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HEART OF DARKNESSBenefit concert shines light on plight in
Congo
NEWS 11
FOOD FIGHTBoise bags a couple of new specialty grocery
chains
SCREEN 25
KABOOM!The Girl Who Played With Fire burns up the screen
REC 27
BACKCOUNTRYGetting off the trail in Yellowstone
I received the postcard that had my words on it: Make a change.
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Note.First, for a few months weve been talking about this big
to-do called Crafty Bastards. Its our first-ever block party,
craft sale, bloody mary contest, live music marathon, scooter
giveaway, kids fun station, all-day brouhaha for which were
shutting down the street and gettin crazy for a full 12 hours.
Well, Crafty Bastards is quite the catchy name, and ap-parently,
the original conceivers of the name (our alt weekly colleagues a
the City Paper in Washington, D.C.) thought so, too. So much so
that they trademarked the name, which meant BW had to go in search
of something even better for our event. Henceforth, that big melee
well be throwing outside BWHQ on Saturday, Aug. 28, shall be called
The Big LeBoise. Had we anticipated this little change slightly
sooner, wed have pay homage to the Dude with white Russians rather
than bloody marys but vodka is vodka, no?
Secondand speaking of vodkawe have bloody mary winners. For the
past month, bloody-mary-loving BW readers have been testing bloody
marys at 15 local bars and voting for the joint with the best
bloody mary. Voting ended last week, and the finalists in both
categories are Piper Pub and Quinns. Bartenders from each bar will
be at the Big LeBoise mixing up cocktails for the panel of
celebrity judges as well as for the 21-and-older attendees at the
Big LeBoise.
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INSIDEEDITORS NOTE 3MAIL / MONDO GAGA 6BILL COPE 8TED RALL 9NEWS
City biz incubator almost ready to open 10 JUMP: An update on the
Simplots downtown project 11 CITIZEN 12BW PICKS 14FIND 158 DAYS OUT
16SUDOKU 18NOISECongo benefit concert takes over the Egyptian
Theatre 21MUSIC GUIDE 22ARTS Idaho Wine Country looks at a growing
industry 24SCREEN The Girl Who Played With Fire 25MOVIE TIMES
26RECOff the Yellowstone Road 27FOODBW reviewers head to Nampa to
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TALES FROM THE ROADFinn Riggins checked in from the South, where
the band was touring with Built to Spill and Fauxbois. And
Hillfolk
Noir posted what could be the longest blog entry ever, wrap-ping
up their trip through Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah before
heading home sweet home.
THE BIG LEBOISERemember Crafty Bastards ... that rad-ass
Boise
Weekly block party coming up on Saturday, Aug. 28? Its now
called the Big LeBoise. Apparently the original name was so good it
belonged to someone else. Long live the Big LeBoise. Get the full
story at Cobweb.
GARAGE ARTA few weeks back, a gaggle of local artists took
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the parking garage at Ninth and Bannock streets with paint in
hand to gussy up the gray concrete into something you might
actually want to look at. Check out BWs behind-the-scenes video
report at video.boiseweekly.com.
BUT WHO WILL IT BE?The city announced that its been working
with
a specialty grocery chain to fine tune a plan for a
25,000-square-foot store for what is currently a parking lot at
15th and 16th streets between Idaho and Bannock streets.
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MORE THAN IWN I enjoyed reading Carissa Wolfs recent article
Weve Come a Long Way BabyOr Have We? The state of feminism in Idaho
(BW, Aug. 11, 2010). I would like to point out the omission in the
article of AAUWs involvement with the now-defunct [Idaho Womens
Network]. Current and past members of AAUW were there when IWN was
formed. Kay Snyder of Idaho Falls, AAUW state president 1988-1990,
passed the hat at a legislative training for women to raise seed
money to form IWN. We have been a continual partner and
supporter
of IWN throughout the years, most recently at the 2008 and 2009
Equal Pay Day events. These events consisted of Brown Bag Lunch
forums at Boise State followed by the UnHappy Hour at the TableRock
Brewpub and Grill. AAUW is one of the nations oldest womens
organizations. Its mission states: AAUW advances equity for women
and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy and research.
Idaho currently has six active branches throughout the state. Our
state public policy chair, Sylvia Chariton, lobbied alongside Taryn
Magrini at the state legislature for
womens rights, which included Equal Pay Day efforts and
state-wide daycare licensing.
Patricia Alpine, Co-President AAUW Idaho
SCAN ME, SUCKAAfter reading the note
from the editor (BW, Note, Whatchya Hiding Under That There
Skirt, Aug. 11, 2010), here is my take on full-body scanners. Use
the crap out of them. If it keeps me safer while flying, scan my
ass! I dont care. Dont we all know what each other looks like under
our clothes anyway? Yes, it is very intrusive. I am sure someone
will find a way to take advantage of it, but in a day when people
are putting their most intimate details on Facebook, etc., why is
this different? Sometimes I think people just want something to
whine about.
Launa Schaffer, Boise
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For weeks, Ive wanted to revisit a particu-lar dumbassery that
marginal artist Bruce Tinsley contributed to the Fourth of July
edition of the daily paper, but other issues kept getting in the
way. Finally, here goes.
Let us proceed, though, with the under-standing that reacting to
anything from the mind of either Tinsley or his cartoon creation,
Mallard Fillmore, is like getting into a debate with a sloppy
drunk. The man is incapable of understanding any ar-gument other
than his own, and he believes that if he repeats his position
enough times, or yells it loudly enough, well eventually come
around.
Yet what Tinsley submitted for a Fourth of July message presents
us with the op-portunity to respond not so much to himwhats the
use?but to the absurd histori-cal distortion (propagated among
people who understand so little history that they end up
conservatives) that todays conser-vatives are the direct heirs of
that Founding Father spirit. That spark of Independence. That whole
Minuteman vibe.
No, they are not. Todays conservatives would have been 1776s
conservatives, too. Todays conservatives would have been yesterdays
Tories. Royalist reactionaries. Benedict Arnold sympathizers.
Craven kowtowers to the established form. Resist-ers to change and
defenders of what was. They would have been old Mad Georges
favorite Americans.
UBut let us return to Bruce Tinsley and his
statement and work our way forward. As you know, Tinsley is the
stale imagination behind Mallard Fillmore, a comic strip so
humorless it makes Sally Forth seem almost funny. Its a favorite
with the shuffling tea-bag crowd because it provides them with what
has to pass for wit in a basically witless environment. Tinsley and
his duck are to right-wing comedy what Sarah Palin is to right-wing
gravitas or James Dobson is to right-wing spirituality: i.e. the
best theyve got. The Idaho Statesman started carrying the strip
some years ago because no matter what out-of-state outfit might own
it at any given moment, that publi-cation cant resist the whining
of people who dont feel their viewsno matter how stupidare being
represented in the paper.
On the Fourth of July, Tinsley had his static duck (the duck
never movesthat would require a level of technical ac-complishment
that Mr. Tinsley has yet to achieve) standing before Old Glory,
making some senseless connection between King George III and the
political correctness police. (Tinsley absolutely loathes political
correctness. Every time he depicts President Barack Obama, you can
almost feel the strain as he resists the craving to cry the n
word.) The punch line to the comic is,
This flag has been annoying effete elitists for more than 200
years.
Get it? See, in Tinsleys version of events, even back during
Revolutionary days, there were these pompous sissies around who had
the snittles because the Founding Fa-thers would do such a thing as
break from England and start up their own country. We must presume
Tinsley means these effete elitists were the liberals of the era,
as the words effete and elitist are always used to describe
liberals and never used to describe pompous sissies like Jonah
Gold-berg or George Will.
In fact, most Americans first heard the word effete used in the
late 60s by that paragon of conservative virtues Vice Presi-dent
Spiro Agnew. Speaking of the opposi-tion to Nixon and the demented
war that twisted man waged, Agnew was famous for saying, A spirit
of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of
impudent snobs who characterize them-selves as intellectuals.
After he was thrown from public office for tax fraud, extortion
and bribery, we never heard much more from Agnew, and his most
enduring legacy was to imprint natter-ing, nabob and effete on our
national consciousness. Mind you, it is no coincidence that effete
and effeminate have such a common ring. Has there ever been a time
when bullies, blowhards and buffoons didnt try to hide their own
lameness of brain be-hind a disguise of superior manliness?
UAh, but the real joke within Tinsleys
joke is the implication that wewe being the Americans who value
thoughtful-ness over the empty blithering of cartoon patriots and
flag-humping foolsdont like America and never have.
Wrong again, duck. We like America just fine and always have.
Its conservatives we dont like. We especially dont like the way
they are choking the vitality out of America because they are
perpetually stuck in the muck of their own fear. For all their
crow-ing and clucking about freedom, conserva-tives dont revere
liberty nearly as much as they revere order. And not just any
order, but the old order. The order with them on top and nuts to
the rest. The order that comes from kings and gods down, not from
people up.
Truth is, conservatives, either then or now, are never on the
liberating edge of anything. They, then and now, are follow-ers,
not leaders, and have always been at the butt-end of a historical
narrative they cant comprehend. Thats what makes them
conservatives.
And to think they today compare them-selves to the innovators,
the progressives, the radicals who jerked the leash from Georges
grasp. Now thats funny.
TORY STORYMallard Fillmore: one fumb duck
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SOMEWHERE IN AFGHANISTANTwo months ago, long-time White House
cor-respondent Helen Thomas got fired by the Hearst newspaper
conglomerate in response to her off-the-cuff slam at Israel. I
criticized the firing on free-speech grounds.
