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Publisher, Stewart Sallo Editor, Joel Dyer Director of Sales & Marketing, Dave Grimsland Director of Operations/Controller, Benecia Beyer Circulation Manager, Cal Winn EDITORIAL Managing Editor, Jefferson Dodge Arts & Entertainment Editor, David Accomazzo Associate Editor/Special Editions, Elizabeth Miller Online Editor, Steve Weishampel Interns, Michael Callahan, Alyssa Hurst, Hayley Proctor, Adelina Shee Contributing Writers, Peter Alexander, Rob Brezsny, Chris Callaway, Paul Danish, James Dziezynski, Clay Fong, Jim Hightower, Dave Kirby, Jessie Lucier, P.J. Nutting, Brian Palmer, Chris Parker, Adam Perry, Alan Sculley, Tom Winter, Tate Zandstra, Gary Zeidner SALES Retail Sales Manager, Allen Carmichael Account Executives, Andrea Craven, David Hasson, Chelsea Mack PRODUCTION Production Manager, Dave Kirby Art Director, Susan France Graphic Designer, Mark Goodman Marketing Manager & Heiress, Julia Sallo Office Manager/Advertising Assistant, Jamie Peterson CIRCULATION TEAM Dave Hastie, Dan Hill, George LaRoe, Jeffrey Lohrius, Elizabeth Ouslie, Rick Slama 12-Year-Old, Mia Rose Sallo November 1, 2012 Volume XX, Number 13 As Boulder County's only independently owned newspaper, Boulder Weekly is dedicated to illuminating truth, advancing justice and protecting the First Amendment through ethical, no-holdsbarred journalism and thought-provoking opinion writing. Free every Thursday since 1993, the Weekly also offers the county's most comprehensive arts and entertainment coverage. Read the print version, or visit www.boulderweekly.com. Boulder Weekly does not accept unsolicited editorial submissions. If you're interested in writing for the paper, please send queries to: editorial@boulderweekly.com. Any materials sent to Boulder Weekly become the property of the newspaper. 690 South Lashley Lane, Boulder, CO, 80305 p 303.494.5511 f 303.494.2585 editorial@boulderweekly.com www.boulderweekly.com Printed on 100% recycled paper with soy-based ink. Boulder Weekly is published every Thursday. No portion may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher. © 2012 Boulder Weekly, Inc., all rights reserved.

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Value of independent media

Kudos to Boulder Weekly for embodying Gandhi’s Satyagraha, “insistence on truth.” Without BW we wouldn’t have learned this summer that DA Stan Garnett and City Attorney Tom Carr both lied to disguise how they covered for council members who don’t make mandatory income disclosures, and that City Manager Jane Brautigam won’t make them disclose their income, as required by the City

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Charter. Now BW has shown that County Clerk Hillary Hall lied to blame her refusal to allow the canvass board to watch ballot printing on the printing contractor (“Records indicate Hall made call on refusing election activists,” News, Oct. 11.) I’ve said for years that the only thing worse than a two-party system is a one-party system. With Boulder dominated by Democrats there is func-

lionaire casino tycoon from Las Vegas! In addition to trying to buy favors from our own government by throwing as much as $100 million into this year’s presidential and congressional elections, the far-right Republican extremist is making a huge financial play in Madrid, Spain. Posing as a magnanimous “producer,” Adelson claims he’ll create 250,000 jobs there by erecting a dazzling, neon-bright, $35 billion gambling Mecca to be called: “EuroVegas.” Casinos, hotels, golf courses, four-star restaurants, you-name-it — Sheldon’s corporate development shimmers like a free-enterprise mirage for Spaniards suffering from a housing and banking collapse — and 30 percent unemployment. But wait — a mirage is nothing but an illusion. And so is Adelson’s free-enterprise “miracle.” In fact, Sheldon the Moocher is

Adelson’s freeenterprise mirage by Jim Hightower

ccording to the self-aggrandizing mythology of America’s right-wing rich, Sheldon Adelson is one of society’s “producers,” not one of those morally inferior “moochers” who’re always looking for government handouts. For a reality check on the moral superiority of the rich, however, take a peek at who’s now trying to do some of the most egregious mooching ever from the economically devastated people of Spain. Why it’s Adelson, the multibil-

tionally no other party to check and balance how “power corrupts.” These exposed liars have become so used to not having independent media watching them that they don’t realize that phone companies keep records of phone calls, and that the public, who pay for the calls, is entitled to the records. The Daily Camera and Colorado Daily used to hold officials accountable see LETTERS Page 8

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demanding that two-thirds of the funding come from the cash-strapped government, which would have to take out bank loans to finance Adelson’s profiteering scheme. He’s also got his hand out for special tax breaks, and — get this — he’s even demanding labor law changes so he can bring in cheap foreign labor to build and staff his Spanish casino-opolis. What we have here is another example of the ultra-rich’s extraordinary sense of entitlement. The dark secret of so many self-proclaimed “producers” is that, in fact, they’re professional, world-class moochers. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. Boulder Weekly

danish plan Roger Sherman and the 210,328 complications

Really Bad Ideas

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oger Sherman says that search these databases for background legalizing marijuana is not a checks on applicants. A majority of colsimple question. leges now collect criminal justice inforSherman is the cammation on applications for admission, paign director for a group and a drug conviction, no matter how opposing Amendment 64, the ballot minor, is viewed as a negative factor. issue that would legalize marijuana and The stigma of a criminal record has regulate it like alcohol, and he has a created barriers to employment and point there. I can think of a lot of com- education for thousands of people in plications that ought to be taken into Colorado.” account when considering whether That’s a lot of complications to marijuana should be legalized — inject into 210,000 lives for an activity 210,328 complications, for openers. that is intrinsically no more criminal in That’s the number of Coloradans nature than drinking beer. that have been arrested for possession The study also found that while pot of marijuana since 1986. Each one reparrests “diminish the life chances of the resents a rich, mostly young complex human Coloradans life — a life who are caught The complications involving that was diswith small marijuana are overwhelmrupted, someamounts of times violently marijuana … ingly the product not of and often perthere is no evimanently, by dence that the marijuana but of marijuana the failed war arrests diminish prohibition. And the way to on marijuana the overall that Sherman crime rate or eliminate those complicaand his fellow marijuana use prohibitionists rates,” and that tions is simplicity itself. want to continthere are no ue. studies “showThe ing that arrests 210,328 arrest for possession figure appears of small in a report prepared by a group called amounts of marijuana reduce serious or the Marijuana Arrest Research Project violent crimes.” In other words, those based in New York. The report covered 210,000 lives were gratuitously torn the 25 years between 1986 and 2010. apart. (Another 20,000 Coloradans have Then there are additional “compliprobably been arrested for pot in 2011cations” — involving matters of race, 2012 so far.) ethnicity and age. The study also pointed out some of • Only 3.8 percent of Coloradans the ways a marijuana arrest complicated are black, but blacks account for 10.5 those 210,328 lives: percent of marijuana arrests, the report “The most serious consequence of found. “In Colorado, blacks were arrestan arrest for marijuana possession is the ed at 2.8 times their percentage of the permanent criminal record that such a population and at 3.1 times the rate of case carries,” the report said. “Twenty whites.” years ago, arrest and conviction records • Hispanics make up 19.2 percent of were papers kept in court storerooms Colorado’s population, but account for and warehouses, often impossible to 25.4 percent of marijuana arrests. In the locate. Ten years ago they were comput- last decade they were arrested at 1.3 erized. Now they are instantly searchtimes their percentage of the population able on the Internet for free or for a and 1.5 times the rate of whites. • As for the young, “from 2001 nominal fee through commercial crimithrough 2010, of the 108,000 people nal-record database services. arrested in Colorado for marijuana pos“Employers, landlords, credit agencies, licensing boards for nurses and see DANISH PLAN Page 10 beauticians, and banks now routinely Boulder Weekly

commentary Towns fight back against fracking by Sharon Guynup

growing boom in natural gas drilling near homes and schools prompted the city of Longmont to vote last July to bar new oil and gas permits in residential neighborhoods. The state quickly overturned the ordinance. Gov. John Hickenlooper said that letting it stand would “stir up a hornet’s nest,” encouraging other Colorado towns to pass their own drilling rules. Longmont Mayor Dennis Coombs argued that communities have the right to restrict heavy industry in residential zones — including oil and gas drilling. The natural gas “gold rush” underway in 31 states is indeed “stirring up a hornet’s nest,” sparking pushback from communities that see themselves as the last line of defense protecting citizens against state and federal failures to regulate fracking. Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a technology that blasts millions of gallons of water, chemicals and sand underground to release oil and gas from shale bedrock. “The U.S. faces a crisis in the enforcement of rules governing the oil and gas industry,” states a new report by Earthworks’ Oil & Gas Accountability Project. Their study, which analyzed government data from six heavily fracked states, discovered that all failed to enforce existing drill-

ing regulations. Between 53 percent and 91 percent of wells go uninspected; violations go unrecorded, with few penalties. Only four of 31 fracking states even have significant drilling rules. In October, environmental groups filed a lawsuit against California regulators for ignoring the dangers of fracking. The industry — unlike any other in America — also remains exempt from the federal Clean Water, Safe Drinking Water and Clean Air Acts, hazardous waste disposal and other regulations. Meanwhile, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has conclusively proven that fracking contaminated an aquifer in Pavilion, Wyo., refuting longstanding industry claims that the process doesn’t pollute drinking water. Municipalities are increasingly concerned over local health and economic impacts from frack water and air pollution. Drillers transform quiet rural communities into industrial zones with wells, waste ponds, smog, roaring compressors and heavy truck traffic. Not one state, nor the federal government, currently requires drillers to disclose “proprietary” drilling formulas, which include hormone-disrupting and cancer-causing chemicals. Drillers pumped 780 million gallons undersee FRACKING Page 10

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commentary Boulder’s foxes in the henhouse by Jefferson Dodge

t the beginning of Boulder City Council’s Oct. 23 study session on ethics and financial reporting, council member Tim Plass asked the most valuable question of the night. It was this: When the council amends its policies to address the ethical issues that have made headlines this year — like council members not being completely forthcoming on their financial disclosure forms — will the public perception be that the policies are being weakened? Council member Suzy Ageton echoed that concern later in the meeting. “If we look like we are softening this, the community may think we’re trying to make it easier on ourselves,” she said. “How is this going to play? Will it let people hold us more accountable?” In case you missed BW’s reporting on this issue in recent months, we uncovered an array of incorrect or omitted information on the financial disclosure forms that council members are required to fill out annually. City Attorney Tom Carr, who is not just hired by the city council, but serves as both advisor and prosecutor when it comes to enforcing ethical breaches among its members, dismissed the apparent violations, chalking it up to unclear language on the forms. Hence, the current effort to “clean up” that language and amend the city’s code of conduct to address sticky issues like appearances of impropriety (or how to keep city council members from abusing their power for their own gain). The issue of public perception raised at the Oct. 23 meeting is key. After all, these are our representatives — we elect them, and sometimes re-elect them. If it looks like they are trying to make it even easier to hide their conflicts of interest, they should get booted out of office in favor of people with more integrity. The problem is, some city officials still don’t seem to get it. For his part, Carr suggested that, golly, since all council members live in Boulder, and all of their decisions affect Boulder, “at some metaphysical level, you have an interest in everything that comes before you.”

He also lamented that, darn it, when council disclose on his forms, but he wouldn’t reveal that, members recuse themselves from voting on a downeven when asked by his fellow council members. town project because they own property next door, for Suzanne Jones questioned Karakehian about why he instance, you lose their expertise on the subject. didn’t want to give the reason for his recusal. “There is a huge gray area,” council member KC He replied that he didn’t want to add more fuel to the Becker said. “We don’t know what the public percepfire “and maybe have more articles written about me.” tion is. The papers might write stories about it, but we George, you would have fewer articles written don’t know what the public perception is. … We about you if you erred on the side of transparency and shouldn’t base this on public perception, because you openness. never know.” Mayor Matt Appelbaum, to his credit, said it OK, so here’s a good test, KC. Next time you are probably would have been better if Karakehian had conflicted about whether to publicly reveal a possible announced why he was recusing himself. Appelbaum conflict, ask yourself also suggested that whether you would you council members raise feel OK reading about it issues openly at council Here’s the bottom line. There are five in the newspaper. If you meetings when they members of Boulder City Council didn’t disclose somehave any doubts about thing and you feel fine whether something is a whose terms expire next fall. Whethabout it, then there conflict. er they are re-elected or replaced — should be no problem if But not surprisingly, and who they are replaced with — it were to get out, right? when the discussion But anointed council turned to whether counshould depend largely on how these apologist Carr still wants cil members should public servants “fix” their own ethics to protect the council accept free club-level rules in the coming months. members’ prerogative to tickets to CU football come to him privately to games, Karakehian and air out their dirty launBecker defended the dry, to get advice on practice, saying it was an whether they should opportunity to interact recuse themselves from with the regents and voting on projects that would benefit them financially, other CU officials. Also not surprisingly, perennial for instance. His example of why such confidentiality voice of reason Lisa Morzel suggested that the city should continue was, well, off the wall. pay for the tickets instead. “You could have dated the applicant in college, Here’s the bottom line. There are five members of Boulder City Council whose terms expire next fall. and you don’t want to reveal that at this point in Whether they are re-elected or replaced — and who time,” Carr said. they are replaced with — should depend largely on Similarly, council member George Karakehian continues to show that he would rather err on the side how these public servants “fix” their own ethics rules in the coming months. of secrecy. While he recused himself from a recent Keep a close eye on how strongly they decide to vote on the redevelopment of the former Daily police themselves. Camera building downtown, he didn’t say why he was And vote accordingly. recusing himself. Presumably it was because of all Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com those properties he co-owns downtown that he didn’t

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here when they were independent. But now, along with The Denver Post and Longmont Times-Call among 56 dailies in 12 states, they are owned by Media News Group, kind of a wannabe Murdoch empire, not so interested in truth as money and power. Boulder and the U.S. are pretty used to such “cover-your-ass” lying and cheating by “our” representatives. I wonder how Boulder feels about City Council lying to justify playing Russian Roulette with the lives of everyone on earth by OK-ing a highway through the most plutonium-contaminated part of Rocky Flats? (http://spryeye. blogspot.com/2011/12/boulders-bigblack-lie.html) 8 November 1, 2012

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Just noticing that whomever wrote the admittedly significant piece in your Oct. 18 [issue] (“Killer’s ‘awareness space’ may lead to clues,” cover story) about this heinous crime needs to better understand the meanings of certain words and to use them appropriately. The use of “gambit” when the writer meant “gamut” is disappointing and lowers the reader’s opinion of that person’s intellect, not to mention that of the proofreader — if in fact you have one. This was a glaring error that should have been caught prior to publication.

