Boise Weekly Vol. 25 Issue 36

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“Your rag, and I do mean rag, is crap.”

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Artful Defiance

Boise State gallery exhibition Crafting Resistance highlights protest through beauty

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Gem State author Emily Ruskovich is taking the literary world by storm with her novel Idaho

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EDITOR’S NOTE AWESOME SHOW, GREAT JOB! Not to bore you with the details of my editorial lifestyle, but part of my routine is to take home printouts of Boise Weekly and give them a final read on Monday nights. I’ll be honest, sometimes this is an almighty chore. Despite what some exuberant volunteer copy editors might think, everything that goes into the paper is read and edited at least three times before it heads to the printer, and that final read takes place in my basement home office (usually accompanied with a tall glass of whiskey and Gustav Mahler on the record player, for extra cliched effect).

Long story short, a person can only read the same thing so many times before it gets a tad tiring. This week that was not the case. In my considered opinion, this is an excellent edition of BW. On Page 6, staff writer Harrison Berry explores the compelling work of Crafting Resistance, an art exhibition at the Boise State University Visual Arts Center that exudes a spirit of social and political protest. Meanwhile, freelancer Sami Edge fills us in on an impending financial deficit facing the College of Western Idaho.

News Editor George Prentice puts on his culture reporter hat for a conversation on Page 14 with Idaho-raised author Emily Ruskovich. If you haven’t yet heard Ruskovich’s name, or of her debut novel Idaho, you soon will. And often. The book has stunned critics from The New York Times to Marie Claire and O, earning accolades typically handed out to already-established best selling authors, which she almost certainly will become.

Because he’s a man of many hats, Prentice switches into film guru gear with a preview of the upcoming Sun Valley Film Festival on Page 16 and, on Page 18, presents a conversation with Melinda Quick, who has taken over as executive director of the Boise Film Festival.

Finally, check out Page 17 for a review of three spring-like cocktails with which to toast our spring-like season.

—Zach Hagadone

COVER ARTIST Cover art scanned courtesy of Evermore Prints... supporting artists since 1999.

ARTIST: Michelle Larsen TITLE: “Bird with Plank Boarder” MEDIUM: Oil on canvas with mixed media ARTIST STATEMENT: I show my work in Jackson Hole, Anchorage and New York.

See: “Top 60 Masters of Contemporary Art,” ArtTour International Magazine and a full-page feature article in the March 2017 edition of Art Arena New York Magazine. poetrypainting.com.

SUBMIT Boise Weekly publishes original local artwork on its cover each week. One stipulation of publication is that the piece must be donated to BW’s annual charity art auction in November. A portion of the proceeds from the auction are reinvested in the local arts community through a series of private grants for which all artists are eligible to apply. Cover artists will also receive 30 percent of the final auction bid on their piece. To submit your artwork for BW’s cover, bring it to BWHQ at 523 Broad St. All original mediums are accepted. Thirty days from your submission date, your work will be ready for pick up if it’s not chosen to be featured on the cover. Work not picked up within six weeks of submission will be discarded.

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MOVIE SCREENINGS ON THE BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS

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

THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT OF IMMIGRANTS IN THE SHADOW OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTR ATION’S IMMIGR ATION CR AC KDOWN, THE IDAHO FARM BURE AU AND IDAHO DAIRYMEN’S AS SOCIATION ARE CALLING FOR IMMIGR ATION REFO RM, POINTING TO THE SIGNIFICANT EC ONOMIC BENEFITS OF IMMIGR ANTS TO THE STATE—AND NATIONAL— EC ONOMY. MORE AT NE WS/CIT YDESK

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SANCTUARY In spite of Democratic pushback, an Idaho House panel has agreed to move forward a proposal that would outlaw sanctuary cities and counties in the Gem State.

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ALL STRINGS ATTACHED Ukulele sensation Jake Shimabukuro brings his joyful yet reverent four-string wizardry to the Egyptian Theatre on Sunday, March 5. Get the details at Music/Music News.

MORE MOVIES The second annual Les Bois Film Festival—a full day of films Saturday, March 4 at the Egyptian—kicks off with a free showing of Souls of the Vermillion Sea. More at Screen/ Screen news.

OPINION

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK

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HIS SYSTEM—HIS BELIEFS—DON’T BELONG H E RE”

—Rep. Paulette Jordan (D-Plummer) on Caldwell Republican Rep. Greg Chaney, boiseweeky.com,

Citydesk, “Bill Banning Idaho Sanctuary Cities Moves Forward Despite Opposition from Democrats,” Feb. 20, 2017.

MAIL FAKE NEWS Man....I have just read your recent issue. Talk about fake news. I am a hard core Independant. What is with you people. Talk about fake news. I do not like Trump, but what other choice do we have?

Hillary is the most corrupt politician I have ever heard of. Look at the truth and try to print that. If either side had presented a better public figure we would have had a real run for the White House. As a independant both parties really screwed up. I could not vote for that corrupt bitch, but if the democrats had presented someone other than her I could have voted for that candidate.

I find myself dismayed. There is no one that I could vote for except an independant. Your rag, and I do mean rag, is crap.

When obama ran I initially voted for him, but not for a second term as he is the worst president I have ever seen.

As for as imigrations goes, as a independant they are here illegally. Damn DEPORT the Mother Fu..ckers. Period. [sic] —Robert, Boise

KRAV MAPPLAUSE Hello. My name is August and I’m the Chief Instructor at Krav Maga Experts Boise. I recently read an article that was posted [Feb. 8] regarding a China Blue incident [“Ted Challenger on His Past, the China Blue Stabbing and Tighter Security”]. I noticed that there

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and charities. Many feel that it is wrong to ask LGBTQ people to compromise on their own human rights, and I agree.

Idaho isn’t Utah. Gov. Otter and the legislature need work for an Idaho solution. That solution is, quite simply, to add the words.

—Joshua Hayes-Fugal, Boise

ADD THE WORDS, ALREADY

NO ON HB 76

When asked for a response to an “Add the 4 Words Idaho” protest on Jan. 9, Gov. Otter said, “One of the options I asked folks to look at was what Utah did.”

Let’s talk about what Utah did. Simply put, the Utah compromise—passed in 2015—bans discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in housing and employment, with some exceptions.

I was living in Utah in early 2015. My husband and I sat in the galleries of the Utah legislature as the bill passed.

We attended the ceremony in which the governor signed the bill into law. We celebrated that a law which goes even that far could pass in deeply conservative Utah.

My feelings on the Utah compromise now, however, are mixed. I share the frustration that many feel about this law. It ignores the question of public accommodations. It also extends religious exemptions to church-owned businesses

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I have asked my legislators to vote NO on House Bill 76, an anti-immigration bill that will disrupt the harmony of our state. Here’s why: I have lived among immigrants all my life, both legal and “illegal.” My father came to this country when there was no need for paperwork, only a sponsor and ability to get a job. My mother’s parents were immigrants who came under the same policies and eventually settled in Idaho.

My immigrant family members and immigrants of today are overwhelmingly hardworking, honest people who only want to improve their lives and be treated with respect. I grew up in a small Idaho town knowing personally the abuses that immigrants face. It affects me to this day.

HB 76 will promote discord in communities instead of cooperation, peace, and integration. Immigrants need to be treated with respect, not hate. HB 76 requires local law enforcement to push the boundaries of human rights of immigrants. HB 76 punishes people who defend our neighbors, including the many workers whom we need and should respect for their contributions to the economy of this state. I encourage you to think about your heritage and to write your legislators about HB76.

—Irene Wright, Meridian BOISEweekly | FEBRUARY 22–28, 2017 | 5

CITYDESK

HARRISON BERRY

NEWS RESISTANCE IS TEXTILE

CWI asked voters for a $180 million bond in 2016, but the voters said “nay.”

CWI SCRAMBLES FOR PROPERTY SOLUTIONS According to the most recent long-term strategic assessment from the College of Western Idaho, the state’s largest community college is on the brink of a funding deficit.

By many measures, CWI has been a runaway success since opening in 2009, growing from 1,200 students to more than 24,000 in eight years. The community college system has a price tag half as hefty as the state’s public universities and CWI and Idaho’s two other community colleges—College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls and North Idaho College in Coeur d’Alene—account for an estimated $500 million economic impact on the state.

Taken together, CWI’s rapid growth, limited state funding and desire to remain affordable are not a recipe for financial success.

“Quite frankly, what keeps us up at night is that very issue of sustainability,” CWI President Dr. Berton “Bert” Glandon told the Idaho House Committee on Education in late January. “It’s not just the number of students, it’s having the quality of programs stay in place that we need to have in place.”

The school’s most immediate financial concern: more than $2 million in building leases are about to get more expensive.

CWI operates out of 13 properties scattered across the Treasure Valley. Of those, 10 (and a parking lot) are leased and nine leases are up for renewal within the next three years. The lease amounts, bartered at recession levels, will most certainly rise, said Mark Browning, CWI vice president of communications and government relations.

“We did what we had to do to get started, but then demand sprung up. Now we’re in a situation that we’re catching up with our growth—and there’s still more growth to be had,” Browning said. “I would normally joke and say we’re looking under all the couch cushions [for money] but, actually, we are.”

The college anticipated solving its sustainability problem with a $180 million bond for new buildings. The measure was put on the ballot in Ada and Canyon counties in November 2016 but failed with 57.2 percent of voters— short of the 66.66 percent necessary.

Leased buildings are expensive and limit the opportunities the college can offer, Browning said. Meanwhile, health, 7 pharmaceutical and computer program6 | FEBRUARY 22–28, 2017 | BOISEweekly

Inside the Visual Arts Center exhibition Crafting Resistance HARRISON BERRY Days after the Women’s March on Idaho, crates and packing materials littered the floor of the Boise State University Visual Arts Center. Gallery Director Kirsten Furlong arranged lollipops embedded with human hair into holes in the the wall under the watchful eye of a wood-carved replica of a surveillance camera—two of the artworks in the current exhibition, Crafting Resistance.

“This is the moment to do this show,” she said.

Furlong conceived of the exhibition, which opened Jan. 26, late in the 2016 election when issues like the resistance to the Dakota Access pipeline, Black Lives Matter, privacy, climate change and now-President Donald Trump’s treatment of women were fixed firmly in the public eye. She sent invitations to a handful of artists for works that addressed the election or other political issues, and received an overwhelming response of nearly 300 pieces by roughly 80 artists from “all over the place,” both geographically and politically.

