First Thursday

A quick reminder, since I'm thinking about it, that today is First Thursday. Pick up a copy of the Boise Weekly to see what's going on at all the local galleries.

First Thursday & True West

Don't forget -- First Thursday is tonight, and the True West Cinema Festival starts tonight and goes on through Aug. 10 at the Flicks. Pick up a copy of the Boise Weekly for info on both events.

Some of the interesting-sounding exhibits include:

• "Masked: Faces of the Soul," an exhibit of burned and carved gourd masks at Art Source Gallery on 1015 W. Main.
• Glass-blowing demonstrations at Boise Art Glass Studios at 530 W. Myrtle.
• "Dog Days of Summer," an art show and silent auchtion at the Flying M to raise money for artists and the Humane Society.

I recommend checking out American Cockroach and Ad Infinitum at the Boise Art Museum, and it's hard to go wrong at the Basement Gallery, one of my favorite galleries. They have a few Boise State professors and former professors this time and a guy who manated TV news stations for 30 years; the Boise Weekly synopsis mentions some Mesoamerican ceramic sculptures and some exhibit called "Eco-Series."

I have to miss First Thursday again because of rehearsal; we'll see how many of these places I can get to. The good news is that I got to see Boys Life, which has one more show this weekend at the Neurolux, and the exhibits at Visual Arts Collective, so I'll have posts on those soon.

I don't think I'm going to review film on this site; there's enough to do with local theater and visual art, though I may venture into opera, dance or the philharmonic when those start up again. But True West looks like it has a lot of great films this year, and I'd encourage everyone to go.

First Thursday

First Thursday is tomorrow. Pick up a copy of the Boise Weekly for a map of Boise galleries.

Here's the BW's list of galleries and other art showings:

• Art Source Gallery -- 1015 W. Main St. Seventh annual National Juried Exhibition.
• Basement Gallery -- 928 Main St. Fred Choate, Deanna Eveland, Nancy Brossman, Michael Margulies, Scott Brown and Matthew Jordan.
• Boise Art Glass Studios -- 530 W. Myrtle St. Live glass blowing demonstration.
• Boise Art Museum -- 670 S. Julia Davis Dr. Gerri Sayler will talk about her work in progress, Ad Infinitum, and you can create your own hanging sculpture.
• Brown's Gallery -- 1022 W. Main St. "June's in Bloom," an exhibit of florals, gardens and landscapes from several artists.
• The Deluxe -- 214 N. Ninth St. Photo prints of the Oregon coast by Brad Parker.
• The Fixx Coffee Shop -- 224 N. 10th St. "Deterioration," an exhibit by photographers David Day and Samantha Laurman.
• Flying M -- 500 W. Idaho St. Colleen Morgan has repurposed hardbound book covers into art.
• Gallery 601 -- 211 N. 10th St. "Art for the Animals" silent auction of framed art benefiting the Idaho Humane Society.
• Holland Gallery -- 409 S. Eighth St. Oil paintings of Western scenes and figure paintings by Gary Holland and Mark Davis.
• Krakoosh -- 1404 W. Idaho St. Oils on recycled materials by Trevor Huff.
• Lisk Gallery -- 850 Main St. Desert and wilderness landscapes by photographer Mark Lisk and tree shapes and colored hills by painter Jerri Lisk.
• The Melting Pot -- 200 N. Sixth St. Amelia Berg's storytelling photographs.
• Piazza di Vino -- 212 N. Ninth St. Works by Italian artist Giuseppe Saitta.
• R. Grey Gallery -- 415 S. Eighth St. "Storm Cycle," an exhibit by New Orleans artist Thomas Mann created from debris gathered in the streets after Hurricane Katrina.
• Urban Outfitters -- 328 S. Eighth St. The store will have a new installment in its Community Artist Series.
• Zeppole -- 217 N. Eighth St. Kim Ellsworth and Melanie Burke's photographs of Boise bridges and abandoned buildings.

The BW also lists a couple places with musicians playing for First Thursday:

• Artisan Carpets -- 101 S. 15th St. Classical guitarist.
• Basque Museum -- 611 Grove St. Basque musicians jam session.