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news & views Revolution comes to the Midwest / 6 Labor unions fight for the status quo by Paul Danish Xcel takes heat / 9 Cut in rebates could cripple solar companies by Katherine Creel On the cover: Buzz kill / 12 City nabbing more bars, restaurants in liquor-license stings by Jefferson Dodge

buzz Short but sweet / 18 Oscar shorts prove that size doesn’t matter by David Accomazzo

2011 Spring Edition Publishes March 24th

Arts & Culture: New BMoCA exhibits redefine trash to make art / 23 Overtones: Stockholm Syndrome is a recurring condition / 24 Overtones: Martin Solveig just came to say “Hello” / 25 Panorama: What to do and where to go / 26 Sophisticated Sex: Resuscitating your sex life / 33 Elevation: Never Summer Snowboards adds to its product line / 34 Screen: I Am Number Four; Unknown / 37 Reel 2 Reel: Pick your flick / 38 Cuisine: Flagstaff adopts iPads for wine list / 42 Cuisine Review: Pho 79 / 43 Dessert Diva: Cherry Pie Bars / 44

departments Letters: The truth about pot; More on Green Bay / 5 The Highroad: Billionaire bullies / 5 In Case You Missed It: Update your status; Want my ZIP code? / 11 Boulderganic: Permaculture puts humans in nature’s scale / 17 Puzzles: Crossword and sudoku / 49 Classifieds: Your community resource / 51 Free Will Astrology: by Rob Brezsny / 53

staff Publisher, Stewart Sallo Editor, Pamela White Director of Sales & Marketing, Dave Grimsland Director of Operations/Controller, Benecia Beyer Circulation Manager, Cal Winn Editorial Managing Editor, Jefferson Dodge Arts & Entertainment Editor, David Accomazzo Special Editions/Calendar Editor, Katherine Creel Online Editor, Quibian Salazar-Moreno Editorial Interns, Eli BooninVail, Chelsea Long, Kaely Moore Contributing Writers, Peter Alexander, Ana Arias, Rob Brezsny, Chris Callaway, Ben Corbett, Paul Danish, James Dziezynski, Clay Fong, Charmaine Ortega Getz, Jim Hightower, Gene Ira Katz, Dave Kirby, Elizabeth Miller, P.J. Nutting, Brian Palmer, Adam Perry, Danette Randall, Alan Sculley, Isaac Woods Stokes, Andrea Sutherland, Marisa Aragón Ware, Tom Winter, Gary Zeidner Sales Retail Sales Manager, Allen Carmichael Inside Sales Manager, Jay Jacoby Account Executives, Rich Blitz, Mike Cutler, David Hasson Production Production Manager, Dave Kirby Art Director, Susan France Graphic Designer, Mark Goodman General & Administrative Assistant to the Publisher & Heiress, Julia Sallo Office Manager/Advertising Assistant, Yemaya Thayer

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The truth about pot (Re: “Keep your laws off patients’ brownies,” Uncensored, Feb. 17.) When this legislator says that there aren’t any studies about dosing with cannabis, she is dead wrong. She just hasn’t done any research. In 1988, DEA Judge Francis Lawn had the gall to hold hearings on cannabis, and he released his findings after nearly three months of testimony. What he found was that it is virtually impossible to overdose on cannabis, that one would have to smoke 1,500 pounds in 15 minutes to actually overdose, and that the smoke inhalation would kill you long before that. He stated that cannabis is one of, if not the, “safest therapeutic substances known to man” and that it should be made legal immediately. He was canned the next day, his ruling overturned. Before 1900, a full 50 percent of all medicines in this country were made from cannabis, including children’s cough medicines. When the prohibition of cannabis got to the federal level in 1937, the AMA was one of two groups that found out about the hearings and went to testify against the proposed ban. After it was passed, the first three years of prohibition saw 10,000 doctors arrested and jailed for continuing to prescribe it. It wasn’t until the AMA relented and took cannabis out of the American Pharmacopeia that the arrests stopped. Cannabis has been the single most studied plant in the history of mankind. It’s been used as medicine since 2,737

B.C., when it was first prescribed by the Chinese emperor. Its use has been verified as far back as 10,000 years, and in all that time, no one has ever died from its use. The seeds are also a 100 percent nutrition source, and 50 percent of the weight of the plant can be in seeds. With worldwide starvation a serious issue, can we really afford not to use every available resource to feed the peo-

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ot all of the bullies are in schoolyards these days — quite a few have graduated to the executive suites of Corporate America. Take Charles and David Koch, two multi-billionaire brothers whose life of privilege and bloated sense of entitlement have turned them into such spoiled brats that they can’t even take a joke. Last December, the Kochs’ oil operations became the object of a spoof by a merry band of tricksters called Youth for Climate Truth. Not only is Koch Industries a notorious polluter and spewer of global warming gasses, but the brothers have recently been exposed as longtime secret funders of various right-wing front groups trying to debunk the very existence of climate change. The young folks made fun of this by issuing a

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ple? Water can kill you. Aspirin kills 150 people every year just from bad reactions, and prescription drugs as a class kill 200,000 Americans every year. Meanwhile, we in this state seem to have one growth industry, and it’s cannabis. And, yet, even though they have used the funds from it for two years to balance the state budget, the legislators seem intent on killing it off. And they

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Billionaire bullies by Jim Hightower fake news release on what appeared to be Koch Industries letterhead. It said, in essence, that the Kochsters had seen the light on global warming and henceforth would be strong environmental advocates. A pretty harmless joke. The grumpy billionaires, however, not only failed to laugh, but they quickly resorted to bullying. They’ve unleashed a snarling pack of lawyers to demand that the identities of those who produced the parody be given to the Kochs so they can sue them for damages. What damages? The

do so without a single thought to the lives of those they are constantly trying to upset. And for what? Safety? B.S. The legislators need to get the hell out of the way and let people do their business. That is what they are supposed to be about, isn’t it? Especially the Republicans. They keep talking about how we can’t have single-payer see LETTERS Page 6

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lawsuit says the brothers want reimbursement for “costs associated with spending time and money to respond to inquiries about the fake release.” Good grief — Charles and David are two of the 10 richest people in America, and they’re whining about a $10 phone bill! What the Kochs really are trying to do, of course, is to bully their critics — make fun of us, they’re saying, and we’ll bury you in legal bills. By the way, these billionaire bullies have also financed front groups that attack public interest lawyers. Why? Because, say the the Kochs, these lawyers file “frivolous” lawsuits! Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com February 24, 2011 5

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because that would put the government in between you and your doctor, and yet, here is another bill to put the government directly in between people and their doctors. And how many have there been already? I hesitated for several years to get my medical card, because I don’t trust the state, the cops, the DAs, or anyone else in power to not use it against all of us in the future. And I still believe they will. But the pain in my back outweighs that fear, and thanks to the plant, I can sleep at night again. Why should I have to be told what form I can use it in by a politician? Where is her medical degree? Since I’m pretty sure she doesn’t have one, I suggest that someone file charges against her for practicing medicine without a license. That is still a crime, is it not? Also, name one other drug of any kind that you have to get a special permit to have. I can get a prescription for Oxycontin in a heartbeat, and that stuff is not only addictive (which cannabis is not), but can make you deaf or kill you if you take too much. But that is perfectly legal, as are all kinds of other drugs that you can get without a special permit. Cannabis is safer than anything the pharma companies put out, but I have to get a special permit every year to have it. This is shameful at the least. Sorry for the novel, but this really gets to me in a way I can’t describe. The stupidity and hypocrisy of those in power is both amazing and astonishing. The fact that they are trying to kill off the one industry that we have that is working shows that they truly don’t want us to have jobs, or a working government at all. They want to make us Somalia, where they can rule in hell rather than to have to serve in heaven. Thanks for the article. You’re right on with it. Hopefully it won’t fall on deaf ears. But I suspect that it will, seeing as how we have idiots in office throughout the state, nowadays. Will Morrison/via Internet Marijuana has been repeatedly proven to not cause cancer, heart disease, brain damage, liver disease, emphysema or overdoses, and its addictive potential is about on par with coffee. The DEA is 100 percent misinformed when it calls marijuana “extremely harmful”! The marijuana prohibition empowers drug dealers and cartels, and makes our children less safe! Because of the failings of the prohibition, our children now have easier access to marijuana than to alcohol! We parents have been patient long enough. We must speak up and demand that marijuana be legally sold to adults in gas stations and supermarkets, just as beer and wine are 6 February 24, 2011

today! We need laws based on logic, not ideology! We need to Legalize Adult Marijuana sales! Jillian Galloway/via Internet

More on Green Bay (Re: “The big score in this year’s Super Bowl,” Feb. 17.) Please be advised that all Green Bay Packer stockholders don’t live in Green Bay. I’m a stockholder (one share beautifully framed on the wall of my den), and I live in Rapid City, S.D. I get my shareholder annual meeting notice every year and I get to voice my opinion on any and all subjects. I also get to vote on the election of board members. I think the public ownership is just one of the reasons why the Pack is so popular all over the country — heck, all over the world! A professional team in a city of 102,000 people; you can’t make that one up! Bill Casper/Rapid City, SD

Save the arts The U.S. House of Representatives is on track to cut $43 million from the National Endowment for the Arts’ budget of $167.5 million. That’s a 26 percent cut — the deepest in 16 years! Our senators should prevent these deep cuts from happening when they take up this legislation at the end of this month. The arts mean jobs! According to Americans for the Arts, the nonprofit arts industry generates $166.2 billion annually in economic activity, supports 5.7 million full-time equivalent jobs in the arts and related industries, and returns $12.6 billion in federal income taxes. Measured against direct federal cultural spending of about $1.4 billion, that’s a return of nearly nine to one. Federal funding for the arts leverages private funding. The NEA requires at least a one-to-one match of federal funds from all grant recipients — a match far exceeded by most grantees. On average, each NEA grant leverages at least seven dollars from other state, local and private sources. Private support cannot match the leveraging role of government cultural funding. Erick C. Johnson/Fort Collins

