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Gigafactory 3: Tesla’s miracle in Shanghai by Paul Danish
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K, it’s been a lousy year — that much we can probably all agree on — so it would be cool if an old-fashioned, unalloyed miracle could be pulled out of the wreckage in time for Christmas. And it can. It can be found in the People’s Republic of China, of all places. Last Jan. 7, Elon Musk’s electric car company Tesla Inc. broke ground for a factory — or Gigafactory as Tesla calls its plants — in a Shanghai industrial park. Electric cars are the world’s most promising candidate to displace the fossil-fueled internal combustion engine in transportation, for reasons that go beyond cliI
mate change, like cleaning up the air in China’s fetid cities, screwing OPEC, etc. Tesla’s cars have transformed electric automobiles from a niche product into a disruptive technology, but the company has been a high-wire act since its founding. It works off an expand-or-die business plan, and every couple of years it has a near-death experience. So there was a lot riding on Tesla’s China plant, dubbed Gigafactory 3. Groundbreaking occurred in a barren, muddy field. It didn’t stay barren for long. By the end of October, the first cars were emerging from the roughly 3,000-footlong, 500-foot-wide, three-story building with 5.3 million square feet of operational space — which had been put up in less than 10 months. As of last Monday, Dec. 9, it was reported that the plant was turning out 1,000 cars a week. Production is expected to rise to 3,000 a week (150,000 a year) next month. see DANISH PLAN Page 6
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The pace of construction was breathtaking, and it was lovingly documented by Tesla enthusiast and drone operator Jason Yang. Two or three times a week Yang would fly his drone over the plant site and document progress. (His videos can be found on YouTube at youtube. com/user/jasonyangsha.) A brief summary of the work appears in the first few seconds of his Dec. 12 video. The groundbreaking was on Jan. 7. By early February there were 15 or 20 pile drivers pounding away on the site. By March the support columns for the roof were being stood up. By April the roof ’s structural steel framing was being hoisted into place. By June the roof and walls of the building were mostly up; by August the work on the building’s shell was mostly finished and production equipment was being installed. By September a parking lot for finished cars had been paved, and by the end of September the first cars, Tesla Model 3s, were appearing on it. The Dec. 12 video shows a 480space parking lot with about 400 newly-produced cars on it and cars being loaded onto transporters later in the video. What can we learn from this? First, the Chinese construction industry is world-class. Second, it is possible to build the sort of massive industrial plant necessary to create a non-fossil-fuel auto industry on a time frame previously associated with World War II industrial production, if the will is there to do so. And in the case of Tesla’s Shanghai plant, the will was there in spades — both on the part of Tesla and, more importantly, on the part of
the Chinese government. The Chinese government wanted Tesla to set up shop in China so badly that it allowed the company to keep 100% ownership of the plant, something that was unprecedented. Previously, foreign automakers had been required to enter into joint ventures with Chinese partners. The Chinese government also expedited the approval process. Tesla announced its intention to build the Shanghai plant in October 2018. Within weeks it acquired the plant site — in a competitive bidding process in which no one else chose to bid. That wasn’t accidental. “Public environmental consultation� opened on Oct. 24 — and was completed in 10 working days. In early March, with work already underway, Tesla obtained a $521 million construction loan from a consortium of Chinese Banks. Third, construction work took place 24/7. That sort of urgency is usually reserved for military construction in wartime. (Tesla actually got its plant up and running faster than Ford built the great WW II bomber plant at Willow Run in Michigan. Willow Run construction began in April 1941 and while the building’s shell was up by September, the first B-24 bomber didn’t emerge until October 1942.) The fact that Tesla could stand up a major electric car plant in less than a year and have it cranking out cars by Christmas is a bit of a holiday miracle. And coming at a time when the Madrid climate conference flopped, a particularly welcome one. This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly.
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An imaginary dialogue with President POTUS Q: POTUS, Have you abused the office of president for your personal advantage? POTUS: I have not abused the Office of President of the United States for my personal advantage in any way, shape or form. Certainly not! I had the largest group of people ever in Washington, D.C. after my election. Q: Did you refuse any subpoenas? POTUS: Yes. I refused some subpoenas, and what is your name, address, and why do you ask? Q: Did you try to get personal favors from a needy country in a phone call while delaying money promised to them? POTUS: Yes. I tried to get personal favors from a needy country in a phone call while delaying money promised to them, and they love me. Q: As you know, Americans respect and teach their children to tell the truth. Have you consistently told Americans the truth about the Ukraine phone call? POTUS: Um, would you like to buy shares in Greenland real estate? Do I have a deal for you! Q: Have you have disrespected the laws of subpoena, have you have avoided transparency of any kind, including your taxes, have you have used your leverage to frighten people and other countries to benefit yourself personally? Have you shouted, “Off with their heads!” like the queen in Alice in Wonderland when anyone disagreed with you? POTUS: I cannot tell a lie, I ate the last piece of cherry pie. And, yes, I put the empty box back on the shelf. Louise Love/Boulder
My advice to the aforementioned 63 million is simple... get over it. Your guy is a loser and a fraud. America’s Constitution is still alive and well, and justice dictates that oaths taken are to be respected and honored. All American leaders take the same oath... don’t they? Time to go to work. Tommy Holeman/Superior
Another record? Sad to read about the negative records when it comes to climate change, but grateful there is still hope! (Re: “Another year, another record, and COP 25” The Danish Plan, Dec. 4, 2019) And speaking of hope in this holiday season, why not “another year another record” for participation in our democracy? Call, write, and/or visit those who repre-
sent you in Congress, after all, constituents have the most influence according to the Congressional Management Foundation. It was those voices that caused an increase in America’s pledge to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, making possible a three year plan to save 16 million lives, presee LETTERS Page 8
Oaths should be respected and honored It seems our current leader and a few fellow travelers have become obsessed with a narrative that 63 million voters will be denied their desires if/when a certain fellow gets impeached and removed from office. Fact is, 66 million American voters can’t muster much sympathy for their predicament, and every time it’s mentioned it’s a reminder of how unfair life can be sometimes. BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE
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Seniors and cars Thirty-four parking spaces for 106 poor seniors at Fruehaufs and 304 spaces for 95 rich seniors at 311 Mapleton. Is this to say that seniors don’t drive? Not with my math! But then I’m 66, so maybe I can’t add anymore. Lynn Segal/Boulder
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We are organized and managed through every dollar spent on messaging that moves us emotionally instead of intellectually. We are learning to hate each other. How could we, in the birthplace of democracy and freedom, be so willingly led to the slaughter by such shameless political preaching when the remedy sits right before us, patiently waiting to hear us say “enough� and begin to fight back. It does not have to be this way — and cannot be this way if our experiment in self-governance is to continue its success! At Votesmart.org, the tools are there for The People to regain control and take charge. It is right there in front of us all, reality is there for the taking by anyone with the will. Both the technology and the data exist to put reality back in play. Every essential fact about candidates for the presidency, the congress, governorships and even state legislatures can be captured: every biographical detail, every public record, every vote, every issue position stated, every public statement and even every independent review by every conceivable special interest is gathered and easily searchable by any citizen. We only need the will to be the boss, use the technology currently available and make the facts easily available to any citizen, right wing or left. We are the employers and our job is simply to do what was intended: ignore the self-serving nonsense and take charge just the way anyone would hiring for any lesser position than those applying to run our lives. Richard Kimball/Vote Smart president BOULDER WEEKLY
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Home health providers say changes in government regulations further complicate accessing care for former Rocky Flats workers
by Angela K. Evans FORMER EMPLOYEES of the Rocky Flats Plant rely on compensation from the federal government to treat radiationcaused cancers and other illnesses that are directly related to their work with substances like plutonium.
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onous. Plus, after working construction jobs, his last helping to build Rocky Mountain Arsenal, the pay at Rocky Flats was much better: $1.30 an hour when he first started in 1952. “That was great money,” he says with a laugh, from his home in Longmont, which he built himself 60 years ago. In the beginning, DiGiallonardo says, he would carry unprotected half and full shells of plutonium through the drafty tunnels between buildings, keeping the components near his abdomen for warmth. “I always carried it on my right side and now DECEMBER 19, 2019
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you can’t even go 10 feet close to it without lead aprons and lead gloves and everything else,” he says. “You walked through the cold tunnel and that warm ball just kept you warm right there.” It wasn’t until after he retired in August 1989 that he got sick. During PUBLIC DOMAIN his nearly four decades of work he was exposed to a variety of radiation and toxic substances, not only plutonium but uranium, beryllium and asbestos as well. It started in his lungs, and he’s since been diagnosed with berylliosis, or chronic beryllium disease (CBD), asbestosis, emphysema and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), all diseases that slowly replace lung tissue with scar tissue and can be terminal. He had his first bout of cancer in the 1990s: colon cancer, requiring five rounds of chemotherapy and surgery to remove 17 inches of intestines. Later, he fought bladder and thyroid cancer. BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE
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“Right at the beginning everyone thought it was safe,” DiGiallonardo says. “We handled [the plutonium] real good, I thought, but they said, no we didn’t.” The son of Italian immigrants, DiGiallonardo was born in Berwin, Colorado, at a coal mining camp near Walsenburg. Two of DiGiallonardo’s five brothers also worked at Rocky Flats, Louie in production and Sam, who eventually transferred to the nuclear weapons lab in Livermore, California. Louie died of pancreatic cancer, and Sam passed away from lung cancer. Both his son and nephew also worked at the plant until it closed in 2005. Today, at age 91, his lungs are what give DiGiallonardo the most trouble. Pneumonia recently landed him in the ICU for a few weeks in September. After years of independence — golfing five days a week, mowing his yard, taking care of his house, even driving himself to the hospital — DiGiallonardo now relies on the help of in-home health care around the clock, paid for by the federal government. “I don’t think I’ll ever get rid of this oxygen,” he says, pointing to the tank sitting by his recliner chair. Several canisters are stocked out on the porch behind him. The Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) was passed in 2000, providing monetary compensation and medical coverage for former Department of Energy workers who were exposed to radiation or toxic substances at certain facilities and as a result were later diagnosed with specific radiogenic cancers and/or respiratory illnesses. But recent changes in regulations have made accessing in-home health care even more complicated, according to several Colorado care providers that specifically cater to former energy workers, especially those from Rocky Flats. They say the changes can result in a delay of care for their clients, which goes against the spirit of the law. EEOICPA was enacted in order to make the process straightforward, recognizing that for years the former energy workers who helped the U.S. build its BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE
nuclear defense had been fighting the government to get just compensation and coverage for their work-related illnesses. s s s s According to the Department of Labor (DOL), which administers the program, to date EEOICPA has provided $17.3 billion in both compensation payouts and medical benefits to 126,000 people who worked at a variety of facilities throughout the country. Former Rocky Flats employees are eligible if they worked at the plant before 1984, people like DiGiallonardo. (People who worked at the plant after that time and may have been exposed to toxic substances as part of their work are also eligible for benefits, although they have to go through a different process requiring a complicated dose reconstruction based on records. Some former Rocky Flats employees are currently petitioning to change that.) Monetary compensation under the EEOICPA includes a $150,000 lump sum energy workers receive as soon as their claim is accepted, with the possibility of getting up to $250,000 over their lifetime based on the degree of impairment or disability they experience due to their work-related illness. Additionally, I
