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8 Metro With Conviction to Serve— Idaho’s Gubernatorial Candidates . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 The Great Seal of Idaho . . . . 12

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Life It’s a Dog’s Life . . . . . . . . . . 14 Neighborhoods: Exploring Warm Springs . . . . . . . . . . 18

60 Arts Beware the Monsters— The Colossal Collective . . . . 52 Booking It to Boise . . . . . . 56 Saluting Old World Craftsmanship . . . . . . . . . 60

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Witness to the West Rocky Barker’s 43-year adventure in journalism

By Zach Kyle

64 Taste A French Twist at Petite 4 . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Fried Indulgence . . . . . . . 64

20 Explore Glamping Next Door . . . . . 20 Polo Church—Sunday Fun on Bikes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Walking Into History . . . . . 26

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Center Moment Above the Fray

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The Fourth Estate Freedom of the press and American democracy

By David Gray Adler

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A Ghost Town No More Silver City offers a step back in time

By Sharon Fisher

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Idaho's first Legislature, convening in December 1890, offered a prize of $100 to the winning design of a state seal. This original artwork by Emma Edwards Green won the competition and was subsequentlly adopted as The Great Seal of Idaho on March 14, 1891.

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ring any collection of people together—softball team, prom committee, homeowners' association—and invariably a decision has to be made about some action to take, or not take. And almost reflexively, someone in the group will likely say, “Let’s vote on it.”

Problem solved.

Self-rule in a small group is no different from that in society at large; it is premised on the conviction that all members are of equal standing and worth.

Before the advent of America, that wasn’t necessarily the case. It was a binary world back then, comprising king and commoner, bourgeoisie and proletariat, feudal lord and vassal. Terms varied, but the idea held that some would decide for others.

Being on the losing side of a vote always stings a little; living without a voice altogether can be soul crushing. The Founding Fathers avoided this existential crisis by codifying just 45 words in the First Amendment. As David Gray Adler explores in “The Fourth Estate” (page 36), freedom of speech, and its institutional form, freedom of the press, are intricately tied to the concept of equality, which, in turn, is intricately tied to the practice of self-rule.

Whether voting on a prom venue or a gubernatorial candidate, one’s effort is fruitless without accurate information. Enter people like Rocky Barker (“Witness to the West,” page 28), a journalist for 43 years who, with his reporting and writing, helped Westerners make critical decisions about land use and other environmental issues of the day.

It is, of course, election season, and Idahoans will choose a new governor Nov. 6. In “With Conviction to Serve” (page 8), Karen Day profiles candidates Republican Lt. Gov. Brad Little and Democrat Paulette Jordan. As the article reveals, these are two quite different people who, despite differences, share a common interest in improving life in the Gem State.

Also in the civics vein is our look at “The Great Seal of Idaho” (page 12).

Emma Edwards Green created the seal that adorns the state flag long before women could even vote in a national election. It is to this day the only state seal in the country designed by a woman.

For those looking for adventure outside of civics, check out our article on luxury camping in Yellowstone (“Glamping Next Door,” page 20). Glamping is a way to see spectacular country without some of the bumpier aspects of camping.

Or for those hankering for a taste of an earlier time, read our feature on Silver City (“A Ghost Town No More,” page 42). Closer to home, Sharon Fisher details how to take walking tours of some Treasure Valley cities, including Boise, Eagle, Kuna, Meridian, Nampa, and Star (“Walking Into History,” page 26). And for an even closer perspective on the Capital City at play, read Zach Kyle’s article on bike polo (“Polo Church,” page 24). This curious sport combines asphalt, bikes, swinging mallets, and a ball zinging through the air. What could go wrong?

Those inclined to culinary pursuits might read about two new dining spots in Boise, Petite 4 and Donut Daze (“French Twist,” page 62; “Fried Indulgence,” page 64). The two eateries could not be more different, but then, that’s the beauty of Boise’s dining scene these days.

There’s plenty more to read in this fall issue of Territory: stories about literary conversations, community life, dogs in the city, and architectural design. In Boise and beyond, a wealth of voices awaits. What follows are but a few of the many. That said, we we’ll keep them coming.

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CONTRIBUTORS Ellie Rodgers is a former journalist and medical writer. She

recently received a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing and now writes short stories, book reviews and occasionally chips away at a novel. She lives in Boise with her husband, two basset hounds and dozens of bikes.

“Standing Out From the Crowd,” page 48; “French Twist,” page 62.

David Gray Adler is president of The Alturas Institute, which

advances the Constitution, civic education, and gender equality. He has taught at all three Idaho universities and has lectured nationally and internationally on the Constitution and the presidency. He is the author of several books and many scholarly articles that have been quoted by the U.S. Supreme Court, lower courts, and by Democrats and Republicans in both houses of Congress.

FALL 2018 publisher/editor in chief Laurie C. Sammis managing editor Adam C. Tanous creative director Roberta Morcone sales & marketing Heather Linhart Coulthard Kelly Moreland controller Linda Murphy circulation director Nancy Whitehead

“The Fourth Estate,” page 36.

Woods Wheatcroft: I am a light chaser. Traveler. I like to make

people laugh. I search for the in-between moments. I am a lifestyle shooter. I was born and bred in the Pacific Ocean­—San Diego to be precise—but now I live in the splendor of Northern Idaho. The mountains call me. I still have a love affair with the ocean. Surfing soothes my soul. I have a magnetic attraction to water. Deserts and open space feed me. I love what I do. I shoot what I do. Simple.

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“A Ghost Town No More,” page 42.

Angie Smith is based in Los Angeles and works with

publications and companies such as The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, WIRED, ESPN The Magazine, Travel and Leisure, Nike and Booking.com.

In 2015, Smith founded “Stronger Shines the Light Inside,” a multimedia project documenting the lives of refugees in America through photographs, film and interviews. In September 2016, “Stronger Shines the Light Inside” was exhibited on the streets of downtown Boise, and a photo essay on the project was published in The New York Times Magazine, The New Republic and National Geographic.

“Saluting Old World Craftsmanship,” page 60.

also in this issue... contributing writers

Torrie Cope, Karen Day, Sharon Fisher, Cheryl Haas, Jamie Hausman, McKenna Koon, Jill Kuraitis, Zach Kyle, Patti Murphy, and Kelcie Moseley.

contributing photographers and illustrators

Amelia Anne Photography, Ken Erickson, Ray J. Gadd, Stella Kelsie Photography, Madeline Lou, Todd Meier, Mary Rodriguez, Stephanie Russo, and Jason Savage Photography.

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WITH CONVICTION TO SERVE Brad Little and Paulette Jordan face off in Idaho's gubernatorial race

By Karen Day

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homas Jefferson. James Madison. George Washington. Abigail Adams. Betsy Ross. Most Americans regard the Founding Fathers and Mothers with no less than distant respect and gratitude for their contributions to our country’s history. Few Americans, however, can name the political parties of those dedicated patriots who built the enduring democratic framework of our independence.

The U.S. Constitution does not address political parties, specifically because the Founding Fathers struggled mightily to create an order that served all American citizens beyond factionary partisanship. Long before he was a Broadway star, Alexander Hamilton and his fellow wordsmith, James Madison, expounded on the dangers of a domestic, two-party system in the Federalist Papers. And yet, it was Hamilton and Madison who became opposing leaders in America’s once-distained two-party system, with Hamilton advising the Federalists and Thomas Jefferson and Madison directing the Democratic-Republicans.

The point is not to elucidate the fluidity of conviction in our earliest politicians, but rather to illustrate it was their personal conviction to serve the democratic principles set forth in the Constitution that still spark the divisive political passions flaring in America today.

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A politician, by definition, is a public servant. With the rise of brawling, racist brutality and derogatory rhetoric dominating our tweets and headlines from both sides of our political spectrum, the notion of The Great American Statesmen appears as romantic an illusion as peace in the Middle East.

Where are our politicians of historic lore, those men and women,who risked and gave all to serve the will and betterment of the people? Who can end our political discord?

Idaho’s top two gubernatorial candidates insist they have the answers, albeit from opposing viewpoints.

With the surge of gentrification, economic development, and newcomers expanding Boise and the Treasure Valley exponentially, the established conservative paradigm of white male leaders of our rural “Ag” state faces new challenges and challengers. Few expect a revolution, though, especially with the current administration’s announcement of a $100 million budget surplus for fiscal year 2018 with the lowest unemployment figures in a decade. The age-old adage of, “If it’s humming, why bust it?” dominates any chant for change.

Still, in 2017, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 16,000 of Idaho's 447,000 workers paid hourly earned the minimum wage, $7.25 per hour, or less. In addition, Idaho has yet

to accept federal funding to expand Medicaid coverage. This has the potential to cause 50,000 or more workers to fall into the “Medicaid gap”—those who neither qualify for Medicaid, nor for subsidies on the Idaho health insurance exchange.

Suddenly, The New York Times and Fox News have ended the age-old confusion between Iowa and Idaho.

The 43rd state is being heralded as a petri dish of what’s left of the American dream stewing with our nation’s unpredictable political landscape and two candidates who couldn’t be more different from one another.

Brad Little: NUMBER TWO NO MORE “I wake up at night, worrying about the debt load of the federal government,” says Idaho’s lieutenant governor. “I worry what will happen to people when some of these programs go away…” Brad Little’s voice trails off as he stares out the window of his office in the Idaho Capitol Building.

“That’s why it is so important that Idaho be fiscally solvent. Independent.”

The Idaho-bred independence Little speaks of is in his DNA. His grandfather, Andrew Little, arrived in the state in 1884 with $25 and two dogs. He settled in Emmett, and, by 1935, “Andy”

Photo: Courtesy Brad Little for Idaho

Little was “The Sheep King of Idaho” with 400 men caring for his 100,000 head of sheep that delivered a million pounds of wool a year.

Brad Little, 63, was born in Emmett and has lived in the same house on the main street, with his wife, Teresa, for 40 years. This family home once belonged to his aunt. Cattle have replaced the sheep herds, and David, one of the lieutenant governor’s two sons, now manages the family ranch and approximately 1,000 cattle.

“The ranch is where I go to unwind,” Little says. “I ride Old Buster out to look at the cattle, the grass, the range improvements. I check out the seedlings we planted 10 years ago and see how that investment has made a big improvement in the ecosystem.”

“Making a difference—on the land—for the people,” he says, is also the best part of his 17-year political career, first as a state senator from 20012009 and then, as lieutenant governor with his appointment by Gov. Butch Otter when Jim Risch moved to the U.S. Senate. Little went on to be re-elected in 2010 and 2014 with a 62 percent margin over Democratic candidates.

“This morning, I connected a small, family-owned company with a food company coming into Post Falls. That means jobs. Like Clif Bar opening manufacturing sites in Twin Falls. It’s satisfying to be able to initiate the kind of change that puts food on the table for rural families.” He nods, taking deserved satisfaction for his pivotal role in attracting the California-based company and its 300 jobs. “There’s our real challenge—to expand the state’s rural economy.”

Brain drain in Idaho mirrors the national migration of young people from remote areas in search of better education and vocational opportunities. Even if adamantly satisfied with the inherent value of living surrounded by wildlife rather than grocery stores, many of these Gem State families are low-income and 22 percent exist without broadband access in their elementary schools. The FCC estimates that 83 percent of inhabitants on the Idaho Nez Perce Reservation live without any connectivity options. In a technologydriven world, lack of access equates to a quarter of our state’s population

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living in the dark ages.

“We’ve got to bring rural Idaho up to speed,” says Little, but so far, his platform for fixing the broadband problem is a blurry reflection of his predecessor’s.

Conservative consistency works just fine for Republicans in Idaho. The majority voted in support of continuing the current political architecture when they elected Little over Raul Labrador and Tommy Ahlquist in the hotly-contested Republican primary last spring.

Depending on political affiliation, many Idahoans applauded, or lamented, the 2018 Republican primary as the real race for Idaho governor.

Brad Little disagrees. “We’re not taking anything for granted in this election. My job is to prove I’m the best person to serve Idaho and our citizens, every day.”

His main opponent is never mentioned, as if he sees beyond the race to the serious challenges awaiting any victor. The greatest: affordable health care. “Fast-growing incomes don’t matter if health care costs continue to rise 15-25 percent,” Little explains. ‘I hear it all the time. People are scared.

The Federal agencies are slow to act, so we’re working on our own way out this. And a plan is coming in three to four months.”

The lieutenant governor is not known for his beaming charisma or sparkling wit. He is, however, recognized as an approachable man with an easy smile and clear intention of word and deed, which makes him a rare, likeable breed in an era of partisan aggressions. His state salary is $35,700, while his personal assets were voluntarily listed during the primary as somewhere between $12-24 million. Obviously, the grandson of the “The Sheep King” is not seeking the hardest job of his life for the money. Serving Idaho is Brad Little’s stated purpose in replacing his boss, and his boss is all for it.

“Brad has been a great partner in keeping Idaho’s financial house in order,” says Gov. Otter. “He’s been closely engaged with my cabinet and has taken the lead on transportation funding, business development, cyber security, and affordable health care. He has developed strong working relationships with members of

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Idaho’s congressional delegation and state leaders nationwide. He’s a commonsense leader who understands that family is the first form of government … and works tirelessly at applying Idaho values to ensure our state remains the best place in the world to live, work and raise a family.”

The potential next First Lady of Idaho agrees. “His energy has never diminished,” says Teresa, Little’s wife of 40 years. “Idaho would be lucky to have him as our next governor.”

At a time when Brad Little could be juggling his five grandkids on his knee and taking sunset rides across his familial range on Old Buster, his priority to serve the state and its residents remains steadfast, even when asked about his stance on President Trump.

“There’s plenty of good news for Idaho with a Republican administration.”

And what if his worst fears, the nightmares about the mounting federal debt, comes to pass?

“If it’s bad in Idaho,” he says, “it will be worse everywhere else.”

Paulette Jordan: THE GAME CHANGER She is 38, close to 6 feet tall, with a dark-eyed gaze so intense it could be used as a weapon or to charm. Her smiles are earnest and, therefore, not plentiful. No matter what she’s talking about—lack of affordable health care, immigration policy, rural poverty, or her two sons—the Democratic candidate for Idaho governor emits an aura of authority deemed arrogant by detractors and inspirational by supporters. Paulette Jordan is, by nature and intention, controversial.

“As a woman, especially a woman of color running for political office, you can’t wait your turn,” says Jordan, “Otherwise, the people in power, the rich, white men, will make sure your turn never comes.”

Jordan delivers this opinion weighted with experience from two terms as a state representative and centuries of tribal history. A member of the Coeur d’Alene tribe, she is also of Sinkiuse, Nez Perce, and YakamaPalus descent. She is the great-greatgranddaughter of Chief Moses, and Chief Kamiakin. Her mother grew up

in a dirt-floor cabin on the reservation, one of 15 brothers and sisters.

No more than 5 feet tall, she attracted the affections of a six-foot-seven-inch NBA basketball player named Michael Jordan, who is not the legendary MJ, but is the father who bestowed Paulette’s height.

Genetic roulette may play a role in this unlikely candidate’s regal stature and self-assuredness, but it was her adopted grandfather, Felix Aripa, who convinced an awkwardly tall, 10-yearold Native American girl to believe political ascendancy was not only her responsibility but her destiny.

“When I was a child, my grandfather looked me in the eye and said, ‘You are the only one who can do this.’

He believed in me, and I believed him.”

Growing up on the northern Idaho reservation, Jordan admits, almost proudly, her life had humble beginnings. She comes from abject poverty.

A doctor visited their only health clinic once a month. There were no dentists. As a teen, she worked at her aunt’s café every summer, seven days a week. As a Native American girl at the all-white Gonzaga Prep School, she learned how it felt to not fit the mold and excel anyway. Graduating with honors provided Jordan an academic scholarship to the University of Washington. College activism honed her public-speaking persona.

“My mother reminds me all the time: remember where you came from—the poor, invisible people.

Those are our people, and I’m constantly going where nobody has bothered to go, meeting and listening to these people. I know their struggles, and they know I’m committed to helping them. They are the heart of my grassroots campaign, and we won with their votes and their $5 and $10 bills. I’m here to serve the people and the land, not profit. I have never taken money from special interests who favor profit over people, and I never will.”

Such conviction would sound naively idealistic if Paulette Jordan had not soundly bested the established white male millionaire, A.J. Balukoff, who ran against her in the Democratic primary. At the same time, her staunch unwillingness to yield personal principle in the interest of political-party-line

progress has garnered Jordan criticism and a lack of public endorsement from her own party. Ironically, the most damning opinions come from Democratic women.

“Paulette’s a 'mean” girl,' says one wellknown elected female official who requested anonymity. “She doesn’t support anything besides her own agenda. That’s not the way things get accomplished in politics.”

When Jordan hears this, she shrugs. “Democrat or Republican, they’re all playing political games to benefit their own self-interest. I was there to make the best choices for the people and the land. This did not make me popular, but it did assure me I was the only leader who could win the governor’s office back for the people of Idaho.”

Again, results that affirmed such an unlikely claim are not unsubstantiated. When Jordan ran for re-election in the 2016 election, she was the only Democrat north of Boise to withstand the Idaho red wave that helped carry President Trump into the White House.

Whether blessing or curse, Paulette Jordan’s status as an outlier, stubbornly resistant to PAC or party influence, could mightily serve in her favor with Idaho’s solid block of self-proclaimed independent voters. There’s also a fervent aspiration among residents to make history, electing the first female Native American governor in U.S history. This election year is experiencing a groundswell of Democratic females running for all manner of public office, but statistics and polls still insist a Jordan victory is improbable. Then again, remember the proven ineptitude of the 2016 presidential polls. And do consider, Idaho allowed women the right to vote 24 years before the passing of the 19th Amendment.

“Elected women, especially women of color like Paulette and myself, have no role models,” says Liza Sanchez, the first Hispanic woman elected to the Boise City Council. “Just by running for office, we’re breaking the rules.”

In the end, breaking the rules may offer Paulette Jordan, and future generations of female candidates, their best chance of winning. After all, the impossible is always improbable until it happens.

