Roundup

February

• Feb. 6: Ballet Idaho presents Cinderella at 2 and 8 p.m. at the Morrison Center on University Drive in Boise.
  
• Now through Feb. 6: Encore Theatre Company presents Bridge to Terabithia, the story of a boy and girl who imagine a magical kingdom. The show runs Jan. 29-30 and Feb. 5-6 at 7:30 and Jan. 30 and Feb. 6 at 2:00 in the old Northwest Nazarene University science lecture hall on 550 Holly St. in Nampa.
• Feb. 6: The Boise Art Museum opens Robots: Evolution of a Cultural Icon, an exhibit of robot iconography in fine art.
• Feb. 7: The Boise Baroque Orchestra performs a concert of music by Vivaldi, Locatelli and Bach at 2:00 at the First United Methodist Church/Cathedral of the Rockies on 717 11th St. in Boise.
• Feb. 12-20: Boise Little Theater and The Broken Illusion Project present This Is Our Youth, a story about three wealthy, disaffected teenagers who get into theft and drug-dealing during the 1980s. The show runs at 9:00 Feb. 12 and 19 and 8:00 Feb. 13 and 20 in the black box theater at Boise Little Theater on Fort Street.
  
• Feb. 12-14: Music Theatre of Idaho presents I Do! I Do!, a musical about a couple who weather a 50-year marriage together, at 6:30 at the Nampa Civic Center.
• Now through Feb. 13: Starlight Mountain Theatre presents Footloose, a musical based on the 1984 Kevin Bacon movie, at 7:30 Feb. 11-13 at the Nampa Civic Center.
• Feb. 13: The Trey McIntyre Project will perform a world premiere of one of their dance programs at 8:00 at the Morrison Center on University Drive.
  
• Feb. 13: As part of its Sounds Like Fun! Concerts for Families series, the brass section of the Boise Philharmonic will present a concert at 10:45 a.m. and noon at the Esther Simplot Performing Arts Academy at Ninth and Myrtle.
  
• Now through Feb. 14: Prairie Dog Productions presents The Adventures of Sheerluck Holmes and Dr. Snotson at 7:30 Jan. 15-16, 22-23 and 29-30 and Feb. 5-6 and 12-13 and 2:00 Jan. 24, 31 and Feb. 14 at the theater on 3820 Cassia St. in Boise.
• Feb. 15: As part of its 5x5 Reading Series, Boise Contemporary Theater will present a staged reading of The Carpetbagger's Children, a play about three sisters and the struggles they faced trying to preserve the Southern plantation that their father, a Union soldier, bought. The show runs at 7:00 at the theater on Fulton and Ninth.
• Feb. 16: The Log Cabin Literary Center presents a reading by Annie Proulx, author of Brokeback Mountain and The Shipping News, at 7:30 at the Egyptian Theater at Capitol and Main.
• Feb. 19-20: The Boise Philharmonic will perform a concert of music by Antonin Dvorak and guest composer Jennifer Higdon, who will be at the event. The concert is at 8:00 Feb. 19 at Jewett Auditorium at the College of Idaho in Caldwell and 8:00 Feb. 20 at the Morrison Center on University Drive in Boise.
  
• Feb. 19-27: Music Theatre of Idaho presents Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music, a musical about a would-be nun who becomes governess to seven children around the time of the Nazi invasion of Austria. The show runs Feb. 19-20 and 26-27 at 7:30 and Feb. 20 and 27 at 1:30 at the Nampa Civic Center.
  
• Now through Feb. 20: Knock 'Em Dead Dinner Theatre presents The Murder Room, a comedy about a gold-digger who attempts to bump off her rich husband. The show runs Jan. 22-23, 28-30, and Feb. 4-6, 11-13 and 18-20 at 7:00 Thursdays and 8:00 Fridays and Saturdays at the theater's new location on 415 E. Parkcenter Blvd. in Boise. Dinner is served at 7:00 Fridays and Saturdays.
  
• Now through Feb. 20: Boise Contemporary Theater presents At Home at the Zoo, a play by Edward Albee about three New Yorkers whose lives are changed forever by a confrontation one afternoon. The show runs at 8:00 Jan. 27-30, Feb. 3-6, 10-13 and 17-20, and 2:00 Feb. 6, 13 and 20 at the Fulton Street Theater on Fulton and Ninth.
• Feb. 20: Caldwell Fine Arts presents the Missoula Children's Theatre production of The Pied Piper at 3:00 and 7:30 in Jewett Auditorium at the College of Idaho in Caldwell.
• Feb. 24-March 14: Company of Fools presents Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie, a drama about the tensions that arise in a family when a mother convinces her son to bring home a suitor for her introverted and insecure daughter. The show runs at 7:00 Feb. 24-25 and March 3-4 and 10-11, 8:00 Feb. 26-27 and March 5-6 and 12-13, and 3:00 March 7 at the Liberty Theater on Main Street in Hailey.
• Feb. 26-March 13: Boise Little Theater presents Almost, Maine, a comedy about the residents of a mythical town in Maine who find themselves falling into and out of love with each other one midwinter night. The show runs at 7:30 March 4 and 11, 8:00 Feb. 26-27, March 5-6 and 12-13, and 2:00 March 7 and 13 at the theater on Fort Street.
• Feb. 26 and 28: Opera Idaho presents Rossini's Cinderella -- which has a few twists on the classic fairy tale, including a fairy godfather -- at 7:30 Feb. 26 and 2:30 Feb. 28 at the Egyptian Theater at Capitol and Main.
• Feb. 27-March 13: As part of The Big Read, Stage Coach Theatre presents Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. The show runs at 8:15 Feb. 27 at the theater in the Hillcrest Shopping Center at Orchard and Overland, at 1:00 March 6 at the Borah Post Office on Eighth Street in downtown Boise, and at 10 a.m. March 13 in Hayes Auditorium in the youth services department of the Boise Public Library main branch.
  
• Feb. 27: As part of its Sounds Like Fun! Concerts for Families series, the woodwinds section of the Boise Philharmonic will present a concert at 10:45 a.m. at the Esther Simplot Performing Arts Academy at Ninth and Myrtle.
• Feb. 28: The Boise Philharmonic Youth Orchestra will perform their spring concert at 7:00 at Timberline High School on Boise Avenue in Boise.
  
• Now through March 14: Boise Art Museum presents Patchwork, a collection of quilts from the early 1800s through the mid-20th century.
• Now through April 18: Boise Art Museum presents Idea as Art: Contemporary Works on Paper, a selection of abstract drawings by such artists as Sol Lewitt and Mel Bochner.
• Now through April 25: The Boise Art Museum presents Vogel 50x50, a selection of 50 works from the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel collection, including minimal, post-minimal and conceptual drawings, paintings and sculptures.

Roundup

January

• Jan. 8-30: Stage Coach Theatre presents Dilemmas with Dinner, a farce about a woman trying to win a major promotion by hosting an elaborate dinner for her boss. The show runs Jan. 8-9, 14-17, 21-24 and 28-30 at 7:30 Thursdays, 8:15 Fridays and Saturdays and 2:00 Sundays at the theater in the Hillcrest Shopping Center at Orchard and Overland in Boise.
  
• Now through Jan. 9: Company of Fools presents A Year with Frog and Toad, a musical based on the popular childrens' books by Arnold Lobel in which Frog and Toad learn life lessons and the value of friendship. The show runs at 7:00 Jan. 2, 3:00 Jan. 3, and 11:00 a.m. Jan. 2 at the Liberty Theater on Main Street in Hailey. The show also runs for two days in Twin Falls at 7:00 Jan. 8-9 and 11 a.m. Jan. 9 at the College of Southern Idaho Fine Arts Theatre.
  
• Now through Jan. 9: Starlight Mountain Theatre presents Irving Berlin's White Christmas, a musical about two friends in show business who find love while putting on a show at an inn in Vermont. The show runs Jan. 1-2 and 8-9 at 7:30 at The Star theater at 1851 Century Way in Boise.
• Jan. 9: As part of its Sounds Like Fun series, The Boise Philharmonic presents a percussion concert for families at 10:45 a.m. and noon at the Esther Simplot Performing Arts Academy.
• Jan. 15-16: Starlight Mountain Theatre presents A Starlight Evening of Cabaret, a performance of hit songs from more than 25 Broadway shows. The production takes place at 7:30 Jan. 15-16 and 2:00 Jan. 16 at The Star theater at 1851 Century Way in Boise.
• Jan. 15-30: Boise Little Theater presents Fools, a Neil Simon play about a man who lands a job teaching in a Russian village whose residents have been cursed with stupidity for the last 200 years. The show runs Jan. 15-16, 22-23, and 29-30 at 8:00, Jan. 21-28 at 7:30 and Jan. 24 and 30 at 2:00.
• Jan. 15-Feb. 14: Prairie Dog Productions presents The Adventures of Sheerluck Holmes and Dr. Snotson at 7:30 Jan. 15-16, 22-23 and 29-30 and Feb. 5-6 and 12-13 and 2:00 Jan. 24, 31 and Feb. 14 at the theater on 3820 Cassia St. in Boise.
  
• Jan. 16: Daisy's Madhouse is organizing Will Act 4 Food, a 24-hour play festival to raise funds for the Idaho Foodbank. The event takes place at 8:00 p.m. at the Danny Peterson Theatre in the Morrison Center on the Boise State University campus. (If you want to form an acting team and participate, you have through Jan. 8 to sign up.)
  
• Now through Jan. 17: Boise Art Museum presents A Survey of Gee's Bend Quilts, a collection of abstract quilts created by women in the African-American community of Gee's Bend, Alabama.
• Jan. 18: Boise Contemporary Theater presents a dramatic reading of Atlasing Sodom, a play about the secrets shared by two young men in a romantic relationship and how one boy's father obsesses over those secrets years later. The show runs at 7:00 at the theater on 9th and Fulton.
  
• Jan. 21-31: The Boise State University Theatre Arts Department presents Master Class by Terrence McNally, a show based on a series of Julliard classes given by the opera singer Maria Callas. The show runs Jan. 21-23 and 28-30 at 8:00 and 24 and 31 at 2:00 in the recital hall at the Morrison Center on the BSU campus.
  
• Jan. 22-23: The Boise Philharmonic and Opera Idaho present the Philharmonic's Salute to Opera Idaho, including performances of Mozart's Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter" and Leonard Bernstein's Suite from Candide. The concerts are at 8:00 at the Northwest Nazarene University Swayne Auditorium on Jan. 22 and 8:00 at the Morrison Center on the Boise State University campus on Jan. 23.
• Jan. 22-30: CAN-ACT presents Nuncrackers, a musical in which the nuns from Nunsense decide to tape a Christmas special in their convent basement studio for cable access TV. The show runs at 8:00 Jan. 22-23 and 29-30 and at 2:00 Jan. 30 at Grace Episcopal Church at 411 10th Ave. S. in Nampa.
  
