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Ballet Idaho is back

Tomorrow (Friday) Ballet Idaho will have its first performance with an audience since March 2020! Ballet Idaho will preform The Nutcracker over two weekends: this weekend, November 26-28 and next weekend, December 3-5 at The Morrison Center.

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Black Friday & Small biz Saturday

​Record Store Day Black Friday at Record Exchange! Find 150 titles on vinyl, CD and other formats, plus other deals throughout the store and gift shop. Open 8am-8pm. More info here.

​Black Friday at Payette Brewing is an all-day celebration of dark beer. 40+ high-end imperial stouts and porters will be tapped, plus Payette will release its 2021 Twelve Gauge Barrel Aged Imperial Stout. Live music, food trucks, lots of beer. It's 21+, free to enter, $4 for beer tokens, and goes 12-8pm. No dogs allowed this time.

​Rediscovered Books has some small biz Saturday shenanigans planned. Store giveaways, games, raffles and more!

​Derlūj has a sip & shop event for small business Saturday. Free tastes and wine!

Lots more places to shop small this weekend (and all the time). You can see my list here!

Tunes & shows

I just updated the list of upcoming shows to include all of December and January. So many good shows! I can't wait to see Thundercat at Knitting Factory in January.

• Nov 25 @ 10:30pm: Thanksgiving Dance Party with DJ BODIE at Neurolux
• Nov 26 @ 6pm: Trevor Peterson at Lost Grove Brewing
• Nov 26 @ 7:30pm: BLACK ON BLACK VI w/ Hand of Doom and Ealdor Bealu at Neurolux
• Nov 26 @ 8pm: Rock Dee House Dueling Pianos at Ironwood Bar & Grill
• Nov 27 @ 8pm: GWAR, Napalm Death, EYEHATEGOD at Knitting Factory
• Nov 27 @ 10pm: DJ I.G.A. at Spacebar
• Dec 1 @ 8pm: Courtney Barnett, Bedouine at Knitting Factory
• Dec 3 @ 7:30pm: Radio Boise Practice NYE Party at The Olympic

See all upcoming shows at fromboise.com/shows​

Food finds & things to drink

• ​Fork has a new winter menu! Herbed spaghetti squash, pan seared duck breast, risotto & tiger prawns, & winter cocktails.
• ​Kin's bar is back open! Fridays & Saturdays 5pm-12am.
• ​Chicana Foods has a new collab with Kula Connection. Get this yummy vegan holiday treat for $25 for a limited time.
• Nov 26: Barbarian Brewing is releasing two variations of The Morrigan in 16oz cans on this one day only! They have Peanut Butter Chocolate Morrigan and The Morrigan Goes Coconuts.
• Nov 26-27: Telaya Wine Co. is doing neat a Barrel Tasting & Education event. Walk though four tasting of Petit Verdot and learn all about how barrels impact wine. Tix are $35 for a one hour tour and tasting. There's two events on Friday and one on Saturday.
• Nov 27: Take the littles to donut decorating at Guru Donuts in Eagle. This is the last one!
• Nov 27: Bear Island Brewing Co. is celebrating 7 years in biz!
• Nov 27: Happy Camper Kitchen will be at Mad Swede from 4-8pm.

Things to do

• TODAY: Spend Thanksgiving with alpacas! Seriously lol.
• TONIGHT: Visit the Holiday Mini Horses on Big Al's patio at The Village at Meridian. They will be back Dec 18 and 23 too.
• TONIGHT: Winter Garden aGlow opens tonight! It's open Wed-Sun 6-9:30pm through December 31. Tickets are required and sold in 1 hour time blocks.
• Nov 26 @ 8pm: Matilda the Musical at Boise Little Theater kicks off tomorrow and runs through Dec 18. Tix are $20.
• Nov 26-27: Alley Repertory Theater Presents: Priscilla Queen of the Desert at Visual Arts Collective. The glitz, glamour, song and dance show is doing a "pay what you want preview" for these two nights before the official show run, happening Dec 9-11 and Dec 16-19.
• Nov 27: Go shopping at the 34th Street Holiday Market! open 9am-2pm in Garden City.
• Nov 27: Sol Invictus Vineyard has a Christmas Market from 12pm-4pm with 30 local vendors.
• Nov 27: Head over to Western Collective for photos with Santa and ornament decorating. 10am-2pm.
• Nov 27: Santa will also be at Old Boise 6th & Main for free photos from 12-4pm. Damn he's already busy!
• Nov 27: Boise Classic Movies has Elf playing out at Idaho Shakespeare Fest, plus an ugly sweater contest is going down.
• Nov 30: Celebrate Native American Heritage Month at Global Lounge Commons. Join Dr. Aodhàn Crawford for a night of storytelling, art and education. Tix are $15. Also it's a sober event bc items will be passed through the room and cultural customs do not allow substances near the spiritual pieces being shared. Sounds really cool!
• Dec 1: Join the DIY jewelry stamping party with Fluff Hardware at Barbarian Brewing. Starts at 6pm at is $39.

Just trust me...

...did you know Pac-Man is up at Lucky Peak?

Thanks for reading and hope you have a lovely turkey day!

With love from Boise,

Marissa