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The Great Seal of Idaho Understanding Emma Edwards Green’s contribution to the Gem State

By McKenna Koon

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Emma Edwards Green, an art student visiting Boise, was invited to enter a competition to design the Great Seal of the State of Idaho.

Green beat out artists from all over the country becoming the first and, to this day, only woman to design the seal of a state.

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ver sat and wondered about the meaning behind the state seal of Idaho? No? Well, that’s not surprising since emblems such as the Great Seal are typically not considered much in daily life. Sure, it may be something that is taught in school, but over time we tend to forget the purpose and meaning behind such a thing. But that’s a shame because the Great Seal has a lot of meaning behind it, and a pretty interesting inception story to boot.

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in the U.S. that was designed by a woman. Emma Edwards Green created the seal back in 1891, during the women’s suffrage movement. Though it was still roughly 30 years before women had the right to vote nationally, the state-by-state suffrage movement was in full swing. Green noted that leading local men and politicians were leaning toward voting for women’s suffrage and felt that it wouldn’t be much longer until it was granted. With that in mind, she placed two characters in the

seal: a male miner (the chief industry and leading occupation in the state at the time) alongside a female Lady Justice. This move to position them side-by-side signified not only equality but also freedom.

In between the two characters is a shield, with a scenic mountain range and river (symbolic of the Snake River) inside its frame. In her submission statement to win the seal design contest, Green stated that she intentionally positioned the shield between the two

Illustration: C. M. Stevans, Standard Home and School Dictionary

as an emblem of “the protection they unite in giving the state.”

In addition to the (rather forwardthinking for the time) message of equality that Green brought to the seal, she also highlights the main industries of the state. Inside the shield, alongside the river and mountain range, stands an evergreen tree representative of timber interests. An elk head sits atop the shield to represent wildlife as well as Idaho’s game laws that protect the iconic animal. Below the shield rests a sheaf of grain symbolizing the state’s agricultural resources between two brimming cornucopias referring to horticulture. The state’s flower, the wild mock orange (or syringa), is also brought into the design at the woman’s feet next to tall growing wheat.

The colors used in the design were also intentional. With browns, greens, blues, and yellows, Green aimed to “use such colors as would typify pure Americanism and the history of the state.” She also noted that the state was a “virgin” or new state at the time, so to bring that out she clothed the female figure in all white, as well as placing a white liberty cap on the end of her spear.

The Latin phrase “esto perpetua” appears on the seal, which is the Idaho state motto and can be roughly translated to “it is perpetuated” or “it is forever.” This phrase was the Italian historian and statesman Paolo Sarpi’s last words as he died, speaking of his beloved home city of Venice, Italy, which inspired Green.

At the very bottom of the seal rests a simple star. This harkens to the “new light in the galaxy of states,” as Green put it. At the time, when she was creating this symbol for Idaho, it was in fact just that—the new West. Idaho was a new frontier that was about to enter the Industrial Revolution and a completely unimagined world—a world where, eventually, men and women would stand side by side together and come together in unity to protect what they loved. Of course, this utopian view has been far from realized, but there has been progress. And the industry, beauty, and strength that Idaho represented at its inception still ring true today. As most who live here would argue, it’s called the Gem State for a reason: a precious, shining land that we’re lucky to call home.

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IT’S A DOG’S LIFE Boise’s love connection with its canines

By Patti Murphy and Jill Kuraitis

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f you're the kind of person who dances with your dog in the living room, makes up songs that feature your favorite hound, and flirts with random pups on the street, Boise is your paradise. If hiking, swimming, and throwing sticks into the Boise River a hundred times for your dog to fetch sounds better than a first-run movie on Netflix, you are in the right place. And if you say "doggo" and "pupper" and "who's a good boy?" Boiseans will understand.

But it’s not just Boiseans who recognize the dog love-fest coursing through the city. In recent years, Boise has taken its rightful place on WalletHub's list of Most Pet-Friendly Cities and also showed up on American Veterinary Medical Association’s top 10 list of pet-owning states, with 62 percent of households having at least one four-pawed friend.

Photo: Ray J. Gadd

A Dog Walks Into a Bar …

Obviously, the allure of Boise’s sweeping open space, natural amenities and casual lifestyle is as much fun for dog owners as it is for their pooches. This is a city where you and your dog can start your morning with coffee on the patio of a local coffee shop, then take a hike in the foothills, cool off with a dip in the Boise River, enjoy lunch together in downtown Boise, and then grab a beer during “yappy hour” at one of many dog-friendly local breweries, all in one day.

One such dog-friendly brewery is Payette Brewing, which not only welcomes dogs into its taproom every day, it is also home to the popular annual event known as “Dogapalooza,” a celebration of cool dogs and their beer-loving humans. The event, which happens usually in September, features outdoor kiddie pools for the dogs to cool off in, dog treats, a canine costume contest and of course beer, conversation and potential new meet-ups, both for dogs and their humans.

The notion of treating dogs like part of the family is prevalent throughout the city. A recent dinner at Highlands Hollow Brewhouse showed the Boise dog culture in full swing as at least three tables on the outdoor patio had canine companions sprawled quietly underneath their chairs as water misters cooled the summer heat.

Occasionally the dogs would get up to wander around, looking for a scratch on

the head, which diners gladly provided.

In view behind the restaurant, hikers and dogs trotted down the foothills trails and then headed onto the patio for some shade and something cold to drink.

It was a pretty typical scene for Boise.

Giving Dogs Their Space It’s not unusual to go to one of the many dog-friendly parks and see a group of people standing together socializing and sipping coffee while their dogs romp and wrestle like kids at a playground.

Boise dog parks can be a social event, where people learn the names of all the dogs they see on a regular basis but may not even know the owners’ names.

However, up until the late 1990s, Boise had no designated off-leash areas for people to take their dogs. Then, in about 1998, the city’s Parks and Recreation Department began working with dog owners in the community to plan and design a dedicated dog open space.

Erik Kingston, a member of City DOG (Dog Owners Group) in the late 1990s, said that when the discussions started, “One hundred percent of Boise’s developed parkland was off-limits to off-leash dogs, except for the flood basin at Military Reserve and a site in southeast Boise.” He said that the city and community members went through two years of monthly meetings, and in 2000 the Parks and Recreation Commission designated the Military Reserve basin as a permanent off-leash area. “Even though its primary purpose is still flood control, dogs and owners still love its wide-open, low-maintenance running space," said Kingston.

Since then, the city has worked to welcome dogs into more public spaces and has added three more designated offleash areas and nine other parks where dogs can romp within certain hours and seasons. (See sidebar for list of parks and restrictions).

While Boise doesn’t have the most dog parks in the nation, it does lead the pack with the highest number of dog parks per capita: 6.7 dog parks per 100,000 residents, edging out the second-place cities of Portland, Ore. and Henderson, Nev. “Boise is awash in parks and trails for people, and I think dogs have it pretty

SO WHAT MAKES BOISE SO DOGGONE DOG FRIENDLY?

Just ask Boiseans: “Dog friendly foothills trails, neighborhoods, and restaurant patios,” said Jill Giese.

“The Boise River for fishing, the Greenbelt and foothills for scenic walks, good local dog trainers, and compassionate citizens who care about the welfare of dogs,” noted Diana Echeverria.

“All the trails and parks that make it easy to walk and exercise my dog and make having a dog so much fun!” said Judi Brawer.

“Very good vets, excellent dog trainers, multiple competitive sports like herding and agility,” said Andrea Scott.

“Oh, and Boise's got some great dog-friendly breweries,” she added.

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good here in our fair city, too,” said Boise City Council President Lauren McLean.

“As the Trust for Public Lands pointed out in their 2018 ParkScore Index, Boise has the highest number of dog parks per 100,000 residents. Dogs in Boise can run in the foothills, cool off in the river, and play in dog parks throughout the city.”

Perhaps one of the biggest “dog parks” in all of Boise is the expansive open space and trail system in the surrounding Boise foothills. Most of the foothills trails surrounding Boise are controlled off-leash, enabling dogs and their people to recreate together in some of the most scenic surroundings in the country. Of course, along with the benefits come certain rules. For instance, owners must keep a leash with them at all times, and dogs need to be under voice control and stay within 30 feet of their owners. Off-leash etiquette also forbids dogs from chasing wildlife, digging up the land, and fighting with other dogs or trail users. And, it is expected that owners will always pick up after their dogs.

Saving Boise’s Dogs As much as Boise loves its animals, there are still plenty of dogs that are begging to be adopted. Fortunately, there are several legitimate local organizations that gladly accept rescues, wanderers and the unwanted, and give hopeful future dog parents a variety of canine companions from which to choose. The most wellknown of these, the Idaho Humane Society (IHS), is an “open admission” shelter,

meaning it doesn’t turn any animal away for age, injury, or lack of space. Annually IHS takes in 10,749 animals and adopts out 6,435, fosters 1,385, and reunites 1,690 pets with their owners. The IHS also partners with Dog Is My Co-Pilot, a volunteer flight operation where private pilots fly animals from overcrowded, high-kill shelters in another state to shelters like the IHS that maintain a no-kill philosophy.

Last year, 1,592 animals were transferred into the IHS from other shelters.

Other adoption organizations around the Boise area include the West Valley Animal Shelter in Canyon County, and Boise Bully Breed Rescue.

The heart that keeps these organizations beating is the dedication of Boiseans who volunteer their time to help the many lost and unwanted animals.

Melanie Larson, director of volunteer services at the Idaho Humane Society, said that more than 1,400 volunteers and foster parents support the work of IHS. Every month over 300 volunteers donate more than 2,500 hours of their time, walking dogs, petting cats, wrangling dogs at mobile adoption sites, and helping wherever needed.

Boiseans are fierce when it comes to finding and reuniting lost pets. A Facebook page called “Treasure Valley missing/found/spotted pets!” posts photos and locations of wandering dogs and cats. The group coordinates and cross-posts with shelters, Craigslist, law enforcement, and Nextdoor neighborhood websites. Its success rate is high.

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According to a 2017 TIME Magazine survey, the most popular purebred dogs in Idaho are Labrador and golden retrievers, and German shepherds. But a quick look around town will reveal that the most popular big dogs are the all-American mutt, with lots of Australian shepherd mashups, pit bull mixes, and variations on heelers, doodles and border collies.

Pubs and cafe patios reveal an abundance of smaller mutts with bloodlines from beagles and dachshunds, miniature poodles and Chihuahuas.

Breed-specific and activity-specific dog groups thrive in Boise. Gathering on Facebook, the “Stubby Strutters” is for fans of Welsh corgis and corgi mixes. Another, “Boise Hiking With Dogs,” organizes frequent outings and offers classes in trail etiquette. “Boise Agility Runners and Climbers (BARC),” a group promoting dog agility training, practice, and competitions, has members who have handled their dogs to championship status, and competed to win in local, regional, and national events.

Heart of the West Wild Idaho was discovered and tamed in the 1800s with the help of loyal working dogs. In fact, the journals of Idaho explorers Lewis and Clark reveal that hunting and guard dogs were important members of their expedition party. Since then, generations of Boiseans have grown up in rural Idaho areas where working dogs—cattle herders and heelers like bor-

der collies and corgis; livestock guardian breeds like Great Pyrenees and Anatolian shepherds, and hunting dogs like Labradors and setters—are the usual. Perhaps, even today, that’s partly why these breeds seem to be in such abundance in Boise.

Joan McCarter, who grew up in Corral—a place so small that most Idahoans have never heard of it—but now lives in Boise (with her two dogs) said, “My first clear memory is using Toby, our German shepherd/Russian wolfhound to prop myself up early in my walking career. I can still feel his fur. He was huge and could run like the wind. So I guess I learned to walk with the help of a dog. I also learned that a good cattle dog could be a lot better than any hired hand, or kid. Dad usually preferred to take the blue heeler, Sam, to move cattle around on our Forest Service reserve rather than one of us kids.”

Today, dogs still work the Idaho ranches and farms; herd cattle, guard sheep and accompany ranchers in the vast open rangeland. But for many Boiseans, they are simply family members who tag along as part of everyday life—to the park, the river, the mountains, downtown, on vacation.

Perhaps Boise’s sense of puppy love can be summed up in the words of composer, singer and longtime Idaho resident Carole King, who once said, “When I wake up every morning, I smile and say, 'Thank you.' Because out of my window I can see the mountains, then go hiking with my dog and share her bounding joy in the world.”

Ann Morrison Park 1000 S. Americana Blvd. (winter only) Castle Hills Park 5350 N. Eugene St. Cypress Park 4382 S. Tableridge Way Manitou Park 2001 S. Manitou Ave. Optimist Youth Sports Complex 9889 W. Hill Road Parkway (seasonally) Redwood Park 2675 N. Shamrock St. Sunset Park 2625 N. 32nd St. Williams Park 201 W. Williams St. Winstead Park 6150 W. Northview St.

Dedicated Dog Parks Military Reserve 750 N. Mountain Cove Rd. Morris Hill Park 10 N. Roosevelt St. Pine Grove Park 8995 W. Shoup Dr. Sterling Park 9851 W. Irving St.

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riving down Warm Springs Avenue in Boise is almost an activity in itself, simply for the feeling it evokes in the visitor. There is plenty of shade under towering, mature trees, and every house dotted along the block is uniquely structured but carries familiar, nostalgic qualities from a bygone era, like roomy porches flanked by powder-white Tuscan columns, red brick and lattice shutters. The homes are somehow aged but well cared for, humble but grand, haunting yet comforting.

One of the first homes on Warm Springs Avenue was owned by George Whitfield Russell and still stands today, according to the East End Neighborhood Association. Russell brought pine lumber from Bogus Basin by ox to build the home in 1869 and raised cattle and horses with his family on land filled with apple trees. Early settlers were drawn to this area of town for its flat ground, rich soil, and because the Boise River is close by.

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also constructed during the 1870s, including a quartermaster’s building, an assay office to test the purity of minerals that were being mined in Idaho City and other nearby areas, and the Idaho State Penitentiary. The Assay Office is now used for the Idaho State Historic Preservation agency and the Archaeological Survey of Idaho.

The street’s namesake stemmed from a hot springs on the far side of Table Rock, the mountainside visible from the street, but the hot water in the ground would soon be used for more than a resort destination. One Christmas Eve, in 1890, local banker C.W. Moore and other businessmen drilled for hot water in an area near the Penitentiary. They found warm water about 80 feet down, but by the next year, they had drilled 400 feet with two wells that were reaching water at a temperature of 180 degrees. Moore built a mansion that is still standing today on the corner of Warm Springs and Walnut Street, and it became the first home in the United States to be heated by geothermal water.

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Most of the historic homes in the Warm Springs neighborhood were built between 1870 and 1940 and span many decades of architectural styles, including Old Colonial, Mission Revival, Queen Anne, Tudor, ranch and bungalow styles. As the area grew, more features developed, some of which are still in use today. Should you decide to visit the historic neighborhood, here are some highlights to consider.

Spy the Horse and Buggy Life It’s true, horses and carriages once filled the streets of Boise, especially before the advent of paved roads in the 1890s. Some homes still have hitching posts, which are concrete pillars along the sidewalk that were once used to tether wagons and horses to an iron ring at the top of the pillar.

There is also at least one mounting block that remains in the “neigh”borhood if you keep your eyes peeled.

Take a Spooky Tour The Old Idaho Penitentiary housed inmates from 1872 until 1974, and it is now only used for historical tours and various events. Throughout September and October, paranormal investigations and haunted house events are held, complete with beer and wine on the Frightened Felons adult night. A Michael Jackson tribute might even spontaneously break out in the courtyard. The events list can be found at http://history.idaho.gov/old-idaho-penitentiary-events.

Smell the Roses The Idaho Botanical Garden was established as a private nonprofit corporation in 1984 on 42 acres of old prison grounds next to the Idaho State Penitentiary, about 10 years after the Pen stopped being a functional prison. The outer edges of the garden extend into the Boise foothills, and the sprawling grounds feature 15 acres of roses, irises, native plants and other collections of flowers and bushes. It is accessible to the community year-round and is host to many concerts throughout the summer. Every fall, a harvest festival takes place at the garden, with live music, pumpkin painting, and more. If you’re planning far ahead, check out the garden when it lights up in spectacular fashion for the Christmas season Winter Garden aGlow event.

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Enjoy a Generous Portion Boise used to have a streetcar transit system, or a trolley, but it went bankrupt in the 1920s. A restaurant named the Avenue Inn was established at the end of the trolley line, and it was known for its “generous portions and good food.”

By 1976, a new family took over the restaurant and named it The Trolley House. Whether you are hungry for breakfast or lunch, the diner is open seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. The restaurant is also on the National Register of Historic Places.

Top to bottom: N. Bannock Street; one of the area's many hitching posts; the Idaho Penitentiary; C.W. Moore's 1891 Victorian home; and The Trolley House.

Swing but Avoid the River The Warm Springs Golf Course is a popular 18-hole championship course on the banks of the Boise River. It is shaded by large trees and sits right at the bottom of the foothills, so it has some killer views. It is open to the public from sunrise to sunset, every day, year-round. Annual passes can be purchased. The course also has food available at the café.

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Glamping Next Door Luxury camping in Yellowstone and beyond

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f you like to spend the night under the stars and experience the jawdropping beauty of national parks, but don’t love to car camp or backpack, you may find yourself in a tough spot. That is unless you’ve discovered Under Canvas.

Under Canvas operates like a hotel (you can book through websites like Expedia and Booking.com) but offers something a little different. Rather than a hotel building, you’ll sleep under canvas—literally.

Inside the spacious canvas-style tents (think more African safari than Pacific Crest Trail backpacking), you’ll find luxury accommodations, including stylish full-sized furniture and bathrooms stocked with posh toiletry items. In the morning, there’s fresh coffee and a breakfast buffet. You can even watch the night sky from a few of their options as well, like the aptly named Stargazer Tent that offers a skylight window above the bed. Sounds pretty dreamy, huh?

Even dreamier are their locations.

Currently, Under Canvas has camps set up right in the middle of some of the most beautiful parks in North America: Zion, the Great Smoky Mountains, Mount Rushmore, Moab, Glacier Park, and Idaho’s neighbor, Yellowstone National Park. As Yellowstone is just a few hours away by car, it makes for a fun weekend getaway for inhabitants of the Gem State.

