to be required for a student to achieve expertise. The hours of practice have provided students and faculty with impetus to give their school personality. There’s a nook modeled after the Hogwarts Express from the Harry Potter novels, complete with a backlit pastoral scene and train-style bench seating, and on a wall near the front office, words like “inspiration” and “motivation” are printed. Every week students explore a new term. When asked about the secret to the school’s success, Kendall’s answer was short and sweet: “We trust them as people.” B O I S E WE E KLY. C O M

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Mad Conductor experiments with genres to make ‘space rock’

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DROPPING SCIENCE BEN SCHULTZ

Dan McKinney and Chris Tray, aka MC Devlin, follow a simple rule of thumb when making music together. “We know that if something makes us laugh, it’s good and we keep it,” said Devlin. “Not so much because it was funny—like slapstick funny. We’d just laugh from delight MC Devlin, of Mad Conductor, bends over backwards to carve out his own genre. at discovering this weird new arrangement of sounds,” added McKinney. That spirit of discovery guides Mad Condrew inspiration for the album’s lyrics from Orleans, where he’d had good experiences on ductor, a joint Devlin-McKinney project that such literary works as The Divine Comedy, tour. He’d planned to stay just long enough blends hip-hop, funk, ska and other musical to write material for a new album. Instead, he The Iliad and the 14th century Chinese novel styles into a sound that Devlin calls “space started feeling burnt out and got caught up in rock.” Devlin is touring with a five-man band The Water Margin (or Outlaws of the Marsh), the party scene. Between 2008 and 2011, Mad about a band of outlaws who battle corrupt (not including McKinney) of New Orleans Conductor output was minimal: the twomusicians behind the latest Mad Conductor officials. release, 2013’s MC Rises. The group plays The track Members Only, the four-track Central “It really inspired me to put a positive mesShredder on Tuesday, Jan. 28, with local punk America and the single “Lethal Protector.” sage in my music,” Devlin said of the Chinese “I forgot why I played music,” he said. “I’d novel. “The earlier Mad Conductor stuff was bands The Useless and Piranhas. just done it so much [that] I kind of beat it McKinney, a 52-year-old producer based more [about] just exploring my imagination into the ground.” in Center Valley, Pa., said he and 28-year-old, and seeing what I could do with words. With Earning a black belt in Shaolin Kung-Fu New Orleans-based Devlin make unlikely MC Rises, I wanted to write an album that helped pull Devlin out of his rut. partners, he treasures their collaboration. sent the message out there in a fun way.” “I’d numbed myself—was just kind of “I’ve been in plenty of bands over the years, The track “All Men Are Brothers,” which wandering aimlessly—and the Kung-Fu gave and I’ve never worked with anybody where it decries blind materialism and urges compaswas just so easy [and] where things just clicked me direction,” he said. He assembled his cursion and political engagement, exemplifies rent live band, which debuted at Community so well,” he said. “Despite the fact that we this ambition. Devlin’s sharp wit, polysyllabic Records’ Block Party in New Orleans in 2011. rhymes and quick, smooth flow help make his come from completely different musical backMad Conductor has built a supportive grounds [and] different generations, almost.” proselytizing palatable. While the Chinese lyrfanbase, but McKinney isn’t sure how to push ics of the chorus (provided by Devlin’s friend McKinney’s background includes playing its music further. “Our fans like it [and] our keyboards for psychedelic garage band The Brian Yannantuono) allude to Water Margin, fans buy it, but I think our fans are buying Original Sins, whose album Big Soul was the guttural vocals recall Devlin’s punk days. it less,” he said. “It’s like the more pervasive listed alongside Husker Du’s Zen Arcade and “The ideas are coming really, really fast,” Sonic Youth’s Daydream Nation as one of the music becomes on the Internet, the less easy it McKinney observed of MC Rises as a whole. is to make money selling stuff.” “more memorable alternative rock records” “And you can listen to it over and over and A label might bolster the music’s distribuof the 1980s by The New York Times. He over again and still miss stuff.” tion and earning potential, but winning a deal met Devlin when the latter’s ska-punk band Devlin has plenty of ideas for the future. is harder with music that’s so tough to define. No-Cash came to his Dan’s House Studio to He wants to write, record and release a dou“Genres are so splintered ... and now we record the 2003 album Run Your Pockets. ble-LP in the next couple of years. He would come along with something that doesn’t really also like to make the band’s live performances McKinney said he was surprised when seem to fit any of these dozens or even hunDevlin came to him in 2005 with the idea for more elaborate, adding sets “and things to dreds of genres and subgenres,” jump off and swing around during the show.” Mad Conductor. He’d recorded McKinney said. “So we’re not music in various genres but If people don’t respond positively to DevMAD CONDUCTOR doing ourselves any favors by said, “I had never done any lin’s ideas, he probably won’t care too much. Tuesday, Jan. 28, with The approaching [music] this way, hip-hop. Never worked with “I’m prepared to receive most of my praise Useless and Piranhas, 7 p.m., $8. Shredder, 430 S. but it’s what feels best to us.” any samples, never structured posthumously,” he said. 10th St., facebook.com/ Devlin doesn’t mind that. any beats, any of that stuff.” In the meantime, Devlin and the live band shredderboise “I’m not so sure that I think will take the music to whoever’s willing to But as the duo forged ahead, signing to a label would really McKinney realized that “we hear it—in New Orleans, Boise and beyond. could come up with stuff together that neither bring us anything,” he said. “What with how “People put ‘Hometown: New Orleans’ music is being sold these days and the fact that on a flier [and] I feel a little funny because of us would’ve come up with on our own.” I can upload my album to iTunes and take the it started in Pennsylvania,” he said. “And Devlin needed to do a lot of work on lion’s share of the money, I don’t see why.” his own, though. After Mad Conductor we still record in Pennsylvania, and a lot of Regardless of label interest (or lack debuted with its 2006 EP Mechanical Claw my life is still in Pennsylvania. I love New thereof), Mad Conductor’s music continues to Orleans; that’s not my concern.” and released the full-length album Renegade Space Rock (2007)—both Dan’s House Studio evolve. MC Rises features Devlin’s most conInstead, as he put it, “our home is just fident and sophisticated rapping to date. He releases—the MC moved down to New space.” BOI S EW EEKLY.COM

The dream of the ’90s is alive in Boise.