years, in large part because of the outreach in-home health care companies like Colorado’s Professional Case Management (PCM), Nuclear Care Partners (NCP) and others have done to make people aware of the benefits. Plus, she says, “with today’s technology people are living longer, going into remission.” However, with an almost 800page manual, “The program is very complicated,” Brooks says, making a job like hers necessary. “The people who are trying to access the benefits are often elderly, they’re ill and they’ve been at it for a number of years just trying to work their way through their program,” says Greg Austin, president of Denver’s PCM, which has been working with former Rocky Flats workers for the past 17 years, one of the first to provide in-home health care under EEIOCPA. “So it can be TONY there is room very frustrating.” DIGIALLONARDO for coverage of This year, Austin says, it got even has experienced consequential chronic health issues more complicated as the DOL after decades of work implemented some rule changes in health issues at Rocky Flats. that are a direct April, which he says extend the result of the authorization process for in-home primary illness health care. — anything from sleep apnea to atrial Before the rule changes, authorifibrillation, maybe even dementia, zation through EEIOCPA took says Elizabeth Brooks, a registered about a week, if all went smoothly, nurse by background who became an Austin says. On average, however, it advocate for former energy workers would 50 days for approval from the about 10 years ago. Today Brooks time of first assessing a patient and helps clients through the claims protheir needs to the time in-home cess to get coverage through the health care was approved, he says. EEOICPA. But care-providers like PCM and The medical benefits include all NCP would often start providing expenses — no copays, no out-ofcare while the paperwork was propocket minimums — related to their cessing, knowing that when approved, specific illness, as well as complete the benefits could be applied retroaccoverage of around-the-clock intively, as long as there was a clear home health care and medical equip- medical justification for the care. ment — everything from a walker to Now, under the rule changes, the daily oxygen — for the remainder of process is taking even longer, a minitheir lives. mum of 60 days, Austin says, and “It’s very unique,” Brooks says. pre-authorization is required, mean“It’s a great program really for what it ing that care-providers can’t start does and the home health they can working with clients until the inget goes way beyond anything else home care is approved by the DOL. they can get from Medicare… They “There are a number of situations can actually have someone with them where people’s health care needs can’t 24 hours a day if they need it.” wait for this process to play out,” Even though the act was passed Austin says. “People’s needs vary. in 2000, Brooks says accessing the There are some patients whose needs in-home health care benefits has are on the lower end, more of a nurse really expanded in the last several see ROCKY FLATS Page 12 DECEMBER 19, 2019
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visit, and a delay is not going to have the same impact as somebody who’s getting discharged from a hospital, somebody whose illness takes a significant turn for the worse.” The DOL maintains that the official rule changes are largely a formality, reflecting how the current process plays out and implementing procedures that have really been in effect since 2006, according to an email statement from a spokesperson. Before the changes, approximately 50% of claims were processed within 60 days, according to DOL. Now, more than 95% of the claims have been processed in the same time period. Additionally, the only real change is that claimant’s now have to provide the name of their doctor so the department can contact them directly with any questions about the request for home health care, the DOL says. Still, NCP and PCM say the change in process has become much more cumbersome and, in their experience, is taking longer than it used to. “We recognize that the Department of Labor’s intention with these changes was to increase the efficiency of processing times for authorization, however, with any change, unintentional consequences may occur,” says Lori Shanks, NCP community outreach manager for Colorado. “From a health care perspective, it is of the utmost importance that our beneficiaries are able to access their benefits in a way that is timely, effective and consistent with their level of need. We have wit-
nessed patients, TONY DIGIALLONARDO at times, experi(right) with his son ence lengthy Mike. The senior wait times and DiGiallonardo has health issues stemadded steps for ming from a authorization decades-long career due to this new at Rocky Flats. process change.” What used to be an eight-step process, Shanks says, is now a 32-step process requiring multiple mail-in forms and doctor’s signatures, which, she says, is adding weeks to an already lengthy process. There is, however, an emergency approval process, that only takes a day or two, for people who need immediate in-home health care. DiGiallonardo, for example, was able to get signed up for home health care benefits while still in the hospital with pneumonia. But Shanks has only processed a handful of cases like his, she says. It’s much more common for the approval process to stretch on for months. NCP claims there’s been at least one case of a client dying before their in-home health care was approved. And, according to Austin, the emergency relief doesn’t consistently work. “It’s not very clear as to what constitutes an emergency and what doesn’t, so it’s a difficult tool to use,” he says. On top of that, Austin says, the additional forms make it more difficult for in-home health nurses, like those who work for PCM and NCP, to assist in the process, leaving the
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he “greenbelt” of Boulder County has long protected the foothills from urban sprawl and provided a natural open buffer between places like Niwot, Longmont and Boulder. It’s part of the County’s longstanding open space program — which isn’t just recreationally useful and aesthetically pleasing for residents, but also provides environmental benefits like reducing pollution and supporting robust local ecosystems. But that isn’t all it’s doing. According to new research from Colorado State University in collaboration with the Barcelona Institute for Global Health, that green and open space is also helping to make residential and urban areas healthier places to live. It’s a discovery that could have a huge impact on how we build cities, and how we deal with some of the unnecessary health risks associated with urban living. “What we’ve found was that more greenness and vegetation around people’s homes will actually reduce this risk of [premature] mortality,” says Dr. David Rojas-Rueda, an environmental epidemiologist at CSU and lead author of the study “Green spaces and mortality.” Rojas-Rueda is already working with cities around the world to apply his research to city planning and policy making. His hope is to improve urban health in some of the most high-risk urban communities. “This is the largest and most comprehensive synthesis to date on green space and premature mortality,” RojasRueda explains. The study, which was funded by the World Health Organization, analyzed evidence from nine related studies, following more than 8 million people for between five and eight years of their lives. The scope of that analysis spanned seven different countries, including the U.S. BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE
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For the study, Rojas-Rueda and his team used satellite imagery to measure an area’s exposure to green space (a measurement they dubbed the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index). They then assessed local environmental risk factors, comparing all of that to rates of premature deaths. “We actually found a trend,” Rojas-Rueda says. And not an insignificant one: For every 0.1% increase in the Normalized Vegetation Index within 1,600 feet of a person’s residence, there is a 4% reduction in premature deaths, according to their findings. Rojas-Rueda explains that larger buffers between people and greenery still produced benefits to people’s health, according to their research. But the closer the better, he says. The study looks at all-cause mortality, generally — meaning that the cause of death could be anything. Previous studies show green space in urban and residential areas improves people’s moods and reduces stress, which can lead to longer lives. RojasRueda says that green space regulates noise and also helps improve air quality; it also regulates temperatures, reducing urban heat island effects. Greenery even helps to increase an area’s biodiversity, which Rojas-Rueda suggests can make people’s microbiomes healthier. “There are many different pathways that could be producing these benefits for health,” Rojas-Rueda says. “The only thing that we are seeing in I
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YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED, PURSUANT TO C.R.S. § 19-5-103.7, AS FOLLOWS: 1. You have been identified by Sarah Bethany Conway as the possible birth father of her child, Sam Moran, who was born on December 11, 2019 in Colorado. 2. Ms. Conway plans to relinquish her parental rights to the child on an expedited basis in the Douglas County District Court, State of Colorado, where the adoption agency has an office, pursuant to C.R.S. § 19-5-103.5 in order to make the child available for adoption. Placing a child for adoption requires termination of the birth mother and alleged birth father(s) parentchild legal relationships. Termination of parental rights means that pursuant to a court order, all rights powers, privileges, immunities, duties and obligations existing between a parent and a child are permanently severed, except for inheritance rights, which will be severed at the time of the final decree of adoption. Upon termination of parental rights, a parent shall: (a) no longer have the right to custody of, or parenting time with the child; (b) no longer have the right to any information concerning the whereabouts, activities, health, or well-being of the child; and (c) have no say in any further decisions concerning said child. 3. A birth parent of a child has the right to contest the termination of parental rights. 4. Failure to declare intent to contest the termination of parental rights may likely result in a termination of parental rights to the child. In order to contest the termination of the parent-child legal relationship, YOU MUST: • Request and then return a “Reply Form to Notice of Anticipated Expedited Relinquishment” to Hope’s Promise at the above addresses or to Grob & Eirich, LLC, 12596 W. Bayaud Ave., Suite 390, Lakewood, CO 80228 by Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested, no later than twenty-one (21) days after the date of this notice or before the birth mother’s relinquishment petition is filed with the court, whichever occurs later. The date of notice shall be considered the date of the first day of publication in the newspaper. OR • Request and return a “Reply Form to Notice of Anticipated Expedited Relinquishment” in person to Hope’s Promise, at the address indicated above, no later than twenty-one (21) days after the date of this notice or before the birth mother’s relinquishment petition is filed with the court, whichever occurs later. The date of notice shall be considered the date of the first day of publication in the newspaper. You should bring photo identification with you for in-person submission. YOU MUST ALSO: • File a claim of paternity pursuant to Article 4 of Title 19, Colorado Revised Statutes and notify Hope’s Promise pursuant to C.R.S. § 19-4-105.5. This claim of paternity must be filed no later than twenty-one (21) days after the date of this notice or before the birth mother’s relinquishment petition is filed with the court, whichever occurs later. The date of notice shall be considered the date of the first day of publication in the newspaper. 5. You may also waive your right to contest the termination of parental rights and doing so will likely result in a termination of any parental rights you may have to the child. If you do not believe that you are the father of this child, please check the appropriate box on the reply form which will be provided to you by the agency upon request. YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED THAT IF YOU FAIL TO PROPERLY REPLY TO THIS NOTICE IN A MANNER DESCRIBED ABOVE, YOU ALSO WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO ANY FURTHER NOTICE RELATED TO THE ANTICIPATED EXPEDITED RELINQUISHMENT PROCEEDINGS AND YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS, IF ANY, WILL LIKELY BE TERMINATED BY THE COURT. Thank you for your cooperation. Sincerely, Seth Grob Attorney for Hope’s Promise
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SOMETHING TO DO WITH DEATH 2019 at the movies by Michael J. Casey MICHAEL J’S TOP 10 OF 2019: 1) ‘The Irishman’ (tied) 1) ‘Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood’ (tied) 3) ‘Little Women’ 4) ‘A Marriage Story’ 5) ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ 6) ‘Parasite’ 7) ‘A Hidden Life’ 8) ‘The Lighthouse’ 9) ‘The Last Black Man in San Francisco’ 10) ‘Varda By Agnès’
