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Highroad Aetna lifts the national standard for ‘competitive wages’ by Jim Hightower

usiness schools preach a strict, anti-social doctrine of corporate management that comes down to this: CEOs must be

idiots. By that I mean the original Greek word “idiotes,” which applied to people who care only about themselves and the prosperity of their immediate family, rejecting any responsibility to the larger society, civic affairs and the common

good. That selfish ethos is what prevails in today’s corporate suites, where it’s claimed that the only responsibility of executives is to maximize profits for the “family” — i.e., themselves and major shareholders. Idiotes are free to stiff workers, sidestep environmental rules, shaft consumers, etc. But now comes an apostate to this doctrinal idiocy. Mark Bertolini, corporate chief of Aetna, says CEOs should raise the minimum wage to a level approaching minimal fairness. Rather than calling for it — he did it, lifting Aetna’s lowest wage to $16, plus improved health benefits. Bertolini even did the unthinkable by publicly revealing that these increases really are not financially painful for corporations — total cost to Aetna will be about $26 million a year — nothing for a giant with annual revenues of $62 billion. The only pain Bertolini might feel is loneliness when he enters the CEO Club and

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sees other insurance chieftains turn their backs, shunning his leadership on the moral matter of shared prosperity. CEOs of Humana, Anthem and other insurers say “NO” to raises, sniffing that they pay “competitive wages” — which is just a dishonest way of saying “low wages.” Whether those idiotes like it or not, Aetna just lifted our national standard for competitive wages. Moreover, it has thrown-open the doors of the executive suites to an honest public conversation about the morality of those inside jacking up their pay while holding down everyone else. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. Boulder Weekly

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here’s a downside to being of the day, knowing the bill was going to the editor of a newspaper. It pass, Democrats attached a few politiseems like every political cally motivated amendments such as the organization in the state — one mentioned above so that including front groups for Republicans would have to vote them both major parties — feels compelled to down, giving Democratic front organisend me its 10 favorite press releases zations a bullet point for a press release every single day including Sundays and that says Republicans are horrible so holidays. send us money to fight them. It’s boilerIt’s not the 200 times a day I have to plate stuff. Both parties do it everyday. hit delete that bothers me, it’s reading But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t come at the darn things and realizing what a a price. It often obscures the real, more bunch of manipulative, fear-mongering important issue. liars these organizations really are that We don’t need Conservation makes me mad. And I have to admit Colorado to waste our time playing polithat it’s the Democratic front groups tics, although politics does seem to be that make me the angriest because they the organization’s primary purpose for pretend that they are above such trickery. existing. “Quick, Boehner is going to sue Why point out Republican Obama, so we need you to send us at Gardner’s vote on a staged amendment least $10 before 5 p.m. today.” written for show? Why not spend time “Emergency! and money where it One of the Koch might make a difbrothers scratched ference? For his nose so we need instance, informing you to send us the unfortunate STUFF. BOTH PAR$100 to stop the souls on your email TIES DO IT EVERYDAY. BUT total destruction of list of progressives THAT DOESN’T MEAN IT our way of life.” how Colorado’s Laughable, Democratic DOESN’T COME AT A PRICE. IT right? Senator Michael OFTEN OBSCURES THE REAL, There are other Bennet voted right MORE IMPORTANT ISSUE. forms of such alongside Gardner political porn that to pass Keystone are just as deceptive XL. Are we to and infuriating even though they believe that Bennet’s voting for the aren’t trying to extort money from the phony “human caused” amendment politically naive. somehow gives him cover, even though For instance, a recent report by the he voted to help destroy the planet with local Fox News affiliate noted that the pipeline? And why did your parent Colorado’s newly elected Republican organization, the League of Sen. Cory Gardner had voted against an Conservation Voters, fund the camamendment that stated that humans paign of a guy who supports Keystone contribute to climate change. XL and a bunch of other stupid enviOh my, this is so horrible, how can it ronmentally challenged issues? be? Someone save us. And how about Mr. Fracking, Gov. “We are surprised and disappointed John Hickenlooper? Conservation that Senator Gardner chose not to join Colorado actually endorsed him and 13 of his Republican colleagues in votLCV financially supported the campaign ing to agree that humans are having an of this climate change-denying pitchman impact on climate change. This is an for the oil and gas industry. Why not talk established fact in the scientific commu- about that instead of this contrived nity,” said Conservation Colorado’s Pete “Republicans are the bogeyman” crap? Maysmith according to the Fox report. Note to all the Democratic party Sounds like a reasonable reaction by front groups who keep sending me your Maysmith, right? Not really. It was just stupid fear-mongering press releases: stop. Otherwise, I may have to start tellmore tired, old, Democratic party theatrics. ing people just how deceptive your orgaThe amendment in question was nizations really are. attached to the Senate vote on the Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Keystone XL pipeline. Over the course

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commentary The progressive alternative to Obamacare by Dave Anderson

olorado can become a national policy leader on health care reform just as it has with marijuana, argues T.R. Reid, board chair of the Colorado Foundation for Universal Health Care. The Foundation and its political arm, Co-operate Colorado, aim to create a Colorado-based non-profit cooperative health care plan that would cover everybody in the state from birth until they go on Medicare at age 65. After 65, the plan would provide supplemental coverage. We have this opportunity due to Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or “Obamacare,” which allows any state to “opt out” of the federal health care reform “once we set up our health care cooperative, the mandates, regulations and penalties in ‘Obamacare’ won’t apply to Colorado any more,” Reid notes. Reid has been a journalist who reported from four dozen countries on five continents. His career has been impressive — a long time Washington Post reporter, the author of nine books in English and three in Japanese as well as a documentary film correspondent for PBS, National Geographic Television and the A&E Network. Reid compared the “crazy quilt” U.S.

health care system with those of other advanced industrial democracies in three films for PBS and a best-selling book, The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care. He found that those other rich countries have better national health statistics than the United States and they are able to cover everyone at much less cost. Many people thought “Obamacare” established a universal health care system. But even after ACA fully goes into effect, as many as 31 million Americans still won’t have health insurance, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Meanwhile, rightwingers want us to go backwards. The New York Times reports their attempt to dismantle the ACA is running into resistance by the giant insurance firms: “[I]nsurers may soon be on a collision course with the Republican majority in the new Congress. Insurers, often aligned with Republicans in the past, have built their business plans around the law and will strenuously resist Republican efforts to dismantle it. Since Mr. Obama signed the law, share prices for four of the major insurance companies — Aetna, Cigna, Humana and UnitedHealth — have more than dousee COMMENTARY Page 8

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guest commentary Three years post-Trayvon: What has changed? by Laura Finley

n Feb. 26, 2012, supposed Florida Agricultural and Mechanical “Neighborhood University football star Jonathan Ferrell Watchman” George as he sought police assistance after an Zimmerman shot and automobile accident on Sept. 14, 2013. killed Trayvon Martin, a Kerrick was not charged for Ferrell’s 17-year-old black man, as Martin murder. walked home from visiting a conveOn Dec. 2, 2014, 24-year-old nience store in Sanford, Fla. The case father of four Rumain Brisbon was ignited questions about racial profiling, killed when an officer mistook his botvigilantism and “stand your ground” tle of pills for a gun. laws. On July 13, 2013, WikiMedia Commons/David Shankbone Zimmerman was acquitted of both the second-degree murder and manslaughter charges. Despite national and even international attention to the case, one has to wonder what has really changed in the three years since the murder of Trayvon Martin. The murder of black men by police or their wannabes has not stopped. This is a mere sample of cases that occurred after the murder of Trayvon Martin. Sixteen-year-old Kimani Gray was shot by two plainclothes offiJust seconds after seeing 12-yearcers in Brooklyn, N.Y., as he walked old Tamir Rice at a park in Cleveland home from a birthday party on March on Nov. 22, 2014, an officer shot and 9, 2013. The two men who killed him killed him. While Rice did have a BB claim he had a gun, but no weapon was gun, video footage seems to show that found at the scene. Three of the seven the officers arrived at the scene and bullets that penetrated Gray’s body were not threatened but instead decidentered from the back, suggesting he ed to pull the trigger. was moving away, not threatening the Unarmed Akai Gurley, 28, was shot officers. No criminal charges were in the dark stairwell of an East New brought against the assailants. York housing project on Nov. 20, 2014. Randall Kerrick, a Charlotte, N.C., Even Police Commissioner William police officer, shot and killed former Bratton has called Gurley a “complete

innocent.” Officer Daniel Pantaleo killed 43-year-old Eric Garner by inflicting a prohibited chokehold when Garner dared to speak out about being continually targeted. Supposedly, Victor White III shot himself while handcuffed in the back of a police cruiser in Iberia Parish, La., on March 22, 2014. Yet reports show that he had to have been Harry Houdini reincarnated to make that move — far more likely is that he was shot by officers. Reynaldo Cuevas, 20, was shot by police as he fled armed men who had attempted to rob his bodega. The Bronx District Attorney did not find the officers at fault. And of course, Officer Darrin Wilson, who shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., was not indicted. Since Brown was killed, 14 black teens have been killed by police officers, according to a Nov. 25, 2014 article on the Daily Beast. It’s not just black men who suffer from this official or quasi-official violence. On Feb. 16, 2014, 47-year-old African-American Yvette Smith was killed when she opened the door to officers responding to a domestic violence call at her home. George Zimmerman has not been charged. Zimmerman has been arrested mul-

tiple times since being acquitted for the murder of Trayvon, most recently for aggravated assault and domestic violence with a weapon. Zimmerman was accused of domestic violence in 2013 but no charges were brought. “Stand your ground” laws remain. Although Attorney General Eric Holder stated that it was time to question “stand your ground” laws, no state has repealed its law. In fact, states like Georgia and Florida have considered expansions of such protections. In Florida alone, at least 26 children and teens have been killed in “stand your ground” cases since Trayvon’s death. Research by the Urban Institute has found that in states with such laws, white-on-black homicides are 354 times more likely to be ruled justified as white-on-white homicides. Three years post-Trayvon, little has changed except there is now a nationwide movement to fix this. I remain hopeful based on the courageous organizing I see occurring in most of our cities. For instance, peace and justice activists are working with affected communities to organize the first Truth Telling Weekend in St. Louis, Mo., the weekend of March 13 to 15, 2015. Rather than simply expressing outrage, these folks are acting to bring people together to discuss solutions. Really, it’s time for change. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. Laura Finley, Ph.D., teaches in the Barry University Department of Sociology & Criminology and is syndicated by PeaceVoice www.peacevoice.info.

T.R. Reid says the cooperative wouldn’t have any marketing expenses, or high-paid CEOs. He feels that the cooperative could easily get 60 to 70 percent of Coloradans under 65 into the plan, which would give it “market clout to lower costs.” Under the cooperative, the private, for-profit insurance industry would no longer be a middleman. Reid notes that the billing office at the University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora has 107 employees. He says, “They deal with hundreds and hundreds of forms from many insurance companies with multiple plans.

Doctors at the hospital perform certain procedures every day three to five times a day. But doctors can’t tell a patient how much a procedure costs because there are different bills for each patient.” A new study found that $375 billion was wasted in 2012 on medical billing paperwork and insurance-related red tape. That’s absurd. It’s time we join the civilized world and treat health care as a human right, not a commodity. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly.

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bled, while the Standard & Poor’s 500stock index has increased about 70 percent. … [S]ince the Affordable Care Act was enacted in 2010, the relationship between the Obama administration and insurers has evolved into a powerful, mutually beneficial partnership that has been a boon to the nation’s largest private health plans and led to a profitable surge in their Medicaid enrollment.” Advocates for a genuinely universal and comprehensive health care system are divided in their assessment of ACA. Something to be supported and expanded or a noxious compromise? It is cer8 February 12, 2015

tainly a huge government handout to the insurers and it doesn’t have any serious cost controls. Many experts have concluded that additional expansion of health coverage will have to be accomplished state-bystate since the federal government is too polarized to do anything. That’s where the Colorado Health Care Cooperative would come in. The plan was designed by Irene Aguilar, a physician and Democratic state senator from Denver. Advocates plan to launch a six-month-long signature-gathering drive sometime this spring in order to put it on the 2016 ballot.

