Friday Roundup: Strange Trails

Foxygen playing the main stage at sunset.

Signing in the rain: Congrats and kudos to the Idaho Theatre for Youth (an education program of Idaho Shakespeare Festival) for their big turnout at the Morrison Center for "Maggie Lumiere and the Ghost Train." Directed by my good friend, and all-around menschiest mensch, Renee Vomocil, "MLGT" is the program's first fully bilingual show, portrayed in both English and American Sign Language. Check out a great little write-up about the show here. 

Share the love: (Another) congrats and kudos to Oliver Russell and Ronald McDonald House Charities of Idaho for their fantastic "Alternative Mother's Day Gift" campaign. A welcome substitute for chocolates or flowers, the site allows you to create a customized card relaying the effect of your donation in Ma's name. It's a more meaningful gift and definitely an idea worth sharing.

Strange Trails lead through Boise: Can't say enough good things about Lord Huron's new album and their recent, free show at the freshly-renovated Record Exchange. 

Keep an eye out for: Ed Bok Lee and "Zero Point."

A life well-lived: Condolences to my friend Troy (and the rest of his fam) on the passing of his grandmother, the harmonica-playing, BASE-jumping, Jay Leno-guest-appearance-ing, centenarian, firecracker-of-a-woman, and inspiration to us all, Dorothy Custer. A truly amazing life.

Currently reading: A Canterbury Classics' edition of The Wizard of Oz, Steve Hyden's Grantland article on the multifaceted Dwight Yoakam, and Nathan Rabin's The Big Rewind.

Farewell, my Treeort: It may have arrived on the heels of an exhausting trip to Kentucky, and it may have been spelled wrong on the official trail guide, but I'm gonna miss the "f" outta that (now) quintessential Boise music festival. 

Leaving Your Baby Out in the Rain: Look for a forthcoming bit of fiction by yours truly in The Moth. (Nope, not that The Moth).