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“We keep telling legislators that we need help, but someone at the Legislature needs to step up.”

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A Year in Travel Accounting for the city of Boise’s travel budget in 2016

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Spud State of Mind Get all the details on the 2016 New Year’s Eve Potato Drop in downtown Boise

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Top Albums of ’16 Celebrating a killer year in local music FREE TAKE ONE!

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EDITOR’S NOTE GOODBYE 2016 Don’t know about you, but it feels like I’m sliding sideways into the end of this year stuck in a beat-up old car with its upholstery on fire and its gas tank about to explode. Where once I might have greeted the New Year with a vague sense of optimism or somewhat positive forward motion, the best thing I can see on the horizon is the penultimate season of Game of Thrones and the continuation of my internet service.

Pardon my bitterness. Though the Grinch weighs heavy on my soul, I’ll snap out of it after a few days of feasting and drinking with my dear loved ones and remembering the best remedy for this particular brand of year-end ennui is to enjoy the simple things in life. Luckily, this city is filled with opportunities to shrug off any 2016 gloom.

On Page 13 of this edition of Boise Weekly, you’ll find the definitive guide to the New Year’s Eve Idaho Potato Drop. This year, the celebration includes a full day’s worth of entertainment and events, culminating with the descent of the eponymous spud.

Check out Page 10 for our regular calendar listings, which feature a grip of NYE parties, and see Page 19 for a guide to live music and NYE concerts around town.

Although 2016 is already being regarded as a chronological mulligan, it was a pretty great year for local music. BW freelancer Ben Schultz put together a list of his top picks among Boise album releases (Page 18), and—we promise—you’ll find something to lift your spirits.

Finally, if you plan to say farewell to the year by hiding from the world in a movie theater, BW film guru George Prentice profiles three must-see films (Page 21) that will also give you a boost.

Here’s hoping for the best in 2017. My fingers are crossed.

—Zach Hagadone

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OPINION FROM THE FAR MARGINS A tiny suggestion NICOLE LEFAVOUR We walk past the man whose sign asks for money and face the internal conversation about whether the money will be spent on food, drugs or a bottle of beer. We walk faster and cross the street or grass when we find people sleeping on sidewalks or in parks. We wonder what’s wrong with them and have an internal debate about how safe it is to pass while they sleep.

There’s a difference between wanting homelessness to end and wanting homelessness to vanish. When a city criminalizes public sleeping or camping in bushes, parks, cars and campers, it wants homelessness to vanish. It’s like when we make building a substandard house or shed, or living in a mobile home on our own land, a violation of city code.

Sara Rankin, in her stunning City Club talk in November, laid it all out for us. We want poverty, drug use, mental illness, racism, and our neglect of veterans and people with disabilities to be invisible. Boise criminalizes homelessness to protect us from seeing the failings of our mental health system, our lack of treatment for addiction, the failure of our low wages and welfare safety net, the brutality of childhood sexual abuse, war trauma, extreme poverty, rape and domestic violence.

Boise swept Cooper Court away, scattered the problem into the bushes and promised a solution would come soon. Housing First. The housing solution that doesn’t require sobriety or recovery, but which gets people off the street into a housing complex with social workers and an array of mental and drug treatment services. It’s an essential option. Salt Lake City tells us it doesn’t cure all. Some people don’t follow rules. Others continue to use drugs even after being offered treatment. Some mentally ill residents remain combative and unkempt even with medication and support. We know this.

Yet, if we want to end homelessness, do we reject reject Housing First as an option just because it won’t serve everyone? Or do we admit people are vastly different from one another? Some need quiet or community or a level of support that caseworkers may be too overwhelmed to provide.

I live in a 288-square-foot house, built fully to code on my own lot in Boise. It was not always fully to code. I tried living in a motorhome while I built my house. I had respectful Boise city officers knock on my door—even when I’d parked on a dead-end street and ran an extension cord from a friend’s house. Parked in another friend’s yard, behind a tall fence, one of her neighbors reported me and forced the city to make me move. I was lucky. I found a spot where no one objected.

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Reporting people sleeping in hedges, parks and motorhomes is how places like Cooper Court happen. Often there’s no bed in a shelter or nowhere else to go.

I have a tiny suggestion for us: What if Boise adopted a provisional housing code? What if whenever a history of homelessness qualifies someone for Housing First, they could be allowed to live in motorhomes or tiny houses?

What if instead of hiding out and complying with no code at all for sanitation and fire prevention, a set of codes was written for basic health and safety? I know Boise City Code and can make suggestions. Yes, some people will take advantage of this. Is that a reason to do nothing and instead obsess over who needs this shelter and who’s just trying to get around the standards all of us law-abiding people in our nice houses live by?

Let’s take this a step further. Generous people out there have backyards bigger than they really want to weed, water or mow. People have back driveways that sit empty; places an extension cord could reach. There are places to park and decorate or hide a portable toilet, and sanitary ways to use sewer clean outs that are better than people using bushes near sleeping areas, gutters, Dumpsters or plastic bags.

What if people signed up to host a house or camper in a backyard or alley? What if they interviewed those looking for spots to park a shelter? What if they worked with caseworkers to identify issues like mental health challenges or drug use so that the “renter” could make a contract with a homeowner as to what was acceptable and what was not?

Some renters would need a close relationship.

Some would just need quiet and space. Some might welcome children, some not. Some would need regular medication checks or help getting to meetings or finding treatment or support services. The match might be beneficial to both the owner and the “renter.”

The fact is, we as a city do have a way to try to heal or correct the problems we would rather not see. We can do better at reversing the tragedy that our Legislature creates every time lawmakers refuse to increase the minimum wage, underfund substance abuse treatment or fail to fund medication for those working poor with psychiatric needs.

No solution is easy or perfect—mostly because of our desire to make homelessness vanish rather than make it end. But we have to try everything. If we do any less, we might as well reopen Cooper Court and admit we’d rather look at the problem than solve it.

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Centro de Comunidad y Justicia has fielded Trump-related concerns from local Latinos.

IDAHO IMMIGRANT GROUPS VOICE CONCERNS ABOUT PENDING TRUMP ADMINISTRATION President-elect Donald Trump’s hard-line stance on immigration—which includes the pledge to deport millions of undocumented men and women and/or cancel amnesties granted by President Barack Obama—could affect thousands of Idahoans.

Boise-based immigration attorney Maria Andrade, who opened Andrade Legal in 2001, has hosted a series of conversations regarding those concerns since Trump’s election on Nov. 8.

“The idea that there were people we care about, at home, feeling scared in that moment with nowhere to go—that was unacceptable,” Andrade said. “We wanted to make sure people could at least get their questions answered.”

According to Andrade, the people she has spoken with say they have been targeted based on religion, asked about whether citizenship can be revoked (it can’t) and discussed worries about personal safety—many people have experienced harassment spurred by rhetoric in the election.

Boise-based Centro de Comunidad y Justicia, a Latino-focused nonprofit, has hosted similar discussions with immigrants around Idaho. During a recent meeting in Caldwell, one immediate concern was the future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, Obama’s executive order granting temporary stays of deportation to nearly 800,000 immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.

Though the future of DACA is uncertain, Centro Director Sam Byrd reminded attendees there is bipartisan support for a congressional bill to maintain those protections. Changing immigration legislation will take time, he said, and there are lawyers and lawmakers ready to fight for immigrants’ rights.

Meanwhile, Byrd is helping people prepare for the incoming Trump presidency by encouraging families to plan for worst case scenarios, offering legal help and reminding them of their constitutional rights—regardless of immigration status—in the face of detainment or intimidation.

“What we don’t know is what is going to happen,” Byrd. “But knowledge is power. If you know your rights, you’re better suited to defend them.”

—Sami Edge

OH, THE PLACES THEY WENT City of Boise racks up frequent flier miles GEORGE PRENTICE “Today is your day. You’re off to great places.

You’re off and away!” wrote Dr. Seuss in Oh, The Places You’ll Go. He could have been writing about city of Boise officials and staff, who regularly packed their bags during 2016—traveling as far away as Germany and Mozambique, to Canada and California, and closer to home with trips to Idaho Falls and Sun Valley.

No matter how far or near, each trip was well documented and approved by the Boise City Council.

In a series of votes during most of the Council’s 2016 scheduled meetings, lawmakers gave the stamp of approval to at least 78 trips, most

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of them taxpayer-funded. Whether for training, conferences, strategy sessions or recruitment, representatives from the Boise departments of Parks and Recreation, Planning and Development, Economic Development, Public Works, Arts and History, Fire and Police all sent city employees packing this past year. Some approvals have already been green-lighted for 2017.

