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departments 7 LETTERS: Lafayette council is fracked; No on Boulder Issue 2A; No on state pot tax 7 THE HIGHROAD: Monsanto’s World Food farce 15 ELECTION: Our endorsements for the 2013 election 18 NEWS: Xcel, city disagree on PUC ruling 37 OVERTONES: Vintage Trouble members knew they had something special from beat one 39 ARTS & CULTURE: Boulder’s Dinner Theatre’s men bare it all in The Full Monty 41 BOULDER COUNTY EVENTS: What to do and where to go 47 REEL TO REEL: Films showing locally 48 SCREEN: The Counselor 52 TIDBITES: Food happenings around Boulder County 53 CUISINE REVIEW: Tahona Tequila Bistro 56 BOULDER WEEKLY BEER TOUR: Crystal Springs Brewing 57 BOULDER MARKETPLACE: Your community resource 58 SAVAGE LOVE: Snooping sister spots HIV status 59 ASTROLOGY: By Rob Brezsny 61 WEED BETWEEN THE LINES: Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 rises again Boulder Weekly
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Lafayette council is fracked
The timid Lafayette city council and Mayor Carolyn Cutler are touting their three-year fracking moratorium recently passed to counter Lafayette’s fracking ban initiative. What the council and mayor aren’t telling Lafayette residents: In August, the council received a ninepage letter from a Denver law firm rep-
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Highroad Monsanto’s World Food Farce by Jim Hightower
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t was my privilege to go to Des Moines, Iowa, recently for a World Food Prize extravaganza recognizing Monsanto’s work against global hunger. But wait, Monsanto is not a hunger fighter, it’s a predatory proliferator of proprietary GMO seeds. That’s why I wasn’t actually attending the ceremony to bestow a false halo on the corporate giant. Rather, I was
resenting the Colorado Oil and Gas Association. On page 8 of the letter, COGA’s attorney writes: “the city’s adoption of this moratorium is impermissible.” The city council is consistently illinformed about the city’s oil and gas operations. A year ago, no one on the council knew how many wells currently
one of more than 500 scruffy “outsiders” in the First United Methodist Church to protest the Monsanto absurdity. There, real-life Iowa farmers spoke plainly about the myriad of abuses they have endured at the hands of the genetic manipulator. One pointed out that if the corporation genuinely gave even one damn about hunger, it could’ve used its immense lobbying clout in Washington this year to stop Congress from stripping the entire food stamp program from the farm bill. Instead, Monsanto didn’t lift a finger to help fend off hunger in our own country. “It doesn’t care at all about feeding the world,” he said with disgust, “it cares about profits, period.” Indeed, Monsanto is a pitch-perfect example of what Pope Francis was referring to in May when he declared: “Widespread corruption and selfish fiscal evasion have taken on worldwide dimensions. The will to power and of
existed in Lafayette (24 — 14 producing and 10 abandoned). The council granted home building permits in the Silver Creek development in proximity to a producing well that once had an open waste pit; the pit was simply backfilled. Is the soil contaminated? No one knows. see LETTERS Page 9
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possession has become limitless. Concealed behind this attitude is a rejection of ethics.” How ironic, then, that Monsanto bought this food prize for itself in order to masquerade as a world hunger fighter, hoping to persuade the Vatican to bless its demonic effort to force the world’s poor farmers to buy and become dependent on its altered seed. The World Food Prize Foundation says it recognizes contributions for “Agriculture.” But Monsanto has zero to do with agri-Culture. It is the agri-Business face of the unethical, selfish corruption that Francis warned about. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. October 31, 2013 7
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ipping point alert: October 2013 may go down as the month that American public opinion decisively tipped in favor of legalizing marijuana and consigning 76 years of vicious prohibitionist reefer madness to history’s landfill. Two polls taken in the last month seem to bear this out. The first was a nationwide survey of 1,028 adults interviewed by the Gallup organization Oct. 3-6. It found that 58 percent of respondents favored legalizing marijuana, a 10-percentage-point increase from when Gallup asked the same question a year ago. The Gallup number in favor of legalization was 6 percentage points above the pro-legalization percentage recorded by a Pew Survey done last April, suggesting that public opinion may be moving rapidly in favor of legalization. The Gallup survey overshadowed a second survey, taken by Public Policy Polling (PPP), which had findings that were at least as politically significant as Gallup’s, and in some ways more so. The PPP poll was not a national survey. It was a poll of 860 Texas voters interviewed Sept. 27-29. Stunningly, it found that 58 percent of Texans either strongly or somewhat supported legalizing marijuana, the same percentage recorded by Gallup. To be sure, there are nuances and caveats that apply. Gallup and PPP asked the legalization question differently. The question Gallup asked voters was, “Do you think marijuana should be made legal, or not?” Results were tallied as “Yes” and “No” (Yes 58 percent and No 39 percent). The PPP legalization question, which was more detailed and more nuanced, was, “The voters in Colorado and Washington changed their laws to allow marijuana to be regulated similarly to alcohol for adults age 21 and older. Would you support or oppose changing Texas law to regulate and tax marijuana similarly to alcohol, where stores would be licensed to sell marijuana to adults 21 and older?” Results were tallied as “Strongly support (41 percent)”, “Somewhat support (17 percent)”, “Somewhat oppose (14 percent),”
“Strongly oppose (24 percent)” and “Not sure (3 percent).” Conflating the “Strongly” and “Somewhat” support numbers to come up with a 58 percent in favor of legalization in the Texas poll may be a bit of a stretch, but probably not by much. The Gallup survey’s 58 percent in favor of legalization consists of people who are strongly in favor and people who are ambivalent but in favor on balance, even though Gallup didn’t do its survey in a way that would distinguish between them. The demographic breakdowns in both polls are interesting. For instance, Gallup found the only two demographic groups that didn’t support legalization were voters over the age of 65 and Republicans. Among voters age 65 and over, Gallup found opponents of legalization outnumbered supporters 45 percent to 52 percent. Among Texas seniors, 34 percent strongly supported legalization, and an additional 18 percent somewhat supported it; taken together, the two groups represented a majority (52 percent) in the 65-and-up demographic. As for Republicans, Gallup found that nationally only 35 percent of Republicans support legalization. In Texas, PPP found that 33 percent of Republicans strongly supported legalization — but an additional 15 percent somewhat supported it. When the strongly and somewhat support and strongly and somewhat opposed numbers are combined for Texas Republicans, supporters trail opponents by just one percentage point (48 percent to 49 percent). Taken together, the two polls show that public opinion is decisively shifting in favor of legalization. The PPP poll was sponsored by the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), the group that spearheaded the drive for Amendment 64 in Colorado. On the strength of the Texas poll, Marijuana Policy Project spokesman Mason Tvert says the group will become more active in Texas. However, the MPP will not circulate an initiative petition to put a marijuana legalization measure on the Texas see POLLS Page 10
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The council never tried to find out. We can’t rely on this city council to protect the citizens of Lafayette from the dangers of oil and gas extraction or to report the oil and gas industry’s legal threats. Since we have to fight for our health, safety and property values, let’s fight on the basis that we have a right to clean air and water. Let’s fight on the basis that community rights and human rights supersede corporate rights. Legal fights will result regardless of how communities try to protect their residents from drilling next to homes, schools, playgrounds and open space. The moratorium won’t buy Lafayette time or relief from the industry’s attacks — COGA rattled its sabers immediately. The council just didn’t tell Lafayette residents about it. Let’s fight this industry with the strongest argument — the rights argument. Read the ballot initiative in its entirety: www.eastbocounited.org/lafayette-community-rights-act. It’s strong. It’s forceful. Yes on ballot question 300! Mandi Papich/Lafayette A door hanger distributed in Lafayette neighborhoods read “VOTE YES on 300,” followed by “Fracking is a dangerous industrial activity,” as if that is the extent of the citizen-initiated ballot question. It’s not. It’s as if there is fracking in Lafayette. There isn’t. It’s as if there is no moratorium. There is. And, it’s as if state law allows municipalities to ban fracking. It doesn’t. Boulder Weekly
I will vote no, and here’s why: Question 300 is more than a ban on hydraulic fracturing (fracking). It is an overreaching charter amendment addressing all activities supporting oil and gas extraction. It bans all new oil and gas activity, outlaws the use of state highways for transporting non-renewable-energy-related products through Lafayette, strips corporations and individuals working for corporations of constitutional rights and federal protections, and requires Lafayette to oversee other municipalities, counties and states in the mitigation of adverse environmental impacts. Lafayette’s Question 300 was written in Pennsylvania by the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF). One goal of this organization is “exposing the oppressive conniving of state and corporate power publicly, in sharp contrast to the people’s aspirations and sense of public justice.” They expect court battles and do not expect most to be won. They expect the cost to be high and the losses illustrative of their message. Lafayette took steps to confront the issue. Lafayette has required applications for oil and gas wells since the mid-’90s and has received zero applications since then. Lafayette enacted a three-year moratorium directing city staff not to accept, review or approve new or pending applications. Nearby municipalities have ballot see LETTERS Page 10
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questions imposing moratoriums to prevent fracking, whereas Lafayette’s Question 300 broadly addresses all oil and gas activity and corporate power. Lafayette’s moratorium allows time for legislative action, regulatory changes, impacts to be better understood, the city to respond to new information, and Longmont’s suit from an approved ban to be adjudicated. Should Lafayette live with a timeout on fracking applications — allowing studies, regulations and adjudication of court cases — or is it more important to send a message about the evils of “conniving governments and corporations”? I believe we want something that isn’t already outside the legal limits of state and federal law. I urge you to read the amendment at http://www.cityoflafayette.com/DocumentCenter/View/3405 and join me in voting no on Question 300. Carolyn Cutler, mayor/Lafayette We the people need to decide if we want more oil and gas industry and all of its fallout in our backyards, or if we want clean air, clean water, clean land and healthy lives for all generations to come. Look around and you will see the oil and gas industry and our government are playing the same cards that DOW and our government played at Rocky Flats. That pristine, unique section of our community is destroyed forever. Sit down right now and try to contemplate
forever. Elected officials, your job is to think about this so hard you lose sleep — this is a big deal. Are we going to watch it happen again? We literally cannot live with that decision. Until the industry can guarantee safe extraction of a fossil fuel that could kill us in its unrestrained use anyway, then stop any further activity. Mineral rights owners, think twice. There are also air owner rights, water owner rights and rights to a healthy, sustainable life. It is not all about money. Or is it? Do not sell out to COGA and the millions of dollars invested in smoke and mirror propaganda that have misled us so many times when it comes to what big industry and the rich want. We have more oil and gas than we need (responsibly), the rich have more money than all of us added up, so why do we need this? Right, we do not. Say no to oil and gas extraction in our communities. Think about sustainable alternatives, make the hard decision. Think about the future and your children. How hard is that decision? The below article statistically will be us one of these days. Heck it already has. http://news.yahoo.com/nd-farmerfinds-oil-spill-while-harvestingwheat-050659313.html Bob Ross/via Internet
