Stream season finale

Steven Gossett, artist and owner of Gossett Landscape and Design, gives a tour of his Garden City nursery.

Images from Jodi Eichelberger's Stream artist studio/gallery bike tour in the Surel Mitchell Live-Work-Create District in Garden City, Idaho on October 8, 2016.

Artists and venues on the tour included artist and landscape designer Steven Gossett; artist Samuel Paden; Fawn & Foal (Juliana McLenna) a custom design screen printing company; Studio 1212 (Derek Hurd), a custom furniture manufacturer; The Twisted Ewe, a yarn shop; and a surprise poetry reading by Surel's Place October artist in residence, Kristina Marie Darling. The tour ended at the Yardarm with live music by "The Moody Jews".

Juliana McLenna, owner of textile design and screen printing studio Fawn & Foal, talks about the screen printing process.

Kristina Marie Darling recites one of her poems while standing on the steps of Surel's Place. Kristina was Surel's Place October artist in residence.

Derek Hurd, owner of custom furniture manufacturer Studio 1212, talks about his design process.

Some of the participants of Jodi Eichelberger's Stream bike/art tour.

The Moody Jews of Boise's Danny Beal.

The Moody Jews of Boise's Oliver Thompson.

The Moody Jews of Boise (L to R: Danny Beal, Elana Salzman, Taggart Lewis, Oliver Thompson) at the Yardarm.

Jodi Eichelberger

Thanks Jodi and Samantha for another great biek/art tour and thanks for stopping by to take a look. -Gregg

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Black Friday at the Navajo Room

A raucous end (in a good way) to Black Friday. a.k.a. Belle, Piston Bully, Groggy Bikini and The Screws keeping it real at the Navajo Room.

Piston Bully's Terry Vineyard and Rich Fuller perform during "Black Friday at the Navajo!" on November 25, 2016 at the Navajo Room in Boise, Idaho.

Piston Bully's Danny Brown and Rich Fuller.

a.k.a. Belle's Sam Merrick and John Townsend.

a.k.a. Belle's Catherine Merrick.

a.k.a. Belle (L to R: Sam Merrick, John Townsend, Catherine Merrick, Mollie Long Williams, Shlomo Kostenko). 

Groggy Bikini's Jon Faulkner.

Groggy Bikini (Zak Hale, Bob Waller, Mollie Williams).

Groggy Bikini (L to R: Danny Brown, Bob Waller, Mollie Williams, Jay Hensley, Jon Hale, and Jon Faulkner).

Navajo Room, Boise, Idaho.

Thanks for stopping by to take a look. -Gregg

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The Spirit of Hip Hop

The Spirit of Hip Hop show had it all including a marriage proposal - She said YES! This event, presented by the Knitting Factory and Earthlings Entertainment, benefitted the Hays House. 

Earthlings Entertainment: One of the biggest reasons that we all do what we do is to propel those around us. Here at Earthlings Entertainment we believe in the power of community. We understand the value of art in all its mediums and the influence that it has on the people and communities that it reaches so this year we have decided to throw a benefit show. This benefit show is something new that we would like to keep going for years to come. We hope to utilize our hip hop roots for the benefit of our community.

Jordan Yocum and Earthlings Entertainment - a show well done!

Earthlings Entertainment's ZERO (Cornell Johnson) performs at Spirit of Hip Hop on December 2, 2016 at the Knitting Factory in Boise, Idaho.

Dirtydice's Scott Nolan.

Freedom Renegades' Emcee Monkey D (Kris Cook) and Holistic Meditation Naithon Cook).

Earthlings Entertainment's Clev Speech (Eric Munez).

Exit Prose (Tim Hammes) and DJ Auzomatik (Austin Graveley).

Leta Harris Neustaedter performs with Dedicated Servers.

Thanks for stopping by to take a look. -Gregg

To see more images from The Spirit of Hip Hop show click on this link: Spirit of Hip Hop

XC Eagle Island Style

300 meters into the girls junior varsity section one race during the Bob Firman Invitational on September 24, 2016 at Eagle Island State Park, Eagle, Idaho.

Eagle Island State Park in Eagle, Idaho is the site of the Bob Firman Invitational and NXR Northwest, two of the region's most competitive and festive prep cross country meets. The races take place on a 5k two loop course that includes dirt trails, a sandy beach, a short steep hill, a fast downhill, and a wide straightaway for the finish line kick. I think it is visually an "Idaho beautiful" course. Here are images from the 2016 Bob Firman and NXR meets. 