GA GA FOR GOO GOO Although many of us never thought it would happen, the space at the corner of Eighth and Main that was once a gaping hole is now the location of the 350,000-squarefoot, somewhat confusingly named Eighth and Main—and the new Idaho headquarters of Zions Bank. And not only does the concrete and glass building now rise high above the downtown-Boise skyline, it rises high above any other Idaho skyline as well: because of the spire that tops the skyscraper, the Boise tower is officially the tallest building in Idaho. While the tower and its spire are still the subject of some controversy, it’s only natural that the grand opening of such a building—on Saturday, Feb. 15—would be celebrated by its owners in a manner that befits such an occasion: a day of family friendly activities culminating in a live concert from ’90s hit-radio regulars the Goo Goo Dolls on Main Street. Food trucks will be on site and events, which include facepainting, craft booths and more, begin at 1 p.m. A ribbon cutting for the new building is from 6 p.m.6:30 p.m. and the Goo Goo Dolls perform at 6:30 p.m. Main Street between Ninth Street and Capitol Boulevard will be closed to accommodate the stage. In a press release, Zions Bank President and CEO Scott Anderson said, “We believe that this epic celebration is fitting as we close the books on ‘the Hole’ and pay tribute to the beautiful new building that’s taken its place as the tallest in Idaho. We hope citizens from Boise and beyond will join us to celebrate our new headquarters, which will provide expanded resources and services to individuals and businesses in the Gem State.” For more information, visit zionsbank.com. —Amy Atkins

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THURSDAY JAN. 23

REILLY COYOTE—8 p.m. FREE. Bouquet

JEFF MOLL—7 p.m. FREE. Varsity Pub

BEN BURDICK TRIO—With Amy Rose. 8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

JIM LEWIS—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

DUDE... SHE’S NOT THAT CLASSY: THE TOUR—With Landon Wordswell, MoStafa, Sphynx, Dedicated Servers, Illest Lyricists and Paze. 8 p.m. $5. The Crux

T BIRD AND THE BREAKS— With Marshall Poole. 11 a.m. FREE. Boise State Student Union

DJ MAXIM KLYMENKO—10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s Basement

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THE DEVIL MAKES THREE, JAN. 24, KNITTING FACTORY The tattooed trio of Pete Bernhard, Cooper McBean and Lucia Turino put on a rowdy live show, and even ol’ Beelzebub himself would most certainly enjoy seeing The Devil Makes Three in the ﬂesh. But for fans of “Americana revivalist” music (if that isn’t a sub-genre of rock, it should be), The Devil Makes Three’s latest release, I’m A Stranger Here (New West, October 2013) is nigh on a religious experience. The single “Stranger” opens with a refrain of “ah-ah-ah-ahahs” and up-tempo yet foreboding strums of guitar and standup bass that lead into a story with an ominous beginning: “Well, I’m alive like a sprouting seed / like the deepest roots of an ancient tree. / I did not come here for the bread. / No, I have come to wake the dead.” No rest for the wicked here.

OPHELIA—10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s

DOUGLAS CAMERON—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365 FRANK MARRA—6:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers FRIM FRAM FOUR—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s KEVIN KIRK—6:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

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With The Brothers Comatose, 8:30 p.m., $18-$30. Knitting Factory, 416 S. Ninth St., 208-367-1212, bo.knittingfactory.com.

SPEEDY GRAY—6:30 p.m. FREE. Highlands Hollow

AMY ROSE AND NATHAN MOODY—8:30 p.m. FREE. Piper Pub

FUNHOUSE—7 p.m. FREE. Willi B’s

MINDSHOES AND EXPLODING HEAD TRICK—8 p.m. FREE. Bouquet

REBECCA SCOTT BAND—10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s

FRIDAY JAN. 24

DJ MAXIM KLYMENKO—10 p.m. $5. Grainey’s Basement

MICHAEL KIRKPATRICK—With Mt. Joy. 7 p.m. $5. The Crux

PATRICIA FOLKNER—7 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel

TRIBAL SEEDS—With Through the Roots. 7 p.m. $17-$25. Knitting Factory

THE DEVIL MAKES THREE— See Listen Here, this page. 8:30 p.m. $18-$30. Knitting Factory

KEVIN KIRK ENSEMBLE—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

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SALLY TIBBS AND KEVIN KIRK—6 p.m. FREE. Rice

JOHN JONES TRIO—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers NAMOLI BRENNET—With local stand-up comic Salem Djembe. 7 p.m. $10. First Congregational United Church of Christ

KEVIN KIRK—6:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers MATT HOPPER AND THE ROMAN CANDLES—10 p.m. $5. Grainey’s

Old Death Whisper OLD DEATH WHISPER—With Tango Alpha Tango and Sheep Bridge Jumpers. 7 p.m. $5. The Crux SONGWRITERS IN THE ROUND—7:30 p.m. $8. Sapphire Room STEVIE STONE—With Oly Ghost, Young Knox, Germ Free, Mayor Coalz and A-guttah. 8 p.m. $12 adv., $15 door. Bouquet TERRY JONES AND BILL LILES—6 p.m. FREE. Berryhill

SATURDAY JAN. 25 BRANDON PRITCHETT—8:30 p.m. FREE. Piper Pub CHUCK SMITH TRIO—With Nicole Christensen. 8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers DEEP CREEPS—With Get Wet and James Plane Wreck. 8:30 p.m. $5. The Crux

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SUNDAY JAN. 26

FRANK MARRA—6:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

HAMILTON LOOMIS—7 p.m. FREE. Jo’s Sunshine Lounge SHON SANDERS AND DANIEL JUMP—6:30 p.m. FREE. Highlands Hollow

TUESDAY JAN. 28

THE EXPENDABLES—With Stick Figure and Seedless. 7 p.m. $15. Knitting Factory JEFF MOLL—7 p.m. FREE. Varsity Pub KID SLIM—Featuring The Spektators with Jac Sound and Thurman & Young $. 7 p.m. $10. The Crux REBECCA SCOTT BAND—10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s