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ballot. That’s because the Texas constitution does not provide for citizen-initiated ballot proposals — although the Texas legislature could put a legalization measure on the ballot if it chose to, or pass one by itself. Politically, the lack of an initiative process makes the Texas polling results particularly interesting, because it means that Texas candidates are going to have to start taking a stand on marijuana legalization — and with 58 percent of Texas voters for or leaning toward legalization, candidates better afford their opinions a decent respect. At least one Texas Republican congressman appears to have recognized that the political winds are shifting. Rep. Steve Stockman represents Texas’ newly formed 36th Congressional District, which runs from the Louisiana line to the Houston ’burbs. It is a highly conservative district and Stockman is exuberantly conservative. Gun rights play a big role in
Stockman’s life. He’s also anti-abortion, doesn’t have much use for women’s issues and voted against John Boehner for speaker because he thought Boehner was too wimpy when it came to opposing Obama. Recently he sent copies of a book on impeachment to all members of the House. He’s a Tea Party fave and the sort of conservative Boulder liberals love to hate. In short, not exactly the sort of guy who’s out to get the stoner vote. But a couple of weeks ago Stockman quietly signed on as a co-sponsor of the “Respect Marijuana Laws Act of 2013.” The act, which was originally introduced by Rep. Dana Rohrabacker (R-Calif.), provides that anyone who is in compliance with their state’s laws regarding the possession, manufacture or use of marijuana would not be subjected to federal penalties. Now that’s my sort of an October surprise. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
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State Proposition AA, which is expected to pass this November, levies heavy taxes on recreational marijuana in the amount of: a 15 percent excise tax and a 10 percent sales tax. Fifteen percent of the sales tax collected will be sent, proportionately, back to Boulder. The cannabis industry generally is supportive of Proposition AA because it designates the first $40 million of pot tax revenue to Colorado’s schools. The industry also understands that there may be additional regulatory costs for recreational use. In not-so-many-words, the Colorado MMJ industry is essentially volunteering to be taxed. But 30 percent is much more than enough. The City of Boulder, however, is hungry for more pot money, and has lproposed Ballot Issue 2A, which would add another 5 percent to 10 percent excise tax and 3.5 percent to 10 percent sales tax, for a total potential tax hit of over 40 percent for recreational use. . Such high taxes virtually guarantee a return to a thriving black market for cannabis in Boulder — while at the same time robbing the city of any legiti.mate revenues from tax process while incurring additional expenses of increased enforcement of the black market. This is Drug Prohibition 101. Never mind that these taxes would drive up your purchase price of an ounce of cannabis from, say, $200 to $280 or more, with no clear idea of where those revenues will be spent. The proposed law suggests that it will be used for “public safety, enforcement and administrative purposes and for comprehensive substance abuse programs including but not limited to prevention, treatment, education, responsible use, intervention, and monitoring, with an emphasis on youth, and with the remainder used by the General Fund.” Oh, the General Fund. So, any dollars collected but not spent on “Just Say No” programs (which have yet to be developed) will go to the City General Slush Fund, which means you’ve got no say or, really, no knowledge where your tax dollars are going. The revenue from Proposition AA will more than support the regulatory infrastructure. And don’t forget that Boulder already collects an incredible amount of money from the marijuana industry in the form of licensing fees, sales tax, jobs, real estate rentals and the hundreds of employees and ancillary businesses that have been spawned by the medical dispensary industry. The City of Boulder is double-dipping and trying to get in on a purported “green rush.” Boulder Weekly
But there is no real or implied benefit for anyone, especially those who are being forced to pay nearly 50 percent more for their constitutionally protected right to smoke marijuana. Boulder is addicted to your pot dollars. Don’t be their codependent. Vote No on 2A. Daniel Taras/Boulder
Vote no on state pot tax
This election, Colorado voters will consider Proposition AA, a 15 percent sales tax plus a 15 percent excise tax on marijuana sales. Colorado has never taxed a particular industry or product at this high of a rate. These taxes would be in addition to the federal, state and local taxes already in place on marijuana. Federal taxes on marijuana businesses and consumers are already higher than
any other industry due to the inability of these businesses to take full deductions. Proposition AA would be the highest tax increase in Colorado history, a reckless experiment that would create a dysfunctional market for marijuana, undermining the goal of the “AlcoholMarijuana Equalization Initiative” (Amendment 64). As a framer and supsee LETTERS Page 12
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porter of Amendment 64, the purpose of the measure was to bring marijuana out of Prohibition and regulate it like alcohol. Colorado’s alcohol industry pays less than 1 percent in state excise taxes. Prohibition does not work. Excessive taxes are another form of Prohibition. The Pro-Tax campaign is supported by what Jacob Sullum of Reason magazine has accurately labeled “The Marijuana Cartel,” i.e., large dispensaries and drug dealers that use burdensome and expensive government regulation and taxation to suppress fair competition from smaller businesses. The Pro-Tax campaign is running a campaign of fear, alleging that the U.S. Department of Justice wants high taxes on marijuana. I recently asked the U.S. Attorney for Colorado, John Walsh, whether he supported Colorado Proposition AA, and he responded that the U.S. Department of Justice did not endorse Proposition AA. An Aug. 29 memo from the U.S. Department of Justice providing official guidance regarding marijuana does not even mention local or state taxes on marijuana, but does mention an enforcement system that is “effective in practice.” Excessive taxes create a dysfunctional system that is “ineffective in practice,” and creates a marijuana market ripe for takeover by the unregulated, untaxed, underground market. Proposition AA would re-establish Prohibition and drive marijuana back underground, to the detriment of all Coloradans. Please vote “No” on Proposition AA. Robert J. Corry, Jr./Denver
Vanity vs. sanity
Is it vanity and not sanity that is now driving municipalization past all the socalled off-ramps? I have prepared an online PowerPoint presentation that shows both what Xcel has already accomplished versus what Boulder claims they can accomplish, as well as Xcel’s 20-year plan versus Boulder’s. Boulder is only about 3.4 percent of the entire Colorado Xcel power usage. Even with the best results, Boulder will only have a 1 percent to 2 percent impact on the state total. That is what I would call a statistically insignificant shallow victory, especially if carbon reduction is the goal. Xcel already has 19.5 percent renewables in their energy source mix. That is already approximately more that the equivalent of 10 Boulder municipalizations! Did you know that Boulder still has plans to use coal for most of the next 20 years? Did you know that Xcel has a steady reduction of coal use over the 12 October 31, 2013
letters same period? Did you know that Boulder will ultimately have a high reliance on wind (bird and bat mortality) and natural gas (fracking)? Did you know that Boulder and Xcel both plan to have about the same low (5 percent to 3 percent) use of solar? We need to use our power to motivate Xcel, the Public Utilities Commission and our state representatives to not create our own bureaucracy, at great expense, that will result in exactly the same problems in the long run. The start-up costs alone are estimated to be $35.8 million, with hundred(s) of millions more to come. For what, a 2 percent change? When you critically think that Xcel is guilty of misrepresentation, what is stopping you from using that same critical assessment of Boulder’s plan? Is it Vanity and not Sanity? See data and sources at http://tinyurl.com/munivanity2. Patrick Murphy/Boulder
Fine print on A-66
The Oct. 17-23 issue has an article, “Why the ‘Weekly’ makes political endorsements.” After reading their reasoning, they lead you to believe that “it is vital that your vote be cast after being fully informed and well-advised” and that they have “exhaustively investigating each initiative,” and “are experts on the 2013 elections.” Interestingly they endorse Amendment 66 and give reasons why but fail to mention the “fine print” “allowing all tax revenues attributable to this measure to be collected and spent without future voter approval.” Are they truly helping to make us “wellinformed?” Rose Gay/via Internet
Wrong on subdivisions
The comparison of Boulder County subdivision residents to a mobile home park is wrong. Mobile home park residents pay a license plate tax, while subdivision residents pay a property tax that is intended to cover schools, road maintenance and other various government functions. I have been a resident of one of these Boulder County subdivisions since 1969, and we paid for the road improvements to bring the road up to county standards in 1974 with a LID program. The Boulder County engineering department sent the subdivision residents a letter (dated July 1974) advising them that the improvements were approved and the roads within the subdivision were accepted for county maintenance. Please do some research before writing your voting recommendations on 5C. Wayne Winkler/Longmont Boulder Weekly
We’re told a municipal utility is risky. The real risk is sticking with Xcel.
“If you mark only one box on your ballot this year, make it a no vote on Question 310.”
“All the 310 measure will do is derail the process and prematurely kill the potential -Boulder Weekly for municipalization… We’re barraged these days by an Xcel-backed fear campaign aboutA thestrong risks of a city‘no’ electricon utility. Animated 310. ” dollars pile up “Do you really think Xcel is about protecting supposedly representing the alleged runaway costs. But they have the story backward. The real risk is staying with Xcel. your rates?? Xcel's rates have gone up five times sevenwith yearsXcel. with more rate Rate inrisks Interesting they don’t mention rates have gone up five increases coming soon. What Xcel cares times in the last seven years with Xcel. They’ll increase again inis 2014, and Xcel isits expected to ”file next year for about protecting profits. a large rate increase in 2015. -Leslie Glustrom, Clean Energy Action
Coal risks with Xcel.
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Debt risks floods with reinforce Xcel. the message that “The recent Xcel ratepayers are already on the hook for billions of dollars of debt -- $5.6 billion in the “rate base” as of the end of 2012 with billions more to come. Make no mistake, Boulder ratepayers are paying for Xcel’s debt.
we need to act on climate change now and that we need to make the energy choices that will enable a future worth inheriting.”
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committing over $1.5 billion to build and “ItRecklessly is ourcoal civic duty to past saydecade, no to Xcel badislaws. refurbish plants in the betting Colorado House Majority Leader If 310 passes, we are stuck with Xcel. No chance to vote on on the wrong horse. Nearly 60% of Xcel’s Colorado rate increases. No vote on investment decisions. No vote on Itelectricity is ourisdemocratic duty to say no to from coal plants, which do not integrate issuance of debt, or how much profits they take from us. No well with renewables. Ballot Question 310 is “a time bomb waiting corporations trying to rewrite our city options for the future. No way out. to destroy all the hard work that’s gone into charter. Vote NO on 310.” As the Daily Camera makes clear, “All the 310 measure will do is derail the process and prematurely kill the potential -Susan Osborne, ”former Mayor of Boulder for municipalization. the municipalization process thus far.” Boulder Weekly calls 310 “a time bomb waiting to destroy all the hard work that’s gone into the municipalization -Boulder Weekly process thus far.”
10 of 11 Cityour Council Candidates Let’s keep options open. Say "Vote No on 310" Vote NO on 310.
Vote No on 310 is endorsed by the Daily Camera and Boulder Weekly, Vote No on 310 is endorsed by the Daily Camera andSierra Boulder and numerous local organizations, including The Club, Ecocycle, Weekly, and numerous local organizations, including The Sierra Club, Ecocycle, PLAN-Boulder County, Clean Energy Action, Boulder Business Coalition, Boulder County Democratic Party, New Era Clean Energy Business Coalition, Boulder County Democratic Party, New Era Colorado, Renewables YES, and 350.org-Boulder.