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ne of the best scenes in one of the best movies of 2019 occurs one hour into Quentin Tarantino’s nearlythree hour-long opus, Once Upon a Time...In Hollywood. In it, cowboy actor Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) shares a quiet moment between set-ups with a fellow actor (Julia Butters). She is 8; Dalton is approaching middle age. She refuses to give her real name, choosing to stay in character even when the cameras aren’t rolling. Dalton is just trying to keep it together; his veins sodden, his mind polluted with eight whiskey sours. He’s not at rock bottom, but he’s close. Somewhere, The Rolling Stones warm up finger snaps and a jaunty marimba roll: You don’t know what’s going on... Dalton pulls out a paperback. What’cha reading, she asks. Just a Western, he explains, the story of a broncobuster named Tom Breezy — but everybody calls him “Easy Breezy.” He continues: When Easy Breezy was in his 20s, he was at the top of his game. Now, in his late30s, Breezy takes a bad fall and injures his spine and hip. Spending more of his days in pain than not. “Jeepers, this sounds like a good novel,” she says. “Yeah, it’s not bad,” Dalton responds. “Where are you in it?” “’Bout midway,” the 45-year-old says without a hint of irony. “What’s happening to Easy Breezy now?” she asks. “Well, he’s not the best anymore,” Dalton continues. ...You’ve been away for far too long... His eyes drift upward; his words take on a poetic air. He speaks from the heart. Maybe he’s making it up, spinning a secondhand tale of his own life. Or maybe it dawns on Dalton that there’s more than a touch of Easy Breezy in his own life. “He’s coming to terms with what it means to be slightly more” — his voice breaks — “slightly more useless.” “Sounds like a sad book,” she says. ...You’re out of touch my baby/My poor old-fashioned baby/I said baby, baby, baby, you’re out of time... Set mostly on two days six months apart in 1969, Once Upon a Time is an
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elegy of America midway through the 20th century. The first day, Feb. 8, is beautiful, sunny and full of promise. Dalton is staring down the back half of his career, but hotshot director Roman Polanski (Rafal Zawierucha) and wife Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie) have moved in next door. “Who knows what could happen?� Dalton says with a chuckle. “I could be one pool party away from starring in a new Polanski movie.� Things are looking up. Then comes Aug. 8, 1969 — a date etched in history as the day when the promise of the NEON counterculture, the hippie movement, and a general sense of security unraveled. Tarantino punctuates every moment, every action, every thought while slowly lowering the sword of Damocles over the Hollywood A24 Hills. ...Baby, baby, baby, you’re out of time... If you know your history, then you know this is the night three Charles Manson minions — Tex Watson, Susan Atkins and Patricia Krenwinkle — wound their way up Beachwood Canyon, entered the home at 10050 Cielo Drive and brutally murdered Abigail Folger, Jay Sebring, Wojciech Frykowski and Sharon Tate. Tate was eight-a-half-months pregnant at the time and, according to reports, pleaded with Atkins and Watson to spare the life of her child, offering herself as a hostage. They stabbed her anyway, 16 times in total, slaughtered her unborn child, and scrawled the word “pig� with her blood on the front door. Manson wanted a race war. He told them to make it look “witchy.� They succeed, and 50 years later there is still something witchy, something ghoulish, about that night. America was almost 70 years into a century plagued by death and destruction, yet this act pulled down
a façade of security. The age of innocence had come to an end. ...I said, baby, baby, baby, you’re out of time... Critic Manny Faber said every movie transmits the DNA of its time. How fascinating to think that the movies of 2019 — obsessed with the specificity of the past (and the specificity of time-passing) — would focus so heavily on finality. The world may not be ending, but something is. Be it innocence (Once Upon a Time, Little Women, The Last Black Man in San Francisco), decency (Joker, Parasite), a way of life (The Irishman, Marriage Story), even life itself (The Farewell, A Hidden Life, Varda By Agnès). ...I said baby, baby, baby... There’s more than a tinge of melancholy in every movie; they are, after all, composed of past tense images delivered presently. What we see is simultaneously happening and has happened. ...you’re out of time... Even joyous movies like Greta Gerwig’s Little Women, bursting with life and energy, takes place in the long shadow of the Civil War. ...I said... In the movie’s most moving moment, Beth (Eliza Scanlen) visits the home of Mr. Laurence (Chris Cooper) to play a piano that’s been silent for years. ...baby, baby, baby... Mr. Laurence’s daughter used to play, but she died. Beth knows this when she takes the stool, but she can’t know that Mr. Laurence is on the stairs in the adjoining hallway listening. She can’t see his heart break as she twinkles out Robert Schumann’s “Scenes From Childhood.â€? But we can. The souls of the dearly departed will never be forgotten, and they will never return. ...you’re out of time... And then there’s the moment when Laurie (TimothĂŠe Chalamet) realizes he
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will never be Jo’s (Saoirse Ronan). Or she his. And nothing he says will change that. ...the girl who wants to run away... Laurie is crestfallen, and, in perfect movie fashion, rattles off a list of future accomplishments Jo has before her, and he does so without stumbling or stuttering, even as he starts to cry, the knot in his chest tightening. “And I’ll watch,â€? he says through snot and tears. “I’ll watch.â€?...it’s no good thinking that you are still mine... We watch as Franz Jägerstätter (August Diehl) condemns himself to death by not pledging allegiance to the FĂźhrer in A Hidden Life. We watch as the burden of Jägerstätter’s noble sacrifice weighs on his wife (Valerie Pachner) and daughters. ...You’re out of touch, my baby... We watch as Charlie (Adam Driver) moves fake plants around his crappy Los Angeles apartment trying to make it look like a real home so he can retain joint custody of his son in Marriage Story. We watch as Nicole (Scarlett Johansson) holds her lawyer (Laura Dern) in rapt attention while recounting her side of the story. ...My poor discarded baby... And we watch as two families, one impoverished the other opulent, battle each other and what lies beneath in Parasite — an acerbic comedy about class division. ...I said, baby, baby, baby... Parasite won the Palm d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in May. ...you’re out of time... A few months later, Joker — an enthralling and downright unsettling look at the making of an incel icon — took home the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Could two movies better describe where we are in 2019 than Parasite and Joker? ...You’re obsolete my baby... We watch as HĂŠloĂŻse’s (Adèle Haenel) heart breaks a thousand times in Portrait of a Lady on Fire’s final shot — the most stirring image of 2019. ...My poor, discarded baby... We watch as the great Agnès Varda bids adieu to the world the only way she knew how — with a movie. ...Baby, baby, baby, you’re out of time... And we watch as Frank “The Irishmanâ€? Sheeran (Robert De Niro), aged and infirmed, confesses to us from a nursing home at the twilight of the 20th century. Cancer will get him soon enough, but before that happens, Sheeran has a story to tell. Of war and gangsters. Of lawyers and Teamsters. Of loyalty and reward. Of friendship and
duty. And of betrayal so significant, Sheeran will never rest easy. ...Baby, baby, baby... He sleeps with one eye open, and the door left slightly ajar. ...you’re out of time... Can a movie stop the inevitable? Of course not. Even when filmmakers try to rewrite history, to intervene in the most humane way possible, they can never seem to keep death out. It still manages to sneak in. It always does. ...Sing your song.
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by Peter Alexander The BCO has had guest conductors in the past, but Saless wants to engage guests more often. “It gives me opportunities to conduct elsewhere,” he says. For example, he was hired to conduct performances of Verdi’s La Traviata in La Spezia, Italy, last May — his first experience conducting opera. It is through the guest conducting jobs that Saless knows Corona, who is president of a music management company in Italy. Corona has arranged performances in Italy for Saless, including last year’s Traviata. He is also vice-president of the Italian Mozart Association, so the inclusion of the Mozart Concerto on the program was natural. Corona has performed the concerto more than 80 times, from Mozart’s home city of Salzburg to Tokyo and Shanghai. Writing by email from Italy, Corona says he never tires of playing the concerto. “Every concert is different,” he writes. “The music floats like the waves of the sea. It is a new emotional discovery every night.” To pair with the concerto, Saless decided on a Mozart Symphony that the BCO has not played before — Symphony No. 33. “We’ve done almost all of the 30s (symphonies by Mozart) now, so I had picked (that one for the program) some time ago,” Saless says. Corona often performs with Armellino conducting, so he arranged for the latter’s engagement with the BCO as well. Armellino does not speak English, but Saless is not worried. “He’ll probably communicate like any I
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other conductor,” he says. “I think he’ll use Italian words, like on the page — poco mas allegro (a little faster) or con fuoco (forcefully). I’m sure he knows enough English to communicate with the orchestra.” Corona notes that he and Armellino have worked in many different countries around the world and always manage to communicate with the musicians regardless of languages. “Music is a universal language, and I am sure we will understand each other very well,” he writes. Continuing a pattern for their December concerts, the BCO will devote the program after intermission to Christmas music. “I told them, why don’t you do something Italian that’s related to Christmas,” Saless says. “The Corelli Christmas Concerto was the one that they came up with.” The BCO has done the Christmas Concerto before, but it’s always popular and it fit the program too perfectly not to do it again. There will be other music for Christmas and the holidays that will not be announced in advance, including some music that Corona and Aremllino will bring with them. “They tell me that they’re going to have their own little encore, which I don’t know what it is,” Saless says. But this is the season for happy surprises. If you just think of the unannounced encores as musical stocking stuffers, Saless says you are sure to enjoy the program. DECEMBER 19, 2019
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Dynamic change was inevitable for SHEL. Sisters Eva, Hannah, Sarah and Liza Holbrook are 20-something women, born in a five-year span and raised in a bohemian, art-loving family in Fort Collins. Each found an instrument to master early on, studying classical music while composing and arranging unique works for violin, mandolin, piano and drums. Their sophomore album, ‘Just Crazy Enough,’ finds the sisters experimenting with deeper grooves while still channeling the rock bands of the ’60s and composers of the 18th century that initially influenced them. CUMBERLAND MUSIC COLLECTIVE
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8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20, Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461.
Rootsy and real, neither revivalist nor retro, the Hi-Beams’ brand of country music is as boundless and electrifying as America itself. Bonnie & the Clydes are one of the foremost Front Range bands, pioneering their unique sound of Rocky Mountain country soul. Gold Hill Inn will be hosting this one in the big room to ensure plenty of space to dance. Enjoy a casual dinner buffet in the front room for $15 from 7-9 p.m. You won’t want to miss this one, as it’s the last time to catch the Hi-Beams before they go on an indefinite hiatus.
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BOULDER WEEKLY THANKS THE COMMUNITY FOR ITS ONGOING SUPPORT comes with a sparkling atmosphere, and music from Colorado’s own Elevation Band looks to take number 111 to new heights. Tickets: $175. 2020 New Year’s Eve Party at St Julien Hotel and Spa. 8 p.m. St Julien Hotel & Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, stjulien.com Count ’em down: Five hours of entertainment, four cocktail bars, three music venues, two balloon drops and one (swinging) hotel party. Good Manners gets the ball rolling in the Great Room, Funkifino gives up the funk in the Ballroom and Oh Like WOW lets its hair down in Jill’s. For tickets and more information, call 720-406-9696.
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Turkuaz — with Swatkins & The Positive Agenda.
6:45 p.m. The Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, dancelaughlove.com
8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, bouldertheater.com
Dress to impress and dance yourself silly to Joe Smith and the Spicy Pickles swingtet and to the After Midnight jazz sextet. Not spicy enough for you? There’s salsa dancing in Sodal Hall until 1:30 a.m. Craig Kontny is bringing homemade cider, Halina Palmer and a slew of volunteers have organized amazing food and snacks, and there will be a Champagne toast in the Ballroom. Tickets are $40 and $45 in advance; $50 at the door.
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Formed in 2011, the Brooklyn-based Turkuaz psychedelically splashes funk, alternative, rock and R&B into their music the way Jackson Pollock would flick paint across his massive canvases. It’s gonna be groovy. Gasoline Lollipops — with The Lonesome Days and The Alcapones. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, foxtheatre.com see NEW YEAR’S EVE GUIDE Page 28
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Back for another New Year’s Eve celebration, the Gasoline Lollipops are a Fox Theatre favorite, with their blend of high-energy alt-country, rootsy folk and irreverent punk. The Lonesome Days and The Alcapones will join them to ring in 2020.