The exhibition was scaled down to works by 20 artists from across North America, and Furlong chose to focus on handmade and traditional artworks—reflecting an observation that signs and banners at protests are usually made by the people carrying them.

They also carry with them a long history of use in critiques of globalism, capitalism and dominant culture.

“There is a relationship between protest and people making things,” she said. “A lot of the most interesting work was coming out these areas, and crafts have a traditional relationship to labor.”

It’s a familiar sentiment for Sharif Bey, whose work, “Gold Bird,” appears in the exhibition.

The piece is a necklace made from massive, jagged earthenware beads, the centerpiece of which is a ceramic bird skull. It’s one of several similar works based on what Bey calls “black ice,” a play on the colloquial term for wearing diamonds and platinum as a display of social status.

Its true origins, however, come from a cal-

Kirsten Furlong curated Crafting Resistance, which includes Gregory Climer’s quilt, “Factory Collapse at Rana Plaza.”

endar Bey stumbled upon, in which he found a picture of an African princess wearing huge chunks of amber around her neck.

“I started to think about her status, but I also saw her necklace as a burden to her,” he said.

Making the beads for his own work by hand celebrates and critiques power, globalism and status-seeking culture. Bey said people often ask him if he makes each of the beads individually—which he does—brushing and scoring them to make every facet of his art unique.

Production of ceramics is globalized, with millions of bowls, plates and other objects made on assembly lines in manufacturing hubs like China. Soon, the entire process for mass-market ceramics may be automated, with human hands replaced by 3-D printers, but Bey said he isn’t ready to give up on manual labor.

“What I’m resisting is that industrial process,” he said. “We have 3-D printers for ceramics. That’s progress in some regard, but has it aided us? What I’m resisting is drawing closure on these things and dismissing them.”

Where Bey uses identity as a starting point for a critique of consumer culture and mechanization, New York-based artist and educator Timo Rissanen has literally woven it into his art. His piece on display at Crafting Resistance, “Water is Life,” is a cross-stitched poem made with threads recovered from his grandmother’s house in Finland.

“In all of my practice, whenever I can source a material that is either a waste material

or old material, I will do that,” he said.

Rissanen, who has worked in the fashion industry, said he has a deep understanding of the emotional attachments people have to clothing and accessories, as well as a passion for resource conservation. He began cross-stitching in the past year and has begun embedding text into his patterns, using a deceptively simple medium to convey deceptively simple messages.

“Water is Life” is a stark statement about the racial politics of water, alluding to the Standing Rock protests, which have been ongoing since April 2016 and centered on tribal groups concerned an oil pipeline in North Dakota has been approved without adequate input from sovereign tribes and would pose environmental risks where it crossed waterways.

The project was put on hold in late 2016 but was revived in January, when Trump formally asked builders to re-submit their plans for construction and expedited an environmental review of the project.

Rissanen also connected his work to the ongoing water crisis in Flint, Mich., where lead levels in the drinking water reached unsafe levels in 2014 after the city’s source of drinking water was changed to the Flint River.

The community, which is 40 percent poor and 57 percent black, has been told not to drink or bathe in the water until the municipal water pipes can be completely replaced.

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NEWS

CWI envisions a robust sattelite campus west of downtown Boise.

ming industries have been begging CWI to train more workers, but with limited training space in the leased buildings, the college can’t keep up.

Driving between campuses isn’t popular with students, either. Last semester, CWI civil engineering student Jacob Tenorio had to travel between Boise and Nampa daily.

“I’m honestly quite upset about not getting approved for an expansion of CWI,” he said. “It will affect future students and could have made it a lot easier for them in terms of travel.”

The CWI board has tabled the bond while it evaluates other solutions, Browning said. The school was recently accredited and can now apply for federal grants, and officials are considering the public-private partnerships to help fund new facilities. Even if the bond had passed, however, CWI would still face a shortfall.

Both Browning and the CWI 2018-2022 strategic plan point to the college’s low funding compared to other Idaho community colleges.

When state appropriations and tax dollars are factored in, CWI receives an average $2,500 less per student than its counterparts. If it was funded at the same level as the next highest community college, CWI would be “very close to solid financial footing,” the plan states.

Glandon brought up “balanced funding” in a presentation to the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee in January. When CWI opened, there was a three- to five-year plan to help the school achieve equal funding levels. This year, CWI requested $2.9 million to help. The governor recommended just over $221,000.

“We are, I would say, at the point of desperate for balanced funding to help us move into a parallel basis with the other two community colleges,” Glandon said at the time. “One of the things that exacerbated this is the fact that I don’t think anybody anticipated the kinds of growth that we were going to have. “ CWI will take this funding issue to the Governor’s Task Force for Improving Higher Education, a committee charged with recommending policy changes to the governor. Glandon is a member of the group.

Browning said CWI won’t spend money it doesn’t have—but in order to keep providing opportunities for Treasure Valley students and industries, it needs more support.

“We will find a way to get things done, but we need help,” Browning said.

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Left: “Old Dominion,” by Cannupa Hanska Luger, was damaged in transit and could not be put on display. Right: “PVC Drum,” by Michael Dinges, is made from engraved PVC, paint and wood.

have charged state officials with “environmental racism,” in which race and class have played a part in policies that resulted in the city’s water becoming dangerous to the public.

“While it might not be intentional, there’s this implicit bias against older cities—particularly older cities with poverty [and] majorityminority communities,” U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Mich.) told CNN in January.

Rissanen said he sees himself as a “tiny player in this long history of craftspeople who have taken on various issues.”

His choice of medium is apt. Stitching and embroidery have a long history of involvement with protest and resistance. During the independence movement in India, Mahatma Gandhi encouraged people to boycott British textiles, making their own clothes from Indian cotton. In Great Britain and the United States, suffragettes put weaving and lacework to use in their fight for the vote.

Rissanen submitted “Water is Life” when the Army Corps of Engineers had put the Dakota Access pipeline on hold. At the time, he believed his piece would be a reminder of a bygone conflict. The prospect of continuing construction of the pipeline took him off guard.

“At the start of the exhibition, I thought it would be a historical piece,” he said.

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resources—that contrasts with the unity found the contradictions inherent in the American in nature. Luger said American virtues like Dream and the treatment of Native Ameriindividualism sell people false notions of their cans, the Dakota Access pipeline protests are own independence and self-sufficiency. a reminder that the plight of America’s first “The American Dream is a false dream: peoples has been a constant struggle for recognition and survival—not something to be put We’ve never done anything by ourselves. That’s part of the continuum,” he said. in the history books.

Like many exhibitions featuring work by “I think the media turns that place into a movement, and the movement was created by a variety of artists, Crafting Resistance is in conversation with itself. A media event seen the use of hashtags and social media,” Luger from afar by Rissanen looks said. “It’s the perfect surdifferent to Luger, who sees rogate for our experience: events at Standing Rock The people on the ground CRAFTING RESISTANCE from a much closer vantage there... there was joy when Fridays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and point. The exhibition is also the Army Corps took away Mondays-Thursdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. a chance for viewers to have the permit, but they didn’t Continues through March 28, FREE. conversations of their own. go away.”

Boise State Liberal Arts Building, Such conversations would The Standing Rock 1874 University Drive, 208-4261230, art.boisestate.edu. likely include the election protests, he said, are a of Trump, but Furlong said flashpoint in a far larger very few pieces she received struggle against human and for the exhibition deal with environmental degradation. the president directly. Rather, Crafting Resis“Old Dominion,” a clay bison skull filled with red, white and blue yarn to simulate vis- tance comprises works that take aim at issues about which people are passionate, but aren’t cera, was damaged during transit and not put part of the spectacle surrounding the current on display. Luger described it as a reference administration. It reveals a depth of political to “concepts of a poison that has affected the and social awareness that includes women’s entire earth through colonization.” issues, the plight of Native Americans, urban Its mixture of ancient technology (clay) culture and access to water. and modern crafts (cheap, brightly colored “People are excited about work that’s saying yarn) is a critique of America’s culture of divithings like this right now,” Furlong said. sion—division between states, peoples and

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CALENDAR WEDNESDAY FEB. 22 Festivals & Events PRESERVING OUR BOISE RIVER—Meet people from local organizations to learn the easy things you can do today to preserve the Boise River. 6:30 p.m. FREE. Garden City Library, 6015 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-472-2941, readmetv.com.

On Stage FOURTH WALL PLAYERS: I HATE HAMLET—The talented actors at Eagle High School will perform this comedy-drama nightly Feb. 22-25 at Eagle High School Auditorium.

7 p.m. $5. Eagle High School, 574 N. Park Lane, Eagle, 208-9392189, ehsmeridianschools.org.

HISPANIC FILM FESTIVAL—Social issues from a different cultural and linguistic perspective will be explored during the inaugural Hispanic Film Festival organized by the Boise State World Languages Department. All films have English subtitles. 6 p.m. FREE. Boise State Riverfront Hall, 1987 W. Cesar Chavez Lane, boisestate.edu.

ORIGINAL: IN PROGRESS, THE MUSICAL— Join the Rocky Mountain High Theater Department for the premiere of this musical by RMHS senior Porter Jeppson. Original tells the story of a group of teenagers overcoming adversity. 7 p.m. $5-$6 at the door. Rocky Mountain High School, 5450 N. Linder Road, Meridian, 208-350-4340, rmhs.meridianschools.org.

Art 2017 IDAHO TRIENNIAL— Through July 16. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

FREE-$6. Boise Art Museum, 670 Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208-3458330, boiseartmuseum.org.

THURSDAY, FEB. 23

CRAFTING RESISTANCE GROUP SHOW—Through March 28. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

FREE. Boise State Visual Arts Center Gallery 1, Liberal Arts Building, 1874 University Drive, Boise, 208426-3994, art.boisestate.edu/ visualartscenter.

IDAHO WATERCOLOR SOCIETY 33RD ANNUAL CAPITOL ROTUNDA ART SHOW—Through March 4. 8 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE. Idaho State Capitol Building, 700 W. Jefferson St., Boise, 208-4339705, idahowatercolorsociety. wildapricot.org.

Food BASQUE MARKET TEMPORARY CLOSURE—Don’t panic: The Basque Market is closed, but just temporarily as the entire crew travels in the Basque Country. The market will re-open for business on Thursday, Feb. 23. Basque Market, 608 W. Grove St., Boise, 208-433-1208, thebasquemarket. com.