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Xcel’s claims on creating a municipal electric utility are wrong Guest commentary by Mark Crisson
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cel Energy contends that there is “simply no advantage to forming a utility in the way that Boulder is attempting.” This unsupported statement gives me pause and compels me to set the record straight. The public power option is not new. Local communities have long had the right to own and operate their own electric utility or to grant a franchise to a private or investor-owned utility (IOU). The reason to do so varies. Many communities choose public power because they want lower rates, or better reliability, or improved service. This freedom to choose how electric service is provided is a local rights issue and a cornerstone of consumer protection. Today, there are more than 2,000 public power utilities in the U.S., serving communities as small as Shelly, Minn., (with fewer than 100 customers) and as large as Los Angeles (with more than 1.4 million customers). Most public power utilities are owned by cities and towns, but some are owned by counties, public utility districts and states. Although different in size and location, they all have a common purpose: providing reliable and safe notfor-profit electricity, at the lowest reasonable price, while protecting our natural environment. They are rooted in the American tradition of neighbor helping neighbor to meet local needs. At the heart of public power is local control — community stakeholders making policy decisions so that utility services are in tune with customers’ needs and values. In public power communities, decisions on vital services that affect every home and business are made through the local democratic process, at the ballot box, or by participation in city council and utility board meetings, public hearings and other public forums. IOUs such as Xcel Energy generally oppose the formation of new public power utilities because, for them, it means the loss of customers and profits. New public power utilities also provide high-profile examples of what communities can do for themselves, and this may encourage other cities to form public power utilities. For these reasons, IOUs often 14 October 31, 2013
employ an array of tactics to fight the formation of new public power utilities. The most common tactic is to try to discredit public power and thereby create doubt and fear about alternatives to renewing their incumbent franchise. But in fact, public power has been so successful at its focused mission that it has earned the praise of industry analysts, the financial community and, most importantly, electric consumers. In its recently released white paper, however, Xcel Energy criticizes Boulder’s efforts to municipalize in part by making false claims about the creation of a municipal utility in Winter Park, Fla. Xcel claims that the city’s cost to form a municipal utility soared past initial estimates, but the final cost to form the utility was exactly the same as estimates provided by the consultants hired to study the issue. One of Xcel’s claims is true — Winter Park’s rates are now higher than the investor-owned utility it replaced. There is a reason Winter Park’s rates are slightly higher — local control. Winter Park is a beautiful community with an extensive tree canopy, and the new utility’s consumerowners have ordered their local utility to move all of the city’s overhead electric lines underground. The reason why the city bought the utility was to improve its reliability record, which was the worst in Florida. When Winter Park began operating the utility, reliability improved significantly. It costs money to place overhead lines underground, and the people of Winter Park have chosen to increase their rates 3.9 percent to improve their service. On average, public power utilities have enjoyed a rate advantage over IOUs nationwide. For more than 50 years, data from the U.S. Department of Energy demonstrate that IOUs, on average, charge more for electricity than public power utilities. In 2010, residential customers of IOUs paid average rates that were 13 percent above those paid by customers of public power utilities. The people of Boulder should consider these facts as they explore forming a public power utility. Crisson is president and chief executive officer of the American Public Power Association in Washington, D.C. Boulder Weekly
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n Longmont Ballot Question 2B, bonds for city’s fiber-optic network: Yes n Longmont Ballot Question 2C, Shall Municipal Judge Diana VanDeHey be retained for 2 years? Yes n Lafayette City Council: Tom Dowling, Clifton E. Smedley, Gustavo Reyna and Merrily Mazza
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he city of Longmont has negotiated of Union Reservoir are now producing royalties changes in its agreement with oil and of about $50,000 a month. gas company TOP Operating Inc. in He acknowledges that wells within city limits an effort to avoid getting embroiled in would have to be fracked to gain such yields. another lawsuit related to “fracking,” or When reminded that Longmont, for now, has a hydraulic fracturing. voter-approved ban on hydraulic fracturing, And at the same time it is defending itself Rademacher says there are other types of fracturagainst two existing lawsuits — one aimed at the ing besides the hydraulic variety, but admits he’s city’s voter-approved fracking ban, the other at its not familiar with them. city council-approved oil and gas regulations — In another twist, one of the things the city Longmont officials are preparing to issue a drillwanted — and got — in the amendments to the ing permit to TOP in an effort to strengthen one TOP contract is a drilling permit application of its legal cases. from the company. City officials want to issue a TOP’s efforts to drill around Union Reservoir drilling permit to TOP not to pave the way for it in 2011 helped spark the ongoing outcry over The Rider No. 1 well near Trail Ridge Middle School in Longmont will to frack but to demonstrate that the city’s new oil continue to operate at least until the lawsuit over the city’s fracking and gas regulations do not preclude a company fracking in Boulder County, and when its Rider ban is decided. No. 1 well near Trail Ridge Middle School was from accessing its mineral resources, as the found to have been contaminating groundwater claim, in other words, based on the fact that the ban is Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission with higher-than-allowed levels of benzene for several depriving it of access to its property, the mineral is claiming in its lawsuit. years, it only added fuel to the fire. resources. “It’s a little bit of a tricky situation,” says Brad In summer 2012, when city council approved new If the fracking ban is upheld in court, TOP can Schol, planning manager for the city of Longmont. oil and gas regulations that included, among other pursue that lawsuit, and if the ban is struck down, it “What we want [TOP] to do is demonstrate that they things, restrictions on drilling in residential areas and can move forward with its development of the can submit a permit that’s fully compliant with the recommended 750-foot setbacks, it also signed an replacement well at Adrian and the plugging of the city’s oil and gas regulations, and then we can demonagreement with TOP in which the company agreed to Rider well. strate to the state, and potentially the court, that our discontinue using the Rider property and to not sue It raises the question of why the city, after agreeoil and gas regulations do not unreasonably frustrate the city based on its new regulations. (But TOP has ing to shell out nearly $1.4 million to have the Rider and make it impossible for oil and gas exploration and since joined the other lawsuit, challenging well closed down and replaced with wells farther away production to occur.” Longmont’s fracking ban.) from the elementary school and nearby housing develRod Herring, president of TOP Operating, conThe contract called for the city to buy the 33-acre opment, would agree to extend the amount of time firmed in an interview with BW that issuing his comRider property from the company at a cost of that well is allowed to continue its possibly hazardous pany a drilling permit could bolster the defense of the $498,000, pay $25,000 for TOP to plug the contamioperation, under the contract amendments approved city’s regulations. nating well, and give the company $850,000 in future this week. “The city was very eager for us to get this permit oil/gas royalties to help offset costs associated with Dale Rademacher, the city’s director of public submitted to them, and I can only assume the reason using other well locations to replace the Rider one, works and natural resources, told BW that because the for that was they had some motivation to present it as including a drill site about a quarter-mile east, on the remediation is nearly complete, the well doesn’t repre- evidence in court, to help them in their battle with Lower Adrian property, adjacent to Union Reservoir. sent the same health threat that it used to. the state and [the Colorado Oil and Gas (The city also purchased the Lindberg property near “An operating well is always subject to some sort Association],” he says, adding that his company supUnion as part of the agreement.) of a release or additional spill in the future,” he ports the city’s regulations and doesn’t view the drillacknowledges. “I think there’s always going to be a Now, city officials say the environmental remediaing permit as giving ammunition to the opponent of level of concern until it’s finally closed and abantion of the Rider contamination is nearing compleits allies at the state or association. doned, but it’s not at the same level as it was, when it tion. (An Oct. 28 staff memo to the Longmont City Herring confirmed that his company recently was not only an operating well, but one that had levels filed that application with the city; has no imminent Council says that benzene levels have been below the of contamination around it.” state’s thresholds for the past four quarters, with plans to drill unless it can also frack, since the two But Rademacher says the closure of the well was xylene at levels deemed safe for three quarters. TOP is processes are intertwined; and is in the process of not the only reason the city acquired the Rider propasking the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation asking the COGCC to close its remediation case at Commission to close the remediation case.) erty as open space. For instance, he explains, the Rider well, since it’s gotten “a clean bill of But officials aren’t holding their breath for the well Longmont officials also wanted the parcel so they health.” When asked if that well could pose a conto be plugged. The well will continue to be operated could complete storm drainage along Spring Gulch, tinuing health threat, he replies, “We don’t believe thanks to amendments to the TOP contract approved construct a pipeline allowing raw water from Union so. It’s always been a puzzlement to me that the St. by city council on Oct. 28. Due to the fracking ban, Reservoir to be pumped back into the city to irrigate Vrain School District built their school as close as TOP is unable to use hydraulic fracturing to develop municipal parks and golf courses, and build the Spring they did to our well. Our well preceded the exisits replacement well at the Adrian property, and Gulch Trail. tence of that school by several years. Apparently according to the contract with the city, it’s not Rademacher also points out that the $850,000 they didn’t believe it either.” required to plug the Rider well until it can use that owed to TOP to help reimburse the company for the And when asked to respond to the claim from new well. So the city adjusted its agreement with the cost of developing the new well at Adrian will come former Longmont City Manager Gordon Pedrow company this week to give TOP a “time-out” on its from future oil and gas royalty revenues. But the city that TOP is “among the lousiest operators that has mineral leases, stopping the five-year ticking clock only collected about $22,000 in those royalties last ever existed in the state,” Herring says, “I’d rather that TOP has to begin drilling, until after the fate of year, so if that rate remains steady, it would take near- not get into that type of bickering and name-callthe fracking ban is decided in court. In return, TOP ly 40 years to pay off the debt to TOP. ing.” has agreed to not sue the city based on a “takings” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Rademacher counters, however, that wells just east Boulder Weekly
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the city’s analysis of the feasibility of municipalization because all the city’s models assume the city will condemn substations and distribution equipment outside Boulder’s limits and serve those customers.” But according to Heather Bailey, executive director of energy strategy and electric utility development for the City of Boulder, creating a city-owned electric utility that meets the requirements of the city charter is not dependent upon including those 7,000 people who live in the county. And she disputes that no modeling was ever done that didn’t include the city getting the 7,000. “Including those 7,000 people was in the models that we presented to council,” says Bailey, “but we always said it was a very small part of the overall customer base.” Bailey acknowledges that the main importance of the 7,000 has to do with the condemnation process, not their value as paying electric customers in the future. Bailey also says that any claims by Xcel that the PUC ruling somehow threatens the city’s ability to move forward on municipalization is just wrong. “The PUC confirmed in its ruling that we have the right to create a municipal utility,” she says. “It made several rulings we agree with, and we have 20 days to look at the others and decide if we want to take any further action or get clarification on exactly what they mean.” Bailey further says that the Tuesday rulings by the PUC don’t have any effect on the city’s ability and desire to move forward in the municipalization process. An Oct. 29 statement released by City Attorney Tom Carr seems to confirm Bailey’s position. It reads, “Today, the PUC acknowledged that the City of Boulder has authority to condemn facilities outside of the city. The PUC also recognized that joint use of the system may be appropriate. The commission granted only the first three requests for declaratory orders — all of which were issues with which the city agreed. With respect to the final two orders sought by Xcel Energy, the commission directed that there needs to be further proceedings. The city is continuing to evaluate the ruling and explore its options. While the ruling may have some practical and legal implications in terms of the process the city would take to create its own electric utility, the decision affirms the city’s right to municipalize.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
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he started taking trips north again that he had to go to this mounto document kaad chiek, this time tain in the north and open a shooting video — with no real defunct monastery and teach idea where it would go. orphans how to be Thai boxers.” What has come of that video, So he followed vague answers and the months, in the end, that to his many questions and hitched Zandstra spent at Jawee’s camp rides where he could, finally riding in a hay cart with a group of filming Jawee and the half a dozen farmers who dropped him off at boys who live and train there, is the base of a mountain and pointthe documentary Torn Cloth, ed toward the summit. He hiked which will screen at the Starz uphill until he could follow the Denver Film Festival on Nov. 9 noise of people to a boxing ring, and 14. where he found the monk and his In the early renditions of the novices. documentary Zandstra started “I told them what I wanted to making, much of the history of do and he said, ‘OK, well, you can the sport filled the 80-minute run stay here and hang out and just time. He’s since pared it down. watch us and see what we do, but “People just want to see them only if you’re willing to fight right fight, they want to see how they now — get in the ring and fight live,” he says. “Anybody that right now,’” Zandstra recounts. watched it, they just want to know Many of the boys Jawee Sukantha takes on to train are orphans. Others come from families too One of the orphans the monk had poor to feed them. When they win, the money they win is sent home to support their families. about the kids. … ‘Are they all trained was matched with right? Is this ethical? Is it good for Zandstra and they were sent in to the kids?’” around the fighters’ knuckles. Onto He held the fighter until he lost the ring to fight. The question comes to a difanother lead, Zandstra would eventually ference in perspective. A childhood in “When we get into the clinch in the consciousness, lowered him to the ring, travel even farther north to the border and then, since he won the match, the corner on the ropes and stuff, he kept Thailand can’t really be compared to a towns where Burmese fighters would monk honored his deal and let Zandstra trying to head butt me, and I kept childhood in America. stay. For a few weeks, he lived in a small walk across the line between their counthinking, ‘This isn’t fair, this isn’t Muay “We have the luxury to let kids be try and Thailand to fight kaad chiek. concrete shed with a barrel of water for Thai.’” kids for this long period of their lives Zandstra, a freelance writer and a bath facility, studied what the monk And it wasn’t Muay Thai — it was and not really have to work,” Zandstra photographer who has written about had to teach and met the pilgrims who the Burmese style of boxing. says. “Even if you’re just a poor rural kid martial arts for publications across the traveled there to receive the fighting “That was what he thought the in Thailand, you have to work. You’re world, including this one, wrote a story monk’s blessing. Among them was match was,” Zandstra explains. “So he out there harvesting rice and all that — Jawee Sukantha, who runs a Muay Thai on the martial art, and returned home went to do that one time in the third that’s if you are with your parents.” training camp that also takes in orphans to Colorado. But when another opporround and I was sick of it, so I put him One of the boys there started his tunity arose to go to Thailand, this time fighting career by, in a move of desperainto what we call a guillotine choke, and to train them to become fighters. Jawee to shoot an instructional video for happened to also be one of the leading choked him out. … The monk was acttion, walking into a temple and asking Victory Belt Publishing, which prints promoters of the more obscure offing as the referee, he’s trying to get me to fight. health and fitness books, and he found shoot of Muay Thai, kaad chiek, in to let go of the guy, and I said, ‘Nah,’” “He would have been 9 at the time himself in the country with video which the robust boxing gloves are Zandstra recalls, a wry smile at the equipment and a little financial backing, see MUAY THAI Page 28 occasion. replaced with strips of cloth wrapped
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Upcoming Events November is Ed Viesturs, the only American to have climbed all 14 of the world’s 8,000-meter peaks and sixth person to do so without oxygen, drew from his 11 expeditions to Everest to write The Mountain: My Time on Everest. He’ll read from this latest book, written with David Roberts, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6, at the First United Methodist Church in Boulder.
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Ski Building Class with Gary Neptune. 9 a.m. Neptune Mountaineering, 633 South Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-8866. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6 Avalanche and Beacon Clinic. 6 p.m. Neptune Mountaineering, 633 South Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-8866. The Mountain: My Time on Everest — by Ed Viesturs, with David Roberts. 7:30 p.m. First United Methodist Church, 1421 Spruce St., Boulder, www.boulderbookstore. net. To list your event, send information to: editorial@boulderweekly.com. attn: “Adventure.”
