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staff Publisher, Stewart Sallo Editor, Joel Dyer Director of Sales & Marketing, Dave Grimsland Director of Operations/Controller, Benecia Beyer Circulation Manager, Cal Winn Editorial Managing Editor, Jefferson Dodge Arts & Entertainment Editor, David Accomazzo Special Editions/Calendar Editor, Elizabeth Miller Online Editor, Quibian Salazar-Moreno Contributing Editor, Pamela White Contributing Writers, Peter Alexander, Krystal Baugher, Rob Brezsny, Chris Callaway, Paul Danish, James Dziezynski, Clay Fong, Jim Hightower, Dave Kirby, Jessie Lucier, P.J. Nutting, Brian Palmer, Chris Parker, Adam Perry, Danette Randall, Theo Romeo, Alan Sculley, Isaac Woods Stokes, Tom Winter, Tate Zandstra, Gary Zeidner Sales Retail Sales Manager, Allen Carmichael Inside Sales Manager, Jason Wing Account Executives, David Hasson, Amber Hayes, Don Patterson Production Production Manager, Dave Kirby Art Director, Susan France Graphic Designer, Mark Goodman Marketing Manager & Heiress, Julia Sallo Office Manager/Advertising Assistant, Francie Swidler Circulation Team Dave Hastie, Dan Hill, George LaRoe, Jeffrey Lohrius, Elizabeth Ouslie, Rick Slama 12-Year-Old, Mia Rose Sallo December 29, 2011 Volume XIX, Number 21 As Boulder County's only independently owned newspaper, Boulder Weekly is dedicated to illuminating truth, advancing justice and protecting the First Amendment through ethical, no-holds-barred journalism and thought-provoking opinion writing. Free every Thursday since 1993, the Weekly also offers the county's most comprehensive arts and entertainment coverage. Read the print version, or visit www.boulderweekly.com. Boulder Weekly does not accept unsolicited editorial submissions. If you're interested in writing for the paper, please send queries to: editorial@boulderweekly.com. Any materials sent to Boulder Weekly become the property of the newspaper. 690 South Lashley Lane, Boulder, CO, 80305 p 303.494.5511 f 303.494.2585 editorial@boulderweekly.com www.boulderweekly.com 2011 cover photo: Susan France

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Danish’s latest rant

(Re: “Is Nablus Boulder’s sister?” Danish Plan, Dec. 15.) Oh yes, another rant from Paul Danish. This time about the proposed Boulder sister city relationship with Nablus, Palestine. His misinformed characterizations only help to fuel mistrust between the two peoples who live in Israel and Palestine. The sister city project is an attempt to further people-to-people relationships. Mr. Danish should understand that it is a citizen initiative that does not ask for Boulder funding. It is a way to exchange greetings, further understanding and say we care. Dan C. Winters/Boulder In reading Paul Danish’s article, “Is Nablus Boulder’s sister?” I was struck by the contempt Danish holds for Palestinians and for the suffering they have endured under a brutal occupation. By selectively choosing the most shameful of incidents and painting Palestinian society as completely colored by the horrors of those incidents he shows his own bigotry and lack of humanity. I would bet that Danish “ululates” with delight every time he hears of the killing of Palestinians and other Arabs by Israeli soldiers and police. And I am sure that when babies are incinerated and decapitated, as happened in Gaza, the only sounds that come out of his mouth are justifications and excuses for his side’s actions. Obviously this man has

never had the common human decency to objectively study the actual history of Israel/Palestine and the Middle East. It is so much easier for him to take the low road of clinging to stories that make him feel good about the hatred he sees coming from others, not having even a hint of awareness that it is his own hatred that insures the continuation of the unnecessary suffering of others whose lives are totally irrelevant to him.

Had the writer of the piece ever been to Nablus, his article would not be so full of angst and anger. I have been to Nablus, so I know the people there are wonderfully generous, kind and welcoming. As folks in Boulder move forward with their preparations, maybe even the writer will discover there’s nothing “weird” about Boulder and Nablus

The Highroad

he Bible doesn’t say that money is the root of all evil — rather, it condemns the love of money. Today, that insidious love (taking the form of greed and excess) is celebrated in our country and has even exalted into official public policy, marring our economy with inequality and injustice. The reigning ethos of our nation’s upper crust is that too much is not enough. They’re not merely out to make loads of the money they love, but to make a killing, everyone else be damned. New numbers from the Congressional Budget Office confirm that as the moneyed elites have been making their killing, wealth disparity has become extreme in a country that once prided itself on trying to build a more egalitarian society. Analyzing 30 years of income data, the nonpartisan CBO reports that the richest 1 percent of our population has enjoyed a stunning 275 percent

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The disuniting of America by Jim Hightower increase in their income during that time. As a result, these privileged few have more than doubled the slice of America’s income pie that they consume, going from 8 percent to 17 percent of the whole in just three decades. From whom did these richest one-percenters get their extra-big slice? From us, the 99 percent. The share going to middle-class and poor families shrank in this period, which is why there is such broad sup-

becoming sister cities. President Eisenhower promoted the Sister City idea so communities would get to know one another people-to-people. And people in thousands of paired cities worldwide are doing just that. City officials approve the pairing, but it’s private individuals and groups who turn it into a real friendship. And like any friendship, it’s about getting to know one another see LETTERS Page 9

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port today for Occupy Wall Street’s “We are the 99 percent” movement. At the tippy-top of America’s wealth pyramid are the multimillionaire CEOs and billionaire Wall Streeters. They are the richest one onehundredth of the one-percenters (a mere 14,836 households). These few now take 6 percent of all U.S. income — the biggest piece ever consumed by America’s mega-rich. The widening chasm between the rich and the rest of us is transforming our country from a society to a jungle — and not even billionaires will enjoy living there. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com December 29, 2011 5

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Nixon on why I like Newt by Paul Danish

arvey and I were just tucking into a new batch of Alice B. Toklas fudge when there was a knock on the door. It was Richard Nixon. “Come in and grab some fudge and an eggnog,” I said. “Well, this is a pleasant surprise,” I added, as he sank heavily into a bean bag chair. “I thought you would be spending the holidays in Purgatory again, and I don’t mean the ski area.” “The Republican race in Iowa got so hot that they ran out of volunteers,” he said. “So I got a work-release gig canvassing precincts in Keokuk.” “Who are you canvassing for?” I

asked. “I got assigned to the Huntsman campaign,” he said. “Wow, that’s harsh,” I said. “Canvassing for Huntsman beats talking to yourself,” he shot back, “even though it involves less human contact.” I didn’t say anything. “Anyway, I wanted to drop by and congratulate you for becoming a Republican,” he said. “But I’m curious. What prompted a life-long Democrat like you to change your registration?” “You may recall I left the Democratic Party in 2008, when I decided to support John McCain in the general elecsee NIXON Page 8

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“The main goal is to remove him physically from Yemen so there’s no way he can meddle in the political process there.” —An unnamed member of the Obama administration, commenting on a move to let that country’s embattled president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, come to the United States for medical care, with conditions “The court ignored all the points raised by the defense lawyer at the trial, so what point is there in appealing?” —Zhang Qunxuan, wife of Chinese dissident Chen Xi, who received 10 years in jail this week for writing online essays suspected of inciting subversion “I am about to die, and I ask now to be left in peace with my family.” —Convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi, who maintains to this day that he was not responsible for the 1988 plane bombing 6 December 29, 2011

eware government bureaucrats who want to make rules to protect your safety. Far too often their goal is something far more insidi-

ous. City Manager Jane Brautigam has proposed a new rule that would close city parks and open space from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. — or at any time the city manager declares an “emergency closure.” A hearing on the matter is scheduled for 5 p.m. on Jan. 3 in the city council chambers. The 11 p.m. to 5 p.m. closure rule would not apply to people hiking or walking on trails and sidewalks, only ban sitting or standing still in cityowned parks and open space. (It is already illegal to sleep, aka lie down, in public in the city of Boulder, a rule that targets the homeless.) Though the new closure rule ostensibly is intended to preserve public health and safety, the full text of the rule makes it very clear that it is also intended as a means for city officials to put an end to activities they find inconvenient and irritating. They can’t come out and say that, of course, so here’s how they phrase it: “This rule is for the … prohibition of conduct that may reasonably be expected to interfere substantially with the use and enjoyment of parks, parkways, recreation ways and open space by the general public or that constitutes a nuisance … ” The document, provided for viewing on the city’s website, goes on to say, “This rule is also intended to address the potential myriad of negative impacts to public property, including and not limited to, sanitation, safety, security, and the preservation of public property that results from around-theclock use of public property.” (For the full text of the proposed rule, go to www.bouldercolorado.gov.) Brautigam and other city officials are trying to pass the proposed rule off as a well-intentioned effort to protect public safety and sanitation. They say it has nothing to do with the Occupy Boulder movement, some members of which are currently occupying the lawn of the municipal building. Do they think anyone really buys that? Are we supposed to believe that city bureaucrats came up with this new rule randomly? If so, the conversation

must have gone something like this: “Have you ever seen people sitting or standing in a public park between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. — not counting the activists who’ve been hanging out for almost three months — and wondered whether the public safety, health, property, vegetation, wildlife, signs, markers, buildings or other structures of our public parks were at risk?” “Now that you randomly mention it, yes, I have — not thinking, of course, of the activists encamped outside our door.” “Clearly, then, this is a pressing issue. We must act immediately!” The proposed rule seems very clearly to target Occupy Boulder and any future movements like it, as well as potentially creating another host of legal hassles for our city’s homeless population. Now, it’s not just the homeless caught “camping” in public who can be ticketed, but also those who are caught sitting or standing after 11 p.m. The city has assured us that this new rule would not unreasonably curtail free speech. After all, 18 out of every 24 hours would be available for speaking truth to power. Well, that’s all fine and good, but it doesn’t take into account the “emergency closure” clause of the rule, which would permit the city to shut city-owned parks and open space at any time. Nor does it fully satisfy the “free” aspect of “free speech.” Since 9/11, we’ve seen an increasing government impulse to cordon off free speech. Citizens who wished to tell George W. what they thought of his war in Iraq were relegated to freespeech zones far from his view — a clear diminishment of the constitutionally protected right to the redress of wrongs. Now the city of Boulder is trying to tell us what time of day we can seek redress of grievances and speak our minds. What is free about that? More importantly, what is Boulder about that? Brautigam and city staff may be talking about public safety and sanitation, but what they’re seeking is control. To sign the petition opposing the proposed rule, go to: www.thepetitionsite.com/2/illegal-to-sit-or-stand. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. Boulder Weekly

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tory and draws sustenance and guidance from it,” I said. “The present incumbent doesn’t seem to have much interest in history, and it shows.” He nodded in agreement. “More important, you’re attracted to Gingrich because he’s running for office essentially the same way you used to do it,” he said. “Before you ever announced you were running you used to get a yellow pad and draw a vertical line down the middle of it. On the left hand side you would make a list of the major issues in the campaign. On the right you would make a parallel list of what you

would do about each of them. Then you would tear the sheet in half along the line and toss the list on the left. The list on the right, the solutions, became your platform.” “That’s the way I used to do it,” I agreed. “And that’s basically the way Gingrich is doing it,” he went on. “He’s spent years defining problems and crafting proposals to solve them.” “It’s a powerful way to campaign,” he said. “You define yourself in terms of your solutions. That makes it much harder for your opponents to define you.