BOULDER WEEKLY THANKS THE COMMUNITY FOR ITS ONGOING SUPPORT Ball. You don’t have to have Jay Gatsby’s money to get in (tickets start at $50), but you might find your Daisy Buchanan. Champagne, appetizers, top hats, noisemakers, balloons and party favors are included in the price of your ticket.
New Year’s Eve at BDT Stage — with Face Vocal Band. 6:30 p.m. B T Stage, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, bdtstage.com Boulder Weekly readers have understandably voted Face ocal Band Best Local Musician Group twice. Face regularly sells out its annual New Year’s Eve and holiday shows at BDT Stage. There’s no better way to ring in the new year than with the power of the human voice. Abear. 9 p.m. s ar Blues Taproom, 921 earl St., Boulder Hailing from Manitou Springs, guitarist singer Dave Herbert (aka A’Bear) brings musical magic to the stage with his personal works as well as ditties from his tenure in the Jerry Garcia Band. Some of the songs you’ve heard before, but Herbert breathes new life into them.
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9:45 p.m. issi s, 2675 orthpar rive, afa ette, 303-665-2757, nissis. com From Aretha Franklin to Bruno Mars, James Brown to Justin Timberlake, Kool & the Gang to Journey, The Corporation has the hits that’ll make you dance. Wanna get home early? Nissi’s has a three-course dinner and Champagne toast for the first show ($ 0, 6:30-9:10 p.m.) or late night appetizers and desserts with a champagne toast for the second show ($40, 10-12:30 p.m.). Roaring 2020’s NYE Casino Ball. 7 p.m. 300 ain St., ongmont, thedic enstavern.com Break out your black ties, flapper dresses and dinner clothes (think Fred Astaire and Ginger Rodgers) for the Dickens Opera House Roaring 2020’s Casino
DENVER Denver NYE Black-Tie Party 2019. 9 p.m., ile High Station, 2027 W. olfax Ave., enver, ne earsevenight.com Located a touchdown throw from Mile High Field, 2020 rings in at Mile High Station decked in glittering gold with plenty of booze they have the longest bar in Denver, and baby, it’s open DJs spinning top 40 hits, EDM, hip-hop and oldschool classics. Tickets are only available online and they start at $95. Even better, they’ve partnered with a few local hotels
to offer discounted rates so you can take full advantage of that open bar. Resolution New Year’s Eve Denver 2020. 9 p.m. c ichols ivic enter Building, 144 W. olfax Ave., enver, resolutiondenver.com
Immerse yourself in an epic light show in the Great Hall while grooving to your choice of three live silent disco DJs ($ 0 per guest). Or ring in the New Year Roaring Twenties style with an exclusive IP speakeasy in the historic lower level of nion Station ($200 per guest). A Distinguished 2020: Improper New Year’s Eve. 9 p.m. mproper it , 3201 Walnut St., enver. Come the stroke of midnight, the Twenties will roar once more. Better be ready to go in your dinner clothes with all the other dapper dames and distinguished dudes of Denver. They’ll have an open bar, bites from Kings County Kitchen, a IP lounge and a Champagne toast. Tickets start at $75. White Rose Gala — 2020 New Year’s Eve Party 9 p.m. llie aul ins pera House, enver erforming Arts omplex, 14th and hampa streets, enver, ne earspart denver.com Ellie Caulkins has long been ringing in the new year 1920s’ style for years, and 2019 2020 will be no different. White roses, flapper dresses, stylish attire and fancy fedoras. More than 50 performing acts on five different floors, booze and bubbly, you know the drill. Check the website for tickets and table reservations. Bunk With the Beasts. 6 p.m. enver oo, 2300 Steele St., enver, denver oo.org
Resolution knows how to throw a party two words: Open. Bar. but this year they’re throwing the decade edition of Resolution and that means music from Denver’s best DJs, theatrical performers, astounding sound and lighting and appropriate NYE decor. Tickets start at $99. New Year’s Eve with Denver Union Station. 9 p.m. Union Station, 1701 Wynkoop St., Denver The uintessential New Year’s Eve celebration in Denver’s iconic landmark.
Kids get in on the New Year’s action with the Denver oo’s Bunk With the Beasts. Not only do they get to say they slept near elephants, they’ll check out the oo Lights, enjoy a pizza dinner, an evening snack and a warm morning breakfast. Must be 5-13 to attend. Tickets are $65 for members, $75 for everyone else. New Year’s Eve Fireworks in Denver. 16th Street all, o nto n enver Fireworks are the classic kiss goodnight, and some events just aren’t complete without them. Even better, you have two chances to catch Denver’s kiss goodnight: 9 p.m. and midnight. There will be costumed entertainers, magicians, balloon artists and stilt walkers as well.
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Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder: ‘Build a Better Book: Stories for Your Senses,’ Canyon Gallery, through Feb. 2. Bricolage Gallery, Art Parts Creative Reuse Center, 2860 Bluff St., Boulder: Fifth Annual Holiday Bazaar, Nov. 29-Dec. 31. Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder: ‘We Are What We Wear,’ featuring: Jim Ardnt, Erika Diamond, Noah Pica and Winnie van der Riijn, and The Pavlova Project: a brilliantly costumed life, through Jan. 12. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver: ‘Claude Monet: The Truth of Nature,’ through Feb. 2; ‘Shantell Martin: Words and Lines,’ through Jan. 31; ‘The Light Show,’ through May 2020; ‘Treasures of British Art: The Berger Collection,’ through January 2020;
THE BUILD A BETTER BOOK PROJECT engages youth in the design and fabrication of more inclusive media, including picture books and games for children who are blind or visually impaired. This exhibition, on display in the Canyon Gallery at the downtown library, features art created through the project, along with the tactile artwork of Ann Cunningham, Colorado artist and art educator at the Colorado Center for the Blind.
Lyons Redstone Museum, 340 High St., Lyons: ‘40 years/40 artifacts’; ‘All Aboard! Railroads in Lyons’; ‘Lyons Newspapers: A History’; ‘125 Years of Distinctive Cameras’; ‘Tiny Stories: Art of the Dollhouse’; ‘The Flood of 2013’; ‘Native American Artifacts,’ and more.
Edge of Alchemy,’ through April 5.
MONUMENTAL — coproduced by Black Cube and the Denver Theatre District. Through Jan. 31, 2020. For times and locations, denvertheatredistrict.com/ event/monumental.
University of Colorado Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder: ‘Body Language: Picturing People,’ through June 2020; ‘Art Elements: Materials, Motive and Meaning,’ through Dec. 21.
Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont: ‘Nacimiento’ — Justin and Isabel Favela, through Jan. 5.
Museum of Boulder, 2205 Broadway, Boulder: ‘Wild: Buffalo in Boulder,’ through Jan. 12; ‘Archive 75: Multilayered Stories Told Through a Boulder Lens,’ through January.
Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont: ‘Front Range Rising,’ permanent exhibit; ‘Ruckus Rodeo: Pop Art & Cowboy Culture,’ through Jan. 5.
Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver: ‘Francesca Woodman: Portrait of a Reputation,’ through April 5; ‘Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler: Flora,’ through April 5; ‘Stacey Steers:
NCAR/UCAR Community Art Program, National Center for Atmospheric Research Visitor Center, 1850 Table Mesa Drive: Acrylic on canvas by Monica Tymcio and ‘Chapters,’ ber art by six artists, through Jan. 25.
University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado Henderson Building,1035 Broadway, Boulder: ‘Feathers and Flora,’ Henderson Building, through Jan. 31; ‘Fossils: Clues to the Past,’ Paleontology Hall, ongoing exhibit; ‘Ground Level Ozone,’ McKenna Gallery, ongoing exhibit; ‘Life in Colorado’s Freshwater,’ ongoing traveling exhibit; and more.
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19 Music 303 Synth City: Elay Arson, Goremall, DJ Tower, Bob Sync, Wintersynth. 8 p.m. Walnut Room, 3131 Walnut St., Denver, 303-295-1868. 40 Oz. To Freedom (Sublime Tribute). 8 p.m. Cervantes’ Other Side, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772. Christkindl Market Denver. 4 p.m. 16th Street & Arapahoe in Downtown Denver, 1515 Arapahoe, Denver, 303-558-8185. Through Dec. 23. Dancing, Movement, Music, Community and Chocolate. 7:30 p.m. Alchemy of Movement, 2436 30th St., Boulder, 608-332-4355.
Kind Hearted Strangers. 8 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-291-1007.
Double Feature: ‘Black Holes’ & ‘Solar Superstorms.’ 7 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, 2414 Regent Drive, Boulder, 303-492-5002.
Kyle Moon & The Misled, Singletrack. 8 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver, 303-296-1003.
GED Preparation Class. 10 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
Mortified Yearbook: Best of 2019! 8 p.m. Oriental Theater, 4335 W. 44th Ave., Denver, 720-420-0030.
Harlequin’s Gardens Holiday Gift Market. 10 a.m. Harlequin’s Gardens, 4795 North 26th St., Boulder, 303-939-9403. Through Dec. 22.
Open Mic. 6 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont, 303-652-4186. Paul Kimbiris — with The Frets and Hawkfather. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Retrograss. 7:30 p.m. Swallow Hill Music, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003.
Face Vocal Band Holiday Show. 7:30 p.m. Vance Brand Civic Auditorium, 600 E. Mountain View Ave., Longmont, 303-651-0401.
SHEL. 8 p.m. Chautauqua Community House, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-440-7666.
Hazel Miller Christmas Show. 8 p.m. Soiled Dove Underground, 7401 E. First Ave., Denver, 303-830-9214. Second show on Dec. 20.
Camp Christmas. The Hangar at Stanley Marketplace, 2501 Dallas St., Suite 135, Aurora 720-588-2500. Through Jan. 5.
Holidays with The 5 Browns. 7:30 p.m. Newman Center for the Performing Arts, 2344 E. Iliff Ave., Denver, 303-871-7720. Joe Johnson. 5:30 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303-776-1914. BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE
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Dance For Parkinson’s Program. 11:30 a.m. Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-506-3568. 11:30 Thursdays (Boulder Ballet Studio 3), $5.
‘The Nutcracker’ performed by Colorado Ballet. 7:30 p.m. Ellie Caulkins Opera House, 1101 13th St., Denver, 720-865-4220, coloradoballet.org. Through Dec. 29. Old School Film School New School Film School. 9 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Out Boulder County Gender Support Group — Boulder. 7 p.m. 2132 14th St., Boulder. Spirit Nia Dance. 9 a.m. Unity of Boulder, 2855 Folsom St., Boulder, 303-442-1411. Teen Advisor y Board (R-TAB). 4 p.m. George Reynolds Branch Library, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-441-3120.
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Third Thursday Improv Show. 7:30 p.m. Wesley Foundation United Methodist Chapel, 1290 Folsom St., Boulder. Winter Solstice Stor ytime. 7 p.m. Longmont Public Library, 409 Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303-651-8477. Winterfest. 6 p.m. Louisville Public Library, 951 Spruce St., Louisville, 303-335-4849. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20 Music The Ballroom Thieves. The Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-832-1874. Best of Open Stage. 7 p.m. Swallow Hill Music, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003. Biff Gore: Holiday Soul. 8 p.m. Chautauqua Community House, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-440-7666. Bitterroot. 6:30 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-204-6064.
theater THE CHILDREN OF MARS are lazy and
PUBLICunder WORKS theTHEATRE in uenceCOMPANY of too much pop cul-
ture from Earth. In an attempt to pep the kids up again, the ruler of Mars orders the kidnapping of Santa Claus, hoping the jolly old toymaker will know how to cheer Martian children up. Chaos ensues when two Earth children are also nabbed. Part lm, part live stage production, you won’t want to miss this hilarious new adaptation of the classic 1964 cult holiday hit ‘Santa Claus Conquers The Martians,’ playing Bug Theatre in Denver through Dec. 28.