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Revolution comes to the Midwest by Paul Danish

he protests that have been sweeping the Middle East for the past month spread to the Middle West last week. Mass rallies were staged in Wisconsin, with similar protests spreading to Ohio, Michigan and Minnesota. Organizers used social media to turn out the demonstrators. That, however, is where the similarity to Egypt and other Middle Eastern countries ends. Unlike the demonstrators in the Middle East, who were demanding change, the demonstrators in the Midwest were defending the status quo. And unlike the Middle Eastern demos, which were largely spontaneous, bottomup affairs, the Middle Western protests represent revolution (or counter-revolution, as the case may be) from above. The Middle Western demonstrations were organized by public employee unions that object to legislation being considered by the Wisconsin legislature that would require public employees to pay part of the cost of their pension plans and health insurance and which would sharply restrict the unions’ collective bargaining leverage. It would limit collective bargaining for most state and local government employees to issues of wages and exclude pensions and health care. It would also require government workers to contribute 5.8 percent of their pay to pensions (they currently pay

little or nothing) and raise their contribution to their health insurance premiums to 12.6 percent, up from 6 percent. It would also end the practice of the state collecting monthly dues for the unions by deducting them from employees’ pay, and it would require annual recertification elections for the unions. The demonstrators are getting active support from the AFL-CIO and from the Democratic National Committee’s Organizing for America arm, which was formed from the remnants of the Obama campaign organization. (They also have the vocal and unreserved support of Obama — which is more than can be said for pro-democracy demonstrators in the Middle East). Politically, this is a bad fight for unions and Democrats to pick. Public employees are no longer church mice — the average Wisconsin teacher’s pay and benefits package comes to $87,000 — and the American people know it. In places like Wisconsin, most government employees make more than people doing the same work in the private sector and have much better benefits, as well. And they have job security, which counts for a lot these days. But politically smart or not, organized labor has decided it has to go to the mat in Wisconsin, and its reasons are clear enough. Public employee unions are the only see LABOR Page 8

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part of the labor movement where union membership has shown any vitality in recent years. Indeed, more than half of current union members in the United States work for government. Only 6.9 percent of workers in the private sector belong to unions; in the public sector 36.2 percent do. So organized labor sees the attempt by Wisconsin and like-minded states to scale back the clout of public employees’ unions as an existential threat. If public employees’ unions go down, organized labor in the U.S. will be to a large extent marginalized. As for the Obama administration and the Democratic National Committee, well, in 2008 organized labor contributed $400 million to the campaigns of Obama and other Democrats. Take away organized labor, and half the blue states turn red. Solidarity forever, baby. But in spite of all that, this is still a losing proposition for labor and the Dems, because state governments are facing an existential threat of their own. They are headed at warp speed for a financial cliff, to the horror of most of their residents. State governments are expected to run up deficits totaling $125 billion this year. And unlike a lot of Middle Eastern states, Middle Western

states don’t have much in the way of oil. That goes far toward explaining why voters installed Republicans in statehouses all over the Midwest (except Illinois) last year. Those governors and legislators were elected on platforms of balancing state budgets and not raising taxes. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker explicitly campaigned on reining in unions. Wisconsin voters knew what they were getting. Labor is taking on governors and lawmakers who have a mandate from the voters to do what it takes to get the cost of government under control, including taking on public employee unions. That’s not the same as taking on GM. I think the situation resembles not the Air Traffic Controllers’ strike of 1981 (Reagan sacked them for an illegal walkout and rode out the storm), but Margaret Thatcher’s 1984 fight with the British coal miners union over closing unprofitable mines and privatizing the rest. The strike went on for a year, after which the union capitulated. British unions have never really recovered. The coal miners had a lot of public sympathy then (more than U.S. public employee unions have now), but people also recognized that the status quo was intolerable. Same as now. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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Xcel takes heat Cut in rebates could cripple solar companies

by Katherine Creel

olorado’s solar energy industry is reeling from two announcements made by Xcel Energy last week. On Wednesday, Feb. 16, Xcel announced it was drastically cutting rebates and incentives on its Solar*Rewards program, which subsidizes residential and commercial solar energy systems. Xcel cut rebates from $2.35 to $2.01 per watt, and is seeking approval from the Colorado Public Utilities Commission to reduce them even further, from $2.01 per watt to 25 cents per watt. The following Thursday, Xcel announced it would not be accepting any more applications for the Solar*Rewards program until the PUC makes a decision on further rebate cuts. An Xcel spokesperon told Boulder Weekly, the market for solar panels and solar energy has grown enough and become stable enough that smaller subsidies are called for. Previously, subsidies dropped on a fixed scale — after a certain number of solar energy units were installed, subsidies dropped to the next tier. Leaders in the solar industry agree that subsidies should continue to be ratcheted down as the industry grows, but say that such a dramatic cut will cripple local businesses and potentially cost thousands of jobs. Rebates and other incentives are a driving force in the state’s solar energy industry, which has grown from 40 companies in 2004 to more than 450 currently. Steady, predictable adjustments to subsidies are essential to market stability, according to Namaste Solar President Blake Jones, who called Xcel’s announcement “shocking.” Neal Lurie, executive director of the Colorado Solar Energy Industries Association (CoSEIA), says that prior to Xcel’s Feb. 16 announcement, subsidies were already in line with falling consumer costs, and the Solar*Rewards program was working. “We have seen that this model that has been developed in Colorado has been touted as a national model,” Lurie said. “That’s an industry best practice that other states are also implementing as well.” Boulder Weekly

And according to Lurie, the effects of Xcel’s decision are already being felt. “Within 24 hours of Xcel making this announcement, I can’t tell you the number of companies that e-mailed me that they were closing up shop … They were already teetering on the brink and this was the final straw that has made it just untenable.” The indefinite suspension of the rebate program has effectively frozen sales of solar energy units, Lurie said, and this has raised concerns over Xcel’s handling of the program. “The fact that they are tasked with administering a program that could cut into their profits, there is a clear conflict of interest,” Lurie said. “Xcel knows that by being able to start a program and then stop a program and then start a program again, that kind of instability erodes the market growth of clean energy and destabilizes the marketplace.” This has left local companies like Namaste and Simple Solar in a state of limbo, with customers reluctant to purchase new systems until rebates are reinstated. CoSEIA predicts that this interruption could result in 2,500 to 3,000 jobs lost by the end of the year. That has left some companies having to decide whether to downsize or hold onto employees in hopes that business will resume in the near future. “There are companies in Boulder that as of early last week had open positions, and by the end of last week they were having meetings on decreasing their workforce,” Lurie said. “It’s bad for the economy. At a time when Colorado’s recovery was starting to gain some legs, the idea that we would take one of our most promising industries and to be able to pull the rug out from under it, that’s devastating.” The public can submit comments to the Public Utilities Commission online at www.dora.state.co.us/puc/consumer/ ConsumerComment.htm. CoSEIA has also scheduled a rally for Feb. 25 on the west steps of the State Capitol at noon. Details can be found at www.coseia.org. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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he city of Boulder has seen a dramatic spike in the number of liquor-license violations doled out in recent months.

The question is, what is causing the spike? Is it simply a grant the city received to fund additional sting operations? Is the economy causing desperate bars and restaurants to cut corners around enforcement to maximize profit? Is it the new city attorney who started last summer, bringing with him a controversial reputation for cracking down on nightlife while working in a similar capacity in Seattle? Or is it simply a sense of letdown among bars and restaurants after a period of heightened awareness about underage drinking prompted by the Gordie Bailey tragedy? According to city records, the Beverage Licensing Authority (BLA) reviewed 32 violations during the last six months of 2010, almost double the 17 violations filed during the entirety of 2009. And it’s not just the college dive bars being targeted. It’s also upscale places like Frasca, Mateo, the Boulder Cork, Trattoria, Restaurant 4580 and the Boulder Chophouse, all of which have appeared on the BLA’s agenda since May of last year. Local bar and restaurant workers have noticed the uptick in enforcement efforts, and they share varying rumors about how they are carried out. “I know they have been doing more stings lately, because a lot of places have been hit in the last six months,” says Elliot Forsyth, general manager of Brasserie TenTen. Forsyth says his restaurant’s ID-checking skills have been tested by police twice in the past year instead of the usual once, and the establishment passed 12 February 24, 2011

served successfully, she says, so when someone pays for a drink but leaves without touching it, it’s a sign to servers that they’ve been stung. The manager adds that she’s heard police will soon be sending in operatives who act extremely drunk, in an effort to test adherence to laws against over-serving someone who’s obviously intoxicated. One new arrival on the Boulder bar scene says two compliance checks a year is not unreasonable. “I haven’t been stung yet,” says John Fayman of Backcountry Pizza, which recently opened in the old Dolan’s location. “If they sting me six times in six months, maybe I’ll feel different. But twice in a year seems par for the course.” Fayman adds that members of Boulder’s Responsible Hospitality Group, a public-private organization dedicated to addressing community alcohol issues, often get a lighter sanction than nonmembers, especially if it’s a first offense.