An analysis of city-approved travel and business meals published earlier this year indicated record keeping and overall transparency of those expenses was deemed satisfactory by the Office of Internal Audit, adding the trips were “supportive of the City’s business.” Only a limited

number of minor issues—small mathematical errors or reports not submitted within a five-day timeframe—were noted.

It’s a far cry from how Boise officials handled travel expenses in past years, when City Hall was dogged by scandals related to improper allocation of taxpayer dollars that led to the resignation and 2003 conviction of former Mayor Brent Coles, who admitted to being reimbursed for a 1999 personal trip and tickets to a Broadway musical in 2002.

There are no Broadway shows or personal trips listed in the pile of travel and trip expense reports approved by the Boise City Council for BOISE WEEKLY.COM

NEWS 2016, and each report is detailed and itemized—but expenses continue to increase. In Fiscal Year 2016, the city of Boise, which posts travel costs to two primary accounts—travel/ meetings and travel/training—spent a total of $884,726.

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sive meals. Some conferences are notorious for charging exorbitant registration fees, which, if attended by public officials, are paid for by taxpayers.

For Hupp’s upcoming January trip to Kauai, the city is on the hook for the $745 registration fee—almost the same price as a round-trip plane ticket to Hawaii.

Last September, Hupp traveled to Reno, Nev., to attend the annual Boyd Group International Aviation Forecast Summit. The cost of the three-day trip totaled $2,537—63 percent of which was the $1,595 registration fee.

In February 2017, Hupp is scheduled to attend the annual Routes America Conference in Las Vegas. The total travel expense for the four-day conference is $3,228—more than half of which is the $1,772 registration fee.

The real jaw-dropper was the Social Media and Storytelling Summit last July in Palo Alto, Calif., attended by new Boise Community Engagement Director JoAnne Anderson.

The total for the three-day conference was $3,264—the registration fee was $1,895.

Some of the more elaborate trips taken by Boise city staff, such as visits to Mozambique, Germany and Hawaii, carried high price tags, but most of those expenses weren’t shouldered by taxpayers.

For example, Friends of Zoo Boise picked up the tab for three trips to Mozambique, where Zoo Boise Director Steve Burns and two colleagues visited Gorongosa National Park in Africa. Cultural Vistas, an international nonprofit, paid for Diana Lachiondo of the mayor’s office, to participate in 10-day, multicity trip to Germany as part of the Welcoming America Transatlantic Cultural Exchange. The U.S. Federal Highway Administration picked up the cost for Boise City Council President Elaine Clegg to attend its September meeting in Washington, D.C. The Urban Sustainability TAKE A RIDE ALONG… OR NOT Directors Network paid for Boise Public Works Perhaps the most surprising travel expenses Director Steve Burgos to attend a conference in were linked to the Boise Metro Chamber of Toronto, Canada. Boise State University paid Commerce Leadership Conference, a three-day for Boise Police Officer Brek Orton to travel to event hosted in Sun Valley. Boise sent six repHonolulu, where he resentatives: Council served as a security members Elaine and police liaison Clegg, Maryanne JorBOISE SENT SIX at the Boise State dan, Lauren McLean, vs. Hawaii football Ben Quintana and TJ REPRESENTATIVES, game.

Thomson, as well as INCLUDING FIVE COUNCIL Brek’s boss, Boise Economic DevelopPolice Chief Bill ment Director Nic MEMBERS, TO THE 2016 Bones, attended a Miller.

BOISE ME TRO CHAMBER few law enforcement Each official LE ADERSHIP CONFERENCE spent about $52 conferences in Virginia and Maryland, per meal and about I N S U N VA L L E Y. E AC H all of which were $350 for lodging TR AVELED IN A SEPAR ATE paid for by the FBI. at the Sun Valley Last but not Resort. However, VEHICLE, SUBMIT TING least, the American each also submitted $180 IN MIL E AGE Association of Airreports for $180 in REIMBURSEMENT. port Executives has mileage reimbursepromised to reimment, indicating all burse Boise Airport six drove the 314 Director Rebecca miles to Sun Valley Hupp for most of her seven-day trip to Kauai in separate vehicles. In total, Boise taxpayers in January 2017 for its annual conference. Acwere on the hook for nearly $4,200 for the Sun cording to an expense report already approved Valley event. by the Boise City Council, the Kauai trip will cost $3,601 and AAAE has agreed to reimburse KEEP THOSE BAGS PACKED the city $2,450. The city will still have to cough There’s every reason to believe Boise up quite a bit for registration fees, however. officials and staff will continue to rack up frequent flier miles in the new year. Thus far, in three first three months of Fiscal Year 2017, ON THE HIGH FEES which began in October, the city’s travel If there is a “dirty little secret” in corporate expenses have topped $250,000. travel, and it’s not fancy hotel rooms or expenBOISE WEEKLY.COM

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HE ATHER COX

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CITIZENS OF THE YEAR

A look back at some of our favorite conversations in 2016 GEORGE PRENTICE

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Heather Cox knew something we didn’t. She had a pretty good idea she would be spending the holidays shivering in the cold… and loving it. When we asked about the possibility of her joining NBC Sports as the network’s new NFL sideline reporter, her only answer was a smile. But that was then— on a warm spring afternoon at a Boise coffee shop.

As it turned out, she’s spending a good chunk of her holiday season on NBC. That means a lot of packed and unpacked bags and coast-to-coast travel.

“I wouldn’t trade it for anything,” she said.

Cox was one of dozens of fascinating men and women we met in 2016 for conversations on everything ranging from the performing arts, to our fragile environment to the recent, bruising presidential election cycle. Regarding the latter, former U.S. Rep. Tom Davis (R-Virginia) had a spot-on prediction for Election Day 2016.

“Each candidate is so unpopular but, by and large, you’ll see mostly straight-ticket voting,” said Davis. “We don’t always like the choices we get.

Ultimately, it’s about the direction of the country.”

Boise State University Political Science Professor Dr. Jaclyn Kettler agreed voters were as intransigent as the candidates.

“It’s not surprising to hear anything from Mr. Trump,” Kettler said in May. “I don’t think his argument persuades a voter one way or another.”

Kettler said the same was true when gauging students’ political engagement—or lack thereof.

“What I see is frustration and their feeling that

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there may not be too many options for them,’ she said. “That said, I also see a lot of students involved in politics, even if they’re not actually voting. A lot of students’ political engagement is issue-driven rather than a particular campaign.”

Idaho Rep. Elaine Smith (D-Pocatello) was one of the few members of her party who emerged victorious after an ugly election night for Idaho Democrats. She was elected to a ninth term, representing Idaho Legislative District No. 29.

Soon thereafter, her colleagues chose her to serve as the House Minority Caucus Chair for the 2017 session—she’s the only legislative minority leader who lives outside of Boise.

Sitting at her Statehouse desk last May, she said the Legislature’s current political climate was vastly different now from when she first arrived in 2002.

“There was much more compromise back then,” Smith said. “There simply aren’t as many mainstream Republicans. But legislators are sincere about their beliefs. You just have to figure out a way to work together to further Idaho, to improve the economy, to grow the middle class.”

Smith pushed back against the right-leaning Idaho Freedom Foundation, which routinely gives her low marks in its so-called “Freedom Index.”

“The way I look at it, the lower you score, the more independent you are,” she said.

The Idaho Freedom Foundation increased its ranks in 2016 by adding Boise physician Dr. John Livingston to its board of directors and as “special adviser on Medical policy.” In his first interview

after his IFF appointment, Livingston took aim at any proposal that would swell Idaho’s Medicaid rolls to care for the nearly 78,000 citizens who earn too little to access coverage through the state insurance exchange and too much to qualify for standard Medicaid. Livingston, who repeatedly pointed to his faith, said it was an individual’s responsibility, not a government’s, to care for the uninsured.

“Nowhere in my Bible did I ever find the government was supposed to be a conduit for charity,” said Livingston, saying his new role with IFF would be “to represent a philosophy, proven, from the beginning of time, that the best way to allocate scarce resources is through the free-market system.”

“Charity is a personal transaction,” he said.

“What I do for another person is charity. But when the government becomes the conduit of charity, it’s giving somebody else’s money away. It’s a very bad thing.”

Dave Duro knows a thing or two about charity. In 1982, he started working at the Downtown Family YMCA as a janitor, pushing a broom and emptying the garbage at the Y to help pay his tuition at Boise State. Nearly 35 years later, he’s CEO of the Y. “It’s not how I drew it up all those years ago,” Duro said. “But I wouldn’t trade it for anything.”

Duro was raised in Nampa by a single mom.

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he attended college.

“I had no idea the power that the Y had to change people’s lives,” he said.

