Paul Revere's Raiders with Mitch Ryder
The 1960s American rock band - whose members have roots in Boise - will perform with the Detroit rocker and his band on Aug. 27 at the Clearwater River Casino at 17500 Nez Perce Road, just east of Lewiston. The Raiders were at 1960s pop chart staple, scoring hits such as "Indian Reservation," "Kicks," "Good Thing" and "Just Like Me." Ryder broke through in the mid-'60s with his band, the Detroit Wheels, and is most well-known for the seminal rockers "Devil with the Blue Dress On," "Jenny Take a Ride" and "Sock It to Me Baby." For more information or to buy tickets, visit crcasino.com.
John Meacham
Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian John Meacham will deliver the Idaho Humanities Council's 20th Annual Distinguished Humanities Lecture at 7 p.m. Oct. 13 at the Boise Center. Tickets for Meacham's lecture, "America Then and Now: What History Tells Us about the Future," are $60 for general admission and $125 for benefactor level.
Olivia Newton-John
Tickets are now on sale for four-time Grammy award-winner Olivia Newton-John's 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13 performance at Northern Quest Resort and Casino's Pend Oreille Pavilion stage. Tickets are $65, $85 and $95, and are available at www.northernquest.com or by calling the box office at (509) 481-2800.