BERNIE REILLY—9:30 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s Cody Canada & The Departed Galen Louis GALEN LOUIS—7 p.m. FREE. Willi B’s MATT HOPPER AND THE ROMAN CANDLES—1 p.m. FREE. McCall Winter Carnival main stage. MATT HOPPER AND THE ROMAN CANDLES—10 p.m. $5. Grainey’s OLD DEATH WHISPER—7 p.m. $3. Neurolux WOOLY BUGGERS—9 p.m. FREE. O’Michael’s Pub

CODY CANADA AND THE DEPARTED—With American Aquarium. 8 p.m. $10-$15. RodN-Gun Whitewater Saloon DJ MAXIM KLYMENKO—10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s Basement JIM LEWIS—6 p.m. FREE. Lulu’s EPISTOLARY—With Ravens Rose and The Acrotomoans. 7:30 p.m. $3. The Crux

MONDAY JAN. 27 CHIFFON—6 p.m. FREE. The Crux DAVE MANION AND BERNIE REILLY—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

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BOISE OLD TIME JAM—With The Country Club. 6 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s DTCV—With Toy Zoo and Darling Rollercoaster. See Listen Here, this page. 7 p.m. $5. Neurolux LIKE A ROCKET—8 p.m. FREE. Sockeye Grill YARDSSS—With Southerly and Alleys. 7 p.m. $5. The Crux

WEDNESDAY JAN. 29

Styx STYX—7:30 p.m. $35-$60. Morrison Center TAMBALKA—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365 WILLY DALLAS TRIO—6:30 p.m. FREE. Highlands Hollow

DJ MAXIM KLYMENKO—10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s Basement

James Greer is not only the guitarist-vocalist for new postpunk outﬁt DTCV, he’s also a former member (one of many) of Guided by Voices and an accomplished critic and novelist. Greer wrote the book on GBV—literally—penning the 2005 biography Guided by Voices: A Brief History: Twenty-One Years of Hunting Accidents in the Forests of Rock and Roll. So when he explains that band comparisons are necessary if not always accurate, it’s easy to take him at his word: “Imagine there’s this new color green and you’re trying to explain it to someone who’s never seen green before,” Greer said during an interview on the Web show Serious Business. “You’re not just going to tell them, ‘Well, it’s sort of greenish.’ … There’s nothing wrong with saying [a band] sounds a little like this and a little like this. You’re not always going to be right—different people hear completely different things.” —Amy Atkins

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NOT-SO-GREAT EXPECTATIONS The Invisible Woman is, not a Dickens of a film GEORGE PRENTICE The Invisible Woman runs 111 minutes—and that’s about 100 minutes too long. I wanted to like this movie, honest, I did. In fact, I was one of the first to queue for last September’s premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. While waiting, I kept asking myself, “What’s not to like?” Plenty, it turns out. The theme of the movie is fascinating: a pot-boiling tale of Charles Dickens’ 13-year secret romance with a married woman. Based Nelly Ternan (Felicity Jones), was the paramour and “invisible woman,” living in the shadow of the quite-visible on Claire Tomalin’s scandalous 1990 expose of Charles Dickens (Ralph Fiennes). the then-45-year-old Dickens, at the height of his popularity, and his seduction of 18-yearseverely injured, Dickens drifts away from her opening flourishes of The French Lieutenant’s old Nelly Ternan. The obsession, according to in fear that the needed attention to her wounds Tomalin, destroyed Dickens’ marriage but also Woman, another big-screen narrative of formysteriously resulted in Ternan’s near-excision bidden love. Alas, The Invisible Woman quick- might publicly reveal their intimacy. Fiennes was in front of and behind the lens ly slows to a crawl and, while the costumes from history or public record. for The Invisible Woman, his second directoThe book is a fine piece of sleuthing. Unfor- and sets hold up their part of the bargain, the rial effort—following 2011’s Coriolanus— and film’s actors are left to tunately, the film is a dud. to his credit, Fiennes has a good eye for satisfylook like… well, actors. To be clear, I take a ing scene transitions, something rarely seen Not for a moment did I backseat to no one in my THE INVISIBLE WOMAN (R) believe the all-star cast— from newer directors. affection for a good cosDirected by Ralph Fiennes But, instead of a straightforward narrative, including Ralph Fiennes tume drama. I adore the Starring Ralph Fiennes and Felicity Jones Fiennes chooses to ping-pong backward and (as Dickens), Felicity Merchant Ivory ProducOpens Friday, Jan. 24, at The Flicks forward through time—a conventional device Jones (as Nelly)—were tions (Howards End), any that, if successful, can provide some closure to true inhabitants of the of E.M. Forster’s novels a well-told story. But the nonlinear style never Victorian Age. (A Room With a View) pays off and eventually feels too contrived. Perhaps my greatest disappointment was and, of course, the PBS blockbuster Downton While some may find the pacing of The that The Invisible Woman left so many rich Abbey. And while the set decorations and Invisible Woman to be precise and crisp, it felt veins unmined. For example, Dickens was costumes in The Invisible Woman are superb overly starched, in spite of its visual splendor. a shrewd, modern man, carefully crafting a (costumer Michael O’Connor was nominated for an Oscar), the film’s screenplay is colorless. conservative public persona; yet his intense lust After reading the original source material from The Invisible Woman opens, quite convinc- for a much younger woman was hidden by his Tomalin’s marvelous book, I was anxious to better understand the complexity of Charles facade. In one pivotal scene, we see that Dickingly with the beautiful and enigmatic Nelly Dickens. Unfortunately, those great expectaens and Nelly are passengers in a train that is striding across a wind-swept beach in Southinvolved in a terrible wreck. Yet, when Nelly is tions were never met. east England. The scene instantly recalls the

EXTRA/THE SMALL SCREEN SHERLOCK American broadcast television often relies on exciting action scenes (Person of Interest, The Blacklist) or an onslaught of one-liners (Two-and-a-Half Men, 2 Broke Girls) to move a story along. Getting to know a character often happens by accident. British television, however, focuses so intensely on character development that it’s easy to forgive that an episode may be as long as a feature ﬁlm. BBC’s Sherlock has managed to give viewers both: nail-biting suspense—as in the cliffhanging Season 2 ﬁnale—and characters so well developed, we experience their highs and lows as if they were our own. Series creators Steven Moffat (Dr. Who) and Mark Gatiss (League of Gentlemen, BOI S EW EEKLY.COM

Sherlock airs Sunday, Jan. 26, and Sunday, Feb. 2, on IPTV Channel 4.2 at 10 p.m.