And if you have a list of plausible solutions and your opponent doesn’t, there’s a good chance your list will define the terms of the debate in your race, which gives you a huge leg up.” “Even if people disagree with some of your solutions, you’ll get some respect and support just for telling people where you stand,” he said. “Some of them will vote for you even though they disagree with you on a lot of stuff.” “You’re right,” I said. “I used to hear that a lot.” “Of course, running on solutions can be a two-edged sword — and a serrated one at that — especially if you have to run in a primary,” he continued. “Original and creative solutions can get you noticed and attract passionate supporters, but they can also give you a reputation as a maverick, or worse as a heretic, in the eyes of your party’s more ideologically orthodox members. It allows your opponent to attack you for being erratic or inconsistent or a hypocrite or zany — which is what’s happening to Gingrich in Iowa.” “Tell me about it,” I said. “Newt’s getting hit with a $10 million shit storm of negative ads in Iowa. If last week’s polls are accurate, he’s lost between a third and half of his support in less than a month. Can he come back?” “Sure, he can, especially this year,” Nixon said. “But he can’t if he doesn’t counter-attack hard, which he should have done immediately. “Trust me on this,” he said without a trace of irony. “When it comes to negative campaigning, I’ve had a lot of hands-on experience. The first rule of negative campaigning is this: Unanswered charges stick, no matter how ludicrous they are and no matter how well defined you are. I’m surprised a politician as experienced as Newt has been so derelict in defending himself.” “So does this mean you think Romney will be the stronger candidate?” I asked. Nixon nearly choked on his eggnog. “You’ve got to be kidding,” he said. “Romney inspires minimum passion and instant distrust — especially among conservatives. And conservatives make up 40 percent of the American electorate. Newt could crater spectacularly or, against all odds, he could pull off a transformative victory — like Reagan. He could change the trajectory of an election. I don’t think Romney can do that.” Just then his pager went off. Nixon glanced at it and reached for his coat. “That was the National Reconnaissance Office,” he said. “One of its drones just detected an undecided voter in Keokuk. Gotta run.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. Boulder Weekly

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and caring about one another. Boulder’s sister city friendship with Nablus will be no different. I value my sister city friendships and I cherish my visit to Nablus. So bravo to those persons in Boulder who wish to make Nablus their sister city. Brigitte Jaensch/Sacramento, Calif.

In his opinion piece “Is Nablus Boulder’s Sister?” Paul Danish describes the people killed in the World Trade Center attacks as “ground into bits of bloody hamburger.” Seriously? Do you have any class, Paul? Out of all the words you could use to describe an innocent victim that was murdered you choose “bloody hamburger”? That is incredibly disrespectful to the victims and their families. In addition, it was totally uncalled for, even given the subject matter of your article. You should be ashamed of yourself, and Boulder Weekly editors should be ashamed for letting that go to print. That is not the “freedom of independent journalism;” that is simply printing something in very poor taste. I read your paper every week and I expected better from you. I believe a formal apology from Paul Danish and Boulder Weekly editors is due. Scott Tarpinian/Boulder Editor’s note: Paul Danish writes an opinion column. His opinions are his own. They do not represent the positions of Boulder Weekly or the staff. We do not censor Mr. Danish even when we want to, aside from editing for style, length and libel. That’s why his column provides a valuable, often provocative service to our community.

Thank you, Pamela (Re: “Sex, race and abortion,” Uncensored, Dec. 8.) Great article, Pamela, and so true. Thank you. Patricia Kay Youngson/Internet Pamela White couldn’t be more right on. Thank you. Now send this article to every paper in the nation. And how do we change the nut-job right, or at least keep them from gaining any control and thus messing up our country even more? Thanks. Mike Riter/Internet Boulder Weekly

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ith winter arriving ments across the country in recent and crackdowns on weeks, in Denver, Philadelphia, protests across the Oakland, L.A., and New York. Do you country becoming think they’ve been nationally coordinatmore aggressive, the ed? Occupy movement has reached a crossKalle Lasn: No, it was just zeitgeist. roads. Things were quieting down a bit at the Kalle Lasn, editor and co-founder Occupations and the media was turning of Adbusters magazine and one of the against us a little. It was just one of first to call for the occupation of Wall those turning point moments. Street, says that phase one of the moveBW: In a recent “Tactical Briefing” ment, in fact, has come to an end. you suggested that the protesters Winter, he says, should be a time for celebrating autumn’s grand Kalle Lasn, accomplishment and for “braineditor of Adbusters storming” strategies for phase and one of the two. While he hopes a few “diefirst to call for occupying hards” will hold out at occupaWall Street tions through the winter, he expects the second phase to ramp up in the spring. In July, Adbusters sent out a “tactical briefing” to its 90,000 supporters, telling them, “On Sept. 17, flood into lower Manhattan, set up tents, kitchens, peaceful barricades and occupy Wall Street.” The few hundred who did so sparked a movement that quickly went global. Though OWS has yet to create much in the way of new policies or political change, it has succeeded in launching a national conversation about the nation’s rapidly growing income inequality. Here in Boulder, the protesters in front of the county courthouse on the Pearl Street Mall and the declare victory and take a break for the city municipal building on Broadway winter. have been repeatedly doused with KL: That was before Bloomberg’s snowfall. With more extreme weather raid on the Zuccotti Park protesters. to come, it remains to be seen just how We put that briefing out a few hours many “diehards” will stick it out until before the crackdown because we felt spring. that morale was dropping. Winter was During this lull, we thought it coming and the Occupation here in would be a good time to speak to the Vancouver was really running into trouman who started it all. In the following ble, so we said, “Hey, this is the interview, Lasn discusses OWS’s orimoment to declare victory and gins, whether the movement represents regroup.” This movement is one of the a resurgence of the Left, and how the most wonderful moments in the lives of protesters are seeing beyond the “bad millions of young people, so we felt we rap” that communal ways of thinking should celebrate. We suggested having a have had over the past few generations. party starting on Black Friday, Boulder Weekly: There have been November the 25th, that would last the multiple crackdowns of Occupy moveentire weekend. Then afterward, a few

of the diehards would hold out for the winter and sleep in the snow while the rest of us went home and prepared for the counterattack next spring. It’s not for me to say what the movement should do but I think it would be inspiring to celebrate what we’ve done so far. We’ve got a lot of work to do this winter to prepare for the spring. BW: Left-wing leaders have laid the groundwork for the movement by bringing to the fore key issues, such as the dire effects of corporate influence over our political system. How do you view their role in OWS? KL: Just about every political leader from the left, from Slavoj Zizek to Michael Moore to economists like Joseph Stiglitz, has been to an Occupation and given a rousing speech. So in a way, they have been leaders. One of the great things about this movement is that the protesters got the aesthetics right. They may not have the policy side of it right yet, but in terms of form, they got it perfect. Part of the aesthetic is that these lefty luminaries elevated the way the protesters thought about their movement. Imagine how you’d feel sleeping in the park and a luminary comes down and says what you are doing is magnificent. There is an emotional and aesthetic leadership when these lefty luminaries do that BW: Does OWS represent a significant resurgence of the Left? KL: The wonderful thing about the left is that even though we’ve been disillusioned and almost totally ineffective since 1989, we have had a lot of fantastic ideas. Whether it’s precautionary principles or a Robin Hood tax or reinstating Glass-Steagall or banning highfrequency flash trading. Or deeper philosophical ideas about making the public airwaves truly public again and new information delivery systems like Democracy Now! to supplant the CNNs of the world. The left is brimming with fantastic ideas. With this movement, we have finally mustered the passion to create a blueprint for a Boulder Weekly

different kind of future. The new guys are jumping over the dead body of the Old Left and doing something unexpected and exciting. BW: Tell me about the origin of Adbusters and its relevance to the anticorporate ideology of Occupy. KL: Adbusters started after we created a TV spot and weren’t able to buy time for it. In 1989, the forest industry in the Pacific Northwest launched a multi-million dollar PR campaign and their ads were everywhere — on TV, at bus stops, full pages in the newspapers. They ran a TV commercial that said, “Hey you Canadians, we’re doing a fantastic job managing your forests. We have forests forever.” I was part of a group of environmental filmmakers and we knew that was a lie; they were clear-cutting our old-growth forests. So we came up with our own TV spot. But when we approached the same stations that ran the industry ads, we were told no. It was an incredible moment of truth to realize there was no democracy on the airwaves. We saw how an industry with big bucks could air ads telling people whatever they wanted, but a small group with a dissenting viewpoint couldn’t buy time. It angered us to the point that we launched Adbusters and everything we’ve done since. Eventually, we morphed from attacking the lack of democracy on the airwaves to becoming a radical critique of consumer culture. BW: You encountered the same problem trying to buy airtime in America. The only station that would sell it to you was CNN. KL: Yes, but even they refused for many years until I threatened them. In fact, they were the only TV network in the whole world to finally sell us time. I think Ted Turner had something to do with that because he was a pretty decent guy. But the interesting point is that this movement is not just about economics, it’s also about the media. It’s about the food that we eat. It’s about the way that we get our information. We’re tired of getting our information from CNN, our economy from Wall Street, our food from McDonald’s and our drink from Coca-Cola. We want a different future all across the board. A revolution of everyday life is what we’re after. BW: The movement seeks reform of corporations and Wall Street. But there is a communal nature to the occupations. KL: When I was a university student I felt there was something very fantastic and inspiring about this idea of aspiring toward a communal future. I notice now, and what we talk about in Adbusters, is that some of the ideals of communism are finding their way back. There is something wonderful and ideBoulder Weekly

BW: Is there a precedent for OWS — for this kind of global movement where so many protesters in different countries have similar grievances? KL: In 1968 a movement started in Paris’ Latin Quarter that was sparked by the Situationists. Hundreds of campuses exploded and cities everywhere had dramatic protests. It looked like it was going to be the first global revolution, but it fizzled out. There was no climate change or Internet then, of course, and the world was still a pretty benign place. The Modernist ethic and aesthetic was roaring along, and there

alistic and truthful about communal ways of thinking. These young people are seeing beyond the bad rap that these ways of thinking have had for the past several generations. BW: The media has been very dismissive of you and Adbusters. I watched an old CNN interview with you and the host ridiculed your idea for a Buy Nothing Day. KL: The commercial mass media is, in many ways, the propaganda arm of capitalism. With [Occupy Wall Street], the mass media knows that eventually they are going to be one of our targets.

still existed a feeling that human progress would continue forever. But the young people couldn’t bare the thought of living the same lives as their parents. They felt they were being forced by the existing power structures to knuckle under to a predetermined lifestyle. The young people then just wanted to live in a better world. Forty years later, history is repeating itself, but the stakes are much higher. We live in a much more apocalyptic environment. This could be the beginning of a second great mindshift, possibly a global revolution. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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rank Alexander started helping the needy in high school, volunteering for Habitat for Humanity and food pantries in tiny Hopewell, N.J. The Manhattan native continued serving others in college, working for Upward Bound’s camps for lowincome youth and tutoring at-risk students in elementary and middle schools. Now, decades later, he’s still helping the less fortunate, just on a much larger scale. Alexander is Boulder County’s director of housing and human services, and he’s Boulder Weekly’s Person of the Year because he has been responsible for leading a remarkable transformation in how the county helps its needy. While he is quick to give credit to his staff, nonprofits and the community, others point to Alexander as the main reason for the improvements. In a nutshell, during a time of economic downturn, his division is handling an increased caseload and has endured a profound reorganization, and yet is providing people basic needs like food and shelter more effectively — and doing it for less money. Alexander is credited with successfully merging the county’s housing and human services department, weathering a major budget cut, proposing a successful temporary tax increase to offset cuts and caseload increases, and spearheading a philosophical shift in how the county delivers service to individuals, families and children. 12 December 29, 2011

The model Alexander has adopted, which actually requires less funding, is being copied around the state and nation. **** Alexander lived in Philadelphia in the early 1990s, when there was rash of deaths among the homeless population due to exposure to extremely cold weather. He worked for a “code blue” program designed to prevent those deaths. Then, in 1996, he took a job as manager of a homeless family shelter and food bank for Bucks County. Alexander moved to Colorado in 1998 to become elder rights coordinator in Boulder County’s aging services department, serving as ombuds for long-term care and Medicare as well as running training programs on elderly abuse prevention. He was named Boulder County housing director in 2004. Alexander says this breadth of experience with a variety of populations taught him something. “People who need assistance want the same things,” he says.