• Jan. 22-Feb. 20: Knock 'Em Dead Dinner Theatre presents The Murder Room, a comedy about a gold-digger who attempts to bump off her rich husband. The show runs Jan. 22-23, 28-30, and Feb. 4-6, 11-13 and 18-20 at 7:00 Thursdays and 8:00 Fridays and Saturdays at the theater's new location on 415 E. Parkcenter Blvd. in Boise. Dinner is served at 7:00 Fridays and Saturdays.
  
• Jan. 27-Feb. 20: Boise Contemporary Theater presents At Home at the Zoo, a play by Edward Albee about three New Yorkers whose lives are changed forever by a confrontation one afternoon. The show runs at 8:00 Jan. 27-30, Feb. 3-6, 10-13 and 17-20, and 2:00 Feb. 6, 13 and 20 at the Fulton Street Theater on Fulton and Ninth.
• Jan. 28-31: Idaho Dance Theater presents its winter production, Figuratively Speaking, in the Boise State University Special Events Center at 7:00 Jan. 28, 8:00 Jan. 29-30 and 2:00 Jan. 31.
• Jan. 29-Feb. 6: Encore Theatre Company presents Bridge to Terabithia, the story of a boy and girl who imagine a magical kingdom. The show runs Jan. 29-30 and Feb. 5-6 at 7:30 and Jan. 30 and Feb. 6 at 2:00 in the old Northwest Nazarene University science lecture hall on 550 Holly St. in Nampa.
• Jan. 30: As part of its Sounds Like Fun series, The Boise Philharmonic presents a strings concert for families at 10:45 a.m. at the Esther Simplot Performing Arts Academy.
• Jan. 30: The Boise Art Museum opens the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, a selection of 50 works of minimal, post-minimal and conceptual drawings, paintings and sculptures.
  
• Now through March 14: Boise Art Museum presents Patchwork, a collection of quilts from the early 1800s through the mid-20th century.
• Now through April 18: Boise Art Museum presents Idea as Art: Contemporary Works on Paper, a selection of abstract drawings by such artists as Sol Lewitt and Mel Bochner.

Roundup

December

• Dec. 3: Music Theatre of Idaho presents Annie, the musical about a Depression-era orphan who, with the help of the rich Oliver Warbucks and President Franklin D. Roosevelt, searches for her parents and foils a plot to claim her for reward money. The show runs at 7:30 Dec. 3-5 and 10-12 and 1:30 Dec. 5 and 12 at the Nampa Civic Center.
  
• Dec. 4: Knock 'Em Dead Dinner Theater presents A Season of Hope, the theater's annual selection of Christmas skits, readings and music. The show runs Dec. 4-5, 10-12 and 17-19 at 7:00 Thursdays and 8:00 Fridays and Saturdays at the theater on Ninth Street between Front and Myrtle. Dinner is served at 7:00 Fridays and Saturdays.
• Dec. 4-5: The Encore! Players present The Best Christmas Pageant Ever at 10:30 a.m. Dec. 4 and 7:00 Dec. 5 at the Morrison Center at Boise State University.
  
• Now through Dec. 5: The Boise State University Theatre Majors Association presents subUrbia, a dark comedy about aimless 20-somethings who meet a high school classmate who is now a famous musician at a gas station. The show runs at 7:30 Dec. 2-5 at the Danny Peterson Theatre in the Morrison Center on the BSU campus.
  
• Dec. 5-6: Opera Idaho presents Amahl and the Night Visitors, the story of a crippled boy who is healed during a visit with the Magi on their way to see Jesus. The show runs at 7:30 Dec. 5 and 2:30 Dec. 5 and 6 at the Egyptian Theater on Capitol and Main in Boise.
  
• Dec. 5: The Boise Art Museum opens Lasting Legacy, an exhibit of works from the museum's permanent collection.
• Dec. 6 and 13: Boise Contemporary Theater presents A Christmas Carol as part of its Family Reading Series at 2:00 at the Fulton Street Theater on Fulton and Ninth.
  
• Dec. 9: Alley Repertory Theater presents SEX a.k.a. Wieners and Boobs, about the new sheriff of a corrupt town run by a crime boss who operates brothels. The show runs Dec. 9-12 and 16-19 at 8:00 at the Visual Arts Collective on Osage behind the Woman of Steel Gallery on Chinden in Garden City.
• Dec. 11-13: Ballet Idaho and the Boise Philharmonic presents their annual production of The Nutcracker at 8:00 Dec. 11-12 and 2:00 Dec. 12-13 at the Morrison Center at Boise State University.
• Dec. 16: Company of Fools presents A Year with Frog and Toad, a musical based on the popular childrens' books by Arnold Lobel in which Frog and Toad learn life lessons and the value of friendship. The show runs at 7:00 Dec. 16-19, 22-23, 26, 29-30, and Jan. 2, at 3:00 Dec. 20, 24, 27, 31 and Jan. 3, and at 11:00 a.m. Dec. 26 and Jan. 2 at the Liberty Theater on Main Street in Hailey. The show also runs for two days in Twin Falls at 7:00 Jan. 8-9 and 11 a.m. Jan. 9 at the College of Southern Idaho Fine Arts Theatre.
  
• Dec. 18 and 20: Boise Master Chorale performs Handel's Messiah at 8:00 Dec. 18 at Valley Shepherd Church of the Nazarene on 150 Maestra St. off Meridian Road in Meridian and at 2:00 Dec. 20 at First United Methodist Church Cathedral of the Rockies at 717 N. 11th St. in Boise.
• Now through Dec. 19: Boise Contemporary Theater presents Animals out of Paper, a show about an origami artist, a calculus teacher and a talented student who are brought together by their love of origami. The show runs at 8:00 Dec. 2-5, 9-12 and 16-19 and 2:00 Dec. 5, 12 and 19 at the Fulton Street Theater at Ninth and Fulton in Boise.
• Now through Dec. 19: Boise Little Theater presents A Christmas Story, a comedy about a boy who wants a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas. The show runs at 8:00 Dec. 4-5, 11-12 and 18, at 7:30 Dec. 3 and 10, and at 2:00 Dec. 6, 12 and 19 at the theater on Fort Street near Broadway.
• Now through Dec. 12: Stage Coach Theatre presents Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol, the story of Ebenezer Scrooge as told by his former partner Jacob Marley, who must redeem Scrooge in order to redeem himself. The show runs Dec. 3-6 and 10-12 at 7:30 Thursdays, 8:00 Fridays and Saturdays and 2:00 Sundays at the theater in the Hillcrest Shopping Center at Orchard and Overland.
• Now through Dec. 27: Prairie Dog Productions presents The Xmas Files! or Miracle at Area 51! at 7:15 Dec. 4-5, 11-12, 18-19 and 25-26 and 2:00 Dec. 13, 20 and 27 at 3820 Cassia in Boise.
• Now through Jan. 9: Starlight Mountain Theatre presents Irving Berlin's White Christmas, a musical about two friends in show business who find love while putting on a show at an inn in Vermont. The show runs Dec. 4-5, 11-12, 18-19 and 26, and Jan. 1-2 and 8-9 at 7:30 at 1851 Century Way in Boise.
  
• Now through Jan. 17: Boise Art Museum presents A Survey of Gee's Bend Quilts, a collection of abstract quilts created by women in the African-American community of Gee's Bend, Alabama.
  
• Now through March 14: Boise Art Museum presents Patchwork, a collection of quilts from the early 1800s through the mid-20th century.
• Now through April 18: Boise Art Museum presents Idea as Art: Contemporary Works on Paper, a selection of abstract drawings by such artists as Sol Lewitt and Mel Bochner.

Roundup

November

• Now through Nov. 7: Boise Contemporary Theater presents The Pavilion, a show about a man and his high school sweetheart who split up years ago and are meeting again at their 20th reunion. The show runs Nov. 4-7 at 8:00 Wednesday through Saturday and 2:00 Saturdays at the theater on Fulton Street.
• Now through Nov. 8: Company of Fools presents The Syringa Tree, a one-woman show about the love between two families, one black and one white, who share a house and whose children grow up together under apartheid in 1960s South Africa. The show runs Nov. 4-5 at 7:00, Nov. 6-7 at 8:00, and Nov. 8 at 3:00 at The Liberty Theatre on Main Street in Hailey.
• Now through Nov. 8: Boise Art Museum exhibits sculpture by Ann Weber called Corrugated. The pieces are made from cardboard, are woven into giant gourd-like spires, and are up to 16 feet tall.
• Now through Nov. 14: Starlight Mountain Theatre presents Little Shop of Horrors, a musical about a carnivorous plant named Audrey II, at 7:30 Nov. 7 and 13-14 and at midnight Nov. 6 at The Star Theatre at 1851 Century Way.
• Now through Nov. 14: Knock 'Em Dead Dinner Theatre presents the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic The Sound of Music about a would-be nun who becomes governess to seven children around the time of the Nazi invasion of Austria. The show runs Nov. 5-7 and 12-14 at 7:00 Thursdays and 8:00 Fridays and Saturdays at the theater on Ninth Street between Front and Myrtle. Dinner is served at 7:00 Fridays and Saturdays.
• Nov. 15: As part of its Family Reading Series, Boise Contemporary Theater presents Robin Hood at 2 p.m. at the Fulton Street Theater at Ninth and Fulton in Boise.
  
• Nov. 15: The Boise Baroque Orchestra presents a concert of selections by Corelli, Vivaldi, Handel and Rameau at 2:00 at the First United Methodist Church/Cathedral of the Rockies on 11th Street in Boise.
  
• Now through Nov. 15: Boise Art Museum presents Kid Stuff, an exhibit of art geared toward children by artists Deborah Barrett, Alexander Calder, Michael Corney, Benjamin Jones, Marianne Kolb, Marilyn Lanfear, David Gillhooley, Marilyn Lysohir, Renda Palmer and others.
• Nov. 20-21: The Boise Philharmonic presents a concert of Tchaikovsky music at 8:00 Nov. 20 in the Swayne Auditorium at Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa, and at 8:00 Nov. 21 at the Morrison Center at Boise State University. The Philharmonic will also present a shortened version of the concert at 11:00 a.m. at the Morrison Center Nov. 21.
  
• Now through Nov. 21: Alley Repertory Theater presents Edward Albee's Three Tall Women, about a young lawyer, a middle-aged caregiver and a rich, bitter elderly matron who are uniquely intertwined. The show runs Nov. 13-14 and 19-21 at 8:00 at the Visual Arts Collective behind the Woman of Steel Gallery on Chinden in Garden City.
• Now through Nov. 21: The College of Idaho Theatre Department presents Season's Greetings, a story about a tense household on Christmas Eve and a newcomer who arrives with a bag of surprises. The show runs Nov. 12-14 and 19-21 at 7:30 and Nov. 22 at 2:00 at the Langroise Studio Theatre at C of I in Caldwell.
  
• Nov. 22: The Boise Philharmonic Youth Orchestra performs works by composers including Mozart and Dvorak at 7:00 at Borah High School on Cassia and Curtis Road.
• Now through Nov. 22: Boise State University's Theatre Arts Department presents Shakespeare's As You Like It, a comedy about the daughter of a duke who flees to the Forest of Arden and dresses up as a boy when her uncle usurps the duchy and exiles her father. The show runs at 7:30 Nov. 13-15 and 18-22 at the Danny Peterson Theatre in the Morrison Center.
  