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letters Punish the vaccine skeptics

These anti-vaccine people strike me as some serious upper middle class and beyond spoiled Narcissists/Purists that are willing to put every community in the country at risk. This is selfish and unfair of them and I think if it were to continue unabated then perhaps imprisonment and/or some hefty fines should be seriously considered. Grant D. Cyrus/Boulder

City done good

Dear Council Members and Staff, The city done good. As someone who has been here long enough to remember when the library’s main branch opened at 9 a.m instead of 10 a.m., this brings nothing but a smile to my face. We’ll disagree on other things, but on this one... You done good... Tim “Black Cowboy” Thomas/Boulder

Don’t get scammed

The Society of Professional Locksmiths made a pretty good public awareness video about this issue [Re: “Don’t get taken,” News, Feb. 5]. It gives the public a good grasp on what’s going on in the locksmith industry, how to spot scams, and how to avoid them. It’s here on this page: www.sopl.us/ locksmith-scam-alert.html Nathan Wood/California

Soul nutrition

Thank you Amanda Moutinho for your article about Rosa Mcgaughey of Longmont [Re: “Stories worth telling,” News, Jan. 29]. I liked her statement that the appreciation that the people around her is “vitamins for [the] soul.” We nourish each other everyday by lifting people up. What a beautiful lady! Kay Hallam/Boulder

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In his State of the Union address, I was pleased to hear President Obama call on members of Congress, and all of us, to work for public policies that are a reflection of our shared values. I support many of the specific proposals he laid out to move in that direction — such as raising the minimum wage, expanding child care and sick leave benefits, and working cooperatively with other nations. I would like to see Senators Michael Bennet and especially Cory Gardner, who campaigned that he was for the people and not the party, do the right thing! I have yet to see Gardner vote for the people on anything proposed to date. He has consistently sided with his party. It particularly important that we protect Social Security, Medicare and Disability. There is no sound reasoning behind cutting these programs as that

would only benefit corporations like the Kochs. It is time that all of Congress stop the special interest pandering and concentrate on the people! Maggie Schafer/Boulder

He must have been ‘drank’ when he wrote it

Dear Boulder Weekly writers, editors and readers, For some readers, grammatical errors and misspellings are the painfulequivalent of fingernails scratching a chalkboard. Spellcheck is no replacement for substituting the past tense of a verb, e.g., “drank”, for the past participle “drunk”, as appeared in Matt Cortina’s thrifty article [“Flat,” Cuisine, Dec. 30] on repurposing formerly carbonated alcoholic beverages that have gone flat, in which he wrote “that fully opened, but half drank bottle of Veuve Clicquot” and “half-drank cans of beer”. This should have read: “that halfdrunk bottle”. Good catch on the hyphen the second time around. For those who care, “drunk” is the past participle of “drink” and the adjective “half ” requires a hyphen in both places. (No hyphen is needed after “fully” because that word is an adverb; however, I find the words “fully opened, but” superfluous.) Such errors leap from the page and divert a literary reader’s attention from even an informative piece such as this one. N.B. As you may have observed, I placed the period outside the final quotation mark, preferring “logical quoting” to the style allegedly once prescribed by printing technology no longer used. Mary Golden/Boulder

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I was pleased that President Obama budget proposals sent to Congress this week include some areas where he could work with Congress to meet the needs of the nation. But I’m very disappointed that the president is trying to find common ground by increasing the Pentagon budget at the expense of other programs vital to our country. The Pentagon wastes more money in a year than many other cabinet agencies have to spend. While the president’s budget provides close to $600 billion for the Pentagon — returning that agency to sums spent at the height of the last war — many families are still having a hard time bouncing back from the recession. Instead of approving the president’s request for $600 billion on the Pentagon and wars overseas, I hope that Senators Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner and Representative Jared Polis will shift more money back into our community. Sara Avery/Boulder Boulder Weekly

news briefs CONGRESS LOOKS TO DEFEND LGBT STUDENTS’ RIGHTS Legislation designed to help protect public school students from bullying, harassment and discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity was introduced in the U.S. House and Senate on Feb. 10. The Student NonDiscrimination Act was led by Reps. Jared Polis (D-Colo.), Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-Va.) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) and Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) “Every single child deserves a quality education that is free from discrimination and prepares them for college and a career,” Rep. Polis Office of Congressman Jared Polis said in a press release. “It’s simply unacceptable that in 2015, there are thousands of students who face bullying and harassment every day when they get to school simply because of their sexual orientation or their gender identity.” The legislation, which was modeled after Title IX, the bill protecting women’s rights to equal opportunities in education, would establish federal prohibitions against discriminating against public school students on the basis of, or perception of, sexual orientation or gender identity. Schools are also prohibited from discriminating against or failing to respond to harassment Rep. Jared Polis of LGBT students. Schools that fail to follow these guidelines, like those that fail to meet Title IX requirements, would be at risk of losing federal funding. Victims would also have legal cause of action for discrimination. “Evidence shows that discrimination against LGBT students deprives them of equal educational opportunities by increasing their likelihood of skipping school, underperforming academically, and dropping out,” said Rep. Scott, the ranking Democrat on the House Education and the Workforce Committee, in a press release. “School must be a place where all students feel welcome and safe to thrive.” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that negative attitudes towards LGBT youth puts them at increased risk for violence, and academic studies have shown LBGT adolescents were more than twice as likely to attempt suicide, according to a press release from Polis’s office. The Obama administration has already expressed support for the legislation. President Obama has screened the film Bully on the impacts of bullying on students and families, held a conference on bullying prevention at the White House and President Obama has personally recorded a video for the It Gets Better Project. ANTI-MICROBEAD BILL MAKES PROGRESS State Rep. Dianne Primavera’s (D-Broomfield) microbead bill has passed out of the Public Healthcare and Human Services Committee. And that’s good news, according to the environmental community. A statement from Primavera’s office says HB15-1144 would “phase out the manufacture and sale of products containing microbeads by January 2020.” It also added, “Microbeads are used in many WikiMedia Commons personal care products as an exfoliant and are so small they are not filtered out by wastewater treatment plants, nor do they decompose quickly. While microbeads themselves are not toxic, they can absorb and store other toxins.” The real issue behind the need to stop putting microbeads in products concerns fish, and subsequently our eating fish. Small fish often mistake microbeads in our waterways and lakes for food. Once small fish eat the microbeads, which are often contaminated with previously absorbed toxins, they become contaminated themselves. And as larger fish eat the small fish, they too can become dangerously contaminated. So when we eat the larger fish, we run the risk that the toxins will become hazardous to us. Primavera’s office further notes, “Many companies are in the process of reformulating their products with biodegradable alternatives across the country. Johnson & Johnson, the Personal Care Products Council, the Colorado Retail Council and the Colorado Water Congress all testified in favor of the bill.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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rowing pains first took the Tara Performing Arts High School to the Nomad Playhouse in 2001 — they didn’t fit the smaller venues they’d used in the past and needed a space their first graduating class could use for an all-school production of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale. Catherine Barricklow, who was in that first graduating class from Tara and whose mother, Elizabeth (Betsy) Barricklow, was one of the school’s founders, recalls sitting in the green room, where actors wait to go on stage, and looking at a wall covered with signatures from actors who had shared that stage. “It gave me a sense that this was much more than a rental in a middle school somewhere else in Boulder,” she says. Catherine Barricklow found the Nomad Playhouse in middle school — a happy surprise in her neighborhood that was doing theater of a high caliber. In high school, when Tara first rented the Nomad, she was able to work in that playhouse herself, something she says she and her classmates felt was an honor. The relationship got off to a bit of a rocky start. During the second scene in their first performance of The Winter’s Tale, the lights went out. “At the time the electrical was less than reliable, and so we had to stop the performance for a moment, figure out whether we could troubleshoot the problem, it turned out we couldn’t so we went on with the play under rehearsal lighting, under fluorescent lighting, and then waited to fix the problem until intermission,” she says. “So funky, to say the least, less than well-kept but definitely well-loved.” She’s gone on to be stage manager and production manager for The Public Theater in New York City and now is an adjunct professor of theater at Brevard College in North Carolina, but she’ll be returning to the Nomad to help run a gala to celebrate some recent good news for the school. After spending the last year and a half under contract to purchase the Nomad Playhouse, the Tara has finally set a closing date of March 31. The nearly $300,000 raised by the 14 February 12, 2015

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Dr. Frank Burns in M*A*S*H and Tonyand Emmy-nominated Joan Van Ark of Knot’s Landing and Broadway success. “I guess [the Nomad Players] were quite renowned locally,” Gregory Fisher says. “Whenever we do a play, we have all their programs, so we sift through the alphabetical program that we have to find out whether it was done and most of them were done, because they did over 100 plays in their period of time.” But by the mid-’90s, problems started to appear — the fire marshal closed the building for code violations and the Players sold two-thirds of the roughly acre and a half of land that had been donated to the theater to pay for upgrades. The Nomad Players were Boulder’s longest running theater troupe by the time it disbanded around 2005 and the playhouse went dark. But in those years while the Nomad Players were waning, the Tara High School was growing. Students had done some of their plays in a space called Kelly’s Barn, but that space had never been large enough to house the allschool musical, and they were reaching a point in enrollment and audience size that made that venue a pinch for any production. The Nomad Playhouse is within walking distance of the school campus, and the school began renting that space in 2001. When rumors began circulating that the theater was at risk of being bulldozed, realtor John Kelly purchased the theater and leased it to the school. The hope was always that Tara would own the theater, but having just spent money on their own main campus, that wasn’t an option at the time Kelly bought the theater, Betsy Barricklow says. They became the theater’s anchor tenant in 2006, renting the space five months out of the year and investing in its upkeep and improvements. Plans for ongoing renovations, which will follow a site assessment by a historic preservation architect, include updates to the façade that will be reminiscent of its 1950’s style. They’ll undertake practical measures like air conditioning to make the theater more comfortable in the summer months (it is currently cooled by a swamp cooler that doesn’t win back more than 5 degrees Boulder Weekly

off the outside temperature, Fisher says, techie’s perspective, the possibilities are making 90 degree summer days a bit bountiful. uncomfortable for patrons). Seats that The hope is that the upgrades and are now so well-worn that the springs the variety of acts at the celebratory gala are visible through the fabric will also be to mark the school’s acquisition of the refurbished. theater will convince other arts organiza“It’s such a beautiful theater in its tions to see the theater as a good space to own way, and it Peter Wallace host film screenhas so much ings, theatrical rich history with performances the players havand concerts. ing been there Performers at since 1952,” the event will Fisher says. “We include Van Ark. feel really lucky She’s preceded to be able to by legends, bring that histoincluding that ry back to the she was first cast theater.” from an audition The lobby she was only has already seen The Nomad Playhouse was built in 1952 to house available to a fresh coat of attend when the the Nomad Players. quarterback paint, new didn’t ask her to granite counterprom as she’ d hoped and that she had tops, new carpet and remodeled bathher first stage kiss on the Nomad stage in rooms, and they plan to add photos from The Diary of Anne Frank. productions done by the Players through That green room wall covered in those done by Tara. The green room has signatures has since been painted over. also been completely redone, and like the Players in the 1950s, students have done It’s part of the message, Catherine much of that work themselves. Barricklow says, that the school wants As they’ve gotten acquainted with to pass on to those who go on to grace the space over the years, they’ve this revived stage: “While you leave a unearthed old lighting boards and an mark in theater with the work that you orchestra pit. It took nine years for them do in the building, the mark that you to discover a bomb shelter-like prop make is essentially on the human beings room that was loaded with props from who sit in the audience. So the impact the 1950s. Cables run around the theater that you leave is on each individual who for monitors that are now gone but the watches the performance and everything wiring is ready for new uses. The whole else is ephemeral, and the theater should thing, Fisher says, has been like a bit of a be a house for that.” pirate’s treasure trove. From a theater Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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rom fully operational guns to camera lenses, acoustic guitars, shoes and food, it seems there’s little that 3-D printing can’t churn out — even body parts. Across the country, doctors and biomechanical engineers are using 3-D printing technology in innovative ways to revolutionize medicine, and some of that revolution is happening right here in Colorado. Just ask Duane Duggan. The Boulder realtor knew 10 years ago that his knees were going, but he says he felt he was too young for knee replacement. “I think it’s pretty much instilled in you that [knee implants] last 20 years, which I don’t know if that’s really true or not, but I would think that most people don’t want to go through it twice,” Duggan says. “So I was waiting for the last 10 years, trying to get closer to 60 years old.” But on New Year’s Eve, out on a ski trip with an old college buddy and that friend’s father, Duggan knew the time had come. Both of his skiing companions were lifelong skiers and both had undergone knee replacements — they were having fun and Duggan was in pain. Duggan’s brother-in-law had heard about knee replacements being done with customized 3-D-printed joints — not an “off-the-shelf ” joint, but one designed specifically for the patient. Intrigued, Duggan started to investigate the procedure, eventually connecting with Dr. Michael Wertz, an orthopedic surgeon who’s been doing total joint arthroplasty for around 25 years. Wertz is one of only a handful of doctors in the state doing knee replacement with 3-D joints. Wertz says that he’s “kind of into Boulder Weekly

new technology” time goes by whether and has had some they last longer, but I investments in sothink they probably called 3-D additive will. I hope.” manufacturing While most 3-D companies. So when printing is done in a representative plastic, Wertz says approached him these joints are confrom a Bostonstructed from a threebased company metal alloy. called ConforMIS, He also says the detailing their cusprocess is better for tomizable everyone involved. 3-D-printed knee “It not only makes systems, the doctor’s it easier for the surinterest was piqued. geons but for the scrub “He introduced technicians — there are me to this system a lot less parts and about a year ago pieces to deal with,” and of course I Wertz says. “And it’s a went and read and less expensive process Thanks to new knees designed specifically for him and produced with a 3-D printer, got more training for the hospital when Duane Duggan is once again able to enjoy his active lifestyle. on it and was they don’t have to impressed by the clean and process, stertechnology,” Wertz says. “Once I was ilizing all these different instruments sense, instead of having the surgeon trained in the techniques and saw how need to cut on you to fit standard sizes, between cases. There’s a quicker turnthe technology was being used and how they make it just for you and it just over time, a more efficient use of staff. exact it was, I was pretty much sold on It just simplifies what we call the back made sense that the surgery would be it.” table, which is where [all the surgical less painful and you would recover Wertz explains that when doctors equipment] lines up when we do your quicker,” Duggan says. perform joint replacement, they are trysurgery.” And not only is the implant ing to correct to the normal mechanical designed specifically to the patient, but A cleaner back table might not axis of the joint. The closer a doctor can also the instrumentation to put the sound all that interesting, says Richard Weir, a professor in bioengineering at get to correcting a patient’s natural implant in are specifically designed for the University of Colorado Denver, but alignment, the longer the life of the each patient, Wertz adds. less equipment means less chance of replacement joint. To do this, doctors “It allows us to make really precise what’s called retained surgical instrumust take images of the patient’s knees, cuts and restore that patient’s alignments — when the surgical team leaves ankle and hip. For the folks at ment, and the implants themselves are an instrument in a patient’s body. ConforMIS to make a customized joint really designed to fit their bone mor“It’s all stuff that you don’t necessarfor a patient, they combine these imagphology exactly. The ones I’ve put in ily think of,” says Weir. “It’s not very es and create an implant that fits the are truly within a millimeter of the edge exciting, like a cleaner back table — patient’s bone almost as closely as their of the bone, both the femur and the who’d think about that? But it’s a big natural joint. tibia, and because they fit so well, I deal, right?” Like Wertz, Duggan was sold on it think they have less issues with the too. rehab and they tend to get back on it “It was like, wow, that really makes and walk a little faster, and we’ll see as See THREE-D Page 18 February 12, 2015 17

