The Gene Harris Jazz Festival will be out in the full swing of its final concert series for the season. The Jazz in June concert series will offer some of the greatest jazz music in the world. The concerts will feature local artists, students and musicians from around the nation. …
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Ah yes... the quintessential aspect of celebrating our patriotism annually - the proverbial bombs bursting in air. Nothing quite says, "I love America" like gazing skyward at these flashing orbs of light.
Last year (the first display since the Boise River Festival closed up shop in 2003), the Boise spectacle lasted close to an hour. …
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The basic assumption is that as modern day Americans, we are the most highly developed and progressive creatures on the planet. Our culture permeates the globe and is the center of planetary attention. Though we may like to think in terms of superiority and elevation, how does our status quo stack up? Have we evolved?
Looking at the current musical landscape, the easy answer is no. …
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I fell asleep the other night watching the movie "Basic Instinct," and woke to find my son had gotten out of bed and was staring at a sex scene on the TV. This is one of those moments as a parent where you'd like to hit the rewind button on life.
Jaiden inquired, "Mom, are those people doing that so they can make a baby?" The easy way out would have been to say yes, the couple was married, had a lofty 401k and a vacation home in the Hamptons, but that would have been a lie. …
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