There’s more to the experience than the luxe settings. In fact, it may be what the host chooses to go without that can make for a more memorable stay. Under Canvas intentionally doesn’t offer Wi-Fi, the company maintains, so the “guests can disconnect from technology and reconnect with those they love.”

They also aim to limit the use of energy at the camps, so as to mitigate environmental impact, stating that they believe that “... nature is the best architect,” so they “... strive to leave the land as untouched as possible.”

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house rather than private bathing facilities. Due to the remote nature of the experience, guests tend to form more of a community-like experience than what typically occurs in larger, more central hotels.

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a larger group. Whether you choose to bring the kids along and make it a family affair, head out for a weekend with friends or go for a more unplugged romantic one-on-one, you should be able to find accommodations that work for you.

Under Canvas is part of a larger trend in the hospitality industry of “glamping” (short for glamorous camping). In fact, glamping.com lists roughly 800 locations that have outdoor, natural setting experiences with the luxe offerings more often found in a hotel. While some of these include lodgings in tree houses or cabins, a prominent new choice is the glamping tents offered by companies like Under Canvas. In the United States, other

companies getting in on the trend include Collective Retreats with locations across the country, The Resort at Paws Up in Montana, and both Firelight Camps and Terra Glamping out East.

With the number of people looking to decompress from overly-connected lifestyles, it makes sense that travel experiences like Under Canvas are popping up. Making nature a destination has, in the past, been viewed by many as a rugged commitment, something only backpackers and campers could truly experience. Now, with glamping, even if you’re more of a Carrie Bradshaw than a John Muir, you can still revel in the wonder, beauty, and adventure that exists within the wilderness.

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POLO CHURCH Boise’s nascent bike polo scene

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t’s 93 degrees on a sun-scorched concrete lot on 18th and Idaho streets on the western edge of Downtown Boise—not hot enough to keep the Boise Bike Polo Club members from wielding their mallets, mounting their rides and soaking up their weekly Sunday match.

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or dexterously carry the ball through traffic like hockey players.

There’s more. Skillful, even graceful moments emerge from the havoc.

Kody Schiermeier, known as Han Polo on Instagram, corrals a pass on his bike wheel before scooping the ball from the right side of his bike to the left before sending a backhand pass. Mac McManus, his lumberjack-looking brother in law, one-times the ball into the net.

As many as 15 players have turned out at once for the weekly matches. The group has enough regulars to field the three vs. three games, but Schiermeier,

the club’s self-appointed cat herder, wants to bring more players into the fold. Robust polo scenes thrive in Bend, Salt Lake City, and the sport’s birthplace—Seattle—as well as in most big cities on the East Coast. He sticks invitation flyers in the spokes of bikes parked around town. He yells, “Play bike polo!” at bicyclists passing by the court.

“Once you play, you get the bug,” Shiermeier says. “It becomes a passion, especially if you like biking already.”

Several regulars played bike polo in Boise in the mid-2000s, but the scene had died until Schiermeier revived it

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in early 2018. He’d fallen in love with the game in Chattanooga, Tenn., and after moving here, he went to work gathering a squad. As a bike enthusiast and family member, McManus was an easy first mark. To find the rest, Schiermeier reached out to lurkers on a Facebook polo page set up more than a decade before. He also found new club members through Craigslist ads and by pestering folks he met riding bikes, especially those on single-speed rigs preferred by polo players.

“You have to spread the gospel,” he says. “After that, once you get those diehards—the people who want to play on the weekend—it’s golden.”

Between games, McManus sips a beer and shrugs off the heat. He said he and Schiermeier make a point of playing through tough conditions because they are trying to build the scene.

“We come out when it’s just as compromisingly cold,” McManus says.

“I look forward to it every week. We’re just starting it up, so we stick it out.”

Schiermeier now works on a farm

in Bruneau, coming into Boise once a week with extra polo bikes for new recruits for matches. He’s thankful the lot owner gave them permission to use the property, which took about 20 hours to clean up and set up the sidewalls.

The Boise Bike Polo Club joined forces with several Bend guys and played in its first regional tournament recently in Seattle. He hopes for more tournament appearances. He’s also hoping to recruit more women, trans and femme players, as well all other minority groups. “Inclusivity is one of the big things in bike polo,” he says. “Diversity is good. We try to yell at everybody who rides by to play bike polo.”

He also dreams of raising bike polo in Boise to the visibility it enjoys in Salt Lake City, where the city paid for a court and where players gather for matches four times a week. In the meantime, he’ll keep evangelizing. “If you like bikes, you should try bike polo, at least once,” Schiermeier says. “I try to be religious about it, so people can come to polo church.”

WHAT IS BIKE POLO? Bicycle polo was invented in the late 1800s in Europe as an alternative to traditional polo on horseback. Hardcourt polo, the small-court style played in Boise, started in Seattle in the mid-2000s.

Players typically ride single-speed bikes that enable quick acceleration.

Short wheelbases enable

tighter turning. The plum-sized ball is made of plastic. The mallets are like longer, plastic versions of double-headed croquet mallets with one important difference: one mallet end is smaller, and this is the end that must be used to strike shots on goal. Players can otherwise “shuffle” the ball around the court, but

the rule demands skill and “intentionality” of shots.

Most players hold the mallet in their right hand and control the bike’s front brake with their left.

Court dimensions vary wildly because clubs often work with whatever public spaces are available. Short boards border the court, keeping the ball in play like a puck in a hockey rink.

Players who touch their foot to the ground, or who crash, must “dab” by touching their mallet to center court before returning to the action. A number of rules exist limiting contact between players, bikes and mallets, but, to paraphrase Schiermeier, they simply add up to the adage: Don’t be a jerk.

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Walking Into History Walking tours offer insight into Valley cities

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number of Treasure Valley cities, including Boise, Eagle, Kuna, Meridian, Nampa, and Star offer self-guided walking tours of historic sites in the city. It’s a great way to see the most beautiful parts of an Idaho city and learn a little history as well. It’s especially fun to do in the fall when the weather cools off.

Walking tours were typically printed on hand-held brochures, but these days tours are often available through a smartphone app. Even the cities that still have printed brochures typically have an online PDF file that you can download, and either print out yourself or use on your smartphone.

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BOISE: The Boise Map and Walks app

on Android, or the GPSmyCity app on iOS, offers three different short tours of downtown Boise.

For example, one tour is focused specifically on religious sites around Boise. Regardless of one’s religious

affiliation, buildings like St. Michael’s Episcopal Cathedral, across from the Idaho State Capitol, feature beautiful architecture. The downtown tour, which starts at the Capitol, hits most of the major museums in town, as well as the Egyptian Theatre and the Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial. Finally, as the name implies, the galleries walk visits seven of the city’s art galleries.

In addition, the Boise Arts and History Department has a searchable, mapped list of the city’s historic artifacts and public art at www.boiseart sandhistory.org. While it isn’t a specific tour per se, it has the advantage of letting you find sites near your location, such as the closest artwrapped traffic box.

The Boise Parks Department also has a downloadable map of the Morris Hill Cemetery, showing the graves of famous Boiseans, at parks.cityofboise. org. They range from Moses Alexander, Idaho’s first Jewish governor, to entre-

preneur and philanthropist J. R. “Jack” Simplot.

EAGLE: Eagle’s walking tour brochure,

available at cityofeagle.org, contains just six sites along three blocks, but it has some amazing structures, including Eagle’s first hotel and bank.

KUNA: The “Walking Tour of Kuna’s

History” brochure is downloadable from the Ada County Historic Preservation Council’s website, adacounty.id.gov.

It consists of 11 sites across five blocks of downtown, including the town’s first brick building, which for many years was the Kuna Mercantile under one owner or another but is now more often known as the home of the popular Enrique’s Mexican restaurant.

It also includes the former millinery shop owned by the Mercantile owner’s sisters, a former hardware store that is now a bar and barbecue restaurant, and Kuna’s Grange Hall.

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Valley’s third-largest city, is one of the cities that’s moved to an app; in fact, the city website doesn’t even have a downloadable PDF of its walking tour yet. The Visit Nampa app, available on both Android and iOS, has 28 sites, including pictures, audio descriptions,

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The map also includes vintage pictures of buildings that are no longer standing, such as the Dewey Hotel and Nampa’s city hall, torn down in 1991 but commemorated in the 1979 Clint Eastwood movie “Bronco Billy.”

STAR: The tiny town of Star is a bit

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off the beaten path, but it, too, has a downloadable walking tour map of 11 historic sites around its downtown.

It’s available at adacounty.id.gov. They include Star’s Interurban station, the Star Mercantile, and a number of turnof-the-century houses.

If your travels take you farther afield than the Treasure Valley, such as Hailey or Wallace, chances are you can find a historic walking tour there, too. Drop in at the city’s museum or city hall, or check Google or Facebook. No doubt there’ll be someone’s footsteps you can walk in.

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second-largest city, has not one but two walking tours, a “north” and a “south.”

They are both available on the City of Meridian website at meridiancity.org.

However, the printable map includes historic locations but without any descriptions.

If you can, go to the site on your smartphone, where you can click on locations to get pictures and historic information, including video. For example, you can visit one of the few remaining depots for the Interurban, which originally ran streetcars across the Treasure Valley from Boise to Middleton.

and, of course, a map of the sites in its downtown, such as its train depot, now a museum.

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morning from June through October at 11 a.m. for $12. While you can drop in, it works better to make a reservation because they do sell out. Though each tour hits most of the same sites, each leader has his or her own specialty.

Preservation Idaho also offers a $35 package of five Arch Walk tours once a month in the summer around a theme—sometimes outside of Boise— and a single $25 Heritage Walk tour of a particular neighborhood in the fall, but those typically sell out very quickly, so plan ahead. preservationidaho.org/walking-tours/ If you like to nibble while you walk, Indulge Boise offers $64 history tours that include drop-ins at as many as 10 restaurants. Some of the nibbles can be pretty substantial and chances are you’ll have a doggy bag to take home. The tours run year-round. indulgeboise.com/tours/historic-boise/ Not up to walking? Two Boise companies also offer tours on historic streetcars: the Boise Trolley Tour for $20 and the Boise Township Tour for $18.

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Don’t like self-guided tours? Do you get lost? Lonesome? Boise, in particular— though sometimes other cities as well— offers group tours with guides. They’re not free, but you can ask questions.

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he sudden gust of wind pressed against Rocky Barker’s back, the first hint of the coming conflagration.

He’d spent weeks covering the wildfires raging through Yellowstone National Park. Each day, he and a handful of reporters listened in on briefings at the incident command center, digesting the changing firefighting strategies and chasing the biggest fires and stories.

As usual, Barker was behind the fire line. His editor, Bill Hathaway, at the Idaho Falls Post Register, had ordered Barker not to come within a quarter mile of the fire. As usual, Barker hand-waved that instruction, as he’d done minutes before when a park ranger ran through the Old Faithful parking lot, screaming at the people gathered there, “Run for your lives! If you don’t get out now, you’re dead!”

It was 1988, and Barker says he’d already seen more wildfire than most professional fire crews.

He understood fire behavior. The ranger was overreacting.

Or maybe not. Detritus was blowing straight toward Barker and the fire crew he’d followed. A reporter grabbed Barker’s arm. “We gotta go,” he said.

“Now.” A low rumble turned into a roar. The day went dark.

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been happily hiking in Montana with his wife, Tina, and three children, when the park caught fire. Barker couldn’t take it after a few days. His beats and his loves—the environment and the West—were calling.

He had to answer. His wife was upset. Barker was putting work ahead of family. Again. She said to stay with the family, to enjoy his time off, to do the smart thing for once.

Her words were as successful as Hathaway’s. She was going to be bereft if Barker died in that fire. She was also going to be pissed.

The blast of wind that ripped through the forest reached 80 miles per hour, Barker now guesses, bringing the maelstrom. Firebrands the size of fists screamed past his head as he and the firefighters sprinted through the woods. Reporter notes stuffed in Barker’s yellow Nomex jacket flew out, soon to be fuel for the coming flames. He kept running.

Barker and the others cleared the 100 yards into the Old Faithful parking lot as the furious fire devoured the woods they’d exited. Barker drove to West Yellowstone, wrote his article, phoned it into the newsroom and returned to the fire line the next day.

If you know Barker, you’ve probably already heard that story one time, or perhaps five times. (Disclosure: I worked with Barker at the Idaho Statesman for five years.) He’s a talker, and the ’88 Yellowstone Fire story is one of the many crowd pleasers he’s lived and perfected over 43 years of newspaper reporting.

Barker spent 33 of those years in Idaho, covering the crucial environmental and natural resource develop-

Illustration: Mary Rodriguez

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Yellowstone National Park, August 23, 1988.

ments that shaped the state and the West, including public land access, water rights, wildlife preservation and, of course, wildfire management.

Barker retired in May after 22 years at the Idaho Statesman, thus ending a career spanning more than 5,000 articles, a movie script, four books and more than a few exhausted editors. He’s won dozens of awards, including a finalist nomination as part of a Statesman team that covered the scandal stemming from then-Sen. Larry Craig’s toe-tapping incident in a Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport bathroom in 2007.

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“It’s not that I’m great. It’s that I’m a little obsessive. If I had to do it on my own time, I did. If I had to work around the clock, I did. I finally found a place at the Idaho Statesman where the editor realized, ‘We have this crazy guy who drives everybody nuts, who doesn’t do what he’s told, but who is willing to put himself in front of a fire. We’ll enable that.’”

— Rocky Barker Barker’s articles and hundreds of his well-known "Letters from the West" columns shaped the public’s appreciation for important issues. He is, without question, the foremost Idaho media expert on all things related to how Idahoans use land for business and pleasure. Few newspapers have regional expertise in any subject. Few newspapers even have environmental reporters anymore. But Barker made a four-decade career out of outdoors coverage because he was too good to be pulled from the beat and too stubborn to let anybody divert him from his path.

Barker’s source list includes hundreds of politicians, lobbyists and conservationists he’s known for decades. One of those is Tom France, regional director of the National Wildlife Federation based in Missoula, Mont. France and Barker traveled together as part of a group to Africa to observe village-based conservation.

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France says he’s fielded calls from reporters for years. Nobody made a career out of understanding the issues like Barker, he says. “He saw an opportunity in covering the environment that nobody else did.

People said it couldn’t be done until Rocky showed up and did it. There’s not an environmental journalist with his résumé anywhere in the West.”

Barker held absolute conviction in what he believed was and wasn’t newsworthy, making him a handful for editors, longtime Statesman editor Bill Manny says. But Barker’s foibles were the flipside of the strengths that made him successful. It all informed the instincts that drove him to get the story and to get it right.

After some time, Manny says Barker learned to trust Manny’s judgment and allegiance to storytelling.

Manny says some of Barker’s most nuanced reporting, such as telling the story of the lives and deaths of wolves and grizzlies since their reintroduction to the Idaho wild, were “stories that few journalists in Idaho or elsewhere would have tried to pull off,” he says.

“For many reporters, journalism is a job, done well and professionally, but still a job,” Manny adds. “For some, it’s also a calling. For reporters like Barker, it’s their life, their work, their recreation, their reason for being.”

Early Inspirations Barker bounced between two towns in Illinois, outside of Chicago, while growing up. He trapped small game and idolized history’s mountain men voyagers. He says he claimed the last bounty for foxes in 1969 and the last coyote reward in Wisconsin in 1973.

Barker later fell in love with hunting and fishing, cementing his conservation ethic.

He read the newspaper each morning and devoured stories about a sort of environmentalist Robin Hood—some today would say “eco terrorist”—who called himself “The Fox.” The Fox plugged a soap factory’s pipes that discharged pollution into the river.

He capped the smokestack of an aluminum manufacturer. He broke into U.S. Steel headquarters in Chicago and dumped hazardous waste on the CEOs carpet. The Fox was a hero to Barker. His appreciation deepened years later when Barker learned the identity of the activist, who’d become an environmental regulator in Illinois after the first environmental protection laws with any teeth went into effect.

Barker chose to attend Northland College in northern Wisconsin after the school sent him a brochure with photos of people hunting and canoeing on Lake Superior. He became active in the school’s new Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute, named in honor of a writer and preservationist credited with saving the Boundary Waters of Wisconsin. Before long, Barker was hobnobbing at cocktail parties with Olson, politicians and other players in the founding era for conservation.

“Rocky’s curiosity and his professional nose for a story really set himself apart from every other reporter I’ve encountered. he knows issues. He senses when they are developing into a story. We’re good friends now, but I know he has hundreds of good friends and contacts.”

— Tom France, National Wildlife Federation Barker remembers accepting an invitation to a party along with bigwigs on Wisconsin's Beaver Dam Lake with the likes of lawmakers, professors, and attorneys general. He was on the inside, and he loved it.

“There was a senator, an attorney general, a congressman, all these interesting people,” he says. “Then there’s me, sitting there drinking gin and tonics on this pontoon boat. For a student, then later as a young journalist, this was getting to see behind the curtain. It was the neatest thing in the world.”

During his senior year, Barker and his trapping partner interviewed two old-timer trappers and wrote a column about a lifestyle that was going extinct. His partner did most of the writing. Barker successfully pitched the column to a local sporting magazine, then parlayed that clip into his first journalism job at a small weekly, the Washburn Country Journal, where he wrote and sold ads. Landing the job was an early case of what an editor later described as Barker’s ability to “create his own weather.”

“That column was the only journalism I’d ever done,” he says. “I graduated from college and largely couldn’t write. My daughter wrote much better when she graduated from high school.”

The Sinking House Despite covering sports part-time in his first gig, Barker didn’t take long to break the big stories about

tribal rights and fights over natural resources, first at the Washburn Times and then at the Rhinelander Daily News, where he quickly ascended to editor of the four-person staff. In that time, he met Tina, a passenger in a vehicle that picked him up as he hitchhiked between small Wisconsin towns in 1976 while he worked at the Times. They married in 1979 and have three children.

Barker’s Greatest Hits of Wisconsin mixtape is too lengthy to detail here, especially given the complexity of the issues. Instead, here’s a summary of the story that gave Barker his first taste of the big time: the sinking house.