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While Weir’s got experience with 3-D medical printing, it’s very different than Wertz’s experience. “Our lab, we build artificial hands and limbs. We do everything that’s related to that problem. We’re interested in prototyping and rapid prototyping and 3-D printing of components to make better hands and better limbs,” Weir says. And with an equipment grant from Veterans Affairs, Weir’s Biomechatronics Development Lab at the Anschutz Medical Campus was able to purchase a 3-D metal printer to help them do just that. The team has had the printer up and running for about a year, and Weir says the experience has been “exciting.” “It’s allowed us to prototype parts and finish parts very quickly and we don’t have to wait for the machine shop,” Weir says. “It allows us to turn around stuff. It allows us to make and execute designs that are much more anthropomorphic in design, sort of rounded and smooth rather than all sharp edges and square and stuff. It’s been kind of interesting in that way.” But Weir is quick to mention that 3-D metal printing is “really exciting for prototyping — to manufacture out of it is very costly.” “So I think the big barrier for the metal printers at the moment is cost. Everyone would like one if they could afford one but they are expensive,” Weir says. Prices are hard to find on the websites of 3-D metal printer companies — such as EOS e-Manufacturing Solutions, the German company that provided Weir’s 3-D metal printer — but Google searches reveal prices no lower than $100,000, with some machines running in the millions. As such, most of the 3-D printed prosthetics that are made today, Weir says, are done in plastics, but time has shown that these materials simply won’t hold up over the long haul. “They’re great for laboratory demonstrations and stuff but once you go out into the world and try to use a hammer

or tool, they don’t stand up — at the moment,” Weir says. “But everything is about to change. It just has to go through its design cycle and iteration and stuff. The more of these things we can get out into the world, that we can get out at low cost, at like $1,000, the more exciting things that will happen because suddenly you’ll have all sorts of people all over the place doing all sorts of stuff that no one had ever dreamt of.” Weir is unwilling to say that 3-D printing is a better process by which to make prosthetics. “This is what I will always say: People want to hold up 3-D printing as the panacea for everything and it’s not. It’s just a tool. It’s another tool that we will use to help make our parts,” he says. “Three-D printing in and of itself is not the cure all. It’s just another tool in your machining armamentarium. Just like everything else, there are times when it’s appropriate to use it and times when it’s like, ‘Let’s just go and use something else.’” But Weir says that 3-D printing is here to stay and it’s certainly “revolutionized the way we make stuff,” especially in medicine. “We’ll be printing organs in like 10 or 15 years,” he says. “Obviously, you’re not going to print an organ with your standard plastic printer — that’s a highly specialized medical application, so you’re going to need far different stuff to do that.” Weir says he and his colleagues watch the market for soft tissue 3-D printing “because, I don’t know, maybe we’ll print an arm or something at a later date.” For Duggan, 3-D printing has made all the difference in his quality of life. He and his wife just took a trip to Hawaii where the avid cyclist was able to get five or six rides in over the course of their two-week vacation. They also hiked — a four-mile round trip to see some waterfalls in Hana. “I hadn’t enjoyed a hike like that in years,” Duggan says. “And I could still walk the next day, so that was pretty exciting.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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arlier this year, Boulder was While Prop Gay, as Stapp calls it, has named one of the queerest citbeen running since 2009, the formation of ies in the U.S. — number 10 the planning committee was a direct move in a list of 15, to be exact — to create more consistency. by Adovcate.com. This list was “We already have a network of venues intended to highlight “the queerness of that were partnered with in the past … it’s some less expected locales.” only once a month, but at least it’s someIn a city known for having one of the thing consistent,” Stapp says. most progressive transgender nondiscrimiBut bars and clubs certainly aren’t the nation laws in the country and a healthy only — or best — ways to find a potential history of supporting same sex marriage, mate. the LGBTQ dating scene in Boulder must Out Boulder hosts events regularly, from be pretty sweet, right? fundraisers to open houses and other social Well, like some relationship statuses on events. And for the younger LGBTQ Facebook, it’s complicated. crowd, a bar obviously isn’t the answer to “I think that visibility is the hardest dating. thing in the Boulder community as far as “I hear that from youth all the time: ‘It’s dating goes,” says Sara Connell, the trans so hard to meet people. It’s so hard to date and youth coordinator for Out Boulder, a people who all of my friends haven’t already nonprofit organization that has been servdated,’” Connell says. “And part of that is ing Boulder County’s LGBTQ community A group of friends congregate after a Prop Gay event at Press Play. Prop Gay why Out Boulder is working on planning a creates a “pop-up” gay bar at different bars around Boulder on the last Friday since 1994. youth spring dance, where youth from lots of every month. “I think [Boulder has] a lot of structurof different schools come together.” al support, we have a lot of government Connell says that she has found the agencies that are willing to fund LGBT programmost success in online dating. When she decided to just walking into a party.” ming. We have a lot of fantastic business partners that enter the online dating world, she made a conscious Boulder is a college town, which Cuthbert says are willing to help nonprofits like [Out Boulder] decision to create an honest profile. might complicate the dating scene for folks his age. through donations or those sorts of things, but as far “The most obvious challenge is the complication “I lot of people don’t come out until college. The as the social support goes, I feel like that’s still what’s around when you come out as a transgender person in guy I’ve been dating has only been out for a year. It lacking a little bit in Boulder,” Connell says. your dating process,” Connell says. “I think a lot of makes it harder to meet people too because there’s Connell, 25, identifies as a transgender woman trans people are afraid of coming out really early on in this population who has zero experience and they’re and a pansexual, meaning Connell is sexually attracted making these decisions for the first time,” Cuthbert the process because they feel like they’re not going to to people of any sex or gender identity. get a fair shot, that somebody isn’t going to be able to says. see past that identity at all to see if they would even “My current partner is another trans woman. I still Then there’s that pesky problem of not exactly be a good partner or not. A lot of people choose not feel uncomfortable holding her hand in public or having anywhere to go — Boulder hasn’t had a dedito disclose their trans status on their dating page … dancing with her at a bar [in Boulder],” she says. “I cated LGBT bar since Yard of Ale closed in 2006 but for me, it was really important for my trans status still get a lot of awkward looks and parents telling after 19 years in business. to be the first thing on my dating profile. I felt like I their kids not to look at us — not because we’re doing “It’s super surprising to me, and most people, that didn’t want to be dating anybody who didn’t already anything abrasive or because we’re being disruptive there isn’t a gay bar here,” says Blair Stapp, a 27-yearenthusiastically identify with wanting to date a transbut because we’re very different than what people are old graphic designer who’s been living in Boulder for gender person.” used to seeing and we’re generally happy.” about two and half years. Stapp says that while she While Connell says there are added difficulties in Connell says there’s a little joke at Out Boulder primarily dates women, she likes to use the term queer dating within the LGBTQ community, she says that that the city’s population has “taken the ‘sexual’ out of to describe her sexual orientation. ‘homosexual’” — same sex marriage is acceptable, but “As far as per capita goes, I would say [Boulder’s] a dating is difficult for everyone because we live in a “culture of silence.” signs of public affection still make people squeamish. very LGBT town — lots of queers here,” Stapp says. “We live in a culture where you’re supposed to “In Boulder we have this duality of Boulder is “There are several queer-owned businesses, like read somebody’s body language and just guess what super accepting and everything is great here, but also Walnut Café and Lindsey’s Deli, places like that that someone is thinking. There’s this whole set of rules don’t make waves and kind of stay quiet a little bit,” are super welcoming for sure, but as far as a gay bar, it’s crazy that it doesn’t exist.” and hidden stuff around dating, what you’re supposed Connell says. But Stapp, who says one of her passions is creating to do and not supposed to do,” Connell says. “I feel Connell isn’t alone in experiencing discrimination safe places for the LGBT community to socialize, like a lot of the negative aspects of dating come from in Boulder while trying to date. Austin Cuthbert, a recently joined the newly created planning committee our collective decision to not talk about what we want 22-year-old architecture major at the University of for Proposition Gay, a guerilla movement to address and clearly state our desire in a sexual relationship and Colorado Boulder, says the university scene can be Boulder’s lack of queer bars. also listen to other people’s desires in a sexual relatough for the non-heterosexual crowd. “It’s basically a pop-up gay bar at a bar in town on tionship.” “I’ve been with a guy before and we’ve been called the last Friday of every month,” Stapp says. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com faggots,” Cuthbert says. “We’re not touching, we’re Boulder Weekly

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arkus Beck describes himself as a “risk what happened to me back then,” Beck says. “This manager,” and if you glanced at his stuff actually hurts, and can kill you, and I didn’t experesume, it’s clear he manages plenty of rience that. … The risk perception is so far off with it. As an avalanche safety instructor some people, particularly that [younger] age group.” and the owner of a mountain guide According to the Colorado Avalanche Information service, risk is often the one thing Beck can’t avoid. Center, there were 265 avalanche fatalities in Colorado His company, the Boulder-based Alpine World from 1950 to 2014 — 127 more fatalities than the Ascents, has, in many ways, made risk into a business nearest state, Alaska, which recorded 138 deaths over — or rather, the mitigation of risk. But with the U.S. the same period. Of the total number of avalanche Forest Service limiting the number of active permits deaths in the U.S. between 1950 and 2014, 240 were Courtesy of Alpine World Ascents, Inc. and Marcus Beck allowed on forest lands, backcountry tourers. teaching other people how Despite the near-death to manage risks in the experience in Davos, Beck backcountry might just be didn’t shy away from the the part of his business he potentially fatal realities of has to bury. his passion — he became From an early age, fascinated by them. Beck, who grew up in After taking the Switzerland, not only numerous avalanche safety became acquainted with courses in Switzerland the beauty of nature, but required during his ski instructor training in 1989, also with its unpredictBeck moved to the U.S. in ability. He’d hiked just off 1997. He made his living a resort in Davos, teaching P.E. at Foothills Switzerland, skiing an Academy in Wheat Ridge. area he was well acquaintWhen an opportunity to ed with that could be An avalanche in the Eisenhower Tunnel area. spend two months in the reached with minimal skinning. He’d heard the Himalayas came, he conski resort’s guides discussing ski cutting — a method vinced the school to give him the time off in part by used by ski patrollers and helicopter ski guides where promising to visit and observe schools in Nepal. Those you trigger an avalanche “on your own terms,” ensuring school visits would make as big a difference in the you have speed built up and an island of safety should course of his life as the mountaineering did. the slope fracture — and Beck thought he’d have a go He set off to the Himalayas with Freddie “Hot at it. Beck had noticed wind slabs in the area, and Dog” Snalam, whose famous hot dog stand still operwhile attempting to ski cut the slope, he was caught in ates on the Pearl Street Mall, planning to snowboard an avalanche. Lacking the momentum to avoid the Tharpu Chuli, or Tent Peak, and climb Hiunchuli, slide, he clung to a cluster of rocks that had formed a both in Nepal’s Himalayas. The two quickly realized small cliff. The avalanche just shallow enough for him that the conditions on Tent Peak were less than hospito wade it out. It was a wake up call he hasn’t slept off table, the summit having melted out, dashing their since. He’d gotten lucky, but a backcountry skier can’t plans to snowboard from the peak. They climbed up live on luck. via a glacier that led to an exposed knife-edge snow “I think it took decades, really, for me to realize ridge, and by snowboarding down from just below the Boulder Weekly

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Colorado, making it ideal for avalanche safety courses. Since the passage of the Wilderness Act in 1964, Beck says, rather than focusing on properly assessing who should receive the commercial use permits required to teach courses on publicly protected lands, the U.S. Forest Service is restricting access. Beck had previously operated through Crested Butte Mountain Guides, which held a permit for Berthoud Pass and had contracted him as an instructor for the courses. As an independent instructor, he’s without that kind of access. “I personally think it’s valid concerns that are played out completely wrong and ineffectively,” he says. “Wrong, because they target professionals and prevent them from doing their job and prevent professionals from providing valuable services to the public, and ineffectively, because it does not address the valid concerns of land managers.” The forest service splits lands into compartments, or zones, and although there are currently six active commercial use permits in the Berthoud Pass area, additional permits are being withheld until a carrying capacity study is completed, says Penny Wu, a ranger with the U.S. Forest Service who’s stationed in the Clear Creek Ranger District and handles the majority of commercial use permits for Berthoud Pass. The study, which commenced in 2011, will determine whether the number of permits for the Berthoud Pass zone can and should be adjusted. “We do not have a projected end date. The forest is very close to finishing [the survey],” Wu says. “We know how important this is and we know there’s competitive interest stuff there that would be interested in applying for specific permits if we have the capacity.” see AVALANCHE Page 33

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The limited number of permits prevents people from taking courses or participating in backcountry touring with guides of their choice, Beck says. The exclusive access also allows certain businesses to use areas that should be accessible to everyone and he argues that’s creating a monopolistic system that doesn’t address the real issues. He sees reasonable concerns in questions over liability and environmental protection, he says, but isn’t sure limiting guides’ access is the best route to manage those and other concerns. “The guiding industry is 1 percent of the public use of the land, so they’re really only managing 1 percent, and it’s probably that 1 percent that not only treats nature in the way it should, but teaches our clients how to do that, but we’re the ones being excluded,” he says. As long as permit holders remain in “good standing,” meaning the business is able to meet requirements such as carrying the proper amount of insurance and paying annual fees to the government on time, they can renew their permits. Commercial service permits cannot be transferred between locations or business owners. A permit only reenters the pool if a business owner decides not to provide the service that required that permit anymore.

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“It’s a competitive process, for sure,” Wu says. Due to the limited number of outfitters allowed in the Berthoud Pass area, Beck says, he only has access to sub-par terrain. He acknowledges that he could teach courses in other locations, such as Rocky Mountain National Park — where he’s taught courses in the past — but he says there’s too much traffic as a result of limited access to other areas, and less-than-ideal conditions that defeat the purpose of handson avalanche training. “I think it is a very difficult situation, and as a land manager you have to protect the resources, but yet you have to make it available. That is a tough job,” Beck says. “Maybe what has worked 30 years ago or so, it’s just no longer adequate. There are way more people pushing in to the backcountry, whether it’s winter or summers. There’s way more demand for professional instruction, or just being able to pick a guide of your choice and then take off and have a good time in the mountains. … I would personally like to see the land managers and the guiding, or the commercial, side of outdoor industry sync more together and problem solve and actually making a real difference.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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Rolling Stone says that Jorma Kaukonen is the 16th best acoustic guitar player. They may be underestimating him.