Scott Anderson changes people’s lives every day. He’s CEO and president of Zions Bank, but the major moneychanger didn’t talk about the economy or interest rates. Rather, Anderson was anxious to talk about his passion for nonprofit organizations—particularly in the arts.

“I look at things like a venture capitalist,” said Anderson. “You can’t give something a bunch of money and then tell them “good luck” the following year. You should invest in things three to seven years and see what happens. I’m very proud that Zions was one of the initial funders of the Sun Valley Film Festival. Look at it now. It’s thriving.

If we had cut our funding after the first year, it may not be here.”

Jewel is a world famous actress and musician, but she’s also an author. In May, we talked with the multi-talented Jewel about her tell-all autobiography Never Broken: Songs Are Only Half the Story (Blue Rider Press, 2015).

“I see a lot of young people struggling, saying they’re broken,” said Jewel. “That’s not the case.

It’s only a perception of being broken. It’s a very difficult fire to walk through, but when you talk through it, you can be more empathetic and gracious.”

Paul Stanley is also an author, penning the 2014 memoir, Face the Music: A Life Exposed (Harper One, 2014), but we know him better as Starchild, co-lead singer of KISS and co-writer of many of the band’s best hits. Prior to a Boise tour stop in July, we talked to Stanley about 40 years in KISS and staying at the top of his game.

“A crappy band with a big show is still a crappy band,” Stanley said. “We’ve seen enough of those.

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KEN MORRIS

years on a gimmick. You’re only the new band on the scene just once and once that buzz dies, it’s deafening. You may end up on the cover of Rolling Stone by putting a teapot on your head, but next year, you’ll be serving fries.”

Mariah Walton wasn’t even born when KISS started pumping out Top 10 hits, but her advocacy has made her as ferocious as a rock star. She has been interviewed dozens of times—in April, she appeared on the Today Show and Good Morning America on the same day. She suffers from severe pulmonary hypertension, yet, because of her parents’ fundamentalist Christian beliefs, she never had regular medical care. Today, she’ll tell anyone who will listen Idaho needs to do a better job protecting children from parents who use their faith as a shield when accused of neglect.

“We keep telling legislators that we need help, but someone at the Legislature needs to step up,” Walton said. “This is real life-and-death. A lot of people may say, ‘Oh, any parent ought to be responsible for taking care of this, not the government,’ but if a parent hasn’t taken that responsibility, somebody needs to step up. Freedom of religion doesn’t say that children should die. It doesn’t say it in the Constitution, the Bible or the Book of Mormon.”

Ken Morris travels the world as an advocate for children. The great-great-great grandson of Frederick Douglass and great-great grandson of Booker T. Washington, he spoke about the growing but underreported issue of contemporary slavery.

“Unless your family has been touched by, say, forced prostitution, it’s hard to wrap our minds around that there are indeed humans evil enough to sell other humans,” said Morris. “And a lot of people think that contemporary slavery is too big of a problem for one person to do anything about

PAUL STANLE Y it. It’s the child in West Africa, climbing trees to harvest your cocoa. It’s the little girl in India doing needle work for the rugs we stand one. It’s the boys swimming in disease-infested waters to harvest the fish that go into our markets. Of course, it’s the children who are sold over and over again as sex slaves. Frederick Douglass said, ‘It’s easier to build strong children than repair broken men.’”

Our favorite conversation of 2016 revolved around children. Each August, in anticipation of a new school year, we usually sit down to talk to a new principal about their hopes for the coming months. This year, we chatted with Dr. Adria David and Valerie Uhlorn, both of whom were about to embark on new assignments as principals at elementary schools: at Lowell and Amity, respectively.

We like to ask educators about their journeys as young students, and sat transfixed as David talked about her difficult childhood. she said her mother fled Oregon with her and her siblings to “escape a pretty bad situation,” and even when they returned to Oregon, the family remained in hiding.

“For a while, we were just trying to survive,” David said. Early on, she said, a number of teachers dismissed her, telling her she wouldn’t amount to much.

“That will always stick with me,” she said.

David said teachers at Eastern Oregon State opened her eyes to “a whole new world,” leading her to a path that she followed to a Ph.D., a job at the Idaho State Department of Education and, ultimately, to becoming a principal.

“Your story is amazing, Adria,” said Uhlorn, tears in her eyes.

“Everybody has a story,” said David.

She’s right, and we can’t wait to listen to more of them in 2017.

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CALENDAR WEDNESDAY DEC. 28 Festivals & Events WINTER GARDEN AGLOW—Idaho Botanical Garden marks 20 years of Winter Garden aGlow with 300,000 bulbs illuminating animated displays, model trains, live music and the occasional surprise visit from the likes of Prancer and Santa himself. Through New Year’s Day. 6-9 p.m. FREE-$10. Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-343-8649. idahobotanicalgarden.org/events/ winter-garden-aglow-2.

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Liberty Theatre, 110 N. Main St., Hailey, 208-578-9122, sunvalleycenter.org/companyoffools.

PLAYHOUSE MURDER MYSTERY DINNER AND SHOW—Eat a dinner to die for and help solve a murder.

Dinner features fresh garden salad, chicken and beef kabobs with sauteed vegetables and steamed rice, and light dessert. Dinner is optional. VIP seating is reserved for those who choose to dine. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for dinner, 7:30 p.m. for show only. 6:30 p.m. $20$40. The Playhouse Boise (formerly AEN Playhouse), 8001 W. Fairview Ave., Boise, 208-779-0092, playhouseboise.com.

Sports & Fitness

COMPANY OF FOOLS: A DAY IN HOLLYWOOD/A NIGHT IN THE UKRAINE—These two one-act plays

by Dick Vosburgh and Frank Lazarus provide a double feature more

ANTHONY LAKES OPEN—9 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE-$35. Anthony Lakes Mountain Resort, 47500 Anthony Lake Hwy., North Powder, 541-8563277, anthonylakes.com.

SATURDAY, DEC. 31

BOGUS BASIN OPEN—10 a.m.-10 p.m. Continues through April 2. $10-$59. Bogus Basin Mountain Recreation Area, Bogus Basin Road, Boise, 208-332-5100, bogusbasin.org.

BRUNDAGE OPEN—9:30 a.m.4:30 p.m. $16-$64. Brundage Mountain Resort, 3890 Goose Lake Road, McCall, 1-800-8887544, brundage.com.

POMERELLE OPEN—9 a.m.-9 p.m. $10-$50. Pomerelle Mountain Resort, 961 E. Howell Canyon Road, Albion, 208-673-5599, pomerelle. com.

SUN VALLEY OPEN—9 a.m.-4 p.m. $45-$125. Sun Valley Resort, 1 Sun Valley Road, Sun Valley, 208622-4111 or 1-800-786-8259, sunvalley.com.

TAMARACK OPEN—9 a.m.-4 p.m.

FREE-$69. Tamarack Resort, 2099 W. Mountain Road, Donnelly, 208325-1000, tamarackidaho.com.

Odds & Ends CHRISTMAS LIGHT HELICOPTER TOURS—Behold the spectacle of the Treasure Valley’s Christmas lights from above. All flights depart from the Caldwell Airport. Wednesdays-Sundays, 6-10 p.m. Continues through Jan. 1. $150 and up.

Silverhawk Aviation Academy, 4505 Aviation Way, Caldwell, 208-4538577, silverhawkaviation.net.

HOLIDAY LIGHTS TROLLEY TOURS—Join the fun aboard the vintage holiday decorated Molly Trolley for the one-hour Holiday Lights Tour, an annual Boise favorite. The vintage holiday music, open-air trolley and refreshments sold at the concessions stand make this a memorable family affair. Tours run daily through Dec. 28. 6-8 p.m. $5-$18. Evergreen Business Mall-Library Plaza, corner of Cole and Ustick, Boise. 208-4330849, boisetrolleytours.com.

SATURDAY, DEC. 31

Hot potato.

Take your old acquaintances out on the auld town.

THURSDAY DEC. 29

COMPANY OF FOOLS: A DAY IN HOLLYWOOD/A NIGHT IN THE UKRAINE—7 p.m. $15-$35. Liberty Theatre, 110 N. Main St., Hailey, 208-578-9122, sunvalleycenter. org.

Festivals & Events WINTER GARDEN AGLOW—Idaho Botanical Garden marks 20 years of Winter Garden aGlow with 300,000 bulbs illuminating animated displays, model trains, live music and the occasional surprise visit from the likes of Prancer and Santa himself. The attraction runs through New Year’s Day. Through Jan. 1, 2017, 6-9 p.m. FREE-$10.

Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-3438649, idahobotanicalgarden.org/ events/winter-garden-aglow-2.