It was 1977. A homeowner planned to move a fully furnished, seven-room house four miles across the 3-foot thick ice of Lake Superior from Port Superior to Madeline Island using a 30-ton truck and trailer.

The house made it three miles. The house tipped.

The ice broke. The house and truck slowly sank.

Barker had driven to the scene in his Volkswagen Bug. He snapped photos, wrapped up his reporting, then sped back to the newsroom where he yelled, “Hold the presses!”

The paper did, buying time to develop and publish what is now an iconic photo in the region of the house slipping into the deep water.

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Lake Superior off the shores of Madeline Island, March 2, 1977.

Barker jumped on the phone and called photo editors for major papers in the region, promising them “the best photo you’ve seen in your life.” The Chicago Tribune and Minneapolis Tribune both bit.

Barker shipped them the photo via bus. The Chicago paper gave it a half page of space on the back of a section. The Minneapolis paper gave it a half-page of real estate on a section front. Wire services picked up the photo, which soon ran in papers in Los Angeles, Miami, Tel Aviv and countless others in between.

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It later ran in the Associated Press’ annual book celebrating its photos of the year. Barker remembers selling the photo for $200 to the Chicago Tribune, $85 to the Minneapolis Tribune, $35 to the Associated Press and $25 to UPI. Barker has never shied away from the limelight.

That taste was all it took.

“It was the adrenaline of that day,” he says. “That’s why I’m a journalist.”

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Barker applied for the environmental reporter position in Idaho Falls in 1985. The editor interviewing Barker asked for a Wisconsin reference who could speak to Barker’s reporting chops. Barker’s response: “Call anybody.”

He got the job.

Thus started a three-decade relationship with the Idaho outdoors and with the myriad experts and politicians that swam in those streams. Many of those sources have had dozens or hundreds of conversations with Barker over the years. Many count him as a friend.

Cecil Andrus, who Barker first covered in Wisconsin as the head of the U.S. Department of the Interior and again as governor of Idaho, impressed upon Barker the need to bring all sides of an issue to the table, Barker says. That meant understanding issues such as salmon preservation from all sides.

In Idaho, that means conservation advocates. But it also means understanding energy, agriculture, recreation, flood control and a complex history and system of water rights.

France says that everybody-at-the-table approach was evident in Barker’s stories on salmon and dams.

After traveling the state to talk to all of the players, Barker authored a Statesman series that strove to give all of the stakeholders their say. That series led to Statesman editorials advocating for removing four dams on the Lower Snake River in order to protect salmon, a controversial position then and now.

Barker and the Statesman revisited salmon restoration again in 2017, and again Barker listened to all of the players. That was natural to Barker, France says, because he was friends with the industry lobbyists just like he was with the greener side of the debate.

“He stuck with it. He did it his way.

You have to give him credit for that.”

— John Thompson, formerly of the Idaho Farm Bureau “I think he surprised people in the series last year with the focus he gave to Bonneville Power and how he explained the challenges it faces in the coming years,” France says. “He could have just written about dams and fish, but no. He found an angle that TERRITORY–MAG.COM

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hadn’t been reported and was the first one to do it.”

That’s not to say every source always agreed with Barker. John Thompson, himself a former reporter, was a Barker source for 18 years when Thompson was spokesman of first the Idaho Potato Growers Association and then the Idaho Farm Bureau.

Barker, ever opinionated, lets advocacy bleed into his reporting, Thompson says. One time in particular irked him when Barker contributed to a series about how Idaho’s rural communities were dying. Thompson rejected the series premise, saying it was reporting based on an errant assumption.

“To me, that’s backward,” Thompson says.

“I disagreed fundamentally with their approach and their conclusions.”

But Thompson says he was never misquoted, and he enjoyed bantering with Barker. The reporter was well versed on the issues, and Thompson appreciated that he wanted to talk to the farmers and ranchers affected by them.

“We had our differences, but I want to stress he was always fair,” Thompson says. “He never misquoted me or attacked me in his writing. Most of the time when he was critical of the Farm Bureau, he was right.”

The West Burns After covering hundreds of fires, Barker’s career will be forever tied to the increase in the number and intensity of wildfires in the West, how the Forest Service shifted its wildfire management strategy and how too many firefighters died.

“Black Saturday” in which 123,000 acres burned in a single day in Yellowstone, was national news in 1988. Such burns are commonplace today, Barker says, in part due to global warming, a trend he started writing about in 2005. A decade prior, the Forest Service fought to save every acre of burning forest. Over time, that philosophy changed, but not in time to prevent tragedies, Barker says.

He still gets emotional when he remembers the Cramer Fire that burned near Salmon in 2003. Two firefighters, Jeff Allen and Shane Heath, were working on top of the Salmon River Breaks with only a steep, fuel-ridden ridge between them and the blaze. The fire swept uphill, as fire does, killing the young men.

“They were just left up there, and they never should have been there in the first place,” Barker says.

Barker thought the authorities were lying about the decisions that led to the fatalities. He says he worked his Salmon sources to discover that there was inexperience and negligence throughout the chain of command during the firefighting effort.

After writing the initial article, he and another reporter sunk their teeth into the matter, exposing the mismanagement. The incident commander later faced formal disciplinary actions.

Barker covered dozens more fires and continued chronicling changes in wildfire management policy.

His 2005 book, “Scorched Earth,” detailed how the 1988 Yellowstone fire changed wilderness and fire management. The book was adapted into a screenplay for a TV disaster movie, “Firestorm.”

“He knew the issues so well that we could talk about how we got into the mess we were in with these big fires, the policies that got us there, the mistakes some of our agencies made.

We could talk about our own cultural fear of fire.”

— John Freemuth, Boise State University

Barker’s work expanded the public’s knowledge of the important issues surrounding them. That work is irreplaceable.

“He was uniquely able to stitch all of these complicated things together because he knew his stuff,” Johnson said. It wasn’t just from me. It was from all the key players. That was his strength. Rocky always knew more than he wrote. Always. Every.

Single. Story.”

Barker says wildfire fighting has changed for the better since 13 people died in a 1994 fire. But he’s dismayed that firefighters are still put in harm’s way, like the 19 that died during the Yarnel Hill wildfire in Arizona in 2003.

“I think we made a difference in our reporting in 2003 that showed the mistakes being made,” he says.

“I hope nobody ever puts a firefighter in front of a fire in the Salmon River Breaks ever again.”

Legacy Barker’s retirement leaves a void in how Idahoans understand the events and policies shaping their environment, says another longtime source, Idaho Conservation League Director Rick Johnson. Even if papers hire an environmental reporter, which few do anymore, they won’t be on a first-name basis with every player like Barker. They won’t have an encyclopedic knowledge of the issues and the history of events, people and policies that give context to every discussion.

“I’m an expert in my field, and Rocky Barker has forgotten more about certain parts about Idaho environmental issues than I remember,” Johnson said.

“We had a beer the last time I saw him.

I joked that, finally, at the bitter end, I didn’t have to say what was off of the record. He said, ‘No! I still want to write something!” Well, OK. Please do.”

— Rick Johnson, Idaho Conservation League Johnson, who also considers Barker a friend, said Barker made it clear that if Johnson ever said something dumb, Barker would hit the softball a mile. They talked on and off of the record frequently over three decades. Barker, like any good reporter, never betrayed the arrangement.

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Rocky, retired.

Barker says he plans to spend retirement writing books or working on projects that feed his passion for the outdoors. He also plans to spend more time with a fishing rod in his hand. Ditching the family vacation to cover the ’88 Yellowstone fire wasn’t the only time Barker’s wife and children took a backseat to his work. He built a career out of working long hours and dropping everything to chase the big story. Barker said it finally dawned on him in recent years that his priorities were unfair to his family, and that their sacrifices remain his greatest regret.

“It’s never been a job for me,” Barker says. “It was a quest, and I always put my quest first.”

Barker talked his way into his first reporting job shortly after the Watergate scandal forced President Richard Nixon’s resignation. Barker’s career has spanned the eight administrations that followed.

France, who nominated Barker for his organization’s prestigious National Conservation Achievement Award that the reporter received in 2000, says Barker’s longevity was part of how he shaped public discourse.

“I nominated him for a body of work that extended back 15 years. I didn’t think then about the next 18 years and how that body of work would grow, how it would become richer,” France says.

“His bearing witness to the West for over 30 years is a tremendous legacy.”

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Above the Fray

The renovated Idaho State Capitol Building is an attraction not be missed by locals or visitors alike.

It houses two of the three branches of the state government. The west wing (left) of the Capitol is home to the Senate offices and chamber, as well as the governor's office (second floor). The House chambers and offices are in the east wing. The center rotunda includes the legislative library and offices for the attorney general and the joint finance committee.

Photograph by Charles Knowles

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THE FOURT Freedom of the press and American democracy

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reedom of the press was enshrined in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution as a fulfillment of the republican enterprise on which the founders of the United States had embarked: self-governance. Thomas Jefferson, the apostle of liberty, wrote in a 1789 letter to Richard Price, a philosopher and minister, the premise that guides

us still: “Wherever the people are well informed they can be trusted with their own government. Whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights.”

Jefferson’s faith in the capacity of the people to correct wayward governmental actions, once armed with the pertinent facts and knowledge, rested on a comparable faith in the abilities of a free and independent press to disseminate information.

John Adams, a Founding Father and second president of the U.S. wrote in a 1765 dissertation: “None of the means of information are more sacred, or have been cherished with more tenderness and care by the settlers of America than the press.”

And it fell to James Madison, commonly regarded as the Father of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, to lay bare in frank, unsentimental terms the price to be paid by an aspiring republic stripped of essential

information: “A popular Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or, perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: And a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives you.”

Madison spoke for a generation that acknowledged an inextricable link between freedom of the press and selfrule. Under our Constitution, he wrote in 1800, “The people, not the government, possess the absolute sovereignty … the press has exerted a freedom in canvassing the merits and measures of public men … On this footing the freedom of the press has stood; on this foundation it yet stands.”

The First Amendment The words that so distinguish democracy from other forms of government—the First Amendment—states,

Congress shall make no law respecting an estab United States Bill of Rights Ratified, December 15, 1791

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JAMES MADISON 4th President, 1809-1817

“ To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.”

— JAMES MADISON

TH ESTATE in part: “Congress shall make no law ... abridging freedom of the press.”

Freedom of the press was given a preferred position in our constitutional system, principally because of its critical role in the scheme of popular government. The framers of the Free Press Clause understood that the electoral process would be rendered meaningless if voters were not informed about candidates’ qualifications for office and where they stood on issues of public concern. The press, moreover, was seen as an institution—the Fourth Estate—that could hold governmental officials accountable to the people. In this capacity, the press functioned as an informal but essential part of the system of checks and balances, exposing abuse and aggrandizement of power, mismanagement, self-serving actions that undermined the public interest and laws, and programs and policies that violated American civil liberties.

Presidents and the Press As indispensable as it is to American democracy, freedom of the press seldom has been free of controversy.

Presidents of both political parties have engaged in often-contentious relations with the press since the dawn of the republic.

Despite his affinity for a free press and his conclusion that it was indispensable to the maintenance of civil liberties, self-governance, and the republic itself, Jefferson on more than one occasion denounced particular press stories as intolerable. Abraham Lincoln suppressed newspapers during the Civil War but regretted having to do it. Theodore Roosevelt criticized those whom we would call investigative reporters as “muckrakers.” In his autobiography, however, he later characterized the Washington press corps as “a singularly able, trustworthy and public-spirited body of men, and most

useful of all agents on the fight for efficient and decent government.”

In 1941, Franklin D. Roosevelt fumed over press reports that he was seeking ways to aid American allies without consulting Congress.

Richard Nixon repeatedly castigated the press for its “liberal biases.” He secretly—and illegally—wiretapped reporters, and placed some of them on his infamous “enemies” list. Ronald Reagan embraced the principle of freedom of the press but wondered why the press wasn’t on “our side.”

George H. W. Bush shared Reagan’s sentiments about the importance of press freedom but complained about news stories that disclosed his deceptive politics and diplomacy in the run up to the Gulf War. Bill Clinton, told

by The New York Times that its critical editorials of the president represented “tough love,” responded, “Well, don’t forget the love.”

Alternately baffled, frustrated, dispirited, and angry about stories

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“ Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.”

— THOMAS JEFFERSON

blishment of religion, or prohibiting the free …

THOMAS JEFFERSON 3rd President, 1801-1809

GEORGE WASHINGTON 1st President, 1789-1797

“ If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”

JOHN ADAMS 2nd President, 1797-1801

“ Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people, who have a right … to that most dreaded and envied kind of knowledge … I mean of the characters and conduct of their rulers.”

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that have criticized their “merits,” and “measures,” and perhaps embarrassed their administrations, American presidents, nonetheless, have generally recognized the critical link between a well-informed citizenry and self-governance. President John F. Kennedy likely spoke for the President’s Club when he observed in a 1962 Oval Office interview with three television network reporters that the press is invaluable, “… even though it is never pleasant to be reading things that are not agreeable news … Even though we never like it, and even though we wish they didn’t write it, and even though we disapprove, there isn’t any doubt that we could not do the job at all in a free society without a very, very active press.”

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Relative to his predecessors, President Donald Trump has clearly taken a much more antagonistic approach toward the press. Since taking office in January 2017, President Trump has frequently denounced the press—at political rallies, meetings and press briefings—as the “enemy of the people,” a phrase first used during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror in which “political crimes” were punishable by death. While it is safe

to assume Trump is not advocating violence as a solution to political opposition, it is nonetheless a provocative metaphor to employ.

President Trump’s use of the term, moreover, has not occurred in a vacuum. Indeed, he has excoriated the media as “dishonest people,” “sick and dangerous” people who “could start wars.” In mid-July, Trump addressed the annual convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Expanding on his mantra of “fake news,” he told audience members, “What you are seeing and reading [about the administration] is not happening,” he said.

Trump’s apparent low regard for the press has been further manifested by his decision, on occasion, to ban from public media events reporters representing The New York Times, The Washington Post, and CNN. This public hostility toward the press has spread alarm through the industry. In late July, the president met with The New York Times’ publisher, A. G. Sulzberger and editorial page editor, James Bennet. Sulzberger encouraged Trump to criticize news stories that he felt were inaccurate or unfair but urged him to refrain from characterizing the press as “the enemy of the people.” Sulzberger told Trump that his anti-press rhetoric was “inflammatory,” “harmful and dangerous,” and that it was con-

“ I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis.

The great point is to bring them the real facts..”

tributing to the rise of threats against reporters. The Times, Sulzberger added, was concerned about the safety of its staff and had begun posting guards at its offices. He pointed out, as well, that the use of Trump’s language by foreign leaders “was being used to justify sweeping crackdowns on journalists,” and that it “was putting lives at risk.”

President Trump’s assertion that the press is “the enemy of the people,” has played well with his base, but it surely collides with the Founders’ conception of the role of the press in protecting and advancing American democracy. As Madison wrote in 1799, “To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.”

Triumphs of a Free Press One need not look too far back in history to find real public benefits achieved through dogged investigation and reporting by journalists.

For instance, there were the press investigations in the early 1900s that revealed the foul, rat-infested, and hazardous conditions that pervaded the Chicago stockyards and meatpacking industry. Then there were early 20th century journalistic efforts that

“ Freedom of the press is essential to the preservation of a democracy; but there is a difference between freedom and license. Editorialists who tell downright lies in order to advance their own agendas do more to discredit the press than all the censors in the world.”

— ABRAHAM LINCOLN

— FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

… exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT 32nd President, 1933-1945

ABRAHAM LINCOLN 16th President, 1861-1865

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“ Free speech exercised both individually and through a free press, is a necessity in any country where people are themselves free.”

THEODORE ROOSEVELT 26th President, 1901-1909

— THEODORE ROOSEVELT

exposed the existence and influence of giant trusts and monopolies, including the sugar, grain elevator, railroad and beef trusts. The dangers of those trusts, familiar to farmers and wage earners, had not been grasped by middle-class voters at the time, which meant they had not entered the political consciousness of the nation.

In more recent years, Americans have been the beneficiaries of journalistic disclosures about racial discrimination in housing, gender discrimination in the workplace, wanton pollution of lakes and rivers by chemical companies, and safety issues with automobiles and airplanes.

On the foreign front, the list of press disclosures about governmental deception and scandal is lengthy, including the My Lai Massacre and the Agent Orange tragedy. And publication of The Pentagon Papers by The New York Times and The Washington Post disclosed presidential deception about America’s covert slide into the Vietnam War, a war that claimed the lives of some 60,000 soldiers.

Perhaps the most notorious example of the press uncovering governmental malfeasance was the Watergate scandal. The Post’s Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein became household names for their diligent reporting on the Watergate

break-in and subsequent cover-up.

Arguably, their work led to the resignation of Richard Nixon and to the fall of his administration. Without those investigative efforts, Nixon may have completed his term in office; our history would certainly be different.

Facts, Evidence, Truth The informing function of the press, exalted by Madison for its essential service to the republic, points to factors that distinguish democracies from other systems of government: facts, evidence and truth.

Alexander Hamilton, who teamed with Madison and John Jay to produce the Federalist Papers—letters written to newspapers at the time to promote the ratification of the proposed Constitution—laid bare in Federalist No. 1 the great aim of the Founders’ experiment in self-governance. Hamilton addressed the vital but lingering question of “whether societies of men are really capable or not, of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend, for their political constitutions, on accident and force.”

America’s Founders, children of the Enlightenment, were steeped in an intellectual tradition that championed the principles of republican-

ism and the importance of reason, facts and truths, the foundation for government based on “reflection and choice.” What’s more, Madison, in particular, advanced the thought that freedom of the press was the bedrock of all liberties. In the Virginia Resolution he described freedom of the press as “… that right of freely examining public characters and measures, and of free communication among the people thereon, which has ever been justly deemed, the only effectual guardian of every other right.”

Seditious Libel While Enlightenment thought, with its emphasis on reason, was the dominant intellectual force for 18th century thinkers, it supplied no definitive answer to the question of the scope of freedom of the press. The governing tradition—inherited from English law— afforded an exemption from “prior restraint”: government action to suppress speech (in any form) before it happens.