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CITY NABBING MORE BARS, RESTAURANTS IN LIQUOR-LICENSE STINGS BY JEFFERSON DODGE both times. Bar and restaurant employees agree that selling alcohol to a minor can be a costly mistake. Not only does it usually carry a fine and a multi-day closure, but the server is often fired. Ken Hess, a chef at Conor O’Neill’s, says he’s heard many stories from doormen about recent “stings” by police, all of which the bar has passed with flying colors. Sometimes, he says, they send in a man who is clearly older than 21 but has no ID or has an expired ID, to see if he is refused entry. Other times, it will be a young woman who arrives without ID, is turned away, and then returns with a fake one. When the bar’s doormen confiscate the ID, Hess says, she returns shortly with two officers who congratulate them for passing the test and ask for the fake ID back so they can continue their rounds. One server at a downtown establish-

ment agrees that there have been a lot more bars and restaurants around the Pearl Street Mall being slapped with violations than usual. He says police aren’t allowed to use fake IDs in their stings because it could be construed as entrapment. Usually, stings are carried out by operatives who are just a few months shy of being 21 and present their valid ID to see if servers are just looking at the birth year, or actually taking the birth month into their age calculation. A manager at another downtown restaurant says police operatives aren’t allowed to lie, either, or else they risk entrapment charges. When presented with one of the relatively new verticalformat IDs issued to those under 21, her employees still often ask, “Are you 21?” Occasionally, if it is a sting, the would-be customer will reply “No,” and leave. Similarly, operatives are not permitted to actually drink the alcohol if they are

According to Officer Carlene Hofmann, youth alcohol enforcement officer for the Boulder Police, some of the rumors about stings are true — and some are not. Hofmann says her department tries to run a liquor-license compliance check on every licensed establishment at least once a year, but this past year was different. In 2010, all licensees were checked at least twice, thanks in part to a $34,700 grant from the Colorado Liquor Enforcement Division that the Boulder Police received in October 2009 that lasts until the end of March. (The department received a similar grant in 2008, but at that time it was directed primarily to education efforts for high school students.) Asked whether the spike in violations is due solely to the ramped-up enforcement efforts, Hofmann says, “That’s a hard question. The economy is poor, so that’s a problem. Businesses are struggling, so maybe they’re not checking as diligently.” Hofmann says youth alcohol enforcement used to be a side job assigned to an officer in addition to his or her other duties. But a few years ago, it was converted into a full-time job. She did it on the side from 2005 to 2007, then took it Boulder Weekly

on again full-time a couple of years ago. Hofmann says officers will usually be waiting outside the bar, restaurant or liquor store when they send in an operative for a compliance check. The operative is always an underage person with a valid ID, she says. And Hofmann adds that while other jurisdictions allow operatives to lie about their age or use a fake ID, Boulder Police do not. Boulder Police operatives won’t beg for a drink if refused, and if they are asked if they are 21, they won’t lie. “I want the places to comply,” she says, explaining that while there is no law against having the operative be dishonest, it complicates the situation and makes it a gray area. “They can, but are you really serving a purpose doing it?” (That’s not to say that she doesn’t try to track down and prosecute those suspected of using a fake ID when those are confiscated by servers.) Asked whether allowing operatives to lie or use fake IDs would border on entrapment, Assistant City Attorney Sandra Llanes says that while she doesn’t prosecute the city’s liquor-related cases, it does seem cleaner to be above board with the compliance checks than to introduce deception. “I’m a former prosecutor, and just from my own perspective, if I were having to prosecute a case like that, it would be difficult because you create a lot of ambiguity, and so to get away from that you would want to make sure you don’t cross any lines of entrapment,” she says. “That line of entrapment is a little bit blurry, so you want to stay away from that as much as possible, and the way to do that is to consistently do it the same every time. You want to make sure there aren’t any influences, like lying or whatever else it is, so we stay away from that to make sure it’s clean. … It’s not about tricking people. It’s about whether they are in violation or not.”

The consequences The operative wears a recording device that is transmitted to an officer’s receiver, but sometimes the reception is faulty, so when the sting is done and the operative needs to contact the officers, “usually a text or a phone message is what I get,” Hofmann explains. When servers pass the test, she says, the operative hands out a card congratulating them for passing the compliance test. If they fail, Hofmann says she or another officer will come in and speak with both the manager and the server, issuing a municipal ticket to the server for selling alcohol to a minor. The manager is told to expect a notice from the Beverage Licensing Authority to attend a hearing regarding the violation. Boulder Weekly

Hofmann says an establishment that is a first-time violator can be closed down for anywhere from one to 14 days, depending on the circumstances. For example, she notes, about a year ago Harpo’s saw the first violation on that premises in about 25 years, so it only served a one-day suspension. On average it’s a three-day suspension, she explains, but repeat offenders can have their liquor licenses revoked by the BLA. Hofmann says she primarily used underage Boulder County Sheriff ’s Office cadets as operatives for the stings in 2010. Thanks to the grant, the cadets were compensated for their participation. “They were very willing to spend their Fridays and Saturdays with me,” she says. “In the past I’ve used other officers’ kids.” Police can’t hire operatives who have alcohol-related violations on their record, Hofmann explains, and police officers’ kids are ideal candidates because she knows their family and their backgrounds. She says the department doesn’t use professional actors, despite rumors to the contrary. When police want to run compliance checks to make sure visibly intoxicated patrons aren’t being served, Hofmann says, they don’t send in an operative who is acting drunk, they just send in cops in plain clothes to monitor who is served. And she says she doesn’t send in older operatives with expired IDs to do compliance checks. She adds that servers don’t usually appreciate the stings, and sometimes become verbally abusive toward police, a reaction that can lead the BLA to hand down a more severe sanction. “A lot of times they get upset even when they’ve passed,” Hofmann says. “We’ve had a couple yell and curse at our operatives.”

City attorney involved? Tom Carr, who started as city attorney last summer, brought with him a reputation for cracking down on night life during his tenure as Seattle’s city attorney. Among other things, he was criticized for a sting called “Operation Sobering Thought.” In 2007, Carr and the Seattle Police Department claimed that about two dozen people either illegally served minors or let undercover officers who didn’t have valid ID into bars. But critics called the campaign overzealous and sloppy. In one instance, police jailed a bar employee for 11 hours, allegedly for serving a drink to a drunk man, but according to the Seattle Times, the police report said the bartender “poured him a glass of water.” Carr charged the bartenders and doormen

with gross misdemeanors, punishable by a year in jail, but none of the cases resulted in a conviction, and some were tossed out. In addition, in 2009, an assistant attorney at Carr’s office warned bar owners that police would approach apparently intoxicated pedestrians, ask them where they’ve been drinking, and try to shut down any bars they name. But Carr told Boulder Weekly that until his initiative, Seattle police had not done regular compliance checks like Boulder Police do. “We got all sorts of grief because we did 25 establishments,” he says. “Here, they do it all the time.” When asked whether he had any role in the spike in violations that Boulder has seen since he took office, Carr replies, “You think I have the power to make people violate more? … That does seem to coincide with my term here. If, in fact, I am creating better conditions in Boulder, that’s great, but I don’t think it has anything to do with me, frankly. I take underage drinking very seriously, but in this town the city attorney doesn’t really have a policy role there. We advise the liquor board on legal issues and help them do their hearings better, but we don’t give them policy direction. They’re pretty tough on their own.” “I think Boulder already takes it pretty seriously. Our job is just to support them. As I said, I don’t have anything to do with alcohol.” Carr does offer an alternative suggestion for what might have caused the spike, though, and he doesn’t chalk it up to the enforcement crackdown. “I would say there’s a chance it is violation-based and not enforcementbased,” he says. “It’s always possible that when you’re detecting more violations, people are violating more.” He says one possibility is that there has been some letdown among liquor licensees in the years since the 2004 alcohol-induced death of CU fraternity pledge Gordie Bailey. “My experience with any enforcement program is you get compliance in the beginning and kind of a dropoff in compliance later on, so it’s possible that what you’re doing is detecting more violations,” he says. “You get compliance when there’s a tragedy or an emphasis, and then it’s human nature to slack off.”

‘Business as usual’ Similarly, when asked whether Carr is driving any increase in enforcement efforts that might have caused the spike in violations, Assistant City Attorney Llanes replied, “I would emphatically say no. He hasn’t had anything to do with that. It’s been business as usual.” Llanes, who sits on the Boulder

Beverage Licensing Authority as a legal advisor, is effectively the liaison between the city attorney’s office and the liquorlicense enforcement effort. “I can say without a doubt that, as far as alcohol and licensing, there hasn’t been a change or new direction or anything like that, and I’m the person who advises the licensing authority, so I would know for sure,” she says. Like Llanes, Responsible Hospitality Group President Chris Emma, store manager of Liquor Mart, dismisses the idea that Carr’s presence has had anything to do with the spike in violations. “I haven’t heard anything directly as a result of him being in charge now,” Emma says. “I don’t know that he’s been around long enough that he could have any direct effect on it. … You’re always going to get a little grumbling from the folks who get in trouble, but that’s the nature of the beast.” Emma acknowledges that active membership in his group can benefit establishments that receive violations, because it is one of the “mitigating factors” that those found guilty of a liquorlicense infraction can use to argue for a lighter sanction. “It took years for our organization to gain the legitimacy of the city council and Beverage Licensing Authority, to have us on the list of mitigating circumstances that you can work in your favor in the penalty phase,” he says. Emma chalks the spike in violations up to enhanced enforcement, not more violators. “I really attribute it to one thing and one thing only, and that’s the diligence and regularity with which the liquor enforcement officer is doing the stings,” he says. Officer Hofmann says the spike may not have appeared until the last half of 2010 because it was several months before the ramped-up compliance effort got under way, and there is sometimes a two- or three-month lag between when a violation occurs and when it appears on the BLA’s agenda. Llanes says the Beverage Licensing Authority members themselves may be part of the reason for the increase in citations. “They want to see more compliance checks, generally,” she says. “Alcohol issues are a hot button for the community.” The grant funding for the extra stings probably didn’t hurt either. “I think that’s probably the main reason,” Llanes concludes. “I don’t think people are trying to break the law.” —Katherine Creel and Dominic Holden contributed to this report. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com February 24, 2011 13

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Oscar shorts prove that size doesn’t matter by David Accomazzo

or decades, the Oscar for short film was the ignored stepchild of the Academy Awards. In times of limited distribution, the question was never which short film deserved the award most, but rather which nominee had been viewed by the most judges. The award was a critical crapshoot; during the ceremony most viewers saw nothing but a great opportunity to take a bathroom break. But the times, they are a-changing. Thanks to the Internet and DVDs, seeing the Oscar shorts has never been easier, and more people are starting to pay attention to them. In 2005, Magnolia Pictures started showing the nominated short films at art house theaters across the country, and the event has grown. Last year, gross sales topped $1 million for the first time. The International Film Festival will be 18 February 24, 2011

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Saturday, Feb. 26 showing the films on the CU campus this Thursday, Friday and Saturday, just in time for the awards ceremony on Feb. 27. The first-ever award for Best Animated Short Film went to Walt Disney’s “Flowers and Trees,” and out of this year’s five nominees, the favorite to win the award just might be today’s heavyweight animation studio, Pixar. The studio’s whimsical and dialogue-less “Day and Night” follows two goofy creatures as they discover each other’s similarities and differences and learn to get along. The two little guys interact on a black, 2-D plane, yet their bodies are rich 3-D windows into our world during day or night. The message is corny but brilliantly delivered, and since it was shown at the beginning of Toy Story 3, it certainly passes the antiquated-yet-still-relevant “which one has been viewed the most” test that often predicts success.