THURSDAY FEB. 23 Festivals & Events CONVERSATIONS WITH RUMI: 5 STAGES OF EXPERIENCE—Join Sayed Naimi and Howard Olivier for this five-part series to discuss the stages of experience in Rumi’s poetry: Separation, Longing, Grace, Love and Union. The first Conversation with Rumi will focus on Separation. The series continues on the fourth Thursday of each month, exploring the five stages in turn.

Join the conversations and share how your experience is shifted by Rumi’s poems; take poems that relate to each stage. In the Marion Bingham Room. 5:30-8:30 p.m.

FREE. Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-9728200. boisepubliclibrary.org.

SATURDAY, FEB. 25

Journey into the depths of affluent eccentricity.

On Stage

11th St., Boise, 208-343-7511, cathedraloftherockies.org.

ALLEY REP: BUYER & CELLAR—Inspired by Barbra Streisand’s book My Passion for Design, Jonathan Tolins’ play Buyer & Cellar stars local actor Jodi Eichelberger as Alex, an ex-Disneyland cast member hired to work the shops in Babs’ basement. Bold, bright and only a bit batty, Buyer & Cellar has charmed audiences and critics since its off-Broadway premiere in 2013. 7 p.m. $15-$20. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297, alleyrep.org.

CHINESE MOVIE NIGHT: MY OLD CLASSMATE—Join the University of Idaho Confucius Institute for a Chinese movie (in Mandarin with English subtitles) and free popcorn. My Old Classmate is a romance spanning two decades, told through a series of flashbacks, following the lives of young lovers Zhou Xiaozhi and Lin Ye as they experience the optimism and sweetness of youth and the bitter nostalgia of adulthood. In Room 162. 6:30 p.m. FREE. University of Idaho Water Center, 322 E. Front St., Boise, 208-484-9898.

BOISE HIGH MUSIC DESSERT CONCERT: ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE—Boise High School Choir and Orchestra present for an evening of music and dessert, featuring a performance of Eric Whitacre’s Five Hebrew Love Songs and other works. Proceeds help pay for the choir trip to San Francisco and the orchestra trip to Germany. 6:30 p.m. $10.

Cathedral of the Rockies, First United Methodist Church, 717 N.

FOURTH WALL PLAYERS: I HATE HAMLET—7 p.m. $5. Eagle High School, 574 N. Park Lane, Eagle, 208-939-2189, ehsmeridianschools.org.

ORIGINAL: IN PROGRESS, THE MUSICAL—7 p.m. $5-$6. Rocky Mountain High School, 5450 N. Linder Road, Meridian, 208-3504340, rmhs.meridianschools.org.

YUM YUM COMEDY—Join Jeni Ad-

SATURDAY & TUESDAY, FEB. 25 & 28

Come as you are.

Get cray.

BUYER & CELLAR

HARRY POTTER PARTY:

MARDI GRAS CELEBRATIONS

Did you know Barbra Streisand has a mall in her basement? “Instead of just storing my things, I can make a street of shops to display them,” she told Harper’s Bazaar. You’re not the only one who thinks that’s kind of weird. The underground shopping center, as detailed in Streisand’s book, My Passion for Design, struck playwright Jonathan Tolins as so comical, he had to write a play about it. The one-man show, Buyer & Cellar, stars Jodi Eichelberger as Alex, a former Disney cast member who mans the mall in Babs’ basement.

The production has been a hit with audiences everywhere— Streisand herself even saw it in 2014.

Preview night: Thursday, Feb. 23, 7 p.m., $15-$20. Runs through Saturday, March 11. Visual Arts Collective,3638 Osage St., 208-424-8297, visualartscollective.com.

The most recent installment in the Harry Potter Universe, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, didn’t come out until nearly two weeks after Halloween 2016. There is no doubt this oversight cost the marketing department at Universal Studios plenty in lost merchandise opportunities, but it was also a huge letdown for Harry Potter fans. Who didn’t fall in love with the mole-like, jewelry snatching Niffler at first sight?

Luckily, Halloween has come eight months early for HP nerds in Boise. Wear your house colors to the “School of Wizardry and Magical Beasts Party” at The Balcony (bonus nerd points for Ilvermorny pride). Butterbeer will be on tap. All fantastic beasts, wizards, witches, muggles and no-majs in costume save $2 on admission.

9 p.m., $3-5. The Balcony Club, 150 N. Eighth St., 208336-1313, thebalconyclub.com.

Boise is no New Orleans, but there are plenty of opportunities to get down on Mardi Gras in the City of Trees. Humpin’ Hannah’s is hosting an A.B.C.—Anything But Clothes—Bash with cash prizes for the best costumes on Ta Ta Tuesday.

Highlights include $1 shots and aerial silk and acrobatic performances. Looking for something a bit more… clothed? Pregame Mardi Gras in the Marsing/Caldwell area during wine crawl along the Sunnyslope Wine Trail on Saturday. There are 13 vineyards on the trail, which may charge individual tasting fees. (BYO DD).

Sunnyslope Wine Trail: Saturday, Feb 25; 7a.m.’ sunnyslopewinetrail.com. Ta Ta Tuesday: Tuesday, Feb. 28; 8 p.m., FREE. Humpin Hannah’s, 621 W. Main St., 208-345-7557, humpinhannahs.com.

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CALENDAR SPRING FASHION SHOW ams, Emma Arnold, Beth Norton and Brett Badostain for a night of comedy debauchery at the Arcade Undergroundmusic by Thomas Paul. 8 p.m. FREE. Spacebar Arcade, 200 N. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-918-0597.

Art THE ART OF TOBY DAVIS OPENING RECEPTION—Toby Davis was recently named one of the six artists to watch by Southwest Art Magazine. Davis handles complex compositions with grace. His cityscapes are so filled with energy, light and vivid colors, viewers are transported to the most famous cities in the world. 5-8 p.m. FREE. The Gallery at Finer Frames, 164 E. State St., Ste. B, Eagle, 208-8889898, finerframes.com.

GARTH CLAASSEN ARTIST TALK—Garth Claassen’s imagery relates to arguments about the need for—or futility of—constructing border walls. His work alludes, sometimes satirically, to the persistence

throughout history of concerns with territoriality and the perils of a siege mentality. Claassen’s talk will cover aspects of his work from 2007 to the present, with an emphasis on how he arrives at and develops imagery through sketching, preliminary studies and the process of painting or drawing.

7:30 p.m. FREE. MING Studios, 420 S. Sixth St., Boise, 208-9494365, mingstudios.org.

Literature READ, WRITE, DRINK WITH SHAWN VESTAL—“Write tipsy, edit with coffee,” or so says Science.

The Cabin would like to help you test this theory at Read, Write, Drink with Shawn Vestal. Grab a beer, mingle and listen to a reading by Vestal before he leads you through a writing prompt.

Then save your draft and edit over coffee. 7-9 p.m. FREE-$5. The Cabin, 801 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-331-8000, thecabinidaho. org/event/read-write-drink-withshawn-vestal.

Kids & Teens EXPLORE YOUR WATERSHED— Learn how you can prevent pollution from entering the Boise River and how your daily activities can either help or harm the river. You’ll create a fun art project and leave with some helpful tips for protecting our watershed. Brought to you by the Boise WaterShed Education Center. In the Hayes Auditorium.

6:30 p.m. FREE. Boise Public Library Hayes Auditorium, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-9728200, boisepubliclibrary.org.

MARCH 2, 7 PM ESTHER SIMPLOT PERFORMING ARTS ACADEMY 501 S 8TH STREET

Odds & Ends UI COLLEGE OF LAW LUNCHTIME ADMISSIONS INFORMATION SESSION—Prospective students are invited to join Associate Director of Admissions Diana Dejesus for all the best tips and tricks for the application and admissions process. Email ddejesus@uidaho.edu to RSVP. In Room 136. Noon-1 p.m. FREE. Idaho Law and Justice Learning Center, Old Ada County Courthouse, 514 W. Jefferson St., Boise.

SUNDAY, FEB. 26 Animals & Pets VANO BARREL RACING—Time runs at 4:30 p.m. and jackpot at 7 p.m. Indoors with concessions on site. 4:30 p.m. FREE. Canyon County Fairgrounds, 111 22nd Ave. S., Caldwell, 208-284-4653, canyoncountyfair.org.

Food BASQUE MARKET PAELLA DINNER—Head over to The Basque Market for the popular paella dinner and get a sneak peek into the bodegas the staff visited during their recent travels to the Basque Country. 6 p.m. $14. Basque Market, 608 W. Grove St., Boise, 208-433-1208, thebasquemarket. com/paella.

The Memphis sound lives on.

MOVIE NIGHT: TAKE ME TO THE RIVER Memphis, Tenn. is often called the “Home of the Blues,” and it’s probably impossible to overstate the influence of the city on the evolution of American music. In the documentary Take Me to the River, artists new and old revisit that history, and combine their talents to produce a new album. Legendary acts like Mavis Staples, Al Green and Otis Clay are side by side in the studio with Snoop Dogg and Frayser Boy, melding the classic sounds of soul with modern rap. It’s not all studio scenes: the documentary gets real about the civilrights era turmoil that shaped much of the music, and artists reflect on the lessons they’ve learned—all in an attempt to pass the legacy and history of Memphis on to the next generation. Watch the film at The Playhouse on Sunday, Feb 26.

7 p.m., FREE. The Playhouse Boise, 8001 W. Fairview Ave., 208-779-0092, playhouseboise.com.

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BOISE BREWING ANNUAL CHILI COOK-OFF—With B-Town Bistro, Wetos Locos and Burgerlicious. 5 p.m. $15. Boise Brewing Co., 521 W. Broad St., Boise, 208-3427655, boisebrewing.com.

FRIDAY FEB. 24 Festivals & Events BOISE BICYCLE PROJECT ANNUAL MEETING—The night begins at the BBP shop at 6 p.m. for a quick look around. The group ride leaves at 6:30 p.m. for Trailhead Boise, for the Annual Members/Volunteer Meeting at 7 p.m. 6 p.m. FREE. Trailhead, 500 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-344-5483, boisebicycleproject.org.

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CALENDAR BOISE CENTENNIAL ROTARY’S 7TH ANNUAL WINTER WINE’D UP— The BCR Seventh Annual Winter Wine’d Up features samplings from Crossings, Cold Springs, Sawtooth, 3 Horse Ranch Vineyards, Boise Brewing and Meriwether Cider. Enjoy an engraved wine glass, 18 tastings, hors d’oeuvres and one full glass of your choice.