Holmes’ brother Mycroft) seamlessly updated Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories and added cinematic effects that give the series a 21st century feel, but don’t make Holmes appear anachronistic. Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman inhabit the brilliant but socially bereft Sherlock Holmes and the level-headed, good-hearted Dr. John Watson so exceptionally, it’s hard to remember that anyone else ever played the iconic characters. In the ﬁrst episode of Season 3 (which aired Jan. 19 on PBS), we learned Watson’s feelings for the sociopathic detective and his capacity for forgiveness run deep, even in (faked) death, and we were drawn even closer to the odd couple. —Amy Atkins

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HELL HASN’T ICED OVER YET Kayaking Idaho’s

Ride Idaho has announced its 2014 route.

dangerous waters in winter conditions

WOLVES AND WHEELS

JESSICA MURRI The Payette River hasn’t iced over all the way yet, and until it does, kayakers will keep paddling its white waters. Jeff Landers is one of them. This dedication doesn’t come without an added danger, though. The day is Dec. 15, 2013. It’s overcast and snow lines the riverbanks. Landers has his Go-Pro perched atop his blue Sweet Protection helmet. He follows another kayaker on the South Fork of the Payette, to the top of a rapid called Staircase. American Whitewater rates the rapid as a Class Four, on a scale where Class One is considered flat water and Class Six undoable. The kayakers paddle slowly toward the rapid. Ice reaches from the banks almost to the middle of the river. Landers’ paddle blade accidentally brushes the ice with a chinking sound: the same sound ice makes when it falls into an empty glass. The water starts to speed up as Landers approaches the rapid. Most of the rocks are topped with ice and snow, like a bony, disorganized skeleton. The water, barely above 32 degrees, turns from dark in color to frothy white, from silent to roaring. Landers slides between a gap of ice narrow enough only for his boat, an orange-and-white, 100-gallon Jackson Karma—a huge kayak made for big water and big rocks. Not far downstream, Landers runs headon into an ice bridge—where an ice mass has frozen on top of the water—but the water flows swiftly beneath. His boat flips over and he kicks out of it before getting trapped under the ice. He’s dragged downstream a few feet by the current before he can climb onto a shelf of ice. Still holding his paddle, he yells an expletive starting with “F.” His boat has pinned between two snowy rocks. The opening faces upstream, letting water fill all 100 gallons inside. Landers wades across the rushing water to get to his boat. He hops on the rock and crawls along the ice until he’s close enough to tie a rope around his kayak. He tries to pull it out, with difficulty, careful not to slip on the ice. It drops into the water again and bobs farther downstream until it drifts beside an iced-over eddy. The ordeal takes almost 15 minutes but, finally, Landers’ boat is out of the water. Landers, 46, started kayaking on July 31, 2013. He doesn’t ski or snowboard anymore and he’s lost his passion for rock BOI S EW EEKLY.COM

“That ice can kill you man, stay away.”

climbing. Now kayaking consumes him, regardless of the season. “I’m fully hooked on it,” Landers said. “I have this desire to not suck at something, so the only way to get better is to keep doing it.” But even for Landers, whose whole life has been centered on extreme sports, that swim was a little much. After rescuing his boat, he called it a day. “When we were scouting Staircase, it didn’t look quite that bad,” he said. “But it was one more learning experience. I think the real key to kayaking on the Payette is, when there’s ice, it’s really unsafe.” Landers posted the Go-Pro video to Facebook when he got home. “That ice can kill you man, stay away,” another paddler commented on the video. Landers’ experience would have been totally different without the dry top and pants he wore that day. Whitewater kayaking in the winter isn’t much different than skiing; it’s all about how you dress. Stan Kolby, owner of Idaho River Sports, said he remembers his own winter paddle trips and the days when he would slide off the snow bank and into the river, then break ice just to ﬁnish the run. Kolby recommends ﬂeece pants and a top, wool tights, a few synthetic or polypropylene layers and a drysuit. Drysuits run about $1,000 and Kolby estimates he sells around 10 a year. A more practical option is to buy dry pants and a dry top—like Landers—for a more comfortable and versatile set-up. Paddlers also wear “pogies,” or mittens that wrap around the paddle. Kolby said only between 5 percent-10 percent of kayakers keep paddling through the winter. It’s more dangerous when ice dams and bridges are present, when hypothermia can set in within minutes, and

when there’s no easy place to get out of a river because of icy banks. Kolby said winter paddling has its upsides, though. “Being the first paddler in the winter is like being the first human out there,” Kolby said. “It’s like you’re Lewis and Clark, pioneering a new place. … As soon as you get out and get warmed up, you want to do it again.” There are safer and more fun places to paddle in the winter months around Boise. Most paddlers head to the Malad Gorge on the Snake River near Hagerman—only 90 miles away. The water stays around 60 degrees, which keeps ice from forming. The stretch is shallow and a technical Class Four, but Landers loves it. “There’s so much steam and mist coming up from the water,” Landers said. “The river was so alive. Lime green moss on rocks, ferns growing along the bottom, fish.” Micah Kneidl has been a kayak instructor for Cascade Raft and Kayak since 1997. He discourages beginners from kayaking in the wintertime, suggesting they instead stick to flat water. “You don’t want to find yourself out of your boat because swimming in the winter is far more dangerous than swimming on a 100-degree day,” Kneidl said. “Swimming in cold water without the right gear is paralyzing.” Kneidl saw his own dad take a swim in cold water without a drysuit. “He was mostly helpless in his ability to self-rescue,” he said. “Anytime it’s cold or there’s snow on the ground, it automatically makes a more challenging and dangerous situation.” Landers hasn’t stopped kayaking after his swim in the Payette, but he’s sticking to those warmer waters—he already went over his first 20-foot waterfall this January.