• Nov. 24: Boise Contemporary Theater presents Animals out of Paper, a show about an origami artist, a calculus teacher and a talented student who are brought together by their love of origami. The show runs at 8:00 Nov. 24-25, 27-28 and Dec. 2-5, 9-12 and 16-19 and 2:00 Dec. 5, 12 and 19 at the Fulton Street Theater at Ninth and Fulton in Boise.
• Nov. 27: Boise Little Theater presents A Christmas Story, a comedy about a boy who wants a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas. The show runs at 8:00 Nov. 27-28 and Dec. 4-5, 11-12 and 18, at 7:30 Dec. 3 and 10, and at 2:00 Dec. 6, 12 and 19 at the theater on Fort Street near Broadway.
• Nov. 27: Stage Coach Theatre presents Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol, the story of Ebenezer Scrooge as told by his former partner Jacob Marley, who must redeem Scrooge in order to redeem himself. The show runs Nov. 27-28 and Dec. 3-6 and 10-12 at 7:30 Thursdays, 8:00 Fridays and Saturdays and 2:00 Sundays at the theater in the Hillcrest Shopping Center at Orchard and Overland.
• Nov. 27: Prairie Dog Productions presents The Xmas Files! or Miracle at Area 51! at 7:15 Nov. 27-28 and Dec. 4-5, 11-12, 18-19 and 25-26 and 2:00 Dec. 13, 20 and 27 at 3820 Cassia in Boise.
• Nov. 27: Starlight Mountain Theatre presents Irving Berlin's White Christmas, a musical about two friends in show business who find love while putting on a show at an inn in Vermont. The show runs Nov. 27-28, Dec. 4-5, 11-12, 18-19 and 26, and Jan. 1-2 and 8-9 at 7:30 at 1851 Century Way in Boise.
  
• Now through Jan. 17: Boise Art Museum presents A Survey of Gee's Bend Quilts, a collection of abstract quilts created by women in the African-American community of Gee's Bend, Alabama.
  
• Now through March 14: Boise Art Museum presents Patchwork, a collection of quilts from the early 1800s through the mid-20th century.
• Now through April 18: Boise Art Museum presents Idea as Art: Contemporary Works on Paper, a selection of abstract drawings by such artists as Sol Lewitt and Mel Bochner.
  

Roundup

October

• Oct. 21: Company of Fools presents The Syringa Tree, a one-woman show about the love between two families, one black and one white, who share a house and whose children grow up together under apartheid in 1960s South Africa. The show runs Oct. 21-22, 28-29, and Nov. 4-5 at 7:00, Oct. 23-24, 30-31 and Nov. 6-7 at 8:00, and Oct. 25, and Nov. 1 and 8 at The Liberty Theatre on Main Street in Hailey.
• Oct. 23 and 24: The Boise Philharmonic and guest pianist Kevin Cole present a concert of several selections by George Gershwin and Leroy Anderson at 8:00 Oct. 23 at the Swayne Auditorium at Northwest Nazarene University and at 8:00 Oct. 24 at the Morrison Center at Boise State University.
• Oct. 23: Starlight Mountain Theatre presents Little Shop of Horrors, a musical about a carnivorous plant named Audrey II, at 7:30 Oct. 23-24 and 30-31 and Nov. 7 and 13-14 and at midnight Oct. 30 and Nov. 6 at The Star Theatre at 1851 Century Way.
• Now through Oct. 24: Stage Coach Theatre presents Art of Murder, a thriller about an eccentric painter, his accomplished wife, and his plans to do away his art dealer. The show runs Oct. 17-18 and 22-24 at 7:30 Thursday, 8:15 Friday and Saturday, and 2:00 Sunday at the theater at Orchard and Overland in the Hillcrest Shopping Center.
• Oct. 30 and Nov. 1: Opera Idaho presents Gounod's Faust, the tale of a man who makes a deal with the devil, at 7:30 Oct. 30 and 2:30 Nov. 1 at the South Junior High auditorium.
• Oct. 31: Humorist David Sedaris will give a reading of his works at 7:30 at the Morrison Center at Boise State University.
  
• Now through Oct. 31: Boise Little Theater presents The Mousetrap, an Agatha Christie tale of a group of strangers staying at a remote, snowed-in cabin, when a murder takes place and the guests have to determine who the murderer is. The show runs Oct. 17, 22-24 and 29-31 at 7:30 Thursdays and 8:00 Fridays and Saturdays, and at 2:00 Oct. 25 and 31 at the theater on Fort Street just off Broadway Ave.
• Now through Oct. 31: Music Theatre of Idaho presents the musical Disney's Beauty and the Beast at 7:30 Oct. 23-24 and 29-31 and 1:30 Oct. 24 and 31 at the Nampa Civic Center.
  
• Now through Oct. 31: Prairie Dog Productions presents Tales from the DorkSide 17-18, 23-25 and 30-31 at 7:15 Fridays and Saturdays and 2:00 Sundays at 3820 Cassia St.
  
• Now through Nov. 8: Boise Art Museum exhibits sculpture by Ann Weber called Corrugated. The pieces are made from cardboard, are woven into giant gourd-like spires, and are up to 16 feet tall.
• Now through Nov. 7: Boise Contemporary Theater presents The Pavilion, a show about a man and his high school sweetheart who split up years ago and are meeting again at their 20th reunion. The show runs Oct. 21-24, 28-31 and Nov. 4-7 at 8:00 Wednesday through Saturday and 2:00 Saturdays at the theater on Fulton Street.
• Now through Nov. 14: Knock 'Em Dead Dinner Theatre presents the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic The Sound of Music about a would-be nun who becomes governess to seven children around the time of the Nazi invasion of Austria. The show runs Oct. 22-24, 29-31 and Nov. 5-7 and 12-14 at 7:00 Thursdays and 8:00 Fridays and Saturdays at the theater on Ninth Street between Front and Myrtle. Dinner is served at 7:00 Fridays and Saturdays.
  
• Now through Nov. 15: Boise Art Museum presents Kid Stuff, an exhibit of art geared toward children by artists Deborah Barrett, Alexander Calder, Michael Corney, Benjamin Jones, Marianne Kolb, Marilyn Lanfear, David Gillhooley, Marilyn Lysohir, Renda Palmer and others.
• Now through March 14: Boise Art Museum presents Patchwork, a collection of quilts from the early 1800s through the mid-20th century.

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September

• Sept. 11: Alley Repertory Theater presents Collective Soul, a launch party and preview night for their next season, at 8:00 at the Visual Arts Collective behind the Woman of Steel Gallery on Chinden. It includes excerpts from some of their upcoming productions, including Edward Albee's Three Tall Women, the musical Landlocked by local musicians Heather Bauer and Thomas Paul, and Skit/Skit, a short piece by cartoonist E.J. Pettinger.
• Sept. 11: Soprano Rochelle Bard and baritone Ken Mattice will give a recital of songs, arias and duets from operas and showtunes at 7:30 at the Egyptian Theatre on Capitol and Main.
  
• Sept. 11-13: The Boise Art Museum presents Art in the Park at Julia Davis Park from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. About 270 artists will have booths at the event.
• Sept. 11: Music Theatre of Idaho opens the Neil Simon's Sweet Charity, a musical about a girl who flits in and out of relationships. The show includes numbers such as "Big Spender." The show runs Sept. 11-12 and 17-19 at 7:30 and Sept. 12 at 1:30 at the Nampa Civic Center.
  
• Sept. 11: Encore Theatre Co., Etc., opens Gepetto & Son, a musical version of Pinocchio. The show runs Sept. 11-12 and 18-19 at 7:30 at the Holly Street Performance Hall, formerly the old science lecture hall, at Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa
  
• Now through Sept. 12: Stage Coach Theatre presents Duck Hunter Shoots Angel, a comedy by Mitch Albom about a tabloid reporter tracking down the story of two Alabama duck hunters who believe they shot an angel. The show runs Sept. 3-6 and 10-12 at 7:30 Thursdays, 8:15 Fridays and Saturdays and 2:00 Sunday at the theater in the Hillcrest Shopping Center breezeway at Orchard and Overland.
• Now through Sept. 12: Starlight Mountain Theatre presents the musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. The show runs Sept. 4-5 and 11-12 at 7:30 at Starlight Amphitheater in Garden Valley.
• Sept. 17: The Langroise Trio and tenor Corey McKnight perform music by Idaho composer Jim Cockey at 7:30 at the College of Idaho in Caldwell. Other C of I faculty will also perform.
• Now through Sept. 19: Boise Little Theater presents You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, a musical based on Charles Schultz's comic strip, Peanuts. The show runs at 8:00 Sept. 11-12 and 18-19, 7:30 Sept. 10 and 17, and 2:00 Sept. 13 and 19.
• Now through Sept. 20: Boise Art Museum hosts an exhibit called Devorah Sperber: Threads of Perception. Sperber arranges spools of colored thread in such a way that, when viewed through an optical device, recreates a famous work of art.
• Sept. 25-26: The Boise Philharmonic and Boise Master Chorale perform a symphonic tone poem by Gustav Holst called The Planets at 8:00 at the Northwest Nazarene University Swayne Auditorium in Nampa on Friday and at 8:15 at the Boise State University Morrison Center Saturday.
• Sept. 25: Prairie Dog Productions presents Tales from the DorkSide Sept. 25-26 and Oct. 2-3, 9-11, 16-18, 23-25 and 30-31 at 7:15 Fridays and Saturdays and 2:00 Sundays at 3820 Cassia St.
  
• Sept. 29: Ballet Idaho presents an interactive introduction to ballet for children and adults in its Family Series version of Swan Lake, Idaho and Yes Virginia, Another Piano Ballet at 4:00 and 7:00. Kids get to learn the story behind the ballet, meet the characters, get a sneak peek behind the scenes of the ballet and learn a few easy dance moves.
• Sept. 29: Frank Deford, the author of The Entitled, a novel about celebrity, sex and baseball, will give a reading at 7:30 at the Egyptian Theatre at Capitol and Main. Deford is a six-time Sports Illustrated U.S. Sportswriter of the Year, a Hall-of-Famer for the National Association of Sportscasters and Sportswriters, and a frequent contributor for NPR's Morning Edition and Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.
  
• Now through Oct. 3: The Idaho Shakespeare Festival presents A Tuna Christmas, a two-man comedy with 20 characters from small-town Tuna, Texas who are trying to salvage the Christmas pageant and win the yard decorating contest despite a mysterious saboteur. The show runs Sept. 9-13, 16-20, 23-27 and 30 and Oct. 1-3 at 7:30 Wednesday through Saturday and 7:00 Sunday at the theater on Warm Springs.
  