There’s also a no-host bar, a wine pull, paddle raise, and silent and live auctions. Proceeds benefit Giraffe Laugh. 6 p.m. $40 adv., $50 door. Arid Club, 1137 W. River St., Boise, 208-343-4631, boisecentennialrotary.org.

On Stage ALLEY REP: BUYER & CELLAR—7 p.m. $15-$20. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297, alleyrep. org/current-series.html.

BLT: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE—8 p.m. $11-$14. Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise, 208-342-5104, boiselittletheater.org.

FOURTH WALL PLAYERS: I HATE HAMLET—7 p.m. $5. Eagle High School, 574 N. Park Lane, Eagle, 208-939-2189, ehsmeridianschools.org.

tunity for artists to sell their work.

9 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE-$4. Wyndham Garden Boise Airport, 3300 S. Vista Ave., Boise, 208-343-4900, idahoartistryinwood.com.

SATURDAY FEB. 25 Festivals & Events

Kids & Teens IDAHO CHEER OPEN HOUSE— Get kids ages 3-18 years involved in the newest sport approved by the Olympic committee: competitive cheerleading. This open house is for those interested in being a part of Idaho Cheer for the 20172018 season. Tour the gym, meet the staff, see a team practice and enjoy a formal all-star evaluation.

4:30-9 p.m. FREE. Idaho Cheer, 2755 Beverly St., Boise, 208-8616387.

Odds & Ends KEYSTONE STATION GRAND OPENING—Join Keystone Station for the grand opening of this new locally owned men’s clothing store in downtown Boise. On Friday, enjoy tastings of Longdrop Cider from 4-6 p.m.; on Saturday, Payette Brewing will be pouring tastes 2-4 p.m. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

FREE. Keystone Station, 222 N. Ninth St., Boise, 208-331-7806, facebook.com/KeystoneStation.

HISPANIC FILM FESTIVAL—6 p.m. FREE. Boise State Riverfront Hall, 1987 W. Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise.

OPERA IDAHO: PUCCINI’S TOSCA—Giacomo Puccini’s melodrama about a volatile diva, a sadistic police chief and an idealistic artist contains many famous arias, including “Vissi d’arte” (Tosca) and “E lucevan le stele” (Cavaradossi).

Soprano Eleni Calenos returns as the ill-fated title character. 7:30 p.m. $26-$77. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-4261110. 1617.operaidaho.org.

ORIGINAL: IN PROGRESS, THE MUSICAL—7 p.m. $5-$6. Rocky Mountain High School, 5450 N. Linder Road, Meridian, 208-3504340, rmhs.meridianschools.org.

Art EXHIBITION AND ART TALK: EVAN PAUL ENGLISH: UPROOTED—Learn how Evan Paul English communicates the humble authenticity of Idaho in its quirky, objective, Americana, existence through a series of mixed-media works concerning identity. 6:30-8:30 p.m.

FREE. Surel’s Place, 212 E. 33rd St., Garden City, 206-407-7529, surelsplace.org/english.

IDAHO ARTISTRY IN WOOD SHOW—Check out wood carving, turning, scroll work, fine wood working, gourd art and pyrography.

The show will feature demonstrations, vendors, raffles, an auction and banquet, as well as the oppor-

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7TH ANNUAL JDF MASQUERADE BALL: BOOZE AND BITES—Join the Jayden DeLuca Foundation for a memorable evening filled with live music, beer, wine and spirit samples and food pairings, dancing, a photo booth, live and silent auctions, and raffles. All proceeds benefit St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital. Dress is semi-formal. 7 p.m. $100, $150 couples. The Grove Hotel, 245 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-333-8000, jaydendelucafoundation.org.

FRIENDSHIP CELEBRATION CHURCH WINTER FESTIVAL AND AUCTION—Enjoy a delicious dinner, carnival games for children, and silent and live auctions for adults. Proceeds benefit the Friendship preschool.

4:30-6:30 p.m. $4-$8, $22 family.

Friendship Celebration Church, 765 E. Chinden Blvd., Meridian, 208-288-2404.

MARDI GRAS ON THE SUNNYSLOPE WINE TRAIL—Embrace the spirit of Mardi Gras with a scenic road trip through the Sunnyslope

Wine Trail. Guests in costumes can get their passports stamped at a minimum of three winery tasting rooms or restaurants and collect beads at all participating locations. Then stop at the Orchard House (7 a.m.-9 p.m.) or The Sandbar (7 a.m.-3 p.m.) for a chance to win a Mardi Gras gift basket. Noon-6 p.m. FREE. Sunnyslope Wine Trail, Hwy. 55, south of Caldwell.

OLD IDAHO PEN’S SECRET SATURDAYS—Weather getting you down? Check out the Old Idaho Penitentiary’s “Secret Saturdays” during February. You and a friend can visit the Old Pen for the price of one—be sure to mention the code words “Secret Saturday” to redeem your discount. Guided tours are at 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. (first come first served), with last admission at 4:15 p.m. Noon-5 p.m. $6 for two.

Old Idaho State Penitentiary, 2445 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208334-2844, history.idaho.gov.

TECH EXPO 2017—Enjoy new technology demonstrations, Micron Stem Bus, 3-D printing, vendor product demos, new devices in the Gadget Garage, among a host of activities. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

FREE. Nampa Public Library, 215 12th Ave. S., Nampa, 208-4685800, nampalibrary.org.

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ORIGINAL: IN PROGRESS, THE MUSICAL—7 p.m. $5-$6. Rocky Mountain High School, 5450 N. Linder Road, Meridian, 208-3504340, rmhs.meridianschools.org.

SERENATA ORCHESTRA: RIVER SONGS— Celebrate life on the river with Serenata Orchestra. See a a kayak video by “Dangerous” Dave Norell and hear the theme song from Doctor Who!, plus works by Handel, Kirk Vogel, Max Bruch and Bedrich Smetana. Featuring violist Dr. Linda Kline and the Desert Windsong Flute Choir. 7 p.m.

FREE. Borah High School, 6001 Cassia, Boise, 208-322-3855, boiseserenata.com.

IDAHO ARTISTRY IN WOOD SHOW—9 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE-$4.

Wyndham Garden Boise Airport, 3300 S. Vista Ave., Boise, idahoartistryinwood.com.

Literature LAURA INGALLS WILDER 150TH BIRTHDAY PARTY—Celebrate the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the beloved Little House book series, with pioneer crafts, games, food and fun. 3:30-5:30 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library Victory Branch, 10664 W. Victory Road, Boise, 208-362-0181.

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Art ART IN THE BAR 13—Check out artwork by more than 40 local artists. Noon, FREE. Knitting Factory Concert House, 416 S. Ninth St., Boise, 208-367-1212, bo.knittingfactory.com.

PAYETTE BREWING GELANDE QUAFFING NO. 2—Head over to Parrilla Grill for the second round of the Payette Brewing Gelande Quaffing contest. Winning teams receive prizes, and fee includes beer and mug. 1:30-5 p.m. $10 individuals, $40 teams. Parrilla Grill, 1512 N. 13th St., Boise, 208-344-0011.

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ALLEY REP: BUYER & CELLAR—7 p.m. $15-$20. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297, alleyrep. org/current-series.html.

BALLET IDAHO: PATSY AND ELVIS AND MORE—Featuring Peter Anastos’ ballet Sweet Dreams, with music by Patsy Cline; Elvis Pelvis with music by Presley; the Anastos comedy ballet Night Crawlers; as well as excerpts from Daniel Ojeda’s The Monster and the Gift. 7 p.m. $23-$27.

Nampa Civic Center, 311 Third St. S., Nampa, 208-468-5555. balletidaho.org.

BLT: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE—8 p.m. $11-$14. Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise, 208-342-5104, boiselittletheater.org.

FOURTH WALL PLAYERS: I HATE HAMLET—7 p.m. $5. Eagle High School, 574 N. Park Lane, Eagle, 208-939-2189, ehsmeridianschools.org.

MERIDIAN SYMPHONY: BITS AND PIECES—Enjoy music by Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Haydn and Schubert, conducted by artistic director Jim Ogle. Guest soloists Kate Jarvis and Nicole Oswald will perform Bach’s “Concerto for Two Violins” under the direction of guest conductor Craig Purdy. 7:30 p.m. $4-$11. Centennial High School Performing Arts Center, 12400 W. McMillan Road, Boise.

208-891-2721, meridiansymphony.org.

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CALENDAR Kids & Teens CARNIVAL—Enjoy fun activities for all ages, including henna and face painting, games, crafts to make and take, a prop and costume photo booth, and more—all for free. The Carnival is to celebrate the Baha’i Faith Festival of Ayyami-Ha, a time of kindness, generosity, love, unity, service, joyfulness and thankfulness. 2-4:30 p.m.

FREE. Jefferson Middle School, 3311 S. 10th Ave., Caldwell, bahaisofcaldwellidaho.org.

KIDS FAIR 2017—This kid-centric fair offers a wide array of entertaining activities for the little ones, and booths for parents to help find their children interesting hobbies and learn about healthy learning.

10 a.m.-6 p.m. $5. Expo Idaho, 5610 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-287-5650, expoidaho.com.

Odds & Ends GEM MINERAL AND FOSSIL SHOW—See gems, minerals, jewelry and fossils, plus demonstrations of lapidary skills and activities for kids. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

FREE-$4. Expo Idaho, 5610 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-2875650, idahogemclub.com.

KEYSTONE STATION GRAND OPENING—10 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE. Keystone Station, 222 N. Ninth St., Boise, 208-331-7806, facebook.com/KeystoneStation.

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Animals & Pets BLM WILD HORSE CORRAL TOUR—Join Alyane Blickle and the Nampa Recreation Department for a tour of the BLM Wild Horse Corrals. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. $25. Nampa Recreation Center, 131 Constitution Way, Nampa, 208-468-5858, nampaparksandrecreation.org.

Food MARDI GRAS AND CHICKEN DINNER WHITE RELEASE—Join Huston Vineyards for the release of the 2016 Chicken Dinner White and celebrate Mardi Gras on the Sunnyslope Wine Trail. Enjoy Cajun-style cuisine, award-winning wines, collect beads at the wineries, and finish the tour at The Orchard House. Noon-5 p.m. $5.

