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It's the first of the month

TONIGHT: First Thursday is happening in downtown Boise! A few highlights for ya:

• Broadcast Coffee is doing 15% of all drinks & hosting From Boise (us!), Gracie + Lucy Rhodes, Ally Smith/Darling, Jacob Keith Bottles, Charis Meyers, Jodi Miller & Tyler Crabb from 5-8pm. Come meet some local creatives! We will have new From Boise stickers & pins for ya.
• Treefort Music Hall is doing drink specials & a free show with Hillfolk Noir.
• The Modern Hotel will have Second Shell and The Floras Botanical Artistry doing popups in Room 116.
• Fred Astaire Dance Studios Boise is doing a mini class at 7:15pm.
• Plus live music & performances all around downtown!
• Find all events at downtownboise.org/events/first-thursday​

TOMORROW: First Friday is happening in Garden City! And it's gonna be a real circus this time. Surel's Place is teaming up with the Boise Circus Guild to put on a circus throughout the Live-Work-Create District. On the map, look for the little red tents indicating where you might find an aerialist, flow artist, psychic, or stilt walker right near the entrance to an art event. Here's some highlights:

• Resident Artist Elizabeth Powell from Vermont will have an open studio at Surel's Place demonstrating her printmaking.
• ​Shawn Hubbs with sculptural works using found objects assembled in appealing forms in front of Surel's Place
• An installation by Israeli Artist Rafi Münz in the GreenBox
• ​Indigenous Idaho Alliance with Indigenous created skateboards in front of Urban Gallery across from Push & Pour
• ​Zion Warne with glass blowing demonstrations. Always hot.
• More events can be found on the First Friday map!

Summery things

Pool news! On Friday June 2 at 1pm, Boise pools open for the season. That includes the Natatorium, Ivywild Pool, Borah Pool, and Fairmont Pool. Sat June 3, Lakeview Waterpark in Nampa opens for the season. Roaring Springs is open & they added new attractions this year. And Meridian pool opens on Monday, June 5.

Go check out the new telescope at Bruneau Dunes State Park.

Market season! On Saturday you can check out Capital City Public Market, The Boise Farmers Market, Meridian Main Street Market, Nampa Farmers Market & Eagle Saturday Market. Caldwell Farmers Market is on Tuesdays.

Ski resorts are opening up for summer stuff. The lifts will start turning at Brundage Mountain Resort & Tamarack Resort on June 16. Bogus Basin will kick off its summer season June 23. Sun Valley Resort will begin summer operations July 1.

Fri June 2: Free movie night! Go watch Puss in Boots: The Last Wish at Optimist Park in Nampa. Starts at dusk. Byo blanket and/or low back chair. Boise's free movies start on June 16.

Sat June 3: Snake River Raptor Fest is happening at Indian Creek Winery in Kuna. There will be live bird encounters, talks, live music, food & more! Goes 12-5pm & it's free!

Sat June 3: The Brewshed Brew Festival is happening at Green Acres Food Truck Park from 4-9pm. It's put on by Idaho Rivers United and features Idaho breweries & cideries who have committed to protecting wild watersheds. Tix are $30 online/$35 at the door. Kids & dogs welcome!

Tue June 6 + more: Yoga Silent Disco in the park is back! Every Tuesday evening at 7pm, take a yoga class and silent disco at Camels Back Park. It's all ages and you can buy a single class or multiple class pack.

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Sponsored by The Modern

Campfire Stories are back!

Join The Modern for Campfire Stories, an outdoor summer reading series that takes place in the courtyard every 2nd Monday from 7-9pm. Hear original fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, screenplays and more from Idaho’s literary community.