Two German directors, Max Lang and Jacob Schuh, relocated to the UK to direct “The Gruffalo,” an adaptation of the British children’s book by Julia Donaldson. It’s the longest short of the bunch, clocking in at 27 minutes, and it faithfully tells the story of a mouse who outwits predators in a forest with tall tales of his friend the Gruffalo, a monstrous beast who — surprise! — turns out to be real. The animation and pacing are beautifully executed, yet the piece lacks the whispered innuendos aimed at keeping parents entertained as they watch with their children, something the Shrek and Toy Story movies do so well. This simplicity will work against the film, as Oscars tend to go to movies adults as well as children can enjoy, and this entry probably won’t win. “Let’s Pollute,” a seven-minute see SHORTS Page 20

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Art for Lunch — Don’t actually eat the art. 12:15-12:45 p.m. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122.

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short by American director Geefwee Boedoe, suffers from a similar problem, only in reverse. A satirical bit in the style of ’50s and ’60s educational films, the film proclaims, “Let’s pollute! After all, pollution is our heritage and keeps our economy growing strong.” The animation has some very clever moments, and the film conveys its anti-consumerism, pro-environmental messages very clearly and with maximum irony, just maybe for a few too many minutes. Nuance is not the name of the game here, but luckily, Boedoe stops while the film is still entertaining and not yet overtly preachy. The Australian film “The Lost Thing,” directed by the author of the children’s book of the same name, Shaun Tan, is a melancholy tale about the loss of innocence and wonder in a world that looks down upon such traits as childish. “I used to know a whole lot of pretty interesting [stories],” the narrator tells us at the beginning. “But now I can’t remember any of those.” The short tells the story of a boy in a steam-punk world who finds a fantastic, alien, part-machine, part-tentacled friend no one else seems to think is remarkable. It’s “just plain lost.” He eventually returns the Lost Thing to a world filled with similarly weird beings, and the film seemingly ends

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to admit during their first confession, morosely as the child grows older and and it gets confused by its moral premloses his imagination to the machinations of adulthood. The film is nuanced ise rather quickly. It pushes the story a yet simple, and though it’s a longshot, little too far, and it ultimately bores. it deserves the win. “The Crush,” directed by UK filmAnother worthy film unlikely to win maker Michael Creagh, is a fun tale is the travel scrapbook-turned-animatabout a young schoolboy’s attempts to ed-short “Madagascar, A Journey woo his teacher away from her lout of a Diary.” It’s the most abstract entry of fiancée, but the script stretches the the bunch, and its vivid watercolors characters’ credibility past the point of bring a foreign breaking. land and culBoth films, On the Bill: ture to life it is worth The 2011 nominees for Best Animated with tender joy noting, Short will screen on Thursday, Feb. 24, to Saturday, Feb. 26, at 7 p.m. and the and respect. employ nominees for Best Live Action Short will The film uses Hollywoodscreen on Thursday, Feb. 24, to Saturday, sound in an level producFeb. 26, at 9:30 p.m. Both screenings will be held in CU’s Muenzinger Auditorium. artful way no tion. other nominee “God of manages, and Love” is there is a moment when the protagonist sappy but entertaining, shot with a steps out of a music-saturated fixedretro black-and-white feel. The film is route taxi into the silent open space of the offspring of American Luke Madagascar that is absolutely breathMatheny, who stars as a dweeby jazz taking. “Madagascar” and “The Lost singer with a talent for darts that finds Thing” are the two best films of the himself on the wrong end of a love tribunch, and if one doesn’t win it will be angle involving his beautiful female a deep yet unsurprising shame. drummer and his best friend guitar The nominees for Best Live Action player. He prays to a god whose name Short Film are less interesting but still he does not know and receives a gift from one he didn’t expect. The film noteworthy. “The Confession,” by UK filmmaker Tanel Toom, tells the story borders on cheesy at times, yet the of how one naughty British Catholic laughs outnumber the groans by quite a schoolboy and one nice one prepare sins bit.

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magine what flesh would look like if it were made from thin layers of wood, or how a wave in a choppy sea would appear if it were frozen into overarching planks. Picture an animate sense of movement emerging from this wooden mass and visualize shifting colors undulating across it. Now think of one of these shapes protruding from the corner of a room and stretching across a gallery wall. From Feb. 24 through mid-June, viewers will be able to see a similar sight emerging from the walls on the first floor of the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art. The piece on display will be a custom-built, site-specific installation by internationally recognized Brazilian artist Henrique Oliveira, who works in sweeping gestures of wood that consume the viewer with their size and texture. Oliveira works primarily with reused strips of pliable fencing wood that commonly surround construction sites in his hometown of São Paulo. He often uses this medium to explore the texture of thick gestural brushstrokes that one would find in an oil painting. Oliveira compares this concept to taking a small corner of a densely textured painting and enlarging it to the size of a wall, allowing the viewer to see the subtle details of a brushstroke. “It’s the idea of recreating the painterly shapes and textures via sculpture. I look at the texture on a canvas and try to enlarge it to occupy a more sizable space, translating the softness and viscosity of paint into the hardness of wood,” Oliveira says. Many of his installations and sculptures are titled Tapumes, which in Portuguese means both “fencing” and “something temporary.” His installations are often made specifically for the gallery they are shown in and are later dismantled, such as the one for BMoCA.

Oliveira will also have seven acrylic paintings on display, which bring to mind the freedom of line and pulsation of color sometimes present in Abstract Expressionist paintings. “I think of my work like a combination of painting procedures. It’s a little like a DJ sampling different songs and combining them into new music,” Oliveira says. “I take some brushstrokes from other painters and recreate them, putting them onto the canvas in layers.” This approach results in brightly colored, swirling paintings where chaos and order intermingle. Paint eddies in tides of color, then washes out in fluid stripes and stratum. “In the end, most of my paintings are like landscapes. There’s always this dialogue between the physical surface and the image that results,” Oliveira says. “They have all the liquidity of paint and the velocity

of the gestures with which I apply it, but [it has] been controlled and transformed into patterns.” Boulder artist Jessica Moon Bernstein will also have a site-specific installation on the upper level of BMoCA. Her piece, which is made out of severed bicycle inner tubes, is reminiscent of an undulating mass of sea anemones in a teeming coral reef. The inner tubes are cut into smaller hoses and then arranged in a tightly packed mat with the orifice of the tube facing the viewer. Bernstein used these mats to cover the majority of the walls in the upper gallery so that the viewer is enveloped by the work. “My art has always dealt with environmental concerns,” Bernstein says. “With this project, I’m taking something man-made that’s considered trash and repurposing it through this process of renewal.” Bernstein estimates that she used 10,000 inner tubes that she gathered from local bike shops to complete this project, which she titled Ourrubberos. The word is a variation on the term “ouroboros,” which is an ancient symbol depicting a serpent eating its own tail, representing cyclicality and recreation. Bernstein found this applicable to her reincarnation of the inner tubes, which offers commentary on the effects of mass production and unrestrained consumerism. “Going to bins behind all the bike shops in town and seeing this endless supply of used inner tubes made me think how this is just one town, and that the same thing is happening all over the world,” Bernstein says. “It’s a lot of rubber, and it’s constantly being produced and constantly being thrown away. It brings up an interesting concept about the responsibility of owning something and then the leftovers of that ownership.” Respond:letters@boulderweekly.com

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tockholm Syndrome’s new album Apollo lurches into life as Jerry Joseph wails about walking the streets at 3 a.m. in a “blood-red cowboy shirt … dodging a couple of ghosts.” The song, also the title track, is a little off-putting, even as it relaxes from its chunky and rusty-fender guitar chord opening into an uneasily medicated, pedal steeltinged chorus. At more than seven minutes, it’s the CD’s opener, its title tune and its longest track — but not by a long stretch its most inviting. It may be one of the new album’s best, and in no small part due to Joseph’s in-the-moment, first-person lyrics, vivid and palpable and pure Joseph in their fragmentary, dysfunctional genius. We got to talking about songwriting, a craft that Joseph has a nearly maniacal love-hate relationship with, and one that a lot of people think pretty much no one in America does better. “I don’t know how it works for me, but I tend to write very quickly,” he told us during a phone interview last week, sheltered under an awning from a torrential La Jolla, Calif., downpour. “Sometimes too quickly. I was never a big ‘rewrite’ kind of guy. I have a friend … the greatest band in America for me is Richmond Fontaine [an alt-country four-piece from Portland, Ore.], and the singer is a guy named Willie Vlautin. …We’d be talking about some song and I’d go ‘Man, that’s the greatest line,’ and he’d be like, ‘Yeah, it took me five years to come up with that line.’ “And I’d be like, ‘What? Five f-ing years?’ … Something like ‘Apollo’ probably took me 10 minutes to write. It’s 3 in the morning and I’m sitting in my living room. My wife is gone and I’m not sober yet, and I had just walked by the Apollo Theater, and

boom.” Not everyone can produce songs with the kind of splintered authenticity that Joseph can, and it’s probably that kind of fleeting vignette realism that gives Stockholm Syndrome — which also includes Widespread Panic’s Dave Schools, drummer Wally Ingram (Sheryl Crow, Jackson Browne) and Danny Louis (Gov’t Mule, Cheap Trick) — its butteredside-down scratch. And its channeled-from-somewhere-else surprises, like the yearning “Wisconsin Death Trip,” exuding elegant desperation like a Coen brothers film (“thankin’ the Lord and squeezing out sparks”), and the loping acoustic sermon “That Which is Coming.” We scribbled “gospelgrass?” in the margins on the latter. “Why they didn’t put this in the press, I have no idea,” he says. “But that is directly from the Koran. They don’t call ’em psalms … they’re … they’re … can’t think of the word for it [verses]. But it’s verbatim from the Koran. I took it word for word.” OK, maybe not gospelgrass. Korangrass. “That’s it! You just invented a whole new genre,” he says. Technically, Jerry Joseph did, but whatever. The song is buried in the middle of the new Stockholm