Free speech must be defended no matter whateven that of cranky
anti-Semitic colum-nists (if thats what Thomas is/was), I wrote.
Unless we are truly free to say what we thinkwithout fear of
reprisalfree speech is not a right. It is merely a permission.
I received many letters in response. Most people disagreed with
me.
A letter from Joseph Just was typical but better-written than
most (which is why I quote it here): Ms. Thomas has been denied not
one of her constitutional rights. She faces no fine, legal censure
or criminal charges for saying what she said. Her immunity from the
threat of such sanction (rather than immunity from being, shall we
say, asked to resign) is what the First Amendment protects.
Legally, Just is right. The First Amendment does not protect us
from economic reprisals. I was arguing that employers ought to
choose not to fire people for speaking their minds.
Unfortunately, employers seem to be whacking people for what
they say outside of work more than ever.
Posters at Democratic Underground, a left-of-center discussion
site frequented by that rarest and most appreciated of creatures,
balls-out Democrats, has long been a community Ive been able to
count upon. On the Thomas issue, however, they sound like Sean
Hannity. Private organizations arent and shouldnt be required to
put up with speech they dont
agree with, said one poster. Freedom of speech doesnt mean
freedom from criticism, argued a third. It means that you can say
what you want without the threat of being thrown in jail.
Funny, these same libertarians would have freaked out if the
artists who created the Dan-ish Mohammed cartoons had all gotten
fired by their newspaper.
True, the First Amendment doesnt protect your right to keep your
gig as a community banker even though you wear a swastika T-shirt.
But it ought to.
If the First Amendment is to truly protect freedom of speech, it
must allow Americans to say and think whatever the hell they want,
no matter how outrageous. So the First Amendment should be expanded
to prohibit economic reprisals.
A right to free speech, ostensibly protected in order to
encourage the vigorous exchange and discussion of ideas that make a
society truly free, is meaningless if a person risks get-ting fired
each time he opens his mouth. While it is true that some people
will decide that the risk of professional opprobrium and
unem-ployment is worth it, most people wont.
What would a boss stand to lose if the First Amendment were
strengthened?
They would risk embarrassment. But they would also gain a big
measure of CYA: When one of their staff did or said something
outra-geous, they could point to the First Amend-ment and shrug
their shoulders. In the Helen Thomas example, Hearst execs could
say: What can we do? She has the right to say whatever the hell she
wants.
Which of course she should.
WAR ON FREE SPEECHIts the economics, [REDACTED]
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SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBERBetter late than never,
Boises Greenhouse ready to open
GEORGE PRENTICE
Mark Twain joked, Everybody complains about the weather, but
nobody does any-thing about it. Who knew Twain was also a
world-class economist? No truer words could be said about small
businesses in 2010.
The U.S. Department of Labor reports that an estimated 97
percent of private firms in Idaho are considered small
businesses.
Its not too difficult to connect the dots. Small business moves
the needle on Idahos economy: employment, income and gross domestic
product. Follow small business, fol-low the money.
If someone is running for office this year, theyre saying that
the answer to our eco-nomic woes is small business.
Gov. C.L. Butch Otter: Small business is really one of the
biggest ingredients in our mix. (July 29)
Keith Allred, Democratic challenger for governor: We need to
unbridle the small business community. (March 1)
Rep. Walt Minnick (D): Small businesses will drive a recovery.
(June 15)
Republican First Congressional district challenger Raul Labrador
touts himself as a successful small businessman.
Yet Idaho has had three straight years of declines in the number
of new businesses filed with the Secretary of State. The most
recent small business index from Zions Bank indicates a damper on
Idahos small busi-ness sector and less favorable conditions for
Idahos small businesses.
And for all the political blusterwith apologies to Mr.
Twainnobody seems to be doing much about it.
That is, with a few exceptions. Case in point: The WaterCooler,
brainchild
of Boise developer Mark Riv-ers, is the birthplace of jobs. If
its walls could talk, wed hear about ideas: some good, some not so
good. But in each instance, the centerpiece was growing a small
business in order to employ more people.
Jobs are ultimately im-portant to us, Rivers told BW. If a
couple of guys come in and say they intend to grow their company
times 10 in the next few years, but remain low in head count, were
probably not interested. But if theyre going to have modest, steady
growth and add staff, that interests us more.
Walk through the WaterCooler today,
and youll see small businesses specializing in everything from
bicycle cables to wind energy. And theyre all pretty driven.
Two Fridays ago, the alarm went off in the middle of the night,
said Rivers. When I got there with the police, I found that one of
the tenants had a new employee who wanted to work through the
night. I was more proud than mad.
There are no immediate plans to expand the WaterCooler. Rivers
said hes more interested in finding new capital for small
businesses or exploring what he calls the pre-WaterCooler
stage.
His ears must have been burning when BW talked with Cece
Gassner, Boises assistant for economic development.
Companies here might actually graduate into the WaterCooler,
Gassner said.
The Greenhouse is a unique partnership between the City of Boise
and the Idaho Small Business Development Center, which is located
at Boise State. The new incubator will welcome its four premiere
tenants by the end of August, with a grand opening scheduled for
September and a full complement of 10
tenants by the end of the year.
The Greenhouse is prob-ably for a company thats a couple clicks
past the idea stage, said Gassner, but a couple clicks before
theyre ready to grow without a lot of hand-holding.
Another major difference between the WaterCooler and Greenhouse
will be thematic. Most of the new businesses in the Greenhouse are
expected to be green. Tenants may include renewable energy
devel-opers, energy and water conservation services and organic or
natural products.
But if theyre not green, they wont nec-essarily be turned away,
said Gassner. Its
a preference. The final decision will be with the SBDC.
The City of Boise will basically be the landlord of the
property, which is about half a block from City Hall. SBDC will pay
$1 a year for rent, and then operate the 3,500- square-foot
building at 520 W. Idaho St. The businesses will be sub-tenants for
$150-$300 a month.
But it appears as if the Greenhouses windows needed a little
more polishing than originally planned. The center was hoped to
open in early 2010. Then it was June. Gas-sner said it will
definitely be ready to go in a couple of weeks. The delay? First
the city needed to finalize its agreement with SBDC. Then, the
building had to become a little more ... well, green. The HVAC
system is being upgraded, and single-pane windows are being
replaced.
But ultimately, the Greenhouse and Water-Cooler are all about
jobs.
If you look at a business that doesnt go into an incubator, it
has about a 45 percent chance of surviving, said Gassner. If you
look at a similar business that does spend time in an incubator,
its chance of thriving is closer to 75 or even 80 percent. Its a
remark-able difference.
And for all the stimulus funds, proposed state and federal
legislation, and certainly for all the political hay, investment in
an incuba-tor may have the best bang for the buck in todays
economy.
The return is significant, said Gassner. Many more high-paying
jobs can be gener-ated for far less public money than, say, a
public works project.
And the genius may be in the simplicity. Both the WaterCooler
and the Greenhouse have very basic applications and include easy
exit strategies for businesses that fail.
What I can do is help connect the dots, said Rivers.
NEWS
CITYDESK/NEWS
ANGER MANAGEMENT THEATER For a supposedly low-key
destination,
Sun Valley isnt always so relaxed. Take the grumbling, shouting
and spewing that surrounded recent cultural events address-ing the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
It all started when Ketchums NexStage community theater staged a
reading of the controversial play My Name is Rachel Corrie. The
one-woman drama recounts the experiences, as told through an edited
as-semblage of e-mails and journal entries, of the 23-year-old
American activist killed by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza in
2003.
When the London-based play first ar-rived in the US at
Manhattans Minetta Lane Theater in 2006, The New York Times
announced, Few plays have trav-eled to New York with as much excess
baggage as My Name is Rachel Corrie. The typically progressive New
York Theater Workshop had delayed the plays arrival, and both sides
of the free speech debate were dug in. The Times recounted how
Rachel Corrie became a name best not mentioned at Manhattan dinner
parties if you wanted your guests to hold on to their good
manners.
Four years later and a couple of time zones away, Rachel Corrie
once again stoked the fires of emotional politics. This time, in
sleepy little Ketchum, it was a handful of casually dressed summer
folk who lost their grip on good manners.
It was astonishing that such a play had arrived in Ketchum at
all. More astounding was the fact that Rachels bereaved par-ents,
Craig and Cindy Corrie, had traveled to Central Idaho to see the
play and par-ticipate in a question-and-answer session following
its per formance. It was during that session that tempers flared.
Some people had arrived with protest in mind, and when it was their
chance to talk, many delivered terse lectures to the Corries about
their late daughters flawed beliefs. I know you want to think your
daughter didnt die in vain, one woman began.
At this point, some disclosure is neces-sary. Following the per
formance, I submit-ted a letter to the Idaho Mountain Express
newspaper that disavowed the behavior of the few at the expense of
many who appre-ciated the plays staging. Many letters to the
editor, of varying opinion, followed.
The play speaks for itself. Yes, Corries writing was politically
charged and she lived a life of politically motivated sacrifice.
But the play is ultimately not a polemic; its one individuals call
for peace and compassion in a world gone mad, written by a
passionate, if naive, young activist.
In the weeks that followed the scene at the NexStage, the Wood
River Jewish Community invited Jean-Jacques Surbeck, a former
International Red Cross attorney, to speak as a counterbalance to
the Pales-tinian sympathies embedded in the Rachel Corrie play.
Surbecks lecture, which filled the pews at St. Thomas Episcopal
Church to Christmas mass levels, was nakedly pro-Israel and
ultimately did little to diffuse the high drama that began after
the play.