On Stage COMEDIAN GABE DUNN—8 p.m. $10. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-941-2459, liquidboise.com.

Sports & Fitness ANTHONY LAKES OPEN—9 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE-$35. Anthony Lakes Mountain Resort, 47500 Anthony Lake Hwy., North Powder, 541-8563277, anthonylakes.com.

BOGUS BASIN OPEN—10 a.m.-10 p.m. Continues through April 2. $10-$59. Bogus Basin Mountain Recreation Area, Bogus Basin Road, Boise, 208-332-5100, bogusbasin. org.

BRUNDAGE OPEN—9:30 a.m.4:30 p.m. $16-$64. Brundage Mountain Resort, 3890 Goose Lake Road, McCall, 1-800-8887544, brundage.com.

SUNDAY, JAN. 1

Freeze for a good cause.

IDAHO POTATO DROP

NEW YEAR’S EVE

THE GREAT POLAR BEAR CHALLENGE

There’s a new star at this year’s downtown New Year’s Eve celebration—they call it “GlowTato.” Aptly named, it is a giant, fake, glowing potato that will slowly descend until the clock strikes midnight on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. Events for the fourth annual potato drop run all afternoon Saturday, Dec. 31, starting with performances from the Summerwind Skippers jump rope team at 1 p.m., “Battle-Royal” showdowns from the Wrestle Club (Idaho’s own pro-wrestling outfit), dance performances from local groups, and concerts from Boise Rock School and local bands. Starting at 8 p.m., local and pro athletes compete in a rail jam at a snow park built in Capitol Park, local rockers Jeff Crosby and the Refugees will usher in the drop with the final concert of the night, and, of course, there will be fireworks to usher in the new year.

1 p.m.-1 a.m., FREE. Capitol Park, 601 W. Jefferson St., 208954-5077, idahopotatodrop.com.

If skyborne spuds aren’t your style, there are tons of events happening around the Valley on NYE ’17. Indoor, child-friendly options include an early bird bowling party at Pinz Bowling Alley in Meridian or unlimited mini golf, go-karts and a midnight countdown at Wahooz fun zone (5 p.m., $16). Music lovers can find pretty much any genre they’re looking for—including a metal show at the Knitting Factory featuring local bands Black Tooth Grin, Traitors Gate, Vault 7 and more (8 p.m., $8, 18+). Fancier folk might enjoy a concert with singer-songwriter Steve Eaton, complete with a night in and breakfast at the Riverside Hotel (7 p.m., $199+). Full listings start on Page 11.

Wahooz Fun Zone and Pinz Bowling Center: 400 W. Overland Road, 208-898-0900, wahoozfunzone.com. Knitting Factory: 416 S. Ninth St., 208-367-1212, bo.knittingfactory.com. Riverside Hotel Sapphire Room: 2900 W. Chinden Blvd, 208-343-1871, sapphireboise.com.

There are mere days left to gather the courage (and donations) for the Idaho Make-A-Wish Foundation’s annual “Polar Bear Challenge.” Plunge into the icy waters of Lucky Peak Marina on Sunday, Jan. 1 and help raise $35,000 to grant wishes for children with lifethreatening conditions over the next year. Each participant is asked to raise $50. You’re not only paying for the privilege of freezing your butt off—it also counts as an entry fee into a costume contest and a deposit on a T-shirt for everybody who raises at least $50. If you think about it, 50 bucks is a pretty doable goal, considering the holiday money you’ve just received or spent on other people. Plus, an icy baptism in the name of charity might just be the perfect way to make 2017 a more selfless year than the one past.

Registration: 10 a.m., plunge: 11 a.m.; $50. Lucky Peak Spring Shores Marina, 74 E. Highway 21, 208-345-9474, idaho.wish.org.

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CALENDAR POMERELLE OPEN—9 a.m.-9 p.m. $10-$50. Pomerelle Mountain Resort, 961 E. Howell Canyon Road, Albion, 208-673-5599, pomerelle. com.

FRIDAY DEC. 30

SUN VALLEY OPEN—9 a.m.-4 p.m. $45-$125. Sun Valley Resort, 1 Sun Valley Road, Sun Valley, 208622-4111 or 1-800-786-8259, sunvalley.com.

Festivals & Events

TAMARACK OPEN—9 a.m.-4 p.m.

FREE-$69. Tamarack Resort, 2099 W. Mountain Road, Donnelly, 208325-1000, tamarackidaho.com.

Odds & Ends CHRISTMAS LIGHT HELICOPTER TOURS—6-10 p.m. $150 and up. Silverhawk Aviation Academy, 4505 Aviation Way, Caldwell, 208-453-8577, www.silverhawkaviation.net.

WINTER GARDEN AGLOW—6-9 p.m. FREE-$10. Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-343-8649. idahobotanicalgarden.org.

WINTER WONDERLAND—Start a family tradition with the very first Twin Oaks Farms Winter Wonderland. 4-11 p.m. $12. Twin Oaks Farms, 4000 N. Eagle Road, Eagle, 208-939-6373, idahoswinterwonderland.com.

On Stage COMEDIAN GABE DUNN—8 p.m. and 10 p.m. $12. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-9412459, liquidboise.com.

COMEDYSPORTZ IMPROV—Two teams of comics battle it out for your laughs. Suitable for all ages.

7:30 p.m. $5-$10. ComedySportz Boise, 4619 Emerald St., Boise, 208-991-4746, boisecomedy.com.

COMPANY OF FOOLS: A DAY IN HOLLYWOOD/A NIGHT IN THE UKRAINE—7 p.m. $15-$35.

Liberty Theatre, 110 N. Main St., Hailey, 208-578-9122, sunvalleycenter.org.

Sports & Fitness ANTHONY LAKES OPEN—9 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE-$35. Anthony Lakes Mountain Resort, 47500 Anthony Lake Hwy., North Powder, 541-8563277, anthonylakes.com.

BOGUS BASIN OPEN—10 a.m.10 p.m. $10-$59. Bogus Basin Mountain Recreation Area, Bogus Basin Road, Boise, 208-332-5100, bogusbasin.org.

BRUNDAGE OPEN—9:30 a.m.4:30 p.m. $16-$64. Brundage Mountain Resort, 3890 Goose Lake Road, McCall, 1-800-8887544, brundage.com.

POMERELLE OPEN—9 a.m.-9 p.m. $10-$50. Pomerelle Mountain Resort, 961 E. Howell Canyon Road, Albion, 208-673-5599, pomerelle. com.

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SUN VALLEY OPEN—9 a.m.-4 p.m. $45-$125. Sun Valley Resort, 1 Sun Valley Road, Sun Valley, 208622-4111 or 1-800-786-8259, sunvalley.com.

TAMARACK OPEN—9 a.m.-4 p.m.

FREE-$69. Tamarack Resort, 2099 W. Mountain Road, Donnelly, 208325-1000, tamarackidaho.com.

Odds & Ends SALSA DANCING—Dance to the best Latin Tropical music from the best local DJs: Salsa, Bachata, Merengue and Cumbia. Beginner lessons 8:30-9:30 p.m.; open dancing until 1 a.m. Fridays, 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Continues through Jan. 13. $5-$8. Ochos Boise, 515 W. Idaho St., Boise, tangoboise.com/ ochos.

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4TH ANNUAL IDAHO POTATO DROP—Enjoy a host of entertainment on the Main Stage beginning at 4 p.m. all the way to the midnight potato drop and fireworks. See online for a complete schedule of entertainers and activities. 4 p.m. FREE. Idaho State Capitol Building, 700 W. Jefferson St., Boise, 208-433-9705. idahopotatodrop.com.

BOISE’S HEAVY METAL NEW YEAR’S EVE—With Black Tooth Grin, Traitors Gate, Vault7, Rise Of The Fallen, and Tulpaa. For ages

Open at 11 am 8th & Main, 2nd Level 208.343.2444 www.thepiperpub.com

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CALENDAR 18 and older. 8 p.m. $8-$12. Knitting Factory Concert House, 416 S. Ninth St., Boise, 208-367-1212, bo.knittingfactory.com.

Concert House and Event Center, 4983 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-938-2933, cttouringid.com/ listing/revolution-concert-house.

BULLS AND BRONCS NEW YEAR’S EVE BASH—Bulls and Bronc New Year Eve Bash will be held inside the heated Canyon County Fair building, with cowboys competing in saddle bronc, bull riding and miniature bull riding. You’ll ring in the new year dancing to the Jeff Palmer Band, with concessions on site. Advanced tickets on sale at D&B Supply, Idaho Cowboy Supply or online at canyoncountyfair.org.