Syndrome CD, the second studio recording for the band, following up their debut from 2004. Yes, almost seven years ago. There’s a bit of recording time in there as well, which seems to be subject to some management hush-hush and which we didn’t really pin Joseph down on (he didn’t want to talk about it), but even as a milestone for the successful side-project band, it’s hardly a recent thing for a guy who is always — always — working. The guy made a valiant attempt at being in the Stockholm Syndrome-kind of press space to talk about the record, but the fact is, it’s pretty old news for him. “We moved pretty quickly,” he says. “We wrote the songs in August, we were in the studio in February and it was mixed by May, so it’s been out of my hands for a while. “I’ve made … three or four records since we recorded this,” he continues. “I actually had to go back and listen to it. Music’s a pretty instantaneous process. You write the songs, you learn them and then you play them, so when there’s a two-year window like this … I don’t know if I’ve ever been in that position.” But Joseph’s position is basically frontman for a band of stars working their side project, a tellingly ironic gig for a guy who was an early and strident fan of Widespread Panic, but whose own history includes fronting Boulder’s proto-jam-band heroes Little Women and a very lengthy tenure fronting the Jackmormons. It’s a gig he enjoys as an extension of his long friendship with Dave Schools, but for him it also illustrates the fickleness of his chosen industry. “I got this joke. We pull up in the Stockholm van at a festival, and all of a sudden I have all these friends in the music business. When it’s the Jackmormons van, I can’t find any of ’em.” Respond:letters@boulderweekly.com

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merican audiences may not be aware that Martin Solveig’s brand of upbeat dance music is erupting all over Europe, just as Solveig himself has never visited this part of the U.S. But both of those things are about to change when the French DJ rocks Beta Nightclub on March 24, bringing DJMag.com’s No. 55 pick for international DJs to its No. 2 best dance club in America. Solveig has already racked up a few awards in his native France, and his newest single, the refreshingly sunny “Hello,” held a No. 1 spot in countries all over Europe. That momentum carries him across the Atlantic to begin a wave of North American dates promoting SMASH, his upcoming album to be released later this year. Solveig spoke to Boulder Weekly on the phone the morning after the tour’s first show in Washington, D.C. “Honestly I didn’t know exactly what to expect,” Solveig says. “Most of my DJ friends are telling me the U.S. is the place where things are happening now. Yesterday was the confirmation of this. Of course its just one show, but it was really great.” SMASH is packaged as an album and a Web series that chronicles the misadventures of Solveig travelling the world with his “manageur” (played hilariously by French DJ Gregory Darsa) in a global search for love and release from self-reservation. They are remarkably high-quality shorts, challenging the likes of Flight of the Conchords with what amounts to viral promotion. With nearly 2 million views on YouTube, the first episode saw Solveig challenge French DJ Bob Sinclair on the tennis court, filmed in the arena of the actual Roland Garros French Tennis Open in front of 12,000 spectators and a host of cameos from French tennis stars. Each new episode of the series also leaks

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a little more of the album, and Solveig, who creates and films his own music videos, says they are as important as the music itself. “When I started working on the concept of SMASH, I really wanted to tell a story, to be able to have a little more video material and have fun with it,” he says. “I just like the idea of not being very serious about what I do, especially because we’re in a very entertaining environment. I think it’s really what club music is all about.” Solveig’s disarming charm reflects the positivity of his music, but the reserved character he plays in SMASH is not so true to life. “I like very much the idea of having avatars,” he says, noting the iconography of Deadmau5’s stage helmet. “But my idea for my avatar was to play sort of a comedy thing. I’m keeping my normal face in a way, but I have nothing to do with the guy I’m performing when I’m in the video, it’s just an act.” His 2008 album C’est La Vie showcased Solveig’s preference for clean vocals and sampling real instru-

ments, a hard sell in a DJ scene full of heavily processed and darker sounds. “In a certain extent you never really choose, I think, the exact direction of your music,” Solveig says. “But if I could choose, I would like that. I’m happy about making, I wouldn’t say happy, but positive, sort of light [music], something not too heavy, just something enjoyable.” C’est La Vie itself was heavily influenced by The Strokes, of all groups, and it mixed jump-up pop that many can identify as French thanks to Daft Punk’s interpretation of funk. The question of American influence in his music, however, brought out the Paris native’s global attitude toward style and sound. “If I had to be honest, I don’t think [The Strokes] have a specific sound in rock that defines American rock,” Solveig says. “But maybe I’m wrong. I thought they were European at first. But it doesn’t really matter or count to me — it sounds cheesy to say this, but we are all citizens of the world. I don’t believe a lot in the regional approach of music now; considering everything is on the Internet, I could exchange more about music with Dutch, English and Italian people at the moment than with French, and it could be the same with Canadians or Russians or whoever.” There are still several SMASH videos in the works as Solveig says “Hello” to new cities in the U.S. and Canada. He’s happy to explore a little more, he says, noting that a road trip through Colorado’s mountains is his next anticipated vacation. “As much as I can be happy to be French, I don’t have a pride or going out in America with a French [accent] saying ‘Hey hey, I am French, and you are American,’ you know what I mean. We are all the same,’” he says. Respond:letters@boulderweekly.com

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An Instinct Toward Life — Sculptures by Dario Robleto. MCA Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303298-7554. Through May 15. Bloodlines — Paintings by Hermann Nitsch. MCA Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Through May 29. The Hopkins Family Quilt in Context — 19th century quilt colletion. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave., Denver, 720-865-5000. Through March 20. Western Horizons: Landscapes

from the Contemporary Realism Collection — By various artists. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave., Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Aug. 28. NCAR Community Art Program Gallery I — Oil paintings by Lair. NCAR Mesa Laboratory, 1850 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 303-497-2408. Through Feb. 28. NCAR Community Art Program Gallery II — Art by Paula Gillen. NCAR Mesa Laboratory, 1850 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 303-497-2408. Through March 31. Notes from a Quiet Life —

Photographs by Robert Benjamin. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave., Denver, 720-865-5000. Through May 29. Orphan Paintings — Russian avantgarde paintings by various artists. MCA Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303298-7554. Piece Work — Sculptures by Allison Smith. MCA Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Through May 29. Running the Numbers: Portraits of Mass Consumption — Photographs by Chris Jordan. BioLounge, CU Museum, 1035 Broadway, Boulder, 303-492-6892.

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music Back to the Woods. 5 p.m. Folsom Street Coffee, 1795 Folsom St., Boulder, 303-440-8808. Boombox. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399. Brad Upton Quartet. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. Erica Brown Band. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Godlazer — With Thick Chicks and others. 8:30 p.m.Club 151, CU campus, 303-492-7704. Greensleeves. 10 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Hot Soup. 9 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 302 Main St., Longmont, 303-834-9384. Jaden Carlson. 7 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303-443-5108. James Lee Baker, Signel-Z. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4404628. John Lee Hooker Jr. Band. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400. Johnny O Band. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. KC Groves and The Jaspers. 7-9 p.m. The Stone Cup, 442 High St., Lyons, 303-823-2345. Lisa Bell. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475. Music on the Mezz — With Bonnie Lowdermilk Trio. 5 p.m. Hotel Boulderado, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-4344. North Mississippi Allstars. 9 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. One on One. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Paradigm. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. Pearls 4 Breakfast. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Sambadende. 7 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Tom Rush and Stoll Vaughan. 8 p.m. Swallow

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Camelot. The Jesters Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont, 303-682-9980. Through April 17. Crime & Punishment. Presented by Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company. Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through March 5. Don’t Dress for Dinner. Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden, 303-935-3044. Through Feb. 27.

Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003.

events Liza Oxnard. The Rib House, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-7427. Mardi Gras Event to Benefit American Red Cross. 7 p.m. Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe Rd., Boulder, 303-745-9577. Salsa Dancing. 10:30 p.m. Trattoria on Pearl, 1430 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-544-0008. Video Production Transitions Certificate Program. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.

Saturday, Feb. 26

music Acoustic Brunch. 10 a.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-443-5108. Acoustic Lynyrd Skynyrd — Featuring Stef Briggs, Clay Kirkland, Ernie Martinez and Paul Trunko. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003. Adam Bodine. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St.,

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words Thursday, Feb. 24 Thursday Night Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-579-1644.

with Literary Agent Sara Megibow. 2 p.m. Boulder Bookstore, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

Monday, Feb. 21 Friday, Feb. 25 Benjamin Hale’s The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore. 6 p.m. Boulder Bookstore, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303447-2074.

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“So You’re a Poet” — Open mic poetry. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Tuesday, Feb. 22 Tuesday Night Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-579-1644.

Hello Dolly! Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000. Through Feb. 26. The Philanderer. Presented by Upstart Crow Theatre Co. Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through March 5. Rent — Presented by CU Theatre & Dance. University Theatre Building, CU campus, 303-492-8181. Through Feb. 27.

Boulder, 303-447-0475. Bluegrass Pick. 12 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400. Boomchicken. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Catsmelvin, SFS, Zen Theory. 7:30 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303-443-5108. Ice Cube. 9 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Jah Spirit. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. John Lee Hooker Jr. Band. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Message In a Bottle. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Music on the Mezz — With Jenn Cleary. 5 p.m. Hotel Boulderado, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-4344. Nathaniel Rateliff. 8 p.m. Old Main, CU campus, 303-492-7704. Notes & Oats Musical Breakfast — With Antero Winds. 10 a.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303-443-5108. Onda. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-4859400. Pierre Bensusan. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003. The Robinson Quartet. 7 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Still Run and Max Davies. 7:30 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. Stockholm Syndrome — With Truth & Salvage Co. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399. West Arvada Dog Park Benefit Concert and Silent Auction — With Open Range and Patty Jackson. 3 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. The White Rabbit Art Benefit. 6:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-4636683. Willie Houston. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322.

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Events and Music for Frozen Dead Guy Days Schedule of Events FRIDAY, MARCH 4 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Booksigning with Bo the “Ice Man” and his new book Frozen Dead Guy With special guest appeance, Brent Warren, original Dead Guy Day artist. Off Her Rocker Mercantile - 4 East First Street.

4:00pm - 7:00pm

The fun starts in the ReAnimate Yourself Beer Tent in Chipeta Park • Microbrew beer from Avery and Left Hand • NEW - 303 Vodka • Live Music all weekend long. • Grandpa’s Gift Shop & food vendors.

