Friday, November 6, 2009
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Lecture Cancelled
Posted by Tara Morgan on Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 3:59 PM
According to The Cabin, their Readings and Conversations lecture on Tuesday, Nov. 10 featuring Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been postponed due to an illness in Adichie's family.
The Cabin’s artistic and executive director Paul Shaffer noted on their Web site: "We hope to reschedule her Boise appearance sometime early next year.”
All tickets already purchased for Adichie’s Readings and Conversations lecture will be accepted at the door at the rescheduled event. If you have any questions, call The Cabin at 208-331-8000.
Rec Bike Santa
Posted by Deanna Darr on Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 3:26 PM
The Boise Bicycle Project is looking for volunteers to help fix up some used kids bikes which will be given away to children whose families might otherwise not be able to afford a bike.
They’ve already finished 75 of the 150 they hope to gift this year as part of the third annual Christmas Kids Bike Giveaway. Anyone interested can turn out for volunteer nights from 6-8 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays. BBP is also looking for donations of training wheels to go on those bikes.
Call BBP for more info at 208-429-6520.
Rec Festive Footwear
Posted by Deanna Darr on Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 1:27 PM
Shu’s Idaho Running Company is holding the Shu’s Holiday Shoe Contest between now and Dec. 23 as a fundraiser for Girls on the Run, an organization that helps young girls through mentoring and track.
Contestants are challenged to decorate a pair of shoes with a holiday theme, be it Christmas, Thanksgiving or maybe even the winter solstice. Just bring the fancy footwear to Shu’s—along with the requested $10 donation. The shoes will be judged and the $10 goes to Girls on the run.
The owner of the winning pair will receive a $50 gift card, socks and a goodie bag, while second place will walk with a $25 gift card, socks and a goodie bag.
Stop by Shu’s, 1758 W. State St. or call 208-344-6604 for more info.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Arts / Downtown Sneak a Peek
Posted by Rachael Daigle on Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 11:33 AM
Plan ahead for Boise Weekly's annual Cover Art Auction tonight during First Thursday. All 51 works to be auctioned off Wed., Nov. 18, are up on the walls at Idaho State Historical Museum and tonight during First Thursday you can wander in and start planning your auction attack.
The 51 pieces each appeared on Boise Weekly's cover in the last year and all are works from local artists. BW accepts submissions from the community, pays every featured artist $150 plus a gift certificate from Boise Blue, and asks that each work be donated to BW's annual auction. Every November, we auction off the whole lot and then turn around and put the money right back into the arts community via a private grant. In eight years, Boise Weekly has raised more than $75,000 for the arts community through the auction.
Doors for the auction open at 5 p.m. and auctioneer Johnna Wells will start bidding at 6 p.m. sharp. If you see something tonight you can't live without, but you're unable to make the auction, contact BW Publisher Sally Freeman to place an absentee bid at 208-344-2055.
- Don't worry, we'll have more chairs than this come auction time.
- The year's most controversial piece, "The political world as seen from Boise, Idaho (November 4, 2008)," is up for auction.
Internet Map Out Your First Thursday
Posted by Nathaniel Hoffman on Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 11:02 AM
- Google Maps / desert.net
- Boise Weekly First Thursday Map, November 2009
You've browsed our First Thursday calendar in the paper, and perhaps sought out wine and cheese and art on boiseweekly.com. You've used Google Maps to find stuff. Now you can use the First Ever BW Calendar-Google Maps Mashup to plan your evening.
Click around, zoom in and out, drag the map to you or push it away. And then fix your scarf and get out there in the cold. I'll be here, paying what I can ... where you be?
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
booze / Questionland Today's Burning Question(s) of the Day: When You Hit the Sauce and it Hits You Back
Posted by Tara Morgan on Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 3:55 PM
Today’s esophagus burning questions of the day are brought to you by the letter “booze.”
A couple of weeks ago, user Violet asked, “What's the best happy hour in town?” The question only received a couple of short replies, not nearly enough to properly answer a question of this magnitude.
Then yesterday, user beesknees asked a related question: “What's the best hangover cure? Hair of the dog? Greasy burger and fries?”
Have any thing to tell these two hoochounds? Know where to find the best cheap buzz or how to wash away a buzz that once was? Then pop on over to questionland.boiseweekly.com, stat!
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
music J. Tillman of the Fleet Foxes at Neurolux Tonight
Posted by Tara Morgan on Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 5:21 PM
Josh Tillman, current drummer for Seattle indie-folk behemoths Fleet Foxes, is also a prolific solo folk artist who performs under the name J. Tillman. Tonight, Tillman takes over the Neurolux alongside his brother’s band (in which he also drums) Pearly Gate Music.
Check out the song "Earthly Bodies" off of his new album Year in the Kingdom. It makes a pretty damn convincing case to go out on a Tuesday night.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Boise Power Change at Boise Flash Mob
Posted by Tara Morgan on Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 4:38 PM
We got a message on ol’ faithful Facebook yesterday that Boise Flash Mob organizer Will Schmeckpeper is stepping down from his post as Internet liaison. Schmeckpeper wrote:
“Since this is all about chaos and joy anyway, I'm of the opinion that a) one person shouldn't always have the keys to the car if'n ya' want to have a fun trip; and b) tradition should be established early in the game. So, with those intents, we're establishing the First of November as the hand-off date from the current year's Internet Liaison to the next year's lead officer.”
Official flash mob planning and anarchy guidance duties will now be assumed by former zombie walk coordinator Wendy Fox.
What’s a flash mob and who are these folks, you ask? Read here, sillies.
Vegetables Cope on Arugula Via Edible Idaho
Posted by Rachael Daigle on Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 11:51 AM
The newest installment of Edible Idaho aired today on 91.5 Boise State Radio.
Guy Hand—who doubles as the Idaho Statesman's food critic and runs one of my favorite Web sites, Northwest Food News—sliced into the humorous side of politics and food with this latest installment The Arugula Wars: Food as partisan politics.
Do liberals and conservatives eat different food?
Hand posed the question to BW columnist Bill Cope. Personally, Cope said, he's more of a red stater when it comes to grub, and then he told the story of trying to bait Walt Minnick with a food choice: "conservative" Coors and porkrinds or "liberal" wine and cheese. The verdict? Minnick declined them both.
Rec How 'Bout that Damon?
Posted by Rachael Daigle on Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 10:46 AM
Now, I take a lot of shit for being a Yankeees fan—especially from my better half who insists on donning a Red Sox cap every goddamn day of the year. But I can't help it. I come from a line of Yankees fans that stretches back to my great-grandmother.
The Yankees' off-field shenanigans over the last year have made it hard to be Yankees fan this last season, but with innings like last night's ninth, it's hard not to be a fan.
Without a TV at home, I figure I'll divide tonight's game between a treadmill TV at the gym and a bar with a beer in hand. Could be the Yankees' 27th. Bring it, Phillies.