8 p.m.-1 a.m. FREE-$25. Canyon County Fairgrounds, 111 22nd Ave. S., Caldwell, 208-455-8500, canyoncountyfair.org/bulls-n-broncs.

THE PARTY OF THE NEW YEAR—Ring in the New Year the Playhouse way. Groove to Smooth Avenue, and enjoy a sumptuous buffet, party favors and a special champagne toast at midnight. 6:30 p.m. $49-$59, $89-$99 couples.

The Playhouse Boise (formerly AEN Playhouse), 8001 W. Fairview Ave., Boise, 208-779-0092, playhouseboise.com.

THE CENTER’S NEW YEAR’S EVE BUBBLY BASH—Enjoy free champagne from 9-10 p.m. and a midnight toast, compliments of event sponsor Barefoot Bubbly. Attendees can snap a memory in the customized Bubby Bash photo booth and dance the night away to music by Los Angeles-based DJ Lady Sinclair.

9 p.m. SOLD OUT. River Run Lodge, At the Base of Bald Mountain, Sun Valley, 208-622-2133.

DUCK CLUB NYE PARTY: HOLLOW WOOD—With St. Terrible and Harvey Krishna. 8 p.m. $10 adv., $12 door. Neurolux, 111 N. 11th St., Boise, 208-343-0886, theduckclub.com/events/boise/nye-party.

THE FABULOUS CHANCELLORS NEW YEARS EVE PARTY—Price includes two tickets to the party, buffet dinner for two, champagne toast and party favors, one-night stay and breakfast buffet. Reservations required. $179 and up.

Riverside Hotel Grand Ballroom, 2900 W. Chinden Blvd., Boise, 208343-1871.

WE ARE STILL HERE SERVING THE BEST BREAKFAST & LUNCH!

OPEN BEFORE AND AFTER CHRISTMAS & NEW YEARS

Skillets • Pancakes • French Toast• Eggs Benedict Burgers • Sandwiches • Daily Mexican Themed Special Waffles and Vegetarian Gravy • *Vegetarian & Health Food Options Available Don’t forget to pick up some Addie’s Gift Cards!

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MODEL RAILROAD HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE—Join the Old Boise N Scale Model Railroad Club to see a variety of model trains, including special Christmas trains, running through scenic towns, mountains and industrial areas. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

By donation. The Pioneer Building, 106 N. Sixth St., Boise. facebook. com/oldboiserailroad.

PINZ COUNTDOWN PARTY—Get your own lane for the entire evening, appetizer and dessert buffet, and midnight countdown party.

Reservations recommended. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. $27-$45 adv., $32-$50 door. Wahooz Fun Zone and Pinz Bowling Center, 400 W. Overland Road, Meridian, 208-898-0900, wahoozfunzone.com.

Garden, 2355 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-343-8649. idahobotanicalgarden.org.

WINTER WONDERLAND—10 a.m.-11 p.m. $12. Twin Oaks Farms, 4000 N. Eagle Road, Eagle, 208-939-6373. idahoswinterwonderland.com.

On Stage COMEDIAN GABE DUNN—8 p.m. and 10 p.m. $12. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-9412459, liquidboise.com.

COMEDYSPORTZ IMPROV—7:30 p.m. $5-$10. ComedySportz Boise, 4619 Emerald St., Boise, 208-9914746, boisecomedy.com.

Sports & Fitness

STEVE EATON AND FRIENDS NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATION—With Rob Harding. Price includes two tickets, dinner, champagne toast at midnight, one-night stay for two, and breakfast. Call for reservations. $199 and up. Riverside Hotel Sapphire Room, 2900 W. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208343-1871, sapphireboise.com.

ANTHONY LAKES OPEN—9 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE-$35. Anthony Lakes Mountain Resort, 47500 Anthony Lake Hwy., North Powder, 541-8563277, anthonylakes.com.

WAHOOZ NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY—Enjoy a countdown at midnight, with balloon drop and party favors. Plus all-you-can-eat pizza buffet from 5-8 p.m. for $9.

5 p.m.-midnight. $20. Wahooz Fun Zone and Pinz Bowling Center, 400 W. Overland Road, Meridian, 208898-0900, wahoozfunzone.com.

BOISE BREWING CORN HOLE TOURNAMENT— End the year right at Boise Brewing’s double elimination Corn Hole tournament. Grand prize is a free CSB membership. 2-6 p.m. FREE. Boise Brewing Co., 521 W. Broad St., Boise, 208-342-7655, 17 boisebrewing.com.

WINTER GARDEN AGLOW—6-9 p.m. FREE-$10. Idaho Botanical

BOGUS BASIN OPEN—9 a.m.10 p.m. $10-$59. Bogus Basin Mountain Recreation Area, Bogus Basin Road, Boise, 208-332-5100, bogusbasin.org.

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Real Dialogue from the naked city

NYE MIDNIGHT MASQUERADE— Enjoy an evening of cabaret entertainment you won’t soon forget, featuring burlesque, belly, street and tap dancers, with local rappers, actors and singers. Followed by a dance party with the performers.

9-11 p.m. $15 adv., $20 door, $25 VIP seating advanced or $30 at the door. Eclypse Bar, 5467 N. Glenwood St., Garden City, 208957-0322, evolutiondance.co.

NYE SHOW: BILL COFFEY—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon, 513 W. Main St., Boise, 208-345-6344, facebook.com/PengillysSaloon.

NYE SHOW: PILOT ERROR—10 p.m. $15. Reef, 105 S. Sixth St., Boise, 208-287-9200, reefboise. com.

NYE SHOW: RECKLESS KELLY— With Micky and The Motorcars, and Muzzie and Billy Braun.

8 p.m. $30-$80. Revolution Overheard something Eye-spy worthy? E-mail production@boiseweekly.com

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BRUNDAGE OPEN—9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. $16-$64.

Brundage Mountain Resort, 3890 Goose Lake Road, McCall, 1-800-8887544, brundage.com.

SUN VALLEY OPEN—9 a.m.-4 p.m. $45-$125. Sun Valley Resort, 1 Sun Valley Road, Sun Valley, 208622-4111 or 1-800-786-8259, sunvalley.com.

TAMARACK OPEN—9 a.m.-4 p.m.

FREE-$69. Tamarack Resort, 2099 W. Mountain Road, Donnelly, 208325-1000, tamarackidaho.com.

SUNDAY JAN. 1

SUN VALLEY OPEN—9 a.m.-4 p.m. $45-$125. Sun Valley Resort, 1 Sun Valley Road, Sun Valley, 208622-4111 or 1-800-786-8259, sunvalley.com.

SUN VALLEY OPEN—9 a.m.-4 p.m. $45-$125. Sun Valley Resort, 1 Sun Valley Road, Sun Valley, 208622-4111 or 1-800-786-8259, sunvalley.com.

TAMARACK OPEN—9 a.m.-4 p.m.

FREE-$69. Tamarack Resort, 2099 W. Mountain Road, Donnelly, 208325-1000, tamarackidaho.com.

TAMARACK OPEN—9 a.m.-4 p.m.

FREE-$69. Tamarack Resort, 2099 W. Mountain Road, Donnelly, 208325-1000, tamarackidaho.com.

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TUESDAY JAN. 3

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On Stage

POETICS BOISE—6 p.m. FREE. High Note Cafe, 225 N. Fifth St., Boise, 208-429-1911, thehighnotecafe.com.

MUNDEK CLEMENT STEIN’S COMEDY SHOWCASE— 8 p.m. $5.

Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-941-2459.

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Odds & Ends

BOGUS BASIN OPEN—10 a.m.10 p.m. $10-$59. Bogus Basin Mountain Recreation Area, Bogus Basin Road, Boise, 208-332-5100, bogusbasin.org.

CARDIAC RISK/CHOLESTEROL SCREENING—Get a cholesterol screening, blood pressure check. Participants must not eat solid food or drink anything other than water for 12 hours before screening; no alcohol 48 hours before test. Cash or check only. 6:30-9 a.m. $25. Central District Health, 707 N. Armstrong Place, Boise., 208-327-7400, cdhd. idaho.gov.

Festivals & Events THE GREAT POLAR BEAR CHALLENGE—Now in its 14th year, the Great Polar Bear Challenge is a fundraiser for Idaho’s wish children, where brave individuals kick off the New Year by plunging into the icy waters of Lucky Peak at Spring Shores Marina. The event is free, however, all participants are asked to raise a minimum of $50. 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

FREE. Lucky Peak Reservoir, 9725 E. Hwy. 21, Boise, polarbear2017. kintera.org.

WINTER GARDEN AGLOW—6-9 p.m. FREE-$10. Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-343-8649, idahobotanicalgarden.org.