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MUAY THAI from Page 26
he was doing this — going to the temple at the nearest town to his village and just turning up and saying, ‘I want to fight,’” Zandstra says. “He’s not even represented by a camp, he doesn’t have training, he just says, ‘I want to fight.’” And some adult, treating a boy without a family to care for him as sovereign, set up the fight and paid him about 100 bhat for it — the equivalent of just over $3, but enough to eat for another day. Two brothers in the camp who do have families are the other classic Thai boxing story: Their family grew too large to be fed by their own rice field and orchard alone, and so the two brothers were sent to the Muay Thai camp to become fighters and win money they would send home to their families. “They don’t have anything to fall back on,” Zandstra says. “When they’re older and they have a chance to think about it, will they decide that it’s worth-
while…? They’ll probably know, first of all, if they have the potential to become a superstar because fighting is one of those things that tells you, really, if you do it enough, you know one way or another definitely if you have what it takes.” One of those boys has gone to Bangkok to fight since Zandstra finished filming with them two years ago. His brother, who is just a couple years younger, will decide in the next year or two whether to follow his brother or pursue a career in the military. “They have to make the choice at some point, do they either continue to be boxers, and you know that unless you’re the luckiest of the lucky and you become a superstar and make so much money, probably that’s not going to happen,” Zandstra says. “So you’re going to retire, definitely by the time you’re 30, and you’re going to be beat up and you’re going to have no skills and you’re going to be, like, a tuktuk driver — or Boulder Weekly
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you can go into the army, and that sucks too.” Modern Bangkok is home to gyms where Muay Thai fighters prep and home to the stadiums Lumpinee and Rajadamnern that host boxing matches where fighters go to win their way to glory. The historic Lumpinee is iconic because of how rough it is, Zandstra tells me, and paints a scene of corrugated steel that’s hot, leaky when it rains and roaring loud with the sounds of stands full of gamblers, screaming and stomping on the bleachers. Compared to that noise, the sounds of the rural gyms where the fighters begin their training — and even fighting — as young as 5 or 6 must seem relatively quiet. It’s from the friction over borders that Muay Thai was born — the martial art dates to the battlefield a thousand years ago and was honed in the 1700s in an attack from the Burmese army that drove Thais from their stunning capital city of Ayutthaya into the swamps to hide. Even after a folk hero fought their freedom back from the Burmese ruler in a bare-fisted fight that sets the legacy of Muay Thai as a sport for heroes, the Thais stayed in the swamp they had made their home and built Krung Thep, the “city of angels” we now know as the Boulder Weekly
river delta-straddling city of Bangkok. In the spirit of Muay Thai — a tough sport long fought on a gritty backdrop — Zandstra’s documentary comes with its own share of grit. “I thought, I should just be honest — it was just me, a $1,000 camera, alone except for the two days that I had [a friend] to do interviews, and then I didn’t have the chance to get the interviews translated and then go, ‘OK, what did they tell me and what do I want to ask them next, how do I want to evolve this?’” Zandstra recounts. “It was just two days to have [that friend] talk to them and get the interviews — and then that’s all we have to work with to make the story come to life. So the way that we’re editing it now, it’s obvious that it’s just me, super low budget — almost no budget — and it’s told completely through the interviews. … I think that it will be better for it. I think that it will have a more honest feel. “I hope it works.” Torn Cloth is screening at 11:45 a.m. Saturday, on Nov. 9, and 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 14, at United Artists Pavilions, 500 16th St., Denver. A complete line up of films at the festival and tickets are available at www.denverfilm. org. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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Otis Taylor Gives Boulder the Blues at the 3rd Annual Trance Blues Festival by Dylan Owens
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f you hear an entrancing rhythm coming from eTown Hall or the Boulder Outlook Hotel this weekend, don’t fight it. Instead, grab an instrument — or anything you have that can make a sound — and follow the sound. These sirens aren’t trying to wreck your ship; they just want to jam.
The sounds are courtesy of Boulder-based bluesman Otis Taylor, whose Trance Blues Festival is set for Friday, Nov. 1, and Saturday, Nov. 2. Taylor has garnered a heap of awards through his storied career in the blues. This year saw the release of his 13th album, My World Is Gone, a gutting exploration of modern and bygone Native American life and death. Though he falls under the general umbrella of blues, Taylor practices what he calls “trance blues,” a variation of blues distinguished by its lack of variation. “It’s something I sort of came up with, you know,” Taylor says. “I decided to call it trance music because it doesn’t have any melodic roots and it doesn’t have chord changes.” While his spin see TAYLOR Page 34
THE TRANCE BLUES FESTIVAL SCHEDULE FRIDAY, NOV. 1 Blues jam — Everyone, regardless of skill level, is invited to bring their instruments. Tickets are $20. The music starts at 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St., Boulder. SATURDAY, NOV. 2 Workshops with visiting artists — morning and afternoon sessions. Tickets for the workshops, which include admission to the concert, are $65. Workshops take place at the Boulder Outlook Hotel. Evening performance with Otis Taylor, the visiting artists and select participants — Tickets are $20 for just the concert. eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder. Visit http://trancebluesfestival.com for more information.
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on it is new, trance music is not. “Some of the most famous music in the world doesn’t have chord changes,” he says, citing vodou and hip-hop as two of the most famous examples. Taylor is a veteran, a master of his craft, but part of the beauty of the trance music he makes is its simplicity. There are no complicated chord changes. Space is key, versus a flurry of notes. The music lends itself to beginners, even non-musicians, whom Taylor welcomes. For folks who have never played with others before, Taylor has organized a workshop (Nov. 1 at the Boulder Outlook Hotel at 8 p.m.) to teach the basics of jamming, blues mechanics and a little bit of jazz history. “Everybody gets a chance,” Taylor reiterates. “It’s shared music.” The all-inclusive nature of the music is exactly what Taylor hoped to capture with the Trance Blues Festival. “It’s a feeling of community,” he says. “It’s a chance for people to … share music. [The music] is very simple, you know. You don’t have to be a musician. Like when you sit in a class choir, there’s bad singers, but the choir always sounded good.” Taylor will have some professional help, too. Among the many talented musicians who’ll join him on stage and during the workshops are guitarist and vocalist Cathy Richardson and cornet player Ron Miles (“one of the best players players in the country, no ifs ands or buts, y’know?”) as well as fiddler Anne Harris, singer Erica Brown, Paul and Jessica Rogalski, singer G’ Jai, 34 October 31, 2013
drummer Larry Thompson and more. On Saturday, Nov. 2, the artists will host workshops in the morning at the Outlook. That night, the artists will take the stage at eTown Hall for a finale concert and jam. Among the guest artists is one musician with whom Taylor shares a special connection. “My daughter Cass is going to be there — she’s a bass player.” Like her father, Cassie Taylor, 27, is already an accomplished musician, having started touring with her father when she was just 16 years old. Aside from getting to play music with his daughter, Otis cited another reason he’s glad Cass will be at the festival: to be a role model. “There’s not a lot of women in the blues, you know, but there’ll be a lot of strong women role models there,” he says. While there’ll be plenty of chances to sharpen your musical chops and rub elbows with inspirational figures, Taylor stresses that a big part of the festival is having fun. “It’s just a crazy party,” he says. A blues party may sounds like something of an oxymoron, but there’s something cathartic about it, too, like the burning of The Grump in Crested Butte. Point is, whether you’ve ever sung a bar of blues in your life, odds are you’ve had the words in your heart before. The Trance Blues Festival doesn’t want to tell you what to sing about — it just wants to be your pitch pipe. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
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intage Trouble might just not take a long time and over-think have the best live show things. Within the first three weeks, we going. played our first show. After only three Together for just a coumonths we were doing four residencies ple of years, the Los around Los Angeles, which is kind of Angeles band has exploded out of clubs, unheard of. We needed something to playing festivals and opening for the sell at shows, to give people for music. likes of The Who, sending audiences We went in to record demos, which into a frenzy with its dynam- Lee Cherry ic performances. Those shows start with singer Ty Taylor’s James Brown-like stage moves and powerhouse soul shouter vocals. Then mix in rock rhythms and stinging guitar, and it makes for an impressive package. “All of our lives we’ve all listened to everything from gospel, to rhythm and blues, to soul, to rock ’n’ roll, to even some folk, and all this kind of stuff,” Taylor says. “When we first got started we said we wanted to stay out of the way of the creative flow. When we stayed out of our way, a marriage of these styles just happened.” But getting out of the way of the creative process isn’t the only reason that Vintage Trouble works so well together. It also takes a Trouble hit the ground running in 2010 and rare chemistry, says drummer Vintage hasn’t slowed down since. Richard Danielson. “What is that word chemistry, like a chemical reaction?” he turned out to be a full record, and we says. “Our favorite bands, it’s a group of recorded the record in three days.” guys in the right place at the right time Not only did the band make its bringing the right elements. That’s record, the 2011 release The Bomb chemistry. Unfortunately some musiShelter Sessions, in three days, it shot cians in their lifetime might not ever videos in two hours or less and won find that. It’s a very delicate thing. To awards for a video shot on an iPhone. find a group of guys that you have a That’s spontaneity, and that’s how chemistry with, that’s what translates to Vintage Trouble works. great music and championships in The band’s live show was there from sports. That’s what we have.” the beginning as well — with their The quartet had that chemistry the Trouble Tuesday shows at tiny L.A. first time it got together in 2010. club Harvelle’s as dynamic and involv“As soon as we hit the first downing as those they deliver on big stages beat in the first rehearsal, we just kind today. of opened our eyes and looked at each “We’ve been out touring for slightly other, like, ‘Wow, this is something spe- over two years now,” says bassist Rick cial,’” Taylor says. Barrio Dill. “So things have changed a “It made us want to move quickly, little. But it’s more of that spontaneous Boulder Weekly
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thing. It’s almost like we just want to go. There’s something about that that just works for us.” While the band has been touring, it’s also been in the studio, having finished enough material for three albums. It’s also put together a documentary of its European tours opening for Brian May of Queen, Bon Jovi and playing headlining shows called “80 Shows in 100 Days.” Shows in small clubs or on giant stages get the same approach from VT — deliver the best show possible and try to reach every person in the audience. “It’s a great challenge for us. We walk on stage to an audience who has never seen us before,” says guitarist Nalle Colt, the other member of the four-piece band. “You get up there and just go for it.” That said, Taylor sees an important contrast between the shows. “It is different,” he says. “When you’re a kid, you stand in front of a mirror, you’ve got your air guitar, you sing into a brush. That’s your childhood dream. That’s what makes you practice every day. That’s what makes you aspire to be what we’re still trying to aspire to be. When you’re an adult, you’ve already seen porno movies and you’ve already had girlfriends, you’ve already had sex. The adult dream becomes a little sexier and darker. You want to be in a club. An arena is no better than being in a sweaty club.” Regardless of where they perform, Vintage Trouble turns heads — even on TV. The band grabbed national attention in December with a jaw-dropping, scintillating performance of the song “Blues Hand Me Down” on Late Night With David Letterman. The same thing happened when they played the English television show Later… with Jools Holland in 2011. “Somebody else said they were upstairs and heard it and sprained their ankle coming downstairs to see it,” Danielson says. “I like that image … but we don’t want anybody to get hurt at our shows, just go wild.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com October 31, 2013 37