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In your Oct. 4 endorsements, you noted Singer vs. Hilliard as a tough choice. (“Vote 2012,” cover story.) Today it became much easier for us; we received a mailed Hilliard flyer smearing Singer as “two-faced.” For all her pro-stuff-we-like positions, she’s still apparently a GOP attack dog at heart. Her attack on Singer is based on his supporting McCain in 2000 but shifting to supporting Kucinich in 2004. It may seem like a radical change, and it can be painted as such for the purpose of a nasty political ad, but it’s easily understood: In 2000, McCain hewed to

conservative ideals as always, but was a man of high principle and adherence to the Constitution. Then the GOP party machinery turned him into a monster, as the whole Republican party descended into Gingrich-style attacks and lies. Dennis Kucinich, for all that he seems radical, is a man of high principle; his sometimes-unusual positions are based on common sense, science and adherence to the Constitution. If that’s what Singer is trying to follow, it suits me fine — it means he’s placing principles above political affiliation. (Radical concept.) Finally, isn’t it strange that Hilliard would criticize Singer for see LETTERS Page 11

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session: 86 percent of them were age 34 or younger, 79 percent of them were 29 or younger, and 69 percent were 24 or younger. Young people age 18-24 were most likely to get arrested for possessing marijuana. From 2001 through 2010, Colorado arrested 85,000 young people age 29 or younger.” These figures raise two questions that those who want to keep marijuana illegal rarely consider, but ought to: Does the fact that blacks are three times more likely and Hispanics 1.4 times more likely to get arrested for pot than whites improve race relations in Colorado or worsen them? Does the arrest of tens of thousands of young Coloradans for an essentially victimless crime increase their generation’s respect for the rule of law or decrease it? The answer in both cases is pretty self-evident. The truth is marijuana prohibition has been perpetuating racial tensions and breeding the estrangement of young Americans from the rule of law, and more broadly, from American political and social norms for two generations. It’s been doing real and lasting

damage to the social fabric of the country. That might be worth it if pot smoking posed an existential threat to the country, but it doesn’t even pose a minor one. By most measures marijuana use is safer than alcohol use, and any negative impacts it has on either the users or society pale in insignificance compared to the negative impacts on both individual Americans and American society that flow from marijuana prohibition. The truth is that the drug war, 80 percent of which is a war on marijuana, has done more to spread repression and tyranny through American life than anything in a century. Compared to it, the McCarthy era was a walk in the park. Actually, the prohibitionists have it wrong. The complications involving marijuana are overwhelmingly the product not of marijuana but of marijuana prohibition. And the way to eliminate those complications is simplicity itself. Vote yes on Amendment 64. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly.

FRACKING from Page 7

ground from 2005 to 2009 containing about 750 different chemicals. A new Pennsylvania law demonstrates how states favor drillers: companies there are now required to reveal “trade secret” chemicals to physicians, but doctors must first sign a confidentiality agreement. Ohio’s new fracking rules include a similar provision. In August, Wilkes-Barre physician Dr. Alfonso Rodriguez filed a federal lawsuit, arguing that the frack “gag rule” violates his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights, preventing communication with “patients, colleagues, medical researchers and the public regarding the identity and amount of chemicals, and the health hazards they present to the community.” The root of the regulatory breakdown lies with elected officials who take hefty campaign contributions from frackers — then pass industry-friendly rules. The industry has already handed at least $30 million in 2012 campaign contributions to members of Congress and fossil fuel political action committees. A current flag-waving “Vote 4 Energy” TV ad boasts job creation, though most frack jobs are short-term and go to out-of-state, transient work-

ers — often attracting drugs, prostitution and crime to communities. Environmental and campaign finance laws must change. Federal and state laws need to place health — and a healthy environment — above limitless economic growth and corporate profits while trampling the rights of citizens and communities. The European REACH system offers a good model, requiring companies — not governments — to prove that the chemicals they produce or use are safe. The oil and gas industry must similarly prove that fracking is safe: no data, no drilling. This November, examine your candidates’ funders. Are they working for big oil and gas? Or are they working to keep you and your family healthy and safe, while promoting our nation’s clean energy needs? Sharon Guynup’s writing has appeared in Smithsonian, The New York Times Syndicate, Scientific American, The Boston Globe, and nationalgeographic.com. © Blue Ridge Press 2012 Send comments to: scherer@blueridgepress.com. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. Boulder Weekly

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changing parties when she herself has switched from Democrat to Republican? And as she describes herself as Libertarian, is her Republican affiliation merely a way to appear mainstream enough to win? Dick Dunn/Hygiene

Someone agrees with Danish I suppose that hell has frozen over because I find myself in total agreement with Mr. Danish when it comes to his stance on Colorado Amendment 64. (“The wrong marijuana message,” Danish Plan, Oct. 4.) I have previously written about his unhealthy love of corporations and the free market. But I have to give credit where credit is due — and his stance on 64 is dead on and medically accurate. I am a retired emergency medicine physician that spent years in inner-city hospitals in Detroit, Chicago and San Francisco. I never had to admit anyone to the hospital due to marijuana toxicity, nor was there ever a reason to due so. On average, 70 percent of my nighttime workload involved dealing with violent, abusive patients that chose alcohol, methamphetamine or heroin as their substances of choice. The DEA decision to include marijuana as Category 1 with hard drugs is a political decision, not a scientific one. Its purpose was to limit money and research into the benefits of TCH and their related metabolites — and to sustain the bogus and unethical war on drugs. Wolfie Clarke/Thornton

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Lawrence Pearlman’s Sept. 13 letter (“Monsanto hits below the belt”) claiming that Monsanto bio-engineered seeds don’t require large amounts of pesticide is totally wrong. The seeds are designed to withstand massive doses of pesticide, far above what normally would be used, in an effort to totally eradicate pests. But inevitably those pests develop resistance to the Roundup weed killer, and so Monsanto must go back to the drawing board to redesign yet higher levels of pesticide resistance in its seed stock. Thus the farmer can never be guaranteed a steady supply of dependable seed, but rather becomes dependent on the lab technicians of Monsanto. He also is forced to purchase hugely expensive quantities of pesticides to inundate his fields. Monsanto provides a high-tech solution that avoids environmental harmony and sustainability, while of course maximizing its profits at the expense of Boulder Weekly

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In your Aug. 23 edition, Jim Hightower exposed the greed and lengths of dishonesty that ExxonMobile, Halliburton et. al. will go to in order to defend fracking by the fossil fuel industry (“A fracking conflict of interest,” The Highroad). Mitt Romney, after accepting $10 million from Texas oil billionaires, chose the very next day to declare that besides fracking, he would approve the completion of the Keystone XL pipeline over America’s Ogallala aquifer (that uses foreign-made materials and pipeline with a history of failure), increase offshore drilling, open up public lands, (including ANWR in Alaska) to oil extraction and repeal President Obama’s alternative and renewable energy R&D. America deserves more vision and forward-thinking action than the oilsoaked leadership the Republican Party has shown by its acceptance of the fossil-fueled status quo. Tommy Holeman/Niwot

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After attending the Boulder County Commissioners’ land use public forum on Sept. 24, it struck me how such strong regulations and penalties have been passed to protect the well-being of prairie dogs in Boulder, yet when it comes to the health of Boulder residents and our environment, the county staff promotes as little regulation as possible. Our homes and schools could be encircled within 500 feet of fracking wells running 24 hours a day, seven days a week, while prairie dogs romp freely over hill and dale, living carefree lives that would be the envy of Boulder citizens. Meanwhile, our cares will focus on friends and family members with asthma, cancer and neurological diseases contracted through polluted air and water. Therefore, I propose the county ban fracking within a mile of every prairie dog colony, consequently safeguarding the seemingly inconsequential lives of local residents. It’s all about the prairie dogs, after all — not closing the Halliburton loophole which exempts the oil and gas industry from the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts or protecting public health or property values. It’s a clear case of profits over people, even in the Republic of Boulder. Viva la Prairie Dog! Joscelyn Blumenthal/via Internet

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MICKEY SKYWALKER We could sense all of the true diehard Star Wars fans cringing in their brown hooded robes with the news this week that Disney was buying Lucasfilm and planning to release additional episodes of the series. As if forcing a largely cheesy three-movie prequel down reluctant-yet-defenseless devotees’ throats wasn’t enough, George Lucas has now really sold out, taking more than $4 billion for his empire. He even threw in Indiana Jones for good measure. Yes, apparently these next Disney Star Wars movies will be a sequel to the original series, the continuing adventures of Luke, Leia and Han as they become elderly and pass the torch, er, light saber, to a young hero or heroine, preferably a cute animal who is missing a parent. As if the ridiculous Jar Jar Binks wasn’t enough to send disturbances through the Force, now we’re going to have characters from Monsters Inc. and Toy Story pitting their wits against R2 and Threepio. The best we can hope for is some sweet animation and some famous actors lending their voice talents to the cast. And maybe we’ll get some new rides at those theme parks in Orlando and Anaheim. But unfortunately, given Disney’s penchant for cross-pollination, the new Death Star in Episode VII will probably be sporting a Buzz Lightyear bumper sticker. Help us Obi-Wan Kenobi, you’re our only hope. THE SECOND RETURN OF POTUS Wow, President Barack Obama speaks on the CU-Boulder campus three times in a six-month period. He must really want Boulder’s support. We know it’s going to be a tight race here locally for president, given Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson’s recent appearance on campus, but Obama’s regular visits may just push him over the top. One demographic where he apparently needs to gain some ground is among North Boulder prairie dogs, which apparently made headlines on a recent slow-news day at Brand X News for having erected Romney/Ryan campaign signs above their burrows. The rodents’ support seems to be evenly split. Perhaps Obama should spend a little less time at CU and a little more effort glad-pawing along the Diagonal Highway. After all, he’s going to need every vote he can get to capture the notorious Republican stronghold of Boulder County. All kidding aside, it’s been nice to have the attention of a sitting president for the first time since Eisenhower. And it’s been a significant infusion of diversity into this lily-white city and campus. We especially enjoy Obama’s impromptu appearances at local restaurants before his speeches, and the efforts of the Republican-dominated CU administration to go out of its way to issue disclaimers saying that Obama’s visits should in no way be construed as endorsements of the Democrat. If Mitt Romney wanted to visit the campus, they insist, he would receive the same red-carpet treatment. At least from the prairie dogs. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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Sneak Attack

How big business is trying to shrink the electorate By Zach Hagadone

stonishing. Remarkable. Sinister. Those are words that come up again and again when confronting the wave of voter identification laws that has swept through more than 30 Republican-dominated state legislatures in recent years. The measures sound innocuous enough: When a voter shows up to the polls on Election Day, he or she must present valid photo ID in order to cast a ballot. The goal, proponents say, is to combat in-person voter fraud — claiming to be someone you’re not and entering a vote in that person’s name. But study after study, including an exhaustive investigation by the Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, has found almost no evidence that in-person voter fraud occurs. Culling through 5,000 documents over 10 weeks, the News21 project found only 10 cases of in-person voter fraud since 2000: about one case for every 15 million eligible voters. What’s more, requiring state or federally issued ID at the polls has been repeatedly shown by independent analyses to impose a disproportionate burden on very specific demographics: the poor, the elderly, students and people of color. “We’ve heard it time and time again; it really is a solution in search of a problem,” said Stephen Spaulding, Washington D.C.-based staff counsel for the nonprofit citizen’s lobby group Common Cause. “We do have election administration problems in the country — with machines breaking down, assuring that votes are counted accurately — and we need to focus our attention there,” he said. “This threatens everyone’s right to a free and fair election.”

izens the right to vote, was denied a preliminary injunction and bounced on appeal from district court to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, which sent the challenge back to the lower court for reconsideration. On Oct. 2, Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania Judge Robert Simpson granted the preliminary injunction, allowing people like Applewhite to vote in the 2012 election without photo ID and without having to cast a provisional ballot — a measure that in the some states allows non-ID holders to vote, but which requires them to return to the polling place after the election to confirm their identity.