4:00pm - 6:00pm

Tours to see the Frozen Dead Guy (Grandpa) with Bo the Iceman 90 minute tours from Buffalo Bill’s in the Caribou Shopping Center to the Tuff Shed. Transportation provided. 4:00pm tour - $30 6:00pm tour - $30

6:00pm

Ghost Stories Say hello to Grandpa at BLUE OWL BOOKS. FREE - Rated PG. 176 HWY 119, across from the Carousel of Happiness.

7:00pm

8:00am - 11:00am

FDGD Pancake Breakfast Pancakes and more! Eggs and sausage, coffee and juice will be served alongside all you can eat pancakes for the whole family. Warm your belly for your day outdoors! Nederland Community Center.

9:00am, 12:30pm, 2:00pm, 4:00pm

Tours to see the Frozen Dead Guy (Grandpa) with Bo the Iceman. 90 minute tours from Buffalo Bill’s in the Caribou Shopping Center to the Tuff Shed. Transportation provided. $30 Per Tour.

10:30am - 11:30am 2:30pm - 3:30pm

CRYOGENICS FOR KIDS!!! Presented by Wild Bear Mountain Ecology Center. Cryogenics for Kids uses liquid nitrogen to provide an interactive cryogenic science presentation to kindergarten through high school age children. Hot Cocoa, Hot Chai and meet the Wild Bear! Caribou Shopping Center next to the Carousel 10:30am - 11:30am 2:30pm - 3:30pm

11:00am - 7:00pm

FRIDAY NIGHT FEVER BLUE BALL

Grandpa’s Mall Crawl. Nederland’s First Street will be transformed into a pedestrian mall so revelers can enjoy street performers and participate in brain freezing and the Pioneer Inn’s frozen t-shirt contest, Icy Turkey Bowling, Mechanical Bull Riding, and more.

Contest - 10:00pm

11:00am – 7:00pm

FROZEN DEAD GUY DAYS OPENING CEREMONY IN THE NEDERLAND’S ROUNDABOUT.

8:00pm - 2:00am

Disco’s not DEAD it’s just FROZEN featuring full 70’s decor & atmosphere. Music by DJ Jahsonic & Milkman Amok, DJ’s Earth and Sun Dragon. Dancing Queen & Stayin’ Alive Grandpa Costume Contests. Entry Fee: $10 Winners receive Mont Bell jacket valued at $350. Black Forest Restaurant, 24 Big Springs Dr. 2011Friday Night Fever Blue Ball - $10 Purchase ticket to Ball + entry in Dancing Queen & Stayin’ Alive Grandpa contests. $20.

SATURDAY, MARCH 5 8:00am - 11:00am

Event Day Registration for the Parade of Hearses, Polar Plunge & Harvest House Coffin Races.

Brain Freezer Tent Beer, music and vendor tent on First Street • Microbrew beer from Avery and Left Hand • NEW - 303 Vodka • Live Music • Grandpa’s Gift Shop & food vendors The Newly-Dead Game at the Brain Freezer Tent Gail Rubin, “The Doyenne of Death”, will test how well a couple knows each other, just like the popular TV game show The Newlywed Game.

11:00am – 7:00pm

The fun continues at the ReAnimate Yourself Beer Tent in Chipeta Park • Microbrew beer from Avery and Left Hand • NEW - 303 Vodka • Live Music all weekend long. • Grandpa’s Gift Shop & food vendors.

11:00am - 4:00pm

Grandpa’s in the Tuff Shed Watch the award-winning Grandpa’s in the Tuff Shed short film. Shows approximately every 30 minutes. Dog House Videos, located on the upper floor of the Caribou Shopping Center. FREE

Noon

Parade of Hearses starts the Nederland Teen Center and goes up First Street. Parade Marshalls - Robin, Kathy, and Shelly Beeck, award-winning filmakers of Grandpa’s in the Tuff Shed.

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Charity Polar Plunge at Chipeta Park Take the freezin’ plunge! Proceeds will be donated to the Nederland Fireworks Fund.

1:00pm - 4:00pm

Twicester at Chipeta Park Yes it’s frozen twister, come check it out in between Polar Plunge and Coffin Races.

2:00pm - 3:00pm

Harvest House Coffin Races at Chipeta Park. Uncle Nasty from KBPI radio will be MC of the Harvest House Coffin Races. 30 teams race with a coffin and ‘corpse’ in tow race through a course full of obstacles, mud, snow, playground slides. Who will be the first cross the finish line? PRIZES FOR 1ST, 2ND & 3RD PLACE, BEST COSTUME & MOST FDGD SPIRIT

3:00pm - 3:30pm

Final Heats Harvest House Coffin Races

5:30pm – 6:30pm

Grandpa’s STILL in the Tuff Shed See the extended version of Grandpa’s in the Tuff Shed and meet the filmakers. DVDs available. Backdoor Theater - Nederland Community Center. $5 entry fee.

3:00pm - 5:00pm

Brain Freeze Contest. Ooowwwweee!!! Be a Brain Freezer in front Brain Freezer Tent on First Street. Contestants race against each other to finish downing frozen treats for great prizes! $5 entry fee

5:00pm

Pioneer Inn’s Frozen T-shirt Contest

Music Line Up How fast can you open it up & get it on! and win something. The Pioneer Inn (15 E. 1st Street) $5 entry fee.

6:00pm

Tacos ‘n Tunes at Blue Owl Books Homemade Tacos ‘n Tunes with Lara Ruggles. 176 HWY 119, across from the Carousel of Happiness.

6:30pm - 1:00am

Grandpa’s Pub Crawl, featuring Live Music at local pubs and bars.

SUNDAY, MARCH 6 8:00am - 11:00am

10:00am,1:00pm, 3:00pm

Tours to see the Frozen Dead Guy (Grandpa) with Bo the Iceman 90 minute tours from Buffalo Bill’s in the Caribou Shopping Center to the Tuff Shed. Transportation provided. $30

11:00am – 5:00pm

ReAnimate Yourself Beer Tent in Chipeta Park • Microbrew beer from Avery and Left Hand. • NEW - 303 Vodka • Live Music continues • Grandpa’s Gift Shop & food vendors.

11:00am – 3:00pm

Sunday is Family Fun Day Kids Activities in Chipeta Park Presented by Over the Rainbow Preschool • Igloo Decorating • Face Painting• Snow Treasure Hunting. Lots of other fun games! 12:00 - 2:00pm coffin race course will be open to the KIDS! Coffin provided. Cryogenics for Kids!!! Presented by Wild Bear Mountain Ecology Center. Cryogenics for Kids uses liquid nitrogen to provide an interactive cryogenic science presentation to kindergarten through high school age children. Hot Cocoa, Hot Chai and meet the Wild

Bear! Caribou Shopping Center next to the Carousel 10:30am - 11:30am 2:30pm - 3:30pm

11:00am – 5:00pm

Brain Freezer Tent Beer, music and vendor tent on First Street • Microbrew beer from Avery and Left Hand • NEW - 303 Vodka • Live Music • Grandpa’s Gift Shop & food vendors The Newly-Dead Game at the Brain Freezer Tent. Gail Rubin, “The Doyenne of Death”, will test how well a couple knows each other, just like the popular TV game show The Newlywed Game.

11:00am - 2:00pm

Sundance Cafe Salmon Toss & Sunday Brunch. Furthest Toss wins the prize. (11am - 2pm Come Anytime!) Win $100 Gift Certificate from Sundance (1st Prize); T-shirt (2nd), Pint Glass (3rd). The Sundace Cafe, 1 mile South of Nederland on HWY 119. - $5.00 entry fee.

11:00am – 4:00pm

Grandpa’s in the Tuff Shed. Watch the award-winning Grandpa’s in the Tuff Shed short film. Shows starts on the hour and half hour. Dog House Videos, located on the upper floor of the Caribou Shopping Center. FREE

11:30am – 12:30pm

Booksigning with Bo the “Ice Man” Book signing with Bo the “ice man” and his new book Frozen Dead Guy. With special guest appeance, Brent Warren, original Dead Guy Day artist. Off Her Rocker Mercantile - 4 East First Street.

3:00pm

First Street Rocky Mountain Oyster eating Contest. Race to eat as many rocky mountain oysters as possible. 1st prize wins $100, prizes for 2nd & 3rd places. First Street Pub & Grill (35 East 1st Street) $10 entry fee, inlcudes a beer.

3:00pm - 6:00pm

Stage Stop Crooks Ice Cream Eating Contest and Family Pick. 60 Main St, Rollinsville.

5:00pm

Closing Ceremony of 2011 Frozen Dead Guy Days in Nederland’s roundabout.

FRIDAY, MARCH 4

SUNDAY, MARCH 6

3:00pm– 7:00pm

11:00am – 4:00pm

ReAnimate Yourself Beer Tent in Chipeta Park 4:00pm - 5:15pm: The Longest Day of the Year 5:45pm -7:00pm: Dr. MD

8:00pm - 2:00am

Fat Rabbit -First Street Pub & Grill - 35 East 1st Street Celestial Hoedown and Special Guests - THE STAGE STOP- 60 Main St, Rollinsville. Shakedown Street -Whistler’s Cafe- 161 N. Jefferson.

SATURDAY, MARCH 5 10:45am – 7:00pm

ReAnimate Yourself Beer Tent in Chipeta Park 10:45am - 11:30pm: Jon Ridnell Trio 12:00pm -12:45pm: The Zydecoasters 1:15pm - 2:00pm: Ground Up 3:00pm - 4:00pm: Fat Rabbit 4:30pm - 5:30pm: Onda 6:00pm - 7:30pm: Smooth Money Gesture

10:45am – 7:00pm

Brain Freezer Tent on First Street 11:00am - 12:15pm: Acoustic Mining Company 12:30pm -2:00pm: Kort McCumber 3:00pm - 7:00pm THUNK

6:30pm – 2:00am

Jubal and The Rude Boys - First Street Pub & Grill - 35 East 1st Street. Mountain Standard Time - The Stage Stop- 60 Main St, Rollinsville. Smooth Money Gesture and Jet Edison -Whistler’s Cafe - 161 N. Jefferson.