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istorically, the terms “Rated R” afternoon. and “dinner theater” have rarely The songs are, for the most part, jazzy, been used in the same sentence. fun and vocally demanding. Caikowski delivDinner theater is something you ers a well-rounded performance, especially dress up for, not a place to see, during the touching scenes with his son, but for example, men strip down to their skivvies his voice doesn’t quite meet the extreme (and then some). demands of the part, which requires Jerry to However, Boulder’s Dinner Theatre be played by an actor with a (BDT) has occasionally produced shows that Broadway voice and a soul ON THE BILL: The Full seem to be pushing those boundaries. Last singer’s acrobatics. Ambler Monty plays at Boulder’s year, the company did Avenue Q, the hilarihas a stellar voice; it’s a shame Dinner Theatre through ously raunchy exploration of class, sex, race he wasn’t featured more. The Nov. 9. Tickets start at $44. Visit www.bouldersdinnerand English degrees featuring Sesame Streetmusical is the men’s show, but theatre.com for tickets style puppetry. And this year, BDT presents the women make the most of and more information, or The Full Monty, book by Terrence McNally what little stage time they get. call 303-449-6000. and music/lyrics by David Yazbek. Shelly Cox-Robie hams it up Based on the 1997 British film, The Full delightfully as the chainMonty tells the story of six former steelworksmoking, seen-it-all accompanist Jeanette, ers in Buffalo, N.Y., desperate for money and the song “It’s a Woman’s World” is a after the factory that employed them shut four-woman vocal tour de force. Amanda The would-be strippers of The Full Monty. From left are Ethan (Burte Walton), down. The women in their lives mostly have Harold (Scott Beyette), Jerry (Scott Caikowski), Malcolm (Brett Ambler), Dave Earls, Tracy Warren, Jessica Hindsley and (Joel Adam Chavez) and Horse (Robert Johnson). jobs; Jerry (Seth Caikowski) faces losing visiNorelle Moore perform the song with a contation rights to his son if he can’t scrape fident, no-nonsense swagger. together the money for child support. Dave The musical is an overall breezy experi( Joel Adam Chavez) feels increasingly emasence that touches on some serious issues. The culated by the reversal of traditional gender psychological effects of the erosion of midroles unemployment has thrust upon him dle-class manufacturing jobs, modern mascuand his wife. linity, homophobia and gender stereotypes all In the opening scene, Jerry, Dave and a are present in the play yet never addressed host of other jobless factory workers lament directly. The would-be strippers are a wellhow unemployment makes them feel like pros at Chippendales won’t do. meaning but fairly dumb lot, who desire failures in life. They’re “scrap,” they sing. Their jobs Jerry puts together a ragtag team of strippers, manly things like steak and despise womanly things provided self-worth; without them, they’re just losers. rounding up Malcolm (Brett Ambler), who is a live-in like household chores. McNally’s script has them too All the men feel pressured to take jobs they think caretaker for his sickly mother; Ethan (Burte Walton), stupid to learn dance steps until they picture choreograare beneath them, like working in a mall. But when a who has no discernible talent except for one his father phy like basketball moves. They also have a moment Chippendales troupe manages to hook the attention endowed him with; Harold (Scott Beyette), the “effiwhere they gather around a magazine and rate the (and dollars) of the Buffalo women, Jerry hatches a ciency expert” who sacked all the rest, then lost his women in it on a scale of one to 10, slowly realizing scheme. If the women go crazy for male strippers with own job; and Horse (Robert Johnson), who wows dur- they are about to be judged in the same way — since it perfect bodies, think how much they would pay to see ing auditions with a rendition of “Big Black Man.” had never occurred to them that women are, you know, real Buffalo men, with bellies and guts and receding In retrospect, maybe seeing a musical like The Full people. Two of the guys develop a romance, but short hairlines! Monty on a Sunday afternoon, as I did, wasn’t the best of one suggestive song it’s scarcely mentioned. OK, so the plan doesn’t make much sense on its choice. Beyette, who also directed, stages the stripping Of course, perhaps it’s too much to expect serious face, and Jerry spends much of the first act convincing scenes, for example, with the female actors whooping treatment of real-life issues in a musical about amateur the rest of the guys to join him. Ticket sales for the and cat-calling from off-stage, standing among the male strippers. The Full Monty is a fun and engaging steelworker strip show slag. So, as a desperate gimaudience. It works far better if the audience joins in experience. My advice? Don’t think too hard when you mick, Jerry tells everyone they plan to go “the full enthusiastically — something aided by the energy of a see it. monty” — strip to the nude — something even the Friday night rather than the relative calm of a Sunday Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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Thursday, October 31 music BoomBox — With Ramona. 7 p.m. Ogden Theater, 935 E Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-832-1874. Brazil Night Hosted by Francisco Marques of Ginga. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. Chicha. 9 p.m. Centro Latin Kitchen, 950 Pearl St., Boulder, 303442-7771. Full Belly. 9:30 p.m. The Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303993-2094. Grizmatic — With A-Trak, Two Fresh and Exmag. 6:30 p.m. 1stBank Center, 11450 Broomfield Lane, Broomfield, 303-410-0700. Gumbo Le Funque. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. Halloween Costume Party with Halden Wofford and The Hi*Beams. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Halloween Party with The Mothers. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Halloween Party with Pangaea. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Hey Lady! — With The Retrosonics. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Jawbreaker’s Dear You Performed by The Gamits and Uphollow — With Skulls. 8 p.m. The Hi-Dive, 7 S. Broadway, Denver, 303-733-0230. The Motet Presents Mixtape 1980 — With A Year In Funk & Beyond. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-7867030. M Squared. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Paper Bird — With Shakey Graves. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 see EVENTS Page 42
Friday and Saturday, November 1-2: New Breed Dance Company: Love Moves, The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 7 p.m.
With the blessing of Fred Schneider himself, Hey Lady!, a B-52’s tribute band, began when Steven Blasinsky began getting into karaoke “Fred-offs,” and his sister, Deb Britton (the band’s Cindy Wilson) knew he was onto something. Four years later, the 2012 Leftapalooza Mile High Tribute Band Competition winner (and third-place finisher in the 2013 contest) is gearing up to play its third Halloween concert at Dickens Opera House. The “world’s second greatest party band” aims to please, and the show promises to make for a wild Halloween.
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New Breed Dance Company, a Boulder jazz dance troupe in its second year, is bringing a theme into its upcoming performance that strikes close to home for Artistic Director Linzee Klinkenberg, who has been married 10 years: “the falling, fighting and staying in love.” Klinkenberg and her company of 10 dancers have crafted a show designed to entertain and convey universal emotional experiences around marital bonds.
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lecture Tuesday, November 5: Visiting Artist Lecture: Bart Habermiller, Visual Arts Complex, 1085 18th St., Boulder, 6:30 p.m. An artist known for utilizing “found” materials and working with entire communities to complete a sculpture or installation, Bart Habermiller is a leader in the visual arts scene of Calgary, in the Canadian province of Alberta. Habermiller will share his experience with those who may be fans of his work, would like to develop a better understanding of modern sculpture and installation art, or who simply appreciate the view of a refreshing artistic style that accounts for creating from what already exists.
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Children of the Rains — Artist Nancy Rynes. NCAR Visitor Center Gallery II, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1000. Through Nov. 29. Continuing Legacies: Evolving Ceramic Traditions. Arvada Center for Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200. Through Nov. 10. Craft Tech / Coded Media: Women, Art and Technology. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-4432122. Through Jan. 26. The Dreamer’s Dilemma — Artist Amber Cobb. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Through Nov. 3.
Andrew J. Macky Gallery, Macky Auditorium, 285 University Ave., Boulder, 303-492-8423. Through Jan. 12. Landscape M — Artist Heimrad Bäcker (1925-2003). Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-2987554. Through Jan. 5. MediaLive: Exploring Live Audiovisual Arts 2013. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art. 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Nov. 7-10. Nuestra Cultura: Our People, Our Heritage. Arvada Center for Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200. Through Dec. 22.
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El Pinko Muerto. 9 p.m. Shine, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120.
Bonnie and the Clydes. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.
Quillion. 9 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.
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Boogie Machine. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Cherub and Con Bro Chill — With Probcause. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-4433399.
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Costume Party with Ginga. 9 p.m. Shine, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120.
All Hallow’s Eve Benefit for Boulder. 4 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4404628.
The Devil Makes Three — With Shakey Graves. 8 p.m. Ogden Theater, 935 E Colfax Ave., Denver, 303832-1874.
Boulder Salsa Social. 8:30 p.m. The Avalon, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-668-7355.
Devotchka — With You, Me & Apollo and Kitty Crimes. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303786-7030.
Dairy Comedy. 8 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Geopolitics Series. 1 p.m. Boulder Public Library Main Branch, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-4413100. Getting Started with Adobe Lightroom. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303875-0276.
Friday, November 1 music Archie Funker. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300
Gang Forward. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Halloween Bash with The Matt Flaherty Band. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-4491922. Hooper Album Release Party — With Friends of Cesar Romero, Antirobot and Rebel Steele. 9 p.m. The Hi-Dive, 7 S. Broadway, Denver, 303-733-0230. ISSOVEE. 10 p.m. The Lazy Dog Sports Bar & Grill, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355.
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The RTH Band. 8 p.m. Dillinger’s Bar & Grill, 1202 Centaur Village Drive, Lafayette, 303-666-6979. The Steel Wheels — With Parker Millsap. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill Daniels Hall, 71 E. Yale Avenue, Denver, 303-777-1003. Trance Blues Jam. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. Whiskey Autumn. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Wild Mountain Honey. 6 p.m. Front Range Brewing Company, 400 W. South Boulder Road, Ste. 1650, Lafayette, 303-339-0767.
events Artist reception/open house featuring 10 jewelers. 6 p.m. LA Coppersmith, Studio & Gallery, 915 Walnut St., Louisville, 720-340-0084. Boulder Community Contra Dance. 8 p.m. The Avalon, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-668-7355. Dia de los Muertos Sugar Skull Making Workshop. 11 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424. First Friday Art Walk. Downtown Louisville. 6 p.m. Visit www.louisvilleartsdistrict.com for more information. Flood Recovery Benefit. 5 p.m. Rabbit Brush Gallery, 7504 Hygiene Road, Hygiene, 303-651-1106. Game Night at Meadows. 4:30 p.m. Boulder Public Library Meadows Branch, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390. The Goonies. 7 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.
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New Breed Dance Company: Love Moves. 7 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Non-Scripted Production Hands-On Intensive. Through Nov. 3. 10 a.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276. One Act — An improvised play by Meredith Grundei. 8 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. The U.S. and Prospects for Democracy in Iran. 5 p.m. Eaton Humanities, 1610 Pleasant St., Boulder, 303-735-5122.
Saturday, November 2 music Bluezhouse. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Boulder Philharmonic. 7:30 p.m. Macky Auditorium, 1595 Pleasant St., Boulder, 303-449-1343.
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One Act. Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Fridays, Nov. 1 through May 2, 2014. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (American Sign Language and Voice Performances) — Presented by Rocky Mountain Deaf Theatre. Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Nov. 1, 2 and 3. The Twilight Zone — Presented by the Theatre Company of Lafayette. Mary Miller Theater, 300 E. Simpson, Lafayette, 720-2092154. Through Nov. 16. Witness for the Prosecution — Presented by The Spotlight Theatre Company. John Hand Theater, 7653 E. First Place, Denver, 720880-8727. Through Nov. 9.
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Boulder author Rivvy Neshama will discuss her memoir, Recipes for a Sacred Life, at the Boulder Book Store on Monday, Nov. 4.
Thursday, October 31 Timber Journal Release Party. 7 p.m. Buchanan’s Coffee Pub, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder, 303-440-0222.
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Nicaragua — Surviving the Legacy of U.S. Policy Project. With authors Paul Dix and Pam Fitzpatrick. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore and Cafe, 1203 13th St., Boulder, 303-579-1644.
Poems of the Vikings. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore and Cafe, 1203 13th St., Boulder, 303579-1644.
Saturday, November 2
Healthy Start Story Time. 11 a.m. Barnes & Noble, 2999 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-0349. Sunday, November 3 Let Her Speak — A 10-Hour Reading of Texas State Senator Wendy Davis’s Filibuster. 10 a.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore and Cafe, 1203 13th St., Boulder, 303-579-1644. The Book of Matt — Author Stephen Jimenez. 5 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder,
Recipes for a Sacred Life — Author Rivvy Neshama. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074. Tuesday, November 5 Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore and Cafe, 1203 13th St., Boulder, 303-579-1644. Wednesday, November 6 Storytime with Judy Volc. 10 a.m. Barnes & Noble, 2999 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-0349. The Mountain — Author Ed Viesturs. 7:30 p.m. First United Methodist Church, 1421 Spruce Street, Boulder, 303-442-3770.
EVENTS from Page 43 Longmont, 303-485-9400. The Hollyfelds — With Marty Jones and Hangman’s Hymnal. 8:30 p.m. The Hi-Dive, 7 S. Broadway, Denver, 303-733-0230. ISSOVEE. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. Jesse Winchester — With Solomon Cook. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill Daniels Hall, 71 E. Yale Avenue, Denver, 303-777-1003. The Motet Presents Mixtape 1980. 8 p.m. Ogden Theater, 935 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-832-1874. Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill Tuft Theatre, 71 E. Yale Avenue, Denver, 303-777-1003. Otis Taylor’s Trance Blues Festival Workshop and Full Concert Event. 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-443-8696. Purple Squirrel. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. Robinson Quintet. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.
New Breed Dance Company: Love Moves. 7 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. The Santos y Muertos Show: A Day of the Dead Event. 10 a.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. The Vision of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche — Through Nov. 10. 9 a.m. The Crossroads Gardens Bldg., 1800 30th St., Room 201, 902-423-1097.
Sunday, November 3 music Acoustic Jam. 4 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Bluegrass Pick. 12 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Buster Blues. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.
Something Underground. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.