Surbecks question-and-answer ses-sion spun out of control when a
teenage questioner hijacked the microphone. An agitated audience
member rose to take the microphone back and, for an instant or two,
it seemed entirely possible that we
Cece Gassner, Boises assistant for economic development, says
the citys Greenhouse is just days away from opening.
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Twenty-eight companies have applied to the Greenhouse.
The first tenants will include an organic food delivery
service,
energy consultants and develop-ers of a hot-water heater that
stores solar and wind energy.
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Something officially known as project DRH10-0018 may be Boises
most buzz-wor-thy development. But in a few short weeks, that buzz
becomes a bit more formal.
On Memorial Day weekend 2009, Idahos Simplot family surprised
the Treasure Valley with plans to turn a four-square-block area
just west of Boises BODO into something heretofore never seen.
Since then, the community has come to know the project sim-ply as
JUMP, Jacks Urban Meeting Place. And of course Jack is the late
J.R. Simplot.
The buzz instantly began, not waiting for the dream to turn into
some kind of reality. When members of the Simplot family began
initial meetings with Boise City planners in the summer of 2009,
the project was lumped into the category of mixed-use, limiting its
perceived scope and complexity. The term parkscape was also bandied
about, but a similarly labeled project in Los Angeles had little to
nothing in common with JUMP.
In July 2009, Boises Design Review Committee got its first
official look at
JUMPs initial draft. Outside City Hall, the buzz grew but
inside, so did a few concerns. Rather than dramatically alter the
dream, the Simplot family and its designers regrouped.
And now almost a year and a half after its announcement, on
Wednesday, Sept. 15, JUMP will get its first public hearing before
Boises Design Review Committee. An Aug.
18 hearing was postponed because, as of press time, the Ada
County Highway District was still awaiting a traffic analysis. You
can look
at the entire proposal in a meeting packet at cityofboise.org
but youll need some seri-ous time to peruse it. There are nearly
100
separate files, each with its own documents.JUMP has a
current-market price tag of
$70 million. Since last summer the grounds were redesigned to
reflect Idahos 10 ecologi-cal zones. The centerpiece is a
seven-story structure incorporating a great deal of glass and
modern art, including a tree house-like feature. Inside is a
kitchen studio for cooking lessons, tractor exhibits, dance studios
and space for inventors/creators.
JUMP is expected to create 700-800 construction jobs.
Design review committee hearing: Wednesday, Sept. 15, 6 p.m.
at Boise City Hall
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all might see a brawl at the altar. The Rev. Ken Brannon
eventually calmed the crowd and received a robust applause after
call-ing for calm and mature discussion.
The behavior at both events was remark-able, not for
highlighting any uniquely compelling or previously unknown facts
about the Mideast conflict, but rather for what they revealed about
Ketchum. They will be remembered for the reactions of easily
provoked, emotionally trigger-happy audiences.
A third related event held Aug. 10 put a cap on the recent
emotional gusher. The College of Idaho and the Wood River Valley
Jewish Community co-sponsored a lecture by Akiva Tor, the Consul
General for the Pacific Northwest for the state of Israel. The
event was held in conjunction with the College of Idahos
fundraising campaign to establish an endowed Chair of Judaic
Studies at the Caldwell liberal arts school and was unrelated, at
least in planning, to the earlier play or lecture at St.
Thomas.
Tor is a ranking diplomat, and his cre-dentials were evident
during his 50-minute talk on the conflicts past, present and
future. The talk was an immensely infor-mative and condensed take
on a dizzyingly complex subject. The audience was nota-bly calm,
respectful and gracious, even during the Q&A. If Tors lecture
was a sign of things to come, Sun Valleys Mideast dialogue may be
less like a cage match, and it might even teach us a few
things.
Michael Ames
CHECKOUT ON AISLE ONE:WHOLE FOODS AND ANOTHER GROCERY CHAIN
COMING TO BOISE
For years, Boiseans have been hoping for a large speciality
grocery chain to set up shop in Boise. Some want a Trader Joes.
Some want a Whole Foods.
Now, Boise may finally be getting one of the two plus another
yet to be named chain grocer.
The high-end grocery store Whole Foods announced it will move
forward with its plans to build a 35,000-square-foot store on Front
Street, across from the University of Idaho Water Center. Design
plans are ex-pected to be filed with Boises Planning and
Development team by the end of August.
Not making as much of a media splash is the news that a smaller
specialty gro-cery store is planned for the western edge of
downtown Boise. The name hasnt been officially unveiled, but BW has
learned the store is part of a chain and developers are fine-tuning
their plans for a 25,000-square-foot store for the block between
15th and 16th streets and Idaho and Bannock streets. Plans are
expected to be draft-ed and reviewed in formal hear-ings with the
city sometime in September or October.
George Prentice
TAKE A GOOD LOOKJUMPing in to the public pool of opinion
GEORGE PRENTICE
The new version of JUMP includes a focus on nonprofits and the
arts, as well as six acres of green space.
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MAKING A CHANGEFrom developer to architect of change in
only one yearGEORGE PRENTICE
Hes the father of three. Hes a former board member of the
Treasure Valley YMCA, Boise Parks and Rec. Commission, Urban Land
Institute, Boise Chamber of Commerce and Boise School District. Hes
a former football coach. Hes one of the regions best known
de-velopers, whos helped create some of Idahos most recognized
communities including Bown Crossing. And on Thursday, Aug. 26,
Derick ONeill will be flipping pancakes at the 2010 flapjack feed
as president and CEO of the United Way of the Treasure Valley.
You dont have a chair behind your desk.I dont. Thats an exercise
ball back there.
It helps my back and my posture. Im rarely in my office, but
when Im here, it helps me sit up straight.
Your office is filled with photographs.You bet. Theres my wife
Kathy, 15-year-old
daughter, 12-year-old son and 7-year-old son.
And a lot of pictures with your dad and granddad.
My dads a great guy. Hes been a mentor, a friend and a business
partner. And Im named after my grandfather. He came from a family
with very little means. But he went to college, played professional
football for the New York Giants and was a World War II vet. Were
very fortunate that he spent his final years here in Boise with his
children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Does the United Way of the Treasure Valley have a goal this
year?
Last year, through the great support of this community, we were
able to distribute $1.6 million to local nonprofits. But we had
requests that were much greater than that
amount. This year, we want to close that gap. My stretch goal is
to fund all of it. We may not be able to do that, but its worth
trying.
What will the total of the requests be?The nonprofits wont
formally request until
the end of September and into October, but based on our
conversations, its definitely going to be greater this year. Its
going to be over $3 million.
Might there be a change in who gets funding?
Its typically been perceived that once youre a United Way
partner, youre always a United Way partner. Conversely, if youre
not a United Way partner, its very difficult to become one. I hope
this year will be differ-ent. I would really like us to be funding
issues rather than nonprofits.
Will that require more collaboration?Absolutely. It would mean
many partners
coming together so that the dollars go a lot further.
Give us an idea of how your message might be different this
year.
Weve done a great job of showcasing sto-ries of people whose
lives have been impacted by United Way. I think thats great, but
not everybody can identify with that. This year, were really going
to focus on prevention. And were going to focus on how much it
costs to incarcerate someone versus the cost to educate a
4-year-old. Its all about getting ahead of the curve.
Talk to us about something called life on the edge.
The whole reason Im here today is because
of life on the edge. A year ago, my wife asked me to take my son
to a poverty simulation. She told me that for four hours,
participants are put into a simulation where they experience a life
in poverty. I said, Im not really inter-ested. She said, You better
be interested. So I listened to my wife. We walked into a room with
100 other people. They gave me and my son a name tag, and gave me a
daughter who was 19 years old (which I dont have) and they gave us
(virtually) $300. I had to check in with a job supervisor to become
a laborer. I didnt have a car, but I had to get myself to work. My
daughter desperately wanted to go to college, but because I had to
leave to go to work and my son had to get to school and daycare,
she could only take a couple of classes. And we lived through that
process. It turns out my son was much more savvy than I was. He
helped navigate many of the obstacles. It was a very powerful
moment for me. Then, they gave me a postcard, asked me to write a
message on it and mail it to myself. A couple of months later, I
received the postcard that had my words on it: Make a change. The
very next day I got a phone call from someone asking me to consider
being the CEO of the United Way.
It sounds like your wife is a motivator.She is the motivator. We
went to high
school together, and weve been best buddies most of our lives.
Shes always been one to say, Take a risk. Ill support you. The
family will support you. Go make a difference.
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SATURDAYAUG. 21film
MOVIES UNDER THE STARS
The Boise Public Schools Education Foundation and Boise Parks
and Recreation
puts on Movies Under the Stars, a monthly, free, family-friendly
movie screen-ing in Julia Davis Park.
This month, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
will be projected at the Gene Harris Bandshell. The Lightning Thief
is the first of a five-part book series centered on Greek
mythology. Teenage
protagonist Percy Jackson finds out that Greek gods still exist
and that, in fact, he is the son of sea-god Poseidon.
If Perseus striking his sword through Medusas neck, severing her
snake-ridden head and carrying it back to King Polydectes isnt the
type of imagery you want to send your kid to bed with,
then The Lightning Thief will make a good, Greek mythology-heavy
alternative.
Dusk, FREE, Gene Harris Bandshell, Julia Davis Park, 700 S.
Capitol Blvd., 208-854-4063,
boiseschools-foundation.com/movies.