• Now through Oct. 11: Tying It Together, an exhibition of drawings by Garden Valley artist James Castle, is on exhibit at the Boise Art Museum along with a short documentary about Castle, who was born deaf, never learned to read and write, and prefers to make his drawings on discarded scraps of paper and cardboard.
• Now through Nov. 8: Boise Art Museum exhibits sculpture by Ann Weber called Corrugated. The pieces are made from cardboard, are woven into giant gourd-like spires, and are up to 16 feet tall.
• Now through Nov. 15: Boise Art Museum presents Kid Stuff, an exhibit of art geared toward children by artists Deborah Barrett, Alexander Calder, Michael Corney, Benjamin Jones, Marianne Kolb, Marilyn Lanfear, David Gillhooley, Marilyn Lysohir, Renda Palmer and others.
• Now through March 14: Boise Art Museum presents Patchwork, a collection of quilts from the early 1800s through the mid-20th century.
  

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August

• Now through Aug. 14: Starlight Mountain Theatre presents The Boyfriend, a musical romantic comedy about an heiress who poses as a secretary and falls in love with a delivery boy who happens to be the missing son of the wealthy Lord Brockhurst. The show runs at 8:00 Aug. 8, 11 and 14 at Starlight Amphitheater in Garden Valley.
  
• Now through Aug. 15: Starlight Mountain Theatre presents Annie Get Your Gun, Irving Berlin's musical about Annie Oakley and her romance with the trick shooter in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The show runs at 8:00 Aug. 12 and 15 at Starlight Amphitheater in Garden Valley.
• Aug. 17: Starlight Mountain Theatre opens the musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. The show runs Aug. 17, 19 and 21 at 8:00, Aug. 7 at 6:30 and Aug. 28-29 and Sept. 4-5 and 11-12 at 7:30 at Starlight Amphitheater in Garden Valley.
• Aug. 21 and 29: Daisy's Madhouse has apparently decided to do the loosely scripted, partly improv show Awesome '80s Prom on these dates, but has not yet announced times or locations and as yet has no information about it on their MySpace page. Keep checking their page for details.
  
• Now through Aug. 22: Starlight Mountain Theatre presents Footloose: The Musical, based on the hit movie from 1984. The show runs Aug. 7, 10, 13, 18, 20 and 22 at 8:00 at Starlight Amphitheater in Garden Valley.
• Aug. 28: Stage Coach Theatre opens Duck Hunter Shoots Angel, a comedy by Mitch Albom about a tabloid reporter tracking down the story of two Alabama duck hunters who believe they shot an angel. The show runs Aug. 28-29 and Sept. 3-6 and 10-12 at 7:30 Thursdays, 8:15 Fridays and Saturdays and 2:00 Sunday at the theater in the Hillcrest Shopping Center breezeway at Orchard and Overland.
  
• Now through Aug. 28: The Idaho Shakespeare Festival presents The Mystery of Edwin Drood, an interactive musical mystery in which the audience gets to decide who killed the title character. The show runs Aug. 8-9, 13-14, 18-19, 22-23 and 27-28 at 7:00 Sundays and 8:00 Tuesday-Saturday at the theater on Warm Springs in Boise.
• Now through Aug. 28: Glenns Ferry Theatre presents Let Him Sleep 'til it's Time for His Funeral on Aug. 7, 14, 21 and 28 at 7:45 (dinner starts at 6:30) at 128 E. Idaho Ave. in Glenns Ferry.
• Now through Aug. 29: Glenns Ferry Theatre presents Blazing Guns at Roaring Gulch on Aug. 8, 15, 22 and 29 at 7:45 (dinner starts at 6:30) at 128 E. Idaho Ave. in Glenns Ferry.
• Now through Sept. 20: Boise Art Museum opens an exhibit called Devorah Sperber: Threads of Perception. Sperber arranges spools of colored thread in such a way that, when viewed through an optical device, recreates a famous work of art.
• Now through Aug. 30: The Idaho Shakespeare Festival presents Twelfth Night, Shakespeare's comedy about Sebastian and Viola, twins who are separated in a storm at sea, and the misplaced affections and mistaken intentions that ensue. The show runs Aug. 7, 11-12, 15-16, 20-21, 25-26, and 29-30 at 7:00 Sundays and 8:00 Tuesday-Saturday at the theater on Warm Springs in Boise.
• Now through Oct. 11: Tying It Together, an exhibition of drawings by Garden Valley artist James Castle, opens at the Boise Art Museum along with a short documentary about Castle, who was born deaf, never learned to read and write, and prefers to make his drawings on discarded scraps of paper and cardboard.
• Now through Nov. 8: Boise Art Museum opens an exhibition of sculpture by Ann Weber called Corrugated. The pieces are made from cardboard, are woven into giant gourd-like spires, and are up to 16 feet tall.
• Now through Nov. 15: Boise Art Museum presents Kid Stuff, an exhibit of art geared toward children by artists Deborah Barrett, Alexander Calder, Michael Corney, Benjamin Jones, Marianne Kolb, Marilyn Lanfear, David Gillhooley, Marilyn Lysohir, Renda Palmer and others.

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July

• July 6: Alley Repertory Theater presents Head by local playwright Oliver Russell Stoddard at 7:30 at the Visual Arts Collective behind the Woman of Steel Gallery on Chinden. The show is part of Alley Rep's Plays from the Alley series, in which local playwrights are offered the opportunity to produce their work and get feedback from the audience.
  
• July 10: Stage Coach Theatre opens Absence of a Cello, a comedy about the hilarious lengths a scientist goes to to land a job at a large corporation. The show runs July 10-11, 16-19 and 23-25 at 7:30 Thursdays, 8:15 Friday-Saturday and 2:00 Sunday in the Hillcrest Shopping Center.
  
• July 10: The Idaho Shakespeare Festival opens The Mystery of Edwin Drood, an interactive musical mystery in which the audience gets to decide who killed the title character. The show runs July 10-12, 16-17, 21-22, and 25-26 and Aug. 4-5, 8-9, 13-14, 18-19, 22-23 and 27-28 at 7:00 Sundays and 8:00 Tuesday-Saturday at the theater on Warm Springs in Boise.
• July 13: Alley Repertory Theater presents Catherine by local playwright June Daniels at 7:30 at the Visual Arts Collective behind the Woman of Steel Gallery on Chinden. The show is part of Alley Rep's Plays from the Alley series, in which local playwrights are offered the opportunity to produce their work and get feedback from the audience.
• July 16: Author Mitch Wieland will read from his latest novel, God's Dogs, at 7:30 at the Log Cabin Literary Center next to the Boise Public Library.
  
• July 18: Salsa Celtica, a Scottish group that performs salsa music with bagpipes, fiddles, brass and congas, performs at 7:00 at Hop Porter Park in Hailey.
• July 20: Alley Repertory Theater presents Inflection Point: A Timeless Love Story by local playwright Greg Hampikian at 7:30 at the Visual Arts Collective behind the Woman of Steel Gallery on Chinden. The show is part of Alley Rep's Plays from the Alley series, in which local playwrights are offered the opportunity to produce their work and get feedback from the audience.
• July 23: Boise Little Theater opens Annie, Junior -- an all-children production of the musical Annie, based on the comic strip Little Orphan Annie. The show runs at 7:30 July 23-25 and 30-31 and 2:00 July 26 and Aug. 1 at the theater on Fort Street.
  
• Now through July 24: The Idaho Shakespeare Festival presents The Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare's tale of twin brothers who are reunited after 30 years, and the hijinks that ensue due to the mistaken identities. The show runs at 8:00 July 14-15, 18, and 23-24, and 7:00 July 19 at the theater on Warm Springs in Boise.
• July 27: Alley Repertory Theater presents Cocktails at the Fisher's by local playwright Kelly Broich at 7:30 at the Visual Arts Collective behind the Woman of Steel Gallery on Chinden. The show is part of Alley Rep's Plays from the Alley series, in which local playwrights are offered the opportunity to produce their work and get feedback from the audience.
• July 30: Music Theatre of Idaho presents Les Miserables, the musical about petty thief Jean Valjean, who becomes an honest man and the mayor of a town, is pursued relentlessly by Inspector Valjean, participates in an uprising and saves the life of a young man in love with Valjean's daughter. The show runs July 30, 31 and Aug. 1 at 7:30 and Aug. 1 at 1:30.
• July 31: The Idaho Shakespeare Festival opens Twelfth Night, Shakespeare's comedy about Sebastian and Viola, twins who are separated in a storm at sea, and the misplaced affections and mistaken intentions that ensue. The show runs July 31, Aug. 1-2, 6-7, 11-12, 15-16, 20-21, 25-26, and 29-30 at the theater on Warm Springs in Boise.
  
• Now through Aug. 1: Company of Fools presents 110 in the Shade, a musical about a drought-stricken community in the Western U.S. during the 1930s where residents learn to find their own truth and beauty by overcoming fears and misperceptions about one another. The show runs July 9, 14, 23 and 29 at 7:00, July 26 at 2:00 and July 10 and 17 and Aug. 1 at 8:00 at The Liberty Theatre on Main Street in Hailey.
  
• Now through Aug. 2: Company of Fools presents Welcome Home Jenny Sutter, the story of a wounded Marine Sergeant, just returned from Iraq, who finds herself lost in the California desert but gets the homecoming she needs from a community there. The show runs July 11 and 25 at 8:00, July 16, 19, 22, 28, 31 and Aug. 2 at 7:00, and July 12 at 2:00 atthe Liberty Theatre on Main Street in Hailey.
  
• Now through Aug. 2: Company of Fools presents Steel Magnolias, the story of the lives of six women whose lives intersect in a beauty salon in rural Louisiana. The show runs July 7, 8, 12, 15, 26 and 30 at 7:00, July 19 and Aug. 2 at 2:00, and July 18 and 24 at 8:00 at The Liberty Theatre on Main Street in Hailey.
  
• Now through Aug. 14: Starlight Mountain Theatre presents The Boyfriend, a musical romantic comedy about an heiress who poses as a secretary and falls in love with a delivery boy who happens to be the missing son of the wealthy Lord Brockhurst. The show runs at 8:00 July 6, 9, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27 and 30, and Aug. 5, 8, 11 and 14 at Starlight Amphitheater in Garden Valley.
  
• Now through Aug. 15: Starlight Mountain Theatre presents Annie Get Your Gun, Irving Berlin's musical about Annie Oakley and her romance with the trick shooter in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The show runs at 8:00 July 7, 10, 13, 16, 22, 25, 28 and 31, and Aug. 3, 6, 12 and 15 at Starlight Amphitheater in Garden Valley.
• Now through Aug. 22: Starlight Mountain Theatre presents Footloose: The Musical, based on the hit movie from 1984. The show runs July 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23 and 29 and Aug. 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 18, 20 and 22 at 8:00 at Starlight Amphitheater in Garden Valley.
• Now through Aug. 28: Glenns Ferry Theatre presents Let Him Sleep 'til it's Time for His Funeral July 10, 17, 24 and 31 and Aug. 7, 14, 21 and 28 at 7:45 (dinner starts at 6:30) at 128 E. Idaho Ave. in Glenns Ferry.
• Now through Aug. 29: Glenns Ferry Theatre presents Blazing Guns at Roaring Gulch July 11, 18, and 25 and Aug. 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 at 7:45 (dinner starts at 6:30) at 128 E. Idaho Ave. in Glenns Ferry.
• Now through Sept. 20: Boise Art Museum opens an exhibit called Devorah Sperber: Threads of Perception. Sperber arranges spools of colored thread in such a way that, when viewed through an optical device, recreates a famous work of art.
• Now through Oct. 11: Tying It Together, an exhibition of drawings by Garden Valley artist James Castle, opens at the Boise Art Museum along with a short documentary about Castle, who was born deaf, never learned to read and write, and prefers to make his drawings on discarded scraps of paper and cardboard.
• Now through Nov. 8: Boise Art Museum opens an exhibition of sculpture by Ann Weber called Corrugated. The pieces are made from cardboard, are woven into giant gourd-like spires, and are up to 16 feet tall.
• Now through Nov. 15: Boise Art Museum presents Kid Stuff, an exhibit of art geared toward children by artists Deborah Barrett, Alexander Calder, Michael Corney, Benjamin Jones, Marianne Kolb, Marilyn Lanfear, David Gillhooley, Marilyn Lysohir, Renda Palmer and others.