Experts agree they generally want just enough help to get back on their feet and take care of themselves, they don’t want their kids removed from the home, they don’t want to be institutionalized, they want to stay in their community, and they want the least intrusive form of assistance possible. “Those happen to be the lowest-cost interventions and have the most likelihood of success,” Alexander says. And oftentimes people who need food stamps also need housing assistance, and they may also have children suffering from neglect, malnutrition or other issues. But most county governments have separate departments for housing and social services. That was true for Boulder County until early 2009, when Alexander was chosen to lead an integrated division that placed all housing and human services under one roof. The county commissioners made the move not necessarily to save money, but to recognize that the two divisions were regularly serving the same population and should work more closely to do so. Those involved acknowledge that the merger was painful at times. But there was more pain to come. On top of managing the consolidation of the two departments, in late 2009, Alexander learned that his budget was getting slashed by $5.7 million, thanks to a combination of caseload increases, state (and, to a lesser extent, federal) budget cuts and legislative changes. (SB 177, passed in 2008, restricted counties’ Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funding.) So the wilted economy was driving up the number of needy families and boosting demand for the county’s services, just as the amount of money Alexander’s division had on hand to meet that demand was getting siphoned off. It was the perfect storm. Boulder Weekly

But as it turns out, the newly merged division, and an innovative approach to delivering services, allowed housing and human services to thrive. **** It was not without bloodshed. The budget cuts led to the loss of 25 positions in human services, although only 1.5 of those were layoffs — the rest were achieved through severance packages or voluntary retirements. The department was forced to close its Louisville office, saving about $300,000 a year. County child care services stopped accepting new clients and tightened its eligibility requirements. “Change is difficult,” Alexander says. “But a crisis is certainly an opportunity. You can either get hit by the crisis and crumble or shrink, or you can take the crisis and turn it into change.” The new approach to service delivery that he spearheaded actually ended up saving the division money. The model involves early intervention and prevention. For example, getting to people who are about to lose their housing and giving them temporary rental funding or helping them avoid foreclosure is more effective — and cheaper — than trying to help someone gain housing after they have already become homeless. It’s being more proactive than the traditional model of just serving as a safety net, catching people’s heads just before they hit the pavement. “It’s costing society an enormous amount of money to have people homeless,” Alexander says. “Instead of being an emergency back-end system, we want to encourage people to get the right amount of help at the right time. And the earlier we can get involved in people’s lives, the less it costs.” As part of the merger — and to be more effective in getting people the help they need — under Alexander’s tenure Boulder County Housing and Human Services cross-trained its own staff in the hopes that any employee could help any client, instead of shuffling the client to another department to fill out more paperwork. The effort has successfully eliminated departmental “silos” and reduced bureaucracy. “Without the merger, I don’t think we would have been able to serve as many people, nor in such an agile and comprehensive way,” he says. Jennifer Eads, the county’s self-sufficiency and community support director, says the transition has not just resulted in fewer forms and hands involved in the process, it has prompted a change in language. To destigmatize terms like “welfare” and “food stamps,” those items are now called “financial assistance” and “grocery assistance,” she says. “It’s night and day from what it was three years ago.” **** The division has also improved its relationships with — and provided funding to — community partners like the Sister Carmen Community Center in Lafayette, the OUR Center in Longmont, the Emergency Family Assistance Association (EFAA) and local schools. It’s all part of an initiative known as “Any door is the right door,” which is intended to get clients the resources they need, regardless of whether they show up at a community organization, a school or the HHS office. “I’d say one of his biggest accomplishments, especially in the last two years, is he has driven his staff to form really strong partnerships with community-based organizations,” says Suzanne Crawford, CEO of Sister Carmen. “He’s really led in that regard. We’re doing a lot of excellent work together.” Boulder Weekly

She points to a rent assistance program the county funded about two years ago that allows Sister Carmen to continue serving in the role of case manager while providing clients up to six months of paid expenses to stabilize themselves. “It kept a lot of people off the street or from living in their car,” Crawford says. Terry Benjamin, EFAA executive director, says one outcome of the strong partnerships with community groups is that virtually anyone in the support network who is first to contact Susan France needy individuals can help assess what they are eligible for, whether from the county or a local nonprofit. (Community partners have been trained in the county’s online benefits management system.) If the individual qualifies for county support in the form of food stamps, for instance, EFAA may conserve its food supplies for those who aren’t eligible for that, to reach as many people as possible. Nonprofits then take overflow in situations where the county can’t help. “It lets us maximize our collective impact,” Benjamin says of the collaboration, adding that nonprofits want to maintain their independence even when they receive county funding, and Alexander has been respectful of that. “There’s a dynamic tension in there that’s healthy as long as you’re respectful of shared goals and roles, and Frank works hard to do that,” Benjamin says, calling him “a really driving force.” Many changes Alexander implemented were recommended by Casey Family Programs, a Seattle foundation dedicated to improving foster care and the child welfare system. For instance, Casey wants to keep more at-risk kids in their own homes, and aims to reduce out-of-home placement by 50 percent nationally before 2020. Boulder County has already reduced out-of-home placement by 40 percent. Thanks in no small part to Alexander, Casey is now working with state officials to spread the model to 13 other Colorado counties. Alexander is also credited with spearheading the successful county ballot measure 1A in 2010, which raises $5.4 million annually through a property tax increase that expires after five years. The money goes to backfilling human services areas that have been cut or have seen caseload increases, and several local nonprofits have benefitted from the funding as well. **** Alexander’s impact has not been limited to the county level. He serves as co-chair of the Colorado Department of Human Services Policy Advisory Committee, as well as president of the Colorado Human Services Directors Association. Through these statewide leadership roles, he is helping to spread Boulder County’s new model for service delivery. According to Lloyd Malone, the state’s child wel-

fare director, not having integrated services like Boulder County can actually exacerbate problems instead of solving them. He says families in need can “find themselves in a system that is very fragmented and has many doors, and all of them are difficult to get through, and there always seems to be a different process for a different door. “Frank has been a great visionary about the blending of human services programs, where families should see a seamless system and a system that to them is integrated, even though the people behind the door are working hard to keep it that way,” Malone says. “Good systems are invisible to clients when they’re integrated properly. I think Boulder County is probably the shining star in our state regarding that.” He describes Alexander as an effective leader. “He’s just a wonderful collaborator,” Malone explains. “He’s very respectful to other leaders. He’s assertive, but also a partner in dealing with issues of mutual interest. He’s able to communicate exceptionally well with other leaders. He’s very articulate and gentle, but clear in very powerful leadership messages about what the future should bring for our systems. “He’s someone you listen to and say, ‘Yeah, I can get behind that.’” On top of his professional achievements, those who work with him say Alexander is simply a good guy. “He’s just a super-nice person,” Crawford says. “He elicits input and thoughts from others in a very egalitarian way, so you always feel part of the process,” Malone says. “He’s smart and articulate, he knows his stuff, he works well with others and consequently, gets things done because of that.” “It’s really an inspiring place to work, because he’s truthful and has integrity,” Eads says. “There’s absolutely no ego involved. … I don’t think I could do this job, in this economy, without someone as steadfast and strategic as Frank.” Kit Thompson, the county’s family and children services director, calls him “an incredibly passionate human being,” adding that his management style is one of listening to his staff and delegating to people he trusts, “but he’s also willing to get down in the dirt if he needs to.” When asked what gives him the most satisfaction in his job, Alexander pauses. “The sense of community responsibility and working with the community partners we have,” he says. “Working in a community where people believe fundamentally that if we can support people in hard times, we will all be better off. “The economic downturn has taught us how much stronger we are together than we are apart.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com December 29, 2011 13

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Resolve to get involved with your local food supply. If you want to get hands on, plant a garden in your backyard or an herb garden and a pot of tomatoes in your apartment. Learn to grow sprouts in a jar. Celebrate the joy of fresh, home-grown food. Or, pick a local farmer to support by participating in a CSA (2012 shares are already on sale). Build a community at that farm, build a relationship with those farmers, and bring home local produce week after week. You’ll have healthy food and spare the planet the carbon costs of having vegetables shipped from one continent to the next. Resolve to avoid disposables. If you can remember your cell phone, you can remember your cloth grocery bags. Pack a kit for yourself that includes a reusable coffee cup (paper cups are often made of virgin paper bleached in a process that releases toxic chemicals), a glass to-go container for your lunches and picking up leftovers at a restaurant, a reusable water bottle, a reusable bag and reusable utensils. Really, you’re more likely to get a round of applause than a weird look for busting out your own supplies for eco-friendly living. Check out ecocycle.org/ecostore for supplies. Boulder Weekly

Resolve to eat less meat. Renewing the World War II-era campaign for meatless Mondays could reduce your carbon footprint and improve your health. The meat industry generates one-fifth of the greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, according to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization. A single pound of beef also requires 1,800 to 2,500 gallons of water to produce and uses Jade Sabatino more than 18 times the amount of Boulder Family Farms Inc. of fossil fuels required to produce one pound of plant protein. Visit www.meatlessmonday. Resolve to minimize your garbage. com for more information on tempoWe’re going to assume you already rary vegetarianism. recycle, because why wouldn’t you? Bins are now prevalent, as is curbside pickResolve to contribute to cleaner up. But if you don’t, start now. oceans. The less we put into our water Meanwhile, work on reducing your system, the less someone downstream food waste by composting. Reducing has to filter out of it. Trade out your biodegrading products in the landfill chemical-based cleaners for natural cuts their emissions of methane gas, a products. Swap your bottled shampoo major contributor to climate change. for baking soda and apple cider vinegar. Start a container in your back yard, or (No, really. It works.) Make sure your if you’re in limited space in an apartbatteries, house paint, car oil and other ment, consider employing a few hunitems that leach chemicals into land dred worms to eat through your food fills and eventually into the ground refuse and soft paper products, includwater are getting properly disposed of. ing paper towels and newspapers, and produce quality fertilizer. Resolve to drive one less day a week. Use bike paths and buses. Resolve to get rid of junk mail. Eco- Finagle a way to work from home. Cycle runs a program to stop junk mail When you must drive, carpool. for good. Each year, 109 billion pieces of junk mail are delivered in the U.S., Resolve to change in increments. requiring more than 100 million trees to Those nutters who do the quantified self create (that’s the size of Rocky Mountain projects, who track every beer consumed, National Park every four months). Trees every mile walked — the lesson they pass in the Canadian forest are cut at a rate of on to the rest of us is that true change two acres a minute, 24 hours a day, to comes in small steps, not giant leaps. produce paper products. Production and Tackle one at a time and expect your disposal consumes the energy of more progress to be small, but incremental. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com than 3 million cars. You can proactively

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The 76-year-old man who calls himself Reverend Friendly walks with a shuffled gait. Old age and decades of heavy, indiscriminate drinking have reduced his mobility considerably. His long, white beard flows down to his chest, and his eyelids droop heavily over his eyes, giving him the appearance of being permanently sleepy, or at least squinting.

engage by asking the companies that you give your address to not to sell, rent or trade your name and address, contact the charities you donate to and ask them to only send one request per year, and call 1-800-NO THANKS about catalogs you receive but don’t want.

5. The House of Marley’s headphones bring Positive Vibration 6. Anti-GMO crowd reacts to decision 7. New Year’s Eve calendar 8. A taste of Kerouac 9. Astrology (12/22) 10. Spiced Eggnog Cake with Eggnog Frosting

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t’s that time of year. The resolutions fly back and forth, the company incentive packages and community weight loss programs are rolling out. Your gym is about to become a lot more crowded with people looking to burn off the holiday pounds and jump into the new year leaner and meaner and healthier, ideally. But this year, consider making a resolution for not just a healthier you, but a healthier planet, too. Here are a few ideas for projects to take on. Commit to one (or all) and move the needle a little closer to cooler future temperatures, lighten the load on landfills, and strengthen our local economy.

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Janis Kelly hits The Laughing Goat on Sunday, Jan. 1.

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Linquistory — Presenting the best of Colorado hip-hop. Didn’t know Colorado had a hip-hop scene? Now you do. Time to explore. 9 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303463-6683.

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Fox Street All Stars. If these New Orleans-influenced bluesmen don’t get you on your feet, nothing will. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303823-6685.

Saturday, Dec. 31

Avery Brewery Tour. Toast to the end of 2011 and the beginning of 2012. 2 p.m. Avery Tap Room, 5763 Arapahoe Ave., Unit E, Boulder, 303-440-4324.