However, tradition did permit the punishment for “seditious libel,” that is, speech that impugned or criticized the government or its officials, advocated the overthrow of government through violence, or incited citizens to change the government through means deemed illegal.

“ Hand in hand with freedom of speech goes the power to be heard, to share in the decisions of government which shape men's lives.”

— JOHN F. KENNEDY

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JOHN F. KENNEDY 35th President, 1961-1963

“ The press is your enemy. Enemies.

Understand that? … Because they’re trying to stick the knife right in our groin.”

— RICHARD NIXON

RICHARD NIXON 37th President, 1969-1974

“ Since the founding of this nation, freedom of the press has been a fundamental tenet of American life.”

RONALD REAGAN 40th President, 1981-1989

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Madison, for one, railed against the doctrine of seditious libel: “It would seem a mockery to say that no laws shall be passed preventing publications from being made, but that laws might be passed for punishing them in case they should be made.”

In practice, prosecutions for criticism of the government were infrequent. Public opinion, moreover, was evolving and tended toward a libertarian view that promoted broader protection for publications. There was, then, a gap between legal restraints on press freedom and the actual practice of freedom of the press.

Press practices in early America, from the early colonial period through the Revolutionary War years and into the drafting of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, and beyond, outpaced theory and law, which were mired in the repressive common law doctrine of prior restraint and criminal libel. To bold Americans, bent on distributing information, speaking truth to power, and holding government accountable, legal restraints on the press seemed trifling.

The prospect of war with France in 1798, however, caused the Federalist-dominated Congress to pass the infamous Sedition Act, which aimed to impose on the American citizenry the English law doctrine of seditious

libel. The Senate passed the measure on July 4, just seven years after ratification of the Bill of Rights.

When President John Adams signed the bill into law, it was clear to all that the specific purpose behind the statute was to muzzle pro-French republicans—followers of Thomas Jefferson—who were given to criticizing President Adams and Congress. The act provided punishment for criticism of the president and Congress, but not the vice-president, Thomas Jefferson. Publicly, however, the Federalists maintained that the law protected American national security interests. It was that claim that led Madison to declare to Jefferson: “Perhaps it is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad.”

The Sedition Act was used to prosecute 14 men, most of whom were editors and owners of pro-Jefferson newspapers in New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Richmond. The political nature of the statute, part of what Jefferson described as “the reign of witches,” was made manifest when Secretary of State Timothy Pickering—appointed by President Adams—encouraged prosecutions to silence editors of newspapers that supported Jefferson.

Among the most prominent citizens prosecuted under the law was

Matthew Lyon, a Republican (that is, a Jeffersonian) member of Congress from Vermont. Rep. Lyon was prosecuted for a letter to the editor that he had written to the Vermont Journal.

He had written that President Adams pursued “a continual grasp for power, in an unbounded thirst for ridiculous pomp, foolish adulation and selfish avarice.” The indictment charged that Lyon’s letter was “scurrilous, feigned, false, scandalous, seditious and malicious.” Lyon was convicted, sentenced to four months in prison and fined $1,000. While in prison, his constituents elected him to another term in the House of Representatives.

Free Speech and ‘The Revolution of 1800’ The Federalists’ gross abuse of power and attack on the First Amendment in enacting the Sedition Act was the chief reason for their overwhelming defeat in the election of 1800, in which Jefferson and his party were swept into power in what has been characterized as “The Revolution of 1800.”

The statute triggered a national discussion and debate about the scope of freedom of the press. It spawned, among other things, the modern theory of the absolutist interpreta-

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“ I believe in religious liberty. I believe in freedom of speech. I believe in working hard and playing by the rules.

I’m showing up for work tomorrow.”

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tion of the First Amendment: that free government depends for its very existence and security on freedom of political discourse. The scope of freedom of the press was determined by the nature of government and its relationship to the people. As the theory explained it, since the American government was the servant of the American people, exists by their consent and for their benefit, and is constitutionally limited, officials may not put restraints on what the citizenry can say or write. The concept of seditious libel had no place unless government was superior to the people. But as Madison, among others made clear, the people are sovereign and superior to the government.

The Sedition Act of 1798 expired on March 3, 1801, the day before Thomas Jefferson was inaugurated. It has never been revived.

Sullivan and The Pentagon Papers On March 9, 1964, in New York Times v. Sullivan (a libel case in which the Court held that to prevail plaintiffs who are public officials must prove “actual malice” on the part of the publisher of a said libelous statement) Justice William Brennan’s opinion for

the Supreme Court declared that the statute violated the central meaning of the First Amendment: “Although the Sedition Act was never tested in this Court, the attack upon its validity has carried the day in the court of history … Thus we consider this case against the background of a profound national commitment to the principle that debate on public issues should be uninhibited, robust and wide-open, and that it may include vehement, caustic, and sometimes unpleasantly sharp attacks on government and public officials.”

Justice Hugo Black further exalted the checking function of the press in the landmark Pentagon Papers Case in 1971, in which the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the right of The New York Times, The Washington Post and other newspapers to publish the Pentagon Papers, an exhaustive study of America’s involvement in the Vietnam War. The case, memorialized in the film, “The Post,” raised the possibility that President Richard Nixon might succeed in preventing publication of the Pentagon Papers on the grounds of protecting national security.

In what proved to be his last opinion for the Court, before his illness and death in September, Justice Black wrote on June 30, 1971, an opinion that represented an eloquent testimony to the purposes and aims of the found-

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ers’ creation of the Free Press Clause: “The press was protected [in the First Amendment] so that it could bare the secrets of government and inform the people. Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in the government. And paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving the people and sending them off to distant lands to die of foreign fevers and foreign shot and shell. In my view, far from deserving condemnation for their courageous reporting, The New York Times, The Washington Post and other newspapers should be commended for serving the purpose that the Founding Fathers saw so clearly. In revealing the workings of the government that led to the Vietnam War, the newspapers nobly did precisely that which the Founders hoped they would do.”

Adams and Madison and Jefferson could not have said it better. Freedom of the press was and is indispensable to American democracy. It is a cherished right that Americans have defended for the better part of two centuries. For all of its occasional flaws, failures and shortcomings, it is a right for which all citizens devoted to constitutional government, the rule of law, and liberty itself must yet fight.

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Silver City offers a step back in time Story By Sharon Fisher Photography by Woods Wheatcroft

It’s a story told throughout the West. At one time, Silver City was the Owyhee County seat and the center of mining in southwest Idaho. As the mines played out, it became a ghost town. But unlike many ghost towns of the Old West, Silver City is finding new life as people buy and restore the 19th-century buildings and even equip them with solar power and Internet connections.

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Like so many places in the Old West, mining became the dominant industry in 1862, when silver and gold ore were discovered on War Eagle Mountain, in the Owyhee Mountains. (“Owyhee” is an early spelling of “Hawaii”; several early expeditions around the Pacific Northwest included Hawaiians, and a number of locations in the area are named Owyhee.) Silver City itself was founded in 1864 and became the county seat in 1866, when its population was around 5,000.

To give an idea of the richness of the area, look at a single mine, the Phillips Mine. Its first run, in January 1888, produced five bars of bullion, valued at more than $11,000. By June 1890, it generated 80 tons of ore, worth $100 to $300 a ton. Sadly, like most of the other mines in the area, Phillips stopped producing ore of that richness and the mine was dissolved in 1895, then demolished in the 1990s.

As the saying goes, there’s two ways to make money in mining, the second being supplying the miners.

To get his share of the riches, Nampan William Dewey decided to build the Boise, Nampa & Owyhee Railway, a 30-mile line beginning in Nampa to serve Silver City. As part of that, he built the Guffey Bridge, now located at Melba’s Celebration Park. But mining in the area collapsed by 1912, and the railroad to Silver City was never completed past Murphy. While freight service continued for the farmers in the area until 1947, the tracks now terminate at Melba and the remaining

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line was torn up.

Silver City also spawned Idaho’s electrical industry. Swan Falls Dam, up the Snake River, was built in 1901 to provide electricity to the Silver City mines after the area ran out of wood for fuel. The three-phase electricity used by the dam was the testing ground for modern electricity because the alternating current advocated

by Nikola Tesla was better able to traverse the distance between the dam and the city than the direct current supported by Thomas Edison. Like the railroads, the electricity had only recently become available when mining stopped.

After the mines played out, Silver City’s population diminished. The county seat moved to Murphy in 1934.

While electricity continued to be available until the 1930s, at that point the system was shut down so the electrical equipment could be repurposed.

Silver City Today For many Western ghost towns, the story would end there; the buildings would gradually collapse in on themselves, salvageable materials would be filched, and soon the town would be nothing more than a memory. But Silver City was different. For one thing, it also managed to escape the ravages of fire, which destroyed many a wooden mining town. And some families already settled there stayed.

One of those families was that of Clarence Orton, whose mother was born in Silver City in 1917. “She grew up here and went to school through the eighth grade,” when she went to

Boise for high school, Orton said. His grandfather and grandmother were also born in Silver City in the 1800s.

“I’ve got a lot of family history here,” he said. “I spent a lot of summers here. Now that I’m retired, I can spend more time.”

Silver City has also managed to escape the ravages of commercialism.

This isn’t like Nevada’s Virginia City, with its Bucket o’ Blood saloon, prostitution museum, and people dressed in period costume. Silver City is more like a summer place, with just three businesses: a hotel/restaurant and two gift shops. And while the city gets plenty of tourists—particularly during its annual Open House weekend, typically two weeks after Labor Day—it’s not a tourist trap, residents said.

“In the summertime, Silver City is mostly a transient community,” Orton offered. “People come up on weekends or spend a week on vacation. There are a few of us, retired, who spend our whole time here. During the week, there might be five or six who are here full-time.” But it’s not a party town. “Everyone’s working on their houses,” he said, though the group may share a cocktail or two in a ritual they call “porch grazing.”

Part of that is thanks to the Owyhee County Commissioners, about the only government Silver City still has, other than a homeowners’ association. In the late 1980s, commisClockwise from top left: The Masonic Hall in Silver City; Paul Nettleton, a cattle rancher who also provides historic rides in the area; the bar in the Idaho Hotel.

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sioners passed an ordinance to limit development and building in Silver City, requiring that it keep its 19th-century flavor. “You can only fix up the inside,” said Paul Nettleton, a cattle rancher who leads historic trail rides on the side. “Anything outside has to look like it did in the 18-whatevers.”

People also can’t construct new buildings. “What’s gone is gone,” Orton said. “What you see is what you get here.”

To buy a house in Silver City, first you have to find someone willing to sell one. “Houses don’t come up for sale very often, and they’re usually grabbed fairly fast,” typically $47,000 or $48,000 for a house that needs a lot of maintenance, Orton said.

“Silver City’s unique,” he added.

“We really don’t want it ruined by commercial development. We want it to be a real, authentic Western town people can come into, and walk down the streets, and get a feel for what it was like in the 1800s.” His grandmother, for example, raised eight children using only wood for heat, he noted.

The city does have some modern conveniences. Several 19th-century wooden buildings are incongruously topped with solar panels, some just for lights, others with more. “I can run a microwave, a coffee pot, a hair dryer, a curling iron, and a vacuum,” Orton said. “Not all at one time,” he amended. His refrigerator, stove, and heaters run on propane.

Scenes in and around Silver City.

War Eagle Mountain, which once housed mines, now serves as the site for a cell tower that not only provides residents and visitors with good cell phone reception, but gives them Internet access as well. “I can look up stuff whenever I want to,” Orton said. “It’s kind of handy.”

While Silver City is primarily a summer town nowadays, people do go there in the winter, when it typically gets four to six feet of snow annually, Nettleton said. “Silver City is a seasonal town,” he said. “Nobody stays, except we hire a watchman. There are people who go in and out in the winter on snowmobiles, but it’s not a situation where anyone permanently lives there.”

Orton acted as the watchman one year until March 1 and was completely alone for six weeks due to rainstorms that washed out the roads.

“I had enough food,” he said. “I had a lot of dry goods and frozen foods, and for myself, I didn’t need much.” Even with snowmobiles, it can be hard to get into Silver City in the winter due to snowdrifts on the summit. “I like the winters here, and get here as much as I can,” he said.

Some mining still goes on in the Silver City area, but it’s primarily recreational, Nettleton said. While he owns some mining claims, they were mostly owned by his father, he added. “Dad was great to give those old prospectors who wanted to sell their mines to go somewhere else,” he said. “He bought several properties that way.”

Silver City residents are proud of their heritage, and proud of what’s

available in the town and what there is to see, Nettleton said. “It’s an old town that still looks like the 1880s,” he said. “When you visit there, you drop back in time.”

Visiting Silver City Silver City is between Murphy, Idaho, and Jordan Valley, Oregon, and you can reach it from either side.

All-wheel or 4-wheel drive is preferable but not required. From Murphy, take 78 South, turn right on Silver City Road, and it’s about 20 miles on a dirt road. From Jordan Valley, take Yturri Boulevard to Trout Creek Road, and it’s also about 20 miles on a dirt road. Roads are typically open from Memorial Day weekend into early October but can be muddy if it rains. As in any off-road travel, check for wildfires before heading out, make sure people know where you’re going, gas up, and take water and food. And dress appropriately for the weather—19th-century mining towns didn’t have air conditioning, and Silver City doesn’t, either.

“My air conditioning is, open the window,” said Clarence Orton, the third generation of his family to live there.

When you visit, remember these are people’s homes. “We’re adamant about our privacy, and we try to educate people that it’s all private property,” said Paul Nettleton, who owns property and a house. “Unless you are willing to let someone peek in your windows in Boise or Meridian, don’t peek in our windows.”

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Boise State’s new Center for Fine Arts

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n early planning meetings for what he calls his “crowning achievement,” Boise State University President Bob Kustra’s mantra was “think Guggenheim.”

Most important, he said, was that Boise State’s new $45 million Center for Fine Arts (CFA) boldly stand out from other buildings on campus.

“We wanted to make sure it was an architectural icon of which we can be proud for years to come,” said Kustra, who retired earlier this year.

“So it could forever demonstrate Boise State’s commitment to the arts and

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humanities.”

The CFA’s prominent location on Capitol Boulevard between the Morrison Center for the Performing Arts and the Micron Business and Economics Building serves as a gateway into Boise’s cultural corridor. The Boise Art Museum, library and Log Cabin literary center are just a few of the arts amenities just steps away.

While not financially or structurally on par with the Guggenheim in Bilbao, Spain, it might easily be the latter’s spirit animal. The Guggenheim sits on a river in the heart of Spain’s

Basque country, while the Center for Fine Arts is steps from the Boise River and Boise’s Basque block.

Set to open in fall 2019, the modern concrete and glass building was designed by Boise’s LCA Architects, who partnered with HGA in Minneapolis.

The CFA will bring together Boise State’s 3,000 art students in new classrooms, studios, and workspaces, located in a five-story tower on the building’s north side. Previously, the department was scattered across seven inadequate and sometimes unsafe buildings. “We were on a provisional

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accreditation because of those buildings,” Kustra said. “It was imperative to find a way to improve the spaces we had for our art department.”

Bringing together painting, sculpture, metal arts and other art disciplines under one roof will allow students to collaborate and learn in ways not previously possible, said Dan Scott, interim chair of Boise State’s art department. “This building will go a long way to remove limitations. That’s huge,” he said. The CFA also will enhance recruiting for students and faculty, and be a draw for the university’s visiting artist program, Scott said.

And while a boon to faculty and students, Kustra, who describes himself as a devotee of the arts, is most excited about the building’s potential for the community. “I don’t expect the community to get all excited over a space for faculty or students to study art, so we wanted to create something in the Center for Fine Arts that serves the community,” he said.

He consulted the College of Innovation and Design, collaborating with Anthony Ellertson, director of the Gaming, Interactive Media and Mobile Technology (GIMM) program, and his students. The result is the

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The World Museum, part of the future Center for Fine Arts, will enable students to see via digital technology some of the great works of art in museums across the globe.

virtual World Museum, which will reside in the glass middle portion of the building.

“It will be a high-tech, high-touch museum that will (digitally) bring in museum pieces and artwork from around the world,” Kustra said.

Museum visitors will find several video screens that employ “wave technology,” which means when you’re done viewing a painting or sculpture, you wave your hand to move on to the next piece. There will also be some version of virtual and augmented technologies requiring patrons to wear headsets.

“You can walk around (Michelangelo’s) statue of David, for example, without going all the way to Florence,” Kustra said. Or perhaps a famous painting will have an augmented experience that takes a viewer deeper into the artist’s life by showing his or her birthplace, home, or technique.

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played in civilization.

“I want to see these kids have the opportunity to walk into this room where they can literally go on a worldwide trip to some of the finest art museums and see works they may never see in a lifetime,” he said.

Kustra’s enthusiasm for the World Museum is shared by community donors, who’ve pledged $5 million to the building. The state also chipped in $5 million, and the rest of the funding has come from bonding through the university.

Fonda Portales, Boise State art collections manager and World Museum curator, said she’s spent the last two years looking at other institutions and thinking about the ways the visual arts can be seen in interactive, dynamic, augmented spaces.

She cited Villanova University’s 10-feet-by-13-feet “cave space,” in which viewers can see a 360-degree capture of the Sistine Chapel.

In June, Portales and faculty and students from Computer Science and GIMM traveled to San Francisco and

Los Angeles to digitally capture art and text, including a Diego Rivera mural and artifacts and scholarly texts on Mesoamerica.

She said the World Museum would be a boon for students who may, for example, work an entire summer on a virtual reality project.

The museum will allow visitors to decide what type of experience they want to have in the museum’s cave space, which will be about 940 square feet. The next goal will be to have students travel internationally to digitally capture works and build relationships with other museums.

Of course, their work isn’t cheap, and as cutbacks in the arts become more common, community support has been vital, Kustra said. “I thought one of our significant challenges would be to show American higher education that, in this day and age, it’s still possible for a community to come together and support the arts and humanities,” he said. “I can’t wait for the fall of 2019.”

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Beware the Monsters In the lair with The Colossal Collective

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he legends are true: There be monsters at Treefort Music Fest.