Alone for the Holidays. Denver’s Dangerous Theatre, 2620 W. Second Ave., Suite 1, Denver. Through Dec. 29. Calendar Girls — presented by Firehouse Theater. John Hand Theater, 7653 E. First Place, Denver. Through Dec. 22.
Nick’s Last Christmas. Denver’s Dangerous Theatre, 2620 W. Second Ave., Suite 1, Denver. Through Dec. 29.
A Christmas Carol. Miner’s Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden. Through Dec. 23.
Parfumerie — presented by Benchmark Theatre Company. 40 West Arts, 1560 Teller St., Lakewood. Through Dec. 21.
A Christmas Carol: The Musical. Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Through Dec. 22.
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. The Bug Theatre, 3654 Navajo St., Denver. Through Dec. 28.
Dead Floyd. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.
Hidden Worlds and Strange Negotiations — presented by Lulubird Project. Theater 29, 5138 W. 29th Ave., Denver. Through Dec. 21.
Scrooge Bah Humbug! Jesters Dinner Theater, 224 Main St., Longmont. Through Dec. 29.
Dog City Disco, Giant Walking Robots, JayQuist, Fresh Fruit. 8 p.m. Lost Lake, 3602 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.
Hip Hop Nutcracker. Denver Center for Performing Arts, Buell Theatre, 14th and Curtis streets, Denver. Through Dec. 24.
Tuck Everlasting. Vintage Theatre Productions, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. Through Jan. 5.
Emerald Siam, Echo Beds, Clusterfux. 9 p.m. Hi-Dive Denver, 7 S. Broadway, Denver, 303-733-0230.
Holiday Inn. Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, 4747 Marketplace Drive, Johnstown. Through Jan. 19.
CLUB - Kool 105 Yule Koncert 19 featuring Starship & The Romantics. 7:30 p.m. Paramount Denver, 1621 Glenarm Place, Denver, 303-623-0106.
Faceman’s Parade Of Lights. 8:30 p.m. Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox, 1215 20th St., Denver, 303-993-8023. Free Range Marmot. 8 p.m. Bluff Street Bar & Billiards, 2690 28th St., Boulder, 303-931-5856.
Twelfth Night. Denver Center for Performing Arts, Space Theatre, 14th and Curtis streets, Denver. Through Dec. 22. Twist Your Dickens. Aurora Fox Theater, 9900 E. Colfax Ave., Aurora. Through Dec. 22.
Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772.
Grupo Chegando Lá and Francisco Marques. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731.
Live Bluegrass. 5:30 p.m. BOCO Cider, 1501 Lee Hill Drive, Unit 14, Boulder, 720-938-7285.
Ravin’wolf Howls at Por Wine House. 7 p.m. Por Wine House, 836 1/2 Main St., Louisville, 720-666-1386.
Handel’s ‘Messiah.’ 7:30 p.m. Boettcher Concert Hall, 1000 14th St., Denver, 720-865-4220. Second performance at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 21.
Live Music Fridays. 7 p.m. The Tune Up at Full Cycle, 1795 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-1002.
Reno Divorce. 9 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver, 303-296-1003.
Homevibe & eTown present John Craigie — with Jay Cobb Anderson. 7 p.m. eTown, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-443-8696. The Jellyroll Bakers. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tap Room, 921 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-776-1914. Johnny Johnston. 7 p.m. Großen Bart Brewery, 1025 Delaware Ave., Longmont, 214-770-9847. Jonathan Bennet Duo. 6 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont, 303-652-4186. Lionel Young Duo. 5 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303-776-1914. I
Mamma Mia! BDT Stage, 5501 Arapahoe Ave, Boulder. Through Feb. 22.
A Christmas Carol. Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company. Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Through Dec. 28.
Boulder Contra Dance. 7 p.m. Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303.
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The Long Run: Alter Eagles Project. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Longs Peak Chorus 2019 Christmas Concert. 2:30 p.m. First United Methodist Church, 350 11th Ave., Longmont, 720-675-8247. Nirvana Unplugged featuring members of Part & Parcel, Mama Magnolia, Analog Son. 8:30 p.m. The Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095. Panther Martin. 8 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-291-1007. Peter Sommer Quintet. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. PNUMA — with EarthCr y, MZG, Autonomix. 9 p.m. Cervantes Masterpiece, 2637 I
Season of Light + Holiday Music Show. 8:30 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, 2414 Regent Drive, Boulder, 303-492-5002. Taylor Shae Duo. 7 p.m. Georgia Boys BBQ, 250 Third Ave., Longmont, 720-204-8767. Thiever y Corporation. 7 p.m. Fillmore Auditorium, 1510 Clarkson St., Denver, 303-837-1482. Tim Ostidek. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303-776-1914. W.R.D.: Robert Walter, Eddie Roberts, Adam Deitch — with ManyColors. 9 p.m. Cervantes’ Other Side, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772. Events Barley-Har-Har Comedy Open Mic Night. 7:30 p.m. 300 Suns Brewing, 335 BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE
LIVE MUSIC!
FILMS Franz Jägerstätter’s arm would not rise. It couldn’t, not for Der Führer or any man, for that matter. His life belonged to the Lord. To the land. And his conviction condemned him to death at the hands of the Nazis in 1943. Years later, Jägerstätter was deemed a martyr and beati ed by the Catholic Church, but in the midst of World War II, there was little grace for the conscientious objector. That’s where writer/director Terrence Malick situates his tale of Jägerstätter (August Diehl), a humble Austrian farmer deeply in love with his wife, Fani (Valerie Pachner). Their world is bucolic, a veritable Eden. Then the Nazi’s come looking for soldiers. Jägerstätter’s refusal to yield places undue strain on his life, his family, and their relationship with their small farm community. And yet, Jägerstätter still can’t heil. ‘A Hidden Life’ is quiet and moving. It sticks to the ribs, and not just for its ecstatic message of faith and de ance, but for its stunning cinematography (Jörg Widmer) and moving performances. One of the year’s best. —MJC
BOULDER:
Boedecker Theatre, Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., 303-444-7328: Third Annual Holiday Story Hour with Rankin and Bass, 8:45 p.m., Friday, Dec. 20. ‘In Safe Hands,’ Dec. 18-21. ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail,’ 5 and 7 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 25. ‘Pain and Glory,’ Dec. 18-23. Century Theatre, 1700 29th St., 303-444-0583: ‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’ ‘Black Christmas’ ‘Bombshell’ ‘Cats’ ‘Ford v Ferrari’ ‘Frozen 2’ ‘A Hidden Life’
‘Jumanji: The Next Level’ ‘Knives Out’ ‘Little Women,’ opens Dec. 25. ‘Parasite’ ‘Richard Jewell’ ‘Spies in Disguise,’ opens Dec. 25. ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ ‘Uncut Gems,’ opens Dec. 25.
DENVER:
The Bug Theater, 3654 Navajo St., 303-4775977: The Emerging Filmmakers Project, 8 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 19. Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., 303-744-9686: ‘Apollo 11: First Steps’ ‘Superpower Dogs 3D’ ‘Turtle Odyssey’ ‘The Polar Express 3D,’ Dec. 19-21. Sie Film Center, 2510 E. Colfax Ave., 303-595-3456: ‘The Burning,’ 9:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 20. ‘Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas,’ 7 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 19. ‘In Fabric’ ‘The Lighthouse’ ‘Little Women,’ on 35mm opens Dec. 25. ‘Parasite’ ‘Uncut Gems,’ opens Dec. 25. ‘White Christmas’ sing-a-long, 1 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 21.
LONGMONT:
Regal Village at the Peaks 12, 1230 S. Hover Road, 844-462-7342: ‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’ ‘Black Christmas’ ‘Bombshell’ ‘Cats’ ‘Ford v Ferrari’ ‘Frozen 2’
‘Jumanji: The Next Level’ ‘Knives Out’ ‘Little Women,’ opens Dec. 25. ‘National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation,’ 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21. ‘Richard Jewell’ ‘Spies in Disguise,’ opens Dec. 25. ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ ‘Uncut Gems,’ opens Dec. 25. Trojan Movie House and Art Cinema, 513 Main St., 303-720-5200: ‘Die Hard,’ 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20. ‘It’s a Wonderful Life,’ 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21.
LOUISVILLE:
Ethan Mindlin Jones The Tune Up at Full Cycle Friday, December 20 6:30-8:30 PM - NO COVER Happy Hour till 7pm
1795 Pearl St., Boulder, Co 80302 www.tuneupboulder.com
Regal Cinebarre Boulder, 1164 W. Dillon Road, 844-462-7342: ‘A Beautiful Day In the Neighborhood’ ‘Cats’ ‘Dark Waters’ ‘Ford v Ferrari’ ‘Frozen 2’ ‘Joker’ ‘Jumanji: The Next Level’ ‘Knives Out’ ‘Little Women,’ opens Dec. 25. ‘Richard Jewell’ ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ Star Wars 1st Ships Designer Colin Cantwell, 1:30 p.m. Dec. 20
NEDERLAND:
Backdoor Theater, 243 W. Fourth St., 303-258-0188: ‘Jojo Rabbit’
WESTMINSTER:
Alamo Drafthouse Westminster, 8905 Westminster Boulevard, 303-731-3330: ‘Black Christmas’ ‘Cats’ ‘Dark Waters’ ‘Elf,’ 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20. ‘Ford v Ferrari’ ‘Frozen 2’ ‘Jumanji: The Next Level’ ‘Knives Out’ ‘Richard Jewell’ ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ ‘Uncut Gems,’ opens Dec. 25. ‘Waves’
THURSDAY DECEMBER 19 7:00 PM
DOUBLE FEATURE: SOLAR SUPERSTORMS & BLACK HOLES 8:30 PM
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LIQUID SKY THE POLICE 11:30 PM
LIQUID SKY THE WALL SATURDAY DECEMBER 21 1:00 PM
SEASON OF LIGHT + HOLIDAY MUSIC SHOW 2:30 PM
COLORADO SKIES: THE WINTER SOLSTICE 7:00 PM
SEASON OF LIGHT + HOLIDAY MUSIC SHOW
First Ave., Unit C, Longmont, 720-442-8292.
Music
Games @ Meadows. 4 p.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-3100.
Bodies We’ve Buried, Killing Creating. 9 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver, 303-296-1003.
Holiday Hoedown: Hi-Beams + Bonnie & Clydes. 8 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461.
Charlie Parr Record Release — with Dead Horses. 8 p.m. The Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-377-1666.
Josh Blue. 7:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., Denver, 303-595-3637. Through Dec. 21.
Chris Daniels & The Kings featuring Freddi Gowdy. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill Music, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003.
Open Mic Soapbox. 6 p.m. Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver.
Colorado Hardcore Holiday Party and Toy Drive. 7 p.m. Marquis Theatre, 2009 Larimer St., Denver, 303-487-0111.
Third Annual Holiday Stor y Hour with Rankin and Bass. 8:45 p.m. Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.