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Janis Kelly. Have a soul-stomping good time. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628.

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recent feature story in The Atlantic took a funny and insightful look at Yonder Mountain String Band’s Harvest Music Festival, staged a couple of months ago in the Ozark National Forest in Arkansas. The piece was as much about the band-sponsored music festival phenomenon as it was about Yonder themselves (although the author was clearly a fan), and when we caught up to Jeff Austin and Dave Johnston last week, we asked them about the gig and whether it says something about what the 13-year-old progressive 18 December 29, 2011

string band is (or may be) becoming midway through its astonishingly successful second decade. After all, unlike the other bands referenced in the story, Yonder actually hosts two festivals, the other being the Northwest String Summit, tentatively scheduled next year for Aug. 9-12 “That’s a great question,” banjoist Johnston says. “I think that right now, it feels like we can do that sort of thing for a long time. The way we’re handling it and the way we’re putting together; we see YONDER Page 19

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The Lionel Young Band. If the International Blues Challenge loves Lionel, you will too. 8 p.m. Mercury Cafe, 2199 California St., Denver, 303-294-9258.

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Wednesday Waltz Etcetera. When the waltz was invented, people thought it was scandalous. Go, be scandalized. 7 p.m. Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe Rd., Boulder, 303-449-5962. Boulder Weekly

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feel like we’ve got a good team. With … But we also have a lot of material the String Summit consortium and our that kind of comes around for the first Harvest Fest cadre, it feels pretty good time this year that we’ve been developright now. ing on the road, and we’ll definitely be “Y’know,” Johnston adds, “I’m really playing some of that. With the guests proud to have our name put on both of that are coming into town, too [Roy those festivals, I think it’s a beneficial “Futureman” Wooten (drummer), thing.” Anger (fiddle), Andy Hall (pedal steel) “I couldn’t agree more,” mandolinist and Rushad Eggleston (cello)], we realAustin says. “I don’t think it changes ly want to feature them. Material of who we are, I think it re-instates who theirs, or maybe some cool covers they we are. We’ve always wanted to take a want to play.” bluegrass band, a hip-hop band, a rock It occurs to us that, between the band — it doesn’t matter — and have seemingly boundless road/festival triall those people come together, and just umphs and the generous availability of make music happen. live shows available online, Yonder really doesn’t need “For Harvest to make CDs Festival,” Austin On the Bill: anymore. says, “it’s been pretty Yonder Mountain String Band plays the Boulder Theater on “We’re deficool putting together Dec. 29-31. Doors at 8 p.m. our ‘wish list’ for nitely not Tickets are sold out. 2032 14th beholden to the next year. It’s a pretSt., Boulder, 303-447-0095. typical pattern ty eclectic group of of CD producpeople — that I tion that a lot of bands are,” Johnston came up with, and everyone is coming says. “That’s because we’ve found ourup with. … It’s about not really having selves in a position where we can kind any barriers, not saying, ‘We’re an of call the shots. We’re really lucky in acoustic band, that’s what we do.’ … I mean, [this year] we had everyone from that regard.” Howard Levy to Bill Kreutzmann up Austin agrees. there. … a guy writing concertos for the “It’s nice to let the songs grow up friggin’ D-flat harp, and then you got a on the road. We may play a song, and guy who’s a founding member of one in the author’s head it’s one way, and the bigger bands that ever was. Or you when they take it to the band it turns get Darrol Anger and Victor Wooten into something else, but then you put it battling it out. That’s pretty cool.” in front of 2,000 people, you may find With talk of a new CD next year, the new accents or a backbeat nobody band’s first in more than two years, we thought of. Or someone my find a harwondered what the local faithful might mony on a line that really makes that look for in this epic downtown NYE run line stand out.” — new material, dig into a twitching As for New Year’s resolutions … satchel of longtime originals and famousAustin: “I have a lot of personal ly incongruous covers … what? changes that are going to be happening “Probably a little of both,” Johnston here. So I think my resolution is to stay says. “We got stuff in the works, and on the same path. Keep physically then we have the usual, amorphous ‘Let’s strong and mentally patient, keep workroll the dice’ kind of attitude as well.” ing at what I love, and try to keep redeAdds Austin, “I just got back from fining myself in yet more ways.” hiking in Belize for 10 days, and I Johnston: “I’m going to ride my bike wrote a couple tunes, and one in partic- more.” ular I really want to show to the guys. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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aul Simon, Velvet Underground and Blind Willie McTell covers on the same album … you don’t hear that every day. But then again, maybe you’re just not listening to enough G. Love, a guy who has managed to mash Bob Dylan, Delta blues and hip-hop throughout most of his career. He is nothing if not eclectic — and on his latest album, Fixin’ to Die, he’s still beguilingly surprising. For this outing, the Philadelphiaborn artist, nee Garrett Dutton, decided to go back to his Jason Shea roots — far back, to the days before he began merging blues-folk with a little R&B and hip-hop to create a laid-back funksoul vibe. Even before he hooked up with his band, Special Sauce, or did his first recordings for the Okeh label or landed on pal Jack Johnson’s Brushfire Records. For his first album, billed only as G. Love, he invited Americana darlings the Avett Brothers to produce and perform; they bonded after meeting in Boston. This time, Love also does several covers — the title tune is by Delta bluesman Bukka White; he also visits McTell’s “You’ve Got to Die.” More unexpected are his reimagined versions of Simon’s “50 Ways to Leave Your

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Love says, “and I always shied away from it. But once we decided we were gonna do that, I said, ‘Well, let me figure that song out.’ And it was cool, actually.” It went over so well onstage that by the time he got to the studio, he was excited about recording it. But they knew they didn’t want to mimic the famous Steve Gadd drumbeat, so they wound up stripping it out altogether and going for the claps and kick-drum beats they’d applied on “Fixin’ to Die.” Then they gave it an Avett bluegrass breakdown. The Avetts — brothers Scott (banjo, drums and vocals) and Seth (guitar, keyboards and vocals) and friend Bob Crawford (bass) — form the album’s musical nucleus with Love; Sauce drummer Jeff Clemons also contributes. As for why Love decided to record without Special Sauce, he says, “We wanted to flip the script a little bit and just send me out with my guitar. We felt it could be interesting to go out with some different musicians, and those guys really fit the bill. And their harmonies are super-tight, so I knew all the vocals were gonna be amazing. “I’ve had a lot of success when I’m doing collaborative efforts,” adds Love, who has worked with Johnson, Donavon Frankenreiter, Ben Harper, Thurs Dec 22 Marc Broussard, Blackalicious, Tristan 7:30-10pm Prettyman and Dr. John, among others.

“I think when musicians get together in a creative environment, nothing but exciting music is gonna happen.” He also wanted a stripped-down, elemental sound. “The most important thing was capturing the vibe,” he says. They recorded in Asheville, N.C., the Avetts’ home state, where, Love says, music fills the streets and there’s lots of “art and creative juices flowin’ around.” The studio, in an old church, provided even more inspiration. “It’s a big, airy feeling and the light’s streaming through the stained glass,” he recalls. “When I walked in with my guitar I really got a sense that, man, something special’s gonna happen this week. And it really did.” They recorded the disc in only nine days. Ironically, the originals he included span more than 20 years. “Get Goin’” and “Walk On” were written when he was still a student at Germantown Friends School, a Quaker high school in Philly. If the album has a theme, it might be the joys of love — including his woman (“Milk and Sugar”), his dog (“Katie Miss”) and his grandmother (“Ma Mere”). The latter two are long gone; there’s also a possibly unintended emphasis on death, with the title song and “You’ve Got to Die.” “Heaven,” however, is a love song. And “Milk and Sugar,” for his fiancé, is about coffee and love. As G. Love fans know, he’s partial to songs about beverages. “I always like to write about somethin’ that people can connect with,” Love says with a laugh. So how does he take his coffee? With milk and sugar, of course. Respond: Letters@boulderweekly.com

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New Year’s Eve Guide $20. The Corner Office, 1401 Curtis St., Denver, 720-8894727. Denver’s Grandest New Year’s Eve Party — With Nacho Men, Dueling Piano, and a dance party. Grand Hyatt Denver, 1750 Welton St., Denver 303-295-1234. DJ Heather for NYE. 9 p.m. Bar Standard, 1037 Broadway, Denver, 303-534-0222. Downtown Denver Fireworks — Two fireworks displays will take place over the 16th Street Mall in downtown Denver. The first show is at 9 p.m., and the second begins at midnight. For more information, call 303-534-6161. Make it Memorable — The Church, 1160 Lincoln St., Denver, 303-832-3528. Gauntlet Hair — With Pictureplane, The Kevin Costner Suicide Pact. Doors at 8:30 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-291-1007. Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, MTHDS — Performing the music of the Beastie Boys, with Tatanka and DJ Gourmet. 9 p.m. Cervantes’ Other Side, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772. Good Life New Year’s Eve Bash. 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Casselman’s Bar & Venue, 2620 Walnut St., Denver, 720-242-8923. Frost-Bitten Kiss — Ring in the New Year at this arctic-themed evening of elegance. Music by DJ Ty Tek. Tickets start at $30.1612 Wazee St., Denver, 303-5723300. Howl — An evening of Wild-West burlesque. 8 p.m. Cluster Studios, 3881 Steele St., Unit B, Denver, www.clusterdenver. com. Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk & Orgone — With DJ Loadie Loaded. 9 p.m. Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772. The Julius Show — With party favors and champagne toast. Cash bars. Jazz @ Jack’s, 500 16th St., Denver, 303-433-1000 Ladytron. 8 p.m. City Hall, 1144 Broadway, Denver, 303-832-8628. Masquerade Cirque de Voltaire — With magicians, dancers, burlesque, Dr. Bzurk, The Tanukis & Gora Gora Orkestar. Mercury Cafe, 2199 California St., Denver, 303-294-9281. New Year’s Eve at Impulse Theater and Wynkoop Brewing. Impulse Theater, 1634 18th St., Denver, 303-2972111. New Year’s Eve Celebration. Sienna Wine Bar & Small Plates, 3422 E. 12th Ave., Denver, 303-355-2202. New Year’s Eve Dinner — A three-course menu for $50 with optional wine charge of $25. Seatings include a champagne toast. Trillium, 2134 Larimer St., Denver, 303379-9759. New Year’s Eve Gala — A portion of the proceeds benefits the Tennyson Center for Children. Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, 1550 Court Place, Denver, 303893-3333. New Year’s Eve Party. 8 p.m. Milk, 1037 Broadway, Denver, 303-534-0222. New Year’s Eve Party at VINYL. 8 p.m.Vinyl, 1082 Broadway, Denver, 303-506-8078.

Night in Vienna with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra — A Viennese style concert to ring in the new year with waltzes, polkas and classics. 6:30 p.m. Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1000 14th St., Denver, 303-623-7876. Noon Year’s Eve. The Children’s Museum of Denver transforms into Times Square, complete with glittery ball drops, confetti and arts projects. Free for members, $5 for non-members. 2121 Children’s

Slim Cessna’s Auto Club. 9 p.m. Bluebird Theater, 3317 East Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-377-1666. Something Underground — With The Current & Strip the Stars. Ticket price includes midnight champagne toast and party favors. 9 p.m Soiled Dove, 7401 E. 1st St., Denver, 303-366-3001. Tavern NYE Olive Drop. 7 p.m. The Tavern Downtown, 1949 Market St., Denver, 303-299-0100. Ween — Ween takes over the Fillmore Auditorium for three nights, Dec. 29-31. Show at 7 p.m. The Fillmore Auditorium, 1510 Clarkson St., Denver, 303-837-0360. The White Rose Gala — 1,000-balloon drop with $2,000 in cash at midnight. An evening of elegant dress with a touch of Asian flair. 9 p.m. Hyatt Regency Denver Tech Center, 7800 E. Tufts Ave., Denver, 303-779-1234. Zoo Year’s Eve. 6 p.m. Denver Zoo, 23rd Avenue and York Street, Denver, 303-376-4800.