“In 2017, concertgoers spoke of a 20-foot-tall gorilla ambling up the streets and through the main stage crowd. This year, rumors spread of an electric peacock, with its frock 29 feet wide and 19 feet tall, glowing in the night as the pointy head at the end of its long neck darted about, looking patrons in the eye and leaning down to give the occasional kiss. Other years, stories circulated of a giant squid, mutant dragonflies, a 60-foot-long dinosaur and a gigantic, seemingly radioactive spider.

The tales are all true, thanks to Boise’s own giant puppet-making outfit, The Colossal Collective.

The puppets, most of which involve elaborate lighting work and take a small team to operate, have become stars of the festival, according to Treefort spokeswoman Izze Rumpp. The thousands of festivalgoers delight at entering the main stage or turning a corner while heading to any of the other Treefort venues and running into a monster.

“Colossal Collective literally brings the party wherever they are,” Rumpp said.

Sam Johnson, Colossal’s ringleader, was inspired to make puppets by the larger-than-life artwork at Burning Man and other festivals in the West. His first giant puppet was a giant squid standing 20 feet tall with two rope-light tentacles, each 20 feet long. He showed up to a festival, recruited some helpers and danced the creature into the crowd.

The squid was crude compared to Johnson’s later efforts.

But he had fun, and the festival patrons loved dancing along with a funky horror of the deep.

“It looked like a pile of garbage,” Johnson said. “It was made with a bunch of empty beer boxes, plastic Danish covers and a bunch of fencing I found on the side of the road.”

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circuit for most of the year, as well as another 10 or 15 folks who sporadically drop by to help.

The Collective has also leveled up its sophistication, learning how to work with strong, lightweight materials, software, and circuitry. The six-foot-tall face of Jungo, the gorilla, was sculpted from stiff foam, giving sharpness to its features while holding up to the bumps and rustling that come with transportation and performance. The large peacock—the team made a smaller version as well—includes about 2,500 LED lights, each capable of firing on its own, enabling operators to program a near infinite number of

colored patterns to erupt across the frock.

Each puppet takes hundreds or thousands of hours, Johnson said. He’s fried plenty of controllers while soldering circuits. The team makes mistakes, costing time and materials. Trial and error comes with the territory. He’s thrilled when people are willing to help, even if they are using tools or materials for the first time.

“People don’t volunteer to get yelled at,” Johnson noted.

“There’s nearly $1,000 worth of white faux fur that went into Jungo. Sometimes you cut a panel wrong. That’s ok.

There can be an extra seam somewhere.”

Johnson knows his way around a workshop, thanks to his job at Trademark Designs and Fabrication. The Boise company specializes in designing logos and other commercial materials, then manufacturing them as signs or other permanent, outdoor structures. With the company’s blessing—Johnson counts Trademark as an important supporter of The Collective—he uses its laser cutter to make prototypes to test his puppet designs. He settles on a design during winter, when the work starts. The sessions become more frequent until the weeks leading up to Treefort, when it’s all-hands-on-deck to make the final push.

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Technically, The Colossal Collective is a for-profit business owned by Sam Johnson, the mastermind behind the larger-than-life puppets that parade around Treefort Music Fest and other festivals in the West. But, as is often the case with passion projects, “forprofit” is more like “try to break even” most years. Johnson takes contracts to perform at Treefort and several other large festivals each year. The Collective accepts donations at its website, and this year, Johnson landed $5,000 grants from both Burning Man and the City of Boise, providing upfront money for supplies needed to build the peacock puppets.

Johnson winds up paying out-of-pocket for materials and took a loss one year. He’s not too concerned about the financial side of things. He likes to build big puppets, and as the budgets grew to support the group’s ambition, he learned how to deal with the paperwork.

“It’s now complicated enough with the grants and the funding that we have to behave like a business,” Johnson explained.

“It’s not like I love keeping the books or buying insurance policies, but it gives us a way to exist.”

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Photos: Courtesy The Colossal Collective

After Treefort, the year’s puppets make appearances at Boise events and at festivals in the region, including Burning Man. Johnson says he’s got napkin sketches to keep the Collective busy for years. He used to get his juice for the work by watching people light up when they bumped into the puppets, but now he delights more in watching Collective members experience that interaction with the crowd while they operate the beasts.

Well, that and the fact that building giant creatures is still pretty fun.

“The puppets trigger some pretty cool reactions, helping people reconnect with that childlike wonder,” Johnson said.

“They turn a corner, and, whoa! It’s a 20-foot-tall gorilla, and he just gave me a fist bump and did a little dance with me.

The world is so drenched in cynicism. We need more of that.”

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Booking It to Boise

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The Cabin’s Readings and Conversations series sparks community discourse

Tayari Jones "An American Marriage"

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Tara Westover "Educated"

By Jamie Hausman

icket holders buzz in the dim light of The Egyptian Theatre’s marquee, waiting for the soldout show to start. They’re not waiting for a concert, a play or a movie, though; they’re waiting to watch a Pulitzer-Prize-winning writer or an author on The New York Times bestseller list.

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Boise’s literary fans began packing The Egyptian, and more recently, The Morrison Center, for The Cabin’s Readings & Conversations series in 2002. Ira Glass, of “This American Life” fame, and satirist David Sedaris kicked off the series. Since then, Boise has welcomed authors from all across the literary spectrum, including Dave Eggers, Joyce Carol Oates, Amy Tan, Michael Pollan, Junot Diaz, Sherman

Alexie and Gloria Steinem.

According to Kurt Zwolfer, The Cabin's executive director, what sets this series apart from other readings, is the conversations that occur after the works are read. The audience is invited to submit questions after the reading, which Zwolfer reviews and poses to the authors. Last January, Jesmyn Ward read an essay in which she evoked her fears for her newborn son

to grow up in a time in America when it is still unsafe for him to be black.

She sparked a conversation about race and whether or not there’s hope for bridging the divide, especially after the 2016 election.

This year, Zwolfer says, the crop of authors is the most diverse yet. Matthew Desmond is kicking off the series on Oct. 9, and Zwolfer says he hopes

household on a mountain in southeastern Idaho, and she’s returning to her home state hoping to spark a conversation about the state of rural education.

“I actually have only been to Boise once in my life,” Westover says. Growing up, Boise was a theoretical place for her because her father distrusted the government and mainstream

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Matthew Desmond "Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City"

that Desmond’s New York Times bestselling book “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City,” can foster a conversation about Boise’s housing crisis. He’s followed by Tayari Jones of “An American Marriage” fame on Jan. 16, Idaho native Tara Westover on Feb. 13, David Grann of “The Lost City of Z” (now a major motion picture) on March 13, and Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Egan on April 25.

Westover’s debut work, “Educated,” is a New York Times bestselling memoir about her childhood.

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ways of life. She visited for research while writing her memoir, but she looks forward to getting to know this part of Idaho.

When their schedules allow, each author also visits a local Treasure Valley school. Students get to ask questions about their work and their lives as writers. Zwolfer aims to match the right author to a school where they could have the most impact.

For example, in March 2018, Viet Thanh Nguyen, who won a Pulitzer for his novel “The Sympathizer” that he based on his refugee experience

after the fall of Saigon, visited with students in the Bridge program at Borah High School. He showed them that a refugee could survive a painful experience and make their art into a professional career.

Laura DeLaney, who owns Rediscovered Books in downtown Boise with her husband Bruce, says the city’s position as a cultural bright spot has made it a place creative people can find comfort. The store sets up a table at each event, selling books by the authors that audience members can get signed. Rediscovered Books has been a partner of the event since the store’s opening in 2006, and several of the book clubs that use the store as a resource choose books from the series for their discussions.

“I think people get excited to have a chance to meet the author face to face and have that direct conversation,” DeLaney says. “There’s something fabulous about shaking the hand of the person who created a story that means a lot to you.”

This is the first year that Readings and Conversations has sold out in advance, but The Cabin will have individual rush tickets available at each event. Season ticket holders are invited to donate their tickets back to The Cabin for resale when they can’t attend a reading, so they become available at the door for each performance 30 to 45 minutes ahead of time. They’re $15 for students and members of The Cabin and $20 for the general public. Typically, 20 to 30 tickets are available.

In the more than 15 years since the series began, it has expanded into five main events per season, and Zwolfer hopes that the success of Readings and Conversations will make for even more opportunities in Boise’s literary community. The Cabin has even started a second series, called Ghosts and Projectors, that focuses on poetry and experimental fiction in more intimate settings like The Linen Building and Ming Gallery.

Above all, Boiseans like Laura DeLaney at Rediscovered Books hope that the dialogue generated by The Cabin’s events can shape the city’s culture as it grows. “The Cabin believes in community,” she says. “You don’t have a community without a conversation.”

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n this age of disposable everything—when shoes are not made to be repaired, stoves last a mere five years instead of 20, and even smart phones are obsolete after two years— it’s refreshing to find a business where “old” is valued for form, function, and beauty.

ArtCraft Idaho, a Boise family business, has built a reputation for reliable craftsmanship in restoring, repairing and conserving antiques, family heirlooms and modern furniture using old-world techniques.

“We recently completed a complex job for the great-granddaughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt,” said Curt Wonacott, who with his wife Janet is one of the current owners. Vanderbilt made his fortune in railroads and shipping in the late 1800s. “We were charged with restoring, actually conserving, many of the family antiques. One was a 1901 Louis Vuitton steamer trunk of which the exterior had totally rotted.

We obtained impregnated canvas like that used on the original through an interior decorator.

“Another piece was Mr. Vanderbilt’s desk, which had legs and drawer pulls with rosewood veneer set [on} a bias. The substrate beneath the veneer had shrunk, so when the piece was handled, little chunks of veneer would drop off. We had to put them back on so they would stay,” he grinned.

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when the piece was originally crafted, much as museums do. So that means using glue made from rendered hides or hooves or nails that are of the kind used when the piece was built. Often no nails were used at all.

“Earlier craftsman would dovetail two pieces, use a mortise and tenon joint or Japanese joinery,” said Josh Pew, Wonacott’s apprentice who will take over the business. “These techniques take patience and precision, which I enjoy.”

Many of the heirlooms that ArtCraft restores have intricate inlays or marquetry of different woods. A number of the Vanderbilt pieces had been “painted” with gesso, a powder which, when mixed with water, is applied like plaster and gives depth and contour to the underlying material.

The gesso was peeling so the ArtCraft crew “stabilized” it to keep what was left intact. Then they applied what is called French polish: an 18th century technique of rapidly wiping on multiple thin layers of shellac by hand, which yields a lustrous shine that accentuates the grain of the wood.

Other projects include restoring the Governor’s Desk and committee room chairs during the Idaho Capitol restoration, weaving cane and wicker, and acting as the service center for Brown & Jordan lawn furniture.

ArtCraft is a family company, at present three generations deep.

Edmund Fortin, a French Canadian unafraid of breaching old boundaries, left his small hometown in Quebec province in 1915. He eventually relo-

cated to Salem, Mass., where Edmund began refinishing pianos.

His son Roland settled in Boise after World War II, marrying Ruth, a farm girl from Meridian. He expanded the scope of the business and brought in his daughter Janet, as well as an apprentice named Curt Wonacott. Curt and Janet married and solidified ArtCraft’s reputation for its attention to detail and artisanship. Recently, they began to think about retiring.

At the same time, Josh Pew had attended the Oregon College for Art and Craft, and moved to Boise to pursue his dream of making furniture. A chance meeting at Treefort brought them together. Chatting about the band on stage, Pew mentioned that he was looking to buy a woodworking shop. “I said ‘Guess what?’” recounted Wonacott. “I have one, and I’m looking to sell it!’ Josh is a good kid. A fast learner, hard worker, and I think he’s gonna do just fine.”

Pew’s brother Daniel plans to join him in the business, and they have a vision of adding a retail storefront and a colony of artists’ studios.

“It’s been 46 years since we started with my dad. I know he would be incredibly proud and immensely happy if he could see what his dream has become,” said Janet. “Josh and his brother are incredibly talented and motivated.

I think they’ll take our business to a new and exciting level.”

Clockwise from top left: raw wood supplies; Curt Wonacott owner of ArtCraft Idaho; ArtCraft's hardware shelf; Josh Pew, newest addition to the business.

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Taste Popular dishes at Petite 4 include (clockwise from left) an heirloom tomatoe tartine, mussels and pommes frites with rosemary champagne vinegar, and roasted baby beets with candied pecans and shallot vinaigrette, horseradish crème fraîche.

FRENCH TWIST Petite 4— a European bistro with a touch of whimsy

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ast January, the beloved Bleubird closed, leaving downtown Boise’s lunch crowd in mourning. But owners Sarah and Dave Kelly had dinner in mind, barely taking a breath before opening Petite 4 in April.

The couple’s French-inspired bistro on the Depot Bench has the same hip, friendly vibe as Bleubird. But they’ve ratcheted up the swank with lush, emerald green walls, brass Sputnik light fixtures, geometric tiles and gold velvet tufted upholstery.

With 36 seats, the cozy Petite 4 has an open kitchen like Bleubird, where diners at the bar can watch Sarah work her magic. Dave, or DK, is front of the house, keeping the trains running, occasionally slipping behind the bar to mix a cocktail or pop a cork from their impressive wine list.

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feel as Bleubird, small, boutique-y and whimsical,” Sarah said, describing their love for the tight-knit feel of European bistros where tables are crowded together and an espresso machine hisses behind the bar.

The restaurant’s name is play off its compact size and kitchen, its location at 4 N. Latah St., and small French cakes (petit fours), since the translation means “small oven.”

Just don’t call it a French restaurant.

“People ask us that all the time.

We’re not a classical French restaurant. We’re inspired by fresh vegetables, cheeses, seafood, butter and white wine.”

The accusation, however, is understandable, with dishes like cassoulet, croque-monsieur, crepes, and moulesfrites. And what about those French

subheadings on the menu?

True enough, she laughed, recalling how a woman came in wanting to speak French to someone, anyone.

When Petite 4 first opened, demand was so high reservations ran weeks out. But a meal can be had without them. You can usually snag a couple of seats at the bar or, if lucky, a table, especially on weeknights.

“We have 15 seats open for walk-in customers. We want people to walk in and grab a spot,” Sarah said.

Reservations are needed, though, for once-a-month brunches and Sunday dinner parties, when tables are moved together to seat six and food is served family style. Brunch might include cheeses, charcuterie, fruits and veggies, roasted carrots or beets, popovers, a potato dish and beignets.

“It’s fun and a lot of food,” she said.

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Sarah and Dave Kelly, previously owners of Bleubird, have opened Petite 4 on the Depot Bench.

Sunday dinner parties are seasonally themed, like summer’s fried chicken, buttermilk biscuits with chorizo gravy, watermelon salad and pimento cheese with pickled green tomatoes.

There’s an optional wine pairing or one of DK’s signature low-octane, aperitif-style cocktails that combine ingredients like Amontillado sherry, bitters, vermouth, sparkling wine, and ginger-infused syrup.

“The dinners aren’t super-fancy,” Sarah said. “It’s more like if you have your friends over to your house.”

The couple’s long Bleubird days paid off, allowing them to buy the building for Petite 4. Boise’s boom is attracting more young business owners to the Bench, like Ashley Chapman.

She runs Sable Baking, using Petite 4’s kitchen in the morning to bake bread for the restaurant. She also bakes for customers who subscribe to a weekly bread share and sells bread and pastries at Petite 4 on Saturday mornings.

“Our goal is to draw a crowd from the Crescent Rim neighborhood and Depot Bench,” she said. “We want people to get out of their houses and walk or ride a bike here. It doesn’t have to be a special occasion. We want it to be affordable, whether you want a quick bite or a nice dinner.”

Suzanne and Brooklin Gore are regulars who live in the neighborhood and often join friends for dinner

or brunches.

“I feel Petite 4 is going to be a huge catalyst for growth up here,” said Brooklin Gore. “Business owners will see they can own a space instead of being at the mercy of a lease downtown and not have to worry about parking.”

“To have Petite 4 move into the neighborhood was great,” Suzanne Gore said. “We went to their secondever brunch, and it was fabulous. It’s a whole renaissance on the Bench.”

Sarah grew up in Boise and after college worked at Richard’s Bakery, Richard’s Across the Street, Bittercreek Ale House, and The Dish. In 2003, she moved to Vail, Colo., to learn more about fine dining and met DK, who was bartending at the first place she worked. When they left nine years later to open Bleubird, she was the executive chef at the Cordillera Lodge and Spa, a hotel with four golf resorts. She was in charge of two restaurants, room service, banquets, and weddings. She created the menus, did the books, ordered all the food, and cooked every night.

They saved enough money to open Bleubird without a loan, worked those long days for five years, and now have their dream realized with Petite 4.

“We pay attention to service and quality and want people to feel like they’re eating in our dining room,” she said.

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Fried Indulgence Donut Daze brings a unique menu to downtown Boise

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reakfast, lunch, dinner and even an extra-late-night bite are all covered in one place thanks to the unexpected menu combination at the new downtown Boise eatery, Donut Daze.

Donut Daze, as the name implies, is a donut shop. The breakfast treats are served all day and make up one half of the menu, but things don’t end there.

The other side of the menu makes Donut Daze unique.

The restaurant’s other specialty is fried chicken. That includes Southern style, Nashville hot and chicken and waffles. On top of that, there’s also beer and wine available to go with the chicken or donuts.

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Crawforth opened Donut Daze at 160 N. Eighth St. in June on the first floor of the newly renovated Main + Marketplace building. The idea was inspired by a trip to Philadelphia and a visit to Federal Donuts, which serves both donuts and Korean-style fried chicken.

Barker and Crawforth brought their own take on the donut-chicken combination to Boise. “There’s never a time of day where there isn’t something for someone,” Barker said of the menu choices.

Crawforth owns two other restaurants downtown that are a short distance from Donut Daze on Eighth Street: The Mode Lounge and Pie Hole Pizza.

Donut Daze is the first restaurant collaboration for the husband-and-

wife team.

“It’s a collaborative effort and it’s rewarding to create something together,” Barker said.

Crawforth saw an opportunity for a new restaurant with more new people moving to the area and the need for another late-night food option next to the bars downtown. Donut Daze is open until 3 a.m., Thursday through Saturday to create that additional option for the bar crowd.

It’s also open until midnight Monday through Wednesday.