Huston Vineyards, 16473 Chicken Dinner Road, Caldwell, 208-4557975, hustonvineyards.com.

EMILY BRADEN NYC QUARTET—NYC-based chanteuse Emily Braden returns for a hometown show with an all-star East Coast band.

Pianist John Chin, bassist Elias Bailey and drummer Quentin Baxter are each seasoned, critically acclaimed musicians in their own right. Prepare for a jazz concert of the highest caliber. 7 p.m. $25$30 adv., $30-$35 door. Riverside Hotel Sapphire Room, 2900 W. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208343-1871, sapphireboise.com.

FRANKLY BURLESQUE REVUE—8 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon, 513 W. Main St., Boise, 208-345-6344, facebook.com/ PengillysSaloon.

MOVIE NIGHT AT THE JUKE JOINT: TAKE ME TO THE RIVER—Explore the Memphis influence on soul and blues music over the years with multiple generations of Memphis and Mississippi Delta performers in this blockbuster

production that won an audience favorite award at SXSW in 2014.

Featuring Mavis Staples, Bobby Blue Bland, Charlie Musselwhite, Otis Clay, Snoop Dog, Al Green and many others.7 p.m. FREE. The Playhouse Boise, 8001 W. Fairview Ave., Boise, 208-779-0092, takemetotheriver.livingfilm.com.

OPERA IDAHO: PUCCINI’S TOSCA—Giacomo Puccini’s melodrama about a volatile diva, a sadistic police chief and an idealistic artist contains many famous arias, including “Vissi d’arte” (Tosca) and “E lucevan le stele” (Cavaradossi).

Soprano Eleni Calenos returns as the ill-fated title character. 2:30 p.m. $26-$77. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-4261110, 1617.operaidaho.org.

Kids & Teens BCT CHILDREN’S READING SERIES: THE EVERLASTING DREAM—2 p.m. $8-$12. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, bctheater.org.

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the intersection of anger, sex and the “thea-tah.” Contains explicit language.7 p.m. $8-$12.

Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, bctheater.org.

Literature AUTHOR JESSICA DAY GEORGE—Join New York Times bestselling author of Tuesdays at the Castle to celebrate the publication of her new novel, Saturdays at Sea. Originally from Idaho, George studied at Brigham Young University and worked as a librarian and bookseller before turning to writing full-time. She now lives in Salt Lake City with her husband and their three young children. 4 p.m., FREE. Rediscovered Books, 180 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-3764229, rdbooks.org.

VETERANS HOUSING OUTREACH—Veterans are invited to Boise Public Libraryo visit with Bryan Bumgarner, an outreach specialist for homeless veterans from Boise’s Veterans Affairs. 10:30 a.m.-noon, FREE. Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-9728200, boisepubliclibrary.org.

BCT 5X5 READING SERIES: COLLECTIVE RAGE—Enjoy a staged reading of Collective Rage: A Play in Five Boops by Jen Silverman.

Betty is rich; Betty is lonely; Betty is working on her truck; Betty wants to talk about love, Betty needs to hit something, and Betty keeps using a hand mirror to stare at parts of herself she’s never examined. Five different women named Betty collide at

DISCOVER GIRL SCOUTS—Discover what Girl Scouting has to offer girls in kindergarten through fifth grade. They can learn about STEM, camp and Girl Scout programs. Adults are needed to lead and assist troops there will be info on how to become a Girl Scout volunteer. 6:30-7:30 p.m. FREE. Kelson Orthodontics, 5004 N. Linder Road, Meridian, 208-3772011, girlscouts-ssc.org.

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CALENDAR MERIDIAN IGNITE YOUTH—Enjoy this free event featuring local teens with inspiring ideas. 6-9 p.m. FREE. Idaho Party Barn, 1345 W. Overland Road, Meridian, 208-489-0538, meridiancity. org/ignite.

p.m. $12. Jack’s Urban Meeting Place, 1000 W. Myrtle St., Boise, 208-639-6610, storystorynight. org.

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THE TINY THINGS THAT RUN A RIVER—Join David Hopper, a wildlife biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, for a talk about the aquatic invertebrates that inspire fly tying design, and how they help shape the river in which they live. Part of Read Me Treasure Valley. 7:15 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library Victory Branch, 10664 W. Victory Road, Boise, 208-362-0181, readmetv. com.

Festivals & Events HUMPIN’ HANNAH’S ANNUAL TA TA TUESDAY—This year’s Mardi Gras Mayhem is an A.B.C. bash: Anything But Clothes. Costumes made of/with everything from Duct tape to garbage bags, caution tape, playing cards or other creative materials are game for the A.B.C. contest, with $200 in cash prizes awarded for best costumes. Entertaiment includes performances by The Frequent Flyers and Frankly Frankie Burlesque, plus the crowning of the Mardi Gras king and queen, all night drink specials and hundreds of great prize giveaways. Dance all night to music by The Rocci Johnson Band and VJ Jazzy Jim with Zydeco and Cajun Swamp.

7 p.m. FREE. Humpin’ Hannah’s, 621 Main St., Boise, 208-3457557.

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COMEDIAN ADAM DEVINE: WEIRD LIFE TOUR 2017—Adam Devine is quickly becoming one of the most sought-after young comedians and actors in the comedy world. With Adam Ray. 8:30 p.m. $30-$35. Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, 208-3450454, 208-387-1273, facebook. com/AdamDeVineWorkaholic.

INSERT FOOT THEATER’S IMPROV JAM—Enjoy an evening of outlandish and inventive entertainment based on your suggestions. 8 p.m. $10. Liquid Lounge, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-941-2459, liquidboise.com.

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Citizen NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF IDAHO TREASURE VALLEY CHAPTER MEETING— The National Federation of the Blind of Idaho Treasure Valley Chapter welcomes anyone who is blind or visually impaired, as well as sighted family members and others interested in this great organization to these meetings. For more info, contact Susan Bradley at 208-794-9431 or craftisue@ hotmail.com. 5:30 p.m., FREE. Idaho Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired, 341 W. Washington St., Boise. 208-7949431, nfbidaho.org.

Kids & Teens Sports & Fitness RAINBOW BOWLING CLUB— Boise’s Rainbow Bowling Club is always looking for fun new people and bowlers of all skill levels.

6:30-9 p.m. $10. 20th Century Lanes, 4712 W. State St., Boise, 208-342-8695, facebook.com/ rainbowbowlingclub.

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GURU DONUTS TASTY TALES STORYTIME WITH REDISCOVERED BOOKS—Get the kiddos giggling at two storytime sessions with the staff of Rediscovered Books while enjoying tasty treats.

10-11 a.m. FREE. Guru Donuts, 928 W. Main St., Boise, 208-5717792, gurudonuts.com.

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MERIDIAN SYMPHONY 11TH ANNUAL YOUNG ARTIST’S COMPETITION—Featuring students through grade 12 from Southwest Idaho. 8 a.m.-noon.

FREE. Dunkley Music, 3410 N. Eagle Road, Ste. 150, Meridian, 208-342-5549, meridiansymphony.org.

STORY STORY NIGHT: (BOOT) CAMP (IT UP)— Gather around Story Story Night’s fire of true stories told live on stage without notes.

Artistic Director Jodi Eichelberger hosts Tiffany Turner Fite, who goes on a two-year camping trip that ends in Boise; and Hanako Wakatsuki-Chong, who learns of the camp that impacted her entire family and shaped her career. Plus the premiere of Missed Connections, a short film produced by Retroscope Media based on storyteller Emily Smith’s story slam from last season, music by Dan Costello, and wine, beer and appetizers. 7 Overheard something Eye-spy worthy? E-mail production@boiseweekly.com

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MUSIC GUIDE WEDNESDAY FEB. 22 ALMOST FAMOUS KARAOKE—9:30 p.m. FREE. Liquid CHUCK SMITH TRIO—8 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers HOKUM HI-FLYERS—6 p.m. FREE. Highlands Hollow KARAOKE—8 p.m. FREE. High Note LUCAS LEGER—7 p.m. FREE. Reef MIKE ROSENTHAL—5:30 p.m.

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

JUDDSON CONSTANTINE—7 p.m.

High Note MICHAEL LAKY— 6 p.m. FREE. Angell’s MOONLIGHT MOUNTAIN—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s NATALIE STALEY—8 p.m. FREE. Piper THE NOAH KADRE EXPERIENCE—7 p.m. FREE. Sockeye-Cole QUINN VAN PAEPEGHEM TRIO—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers QUINN VAN PAEPEGHEM TRIO WITH NICOLE CHRISTENSEN—10 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

WOH COLLECTIVE: DISCOVERY—10 p.m. $5. Reef

SATURDAY FEB. 25 AESTHETIC PERFECTION—With Solar Fake, NYXX and DJ Bones. 8 p.m. $15 adv., $20 door. Eclypse BEN BURDICK—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365 BEST LYRES—8 p.m. FREE. O’Michael’s BOISE JAZZ SOCIETY: RENE MARIE QUARTET—7:30 p.m.

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THE HAND; FEB. 23, RX; FEB. 24, NEUROLUX

THE HAND ALBUM RELEASE— With Cerebus Rex and Mantooth.

8 p.m. $7. Neurolux JEFF ENGELBERT AND FRIENDS—Featuring Chubby Lovin’. 7:30 p.m. $12-$16 adv., $15-$20 door. Sapphire

Feb. 23: 7 p.m., FREE. The Record Exchange, 1105 W. Idaho St., therecordexchange.com. Feb. 24: With Mantooth and Cerberus Rex, 8 p.m., $7. Neurolux, 111 N. 11th St., neurolux.com.

DAN COSTELLO—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365 FRANK MARRA—5:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

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THE SUBURBANS—8:45 p.m.

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The seeds of local band The Hand were sown around 20 years ago and, though it has been changed by tragedy and time, the band still—or maybe more accurately, again—delivers power rock/punk.

To say The Hand’s sound has matured isn’t at all to suggest it is dated or appeals only to seniors. The loud, rocking in-your-face delivery transcends demographic lines, making The Hand the perfect antidote to both teen misanthropy and mid-life ennui.

Founder and heart-of-The Hand Scott Schmaljohn (Treepeople) has years in the Boise music scene to draw on and, like any great artist (he’s also a graphic designer and former Boise Weekly staffer), he has a signature, but he lets new influences and concepts inform the band’s sound.