Always controversial, wolves and wolf management were top of the agenda for those attending a Jan. 15 public hearing in Boise on Idaho Fish and Game’s revised elk management plan. The plan, which was adopted by the seven-member commission on Jan. 16, calls for aggressive efforts to reduce wolf populations in several areas of the state, including in the Middle Fork Zone, where a so-called “predator derby” in Salmon recently made national headlines (see News, Page 8). According to the document, which prescribes 10-year management strategies for boosting the elk population in 28 zones around Idaho, elk are hardest hit by predation in the rugged backcountry of the Lolo, Selway, Middle Fork and Salmon areas. In the Middle Fork Zone, IDFG’s plan calls for elk herd increases of 3,850-5,750 cows, 6901,030 bulls and 390-810 adult bulls. According to a 2011 survey (the most recent listed in the plan), 3,351 cows, 462 bulls and 420 calves were found in the zone—that’s compared to 5,137, 834 and 1,007 cows, bulls and calves, respectively, identified in 2006. “Likely the decline has been exacerbated by high elk predation rates,” the plan stated. “Restoring this elk population will require liberal predator harvest through hunting and trapping seasons, and control actions.” In nonmotorized, nongun-firing rec news, Ride Idaho—a 400-mile, seven-day recreational bicycle tour around some of the most beautiful and historic places in the Gem State—announced the 2014 route at the annual kick-off party Tuesday, Jan. 14, at Beside Bardenay. This year’s event will start and finish in Twin Falls, looping through Malad Gorge State Park, the Wood River Valley and the City of Rocks. Between 350 and 400 riders from around the country are expected to attend the 10th iteration of Ride Idaho—making it one of the most popular annual cycling events in the state. Director Earl Grief is very happy with the response Ride Idaho receives from the communities along its route. “It’s about tourism and health—we give back to different communities in different ways. We’ve given equipment to Sandpoint and to Coeur d’ Alene to help clean the trails and clean the beaches. We also align with the Idaho Pedestrian & Bicycle Alliance,” said Grief. With an average age of 55, nightly entertainment and a relaxed vibe, Ride Idaho offers something for most skill and fitness levels. The event runs Aug. 3-9, 2014. Get more info at rideidaho.org. —Zach Hagadone and Andrew Mentzer

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REC/LISTINGS Events & Workshops

Recurring

AVALANCHE LECTURE SERIES—Members of the 705 Backcountry Ski Patrol will conduct a four-part series of avalanche safety classes (Thursdays, Jan. 9, 16, 23 and 30). The classes are free and open to the general public. Jan. 23: Stability Assessment and Fracture Mechanics for the non-Physics PhD. Jan. 23, 7 p.m. FREE. Idaho Outdoor Association Hall, 3401 Brazil St., Boise, idahooutdoorassn.org.

ADULT CLIMBING LESSONS— The staff at the YMCA can help any level of climber learn safe ways to master the sport of climbing. The class is designed to allow families to learn a new hobby together. Participants must be age 14 or older. New classes begin the ﬁrst Tuesday of the month and run four consecutive Tuesdays. Tuesdays, 7-8 p.m. full-facility member $36; program member $72. YMCA, 1050 W. State St., Boise, 208344-5501, ymcaboise.org.

LADIES SNOWSHOE AND SOAK DAY ADVENTURE—Ladies, take some time for yourself and join this fun day adventure. You will burn some energy snow shoeing in the Idaho City area, then stop at The Springs for a luxurious soak before heading back to Nampa. Detailed trip info available on website. Wed., Jan. 29, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. $45. Nampa Recreation Center, 131 Constitution Way, Nampa, 208-468-5858, namparecreation.org. SPLASH N’ DASH—Parents, enjoy a Friday evening with each other while certiﬁed lifeguard and lesson staff actively supervise water games and swimming. For ages 3-12; children must be potty trained. Preregistration required. Fri., Jan. 24, 5:45-9:45 p.m. and Fri., March 14, 5:45-9:45 p.m. $13-$18. Nampa Recreation Center, 131 Constitution Way, Nampa, 208-468-5858, namparecreation.org. SUN VALLEY NORDIC FESTIVAL—Join other ambitious athletes at the local races and the longest running marathon race in the United States, the prestigious Boulder Mountain Tour. Runs Jan. 24–Feb. 2. Get more info at nordictownusa.com. Jan. 24-Feb. 7. Sun Valley, Idaho.

Register MOUNTAIN WEST OUTDOOR CLUB—Member-led recreational activities throughout the year including hiking, camping, canoeing and kayaking. Upcoming trips include: Weekly Wednesday hikes of local Foothills and mid-week paddles. Check the membersonly group website to keep current on all recently posted and spontaneous activities occurring. Memberships cost $15 per year. For information, call Mike Fritz at 208-323-1383 or email mountainwest@yahoogroups.com groups. yahoo.com/group/MountainWest. PRIVATE ADULT SWIM LESSONS—Register online with the Boise State Rec Center at any time for a private swimming lesson. Ongoing. Single session: $17 members, $22 nonmembers; 5-lesson package: $75 members, $105 nonmembers; 10-lesson package: $140 members, $200 nonmembers. Boise State Rec Center, 1515 University Drive, Boise, 208-426-5641, 208-4261131, rec.boisestate.edu. SEMI-PRIVATE ADULT SWIM LESSONS—Register at any time with a friend for a semi-private swimming lesson. Minimum of two people per lesson. Ongoing. Single session: $12 members, $16 nonmembers; ﬁve-lesson package: $55 members, $75 nonmembers; 10-lesson package: $105 members, $145 nonmembers. Boise State Rec Center, 1515 University Drive, Boise, 208-426-5641, 208-426-1131, rec.boisestate.edu.