FRIDAY-SATURDAYAUG. 20-21music
IDAHO-DOWN JAM STATE FESTIVAL
With the economy in the tubes, the concert industry is taking a
big hit. Pollstar reported last month that concert sales, including
fes-tivals, are down as much as 17 percent from the first half of
last year. Taking an even bigger hit are the people who
cant afford to attend these high-priced events.
Thankfully, the good people from Idahoans for Music and the
Environment are putting on the second annual Idaho-Down, and the
best thing about it is it wont cost you an arm and a leg to get in.
Just $15 a day or $25 for the whole weekend gets you two stages of
con-tinuous live music and space to camp under the trees at
Brundage Mountain Resort in McCall.
The jam-centric lineup features reggae artist Joseph Israel,
Denver funksters Yamn and local jammers Equaleyes, as well as
Holden Young Trio, The Shook Twins, Voice of Reason, Jonathan
Warren and the Billy Goats, Gizzard Stone, AlpenFlow, Corn Mash,
The Prairie Sky Pilots and more.
The festival promises to be sustainable and interac-
tive, with an LED light show, art installations, late-night
performances, a large natu-ral amphitheater and on-site vendors.
Therell be plenty to do and plenty of live music to feed your weary
soul.
Noon-2 a.m., $15 per day, $25 weekend, Brundage Mountain Resort,
McCall, idaho-me.com/idaho_down.
FRIDAY-SUNDAYAUG. 20-29navy
BOISE NAVY WEEKIf the only thing you think
of when hearing the term navy is sailor suits and the Village
People classic In the Navy, take it as a surefire sign to take part
in one of the countless activi-ties of Boise Navy Week. The
BOISE WEEKLY PICKSvisit boiseweekly.com for more events
Its Prine time you checked out the Eagle River Amphitheater.
SATURDAYAUG. 21bikes
TOUR DE FATBy now, most Boiseans arent the least bit phased when
a pack of cape-clad superheroes ped-
al past on fixed gears or a dude breezes by on a giant,
glistening fish bike. If its a sunny Saturday morning in August and
the two-wheeled eccentrics are out in full-force, its got to be
Tour de Fat.
The folks at New Belgium are bringing their bike-loving roadshow
back through town on Saturday, Aug. 21, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. for a
full day of cruisers and cold ones. In addition to a bike parade
beginning at 10 a.m., there will also be live music, circus-style
bike tricks, a car/bike trade, lots of beer tents and more wacky
costumes than you can shake a wrench at.
This year, New Belgium has taken a trip up to Mt. Brewski and
come up with the 10 Command-ments of Tour de Fat that must not be
broken: 1.) Put no means of transport before thy bike; 2.) Honor
all other bikes: All bikes are good bikes, and all those who ride
them are good people; 3.) May every generation come forth; 4.) Thou
shall come as a participant not a spectator: Its a costumed
celebration of human-powered transportation; 5.) Thou shalt not
bring booze; But enjoy the supplied malted adult refreshments
responsibly; 6.) New Belgium shalt not profit: Our goal is to raise
money for bicycle and environmental charities; 7.) Remember the
purpose, and bring not your pooches; 8.) Keep the day true with thy
good juju: The ride is free, but we suggest a $5 donation to the
good bike advocates who are putting it on for you; 9.) Thou shall
rise early once were full, we will handle overflow like a
restaurant or bar: one in, one out; 10.) Thou shalt not steal thy
neighbors bike.
Follow these rules, and youre sure to snag a seat in Tour de Fat
heaven. 9 a.m.-6 p.m., FREE, Ann Morrison Park, Americana
Boulevard, newbelgium.com.
Disco luau Lucha Libre at 10 a.m.? It must be Tour de Fat.
SATURDAYAUG. 21music
JOHN PRINEThough hoarse Chicago songwriter John Prine has made
quite a name for himself with
tracks like Sam Stone, Hello in There and Come Back to Us
Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard, his inspirational influence
reaches even farther. Prines tragic lyrics have been sung by the
likes of Johnny Cash, George Straight and 10,000 Maniacs. Bob Dylan
even praised Prine recently in the Huffington Post, saying Prines
stuff is pure Proustian existential-ism. Midwestern mindtrips to
the nth degree. And he writes beautiful songs.
Just recently, a truckload of indie folk legends lent their
talent to the John Prine cover al-bum Broken Hearts and Dirty
Windows: Songs Of John Prine. The record includes tracks from
Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band,
My Morning Jacket, Deer Tick, The Avett Brothers, Old Crow Medicine
Show and even Idahos own Josh Ritter.
You can catch Prine, who won a Grammy in 2006 for Best
Contemporary Folk Album, at the Eagle River Amphitheater on
Saturday, Aug. 21.
6 p.m. doors, 7 p.m. show, $39.50-$75, Eagle River Amphitheater,
827 E. Riverside Drive, 208-938-2933, landofrock.com.
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SOY CURLSAt Taqueria Los Gorditos, on Southeast Division Street
in
Portland, Ore., youll find an odd item wedged between the menus
meaty tortas and tamalessoy curls. Not the most appetizing of
names, nor something youd generally associate with Mexican food,
the soy curls at Los Gorditos, nonetheless, will make a believer
out of the most devout carnivore. The textureslightly wispy with a
toothsome bounceis the best vegetarian chicken alternative Ive ever
encountered.
Made from delicately textured select, non-GMO, whole soybeans
and nothing else, Soy Curls are produced by Butler Foods, a family
owned business based out of Grand Ronde, Ore. The curls come dry
and have to be rehydrated before you can cook with them, but
unlike
texturized vegetable protein (TVP) products, Soy Curls dont have
a funky taste or spongy texture. Ideal in tacos or veggie
enchiladas, Soy Curls also make a super rad salad topping.
You can order Soy Curls directly from the Butler Foods
websitewhere six 8-ounce bags go for $19.95 plus $8 ship-pingor you
can, strangely, find them locally at the Adventist Book Center
(7777 W. Fairview Ave.), where they go for $4.99 for an 8-ounce
bag.
Tara Morgan
Want the recipe for the soy curl no-chicken salad pictured
above? Head to
boiseweekly.com and click on the Extras tab then
Find of the Week.
programs purpose is to give people a first-hand look at what
naval life is like for the thousands of men and women serving
throughout the world. And although the Pacific Ocean lies more than
eight hours to the west, Boise was one of 19 cities selected to
host a navy week. Other land-locked host cities include St. Louis,
Kan-sas City, Mo., Salt Lake City and Des Moines, Iowa.
Gov. C.L. Butch Otter will present a Navy Week Proclamation at
the State Capitol on Friday, Aug. 20, opening up Boise Navy Week
2010. Many of the weeks events will be held in conjunction with the
Western Idaho Fair where they will host displays and perfor-mances
by the Navy Band, which will also perform at Boise City Hall and
Bronco Stadium. Fulfill your child-
hood dreams of flying a fight-er jet by boarding one of the
flight simulators at the West-ern Idaho Fair. On Saturday, Aug. 28,
the Navys Leap Frogs Parachute Team will perform at the Warhawk Air
Museum in Nampa. The team, composed of 15 Navy SEAL and SWCC
comman-
dos, jumps out of aircraft to create complex parachute
formations, proving once again how fearless Navy men and women
are.
Friday, Aug. 20, 11 a.m. through Sunday, Aug. 29, 4 p.m. FREE,
Various loca-tions, navyweek.org, 610-761-8046.
Whos the fairest of them all?
S U B M I T an event by e-mail to [email protected].
Listings are due by noon the Thursday before publication.
FRIDAY-SATURDAYAUGUST 20-28fried pickles
WESTERN IDAHO FAIRFor 51 weeks of the year, Expo Idaho is home
to car
exhibitions, 4-H events, flea markets and cat shows. But for one
jam-packed week in the middle of August, more than 200,000 people
gather at the grounds on the corner of Chin-den Boulevard and
Glenwood Street to go wild, gorging on corn dogs and ice cream
potatoes, boarding carnival rides where said foods may reappear,
throwing ping pong balls onto lily pad bowls and ogling at
prize-winning vegetables and llamas.
After getting your share of stomach-churning rides includ-ing
Footloose, Fireball, Evolution and Starship 3000, enjoy one of the
many live shows the fair has to offer. Enter into the Aussie
Kingdom to pet live kangaroos, wallabies, koala bears and
kookaburras. Tap into childhood nostalgia in the Kids Corral for
the LEGO Experience Tour where you can re-build that giant
skyscraper your little brother destroyed when you were 9 years old.
With daily pig races, you can catch Arnold Schwartzenhogger,
Lindsay Loham and Oprah Swine-frey sprint their tails off to the
finish line. And if the piglets ignite an urge to check out some
more livestock, head to the sheep, small animal, draft horse and
mule barns.
The fair continues on its tradition of top-notch entertain-ment,
with five performers in four nights at the grandstand. Classic rock
superstars The Doobie Brothers open up the weeks performances on
Tuesday, Uncle Kracker and Luke Bryan perform Wednesday, .38
Special performs Thursday and acclaimed country musician Clint
Black performs Friday.
Friday, Aug. 20-Saturday, Aug. 28, 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sun-day,
Aug. 29, 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; $2-$79, Expo Idaho, idahofair.com,
208-287-5650.
Does anyone have some Visine?
SATURDAYAUG. 21comedy
AN EVENING OF COMEDY WITH DOUG BENSONWhen you hear the name Doug
Benson, theres a good
chance that the word marijuana comes to mind. You may have
become familiar with Bensons chill demeanor after watching his
smoke-u-mentary Super High Mein which Benson inhaled (medical
marijuana, natch) every day for 30 days.