Putting down another piece in the Jorma Kaukonen puzzle

f you think of Jorma Kaukonen’s career as a jigsaw puzzle, the whole thing sort of makes sense. It began as a pile of disjointed pieces containing just a hint or color of things to come. Each day, each year, each decade the puzzle becomes more complete. Every new piece is connected to an older one while always expanding the emerging picture of the artist. Today we see an impressive, though still progressing, image of a musician that has been 50 years in the making. Admittedly, after five decades of adding pieces, we are starting to glimpse the finished product. But there are still a few blank spots here and there waiting for just the right piece, the perfect fit. There are still surprises in the making. If you look closely at the first piece placed, you’d see a pair of black, thick-rimmed glasses. In the late 1950’s, Kaukonen was listening to Buddy Holly and other rock-and-rollers of the day. And while those musical influences obviously stuck, it was the folk and bluegrass music that was so prevalent in his hometown of Washington D.C. at that time that truly inspired him to start playing the guitar. Another young guitar player from the nation’s capital back then became Boulder Weekly

by Joel Dyer Kaukonen’s second corner piece — a fellow named Jack Casady who would later take up the bass with some success. Despite this pairing early on of two future Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, it was Bill Monroe, The Carter family, Flatt and Scruggs and other bluegrass greats that drove the early years for Kaukonen, but geography would prove an equally important influence. After high school, he headed for Ohio and Antioch College. There he was introduced to the finger-style guitar playing of famed bluesman Reverend Gary Davis. It was another perfect fit. Apparently, so too was the rural Ohio landscape which Kaukonen eventually returned to and now calls home. Despite the growing recognition of his guitar mastery in the early 1960s, a reputation that had him spending his weekends playing alongside some of the top folk and bluegrass players of the day in New York City, Kaukonen says he never thought he would make

his living as a player. In 1962, he was spending the other five days a week working in a gas station. But come fall that year, geography stepped in once again. This time it was California calling. Kaukonen headed for the University of Santa Clara, but on his first weekend in town, his life took an unexpected turn. He went to play a “hoot,” an open mic of sorts, in San Jose. That night he met Janis Joplin, Paul Kantner, Jerry Garcia and others. Obviously, some open mics are better than others. Still, success wasn’t overnight. “In 1962, my first gig in California was in this little coffeehouse where, you know, you’re battling the espresso machine to be heard. I think I made 75 bucks for the week. I was so excited I took all my friends out to IHOP,” Kaukonen told BW in a recent phone interview. It was Kantner who would eventually introduce him to another group of musicians that included Grace Slick. This “gaggle of characters,” as Kaukonen refers to them, had just about everything they needed to form a band, except a bass player. So after Jack see JORMA Page 36

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Casady headed west and joined them, Jefferson Airplane was a go, but the first year was a tough flight. “I made more money teaching guitar lessons that first year than I did from the band,” says Kaukonen. But that wouldn’t always be the case. The Airplane’s music flew to the top of the music charts in the late 1960s. Yet, despite being in one of the biggest rock bands of the day, a band that defined a generation and played at Woodstock, Monterey and Altamont, Kaukonen’s muse came calling in 1969, and he Jorma Kaukonen (right) and Jack Casady quit Jefferson Airplane in 1969 to form Hot Tuna. The walked away from group has been performing for 47 years now, minus a few breaks here and there. Jefferson Airplane at the height of its popularity to form a new band called Hot Tuna. His “But really for me,” he continues, stuff that goes along with that. None of old friend Jack Casady likewise opted “the exciting stuff as a band — aside that stuff has ever happened in Hot out of Airplane to join him. from the hits that got us into the Rock Tuna.” Hot Tuna allowed Kaukonen to and Roll Hall of Fame — was what we In his biography, Kaukonen says, “I return to the raw blues and folk music never really thought about it when I was did on stage. We were all experimentthat influenced him before California, younger, but my choice of songs was ing, a lot of stuff was happening. To be always an effort to tell my story. while still allowing him to play some able to [continually] create that exciteoutrageous rock when the mood struck. ment was hard. No disrespect to anyone, Sometimes they were about things that happened, and sometimes they were Some sets were acoustic, some electric, but we didn’t have a string of hits like about things that never happened, some soft, some the Eagles or Wikimedia Commons sometimes they were about things I loud, all were critiFleetwood Mac. wanted to happen, sometimes they were cally acclaimed. They got to just about things I feared would happen … While play their songs. To sometimes … there was always a someKaukonen’s time in me, our [Airplane] times. Learning to play guitar was the Jefferson Airplane songs were about gift that enabled me to set the story to could be described as the interaction. music.” a short-lived musical There’s the personIf it is his guitar that has allowed explosion that landality of it, and I him to set his story to music, it is his ed him in the Rock believe that can’t be music that has allowed his story to and Roll Hall of replicated. expand to other parts of his life. These Fame, Hot Tuna, in “The Airplane days, his life outside of performing conjunction with his only lasted seven music and writing songs is as much a impressive solo years and we’re still part of his puzzle as his finger-pickin’ career, has been a talking about it. I blues. sustaining force in think it was a sigFor instance, Kaukonen still loves his life for 47 years nificant band in a giving guitar lessons … albeit on a and counting. Hot lot of ways, but I Tuna has taken think when Jack and somewhat grander scale. He never got Ohio out of his blood. multi-year breaks at I left the band, for So when the opportunity came along to times, but somehow, us, I think the purchase a sizable piece of acreage old friends Casady and Kaukonen magic was starting to dissipate. (more than 200 acres) in the backwaters always find their way home. “There was no mystery in Hot of the state, he jumped at the chance — When asked why he spent so little Tuna,” he adds. “We’re playing the backwaters being defined as just a time in Jefferson Airplane and so much music we love. Jack’s my oldest buddy. stone’s throw south of Shade, Ohio or in Hot Tuna, Kaukonen laughs and We don’t have band meetings. We don’t about an hour and a half up Jones says, “When my 17-year-old asks that, I argue about shit, you know. The Hollow Road from the tiny berg of always tell him it’s the story of my life, Airplane … I love those guys and gals Charleston. Kaukonen calls the place kid. I always quit the band right before believe me, but we had band meetings the Fur Peace Ranch, and he’s turned it it starts to make the big bucks. that used to drive me nuts and all the Boulder Weekly

into a guitar Mecca of sorts. There are the concerts, a YouTube channel, an NPR radio show and, of course, the guitar lessons or workshops as they’re better described these days. Kaukonen and his guitar-playing pals such as Larry Campbell, G.E. Smith, Jack Casady and the like open up the ranch for days at a time for folks looking to improve their playing under the tutelage of some of the industry’s greatest players. That’s no exaggeration; Rolling Stone has named Kaukonen as the 54th greatest rock guitarist of all time and the 16th greatest acoustic player. So what’s the difference between guitar lessons and a workshop? A workshop comes with a nice place to sleep at night and an onsite chef. At least that’s the case at Kaukonen’s Fur Peace Ranch. But he and his friends also take the workshops on the road from time to time. He obviously doesn’t need to teach guitar to make a living, so why does he do it? “I always really liked teaching. I enjoy it,” he says. “I didn’t get to do it there for a while, but in the ’80s, I was teaching at the New School in New York and I found I still really liked it. So when we got into the Fur Peace Ranch, I got to thinking about how we could give something back. Now if this would have been left up to me, you’d be sitting around a campfire on a bail of hay making s’mores or something. But because my wife had a real existence before we met — she was a civil engineer — she designed buildings, got permits, went to the bank, got a loan and did all that. “I couldn’t support myself on what the Fur Peace Ranch makes by itself, but it has become self supporting. We’re into our 18th year now and employ a dozen local people. I’m the chamber of commerce around there. Who’d have thought, you know. “It really creates a musical community of like-minded spirits,” he concludes. “To be able to give back, it’s great.” In addition to the ranch, Kaukonen also owns an art gallery dedicated to psychedelic art. The gallery is called the Psylodelic Gallery for a very good reason, which does not include the inability to spell. It’s housed in an actual silo and hosts several exhibits a year. And finally he rides and collects motorcycles. Of course he does because, frankly, that’s what all of us would do if we could. If Kaukonen’s music is telling his story, then it also seems that his nonmusical interests must be doing the same thing. “That’s true. Everything I do in my life now, including the things I do to support myself, really are part of the story,” he says. “When I was Boulder Weekly

young, before I really started making money with music, I didn’t care what job I had. I just wanted to make money so I could do what I wanted to. But everything I do now as a job is a pleasure. I tell my kids; if you’re lucky, you’ll find a job, but if you’re really lucky, you’ll find a job that somehow satisfies your soul, and it doesn’t get any better than that.” And Jorma Kaukonen should know. Another piece of his puzzle is about to be dropped into place, a new solo studio album from Red House Records

appropriately titled Ain’t In No Hurry is scheduled for release on Feb. 17. The song selection on the new album gives a nod to all the pieces that have come before while remaining fully focused on the here and now. There’s blues, rock, Americana and an unexpected surprise in the form of a lost Woody Guthrie lyric that Kaukonen and pal Larry Campbell set to music. The guitar work is, of course, exemplary, better than Rolling Stone’s 16-best rating, just sayin’. While the album is great, the best

way to hear the new songs, along with some older ones too, is to sit a few feet away from the man himself while he infuses every tune with the stuff that only comes from a live performance. Fortunately, you’ll be getting your chance for just such an opportunity as Kaukonen is playing two shows in Boulder in a few days. But the best part is knowing that the new music is just one more piece in the puzzle … and that there are still more to come. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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or Gumbo Le Funque fronttered Greens. Statewide, there was a Anyone who buys a meal ticket (in man and sax player Jason huge impact on voter turnout because advance through the Center for Justice, there is more to music people feel disenfranchised, but the Community or in person the day of the than having a good time. Democratic Party has progressives on show) can attend the student-driven Getting instruments to kids lockdown. Even one Green state legisevent, featuring a Louisiana-themed facing tough economic conditions and lator could pull that caucus in a really menu. high-stakes school testing provides a progressive direction.” “We’re psyched to do it,” Justice crucial opportunity for experiential The band’s music is decidedly more says. “After Hurricane Katrina, schools learning, he says. He’s joined by the fun than confrontational, but lyrics were greatly affected, most of them Robert Johnson band’s backup singer and privatized. We’re proud to be manager, Andrea Merida, a helping to keep music going classically trained soprano for the kids. All the nationalwho grew up in a workingly known New Orleans artclass family in west Denver. ists like Trombone Shorty The New Orleans-style and his band came out of funk band sees music and these music programs.” music education as a tool Nourishing young musifor change, but that’s not cians is familiar terrain for ON THE BILL: Gumbo Le the only way they’re engagJustice, who formed the nonFunque and Fat Tuesdaying in their communities profit Instrumentos de la themed menu. Doors at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, Libby and working to give the Libertad around the same Dining Center, The University next generation the kinds time his band got together of Colorado, 154 UCB, of opportunities that are at five years ago. To address the Boulder, 303-492-6821. Concert free with meal ticket. times tough to come by. shortage of diverse students Merida has served on the in the jazz education scene, Denver Board of Justice began giving West Gumbo Le Funque sees more to funk music than a chance for a rockin’ party. Education, fought to preDenver kids free music lessons vent the closure of the and free instruments, supported Montbello High School when students by donations and an endorsement from don’t shy away from populism. Justice who weren’t proficient enough to take instrument manufacturer RS Berkeley. sings, “Don’t let the man stand on your English-only tests were included in the “Used instruments, even broken neck / they just don’t give a damn,” on determination that the school was failones, are cool because we can use them the song “Jump Up, Run Down the ing and joined the Green Party. as parts,” he says. “Music has become Alley.” Gumbo Le Funque contributed such a game of the elite. Working class In an official response from the digital download proceeds for the song folks really don’t have the time or party to President Obama’s 2015 State to a bail fund organized by Coloradans money to put into instruments and lesof the Union address, she said, “We for Justice for people arrested during sons. I look at Instrumentos as a vocawelcome the intent to make community “Black Lives Matter” protests. tional program, not just a touchy-feely college affordable. ... But we are wary, “Pushing back on the powers that arts program. We’ve run about 100 kids given the president’s track record of be is really a form of survival,” Merida tying student achievement to the worst says. “Free speech needs to rule. Funk is through it.” In New Orleans, it’s Carnival time. of the corporate agenda, including one of the musics of the people.” The youngsters who perform as the merit pay for teachers, the use of high“What we do in Gumbo Le Funque Roots of Music Marching Crusaders stakes standardized testing to close and is we pay homage to all these musicians are in the midst of a week worth of privatize the public schools of the poor- from the melting pot that birthed jazz,” nonstop parades. est and the least protected by privilege. says Justice. “We always call out the After playing their biggest gig yet at These ‘reforms’ have strengthened the writers of the cover songs we play. That school-to-jailhouse track and includes Mardi Gras musicians and jazz City Park Jazz last year, Justice looks forward to showing audiences Gumbo entrenched segregation by race and cats.” Le Funque’s newest material during class in school communities.” Gumbo is bringing Le Funque this Mardi Gras season. Merida called for more early childweekend in Denver and Breckenridge, “Some new songs are political, but hood education funding and a reprieve followed by a gig at the University of at the same time, it’s gonna be bootyfrom predatory student loan debt, Colorado for Fat Tuesday. The event shaking,” Justice says, quickly adding. “I accusing the Department of Education marks the fourth year Dining Services mean that in a non gender-specific way. of watering down curriculum and creat- has raised funds to benefit The Roots We’re all in this together. People work ing “a profit center” for charter operaof Music in New Orleans. hard all week long, and we want them tors. “They put instruments into kids’ to be able to come out to our shows and “Greens need more outreach and hands,” says Pat Nelson, manager of dance and have a good time. We’ll also grassroots organizing, more infrastrucLibby Dining Center, of The Roots of slip some stuff in here and there to raise ture for the state party,” she says. “We’re Music. “The main objective is to get up people’s consciousness. We need that on the road to 10 percent in Colorado. kids from low-income households, who right now.” Harry Hempy received more votes in range in age from 9 to 14, off the Respond:letters@boulderweekly.com Denver County than there are regisstreets and playing music.” Boulder Weekly

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ON THE BILL: The Aliens, through Feb. 22, BETC at The Dairy, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, www.betc.org, Tickets are $16 and up.

