Last First Thursday of 2021!

It's First Thursday! A great time to do some holiday shopping & bee-bopping around downtown. Also this weather is just glorious so go do some First Thursday-ing! Some cool events tonight:

• Treefort Music Fest is having a merch sale in the cafe space of the Owyhee. 30% of all merch!
• Fantastic Games is doing 10% off everything.
• Idaho State Museum has its Winter Wonder Village open 5-8pm, plus free admission to the museum. It's really cool!
• There's a comedy showcase at Broadcast Coffee.
• The Boise Women's Chorus and the Boise Gay Men’s Chorus are doing roaming performances.
• Meriwether Cider House has an ornament decorating party.
• Spend $50 at Mixed Greens (not hard to do) and you get a free ticket to Winter Garden aGlow.
• Barbarian Brewing is releasing new Christmas beers & has a Mini Holiday Market.
• Payette Brewing also has a holiday market, plus live music.
• Mad Swede is hooking up free 5oz of Candy-Cane Seltzers.
• The Basque Market has 40% off sweets, 3 for $5 pintxos, free wine tastings and paella!
• Potter Wines is doing free pours at Keystone & SHIFT Boutique.
• Leku Ona has a special four course Sagardotegui menu.
• Negranri Creamery has bogo scoops!

It's a beautiful day to shop local! :)

Manfred's Pub is open

​Manfred's Pub is officially open for biz. Yummm. If you don't know Manfred's, it used to be Archie's Food Truck, then opened a little food window in Woodland Empire and now it has taken over the former Doc's Lodge to open Manfred's Pub! It's one of my fave food places in Boise. They have an ever-changing menu, amazing croquettes and veggie options up the yang. Definitely worth a try!

Tunes & shows

Local artist McKenna Esteb has a new video coming out tomorrow! Stream "About You" here while you wait for the video. Some shows for ya this week:

• Dec 2 @ 6pm: Jeff Crosby and Darci Carlson at Payette Brewing
• Dec 2 @ 8pm: Michael King with Rider Soran at Vista Bar
• Dec 2 @ 9pm: Noah B, Kissay, Dirtyworks, Dirtjump123 at Club Karma (black & white party)
• Dec 3 @ 7:30pm: Radio Boise Practice NYE Party at The Olympic
• Dec 3 @ 7:30pm: The Juke and The Joint at Barbarian Brewing Downtown
• Dec 3 @ 8pm: Not So Silent Night: A night of local music at Knitting Factory
• Dec 3 @ 9pm: Bread & Circus at Pengilly's Saloon
• Dec 4 @ 5pm: Noble Holt at Payette Brewing
• Dec 4 @ 7pm: 1st Annual Country Music Roundup (Buddy DeVore & The Faded Cowboys, The Country Club, Lonesome Jetboat Ramblers) at VAC
• Dec 4 @ 7:30pm: Boise Gay Men's Chorus and Boise Women's Chorus Holiday Show at Cathedral of the Rockies
• Dec 4 @ 9pm: Billygoats at Vista Bar
• Dec 4 @ 9pm: Wavelength Club Series w/ Julian Gray at 9th Street Parallel
• Dec 5 @ 7pm: Thundercat, Channel Tres at Knitting Factory
• Dec 5 @ 7pm: Authority Zero, Self Smartid, A Residual Affinity at The Shredder
• Dec 6 @ 7pm: TV Girl w/ Jordana at The Shredder
• Dec 6 @ 7:30pm: El Ten Eleven at Neurolux
• Dec 7 @ 8pm: Noah Kahan at Knitting Factory

See all upcoming shows at fromboise.com/shows​

Food finds & things to drink

• ​The Modern Bar has new winter menu & a new kitchen-bar team! Husband-and-wife team Chef Kelly Grindstaff and Ariel Vazquez are now in charge of food at The Modern & they are bringing you an amazing winter menu. Like pan-seared scallops in a deconstructed chowder, a cauliflower appetizer with a bright sparkle of lemon and pepperoncini, and a rustic apple tart tatin with caramel and crème fraiche ice cream to name a few. It opens at 4:30 every day!
• Dec 4: Repeal Day Party at Sockeye Brewing's future location on 36th & Hill Road. Beer, food trucks, live music & more!
• Dec 4: Fire & Frost Festival at State Street Kitchen & Drinkery. Beer specials, tap takeover w/ Payette, special menu, live tunes, beer pong, flip cup, cornhole, snowball eating contest & more! Starts at 12pm.

Things to do

• TONIGHT: Boise Classic Movies is showing White Christmas at Idaho Shakespeare Festival. Starts at 7pm & ugly xmas sweaters encouraged. Food from Smoke & Thyme or byo snacks. Bundle up!
• Dec 3: One Stone is doing a student art show at Roots Market in Garden City.
• Dec 3: First Friday Art & Studio Stroll is back in Garden City! Go visit local artists, see their studios & learn more about the live-work-create district.
• Dec 3: Go see the Christmas in Meridian Winter Lights Parade. Parade starts at 7pm. Or go early and see "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas' projected next to the main stage at Idaho & Main streets. There will be pop up performances and hot food for purchase.
• Dec 3-5: Go to the BOSCO Holiday Art Bazaar at The Riverside Hotel. 4:30-7pm.
• Dec 3-5: Visit the Boise Christmas Show at Expo Idaho. There's over 300 vendors to help with xmas shopping, plus Santa & Ms. Claus will be making a spot by for photos. Tix are $5 for adults, $4 for seniors.
• Dec 4: A Very Corgi Christmas Holiday Market & Santa Photos - so cute! Corgi items, DIY crafts, and photos!
• Dec 4: Roots Market is doing a community banner workshop "Breach the Dams" is happening from 1-3pm.
• Dec 4-5: Ballet Idaho's The Nutcracker - last weekend! Multiple performances and ticket tiers.
• Dec 5: Roots Market is hosting a gentle flow yoga class with Shannon Vanus at 10:30. Mimosas afterwards!
• Dec 7: Join the Holiday Wreath Workshop at JUMP. $40 from 7-9pm.
• Dec 8: Surel's Place Writer-in-Residence Fran Hoepfner is doing a reading from her first novel, "Boy Teachers and Greta" at 7pm.
• Also - the Boise 2021/2022 Activity Guide is out now! Lots of fun things to do in there.

Just trust me...

...we've been doing riddles in my household. Try it, it's fun. Here's one for ya: what's seen in the middle of March and April that can't be seen at the end of either month?

Thanks for reading!

With love from Boise,

Marissa