During the day, however, Barker strives for a family-friendly atmosphere. There’s a cart in the dining room with donut toys and activities for children, and she said she wants to add more activities for families.

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leads to new, imagined combinations being offered.

“They’re not really fancy, but they’re fun,” Barker said.

For the chicken, the couple got help from a friend and a trip to Nashville for taste testing. They serve chicken and waffles all day, and also offer champagne to go with the fried chicken, Barker said.

While the restaurant serves both donuts and fried chicken, they are cooked separately in different fryers, Barker pointed out.

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DONUT DREAMS Crawforth’s first job as a teenager was in a donut shop, and it had been a longtime goal to open a shop of his own, Barker said.

Barker described the donuts at Donut Daze as simple, old-fashioned donuts, eschewing the recent trend toward fancier donuts.

The bestseller so far has been the buttermilk bar, Barker said. Her personal favorite is the cake donut topped with Oreo cookies, while her young daughter prefers the donuts topped with cereal.

Although the restaurant sticks mainly to the simple classics, the employees are encouraged to have fun with toppings, similar to what they do with pizza toppings at Pie Hole, which

The décor and atmosphere at Donut Daze started with Barker’s vision of a 1960s-style cafeteria. There are old-style trays for the food and a row of barstools along the window facing Eighth Street. Barker’s collection of vintage cafeteria photos and postcards hang in a framed collage on one wall. The color scheme on the restaurant’s logo and throughout the interior was inspired by the show “The Wonder Years.”

What patrons may notice first, however, are the large cartoonish paintings of donuts, coffee, beer and chicken on the wall, which were done by Chelsea Barr. The paintings were inspired by the ads that played before drive-in movies, Barker said.

Since Donut Daze opened, Barker and Crawforth are still tweaking things as they go along, Barker said. It’s also been hard to determine what people prefer more, donuts or chicken. At different times, one wins over the other, Barker said.

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Dining A Brief Guide to the Valley’s Best Eateries

Idaho and Northwest influences, including locally sourced produce, meats, fresh fish and more. Plus, enjoy three free hours of valet parking when you dine. Reservations recommended.

245 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, (208) 333-8002

Fork One of the many perks of a bustling city is a vibrant and eclectic dining scene. Boise is no exception. It seems new and inventive eateries are popping up every day. To help you navigate the many options, we’ve put together a quick guide to some of the best places for food and drink. For a look at full menus and more in-depth coverage of the dining scene, check out territory-mag.com/dining.

With ingredients sourced from local Boise and Northwest farmers, ranchers, bakers, distillers, brewers and cheese makers, Fork’s seasonal menu is fresh and innovative— perfect comfort food for lunch or dinner.

Crafted cocktails and a full wine list complement the menu.

199 N. 8th St., Boise, (208) 287-1700

Goodwood Barbecue Company Focused on fresh food made from scratch daily and centered on the unique style of closed-pit cooking, Goodwood Barbecue Company gets rave reviews and is fun for the whole family!

7849 W. Spectrum St., Boise, (208) 658-7173 1140 N. Eagle Road, Meridian, (208) 884-1021

Grit American Cuisine

american/regional NW Celebrated chef John Berryhill presents his energetic and Slightly Southern dining in the heart of downtown Boise, featuring 28 wines by the glass, an extensive wine list and full bar.

Don’t miss the leather lounge and fireplace.

121 N. 9th St. B, Boise, (208) 387-3553

Chef Paul Faucher and Porterhouse Market’s Dave Faulk join forces to create fresh, seasonal dishes that feature ingredients from Idaho farmers and producers. The gas-fired pizza oven turns out hand tossed pizzas and specialties like house-smoked bacon, ham and pastrami make regular appearances on the rotating menus of handcrafted American cuisine.

360 S. Eagle Rd., Eagle, (208) 576-6666

Boise Fry Company

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Named the Best Fries in America by the Food Network, Yahoo!, Travel & Leisure and MSN, this local hot spot is a must visit! They strive to keep all ingredients (and the process) green, natural and sustainable, and each signature item has been meticulously researched and made by hand.

204 N. Capital Blvd., Boise, (208) 949-7523

Locally imagined and seasonally inspired cuisine served in a funky modern-rustic space anchored by a turn-of-the-century brick wall. A full offering of classically crafted cocktails complements an eclectic wine list.

211 N. 8th St., Boise, (208) 342-1142

Red Feather Lounge Red Feather has been celebrating the modern American lounge since its opening in 2002. Enjoy seasonal American cuisine, fresh interpretations of the classic cocktail, and an atmosphere inspired by a vibe of eternal swank.

246 N. 8th St., Boise, (208) 345-1813

Reel Foods Fish Market & Oyster Bar Providing the Boise area with a fine-dining restaurant, quality seafood and other gourmet treasures—soups, sauces, spices, condiments and sides. Reel Foods serves soups and oysters to eat in on the covered patio or for take-away from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Soups include clam chowder, fisherman’s stew and seasonal specialties such as blue crab bisque and cioppino.

611 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, (208) 342-2727

State & Lemp State & Lemp offers a dynamic, prix-fixe menu in a contemporary atmosphere Wednesday through Saturday. Relationships built with local farmers, ranchers and artisans lead to thoughtful, creative dishes that showcase the highest quality productions that Idaho and the Pacific Northwest have to offer.

2870 W. State St., Boise, (208) 429-6735

The Tavern at Bown Crossing A unique dining experience offering sushi, USDA prime grade steaks, daily seafood specials, burgers, sandwiches and salads. Full bar with an extensive wine list, great classic cocktails, sake and draught beers. Happy Hour is Monday – Saturday. Brunch is served on Sundays from an a la carte menu, from 9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. Tables range from higher tables in the bar area with an energetic atmosphere, or booths, and a quieter area with lower tables. Call for your large party or catering needs.

3111 S. Bown Way, Boise, (208) 345-2277

Capital Cellars Awarded the Wine Spectator "Award of Excellence" in 2016, Capital Cellars serves Boise’s best business breakfast and lunch, as well as featuring an elegant dinner menu that changes seasonally.

110 S. 5th St., Boise, (208) 344-9463

Cottonwood Grille Seasonal Northwest fare, farm-fresh wild game, fine wines and classic cocktails served in a rustic setting along the greenbelt.

913 W. River St., Boise, (208) 333-9800

Emilio’s Located at The Grove Hotel in downtown Boise, Emilio’s Restaurant specializes in upscale comfort food, featuring regional

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Emilio's Restaurant—

american/regional NW Located in The Grove Hotel, Emilio's offers exquisite dining in an elegant but relaxed atmosphere. Executive Chef Chris Hain has developed a new American menu that favors classic tastes and chic presentations, allowing the food — comprising fresh seafood, choice meats, and local organic produce — to shamelessly take center stage. Emilio's is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

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Barrelhouse Pub and Grill A unique and casual dining experience, Barrelhouse offers a relaxed environment with delicious pub fare. Serving more than 22 rotating taps of handcrafted beers and hard ciders, with a special emphasis given to Treasure Valley breweries.

5181 N. Glenwood St., Garden City, (208) 376-4200

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Exciting dining at an affordable price, the Tavern at Bown Crossing can satisfy your tastebuds—whether you are craving a perfectly cooked USDA prime grade steak, hand-rolled sushi or a selection from its creative list of made-to-order salads crafted with the freshest ingredients, the Tavern has you covered. A full bar with an extensive wine list, great classic cocktails, sake and draught beers ensures everybody is happy!

asian/sushi Ling & Louie’s Asian Bar and Grill The concept is centered around fictional founders Ling, a firecracker of a gal from Shanghai, and Louie, an All-American guy from Toledo, Ohio, who meet, fall in love and share their passion for food by opening an Asian restaurant that’s “Not for Boring People.” The result is an energetic atmosphere, critically acclaimed cuisine and innovative drink menu. It’s “modern Asian meets American comfort”!

3210 E. Louise Dr., Meridian, (208) 888-5000

Mai Thai Unique and authentic dishes from the four regional cuisines of Thailand are complemented by an exceptional wine list and handcrafted cocktails. It is like stepping into a slice of Thailand, right here in Boise.

1759 W. Idaho St., Boise, (208) 344-8424

Mount Everest Momo Café A unique dining experience that brings diners a taste of the rich culinary heritage of the Himalayas. A delicious variety of recipes, painstakingly gathered from the royal kitchens of Nepal to the swept shores of South India, offer a truly delightful Nepali experience. Himalayan, Nepali, Tibetan and Indian food is carefully prepared from scratch.

2144 S. Broadway Ave., Boise, (208) 342-1268

Pho Nouveau Bistro Contemporary Vietnamese comfort food featuring spring rolls, green papaya salad, rice plates, summer noodle bowls (bun) and the always-popular pho.

780 W. Idaho St., Boise, (208) 367-1111

Shige Japanese Cuisine Celebrating over 20 years downtown, Shige Japanese Cuisine is still a local favorite serving up sushi and Japanese specialties

Bittercreek Alehouse The Bittercreek Alehouse serves exceptional beers, ciders and ales on tap, alongside tasty bites. Don't miss the Low Power Happy Hour—every weekday from 3-5:30 p.m., when the management unplugs and turns down the lights to reduce their energy footprint, serving and drinking by candlelight in honor of the planet. Romantic and earth-friendly.

246 N. 8th St., Boise, (208) 345-1813 at three locations in the same complex— Shige Express, Shige Steakhouse and Shige Japanese Cuisine.

100 N. 8th St., Boise, (208) 338-8423

Superb Sushi After a successful launch in the Crane Creek Market on Bogus Basin Road, Superb Sushi opened a downtown location serving the “most unique sushi in Boise” to loyal customers who return time after time.

280 N. 8th St., Boise, (208) 385-0123

bars, pubs & distillery 10 Barrel Brewing Company This 20 barrel brewhouse and our hop-king headbrewer Shawn Kelso make this brewpub "the hoppiest place in Idaho" and a hub for all your pre-game warmups and post-adventure hunger, and quaffing needs.

830 W. Bannock St., Boise, (208) 344-5870

Amsterdam Lounge Amsterdam is a mixology lounge specializing in craft cocktails and small plates, centrally located in historic downtown Boise, where great conversation is the priority. Women & Whiskey every Wednesday night—ladies receive half-price whiskey all night, featured whiskey is half price for everyone, and free tastings are from 8–11 p.m. Friday happy hour, with half-priced food and drinks, 4-7 p.m.

609 W. Main St., Boise, (208) 345-9515

Bardenay The perfect place to meet friends or colleagues for drinks and appetizers. Stop in for lunch or dinner and enjoy Bardenay’s casual Northwestern-style cuisine with cocktails handcrafted with freshly squeezed juices and their signature distilled spirits—currently vodka, rum and gin, with whiskey in the barrel.

610 W. Grove St., Boise, (208) 426-0538 155 E. Riverside Dr., Eagle, (208) 938-5093

Bodovino A total wine experience, with over 144 wines by the glass and over 600 wines by the bottle.

Now with two locations—downtown Boise and a new location in The Village at Meridian.

404 S. 8th St., Boise, (208) 336-VINO (8466) 363 E. Monarch Sky Lane, Meridian, (208) 887-5369

Donut Daze Enjoy a new and unique experience in Boise: Donut Daze. Serving donuts and fried chicken in a 1960s décor and atmosphere. Monday through Wednesday 7 a.m. – midnight; Thursday through Sunday 7 a.m. – 3 a.m.

160 N. 8th St. , Boise, (208) 576-1886

Reef A tropical escape in the heart of downtown, featuring the city’s best rooftop patio, live music and exotic food and drink.

105 S. 6th St., Boise, (208) 287-9200

The Hyde House There’s something for everybody on this eclectic menu, where delicious dishes are handcrafted to complement local brews and wines and taps rotate daily!

1607 N. 13th St., Boise, (208) 387-HYDE (4933)

basque Bar Gernika Traditional Basque dishes, pub fare and an extensive beer selection served in a laid-back space that has become a local institution.

202 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, (208) 344-2175

The Basque Market Tapas, paella and specialties such as bocadillos, plus cooking classes, wine tastings and a full Basque food market.

608 W. Grove St., Boise, (208) 433-1208

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Epi's—A Basque Restaurant

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Chris and Gina opened Epi’s in memory of their grandmother, Epi Inchausti. This quaint dinnerhouse features food reminiscent of the Basque country, giving you a delightful experience for your evening.

1115 N. Main St., Meridian, (208) 884-0142

If it's breakfast food you want, Express Café has it. It's always busy, but worth the wait, and feels like going home for breakfast with family—with large portions, friendly cooks and wait staff. You won't be disappointed with the great-tasting, fresh, plentiful and reasonably priced menu items, and the place offers a small-town-diner feel that is cozy and welcoming.

400 E. Fairview Ave., Meridian, (208) 888-3745

cafés, delis & coffee Bacon What could be better than a restaurant named Bacon? … One that serves five kinds of bacon. BACON, a Southern breakfast and lunch bistro conceived by celebrity chef and restaurateur John Berryhill, features coffee, a full bar and the awesome Bacon Bloody Mary!

121 N. 9th St., Boise, (208) 387-3553

Big City Coffee & Café Serving breakfast and lunch all day, along with espresso, coffees and in-house baked goods. Try the pumpkin chai muffin, cherry pie scone, or homemade biscuits and gravy with fresh buttermilk biscuits.

1416 Grove St., Boise, (208) 345-3145

Flying M Coffeehouse Flying M roasts its own beans, using a smallbatch drum roaster, so coffee is always fresh and delicious. A full complement of madefrom-scratch baked items are handcrafted each morning by master bakers and served with a smile in this bustling downtown coffeehouse that has become a local favorite.

500 W. Idaho St., Boise, (208) 345-4320

Goldy’s Breakfast Bistro Goldy’s opened in 1999 in the heart of downtown Boise. Quality made-to-order breakfast has made Goldy’s one of the best restaurants in the Treasure Valley—Voted Best Local Breakfast for 18 years!

108 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, (208) 345-4100

Big City Coffee & Café— cafés, delis & coffee

Perfectly sweetened lattes, giant breakfasts and massive pastries. If you you love a good cup of Joe; stop here and enjoy the thoughtful space that encourages communal dining and offers a feeling of small-town neighborliness.

District Coffeehouse A nonprofit created to support an orphanage network called Send Hope, District Coffeehouse focuses on freshly roasted, carefully crafted coffee with a mission. Each batch is roasted in micro-batches twice a week using 100% Arabica beans.

219 N. 10th St., Boise, (208) 343-1089

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Le Coq d’Or An unforgettable and artistic dining experience inspired by authentic European countryside cuisine and farm-to-table French cuisine and modern European dishes. Open for dinner only, Tuesday through Saturday.

176 S. Rosebud Ln., Eagle, (208) 947-2840

Petite 4 Bringing French bistro-inspired dishes to the Boise Bench, Petite 4 is offering dinner service Tuesday through Thursday 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. with Friday and Saturday from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.

14 N. Latah St., Boise, (208) 345-1055

Pie Hole Late night dining in a funky space, serving thin crust New York-style pizza. Pie Hole has become a local institution. Open all day and late night.

205 N. 8th St., Boise, (208) 344-7783 1016 Broadway Ave., Boise, (208) 424-2225

Richard’s Café Vicino

Founded by husband-and-wife-team Moshit Mizrachi-Gabbitas and Chuck Gabbitas, JanJou was opened in 2008 as a wholesale bakery selling mostly cookies to local shops.

A retail bakery and full cafe was opened in 2013—with the name as homage to Moshit's mother, whose nickname was Janjou.

1754 W. State St., Boise, (208) 297-5853

Vicino is Italian for neighborhood. Seasonal menus take advantage of locally sourced produce, fresh fish, meat and game. Chef Richard Langston and his staff share a culinary philosophy that celebrates the integrity of ingredients and prepares simply to showcase the natural flavors of the products.

The end result is delicious award-winning cuisine that receives rave reviews.

1808 W. Fort St., Boise, (208) 472-1463

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176 S. Rosebud Ln., Eagle, (208) 947-2840

Husband-and-wife-team, chef Michael Trebbi and his wife, Anne-Marie, serve up breakfast and lunch fare with artistic flare and a local, seasonal, farm-to-table focus. The presentation is elegant and the food is fresh, delicious and artfully prepared by hand.

276 N. 8th St., Boise, (208) 856-8956

italian & mediterranean Alavita Fresh seasonal ingredients inform the locally inspired Italian cuisine at this traditional Italian osteria (an Italian joint). Creative craft cocktails and an extensive wine list complement dishes inspired by regional ingredients, making Alavita a great place for celebrating life with good friends, business associates or family.

807 W. Idaho St., Boise, (208) 780-1100

Luciano’s Italian Restaurant Authentic Italian food in a casual, familyfriendly atmosphere that features classic Tuscan-inspired cuisine, with a few surprises—

Enjoy handcrafted, slow-batch pizza with soul. Experience full-service dining, craft cocktails, and suppers. With five styles of red pizza and five types of white, pies are not the only reason this restaurant is always buzzing. There’s a kale Caesar salad that has spawned regulars, as well as a cauliflower dish that makes even the most carnivorous diners ponder plantbased diets. Now open daily for lunch.

501 West Broad St., Boise, (208) 209-3837

mexican Andrade’s An eclectic atmosphere that features more than 100 menu items from the heart of Mexico. Offering great food, great service and great value, Andrade's is known as a local's favorite. Owner Javier Andrade offers a glimpse into the cuisine of a pueblo rich in history, culture, and traditions—with pride in every dish.

4903 Overland Rd., Boise, (208) 344-1234

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Calle 75 Calle 75 Street Tacos is the newest member of elite restaurants in the nation to create authentic corn tortillas from scratch, using the ancient nixtamalization process. Come enjoy pure authentic Mexican cuisine.

110 N. 11th St., Boise, 208-336-2511 3635 E. Longwing Ln., Meridian, (208) 846-9001

Chapala Traditional Mexican food in a familyfriendly atmosphere offering choices for every taste, and with multiple locations throughout Boise.

1201 S. Vista Ave., Boise, (208) 429-1155

Diablo and Sons Enjoy some of the city’s best tacos that are rotated with the seasons. Diablo and Sons source from all local farms.