A rare blunder by BETC by Gary Zeidner

he Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company (BETC) has proven itself to be one of the best theatre companies in Boulder or, truly, anywhere. It consistently produces lively, entertaining, thought-provoking plays by a wide variety of playwrights ranging from famous to obscure. Demonstrating equal facility with drama, comedy and everything in between, BETC almost always manages to “play bigger” than it is. Even the best MLB slugger doesn’t

in Vermont. Two slacker hipsters have annexed the coffee shop’s old, wooden picnic table nestled between a big, blue recycle bin and a graffiti-covered dumpster. They don’t work there. They’re not welcome there. But there they lounge, seemingly every day, like two would-be back alley prophets. KJ ( John Jurcheck), with his unkempt hair, twitchy affect and fervent dedication to all things psilocybin, is the Chong to Jasper’s (Casey Andree) aspiring novelist Cheech. Both men are around 30 years old, and both are drop-

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The Aliens attempts to be profound but the message gets lost in all the… silence.

hit a home run every time he steps up to the plate, however, and BETC’s latest, The Aliens, represents a statistically unavoidable — if decidedly infrequent — strikeout for the usually phenomenal company. A three-man play, The Aliens takes place entirely behind a small coffee shop

outs (of college and high school, respectively). When they’re not staring off aimlessly into the middle distance for minutes at a time, they engage in putative “real life” exchanges about Jasper’s recent breakup or the latest turn his novel has taken. Early on, the two burnouts meet

new coffee shop employee and high school student, Evan (Tucker Dally Johnston). The picture of sheltered innocence — he’s a counselor in training at a nearby Jewish music camp — Evan is first wary of then drawn to the alien creatures that are KJ and Jasper. Jasper wows the youngster with references to Bukowski and offers of cigarettes. KJ gives him some ’shroom tea. Soon K-Jay and Not-So-Silent Jas have become Evan’s fast friends and gutter tour guides, and this is the only part of The Aliens that rings remotely true. As Evan, Johnston convincingly embodies the mix of apprehension and excitement unique to gawky high schoolers. His performance is far and away the best thing the play has to offer. Evan’s almost immediate infatuation with and near-idolization of Jasper, in particular, feel completely organic. Jurcheck, who impressed me in the past in Good People and Metamorphoses, holds his own as the wild-eyed KJ, but the periodic lulls in which KJ becomes a caricature — and worse, a dull one — just go to show that Jason Mewes, repeat offender as the talkative partner to Silent Bob, deserves way more praise than he gets for his work in Kevin Smith’s films. As solid as Andree was playing multiple roles in BETC’s Ambition Facing West last season, here he seems at times to be straining to find the truth of Jasper. Ronald Mueller’s set and lighting design are commendable. The set is one of the more detailed I’ve seen from BETC in some time, and the lighting — aided by Jenn Calvano’s gorgeous sound work — brings a Fourth of July fireworks show to life inside the Carsen Theatre.

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With at least passable performances, above average production design and Rebecca Remaly’s expectedly competent direction, why did The Aliens leave me, frankly, annoyed? The blame rests squarely on the Pulitzer Prize-winning shoulders of playwright Annie Baker. BETC’s summary of The Aliens describes the play as being about “life between the lines and greatness found in the most unlikely of places.” Statements like that either presage something amazing or amazingly pretentious. Unfortunately, The Aliens is an example of the latter. The references to Bukowski and Henry Miller, as well as to propositional calculus and folk staple, “The Hammer Song,” that pepper the play feel self-conscious at best and like poseur nonsense at worst. They exist obliviously in hermetically sealed bubbles unconnected to any larger themes or characterizations. And then there are the silences. The play opens with Jasper and KJ sitting in a protracted silence. Such moments are repeated again and again… and again… throughout The Aliens and become increasingly grating as the play goes on. Based on comments by both Baker and Remaly, this overabundance of silence is not only purposeful but considered inspired. I beg to differ. It’s not that pointed silence has no place on stage. It can be an extremely effective theatrical device. But silences need to be earned, and in The Aliens they never are. The Aliens may be a strikeout, but given BETC’s lifetime batting average, I’m sure that its next production, Stupid F##king Bird, will be another home run, or at least an extra base hit. Respond:letters@boulderweekly.com

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ichael Grab thrives on the impossible. In fact, the professional stone balancer has made the phrase “as impossible as possible” the motto by which he creates. Most of his sculptures, which can often be found among the ripples of Boulder Creek, feature stones of varying shapes, sizes and textures balancing atop one another so methodically, so delicately, it appears as though a single breath could bring them tumbling down. Every stone is covered in small imperfections, or what Grab calls “natural tripods,” in which another stone can balance. Seasoned practitioners can detect the natural triWhen someone tells Grab that his pictures look Photoshopped, he takes that as complipods that allow for stones to balment of his rock balancing skill. ance on top of each other by slowly rubbing one stone against can be no other engagements until live, solo performance at one of the another. Some of these point-toafter dark,” Grab says, noting that his forum’s private events. With music point balances produce an illusion of work schedule, more or less, revolves blasting and the spotlight on him, weightlessness. around the sun. Grab balanced a series of rocks right Grab’s balancing style combines Grab will work in at least two or before the eyes of the audience — such point balances with counterbalthree hours of practice each day, which rocks he gathered from outside of his ancing, in which the lower stones has become more than just a way to hotel just before the event. depend on the mass of the upper stones improve his skill. “I don’t think there is a human to maintain balance. “It’s a daily meditative practice,” being on the planet that could have “The sheer impossibility of most of Grab says. “Actually, I would almost done that performance,” Grab says my creations, I think, is what sets me consider it a form of alchemy ... playing looking back on that show. apart so much and has allowed me to with the interaction of spirit and matter.” Having had the opportunity to witmake a living off of it,” Grab says. Some of Grab’s more baffling balness Grab at work, Lisa Bell, the proGrab’s knack for creating the ances have garnered questions about ducer of MMMMMBoulder, an event impossible has transformed from a their authenticity. at which Grab performed in 2013, says, hobby into a career, booking perfor“If someone tells me that I “It was very intriguing. … It takes mances in Canada, Costa Rica, Italy, Photoshop my photos [of my stone patience and persistence to make the Germany, Sweden and Scotland, sculptures], then I give myself a pat on impossible come true.” among others. It’s something few prac- the back,” Grab says amidst a few Grab says the hardest part of baltitioners of stone balance can pull off, chuckles. ancing rocks is not giving up. He prache says. But in order to make the time to ticed for nearly four and a half years hone this skill, Grab took a risk. He “I would say very few people have before he began making money from quit his job and lived out of his car for the patience to actually push through his craft. Still, he says, the good far a few months just to make ends meet. and persevere,” Grab says of becoming outweighs the bad when it comes to “All I cared about was spending my being a professional stone balancer. In a professional stone balancer. “You pretty much have to practice for tens of energy on my art, versus getting some fact, he wants to balance stones for as other crap job and spending all my thousands of hours.” long as he can. energy on someone else’s goals,” Grab And practice he does. “There’s something extremely speHe wakes up each morning, brews a says. cial about doing or creating something cup of coffee and spends the morning And Grab believes this energy was yourself out of nothing, and having the at his computer taking care of the well spent. ability to reach so many people around logistical side of his business, he says. Just this year, Grab performed the world,” he says. “And not only Then, he heads out to Boulder Creek before some exclusive financial leaders reach people, but touch their hearts in no later than noon to begin his workat the annual World Economic Forum such a profound way is something I day. in Switzerland, his highest paying gig would never trade for anything.” “Once I go out to the creek, there Respond:letters@boulderweekly.com to date. He executed a seven-minute Boulder Weekly

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Saundra and Tommy O’Sullivan. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel and Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

1535 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-546-0886.

St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.

Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847.

Open Stage with Eben Grace. 7:30 p.m. Oskar

Bluegrass Jam. 7:30 p.m. Twelve

Degree Brewing, 820 Main St., Louisville, 720-638-1623.

The Malai Llama. 10 p.m. The Lazy Dog Sports Bar & Grill, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355.

Dexter Payne Quartet. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S.

Max Davies CD Release Show. 7:30 p.m. Shine

Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985.

Giant Panda Guerrilla Dub Squad and Euforquestra. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1128 13th St., Boulder,

Restaurant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120.

Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-8236685.

Power Lung Rangers. 9 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s

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Midway Down Marshall. 7 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N.

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Open Bluegrass Pick. 8:30 p.m. Under the Sun,

Reel Big Fish and Less Than Jake. 7:30 p.m.

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The Sunset Series with DJ Royal Swan and Friends. 5 p.m. Shine Restaurant & Gathering

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Swing Night With Boulder Swing Collective. 7 p.m.

Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303-9932094.

The Wolftones. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company

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Tease Love & Loss: A Valentine’s Burlesque Show

String Attached Bluegrass. 9 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.

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8:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Feb. 13-14, The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826 The art of the tease has been lost in the age of Tinder and Snapchat. But some are trying to keep it alive like the ladies of Boulder Burlesque. In their Valentine’s show Love & Loss at The Dairy, watch them explore the spectrum of relationships — from broken to blissful. Afterward, stick around for a panel discussion with the performers and Out Boulder members. All proceeds from the show will go toward supporting Out Boulder and transgender awareness. Tickets are $14-15 in advanced and $20 at the door.

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Conversations with Extraordinary People: Dorothy Rupert 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18, Boulder History Museum, 2205 Broadway, Boulder, 303-449-3464 Throughout her life, Dorothy Rupert has worn several hats. She spent 35 years as a public high school teacher and counselor and 14 years in the Colorado House and Senate. She’s fought for women’s and human’s rights issues for decades. Listen to Rupert tell her stories of traveling throughout the world spreading peace. The 89-year-old Rupert has racked up several accolades including a Nobel Peace Prize nomination and the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition naming an award after her, the Rupert-Tate Game Changer Award. Tickets are $12-15.

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508-873-9185. Events Backgammon. 7 p.m. The Outback Saloon, 3141

28th St., Boulder, 303-444-0081.

Birds of Prey Slide Show. 6 p.m. Lafayette Public

Library, 775 W.Baseline Road, Lafayette, 303665-5200.

Boulder Short Film Series. 6 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. The Great Indian Novel. 4:30 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Friday, February 13 Music Bear. 6 p.m. Club Ned, 154 Highway 72, Nederland, 303-258-7981. The Blue Krewe. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Home-

made Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Bradford Lee. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Bret Isom. 6:30 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-204-6064. Burns Twice. 8:30 p.m. Dillingers, Lafayette, 303-

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The Chainsmokers. 9 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Daniella Katzir. 9 p.m. Pearl Street Pub, 1108

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Dave Tamkin & Co. 8 p.m. Liquid Mechanics

Brewing Co., 297 N. Highway 287, Suite 100, Lafayette, 303-908-6036.

DJ Goodie. 10 p.m. Tahona Tequila Bistro, 1035

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Exmag. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1128 13th St., Boul-

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Beyond Words: Contemporary Book Art. Foothills Art Center, 809 15th St., Golden, 303-279-3922. Through March 22. Brilliant: Cartier in the 20th Century. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through March 15. Drawings — by Carroll Dunham. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Feb. 15. Echoes. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303-6512787. Through Feb 22.

Shari Farabaugh uses oil paint to capture a variety of subjects in her new exhibit at the NCAR gallery.

Fire and Rain. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. First Glance/Second Look: Quilts from the Denver Art Museum Collection. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through April 19.

rePOPulated: Contemporary Perspectives on Pop Art. Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200. Through March 29. Sean O’Meallie: Freeplay. Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200. Through March 29.

The Guardians of the Spirit. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303440-7826.

Seeing, as I am — by Conor King. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Through March 29.

Printed and Painted: The Art of Bark Cloth — Various artists. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Aug. 27, 2017.

Substrate. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Through April 5.

First Friday Funk. 9:30 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten,

Myopia — by Mark Mothersbaugh. Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Through April 12.

Textile Art by Annette Kennedy. Community Art Program Gallery, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1174. Through March 28.

Foxfeather. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company (Lee Hill), 1501 Lee Hill Road, Unit 20, Boulder, 303-449-2911.

Oil Paintings by Shari Farabaugh. Community Art Program Gallery, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1174. Through March 28.

Trespassing — by William Matthews. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through May 17.

2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.

Intergalactic Radio with Von Disco. 10 p.m. The Lazy Dog Sports Bar & Grill, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355.

Phil Bender. Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200. Through March 29.

Vessels: Environmental Parables. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Isa and JoeAlan. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel and

Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Jeremy Parker. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709

Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Johnny O Band. 7 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St.,

Louisville, 303-993-2094.

Katie Glassman and Greg Shrochet. 9:30 p.m.

LOCAL eat + drink, 432 Main St., Lyons, 303823-2472. Kort McCumber. 5 p.m. Left Hand Brewing Compa-

ny, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-772-0258.

Lionel Young. 4:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel

Brewing Company, 6880 Winchester Circle, Suite F, Boulder, 303-530-0642.

Coffee Cupping. 11 a.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-495-3303.

The Prairie Scholars. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues

The Dating Game Matchmaking Event. 7 p.m.

Pyschodillo. 6 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847.

High Performance Buildings + Natural Materials — Straw and Cellulose Talk. 6 p.m. RMI Boulder

CyclHOPS, 600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303776-BIKE.

Rogue Sound. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St.,

Nederland, 303-258-7733.

Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914.

Shelvis and The Roustabouts. 7 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Live eTown Show Taping with Steve Earle and David Amram. 7 p.m. eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce

Tommy and the Tangerines. 3 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s

St., Boulder, 303-443-8696.

Traditional Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303449-1922.

Lorna’s Swingset. 6 p.m. Sun Rose Cafe, 379

The Watergirls. 7:30 p.m. Harmony Music House,

Main St., Longmont, 303-651-3533.

2525 Broadway St., Boulder, 303-444-7444.

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

Events

Mardi Gras Masquerade Party. 7 p.m. Spirit Hound

& Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 720629-0598.

Distillers, 4196 Ute Highway, Lyons, 303-8235696.

The Meryl Romer Jazz Trio. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole,

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North Boulder Underground. 4:30 p.m. Vindication

Appetite for Seduction. All day. Shine Restaurant

Avery Brewing FC vs. Rocky Mountain Bighorns. 8

p.m. Longmont Indoor Soccer, 795 S.Sherman St., Unit 8, Longmont, 303-678-8878.

Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 720-629-0598.