The Dechen Hawk band. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Tap Room, 921 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-776-1914.
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Defunkt Railroad. 10 p.m. Dark Horse Bar and Grill, 2922 Baseline Road, Boulder. I
Denver Brass: ‘Twas the Brass Before Christmas. 2 and 7:30 p.m. Newman Center for the Performing Arts, 2344 E. Iliff Ave., Denver, 303-832-4676. Denver Phil: Holiday Cheer. 3 p.m. The Church, 1160 Lincoln St., Denver, 720-440-0818.
8:30 PM
BEARS AND AURORA OF ALASKA + HOLIDAY MUSIC SHOW 10:00 PM
LASER STRANGER THINGS 11:30 PM
LASER FLOYD DARK SIDE OF THE MOON SUNDAY DECEMBER 22 12:00 PM
SEASON OF LIGHT + HOLIDAY MUSIC SHOW
DeRanged Holiday Hoopla. 6 p.m. 300 Suns Brewing, 335 First Ave., Unit C, Longmont, 720-442-8292.
DOUBLE FEATURE: CAPCOM GO! THE APOLLO STORY & INCOMING!
Famous Men. 4:30 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303-776-1914.
SEASON OF LIGHT + HOLIDAY MUSIC SHOW
Frank Zappa’s Birthday Party: Celebrating Zappa’s Music — with Steely Dead. 9 p.m. Cervantes’ Other Side, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772.
BEARS AND AURORA OF ALASKA + HOLIDAY MUSIC SHOW
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Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder. Writer’s Workshop. 7 p.m. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont.
TUESDAY, DEC. 24 Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder.
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WEDNESDAY JANUARY 15
W/ FLOWER IN THE SUN : TRIBUTE TO JANIS JOPLIN
SATURDAY JANUARY 25
The Denver Moth: StorySLAM. 7:30 p.m. Swallow Hill Music, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver.
FRIDAY & SATURDAY JANUARY 10-11
JOEY PORTER’S SHADY BUSINESS
W/ WHITEWATER RAMBLE & ACOUSTIC MINING CO
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FRIDAY, DEC. 20
FEAT JOE TATTON (THE NEW MASTERSOUNDS) W/ DANIELLA KATZIR BAND
FRIDAY JANUARY 24
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WRITERS WORKING IN any form are always welcome to join Boulder Writing Dates at Innisfree Poetry Book Store & Cafe. Saturday, Dec. 21 at 9 a.m., bring your computer, your journal or your notebook and network with other writers and work on your own copy for a solid three hours. Come at the beginning and stay until the end, or arrive when you can and leave when you must. No worries, only writing.
DECEMBER 19, 2019
Happy Hour Live Jazz. 5:30 p.m. Tandoori Grill South, 619 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-7339.
Colorado Skies: The Winter Solstice. 2:30 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, 2414 Regent Drive, Boulder, 303-492-5002.
Hazel Miller’s Holiday Groove. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.
Comedy Open Mic Saturday Night. 6:30 p.m. The Tune Up at Full Cycle, 1795 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-1002.
Herbie Hancock Tribute featuring Members Of Big Gigantic, The Motet & more. 8:30 p.m. The Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095. Jim Dalton (Railbenders), Jesse Dayton, Johnny Hickman (Cracker). 9 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-291-1007. The Lil Smokies — with The Ballroom Thieves. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.
Last Chance Gift Fest. 5 p.m. Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Longmont, 720-272-7467. Nontra’s Crock“Pot� Passion and Play Holiday Party. 7 p.m. Nontra, N. Broadway, Boulder, meetup.com/Nontra/. Parade Of Lasers: Joyr yde, Doctor P, Bonnie x Clyde & Holly. 7 p.m. Fillmore Auditorium, 1510 Clarkson St., Denver, 303-837-0360.
Longs Peak Chorus 2019 Christmas Concert. 7 p.m. First United Methodist Church, 350 11th Ave., Longmont, 720-675-8247.
Winter Solstice Celebration. 7 p.m. Unity of Boulder Spiritual Center, 2855 Folsom St., Boulder, 303-442-1411.
Ninth Annual Klezfest. 6 and 9 p.m. 2199 California St., Denver, 720-785-7300.
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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22 2019 Boulder ‘Messiah’ Sing-Along. 2 and 7 p.m. St. John’s Episcopal Church, 1419 Pine St., Boulder, 303-442-5246. Celtic Christmas — with Nerea the Fiddler & Marty Smith. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas.’ 2:30 and 6 p.m. Paramount Denver, 1621 Glenarm Place, Denver, 303-623-0106. Chris Dismuke. 3 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303-776-1914. Christmas with the Phil. 2 p.m. Mountain View United Methodist Church, 355 Ponca Place, Boulder. Hippy Bluegrass Church December 22. 10:30 a.m. eTown, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-443-8696. BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE
Jinx Jones’ Rockabilly Christmas Show. 7:30 p.m. Oriental Theater, 4335 W. 44th Ave., Denver, 720-420-0030. Katie Glassman and Snapshot: A Concert on Chanukah. 7 p.m. Boulder Jewish Community Center, 6007 Oreg Ave., Boulder, 720-749-2531.
Babies and Board Books. 10:15 a.m. George Reynolds Branch Library, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-441-3120. Chanukah on Pearl. 5:30 p.m. 1300 block of Pearl Street Mall, Boulder, 303-998-1900.
A Krowd Ktrl Kristmas. 8 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-291-1007.
Chess Club. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
Michael Morrow & The Culprits. 7:30 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver, 303-296-1003.
Citizenship Classes. 6 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100
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Motown for Kids Holiday Celebration. 11 a.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.
Movement Mondays. 7 p.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299.
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Piano Christmas: All-Request Show. 3 p.m. The Church, 1160 Lincoln St., Denver, 303-832-2383.
Museum Open. 9 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424.
Rock y Mountain Christmas featuring a tribute to John Denver. 7 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.
Spanish/English Stor ytime: Read and Play in Spanish. 10:15 a.m. NoBo Corner Library, 4600 Broadway, Boulder, 303-441-4250.
A Ver y Caribou Christmas featuring Vince Herman and Friends. 7:30 p.m. The Caribou Room, 55 Indian Peaks Drive, Nederland, 303-258-3637.
Stor ytime Break: Open Play. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
Events Boulder Comedy Show. 7 and 9:15 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. Double Feature: ‘CAPCOM Go! The Apollo Stor y’ & ‘Incoming! Hard Hitting Stories of Our Cosmic Origins.’ 1:30 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, 2414 Regent Drive, Boulder, 303-492-5002. Last Chance Gift Fest. 10 a.m. Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Longmont, 720-272-7467. MONDAY, DECEMBER 23 Music Christomo. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. JoFoKe Birthday Show! 8 p.m. Soiled Dove Underground, 7401 E. First Ave., Denver, 303-830-9214. Midday Music Meditations @ Meadows. Noon. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-3100. Open Mic. 6 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont, 303-652-4186. Wren & Ian. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Events Spanish Conversation for Kids. 4:15 p.m. NoBo Corner Library, 4600 Broadway, Boulder, 303-441-4250. All Ages Stor ytime. 10:15 a.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-3100.
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week? I recommend the following local food items that I tasted and enjoyed in 2019. These are dishes I would absolutely choose to eat again. Colorado Pastrami Sandwich: The key to the state’s best pastrami sandwich served by Folsom Foods at Boulder’s Rosetta Hall (rosettahall.com) is Chef Justin Brunson’s exceptional, locally made pastrami. The juicy, griddled pastrami and melted Swiss cheese are served on toasted marble rye with Thousand Island dressing and coleslaw. Buttobi Modern: I’ve always loved vegetable pancakes. Osaka’s of Boulder (osakasrestaurant.com) takes the Japanese version — cabbage okonomiyaki — and uses them as buns on a memorable sandwich with sliced pork, noodles, spicy sauce and leaf lettuce. Funghi Pizza: Boulder’s Pizzeria Locale (localeboulder.com) still makes the best traditional pie in the state. I like the one topped with oyster mushrooms, green onions and garlic oil plus mozzarella, taleggio and pecorino romano cheeses. Chicken Shawarma: Comfort is defined as flamegrilled, seasoned chicken breast atop silky hummus accompanied by dippable muhamara with warm pita bread at Boulder’s Ali Baba Grill (alibabagrill.com). Carne Picante Empanada: I could have picked the hongos or the jamon y queso, but Boulder’s Rincon Argentina (rinconargentinoboulder.com ) fills this handsome hand-pastry-wrapped meal with steak, onions, peppers and green olives. Lobster Ramen: I’ll have the lobster with fresh noodles in broth with enoki, seaweed, corn and teamarinated soft-boiled egg with a side-drawn butter at Edwin Zoe’s Chimera (chimera.restaurant) in Boulder. Turkish Breakfast: It’s nibbling heaven at Boulder’s Breakfast Champion (breakfastchampionboulder.com) with a platter of cheese, boiled eggs, olives, veggies, dried spiced beef, salami, walnuts, red pepper relish, cardamom sesame-seeded bread, honey, clotted cream, Nutella and jam.