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BOISE DART LEAGUE—Dart players of any caliber are welcome to sign up for the Boise Dart League. Players do not need to be on a team to participate. Sign up at 6 p.m. and start playing at 7 p.m. Call 208-353-5830 or email bigmo425@msn.com for more information. Wednesdays, 6 p.m. $5 entry fee. VFW Post 63, 8931 W. Ardene St. (Behind Primary Health on Overland/Maple Grove), Boise, 208-424-8387, vfwpost63.org. BOISE STATE LATIN DANCE CLUB—The Boise State Latin Dance Club teaches beginner and intermediate salsa, merengue and bachata dances, which are open to public. No partner is necessary. Thursdays, 8:30-9:30 p.m. $3 per lesson; $10 unlimited until May, freespinsalsa.ning.com. Kinesiology Building, Boise State University, Boise. BOISE WOMEN’S RUGBY—The Boise Women’s Rugby Team is looking for more players to practice twice a week, no matter your size or shape. Visit website for more info. Mondays, Fridays, 6:30 p.m. sites.google.com/site/boisewomensrugby. Hillside Junior High School, 3536 Hill Road, Boise, 208-854-5120. BOISE Y STRIDERS RUNNING CLUB—Meet in the morning; 7 a.m. for faster runners, 8 a.m. for others. Membership not required to participate. Saturdays. YMCA, 1050 W. State St., Boise, 208344-5501, boiseystriders.org. CARDIO CLASSES—Burn more than 800 calories a class under the guidance of professional instructors, with classes Monday through Friday. The introductory offer is $2 for two weeks. Mondays-Fridays. A Warrior’s Way Martial Arts Academy, 10338 Fairview Ave., Boise, 208-371-9037, ww4you.com. CROSSTOBERFEST—Contact Billy Olson 208-788-9184 for registration and event information. Wednesdays. CYCLOCROSS TUESDAY NIGHT TRAINING RIDES—Ride with a group of cyclists for cross-training workouts. Tuesdays, 6-7:30 p.m. FREE, idahocyclocross.com. Camel’s Back Park, 1200 W. Heron St., Boise. DROP-IN ADULT BASKETBALL— The gymnasium is open for drop-in use from 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Mondays-Fridays. $4 per visit. Fort Boise Community Center, 700 Robbins Road, Boise, 208-384-4486, cityofboise.org/parks. FAMILY NIGHT—Have some wintry fun with the entire family that won’t break the bank. Admission is $5 per person, including skate rentals. Idaho IceWorld, 7072 S. Eisenman Road, Boise, 208-331-0044, www. cityofboise.org/parks/iceworld. FEMME MOVEMENT STUDIO CLASSES—Register for all types of classes including pole dance,

burlesque, belly dance, yoga and hip-hop all in a studio with skilled instructors. The studio is open on Fridays from noon-10 p.m. and on Saturdays noon-midnight. The studio is available during and after hours for private functions and classes. Email femmeboise@ gmail.com or call 208-906-1470 to register for classes. Fridays. $5-$20. FIELD HOCKEY CLUB—Boise’s first field hockey club. First month is free. Saturdays.10:30 a.m. Ann Morrison Park, next to the fountains. For information, call 208608-2526 or email fieldhockeyidaho@hotmail.com. Ann Morrison Park, Americana Boulevard, Boise. HOOP DANCING—Learn the basics of hoop dance and technique, a great way to get fit, tone the body, and have fun while doing it. No experience necessary and all ages are welcome. Hoops will be provided and available for purchase. $10. Ophidia Studio, 2615 W. Kootenai St., Boise, 208-4092403, ophidiastudio.com. JUMP ROPE CLASSES—Beginners and novices are encouraged to join. Ages 6 to adult can learn moves on single rope, double dutch and the Chinese wheel, in small class sizes, from professional national and world champion teachers, the Summerwind Skippers. Class held at Irish Dance Studio (Fairview and Wildwood) Contact Kathy Moe at kmoe@ cableone.net. $35 per month SeptMay. Mondays, 6:15-7:15 p.m. $35 per month, 208-631-5294. Irish Dance Idaho, 1909 Wildwood, Boise, irishdanceidaho.com. LEARN TO FLY—Learn to fly a with a certified flight instructor. By appointment daily. For more info, call 208-466-1800 or visit flitequest. com. $49. Nampa Municipal Airport, 3419 Airport Road, Nampa. LUNCHTIME YOGA CLASS—Take a break from the grind and get in a yoga class on your lunch hour. You can order food from Bittercreek Ale House and they will have it there ready to go for you when class is over for a few extra bucks. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, 12 p.m. 10 classes for $70. Sage Yoga and Wellness, 242 N. Eighth St., Ste. 200, Boise, 208338-5430, sageyogaboise.com. TONE-2-RHYTHM—This class uses choreography in the styles of jazz, hip-hop, modern and more to provide a cardiovascular workout and toning exercises. Wednesdays, Saturdays, 10:30-11:30 a.m. $10, discount when multiple classes are purchased. Ballet Idaho, 501 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-343-0556, balletidaho.org. TREASURE VALLEY FAMILY YMCA TRIATHLON CLUB—The Treasure Valley Family YMCA’s new Triathlon Club (Boise Y Tri) is open to all ages and abilities–beginner to advance. Get started in the sport with daily workouts and a variety of clinics. For more info, contact Harold Frobisher at 208344-5502, ext. 262. Mondays. YMCA, 1050 W. State St., Boise, 208-344-5501, ymcaboise.org. YOGA: JOYFUL FLOW WITH MARY GROHS—Eclectic mix of yoga styles adapted for all fitness and experience levels. Check website for schedule change or cancellation. Wednesdays, 5:30 p.m. FREE for first time students. Body Calm Yoga Studio, 1565 E. Leigh Field Drive, Ste. 175, Meridian, 208-914-0910, bodycalmstudio.com.

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BOLD NEW DIRECTION After some setbacks, Moxie Java plans to ‘aggressively expand’ in Idaho TARA MORGAN