With Schmaljohn on guitar and vocals, James Johnson (Trigger Itch) on bass and Cody Roy (Demoni) on drums, The Hand is still dealing out kick-ass rock and has new a release, Find a Reason (self-released, Feb. 2017), to prove it.

—Amy Atkins

BLAZE AND KELLY—7 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s

BOISE BLUES SOCIETY FAT TUESDAY CELEBRATION AND FUNDRAISER—Featuring The Blues Addicts with Brass Tacks Horns, The Blues Directors, Jake Leg and Blues Collective. 6 p.m. $20. The Playhouse

CLAY MOORE—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

CHUCK SMITH—5:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

AMARANTHE—With Failure Anthem, Citizen Zero, Cypher16, and Smash Into Pieces. For all ages. 7 p.m. $17.50-$40. Knitting Factory

CLAY MOORE TRIO WITH AMY ROSE—10 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

AMIGO THE DEVIL—With Laika the Dog and The Tumbleweeds. 8 p.m. $TBA. The Shredder

BLAZE AND KELLY—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

FRIDAY FEB. 24

MIKE ROSENTHAL—5:30 p.m.

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B SIDE PLAYERS—9:30 p.m. $10 adv., $12 door. Reef

OPEN MIC—7-10 p.m. FREE. O’Michael’s

ADDAM CHAVARRIA—7 p.m.

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CLAY MOORE TRIO—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

PERT NEAR SANDSTONE—7 p.m. $10 adv., $12 door. The Olympic THE SIDEMEN: GREG PERKINS AND RICK CONNOLLY—6 p.m.

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SOMA, FEB. 25, HIGH NOTE CAFE Natalie Staley, a.k.a. Soma, has one of the most charming Facebook “About” pages ever. In her “Story” section, the onewoman piano band writes, “I have poured several hours into my craft … Please listen at your discretion, for what I have to say may not always be pleasing.”

First of all, we highly doubt the talented Staley has only put “several hours” into her craft. Second, based on what we’ve heard, what she has to “say” is always pleasing.

Staley’s sound is crisp and poppy, soulful yet restrained, and her vocals are crystalline in their purity. She eschews frilly excesses in favor of a delivery that exudes confidence as she traverses the scale. A graduate of Borah High School, Staley has clearly honed her voice to a fine point, which is made all the clearer combined with her piano skills, which are every bit as refined.

With a raft of original material we would consider radio ready, the High Note is the perfect venue in which to experience Soma before you’re singing along to her on your car stereo.

—Zach Hagadone 7 p.m., FREE. High Note Cafe, 225 N. Fifth St., 208-4291911, thehighnotecafe.com.

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ARTS & CULTURE ‘BEAUTIFUL AND DANGEROUS’ Raised in Idaho, author Emily Ruskovich is destined for success with her novel, Idaho GEORGE PRENTICE Emily Ruskovich’s voice is exactly what you would hope it to be: soft, lyrical and sweet. Just like her writing. Her insight—way beyond her years—on the many secrets buried deep in Idaho’s backcountry is particularly keen. Just like her writing.

“Idaho is...” she said, taking a long pause.

“Well, Idaho is a strange place, isn’t it? No place quite like it. Growing up in Idaho was so beautiful, so isolated and quite scary.”

Ruskovich’s childhood included living on Hoodoo Mountain in northern Idaho. Sometimes her family went without electricity or running water above the town of Blanchard. It was there her family embraced the mountain’s serenity, she said, but they were also robbed several times.

“We encountered many strange things out there. It was, in many ways, not a safe place for children to grow up. Yet, it was the most ideal place to grow up. My imagination is so strongly tied to Idaho. I love that area, even as I’m unsettled by it,” she said. “Beautiful and dangerous.”

It is with that beauty and danger Idaho, Ruskovich’s debut novel, is framed. The book has already garnered acclaim usually reserved for best sellers.

“You know you’re in masterly hands here. … A wrenching and beautiful book,” wrote The New York Times.

“Mesmerizing … [an] eerie story about what the heart is capable of fathoming and what the hand is capable of executing,” wrote Marie Claire.

“The novel reminds us that some things we just cannot know in life—but we can imagine them, we can feel them and, perhaps, that can be enough to heal us,” wrote the San Francisco Chronicle.

When Ruskovich recently ventured to a grocery store near the tiny town of Alsea, Ore., where she lives with her husband, who is also a writer, she saw the most recent issue of O—the magazine founded by Oprah Winfrey—and opened it to a significant surprise.

“There it was: My book,” said Ruskovich. “I’m not at all used to this.”

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Emily Ruskovich grew up on Hoodoo Mountain in northern Idaho—a place of mystery and danger that fuels the story in her debut novel, which is earning reviews often reserved for best sellers.

POETRY AND ‘SOMETHING TERRIBLE’ Such praise for the first-time novelist is far from a time when Ruskovich recalled being 4 years old and sitting with her mother on the porch of their mountain home. Not old enough to write or even spell her name, she dictated a poem to her mother: “When the world ends, my heart will be singing/ When the world ends, I will be very sad/ But right now I am sitting on the porch with my mom, and I’m holding a glass of water.”

To borrow Ruskovich’s phrase: “beautiful and dangerous.”

She recalled another moment from her youth that would ultimately serve as the inspiration for Idaho.

“I remember that my family was gathering firewood on a mountain parallel to the mountain

we lived on, so far away from everything. We were putting wood in the back of my father’s truck. I remember the crows, the birch wood… it was so beautiful,” Ruskovich said and took a deep breath, falling silent for a moment in the memory. “I also found that I was haunted by this place. I had this sense… it was a sense that something had happened exactly there. I felt the possibility of something terrible happening.”

The memory of the mountain, the crows, the birch wood, even the haunting burrowed deep into Ruskovich’s subconscious, where it lived quietly for many years.

She would leave Idaho to graduate from the University of Montana, receive a master’s degree from the University of New Brunswick in Canada and an MFA from the University of

“AT NIGHT, WHEN HE WAS ASLEEP, SHE THOUGHT ABOUT THESE THINGS AS SHE STUDIED THE FACE SHE LOVED. HIS PALE E Y ELID S STARK O N HIS SUN-RO UGH ED FACE. HIS LIP S CH APPED, HIS CH EEKS UNSHAVEN. SUCH INHERENT KINDNES S IN HIS BODY THAT IT WAS IMPOS SIBLE TO PI CTURE THIS MAN DOING THE THINGS HE HAD CERTAINLY DONE.” BOISE WEEKLY.COM

ARTS & CULTURE “THE JUDGE’S VOICE WAS NOT MUCH LOUDER THAN A WHISPER. THE SENTENCE WAS DELIVERED FROM HIS MOUTH BUT WAS SOMEHOW SEPAR ATE FROM THE MAN, AS IF THE CHILD VOICE SPOKE FOR HI M, TO O. ‘LIFE,’ HE SAID, AS IF IT WA S A GIF T HE WAS BESTOWING ; ‘LIFE.’ AS IF THE WO RD COULD MAKE IT SO.” Iowa. She began publishing short stories, winning the prestigious O. Henry Award in 2015.

Her literary influences include Nobel Prize winner Alice Munro and Pulitzer Prize winner and fellow northern Idahoan Marilynne Robinson, who was an instructor of Ruskovich at the University of Iowa.

“I sold a collection of my stories to Random House, but they were particularly invested in the first story of that collection,” she said. “A teacher of mine had told me the same thing. ‘This is a novel,’ she told me. I was so intimidated. But when my Random House editors expressed a similar sentiment, I forced myself to open up the possibility.”

It was that first short story, drawing on her recollection of life on Hoodoo, that would become the foundation of Idaho.

“I revised this novel for years,” said Ruskovich.

“I was strongly influenced by the work of Alice Munro, writing about the depth of experiences from ordinary people. And when I read Beloved

by Toni Morrison, I had a new realization of structure; and through the years, my novel underwent major structural revisions.”

By the time Ruskovich put the finishing touches on Idaho sometime in 2016, she concedes that it was difficult letting go of her characters.

“I went through a period of mourning when I finished the story. The book had become an absolute thing—a living, growing thing,” she said. “Honestly? I could probably write this book forever. There was no real end. The perspectives could be infinite.”

During the last few months of 2016, Ruskovich said she finally found what she called some “peaceful months.” All of that changed on Jan. 3, when Idaho was published.

“All of a sudden there was a new anxiety, rather physical, that I had never felt before,” she said. “I couldn’t catch my breath. Every few minutes, I had to breathe very deeply.”

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first out of the gate with its seal of approval, likening Ruskovich’s work to Robinson (Housekeeping), Rick Bass (Why I Came West) and even Ken Kesey (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest).

MEMORIES AND UNSPEAKABLE VIOLENCE Idaho opens years after something terrible has happened. The mystery unfolds through the eyes of Ann, a northern Idaho schoolteacher and second wife to Wade—a divorcee, loner who is slowly experiencing the creep of dementia. Early on, we learn Wade’s first wife, Jenny, killed their 6-year-old daughter May while their other daughter, June, ran deep into the woods of the mountain, never to be heard from again.

Jenny is sent to prison while Wade’s grief fills his days. Ann becomes the novel’s surrogate detective, trying to piece together exactly what happened 12 years earlier. She must also survive her personal hell: Wade’s unexplained bursts of violence which include holding Ann’s forehead against a wall and, on another occasion, pushing her head into a pile of pinecones and leaving a rash of tiny cuts on her cheek.

Wade’s memories fade, as do the details of what transpired on the day when he, his then-wife Jenny and their two daughters were gathering birch wood on a northern Idaho mountain. Wade shares only spare memories about the tragedy with Ann, leaving it to her to obsess over the critical missing pieces of the mystery.

Concurrently, she lives in fear of Wade’s dissolution into nothingness, always wondering what might help trigger a crucial memory from his tortured past.

What follows is a decades-long journey. Not chronological—much like memory itself, the events are scattered over the years until they finally find a place to settle in our consciousness.

Eventually, Idaho leads us to Jenny herself and her life in an Idaho prison.

The enigmas in Idaho run even to the jacket,

Ruskovich on the cover of her novel: “It’s beautiful, it’s haunting. It answered all of my fears.”

which features a thicket of overbrush, thorns and wildflowers.

“I was shown a number of possible covers for the book that I didn’t like. They really weren’t emotional enough,” said Ruskovich. “Then, our publishing house in England sent something from Christopher Wormell. I loved it. Our American editors loved it. It’s beautiful, it’s haunting. It answered all of my fears.”