• ​June 12 / Bethany Schultz Hurst, Matthew J Babcock
• ​July 10 / Tessy Ward, Michael McKee Green
• ​August 7 / tai simpson, Tomas Baiza
• ​September 11 / Kim Cross, CMarie Fuhrman
• ​October 9 / Grace Lovera, Allison Maier, Ariel Vazquez

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Tunes & shows

• TONIGHT: Spirit Mother + MÔS + Voidstrider at Neurolux
• Fri June 2: Up Is The Down Is The + Bailey Allen Baker + Frankie Tillo at Shrine Basement
• Fri June 2: Korine + CD Ghost + Enigma Machine at Neurolux
• Fri June 2: Blitzen Trapper + Cedar Teeth at The Olympic
• Sat June 3: Waltese Falcon Fund Music Fest at Alchemist Cafe in Eagle
• Sat June 3: The Madcap Laughs + MÔS + Allegedly + Rattlesnake Preachers at Shrine Basement
• Sat June 3: Pug Johnson at Crooked 8 Events
• Sat June 3: Chrome Mami + Brooke Would + Ratheaven + Psycache & Snugglebunny + sixtoesd33p at Treefort Music Hall
• Sat June 3: The Men Who Fell to Earth + id SILO + Donny Parvo and The Paternity Suits at VAC
• Sun June 4: The Come Together Band at Ste. Chapelle Winery
• Sun June 4: Matchbox Twenty + Matt Nathanson at Ford Idaho Center
• Sun June 4: Rock Dee House Dueling Pianos at Ironwood Bar & Grill
• Sun June 4: Crush The Monster (album release) + Moon Owl's Mages + MÔS at Treefort Music Hall
• Tue June 6: The Drunken Hearts at Indian Creek Plaza
• Tue June 6: Joshua Ray Walker + Jade Jackson at The Olympic

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Comedy & storytelling

• Fri June 2: Your Life As A Romantic Comedy Show is at Recycled Minds at 8pm. Tix are $5-$15 and it's technically all ages, but also this one is kinda date night vibes.
• Sat June 3: Krystal Moore's 1 Woman Comedy Show is happening at Mad Swede Brewing downtown. Tix are $20 and it starts at 8pm.
• Sat June 3: The Dream Machine Comedy Show is happening at Recycled Minds Comedy at 8pm. Tix are $5-$15 and it's all ages!
• Weekly comedy open mics: Mondays at Mad Swede (Cole Road), sign ups 7:30pm/start 8pm. Tuesdays at Hops & Bottles at 6:30pm. Thursdays at Mad Swede (Downtown), online sign ups, starts at 8pm. Saturday at Mad Swede (Downtown), sign ups 10:30pm, start 11pm.

Food finds & things to drink

• Fri June 2: There's Food Trucks in the Park & a whole bunch of other activities happening at Julius M. Kleiner Memorial Park in Meridian from 5-9pm. It's free!
• Fri-Sat June 2-3: The Boise Greek Food Festival is this weekend from 11am-9pm on Fri & Sat. I just wrote about this, read it here. It's happening at the Greek Orthodox Church on 27th and Bannock Street in Boise. It’s free to attend, you just paid for your food. It's going to be amazing!
• Sat June 3: Meridian's new country bar, 127 Saloon, is having its grand opening party from 11am-2am. Music, drinks, food, vendors, and they have a mechanical bull.
• Tue June 6: Do you like to draw? Join Drink and Draw at Lost Grove Brewing! Hang out on the patio, have a pint, and draw something.
• I am hungry and I want these lil dumplings from Alyonkas.

Things to do

• Sat June 3: Check out the The Kind Your Mind Spectacular, an evening of burlesque, drag, and cabaret at Neurolux. Tix are $15 online/$20 at the door. Starts at 8pm. 21+
• Sun June 4: Taste of Yoga is happening at Payette Brewing. Get a "taste" of six different local yoga studios with 25 minute back-to-back classes. You can pop in and out of classes as you please. There will also be health & wellness vendors. Tix are $30 & space is limited!
• Sun June 4: The Run for Dunn 2023 is happening on the Boise Greenbelt to raise melanoma awareness, practice sun safety, & provide free skin checks to participants performed by local dermatologists. Starts at 10:30am.
• Sun June 4: Art & Roses Festival is happening at Julia Davis Park. Shop works from over 70 Idaho artists and enjoy food trucks and live music. Part of all sales at the event benefit the Julia Davis Memorial Rose Garden. It goes 10am-5pm & it's free!
• Mon June 5: Lost Grove Brewing is hosting the Idaho Botanical Garden for some Bee Trivia & a Plant Sale! Also 50% off taproom sales benefit the Garden. Starts at 5pm!

Just trust me...

​"excuse me, I'm made for fastness"​

Thanks for reading! Have a fun weekend!

With love from Boise,

Marissa

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