Char Sui Pork: Natascha Hess’ Ginger Pig food truck has moved indoors to Boulder’s new Rosetta Hall (rosettahall.com) to wow more taste buds with Chinese barbecue like Duroc pork shoulder with jasmine rice and smashed cucumber salad. Carne Asada Torta: Lafayette’s Taqueria La Esperanza (taqueria-esperanza.com) layers steak, lettuce, tomato, onion and guacamole on a grilled bollilo bun sided with fried jalapeĂąos and pico de gallo. Chicken Chicharrones: The Post Brewing Co. in Lafayette creates the chicken equivalent of pork chicharrones. Craveable triangles of chicken skin — fried until crispy brown — serve as chips for dip. They are very beer-friendly. Sunday Brunch: Simply put, Dazzle (dazzledenver. com) puts on the coolest brunch in the area, especially if you like live music and a lively crowd. The spread at Denver’s top jazz club features omelets, crepes, smoked brisket, mac n’ cheese, breakfast meats, salads and desserts with a backbeat. White Pie: Denver’s White Pie (whitepie.com) bakes authentic New Haven-style pizza directly on the oven stone for a charred, irregularly shaped crust. The musttaste signature white pizza is crowned with mozzarella, garlic, creme fraiche, cremini, bacon and a sunny side up egg. Brooklyn Bridge Pizza: The square deep-dish, Detroit-style pies at Blue Pan Pizza (bluepandenver. com) in Denver have crunchy crust layered with ricotta, pepperoni, Italian sausage, garlic and Pecorino Romano and sauce on top. Southern Fried Chicken: Julep (juleprino.com) near Coors Field slowly pan-fries bone-in chicken until it’s fallapart juicy with a thin peppery crust. They add baked-toorder buttermilk biscuits with butter and white sausage gravy. Pad Kee-Mao: The “drunken noodlesâ€? at the hole-inthe-mall Dancing Noodle Thai Restaurant (dancingnoodlerestaurant.com) in Parker are the best ever. The kitchen crafts their own thick, dumpling-like rice noodles and bathes them in chile-fired sauce pan-fried with
green beans, Thai basil and broccoli. Venison Bacon Huckleberry Sausage: Ein Prosit (einprosit.net), an odd sausage stall in Frisco (also Avon), dishes a first-class brat on a warm griddled bun with a trip through the mustard and sauerkraut bar plus warm potato salad (with ham chunks) and Austrian Stiegl beer. Fried Chicken Appetizer: Sometimes simple is perfect. The Rose (theroseedwards.com) in Edwards cooks boneless breast sous-vide, then fries it in a thin, crispy jacket and serves it drenched in sage-infused syrup with pickled celery. That’s all. AT THE BAKERIES Orange D’amande: Tokyo Premium Bakery, Denver Extra Sour Sourdough Loaf: Sourdough Boulangerie, Colorado Springs Sfogliatella: Giovanni’s Italian Bakery & Cafe, Lakewood Pumpernickel Everything Bagel: The Village Bagel, Edwards Baklava: Istanbul Cafe and Bakery, Denver The Amoreo Cookie: Piece, Love & Chocolate, Boulder Cold Brew Coffee Cream Pie: Ginger and Baker, Fort Collins Sour Cherry Turnover: Hovey & Harrison, Edwards. LOCAL FOOD NEWS At 8 p.m. Dec. 20 on KRMA, Denver’s Comal Heritage Food Incubator and head chef Vian Al Nidawi, an Iraqi-Syrian refugee, will be featured by Chef Lidia Bastianich in her special, “The Return of the Artisans.� It’s a wonderful story and a great place to get lunch in Denver. WORDS TO CHEW ON “First we eat. Then we do everything else.� — M.F.K Fisher John Lehndorff is the former dining critic of the Rocky Mountain News. Comments: nibbles@boulderweekly.com
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great if this was just a premade shot?â€? So O’Neill worked with a Boulder chemist to figure out how to make a hard Irish cream. Bailey’s clocks in at 17% alcohol by volume, and conventional wisdom was that you couldn’t make an Irish cream stronger without making it non-shelf-stable or otherwise taste bad. For two years, O’Neill and the chemist worked to find a composition that worked, trying everything from dozens of brands of non-dairy creamer to alternative milks like coconut and almond. “We were able to get a version that had 25% ABV, that tasted good, looked good, but it was kind of a bit on the thick side,â€? O’Neill says, like paint — thankfully, the consistency was soon thinned out. With recipe in tow, O’Neill went to an Irish manufacturer, where, just like in the U.S., there are strong connotations about Bailey’s — that it’s not consumed by itself and that it is not meant to be a hard beverage. “He was bemused by the idea, you know, because it’s just an accepted fact that Irish cream is 17%, so why would you want 25%? And I said, ‘Well, we’ve got this drink in the States...’â€? About that drink, the Irish Car Bomb — a college bar staple because it’s, well, delicious, gets you messed up and is fun to drink. But the name, which refers to the “Troublesâ€? of religious and political violence in Northern Ireland in the latter half of the last century, has always been controversial, certainly among anyone who was affected by it. “By any measure, it’s an offensive term,â€? O’Neill says. “But, to me, it’s a term that’s more used in kind of ignorance than anything else. There’s no intent, you know? “What we’ve talked about is seeing if we can work with a stout manufacturer and just come up with a different term entirely, like a Chaw bomb or an H bomb or something like that. “A term like [car bomb], I don’t know, I would think it could go away as fast as it as it showed up.â€? Now that the Hard Chaw production process is complete and it’s showing up in a growing number of stores and bars, the hope is that buyers and bartenders will, yes, use it in the cocktail of its origin, but that it can also serve as a shot or a liquid dessert, due to its higher alcohol content. O’Neill still owns several Irish pubs in South Denver and beyond, but he says the venture into spirits has been a welcome change. “The nice thing about this is, ‘Hey, let’s do a smaller batch and see if it works and scale it up. And if it doesn’t work, let’s get the hell out of there,’â€? O’Neill says. “I suppose from a purely business perspective, that’s one of the things that’s interesting about the whole restaurant thing is you’ve got every penny committed and you have no idea [if you’ll be successful]. You just don’t have a clue, and you’re just praying that it’ll work. And also the hours are better.â€? O’Neill is at peace with the closure of Conor O’Neill’s in Boulder, even though his first Colorado pub was the sight of many good memories, for its patrons and for O’Neill himself — he remembers when his youngest son was born on St. Patrick’s Day, how he spent his first evening on Earth in a safe spot under a table at Connor O’Neill’s. But operating a restaurant in downtown Boulder? O’Neill does not miss that. “There was an element of it kind of running its course,â€? O’Neill says. “How most of the places in downtown Boulder survive‌ I’m a CPA and it’s beyond me. It’s just so much harder in the likes of Boulder to make money when you don’t own the property.â€? Though Conor O’Neill’s is but a memory for us in Boulder, we might be able to taste a bit of its glory days in a glass of Hard Chaw. BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE
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Know your brew: Kveik
The ancient roots of beer’s next big thing
by Michael J. Casey
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hen it comes to taproom lists and liquor store shelves, nothing sells quite like new. Even pedestrian drinkers are willing to try something new, something catchy. From sexy new hops to unknown styles and adjuncts not generally associated with beers, getting customers to pick up the package is half the battle. That’s one way of explaining the explosion of IPA permutation, sour beers and pastry stouts. But there is also a limit to everything. At some point, you run out of frontiers. Then what? For the best brewers, what’s new is ancient: Ancient styles, ancient techniques, even ancient ingredients. Enter brewing’s next big thing: Kveik. Kveik (pronounced “ka-wike”), a yeast strain native to Norwegian farmhouse breweries, was a local secret until beer scribe Lars Marius Garshol began writing about the yeast, its applications and its history, for a larger audience. His book, Historical Brewing Techniques, is due out Spring 2020. Garshol’s findings quickly popularized kveik, and now brewers can procure Garshol isolated kveik from MICHAEL J. CASEY White Labs (WLP5 18 Opshaug Kveik Ale Yeast). Why use it? Because kveik is an aggressive strain that ferments at a higher temperature (77-95 degrees Fahrenheit) than most ale strains, and, unlike saison yeast strains, doesn’t produce phenols. It’s sturdy, and can be dried and reused time and time again, and isn’t finicky to work with. Control is the name of the game when it comes to modern-day brewing, but control is impossible when you’re brewing out of a barn. Taxation laws often shape brewing traditions. In Norway, brewers could produce any amount of beer they wanted as long as the raw materials were sourced from their land, leading to hyper-local products with a variety of ingredients that didn’t translate to a large, international market. Instead, they retained a sense of locality and specificity, despite sea changes in the industry. As Boulder County brewers look to locally sourced ingredients to provide an identity for their beer, a lot can be gleaned from Norwegian farmhouse brewing. And, considering how easy kveik is to work with, the yeast might be an ideal house strain for adventurous homebrewers. Commercially speaking, Boulder’s Finkel & Garf Brewing Co. use kveik in one of their New England IPAs, and considering drinkers’ insatiable thirst for hazy/juicy hops, this might be the best way to market the yeast. Plus, it doesn’t hurt that the beer is outstanding: pale yellow color with turbidity edging on milky. The head is thick and creamy, almost like a nitro beer. The nose is dank with fruit, and the flavor is saturated with grapefruit, orange juice and tangerine — all with that lupulin prickle. Finkel & Garf’s Kveik IPA features Cashmere and Amarillo hops, along with malted oats and spelt in the grain bill — both common in Norwegian farmhouse ales — which makes for a fascinating bridge between ancient and modern brewing. There’s another arrow in the brewers’ quiver; it’ll be exciting to track how they use it.
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MARCH 21-APRIL 19: The English word “hubris” means
prideful, exaggerated self-assurance. In the HBO TV series Rome, the ancient Roman politician and general Mark Antony says to his boss Julius Caesar, “I’m glad you’re so confident. Some would call it hubris.” Caesar has a snappy comeback: “It’s only hubris if I fail.” I’m tempted to dare you to use you that as one of your mottoes in 2020, Aries. I have a rather expansive vision of your capacity to accomplish great things during the coming months. And I also think that one key to your triumphs and breakthroughs will be your determination to cultivate a well-honed aplomb, even audacity.
TAURUS
APRIL 20-MAY 20: For years I’ve lived in a house border-
ing a wetland, and I’ve come to love that ecosystem more than any other. While communing with reeds and herons and muddy water, my favorite poet has been Taurus-born Lorine Niedecker, who wrote about marshes with supreme artistry. Until the age of 60, her poetic output was less than abundant because she had to earn a meager living by cleaning hospital floors. Then, due to a fortuitous shift in circumstances, she was able to leave that job and devote more time to what she loved most and did best. With Niedecker’s breakthrough as our inspiration, I propose that we do all we can, you and I, as we conspire to make 2020 the year you devote more time to the activity that you love most and do best.
GEMINI
MAY 21-JUNE 20: In the English language, the prefix
“re” comes at the beginning of many words with potent transformational meaning: reinvent; redeem; rediscover; release; relieve; redesign; resurrect; rearrange; reconstruct; reform; reanimate; reawaken; regain. I hope you’ll put words like those at the top of your priority list in 2020. If you hope to take maximum advantage of the cosmic currents, it’ll be a year of revival, realignment and restoration.
CANCER
JUNE 21-JULY 22: I won’t be surprised if you’re enamored and amorous more than usual in 2020. I suspect you will experience delight and enchantment at an elevated rate. The intensity and depth of the feelings that flow through you may break all your previous records. Is that going to be a problem? I suppose it could be if you worry that the profuse flows of tenderness and affection will render you weak and vulnerable. But if you’re willing and eager to interpret your extra sensitivity as a superpower, that’s probably what it will be.
LEO
JULY 23-AUG. 22: Does the word “spirit” mean anything
to you? Or are you numb to it? Has it come to seem virtually meaningless — a foggy abstraction used carelessly by millions of people to express sentimental beliefs and avoid clear thinking? In accordance with astrological omens, I’ll ask you to create a sturdier and more vigorous definition of “spirit” for your practical use in 2020. For instance, you might decide that “spirit” refers to the life force that launches you out of bed each morning and motivates you to keep transforming yourself into the ever-more beautiful soul you want to become.
VIRGO
AUG. 23-SEPT. 22: “There are people who take the
heart out of you, and there are people who put it back,” wrote author Charles de Lint. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, your heart will encounter far more of the latter than the former types of people in 2020. There may be one wrangler who tries to take the heart out of you, but there will be an array of nurturers who will strive to keep the heart in you — as well as boosters and builders who will add even more heart.
LIBRA
SEPT. 23-OCT. 22: Composer Igor Stravinsky was born
a Russian citizen, but later in life became a French citizen, and still later took on American citizenship. If you have had any similar predilections, Libra, I’m guessing they won’t be in play during 2020. My predic-
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tion is that you will develop a more robust sense of where you belong than ever before. Any uncertainties you’d had about where your true power spot lies will dissipate. Questions you’ve harbored about the nature of home will be answered. With flair and satisfaction, you’ll resolve long-running riddles about home and community.
SCORPIO
OCT. 23-NOV. 21: “Friendship is a very taxing and arduous
form of leisure activity,” wrote philosopher and educator Mortimer Adler. He was exaggerating a bit for comic effect, but he was basically correct. We all must mobilize a great deal of intelligence and hard work to initiate new friendships and maintain existing friendships. But I have some very good news about how these activities will play out for you in 2020, Scorpio. I expect that your knack for practicing the art of friendship will be at an all-time high. I also believe that your close alliances will be especially gratifying and useful for you. You’ll be wellrewarded for your skill and care at cultivating rapport.