The Constant Tourists. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.
Sweetfire. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.
Jazz Jam with Big Swing Trio. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.
Tony Smith. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.
Jim Green & John Michaels. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.
West Water Outlaws — With Musketeer Gripweed and Birch Street. 8 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.
Kanye West — With Kendrick Lamar. 7 p.m. Pepsi Center, 1000 Chopper Circle, Denver, 303-405-1100.
The Wild Gnomes. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733
events Bryce Widom — Reception and live painting demonstration. 1 p.m. SmithKlein Gallery, 1116 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-7200.
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Open Stage with No Kicks and Denver Port Authority. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Sera Cahoone — With Jen Korte and Halden Woffold. 8 p.m. The Hi-Dive, 7 S. Broadway, Denver, 303-7330230. Sol Quatro. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.
Dance is for Every Body Showcase. 11 a.m. Boulder Public Library Main Branch, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
Takács Quartet. 4 p.m. Grusin Music Hall, 1020 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8008.
Let’s Talk Chickens. 1 p.m. Agricultural Heritage
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events Comedy Night. 7 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. Dance is for Every Body Showcase. 1 p.m. Boulder Public Library Main Branch, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Hawaiian Hula Class. 4:30 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Let’s Talk Chickens. 1 p.m. Agricultural Heritage Center, 8348 Highway 66, west of Longmont, 303776-8848. Loco Tango. 6 p.m. The Avalon, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-668-7355. Rob Delaney. 7 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Samba Colorado — Dance performance. 1 p.m. Boulder Public Library Main Branch, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
Monday, November 4 music Electric Blues Jam. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Open Mic Night. 6:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Open Stage — With Danny Shafer. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914, ext. 313. Takács Quartet. 7:30 p.m. Grusin Music Hall, 1020 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8008. Tycho — With Beacon. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.
Quasi — With Blues Control. 8 p.m. The Hi-Dive, 7 S. Broadway, Denver, 303-733-0230.
events All Knowledge Must Be Shared. 8 p.m. Rad-ish Collective, 710 31st St., Boulder, 201-873-6728. Bike the Vote on Election Day. 5 p.m. Community Cycles, 2805 Wilderness Place, Suite 1000, Boulder, 303-350-7701. Boulder World Affairs Discussion Group. 10 a.m. Boulder Public Library Meadows Branch, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390. Getting Started with Sketchup and Layout. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303875-0276. International Night. 8 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. NaNoWriMo Write In. 3 p.m. Boulder Public Library Main Branch, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-4413100. Production and Lighting Techniques for Video. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276. The Soul Healing Evening Benefit for Colorado Flood Relief — Featuring Dr. Zhi Gang Sha. 7 p.m. Love Peace Harmony Center, 6119 Andrus Road, Boulder, 720-890-0756. Visiting Artist Lecture: Bart Habermiller. 6:30 p.m. Visual Arts Complex, 1085 18th St., Boulder, 303-4922539.
Wednesday, November 6 music
Boulder Blues Quartet. 8 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985.
Arabic Literature Discussion Group. 7 p.m. Boulder Public Library Main Branch, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
Clouds and Mountains — With Decker and The Lonelyhearts. 8:30 p.m. The Hi-Dive, 7 S. Broadway, Denver, 303-733-0230.
Hedrick Smith. 7 p.m. Old Main Chapel, CU campus, 303-492-2515.
Open Bluegrass Pick. 9 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.
Pricing and Selling Wedding and Portrait Photography, Part 1. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.
Open Mic. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.
UI/UX Design Transitions Certificate Program. Through Nov. 8. 9 a.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.
Aaron Carter — With Carson Allen & Ashtree. 8 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.
AIA Lecture Series: The Earliest Modern Humans in Eastern Europe. 6:15 p.m. CU Museum, 1030 Broadway St., Boulder, 303-492-6892.
AZTeC. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.
Basics of Blogging. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.
Bill McKay. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.
Birding Boulder County Through The Seasons. 7 p.m. Longmont Public Library, 4th Ave. and Emery St., Longmont, 303-678-6214.
Open Mic. 7:30 p.m. The Attic Bar and Bistro, 949 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-415-1300. Open Mic Night. 8 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Percussion Xtravaganza Hosted by Billy Hoke. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.
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Boulder Conversations with Extraordinary People: Gary Neptune. 5 p.m. Boulder History Museum, 2205 Broadway St., Boulder, 303-449-3464. Great Books Discussion Group. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Public Library Meadows Branch, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390. How JFK’s Assassination Shattered American Liberalism. 6:30 p.m. Old Main, 1600 Pleasant St., Boulder, 303-492-6111. Ignite Boulder 22. 6 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Socrates Café. 2 p.m. Boulder Public Library Meadows Branch, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-4414390.
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Award-winning director Morgan Neville shines a spotlight on the story of the backup singers behind some of the greatest musical legends of the 21st century. Rated PG-13. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater
Just when it looks like a madman and his billionaire partner are about to take over the world, the president calls on super agent Machete to save the day. Rated R. At Twin Peaks.
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The ensemble comedy A.C.O.D. follows Carter, a seemingly well-adjusted Adult Child of Divorce. When his younger brother gets engaged, Carter is forced to reunite his bitterly divorced parents and their new spouses for the wedding. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres
Located alongside the Tennessee River, Muscle Shoals, Ala., is the unlikely breeding ground for some of America’s most creative and defiant music. At its heart is Rick Hall, who founded FAME Studios. Overcoming crushing poverty and staggering tragedies, Hall brought black and white together in Alabama’s cauldron of racial hostility to create music for the generations. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres
About Time A father explains to his son that all men in the family can time-travel. So the son goes back in time to find a girlfriend, which turns out to be harder than he thought. Rated R. At Century.
NABUCCO: La Scala Verdi’s opera tells of the plight of the Jews as they are assaulted, conquered and subsequently exiled from their homeland by the Babylonian king. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater
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All Is Lost Deep into a solo voyage in the Indian Ocean, an unnamed man wakes to find his 39-foot yacht taking on water. Rated PG-13. At Century and Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres
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Birth of the Living Dead (Year of the Living Dead) Documentary: In 1968 a young college dropout named George A. Romero directed Night of the Living Dead, a low budget horror film that shocked the world, became an icon of the counterculture and spawned a zombie industry worth billions of dollars that continues to this day. SIE Film Center. — Denver Film Society
Blue Jasmine After everything in her life falls to pieces, elegant New York socialite Jasmine moves into her sister Ginger’s modest apartment in San Francisco to try to pull herself back together again. Rated PG. At Esquire and Colony Square.
Capital When the CEO of a French bank collapses on the golf course, Machiavellian young executive Marc Tourneuil (Gad Elmaleh) is crowned as his replacement. Tourneuil’s brutal ascent is jeopardized by a hostile takeover attempt from a large American hedge fund leader (Gabriel Byrne), erotic distractions from an international supermodel (Liya Kebede) and adversaries with an agenda for destruction. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres
Captain Phillips This film, starring Tom Hanks as Captain Phillips, is director Paul Greengrass’ interpretation of the real-life hijacking of the cargo ship Maersk Alabama in 2009 by Somali pirates. Rated PG-13. At Twin Peaks, Colony Square and Century.
Carrie Another remake of the classic. A shy girl who gets treated like crap by her family and peers discovers she has super evil powers and decides to get even. Rated R. At Twin Peaks, Colony Square and Century.
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 If you and the kids liked the first version, then you’ll no doubt like the second. Rated PG. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks.
The Counselor See full review, page 56. Rated R. At Twin Peaks, Colony Square and Century.
Dario Argento’s Dracula Horror master Dario Argento returns with a bloody, luridly creepy 3D version of the classic vampire tale, drenched in gore and sex. An unsuspecting Englishman arrives in Transylvania, lured by a job with a local nobleman. But the undead Count Dracula’s real target is the man’s innocent young wife. SIE Film Center. — Denver Film Society
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay Ricky Jay is a world-renowned magician, author, historian and actor — and a performer who regularly
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Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton As Himself This moving and engaging film tells the story of writer, editor, amateur sportsman and friend to many George Plimpton. At SIE Film Center. — Denver Film Society
Repo Man (with Alex Cox in person) provokes astonishment from even the most jaded audiences. Deceptive Practice traces Jay’s achievements and influences. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater
Despicable Me 2 It’s time for more Minion madness in this animated sequel. Rated PG. At Twin Peaks.
Don Jon Jon Martello is addicted to porn. Barbara Sugarman is addicted to romantic Hollywood movies. When the pair’s fantasy worlds collide, it gets interesting. Rated R. At Century and Colony Square.
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a routine spacewalk goes wrong. Also in 3-D. Rated PG13. At Century, Twin Peaks and Colony Square.
A Hijacking The cargo ship MV Rozen is heading for harbor when it is hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean. With the demand for a ransom of millions of dollars, a psychological drama unfolds between the CEO of the shipping company and the Somali pirates. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater
In a World... Carol strikes it big in the cutthroat world of movietrailer voiceovers, only to find herself competing with her father. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater
When aliens attack Earth, International Fleet Commander Mazer Rackham (Ben Kingsley) and Col. Hyrum Graff (Harrison Ford) turn to a young boy, Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield), to help them save the planet. Much action transpires. Rated PG-13. At Twin Peaks, Colony Square and Century.
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Eva (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) is a divorced, single parent masseuse who meets Albert (James Gandolfini), a nice guy in the same boat. Love and laughs follow. Rated PG-13. At Esquire, Colony Square and Century. — Landmark Theatres
Director James Wan gives us a terrifying sequel to his original horror film. Rated PG-13. At Twin Peaks.
Escape Plan Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger team up to break out of an escape-proof prison. Rated PG13. At Twin Peaks, Colony Square and Century.
The Exorcist Classic fright film. When a 12-year-old girl is possessed by demons, a young priest takes it upon himself to selflessly save her at the behest of her famous movie-star mother. Rated R. At Esquire. — Landmark Theatres
The Fifth Estate This is a film about WikiLeaks and its role in our new world where our own government is constantly spying on us and whistleblowing has become a life-threatening pursuit. Rated R. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks.
Free Birds So how do two “odd couple” turkeys overcome their many differences to get turkey off of the Thanksgiving menu forever? In this animated flick, time-travel is at least part of the equation. Rated PG. At Twin Peaks, Colony Square and Century.
Gravity Sandra Bullock and George Clooney star in this visually stunning film that strands two astronauts in space when
In this timely and entertaining documentary, noted economic policy expert Robert Reich takes on the enormous question of what has been happening to our economy. Rated PG. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa Johnny Knoxville as 86-year-old Irving Zisman goes road-tripping with Billy, his 8-year-old grandson. Rated R. At Twin Peaks, Colony Square and Century.
A down-and-out young punk (Emilio Estevez) apprentices with a seasoned repo man (Harry Dean Stanton) while attempting to find love. Meanwhile, he crosses paths with the CIA, a most wanted ’64 Chevy and an alien invasion. The filmmaker from whose mind this sprang will be on hand to answer questions. Rated R. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater
Rush Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard creates a visual masterpiece that recreates the well-documented 1970s rivalry between race-car drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda. Rated R. At Twin Peaks, Colony Square and Century.
Short Term 12 A compassionate 20-something who works with troubled kids runs into her own troubles when her life starts spinning out of control. Rated R. At SIE Film Center — Denver Film Society
The Summit In August 2008, 22 climbers from several countries and in several separate expeditions wound up at High Camp on K2. This documentary shows what happened next on this mountain where one in four climbers never make it down. At Mayan.
Twelve Years a Slave
An aging group of friends heads to Vegas to throw a party for the last of their single crew. An all-star cast of aging Hollywood folk like Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Michael Douglas make for the laughs. Rated PG-13. At Twin Peaks, Colony Square and Century.
In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty (personified by a slave owner, portrayed by Michael Fassbender), as well as unexpected kindnesses, Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the 12th year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist (Brad Pitt) will forever alter his life. Rated R. At Century and Mayan. — Landmark Theatres
Lee Daniels’ The Butler
Wadjda
Forest Whitaker stars as a White House butler whose 34-year tenure sees incredible social change. Rated PG-13. At Century and Colony Square.