As for the title, there are probably thousands of books or booklets titled Idaho, nearly all of them non-fiction or travel-based.

“But I always felt that Idaho was the only title.

My book had been fully edited, but the review committee had some concern about naming it Idaho, thinking it would be confused with nonfiction. They asked, ‘Can’t you give us something else?’” Ruskovich said. “But Idaho was crucial.

Think of the magnetism of the word. When we got that beautiful, mysterious cover art, everyone agreed that it had to be Idaho.”

When asked about Idaho’s not-so-linear timeline, jumping back and forth among the years before landing on a future date in 2025, Ruskovich insists Idaho’s time is, much like real life, “not always straight-forward.”

“The dream-like aspect of stepping back in time, and then stepping into the future, well, it all fits the theme of Idaho,” she said.

Idaho, the novel, is not unlike Idaho the state in that it is dense with mystery: in the people we meet, those we wish we had and, of course, the mountains and forests that hold their own neverending secrets.

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RYAN J OH NSON

SCREEN THE MAGNIFICENT SIX Anticipating the sixth annual Sun Valley Film Festival GEORGE PRENTICE

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It’s called a Cinetransformer and when it rolls into Ketchum next month, it will have a lot of people talking. It will also have a lot of people laughing, crying and cheering when its doors swing open on Wednesday, March 15, launching the sixth annual Sun Valley Film Festival.

The Cinetransformer is a theater on wheels.

Inside the giant mobile unit, which was a smash hit at Sundance Film Festival this year, is a 95-seat state-of-the-art, high-definition, climate-controlled movie theater.

“When I saw it at Sundance, it was stunning,” said SVFF Program Director Laura Mehlhaff.

No worries: There won’t be any outdoor screenings at SVFF. That said, more than a few festival attendees take advan“Honestly? I was skeptical at first. Would this tage of the still-spectacular skiing conditions in Sun Valley. be something a filmmaker would be willing to showcase their work [in]? It turns out they loved tertainment Weekly approached us this year to be it. It even expands out to include kiosks for snacks number of announcements, revealing a few films or celebrity appearances, the strategy this year has sponsors,” Pate said. “To think that we started this and ticket sales.” just six years ago, and now here we are as a signifigenerated plenty of buzz. For example, a brief Mehlhaff’s recent journey to Sundance Facebook post splashed the movie poster from the cant engine to help drive the local economy.” included much more than checking out the Those six years of success have made a 1988 classic Beetlejuice and teased, “someone is Cinetransformer. As she put the finishing significant difference for Mehlhaff in luring the touches on another stellar slate of films for SVFF, coming to #SVFF2017.” industry’s hottest filmmakers to Sun Valley.

On the night of the recent season premiere of Mehlhaff was anxious to screen a selection of “I remember approaching a filmmaker years HBO’s Girls, SVFF teased, “Our favorite Girls are just-completed movies. ago about the possibility of coming to Sun Valley. back tonight. Have you figured “This is a very interesting Not successful,” Mehlhaff recalled. “This year, out which one will be at #SVFF time of year in the film industhat same filmmaker approached me at Sundance this year?” try,” she said. “In the wake of SUN VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL and said, ‘I keep hearing about your festival. Let’s The star power at SVFF has Sundance, some films are just Wednesday, March 15–Sunday, talk.’ I don’t even know if she remembered we been unmatched in recent years, now securing distribution, March 19 had talked years ago. One more thing: Certain with appearances from Clint others are trying to catch the sunvalleyfilmfestival.org distributors who wouldn’t give me the time of day Eastwood, Oliver Stone, Jodie eye of critics and a lot more before are now perfectly open to talk about bringFoster, Bruce Dern, Bill Paxton, are still way under the radar. ing their films to Sun Valley.”

Kevin Smith and a long list of Where are we with finalizing One of Pate’s fondest memories is of the early Oscar-winning filmmakers. our schedule? Believe me, there days of the festival, when she and SVFF Executive “Do I get star struck? Sometimes. It’s great to are some films that we absolutely, positively have get to know them behind the scene, so to speak,” Director Teddy Grennan were anxiously anticipatto get for Sun Valley.” said Pate. “But then someone like Clint Eastwood ing the inaugural event.

SVFF Director Candice Pate likens the “It was at the very beginning; we had a walks into the room and you’re… well, you’re gob current state of the festival to that of making a welcoming party. There we were, Teddy and I, smacked, aren’t you.” feature film. welcoming all of these amazing filmmakers stream What really “gob smacks” Pate, she said, are “Let’s say we’re in pre-production. With just a the corporate relationships—including those with into town. It was almost like people arriving for few weeks to go, it’s less about hunting for films this amazing wedding,” she said. “It was an energy Zions Bank, Tito’s Vodka and Nat Geo Wild— or sponsors, and it’s more about making things that I had never felt before. Every year since—and that sustain the growing festival. That list is only pop,” said Pate.

I’m assuming it will be here this year—that energy getting longer.

Part of that “pop” is the festival’s growing “We’re pretty excited that Stella Artois and En- settles into Sun Valley.” presence on social media. Instead of a random BOISE WEEKLY.COM

BOOZEHOUND Z AC H H AG A D O N E

SPRINGTIME SIPPERS

Three cocktails for toasting the end of winter (hopefully) Z ACH HAGADONE The ancient Romans considered February the last month of the year. Rife with ideas of purity and rejuvenation, the old thinking decreed spring began on the fifth day of Februarius. Lucky for the Caesars, winter in central Italy tends not to be as harsh as it is in the Northwest, so it was reasonable to conceive of February as a springtime month. Even here in the high desert, our weather seems to have turned for the better in recent days and, in celebration of its continuing improvement, we tied one on during a spell of Sunday sunshine with a few springish concoctions characterized by herbaceousness and complexity.

THE LAST WORD Ounce for ounce, this is a super spendy tipple—but worth every dime. Built from equal parts Bombay gin ($19.95), Chartreuse ($30.95 for a 375 milliliter bottle), Luxardo maraschino liqueur ($34.95) and the juice of a fresh lime (less than $1), we’d suggest mixing up a batch of these bad boys for a special occasion: an afternoon croquet match, a Great Gatsby party or anywhere people wear white pants. Shaken and served in a stemmed cocktail glass (we used grandma’s fancy punch service), The Last Word looks a lot like absinthe owing to the vibrant green of the Chartreuse—an herbal liqueur made by the Carthusian monks of the Grande Chartreuse monastery in Grenoble, France since the 1730s. At 55 percent alcohol, Chartreuse belongs in a class with the Green Fairy, so don’t underestimate it (according to the Associated Press, the monkish booze was an element of Hunter S. Thompson’s daily debauchery).

The Last Word—which was invented at the Detroit Athletic Club and entered into the Ted Saucier cocktail book Bottoms Up! in 1951—burns but doesn’t hurt, and it has a slight oiliness with a hint of melon on the back. The herbs rounded up by the monks in the Chartreuse Mountains are reminiscent of Fernet and will have your umami taste buds firing on all cylinders. We’re not sure what the boys at the DAC were playing when they came up with The Last Word, but we would gladly join the team.

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L-R: The Last Word, The Floradora, and Pimm’s with ginger ale—any of which will cure what ails.

THE FLORADORA Even older than The Last Word, the Floradora harkens to the bright lights of the Great White Way. Named after the 1899 Broadway musical comedy Floradora, which starred a sextet of sensational chorus girls who all ended up marrying millionaires, the drink of the same name marries 1.5 shots of Bombay gin with ½ ounces of fresh lime juice and ½ oz. of raspberry syrup. We’re far from millionaires, so we eschewed buying raspberry syrup in favor of muddling fresh berries in a martini glass. We shook the gin and lime juice, poured it over the berries and topped it off with ginger ale. In the glass, it turned a milky rose color, hinting at how smoothly the lightly sweet Floradora would go down, even with its ginger bite, gin punch and hint of fibrousness from the crushed raspberry seeds. Some sources suggest straining the juice and adding simple syrup, but the ginger ale added plenty of sweetness. The Floradora has been called the first “girly” drink, but we call B.S.—it’s a gin-rific cocktail with a complexity belying its simple ingredients. Perfectly refreshing and easy to mix, the Floradora tastes the way a warm spring breeze feels.

PIMM’S AND GINGER After a Last Word and a Floradora, we were feeling a little spirited and with a fifth of Pimm’s No. 1 ($19.95) on hand, it only seemed natural to pour a healthy shot of the British liqueur over ice and add a few dashes of Angostura orange bitters, a squeeze of lime and a topper of ginger ale. Dating from 1823, Pimm’s is a long-loved spirit famous

for being a favorite sipper on the sidelines of Wimbledon; and, while there are whole societies devoted to the proper mixing of the eponymous Pimm’s Cup (Pimm’s, cucumber, lemon and soda water), we like to experiment.

We’ve had Pimm’s and lemonade, Pimm’s and orange juice, Pimm’s and tonic and Pimm’s on the rocks. Mixed with ginger ale, however, the dense sugars play with the hard edges of the ginger and bitters, and the lime lightens up the whole production. In retrospect, we probably should have used lemon, but whatever.

At 25 percent alcohol, Pimm’s is a much more sessionable liquor than anything in a Last Word or Floradora but overdo it, and you’re in for a imperial hangover. We overdid it, of course, and even fortified the mix with a jigger of Bombay. The best strategy is to get a little exercise first—like a spring afternoon walk— and sip a Pimm’s (sans gin) as your reward.

BOTTOMS UP We’d make every one of the aforementioned cocktails again (and probably will once we recover from the effects of both the booze and the bill), but a clear favorite emerged. The last word on The Last Word: It’s a true classic, earning every bit of its old-school cachet, although it’s a little too stiff for a springtime afternoon. More than one may turn a Jekyll into a Hyde. Pimm’s is always a solid choice but for our purposes (and our morning after), it was a tad too sugary with our addition of ginger ale. The Floradora earned our applause for its slightly sweet stiffness and general sense of airy nonchalance—the liquid distillation of a springtime mood.

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CITIZEN MELINDA QUICK

On film, the future and swearing in church GEORGE PRENTICE

On a circuitous route back to her hometown of Boise, Melinda Quick followed many forks in the road. After studying neuroscience, animal science and painting at Sarah Lawrence College—and spending a semester in Florence, Italy—Quick landed in a world she’s comfortable in: cinema.