Out the second floor window of Moxie Java’s corporate headquarters on Chinden Boulevard, a billboard advertises a steaming cup of McDonald’s coffee. Moxie Java, which once had more than 70 franchisee and licensee operations scattered across the country, has Moxie Java’s new VP of Business Development and Strategy Ken Stokes (left) and co-owner Rick Dean (right), shrunk to 31 locations, concentrated primarare planning to revitalize the coffee chain, which was hit hard by the Great Recession. ily in Idaho and North Dakota. These days, Moxie’s blue wings aren’t nearly as ubiquiing Moxie Javas on campus and running them prior to 2001, when Moxie’s current owners tous as those golden arches. as businesses for credit to teach students how Rick and Stephanie Dean purchased the But Ken Stokes, Moxie Java’s new VP of to actually run a business,” said Stokes. company. Business Development and Strategy, wants to Moxie’s coffee is also getting a revamp. “We had franchise agreements in perpetuchange that. Stokes, a Twin Falls native with Though the local roaster will still focus on a penchant for acronyms and business jargon, ity, which basically locked up the entire Boise small-batch, air-roasted beans, they plan metro area,” said Stokes. “So the people that has worked in brand management and new to introduce some “much, much bolder” were in were in and we had very little flexbusiness development for mega corporations coffees that they hope will appeal to Idaho’s ibility with that.” like Jack in the Box, The Kellogg Company outdoorsy types. Now, the company is looking to “aggresand The Walt Disney Company. “It’s really celebrating this local idea of the sively expand the brand’s presence both localCueing up a PowerPoint presentation, ly and throughout the Intermountain region.” kind of coffee you would have when you’re Stokes flipped to a photo of a spilled cup of up at Bogus and it’s really cold; you’re out in a coffee. That’s how he characterizes what hap- It’s also replacing its practice of licensing the duck blind,” said Stokes. pened to Moxie Java last year, when 16 Trea- brand with a franchise system. “Not for the faint of heart,” chimed in “We’re actually targeting specific franchise sure Valley locations split off and rebranded. Moxie Java owner Rick Dean, who characterand investor groups to be able to rebuild a “When the recession hit, some of the frannetwork that is not just optimal for today—as izes Moxie’s new branding as “attitudinal.” chisees were feeling it,” said Stokes. “It is a So what does that mean, exactly? Stokes opposed to 10 years ago—but really looks discretionary category. Some of the franchisaid that Moxie will move from a wine apsees who were a little undercapitalized weren’t forward to being optimal over the next 20 proach—where the bean’s origins and roastyears,” said Stokes. really ready to take a hit like that. And of style are prominently advertised—to more of a Though Stokes was tight-lipped about course, all businesses look to cut corners as where Moxie Java hopes to grow in the Boise microbrew strategy. He cites Big Sky Brewing’s much as possible. Some of those things were area, he did say high-traffic areas are an obvi- Moose Drool as a good example. subjective and some of them, we feel, were “We’re going to be selling the finished taste ous priority and that the new locations will objective and unacceptable.” and an attitude, and the attitude is going to be Moxie claimed that some stores were using get a new look. “The designs that we’re looking at for new clearly reflective of this state,” said Stokes. cheaper milks and flimsier lids to save money, Though coffee trends in larger markets double and single drive-throughs, basically a while some licensees claimed that Moxie was have been moving toward lighter roasts, single new format, is all leveraged from fire lookovercharging for its products. It got “very, origin and Fair Trade beans, and single-cup out towers that you’d see in the forest,” said very contentious,” said Stokes. But the straw preparation methods, Stokes says that’s not Stokes. “It’s really a very clean simple distilthat broke the camel’s back was the 2012 where Moxie’s headed. lation of that design. The nice thing about it Idaho Ho Ho compilation CD. Stokes says a “What works in New York and what works is not only does it bring that kind of iconognumber of local stores committed to selling in San Francisco and what works in Portland, raphy, but the building itself in the benefit album then backed [Ore.] and what’s going to work here are difthe front is almost all glass. At out at the last minute. Moxie six o’clock on a cold morning in ferent. … I am not going to force a paradigm wasn’t able to cover its costs, MOXIE JAVA onto the people of Idaho, I’m going to create a December, it becomes a lantern; so the Idaho Foodbank didn’t Store directory at brand that works for them,” said Stokes. it literally will draw cars in like receive any proceeds. moxiejava.com/stores According to Stokes, the new Moxie wants moths.” “That’s what led up to the to appeal to Idahoans who aren’t afraid to get Moxie Java also plans to business of the separation,” a little messy. grow its presence in Northern said Stokes. “There was liti“I like to say that it’s a ‘dirt on the shoes’ Idaho, starting at the University of Idaho in gation involved and there was an agreement kind of a thing; really being part-and-parcel of on both parties to separate and a requirement Moscow. The company will roast U of I’s where Idahoans spend their time getting dirty “exclusive retail bean branded product” and of rebranding.” is really going to be what our attitude will be,” has formed a partnership with the College of But Stokes said that spilled cup of coffee said Stokes. “It’s quite different than Starbucks. Business and Economics. was actually a blessing in disguise. Moxie Starbucks is about probably clean shoes, ours “We’re working with the entrepreneurial Java had been unable to expand in the Treadepartment, which is actually going to be start- are going to be a little bit muddier.” sure Valley due to agreements put in place

NORTHWEST RHONE-STYLE RED BLENDS Some grape varieties work best solo. Pinot noir is one that immediately comes to mind. In most cases, I prefer the layered nuances that blending can achieve. This is especially true with the grapes native to France’s Rhone Valley. Syrah thrives in the Northwest, but too often I find varietal bottlings of that grape a little overwhelming. But when blended with grenache, things turn a bit more mellow. Here are three outstanding Northwest interpretations of a classic Rhone style. 2010 AMAURICE CELLARS SYRAH/GRENACHE, $34 This 72 percent syrah and 28 percent grenache blend offers the most intriguing nose of the three, with a spicy black pepper and red meat component to the sweet cherry and floral fennel aromas. In the mouth, it’s big but balanced with creamy bright berry flavors colored by baking spices, anise and soft oak. Silky tannins and crisp cherry come through on the finish. 2010 GRAMERCY CELLARS L’IDIOT DU VILLAGE, $47 This syrah-dominant blend (80 percent) includes dollops of mourvedre, grenache and cinsault. That amount of syrah definitely makes for a richly textured wine with earthy fruit aromas reminiscent of a Cote-Rotie. In the mouth, a big burst of red fruit flavor is backed by mocha-laced blackberry and creamy cappuccino. This is an impressive and expensive wine, but it’s worth the price. 2011 MAISON BLEUE JAJA, $21 Syrah leads off in this wine at 43 percent, combining with mourvedre at 35 percent and grenache at 27 percent. The aromas are a complex mix of cherry, raspberry, vanilla, earth and mineral. This is an elegantly structured wine, almost delicate on the palate, where silky red fruit flavors and smooth tannins are perfectly balanced by a food friendly hit of acidity. This wine is delicious alone, but should age beautifully. And at this price, it’s something of a bargain. —David Kirkpatrick