Wadjda, a 10-year-old girl living in a suburb of Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, is fun-loving, entrepreneurial and always pushing the boundaries of what she can get away with. Rated PG. At Chez Artiste — Landmark Theatres
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Let the Fire Burn Director Jason Osder has crafted that rarest of cinematic objects: A found-footage film that unfurls with the tension of a great thriller. On May 13, 1985, a longtime feud between the city of Philadelphia and controversial Black Power group MOVE came to a deadly climax. By order of local authorities, police dropped military-grade explosives onto a MOVE-occupied rowhouse. TV cameras captured the conflagration that quickly escalated — and resulted in the tragic deaths of 11 people (including five children) and the destruction of 61 homes. It was only later discovered that authorities decided to “...let the fire burn.” At Esquire. — Landmark Theatres
We Are What We Are In We Are What We Are, a seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, the Parkers, keep their ancestral customs intact at any cost. Rated R. At SIE FilmCenter. —Denver Film Society
Zaytoun This film is a moving story of survival, reconciliation and friendship set in 1982, amid the Lebanese Civil War. While on a mission, Israeli fighter pilot Yoni (Stephen Dorff) is shot down over Beirut and taken prisoner by inhabitants of a Palestinian refugee camp. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres
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sons you will never be able to forget. What in the train wreck was everyone thinking? The script is so foul and misogynistic that there are at least a dozen “I’ll tell you about women” moments, the worst of which may be “You can do anything you want to a woman except bore her.” Huzzah! That doesn’t sound like an endorsement of rape culture at all, thanks Cormac! The Counselor almost works as a comedy. It’s certainly the funniest thing Diaz has done since There’s Something About Mary, even if she isn’t aware of that. Oh, almost forgot: There are cheetahs in this movie. For no reason or anything. Just every so often someone will be playing piano and there’s a domesticated cheetah just chilling next to them. Oh, and the movie takes place in Texas and Mexico. It’s possible that McCarthy just totally botched his first original attempt at screenwriting. It’s also possible that he needs a translator, someone who is capable of turning his brilliant novels into palatable cinema. This is going to go down as one of those movies that had absolutely no reason to be anything but great and is somehow one of the year’s worst films. And if you think that’s exaggerating, consider that by the end of the film, it is absolutely and completely unclear what just happened. The Counselor is a horrifying reminder that even the best of us are capable of bad, bad things. — This review first appeared in The Reader of Omaha, Neb. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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pairing its beers with hot dogs and pizza. “So it’s anything in between, from one extreme to the other, fine dining to bluecollar dining,” Osborne says. “And that’s the fun part about it — you’re not stuck in a hoity-toity situation.” Cheaper and lesser in alcohol by volume than wine, beer can be the more accessible option for many pairings. And if anyone is suited to speak of the differences between wine- and beer-based dinners first-hand, it may just be Tom Arthur. Arthur is the current manager at West Flanders Brewing Co. at 1125 Pearl St., which often hosts private parties for beer pairing events. A former manager at Laudisio, the Italian restaurant at the Twenty Ninth Street mall that closed last summer, he remained fluent on the company’s extensive and respected
wine list. Arthur, bearded and sporting a short-sleeve flannel, discusses the relative ease with which customers can get started in beer pairings. “You can convince people, ‘Hey try this beer with us,’ and you don’t have to convince them to take a leap of faith on getting a bottle of wine,” he says. Standing in front of a line of large bullet-shaped vats behind the bar, Arthur discusses the ability of both beer and wine to complement a given meal, claiming that most wines aren’t able to handle vinegarbased salads or more acidic dishes. These are flavors West Flanders prefers to highlight on its menu, pairing such plates with Belgian-style saisons or hoppedup IPAs. see PAIRINGS Page 54
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est eatery in Colorado, the little guy came out on top. This year’s winner of the Nature’s Plate People’s Choice Green As girlfriends around the Restaurant contest is Ploughboy in the state might have suggested, small town of Salida. Plougboy’s use of it’s time to put down the pint pastured meats, low-impact transportaglass and Broncos hoodie and tion and bio-pest control are what pick up the goblet and sweatpushed it to win the competition, going er vest. The Ninth Annual up against restaurants in Denver, Boulder Denver International Wine and Fort Collins. Festival will showcase more The second annual Nature’s Plate than 400 international wines contest kicked off in September. The from 18 countries Nov. 6-10 at Nature Conservancy, the contest’s sponthe Omni Interlocken Resort in sor, asked foodies in Colorado and across Broomfield. the country to vote for their favorite local FAB wines from California, Chile and Argentina being served Hosted by Wine Country International “green” restaurant. Other finalists includat the 2012 Denver International Wine Festival. Magazine, the five-day festival will feature ed Colterra in Niwot, Tasty Harmony in several food and wine events with internaFort Collins, The Kitchen in Boulder and wineries and a local micro-distillery that have tionally known chefs and wineries, Watercourse Foods in Denver. not been announced yet. Tickets cost $150. detailed on the festival’s website, www.denThe festival will conclude with the Julia verwinefest.com. SPRINGS HAVE SPRUNG Former White House chef John Moeller will Child Tribute Champagne Luncheon on Yes, as the weather turns cold, a new Sunday, Nov. 10, from noon to 2 p.m. Guest be competing against nine Colorado chefs Springs has arrived. host Madeliene de Jean, who was a personal at the Pairsine Chef’s Food and Wine Pairing Crystal Springs Brewing Company has friend of Julia Child, will lead the Child-inspired Competition at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 7. announced the opening of its brewery and lunch and sabering demonstration. The lunch The dishes prepared by the chefs will be taproom location in Louisville. Brewer and will be paired with champagne selections from owner Tom Horst, who is also a music instrucpaired with Gold medal-winning wines from around the world. Tickets cost $100 each. the Denver International Wine Competition. tor at Boulder High School, has run Crystal A portion of DIWF ticket sales and 100 per- Springs out of his garage since 2009 and curTickets cost $100 each and include 20 wine cent of the proceeds from all silent and live and food pairing tastes. rently distributes to about 20 liquor stores and auctions will go to Share Our Strength, a The Grand Tasting of International Wines six restaurants and bars. The Louisville tapnational nonprofit centered around ending and Food event will feature more than 60 room has been in the works for months and childhood hunger in America and ensuring wineries, breweries and distilleries offering was only slightly delayed by the September that children are being provided healthy, sus- floods. pourings and tastings from 6 to 9 p.m. on tainable food. Friday, Nov. 8. The event will also feature a The new location for Crystal Springs is 657 Omni Interlocken Resort is offering a limitBelgium Beer Garden with food samplings S. Taylor Ave., Unit E, in the Colorado Tech ed number of festival room rates at $99 a and a collection of fine art. Tickets cost $95 Center in Louisville. In an email, Horst says the night. For room reservations, go to www.denand VIP tickets are $215. taproom will be open weekdays from 5 to 8 verwinefest.com/lodging or call 303-438-6600. p.m. and Saturdays from 1 to 8 p.m. The tapAttendees are invited to take a VIP tour of For further information about the festival and the Front Range Wineries with Wine Country room will be closed Sundays. its events, visit www.denverwinefest.com. International Magazine Editor in Chief Horst says the hours will be “adjusted as Christopher Davies from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on needed” after the taproom has been open DAVID AND GOLIATH OF GREEN RESTAURANTS Saturday, Nov. 9. The full-day tour takes wine a little while. In an annual contest for the title of greenenthusiasts to three of Davies’ favorite local Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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weet and spicy mole sauce, crunchy peanuts and tangy pickled red onions — the chicken mole taco at Tahona Tequila Bistro says everything you need to know about this downtown Pearl locale: It’s well-executed, vibrant and unique, and it’s best experienced with a margarita in hand. The term “tequila bistro” evokes images of a trendy Mexican café Tahona where you come Tequila Bistro not for a salt1035 Pearl lime-shot experiSt., Boulder ence but rather a 303-938-9600 slow enjoyment of something artisanal and inspired. This focus makes it no surprise that the drink offerings at Tahona are brilliant and clearly meant to be savored, and the décor is appropriately trendy and Southwestern. But Tahona is much more than tequila. The menu is filled with enticing appetizers and entrées that are the result of time and effort spent in the kitchen, not behind the bar. Duck nachos with goat cheese and avocado, mushroom and spinach quesadillas and pork belly tacos stand out as fine dining cuisine rather than fillers to soak up the margaritas. The mushroom and spinach quesadilla is everything I could hope for. Unlike the cheese-and-sour-creamladen dishes frequently found in Americanized Mexican cuisine, this quesadilla allows fresh ingredients and sophisticated flavors to shine. Savory mushrooms mix with earthy spinach and buttery onion. A smoky cheese blend lightly blankets the vegetables, providing the perfect warm finish to the filling. To tie it all together is a drizzle of herb aioli that sets taste buds tingling with a tangy and complex flavor. Crunchy jicama, sweet red bell pepper, cool cucumber and candied cranberries help a seemingly simple
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house salad become equally as thrilling as its heartier neighbors on the menu. The ingredients are clearly fresh and show off the perfect crunch and flavor only achieved by high-quality produce. The respect for these vegetables is apparent in the light hand behind the mango-chipotle dressing, a combination that could easily become overwhelming but instead provides a subtle and complementary balance to the flavors of the salad. Though commonly used as a starter to a meal, this salad deserves a spot in the center of the show. The house-infused tequilas can’t be skipped. Unlike the bitter, burning tequilas you might find at your average bar, these will have you happily sipping at unique flavor combinations without the need for a lime or salt. Exciting tequila infusions call out to customers from a chalkboard menu, and rows of glass bottles filled with produce and tequila twinkle from behind the bar. The tomatillo-habañero is pleasantly tangy, subtly
spicy and strange enough to garner attention in the crowded menu. Sipping it straight proved doable, even enjoyable, despite my tendency to drown tequila with lots of fresh lime juice. The peach tequila is perfect in a sugar-rimmed margarita and feels slightly indulgent on a warm afternoon. The sweetness of fresh-picked peaches works as a perfect balance to some of the spicier dishes on the menu and nicely picks up the flavors of the mango-chipotle dressing on the house salad. The true star is the cucumber-jalapeño-infused tequila. The complex combination of refreshing cucumber and smoky jalapeño is perfectly displayed in a margarita and makes every dish taste better. It’s complementary to the cucumber in the house salad, provides cool relief to the chicken mole taco and mirrors the brightness found in the herb aioli of the mushroom and spinach quesadilla. Tahona’s menu plays nicely with any of its margaritas, but it shouldn’t be tasted without this one. The vegetarian taco slides under the standard set by the other dishes of the evening. The ingredients were perfectly cooked and fresh, but compared to the more vibrant flavors on the menu, this taco proved underwhelming. But after adding a splash of house Cantina Hot Sauce, the taco was a satisfying combination of cooling veggies, tangy cheese and heat. The intriguing drinks and crave-worthy food of Tahona stand out on their own but excel when combined with the warm lighting and trance-electronic music of this so-called tequila bistro. The care that’s taken with the drink list spills over to the food, décor and ambiance, making this a go-to spot for anyone searching for a refreshingly well-rounded experience. At Tahona, come for the tequila, discover the food, relish the atmosphere and stay for it all. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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“[In beer] the flavors aren’t necessarily as delicate as things in wine, where that little extra acidity is going to mask some of the flavors you’re tasting,” Arthur says. “The beer can stand up to that.” And with spicy or fried foods, hoppy beers are suited to cut through the fats and the heat, highlighting intended flavors like climaxing notes in a symphony instead of drowning them in an unmeasured mash of uncertainty. While Bobby Stuckey, master sommelier and co-owner of Frasca, says he agrees beer “outshines” wine when paired with spicier foods, overall he sees the grape as giving diners a wider potential of flavors to work with than the malt. “Not everything’s created equal,” Stuckey says. “There are some really exciting food and beer pairings — and I’m not saying this as a wine guy, I’m saying this as a beverage professional — but there is more to work with in wine.” Still, wine pairings can be a more fragile art, as seen firsthand through France’s famed Burgundy region, where vineyards again lost many of their crops to hail storms. Tragic yet natural occurrences like these can directly compromise a vintage wine’s quality and raise its price. “If you drank Anchor Steam today, it’s going to pretty much taste the same next year,” Stuckey says. “You don’t have that in wine, because of Mother Nature. The vintages can be so different.” Clark, the one-time executive chef of Centro, began his passion for brewing in his garage like a mad scientist, eventually obtaining a manufacturer’s license so he could sell BRU’s initial batches to local bars and liquor stores. The dedicat-