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SAGITTARIUS
NOV. 22-DEC. 21: In 1933, Sagittarian artist Diego Rivera was commissioned to paint a huge mural in one of the famous Rockefeller buildings in New York City. His patrons didn’t realize he was planning to include a controversial portrait of former Soviet Communist leader Vladimir Lenin. When the deed was done, they ordered him to remove it. When he refused, they ushered him out and destroyed the whole mural. As a result, Rivera also lost another commission to create art at the Chicago World’s Fair. In any other year, Sagittarius, I might encourage you to be as idealistic as Rivera. I’d invite you to place artistic integrity over financial considerations. But I’m less inclined to advise that in 2020. I think it may serve you to be unusually pragmatic. At least consider leaving Lenin out of your murals.
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CAPRICORN
DEC. 22-JAN. 19: “People mistake their limitations for high
standards,” wrote Capricorn author Jean Toomer. In my astrological opinion, it’s crucial that you avoid doing that in 2020. Why? First, I’m quite sure that you will have considerable power to shed and transcend at least some of your limitations. For best results, you can’t afford to deceive yourself into thinking that those limitations are high standards. Secondly, Capricorn, you will have good reasons and a substantial ability to raise your standards higher than they’ve ever been. So you definitely don’t want to confuse high standards with limitations.
AQUARIUS
JAN. 20-FEB. 18: Historians once thought that 14th
century Englishmen were the first humans to track the rhythms of the planet Jupiter using the complicated mathematics known as calculus. But in 2015, researchers discovered that Babylonians had done it 1400 years before the Englishmen. Why was Jupiter’s behavior so important to those ancient people? They were astrologers! They believed the planet’s movements were correlated with practical events on earth, like the weather, river levels, and grain harvests. I think that this correction in the origin story of tracking Jupiter’s rhythms will be a useful metaphor for you in 2020. It’s likely you will come to understand your past in ways that are different from what you’ve believed up until now. Your old tales will change.
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going to be dating going forward. Maybe this was always how a guy like him was going to react, but when is the right time Dear Dan: I’m a woman to bring nonmonogamy up if you meet with a dating profile on someone in real life first? Or if it’s clear OkCupid that states I’m someone didn’t read the damn fine print nonmonogamous and only on your profile before jumping straight to looking for the same. infatuation? He claimed his meltdown was Recently, I had two great dates with a guy an emotional response to the conflict he who described himself as monogamous was feeling between (a) the expectation on his profile. However, that serious relationships after our first date and a lot ROMAN ROBINSON need to lead to monogamy of messaging, I intuited that and (b) the great time he he hadn’t actually read the was having with someone fine print on my profile. who turned out to be (gasp) Usually guys bring that up nonmonogamous. Was when they’ve read it, and there a better way to have he hadn’t mentioned it shared this information? A once. So I brought it up at time sooner or later? We the end of our second date were really clicking, so his when we were having postfreak-out was a huge surdinner drinks at a bar. In prise. retrospect, I should have —Read The Fine Print set up a time to seriously discuss this, not spring it on him while we Dear RTFP: Dude should have read were drinking, but I felt like the longer it the fine print on your profile. He should went unsaid, the more “betrayed” he have done his screw diligence — but you might feel. And boy, did he have a reacshould have done yours, too. Or followed tion. He went from “This is not a deal through with yours. You read the fine print breaker” to “Oh my god, I can’t do this, I on his profile, RTFP, you knew he should just go” in 20 minutes, and then described himself as monogamous, but rushed out of the bar. We cleared the air you went on a date with him anyway — the next day, and he apologized for being you went on two dates and swapped a lot a jerk and bailing. But clearly we’re not of messages — without stopping to ask
him the dreaded direct question (DDQ): “My profile says I’m nonmonogamous and only looking for the same, and yours says you’re monogamous. Are you making an exception for me because I’m amazing or did you not read my whole profile?” You should have asked this guy the DDQ not to spare him the horror of your company and avoid wasting his time, RTFP, but to spare yourself that stupid scene in the bar and avoid wasting your time. Dear Dan: Why should I, a feminist, be OK with drag? How is it any different than blackface? —Tough Question Dear TQ: Drag can be sexist, TQ, but it doesn’t have to be. And when done right, it isn’t. Blackface is always racist. Drag celebrates the craft of hyperfeminine presentation. Drag demonstrates that so much of what we think of as “naturally” feminine is not just a social construct, but quite literally a construction. Drag has the power to explode sexism, to expose it, by complicating people’s preconceptions and misconceptions about what it means to be a woman. Blackface can only reinforce and amplify racism. Send questions to mail@savagelove. net, follow Dan on Twitter @fakedansavage and visit ITMFA.org.
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It’s about time: Introducing the world’s first pop-up book about marijuana by Seymour
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re you looking for the perfect gift for the marijuana enthusiast on your holiday shopping list? Or maybe it’s an artist you still need to shop for. Or a book lover. Doesn’t matter, we’ve got the perfect present. Just in time for the holidays, Poposition Press has released Dimensional Cannabis, what they are calling the world’s first pop-up book about marijuana. The book features six spreads relating to different aspects of cannabis culture — paraphernalia, anatomy, history, medical, cultivation and popular culture. Boulder resident Mike Giant illustrated the whole book with six paper engineers creating the various spreads. Former Boulder Weekly Weed Between The Lines columnist Leland Rucker provided copy writing and editing for the book. Denver-based designer Rosston Meyer runs Poposition Press, an independent publishing company that creates limited edition pop-up books. Each book is crafted by hand after Meyer and the paper engineer have gone through countless edits and redrafts. Every piece is cut out, positioned and fastened into the book by Meyer himself. “Like many people, I had a few popup books as a kid,” Meyer said in an interview with BestPopUpBooks.com in 2016. “But it was when I was a teenager and I got a copy of Robert Sabuda’s Alice in Wonderland book that I was first really amazed by a pop-up book and had the thought to one day make one myself.” Meyer dreamed up the idea for a pop-up book about marijuana about five years ago. Meyer created the concept for Dimensional Cannabis, and tapped
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world-renowned American illustrator/graffiti writer/tattooer and artist Mike Giant to illustrate. Giant’s detailed linework with Sharpie is instantly recognizable. He’s also an avid proponent of cannabis. Graphic designer Kevin Steele engineered the cannabis culture spread along with the art, including color, typography and layout for Dimensional Cannabis. Steel’s professional practice consists primarily of brand, identity, environmental and publication design.
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Cannabis. Check out Carter’s paper engineering how-to book, The Elements of Pop-Up. Award-winning paper engineer Simon Arizpe engineered the history spread (which amazingly covers some 10,000 years of human-cannabis interaction). Arizpe’s pop-up work has been honored with the Meggendorfer Prize, which is kind of the Heisman trophy of pop-up book design. He is the professor of paper engineering and three dimensional design at The Pratt Institute and Parsons School of Design in New York City. Isabel Uría specializes in the creation of pop-ups, sculptures, decorative paper design pieces, cards, packaging design, and even larger-than-life-size environmental displays. She engineered the medical spread. The late Roger Culbertson was a paper engineer, pop-up book designer and innovator who published nearly 100 titles over three decades, made The Guinness Book of World Records twice for the World’s Largest Pop-up Book, and set industry standards for paper engineering, design and production that influence the craft to this day. Roger engineered the cultivation spread. He passed away suddenly in 2018. There are three editions of Dimensional Cannabis available for purchase: The regular pop-up retails for $42; the collector’s edition (which includes the book with six pop-up spreads and gold foil casewrap; a foil-stamped slipcase in green bookcloth; a set of three enamel pins; a pack of four stickers; an art print on hemp paper; and an etched joint case by Elevate Accessories) will cost you $200; while the “Connoisseur Edition” runs $360.
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A new (and terrifying) treatment for alcoholism by Paul Danish
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ere’s some good — and terrifying — news about alcohol addiction. According to a story at The Scientist website, the anesthetic drug ketamine could be used to help heavy drinkers cut down on alcohol consumption — by rewiring their memories. A study by researchers at University College COASTER420/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
London found that giving heavy drinkers — people who reported downing roughly the equivalent of two cases of beer a week — a shot of ketamine while they were thinking about drinking sharply reduced their consumption by about 50% on average. What’s more, the effect lasted for months after just a few treatment sessions. The study was designed to manipulate the brain’s retrieval and stabilization of memories by linking the sight and thoughts of alcohol to the reward of drinking it, Ravi Das, the study’s coauthor said. “We’re trying to break down those memories to stop the process from happening.” The team asked 30 subjects to look at a glass of beer, followed by a sequence of images of alco-
holic and non-alcoholic drinks. On the first day, the session ended with participants being invited to drink the beer. On the second day, after viewing the beer and images, the screen cut off, and instead of drinking the beer, the participants were given a shot of ketamine. The experiment continued through several more days. Among other things, ketamine blocks receptors in the brain for proteins that have key roles in the brain’s reward pathways. The researchers hypothesized that administering the drug during memory retrieval would help weaken the subjects’ association between the sight or contemplation of booze and the reward of drinking it. Nine months following the trial, the volunteers reported cutting their drinking back by half on average. “To actually get changes in behavior when they go home and they’re not in the lab is a big deal,” said Mary Torregrossa, a University of Pittsburgh neuroscientist who wasn’t involved in the study. Obviously a lot more research needs to be done, but what’s not to like about this? Just this: The fact that a drug can be used to manipulate how people perceive pleasure is all well and fine when it’s used to treat alcoholism, but the experimental methodology suggests it could be used to mess with memories of other pleasures as well. And there’s no shortage of authoritarians in the world who wouldn’t be bashful about messing with them. Like the sort of people who practice “conversion therapy” on gays. Or who run boot camps for pot users. Or who don’t approve of singing, or dancing, or playing video games. The world never runs out of scolds who want to run your life for you, and appropriating control over people’s pleasures is one of their oldest tricks. And the fact that a drug has now emerged that might let them brainwash someone with just a
few days’ worth of treatments is truly terrifying. A recent NPR-Marist poll found 62% of adults thought legalizing marijuana nationally was “a good idea.” No surprises there; a Fox News poll taken at about the same time found 63% affirmative answers for the same question. What was interesting was a couple of the ways the pollsters broke down the responses. For instance, instead of the usual age breakdown, NPR-Marist broke out the age responses by generations: Gen Z/Millennials (18-38): Good idea 80% Bad idea 18% Gen X (39-54): Good idea 63% - Bad idea 33% Baby Boomers (55-73): Good idea 57% - Bad idea 37% Silent-Greatest (Over 73): Good idea 30% Bad idea 56% Americans’ attitudes toward marijuana legalization and any number of other issues are shaped by the cultural values of their generations. But the age break-downs in a lot of surveys cut across generations, which means the responses are harder to interpret in a cultural context. NPR-Marist may have hit on a way of breaking down age responses that is far more useful than the usual 18- to 30-year-old, 31- to 45-year-old, etc. Hopefully more pollsters will follow their lead. A second way the poll cut its data on legalizing pot was by the size of the communities in which people live: Big city: Good idea 76% - Bad idea 20% Small city: Good idea 66% - Bad idea 29% Suburban: Good idea 62% - Bad idea 34% Small town: Good idea 49% - Bad idea 45% Rural: Good idea 56% - Bad idea 38% Looked at this way, the numbers tell activists the best places to look for signatures on legalization petitions, and the best places to open dispensaries if the initiative passes.
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