Office, 1820 Folsom St., Boulder, 303-449-5226.

Love. Kicks. 6 p.m. Boulder Museum of Contem-

porary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-4432122.

The Mighty Twisters Dance Party. 8 p.m. The Tandoori Next Doori, 623 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-7339. Valentine’s Day Dinner and Dancing. 6:30 p.m.

Hotel Boulderado, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303442-4344. Saturday, February 14 Music

Bareface. 8 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108

Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847. see EVENTS Page 48

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Bonnie Lowdermilk. 6 p.m. Sun Rose Cafe, 379

Main St., Longmont, 303-651-3533.

Boulder Philharmonic Legendary Love with Violinist Philippe Quint. 7:30 p.m. Macky Auditorium,

University of Colorado, Boulder, 1595 Pleasant Ave., Boulder, 303-492-8423.

Cat Jerky. 6 p.m. Left Hand Brewing Company,

1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-772-0258.

Champagne Charlie. 8 p.m. Stage Stop, 60 Main St., Rollinsville, 303-258-0649. Danny Shafer. 7 p.m. Bittersweet Cafe & Confections, 836 Main St., Louisville, 303-317-5522. DJ A-L. 10 p.m. Tahona Tequila Bistro, 1035 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-938-9600.

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Thursday, Feb. 12 Authors Aby Kaupang, Jon Thompson and John Gallagher. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-4953303. Vertical Mind — by Don McGrath. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303447-2074. Friday, Feb. 13

Face. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.

Survivors #6: Storm of Dogs — by Erin Hunter. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

George Nelson Band. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues

Monday, Feb. 16

Global Valentine’s Soiree. 8 p.m. Adi Shakti

“So, You’re a Poet” Open Poetry Reading. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

CyclHOPS, 600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303776-BIKE.

Kundalini Yoga Center, 6717 Valmont Road, Boulder, 720-252-3962.

The Goonies. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Traditional

Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

The Hooker’s Ball with Onda. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733.

Tuesday, Feb. 17 Innisfree Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-495-3303. Wednesday, Feb. 18

Layth Matthews offers a Buddhist look at economics with his new book The Four Noble Truths of Wealth, at the Boulder Bookstore on Feb. 18. The Four Noble Truths of Wealth — by Layth Matthews. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

Jack MacNanaman Duo. 7:30 p.m. 2020 Food +

Wine Bar, 2020 Ionosphere St., Longmont, 720491-3578.

Events

Jockamo. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liq-

13th Annual World Sound Healing Day. 5 p.m.

uids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.

K.C. Groves Trio. 4:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Wea-

sel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914.

Lee Gabriel and Jake Cacciatore. 8 p.m. Longs

Peak Pub, 600 Longs Peak Ave., Longmont, 303651-7886.

Lindsey Saunders. 7 p.m. Odd 13 Brewing, 301 E.

Simpson St., Lafayette, 303-997-4164.

Love Hurts with K.C. Groves and Greg Blake and Band. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303

Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Appetite for Seduction. All day. Shine Restaurant

& Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 720629-0598.

The Babadook. 4 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. The

Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Barley and Hops for Beer Lovers. 4 p.m. BRU

Handbuilt Ales & Eats, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 720-638-5193.

Boulder Writing Group. 9 a.m. Innisfree Poetry

Valentine’s Day Dinner and Dancing. 6:30 p.m.

Hotel Boulderado, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303442-4344.

Valentine’s Day Wine and Chocolate. 1 p.m. Bookcliff Vineyards, 1501 Lee Hill Road, Suite 17, Boulder, 303-449-9463. Valentine’s Day Wine Dinner with Feast Supper Club. 7 p.m. Settembre Cellars Winery & Tasting

Room, 1501 Lee Hill Drive, Suite 16, Boulder, 303-532-1892.

Western Views. 10 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001

Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Bookstore & Cafe, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-495-3303.

Sunday, February 15

Brewing Co., 297 N. Highway 287, Suite 100, Lafayette, 303-908-6036.

Calico and Boots. 7 p.m. Glenns Den, 10178

Acoustic Jam. 3 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Traditional

Mountain Standard Time - Mardigrass 2015. 9

Cosmic Connection Karaoke. 7:30 p.m. Cannon

Many Mountains. 8 p.m. Liquid Mechanics

Empire Drive, Lafayette, 303-440-8303.

p.m. Fox Theatre, 1128 13th St., Boulder, 303447-0095.

Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303665-0625.

Radiate Unified Dance Party. 8:30 p.m. Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 720-629-0598.

Heroes, Cranks, and Wild Women. 9 a.m. Bethle-

Rally Round The Family and Wagon Wheel Chandelier. 10 p.m. The Lazy Dog Sports Bar & Grill,

I Am Eleven. 2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. The Boedecker

1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355.

Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-4407826.

Ray Smith. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl

hem Lutheran Church, 1000 15th Ave., Longmont, 303-776-3290.

Music Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Bluegrass Pick. 12 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade

Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Bonnie & the Clydes Acoustic. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues

Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Carnival at Centro Latin Kitchen. 4 p.m. Centro

Latin Kitchen and Refreshment Palace, 950 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-442-7771.

St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Parents Night Out. 5 p.m. Centennial Pool, 1201

Alpine St., Longmont, 303-651-8405.

Robinson Quintet. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel and

David Booker. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Rendezvous En Rouge. 5:30 p.m. eTown Hall,

Hannibal Buress. 10:30 p.m. Boulder Theater,

Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Thunder the Radar. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat,

1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

1535 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-443-8696.

Sex, Love and Shine Valentine’s Day. 5 p.m. Shine

2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Matt Skinner band. 3 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Wea-

Tom Weiser Jazz Quartet. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R

Restaurant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 720-629-0598.

Valentine’s Dinner and Show Featuring Chase N The Dream. 5:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Drive,

Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig. 11 a.m. Harlequin Center for the Performing Arts, 990 Public Road, Lafayette, 303-786-8727.

Pamela Machala. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709

Trickster Tales. 10 a.m. Carolyn Holmberg Pre-

5 p.m. 300 Suns Brewing, 335 First Ave., Longmont, 720-442-8292.

S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985.

Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Wallpaper House Band. 2 p.m. Boulder Arts &

Crafts Gallery, 1421 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4433683.

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Solstice Center, 302 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-8000601.

stead, 11931 N. 61st St., Longmont, 303-7762927.

serve at Rock Creek Farm, Stearns Lake Trailhead, S.104th St., Louisville.

Valentine’s Date Night. 6 p.m. The Shupe Home-

sel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914. Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

The Prairie Scholars: Longmont Songwriter Series.

Scott Ibex. 10 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl

St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

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events Sister Speak. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709

ette, 303-665-2757.

Skanson & Hansen Valentine’s Show. 7 p.m.

Fat Tuesday. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-6652757. Sunday Music. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade

Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Sweet Heart Dance. 6 p.m. Dickens Opera House,

300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397.

Torbin Hadlock. 3 p.m. Very Nice Brewing Com-

pany, 20 Lakeview Drive, Unit 112, Nederland, 303-258-3770.

Fat Tuesday Celebration with Paa Kow and Polyrhythmics. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1128 13th St.,

Boulder, 303-447-0095.

Fat Tuesday with Jockamo. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Funk Jam withTechnicolor Tone Factory. 7 p.m.

The Lazy Dog Sports Bar & Grill, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355.

Gasoline Lollipops. 7 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094.

Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Greg Harris Vibe Quintet. 8 p.m. The Laughing

Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Robert Johnson Jazz Duo. 8 p.m. Agora at the Riverside, 1724 Broadway St., Boulder, 720-4774164.

Joy Circle. 6 p.m. Unity of Boulder Spiritual Center,

Events

Open Bluegrass Pick. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill &

Fiddler on the Roof - Denver Actors Fund Benefit Dinner. 5:30 p.m. BDT Stage, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000.

2855 Folsom St., Boulder, 303-442-1411.

Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Open Mic. 9 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Open Mic Night. 8 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Traditional

Traditional Irish Session. 7 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s

Access Day. 11 a.m. Boulder Museum of Con-

temporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443see EVENTS Page 50

LuLu’s Hour

Traditional Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303449-1922. Turkuaz & Rowdy Shadehouse. 8 p.m. Fox Theatre,

3PM-6PM EVERYDAY

1128 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095. Events

$2 SLOPPY SLiDER $2 gRiLLED VEggiE tACO $2.50 tExAS SwinE in A BLAnkY $6 ChOPPED BRiSkEt nAChOS $6 SMOkED wingS $6 BBQ SLiDERS

Appetite for Seduction. All day. Shine Restaurant

& Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 720629-0598. Boulder Comedy Show. 7 p.m. Bohemian Biergar-

ten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.

Classics: Charade. 1 p.m. The Boedecker Theater,

2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Go Club for Kids & Teens. 2 p.m. Boulder Library,

1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Monday, February 16

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Music Dave Tamkin. 9 p.m. Pearl Street Pub, 1108 Pearl

St., Boulder, 303-777-6768.

Electric Blues Jam. 7 p.m. Oskar Blues Home-

made Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. I & The Many Jazz. 7 p.m. The Speakeasy, 301

Main St., Longmont, 720-684-4728.

Joe Russo’s Almost Dead. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater,

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2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

MON - $2 PBR, Jim Beam, Smoked Tacos TUES - Texas Specials: $3 Shiner Bock, $4 Deep Eddy’s, $6 Republic Tequila, $4.5 Tito’s, $9 Brisket PHO Soup WED - Pint Night $4/$5, Smoked Reuben THU - $5 Frojitos, Frozen Mojitos & Smoked Cubanos FRI - $5 Texas Slush, $20 Smoked Prime Rib SAT - $4 Margaritas, $13.5 Smoked Meat Loaf SUN - $4 Bloody Mary’s, $6 Smoked Wings

Mark Diamond and Friends. 7 p.m. Bohemian Bier-

garten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.

Open Jovan. 6 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe,

108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847.

Open Mic Night. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel

Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914.

Open Stage. 9 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Traditional Irish

Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Purple Squirrel. 7 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten,

2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. Events

Chinese New Year Celebration. 11 a.m. WOW!

Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424.

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German Speaking Table. 6:30 p.m. Bohemian

Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-3288328. Open Mic. 7 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company (Lee

Hill), 1501 Lee Hill Road, Unit 20, Boulder, 303449-2911.

Science on Screen: Peter McGraw, Scienceof Humor, and Life Is Beautiful. 7 p.m. The Boedecker

Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-4407826. Tuesday, February 17 Music

Face. 7 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Drive, Lafay-

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The Aliens — presented by Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through Feb. 22.

Fiddler on the Roof. BDT Stage, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000. Through Feb. 28. Forbidden Broadway: Alive & Kicking! Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver, 720-865-4239. Through March 1.

Appoggiatura. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver, 720-865-4239. Through Feb. 22.

Les Miserables. Jester’s Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont, 303-6829980. Through April 26.

Benediction. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver, 720-865-4239. Through March 1. Cinderella. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver, 720-865-4239. Through Feb. 15.

Spend Valentine’s Day with Jane Lynch in See Jane Sing! as she talks about life and does some musical comedy.

The Cripple of Inishmaan. Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Denver, 303-935-3044. Through March 8.

See Jane Sing! — with Jane Lynch. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver, 720-865-4239. Through Feb. 15. Twelfth Night — presented by The Upstart Crow. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Feb. 28.

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2122. Adventures in South Africa and Botswana. 7 p.m.

Changes in Latitude Travel Store, 2525 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-786-8406.

Art Under the Influence. 6 p.m. Firehouse Art Cen-

ter, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303-651-2787.

Boulder World Affairs Discussion Group. 10 a.m.

Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390. Das Boot Trivia. 8 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.

Meadows Creative Writing Club. 4 p.m. Meadows

Lisa Bell Duo at Espresso Vino. 6 p.m. Espresso Vino by Brewing Market, 2770 Dagny Way, Lafayette, 720-890-3993. Lyons Local Music Night. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues

Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Open Bluegrass Pick. 9 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s

Traditional Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Open Mic. 6:30 p.m. Sanitas Brewing Company, 3550 Frontier Ave., Boulder, 303-442-4130. Open Mic Night. 6:30 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0625.

Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390.

Sammy Dee Morton. 7 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park

Open Free Form Weekly Dance. 7:30 a.m. Solstice

Strangebyrds. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel and Spa,

Open Mic. 8 p.m. Attic Bar & Bistro, 949 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-415-1300.

Von Disco. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Smokes and Jokes. 8:30 p.m. Johnny’s Cigar Bar, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0884.

Wednesday Night Blues. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

The Third Tuesday Lunchtime Concert Series Presents: Colcannon. 12 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001

Events

Trivia Night. 6:30 p.m. Crystal Springs Brewing Company, 657 S. Taylor Ave, Unit E, Louisville, 303-665-8888.

Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-8303.

Center, 302 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-800-0601.

Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Tuesday Hikers. 9 a.m. North Boulder Park,

Seventh St. and Dellwood Ave., Boulder, 303494-9735.

The Winter’s Tale. 7 p.m. Century Boulder, 1700

29th St., Boulder, 303-444-0583. Wednesday, February 18 Music

Dead Floyd. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1128 13th St.,

Boulder, 303-447-0095.

Karaoke at the Attic. 9 p.m. Attic Bar & Bistro, 949

Walnut St., Boulder, 303-415-1300.

Karaoke hosted by Marcus Lucas. 9 p.m.

Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.

Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Danceophile Studio/Postoley Dance Ensemble/Tom Masterson. 7:45 p.m. Danceophile Studio, 2126 Great Books Discussion Group. 7:30 p.m. Mead-

ows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390. How Children Learn Math and Science. 7 p.m.

Chautauqua Community House, 301 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, 303-442-3282.

Little Feet (with short film “Boneshaker”). 4:30

p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Mindfulness for Stress Management. 6:30 p.m.

BVSD Manhattan School of the Arts, 290 Manhattan Drive, Boulder, 720-561-5968.

Oscar Shorts: Animation. 7 p.m. The Boedecker

Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-4407826.