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Barred at the ballot box If there’s anyone approximating a symbol of what’s wrong with what are referred to as “restrictive” or “strict” photo ID laws, it’s Viviette Applewhite. At 93 years old, Applewhite is an African-American Pennsylvanian who marched with Martin Luther King Jr. and has cast her ballot in almost every election since the 1960s. Her purse was stolen years ago, and with it her Social Security card. What’s more, since she was adopted as a child, the name on her birth certificate differed from that used on other official documents. Her adoption itself lacked any kind of record. Under Pennsylvania’s voter ID law, which was passed in March 2012 and has since become a legal lighting rod in the battle over voting rights, Applewhite could not obtain the required identification to participate at the polls. Her case, and the case of others similarly affected by the law, was taken up by the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, the Advancement Project, the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia and the D.C.-based law firm Arnold & Porter. The lawsuit, which alleged the state’s voter ID law violated Pennsylvania’s constitution by denying cit14 November 1, 2012

U.S. citizens, regardless of ethnicity, age or gender, who make less than $35,000 “are more than twice as likely to lack current government-issued photo identification as those earning more than $35,000 a year,” the Brennan Center reported, adding that that means at least 15 percent of voting-age Americans in the low income bracket lack valid ID. On top of that, the Brennan Center found in its survey that as many as 7 percent of voting-age citizens (more than 13 million adults) don’t have ready access to documents proving that they’re citizens, making the process of getting valid ID all the more complicated. “These ID laws, and this notion that they don’t impose a cost on citizens, is farcical,” said Spaulding, with Common Cause. “We know that in some states it costs money to get documents and get an ID. There are a number of voters who are in a catch-22; they’re 90 years old, they were born at home with a midwife and they don’t have a birth certificate. There’s the expense of getting those documents, there’s the expense — especially in rural areas — of making the trip to get the ID. This notion that these IDs are ‘free’ does not pass the smell test.” But it’s on that notion that voter ID laws have been ruled constitutional. Indiana’s restrictive voter ID law, which is seen as the test case for similar laws nationwide, was upheld by the United States Supreme Court in 2008 because it was not found to be burdensome to voters. “Clearly that’s not the case,” Spaulding said.

Barring any further litigation, Pennsylvania voters will be required to present photo ID in future elections, but for now Applewhite and others in her situation will be free to vote as they always have. In fact, as the case was being appealed in August, Applewhite received an ID using her 20-year-old Medicare card, proof of address and a state document affirming her name and Social Security number (according to media reports, the process also required her to take two buses to the licensing office). That’s a lot of hassle to exercise a right Applewhite has enjoyed for 60 years, but she’s not alone. According to best estimates, strict voter ID laws could effectively disenfranchise millions of voters if adopted nationwide. According to figures from the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University, as many as 11 percent of adult U.S. citizens do not have any form of government-issued photo identification, accounting for more than 21 million people. Among that group, 18 percent of citizens 65 years of age or older don’t have government-issued photo ID (more than 6 million seniors), and, based on 2000 U.S. Census figures, more than 5.5 million African-American adults lack photo ID — a full 25 percent of eligible black voters. Meanwhile,

It doesn’t take much analysis to figure out the upshot of proliferating voter ID requirements: fewer seniors, students, people of color and low-wage earners at the polls. And it doesn’t take much to see who would most benefit from a whiter, more middle age, affluent electorate. “I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the legislators carrying these bills are not Democrats,” said Lisa Graves, executive director of the nonprofit watchdog group Center for Media and Democracy. According to Graves, whose organization has made voting rights a priority issue, this newest push to limit the franchise traces its roots to the 1990s and the enactment of the National Voter Registration Act, or “Motor Voter,” under President Bill Clinton. The measure did exactly what its name implies: made it easier for voters to register. African-Americans, particularly, registered in high numbers, Graves said, prompting backlash among conservative states. “In response to that law, southern states started proposing changes to the laws to make it harder to register. Those bills went nowhere; they were perceived as racist … and sort of languished for a number of years,” she said. Then came the election of President George W. Bush, “and the right wing started pushing this theme of voter fraud,” Graves said. The Bush administration even tried to redirect the voting rights section of the civil rights division to push this idea of voter fraud, she Boulder Weekly

added. “U.S. attorneys were fired because they didn’t do enough to assert nonexistent voter fraud,” Graves said. Despite pressure from the new Bush administration, strict voter ID laws remained few and far between, with only Indiana and Georgia enacting restrictive ID measures in 2005. But, Graves said, “these things were bubbling.” When Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election, it was in large part due to huge voter turnout in cities and among students and African-Americans. Republicans, having lost the White House, also found their party losing ground in state legislatures. According to data compiled by News21, 62 voter ID bills have been introduced in 37 state legislatures since 2009, with the bulk of the measures introduced or adopted in 2011 and 2012. According to the Brennan Center and News21, a handful of states have active, strict photo ID laws for voters and more than a dozen others are pending — either hung up in court, awaiting preclearance from the Department of Justice or too recently enacted to be in effect. “It’s remarkable,” said Jennie Bowser, Denver-based senior fellow with the National Conference of State Legislatures. “I’ve tracked election legislation since late 2000 and everything that happened in Florida, and I’ve never seen so many states take up a single issue in the absence of a federal mandate.” Graves, meanwhile, fingers the culprit. “Suddenly, the Indiana law was dusted off the shelf and put out there as a national model that every state should be pushing,” she said, “and ALEC is behind it.”

proving ALEC’s cloaked hand in crafting “model legislation” meant for introduction in statehouses around the country. “At its core it is a way to take some of these ideas that a think tank might fancy and operationalize them,” she said. “And I use ‘operationalize’ very purposefully.” A call to ALEC’s media relations representative for this story went unanswered. Registered with the Internal Revenue Service as a 501c3 nonprofit, ALEC boasts around 2,000 member legislators — the vast majority being Republicans — who pay a nominal fee for membership, and upwards of 300 corporate and other private-sector

than the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation and nonprofits including the NRA, Goldwater Institute and Family Research Council. In all, privatesector contributions account for nearly 98 percent of ALEC’s funding, while the dues paid by member lawmakers, pegged at about $50, came to just more than $250,000, or about 1 percent of its haul during the same time period. In exchange for these hefty — though tax-deductible donations — ALEC’s private sector members get to ensure that individual pieces of ALEC legislation, by and large, serve a narrow band of very specific corporate interests: education measures benefit for-profit education firms and harm unions; health care measures benefit insurance companies and drug manufacturers; tort reforms benefit corporations in general by limiting their liability to consumers. More “insidious,” as Graves put it, is ALEC’s drive against voting rights. “It’s deeply cynical and quite sinister — an outlandish effort by ALEC and others to make it harder for Americans to vote,” she said. “At the end of the day, depending on which analysis you’re looking at … it’s possible that these measures remove maybe 1 percent from the pool of votes that would be part of the election. You still have an election, but you’ve shaved off this percentage; you have the appearance that you have an election.” Analysis by News21 found that more than half of the 62 strict ID bills introduced in legislatures since 2009 were based on (or copied from) ALEC’s sample voter ID bill, which was ratified by the group’s membership that same year. These measures serve no particular business master, rather, they strike at the final weapon the public possesses to stem the tide of corporate-crafted legislation: access to the ballot box. *** “The essence of a democracy, and the essence of a representative democracy in the United States, is that we elect people to represent people,” Graves said. “The question is whether our representatives are going to represent us, or if they’re going to represent the interests of global corporations and, in some cases with ALEC, foreign corporations.” As for why big business would support limiting the franchise, the equation breaks down pretty simply: corporations want to bring down barriers to doing business, and Republicans are more than happy to oblige. If Republicans don’t win elections, then corporations don’t see those barriers lifted. The solution: eliminate the competition. If voting

“It’s deeply cynical and quite sinister — an outlandish effort by ALEC and others to make it harder for Americans to vote.” – Lisa Graves

The bill mill ALEC stands for the American Legislative Exchange Council, and according to some, it is nothing less than a shadow lawmaking body that draws its strength from an ocean of corporate money. If the Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United can be said to have opened the flood gates to corporate cash in American politics, then ALEC is trying to turn on the flood. “ALEC isn’t simply a think tank or a gathering of lawmakers, it is a corporate-funded operation that pushes a corporate message and a conservative message,” said Graves, of the Center for Media and Democracy, which in July 2011 made public 800 internal documents on its website, AlecExposed.org, Boulder Weekly

members who pony up between $7,000 and $25,000 for the privilege of getting together with sympathetic lawmakers at lavish retreats. Broken up into task forces focused on various aspects of public policy — from education to civil justice and the environment — ALEC members, both from the public and private sectors, get together and write model bills which are then voted on and, if ratified, carried home by ALEC legislators for introduction in their respective states. The strategy has been successful. ALEC brags on its website that each year about 1,000 pieces of ALECwritten or ALEC-inspired model legislation end up getting introduced in the states, with an average of 20 percent becoming law. “There’s a whole set of bills that are advancing that corporate agenda to privatize prisons, privatize education, and by privatize I mean profitize,” said Graves.

Profit is the name of the game According to figures from ALEC’s own IRS filings from 2007-2009, made public by CMD, the organization raked in more than $21.6 million from corporations (with members including Exxon Mobil, Altria, GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer), foundations like none other

rights get in the way, well, like the notorious mob accountant Otto Berman once said, “It’s nothing personal, just business.” “I think it is a little more class-oriented,” said Alexander Keyssar, professor of history and social policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and a frequent speaker and writer on voting rights issues. “The core interest in the suppression that’s going on is partisan, it’s not racial,” he said. “If African-Americans voted predominately Republican, or 50/50 Republican, I don’t think their neighborhoods would be targeted for suppressive efforts. I think that it’s a community that now votes 95 percent Democrat and if you want to knock out Democrat interests that’s a good place to start.” Most important, though, is that suppressing voting rights doesn’t hurt the bottom line. “You can be a customer who votes or a customer who doesn’t vote,” Keyssar said. “It doesn’t cost them [corporate interests] anything.”

Pushback With increasing media scrutiny and public outrage, ALEC’s operations — and specifically its voter ID push — may well hurt both its bottom line and the bottom lines of its corporate members. In the wake of the Trayvon Martin shooting in Florida earlier this year, nonprofit civil rights group Color of Change leveled criticism directly at ALEC for crafting the “stand your ground” law, and called on its members to urge corporations to drop their support for ALEC. To date, 41 corporate ALEC members have stopped funding the group, including big names like Walmart, Coca Cola, Kraft, Amazon, Johnson & Johnson and General Motors. Following exposés by CMD, Common Cause, The Nation magazine and others highlighting ALEC’s involvement with voter ID laws, the organization shut down its voting and elections task force, “and I don’t think that happened by accident,” said Spaulding, of Common Cause. “That happened after a sustained spotlight was put on them.” Losing corporate members and disbanding task forces is one thing, but ALEC may have an even bigger problem on its hands. Common Cause in April filed a whistleblower complaint with the IRS alleging that ALEC’s lobbying activities make it ineligible for 501c3 status. Based on 4,000 pages of internal ALEC documents — some obtained through public records requests and others from inside sources — See VOTER SUPPRESSION Page 16

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eth Brigham, the longtime political gadfly who recently relocated to Milwaukee following his victory over Boulder City Council’s (with the exception of Lisa Morzel) attempt to place him under a permanent restraining order, is returning to Boulder. Brigham’s return is temporary, and is in response to his impending court date stemming from two separate incidents that occurred over a four-day period in September. Those incidents resulted in Brigham being arrested and charged with criminal trespass, harassment and indecent exposure. By his own admission, Brigham has long suffered from manic depression and, as a result, can be a bit over the top in his behavior. You may recall that he sent literally hundreds of requests for information to city officials concerning city council members’ improper financial disclosure forms. He was once removed from a council meeting for wearing boxer shorts and often used profanity, rude comments and rude gestures when addressing members of the council. Brigham even ran for city council at one point to show people that those who suffer with mental illness can accomplish anything. In his last appearance before city officials — subsequent to his courtroom victory on the restraining order — he appeared at a council meeting wearing headphones, singing a Bob Dylan song and doing a celebratory somersault. All of these actions are, by most standards, a bit odd. But the behavior exhibited by Brigham this past September, the behavior that led to being arrested twice and resulted in his upcoming date with a judge scheduled for Nov. 2, were not like his other antics. They were darker, more serious. They were, for lack of a better description, very over the top for a man whose everyday behavior was already considered so. The question is, why did Brigham suddenly behave in such an alarming way when he had not

by Joel Dyer done so in recent history? There may be a reason.