Along with touring regularly across the country, Benson also
starred in the off-Broadway show, Marijuanalogues, made it into the
Top 10 of 2007s Last Comic Standing and records a regular podcast,
Doug Loves Movies. He chats up guests in front of a live audience
at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Los Angeles, and his
guests are usually comedians and actors who join Benson in
expressing their inner film fools by playing movie trivia games.
Benson created the Leonard Maltin Game, in which he reads the cast
of an unknown movie from lowest billed to highest to see if anyone
can guess the title. It became a thing for those attending to wear
name tags, and Benson said hes seeing it catch on when he plays
concert halls, his preferred venue.
Ive grown to prefer [one-night shows] just because Ive been
doing clubs for so long. And because when it says Ha Ha Hut over a
door, people tend to wander in not knowing what theyre there for,
Benson said. Ive played the Knitting Factory in Boise before, and
its super fun. Its just more concentrated. Its a group of specific
fans, people who want to see me.
Bensons new DVD/CD, Hypocritical Oaf, plops (his word) on
Tuesday, Aug. 31, but hell plant himself at Knitting Factory on
Saturday, Aug. 21. Name tags optional.
With Graham Elwood, $15-$21, 9 p.m. doors, 9:30 p.m. show,
Knitting Factory, 416 S. Ninth St., bo.knittingfactory.com.
Soy Curls, before and after.
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CAVO: BRIGHT NIGHTS DARK DAYS For some reason, St. Louis, Mo.,
seems an unlikely place
for a successful arena rock band to have been conceived. But
after nearly a decade together, Cavo has prevailed, finally
releasing their first major-label album, Bright Nights Dark Days
(Re-prise Records). Despite the pre-dominance of heavy rhythms and
high-octane instrumentals common to alternative grunge-style rock,
the lyrics reveal surprising vulnerability. The net effect
cap-tivatesjust as passing drivers are transfixed by freshly
mangled vehicles at an accident scene, listeners will cling to the
tormented lines as intently as they are delivered.
Cavo definitely has a special knack for power ballads, but these
are not the slow-dance rock songs of the 80s. Instead, they are the
feisty younger siblings, more contem-porary and more honest than
their earlier counterparts. Simultaneously therapeutic and
addictive, the temptation to replay Crash over and over again is
hard to resist. With the confident vocals of frontman Casey Walker
assuring, Ill be here the next time that you crash / Im right here
in front of you ... Ill save you when you crash, personal anguish
is more easily indulged.
Walker, who stands up to the tightly knit rhythms of Brian Smith
on bass and Chad LaRoy on drums, offers a lyrical embrace thats
almost palpable. Along with guitarist Chris Hobbs, these musicians
produce a gently aggressive sound that both comforts and
incites.
Sarah Barber
WEDNESDAYAUGUST 18On Stage
AN IDEAL HUSBANDOscar Wilde penned comedy of manners in
which a woman tries to blackmail a politician. 8 p.m. $12-$39.
Idaho Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise,
208-429-9908, box office 208-336-9221,
www.idahoshake-speare.org.
THE LAST OF THE BOYSA play by Steven Dietz examining the lives
of soldiers after they return from Vietnam. Wednes-days are
pay-what-you-can nights. 8 p.m. $15. Visual Arts Collective, 3638
Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297, www.alleyrep.org.
Food & Drink
DRINKING LIBERALLYA group of left-leaning individuals gather to
talk politics, share ideas and inspire change. The event is a
project of Living Liberally, an organization that is all about
fostering progressive communities. Information at
www.drinkingliberally.org. 7 p.m. Solid, 405 S. Eighth St., Boise,
208-345-6620.
Workshops & Classes
JOB AND ECONOMIC FORE-CAST WORKSHOPSWork-shops will provide
attendees support tools and information to help adapt to the
ever-changing job market, and to help people land not just a job,
but a career in todays economy. Keynote address by CNBC news anchor
Erin Burnett and CareerBuilder.coms Rosemary Haefner. 6 p.m. FREE.
University of Phoenix-Idaho campus, 3080 E. Gentry Way, Ste. 150,
Meridian, 208-888-1505, www.phoenix.edu.
LIGHT AND FAST BACKPACK-INGREI expert Ray Johnson will offer
tips on how to cut down on the weight of your backpack when
camping. 7 p.m. FREE. REI, 8300 W. Emerald, Boise, 208-322-1141,
www.rei.com.
Talks & Lectures
URBAN LUNCHThe Living Building Challenge featuring Sha-ron
Patterson of EcoEdge and Josh Bogle of Green Remodeling. Event is
free, lunch from Jennys Lunchline is $10. Noon-1 p.m. FREE. Boise
Water Cooler, 1401 W. Idaho St., Boise.
Odds & Ends
CELEBRITY LOOKALIKE CONTESTLet your jowls hang Churchill-like or
do your hair up like Flock of Seagulls to compete for hundreds of
dollars worth of gift certificates. 9 p.m. FREE. Shortys Saloon,
5467 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-322-6699.
POKERPlay for fun and prizes. 7 p.m. FREE. The Buffalo Club,
10206 W. Fairview Ave., Boise, 208-321-1811.
8 DAYS OUT
NOISE/CD REVIEW
SPLASH BASHPoolside party with live music, food and drink
specials and weekly drawings for prizes. 6-10 p.m. FREE. Owyhee
Plaza Hotel, 1109 Main St., Boise, 208-343-4611,
www.owyheeplaza.com.
TEXAS HOLD EM POKER 8 p.m. Dinos, 4802 Emerald, Boise.
THURSDAY AUGUST 19Festivals & Events
ELEGANCE ON THIRD THURS-DAYKick off the jeans and T-shirts and
dress to the nines for a glamorous night of dancing and romancing.
Music by Beverly and Rex. Ages 21 and over. 7 p.m.-3 a.m. FREE.
Owyhee Plaza Hotel, 1109 Main St., Boise, 208-343-4611,
www.owyheeplaza.com.
On Stage
THE LAST OF THE BOYSSee Wednesday. 8 p.m. $15. Visual Arts
Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297,
www.alleyrep.org
OTHELLOShakespearean trag-edy exploring the politics of love and
war. See review, Page 20. 8 p.m. $12-$39. Idaho Shake-speare
Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, 208-429-9908, box office
208-336-9221, www.idahoshakespeare.org.
Concerts
THE CONGO BENEFIT CON-CERTFeaturing live music from Annie
Bethancourt, The Pawn Shop Kings, Elliot, Grace Laxson and The New
Heart Congolese Choir. See Noise, Page 21. 7-9 p.m. $10. Egyptian
Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, 208-345-0454,
www.egyptiantheatre.net.
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Food & Drink
BEER AND WINE TASTINGSSample a rotating selection of European
wines and beers. See website for more info. 5-8 p.m. $10. Tres
Bonne Cuisine, 6555 W. Overland Road, Boise, 208-658-1364,
www.tresbonnes-cuisine.com.
Literature
POETRY READINGScott Berge invites poets to share their own work
or favorite poems during a fun night of poetry readings. Sign up at
6:30 p.m. and start waxing poetic at 7 p.m. For more information,
e-mail [email protected]. 6:30 p.m. FREE. Alias Coffeehouse, 908
W. Main St., Boise, 208-338-1299.
Citizen
NONPROFIT RESOURCE THURSDAYSThinking about starting a nonprofit
or already running one? Learn about free and low-cost resources for
funding, volunteers and other support. Each month specialists will
be available to focus on a specific topic. For more informa-tion
visit boisepubliclibrary.org or idahononprofits.org. 4-6 p.m. Boise
Public Library, third floor, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise,
208-384-4200, www.boisepubli-clibrary.org.
FRIDAY AUGUST 20Festivals & Events
WESTERN IDAHO FAIRRides, 4H comps, artery-clogging
deliciousness and music by The Doobie Brothers, Uncle Kracker,
Luke Bryan, .38 Special and Clint Black. See Picks, Page 14. Expo
Idaho (Fairgrounds), 5610 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-287-5650,
www.expoidaho.com.
On Stage
THE LAST OF THE BOYSSee Wednesday. 8 p.m. $15. Visual Arts
Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297,
www.alleyrep.org.
OTHELLOSee Thursday. 8 p.m. $12-$39. Idaho Shakespeare Festival,
5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, 208-429-9908, box office
208-336-9221, www.idahoshakespeare.org.
Concerts
IDAHO-DOWN JAM STATE FESTIVALFea-turing Joseph Israel,
Yamn, Equaleyes, Holden Young Trio, Voice of Reason, The Shook
Twins, Jonathan Warren and the
BillyGoats, AlpenFlow, Gizzard Stone, Corn Mash and The Prairie
Sky Pilots. Plus food, vendors and on-site camping. See Picks, Page
14. 6 p.m.-2 a.m. $15-$25. Brundage Mountain Resort, 3890 Goose
Lake Road, McCall, 1-800-888-7544, www.brundage.com.
Workshops & Classes
SUN VALLEY WRITERS CONFERENCETalks, panels, readings and
small group discussions about fiction, creative nonfiction,
poetry and journalism led by distin-guished American writers. Idaho
teachers and students are admitted free of charge with proper
identification and as space permits. Full schedule at www.svwc.com.