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Purple Reign. 9 p.m. Gothic Theatre, 3263 S. Broadway, Englewood, 303-9516705. Estes Park New Year’s at Marys Lake Lodge — With the Wendy Woo Band. Tickets $25. Marys Lake Lodge, 2625 Marys Lake Rd., Estes Park, 970-586-5958.

n Fort Collins

New Year’s Eve Party — With The Honey Gitters & Steve Cobb. 9 p.m. Tickets are $10 and include a champagne toast and late-night buffet. Avogadro’s Number, 605 S. Mason St., Fort Collins, 970-493-5555.

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n Lafayette

New Year’s Celebration — With the Homeslice Band. 6:30 p.m. & 10 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303665-2757. WOW! Children’s Museum New Year’s Celebration — Noise-maker crafts, musical performance at 11 a.m. and special countdown at noon. 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424. Museum Dr., Denver, 303-433-7444. On the Spot — New Year’s Eve improv comedy show. Bovine Metropolis Theater, 1527 Champa St., Denver, 303758-4722. Paper Bird. 10 p.m. Oriental Theater, 4335 W. 44th Ave., Denver, 720-420-0030. Passport New Year’s Eve. Suite 200, 1427 Larimer St., Denver, 720-560-4433. Railroad Earth. 9 p.m. Ogden Theatre, 835 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-832-1874. Roaring ’20s Party. 8 p.m. The Lobby, 2191 Arapahoe St., Denver, 303-997-9911. Six Million Dollar Band. Katie Mullens, 1550 Court St., Denver, 303-573-0336.

n Longmont

Forever Plaid. Tickets $23-$32. Jesters Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont, 303-682-9980. Suburban Cowboy Noise. 9 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303485-9400. New Year’s Eve at The Dickens Tavern. Pre fixe dinner from 5 to 9 p.m. Novus Folium with Acidic and Your Own Medicine performing 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. in the Dickens Opera House. New Year’s Day brunch buffet with $2 bloody Marys and mimosas, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Thursday, Dec. 29 Acoustic Open Mic Night. 9:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. Blues Ambassadors. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., 303443-3322. Damon Woods. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art — Zach Reini’s Suburban Lawns, Thomas Scharfenberg’s Obvious Invisible, Amanda Marie Ploegsma’s Purity & Credence. 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Through Jan. 29.

Danny Shafer. 5:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Elephant Revival New Year’s Stampede. 8:30 p.m. Stage Stop, 60 Main St., Rollinsville, 303-258-0649.

Burning Issues — The Fourmile Canyon Fire. University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Henderson Building 218, Boulder, 303-492-6892. Through Jan. 26.

Joe Johnson. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628.

CU Art Museum — The Anxiety of Influence: From CU’s ceramics collection. CU Art Museum, 1085 18th

Karl Jorgensen Band. 8 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303448-5847. Linquistory — Presenting the best of Colorado hip-hop. 9 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Ostevetto. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475.

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St., Boulder, 303-492-1320. Through June 25. Erin King, Ken Schmeelk. NCAR Mesa Laboratory, 1850 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 303497-2408.Through Jan. 31. Street Cred — Graffiti Art from Concrete to Canvas. Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Rd., Longmont, 303-651-8374. Through Jan. 22. Steve Zimmermann’s Aerial Abstractions,Timothy Shepard’s Observations, Boulder Arts and Crafts Artists’ From Hippie to Hip, The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303520-4931. Through Jan. 6.

E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003. Fox Street All Stars. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-8236685.

Prohibition Six. 6:30 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Beginning Flamenco Dance. 6:15-7:30 p.m. Kakes Studios, 2115 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-786-7050, www.flamenco-boulder.com.

The Resonatorz. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Laser: Nutcracker. 10 a.m. Fiske Planetarium, CU campus, 303-492-5001.

Smack Thompson — With the Alright Band. 9 p.m. Shug’s Low Country Cuisine, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-398-9036.

Season of Light. 1 p.m. Fiske Planetarium, CU campus, 303-492-5001.

Gasoline Lollipops. 8 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303448-5847.

Yonder Mountain String Band. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303786-7030.

Friday, Dec. 30

Ground Up. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

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Danny Shafer. 5 p.m. The Pearl Street Pub, 1108 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-939-9900.

events Avery Brewery Tour. 4 p.m. Avery Tap Room,

David Bromberg Quartet — With Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill, 71

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Monday, Jan. 2 “So,You’re a Poet” — Open poetry reading. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628. Tuesday, Jan. 3 Poetry Open Mic. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore, 1203 13th St., Ste. A, Boulder, 303-579-1644.

Poetry open mic at Innisfree Poetry Bookstore

G. Love and Special Sauce. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.

Holly DeHoog. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475. Hours Before Bed, GodKey. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303440-4628. The Immortal Blues Ambassadors. 8 p.m. The Rib House, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303442-7427.

events Avery Brewery Tour. 4 p.m. Avery Tap Room, 5763 Arapahoe Ave., Unit E, Boulder, 303-4404324. Zumba. 9 a.m. The Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe Rd., Boulder, 720-934-2028.

Saturday, Dec. 31 music

Full Belly. 9:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. G. Love and Special Sauce. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399. Hot Soup. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

The Indulgers. 6:30 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Robinson Quintet. 9:30 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Lindsey O’Brien. 10 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Selasee, Mono Verde. 8 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Mary Russell. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.

Yonder Mountain String Band. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303786-7030.

Phish Live Web Cast from Madison Square Garden. 4:30 p.m. doors. Oriental Theater, 4335 W. 44th Ave., Denver, 720-420-0030. The RNSC Artist Showcase — With Cary Morin, Randy Reeman. 7:30 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303443-5108. She Groovez — New Year’s Eve Eve No Amateurs Night. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Shenandoah Davis, Dechen Hawk and the Dew Drops. 7:30 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. Tommy & the Tangerines. 9:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. Yonder Mountain String Band. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303786-7030. The Zydecoasters. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home

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events Avery Brewery Tour. 2 p.m. Avery Tap Room, 5763 Arapahoe Ave. Unit E, Boulder, 303-4404324.

Beginning Hoopdance. 10 a.m. Kakes Studio, 2115 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-918-6617. Gingerbread Teas. 12 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Sunday, Jan. 1 music

Janis Kelly. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628. The Jaspers. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Jazz Jam — With Mark Diamond. 7:30 p.m.

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Elephant Revival New Year’s Stampede 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 29, Stage Stop, 60 Main St., Rollinsville, 303-258-0649. Follow the siren song of musical saws, washboards, fiddles and banjos to the Stage Stop in Rollinsville to see this Nederland-based indie-acoustic quintet.

Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., 303-443-3322.

events Derech Chayim — “A Way of Life” 6 p.m. Boulder’s Rabbinic Council at Har Hashem Congregation, 3950 Baseline Rd., Boulder, contact Jodi for more details at 503-780-7470. New Year’s Day Brunch. 6:30 a.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Polar Plunge. 10:30 a.m. registration, 12 p.m. plunge. Boulder Reservoir, www.atwww.ypaac. org/polarplunge or 303-813-1669.

The Joints. 8:30 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628. The Lionel Young Band. 8 p.m. Mercury Cafe, 2199 California St., Denver, 303-2949258. Mike Lenssen Quartet. 7:30 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985.

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Monday, Jan. 2

Boulder Improv Jam Association — Public dance jam every Tuesday. 7:30-10:30 p.m.The Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe Rd., Boulder, 720-934-2028.

Brad Goode Jazz Quartet. 7:30 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985.

Flamenco Dance Technique. 5:50-7 p.m. Kakes Studios, 2115 Pearl St., Boulder, 303786-7050, www.flamenco-boulder.com.

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Colorado Spirit Chorus — Weekly rehearsals and auditions. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Valley Christian Church, 7100 South Boulder Rd., for more information contact Nicci at 303-460-8651 or Joy at 303-641-4122. Electric Blues Jam. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400. Open Mic. 7 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303-443-5108.

events Pete Wernick’s Basic Skills Banjo Camp begins. Boulder Inn, 770 28th St., Boulder, www.drbanjo.com. “So, You’re a Poet” — Open poetry reading. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628.

Tuesday, Jan. 3 music

Bluegrass Pick. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Blues Jam — With Dan Treanor. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., 303-443-3322. Gasoline Lollipops. 9:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809

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S. Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094.

Folk Dancing. 7-10 p.m. Boulder Civic Plaza, Boulder, 303-499-6363.

Wednesday, Jan. 4 music

Esther Sparks, Payne and Money. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628. The Grazzhopper. 7:30 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303443-5108. Open Bluegrass Pick. 8:30 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Open Mic Night — Hosted by Paul Soderman. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Prohibition Six. 6:30 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

events Just Sit. 7 to 9 p.m. Boulder Shambhala Meditation Center, 1345 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-444-0190. Vajrayana Buddhist Meditation. 7 p.m. Mipham Shedra, 2860 Bluff St., Boulder, 303449-0319. Wednesday Waltz Etcetera. 7 p.m. Avalon

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The Snowy Day of Reading. 11 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424.

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Tuesday, Jan. 3

Thursday, Dec. 29

Drop-in Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Erie Community Library, 400 Powers St., Erie, 720-6855200.

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

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

The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley. 11 a.m. & 1 p.m. Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200.

Toddler Hour. 9 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303604-2424.

Nature for Kids and Parents — The Miracle of the Sleeping Bear. 1 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Rd., Boulder, 303442-3282.

Wednesday, Jan. 4 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Friday, Dec. 30

Toddler Hour. 9 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303604-2424.

Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley. 11 a.m. & 1 p.m. Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200. Nature for Kids and Parents — Magical Deer. 1 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Rd., Boulder, 303-442-3282.

Saturday, Dec. 31 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Monday, Jan. 2 Musical Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

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arlez vous Français? Sprechen sie Deutsch? Now might be the time. There’s a habit among Colorado skiers to think that their mountain is the center of the universe. And while Vail may be the “best place on the planet” and Arapahoe Basin is where “the true hardcores hang out,” there’s another option to consider. And that’s the fact that as rad as these places are, they really don’t stack up to a place called Europe. It’s true that going skiing in Europe can be daunting. In addition to the language barrier, there’s the cost. There’s also the time-distance continuum to address. It’s obviously faster and easier to fly into Salt Lake than Zurich or to drive to Loveland than end up in Geneva. But with heavy snow late in coming to our hometown mountains, and Europe getting a serious dose of white, now might be time to look into a round-trip plane ticket to Europe. And once you’re there, you might end up pleasantly surprised: The cost of skiing is generally cheaper, particularly at the less well-known resorts, than in North America. And your accommodations will feed you breakfast and dinner along with giving you a bed, making Europe an amaz-

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ing value. You’ve probably already read about Europe in your favorite ski or snowboard magazine. You’ve seen the pictures and you’ve watched the ski movies. But nothing, nothing, can prepare you for the actual experience. In European countries like Switzerland, France and Austria, they’ve put ski lifts at the end of almost every valley. You can jump on a lift in one valley, drop over to the other side into a different town, catch another lift or a bus or a train to another place, ski more stuff and then, hours later, end up where you first started. It’s this access combined with a “ski where you want to at your own risk” philosophy that makes Europe the best place to go if you want to ride truly wild terrain. Everything is open and everything is accessible. And when you’re done with your day, you can sample historic villages where they’ve been skiing and getting crazy in the mountains for 500 years or longer. Before you go, you’ll want to have a plan. Europe is chock full of ski areas, including mega-resorts like Verbier, see EUROPE Page 31