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June

• June 4: Encore Theatre Co., Etc., opens Shakespeare's romantic tragedy Romeo and Juliet. The show runs at 7:30 June 4-6 and 11-13 at the Nampa Civic Center and 6:30 June 20 at the Ashley Inn on Main Street in Cascade.
• June 5: The Idaho Shakespeare Festival presents The Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare's tale of twin brothers who are reunited after 30 years, and the hijinks that ensue due to the mistaken identities. The show runs at 8:00 June 5-6, 16-17, 20, 25-26, 30, July 1, 4, 14-15, 18, and 23-24, and 7:00 June 7 and 21 and July 5 and 19 at the theater on Warm Springs.
  
• Now through June 6: Boise Little Theater opens Bleacher Bums, a play about die-hard Cubs fans rooting for their team at Wrigley Field. The show runs June 4-6 at 8:00 and June 3 at 7:30.
• June 6: Boise Art Museum opens Kid Stuff, an exhibit of art geared toward children by artists Deborah Barrett, Alexander Calder, Michael Corney, Benjamin Jones, Marianne Kolb, Marilyn Lanfear, David Gillhooley, Marilyn Lysohir, Renda Palmer and others.
• June 12: Music Theatre of Idaho presents their fundraising gala, Some Enchanted Evening, a tribute to Rodgers and Hammerstein, at 6:00 at the Nampa Civic Center.
• June 12 and 14: Opera Idaho presents Opera Under the Stars, a selection of songs from operas and Disney movies, at 7:00 June 12 and 5:00 June 14 at the Idaho Botanical Garden on Old Penitentiary Road in Boise.
  
• June 12: The Idaho Shakespeare Festival presents The Seagull, a drama by Anton Chekhov about a young ingenue, an fading actress, a famous author and a symbolist playwright. The play runs at 8:00 June 12-13, 18-19, 23-24 and 27 and July 2-3, and 7:00 June 14 and 28 at the theater on Warm Springs.
  
• Now through June 13: Knock 'Em Dead Dinner Theatre opens Oscar Wilde's comedy The Importance of Being Earnest, about two men who become engaged to women while claiming to be the same man, named Ernest. The show runs June 4-6 and 11-13 at the theater on 9th Street between Front and Myrtle. Show times are 7:00 on Thursdays and 8:00 Fridays and Saturdays; dinner is served at 7:00 Fridays and Saturdays.
• Now through June 13: Stage Coach Theatre opens Leading Ladies, a farce about two down-on-their-luck Shakespearian actors who attempt to pass themselves off as a dying woman's nieces in order to inherit her fortune. The show runs June 4-7 and 11-13 at 7:30 Thursdays, 8:15 Fridays and Saturdays, and 2:00 Sunday.
• June 13: Starlight Mountain Theatre presents The Boyfriend, a musical romantic comedy about an heiress who poses as a secretary and falls in love with a delivery boy who happens to be the missing son of the wealthy Lord Brockhurst. The show runs at 8:00 June 13, 18, 22 and 27, July 1, 6, 9, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27 and 30, and Aug. 5, 8, 11 and 14 at Starlight Amphitheater in Garden Valley.
  
• June 19: Music Theatre of Idaho presents The King and I, a musical about a king of Siam who hires an English woman to tutor his children and help reform his image in the West. The show runs at 7:30 June 19-20 and 25-27 and 1:30 June 20 at the Nampa Civic Center.
• June 20: Starlight Mountain Theatre presents Annie Get Your Gun, Irving Berlin's musical about Annie Oakley and her romance with the trick shooter in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The show runs at 8:00 June 20, 26 and 29, July 2, 7, 10, 13, 16, 22, 25, 28 and 31, and Aug. 3, 6, 12 and 15 at Starlight Amphitheater in Garden Valley.
• June 20: Boise Art Museum opens an exhibit called Devorah Sperber: Threads of Perception. Sperber arranges spools of colored thread in such a way that, when viewed through an optical device, recreates a famous work of art.
• Now through June 21: Prairie Dog Productions presents My School Musical!, a spoof of High School Musical. The show runs at 7:15 June 5-6, 12-13 and 19-20 and 2:00 June 7, 14 and 21.
• Now through July 4: Starlight Mountain Theatre presents the Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, the story of Joseph's coat of many colors. The show runs at 8:00 June 5-6, 12, 15, 19, 25 and 30, and July 4 at Starlight Mountain Amphitheater in Garden Valley.
• Now through Oct. 11: Tying It Together, an exhibition of drawings by Garden Valley artist James Castle, opens at the Boise Art Museum along with a short documentary about Castle, who was born deaf, never learned to read and write, and prefers to make his drawings on discarded scraps of paper and cardboard.
• Now through Nov. 8: Boise Art Museum opens an exhibition of sculpture by Ann Weber called Corrugated. The pieces are made from cardboard, are woven into giant gourd-like spires, and are up to 16 feet tall.

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May

• May 1-3: Ballet Idaho presents Spring Collage of Classics. The event includes three performances: Sweet Dreams, featuring the music of Patsy Cline and the guitar concertos of Antonio Vivaldi; the Rite of Spring, an original ballet by Ballet Idaho resident Alex Ossadnik; and a new ballet by Peter Anastos that accompanies Ravel's Piano Concert in G Major. Performances are 8:00 May 1 and 2 and 2:00 May 2 and 3 at the BSU Special Events Center.
• May 1-2: The BSU Theatre Arts Department presents Les Femmes En Noir, a student dance concert, at 7:30 May 1 and 2 and 2:00 May 2 at the Danny Peterson Theatre in the Morrison Center at BSU.
  
• May 2: Tying It Together, an exhibition of drawings by Garden Valley artist James Castle, opens at the Boise Art Museum along with a short documentary about Castle, who was born deaf, never learned to read and write, and prefers to make his drawings on discarded scraps of paper and cardboard.
• Now through May 3: The College of Idaho Theatre Department presents A History of Freaks, a play about a tight-rope circus performer struggling to keep her father’s traveling circus alive. The show runs at 7:30 May 1-2 and 2:00 May 3, at Langroise Theatre at the College of Idaho in Caldwell.
• Now through May 3: The Boise Art Museum hosts a site-specific architectural structure called After, by Lead Pencil Studio architects and artists Annie Han and Daniel Mihalyo.
• May 4-5: Boise Contemporary Theater presents a reading of Kid Simple: A Radio Play in the Flesh, about a young girl who invents a machine that can hear inaudible sounds. When the machine is stolen by a mercenary, she and the last boy virgin in 11th grade embark on a quest to find it and save noise as we know it. The show, which features a foley artist, is 7:00 at the Fulton Street Theater in Boise.
  
• May 6-9: Boise Music Week presents Brigadoon, a musical about a mysterious town in Scotland that appears once every 100 years. The show runs at 7:30 May 6-9 and 2:00 May 9 at the Morrison Center on the BSU campus.
• May 6-9: BSU's Theater Majors Association presents A Night of One-Acts, including a new play by BSU student Evan Sesek called "The Eighth Day" and David Mamet's "Sexual Perversity in Chicago." The show runs at 7:30 at the Danny Peterson Theater in the Morrison Center at BSU.
• May 8: Greg Keeler performs songs and reads from his new memoir, Trash Fish, at 7:00 at the Log Cabin Literary Center next to the Boise Public Library.
• May 8: A one-person show called, "Me, Miss Krause and Joan," about an actress attempting to portray the trial of Joan of Arc while at the same time dealing with her own rape, will be performed at 7:30 at the Boise First Congregational Church at Woodlawn and 23rd Street.
  
• Now through May 9: Prairie Dog Productions presents its spoof Space Trek: The Wrath of Juan. The show runs at 7:15 May 1-2 and 8-9 and at 2:00 May 3 at Prairie Dog Playhouse at 3820 Cassia in Boise.
• May 9: The Hot 8 Brass Band performs at 7:30 at the Sun Valley Opera House.
• May 14: Playwright Edward Albee reads some of his work at 7:30 at the Egyptian Theatre at Capitol and Main in Boise.
  
• May 15: The Boise Philharmonic presents Star-Spangled Sousa! at 8:15 at the Morrison Center.
  
• May 15: Knock 'Em Dead Dinner Theatre opens Oscar Wilde's comedy The Importance of Being Earnest, about two men who become engaged to women while claiming to be the same man, named Ernest. The show runs May 15-16, 21-23, 28-30 and June 4-6 and 11-13 at the theater on 9th Street between Front and Myrtle. Show times are 7:00 on Thursdays and 8:00 Fridays and Saturdays; dinner is served at 7:00 Fridays and Saturdays.
• May 17: The Boise Philharmonic Youth Orchestra presents its season finale at 7:30 at Centennial High School.
• May 19: The BYU Chamber Orchestra performs Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, Delius' The Lark Ascending; Prokofiev's Classical Symphony; and Hayden's Symphony #94, "Surprise," at 7:30 at Jewett Auditorium at the College of Idaho.
  
• May 22: Stage Coach Theatre opens Leading Ladies, a farce about two down-on-their-luck Shakespearian actors who attempt to pass themselves off as a dying woman's nieces in order to inherit her fortune. The show runs May 22-23, 28-31 and June 4-7 and 11-13 at 7:30 Thursdays, 8:15 Fridays and Saturdays, and 2:00 Sunday.
  
• May 22: Boise Little Theater opens Bleacher Bums, a play about die-hard Cubs fans rooting for their team at Wrigley Field. The show runs May 22-23 and 28-30 and June 4-6 at 8:00, May 31 at 2:00 and June 3 at 7:30.
• May 23: Boise Art Museum opens an exhibition of sculpture by Ann Weber called Corrugated. The pieces are made from cardboard, are woven into giant gourd-like spires, and are up to 16 feet tall.
• Now through May 24: The Boise Art Museum offers an exhibit of early works by photographer Ansel Adams.
• May 29-30: Dance company The Trey McIntyre Project performs at 8:00 May 29-30 and 2:00 May 30 at the BSU Special Events Center.
• May 29: Prairie Dog Productions presents My School Musical!, a spoof of High School Musical. The show runs at 7:15 May 29-30 and June 5-6, 12-13 and 19-20 and 2:00 June 7, 14 and 21.
• May 29: Starlight Mountain Theatre presents the Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, the story of Joseph's coat of many colors. The show runs at 8:00 May 29-30, June 5-6, 12, 15, 19, 25 and 30, and July 4 at Starlight Mountain Amphitheater in Garden Valley.
• Now through May 31: Boise Art Museum hosts Bloated Floaters, Snouted Sappers and the Defense of Empire, a series of drawings of bloated, blimp-like figures by Idaho artist Garth Claassen.