$35 single event tickets. $850 full access pass. Sun Valley Resort,
1 Sun Valley Road, Sun Valley, 208-622-4111, www.sunvalley.com.
Citizen
DEER FLAT CONSERVATION PLAN OPEN HOUSEDeer Flat National
Wildlife Refuge is creating a plan to guide refuge management for
the next 15 years. Learn more about the planning process, ask
questions and submit comments about whether recreational
opportuni-ties will continue. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE. Deer Flat
National Wildlife Refuge Visitors Center, 13751 Upper Embankment
Road, Nampa, 208-467-9278, www.fws.gov/deerflat.
Odds & Ends
BOISE NAVY WEEKA full week of Navy events such as diver
demon-
strations, Navy band concerts, building projects, fitness
challenges and more. See Picks, Page 14. See full schedule at
www.navyweek.com/boise2010
FREDDYS FRIDAYSFree admission to Discovery Center of Idaho,
every Friday through October. 9 a.m.-7 p.m. FREE. Discovery Center
of Idaho, 131 Myrtle St., Boise, 208-343-9895, www.scidaho.org.
GREASE TRIBUTE SHOWLipsynched and live performanc-es of songs
from the hit musical. 9 p.m. $5. Sin, 1124 W. Front St., Boise,
208-342-3375, www.sinboise.com.
SATURDAY AUGUST 21Festivals & Events
CONTRA DANCEMonthly dance series featuring a live contra band
and local callers. Couples are welcome, but neither partners nor
experience are required. The dances are smoke- and alcohol-free.
For more information, e-mail [email protected] or visit
the website. 7:30-11 p.m. $8 adults, $3 youth (10-18 years old),
david0.tedcrane.com/id/bcds. Broadway Dance Center, 893 E. Boise
Ave., Boise, 208-794-6843.
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CORN AND PICKLE FESTIVALSpend a day at the farm and see
demonstrations on canning fresh produce including pickles and corn.
Viewing zoo and crafts for kids. 1-6 p.m. FREE. Vogel Farms Country
Market, 9501 Robinson Road, Kuna, 208-466-6928,
www.vogelfarmscountrymarket.com.
FUNDRAISING GALAMingle with upcoming and past direc-tors, board
members and receive a special preview of the season opener of
Noises Off! Hors doeuvres and wine. 7:30 p.m. $30. Stage Coach
Theatre, 5296 W. Overland Road, Boise, 208-342-2000,
www.stagecoach-theatre.com.
WESTERN IDAHO FAIRSee Friday. Expo Idaho (Fairgrounds),
5610 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-287-5650,
www.expoidaho.com.
On Stage
DOUG BENSONStand-up comedy from the star of Super High Me.
See
Picks, Page 15. 9:30 p.m. $15. Knitting Factory Concert House,
416 S. Ninth St., Boise, 208-367-1212,
www.knittingfac-tory.com.
AN IDEAL HUSBANDSee Wednesday. 8 p.m. $12-$39. Idaho
Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise,
208-429-9908, box office 208-336-9221,
www.idahoshake-speare.org.
THE LAST OF THE BOYSSee Wednesday. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. $15. Visual
Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297,
www.alleyrep.org.
Concerts
CONCERTS ON BROADWAYFree outdoor performance by the Meridian
Symphony. Low-backed lawn chairs and blankets recommended. 7 p.m.
FREE. Meridian City Hall, 33 E. Idaho St., Meridian.
IDAHO-DOWN JAM STATE FESTIVALSee Friday. Noon-2 a.m.
$15-$25. Brundage Mountain Resort, 3890 Goose Lake Road, McCall,
1-800-888-7544, www.brundage.com.
Workshops & Classes
BREAKFAST WITH AN INTER-NATIONAL FLAIRChef Betti Newburn will
show you how to make British scones, pear soup, danish aebleskivers
and Danish bacon. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. $40. Pot-tery Gourmet, 811 W.
Bannock St., Boise, 208-368-0649.
INTRO TO CANNING AND FOOD PRESERVINGLearn the basics of canning,
pickling and dehy-drating, including what foods you may safely can
with a water-bath and when you need pressure canners. Fee covers
basic sup-plies for the class. Register by emailing
[email protected]. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. $10. North End Organic
Nursery, 2350 Hill Road, Boise, 208-389-4769,
northendnursery.com.
SUN VALLEY WRITERS CONFERENCESee Friday. $35 single event
tickets. $850 full access pass. Sun Valley Resort, 1 Sun Valley
Road, Sun Valley, 208-622-4111, www.sunvalley.com.
Citizen
MEET AND GREET WITH KEITH ALLREDMeet and asks ques-tions of
Keith Allred, Democratic candidate for Governor. Followed by a
performance of Thoroughly Modern Millie at 8 p.m. 4:30 p.m. $50.
Starlight Mountain Theatre, 850 S. Middlefork Road, Crouch,
208-462-5523, www.starlightmountaintheatre.com.
Odds & Ends
BOISE NAVY WEEKSee Friday. See full schedule at www.
navyweek.com/boise2010.
BORG MEETINGBoise Robot-ics Group meetings are held the third
Saturday morning of each month. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Discovery Center of
Idaho, 131 Myrtle St., Boise, 208-343-9895.
www.boiseroboticsgroup.org.
COUNTRY WESTERN DANCETwo-step, country swing, waltz, cha cha,
triple-step, West-Coast Swing and more on a large wooden dance
floor in a smoke-free environment. 7 p.m. $5-$7. Boise Valley
Square and Round Dance Center, 6534 Diamond St., Boise,
208-377-5788, www.idahoswingdance.org.
LA LECHE LEAGUE PICNIC AND FAIRInformative displays for pregnant
women and parents of young children. Splash park, free food, raffle
drawing and more than 20 vendors. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. FREE. Settlers
Park, corner of Meridian and Ustick roads, Meridian.
POLE-A-PALOOZAOpen house and pole dance show from stu-dents and
teachers, along with booze and raffles to benefit The Chrissy
Cataract Fund. Discount for coming in a Las Vegas-themed costume. 8
p.m. $10. Ophidia Dance and Art Studio, 4464 Chinden Blvd, Ste. A,
Gar-den City, 208-409-2403, www.myspace.com/danceophidia.
SUNDAY AUGUST 22Festivals & Events
GET RECD AND RECOVERGet your yah-yahs out the last day before
school starts with food, volleyball, soccer, health checks, a slip
and slide, the ROTC rock wall, massage, early registration for
activities and more. 1-4 p.m. FREE. Boise State Recreation Field,
Boise State campus, Boise.
WESTERN IDAHO FAIRSee Friday. Expo Idaho (Fairgrounds),
5610 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-287-5650,
www.expoidaho.com.
On Stage
AN IDEAL HUSBANDSee Wednesday. 7 p.m. $12-$39. Idaho Shakespeare
Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, 208-429-9908, box office
208-336-9221, www.idahoshake-speare.org.
Workshops & Classes
HOMEBREWING AND WILD WINE MAKINGMorning ses-sion will focus on
hop and beer basics, where participants will harvest and learn
about cultivat-
8 DAYS OUT
Dude Howdy by Steve Klamm was the 1st place winner in the 8th
Annual Boise Weekly Bad Cartoon Contest.
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ing homegrown hops. Afternoon will focus on fermentation. Ages
21 and older. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and 2-5 p.m. $20-$40. Earthly Delights
Organic Farm, 372 S. Eagle Rd., Ste. 353, Eagle.
SUN VALLEY WRITERS CONFERENCESee Friday. $35 single event
tickets. $850 full access pass. Sun Valley Resort, 1 Sun Valley
Road, Sun Valley, 208-622-4111, www.sunvalley.com.
Odds & Ends
BOISE NAVY WEEKSee Friday. See full schedule at www.
navyweek.com/boise2010.
SALSA SUNDAYS 6 p.m.-2 a.m. Cowgirls, 353 Ave. E, Kuna,
208-922-9522, www.cowgirlsa-loon.com.
MONDAYAUGUST 23Festivals & Events
WESTERN IDAHO FAIRSee Friday. Expo Idaho (Fairgrounds),
5610 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-287-5650,
www.expoidaho.com.
On Stage
STORY STORY NIGHTMonthly live storytelling event put on by Alley
Repertory Theatre. Augusts theme is Dog Days: Stories of Summer. 7
p.m. $5. The Linen Building, 1402 W. Grove St., Boise,
208-385-0111, www.thelinenbuilding.com.
Workshops & Classes
SUN VALLEY WRITERS CONFERENCESee Friday. $35 single event
tickets. $850 full access pass.
Sun Valley Resort, 1 Sun Valley Road, Sun Valley, 208-622-4111,
www.sunvalley.com.
SUSHI WITH CHEF PATRICK AMESChef Ames, who man-ages the kitchen
at Happy Fish sushi, teach the class how to make spicy tuna,
salmon, daikon radish and avocado rolls, as well as seaweed salad
and miso soup. 6:30 p.m. $50. Pottery Gourmet, 811 W. Bannock St.,
Boise, 208-368-0649.
Odds & Ends
BEER PONGPlay for prizes and bar tabs while drinking $5
pitchers. 9 p.m. FREE. Shortys Saloon, 5467 Glenwood, Garden City,
208-322-6699.
BOISE NAVY WEEKSee Friday. Full schedule at
www.navyweek.com/
boise2010.
PIONEER TOASTMASTERSParticipants are invited to work on their
public speaking with the Pioneer Toastmasters speaking club. Guests
and new members are always welcome. Not so sure you want to speak?
No problem, show up and sit in. For more information, e-mail
[email protected]. 6-7:30 p.m. FREE, 208-559-4434.
Perkins Family Restaurant, 300 Broad-way Ave., Boise.
