Until next year, Green Acres <3
It's the last week of the year for Green Acres Boise Food Truck Park. They are closing up for winter on Sunday, Oct 24. This little food truck park emerged this year and it was such a cool and fun new addition to Boise. Go grab some lunch or din at a food truck before they close up shop for the season! Here's the schedule:
Cool job alert
The City of Boise Arts & History Department is hiring a Public Art Coordinator. Fun! And its $21+ an hour. Noice.
Arts & History Dept is also looking for a new Director of Arts & History. Also fun!
Winter prep
Oct 22-24: Boise Gear Collective Ski Swap. Get new gear and/or sell your old stuff. This is where I got my ski stuff because I'm a newbie. Such a good deal!
Oct 26: Ski-Doo is hosting a FREE Avalanche Awareness Seminar from 6-9pm. If you are a snowmobiler, you should go :)
Tunes & shows
See all upcoming shows at fromboise.com/shows
- Oct 23: James Taylor & His All-Star Band w/ Jackson Browne at ExtraMile Arena
- Oct 24 @ 8pm: The Struts at Knitting Factory
- Oct 26 @ 7pm: Wheelwright (formerly Jared & the Mill) at The Olympic
- Oct 26 @ 7:30pm: Matt Hopper w/ Cassandra Lewis at Neurolux
- Oct 27 @ 7pm: KBONG, Johnny Cosmic, Brendan Clemente at The Olympic
- Oct 28 @ 7pm: Daring Greatly at The Sapphire Room
- Oct 28 @ 7pm: Old Blood + Sun Blood Stories + Blood Party at The Olympic
- Oct 28 @ 7:30pm: Jeff Crosby w/ Turtle Dovin' at Neurolux
See all upcoming shows at fromboise.com/shows
Food finds & things to drink
- It's Refugee Restaurant Week! Go out to eat at one of these fabulous restaurants.
- The STIL has new fall ice cream flavors & a Syrian-inspired flavor for RRW.
- Mad Swede has new fall flavored craft seltzers.
- Look at this samosa from Saffron Indian Bar & Grill. Yummm.
- Oct 24: Meriwether Cider is doing a cider pairing & 5-course dinner with Kimset Kitchen. Looks so good! Tix are $75.
Things to do
- Oct 21: Boise Poetry Slam is happening at Guru Donuts downtown. 10 poets will read original work for under 3 min. Sign ups start at 5pm. Its all-ages & $3 suggested donation.
- Oct 21: Villains In The Village is from 6-8pm at the Village at Meridian. You can see a demo from exotic animal expert Corbin Maxey and a theatrical performance of Villains in the Village with The Treasure Valley Children’s Theater.
- Oct 21: Pure Barre Boise & Kaleidisco Silent Disco are putting on a silent disco barre fusion class at Payette Brewing at 6pm. Tix are $21 and byo yoga mat. First beer is free for the first 21 people.
- Oct 21-31: Helhest Helfest at Mad Swede Brewing
- Oct 22: Beetlejuice at The Egyptian. Tix are $10.
- October 22-23: Boise Horror Burlesque Show at The Balcony. Shows start at 8pm and it's 21+.
- Oct 23: Juniper & Blue in Eagle is having a beauty event from 11am-4pm. Demos & deals!
- Oct 23: Boise Zine Fest starts at noon t Spacebar. Check it out! Free to enter and must be 21+ bc it's in a bar.
- Oct 23: Thriller Dance Class + Parking Lot Flash Mob at Potter Wines
- Oct 23: H48/2021 Festival & Awards (horror short film fest) at The Egyptian
- October 23: Go Día de los Muertos Community Day at the Idaho State Museum. It's from 10am-5pm and will have family activities showcasing traditional crafts from multiple Latin American cultures & two screenings of Coco (great movie).
- Oct 23-24: Paranormal Investigation at the Old Idaho Pen
- Oct 24: Sunday Yoga and Cider at Meriwether Cider
- Oct 24: Boise Trash Club is doing a West Downtown Boise litter cleanup at 1pm. Meet at Rhodes Skate Park!
- Oct 24: Oct 24: Tea & Tarot A Metaphysical Bizaar at The Lounge at the End of the Universe. It's free!
- Oct 27: Interview with the Vampire is playing at The Egyptian.
- Oct 27: Sweet Escape is happening out at the Old Idaho Pen.
- Oct 26: Join Scary Story Hour at Meriwether Cider Co.
- Oct 28: Learn about Haunting History at the Old Idaho Pen
- Oct 28: All Community Halloween Party at JUMP
Just trust me...
...and take part in Radio Boise's Fall Radiothon! I don't know if y'all realize but ur local community radio station is super kick ass. Like one of the best in the country. Maybe even the world?! They totally deserve a few of your dollars. If you don't listen yet, you can tune in at 89.9FM or radioboise.org.
Some of my fave Radio Boise shows:
- Antler Crafts - Mondays 9am-12pm
- The Juke Joint - Mondays 5-8pm
- Necessary Luxuries - Wednesdays 5-7pm
- It's Now Right Now - Wednesdays 7-10pm
- Dream Walker - Thursdays 6-8am
- Tennis Court Disco - Thursdays 5-7pm
- V3 - Fridays 9am-12pm
- Fever Dream - Fridays 12-2pm
- Two Ducks and a Pollywog - Fridays 7-9pm
- Global Grooves - Saturdays 7-9am
- Black Sheep Farm - Saturdays 9-11am
- Sunday Soul Party - Sundays 1-3pm
Thanks for reading! Have a fun weekend, friends <3
With love from Boise,
Marissa
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