September’s manic episode According to both Brigham and police report accounts, the behaviors in question began on Sept. 11, around 4:30 p.m. Police arrived at Brigham’s apartment complex on 20th Street in response to a complaint that someone had tried to force his way into an apartment. Brigham was agitated when police arrived, and he immediately told them he was having a manic episode and that the episode had been going on since Sept. 8, the day he returned to Boulder from a visit with his brother in Greece. Brigham told police that people in the complex had been “messing with him” and he suspected that they had been tampering with his windows and possibly entering his apartment. The police report also states that Brigham told the officer that he wasn’t sure if it was really happening or if he was just paranoid. In addition, Brigham told police that he was very upset because he had been waiting all day for building maintenance to come and change the locks on his apartment door. In short, Brigham was in rough shape mentally. According to the police report, the complex’s maintenance man claimed he had already changed the locks the previous day and that, despite this fact, Brigham had called 10 times on Sept. 11, demanding that his locks be changed. At some point, according to Brigham, he decided that one of his neighbors in particular had been breaking into his apartment, so Brigham went to that neighbor’s door and began knocking and kicking until it was opened. The two persons inside told Brigham he had to leave, and when they tried to shut the door, Brigham admits he put his foot between the door and the jam to keep it from closing so he could continue to talk to the people inside. The pair even-

tually forced the door closed and called police. The officers spoke with several of Brigham’s neighbors, and a number of them complained about his behavior. The police then asked Brigham to leave the complex and stay with a friend, which he did. At that point, Officer Ryan Briscoe went to the district attorney’s office to inquire if the DA intended to press charges against Brigham for sticking his foot in the door, considering his current manic state and his mental illness in general. Mike Foote of the DA’s office reviewed the case and affirmed that that the DA’s office would proceed with charges against Brigham for first-degree trespass, even though he had not actually entered his neighbor’s apartment. Briscoe then called Brigham at 8:20 that night and told him that he had to turn himself in at the jail, or Briscoe could come and take Brigham into custody where he was. Brigham asked if he could be placed in a halfway house that could help him with his mental illness. The request was denied, and Brigham was told that he could only be released after he was booked and fingerprinted at the jail, which is eventually what occurred. The second, and more serious, incident occurred four days later, on Sept. 15. Officers responded to a call of a naked man yelling and throwing things at the same complex on 20th Street. It was Brigham. Brigham appeared angry and agitated when police arrived, and he told them that he woke up and thought that someone had stolen his iPad. He saw people walking by his apartment, so he jumped out the window, naked, and confronted the passersby regarding his iPad. They mocked him and walked on. Brigham then started shouting at his upstairs neighbors from the lawn below their window. When he reentered the building, according to those neighbors, who had come out the front door of their apartment, Brigham made a rude physical gesture towards them as well as a sexually explicit statement. Police later found Brigham’s iPad in his apartment. The police report describes Brigham’s speech as “extremely disjointed, and he seemed to have difficulty staying on topic.” There was a smashed fan and See BRIGHAM Page 17

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Common Cause maintains that “the evidence shows ALEC has an agenda, that they track where their model bills are introduced, that they send out ‘issue alerts,’ which include updates that go to state legislators where ALEC bills or ALEC-related bills are being introduced, sometimes targeting committees or task force members and including talking points, press releases,” said Nick Surgey, Madison, Wisc.-based general counsel for Common Cause. “It’s remarkable. Essentially ALEC says that they do not lobby. They are a 501c3, which means that they’re a charity, and as a charity they’re able to do some lobbying but it’s limited and you 16 November 1, 2012

have to disclose it,” Surgey said. “We have 990s going back many years for ALEC and consistently they tell the IRS that nothing they do is lobbying. They put a zero or they don’t check the box that says, ‘Do you do any lobbying, yes or no?’ … They’re clearly trying to influence legislation.” If the IRS agrees, and ALEC is found to be in breach of the rules, the organization would have to reincorporate as a 501c4 and fully report its activities as lobbying. What’s more, Surgey said there’s the possibility that if ALEC is found to have improperly reported to the IRS, tax revenue lost when donations were recorded as tax deductible may be

recouped from individual donors—an action that Common Cause included in its complaint. “It’s unlikely that the IRS would go after individual donors, but there’s nothing statutorily to say they cannot do that,” Surgey said. “They’d have to make a judgment that donors should have been aware. … Most of the responsibility is on ALEC, but we also believe the corporations should have been aware that ALEC was doing what they were doing, and that’s lobbying. … We believe that they have some liability.” The whistleblower complaint is still working its way through the system, and Surgey said that these kinds of cases

tend to take “quite awhile.” Still, he and others, like Graves at the Center for Media and Democracy, maintain that keeping pressure on ALEC is important for more reasons than just recouping tax revenue. “It’s also about making sure that these really important, fundamental debates happen in the open,” Surgey said. “We got into looking at ALEC out of a concern that corporations have too powerful a role in our political system; they have a disproportionate power in the legislatures for a variety of reasons, and ALEC really seems to be the epitome of that.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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chair in Brigham’s apartment, and according to the police report, Brigham told them, “I did that, but it’s OK now.” Brigham kept telling the police that his landlord, the groundskeeper and several of his neighbors all had master keys that would allow them to break into his apartment and steal his belongings. Brigham was in worse shape than he had been four days earlier, during his first arrest. Brigham was arrested, jailed and charged with “harassment-obscene language” and indecent exposure. It was the final straw in a bizarre four days for Seth Brigham … and his neighbors. So why did Brigham suddenly begin to behave in this manner? There are likely a couple of explanations. First, extreme stress. According to Brigham and a letter dated Oct. 9 from his psychiatrist during the past 22 years, Jed Shapiro, it has been approximately five years since Brigham last had a manic episode similar to the one that hit him in September. Brigham says that episode occurred when his mother passed away, and that her death was a really difficult time for him. As for his September manic episode, Brigham believes it came about as a result of the stress he felt from the city placing him under a temporary restraining order, and the court case he had to fight for months to prevent the temporary order from becoming permanent. Brigham believed that a permanent restraining order would have ended his life as he had known it. He correctly understood that such an order would have put an end to his appearances before city council as well as his ability to continue his unpaid occupation as one of Boulder’s premier political gadflies, a role he cherished and in which he found much of his personal fulfillment. While the stress of fighting the city may have led to Brigham’s September manic episode, it may have been his attempt to treat that episode that resulted in his increasingly bizarre behavior and resulting arrests. In the police report from the trespass incident on Sept. 11, Brigham told the officers that he had been taking the medications Ativan and Seroquel since 2007. He also told them that he had just started taking the powerful antiBoulder Weekly

psychotic drug Prolixin that day. The police, and presumably the DA’s office, seemed to understand the potential ramifications of this newmedication disclosure. Later that night when Brigham appeared at the jail, the follow-up police report states that he was told that he could be booked, fingerprinted and then released for two reasons. First, the jail was full, and second, he had just started taking the new medication. Anti-psychotic drugs are powerful and can be unpredictable, particularly when first being taken. In some instances, they have been known to cause those taking them to become agitated and/or aggressive. They have also been known, though rarely, to cause hallucinations, confusion and even changes in sexual drive. It is nearly impossible to know how a person with a mental illness will react to a particular anti-psychotic when first prescribed. It depends on many factors, including what other medications are already being taken as well as what state the patient is in at the time. But for Brigham, the potential impact of his new medications was just beginning on Sept. 11. Getting arrested only exacerbated Brigham’s manic episode. As a result, according to an interview conducted with Brigham on Oct. 11, a month after his first arrest, he sought out still more medication at the Mental Health Partners crisis center. Brigham says that he was given three tablets of yet another powerful anti-psychotic drug called Haldol, which he started taking. Mental Health Partners was contacted by BW but would only confirm that it cannot comment on any particular client. At one point Brigham told a friend who was interviewed by BW that he had lost track of how many Haldol he had taken, and was afraid he had had too many. A few weeks later, Brigham told BW that he had taken two of the Haldol and then thrown away the third. He also acknowledged this week that his memory and timeline around the time of his arrests in September is still a bit hazy. In any case, Brigham going on and off the powerful anti-psychotic drugs Prolixin and Haldol during the four

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days that he was arrested twice should be significant in his upcoming case. Both drugs can have severe side effects, particularly when initially taken. Though rare, both can cause the patient to exhibit extreme agitation, aggression and confusion, the traits that appear to be reflected in both police reports concerning Brigham’s arrests. The two drugs are also in conflict with one another medically speaking. Drugs.com lists the use of Prolixin ELECTION from Page 18

vass board in earlier than any other county. We also involve them in a great deal of the processes. They are welcome to come and observe any of the parts, as a watcher for their party. And again, these are issues that they felt strongly about, and they brought them to the legislature, and the legislature hasn’t enacted them as part of the rules for how a canvass is conducted. I imagine we’ll continue to have this conversation, but right now I conduct the election based on what law currently exists. And for the authority that this group would like the canvass board to have, they’re going to need to get the policymakers to agree with them.” Hall served on the canvass board that declined to certify the results from the much-maligned 2004 Boulder County election, when results were delayed for days. “This election is nothing compared to what was happening in 2004,” she says. “Not the same at all, in terms of the irregularities we saw.” When asked whether she anticipates this year’s results to be certified by this canvass board, Hall replies, “There is no reason for them not to. Based on the information that we’ll provide them, there is absolutely no reason for them not to, with what we have so far.” Part of the reason for not being able to meet every single demand made by activists seems to be a staffing issue. “We have processes in place to let people see as much of the election as we can, with the resources we have,” Hall says. “We have one of the most extensive audits in the nation, and the reason we do that is to show in a visible way that the tallies are correct and accurate. “I think when people try to paint my county and my staff into this picture of we’re closed and not open, we’re one of the more open counties in Colorado, and I would ask them to go to another county and compare,” she adds. “It may not be everything they want, but it definitely is open, and we work with the resources we have to provide the information that we can.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

and Haldol together as having a “major interaction.” Major interactions are defined as “highly clinically significant. Avoid combination; the risk of interaction outweighs the benefit.” In addition, the Seroquel that Brigham had been taking since 2007 is a drug that has a “moderate conflict” with both Prolixin and Hadol. And finally, the makers of both Prolixin and Haldol warn against taking and then stopping the use of the

drugs cold turkey. For Brigham, the four days beginning Sept. 11 and ending Sept. 15 were four days of antipsychotic drug confusion. Did the new drugs he was starting, stopping and taking inadvisably account for his illegal behavior and subsequent arrests? No one can answer that question with any certainty, but neither can it be discounted. Seth Brigham suffers from mental illness. What we know is that his

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There are only five finalists left from a field of thousands of competitors in the GQ and Ketel One “A Gentleman’s Call” competition, which is handing out $100,000 to the winning business concept. Tom Rachlin, a 27-year-old engineer from Boulder, is one of the finalists. His concept, referred to as the Clean Water Reserve, will use control system technology that will collect “unused” water in a reserve tank that can be used for things like household chores. As an example, a digital weight scale could be used in the shower to determine whether someone is present when the water is turned on. If the sensor indicates that the water is unused, it will collect in the reserve tank, avoiding the loss of water that occurs while people wait for the shower to heat up. If selected, Rachlin will use the funds to develop his

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percent. 2. The EPA gives clear information about industrial factory farms and requires the factories to have stateissued permits. 3. The EPA convinces the White House to remove the notion of “clean coal,” and instead focus on the harmful effects of coal, stopping mountaintop removal coal mining and the export of coal to Asia. 4. The U.S. Supreme Court affirms the right of every American to clean water by upholding NEDC v. Brown, which ruled that storm water from logging roads is subject to Clean Water Act regulation. 5. Congress passes the “End Polluter Welfare Act,” which would abolish fossil fuel subsidies and end taxpayer-funded fossil fuel research and development. — Adelina Shee

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western United States dwarfs the amount in the eastern half of the country. The Public Land Survey System map of the United States shows that the majority of the western half of Colorado is public land. Much of Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming and other western states show similarly large swaths of public land, many of which have been publicly owned and managed by the federal government since the 1800s. In Colorado, the Forest Service and the BLM have been managing those lands since 1876. Compared to the small pockets of public land left east of the Mississippi,

it seems like there is plenty available for trade in the West. But take a lesson from what the secretary of the interior was struggling with in 1997 when it came to the Everglades: Small pockets aren’t enough to protect the ecosystem when the rest of the state has been dammed, drilled, farmed and logged. Selling land that’s been protected for more than a century to the highest bidder, even if the highest bidder is Halliburton, in the name of reclaiming land elsewhere shows all the wisdom of purchasing the wrong color roses and reaching for a paintbrush.

H.R. 1126, which has been referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources, is accompanied by bills with a similar motif. The American Land Sales Act (H.R. 2588), sponsored by Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas) authorizes the secretary of agriculture to auction 8 percent of federal lands managed by the BLM to the highest bidder annually until 2016. That’s 36 million acres of public land — almost four times what the BLM oversees in Colorado and just short of the total amount of land the federal government oversees in Utah, which covers 69 percent of the state. The

Land Division Act (H.R. 2852), sponsored by Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah), would force the BLM to give away 5 percent of federal lands to each western state, about 30 million acres, for the states to manage. While these bills have died or are set to die in committee, legislation of this nature could see increased support in Congress, depending on how the elections go on Nov. 6. An executive office more willing to sign off on a GOP-drafted budget could slip these deals into the budget, and a bad trade, once made, is tough to undo. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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Paul Schweizer, climbing partner to Simon Yates, on Good Neighbor Peak in the Wrangell-St. Elias Range, Alaska, in 2009.

t was a miracle really, that neither of us were killed,” says Simon Yates. “We were in this really narrow couloir on Makron Chhish, myself and another guy, when just a massive amount of rockfall started coming down.” It was late on an unseasonably warm Pakistani night when a storm of rock that had melted out of ice on the mountain face came hurtling down. “He felt the rock closing in on him and jumped to the side I was on, and I think that saved his life,” Yates recalls. “A rock hit his boot, and one tore a hole in the back of his ruck-

sack, the air was full of rock. ... We were incredibly lucky.” Yates, an English mountaineer, is perhaps best known for his role in the events chronicled in the film and book by Joe Simpson titled Touching the Void, one of the most incredible survival stories in the history of high-altitude climbing. But nearly three decades and many close calls later, Yates is still climbing and writing. He’s seen technology change the way people approach spending time in the mountains, and witnessed his own approach to that time change, even as he continues to chase first ascents. He will be in Boulder for his only U.S. stop on a speaking tour for his latest book, The Wild Within. “It’s a biography, really, about climbing through the first decade of this century, during which time I’ve been increasingly drawn to mountain wilderness,” Yates says. It is a wilderness, however, that he sees changing rapidly. Climbing has moved from a fringe population of adventurers to something more mainstream, and more people are going into the mountains. First came satellite phones. Expensive to own and use, they made it possible for climbers to stay in touch not only with base camp, but with the rest of the world. Now Yates says that cell towers are going up in remote mountain valleys in Asia and other ranges throughout the world. “The wilderness has shrunk in some respect; you might be alone, but you no longer feel it; in the past a big part of the experience was that you were out of contact in this very remote place.” According to Yates, the risks some climbers are willing to take may be growing, due to a false sense of security engendered by cell phones and new, lighter helicopters that can evacuate climbers from 6,000 see YATES Page 26