TUESDAYAUGUST 24Festivals & Events
PLAYING IN THE PLAZAFood and craft vendors, along with live
music by Spudman. 5:30-8:30 p.m. FREE. Generations Plaza, corner of
Main Street and Idaho Avenue, Meridian, www.meridi-ancity.org.
WESTERN IDAHO FAIRSee Friday. Expo Idaho (Fairgrounds),
5610 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-287-5650,
www.expoidaho.com.
On Stage
OTHELLOSee Thursday. 8 p.m. $12-$39. Idaho Shakespeare Festival,
5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, 208-429-9908, box office
208-336-9221, www.idahoshakespeare.org.
Food & Drink
TUESDAY NIGHT FARMERS MARKETThe parking lot of the North End
Organic Nursery on Hill Road will host up local growers and farmers
selling produce. Gardeners and farmers interested in selling at the
mar-ket should contact Bingo Barnes at [email protected] or
by calling 208-389-4769. 5-7 p.m. North End Organic Nursery, 2350
Hill Road, Boise, 208-389-4769, northendnursery.com.
Workshops & Classes
FLORAL ARRANGING CLASSAward-winning floral designer Stephanie
Smith will show you how to make a hand tied wed-ding bouquet using
purchased flowers or ones right out of your garden. 6 p.m. FREE.
Edwards Greenhouse, 4106 Sand Creek St., Boise, 208-342-7548,
www.edwardsgreenhouse.com.
Odds & Ends
BOISE NAVY WEEKSee Friday. Full schedule at
www.navyweek.com/
boise2010.
IDAHO CAPITAL CITY KENNEL CLUBThe monthly meeting of the Idaho
Capital City Kennel Club is open to all who are interested in
showing their dog in conformation, agility, obedience or rally
events. FREE, 208-345-5197, www.icckc.org. Idaho Fish and Game, 600
S. Walnut St., Boise.
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 25Festivals & Events
WESTERN IDAHO FAIRSee Friday. Expo Idaho (Fairgrounds),
5610 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-287-5650,
www.expoidaho.com.
On Stage
THE LAST OF THE BOYSSee Wednesday. 8 p.m. $15. Visual Arts
Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297,
www.alleyrep.org.
OTHELLOSee Thursday. 8 p.m. $12-$39. Idaho Shakespeare Festival,
5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, 208-429-9908, box office
208-336-9221, www.idahoshakespeare.org.
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Food & Drink
BOISE URBAN GARDEN SCHOOL FARM STANDPur-chase fresh organic
produce harvested by BUGS students. Proceeds benefit BUGS programs.
10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 4-6 p.m. FREE. BUGS Garden, 4821 W.
Franklin Road, Boise, 208-424-6665,
www.boiseurbangardenschool.org.
Odds & Ends
BOISE NAVY WEEKSee Friday. Full schedule at
www.navyweek.com/
boise2010.
BOISE UKULELE GROUPThis ukulele groups offers a chance for
instruction or just to jam. Open to all ages and skill levels with
no membership fees. 6:30 p.m. FREE. Meadow Lakes Vil-lage Senior
Center, 650 Arbor Circle, Meridian.
CELEBRITY LOOKALIKE CON-TESTSee Wednesday. 6 p.m. FREE. Shortys
Saloon, 5467 Glenwood, Garden City, 208-322-6699.
POKERPlay for fun and prizes. 7 p.m. The Buffalo Club, 10206 W.
Fairview Ave., Boise. 208-321-1811.
VINYL PRESERVATION SOCI-ETY OF IDAHOBuy, sell, trade and listen
to vinyl records with other analog musical enthusi-asts. Guest
speakers and DJs. Info at www.vpsidaho.org. 7-10 p.m. FREE. Modern
Hotel and Bar, 1314 W. Grove St., Boise, 208-424-8244.
Calls to Artists
AUDITIONS FOR MR. MAR-MALADEMen and women of all ages needed for
show in Octo-ber. No children needed. August 21-22, 2 p.m. FREE.
Eclectic Endeavors, 3005 Main St., Boise, 208-863-4745,
mixedbag-om.com.
FOUR AND SIX-MONTH RESIDENCIES FOR AIRUp to seven artists will
be chosen for rent-free studio spaces in downtown. Interested
artists must submit a letter of interest, resume and up to 10
digital im-ages on a CD of work along with two references with
phone and e-mail contacts to the selection panel to Boise City
Department of Arts and History, P.O. Box 500, Boise, ID 83701.
Eighth Street Marketplace at BODO, 404 S. Eighth St., Mercantile
Building, Boise, 208-338-5212, www.8thstreetmarketplace.com.
T-SHIRT DESIGN CONTESTRecord Exchange is celebrat-ing its 33 1/3
anniversary in September and is offering a $100 gift card and other
prizes to whomever submits the best design for a commemorative
T-shirt. Design elements are up to the artist, but the design must
include the copy The Record Exchange and Boise. Submit design to
Record Exchange as a vectorized Illustrator file on a CD, with all
fonts outlined with PMS color specifications. Record Exchange, 1105
W. Idaho St., Boise, 208-344-8010, www.therecordexchange.com.
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REVIEW/SHOW
IDAHO SHAKESPEARE FESTIVALS OTHELLOJealously, fear, pride, self
doubt: raw, primal emotions
that can lead to unthinkable outcomes. It doesnt matter if youre
a prince, a pauper orin the case of Idaho Shake-speare Festivals
most recent production, Othelloa celebrat-ed military general.
Shakespeares tragedy has long been a study of racism, but the
ISF production goes beyond that to delve into the dark side of
humanity. The result is a play that is at once intriguing to watch
and emotionally challenging.
The premise is the timeless tale of the outsider. Othello (David
Alan Anderson) is a celebrated Venetian general who is also a Moor.
While the powers of Venice are happy to take advantage of his
skills, he is not considered their equal.
The most vengeful is Iago (David Anthony Smith), Othellos
longtime ensign who was passed over for promotion in favor of the
educated Cassio (Kevin Crouch). With a smile on his face and a
knife at the ready to stab anyone in the back, Iago vies to take
down both men by leading Othello to believe that Cassio has been
having an affair with his wife, Desdemona (Sara M. Bruner).
The results are death and destructionabout what youd expect from
a Shakespearian tragedy.
For the first half, Othello sits on the sidelines, while Iago
shines. ISF veteran Smith creates a character that is calculat-ing
and cold, while still playing many lines for a laugh, which is
actually unnerving.
Anderson reaches his stride in the second act, using his
powerful presence to convey Othellos festering self-doubt and
growing paranoia.
The actors fully utilize the simple set: a massive steel
scaffolding, which allows the use of multiple levels and the
oc-casional acrobatic turn. The effect is stark and alludes to the
metaphorical cage in which the players are trapped.
As the play reaches its tragic climax, Iago is asked to look at
the bloody repercussions of his actions. In response, Smith flashes
a cold, mocking smile and slowly claps. Its a chilling moment that
is sure to linger in the minds of audiences.
For a full review, visit boiseweekly.com.Deanna Darr
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WHEN MUSIC
MATTERSCongo Benefit Concert
may connect Boise to global crisis
GEORGE PRENTICE
Woodstock didnt end the Vietnam War. The Concert for Bangladesh
didnt curb the turmoil of East Pakistan refugees. Farm Aid didnt
prevent family farmers from losing their land. But when music is
attuned to social con-science, bridges can be built toward
tolerance, peace and sometimes social change.
Countless musical acts are vying for our attention and money
this summer. Concerts in clubs, gardens and amphitheaters, have
filled the midsummer air. But on Thursday, Aug. 19, Boises Egyptian
Theatre will host what could easily become the most diverse,
engaging and socially aware musical event of the season.
The Congo Benefit Concert is not simply a touring road-show. Its
roots go back to December 2009, when the commu-nity of Bend, Ore.,
witnessed what was billed as a one-time-only event.
When we saw it, we knew we just had to try to recreate the
concert for Boise, said Lindsay Kevan, with the Treasure Valley
World Relief office.
World Relief is a religious organiza-tion that works with
churches to help new refugees with everything from ob-taining car
insurance to enrolling their children in school to finding health
care and employment.
Kevan spends her days as a vocational training specialist,
working with refugees from every corner of the globe. But after
seeing the Congo Benefit Concert in Bend, she was compelled to add
concert promoter to her resume.
And its a pretty impressive debut. The concert will include
performances from American musicians Elliot, Grace Laxson, PawnShop
Kings and Annie Bethancourt,
who will be joined by a local Congolese Choir. That is worth
repeating: A local Con-golese choir from the New Heart Christian
Ministries of Boise will perform.
The New Heart Christian Ministries churchwhere services are
uniquely held in English with translation in Swahiliis only 5 years
old but 200 strong. Parishioners in-clude refugees from the
Democratic Republic
of Congo, as well as Burundi, Rwanda, Tan-zania, Nigeria, Kenya,
Sudan and Ethiopia. The refugees didnt bring much with them to
their new communi-ties, but they brought their voices. And dur-ing
the concert, they will use those voices to sing of life and loss
and hope in order to help those still struggling back home.
In order to make this concert as benefi-cial as possible, each
of the American artists was asked to contribute to a special CD,
The Congo Benefit Project. More importantly, the musicians and
singers all donated the rights and proceeds of their music to World
Relief.
I feel my song was my way of responding to my own unaware-
ness of whats been going on in the Congo, said Laxson. I just
feel that for a long time, Ive been living in a bit of a
bubble.