WINTER WONDERLAND—Noon-8 p.m. $12. Twin Oaks Farms, 4000 N. Eagle Road, Eagle, 208-9396373, idahoswinterwonderland. com.

BRUNDAGE OPEN—9:30 a.m.4:30 p.m. $16-$64. Brundage Mountain Resort, 3890 Goose Lake Road, McCall, 1-800-8887544, brundage.com.

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On Stage COMEDIAN GABE DUNN—8 p.m. $10. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-941-2459, liquidboise.com.

Sports & Fitness ANTHONY LAKES OPEN—9 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE-$35. Anthony Lakes Mountain Resort, 47500 Anthony Lake Hwy., North Powder, 541-8563277, anthonylakes.com.

BOGUS BASIN OPEN—9 a.m.10 p.m. $10-$59. Bogus Basin Mountain Recreation Area, Bogus Basin Road, Boise, 208-332-5100, bogusbasin.org.

BRUNDAGE OPEN—9:30 a.m.4:30 p.m. $16-$64. Brundage Mountain Resort, 3890 Goose Lake Road, McCall, 1-800-8887544, brundage.com.

POMERELLE OPEN—9 a.m.-4 p.m. $10-$50. Pomerelle Mountain Resort, 961 E. Howell Canyon Road, Albion, 208-673-5599, pomerelle. com.

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NOISE GOOD MUSIC FROM A BAD YEAR Boise Weekly’s Favorite Local Releases of 2016 BEN SCHULTZ To put it mildly, 2016 was a rough year for music fans. David Bowie, Prince, Merle Haggard, Ralph Stanley and Leonard Cohen were just a few of the beloved, influential artists who passed away.

In spite of these undeniable bummers, this wasn’t the year the music died. A lot of good new stuff came out—including albums by a couple of the people mentioned above. A high number of local artists released creditable work, as well.

Here are some of 2016’s best local releases.

Put a few of them in the rotation with Blackstar and You Want It Darker.

THE GREEN ZOO, THE ADVENTURES OF JOHNNY NIHILIST This concept album about love and loss could’ve easily gone wrong.

If the lyrics weren’t so precise, no one would care about the protagonist’s transition from professed “antisocial weirdo” to bereaved boyfriend. If the music weren’t so compelling, you’d have a short audio book with accompaniment instead of a rock LP. Thanks to the band’s chops and Thomas Newby’s skills as a dramatist, the story and music work both in and of themselves and as a greater whole.

STORIE GRUBB, WHAT THE DEVIL? Absurdism and existential dread have been Storie Grubb’s stock in trade for several years now.

Given the turmoil

surrounding the 2016 presidential election, however, the surreal, apocalyptic despair of What the Devil? (self-released) feels especially timely. The album isn’t a total downer, though—even as the world goes to hell, Grubb’s knack for crafting pretty melodies and elegant guitar lines prevails.

CERBERUS REX, CERBERUS REX Produced by Wolvserpent’s Blake Green and mastered

by Mell Dettmer for maximum brutality, Cerberus Rex’s selftitled album (Scavenger Cult Records) was the hardest rocking local release of the year. Its snarled vocals, relentless riffs and steamrolling drums should thrill anyone who’s ever worn out a copy of The Stooges’ Fun House.

AFROSONICS, PEOPLE MEET YOUR PEOPLE With immigration and racial oppression hot-button topics right now, this multiethnic world-funk band’s calls for unity and human rights gain extra resonance. Good intentions aren’t all People Meet Your People (selfreleased) has going for it, though: The album’s joyous vocals, flashy solos and hard-driving grooves effectively convey the warmth and high spirits of Afrosonics’ live performances.

BIJOUXX, FOR AME The artist formerly known as Grandma Kelsey had a productive year. In addition to publishing Femmefort, a thought-provoking zine of writings and comics by Treefort 2016 female and gender-queer artists, Kelsey Swope released this haunting, intimate batch of songs online under her new moniker.

Too stark and raw for some listeners, for Ame (self-released) is15 tracks of “mostly single take, unmastered cell phone recordings,” according to Bijouxx’s Bandcamp page. However, those who like an unpolished sound should find the doleful tunes, aching vocals and pensive lyrics rewarding.

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MCMD, LEAF TAG Matt Dixon raps better than any stocky white guy with a neckbeard has a right to. For proof of this, check out the observant, sharp-witted rhymes and confident flows on this autobiographical solo album. Then go see him and his pal Dave Boutdy perform as Dedicated Servers so Dixon won’t think about quitting again.

FEEL BETTER, FEEL BETTER “My mind is a maze, my life is a haze,” moans Feel Better lead vocalist Joel Parmer. As low as he may get, though, his friends help him feel better.

On this self-titled album (Really Rad Records), the emo band’s ringing guitars and nimble drums overpower the somberness of Parmer’s lyrics. The winsome melodies and American Football-esque touches of trumpet and trombone add even more sweetness and light.

GHOST TOURS, WARM LIGHTS Ghost Tours’ name suits its music. With echo-shrouded vocals, disquieting tunes and death-haunted lyrics, the young emo/postrock band’s debut EP almost sounds like a communique from the other side. There’s still plenty of life in the rippling guitars and surging rhythm section, though.

SPACE CAR, DOING IT FOR THE EXPOSURE This EP finds Space Car shifting away from acoustic rock to electric poppunk with no loss of goofy humor and good cheer. The band may slip off the beat occasionally, but that just adds to the roughand-tumble charm of this release.

THE WESTERN MYSTICS, THE LAST WESTERN (LIVE AT TREEFORT 2016) The Western Mystics’ Wednesday night set at Neurolux was a highlight of Treefort 2016. If you missed it, listen to this live recording (available on Bandcamp), which captures the power of the post-rock group’s interlocked baritone guitars, ghostly keyboard and propulsive drums.

CLEV SPEECH, THE GREAT RAPS BE… A highlight of MCMD’s Leaf Tag is the track “Game Over,” which features a cameo by Clev Speech. After the first verse, Clev asks Matt Dixon if he can rap the next one. Dixon feigns skepticism at first but, after Clev’s verse, he tells the young MC, “Yeah, that was really fuckin’ good. Goddamn.”

When you hear the quirky flows and torrents of clever rhymes on Clev’s own album, you’ll be equally impressed.

SLEEPY SEAHORSE, FRIENDITIONS With these covers of songs by Idaho indie-rock and indiepop groups, Sleepy Seeds’ Joey Corsentino shows he can interpret memorable melodies as well as write them. Highlights include an electro-dance take on Finn Riggins’ “Pannin’ for Gold” and a dreamily menacing version of The Very Most’s “Call the Cops.”

Other notable releases: Junior Rocket Scientist, Mu; Wolvserpent, Aporia; Kala, Ananta; a.k.a. Belle, Hear It Now; Steve Fulton Music, Eponym; First Chair, Weights of the World; Idyltime, Rimrock Country; Know Reaction, Clear to Me; Black Bolt, Comfort of the Grave; Thomas Paul, Singalongs; Danny Blaqk, Greatest Hits Vol. 1; LED, This Side of Paradise; Western Daughter, Wild at Heart; HiHazel, Private Palace; The Very Most, Syntherely Yours.

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JUNIOR ROCKET SCIENTIST— With Western Daughter and Oceans Are Zeroes. 8 p.m. $5.

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QUINN VAN PAEPEGHEM TRIO WITH NICOLE CHRISTENSEN—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

BOISE’S HEAVY METAL NEW YEAR’S EVE—With Black Tooth Grin, Traitors Gate, Vault7, Rise Of The Fallen and Tulpaa. 8 p.m. $8-$12. Knitting Factory

CHUCK SMITH TRIO—8 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers EMILY TIPTON, MICHAELA FRENCH AND KAYLEIGH JACK— 6 p.m. FREE. Highlands Hollow

SALSA DANCING—8:30 p.m. $5-$8. Ochos THIS END UP—7 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s

JAKE LA BOTZ—7 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s MIKE ROSENTHAL—5:30 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers

BULLS AND BRONCS NEW YEAR’S EVE BASH—With the Jeff Palmer Band. 8 p.m. FREE-$25.

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CHUCK SMITH TRIO—7:30 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers CLAY MOORE SEXTET—Featuring Nicole Christensen, vocals; Chuck Smith, piano; and Matt Short, sax.

10 p.m. FREE. Chandlers DAVID MOSS—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365 DUCK CLUB NYE PARTY: HOLLOW WOOD—With St. Terrible and Harvey Krishna. 8 p.m. $10 adv., $12 door. Neurolux ENCORE—8 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s Saloon, 12505 Chinden Blvd., Boise, 208-331-5666, willibs.com.