ReAnimate Yourself Beer Tent in Chipeta Park 11:00am -12:00pm: The Mile Markers 12:30pm - 1:30pm: The Belletanes 2:00pm - 3:00pm: The Zimmermans 3:30pm - 5:00pm: Elegant Survival

11:00am – 5:00pm

Brain Freezer Tent on First Street 11:00am - 12:00 noon: Jubal and Monica 12:15pm - 1:30pm: Silas Herman & Friends 1:45pm - 2:45pm: Holden Young Trio 3:00pm - 3:30pm: ‘The Newly Dead Game’ 3:45pm - 5:00pm: The Whiskey Bottles.

8:00pm

Grant Farm with Kieth Mosley - Whistler’s Cafe- 161 N. Jefferson

Events and Music for Frozen Dead Guy Days Schedule of Events FRIDAY, MARCH 4 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Booksigning with Bo the “Ice Man” and his new book Frozen Dead Guy With special guest appeance, Brent Warren, original Dead Guy Day artist. Off Her Rocker Mercantile - 4 East First Street.

4:00pm - 7:00pm

4:00pm - 6:00pm

6:00pm

Ghost Stories Say hello to Grandpa at BLUE OWL BOOKS. FREE - Rated PG. 176 HWY 119, across from the Carousel of Happiness.

7:00pm

8:00am - 11:00am

9:00am, 12:30pm, 2:00pm, 4:00pm

Tours to see the Frozen Dead Guy (Grandpa) with Bo the Iceman. 90 minute tours from Buffalo Bill’s in the Caribou Shopping Center to the Tuff Shed. Transportation provided. $30 Per Tour.

10:30am - 11:30am 2:30pm - 3:30pm

11:00am - 7:00pm

FRIDAY NIGHT FEVER BLUE BALL

Contest - 10:00pm

11:00am – 7:00pm

FROZEN DEAD GUY DAYS OPENING CEREMONY IN THE NEDERLAND’S ROUNDABOUT.

8:00pm - 2:00am

SATURDAY, MARCH 5 8:00am - 11:00am

Event Day Registration for the Parade of Hearses, Polar Plunge & Harvest House Coffin Races.

11:00am – 7:00pm

11:00am - 4:00pm

Noon

Parade of Hearses starts the Nederland Teen Center and goes up First Street. Parade Marshalls - Robin, Kathy, and Shelly Beeck, award-winning filmakers of Grandpa’s in the Tuff Shed.

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Charity Polar Plunge at Chipeta Park Take the freezin’ plunge! Proceeds will be donated to the Nederland Fireworks Fund.

1:00pm - 4:00pm

Twicester at Chipeta Park Yes it’s frozen twister, come check it out in between Polar Plunge and Coffin Races.

2:00pm - 3:00pm

3:00pm - 3:30pm

Final Heats Harvest House Coffin Races

5:30pm – 6:30pm

Grandpa’s STILL in the Tuff Shed See the extended version of Grandpa’s in the Tuff Shed and meet the filmakers. DVDs available. Backdoor Theater - Nederland Community Center. $5 entry fee.

3:00pm - 5:00pm

Brain Freeze Contest. Ooowwwweee!!! Be a Brain Freezer in front Brain Freezer Tent on First Street. Contestants race against each other to finish downing frozen treats for great prizes! $5 entry fee

5:00pm

Pioneer Inn’s Frozen T-shirt Contest

Music Line Up How fast can you open it up & get it on! and win something. The Pioneer Inn (15 E. 1st Street) $5 entry fee.

6:00pm

Tacos ‘n Tunes at Blue Owl Books Homemade Tacos ‘n Tunes with Lara Ruggles. 176 HWY 119, across from the Carousel of Happiness.

6:30pm - 1:00am

Grandpa’s Pub Crawl, featuring Live Music at local pubs and bars.

SUNDAY, MARCH 6 8:00am - 11:00am

10:00am,1:00pm, 3:00pm

Tours to see the Frozen Dead Guy (Grandpa) with Bo the Iceman 90 minute tours from Buffalo Bill’s in the Caribou Shopping Center to the Tuff Shed. Transportation provided. $30

11:00am – 5:00pm

ReAnimate Yourself Beer Tent in Chipeta Park • Microbrew beer from Avery and Left Hand. • NEW - 303 Vodka • Live Music continues • Grandpa’s Gift Shop & food vendors.

11:00am – 3:00pm

Bear! Caribou Shopping Center next to the Carousel 10:30am - 11:30am 2:30pm - 3:30pm

11:00am – 5:00pm

Brain Freezer Tent Beer, music and vendor tent on First Street • Microbrew beer from Avery and Left Hand • NEW - 303 Vodka • Live Music • Grandpa’s Gift Shop & food vendors The Newly-Dead Game at the Brain Freezer Tent. Gail Rubin, “The Doyenne of Death”, will test how well a couple knows each other, just like the popular TV game show The Newlywed Game.

11:00am - 2:00pm

11:00am – 4:00pm

11:30am – 12:30pm

3:00pm

3:00pm - 6:00pm

Stage Stop Crooks Ice Cream Eating Contest and Family Pick. 60 Main St, Rollinsville.

5:00pm

Closing Ceremony of 2011 Frozen Dead Guy Days in Nederland’s roundabout.

FRIDAY, MARCH 4

SUNDAY, MARCH 6

3:00pm– 7:00pm

11:00am – 4:00pm

ReAnimate Yourself Beer Tent in Chipeta Park 4:00pm - 5:15pm: The Longest Day of the Year 5:45pm -7:00pm: Dr. MD

8:00pm - 2:00am

Fat Rabbit -First Street Pub & Grill - 35 East 1st Street Celestial Hoedown and Special Guests - THE STAGE STOP- 60 Main St, Rollinsville. Shakedown Street -Whistler’s Cafe- 161 N. Jefferson.

SATURDAY, MARCH 5 10:45am – 7:00pm

10:45am – 7:00pm

Brain Freezer Tent on First Street 11:00am - 12:15pm: Acoustic Mining Company 12:30pm -2:00pm: Kort McCumber 3:00pm - 7:00pm THUNK

6:30pm – 2:00am

ReAnimate Yourself Beer Tent in Chipeta Park 11:00am -12:00pm: The Mile Markers 12:30pm - 1:30pm: The Belletanes 2:00pm - 3:00pm: The Zimmermans 3:30pm - 5:00pm: Elegant Survival

11:00am – 5:00pm

8:00pm

Grant Farm with Kieth Mosley - Whistler’s Cafe- 161 N. Jefferson

TASTE THE LOVE ORGANIC • FAIR TRADE LOCALLY ROASTED BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED

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Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-8750276. Afternoon Tea. 2 p.m. Jill’s Restaurant at St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-4069696. Beginning/Intermediate Hoopdance. 10 a.m. Kakes Studio, 2115 Pearl St., Boulder, 303918-6617. Dinner & a Movie — Presented by Altona Grange. 6 p.m. 9386 N. 39th St., Longmont, 303926-7538. Progressive Grassroots Upload Event. 12 p.m. Eaton Humanities Building, CU campus, www.bouldercountydems.org. Tango Among Friends — Social drop-in tango class. 1 p.m. Pearl Street Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder. www.TangoAmongFriends.net.

TWO LOCATIONS: 1709 PEARL ST. NORLIN LIBRARY - CU

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Sunday, Feb. 27

music TOM RUSH w/Stoll Vaughn Fri. 02.25

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L2 Arts & Culture Center

album release

PIERRE BENSUSAN Sat. 02.26

LIVE MUSIC every Sun, Mon, & Wed @10pm & Fridays @ 5pm EVERY TUESDAY! $3 Premium Drafts all day $4.50 Cheeseburger & Fries after 4pm

Fri., February 25th

Holden Young

Sun., February 27th

Open Stage

9pm, sign up at 8:30

Mon., February 28th

$20

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ABIGAIL WASHBURN

Sun.7pm 02.27 $24

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MARSHALL CRENSHAW & ELLIS PAUL

Fri. 03.04

$22 advance

JOHN JORGENSON QUINTET Sat. 03.05 $20 advance

Twist & Shout presents...

TONY FURTADO BAND w/Ego vs Id

Fri. 03.11

$18 advance

VÄSEN with MIKE MARSHALL & DAROL ANGER Sat. 03.12

The Heavy Cats

$23 advance L2 Arts & Culture Center

Wed., February 2nd

events

The Stereofedelics Friday, Mar. 4th - John McKay Sunday, Mar. 6th - Open Stage Monday, Mar. 7th - George Nelson Quartet Fat Tuesday, Mar. 8th - No One Cares String Band Wed., Mar. 9th - J Mitch and L Switch Friday, Mar. 11th - Troy Clayton (5pm) Sunday, Mar. 13th - Open Stage Monday, Mar. 14th - The Heavy Cats Wednesday, Mar. 16th - Jet Edison

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Abigail Washburn. 7 p.m. Swallow Hill, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003. Acoustic Open Mic. 2-4 p.m.The Stone Cup, 442 High St., Lyons, 303-823-2345. Asher Bluegrass Pick. 4-6 p.m. Asher Brewing Co., 4699 Nautilus Court., Boulder, 303-530-1381. Bluegrass Pick — All levels welcome. 12-3 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover St., Longmont, 303-485-9400. CMF Chamber Music Concert: Brahms, Foote and Copland. 2 p.m. Chautauqua Community House, 900 Baseline Rd., Boulder, 303-442-3282. Crow Radio. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-4859400. CU-Boulder Spring Swing Concert. 2 p.m. Macky Auditorium, CU campus, 303-492-8008. Dotsero. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Halden Wofford and the Hi-Beams. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-8236685. Lea Holz. 6 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475. Mellow Cello Sunday Brunch. 11 a.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-4636683. Open Stage. 9 p.m. Pearl Street Pub, 1108 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-939-9900. Three Squared. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Tiffany Christopher & Hillary Murray. 10 p.m. Mountain Sun Pub, 1535 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-546-0886.

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Beginning Hawaiian Hula Class. 7:15 p.m. Boulder Ballet Studio, The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-447-9772. Continuing Hawaiian Hula Class. 5:30 p.m. Boulder Ballet Studio, The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-447-9772. Dirty Dancing. 7:30 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Free Open House. 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Boulder Shambhala Meditation Center, 1345 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-444-0190. Get Ready For Spring! — Free informational talk, Q & A session & live music

presented by Willow Way Permaculture. 7 p.m. Bittersweet Cafe, 820 Main St., Louisville, 303530-1415.