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meters and above. The trips he does now, he says, “It can lure people into a false sense aren’t expensive and don’t require a great of security,” he says of the new technolo- deal of time. gy in use in the mountains, which makes “When you go on the 8,000-meter it possible for people to call out for respeaks you have to allocate at least six cue when they can’t possibly be reached weeks for acclimatization, plus the in time to be helped. “It’s happened sevlength of time it takes to walk into eral times now that climbers have been them, and the permit fees are very out at altitude in very remote places … expensive,” he says. and basically phone in to tell people The story he has written in The Wild they’re dying.” Within is about the change not only withFor climbers trying to make a name in the wild, but within himself, of a for themselves and gain maturing climber learnthe lucrative sponsoring to balance a family ON THE BILL: Simon Yates presenting The Wild ships that might allow life with his passion for at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6 them to climb full time, Within adventure. Neptune Mountaineering conquering the world’s 633 South Broadway, Boulder “I’ve got children 303-499-8866 marquee peaks seems now, and they’re always vital. Yates has found a in the back of my different way to support himself as a mind,” he says. “I don’t want to leave climber, by dropping out of the 8,000them without a father, so my attitude meter peak madness and targeting toward risk-taking has toned down a bit.” smaller, often unknown and unclimbed To fuel his climbing career and suppeaks “alpine style” or with a minimum port his family, Yates has become more of gear, more akin to the early mounactive guiding, often only a single client, taineers. into the wild. For many hard-core “I had a period where I was going climbers, guiding can be a necessary after the big peaks, but that’s a long evil, a chore undertaken to pay the bills. time ago,” he says. “I’ve turned away “As I’ve gotten older,” Yates says, from them, and I’m pleased that I have.” “I’ve become more patient, and I enjoy Yates says the decade he has written being in the mountains, regardless the about has been the most successful of his circumstances.” climbing career primarily because he has The biggest difference, he says, is turned toward more remote, often the planning required for going into a unclimbed mountains in places like Tierra successful climb with a client. Del Fuego, Greenland and the Wrangell “My first decade of climbing, when range on the Alaska-Yukon border. I was in my 20s, I was nowhere near as “It’s a honeypot now, isn’t it, Everest. busy as I am now,” he says. It’s become just a trophy peak, more and If anyone is nostalgic for those old more people are going there,” he says. days, it isn’t Yates, who credits the But in less trodden places, it is still mainstreaming of climbing with develpossible to accomplish that singular feat opments in gear. of mountaineering: to summit an “The kit has become a great deal unclimbed peak. lighter over the last 10 years,” he says. “I’m more interested in the “It’s big business now, suddenly boots, unknown, and explorative mountaineer- ropes, harnesses, what you’re carrying up ing,” he says. “I can use my time and the mountain in your rucksack is an resources better on smaller, more techawful lot lighter than it used to be ... it’s nical peaks, going to more out-of-thegreat,” he says, laughing. “And of course, way places.” that means you can move faster!”

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The question is, with telecommunications invading the world’s desolate mountain ranges, super-light, high-flying rescue helicopters, big-name sponsors, and dedicated super athletes, what might be the future of climbing? “Climbing as a whole has become almost a lot of specialist sub-sports, hasn’t it? It’s hard to tell which way it will go. I think people will be doing more stuff faster,” Yates says. A case in point: prolific Austrian speed climber Ueli Steck, who has sprinted the Eiger’s north face in under four hours. “It’s a beautiful mountain, the Eiger, there’s a lot of myth and legend, and tragedy surrounding it,” Yates recalls. “I’ve climbed the north face, but it wasn’t in four hours, I can tell you. Took me two and a half days.” In the early days of mountaineering, the Eiger’s north face was thought perhaps impossibly difficult for men to climb, and many adventurers lost their lives trying. For someone to have sprinted so quickly up it might have been deemed superhuman.

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“It’s the way everything’s gone, isn’t it?” Yates says. “With a big name and a big sponsor, the amount of time and training that they’re able to devote to this now, as well as changes in the equipment, these guys are professional athletes, really.” Whether you are a climber living on a shoestring or a sponsored pro, however, mountaineering will never be comfortable in a conventional sense, and never risk-free. “The only reason to do it is because you love it, there’s too much hardship otherwise,” Yates says. “If I ever stop loving the mountains, I’ll go to the beach.” In the meantime, Yates continues to pursue chances to stand where no one ever has stood before. “Next year I’ll be back down in Tierra Del Fuego, and then back up in the Wrangell,” Yates says. “There are thousands of unclimbed mountains, even over 6,000 meters, and I’ve got a big new route I’m planning there — but I’m not going to tell you which mountain it is.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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n Boulder, talk of changing seasons can lead to anxiety, happiness, or resolution. But what if we had to experience serious change, such as moving into a new environment or changing from a democracy to a dictatorship? Chances are, our interpretation of things wouldn’t be as aesthetically pleasing as the seasonal ones currently on display around town. The current fall exhibitions at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art bring distinct visions of what first-generation freedom looks like through the prism of two artists of Eastern European descent. Prague-based Daniel Pitín offers snippets of life that juxtapose a repressed past with an enticing future, and Romanian-born Marius Lehene paints on-thefly observations of life in a foreign environment. Their work offers a chance to visualize life outside our perceived comfort zones. After his post-art school dreams of being a movie director didn’t pan out, Pitín decided to return to painting. Fifteen years later, Pitín uses his director’s eye to encapsulate the chaos of life in single snapshots that invoke haunting sentiments of iron rule while urging embrace of newfound freedoms. “I grew up when the revolution came,” Pitín says of the 1989 Velvet Revolution that brought Czechoslovakia out from under four decades of communist rule. “It came really fast.” Despite the rapid change, many in the Czech Republic are still stunted by the past, unable to grasp firmly the crutch of democratic freedoms. “You can open borders in one day, but you cannot open minds,” Pitín says. That feeling shows up sometimes in his work, almost an urging of faster movement away from the physical and mental shackles of communism. “It’s not just about me; it’s about the society around me. I feel it’s sometimes not moving, and I try to express that,” Pitín says. For his creations, Pitín finds inspiration from movies and other media, see BMoCA Page 31

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banking images that may one day inspire a few individual strokes from his brush. “I do kind of a destruction of the space. Very often I need a photography image to kind of remind me of feeling. It’s like a model. When I watch this photography image or movie still, I just have kind of direction that helps me to keep my emotions going,” Pitín says. In Cover Story, Pitín’s first United States solo exhibition, those deconstructed photos jump from the canvas with vivid coloration. At times, Pitín will rotate his canvas to start a fresh perspective. He may, after reflection, tinker with a piece by washing parts of the canvas. Through constant ON THE BILL: Cover Story by exploration while in the moment Daniel Pitín and Random Walk With Drift by Marius Lehene are on disof painting, Cover Story reveals far play through Jan. 27 at Boulder more layers under the surface of Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 inspection. 13th St. Contact BMoCA at 303443-2122. “I live in middle Europe, and it’s a dark place. It influences you somehow. It’s not like here; it’s more dark and cloudy and gray,” Pitín explains of his use of darker colors and themes. Yet even drawing from such dour realms as communist oppression or the recent Pussy Riot fandango in Russia brings Pitín into new areas of inspiration. “I never did a show that I sat down and think about a topic and just painted it,” Pitín says. “It has to be more open, more natural. Don’t think about it beforehand, because then it just becomes an illustration of Hostel, 2012 by Daniel Pitín your own meanings.” Like Pitín, Romanian-born and Colorado-based Lehene says he never has a clear idea of what he wants done until it’s made. His exhibit, Random Walk With Drift, is indicative of his foray into new worlds and environments, and how choices influence the path we continue to go down. “If what I end up doing is just following the initial plan, then probably nothing good has happened. Subjectively, I feel like I recognize good work by the fact that I get lost in it,” Lehene says. “I think art is a paradigm for keeping one’s mind open.” Random walk is a concept used in many fields, including economics, mathematics and game theory. Roughly speaking, it theorizes that past performance has no bearing on future results; that choices we make going forward are fraught with the same risks and potential rewards. Random walk with drift means that the probaRandom Walk 2012 by Marius Lehene bilities are not distributed evenly among a set of choices. It seems to fit the trained economist in the artistic world. “For me, as an immigrant moving through new cultural his adopted Colorado home. spaces, it was a way of thinking more poetically, more open“I have a sketch pad next to me or in my lap and I blindendedly about my condition in a sense,” Lehene says. “As I ly draw. Those drawings actually accumulate like a trip as I work on one piece, I try to forget about whatever the plan move through it,” Lehene says. was and give in to the work. The message clarifies itself He is mindful not to cross the line from artist to darealong the way.” devil when finding inspiration while driving. Random Walk With Drift features drawings and paintings “I’m not suicidal,” he says about keeping his eyes on the road. based on the questions posed by moving from a familiar The finished result is a succession of scenes depicting a environment into something similar, but not the same. Or as foreign land devoid of any personal history. Lehene puts it, “you feel like you know, but you don’t know Whether drawn up on the fly or constructed and deconwhat’s really going on.” structed over countless introspective hours, Lehene keeps his Some of Lehene’s pieces are three-dimensional creations learning cap on and his mind open to creativity. made from bamboo or urethane rubber. Others are layered “In art, who knows what’s being taught, and what is paintings that obscure subtle imagery with splashes of colorbeing learned?” Lehene asks. “Every step is always a function ful brilliance or intricate line work. His drawings are based of intuition and guesses and experimentation.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com on sketches Lehene does while he drives the verdant lands of Boulder Weekly

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yle Hollingsworth, keyboardist extraordinaire, sees a lot of similarities between making music and brewing beer, his two passions of late. Within each combination of hops and grains, each interjection of an offcolor chord into a jam, there’s an element of chance inherent in the improvisation. If you don’t take the risk, you’ll never get a result. “I could make a great brew or a terrible sound,” Hollingsworth says. “At least you’ve gone there, right?” Juggling the multiple elements that go into home-brewing something tasty is like writing a song, Hollingsworth says. “Let’s call drums the water, bass the grains, and at some point you want to add some hops in there,” he says. “Hops can really go to 11 if you want them to, so let’s make the guitar player the hops. And then yeast ... it can be mellow and tame in a Michael Stipe way, or it can be Axl Rose — let’s call yeast the singer.” So where does Hollingsworth’s key- String Cheese Incident (SCI). The band asked him to tour with them, and board fit in? in 1997 he joined the group for good. “It doesn’t really work in the beer,” “What I took to he jokes, laughing. String Cheese was “No, It’s like an improvisational adjunct. An adjunct is ON THE BILL: Kyle Hollingsworth Band and John moments, the ability something you add Brown’s Body play the Boulder to stretch for them, later to the beer to Theater on Saturday, Nov. 3. The and that came from give it spice or give it Brothers Sayers open. Doors at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20. 2032 14th the jazz background,” uniqueness.” St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Hollingsworth says. Though beer is a In the ensuing 15 recent focus of his years SCI has become life, jamming is not. a titan of the jam band scene, incorpoHollingsworth studied jazz piano in rating the sonic territories of world college, and in 1993 he moved to Boulder. His background gave him flex- music, reggae, calypso, funk and more ibility that made him a good fit for jam into its bluegrass-jam style. And in the middle of SCI’s musical jambalaya are bands, and a few years later his band, Hollingsworth’s keys. He relishes the Durt, opened for an early version of

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spontaneity of being in the musical moment, the rush that comes from materializing ideas as you go. He sees similarities with beer, too — you never know how certain combinations are going to turn out until you try them. For Hollingsworth it’s not so much the product as the process. “I think for me, the bigger thing is the approach,” he says, “[willingness] to take the risk in the brewing process. Maybe perhaps I dropped some sassafras in the brew; I’ll kind of take that leap of faith. I’m jumping in the middle of the jam; I’ll dump [fills] into some space. Sometimes it works; sometimes it doesn’t. You made a great beer; you made a terrible solo. It’s that moment of creativity where I like to live.”

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Hollingsworth will be bringing both his passions to the Boulder Theater on Saturday, Nov. 3, for his first Boulder show in several years. On tap will be dub jammers John Brown’s Body as well as a fresh-hopped Belgian pale ale, Hop Bam, that Hollingsworth helped create with Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. “[The beer] is not too over-the-top in the Belgian world and Belgian flavor,” he says. “It’s kind of mellow in the middle; you pick up notes of corn mandarin oranges. And [it uses] fresh hops, which are fresh from the fields; you get a much more cannabis-esque kind of flavor.” Hollingsworth says he’ll be playing some new material at the show with his band, which consists of Motet cohorts Garrett Sayers, Dave Watts and Dan Schwindt, as well as the horn players from John Brown’s Body. He hasn’t released a solo album since his 2009 offering, Then There’s Now, but he says he’s burning to get into the studio again. While he has songs to spare that could go on a record, a fairly important obstacle is blocking him. “The tricky part is that String Cheese is probably going to do some recording soon,” he says. (Note that SCI hasn’t released a studio album since 2005.) “There are plans to release it, but not within this year. So the idea would be to record later this year in Boulder and then have it ready for the summer or later. So what that does for me a little bit is take some ammo from my music away from my personal album, which in the end probably makes this the better call, to keep all the good music within String Cheese. [It] makes it difficult for me to make a solo disc.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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Gasoline Lollipops. 9 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-9932094.

Mark’s Midnight Carnival Show. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733.

Ginga. 8 p.m., Shine, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120.

Niwot Nativa American Film Festival. 7:30 p.m. Elysian Fields Auction Co., 6924 79th St., Niwot, 303-931-3084.