Saturday, Dec. 31 Boulder Cycling Club Saturday Morning Ride. 9:30 a.m. Meet at Bicycle Village, 2100 28th St., Boulder, 303-8752241. Form Clinic. 10 a.m. Newton Natural Running, 1300 Walnut St., Ste. 20, Boulder, 303-4940321. Members Garage Sale. 9 a.m. REI Store, 1789 28th St., Boulder, 303-583-9970. Resolution 5K — Includes costume contest. 5 p.m. Washington Park, start at South High School, Louisiana Avenue and South Franklin Street, Denver, kelly@westpublicrelations.com. Monday, Jan. 2 Gear Drive for Big City Mountaineers and CalWood Education Center. 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. REI Store, 1789 28th St., Boulder, 303-583-9970. Wednesday, Jan. 4 Wednesday Fun Run. 6 p.m. Boulder Running Company, 2775 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-7869255. Cross Country Gear Selection. 7 p.m. Neptune Mountaineering, 633 South Broadway, Boulder, 303-4998866. To list your event, send information to: editorial@boulderweekly.com. attn: “Elevation.” Boulder Weekly

contact info: Mega-Resorts These destinations attract guests from around the world, feature massive terrain and a wide variety of accommodations, from youth hostels to the finest boutique hotels. Chamonix, France — chamonix.com St. Anton, Austria — stantonamarlberg.com Verbier, Switzerland — verbier.ch Mid-sized Resorts Family oriented, these mountains are off the radar of most destination skiers, making for great values, uncrowded slopes and a chance to experience the Alps the way the locals do. Disentis, Switzerland — disentis3000.ch

Lenzerheide, Switzerland — lenzerheide. com Monterosa Ski, Italy — monterosa-ski.com Vars, France — vars.com Small but worth the journey These resorts may only have one or two lifts, but they ski big. Accommodations can be limited, and don’t go here looking for nightlife. Those who want to enjoy Europe on an intimate level will appreciate the charms of these ski areas. Champex Lac, Switzerland — champex. info Krippenstein, Austria — krippenstein.com La Grave, France — la-grave.com

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which spans numerous peaks and valleys and which easily outclasses any mountain in North America when it comes to size, number of lifts and nightlife. And it’s worth experiencing one of these megaresorts (others include Austrian behemoth St. Anton and France’s Chamonix). But you’ll spend more at these ski areas on everything from lift tickets to accommodations to après ski beers. Because of this, it’s worth checking out Europe’s mid-sized ski areas. These offer incredible bang for the buck, with daily lift tickets in the $30-$40 range. Geared toward families, they also have plenty of self-catering accommodations, which means that you can save on meals, too, but you’ll lose nothing when it comes to the terrain or backcountry access. Good choices in this category include one of the best values in European skiing, Italy’s Monterosa Ski complex; the Swiss ski areas of Lenzerheide and Disentis and the Southern Alps resort of Vars, France. Finally, there are the little guys: oneor two-lift resorts that are anchored by tiny villages. These mountains are usually good for those who don’t mind backcountry skiing, as in-bounds terrain can be limited. These resorts include Switzerland’s Champex Lac and Austria’s Krippenstein. Another one-lift wonder is France’s La Grave, where one main lift serves approximately 7,000 vertical feet of advanced and expert skiing. So if you’re into powder and huge faces, couloirs and massive cliff drops, history and 500-year-old stone villages, you need to tweak your travel plans this season. Ajax and the Basin will still be here when you get back, but they won’t seem nearly as steep.

Resources + Strategies Europe ain’t cheap. But you can make it cheaper. Here’s how. Watch your weight: With airlines charging extra for baggage, take one pair of skis. If you must take two, bring an unmounted pair so you can swap your bindings onto them. Or team up with a Boulder Weekly

buddy to bring one extra pair, or an extra snowboard and bindings divided between you. Be sure to weigh your luggage prior to showing up at the airport. Bags are usually limited to 50 pounds each. Check the restrictions and use a bathroom scale so you don’t get stuck paying extra. Become a van dweller: While it’s easy and fast to get around via trains and buses, rent a sport wagon with two other friends and bring winter sleeping bags to sleep in the back to defray lodging costs. Hostel, baby, hostel: Switzerland has some of the nicest youth hostels in the world. In many, four people can get a private room together so you can spread out your gear and not live in a dorm. Think small(er): Many of Europe’s mid-sized resorts are much, much bigger than anything in North America. These will have cheaper accommodations, lift tickets and less people. But the terrain can be just as intense as the larger mountains. Buy a package: Packages are usually considered a pretty weak solution when it comes to traveling, but recent deals such as a seven-day package at Switzerland’s Arosa include accommodations, skiing and breakfast for $960. (www.myswitzerland.com) Pack a lunch: Speaking of free breakfasts, bring a supply of ziplock sandwich bags and stuff them full of sliced salami, cheese and bread from the breakfast buffet for an on-mountain picnic later. Rent a condo: Get a place with a kitchen, fill it full of friends and cook your own meals. Hike for a day: Many resorts sell single-ride lift tickets to the top of the mountain. Once you’re there, head off into the backcountry. Get a Europass: Discounted train and bus passes are available to North American travelers prior to their departure. Buy them before you take off. Pick a city: Places like Innsbruck are close to the skiing, yet aren’t resorts. Stay there for cheap and ski the local ski areas. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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The simple made special for New Year’s by Clay Fong

s the holiday season draws to a close, some prefer to spend a quiet New Year’s at home instead of venturing out. Ideally, preparing for this celebration should require a minimum of time hovering over the stove and standing in line at the grocery store. Chris Clarke, resident chef at Door-toDoor Organics, a service providing weekly home food delivery, recognizes the need for an elegant New Year’s menu that’s easy to prepare. “I know that the holidays can be especially stressful when you want to throw an impressive dinner party,” she says. “I wanted to showcase recipes that are showy and seemingly extravagant, but are straightforward and uncomplicated.” For New Year’s, Clarke recommends four of her own recipes, which are among many available at the Door-toDoor Organics website (http://colorado.doortodoororganics.com). The site lets service subscribers select recipes as well as avoid grocery lines by directly ordering ingredients for home delivery. Clarke’s celebratory menu features a smoked salmon starter, salad adorned with pecan and cherry, beef tenderloin with blue cheese sauce and a rosemary pear tart. She suggests simple roasted potatoes as a side, and recommends tenderloin from the San Luis Valley’s

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Blue Ranch. Clarke points out this grass-fed meat is “never confined, never fed grain or animal byproducts, and never given hormones or antibiotics.” For the appetizer, Clarke says that hot-smoked salmon provides a flakier, less salty alternative to lox. Clarke also explains why the dessert pairing of pear and rosemary works. “The lemon-pine flavor of the highly aromatic rosemary helps to ground the sweetness of the pears,” she says. “What an astonishing moment for your guests when they taste the familiar in unexpected ways.”

Hot Smoked Salmon on Cucumber Rounds with Crème Fraîche ¾ lb. Alaskan sockeye hot smoked salmon, crumbled 1 cucumber, with strips peeled and sliced into 1/2-inch rounds 8 ounces Crème Fraîche, stirred well Lay out all the cucumber rounds. Put a small circle of crème fraîche on each round. Place some of the salmon on top of the crème fraîche. Drizzle a little more crème fraîche over the top. Serve immediately.

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Cherry and Pecan Salad with Orange Vinaigrette ¼ cup orange juice ½ lb. cherries, pitted and roughly chopped 1 shallot, minced 1 head romaine or green leaf lettuce, leaves washed, dried and broken into bitesized pieces 1 cup pecans ¾ cup olive oil (approximately) 1 tsp. Dijon mustard Pepper and salt Toss the lettuce, ¾ of the cherries and half of the nuts into a salad bowl. In a small bowl, whisk the shallots, mustard and orange juice together. Season with salt and pepper. Slowly drizzle in the olive oil, tasting the vinaigrette as you go on a piece of lettuce. You may not need all the oil, depending on the acidity of the orange juice. When the vinaigrette suits your taste, dress the salad with it and toss to combine. Serve with the rest of the cherries and nuts on top.

Beef Tenderloin with Blue Cheese Sauce 6 tenderloin filets, 5-8 ounces each ½ cup Point Reyes blue cheese,

crumbled 2 cups heavy cream 2 shallots, minced 2 tbsp. olive oil White pepper Pepper and salt Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Season the filets with the salt and pepper. Heat an oven-proof sauté pan over medium high heat. Add the olive oil and heat through. Add the filets and sear until dark golden brown on each side. Place the pan in the oven and roast until the desired doneness is achieved. Rare, the thermometer reads 130 degrees, medium rare will be 150 degrees, and well done is when the filet is 165 degrees. Place the shallots and heavy cream in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil, then turn to a simmer. Add the blue cheese and cook, stirring for five minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Serve the filets with a drizzle of the blue cheese sauce over the top.

Rosemary Pear Tart with Honey Whipped Cream 8 ripe pears (Comice or D’anjou) 4 sprigs rosemary 1/3 cup apricot preserves 1 package frozen puff pastry dough, defrosted at room temperature for about 1 hour 2 cups heavy cream see SIMPLE Page 34

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ust to show that Hollywood doesn’t have a monopoly on contrivance, it’s worth noting how Hong Kong filmmakers dealt with the challenge of making a sequel to the gangster epic A Better Tomorrow. The problem (spoiler alert!) was that the charismatic protagonist Mark, played by the incomparable Chow Yun-Fat, was shot dead at the end of the first film. A Better Tomorrow 2 opens in Hong Kong and shifts to New York, where we encounter Ken, Mark’s long-lost identical twin, coincidentally played by Chow. For the rest of the movie, Ken is Mark 2.0, and he even dons his brother’s trademark shades and bullet-ridden trench coat for the climatic shootout. Arriving at Boulder’s Aloy Thai Cuisine, I wondered if this restaurant is the Ken to its predecessor restaurant, Chy Thai, aka the Mark of this labored analogy. The location is the same, and an exterior banner touts that the food and ownership are the same, although the name has changed. Inside, the most noticeable difference is disappearance of the counter apparatus which gave the former incarnation a down-market, cafeteria vibe. Friend Shannon and I went for lunch, when entrée pricing is based on your protein choice. One

selects a stir-fry, curry, noodle or fried rice dish, and the cost for one with chicken, beef, pork or tofu is $8. Those prepared with shrimp or mixed seafood, consisting of mussel, squid and shrimp, cost $9. A cup of clear broth with vegetables, cleanly flavored and not overly salty, accompanies the entrees. We started with the $6 Taud Mun Kung, an appetizer of four fried fish cakes with dipping sauce featuring diced cucumber and red onion. Bits of carrot and green vegetable dotted the piping hot patties, golden in appearance, and possessing delicate seafood savor set off by the dip’s tart and sweet qualities. Shannon’s choice was a red roast chicken curry, awash in coconut milk, and the more than unusual additions of grape and pineapple. As always, the coconut provided rich notes, although the sweetness of this ingredient and the fruit suggested this dish might benefit from less sugar. That said, the complex curry (we didn’t specify spice levels) was a welcome antidote to wintry cold, and the creamy and peppery accents balanced nicely. Similar equilibrium informed the Pad Kra Pow, a chicken stir-fry blending chile, Thai basil, bell pepper, bamboo shoots and onion. The chicken was

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long with char siu bao, or barbecued pork buns, bok tong go was the other major Chinese treat from my childhood. Sold in slabs about the size of a modest pizza slice and about a half inch thick, this gooey white confection came atop a piece of wax paper. Sweet was the dominant flavor, but it also possessed a subtle tang, the result of fermentation of the main ingredient, rice, tempered by sodium bicarbonate. I associate this dish with dim sum joints and inexpensive Asian bakeries, although I was surprised to encounter it at a trendy Pan-Asian restaurant in Madrid.

moist and tender, and the veggies retained a welcome hint of crunch. Alternating bites of this entrée with fluffy rice made for an agreeable experience with the sharper qualities of chile and basil evening out the mellowness of poultry and vegetable. To finish, we split a $5 dessert of mango and sweet sticky rice. The fruit was remarkably fresh and sweet, making for a welcome reminder of warmer climes in freezing temperature. Unlike other preparations where the rice is simply steamed and sweetened, the starch here was drenched in light syrup with almond notes. More significantly, the rice’s texture resembled a favored childhood Chinese dessert, bok tong go, greatly enhancing my enjoyment. Like Ken of the Hong Kong movies, Aloy preserves the high points of its predecessor. While it may not take Thai cuisine to new places, it will likely satisfy cravings for this complex Southeast Asian fare, especially with the competitively priced lunch menu. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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¼ cup honey 1 cup water 1 tsp. vanilla Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Peel the pears, cut in half, and remove the cores. Cut each half into four slices. Place the pears in a large heavy skillet or saucepan. Combine sugar, rosemary and water and pour over the pears. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, covered, until pears are soft but not mushy, 6-8 minutes, depending on the ripeness of the pears. Cool. Roll out the puff pastry until ¼-inch thick. Poke the pastry all over with a fork. Drain the pears, reserving the liq34 December 29, 2011

uid. Arrange the pears over the pastry, leaving a 2-3 inch border around the edge. Wrap the pastry up and around the pears, leaving an opening about 5 inches in diameter. Combine the apricot preserves with 4 tablespoons of the pear liquid in a small saucepan. Heat to boiling; strain. Brush the pears with half the apricot mixture. Bake 30 minutes. Remove from oven and brush with the remaining apricot mixture. Whip the heavy cream, vanilla and honey together until stiff. Serve the tart slightly warmed with the whipped cream. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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Tossa Pizza 2400 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder 720-214-3254

ocated at Folsom and Arapahoe in Boulder, Tossa Pizza functions as a typical fast, casual, order-at-the-counter joint during lunch. Come late afternoon, it switches to table service throughout dinner and until closing. This affordable Italian-accented eatery dishes out pizza, salads, pasta and panini of a quality that’s pleasantly surprising for the price. Highlights include the macaroni and five cheeses and the arugula and mushroom pizza.