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Grand Ballroom, 2900 W. Chinden Blvd., Boise, 208-343-1871.

STEVE EATON—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365 TYLOR AND THE TRAIN ROBBERS—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

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MOSTLY MUFF NYE PARTY—With G1RL CR3W and Dirty Moogs. 7 p.m.-2 a.m. By donation. Visual Arts Collective

BEN BURDICK TRIO WITH AMY ROSE—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

NYE PARTY WITH FOUL WEATHER—7 p.m. FREE. Bittercreek

CHUCK SMITH—5:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

NYE SHOW: BILL COFFEY—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

FRIM FRAM FOUR—8:45 p.m.

FREE. Pengilly’s IDAHO SONGWRITERS ASSOCIATION FORUM—6 p.m. FREE. Sapphire

FRIDAY DEC. 30 AFROSONICS ALBUM RELEASE—10 p.m. $8. Reef ANDREW SHEPPARD BAND— 8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s BREAD AND CIRCUS—9 p.m.

FREE. Sun Valley Brewing, Hailey CHICKEN DINNER ROAD—7 p.m.

FREE. Sockeye-Cole FRANK MARRA—5:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers GALEN LOUIS—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365 GHOST REVOLVER—7 p.m. FREE. High Note

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NYE PARTY FEAT. HOLLOW WOOD, ST. TERRIBLE AND HARVEY KRISHNA, DEC. 31, NEUROLUX Celebrating the end of the year can be tricky. Temperatures in Boise are usually low enough to make birds fall dead out of the sky; then, there’s a glut of red-herring events like ugly sweater parties and whatever’s happening at your boss’ house.

Duck Club and Neurolux are keeping the leap into 2017 simple with a big local music show, headlined by Hollow Wood, which has developed a loyal following in Boise with an Americana sound that’s a cross between Mumford & Sons and Regina Spektor. The band’s EP Wallflower (self-released, 2015) was rated by the Boise Weekly as one of the best local albums of 2015.

The trio will be joined by St. Terrible, hot off the June 2016 self-release of The Gospel of Nothingness, and longtime Boise psychedelic rocker Harvey Krishna.

Screw the office party: This show is going to be one for the books.

—Harrison Berry 8 p.m.; $10 adv., $12 door. Neurolux, 111 N. 11th St., 208343-0886, neurolux.com.

NYE SHOW: PILOT ERROR—10 p.m. $15. Reef NYE SHOW: RECKLESS KELLY— With Micky and The Motorcars, and Muzzie and Billy Braun. 8 p.m. $29.50-$79.50. Revolution STEVE EATON AND FRIENDS NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATION—With Rob Harding. Price includes two tickets, dinner, champagne toast at midnight, one-night stay for two, and breakfast. Call 208-343-1871 for reservations. $199 and up. Sapphire Room.

WILSON ROBERTS—8:45 p.m.12:15 a.m. FREE. Bar 365

SUNDAY JAN. 1 BREAD AND CIRCUS—2 p.m.

FREE. Warm Springs Lodge, Ketchum

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Still, more than a few people will be giving the bird to 2016—a year in which luminaries like David Bowie and Leonard Cohen left us for someplace better, and a reality TV star was elected president. In times like these, tradition matters. For years, Mostly Muff has performed a raucous New Year’s Eve party at the Visual Arts Collective in Garden City. The once-a-year, gender-bending Saturnalia has long been one of the most hotly anticipated bashes of any stripe in the Treasure Valley. This year, pay what you want at the door to see Mostly Muff play with G1RL CR3W and Dirty Moogs. Some proceeds from the event support Artisans for Hope.

This is a 21-and-over show, so leave the kids at home.

—Harrison Berry 8 p.m.-2 a.m., by donation. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297, visualartscollective. com.

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I can pinpoint the exact time and place when Natalie Portman’s resume is filled with I knew, hands-down, I was watching what would are all kinds of terrific. This one should be a Best impressive portrayals, including Anne Frank, a be the best film of 2016. At precisely 12:10 p.m. Picture Oscar winner. space princess, a young assassin, a stripper and Another musical—with the appropriate title on Sept. 12 , I scratched the following in my Oscar-winning turn as a “black swan.” She can notebook: “This is the one. This one’s the best.” It Sing!—also caught me by surprise at this year’s TIFF. This gorgeous, animated song-fest, features add another inspired performance to the list: was at that moment, 10 minutes into the North former First Lady Jackie Kennedy, a role in which Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, American premiere at the Toronto International Portman explores the vulnerability of America’s Seth MacFarlane, Scarlett Johansson, John C. Film Festival, that the audience openly cheered queen of Camelot, under the keen eye of Chilean Reilly and Tori Kelly as a koala, pig, mouse, porand applauded La La Land. Over the next two director Pablo Larrain. cupine, sheep and elephant, respectively—all of hours, the audience would continue to interJackie is framed by the story of a real-life interwhich have great singing voices. rupt the film on at least six more view with a Life magazine journalist—played by “I need to forewarn you that occasions with ovations and, JACKIE (R) the film is still a work-in-progress,” Billy Crudup—days after JFK’s assassination. The when the lights came up, a stodgy Directed by Pablo Larrain once-secretive notes from that interview were only a representative from Universal group of harsh film critics and Starring Natalie Portman, Billy revealed after Jackie’s death in May 1994.

Pictures whispered to me a few Hollywood executives were pracCrudup and Peter Sarsgaard Early in the film, we see Portman as Jackie, minutes before the sneak-preview tically dancing to the exits. dressed in the iconic pink Chanel suit and pillbox screening at TIFF. “Please be kind.

“La La Land is a new kind of LA LA LAND (PG-13) hat, traveling with her husband, the president, to Don’t review it yet. Rest assured, musical. You bet,” La La leading Directed by Damien Chazelle Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. Fewer than 24 hours it will be pristine and ready to go man Ryan Gosling told Boise Starring Ryan Gosling and later, she’s wearing the same pink suit but now, it’s when it’s Christmas.”

Weekly the morning after news of Emma Stone covered with her husband’s blood. After returning With that, I was prepared to the wildly successful premiere lit to Washington, D.C. with JFK’s corpse, she walks see a rough-cut film with sloppy up Twitter. “But if you think of SING! (PG) voice-dubbing or scenes that would the halls of a near-empty White House. it, La La Land is really just about Directed by Garth Jennings “You should take the children and disappear,” end up on the editing room floor, two people and their relationship.

Starring Matthew McCoan adviser tells Jackie. “Build a fortress and never but what followed was a hilarious, Even if you don’t like musicals, naughey, Reese Witherspoon and Scarlett Johansson look back.”

100-minute sing-along. I’ve seen you end up caring about this History tells us Jackie built such an emotional Sing! since its final edit, and not story because it’s so emotionally All Playing Now fortress, but not until she first helped curate her one second was changed. engaging.” husband’s public memorial in an historic funeral.

It’s a family friendly bonanza True, but if you do like musiWe think we know the first lady’s story, but that will give Star Wars a run for its box office cals, you’ll fall head head over heels in love with Jackie fills in so many once-mysterious gaps in bucks over the extended holiday season. this film. With all due respect to Gosling, “emothe Kennedy legend. In Larrain’s capable hands, Finally, our year-end wrap-up includes tionally engaging” romantic comedies and dramas something for the grown-ups: Jackie the much- the subtleties of Portman’s performance give us are a dime-a-dozen, but La La Land is one-in-aa Jackie we never imagined and a film masteranticipated biopic of the most famous woman million. It’s fresh, dazzling and groundbreaking, work. and Gosling and his dance partner, Emma Stone, we never knew.

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GIFTGUZZLER TOP THREE As we approach the start of a new year, it’s time to reflect on things past. My top three picks this time around include an outstanding wine, a benchmark beer and a great new gadget.

ORVAL TRAPPIST ALE, $5.50-$7 I revisited this brew for a Thanksgiving beer article. It had been a few years since I last tried it, and, on first taste, I wondered why. Since its introduction in 1931, this has been something of a benchmark. Plum, apple, caramel, banana bread and the requisite touch of Belgian funk greet the nose. The palate is filled with spicy fruit, just the right hit of tangy, food-friendly citrus and a bit of pepper. It is now a staple in my fridge.

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When I first tasted this Chardonnay, I was floored. You pick up soft notes of oak backing the floral peach aromas with a touch of mineral.

The flavors are a round and ripe mix of stone fruit, mango and papaya.

The succulent finish is balanced by a nice kiss of acidity. Good now, but would reward a couple of years in the cellar.

METROKANE RABBIT WINE AND CHAMPAGNE SEALER, $7 Sometimes the simplest innovations are the best. Unlike other closures that only work on sparkling wines by hooking over the neck, this device fits any bottle.