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(Gr)Apple the incessant: “I want” “I can’t” “I’ll never” ------------------- ---------this is time’s uncatchable beam, silence, always a little bit leaving— (to make sure staying undressed is a choice) ---------------------------------------track the refusal of “I am” —feel it shaking on the way to blank space __________ terror that rips the who or what, twists rotted roots—begs the prayer out from under, pulls till you sub-render, waits till you submerge ------ ------- ------------- ------if -I- is to live here any longer then it has to be that the spirit lifts the chest even as it grieves it— that the -I- praises the chance to be buried alive within the grave of its lover (mater)— that the heart beats, passion! hear me! behold me! Seen. ----------------- ---- -------- -- these words are true though ruptured by their signifiers just as your darkness did make a shadow— but whose? -------

when caught in a doorway, being is itself fullness, already so fiercely unpacked ---------------------------------------polarized pressures obviously repeating the int-ernal (inf—, et—) dynamism is in our eyes, turning to ask: which figure came first? ------------------------------------this is the confessional; exposed nape of neck, incredibly loud— I am now (at) the bottom of the bowl, scraped and scraping -it’s true: every murderous moment curves to the apple — Sofia Kohl Enggren Sofia Enggren is a poet and performance artist from Los Angeles. She is currently in her final semester as an undergraduate at Naropa University’s Jack Kerouac School. Send poetry submissions of 250 words or fewer to poetry@boulderweekly.com. Poets will be invited to read their published work at 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 26 at an event hosted by Starwater, 4949 Broadway, Suite 117, Boulder.

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5 – NIGHTCRAWLER Bubble Boy done made it, y’all. Somehow Jake Gyllenhaal has transformed into one of the best actors of our era. His performance here is diabolically perfect. Writer/director Dan Gilroy spits in the face of screenwriting 101, as his main character never evolves or changes. Oh, and if there was an award for “best scene of the year,” the final shootout in this one would be a shoo-in. 4 – DEAR WHITE PEOPLE The Worst Five Movies of How long we have waited for the 2014 next challenging, complex black filmmaker to produce a work that spits fire 5 – THE GIVER and truth about race relations in To call the work that Jeff Bridges America? Dear White People is funny as has been doing lately “suspect” is to call Selma’s potent portrayal of the civil rights movement earns it a place among this year’s hell, whip smart and features a breakout indispensable films. Charles Manson “a little off.” This one performance by Tessa Thompson and takes the cake though, as this boring one of the most original characters I’ve Twitter with pitchforks and torches. My friends, I was and lifeless slog through a beloved tale seen in film in Lionel (Tyler James branded a “hater.” I believed we had seen the limited was as dead on arrival as an animal shipped via UPS Williams). Writer/director Justin Simien’s film isn’t scope of what Anderson was capable of creating. I in an airtight package. perfect, but considering the film’s origins on love being wrong. Funny, charming, unique and a 4 – NEED FOR SPEED Kickstarter and the high-degree of difficulty, it complete departure for Anderson, I genuinely love I almost want to give them points for irony, in deserves more respect. this movie. that nothing in this movie moves along in a timely 3 – EDGE OF TOMORROW fashion. This Fast and Furious clone was supposed to 9 – OBVIOUS CHILD This isn’t hyperbole: I’ve never seen worse marketlaunch Aaron Paul from Breaking Bad boy to megaThis comedy led by the thunderously talented ing for a movie. Goofy title changes and a complete star. Whoops. Jenny Slate is a true watershed moment, not just for lack of awareness by the studio about the film’s quality 3 – THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 cinema but for pop culture as a whole. Here is a beau- explain why we’re not discussing this as one of the Sony made a Spider-Man movie that was so bad, tifully nuanced movie centered on a woman’s right to top-grossing films of the year. Easily the movie I’ve the company gave creative control of the character choose… in which no one challenges that right. rewatched the most, this Groundhog Day meets back to Marvel Studios. Superhero movies are a Beyond that, ermahgerd is it funny. X-Box’s “Halo” has a sense of humor, amazing action license to print money, and Sony saw what they did 8 – SELMA and my favorite character of the year: The Full-Metal here and said, “We’re sorry. You can have it back.” Just shut up, Academy. Failing to nominate Selma, Bitch. 2 – A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST a movie that is not only powerful but timely, outpaces 2 – GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Racist, sexist and stupid, this isn’t satire, it’s poop even the time you awarded Best Picture to Crash and Warner Bros. and DC can’t make a hit Superman in a hat… which is a thing that actually happens in not Brokeback Mountain. Two scenes in this movie — film. Marvel just took a talking tree and murderous this movie. We knew Mel Brooks. Mel Brooks was a a church bombing and an old man’s weeping — will raccoon to the runner-up spot at the box office last friend of ours. Seth McFarlane, you’re no Mel Brooks. haunt me forever. year. This isn’t a superhero movie: It is a glorious car1 – INTERSTELLAR 7 – NOAH toon space opera. For too long, we’ve suffered “serious Primarily because it broke my heart with disapLike, what did people think was gonna happen if blockbusters” that joylessly pout. Guardians is gleeful pointment, but also because too many people actually they gave Darren Aronofsky a buttload of money to fun, a reminder that the joy of cinema spectacle is liked this movie, Interstellar was just the worst. make a movie about Noah’s ark? You’re lucky it wasn’t second to none. Unfathomably stupid and hilariously sad, I want to even weirder. Twisting the tale so that the second half 1 – THE BABADOOK If you would have told me an Australian horror pretend this never happened. is a slasher movie with Noah as Jason Voorhies was movie from a first-time director would top my list, I’d almost as brilliant as the profound theological quesThe Top 10 Movies of 2014 have laughed at you. It would have been rude and tions it prompted. 6 – WE ARE THE BEST awkward, so I’m glad it didn’t happen. Jennifer Kent’s Honorable Mentions: Under the Skin, Ida, What? You don’t automatically watch all Swedish film is a scary parable, a creepy lament about the need Snowpiercer, Ping Pong Summer, 22 Jump Street, Frank, movies about adolescent female punk bands? If to embrace grief that scared the living shit out of me. Boyhood, The Signal, Gone Girl Boyhood was an exemplary version of the oft-told male I hate horror movies by and large. Given that, consid10 –THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL coming-of-age story, We Are the Best is one of the er what having The Babadook as my top film of 2014 When I marginally panned Wes Anderson’s definitive creative works about girls on the fringe of says about how magnificent this film must be. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Moonrise Kingdom, the hipsters came for me on womanhood. Also, it f**king rocks.

love it when people argue about whether a certain year was “good” or “bad” for film. It is one of the sillier movie debates a person can have, ranking only behind “Best Adam Sandler Movie” and “Worst Moment in the Star Wars Prequels.” Every year is a good year for film, if you know which ones to seek and avoid. Lemme help with that.

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‘Jupiter Ascending’ delivers fun in a world of darkness by Ryan Syrek

ecently, I joylessly trudged through the first season of Amazon’s Transparent, a show populated with so many soulless, vacuous, obnoxious characters that I began rooting for them to die horrifically. This follows my quasi-traumatic enduring of Breaking Bad, an over-praised show about selfish criminal pricks. Grim entertainment populated with antiheroes and assholes is the pop culture trend du jour. And I hate it. Not that quality works of a gritty nature aren’t sometimes magnificent, but that we have seemingly surrendered escapism to darkness. And then the Wachowskis turn Channing Tatum into a hybrid human/ albino wolf and all is right with the world. Jupiter Ascending is mercilessly silly, gloriously goofy and maybe an inch at best away from full-on camp. The plot is a straight-up fairy tale, with a Cinderella surrogate going from toilet scrubbing to “Queen of Earth.” The action is delirious, with “gravity boots” that allow Tatum to “surf the air” and an unquantifiable amount of laser fire. It is a composite of DNA harvested from old timey movie serials, sci-fi radio shows, Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces and the best parts of Star Wars and The Matrix. It overreaches on purpose, embarrasses itself continuously and is a gleeful throwback to a time when not all science fiction had to be full of tears and torment — I’m looking at you, Interstellar. Mila Kunis plays the titular Jupiter, a sad sack who cleans houses with her family for a living. Turns out, she’s the reincarnation of a famous space alien who once ran the corporation that controls the universe. Caine Wise (Tatum) is a bounty hunter hired to find her so that she can reclaim her title and control of Earth, lest it be destroyed by Balem Abrasax (Eddie Redmayne). The reclaiming of the title may be my favorite part of the entire movie, as it is a sequence of intergalactic bureaucracy so bizarrely out of place that it is absolutely perfect. Boulder Weekly

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he coleslaw was good. No, the coleslaw was great. The cabbage was crispy and fresh, lathered in sweet, creamy dressing that tasted like watermelon. They’d added some juice or vinegar into the coleslaw, and it was refreshing in the unseasonable warmth we’ve been getting. It was a revelatory side dish, and I’ll wish for the zip that House of Q managed to work into their slaw in every other slaw I have from here on out. Now if House of Q in Longmont were a coleslaw restaurant, this would be the happy end of the review. (There would also be some major questions about the viability of a coleslaw-only restaurant.) But House of Q makes barbecue. And they threw up a bunch of stuff on the walls to recreate a proper roadside meat house. They give you big old glasses of sweet tea and beer, and they plop down big old plates of meat and fried appetizers. The wood looks weathered and there are squirt bottles of sauce on each table. For all intents and purposes, all the pieces of a good barbecue joint are there. There’s a paper towel roll on the table! But something’s off. There’s no music. No Steve Earle or Alabama ripping through the joint and bouncing off the creaky walls. It felt like there should be music. There’s no vibe. Fellow patrons seemed subdued. The lobby was about two dozen deep at 7 p.m. on Saturday night, and we waited about 45 minutes. Maybe we were all just fatigued. There’s also just no intention or purpose in the design. The décor walked the very thin line between tacky and authentic. You might swing either way

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vorless here and in the bizarre shape of an effete finger. The wings were overdone and small. The rest, unremarkable. But come on, we’re House of Q 1940 Ken Pratt Blvd., in it for the barbecue, Longmont, aren’t we? A big old 303-774-7399 plate of beef brisket, pulled pork and Kansas City-style ribs came along on a second wind. A hope, at this point, not a prayer. And they were good enough, that was clear. The pulled pork was certainly the best, and with the spicy and sweet Carolina mustard sauce, it was tough to stop shoveling in. The brisket had a good smoke on it, but was drier than ideal. The ribs were coated in a delicious traditional barbecue sauce, but the meat was sparse. All the meat came sitting atop two pieces of soggy Texas toast — a stack of white bread or toast on the side would’ve made the bread actually usable. The fried apples were a bit heavy on sugar and cinnamon; the mashed potatoes passable. And so what feeling are you left with after a meal at House of Q? The re-creation of something. Of fun. Of serve-nothing-less-than, no-frills barbecue. Of a restaurant that without the square footage and glossy menus and glass-protected merch might just focus more on the food. You can’t manufacture authenticity. You can’t hide the food behind a chipper waitress. It’s Chili’s versus your neighborhood cantina; Red Lobster versus that one fish shack you go to every vacation. It’s fun for some, sure, and it’s a cheap meal, but I’m left looking for something else to talk about. Like coleslaw. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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depending on your persuasion. It was mostly hogrelated — no old movie or second-hand sports chotchkies here — but because there was just so much, you’re forced to contemplate: Why has the “crap on the wall” style of interior design become replicated ad nauseum in American restaurants? On one hand you can say, “It’s fun,” on the other you can say, “What are they trying to hide behind that car jutting out of the wall and the clay statue of a pig in overalls?” This would all be irrelevant if the mind were able to indulge in the food. But it’s easy to find something else to talk about during the meal, starting with the appetizers: a platter that included fried pickles, onion rings, catfish tenders, potato skins, sliders and chicken wings (that is, most of the appetizers available). I know catfish is no stud to begin with, but it was fla-

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With Valentine’s Day on Saturday, here are several options for date spots throughout Boulder County this weekend. Each are either first come, first served or had reservations available at the time of publication.

DICKENS OPERA HOUSE: DINNER & FACE

Dickens Opera House and Tavern in Longmont is hosting a three-course Valentine’s Day dinner in their tavern starting at 6 p.m. followed by a live musical performance in the opera house starting at 8 p.m. Dickens has assembled a special Valentine’s Day menu for two ($100 total). The three-course special menu offers an eclectic selection of dishes to choose from, including lobster ravioli, duck breast salad, tournedos or seared Hawaiian tuna. The meal will conclude with the “ultimate chocolate cake” and bourbon cherries. Boulder band Face will perform their unique music, using no instruments besides a vocal drummer and five singers, creating a truly original sound. Show tickets can be purchased at the venue for $20, or on their website for $21. Dinner reservations are available now by calling 303-834-9384.

HOTEL BOULDERADO: ROMANCE ON THE MEZZ Enjoy a romantic three-course dinner with dancing and live music on Hotel Boulderado’s mezzanine. Reservations are available for Friday, Feb. 13 and Saturday, Feb. 14 between 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m.

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The three-course menu presents an array of classic American-style food. The first course offers a number of soups and salads to choose from. Second course entrees range from seared salmon to braised short ribs and also include a vegetarian option. Musical guests the Wikipedia Mark Diamond Quartet featuring Peter Yelle will be performing on Friday night, and the Andy Weyl Quartet featuring Ed Battle will play on Saturday night. The meal runs $75 per person.

course meal, which includes a traditional and full vegetarian menu. The vegetarian menu includes grilled polenta, stuffed poblano pepper, eggplant napoleon and poached pears. The traditional menu includes oysters, lamb lollipops and a rich risotto plate. Each course will be paired with wine (for an additional $30), and the five-course meal is $28. Call 303-604-6351 for reservations.