Brooklyn Deli 1515 Main St., Longmont 303-684-8400

ongmont’s Brooklyn Deli brings a taste of the Big Apple to the Front Range. Classic selections include a can’t-miss Reuben with a choice of turkey, pastrami or corned beef on grilled rye, and a satisfyingly homespun matzo ball soup. Other star attractions include Long Island A&S bagels topped with cream cheese and lox from Brooklyn’s Acme Smoked Fish.

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Street outpost. The menu includes a variety of eggs Benedict interpretations, like the delightful Upstream, featuring a hunk of delicately honeyed smoked salmon. There are also several $7.50 pancakes, which include the usual suspects, like blueberry, as well as more unique selections like a dessert-like pineapple upside-down version. Of course, a full complement of egg dishes, ranging from omelets to huevos rancheros, are available, as are oatmeal, granola and French toast.

Riffs Urban Fare 1115 Pearl St., Boulder 303-440-6699

iffs Urban Fare occupies the former site of Boulder’s Bookends Café. Featuring small plates, Riffs also offers larger dishes like short rib ravioli and lobster risotto appropriate for an entrée or sharing. Soups, salads and sandwiches are also on tap, including a Colorado’s Best Beef Burger and a Kentucky Hot Brown, featuring cheese sauce over turkey. Top choices here include the tangy house-made pickles and a perfectly prepared duck confit worthy of a Parisian bistro.

Tiffin’s 2416 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder 303-442-2500

oulder’s new Tiffin’s showcases vegetarian Southern Indian street food at reasonable prices. What it lacks in ambience it makes up for with friendly service and unique, fresh flavors. Start with the dosa, a rice crepe served

up with a pair of chutneys. The samosa chat features a potato and vegetable-stuffed turnover smothered with onion, cilantro and curry, and is a more than satisfying choice. The Bhel Puri, a puffed rice, noodle and vegetable “trail mix,” is a citrusy counterpoint.

oulder’s Backcountry Pizza and Tap House ably builds on the foundation of its Nederland parent. The menu spotlights buildyour-own (with a gluten-free crust option) and specialty pizzas, ranging from the all-encompassing Meat Grinder to the Vegan Love. One satisfying option is The Works, a classic combo of mushrooms, sausage, ground beef, banana peppers, black olives and feta. There are also burger, sandwich, salad and entrée options.

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owntown Boulder’s tranquil Saxy’s Café is both coffee house and light-meal venue, serving up bagels, pastries and breakfast pressed sandwiches like the Fast Start, featuring egg and smoked salmon. Other items include vegetarian as well as prosciutto panini and entrée salads, featuring such ingredients as turkey, goat cheese and intriguing dressings exemplified by the maple balsamic vinaigrette. The tuna panini features albacore, capers and arugula on toasted foccacia.

(503) Cafe 103 1/2 N. Public Rd., Lafayette 720-583-2596

y its own description, Lafayette’s (503) Cafe highlights reasonably priced international cuisine, with a variety of American, Salvadoran, Thai and Italian options. For lunch, choices include prime rib sandwiches, pad thai and jicama root topped with lemon and salt. Dinner choices include the rib eye with pan sauce over garlic mashed potatoes, and a chicken Marsala atop Parmesan risotto.

lassic Chinese-American cookery is one of the stars of the show at Moongate Asian Bistro, with such venerable chestnuts as Kung Pao chicken and broccoli beef on tap. Moongate also offers several Thai, Japanese and Vietnamese selections, including pad thai, sushi and Saigon soft-shell crab. Don’t-miss items include the udon noodles, with a hearty mushroom-infused broth, and the classic Chinese-American starters of coconut shrimp and crab Rangoon.

LuLu’s 701 B Main St. Louisville 720-583-1789

uLu’s is the latest local entrant in the barbecue sweepstakes, serving up Texas-style meats smoked over oak for 18 hours. This inviting Louisville spot even features a few meatless options, including smoked tofu and veggie kabobs. But the star attraction is the meat, and highlights include the moist beer-can chicken and the tender and flavorful slabs of ribs. Delectable side dishes at this establishment include a creamy macaroni and cheese and reliable beans. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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irected by Steven Spielberg, a longtime fan of the source material, The Adventures of Tintin begins with a gorgeous animated credit sequence, deftly incorporating bits of the narrative about to unfold. It’s as nifty as the overture in Spielberg’s earlier Catch Me If You Can, both scored, with a glancing touch, by his longtime mood generator, composer John Williams. It’s always gratifying to hear what Williams can do when he’s not in attack mode. Then comes the film proper, which is mostly in attack mode. It is not animation. Nor is it traditional live-action. Working with fellow producer Peter Jackson, who is already set to direct the second Tintin movie, Spielberg goes the 3-D motioncapture technology route, wherein actors perform scenes and are then digitally manipulated into a free-form design universe where the laws of physics and derring-do are more spatially expansive. The style builds upon that of Robert Zemeckis’ Polar Express, and other mo-cap features. Sort-of animation, let’s call it. All those millions, and they still can’t get the teeth or the eyes right with this approach. The whole of Tintin takes place somewhere in the uncanny valley of a dubious creative decision. Much of the action and violence has a clinical, photo-realistic quality, so that a two-second gag involving a cat sinking its claws into a human face elicits a wince rather than a laugh. For years, Spielberg noodled around with ideas for adapting the comic books about the intrepid young

Tintin (who looks either 12, 22 or somewhere in between) and his faithful dog Snowy as they come into possession of a model sailing ship, the Unicorn, containing a clue to the whereabouts of a vast treasure. Kidnapped and bundled on board a steamship commanded by the career alcoholic Capt. Haddock, our boy-man hero becomes the pawn in an age-old duel between Haddock, a good old sot, and the sinister Sakharine. Jamie Bell is the actor mo-capped for Tintin; Daniel Craig, unrecognizable, voices and “acts” the bad guy; Andy Serkis, the mo-cap king thanks to his Gollum in The Lord of the Rings and Kong of King Kong, among others, hams it up as Haddock. Unfortunately, the role is a wheeze. And the film is an extended, exhausting chase. In flashes, Tintin enables Spielberg to dazzle with his set pieces, notably a plane crash in the Sahara, and a motorcycle sequence devised to run the sort-of-animated equivalent of a single, insanely complicated shot. But I fear Spielberg and Jackson hitched their wagon to the wrong technological star here. Still, those first few minutes are among the most charming of the year. So we can forgive, to a degree, a movie wherein everybody’s face looks like a Botox party gone wild, followed by a wooden-teeth afterparty. —MCT, Tribune Media Service Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

Uncomfortable in the uncanny valley by Michael Phillips reporter created by Belgian artist Georges Remi, who went by the pen name Herge. The Adventures of Tintin derives mainly from three World War II-era books, The Crab with the Golden Claws, The Secret of the Unicorn and Red Rackham’s Treasure. These titles mean a great deal to Tintin’s European fan base — the film has already made close to a quarter-billion dollars overseas — and less so to the average American multiplex visitor. The script, by Steven Moffat and the team of Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish, follows

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ap, but easygoing pap with a cast you can live with for a couple of hours, We Bought a Zoo is co-writer and director Cameron Crowe’s adaptation of a memoir by Benjamin Mee entitled We Bought a Zoo: The Amazing True Story of a Young Family, a Broken Down Zoo, and the 200 Wild Animals That Change Their Lives Forever. Fans of Crowe’s Jerry Maguire (his best to date) and Almost Famous aren’t the natural primary audience for this family-friendly product. But I survived it, and even enjoyed parts of it, which is more than I can say for Crowe’s Elizabethtown, a romantic comedy so smug it actually stopped my heart from beating for a few seconds and therefore technically killed me. Honest and true in every on-screen impulse, Matt Damon plays Mee, who in this fictionalized version of the real story is a withdrawn widower with two children. (Mee’s real-life wife died three months after the Boulder Weekly

purchase of the zoo.) Benjamin quits his job at the L.A. Times and, searching for a fresh start for his sweetnatured preteen daughter, played by Maggie Elizabeth Jones, along with the grieving teenaged son played by Colin Ford, he finds exactly what he wasn’t looking for: 18 acres plus a zoological park on the skids, whose workers are looking to reopen if the place passes inspection. Scarlett Johansson plays the head zookeeper, conveniently single and available. Thomas Haden Church, the strongest source of wit and personality in the film, sets his line readings to “extra dry” as Mee’s older brother, who in a typical Crowe bit of overweening dialogue, reminds Benjamin that “human

interaction is a good thing” as is “sunlight” and “joy.” Bring it on! What happens in We Bought a Zoo? Snakes sneak out of their cages. A grizzly gets out, too. But this is no nightmare. Family bonds are strengthened. Cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto makes every exterior and interior as luscious as can be, even when somebody has to go buy something at a Home Depot. Damon, thank the family-friendly-movie gods, really knows how to hold his head above the corn. Rarely can you ever point to a moment in this actor’s recent screen career when he oversells an interaction with a co-star. It’s a fine impulse, this sort of relaxed touch. By contrast, some of the reaction shots of the daughter, beaming, made me think idly vicious thoughts about those snakes and grizzlies. But the young actress cannot be faulted. She did not, after all, edit the picture. —MCT, Tribune Media Service Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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The Adventures of Tintin See full review Page 39. Rated PG. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked

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Another Happy Day Winner of the Sundance Film Festival’s prestigious Screenwriting Award, Another Happy Day is the feature film debut of writer and director Sam Levinson. The film is a powerful, darkly comic story of a woman struggling to find her place in a volatile family dynamic. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society

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The Artist Hollywood 1927. Silent movie matinee idol George Valentin is enjoying the good life, although he seems fonder of his faithful dog than of his trophy wife. He meets funny, sexy young extra Peppy Miller, a dancer set for a big break, and sparks fly. With the advent of the talkies George’s career nosedives, while Peppy’s takes off. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres A Dangerous Method Drawn from true-life events, A Dangerous Method takes a glimpse into the turbulent relationships among fledgling psychiatrist Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender), his mentor Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen) and Sabina Spielrein (Keira Knightley), the troubled but beautiful young woman who comes between them. At Esquire. — Landmark Theatres The Darkest Hour Five young people stranded in Moscow fight to survive in the wake of a devastating alien attack. Rated PG-13. At Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Los Angeles Times/MCT The Descendants From Alexander Payne, creator of the Oscar-winning Sideways, comes The Descendants, a sometimes humorous, some40 December 29, 2011

Midnight in Paris Midnight in Paris, a new romantic comedy from writer/director Woody Allen, tells the story of a family that travels to the picturesque French capital on business. Rated PG-13. At Esquire. — Landmark Theatres