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April

• April 5: Boise Master Chorale presents "And None Shall be Afraid": A Plea for Peace in Five Movements, and Mass of the Children at 2:00 at First United Methodist Church/Cathedral of the Rockies on 717 11th St. in Boise.
• April 9-12: Idaho Dance Theatre presents Full Throttle at 8:00 April 9-11 and 2:00 April 12 at the BSU Special Events Center in Boise.
• April 10: Stage Coach Theatre opens The Movie Game, a romantic comedy about Jack, a movie-loving slacker whose therapist suggests he become the leading man in his own movie. Things spiral out of control when an over-the-top director casts his family in the film and Jack falls in love an engaged woman. The show runs April 10-11, 16-19 and 23-25 at 7:00 Thursdays, 8:15 Fridays and Saturdays, and 2:00 Sunday.
  
• April 10: Boise Little Theater opens Thornton Wilder's Our Town. The play runs at 8:00 April 10-11, 16-18 and 23-25, 2:00 April 19 and 7:30 April 22 at the theater on Fort Street in Boise.
• April 10: Music Theatre of Idaho opens its production of the musical version of the Mark Twain story The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The show runs April 10-11 and 16-18 at 7:30 and April 11 at 1:30 at the Nampa Civic Center.
  
• April 11-12: Boise Baroque Orchestra and Boise Master Chorale present Bach's "The Passion According to St. John" at 7:30 at Jewett Auditorium at College of Idaho in Caldwell on April 11 and at 2:00 at First United Methodist Church/Cathedral of the Rockies on 717 11th St. in Boise on April 12.
• April 13: Boise Contemporary Theater presents a reading of By the Waters of Babylon, a romance about an encounter between a widow with a painful past and a Cuban novelist who has immigrated to Texas and become a gardener.
• April 16: BSU's Theatre Arts Department opens The School for Wives by Moliere. The show runs 7:30 p.m. April 16-18 and 22-25 and 2:00 April 20 and 26 at the Danny Peterson Theatre in the Morrison Center.
  
• April 17-18: The Boise Philharmonic performs Iberia! Music from Spain and the Basque Country at 8:00 Friday in the Swayne Auditorium at NNU in Nampa and at 8:15 Saturday at the Morrison Center at BSU in Boise.
• April 17: Prairie Dog Productions opens its spoof Space Trek: The Wrath of Juan. The show runs at 7:15 April 17-18, 24-25, May 1-2 and May 8-9 and at 2:00 April 19 and 26 and May 3 at Prairie Dog Playhouse at 3820 Cassia in Boise.
• Now through April 18: Starlight Mountain Theatre presents Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music. The show runs at 7:30 at April 4, 10-11, and 17-18 at The Star theater at 1851 Century Way in Boise.
• Now through April 18: Knock 'Em Dead Dinner Theatre presents Once on This Island, a musical featuring calypso music about a young peasant girl who is sent on a journey by the gods to test the strength of her love even in the face of death. The show runs March 20-21, 26-28, and April 2-4, 9-11 and 16-18 at 7:00 Thursdays and 8:00 Fridays and Saturdays, with dinner served at 7:00 Fridays and Saturdays. The theater is located on 9th Street between Myrtle and Front.
• Now through April 18: Starlight Mountain Theatre opens the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. The show runs March 13-14, 20-21 and April 3-4, 10-11 and 17-18 at 7:30 at the Star theater at 1851 Century Way in Boise.
• April 23: The College of Idaho Theatre Department presents A History of Freaks. The show runs at 7:30 April 23-25 and April 29-May 2, and 2:00 May 3, at Langroise Theatre at the College of Idaho in Caldwell.
  
• Now through April 26: Boise Art Museum hosts Higher Ground, a juried art exhibit of works by Boise and Meridian high school students.
• April 26: The Boise Philharmonic presents its Encore! chamber concert at 3:00 at the Basque Center at Sixth and Grove in Boise.
• April 28: Alexander McCall Smith reads some of his works at 7:30 at the Egyptian Theater at Capitol and Main in Boise.
• April 30: Vestal McIntyre, the author of You Are Not the One, reads some of his works at 7:00 at the Log Cabin Literary Center next to the library on Capitol Boulevard.
  
• Now through May 3: The Boise Art Museum hosts a site-specific architectural structure called After, by Lead Pencil Studio architects and artists Annie Han and Daniel Mihalyo.
• Now through May 24: The Boise Art Museum offers an exhibit of early works by photographer Ansel Adams.
• Now through May 31: Boise Art Museum hosts Bloated Floaters, Snouted Sappers and the Defense of Empire, a series of drawings of bloated, blimp-like figures by Idaho artist Garth Claassen.

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March

• March 13-14: Stage Coach Theatre presents Brooklyn Boy, a witty drama about a writer whose novel has just hit the best-seller list while his wife is leaving and his father is in the hospital. The show runs at 8:15 at the theater in the Hillcrest Shopping Center at Orchard and Overland in Boise.
• March 13-14: Boise Little Theater presents Foxfire, a musical about an Appalachian widow deciding whether to sell the farm and home she shared with her husband to a real-estate developer and live with her son in Florida. The show runs at 8:00 at the theater on Fort Street.
• March 14: Boise Art Museum opens Higher Ground, a juried art exhibit of works by Boise and Meridian high school students, and Bloated Floaters, Snouted Sappers and the Defense of Empire, a series of drawings of bloated, blimp-like figures by Idaho artist Garth Claassen.
• March 16: Joan Didion, author of Slouching Towards Bethlehem, The Year of Magical Thinking, and the scripts for A Star is Born and Up Close and Personal, reads her work at 7:30 at the Egyptian Theatre at Capitol and Main.
• March 16: Boise Contemporary Theater presents a reading of Beautiful American Soldier, a story about two sisters lost in war-torn Iraq who find a man peddling junk, and an Iraq war veteran who discovers how much he has in common with a homeless man. The reading is at 7:00 at the Fulton Street Theater on Fulton between 8th and 9th Streets.
  
• March 20: Alley Repertory Theater and East Indian Follies present Love Person, an exploration of the role of language and love in various cultures, couples and communities, using English, Sanskrit and American Sign Language. The show runs through March 20-22 and 25-28 at 8:00 at the Visual Arts Collective behind the Woman of Steel Gallery on Chinden in Garden City.
• Now through March 20: Immigrant Shadows: Tracing The Herders' Legacy, an art installation by artists Amy Nack and Earle Swope recreating a grove of aspen trees from paper, is at Rosenthal Gallery at the College of Idaho in Caldwell.
• March 20: Knock 'Em Dead Dinner Theatre opens Once on This Island, a musical featuring calypso music about a young peasant girl who is sent on a journey by the gods to test the strength of her love even in the face of death. The show runs March 20-21, 26-28, and April 2-4, 9-11 and 16-18 at 7:00 Thursdays and 8:00 Fridays and Saturdays, with dinner served at 7:00 Fridays and Saturdays. The theater is located on 9th Street between Myrtle and Front.
• Now through March 21: The Illustrious Onion Skin Players present the melodrama Ruckus at Cowboy U, or Who's Hugh. The show runs March 13-15, 17, and 20-21 at 7:30 at the Star Theater on State Street in Weiser.
• Now through March 28: Harley's Angels, a spoof about the Angels and their attempts to prevent a sinister plot by the French to take over the world, opens at Prairie Dog Productions. The show runs March 13-15, 20-22 and 27-28 at 7:15 Fridays and Saturdays and 2:00 Sundays at the playhouse at 3820 Cassia in Boise.
• March 28 and 30: Starlight Mountain Theatre presents Alice in Wonderland, performed by students in grade school through high school, at 7:30 at Capital High School in Boise.
• Now through April 18: Starlight Mountain Theatre opens the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. The show runs March 13-14, 20-21 and April 3-4, 10-11 and 17-18 at 7:30 at the Star theater at 1851 Century Way in Boise.
• Now through May 24: The Boise Art Museum offers an exhibit of early works by photographer Ansel Adams.
• Now through May 2009: The Boise Art Museum hosts a site-specific architectural structure called After, by Lead Pencil Studio architects and artists Annie Han and Daniel Mihalyo.

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February

• Feb. 26-28: Music Theatre of Idaho presents Seussical, the Musical, which brings together such favorite Dr. Seuss characters as the Cat in the Hat, Horton the Elephant, the Grinch and Yertle the Turtle. The show runs Feb. 20-21 and 26-28 at 7:30 and Feb. 21 at 1:30.
• Feb. 27: Stage Coach Theatre presents Brooklyn Boy, a witty drama about a writer whose novel has just hit the best-seller list while his wife is leaving and his father is in the hospital. The show runs Feb. 27-28 and Mar. 5-8 and 12-14 at 7:30 Thursday, 8:15 Friday-Saturday and 2:00 Sunday at the theater in the Hillcrest Shopping Center at Orchard and Overland in Boise.
• Feb. 27: Boise Little Theater presents Foxfire, a musical about an Appalachian widow deciding whether to sell the farm and home she shared with her husband to a real-estate developer and live with her son in Florida. The show runs Feb. 27-28 and March 5-8 and 11-14 at 7:30 Wednesday, 8:00 Thursday-Saturday and 2:00 Sunday at the theater on Fort Street.
• Feb. 28: The Boise Philharmonic presents Sounds Like Fun! concerts for woodwinds at 10:30 a.m. and noon at the Esther Simplot Performing Arts Academy at Ninth and Myrtle.
• Feb. 28: Ballet Idaho presents A Midsummer Night's Dream, Mendelssohn's adaptation of Shakespeare's romantic comedy, at 2:00 and 8:00 at the Morrison Center on the BSU campus.
• Feb. 28: The Boise Art Museum opens an exhibit of early works by photographer Ansel Adams.
• Now through March 1, 2009: Boise Art Museum presents an exhibit of photos of Idaho Special Olympics athletes called Let Me Be Brave: Portraits in Courage by Idaho photographer Susan Valiquette.
• Now through March 1, 2009: The Boise Art Museum presents Small Wars and 29 Palms, two documentary photo series by Vietnamese photographer An-My Lê that explore the Vietnam War and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
• Now through March 8: Company of Fools presents Souvenir, a comedy about real-life musical laughingstock Florence Foster Jenkins, a wealthy, high-society woman who believed herself to be a great opera soprano even though she couldn't carry a tune. The show runs at 8:00 Feb. 20-21, 27-28 and March 6-7; 7:00 Feb. 25-26 and March 4-5; and 3:00 Feb. 22 and March 1 and 8 at The Liberty Theatre on Main Street in Hailey.
• Now through March 20: Immigrant Shadows: Tracing The Herders' Legacy, an art installation by artists Amy Nack and Earle Swope recreating a grove of aspen trees from paper, is at Rosenthal Gallery at the College of Idaho in Caldwell.
• Now through May 2009: The Boise Art Museum hosts a site-specific architectural structure called After, by Lead Pencil Studio architects and artists Annie Han and Daniel Mihalyo.