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Actor Casey Affleck appreciates the nurturing power of his loved ones. “My family would be supportive,” he says, “if I said I wanted to be a Martian, wear only banana skins, make love to ashtrays and eat tree bark.” I’d like to see you cultivate allies like that in the coming months, Aries. Even if you have never had them before, there’s a good chance they will be available. For best results, tinker with your understanding of who your family might be. Redefine what “community” means to you. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Author John Koenig says we often regard emotions as positive or negative. Feeling respect is good, for example, while being wracked with jealousy is bad. But he favors a different standard for evaluating emotions: how intense they are. At one end of the spectrum, everything feels blank and blah, even the big things. “At the other end is wonder,” he says, “in which everything feels alive, even the little things.” Your right and proper goal right now, Taurus, is to strive for the latter kind: full-on intensity and maximum vitality. Luckily, the universe will be conspiring to help you achieve that goal. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): At her blog, other-wordly.tumblr. com, Yee-Lum Mak defines the Swedish word resfeber this way: “the restless race of the traveler’s heart before the journey begins, when anxiety and anticipation are tangled together.” You might be experiencing resfeber right now, Gemini. Even if you’re not about to depart on a literal trip, I’m guessing you will soon start wandering out on a quest or adventure that will bring your heart and mind closer together. Paradoxically, your explorations will teach you a lot about being better grounded. Bon voyage! CANCER (June 21-July 22): How does a monarch butterfly escape its chrysalis when it has finished gestating? Through tiny holes in the skin of the chrysalis, it takes big gulps of air and sends them directly into its digestive system, which expands forcefully. Voila! Its body gets so big it breaks free. When a chick is ready to emerge from inside its egg, it has to work harder than the butterfly. With its beak, it must peck thousands of times at the shell, stopping to rest along the way because the process is so demanding. According to my analysis, Cancerian, you’re nearing the final stage before your metaphorical emergence from gestation. Are you more like the butterfly or chick? LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “I’m not sure where to go from here. I need help.” I encourage you to say those words out loud, Leo. Even if you’re not sure you

believe they’re true, act as if they are. Why? Because I think it would be healthy for you to express uncertainty and ask for assistance. It would relieve you of the oppressive pressure to be a masterful problem-solver. It could free you from the unrealistic notion that you’ve got to figure everything out by yourself. And this would bring you, as if by magic, interesting offers and inquiries. In other words, if you confess your neediness, you will attract help. Some of it will be useless, but most of it will be useful. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Dogs have a superb sense of smell, much better than we humans. But ours isn’t bad. We can detect certain odors that have been diluted to one part in five billion. For example, if you were standing next to two Olympic-sized swimming pools, and only one contained a few drops of the chemical ethyl mercaptan, you would know which one it was. I’m now calling on you to exercise that level of sensitivity, Virgo. There’s a situation in the early stages of unfolding that would ultimately emanate a big stink if you allowed it to keep developing. There is a second unripe situation, on the other hand, that would eventually yield fragrant blooms. I advise you to either quash or escape from the first, even as you cultivate and treasure the second. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Whatever adventures may flow your way in the coming weeks, Libra, I hope you will appreciate them for what they are: unruly but basically benevolent; disruptive in ways that catalyze welcome transformations; a bit more exciting than you might like, but ultimately pretty fun. Can you thrive on the paradoxes? Can you delight in the unpredictability? I think so. When you look back at these plot twists two months from now, I bet you’ll see them as entertaining storylines that enhance the myth of your hero’s journey. You’ll understand them as tricky gifts that have taught you valuable secrets about your soul’s code. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Manufacturing a jelly bean is not a quick, slam-bam process. It’s a five-step procedure that takes a week. Each seemingly uncomplicated piece of candy has to be built up layer by layer, with every layer needing time to fully mature. I’m wondering if maybe there’s a metaphorically similar kind of work ahead for you, Scorpio. May I speculate? You will have to take your time, proceed carefully, and maintain a close attention to detail as you prepare a simple pleasure. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I understand the appeal of the f-word. It’s guttural and expulsive. It’s a perverse form of celebration

that frees speakers from their inhibitions. But I’m here today to announce that its rebel cachet and vulgar power are extinct. It has decayed into a barren cliche. Its official death-from-oversaturation occurred with the release of the mainstream Hollywood blockbuster The Wolf of Wall Street. Actors in the film spat out the rhymes-with-cluck word more than 500 times. I hereby nominate you Sagittarians to begin the quest for new ways to invoke rebellious irreverence. What interesting mischief and naughty wordplay might you perpetrate to escape your inhibitions, break taboos that need to be broken, and call other people on their BS and hypocrisy? CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) has had a major impact on the development of ideas in the Western world. We can reasonably divide the history of philosophy into two eras: preKantian and post-Kantian. And yet for his whole life, which lasted 79 years, this big thinker never traveled more than 10 miles from Konigsberg, the city where he was born. He followed a precise and methodical routine, attending to his work with meticulous detail. According to my analysis, you Capricorns could have a similar experience in the coming weeks. By sticking close to the triedand-true rhythms that keep you grounded and healthy, you can generate influential wonders. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The Aquarian author Georges Simenon (1903-1989) wrote more than 200 novels under his own name and 300 more under pseudonyms. On average, he finished a new book every 11 days. Half a billion copies of his books are in print. I’m sorry to report that I don’t think you will ever be as prolific in your own chosen field as he was in his. However, your productivity could soar to a hefty fraction of Simenon-like levels in 2014--if you’re willing to work your ass off. Your luxuriant fruitfulness won’t come as easily as his seemed to. But you should be overjoyed that you at least have the potential to be luxuriantly fruitful. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): When I’m older and wiser, maybe I’ll understand the meaning of my life. When I’m older and wiser, maybe I’ll gain some insight about why I’m so excited to be alive despite the fact that my destiny is so utterly mysterious. What about you, Pisces? What will be different for you when you’re older and wiser? Now is an excellent time to ponder this riddle. Why? Because it’s likely you will get a glimpse of the person you will have become when you are older and wiser--which will in turn intensify your motivation to become that person.

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