“When I was a kid, my favorite memories were going to the movies with my parents and asking, ‘Can we go somewhere and talk about that for two hours?’” she said. “Let’s put it this way, I spent nearly all of my allowance on movies.”

In Florence, Quick fell in love all over again.

“It was an Italian film history class, reminding me of the dream-like beauty of cinema,” she said.

After a stint working for Penguin Publishing in New York City, Quick spent the better part of 2014 making films for a nonprofit in South Africa. In 2015, she returned to Boise and began helping with the then-burgeoning Boise Film Festival. At the beginning of 2017, Quick took over as the executive director of BFF. I don’t think I’m the first person to tell you there is a graveyard full of film festivals that have lived and died in Boise.

It’s hard, especially in the film community, where everyone has their own professional projects, but you want them to donate their time and energy to help a festival.

Can I assume you look at other film festivals with particular interest?

I really admire the Sun Valley Film Festival, and the Idaho Horror Film Festival is awesome— but in no way are we trying to ride someone else’s coattails. I want the film community to be a safe place to share ideas. Our focus is on collaboration.

How might you make things different going forward?

I’m constantly cooking up new recipes. I definitely want to expand the festival from just one weekend to year-round events. Think about screening The Big Lebowski at a bowling alley or possibly The Neverending Story at Rediscovered Books. Or Strange Brew at a local brewpub.

In years past, the Boise Film Festival venues have been… how should I put this?

Let’s say they were ‘unique.’

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screen at the Egyptian or The Flicks, but the cost is tough. We’ve had some fun showing our films at one-time movie locations like Ming Studios or the Boise Creative Center.

You’ve even used a local church.

One of the films we showed at that church cussed a lot.

F-bombs?

A lot of them. We thought it might be awkward, but the people loved it, and the church didn’t say anything about it. They were wonderful.

Let’s talk about your just-announced Picture-Perfect Poster Contest.

It’s pretty exciting. We’ve just made a call to all local artists—designers, painters, photographers, graphic artists—to reimagine a classic film poster against an Idaho landscape. Can you picture Pulp Fiction at Westside Drive-In? Or Jurassic Park at a local park? Submissions are due by [Wednesday] March 15. We’ll auction the poster off in June with half of the proceeds going to the artist and the other half going to support the festival.

I know September is far off, but have you begun curating this year’s festival?

The submission process began in January. We’ll probably get 100 to 150 submissions, and we’ll select as few as 25 and as many as 40 films. There is no submission fee for any Idaho filmmaker or any film made in Idaho.

A lot of film fests insist on exclusivity from filmmakers or place other restrictions.

I’m OK with any film. If it’s good, why wouldn’t we want to show it?

Some festivals have made the mistake of wanting to be all things to all people. What is it that you don’t want to do?

I’m very concerned about our reputation and visibility. Sundance is wonderful. South

by Southwest is beautiful, but those are pretty exclusive events, and very pricey. I know it sounds a little crazy for one small festival, but we want to focus on collaboration in the Idaho film community. We want to highlight the Idaho film experience.

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DEAR MINERVA, In my career I work with a lot of transwomen clients. Many start seeing me prior to their transition, and fully transition during the time I’m seeing them for appointments. Do you have any words of wisdom for a cisgender woman to be the best ally possible during this time? We see each other in an intimate setting and often the client is feeling quite vulnerable during this transitional period before they’ve even told many of their colleagues and acquaintances. I love all of my sisters and want to make sure I contribute as much as possible to the comfort and well being of all in this uncertain world—without overstepping any boundaries.

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DEAR SIS, Thank you for being such an awesome ally already! What anyone needs is to be around people who are going to listen if they want to talk. One of the most hurtful things one can do is trivialize what transpeople are going through. It’s not a joke or a novelty to live authentically. You recognize that your experience with womanhood is different than that of transwomen. Keeping an open dialogue, being mindful of pronouns and names, and listening to what these women are saying is key. Avoid co-opting their experiences as your own. It’s difficult to separate yourself from the issues when you’re helping so many people transition, but remember that as an ally you are standing with them but you aren’t walking in their shoes. Much love!

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BY ROB BREZSNY ARIES (March 21-April 19): My astrological radar suggests there’s a space-time anomaly looming just ahead of you. Is it a fun and exotic limbo where the rules are flexible and everything’s an experiment? That might be cool. Or is it more like an alien labyrinth where nothing is as it seems, you can hear howling in the distance, and you barely recognize yourself? That might be weird. What do you think? Is it worth the gamble? If so, full speed ahead. If not, I suggest a course correction.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Someone on Reddit.com asked readers to respond to the question, “What is the most liberating thought you’ve ever had?” Among the replies were the following six: 1. “If new evidence presents itself, it’s okay to change my beliefs.”

2. “I get to choose who’s in my life and who isn’t.” 3. “I am not my history.” 4. “You can’t change something that has already happened, so stop worrying about it.” 5. “I am not, nor will I ever be, conventionally beautiful.” 6. “I don’t have to respond to people when they say stupid s--- to me.”

I hope these testimonies inspire you to come up with several of your own, Taurus. It’s a perfect time to formulate liberating intentions.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): It has been a while since I told you that I love you. So I’m doing it now.

I LOVE YOU. More than you could ever imagine. And that’s why I continue to offer these horoscopes to you free of charge, with no strings attached. That’s why I work so hard to be a playful therapist and an edgy mentor for you. That’s why I am so tenacious in my efforts to serve you as a feminist father figure and a kindly devil’s advocate and a sacred cheerleader. Again, I don’t expect anything in return from you. But if you would like to express your appreciation, you could do so by offering a similar type of wellcrafted care to people in your own sphere. Now would be an excellent time to give such gifts.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “I like the word ‘bewilderment’ because it has both ‘be’ and ‘wild’ in it,” says poet Peter Gizzi. I propose that you go even further, Cancerian: Express a fondness for the actual experience of bewilderment as well as the word. In fact, be willing to not just tolerate, but actually embrace the fuzzy blessings of bewilderment. In the coming weeks, that’s your ticket to being wild in the healthiest (and wealthiest) ways. As you wander innocently through the perplexing mysteries that make themselves available, you’ll be inspired to escape formalities and needless rules that have kept you overly tame.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Are you familiar with psychologist Carl Jung’s concept of the shadow? It’s the unflattering or uncomfortable part of you that you would prefer to ignore or suppress. It’s the source of behavior about which you later say, “I wasn’t acting like myself.” Jungians say that the shadow hounds you and wounds you to the degree that you refuse to deal with it. But if you negotiate with it, it leads you to beautiful surprises. It prods you to uncover riches you’ve hidden from yourself. I mention this, Leo, because any shadow work you do in the coming weeks could generate rather spectacular breakthroughs.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You could make a vow like this: “Between now and April 15, I will be relentless in getting my needs met. I will harbor a steely resolve to call on every ploy necessary to ensure that my deepest requirements are not just gratified, but satiated to the max. I will be a dogged and ferocious seeker of absolute fulfillment.” If you want to swear an oath like that, Virgo, I understand. But I hope you will try a softer approach—more like the following: “Between now and April 15, I will be imaginative and ingenious in getting my needs met. I will have fun calling on every trick necessary to ensure that my deepest requirements are playfully

addressed. I will be a sweet seeker of unpredictable fulfillment.”

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): How would Buddha ask for a raise or promotion? How would Jesus tinker with his career plans as he took into consideration largescale shifts in the economy? How would Confucius try to infuse new approaches and ideas into the status quo of his work environment? Ruminate deeply on these matters, dear Libra. Your yearning to be more satisfyingly employed may soon be rewarded—especially if you infuse your ambitions with holy insight. How would Joan of Arc break through the glass ceiling?

How would Harriet Tubman deal with the inefficiencies caused by excess testosterone? How would Hildegard of Bingen seek more emotional richness on the job?

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I suspect you would benefit from acquiring a new bedroom name, my dear. But should I be the one to give it to you? I’m not sure.

Maybe you could invite a practical dreamer you adore to provide you with this crazy sweet new moniker.

If there is no such person to do the job (although given the current astrological omens, I bet there is), I’ll offer the following array of amorous aliases for you to choose from: Wild Face... Kiss Genius...

Thrill Witch... Freaky Nectar...

Boink Master... Lust Moxie...

Pearly Thunder... Peach Licker...

Painkiller... Silky Bliss... Slippery Diver... Swoon Craver.

tiny will be flecked and dappled.

(P.S.: I suspect that an as-yetundiscovered talisman of power is crammed in a drawer full of junk.)

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Soon I’ll be off on my first vacation in 18 months. At first glance it might seem odd for an astrologer like myself to have selected two Sagittarians to be my housesitters.

Members of your sign are reputed to be among the least homenurturing people in the zodiac.

But I’m confident that by the time I return, raccoons won’t be living in my kitchen, nor will my plants be dead or my snail mail stolen or my TV broken. The current astrological omens suggest that most of you Centaurs, at least for the foreseeable future, will display an uncommon aptitude for the domestic arts.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Treat your body like a sublime temple, please. And regard your imagination as a treasured sanctuary. Be very choosy about what you allow to enter in to both of those holy places. This strategy is always a wise idea, of course, but it’s especially so now, when you are extra sensitive to the influences you absorb. It’s crucial that you express maximum discernment as you determine what foods, drinks, drugs, images, sounds and ideas are likely to foster your maximum well-being—and that aren’t. Be a masterful caretaker of your health and sanity.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The near future will be mutable, whimsical and fluky. It’ll be serendipitous, mercurial, and extemporaneous. You should expect happy accidents and lucky breaks. Your ability to improvise will be quite valuable. Do you believe in lucky numbers? Even if you don’t, yours will be 333. Your sacred password will be “quirky plucky.” The cartoon characters with whom you will have most in common are Bugs Bunny and Roadrunner. The place where you’re most likely to encounter a crucial teaching is a threshold or thrift shop. Your colors of des-

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): What would your best mother do in a situation like this? Please note that I’m not asking, “What would your mother do?” I’m not suggesting you call on the counsel of your actual mother. When I use the term “your best mother,” I’m referring to the archetype of your perfect mother. Imagine a wise older woman who understands you telepathically, loves you unconditionally, and wants you to live your life according to your own inner necessity, not hers or anyone else’s. Visualize her. Call on her.

Seek her blessings.

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