March

• March 1: Boise Baroque Orchestra performs Vivaldi and Rossini at 2:00 at the First United Methodist Church/Cathedral of the Rockies at 717 N. 11th St. in Boise.
• March 1: The Treasure Valley Youth Symphony performs its spring concert at 7:00 at Borah High School at Curtis and Cassia in Boise.
• March 3: Pianist Alexander Ghindin performs at 7:30 at Jewett Auditorium at College of Idaho in Caldwell.
• March 5: The Boise State University Theater Arts Department opens Pippin, a musical set in France at the time of Charlemagne. The show runs at 7:30 March 5-7, 10 a.m. March 6, and 2:00 March 8 at the Morrison Center.
• March 6: Harley's Angels, a spoof about the Angels and their attempts to prevent a sinister plot by the French to take over the world, opens at Prairie Dog Productions. The show runs March 6-8, 13-15, 20-22 and 27-28 at 7:15 Fridays and Saturdays and 2:00 Sundays at the playhouse at 3820 Cassia in Boise.
• March 6: Starlight Mountain Theatre opens the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. The show runs March 6-7, 13-14, 20-21 and April 3-4, 10-11 and 17-18 at 7:30 at the Star theater at 1851 Century Way in Boise.
• March 6: The Illustrious Onion Skin Players present the melodrama Ruckus at Cowboy U, or Who's Hugh. The show runs March 6-7, 13-15, 17, and 20-21 at 7:30 at the Star Theater on State Street in Weiser.
  
• March 7-8: Opera Idaho presents Cosi fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at 8:00 March 7 and 3:00 March 8 at the Egyptian Theater at Capitol and Main.
  
• March 14: Boise Art Museum opens Higher Ground, a juried art exhibit of works by Boise and Meridian high school students, and Bloated Floaters, Snouted Sappers and the Defense of Empire, a series of drawings of bloated, blimp-like figures by Idaho artist Garth Claassen.
• March 15: The Langroise Trio -- violinist Geoffrey Trabichoff, cellist Samuel Smith and viola player David Johnson -- and guest artists Robyn Wells (piano) and Jack Koncel (double bass) perform works by Tovey, Gliere, Clarke and Vaughn Williams at 7:30 in the Langroise Recital Hall at College of Idaho.
  
• March 16: Joan Didion, author of Slouching Towards Bethlehem, The Year of Magical Thinking, and the scripts for A Star is Born and Up Close and Personal, reads her work at 7:30 at the Egyptian Theatre at Capitol and Main.
• March 16: Boise Contemporary Theater presents a reading of Beautiful American Soldier, a story about two sisters lost in war-torn Iraq who find a man peddling junk, and an Iraq war veteran who discovers how much he has in common with a homeless man. The reading is at 7:00 at the Fulton Street Theater on Fulton between 8th and 9th Streets.
  
• March 20: Alley Repertory Theater and East Indian Follies present Love Person, an exploration of the role of language and love in various cultures, couples and communities, using English, Sanskrit and American Sign Language. The show runs through March 20-22 and 25-28 at 8:00 at the Visual Arts Collective behind the Woman of Steel Gallery on Chinden in Garden City.
  
• March 20: Knock 'Em Dead Dinner Theatre opens Once on This Island, a musical featuring calypso music about a young peasant girl who is sent on a journey by the gods to test the strength of her love even in the face of death. The show runs March 20-21, 26-28, and April 2-4, 9-11 and 16-18 at 7:00 Thursdays and 8:00 Fridays and Saturdays, with dinner served at 7:00 Fridays and Saturdays. The theater is located on 9th Street between Myrtle and Front.
• March 28 and 30: Starlight Mountain Theatre presents Alice in Wonderland, performed by students in grade school through high school, at 7:30 at Capital High School in Boise.
  

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January

• Jan. 15-16: Chicago's Second City performs at 7:00 at the Liberty Theatre on Main Street in Hailey.
• Jan. 16: Boise Little Theater presents Open House, a comedy about two elderly women living together in the same home until one day when the son of one of the women concocts a scheme to sell the home and keep the money for himself. The show runs Jan. 16-17, 22-24 and 29-31 at 8:00, Jan. 25 at 2:00 and Jan. 28 at 7:30 at the theater on Fort Street.
• Jan. 16: An opening reception for Immigrant Shadows: Tracing The Herders' Legacy, an art installation by artists Amy Nack and Earle Swope recreating a grove of aspen trees from paper, takes place from 4:00-7:00 at Rosenthal Gallery at the College of Idaho in Caldwell.
• Jan. 16-17: Starlight Mountain Theatre presents Always ... Patsy Cline, a musical about the country singer and one of her biggest fans, at 7:30 at the Nampa Civic Center.
• Jan. 19: Boise Contemporary Theater presents its a reading of This is Our Youth, a story about three wealthy, disaffected teenagers who get into theft and drug-dealing during the 1980s. The show takes place at 7:00 at the Fulton Street Theater.
• Jan. 23: An Dochas and Haran Irish Dancers will perform at 7:30 at Jewett Auditorium at the College of Idaho in Caldwell.
• Jan. 23-24: The Boise Philharmonic and Boise Master Chorale present The Passion of Joan of Arc and Voices of Light, an opera composed to serve as the score for the silent film The Passion of Joan of Arc. The production takes place at 8:00 Jan. 23 at Northwest Nazarene University's Swayne Auditorium in Nampa and 8:15 Jan. 24 at the Morrison Center at Boise State University.
• Jan. 23: Knock 'Em Dead Dinner Theatre opens Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare's comedy about Beatrice and Benedick -- and the circle of friends and relatives who play matchmaker between them -- and Hero and Claudio, an engaged couple whose wedding nearly breaks up because of malicious interference and deception. Show dates are Jan. 23-24 and 29-31 and Feb. 5-7, 12-14 and 19-21. Show times are 7:00 Thursdays and 8:00 Fridays and Saturdays; dinner is served at 7:00 Fridays and Saturdays. The theater is on Ninth Street between Front and Myrtle in Boise.
• Jan. 23: Prairie Dog Productions presents Phantom!, a spoof of The Phantom of the Opera, on Jan. 23-24, Jan. 30-31, Feb. 6-7 and Feb. 13-14 at 7:15 and Jan. 25 and Feb. 8 at 2:00 at the theater at 3820 Cassia St. in Boise.
• Jan. 28: Boise Contemporary Theater presents I Have Before Me a Remarkable Document Given to Me by a Young Lady from Rwanda, a play about a woman from Rwanda who wants to write a book about how her family was killed in the genocide and the creative writing teacher who helps her. The play was inspired by the real life experiences of refugees in Britain. The show runs Jan. 28-31, Feb. 4-7 and Feb. 11-14 at 8:00 and Feb. 7 and 14 at 2:00 at 854 Fulton St. in Boise.
• Jan. 29-Feb. 1: Idaho Dance Theater presents No Hesitation at 8:00 Jan. 29-31 and 2:00 Feb. 1 at the Boise State University Special Events Center.
• Now through Jan. 31: Stage Coach Theatre presents Any Body Home, a comedy about a real estate agent trying to sell a condo despite the fact that the owner is dead and laid out on the sofa. The show runs Jan. 15-18, 22-25 and 29-31 at 7:30 Thursdays, 8:15 Fridays and Saturdays, and 2:00 Sundays at the theater at Orchard and Overland in the Hillcrest Shopping Center.
• Jan. 31: The Boise Philharmonic presents its Sounds Like Fun! strings concert for families at 10:30 a.m. and noon at the Esther Simplot Performing Arts Academy at Ninth and Myrtle.
• Now through Feb. 8, 2009: The Boise Art Musuem presents an exhibit of ceramic sculptures, drawings and paintings by Japanese artist Jun Kaneko. Some of Kaneko's ceramic pieces are up to 13 feet high and 5,000 pounds.
• Now through March 1, 2009: Boise Art Museum presents an exhibit of photos of Idaho Special Olympics athletes called Let Me Be Brave: Portraits in Courage by Idaho photographer Susan Valiquette.
• Now through March 1, 2009: The Boise Art Museum presents Small Wars and 29 Palms, two documentary photo series by Vietnamese photographer An-My Lê that explore the Vietnam War and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
• Now through May 2009: The Boise Art Museum hosts a site-specific architectural structure called After, by Lead Pencil Studio architects and artists Annie Han and Daniel Mihalyo.

February

• Feb. 4: Aimee Bender and Anthony Doerr will hold a literary reading at 7:30 at the Egyptian Theatre at Capitol and Main in Boise. Bender, who writes stories in the vein of magical realism, is the author of The Girl in the Flammable Skirt, An Invisible Sign of My Own, and Willful Creatures. Doerr is Idaho's Writer in Residence.
• Feb. 5: Treasure Valley Youth Symphony performs Musical Movies at 7:30 at the Egyptian Theater at Capitol and Main. The Treasure Valley Youth Symphony will perform live music to three silent films: Charlie Chaplin's "The Immigrant," Buster Keaton's "Cops," and Fatty Arbuckle's "Wished on Mabel."
• Feb. 6: Starlight Mountain Theatre presents Death By Chocolate, an interactive murder mystery. The show runs Feb. 6-7 and 12-14 at 7:30 at the Star Theater at 1851 Century Way in Boise.
• Feb. 6 and 8: Boise Baroque Orchestra performs at 8:00 at Feb. 6 at the Nampa Civic Center and at 2:00 Feb. 8 at the First United Methodist Church/Cathedral of the Rockies at 717 N. 11th St. in Boise.
• Feb. 7: Shanghai Quartet performs at 7:30 at Church of the Big Wood in Ketchum.
• Feb. 13: CAN-ACT presents Desperate Ambrose, a comedy set in the wild West in which two vaudeville performers are mistaken for gunslingers. The dinner show runs Feb. 13-14 and 19-21 at 8:00 and Feb. 14 at 2:00 at the theater at 214 7th Ave. in Caldwell.
• Feb. 14: The Boise Philharmonic presents Sounds Like Fun! concerts for brass instruments at 10:30 a.m. and noon at the Esther Simplot Performing Arts Academy at Ninth and Myrtle.
• Feb. 14: Just Married! (the Musical), a musical revue about love and same-sex marriage, will be performed at 7:00 at the Boise Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Church at 6200 Garrett St.
• Feb. 16: Boise Contemporary Theater presents a reading of The Squirrel, a black comedy about a woman, her oversensitive husband, overbearing sister, and a man she just hit with her car. The reading takes place at 7:00 at the Fulton Street Theater.
• Feb. 18: Company of Fools presents Souvenir, a comedy about real-life musical laughingstock Florence Foster Jenkins, a wealthy, high-society woman who believed herself to be a great opera soprano even though she couldn't carry a tune. The show runs Feb. 18-March 8 at The Liberty Theatre on Main Street in Hailey.
• Feb. 20: Music Theatre of Idaho presents Seussical, the Musical, which brings together such favorite Dr. Seuss characters as the Cat in the Hat, Horton the Elephant, the Grinch and Yertle the Turtle. The show runs Feb. 20-21 and 26-28 at 7:30 and Feb. 21 at 1:30.
• Feb. 20-21: The Boise Philharmonic performs An Evening in Vienna, a concert with works by Schoenberg, Mozart and Schubert, at 8:00 Feb. 20 at the NNU Swayne Auditorium in Nampa and 8:15 Feb. 21 at the Morrison Center on the BSU campus.
• Feb. 20-21: Caldwell Fine Arts hosts Missoula Children's Theater's production of the musical Pinocchio at 7:30 Feb. 20 and 3:00 Feb. 21.
• Feb. 27: Stage Coach Theatre presents Brooklyn Boy, a witty drama about a writer whose novel has just hit the best-seller list while his wife is leaving and his father is in the hospital. The show runs Feb. 27-28 and Mar. 5-8 and 12-14 at 7:30 Thursday, 8:15 Friday-Saturday and 2:00 Sunday at the theater in the Hillcrest Shopping Center at Orchard and Overland in Boise.
• Feb. 27: Boise Little Theater presents Foxfire, a musical about an Appalachian widow deciding whether to sell the farm and home she shared with her husband to a real-estate developer and live with her son in Florida. The show runs Feb. 27-28 and March 5-8 and 11-14 at 7:30 Wednesday, 8:00 Thursday-Saturday and 2:00 Sunday at the theater on Fort Street.
• The Boise Philharmonic presents Sounds Like Fun! concerts for woodwinds at 10:30 a.m. and noon at the Esther Simplot Performing Arts Academy at Ninth and Myrtle.
• Feb. 28: Ballet Idaho presents A Midsummer Night's Dream, Mendelssohn's adaptation of Shakespeare's romantic comedy, at 2:00 and 8:00 at the Morrison Center on the BSU campus.
• Feb. 28: The Boise Art Museum opens an exhibit of early works by photographer Ansel Adams.

