THE CABIN

✨ A new chapter is here!

After years of dreaming, planning, and building, the fences are finally down and The Cabin is ready to open the doors to its newly renovated home — and we want YOU to come celebrate with us!

Join us Thursday, October 15, from 5–7 PM for an evening of stories, community, and celebration.

Come explore the renovated Cabin and Henry’s Storytelling Grove, enjoy food trucks and refreshments, hunt for treasures, snap a photo, grab a free book (or some really cool Cabin swag!), and help us celebrate with a ribbon cutting.

📍 The Cabin | 801 S. Capitol Blvd.
🗓️ Thursday, October 15 | 5–7 PM
🎟️ Free & open to everyone

Join The Cabin and the Boise Philharmonic for an unforgettable evening with NPR host and classically trained pianist Lara Downes and New Yorker writer and author Adam Gopnik!

Part concert, part conversation, America in Pursuit explores the musical kaleidoscope of America—from Gershwin’s "Rhapsody in Blue" to Irving Berlin’s "Blue Skies" and "Over the Rainbow". Together, Downes and Gopnik trace the songs, stories, hopes, and struggles that have shaped our shared American soundtrack.

📅 Wednesday, January 13
🕖 7:00 PM | Doors at 6:00 PM
📍 Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise

Presented by The Cabin in partnership with the Boise Philharmonic as part of our The Cabin Presents Series.

Purchase tickets here: www.thecabinidaho.org/all-events/downes-gopnik-sounds-like-america

We are excited to announce that writers Matthew Denton-Edmundson and Natanya Biskar have been selected as the 2026-27 Boise City Writers-in-Residence.

Learn a bit about our writers:

Matthew Denton-Edmundson is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Boise State University. He grew up in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, where much of his writing takes place. He was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University, and got a degree from Florida State University, before he moved to Boise. His debut novel, Reclamation is forthcoming from Doubleday and will also be released in the United Kingdom and France. Denton-Edmundson’s writing has been published in The New York Times, The Missouri Review, The Massachusetts Review, The American Scholar, The Hedgehog Review, Raritan, and Hobart. He was the winner of the 2024 Jeffery E. Smith Editors’ prize and his essay, How to Love Animals, was anthologized in the 2025 Best American Essays.

Natanya Biskar is a fiction writer based in Boise, Idaho. She earned her MFA in fiction from Boise State University, where she served as Associate Editor for The Idaho Review. Her work has appeared in Subtropics, The Indiana Review, and SELF. Born and raised in San Francisco, Natanya taught elementary school for more than ten years across the Pacific Northwest. She is currently at work on her first novel.

Meet them on September 29 as they share the stage with our 2025-26 writers, Kim Cross, Don Zancanella, and Idaho Writer in Residence, Mitch Wieland at The Cabin.

Programming will begin this October with Matthew.

Join Don Zancanella for his last workshop of his residency.

Writers have long shared thoughts about writing that can inspire, challenge, irritate, or completely reframe how we approach our work.

Guided by Don, participants will read and discuss a selection of remarks from a range of writers and consider how these perspectives resonate (or don’t) with their own creative practices.

Together, the group will explore how reflecting on others’ ideas about writing can spark new questions, affirm instincts, or encourage writers to experiment with new approaches. This workshop is designed to be thoughtful, conversational, and generative for writers at any stage.

No registration is required, but space is limited. This workshop is geared toward writers of all levels and genres. Please bring writing materials, such as a notebook and pen.

September 19 | 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
At The Cabin

📣 Heads Up!

We’ll be taking a little time off in observance of Labor Day for some much-needed rest and renewal. We’ll be back September 15th, refreshed and renewed!

Thank you for your continued support, and we hope you take some time to rest and recharge, too.

Happy Labor Day!

📚 Tickets are going fast! Don’t miss R. F. Kuang at the Egyptian Theatre in Boise.

Join one of contemporary literature’s most electrifying voices for an evening of conversation surrounding her upcoming book, Taipei Story, on Thursday, September 24 at 7:00 PM. Doors open at 6:00 PM.

The event will be moderated by local writer Natalie Disney, and each ticket includes a copy of Taipei Story.

Egyptian Theatre | 700 W. Main Street, Boise, ID
Thursday, September 24
7:00 PM | Doors at 6:00 PM

If you love Rebecca F. Kuang, contemporary fiction, fantasy, dark academia, author events, or literary events in Boise, this is one to have on your calendar.

Grab your tickets before they’re gone:
thecabinidaho.org/all-events/rebecca-f-kuang

Revision is often where the real writing happens.

Guided by Don, participants will learn and practice several revision strategies he uses in his own work to make the process feel not only manageable, but even, dare we say, enjoyable.

Together, the group will experiment with practical tools for re-seeing and reshaping drafts, focusing on clarity, structure, and voice. This workshop invites writers to approach revision as a creative act rather than a chore, and to leave with techniques they can return to again and again.

No registration is required, but space is limited. This workshop is geared toward writers of all levels and genres. Please bring writing materials, such as a notebook and pen.

August 22 | 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Library! at Cole & Ustick

📣We're hiring!

The Cabin is looking for a part-time Grant Manager to join our team.

Are you an experienced grant writer who loves organization, storytelling, and the literary arts? The Cabin is hiring a Grant Manager to help secure funding that supports readers, writers, and literary arts programs throughout our community.

Pay: $19–$22/hour
Up to 24 hours/week (and you get to enjoy a 4 day work week)
Application deadline: September 13, 2026

Think you could be a good fit? Learn more: www.thecabinidaho.org/grant-manager