The chipmunks’ third digitally animated turn on the big screen parks the guys, their three Chipette counterparts and their human family on a deserted island. The return of Jason Lee as Dave, the rodent wrangler who keeps our pop-singing ground squirrels in line, gives the picture a hint of the heart that made the original film work, at least for its intended audience. Parents shouldn’t expect much, but most kids will enjoy the show. Rated G. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Roger Moore/TMS

Arthur Christmas is not a perfect gift, but it does feature enough holiday cheer and silly fun to make it more entertaining than 10 lords a-leaping. It helps that the film also has a warm message about how tradition should never be sacrificed for efficiency’s sake. Rated PG. At Century and Colony Square. — Rick Bentley/MCT

relationships fraying. Meanwhile, a planet called Melancholia is heading directly towards Earth. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres

Long-time Pixar director Brad Bird debuts in live action with the latest in the “M:I” franchise. It begins with a Moscow prison break, proceeds to a terrorist bombing of the Kremlin, skedaddles off to Dubai and the world’s tallest building, and then heads to Mumbai, chasing nuclear madmen, goons and Mrs. Patton’s cleavage. Rated PG-13. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Michael Phillips/TMS Moneyball Moneyball is based on the true story of Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) — once a would-be baseball superstar who turned his fiercely competitive nature to management. Heading into the 2002 season, Billy faces a dismal situation: his small-market Oakland A’s have lost their star players (again) to big market clubs (and their enormous salaries) and he is left to rebuild his team and compete with a third of their payroll. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society The Muppets

times tragic journey for Matt King (George Clooney), a distracted husband and back-up parent to two girls who is forced to reexamine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a life-threatening boating accident off of Waikiki. At Century and Esquire. — Landmark Theatres The First Movie Filmmaker Mark Cousins travels to a small Kurdish-Iraqi village on a tributary of the Tigris river. The kids here have never seen a movie, so he sews sheets together for a screen and has a movie night. Then he gives the kids cameras. They make little movies about war, love, a fish that goes to a magical place, and a chicken who debates justice. Production was stopped twice by Iraqi secret police. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig) and his unlikely colleague, the heavily pierced bisexual fantasy pin-up Lisbeth (Rooney Mara), go about nailing a killer of women. All roads lead to a rich family led by Henrik Vanger (Christopher Plummer), whose relatives have a lot to hide. Director David Fincher is a true talent working with an exceptional cast, so if you needed another version of Stieg Larsson’s combo of prurience and payoff, here you go. Rated R. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Michael Phillips/TMS

Hugo To write off this dreamy, overwhelmingly beautiful movie as mere kids’ stuff would be an injustice. This adaptation of Brian Selznick’s illustrated children’s book The Invention of Hugo Cabret (John Logan wrote the screenplay) is as much of a personal Martin Scorsese picture as Raging Bull or Taxi Driver. Rated PG. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Rene Rodriguez/ MCT The Ides of March The Ides of March is an intense tale of sex, ambition, loyalty, betrayal and revenge. The film takes place during the frantic last days before a heavily contested Ohio presidential primary, when an up-and-coming campaign press secretary (Ryan Gosling of Drive and Blue Valentine) falls prey to backroom politics, the treacherous manipulations of veteran operatives and seduction by a young intern. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society Melancholia Justine (Kirsten Dunst) and Michael (Alexander Skarsgård) are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg), and brother-in-law John (Kiefer Sutherland). Despite Claire’s best efforts, the wedding is a fiasco, with family tensions mounting and

The oddest, sweetest movie you’re likely to see this season is The Muppets, a quirky little musical fantasy about plush frogs, diva pigs, friendship and dreams. Those who fondly remember The Muppet Show will get a kick out of seeing old friends again; those who don’t just might realize what they missed. Rated PG. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Moira Macdonald/MCT My Week With Marilyn Marilyn Monroe, at the height of her pin-up popularity, is making a movie in London with master actor Laurence Olivier. Behind the scenes she is a complete mess — doped up, paranoid and suffocating in insecurities. Monroe finds solace in one of Olivier’s young assistants, Colin Clark (the film is based on his memoir). Rated R. At Mayan. — Tom Horgen/MCT New Year’s Eve A bloated cast of stars interconnect through eight narratives, which are all set in New York City on Dec. 31. Hilary Swank (Claire) oversees the ball drop. Robert De Niro (Stan) is dying in a hospital, hoping to see the ball drop one last time. Halle Berry (Aimee) is his nurse. Ashton Kutcher and Lea Michele are stuck on an elevator. You get the picture. You could do worse, but director Garry Marshall has a knack for pitting his actors against their own material. Boulder Weekly

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Brandon is a New Yorker who shuns intimacy with women but feeds his desires with a compulsive addiction to sex. When his wayward younger sister moves into his apartment, stirring memories of their shared painful past, Brandon’s insular life spirals out of control. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres

See full review Page 39. Rated PG. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks.

Snowmen Snowmen is a humorous and heartfelt coming-of-age story about three unlikely heroes who hatch a plan to be remembered forever by setting a Guinness World Records® title. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is the long-awaited feature film version of John le Carré’s classic bestselling thriller. The time is 1973. The Boulder Weekly

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War Horse Steven Spielberg’s enthusiasm and excitement glows in every single frame of War Horse. There isn’t a moment in the movie where you don’t feel Spielberg’s passion for this simple story, and this time, the film is worthy of his enthusiasm. It’s a knockout. The story is based on Michael Morpurgo’s 1982 children’s novel about the bond between a boy and his horse during World War I. Rated PG-13. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Los Angeles Times/MCT

If you enjoyed the first Guy Ritchie retelling of “Sherlock,” then you’ll likely leave the sequel feeling satiated. If you hated the first one, you’ll probably find so little pleasure in this that, sometime around the seventh gamer-style action sequence, you may ponder: Is this doing permanent damage to the medium? Rated PG-13. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Michael Phillips/TMS

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In the first half of the conclusion to the Twilight series, human Bella and vampire Edward wed and conceive a child, with dangerous unforeseen consequences. Rated PG-13. At Twin Peaks. — Los Angeles Times/MCT

Are the young people of today prepared to step fully and productively into their future? We hear from students who feel they are being pushed to the brink, educators who worry students aren’t learning anything substantive, and business leaders concerned their incoming employees lack the skills needed to succeed in the business world: passion, creativity and internal motivation. At Boedecker Theater. — Boedecker Theater

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March 21-April 19:

In North America, a farmer who grows wheat gets only 5 percent of the money earned by selling a loaf of bread made from his crop. When my band recorded an album for MCA, our contract called for us to receive just 7 percent of the net profits. I encourage you to push for a much bigger share than that for the work you do in 2012. It will be an excellent time to raise the levels of respect you have for your own gifts, skills, and products — and to ask for that increased respect, as well.

TAURUS

April 20-May 20:

For much of the 19th century, aluminum was regarded as a precious metal more valuable than gold. It was even used for the capstone of the Washington Monument, dedicated in 1884. The reason for this curiosity? Until the 1890s, it was difficult and expensive to extract aluminum from its ore. Then a new technology was developed that made the process very cheap. In 2012, Taurus, I’m predicting a metaphorically similar progression in your own life. A goodie or an asset will become more freely available to you because of your increased ability to separate it from the slag it’s mixed with.

GEMINI

May 21-June 20:

The coming year will be a good time for you to consider investigating the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Devotees of this religion call themselves Pastafarians. Their main dogma is the wisdom of rejecting all dogma. Having such a light-hearted approach to spiritual matters would be quite healthy for you to experiment with. For extra credit, you could draw inspiration from a church member named Niko Alm. He convinced authorities to allow him to wear a pasta strainer on his head for his driver’s license photo. Having a jaunty approach to official requirements and formal necessities will also serve you well.

CANCER June 21-July 22:

Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life is an ambitious work that deviates from formulaic approaches to film-making. Some observers hated its experimental invocation of big ideas, while others approved. New York Times critic A.O. Scott compared the movie to Herman Melville’s Moby Dick, one of America’s great works of literature. Here’s what Scott wrote: “Mr. Malick might have been well advised to leave out the dinosaurs and the trip to the afterlife and given us a delicate chronicle of a young man’s struggle with his father and himself. And perhaps Melville should have suppressed his philosophizing impulses and written a lively tale of a whaling voyage.” Using this as a template, Cancerian, I urge you to treat 2012 as a time when you will be like Melville and Malick in your chosen field. Trust your daring, expansive vision.

LEO

July 23-Aug. 22:

I love the way they celebrate the New Year in Stonehaven, Scotland. A procession of revelers swings big flaming baskets around on the ends of long chains. I recommend that you carry out a comparable ritual as you barge into 2012, Leo. Symbolically speaking, it would set the perfect tone. The coming months should be a kind of extended fire festival for you — a time when you faithfully stoke the blaze in your belly, the radiance in your eyes, and the brilliance in your heart. Are you ready to bring all the heat and light you can to the next phase of your master plan? I hope so. Burn, baby, burn.

VIRGO

Aug. 23-Sept. 22:

Historian David McCullough wrote The Greater Journey, a book telling the stories of ambitious young American artists who relocated to Paris between 1830 and 1900. They had to move away because their home country had no museums or art schools at that time. You Virgos may want to consider seeking a similar enlargement of your possibilities in the coming months. As you seek out the resources that will help you follow your dreams, be prepared to look beyond what you already know and what’s immediately available.

LIBRA

Sept. 23-Oct. 22:

Professional basketball player Ron Artest petitioned the court to let him change his name to “Metta World Peace.” “Metta” is a Buddhist term that signifies loving-kindness and benevolence. When the new moniker finally became

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SCORPIO Oct. 23-Nov. 21:

Many of the questions we had as children never got resolved or answered to our satisfaction. They still remain marinating in the back of our minds. Meanwhile, fresh queries keep welling up within us as the years go by. After a while, we’ve got a huge collection of enigmas, riddles and conundrums. Some of us regard this as a tangled problem that weighs us down, while others see it as a sparkly delight that keeps making life more and more interesting. Where do you stand on the issue, Scorpio? If you’re in the latter group, you will be fully open to the experiences that will be flowing your way in 2012. And that means you will be blessed with a host of sumptuous and catalytic new questions.

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The first half of 2012 will be an excellent time to for you to exorcize any prejudices you might be harboring toward anyone who lives or thinks differently from you. You’ll be able to see your own irrational biases with exceptional clarity, and are also likely to have exceptional success at scouring yourself free of them. This will give you access to new reserves of psychic energy you didn’t even realize you were shut off from. (P.S. I’m not saying you possess more intolerance or narrow-mindedness than any of the rest of us. It’s just that this is your time to deal brilliantly with your share of it.)

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In Botticelli’s painting The Birth of Venus, the goddess of beauty and love is shown arriving on dry land for the first time after having been born in the ocean. Naked, she is trying to cover her private parts with her hand and thighlength hair. Her attendant, a fully clothed nymph, is bringing a cloak to cover her up. Analyzing this scene, art critic Sister Wendy suggests it’s actually quite sad. It symbolizes the fact that since we humans can’t bear the confrontation with sublime beauty, we must always keep it partly hidden. Your assignment in the coming year, Capricorn, is to overcome this inhibition. I invite you to retrain yourself so that you can thrive in the presence of intense, amazing and transformative beauty.

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The coming months will be an excellent time to take an inventory of your life to determine whether there are any ways in which you act like a slave. Do you find it hard to defeat an addiction that saps your energy and weakens your ability to live the life you want? Are there institutions that you help sustain even though they cause harm to you and others? Is it hard for you to change or end your relationships with people who are no damn good for you? Are you trapped in a role or behavior that is at odds with your high ideals? Discover what these oppressors are, Aquarius — and then summon all your intelligence and willpower to escape them.

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Feb. 19-March 20:

California engineer Ron Patrick put a jet engine in his silver VW Beetle. Now he’s got a 1,450-horsepower vehicle — but it’s not legal for him to drive on public highways. In the coming year, Pisces, I suspect you’ll be tempted to try something similar: create a dynamic tool with a modest appearance or a turbo-charged source of energy in a deceptively small package. But if you do, please make sure that you can actually use it to improve your ability to get around and make your life better.

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