Hazel Miller. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s Bistro, 2675 N. Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-6652757. Jim Herlihy. 6 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303442-5847. Lara Ruggles — With Andy Palmer and Grub Street Writer. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. R Carlos Nakai Trio. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill. 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-7771003. Tom Weiser, Paul Cotugno and Rob Dando. 7:30 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. West Water Outlaws and The Congress — With Na’an Stop. 8:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. The Zimmermans. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-4491922.

events El Día de los Muertos Community Altar. Two Hands Paperie, 830 Pearl St.,

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Pastries on the Path. 8 a.m. Boulder Creek Path at 17th Street, Boulder, www.communitycycles.com. Pearl Street Stampede. 7 p.m. Boulder County Courthouse, 1325 Pearl St., Boulder, www.boulderdowntown.com. The Santos & Muertos Show. 5 p.m. Marisol Imports Warehouse, 4715 North Broadway #4B, Boulder, 303-442-3142. Second Anniversary Art Opening — With Jacque Michelle. 5 p.m. Rabbit Brush Gallery, 7504 Hygiene Road, Hygiene, 303-651-1106. Secrets of Andrean Skies — Live faculty talk. 7:30 p.m. Fiske Planetarium and Science Center, CU Campus, Boulder, 303-492-5002. Skin — With Evolving Doors Dance. 7:30 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. What’s with the long necks? Methodology and mythology regarding sauropods — With Kent Stevens, University of Oregon professor of computer science. 2 p.m. University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, CU campus,

music Anthony Ruptak — With Poet’s Row. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Dechen Hawk & A Murder of Prose. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Head for the Hills — With Fruition. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399. Indigent Row. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Jalen Crossland. 9 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. Jim Kweskin. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill. 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003. Jockamo — With Jill Watkins. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. John Denver Tribute Concert — With Boulder Symphony. 7 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, 1820 15th St., Boulder, 303-402-6400. Kyle Hollingsworth Band and John Brown’s Body — With The Brothers Sayer. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. see PANORAMA Page 36

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Abundance — By Steven Lee Adams. Mary Williams Fine Arts, 5311 Western Ave., Unit 112, Boulder. Through Nov. 26.

Alphabotanical — By Michael Shernick. Mercury Framing, 4692 N. Broadway, Boulder, www. AlphaBotanicalArt.com. Through Dec. 23. Call for artists: Santa Fe Bandstand. www. santafebandstand.org. Deadline is Nov. 30. Call for entries: Land Through the Lens — Photography of Boulder County parks and open space. Deadline is Friday, Nov. 9. www. bouldercountyopenspace.org/photoshow. Chief Niwot: Legend & Legacy. Boulder History Museum, 1206 Euclid Ave., Boulder, 303-449-3464. Through Nov. 25. Cover Story by Daniel Pitín; Random Walk With Drift by Marius Lehene. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Through Jan. 27. El Anatsui: When I Last Wrote to You About Africa. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave., Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Dec. 30. Feats and Flights — Sculptures by MaryLynn Schumacher, Linda Korstad and Liz McCombs. Boulder Public Library Canyon Gallery, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Through Nov. 25. Jacque Michelle. Rabbit Brush Gallery, 7504 Hygiene Road, Hygiene, 303-651-1106. J.B. Sullivan and Leigh Campbell. NCAR Mesa Laboratory, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1000. Through Nov. 30. Laura Letinsky: Still Life Photographs, 1997-2012. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave., Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Mar. 24. Liminality, Luminosity and the Everyday — Selections from CU’s painting collection. CU Art Museum, CU campus, Boulder, 303-492-8300. Through Dec. 22. Paul Cunningham Live Painting Demonstration. SmithKlein Gallery, 1116 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-7200. 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3. Primal Seen — Selections from CU’s photography collection. CU Art Museum, CU campus, Boulder, 303-492-8300. Through June 22. Viviane le Courtois — Book signing. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. 11 a.m. Nov. 3. Women of Influence: Colorado Artists and Curators; Intimate Dialogue: Seven Women, Seven Voices; La Mexicana; Female Icons in Mexican Culture. Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200. Through Dec. 16.

PANORAMA from Page 35 Miniskus. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Riff Raff. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Rode de Choro — With Daniel Ondaro and friends. 7:30 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-4992985. Taarka. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Wade Morissette — Yoga workshop. 3 p.m. Radiance Power Yoga, 2704 28th St., Boulder, www.radiancepoweryoga.com. Kirtan at 7:30 p.m. Shine Gathering Place, 2017 13th St., Boulder, www.shineboulder.com. The Wolftones. 4:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914 x313. Zeppephilia. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s Bistro, 2675 N. Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

events Backcountry Bash — Colorado Mountain Club’s annual fundraiser. 5:30 p.m. American Mountaineering Center, 710 10th St., Golden, 303-279-3080. Creativity Flow Workshop — Two-hour workshop on inviting and exploring creativity with yoga, meditation, breathing techniques, visualization, journaling and creative expressiong. 3 p.m. Mayama Movement Studio, 442 High St., Lyons, 310-919-8645.

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Evolver Network Communitea Gathering. 7 p.m. Adi Shakti Kundalini Yoga Center, 2014 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-252-3962. Fertility Awareness Class — Women only. 2 p.m. Adi Shakti Kundalini Yoga Center, 2014 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-252-3962. Power Within — AscenDance Workshop. 5 p.m. AscenDance Studio, 5721 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, www. ascendanceproject.com. Skin — With Evolving Doors Dance. 7:30 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-4407826. Viviane le Courtois — Book signing. 11 a.m. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Why Birds are Cool — Bird anatomy and physiology. 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Rocky Mountain Raptor Program, 720-B East Vine Drive, Fort Collins, 970-484-7756.

Sunday, November 4 music Big Pick Bluegrass & Folk Jam. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Collegiate Chorale, Golden Buffalo Men’s Chorus & University Women’s Chorus. 7:30 p.m. Grusin Music Hall, Imig Music Building, CU campus, 1020 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8008. Ctrl-Shft-Awesome. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628.

Crocktober Fest — Slow food crockpot cook-off with Sports Garage Cycling and Twisted Pine, benefiting Boulder Mountainbike Alliance. 2 p.m. Sports Garage Cycling, 2705B Spruce St., Boulder, 303-473-0033.

Jamie Lunde. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400.

“Dance is for Everybody!” Showcase. 10:30 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Jazz Jam — with Mark Diamond and Big Swing Trio. Players welcome. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.

A Dangerous Liaison — Ballet Nouveau Colorado with Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado. 7:30 p.m. PACE Center, Parker Arts, Culture & Events, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker, 303-805-6800.

The Railsplitters — With Lauren Stovall. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Swallow Hill Music Board of Directors Concert. 7 p.m. Swallow Hill. 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003.

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44 Plays for 44 Presidents — Presented by Square Product Theater. Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303444-7328. Through Nov. 3. All My Sons. Louisville Center for the Arts, 801 Grant Ave., Louisville, 303-665-0955. Through Nov. 10.

Avenue Q. Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000. Through Nov. 3. An Evening with Edgar Allen Poe — Presented by Byers-Evans House Theatre Company. Byers-Evans House Museum, 1310 Bannock St., Denver, 303-620-4933. Through Nov. 10. Hide and Seek. Jesters Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont, 303-682-9980. Through Nov. 25. How the World Began — Presented by Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company. Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-444-7328. Through Nov. 18. The Secret Garden. Longmont Theatre Com-

Upside Down Tornado. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s Bistro, 2675 N. Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

events Ballroom Waltz Workshop. 5:30 p.m. Danceophile Studio, 250 31st St., Boulder, 303-499-6363. “Dance is for Everybody!” Showcase. 10:30 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. A Dangerous Liaison — Ballet Nouveau Colorado with Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado. 2 p.m. PACE Center, Parker Arts, Culture & Events, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker, 303-805-6800. Lindy-Hop Swing Workshop. 7:30 p.m. Danceophile Studio, 250 31st St., Boulder, 303-499-6363. Shakti Goddess Grove — With Willow Arlenea. 1:45 p.m. Adi Shakti Kundalini Yoga Center, 2014 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-252-3962.

Monday, November 5 music Electric Blues Jam. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303485-9400. Front Range Youth Symphony — Fall: Cool and beautiful. 7 p.m. Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200. Old Time Music Pick — With K.C. Groves. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Open Mic. 5 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847. Takács Quartet Encore Series. 7:30 p.m. Grusin Music Hall, Imig Music Building, 1020 18th St., Boulder, www. music.colorado.edu.

pany. 513 Main St., Longmont, 303-772-5200. Through Nov. 17. Sherlock Holmes: John Watson’s Body. Theater Company of Lafayette, Mary Miller Theater, 300 E. Simpson St., Lafayette, 720-209-2154. Through Nov. 17.

Boulder County Fairgrounds Nelson & Hover, Longmont, CO more information at www.handweaversofboulder.org

Sweet Tooth. Buntport Theatre Company, 717 Lipan St., Boulder, 720-946-1388. Through Nov.17.

Handweavers Guild of Boulder PO Box 18568, Boulder CO 80308-1568

The Thugs. The We’re House Performing Arts Center, 5673 Arapahoe Ave. Unit P, Boulder, 303-641-3872. Through Nov. 3. tRUNks — Comic book serial with new episodes every other Saturday. Buntport Theatre Company, 717 Lipan St., Boulder, 720-946-1388. Begins Nov. 3. Twelve Angry Jurors. Centaurus High School, 10300 S. Boulder Road, Lafayette, 720-5615367. Through Nov. 10.

WordPress for Beginners: How to Run Your Own Site/Blog. 1 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.

Tuesday, November 6 music

Monday Night Football Drink & Food Specials Free Chips & Salsa

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Bluegrass Pick. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Free To Enter – 7pm $50 in Prizes

Blues Jam with Dan Treanor. Players welcome. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303443-3322.

Thursday

Faculty Tuesday — Geraldine Walther, viola. 7:30 p.m. Grusin Music Hall, Imig Music Building, CU campus, 1020 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8008. Jazz Night — With The Joints. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Open Mic. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Terra Gatos. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

events Boulder County Dems and Democratic Women of Boulder County Election Night Watch Party. 6-12 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-3589371. The Business Side of Filmmaking. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276. NaNoWriMo: Come Write in Here. 3 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Open Stage. 8 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Wednesday, November 7 music

Creating Professional Videos with iMovie. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-8750276.

1st Wednesday Music Club. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

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Sideshow — Cabaret-style show on the lighter style of opera. Studio Loft, Ellie Caulkins Opera House, 14th and Curtis, Denver, 303-468-2030. Through Nov. 3.

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Skin — Evolving Doors Dance. 7:30 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

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Blues Jam featuring The Firebreathers. 10 p.m. see PANORAMA Page 38

Ladies Night $10 Open Bar For The Ladies

Daily Lunch Special M-F 11am-2pm $7.95 – 20 Items $10 with any house drink

Happy Hour

Monday-Saturday 3pm-6pm And All Day Sunday $2.25 Bud Light Coors Light PBR $3.50 All Other Drafts House Wines Single Wells

22 Big Screen TVs – Fire Pits Heated Rooftop Patio

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Thursday, November 1 8 Keys to Brain-Body Balance — By Robert Scaer. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074. Poetry Reading — By Bruce Kawin. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore, 1203 13th St., Ste. A, Boulder, 303-579-1644.

Monday, November 5 Kind One — By Laird Hunt. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

Tuesday, November 6 Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore, 1203 13th St., Ste. A, Boulder, 303-579-1644. Wednesday, November 7 Journey to Certainty — By Anyen Rinpoche. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

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Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733.

Noble, 2999 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-0349.

Keyboard Conversations — With Jeffrey Siegel. 7:30 p.m. Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200.

Family Yoga — Ages 5 and up. 10:30 a.m. Adi Shakti Kundalini Yoga Center, 2014 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-2523962.

Open Mic. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s Bistro, 2675 N. Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

French/English Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

The Polish Ambassador — With Elfkowitz and Unlimited Gravity. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.

Sunday, November 4

Steve Itterly — With Manzanita Falls. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Trio Con Brio. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

FAREWELL TO FRITZ

SECRETS OF ANDEAN SKIES FRI, NOV 2 7:30PM

Join us for a series of ethnic astronomy talks by Dr. John Stocke showcasing Fritz, our Zeiss Mark VI star projector that will be replaced in 2013 after 37 years of service. See our website for more details.

So You’re a Poet? — Open poetry reading. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4404628.

All fans in attendance receive a Free Arapahoe Basin Lift Ticket.

The Nutcracker — Storytime with the Boulder Ballet Company. 11 a.m. Barnes & Noble, 2999 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-0349.

A VERY Evening of Music. 8 p.m. Shine, 2027 13th St., 303-449-0120.

Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great — Musical based on Judy Blume’s book. 2 p.m. Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Pkwy., Lakewood, 303-987-7845.

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Monday, November 5

Ballroom Dance Evening. 7:30 p.m. Danceophile Studio, 250 31st St., Boulder, 303-499-6363.

Clementine Art Studio Storytime. 1 p.m. Barnes & Noble, 2999 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-0349.

Boulder Country Day School All School Open House. 9 a.m. Boulder Country Day School, 4820 Nautilus Court North, Boulder, 303-527-4931.

Musical Storytime — with Alice and Melanie. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Hot, High and Dry in Colorado — Part of the Environmental Science Series. 7 p.m. Chautauqua Community House, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-442-3282.

Reading Buddies. 4:30 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Warren Miller’s Flow State. 7 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Wednesday Waltz Etcetera. 7 p.m. Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-449-5962. WordPress for Beginners: How to Run Your Own Site/Blog. 1 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.

KIDS CALENDAR Thursday, November 1 Auditions — No Dogs Allowed. Auditions by appointment 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200. Dia de los Muertos — Presented by Chicano Humanities and Arts Council. 11 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424. Thursday Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Buy tickets at nuggets.com or call 303.53.Horse

Baby Boogie. 2 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Rise and Shine Storytime. 9:30 a.m. Barnes & Noble, 2999 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-0349.

Tuesday, November 6 Bilingual Spanish/English Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m Boulder Public Library George Reynolds Branch, 3595 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 303-441-3120. Reading Buddies. 4:30 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Tactile Tuesday. 10 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424.