Most would probably agree with her. Con-sider this: The current
conflict in the DRC is the worst documented crisis since World War
II. More than 5.4 million people have died in the last 10 years due
to war related causes
in the DRC. That is equivalent to the entire population of
Colorado.
Living in that bubble may mean not being aware of the atrocities
being committed in the DRC. For example, rape is being used as a
weapon of war. Soldiers rape girls as young as 3 and women as old
as 75. In some IDP camps (Internally Displaced People are those who
have been forced from their homes but, unlike refugees, have been
unable to leave their country) it is estimated that more than 70
percent of the women have been raped.
Something else to help drive the conflict home: Even cell phones
play a role in the continued conflict in the Congo.
Children and widows are used as slaves to work in
rebel-controlled mines in DRC. The slaves dig for what are known as
the three Ts: tungsten, tantalum and tin, which are used in most of
the worlds cell phones. Congolese rebel groups earn more than $100
million per year from trade in the three Ts.
Ann Mara is a WRF team member in Bend. When she talks of her
first-hand ex-perience in the DRC, she speaks with clarity and
determination, but her thick Irish accent also has a touch of the
poet.
The pages that hold the story of human-ity have been torn and
tattered by the winds of injustice, said Mara. We are here to help
write the resolve of that story.
Ticket sales from Thursdays concert will assist the Boise World
Relief office. All of the proceeds from CD and DVD sales at the
event will go directly to on-the-ground relief work in the DRC.
That includes education to orphans and food, seed and planting
tools to widows.
The conflict in the DRC reminds us that our history is rife with
injustice: Holocaust, the Crusades, slavery, genocide, persecution,
hunger. In 2010, war, rape and starvation are wiping out a nation.
The crisis in the DRC may be the greatest cause of our time, and it
will soon be in the history books. Those books will also document
how we chose to respond to that need. This concert is one small way
that we can help.
Annie Bethancourt and PawnShop Kings join a host of other
musicians and the New Heart Congolese Choir to raise much needed
funds for women and children in the Democratic Republic of
Congo.
The Congo Benefit Concert
With Elliot, Grace Laxson, PawnShop Kings, Annie Bethancourt
and
the New Heart Congolese Choir
Thursday, Aug. 19, 7 p.m., $10.
Tickets are available at: WORLD RELIEF OFFICES
6702 W. Fairview Ave., boise.wr.org
EGYPTIAN THEATRE 700 W. Main St.
egyptiantheatre.net
NEWS/NOISE
THE MIDWEST CROSSROADSLocal indie rockers Fauxbois, fronted
by
ex-BWer Brian Mayer, recently wrapped up a tour with Built to
Spill and Finn Figgins. Fauxbois have received a smattering of good
press from the tour, including the fol-lowing nod from cmj.com:
Fauxbois played a fun take on 90s guitar-heavy indie rock that
sounded like well, Built to Spill Many songs began as hushed
confessionals as guitarists Brian Mayer and Kate Seward shared
vocal du-ties before the drums kicked in and guitar squalls buried
their lamentations.
Another review of the Fauxbois show at NYCs Irving Plaza on
baeblemusic.com included even more glowing praise:
BoS [sic] has inspired countless derivatives, probably including
well-matched opener Fauxbois, who played a great set and probably
gained a respectable amount of new fans.
But sadly, the review also contained the following line:
The chilly Midwestern disposition (Faux-bois hail from Idaho)
certainly crept out in bits and pieces, adding an emotive quality
to an already engaging bit of music.
Yikes. First off, Midwesterners are not even remotely known for
having chilly dis-positions. Second, and it pains us to even have
to explain this to someone we assume passed high school geography,
Idaho is not in the Midwest. Its just not.
Speaking of Built to Spill, frontman Doug Martsch and bassist
Brett Nelson recently came out with the Electronic Anthology
Project, a catchy reinterpretation of some BTS classics using 80s
synth and drum machine beats. All of the song titles are anagrams
of old hits, including What If Your Dull (I Would Hurt a Fly) and
Far Path Tall Sign (Things Fall Apart). You can hear three tracks
from the album on Myspace or buy the seven-song EP at cdbaby.com on
iTunes or at a live BTS show.
Moving from BTS to BTH, 90s rap act Bone Thugs-n-Harmony just
announced that theyll be swinging through Knitting Factory on
Wednesday, Sept. 22.
The Cleveland hip-hop group, which consists of five
Smurfily-named rappersKrayzie Bone, Wish Bone, Flesh-n-Bone, Layzie
Bone and Bizzy Boneis most famous for the 1995 hits Tha Crossroads
and 1st of Tha Month.
Tickets for Bone Thugs went on sale Aug. 13, with general
admission tix running $25 and platinum skybox seats going for $50.
Tickets are available at Record Exchange, ticketfly.com or
bo.knittingfactory.com. Just make sure to bring a friend so you
wont be lonely, so you wont be lone-ly.
Tara Morgan
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DOOBIE BROTHERS, AUG. 24, EXPO IDAHOAfter four decades of
sharing vocal duties, Doobie Brothers
founders Tom Johnston and Pat Simmons are still taking it to the
streets.
Were on a 40-year tour, Simmons said laughing. This is something
that weve done for a long time.
But Simmons, Johnston and the rest of the Doobies do have one
change coming up: a brand new record, World Gone Crazy (HOR
Re-cords), due out on Tuesday, Sept. 28. It was produced by
longtime DB producer Ted Templeman and includes Michael McDonald
sing-ing backup on Dont Say Goodbye. Simmons said that it has been
interesting to watch their fans respond to the new songs.
When we play Black Water or China Grove, it evokes some
experience for people. When we play something new, they tend to be
a little more thoughtful and really listen to it ... we are really
trying to bring the new songs to life, Simmons said.
Amy Atkins
7:30 p.m., FREE. Western Idaho Fair, Expo Idaho, 5610 Glenwood
St., 208-287-5650, idahofair.com.
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 18AH HOLLY FAMLYWith The Ocean Floor and With
Child. 8 p.m. $3. Flying M Coffeegarage
ALIVE AFTER FIVEWith Boulder Acoustic Society and Andy Byron and
the Lost River Band. 5 p.m. FREE. The Grove Plaza
BEN BURDICK TRIO PLUS9:30 p.m. FREE. Bouquet
BILLY ZERA7 p.m. FREE. Sullys
BOISE ROCK SCHOOL APPRENTICE SHOWCASE6 p.m. $5. The Linen
Building
THE BOURBON DOGS6 p.m. FREE. Flatbread-Bown
BRIANNE GRAY6 p.m. FREE. Flatbread-Meridian
CARNIFEXWith Dissimilate the Marred, World These Kings and The
Brave. 7:30 p.m. $10. The Venue
CARY JUDD4 p.m. FREE. Redfish Lake Lodge
CHRIS GUTIERREZ6 p.m. FREE. Gelato Cafe
DAN COSTELLO6 p.m. FREE. Solid
DESIRAE BRONSON6 p.m. FREE. Bardenay-Eagle
DON FELDER8 p.m. $50-$100. Sun Valley Pavilion
JEREMIAH JAMES GANG8:45 p.m. FREE. Tom Graineys
JONATHAN WARREN AND THE BILLY GOATS8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengillys
KEVIN KIRK, JON HYNEMAN AND PHIL GARONZIK7 p.m. FREE.
Chandlers
LOOSE CHANGE7:45 p.m. FREE. Piper Pub
LORD OF THE FALCONRYWith Jumping Sharks. 8 p.m. $3. Neurolux
PATRICIA FOLKNER AND JOEL KASERMAN7:30 p.m. FREE. Lock, Stock
& Barrel
SHANNON CURTIS FEATURING JT SPANGLER AND AARON BEAU-MONT8 p.m.
FREE. Reef
SLIPPERY ELM7 p.m. FREE. Flatbread-Downtown
SOUL SERENE7 p.m. FREE. Gamekeeper Lounge
TERRY JONES6:30 p.m. FREE. Berryhill
THE TICS9 p.m. FREE. The Buffalo Club
TIME AND DISTANCEWith 3rd to Last, Ella Ferrari, Light the Sky
and The Paris Funds. 7 p.m. Brawl Studios
THURSDAYAUGUST 19BEN BURDICK TRIO WITH AMY WEBER6 p.m. $10.
Idaho Botani-cal Garden
CONGO BENEFIT CONCERTSee Noise, Page 21. 7 p.m. $10,
Egyptian
DANNY BEALS DUELING PIA-NOS10 p.m. $3. Graineys Basement
ELECTRIC LOVE COBRAS9 p.m. FREE. Shortys Saloon
EXODUSWith Malevolent Creation, Holy Grail and Bonded By Blood.
8 p.m. $16 adv., $18 door. Neurolux
FRIM FRAM FOUR8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengillys
JOHNNY SHOES6 p.m. FREE. Solid
KEVIN KIRK, STEVE EATON & PHIL GAROZNIK7 p.m. FREE.
Chandlers
PISTOL WHIPPED PROPHETSWith NNFU, The Jerkwadz, Pull Out Quick
and The Anti-Core. 7 p.m. $4. The Red Room
REBECCA SCOTT5:30 p.m. FREE. Downtown Nampa Nights
ROOFTOPSWith Wasilla, Finn Riggins, In the Pause and Red Hands
Black Feet. 7 p.m. $7. Brawl Studios
SOUL SERENE10 p.m. FREE. Flatbread-Meridian
THE THROWDOWNFeaturing Dying Famous, Fetish 37 and Motto Kitty.
9 p.m. FREE. Liquid
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