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A number of Louisville restaurants will be servBRU HANDBUILT ALES & ing special Friday and EATS Saturday night Valentine’s Day meals. If you are a beer First, consider Zucca connoisseur on the lookItalian Ristorante on out for a casual Saturday. For $49, you’ll Valentine’s Day dinner be able to get into oysdestination, Boulder’s Bru ters, gnocchi, steak, sole Handbuilt Ales & Eats saltimbocca and your Enjoy a fine dinner and a bottle of wine this has you covered. choice of one of two Valentine’s Day in Boulder County. On Feb. 14, Bru, desserts. An additional located at 5290 $28 will get you paired Arapahoe, will offer a wines. five-course menu in which each course is You can also check out the $29 paired with a specific beer, tailored to comValentine’s Day dinner on Saturday at The plement one another. Consider the entrée: Huckleberry. Appetizer, entrée and dessert You have the choice between a flatiron will be served in a prix fixe meal, or you can steak paired with an American brown ale, or choose from the acclaimed restaurant’s rega wood roasted tuna paired with an IPA. ular menu. Prices are listed at $40 per person, and Or, make reservations at The Melting Pot reservations can be booked by calling 720and dip some fruits into some liquid choco638-5193. late. What’s more romantic than that? A four-course meal runs $55 per person on MORNING GLORY CAFE Friday and Sunday, and $75 on Saturday. Call 303-666-7777 for reservations. The Lafayette eatery will be serving a fiveRespond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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ood and sex. That’ll to do it for this week’s cuisine section boys, wrap it up! No, but it feels silly to talk about the two as if there needs to be analysis. Like a good meal or a good roll in the hay, vainly parsing the particulars only takes away from the alchemy that makes those things great. Food and sex are linked in our biology, our chemistry and our society. They are, in short, fundamental and wonderful. But there are some myths in need of dispelling about the power food can have in making sex better, and in making sex happen to begin with. That discussion concerns the aphrodisiac. From oysters to pomegranates to stews of rare animal penises, human cultures from time imme- Oysters are one of many purported aphrodisiacs — but do any of them work? morial have turned to food for sexual enhancement. But what works, what’s a tall tale and how can we use food to improve our sexual encounters? Let’s start with a definition. Named for the Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure and procreation, Aphrodite, an aphrodisiac is any food or herb that increases libido. Common Sexual Herbal. “One might be that they relax a perexamples include oysters, dark chocolate, red wine son. They might also be super nourishing. They may and avocados. Looking at how those foods work also be somewhat suggestive to lend one’s thoughts to might be the best way to actually define the aphrodisexuality because of their shape, like a banana or an siac. egg or something like that. They might also be ener“Aphrodisiacs can work in many ways,” says gizing.” Brigitte Mars, a Boulder herbalist and author of The Part of what contributes to the efficacy of food

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aphrodisiacs are the nutrients and vitamins they contain. Jenni Skyler, Ph.D., is a sex therapist who runs The Intimacy Institute in Boulder and says certain foods won’t inherently put you in the mood, but will help prompt the body to produce hormones that increase sexual desire. “It’s not like you eat something and it goes directly to your genitals and you go, ‘I’m now extra aroused,’” Skyler says. “Like, red wine dilates, which means extra blood flow. Too much wine has the opposite affect, but just enough can help the blood flow. Oysters are common, they say, because they have a lot of zinc and zinc helps increase the production of testosterone. Testosterone is our sex drive hormone.” To that end, you can just take a zinc tablet, Skyler says, even if that’s not the most romantic food — nor, clearly, the most romantic tablet. So promoting increased blood flow and releasing hormones are the two main components of aphrodisiacs, both Skyler and Mars say. Any food that does that will help put the consumer’s physical body in a decent position to have sex. Mars says, however, that there are other foods that other cultures have used for centuries to help increase libido. “I think of nuts and seeds because they are the reproductive portion of the plant,” Mars says. “You see APHRODISIACS Page 60

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don’t plant a bowl of oatmeal to grow oat plants, you plant seeds. I think of nuts and seeds as great for sexual vitality, things like almonds and pine nuts and walnuts. “I also think of eating more roots. Roots are really grounded. They grow deep in the earth. They help connect us to our lower chakras. Eating roots like rutabaga, and burdock and beets and carrots [help increase libido].” Mars adds that fiery spices like cinnamon, cloves and pepper increase the sensitivity of the senses, and that black foods like chia seeds and black beans are high in minerals that promote sexual vitality. “The good news is that chocolate, cacao, is also considered a black food. It increases circulation, [and it is] high in magnesium, but of course you want to use high-quality chocolate, not bars of hydrogenated oils,” says Mars. But Skyler brings up a much larger point about the efficacy of aphrodisiacs: You can get the same rush of hormones, blood flow and good vibes simply by living an active lifestyle and having a healthy relationship with your partner. Staying with cacao: “They do actually say dark chocolate is the one that releases chemicals. It’s supposed to release feelings of wellbeing and excitement,” Skyler says. “But can you get that from your partner with a really juiced conversation or some awesome touching and foreplay? Yes. “Someone going for a giant hike, if they feel really good at the end of that, they have all these endorphins and come home and have the same feeling that an aphrodisiac would give. An aphrodisiac could be sunshine or a big hike up Sanitas or a long run. It’s what releases that sense of good feeling, whether it’s an endorphin, dopamine or seratonin.” The way a person views his or herself also affects sexual vitality, says Mars. By living a healthy lifestyle — and by extension, consuming foods that increase blood flow and release happymaking hormones — you not only put your body in a state that is ready for sex, but you also broadcast that to potential partners. “The act of doing things that show ‘I’m taking good care of myself ’ is a great way of saying ‘I love myself,’ which is certainly enhancing your ability to be in a relationship to be with someone else,” says Mars. “[Saying] ‘I’m going to take the time to be healthy and be at a healthy weight and have energy,’ that makes us a more likely candidate to be in a sexual rela-

tionship and also being comfortable taking your clothes off in front of somebody that you love, hopefully.” Skyler says that relationships have the biggest effect on libido. If you’re not comfortable with the person you’re planning to have sex with, if you’re not comfortable with yourself or if you have issues within the relationship, no aphrodisiac will have even the slightest effect on sex drive. “Do aphrodisiacs make a direct causation to our increased sex drive? Not necessarily. If your relationship is still on the rocks, you can have all the aphrodisiacs in the world and still might not get to where you want to be going,” Skyler says. “Whoever is taking it has to have sort of a buy-in belief to it as well.” Skyler says there’s also more to the sex-inducing qualities of some foods than the simple ingestion of them. “Food is a shared experience and if you make it a shared sensual experience, that’s half the battle with aphrodisiacs,” Skyler says. “You can have dark chocolate fondue and make it sensual, or you can have a watermelon martini and make it sensual. A lot of these aphrodisiacs is how they are ingested with your partner that also create that libido rising. It’s all about desire. “Desire is how you turn on the brain, arousal is how you turn on the body. Aphrodisiacs create more things in the body’s biology that help our neuro-transmitters and our blood flow, and that’s our arousal. How we ingest it can increase our desire and both are needed for having a fun sexual experience.” Mars adds that there are numerous herbal supplements and aromatherapy options with essential oils that can prompt the benefits of aphrodisiacs in a new way. “Using them in massage or in the bath or putting a drop in your bed or doing inhalations can affect our consciousness almost immediately,” Mars says. “Aromatherapy would be another venue so, smelling things would be helpful. Vitamin supplements, color, feng shui. … There’s many, many avenues, and it’s not just building sexuality, but overall health and happiness and wellbeing.” So that seems to be the message here, folks: live healthy, eat foods that increase blood flow and release sex hormones, and work to have a good relationship with your partner. Do that, and we won’t come a-knockin’. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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I’d like to bestow a blessing on you and your closest ally. My hope is that it will help you reduce the restlessness that on occasion undermines the dynamism of your relationship. Here’s the benediction, inspired by a Robert Bly poem: As you sit or walk or lie next to each other, you share a mood of glad acceptance. You aren’t itchy or fidgeting, wondering if there’s something better to be or do. You don’t wish you were talking about a different subject or feeling a different emotion or living in a different world. You are content to be exactly who you are, exactly where you are.

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Dear Dan: My husband and I have been married for 10 years and have two children. We had a wild sex life in the beginning, but his job (he’s military) took him away so many times that our relationship (and the sex) took a nosedive. Upon coming back from deployments, he would always have an addiction to porn. I would believe him when he’d tell me that he stopped, but every time he’d come back it would start again. Last fall, he was gone for four months, and the addiction is still there. For the past year, he was going onto anonymous webcam sites and engaging in mutual masturbation with random women. I found out, and we are talking now about our problems and working to resolve them. The camming has stopped and we are going to attend counseling as a couple, but I also think he should attend counseling for himself. Our newfound communication and intimacy has reawakened my libido, and now I want it more than him. I’m angry that the lack of frequent sex is what drove him to porn, but now the problem is that I want it too much! I don’t know how to handle my newfound libido and his lack of interest. I need him to be more adamant about showing me he wants me. Am I reading too much into it and being too needy? —Paranoid And Reawakened Dear PAR: “Increased porn use in men is very often a response to loneliness — due to divorce, separation, etc. — or stress or depression,” says Dr. David Ley, writer, clinical psychologist and author of The Myth of Sex Addiction. Deployment to a war zone, needless to say, can be highly stressful and very lonely. “Sexual arousal is very good at diverting us from things we’re bothered by,” Dr. Ley says. “For many people, that’s fine, and it works great to let off steam. But if you’re not taking care of the real issue — loneliness, depression, stress — then the porn use can sometimes become its own problem.” Which is what seems to have happened in your case, PAR. Dr. Ley agrees that your husband should get some solo counseling in addition to the couples counseling you’re planning on getting together. As for your out-of-sync libidos, PAR, try to bear in mind that all of this — the discovery that it wasn’t just porn, the communication that’s happened in the wake of that revelation, the reawakening of your libido — basically just went down. It may take some time (and counseling) before you two reconnect and reestablish your sexual groove. “PAR’s husband might be intimidated by his wife’s libido and desire — if he is a guy who is struggling with unmanaged feelings of depression and Boulder Weekly

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anxiety,” Dr. Ley says. “So he could benefit from seeing a therapist and doing some work around how he is coping with these feelings while on deployment, and how he communicates these feelings to his wife. This way, she would know that when he’s not interested in sex, it’s because he’s stressed or depressed, not because of the porn.”

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kidding, right? Here’s the correct answer: The meat eater agrees to allow the vegetarian to be vegetarian (no pressure to eat meat, using vegetable stock when cooking at home); the vegetarian agrees to allow the meat eater to eat meat (no bitching about meat in the fridge or on their plate). Thanks for the otherwise great column! —Very Enthusiastically GGG Dear VEGGG: Thanks for sharing, VEGGG. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Send questions to mail@savagelove.net and follow @fakedansavage on Twitter.

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he words were encouraging, also a major public health concern” and asked is truly staggering: $27.5 billion — especially coming from the brags that more than $12 billion will be almost a $2 billion increase over this year. surgeon general of the spent on public health, more than any And more than two-thirds of that United States. “We have previous year. dough is being sought, as it always is some preliminary data showAnd yet the request asks for even and has been and probably always will ing that for certain medical conditions more spending that basically emphasizes be, for the triumvirate of criminal justice and symptoms that marijuana can be the same approach its own leaders admit against drug users: the departments of helpful. So I think we have to use that isn’t working. Defense, Homeland Security and data to drive policy making, and I’m “The President’s 2016 budget calls Justice. The administration wants to very interested to see where that spend almost $4 billion just to Leland Rucker data takes us,” said newly appointincarcerate users and sellers and ed Vivek Murthy last week during another $3 billion to fund the Drug a television interview. Enforcement Administration. Oh, I’d argue there were more than there are some multi-million dollar “preliminary data” out there, but cuts here and there, and a few highnever mind. And there was more. er numbers shuffled around to In its budget proposal for 2016, the address “public health concerns.” Obama administration declares that But who’s even noticing, or the old ways to run the drug war questioning, such enormous numhave to change. The “enforcementbers? After a while, they just begin centric” approach the United States to run together. What’s another $2 has used for almost a century isn’t or $3 billion here or there? A few All of these products are legal in Colorado but highly working, says a president who is on illegal on a federal level, just one of the many exhundred million moved into another record as saying that cannabis is less amples of the hypocrisy of the drug war. department? dangerous than alcohol. And by the time the budget goes A bipartisan House bill just through Congress and is finally introduced would allow government for the largest commitment to substance enacted, Republicans will probably add physicians to recommend medical mari- use disorder treatment and prevention even more pork to please their law-andjuana to veterans in states where it is efforts to date,” said Michael Botticelli, order constituency and put a capital letlegal. The Justice Department declines the appointed-on-Monday director of ter on the complete disconnect in our to prosecute states passing legalization the Office of National Drug Control nation’s approach to drugs. or medical cannabis laws that are illegal Policy — the nation’s drug czar. “This A recent study by researchers from on a federal level. And now the surgeon budget demonstrates the Obama the ArcView Group, a cannabis industry general is saying positive things about administration’s ongoing commitment investment and research company, found cannabis easing symptoms of certain to a science-based drug policy with a that the U.S. market for legal cannabis in medical conditions. balanced approach to public health and 2014 is about $2.7 billion, up from $1.5 It’s all good, right? The budget public safety.” billion in 2013, and projects even more request is called a “21st century Spending $12 billion for public growth as state laws continue to change. approach to drug policy that outlines health is a lot of cash, but it’s hardly a So let’s review: We have cannabis, a innovative policies and programs and molehill in the amount of money being Schedule 1 drug, defined as being danrecognizes that substance use disorders sought for the law-enforcement side of gerously addictive and having no currentare not just a criminal justice issue, but the equation. The total amount being ly accepted medical use. And we have a

$2.7 billion industry, with at least 1.5 million citizens legally using marijuana to help relieve symptoms of various diseases in almost half our states. The federal government has also just given its blessing to Native American tribes to sell cannabis on their reservations. Veterans Affairs doctors may soon be able to prescribe medical marijuana to vets. About 35 million other people, or one in every 10 Americans, have chosen, for whatever reason and despite the federal prohibition, to use cannabis, which has created a market that operates at a pretty high level of efficiency despite the billions being spent to stop it. Who even knows how large this market is? These Americans are going to use it no matter what the government says, and at this point just about anyone who wants it and has a couple hundred dollars can buy an ounce of pot. Yet our elected representatives will allot more than $35 billion of your tax money next year to keep things pretty much the same. Just looking at our own history, we could learn that prohibition of pleasurable substances doesn’t work. We could come up with a better way to handle drugs that doesn’t entail $35 billion a year, Homeland Security or the Justice Department. But no, we continue on a drug policy that is hypocritical, irrational and foolish. And that, my friends, is the definition of insanity. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com You can hear Leland discuss his most recent column and Colorado cannabis issues each Thursday morning on KGNU. http:// news.kgnu.org/weed

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