ed brewer and chef says the customizable aspects of the beer making process transition to the table via thought-out flavor combinations, something that an oenologist, or winemaking specialist, may have little control over. “Beer, you design, you make it the way that you want it to be,” Clark says. “Beer is designed by the maker. This is not the case in wine, where a lot of the flavor is left up to the earth, to the elements.” Though craft beer may have a tough time standing up to the proven pairing commodity of wine when washing down dinner, it offers a refreshing alternative. Some of BRU’s dishes even involve sauces and meats that are mixed or braised with its ales, further blurring the lines between food and drink. Nowadays a trip downtown for a bite to eat with friends requires more awareness on the consumer’s end. Rather than having no other choice but to force down over-salted potato chips or trail mix to fill the lingering hunger left by beer, Boulder patrons are privileged enough to have both award-winning beer and carefully planned food items on the same bar menu. In Boulder, where new breweries are popping up seemingly faster than the taste buds can follow, curious drinkers are encouraged to pair their beers with food that makes sense. Little can sum appropriate pairings up any better than a recent tweet by Gov. John Hickenlooper. From atop Colorado’s throne in the craft beer domain, the politician who came to fame by starting Wynkoop Brewing Co. decrees with a hashtag’s simplicity, “Beer is Food.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
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rivyet! Spasibo for joining us on a trip to Russia, my druzya. Yes, Louisville is the newest outer province of Russia, if new Louisville brewery Crystal Springs Brewing is any indication. Crystal Springs brews a Russian imperial stout, Black Saddle, along with about a dozen other beers at any given time. It’s not an obscure style — “imperial stout,” Russian or not, had 59 entries at this year’s Great American Beer Festival — but it’s not the most popular in Boulder County. Avery has its Czar and Mephistopheles, which should be coming out soon, but both are seasonal; Boulder Beer puts out Obovoid in the winter; Mountain Sun makes Megatron and Oatimus Prime on that inimitable Mountain Sun schedule. Other breweries have done one-offs as well. For year-round stout dobrota (that’s Russian for “goodness”), head to Longmont and Louisville. That beautifully black sheep of the Oskar Blues family, Ten Fidy, goes in cans every fall but can be found much of the year, while Left Hand turns out its Wake Up Dead year-round. In Louisville, two in the new wave of breweries — two out of three total brewers in Louisville, in fact — make Catherine II’s favorite beer. Months ago, we tried Gravity Brewing’s amazing Tsar Bomba, and now Crystal Springs brings its equally awesome Black Saddle into the mix. Neither has been open long enough to tell whether the beers will be available year-round, but we’re starting the campaign right now: Give us Black Saddle always. What’s so great about Russian imperial stouts? Crystal Springs, owned
by head brewer and Boulder High School music teacher Tom Horst, presents a great way to find out for yourself. Horst also makes a dry stout, BS2R, so named because it’s a second run of Black Saddle using all the same ingredients. It’s perfect for a side-by-side comparison: BS2R is 5.5 percent ABV; Black Saddle is 10.3. BS2R is malty, a little woody and moderate; Black Saddle is thick, super-smooth, velvety and sweet. BS2R is a good beer; Black Saddle is a badass beer. Breweries don’t always call imperial stouts Russian, by the way, but there’s no official difference between Russian and American imperials. The beer isn’t Russian, either; like India Pale Ale, it’s a name British brewers gave a style of beer destined for elsewhere in the world. At Crystal Springs’ official opening on Oct. 28, Black Saddle and BS2R were joined by nine other beers in mostly British styles, including a sessionable English mild ale and the deliciously roasty and malty Doc’s American Porter. “Tom can be pretty traditional,” Crystal Springs brewer Colin Woods tells me. Then again, Horst can be experimental, too, with great results. Take the Solano chile beer, brewed with Hatch chiles, that tastes exactly like Hatch peppers with no painful burn at the end. Some drinkers like the burn, of course, but Solano is all about the flavor. Boulder beer lovers most likely already know Crystal Springs for its canned and bottled beers, predominantly the Summertime Kolsch, South Ridge Amber and Butch Pale Ale. One trip to the taproom shows just how impressive the Springs’ variety is. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
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Dear Dan: Two years ago, I found a letter in my sister’s car informing her that the blood she gave during a charity blood drive had tested positive for HIV. I didn’t say anything to her at the time, because it was a really bad time, I wasn’t supposed to find out, and I didn’t know what to say. In the time since, there were a couple times that it sounded like she came close to telling me, but never did. I worry she never will. She has also recently had some health complications that raise concern about how well she’s taking care of herself, and I am concerned that she’s missing out on treatment that she should be receiving out of fear that someone in our family might find out. (As an added complication, our family is a bunch of judgmental religious immigrant types.) My sister and I have had a complicated relationship growing up and have really only begun to get along in the last few years. In short, our relationship is fragile, but I care for her deeply. I can’t really understand the gravity of having to live with HIV, especially being from such a family as ours, but I wish we could have her diagnosis acknowledged between us so she can know that I’m not going to stop loving her, that I respect her no less, and that I want to help take care of her. I want her to feel supported, because this must be terrifying to face alone. But that means having a conversation that I’m not sure I have the right to start. What should I do? —Sensitive Issue Surrounds Treating Errant Retroviruses Dear SISTER: Your sister may not be facing HIV alone. She could have confided in friends, she could be seeing a great HIV doc, she could be attending a support group. And if your sister were in good health, SISTER, I would encourage you to run with those assumptions, i.e., that she’s getting the help and emotional support she needs. Because it’s generally a good idea to err on the side of respecting a sibling’s right to privacy — even if that respect is retroactive in your case — while also respecting your sister’s specific right to control who she tells about her HIV status. But it doesn’t sound like your sister is in good health. While it’s possible that she’s facing unrelated health problems that you’ve wrongly attributed to her HIV infection — people with HIV can come down with other shit — that could be a risky assumption. You wanna show respect for your sister,
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What don’t you like? Get clear about that. What don’t you want to do? Make definitive decisions. What kind of person do you not want to become and what life do you never want to live? Resolve those questions with as much certainty as possible. Write it all down, preferably in the form of a contract with yourself. Sign the contract. This document will be your sacred promise, a declaration of the boundaries you won’t cross and the activities you won’t waste your time on and the desires that aren’t worthy of you. It will feed your freedom to know exactly what you like and what you want to accomplish and who you want to become. Halloween costume suggestion: the opposite of who you really are.
GEMINI
MAY 21-JUNE 20:
Are you up for an experiment? Not just on Halloween, but for a week afterwards, be scarier than your fears. If an anxious thought pops into your mind, bare your teeth and growl, “Get out of here or I will rip you to shreds!” If a demon visits you in a nightly dream, chase after it with a torch and sword, screaming “Begone, foul spirit, or I will burn your mangy ass!” Don’t tolerate bullying in any form, whether it comes from a critical little voice in your head or from supposedly nice people who are trying to guilt-trip you. “I am a brave conqueror who cannot be intimidated!” is what you could say, or “I am a monster of love and goodness who will defeat all threats to my integrity!”
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Are you ready to be amazed? Now would be an excellent time to shed your soul’s infantile illusions … to play wildly with the greatest mystery you know … to accept gifts that enhance your freedom and refuse gifts that don’t … to seek out a supernatural encounter that heals your chronic sadness … to consort and converse with sexy magical spirits from the future … to make love with the lights on and cry when you come. Halloween costume suggestion: the archetypal LOVER.
LEO
JULY 23-AUG. 22:
Some people in your vicinity are smoldering and fuming. The air is heavy with emotional ferment. Conspiracy theories are ripening and rotting at the same time. Hidden agendas are seeping into conversations, and gossip is swirling like ghostly dust devils. Yet in the midst of this mayhem, an eerie calm possesses you. As everyone else struggles, you’re poised and full of grace. To what do we owe this stability? I suspect it has to do with the fact that life is showing you how to feel at home in the world no matter what’s happening around you. Keep making yourself receptive to these teachings. Halloween costume suggestion: King or Queen of Relaxation.
SCORPIO
OCT. 23-NOV. 21:
What if you had the power to enchant and even bewitch people with your charisma? Would you wield your allure without mercy? Would you feel wicked delight in their attraction to you, even if you didn’t plan to give them what they want? I suspect these questions aren’t entirely rhetorical right now. You may have more mojo at your disposal than you realize. Speaking for your conscience, I will ask you not to desecrate your privilege. If you must manipulate people, do it for their benefit as well as yours. Use your raw magic responsibly. Halloween costume suggestion: a mesmerizing guru; an irresistible diva; a stage magician.
SAGITTARIUS NOV. 22-DEC. 21:
I had a dream that you were in the film O Brother, Where Art Thou? You were like the character played by George Clooney after he escaped from a prison chain gang. Can you picture it? You were wearing a striped jailbird suit, and a ball and chain were still cuffed around your ankle. But you were sort of free, too. You were on the lam, making your way from adventure to adventure as you eluded those who would throw you back in the slammer. You were not yet in the clear, but you seemed to be en route to total emancipation. I think this dream is an apt metaphorical depiction of your actual life right now. Could you somehow use it in designing your Halloween costume?
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AQUARIUS
JAN. 20-FEB. 18:
In the course of earning a living, I have worked four different jobs as a janitor and six as a dishwasher. On the brighter side, I have performed as a songwriter and lead singer for six rock bands and currently write a syndicated astrology column. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you Aquarians are primed to cultivate a relationship with your work life that is more like my latter choices than the former. The next eight months will be a favorable time to ensure that you’ll be doing your own personal equivalent of rock singer or astrology columnist well into the future. Halloween costume suggestion: your dream job.
PISCES
Unification should be a key theme for you in the coming weeks. Anything you do that promotes splicing and blending and harmonizing will get extra help, sometimes from mysterious forces working behind the scenes. The more you work to find common ground between opposing sides, the stronger you’ll feel and the better you’ll look. If you can manage to mend schisms and heal wounds, unexpected luck will flow into your life. To encourage these developments, consider these Halloween disguises: a roll of tape, a stick of Krazy Glue, a wound that’s healing, a bridge.
Author Robert Louis Stevenson loved the work of poet Walt Whitman, recommending it with the same enthusiasm as he did Shakespeare’s. Stevenson also regarded Whitman as an unruly force of nature, and in one famous passage, called him “a large shaggy dog, just unchained, scouring the beaches of the world and baying at the moon.” Your assignment is to do your best imitation of a primal creature like Whitman. In fact, consider being him for Halloween. Maybe you could memorize passages from Whitman’s Leaves of Grass and recite them at random moments. Here’s one: “I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable, / I sound my barbaric YAWP over the roofs of the world.”
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othing is more scary on Halloween than little-known term “marihuana” to describe what had the undead. Zombies, ghouls, vampires always been commonly known as cannabis or hemp. — all were once dead, but were resurHearst ran a very effective scare campaign to convince rected and now terrorize living society. It the public that “Mexicans and Negroes” were smoking is both frightening a new drug called “marihuana” and frustrating to think you that was causing them to rape have finally put something evil and murder white people. to rest with a silver bullet or a The Marihuana Tax Act of stake through the heart, only to 1937 used a unique legal theory. find that it has risen from the Since Congress did not have the dead and found new life. power to ban substances directly So the fright of pro-cannabis because of the 10th Amendment, voters was real when we saw they needed an indirect method that the Colorado legislature of prohibition. They were wanted to resurrect the most inspired by the National heinous and destructive thing in Firearms Act of 1934, which the history of cannabis prohibieffectively outlawed machine tion: the Marihuana Tax Act of guns through the requirement of a “prohibitive” tax. 1937. Timothy Leary had put The Marihuana Tax Act this grotesque creature to death adopted the “prohibition in 1969 when he won a landthrough taxation” scheme. mark U.S. Supreme Court case. Rather than making marijuana Now, a similar monster is being possession illegal directly, the revived by the Colorado legislalaw required you to purchase a ture as the Marijuana Tax Act tax stamp in order to possess of 2013, now known as marijuana legally. Because the Proposition AA. taxes were set prohibitively The Marihuana Tax Act of high, it discouraged compliance, 1937 was primarily the unholy creation of Harry J. Anslinger, creating de facto prohibition. head of the Federal Bureau of Congress passed the law Samuel Caldwell was the first person Narcotics from 1930 to 1962. with very little debate, despite convicted under anti-marijuana federal laws in 1937. Anslinger had made his career testimony by farmers, who comenforcing alcohol prohibition, plained that the law would but when that was repealed in 1933, Anslinger need- destroy the hemp fiber and seed industry, and from ed a new illegal substance to secure his job. the medical community, who complained that canna“Marihuana” was a perfect target: It was used pribis had been in the U.S. pharmacopoeia since 1850. marily by minorities who were feared by the public The new law went into effect on Oct. 1, 1937. A due to newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst’s few days later, Denver’s own Samuel Caldwell nationwide “Reefer Madness” campaign to demonize became Anslinger’s poster boy as the first prosecucannabis and hemp. Hearst was a racist who used the tion under the new Marihuana Tax Act. Caldwell, a
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