Wednesday, November 7 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library Meadows Branch, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303441-4390.

Friday, November 2

Cruisers and Crawlers. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Dia de los Muertos — Presented by Chicano Humanities and Arts Council. 11 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424.

Reading Buddies. 4:30 a.m Boulder Public Library Meadows Branch, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303441-4390.

Friday Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Storytime with Judy Volc. 10 a.m. Barnes & Noble, 2999 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-0349.

Saturday, November 3 Clementine Art Studio Storytime. 11 a.m. Barnes &

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o steal from Mother Goose (don’t worry, she’s dead): When Cloud Atlas is good, it’s very, very good; when it’s bad, Hugo Weaving is doing a drag impression of Nurse Ratched. The ambition of writers/directors Lana and Andy Wachowski and Tom Twyker, working from David Mitchell’s novel, is flabbergastingly impressive. Fueled by more humility than hubris, beautiful endeavors like this one are often observed when artists tilt at windmills — which isn’t to say nobody gets hurt. In short, Cloud Atlas is both nearly a masterpiece and nearly a disaster, but you have time to do both in 172 minutes. This is a sextet of stories that all happen at the same time, which makes a synopsis more difficult than accepting Tom Hanks as a bald British street tough. Plus, the tales don’t so much “intersect” as they drunkenly bump into each other. The oldest story follows Adam Ewing ( Jim Sturgess) as he voyages across the ocean in the accompany of a runaway slave (David Gyasi) and an evil doctor (Hanks). Chronologically, we move to the early 20th century and the sad tale of a kind man ( James D’Arcy) and the love of his life, a tortured composer (Ben Whishaw) seeking fame through a partnership with an acclaimed but elderly genius ( Jim Broadbent). Moving on to 1973, Halle Berry plays an investigative journalist who stumbles on to the evil nuclear plans of Hugh Grant, with assistance from a scientist played by Hanks. In the present day, Broadbent plays

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is. And we didn’t even get into the gender-bending, race-changing, heavilymake-up-covered multiple roles everyone plays. Grant plays a face-painted, mute cannibal for God’s sake. The sheer humanist passion, a nebulously spiritual, holistically uplifting suggestion that we are beholden to our fellow man and woman is the central thesis here. And yet, the feeling that should evoke, the stirring in that individual part of the collective consciousness inside each of us, only comes out in certain stories, specifically the one set the furthest in the past and the two set in the future. The wacky, madcap “publisher on the run” storyline is painfully goofy; the starcrossed composer lover piece is sorely under-formed; the 1973 “nuclear thriller” feels pointless and much of the makeup throughout the whole film is distracting if not plain silly. But a movie that endeavors to conceive of a truly post-gendered, postracial world, that tries so hard to reach a notion of some kind of secular divinity, can’t be dinged too hard for its imperfections. Cloud Atlas is equal parts failure and triumph, boldly unafraid to splat into a wall while running full speed, just to see how fast it can go. It is art. And discussing whether it’s good or bad art is the best part. — This review first appeared in The Reader of Omaha, Neb. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

‘Cloud Atlas’ sports foggy brilliance by Ryan Syrek a publisher who is roughed up by thug associates of one of his authors, which sends him on the run and lands him in an oppressive retirement community, where Nurse Noakes (Weaving) reigns. In the future, Sturgess plays a freedom fighter looking to liberate cloned slave laborers, specifically Sonmi-451 (Doona Bae). And finally, in the super far future, Hanks plays a tribal man confronted by a more civilized being (Berry) attempting to contact Earthlings who teleported to another planet. OK, so some of that sounds crazy as hell. And it

t its worst, cinema verite is aimless pretense masquerading as artistic intent. At its best, it is Detropia, a documentary that adds soul to statistics, going inside the implosion of a once-proud city using a sprawling, haunting approach. That isn’t to say that directors Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady don’t infuse the proper factual context for their mournful postmortem. Neither transcendent nor particularly revelatory, the film simply adds depth of understanding, giving a street-level perspective that Brian Williams has no time for during his nightly economic recap. As is appropriate for a film on Rock City, Detropia begins with music. It’s not Motown funk or rock riffs, but the tragic strains of opera that play out over scenes of young people scavenging a dilapidated building. Detroit is a carcass, with residents turning into vultures by force, not by choice. The shaky-cam style used inside a ramshackle building exudes the aura of a horror movie, likely not by accident. Less horror movie and more straight horrible is a scene in which autoworkers are informed about wage cuts. It’s one thing to read about plant closings and another to watch union men collapsing under the weight of a new reality. One of the more intriguing discussions surrounds the redistribution of population. Not only is Detroit hemorrhaging citizens, but specific parts of the city are bleeding more than others. The proposal to relo-

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cate and concentrate remaining residents is met with understandable confusion and fury, even if the rationale behind it is well-intended. Again, these moments aren’t shocking. Nothing that happens in Detropia is shocking, really. It just humanizes economic issues with questions like the one a civically-minded blues club owner asks, “Do we have to sell our soul?” And really, that’s what this documentary concerns

itself with. When a city synonymous with soul loses it, there should be witnesses. And that’s what Detropia does: pays witness. That said, it does fall prey to typical verite problems: The difference between tender lingering and navalgazing boredom is a gray zone, and sometimes the film slides from the former to the latter. And the creepy, atmospheric, ambient score doesn’t help make it feel like things are propelling forward. To be sure, all of this was by choice, a conscious decision to create a specific feeling. But it’s a feeling we “get” so immediately that it’s practically overkill by the muted conclusion. Still, movies like this are important. They serve not only as contextualizing historical records but as a way to see beyond sound bites and statistics that pepper us through everincreasing outlets. Detropia is not making an argument, even if there is a certain concerted effort to demonstrate the often overlooked impact of art on economy. The subsection of the country that feels movies exist for distraction and meager entertainment, who say “I just want to shut my brain off and watch,” will find Detropia to be their worst nightmare. But those compelled to dig beyond headlines will unearth a nice bit of paydirt. —This review first appeared in The Reader of Omaha, Neb. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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THE GODFATHER: PART II The legendary sequel to The Godfather, Robert De Niro dominates as Vito Corleone, while his son expands and tightens his grip on his crime syndicate. IFS at Muenzinger Auditorium. HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3D Dracula invites some of the world’s most famous monsters to celebrate his daughter’s 118th birthday at Hotel Transylvania, a lavish resort where humans will not be able to bother them. Rated PG. At Century and Colony Square.

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A young homicide detective/psychologist, Alex Cross, finds out that a member of his family has been murdered by a serial killer. Cross meets the killer and his revenge pushes him to the edge of his moral and psychological limits. Rated PG-13. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks.

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This real-life political thriller based on Watergate won and was nominated for a slew of awards, including an Oscar for William Goldman’s adaptation of Woodward and Bernstein’s book. At Boedecker. –– Boedecker Theater ARGO

Ben Affleck’s latest directing project (in which he also stars) is based on true events from the Iranian revolution in 1979. Militants storm the U.S. embassy and take 52 Americans hostage, but six Americans escape to the home of a Canadian ambassador. A CIA agent comes forward to get them out of the country before they’re found. Rated R. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. THE ARTIST IS PRESENT

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Fabulous short subjects have been selected as the best in kids movies not cooked in the cauldron of Hollywood’s big studios. Kid Flix Mix is ideal for ages 4-8, with no advanced verbal or reading skills needed to appreciate their charm, including a sequel to The Gruffalo. At Boedecker. –– Boedecker Theater BRICK Winner of the Special Jury Prize for Originality of Vision at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, writer/director Rian Johnson takes the spirit of hard-boiled noir mysteries somewhere new — modern-day Southern California. At Esquire. –– Landmark Theatres BROOKLYN CASTLE Brooklyn Castle tells the stories of five members of the chess team at I.S. 318, a below-the-poverty-line inner city junior high 42 November 1, 2012

school that has won more national championships than any other in the country. The documentary follows the challenges these kids face in their personal lives as well as on the chessboard, and is as much about the sting of their losses as it is about the anticipation of their victories. Rated PG. At Chez Artise. –– Landmark Theatre CELESTE AND JESSE FOREVER

Married young and growing apart, she’s on her way up, he’s on his way nowhere, and they’re navigating a split while remaining supportive friends. Jesse passively accepts the transition, even though he’s still in love with Celeste. As the reality of their separation sets in, she slowly realizes she’s been cavalier about their relationship, and the decision which once seemed mature and progressive now seems impulsive and selfish. At Boedecker. –– Boedecker Theater CHASING MAVERICKS

When 15-year-old Jay discovers that one of the biggest waves on Earth, the mythic Mavericks, exists just miles from his home in Santa Cruz, he seeks the help of local legend Frosty Hesson to help to train him to conquer it. Rated PG. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. CHICKEN WITH PLUMS

Since his beloved violin was broken, a renowned musician has lost all taste for life. Finding no instrument worthy of replacing it, he decides to confine himself to bed to await death and is given a revelation the future of his children by the Angel of Death. Rated PG-13. At Chez Artiste. –– Landmark Theatres CLOUD ATLAS

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This documentary chronicles 50 years of international fashion and Diana Vreeland as a visionary with the ability to invent and discover fashion ideas, designers, personalities and photographers. Rated PG-13. At Esquire. –– Landmark Theatre FLIGHT Denzel Washington stars in this actionpacked mystery thriller as a seasoned pilot who saves his plane after a mid-air disaster, rescuing almost all his passengers. He’s dubbed a hero but learns that the plane’s malfunctions reveal something different. Rated R. At Colony Square, Century and Twin Peaks. FRANKENWEENIE 3D Tim Burton applies his brilliant and grim creative palette to the story of a young boy who brings his dog back to life. Rated PG. At Colony Square. FUN SIZE

Wren, a high school senior eager to distance herself from her dysfunctional family, is forced to babysit her little brother on Halloween. Her brother goes missing in a crowd of trick-or-treaters and Wren seeks the help of her nerdy friends to find her brother before her mother finds out. Rated PG-13. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. THE GODFATHER Widely thought of as one of the best American films ever made, The Godfather stars Marlon Brando as the head of a Mafia family who has to transfer the family business over to his reluctant son. IFS at

THE HOUSE I LIVE IN Filmed in more than 20 states, the documentary captures heart-wrenching stories from individuals at all levels of America’s War on Drugs. From the dealer to the grieving mother, the film offers a penetrating look inside America’s longest war, offering a definitive portrait and revealing its profound human rights implications. At Chez Artiste. –– Landmark Theatres IT’S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY Don Hertzfeldt’s trilogy comes to a close in this chapter that finds a hospitalized Bill grappling with his failing memory. IFS at Muezinger. KEEP THE LIGHTS ON Documentary filmmaker Erik and closeted lawyer Paul meet on a cruising chat line, but soon find a deeper connection and become a couple. The narrative checks in on Erik and Paul’s relationship every few years over a decade, revealing in rich and telling detail the highs and lows of a memorable love story. At Mayan. –– Landmark Theatres LOOPER

This time-travel tale features Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a young Bruce Willis. In the future, the mob sends victims back in time to be killed by special assassins, called loopers. But when “old Joe” (Willis) is sent back to be killed by “young Joe” (GordonLevitt), all hell breaks loose. Chock full of drugs you put in your eyes and telekinetic kids, this mostly clever sci-fi tale is another solid base hit for writer/director Rian Johnson, who could really use a home run. Rated R. At Century. — The Reader of Omaha, Neb. THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS Set in 19th century China, Russell Crowe stars along the sexy Lucy Liu in this epic story of warriors, assassins and a lone outsider who must unite to kill the clan traitor. Rated R. At Twin Peaks and Century. THE MASTER Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest challenging character sketch is set against a backdrop of pseudo-Scientology, as Joaquin Phoenix plays a troubled soldier fresh out of WW2, and Philip Seymour Hoffman plays a quasi-L Ron Hubbard. Depressing, challenging and muted, it’s guaranteed to spark discussion and mainstream teeth-gnashing. Rated R. At Esquire. — The Reader of Omaha, Neb. Boulder Weekly

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tepping out of a nondescript 28th Street parking lot into Tangier Moroccan Cuisine is a transformative experience. Once inside, one removes one’s shoes and absorbs the warm ambience of a dining room packed with richly colored rugs and comfy cushions. Faced with sitting at a standard table setup or amongst the low cushions and tapestries, friend Amy and I took the more leisurely, and presumably more authentic, seating route. The menu here spotlights starters like hearts of palm and the vegetableor chicken-stuffed pies known as bastillas. Soups include lentil and split pea, while salads feature items like cucumber or eggplant. Lamb and chicken here are halal, and these ingredients figure prominently in entree kebobs, couscous and gluten-free tagines, North African stews. Small fries under 10 can indulge in a $7.95 kabob plate. Amy started with a $7 glass of Moroccan red wine, while I selected traditional hot and sweet $2.49 mint tea, poured from up high to facilitate cooling and effervesence. Our first course consisted of $4.95 lentil and harira soups. Both of these satisfyingly warm and hearty options were earthy, pulse-based affairs with lively but not overwhelming spicing. A slight edge went to the harira, a classic Berber preparation, for possessing a more complex, full-bodied flavor. Amy strongly lobbied for the $12.95 chicken bastilla. I’m hard-pressed to think of a dish that so compellingly blends sweet and savory. This poultry

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ost of the flavors and dishes associated with Moroccan cuisine are available at Tangier. Fruit, most notably citrus like oranges and lemons, contribute bright zing to Moroccan dishes, and spicing comes courtesy of cinnamon, ginger, saffron, cumin and coriander. Couscous

pie consisted of a plump disc of flaky yet crisp filo, liberally dusted with powdered sugar and a whisper of cinnamon. Tender minced chicken filled this pastry, and this ingredient’s fine flavor and

is one of the most emblematic dishes, consisting of grains of semolina, bits of processed wheat, accompanied by a protein such as chicken or vegetables. Tagines rely on slow cooking to ensure that meats arrive at the table tender and moist, while the flavors of other ingredients, such as olives, preserved lemon and spices, can infuse the dish.