NXR Northwest girls championship lead pack at the 500 meter mark on the Eagle Island State Park cross country course on November 12, 2016.

NXR Northwest boys championship competitors on the second loop of the Fox Trail section of the Eagle Island State Park cross country course.

Bob Firman Invitational D-1 varsity girls on the Fox Trail section.

Bob Firman Invitational D-II varsity girls on the Fox Trail section.

Second loop of the NXR Northwest girls championship race on the backside of the Fox Trail section of the Eagle Island State Park cross country course.

NXR Northwest girls championship competitors on the Beach as viewed from Fox Trail.

NXR Northwest girls championship lead pack on the Beach.

The lead pack on the first Beach loop during the NXR Northwest boys championship race.

NXR Northwest boys championship competitors on the second loop.

Mountain View (Meridian, Idaho) head coach Tracy Harris watches the NXR Northwest girls elite competitors on the Beach section.

NXR Northwest boys championship competitors on the grass loop prior to Spectator Hill.

Bob Firman boys championship competitors on the grass loop prior to Spectator Hill.

Boise High sophomore Eve Jensen comes off Spectator Hill during the Bob Firman Invitational girls elite race.

Eagle's Madison Tanner at the base of Spectator Hill during the NXR Northwest girls open invitational race.

Bob Firman Invitational DII varsity boys on the Poplar Lane section of the Eagle Island State Park XC course. 

Jackson Wyoming senior Anna Gibson wins the Bob Firman Invitational elite girls race at Eagle Island State Park, Eagle, Idaho. Gibson won the race with a time of 17:32.1.

Bob Firman Invitational DI varsity boys on the finish line straightaway. 

Bob Firman Invitational elite girls on the finish line straightaway.

That's a wrap!

Thanks for stopping by to take a look.  -Gregg

Links for more images from the 2016 Bob Firman Invitational and the 2016 NXR Northwest:

2016 Bob Firman Invitational

2016 NXR Northwest

A Tale of Two Races: Crater Crawl and Bob Firman Invitational

The start of the Crater Crawl - Run Around the Rings on September 17, 2016, located approximately eight miles northwest of Mountain Home, Idaho. 28 runners/hikers competed in the 2.9 mile and 10k races.

The start of the girls elite race at the Bob Firman Invitational on September 24, 2016 at Eagle Island State Park, Eagle, Idaho. 136 runners representing 28 schools competed in this race. There were a total of 14 races and 3,557 finishers.

I was at two Treasure Valley races in September and they were quite different.

The Crater Crawl, started in 2013, is organized by the Idaho Outdoor Association with the goal to encourage the values of low-impact non-motorized outdoor recreation. The 10k course looped around The Crater Rings, two adjacent, symmetrical volcanic pit craters. One crater is about 3000 ft across and 350 ft deep; the other crater is 2500 ft across and 300 ft deep. This unique site is one of the very few examples of volcanic pit craters in the continental United States. The volcano is estimated to be less than 2 million years old, making it the youngest shield volcano in the area. The site is recognized as a National Natural Landmark.

This was my first year at the Crater Crawl. Enjoyed the desert and crater scenery, and look forward to going back.   

2016 was the 42nd year for The Bob Firman Invitational. This high school/middle school cross country meet is named in honor of Bob Firman, who coached his first cross country team in 1964 at Borah where he taught calculous-math. This meet brings in some of the nation's best high school teams and runners but the highlight of the event for me is that Mr. Firman is on hand each year to present awards. 

I think this was my 18th Bob Firman. One event I look forward to each year.  

Ryan Smith on the last 400 meters of the Crater Crawl 10k.

DII varsity girls on the Eagle Point section of the Bob Firman Invitational 5k race.

Bryan Gregg celebrates her finish of the Crater Crawl 10k as Tammy Hohenleitner records her time.

The finish of the Bob Firman Invitational girls elite race. The event utilized the FinishLynx photo-finish and fully automated timing system which was supported by four finish line cameras and chip timing.

A view from the Crater Crawl - Run Around the Rings race course.

The view of the beach section on the Bob Firman Invitational race course taken from the Fox Trail section of the course.

Thanks for stopping by to take a look.  -Gregg

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