Life + Culture

Noteworthy in Idaho

The latest openings, milestones, and community moments - Editorial@BoiseCityLifestyle.com Article and Photography by LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Nominations are open for Idaho's Governor's Lifetime Achievement Award. Bogus Basin GM Brad Wilson accepted last year's honor at ICORT 2025; Governor Brad Little selects this year's winner, recognized at October's conference in Moscow.  visitidaho.org IDAHO IN THE SMITHSONIAN The Smithsonian's "From These Lands" exhibition, marking America's...

Arts + Culture

The Art of Staying Curious

At ninety-one years old, painter and enamel pioneer John Killmaster is still driven by one question: what's next? Article by Grace Page | Photography by Idaho Art Gallery At ninety-one years old, John Killmaster possesses the rare kind of energy that has very little to do with age and everything to do with curiosity. Some people seem to grow older while remaining fundamentally unchanged; others continue to evolve so persistently that age becomes almost beside the point. John belongs firmly in...

Life + Culture

The Stories We Wear

How one Idaho woman is using fashion to help a changing community see one another. Article by Tammy de Weerd | Photography by Phil White, The 8th Street Studio Before Winnie Christensen talked about fashion, she talked about the bracelets on her wrist. Handcrafted by women in Kenya's Umoja Village, they are daily reminders of the artisans behind them and the culture they represent. Wearing them is Winnie's quiet way of honoring those women while keeping a piece of home close. That was the...

Arts + Culture

Eat fresh, walk in wonder

On Oregon’s central coast, fish feeds and forest trails carry deeper stories Article and Photography by Ken Levy Here's the edited draft: When summer bakes the Treasure Valley, the central Oregon coast calls like a promise. For my wife, Lana, and me, the journey west is a plunge into air 40 degrees cooler, into cathedral forests of Sitka spruce and western hemlock, and into a coastline that makes you remember what wonder feels like. Along this stretch of coast, the pleasures of travel —...