Out and about
Thursday, April 10, 2008 10:09 AM PDT
Live music
Folk
Anna Sali — 6 p.m. Friday, at the Cinnabar Cafe, 6932 W. State St., Boise, (208) 853-4641.
Country
The Buckhorn Mountain Boys — 6 p.m. Friday at The Winery at Eagle Knoll, 3705 N. Hwy 16, Eagle, (208) 286-9463,
http://www.thewineryateagleknoll.com.
Rock
Dear and the Headlights — 7 p.m. Friday at The Record Exchange, 1105 W. Idaho St., Boise, (208) 344-8010, http://www.therecordexchange.com.
Jazz
Eric Grae — 7 p.m. Friday at the Berryhill and Co. Restaurant and Wine Bar, 121 N. Ninth St., Boise, (208) 387-3553, http://www.berryhillandco.com.
World
Sol Jibe — 9:30 p.m. Saturday at the Reef, 105 S. Sixth St., Boise (Boise Downtown), (208) 287-9200. Cover charge is $5. http://www.reefboise.com.
Classical
James Ogle conducts the Igor Stravinsky Suite from Firebird, the first full-length ballet Stravinsky wrote.
Jim Cockey’s “An Idaho Symphony” will also be performed. Jim Cockey is an Idaho composer who received a Gold Album for his work with the Moody Blues and the Idaho Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts.
His Symphony No. 2 received “Best International Recording of the Year” from the Seventh Annual Native American Music Awards. 8 p.m. Friday at the Swayne Auditorium, Nampa, and 8:15 p.m. at the Morrison Center, Boise.
For more information, or to reserve tickets, call (208) 344-7849, or visit http://boisephilharmonic.stores.yahoo.net/index.html.
Exhibitions
American Modern
Marsden Hartley, who lived from 1877 to 1943, was an American avant-garde artist involved in pivotal art events of the 20th century, and is recognized as a 20th-century American master. A large collection of his work which spans the artist’s career is on display from now until June 22 at the Boise Art Museum, 670 Julia Davis Drive, Boise.
For more information, call (208) 345-8330. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.
Measure of a Man
Idaho artist Andrea Merrell has worked for three decades creating drawings, sculpture and mixed media works based on geometry. Merrell’s work in studies of color value and geometric form, develops an installation of relationships and juxtapositions inspired by the 14th-century artist Giotto.
Show at the Boise Art Museum, 670 Julia Davis Drive, Boise. For more information, call (208) 345-8330. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.
Water Media
Artist Zach Folwell exhibits his new work, which is focused on Idaho’s natural beauty, at a one man show at the St.Luke’s Boise gallery during the month of April. St. Luke’s Boise gallery, 190 E. Bannock St., Boise. For more information, call (208) 381-1200, or visit www.stlukesonline.org.
Idaho Inspirations
Leon Gaub works in watercolor, acrylic, and his special Bacrylic, which is a method of painting with acrylic paint and wax on cotton fabric. The artist said he is inspired by his environment and western-style imagery. The show will run for the month of April through May 1 at the Art Source Gallery, 1015 W. Main St., Boise. For more information, call (208) 331-3374, or visit www.artsourcegallery.com.
Theater
Enchanted April
Set in 1922, two rain-soaked London housewives talk a non-plused socialite and a stuffy widow into renting a castle in Italy.
Written by Matthew Barber and adapted to the stage from the novel by Elizabeth von Arnim, the production presented by Boise Little Theater is directed by Janelle K. Priest. Showing at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise. Ticket prices are $11 general, $9 for seniors and students and for everyone on April 23. For more information, call (208) 342-5104, or visit www.boiselittletheater.org.
The Last of the Breed
A play by Maria Dahvana Headley directed by Matthew Cameron Clark tells the tale of Wyatt Munro, a mountain man living in central Idaho with only his impressive gun collection and distrust of government to keep him occupied.
When a nearby resort looks to expand by taking over his land, the law of eminent domain becomes a catalyst for comedy. Wyatt responds to the threat by turning to the Endangered Species Act and has himself declared “The Last American Wildman.” Showing at 8 p.m. today through Saturday at the Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise. Tickets range in price from $12 to $30. For more information, or to reserve tickets, call (208) 442-3232, or visit www.bctheater.org.