246 N. 8th St., Boise, (208) 429-6340

The Funky Taco We are The Funky Taco. We create food within a “farm to funky fare” framework.

Our emphasis is on Asian, Indian, Mexican, and Americana ethnicities / styles of food.

We religiously support our local farmers and our menu selections will morph and change with the seasonal yields.

801 W. Bannock St., Boise, (208) 991-4106

Madre Madre Boutique Taqueria is committed to establishing a new category of neighborhood restaurant that will maintain the classic attributes of comfort and affordability and continuously strive to deliver superior food and service. As part of our effort to meet these goals, we aim to bring people closer to the production of their food by incorporating regional, sustainably-grown ingredients whenever possible.

1034 S. La Pointe St., Boise, (208)-432-1100

Matador Popular Mexican cuisine in an "Old World" atmosphere of dark walnut, intricate ironwork and deep, roomy booths. Matador features the city’s widest selection of tequila and a spacious outdoor patio during the summer months.

215 N. 8th St., Boise, (208) 342-9988

steak & seafood Barbacoa Upscale South American steak house featuring tableside guacamole, fresh seafood, chicken mole and certified Angus beef steak served on Argentina ironwood.

Specialty crafted cocktails, from margaritas to mojitos, and an extensive wine list complement every meal.

276 Bobwhite Ct., Boise, (208) 338-5000

Owyhee Tavern—

steak & seafood The Owyhee Tavern, at the corner of 11th and Main, is a welcome addition to the downtown culinary scene.

The restaurant is owned and operated by Barry Werner and John and Kristy Toth, who also own Tavern at Bown Crossing.

The Tavern's location in The Owyhee exemplifies the “Work, Meet and Live” ethos of the building. Enjoy excellent food and a great atmosphere in historic Boise.

Bonefish Grill

Owyhee Tavern

Full of fresh and innovative dishes, the Bonefish Grill crafts a complete dining experience—from customized pairings and craft cocktails, daily specials and a menu that specializes in seasonal fresh fish prepared with elegant simplicity over a wood-burning grill. Taste today's fresh catch.

855 W. Broad St., Boise, (208) 433-1234

Owyhee Tavern opened in October 2016 bringing a new vibe to the downtown area.

Located in the historic Owyhee building, this steakhouse offers American Wagyu, USDA prime grade steaks, organic salmon, fresh ahi, and oysters on the half shell. Specialties also include kung pao calamari, Kobe fondue and ahi poke salad—and don’t forget to ask for a side of cheddar tots or Brussels sprouts. $5 Happy Hour, Monday-Friday from 3-6 p.m.

1109 Main St., Boise, (208) 639-0440

Chandlers Steakhouse Prime cuts of beef and fresh caught fish, combined with local homegrown ingredients and an extensive wine list, are served in a swanky, hip setting. The Lounge at Chandlers features live jazz nightly and a martini bar— home of the Ten Minute Martini. Social Hour is Monday-Friday, 4-6 p.m.

981 W. Grove St., Boise, (208) 383-4300

Fresh Off the Hook A little slice of Seattle mixed with a dash of San Francisco, add a pinch of Alaska and toss it together with the flavors of Key West and you’ll enjoy an incredible seafood experience—right here in Boise. Bright and cheery, soaked in the colors of the ocean, Fresh Off the Hook owner David Bassiri is committed to delivering service and freshness. Guaranteed!

507 N. Milwaukee St., Boise, (208) 322-9224 401 S. 8th St., Boise, (208) 343-0220

Lucky Fins Seafood Grill Welcome to a new way to experience seafood—where great quality and affordability come together! Daily chalkboard specials are innovative and creative, complemented by a menu of diverse flavors influenced by Asian, Mexican and Northwest cuisines. And don’t miss sushi prepared by one of the best sushi chefs in the Treasure Valley!

801 W. Main St., Boise, (208) 888-3467 1441 N. Eagle Rd., Meridian, (208) 888-3467

Stagecoach Inn Stagecoach Inn opened in 1959. A Treasure Valley favorite dinner restaurant and bar famous for its hand-breaded bar prawns, prime rib and banana cream pie. Folks near and far make the historic Stagecoach their favorite destination restaurant.

3132 Chinden Blvd., Garden City, (208) 342-4161

Ruth’s Chris Steak House Featuring Ruth’s special 500˚ sizzling plates and an award-winning wine list perfect for a romantic dinner, business meeting or private party. Happy Hour, seven days a week, from 4:30-6:30 p.m.

800 W. Main St., Boise, (208) 426-8000

The BrickYard Touted as a steak house, The BrickYard has other notable features that are bound to pique your epicurean interest, such as our tableside salad service and our wide range of entrée selections from Idaho Wagyu Kobe beef to crab and scallop topped halibut.

Open for lunch and dinner. Happy Hour, 3-6 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 10-11 p.m.

Dueling Piano Show, Friday and Saturday, 10 p.m. – close.

601 Main St., Boise, (208) 287-2121

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Arts & Culture SEPT. 2 & 6 – 8 — Stage Coach

Theatre presents “Doublewide, Texas” In this

hilarious, fast-paced comedy, the inhabitants of one of the smallest trailer parks in Texas— four doublewides and a shed—are thrown for a loop when they realize the nearby town of Tugaloo is determined to annex them. Stage Coach Theater, 4802 W. Emerald, Boise. stagecoachtheatre.com SEPT. 7 – 30 — Beehive: The ‘60s Musical An exuberant jukebox celebration of the women musicians who made the ‘60s truly memorable, Beehive transports audiences on a nostalgic musical journey back in time. Idaho Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise. Performance times: TuesdayThursday at 7:30 p.m., Sunday at 7 p.m.

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SEPT. 9 – OCT. 28 — WalkAbout Boise Join us for WalkAbout Boise, an approximately 1.5-hour guided walking tour through 150 years of history and architecture.

Starting on Grove Street, Boise. Every Saturday. preservationidaho.org/calendar

themselves and others. Boise State University Student Union Building, 1700 University Dr., Boise. 7 a.m. – 5 p.m. sps.boisestate.edu/andruscenter/events/ SEPT. 27 — Arch Walks - The Near

West End: Old-Timers and Newcomers

Join architectural historian Dan Everhart to explore the fascinating history of the Near West End. Two times offered: 12 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. and 6:30 - 7:45 p.m. preservationidaho.org/archwalks OCT. 5 — The Rocky Horror Show Complete with sass from the audience, cascading toilet paper, and an array of other audience participation props, this deliberately kitschy rock ‘n’ roll sci-fi gothic musical is more fun than ever. Stage Coach Theater, 4802 W. Emerald, Boise. stagecoachtheatre.com OCT. 17 – NOV. 4 — Disney’s 'The Lion King' This is Disney’s THE LION KING, making its premiere performance at the Morrison Center! Morrison Center, "

2201 Cesar Chavez Blvd., Boise, 7:30 p.m. morrisoncenter.com OCT. 17 – NOV. 10 — The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a thrilling story about the struggle to connect despite our differences. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise. bctheater.org OCT. 11 - 14 – Idaho Horror Film Festival Idaho Horror Film Festival (IHFF) is a nonprofit international film exhibition whose mission is to shine a spotlight on Idaho’s emerging filmmakers. Select screening locations around Boise. idahohorrorfilmfestival.org OCT. 13 — Sleepless in Stripes The Sleepless in Stripes is a simulated prison experience: guests will have chowtime in the yard, inmate “rec” time activities, and a paranormal investigation. Old Idaho Penitentiary, 2445 Old Penitentiary Rd., Boise. history.idaho.gov/events-programs

"The Lion King," Morrison Center

SEPT. 15 – 16 — 'West Side Story' Leonard Bernstein’s classic score will be performed in a full performance of the concert version. Morrison Center, 2201 Cesar Chavez Blvd., Boise, 7:30 p.m. morrisoncenter.com SEPT. 26 – 27 — Women and Leadership Conference Our goal is to highlight women in leadership positions of all kinds and to encourage both genders to foster growth in

Music SEPT. 20 —

The Avett Brothers

The Avett Brothers

Taco Bell Arena, 1401 Bronco Lane, Boise. 7 p.m. tacobellarena.com.

SEPT. 21 — Black Tooth Grin Also playing: Break Surface, Rise of the Fallen. Knitting Factory Concert House, 416 S. 9th St., Boise. 7 p.m. bo.knittingfactory.com.

SEPT. 22 — Salsa Nights Knitting Factory Concert House, 416 S. 9th

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St., Boise. 8 p.m. bo.knittingfactory.com.

SEPT. 22 — Gregory Alan Isakov with Shook Twins. Knitting Factory Concert House, 416 S. 9th St., Boise. 8 p.m. bo.knittingfactory.com.

SEPT. 24 — Trevor Powers Neurolux Lounge, 111 N. 11th St., Boise. 8 p.m. neurolux.com.

SEPT. 28 — Keith

Urban with Kelsea Ballerini Taco Bell Arena, 1401 Bronco Lane, Boise.

7:30 p.m. tacobellarena.com.

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SEPT. 14 – 16 — Hyde Park Street Fair This annual fundraising event held in Boise’s Camels Back Park features vendor booths, activities for the kids, and live music. Camel’s Back Park, 13th & Heron streets, Boise. Friday 4 - 9:30 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. - 9:30 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. northendboise.org/hyde-parkstreet-fair-2018

NOV. 23 – DEC. 15

— A Nice Family Christmas

Enjoy this family-friendly comedy produced by the Stage Coach Theater. Stage Coach Theater, 4802 W. Emerald, Boise. stagecoachtheatre.com DEC. 1 – 2 — 'Finding Neverland' This is the incredible story behind one of the world’s most beloved characters: Peter Pan. Morrison Center, 2201 Cesar Chavez Blvd., Boise. morrisoncenter.com DEC. 5 - 22 —

With Love and a Major Organ The story of a

man with a paper heart, a mother who wanted to spare him the pain of a real one, and a woman on the subway with so much love to give. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise. bctheater.org

Festivals & Events SEPT. 7 – 9 — Boise Art Museum’s Art in the Park This open-air festival provides visitors of all ages and interests with the opportunity to meet more than 200 artists and purchase their works. Julia Davis Park, 570 Julia Davis Dr., Boise. boiseartmuseum.org/art-in-the-park SEPT. 14 — Dudes and Disco Boogie Come down to the Old Idaho Penitentiary as we celebrate the decades that bookended our site’s opening and closing: the 1870s and the 1970s! Old Idaho Penitentiary, 2445 Old Penitentiary Rd., Boise. history.idaho.gov/events-programs

SEPT. 29 —

The Heritage Singers

Morrison Center, 2201 Cesar Chavez Blvd., Boise. 7 p.m. morrisoncenter.com.

OCT. 5 — The Steel Wheels The Olympic, 1009 Main St., Boise. 8 p.m. theolympicboise.com.

SEPT. 15 — Zoobilee!

At Zoobilee, guests will be treated to special animal encounters, lively entertainment, delectable delights from local eateries, and refreshing ales and spirits. Zoo Boise, 355 Julia Davis Dr. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. zooboise.org/events/events-home/zoobilee SEPT. 23 — Grape Stomp Enjoy seasonal appetizers, a free glass of beer or wine, bocce ball and other lawn games, grape stomping contest, and live music. Crooked Fence Brewing Company, 3705 Idaho Hwy 16, Eagle.

2– 6 p.m. snipidaho.org/events-news/events/?ee=36

buildings, neighborhoods, and landscapes and celebrate those who steward these beautiful homes. Warm Springs Ave., Boise.

Preservationidaho.org/heritage-homes-tour OCT. 26 — 'Oliver' Enjoy the classic Dickens tale presented by the Music Theatre of Idaho. Nampa Civic Center, 311 3rd St. S., Nampa. Friday and Saturday 7:30 – 9:30 p.m., Saturday 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. nampaciviccenter.com OCT. 26 – 27 — Frightened Felons X We invite you to tour the site at night and dare to enter the only haunted cell house in Boise. Old Idaho Penitentiary, 2445 Old Penitentiary Rd., Boise. history.idaho.gov/events-programs OCT. 26 — 'She Loves Me—Mystery Pen Pals' Georg and Amalia are two feuding clerks in a European perfumeries during the 1930s who secretly find solace in their anonymous romantic pen pals. Nampa Civic Center, 311 3rd St S., Nampa. 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. nampaciviccenter.com Moscow Ballet’s "Great Russian Nutcracker," Nampa Civic Center

SEPT. 28 — Oktoberfest These merriments are a great community showcase of German heritage that include music, games, food, fun and beer. Nampa Civic Center, 311 3rd St. S., Nampa. 6 – 10 p.m. nampaciviccenter.com OCT. 6 — Hoptober Freshtival Attracting over 2,000 thirsty patrons each year, Hoptober Freshtival is the largest fresh hop beer festival in Idaho. 6th and Broad, Boise.

12 – 8 p.m. hoptoberfreshtival.com OCT. 7 — 16th Annual Heritage Homes Tour The purpose of this tour is to promote public awareness of Boise’s rich heritage of

OCT. 6 — 'Bernstein

at 100' Presented by Boise Philharmonic

Morrison Center, 2201 Cesar Chavez Blvd., Boise. 7 p.m. morrisoncenter.com.

OCT. 12 — Gwar

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NOV. 5 — Moscow Ballet’s 'Great Russian Nutcracker' Christmas is coming and so is the one and only Moscow Ballet’s "Great Russian Nutcracker." Presenting world class Russian artists, hand-painted sets, Russian Snow Maidens, and jubilant Nesting Dolls. Nampa Civic Center, 311 3rd St S., Nampa. 7 – 9 p.m. nampaciviccenter.com

OCT. 14 — Max Frost, Mikey Mike Neurolux Lounge, 111 N. 11th St., Boise. 8 p.m. neurolux.com

Gwar

Knitting Factory Concert House, 416 S. 9th St., Boise. 7 p.m. bo.knittingfactory.com.

OCT. 17 — Kyle

Emerson + Luke Messimer + Tispur Hatebreed

Neurolux Lounge, 111 N. 11th St., Boise. 7:30 p.m. neurolux.com

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for an array of arts and crafts, produce, herbs and flowers, woodwork, specialty food items and freshly prepared food. Call for more information 208.860.5029. Heritage Park. 185 E. State St., Eagle.

Downtown Boise Capitol Table

OCT. 5 – Sip 2 Give Fundraiser for the Brain Injury Alliance of Idaho Support the Brain Injury Alliance of Idaho while listening to music, food truck edibles, wine tasting, and purchase an awesome “Mystery Prize in a Wine Bottle” for $25-$50 or win a fabulous “Idaho Wine Basket” for a $10 guess. Telaya Wine Company, 240 E. 32nd St., Garden City.

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SEPT. 9 – Downtown Boise Capitol Table Capitol Table brings community together for an exclusive dining experience while raising funds for a worthy local cause. The table is set in beautiful downtown Boise beneath the sparkling dome of the Idaho Statehouse, stretching the length of Capitol Boulevard from Bannock to Jefferson streets. Outside the Idaho State Capitol, Downtown Boise. downtownboise.org/events/capitol-table

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SEPT. 9 - OCT. 27 – Boise Farmers' Market The 2018 Boise Farmers' Market is the community’s source for locally grown foods sold by the farmer. The Market features specialty food products, Idaho goods and a select few artisans. 10th and Grove streets, Boise. Saturdays, 9 a.m.to 1 p.m. theboisefarmersmarket.com SEPT. 9 – DEC. 15 – Capital City Public Market The Capital City Public Market is more than just a local foods and fresh produce market. The organization believes in growing a sustainable local food system and thriving local economy through the exchange of goods.

SEPT. 9 – OCT. 13 – Eagle Saturday Market Come out and enjoy local musicians and community members who come together to support local micro-producers. Shop locally

Sports & Outdoors SEPT. 15 – Jason Wrest Memorial Century Ride The annual fundraiser for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Boise chapter honors Werst, who lost his battle with acute myeloid leukemia in 2011. The ride group meets at the lower dam of Lake Lowell. 10 a.m. Lake Lowell Lower Dam, Caldwell.

no time. Our course will cover introduction to equipment, safety, proper paddle usage, stance techniques and basic footwork, and best practices for getting on and off the board. Ages 15 and older. 131 Construction Way, Nampa.

10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. nampaparksandrecreation.org OCT. 13 – 19th Annual Beginner’s Triathlon Our Annual “Beginner’s Triathlon” will include a 0.125-mile swim, 4-mile ride (upright stationary bike) and 1.5-mile indoor run. Ages 13 years and older. Nampa Recreation Center. nampaparksandrecreation.org OCT. 20 - 21 – Professional Bull Riders Watch 8-second rides and jaw-dropping wrecks throughout the adrenaline-soaked performance as the PBR’s insanely brave cowboys risk it all against monstrous animal athletes that can weigh as much as 2,000 pounds. Ford Idaho Center, 16200 Idaho Center Blvd., Nampa. pbr.com

SEPT. 15 –

Treasure Valley Celtic Festival and Highland Games

Professional Bull Riders

Enjoy a day of piping, drumming, music, heavy athletics and more with professional highland athletes competing alongside amateurs. Expo Idaho Fairgrounds 5610 Glenwood St., Garden City. idahoscotts.org SEPT. 29 – Paddle Boarding 101 Learn the basics and be up and paddling in

Music OCT. 18 — Good Old War The Olympic, 1009 Main St., Boise. 8 p.m. theolympicboise.com.

NOV. 2 — Billy Strings The Olympic, 1009 Main St., Boise. 8 p.m. theolympicboise.com.

NOV. 9 — Death Valley Girls The Olympic, 1009 Main St., Boise. 8 p.m. theolympicboise.com.

OCT. 19 — Thomas Rhett Ford Idaho Center, 16200 Idaho Center Blvd., Nampa. 7:30 p.m.

Fordidahocenter.com.

NOV. 4 — Tyler Childers Knitting Factory Concert House, 416 S. 9th St., Boise. 8 p.m. bo.knittingfactory.com

NOV. 14 — Dead Horses The Olympic, 1009 Main St., Boise. 8 p.m. theolympicboise.com.

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Metallica Worldwired Tour

Taco Bell Arena, 1401 Bronco Lane, Boise. 7 p.m. tacobellarena.com.

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