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December

• Dec. 12: Encore Theatre Company presents A Laura Ingalls Wilder Christmas, a drama inspired by the Little House on the Prairie books at 7:00 at the Caldwell Center for the Arts at 603 Everett St., Caldwell.
• Dec. 12: Works by artists Anna Marie Boles, Jan Boles, Garth Claassen, Stephen Fisher, Steve Grant, Dori Johnson and Lynn Webster are on display for the final day at Rosenthal Gallery at the College of Idaho in Caldwell.
• Dec. 12-13: Idaho Actors Collective presents The Last Supper, a play about a group of idealistic but frustrated liberals who decide to murder right-wing pundits. The show runs at 8:00 at 2722 W. Sunset Ave., Boise.
• Dec. 12-13: CAN-ACT presents The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, a comedy about a married couple who are trying to put on the annual church Christmas pageant even though the cast includes a family of mean and nasty kids. The show runs Dec. 12 at 7:00 and Dec. 13 at 3:00 at 214 7th Ave., Caldwell.
• Dec. 12-13: Music Theater of Idaho presents a musical adaptation of the classic Dickens story of Scrooge, A Christmas Carol. The show runs Dec. 12-13 at 7:30 and Dec. 13 at 1:30 at the Nampa Civic Center.
• Dec. 12-13: Boise Little Theater presents The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge, in which, one year after finding the true meaning of Christmas, Scrooge is back to his old ways and has decided to sue Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. The show runs Dec. 12-13 at 8:00 at the theater on Fort Street.
• Dec. 12-13: Stage Coach Theatre presents Moving, a comic slice-of-life tale of a family dealing with one of the most stressful days any family undergoes: moving day. The show runs Dec. 12-13 at 8:15 at the theater at Orchard and Overland in the Hillcrest Shopping Center.
• Dec. 12-13: Boise Contemporary Theater presents No ... You Shutup, a one-woman show by comedian Lauren Weedman about a woman who is searching for a way to feel at home with a family of her own and exploring marriage, adoption, reproduction and careers. The show runs at 8:00 Dec. 12-13 and 2:00 Dec. 13 at 854 Fulton St. in Boise.
• Dec. 12-14: Ballet Idaho presents The Nutcracker, the classic holiday story of a girl who is rescued from the evil Mouse King by her brave toy nutcracker. The show runs at 8:00 Dec. 12-13 and 2:00 Dec. 13-14 at the Morrison Center.
• Dec. 17: Company of Fools presents It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, in which several radio actors recreate all the characters, as well as sound effects and songs, in the Frank Capra movie about George Bailey and the new lease on life he gets when he sees how life would be like in his hometown without him. The show runs at 7:00 on Dec. 17-18, 23 and 30-31, 8:00 on Dec. 19-20, 26-27 and Jan. 2-3, and 3:00 Dec. 21, 24, 28 and Jan. 4 at the Liberty Theatre on Main Street in Hailey.
• Dec. 18: Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance performs at 7:30 at the Morrison Center at BSU.
• Dec. 19 and 21: Boise Master Chorale performs Handel's Messiah at 7:30 on Dec. 19 at Northwest Nazarene University's Swayne Auditorium in Nampa and at 2:00 on Dec. 21 at the Cathedral of the Rockies at 717 N. Eleventh St. in Boise.
• Now through Dec. 20: Knock 'Em Dead Dinner Theatre presents An Old-Fashioned Christmas, a combination of skits, readings and holiday songs. Show dates are Dec. 12-13 and 18-20. Show times are 7:00 Thursdays and 8:00 Fridays and Saturdays; dinner is served at 7:00 Fridays and Saturdays. The theater is on Ninth Street between Front and Myrtle in Boise.
• Now through Dec. 20: Starlight Mountain Theatre presents The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, a comedy about a married couple who are trying to put on the annual church Christmas pageant even though the cast includes a family of mean and nasty kids. The show runs Dec. 12-13 and 19-20 at 7:30 at The Star theater at 1851 Century Way in Boise.
• Now through Dec. 27: Prairie Dog Productions presents It's A Wonderful Christmas Carol, a mashup of the tales of George Bailey and Ebenezer Scrooge. The show runs Dec. 12-13, 19-20 and 26-27 at 7:15 and Dec. 14 and 21 at 2:00 at 3820 Cassia in Boise.
• Now through Feb. 8, 2009: The Boise Art Musuem presents an exhibit of ceramic sculptures, drawings and paintings by Japanese artist Jun Kaneko. Some of Kaneko's ceramic pieces are up to 13 feet high and 5,000 pounds.
• Now through March 1, 2009: Boise Art Museum presents an exhibit of photos of Idaho Special Olympics athletes called Let Me Be Brave: Portraits in Courage by Idaho photographer Susan Valiquette.
• Now through March 1, 2009: The Boise Art Museum presents Small Wars and 29 Palms, two documentary photo series by Vietnamese photographer An-My Lê that explore the Vietnam War and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
• Now through May 2009: The Boise Art Museum hosts a site-specific architectural structure called After, by Lead Pencil Studio architects and artists Annie Han and Daniel Mihalyo.

January

• Jan. 8-10: Starlight Mountain Theatre presents Disney's Beauty and the Beast, a musical version of the fairy tale, at 7:30 at Capital High School in Boise.
• Jan. 9: Stage Coach Theatre presents Any Body Home, a comedy about a real estate agent trying to sell a condo despite the fact that the owner is dead and laid out on the sofa. The show runs Jan. 9-10, 15-18, 22-25 and 29-31 at 7:30 Thursdays, 8:15 Fridays and Saturdays, and 2:00 Sundays at the theater at Orchard and Overland in the Hillcrest Shopping Center.
• Jan 9-10: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels performs at the Morrison Center at 8:00 Jan. 9 and 2:00 and 8:00 Jan. 10.
• Jan. 10: The Boise Philharmonic presents its Sounds Like Fun! percussion concert for families at 10:30 a.m. and noon at the Esther Simplot Performing Arts Academy at Ninth and Myrtle.
• Jan. 15-16: Chicago's Second City performs at 7:00 at the Liberty Theatre on Main Street in Hailey.
• Jan. 16: Boise Little Theater presents Open House, a comedy about two elderly women living together in the same home until one day when the son of one of the women concocts a scheme to sell the home and keep the money for himself. The show runs Jan. 16-17, 22-24 and 29-31 at 8:00, Jan. 25 at 2:00 and Jan. 28 at 7:30 at the theater on Fort Street.
• Jan. 16-17: Starlight Mountain Theatre presents Always ... Patsy Cline, a musical about the country singer and one of her biggest fans, at 7:30 at the Nampa Civic Center.
• Jan. 23: An Dochas and Haran Irish Dancers will perform at 7:30 at Jewett Auditorium at the College of Idaho in Caldwell.
• Jan. 23-24: The Boise Philharmonic and Boise Master Chorale present The Passion of Joan of Arc and Voices of Light, an opera composed to serve as the score for the silent film The Passion of Joan of Arc. The production takes place at 8:00 Jan. 23 at Northwest Nazarene University's Swayne Auditorium in Nampa and 8:15 Jan. 24 at the Morrison Center at Boise State University.
• Jan. 23: Knock 'Em Dead Dinner Theatre opens Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare's comedy about Beatrice and Benedick -- and the circle of friends and relatives who play matchmaker between them -- and Hero and Claudio, an engaged couple whose wedding nearly breaks up because of malicious interference and deception. Show dates are Jan. 23-24 and 29-31 and Feb. 5-7, 12-14 and 19-21. Show times are 7:00 Thursdays and 8:00 Fridays and Saturdays; dinner is served at 7:00 Fridays and Saturdays. The theater is on Ninth Street between Front and Myrtle in Boise.
• Jan. 23: Prairie Dog Productions presents Phantom!, a spoof of The Phantom of the Opera, on Jan. 23-24, Jan. 30-31, Feb. 6-7 and Feb. 13-14 at 7:15 and Jan. 25 and Feb. 8 at 2:00 at the theater at 3820 Cassia St. in Boise.
• Jan. 28: Boise Contemporary Theater presents I Have Before Me a Remarkable Document Given to Me by a Young Lady from Rwanda, a play about a woman from Rwanda who wants to write a book about how her family was killed in the genocide and the creative writing teacher who helps her. The play was inspired by the real life experiences of refugees in Britain. The show runs Jan. 28-31, Feb. 4-7 and Feb. 11-14 at 8:00 and Feb. 7 and 14 at 2:00 at 854 Fulton St. in Boise.
• Jan. 29-Feb. 1: Idaho Dance Theater presents No Hesitation at 8:00 Jan. 29-31 and 2:00 Feb. 1 at the Boise State University Special Events Center.
• Jan. 31: The Boise Philharmonic presents its Sounds Like Fun! strings concert for families at 10:30 a.m. and noon at the Esther Simplot Performing Arts Academy at Ninth and Myrtle.