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BY ROB BREZSNY ARIES (March 21-April 19): Donatello was a renowned Italian sculptor. His favorite piece was “Lo Zuccone,” a marble statue of the Biblical prophet Habakkuk.

As Donatello carved his work-inprogress, he addressed it. “Speak, damn you! Talk to me,” he was heard to say on more than a few occasions. Did the stone respond?

Judging from the beauty of the final product, I’d have to say yes.

One critic testified “Lo Zuccone” is a “sublimely harrowing” tour de force, a triumph of “forceful expression” and “one of the most important marble sculptures of the 15th century.” I suspect you will have Donatello-like powers of conversation in 2017, Aries. If anyone can communicate creatively with stones—and rivers, trees, animals, spirits and complicated humans, for that matter—it’ll be you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): According to Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami, “A certain type of perfection can only be realized through a limitless accumulation of the imperfect.” Let’s amend that thought so it’s exactly suitable for your use in 2017. Here’s the new, Taurus-specific version: “A messy, practical, beautiful type of perfection can be realized through a patient, faithful, dogged accumulation of the imperfect.” To live up to the promise of this motto, make damn good use of every partial success.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Gemini gymnast Marisa Dick has created a signature move that has never been used by any other gymnast. To start her routine, she leaps up off a springboard and lands on the balance beam doing a full split. The technical term for this bold maneuver is “a change-leg leap to free-cross split sit,” although its informal name is “The Dick Move.” The International Federation of Gymnastics has certified it in its Code of Points, so it’s official. During the coming months, I expect that you will also produce one-of-a-kind innovations in your own sphere.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I hope you will be as well-grounded in 2017 as you have ever been— maybe even since your past life as a farmer. I trust you will go a long way toward mastering the arts of being earthy, practical stable. To do this right, however, you should also work on a seemingly paradoxical task: cultivating a vigorous and daring imagination—as perhaps you did in one of your other past lives as an artist. In other words, your ability to succeed in the material world will thrive as you nurture your relationship with fantasy realms— and vice versa. If you want to be the boss of reality, dream big and wild—and vice versa.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Even if you don’t think of yourself

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as an artist, you are always working on a major art project: yourself. You may underestimate the creativity you call on as you shape the raw material of your experience into an epic story. Luckily, I’m here to impress upon you the power and the glory of this heroic effort. Is there anything more important?

Not for you Leos. And I trust that in 2017 you will take your craftsmanship to the highest level ever. Keep this advice from author Nathan W. Morris in mind: “Edit your life frequently and ruthlessly. It’s your masterpiece, after all.”

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): French painter Henri Matisse (1869-1954) turned out to be one of the supremely influential artists of the 20th century. But he was still struggling to make a living well into his 30s. The public’s apathy toward his work demoralized him.

At one point, he visited his dealer to reclaim one of his unsold paintings. It was time to give up on it, he felt, to take it off the market.

When he arrived at the gallery, his dealer informed him that it had finally been bought—and not by just any art collector, either. Its new owner was Pablo Picasso, an artist whom Matisse revered. I think it’s quite possible you will have comparable experiences in 2017, Virgo. Therefore: Don’t give up on yourself!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):

“The self in exile remains the self, as a bell unstruck for years is still a bell,” writes poet Jane Hirshfield.

I suspect that these words are important for you to hear as you prepare for 2017. My sense is that in the past few months, your true self has been making its way back to the heart of life after a time of wandering on the outskirts. Any day now, a long-silent bell will start ringing to herald your full return.

Welcome home!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In accordance with your astrological omens for 2017, I’ve taken a poem that Shel Silverstein wrote for kids and made it into your horoscope. It’ll serve as a lighthearted emblem of a challenging but fun task you should attend to in the coming months. Here it is: “I’ve never washed my shadow out in all the time I’ve had it. It was absolutely filthy I supposed, so I peeled it off the wall where it was leaning and stuck it in the washtub with the clothes. I put in soap and bleach and stuff. I let it soak for hours. I wrung it out and hung it out to dry. And whoever would have thunk that it would have gone and shrunk, for now it’s so much littler than I.” SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Walk your wisdom walk in 2017, Sagittarius. Excite us with your wisdom songs and gaze out at our broken reality with your wisdom

eyes. Play your wisdom tricks and crack your wisdom jokes and erupt with your wisdom cures. The world needs you to be a radiant swarm of lovable, unpredictable wisdom!

Your future needs you to conjure up a steady stream of wisdom dreams and wisdom exploits! And please note: You don’t have to wait until the wisdom is perfect. You shouldn’t worry about whether it’s supremely practical. Your job is to trust your wisdom gut, to unleash your wisdom cry, to revel in your wisdom magic.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): As I was ruminating on your astrological omens for 2017, I came across a wildly relevant passage written by Rabbi Tzvi Freeman. It conveys a message I encourage you to memorize and repeat at least once a day for the next 365 days. Here it is: “Nothing can hold you back—not your childhood, not the history of a lifetime, not even the very last moment before now.

In a moment you can abandon your past. Once abandoned, you can redefine it. If the past was a ring of futility, let it become a wheel of yearning that drives you forward.

If the past was a brick wall, let it become a dam to unleash your power.”

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Naturalist John Muir regarded nature as his church. For weeks at a time he lived outdoors, commun-

ing with the wilderness. Of course he noticed that not many others shared his passion. “Most people are on the world, not in it,” he wrote, “having no conscious sympathy or relationship to anything about them—undiffused, separate rigidly alone like marbles of polished stone, touching but separate.” Is there anything about you that even partially fits that description, Aquarius? If so, I’m pleased to inform you that 2017 will be an excellent year to address the problem. You will have immense potential to become more intimate and tender with all of the component parts of the Great Mystery. What’s the opposite of loneliness?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Seven Chilean poets were frustrated by their fellow citizens’ apathy toward the art of poetry.

They sarcastically dramatized their chagrin by doing a performance for baboons. Authorities at the Santiago Zoo arranged for the poets’ safety, enclosing them in a protective cage within the baboons’ habitat. The audience seemed to be entertained, at times listening in rapt silence and at other times shrieking raucously. I’m sure you can empathize with the poets’ drastic action, Pisces. How many times have you felt you don’t get the appreciation you deserve? But I bet that will change in 2017. You won’t have to resort to performing for baboons.

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 4TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA IN RE: David Nathan Christian Legal Name Case No. CV 01 1620774 NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE (adult) A Petition to change the name of David Nathan Christian, now residing in the City of Boise, State of Idaho, has been filed in the District Court in Ada County, Idaho.

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MINERVA’S BREAKDOWN $GYLFH IRU WKRVH RQ WKH YHUJH GOOD RIDDANCE 2016

DEAR MINERVA, 2016 seems to have been a year of great pain and sorrow for many. Now that it is ending, how do we make 2017 better? I don’t want this abomination of a year to bleed into 2017.

—Bitter Harvest

DEAR BITTER, I agree: 2016 has felt like one of the worst years in recent history. I’m not sad to see it go and I hope it doesn’t let the door hit it where the good Lord split it as it exits. There were great losses to so many people, including to the world collectively. Not only that, but there was a deterioration in kindness and politeness to one another in 2016 that should leave many feeling ashamed.

It has been a cruel year. How do we stop it from continuing into 2017? First, we must be mindful of what we say. Are our words kind and helpful or are they cruel and critical? Are we lifting up each other or pushing one another into the mud? Are we taking the high road or stabbing our brothers and sisters in the back while skulking in the alleyways of jealousy and greed? If we want to improve our lives, we must start with how we treat each other. Second, we must think about solutions. We know what our problems are. How do we fix them? If we come to the table with a solution instead of a complaint, we are bound to be successful.

Good riddance, 2016. 2017, hello gorgeous!

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NEVER TOO HUNGOVER One of the most perplexing and enduring mysteries in history is the hangover. Of course, everyone thinks they know what causes the feeling of abject wretchedness following an overindulgence of alcohol: dehydration, vitamin depletion, low electrolytes, too much acetaldehyde, blah, blah, blah. Here’s the truth: Scientists don’t know for sure why you feel like a burnt turd the day after a booze binge.

Considering the human race has been nursing a hangover since it permanently gave up living in trees a couple hundred thousand years ago, the lack of a universally accepted morningafter cure is rather shocking (not $22-$77 that we haven’t tried: According to nevertoohungover.com Scientific American, ancient Greeks relied on a breakfast of sheep lungs and owl eggs to clear their heads after a spree, while Sicilians scarfed dried bull penis and the Mongols downed tomato juice and pickled sheep’s eyes).

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