Every Thursday June - September 2025
5 - 9pm
3085 N Cole Rd Boise, ID 83704
Come down to the Idaho Capital Asian Plaza at Cole and Ustick from 5-9pm to check out Boise's newest Farmers Market!
There will be farmers, artisans, street food and more!
Check out www.westbenchfarmersmarket.org for the complete vendor lineup and more information about this collaboration between www.globalgardensboise.org and www.globallounge.org
Our Mission:
The West Bench Farmers Market fosters a regenerative, inclusive food system by providing a vibrant marketplace that celebrates both locally sourced and globally inspired agricultural products. We support sustainable farming practices, promote cultural diversity, and offer the community access to healthy, fresh foods while empowering local farmers, artisans, and food producers. Through our dynamic market, we aim to strengthen connections, educate, and inspire a more resilient and interconnected community, food culture, and city.
Global Lounge invites artists to apply for the opportunity to design and paint a mural at the site of the organization’s headquarters located in Boise, ID. Nine potential locations have been identified. Global Lounge may choose to identify up to 9 artists or artist teams for the opportunity. The murals should be inspired by Global Lounge’s vision.
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The season’s kick-off is a grand New Year’s Eve celebration. Ground zero is OVO Beach on Maldonado Bay. We walked to the celebration, our apartment being just six blocks from the bay. This proved opportune as traffic was at a standstill. People filled every available patch of street, sidewalk, and sand. Elbowing our way towards the shore, we were absorbed into the throng of revelers, holding champagne in one hand to toast in 2019, smartphone in the other to record their presence. As the crowd counted down, corks popped and digital shutters snapped. At the stroke of midnight fireworks began all around Maldonado Bay. It must have been quite the sight if seen high up from a penthouse balcony or far off from a boat. The entire bay was a backdrop for a panorama of sparkling aerial dancers. Our view, down on the sand, was a bit more intimate; we were inside the fury, underneath a canopy of loud explosions and sizzling color. When the light show stopped, the all-night party started. Revelers, who had come a great distance and at great expense and were not going to waste a precious moment of their summer holiday, stayed to party. Those of us who lived here and enjoyed this paradise every day nonchalantly relinquished the beaches, clubs, and restaurants to the tourists. Echoes and reflections from the fete escorted us home.
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Global Lounge is at the forefront of thoughtful cultural preservation, education, integration and the promotion of cultural awareness by harnessing the power and beauty of diversity for individual and community development. ♥
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