subtle saltiness complemented the crunchy sweetness of the exterior envelope. Amy felt she could make a meal out of this specialty alone. The $14.95 chicken couscous was

perhaps the best example of this dish I’ve tasted. Featuring a moist and tender chicken leg accompanied by perfectly cooked sweet carrot, cabbage and zucchini, the flavor profile was closer to that of a risotto. Each individual couscous grain was richly infused with the taste of vegetable, poultry and sublime spicing. The theme of sweet marrying savory also played out in our $17.95 lamb tagine with apricot and apple. The word tagine refers both to the stew-like dish as well as the heavy earthen cooking vessel in which it is prepared. Tangier uses an authentic red tagine cooker with a heavy peaked lid — ideal for retaining heat. The heady, broth-like sauce was an optimum match for the accompanying side of basmati rice, and the fruity sweetness complemented the lamb’s meaty depth. We ended with a not-too-sweet $3.95 baklava, subtly aromatic with rosewater. I washed this down with more mint tea, while Amy pursued a more therapeutic closing with a $7 shot of arak, a bracing fennel and fig spirit similar to Ouzo. Dinner at Tangier was the best meal I’ve reviewed this year. My impression was less that of going to a restaurant for than it was visiting the home of an attentive Moroccan friend who patiently took the time to explain each dish. While prices aren’t inexpensive, the quality of the experience makes this more than just a meal. Tangier is a hidden gem, deserving of a spot in the top echelon of Boulder restaurants. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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the connoisseur who fills a growler without the intention to share, the benefits of stainless steel are key. Despite the fact that the stainless body of the Bräuler and other products like the Hydro Flask make for a richer beer experience, some still reach for glass. Great Divide still carries amber glass growlers, not only because of price and convenience, but also because of the way they display the beer. Claussen acknowledged this minor downside, saying, “Stainless keeps out the light that damages beer, but then you can’t see the lovely beer, except through the very wide neck when you remove the cap to pour your fresh pint.” Curtin described the look of the Bräuler as “totally different,” referring to its wide mouth. This modification makes filling the growler at any brewery simple. Curtin compared filling a normal growler to filling a bottle, saying that the special design of the Bräuler eliminates the “glug, glug, glug” that comes with smaller mouths. It is a difference that Claussen says is pivotal. “No other wide-mouth, long-neck, easy-fill, high-pressure,

freshness-holding product exists,” he says. According to Curtin, Great Divide Brewing Company is looking forward to the debut of the FreshCap. “We’re excited to try it out. It is part of a really niche market of people that really want their beers that fresh,” he says. “There’s been a real push for more technology.” Claussen says the Bräuler has been a labor of love, with equal parts labor and equal parts love. “This is a story that our journalist co-founder may put into a book some day,” he says. “He [Christian DeBendetti] brought to us the needs of the brewers and the pubs from his book-writing tours, where he has met with hundreds of industry insiders from around the world. Our artist cofounder created countless beautiful renditions of what that meant to him. Our engineer co-founder designed and created computer models for strength and durability and performance. Finally, we pushed all of this through the factory, and out came a thing of beauty.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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very so often, you just crave a hot dog, and Mustard’s Last Stand is Boulder’s best venue to enjoy authentic Chicago-style sausage. Like the best Windy City dog purveyors, Mustard’s uses natural casing Vienna beef sausages, steamed poppyseed buns and a classic mix of condiments like peppers, celery salt and mustard — ketchup need not apply. Other treats include Italian beef sandwiches, garnished with jus “gravy,” peppers and onions.

fare. Located in a Lafayette strip mall, this spot serves spicy options like samosa chaat, the familiar fried potato-filled turnovers submerged in peppy stewed garbanzos. There’s also a range of Indochinese dishes, a hybrid of Indian and Chinese cuisine. These include ginger-scented Hakka noodles and the intriguing Dry Manchurian, a chile- and soyseasoned meatless dumpling.

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ygiene’s Crane Hollow Cafe is an endearingly rustic breakfast and lunch spot that may more closely resemble a friend’s country cottage than anything else. Offerings here are simple and satisfying, and the menu features such old standbys as corned beef hash and a standout biscuits and gravy. There’s also a full complement of espresso beverages and homemade pies, including a topnotch mixed berry number.

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sual Mexican food suspects such as tacos, enchiladas and tamales are readily available at Boulder’s Agave Mexico Bistro and Tequila House. But there are also more distinctive offerings such as grilled seafood plates and vegetarian dishes featuring breaded cauliflower and chile-simmered cactus. One memorable dish is the Tampiqueña, which combines a tender carne asada with an expertly prepared chicken mole enchilada.

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rattoria on Pearl continues to please lunch patrons with its high-value, $10 power lunch. Consisting of a choice of beverage (including house wine), organic green salad or minestrone, and an entree of pasta or hot sandwich, this meal can be enjoyed in less than an hour if you’re pressed for time. Top selections include the tasty eggplant parmigiana or the unapologetically decadent spaghetti carbonara with egg and pancetta.

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ramble and Hare, Boulder’s new self-styled farmhouse kitchen and pub, distinguishes itself by offer-

ing locavore small plates as well as a relatively affordable prix fixe menu. A spinoff of its next-door neighbor, the Black Cat Bistro, this restaurant also spotlights ingredients from Chef Eric Skokan’s farm. Menu highlights include the full-flavored and tender-smoked Mulefoot pork, as well as a duck liver “doughnut” set off by a remarkable orange marmalade.

Brasserie Ten Ten

1011 Walnut St., Boulder 303-998-1010

nown for lunch, dinner and happy hour, Boulder’s Brasserie Ten Ten has added weekend brunch to its list of accomplishments. The expansive morning menu includes Belgian waffles, hot sandwiches such as French dips and Reubens, entree salads and a plethora of omelets and egg dishes. The Bordeaux Scramble winningly combines eggs, arugula and a herbed biscuit, and the beignets are memorable, closely resembling cream puffs.

Dot’s Diner on the Hill 1333 Broadway, Boulder 303-447-9184

ot’s Diner on the Hill’s offerings include a full complement of egg dishes, ranging from single egg, bacon and toast kids specials for $4 to $8 jumbo-sized helpings of huevos rancheros. The usual suspects of grilled cheese and BLTs with avocado share space on the lunch bill of fare alongside meatless specialties like Gardenburgers and a tempeh Reuben. The abovementioned huevos are adorned with particularly flavorful red and green chiles, and the Monte Cristo sandwich serves up sweet and savory satisfaction.

Cured

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earl Street’s Cured, a small and welcoming shop, is the perfect spot to indulge cravings for fine wine, cheese and charcuterie. This open brick-and-wood space also includes the sublime Boxcar Coffee’s retail outlet. Cured is a go-to destination for top-notch gourmet sandwiches artfully combining the best crusty baguettes in town with artisan charcuterie, like prosciutto and salami, and small-batch cheeses. For a special occasion or picnic, signature platters of charcuterie and cheese are just the ticket.

H Burger Co. 1710 Pearl St. Boulder 720-465-9683

ow open on Pearl Street, H Burger is the local offshoot of the successful Denver-based burger, cocktails and shake eatery. Burgers include those made from beef, bison, turkey and veggies. Those seeking something different might enjoy the Colorado lamb burger topped with feta and aioli, while the more traditionally minded might relish the Boulder burger, freighted with a full seven ounces of grassfed beef. Don’t miss the liquid nitrogen frozen milkshakes, especially the refreshing strawberry mint selection. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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MARCH 21-APRIL 19:

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Big opportunities are coming up for you. Even if you cash in on them, though, they aren’t likely to make an immediate practical impact. They are subtle and deep, these prospects. They have the potential of catalyzing monumental shifts in your long-term unfolding, but will take a while to transform your day-to-day rhythm. So what are these openings? Here are my guesses: 1. You could root out a bad seed that got embedded in your subconscious mind before you knew any better. 2. You could reinterpret the meaning of certain turning points in your past, thereby revising the flow of your life story. 3. You could forgive yourself for an old sin you thought you’d never let go of. 4. You could receive a friendly shock that will diminish some sadness you’ve carried for a long time.

TAURUS

APRIL 20-MAY 20:

This would be a good time to get introspective and meditative about your urge to merge … to think objectively about the way you approach togetherness … to be honest with yourself about what strengths and weaknesses you bring to the art of collaboration. The most important question you can ask yourself during this inventory is this: “How do I personally contribute, either knowingly or unconsciously, to the problems I experience in relationships?” Here’s another query you might consider: “How hard am I willing to work to create the kinds of intimacy and alliances I say I want?”

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Right before I woke up this morning, I had a dream that one of my teeth fell out. As I lay there groggily in bed, my mind searched for its meaning. “What does losing a tooth symbolize?” I asked myself. “What is its psychological meaning?” I promised myself that when I got up, I would Google that question. But my rumination was interrupted by a dull ache in the back of my mouth, and it was only then that I remembered: Yesterday, in actual waking life, I had a real tooth yanked out by a real dentist. The moral of the story, Libra: Be wary of making up elaborate stories and mythic assumptions about events that have simple, mundane explanations.

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This is an excellent time to explore the frontiers of wise foolishness. I’m hoping you will take full advantage of learning opportunities that might require you to shed your excess dignity and acknowledge how much you don’t know. Are you brave enough to disavow cynical thoughts and jaded attitudes that muffle your lust for life? Are you smart enough to understand how healthy it would be to go out and play like an innocent wild child? Make yourself available for delightful surprises.

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“Dear Rob: I seem to be marooned in an interesting limbo. The sights and sounds are not exactly pretty, but they keep me perversely entertained. I’m sampling tastes that are more sour than sweet, thinking that sooner or later the sweetness will start to prevail — but it never does. Sometimes I feel like I’m in a trance, unable to do what’s best for me. Can you offer any help? Like maybe give me a password that would break me out of the trance? —Meandering Gemini.” Dear Meandering: This is one of those rare times when you have cosmic permission to favor what’s calming and reassuring rather than what’s amusing and stimulating. Your password is “sanctuary.”

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CAPRICORN

On Sept. 22, the San Francisco Giants played a baseball game against the San Diego Padres. In the fourth inning, Giants’ third baseman Pablo Sandoval sprinted to the edge of the field, then hurled himself over a railing and into the crowd in order to snag a foul pop-up. The fact that he landed upside down but perfectly unhurt wasn’t the most impressive aspect of his feat. Nor was his improbable ability to wield such precise concentration while invoking so much raw force. Even more amazing was the pink bubble that Sandoval blew with his chewing gum nanoseconds before he dived. It was a supremely playful and successful Zen moment. That’s the spirit I hope you will bring to your efforts in the coming days.

“You must learn from the mistakes of others,” said humorist Sam Levenson. “You can’t possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.” That’s excellent advice for you right now, Capricorn. In order to glean the teachings you need most, you won’t have to bumble through a single wrong turn or bad decision yourself. There will be plenty of blundering role models who will be providing you with the precise inspiration you need. Study them carefully.

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LEO

JULY 23-AUG. 22:

Your unconscious mind will be more accessible than usual in the coming weeks. It will reveal its agendas more clearly and play more of an active role in your life. Is that a good thing or a bad thing? It will depend on how open-minded you are toward the surprises your secret self will reveal. If you try to ignore or repress its eruptions, they’ll probably wreak chaos. If, on the other hand, you treat this other part of you as an unpredictable but generous ally, you may be able to work out a collaboration that serves you both.

VIRGO

AUG. 23-SEPT. 22:

Urbandictionary.com defines “Skymall solution” as “an absurdly single-purposed tool or solution that solves a problem you don’t actually have.” The term is derived from the famous Skymall catalog, which sells unusual specialty products. According to my analysis of the current astrological omens, you should be wary of any attraction you might have to Skymall solutions. Do you really need a King Tut tissue box cover or an ice cube tray that makes ice in the shape of dachshunds or a stencil set for putting messages on

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OCT. 23-NOV. 21:

Zombies used to be terrifying. But then they became a featured motif in pop culture, often in humorous contexts, and now there’s a growing acceptance and even affection for them. Here’s the view of Max Brooks, author of The Zombie Survival Guide: “Eventually rock and roll morphs from Sid Vicious to the Jonas Brothers. Same thing with vampires: We went from Dracula to Twilight to make them peachy and G-rated. I guarantee you someone is working on a way to take the fear out of zombies and market them to children.” Your assignment, Sagittarius, is to do to your personal fears what the entertainment industry has done to zombies: Turn them into amusing caricatures that don’t trouble you so much. For example, visualize an adversary singing a duet with Justin Bieber.

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JAN. 20-FEB. 18:

Every November, thousands of writers participate in National Novel Writing Month. They pledge to compose at least 50,000 words of a new novel in that 30-day period. In accordance with the astrological omens, Aquarius, I propose that you commit yourself to a comparable project in your own field. Is there a potential masterpiece on which you could get a substantial amount of work done? Is there a major transformation you’ve long wanted to undertake but have always had some excuse to avoid? I predict that you will attract unexpected help and luck if you summon the willpower to focus on that task.

PISCES

FEB. 19-MARCH 20:

Don’t believe the climate is changing? Go ask the birds what they think. Sixty percent of all the feathered species in North America have moved north in the past 46 years. Scientists are pretty sure their migration is a response to the warming trend that’s afoot. I like the idea of tuning in to how animals behave in order to get accurate information about the state of the world. Would you consider doing more of that, Pisces? According to my astrological analysis, the coming months will be a time when you can learn a lot from non-human intelligences.

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303.443.3336

1750 30th St. #8, Boulder

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