Monday, Feb. 28

music Brad Goode Jazz Jam. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. By All Means Band. 10 p.m. Southern Sun Pub, 627 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-0886. Electric Blues Jam. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400. The Heavy Cats. Pearl Street Pub, 1108 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-939-9900. Jay Ryan’s Big Top. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave.,Arvada, 303-463-6683. Open Mic. 7 p.m. Rock N Soul Café, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Suite 1, Boulder, 303-443-5108.

events “So,You’re a Poet” — Open mic poetry. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Twisted Pine Brewing and Tap Room. 3-9 p.m. Twisted Pine Tap Room, 3201 Walnut St., #A, Boulder, 303-786-9270. Understanding CSS. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276.

Tuesday, March 1

music Clusterpluck — 9 p.m. Open jam. George’s Food & Drink, 2028 14th St., Boulder, 303-9989350. Joshua Radin. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Kevin Dooley and Friends. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Open Mic — With Danny Shafer. 8 p.m./7 p.m. sign-up. Conor O’Neills, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Salsa Night — Every Tuesday night. 7:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. The Absinthe House, 1109 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-443-8600. Super Sessions with Supercollider. 8:30 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303440-4628. Ultraviolet Hippopotamus. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399. Weekly Bluegrass Pick — All levels welcome. 8-11 p.m. Oskar Blues, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303823-6685.

events BANFF Mountain Film Festival World Tour. 7 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Through March 2. Boulder Improv Jam Association — Public dance jam every Tuesday. 7:30-10:30 p.m.The Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe Rd., Boulder, 720-934-2028. Boulder Creek Watershed Event. 5:30 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3196 Flamenco Dance Technique. 5:50 p.m. Kakes Studios, 2115 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-786-7050, www.flamenco-boulder.com. Sustaining Chautauqua for Future

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Wednesday, March 2

music BaoBao Festival. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. The Clamdaddys Transcendental Blues Jam. 7:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. George Nelson. 6:30 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Open Stage. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont,

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303-485-9400. Stubborn Gray. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

events Advanced Search Engine Optimization. 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276. Just Sit. 7 to 9 p.m. Boulder Shambhala Meditation Center, 1345 Spruce St., Boulder,

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303-444-0190. PLAN-Boulder County Annual Dinner. 6 p.m. Hotel Boulderado, 2115 13th St., Boulder, www.planboulder.org. Swing Blues Dance Lessons. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Tea,Talks,Transformation — With Linda Lawson. 6:30 p.m. Boulder. For location, call 720301-3993. Vajrayana Buddhist Meditation. 7 p.m. Mipham

So Rim Kung Fu for Children. 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. A Place to B Studio, 1750 30th St., Boulder, 303-440-8007.

Friday, Feb. 25 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303441-3100.

Saturday, Feb. 26 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303441-3100.

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Baby Boogie — Bring kids to dance. 2 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-4636683. Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303441-3100.

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Tuesday, March 1 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303441-3100. Drop-in Storytime. 4 p.m. Erie Community Library, 400 Powers St., Erie, 720-685-5200. Tactile Tuesday. 9-11 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303604-2424.

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Wednesday, March 2 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Drop-in Storytime. 11 a.m. Erie Community Library, 400 Powers St., Erie, 720-685-5200. So Rim Kung Fu for Children. 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. A Place to B Studio, 1750 30th St., Boulder, 303-440-8007. Toddler Hour. 9 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303604-2424.

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Resuscitating your sex life by Dr. Jenni Skyler Dear Dr. Jenni, I come too fast. Like within 30 seconds of penetrating my girlfriend. I’ve had this problem for almost four years. It’s getting so bad I don’t want to have sex anymore. How can I last longer in bed? —Panicked About Penetration

know the so-called honeymoon stage is way over, but I’m sorely missing sex and have no idea how to recoup it. —Longing for More Sex

Dear Longing, Your question addresses the most familiar issue I see in my practice. The Dear Panicked, frequency of sex experienced during your Your concern is quite common. I’m dating days can often diminish when curious about your masturbation habits. both parties fully acclimate to one anothOften, men get absorbed in a fantasy er. Basically, comfort can engender routrance and quickly pleasure themselves. I tine, and sex can start to feel less exciting. suggest re-training your penile response The solution here is to press “rewhen alone and start” on your sex connecting into your life. When someQuestions arousal spectrum. thing is new and Send questions for Jenni For instance, make thrilling, you want Skyler to drjenni@ number one symbolto repeat it over and theintimacyinstitute.org. ize a flaccid penis over. Creating a new with no arousal, 10 and exciting sexual symbolizing orgasm atmosphere may require a little ingenuity, but it’s very posand ejaculation, and nine symbolizing sible. And very fun! ejaculatory inevitability. The challenge is For starters, embrace this task as a to thoroughly feel the sensations of two journey you are about to undertake with through eight. When masturbating, take yourself to a six or seven, then back down your partner. Though it may seem counterintuitive to schedule sex when it to four. Then return to seven or eight, already feels routine, it is essential to then back to five. Then return to eight make sex and pleasure a priority. Set up and allow yourself to orgasm and ejacuweekly intimacy dates where you carve late. The trick here is to touch (literally) out a window of time with your honey to into four through seven. So often, these numbers get passed by rather quickly, and be together. If you have three kids and two full-time jobs, this may be just one yet these are the “stamina numbers.” Once you have mastered control by hour a week. If you have a more flexible yourself, it’s time to try the numbers with schedule, this can be a five-hour leisurely your girlfriend. Again, try to refrain from weekend window. falling into a trance where four through Once the weekly structure is there, eight happen so suddenly that before you filling in the content becomes fun. Take blink, you’ve hit ejaculatory inevitability. turns initiating and driving the date. Share When starting with penetration, go slow, fantasies. Enact fantasies. Role-play. Make and ask your girlfriend to be the “quiet a game where no intercourse is allowed. vagina,” where she stays very still and Pull out the oil and do a sensual massage. silent. This helps you focus on your task. In short, you want to toss out the old After a while, you can progress to a place script where sex followed an ordered set where she is more active and engaged. of activities. Make a list of a dozen difIn the end, if you ejaculate too quick- ferent activities in no particular order. ly, don’t get anxious. You have a tongue, Then sample one each week as if they fingers and toys of all sorts to help prowere delicious hors d’oeuvres. The goal is long her pleasure! Remember, it’s about to have pleasure with one another on a the journey of connection and pleasure. weekly basis. The more innovative you If one person hits orgasm before the can be, the more frequently you may find other, it doesn’t mean sex is over. yourselves being sexual! Jenni Skyler, Ph.D., is a sex therapist Dear Dr. Jenni, and board-certified sexologist who runs The We’ve lost that perk. Our first year Intimacy Institute in Boulder, www.theinand a half of dating entailed lots of sex. I timacyinstitute.org.

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you ever have the chance to spend even a shard of time with brothers Tim and Tracey Canaday, owners of Colorado company Never Summer Snowboards, you’ll learn rather quickly that their hard-work ethic and dedication to detail has paid off in more ways than one. It’s not just about snowboards anymore. When I interviewed them in the early years, as the brothers first got started making snowboards, they were quite open about what their boards were made of and the construction techniques involved. Twenty years later, however, try and ask either of them how their latest snowboard offering, the Proto CT with a scratchresistant Carbonium top-sheet and twin-tip technology, is made, or to elaborate on the Custom Flight core that’s the centerpiece of their Summit Custom Splitboard, and you’ll likely get the same answer. “That’s top secret!” But there are a few secretive things that I have been able to ply from them, things that can now be shared with the growing legion of snowboarders and curiosity-gawkers following this growing company. Call it a case of good luck, but I was invited

by Never Summer to visit them at the exclusive 2011 SnowSports Industries America trade show held Jan. 26-29 at the Denver Convention Center. And, as if that weren’t enough, they also invited me to go hunt feral hogs in the southeastern region of Oklahoma just two weeks after the SIA event. OK, so maybe it wasn’t luck. In the interest of full disclosure, I should add that I grew up in Fort Collins and went to school with the brothers, learned to snowboard on the home-built boards they made out of their garage and have remained friends with them ever since. After attending college, both Cannadays took off for California to quench their thirst for surfing. It was a short-lived hiatus, as both ditched unfulfilling careers in California and moved back to Colorado to build their dream snowboard company. In 1991, they built their first line of snowboards, which included the symmetrical and bidirection twin-tip SC; the asymmetrical DHC with a deeper heel side cut radius; and the XDO that had a deeper heel cut and offset sidecut radius design. The following year, Never Summer began selling to just a handful of retail stores, including Cherry Pow Pow in Vail, Snowboards of the

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Rockies in Frisco, Cal Surf in Minneapolis, B.C. Surf & Sport in Denver, The Board Room in Lakewood, and The Wright Life in Fort Collins. Their company’s namesake comes from the Colorado mountain range that they grew up visiting as youngsters but continue to play and hunt in to this day. They’ve come a long way. Now, their company has acquired a “rocker and camber” patent for its snowboard designs. NS’ rocker and camber design patent is essentially this: All of their new snowboards have a cradled, or rocker, design that provides a surf-like feel with enhanced powder flotation, and the cambered sections toward the tip and tail add snap and high-speed stability not associated with other rocker designs. In addition to having all 13 versions of NS Snowboards on display at the SIA, they had their newest line of longboard skateboards — including the Swift, Norad, Eclipse, Concept and Ranson — set out, as well. Probably one of the biggest advantages to expanding NS offerings and branching out with skateboards (this is their fifth year doing both), Tracey says, “is that it increases the awareness of our brand.” “It also allows us to work and employ the same see SNOWBOARDS Page 35

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Thursday, Feb. 24 Arctic Circle Race in Greenland. 8 p.m. Neptune Mountaineering, 633 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-8866. How to Live a Life of Adventure. 6:30 p.m. REI Store, 1789 28th St., Boulder, 303-5839970. Saturday, Feb. 26 Boulder Cycling Club Saturday Morning Road Bike Ride. 10:30 a.m. Bicycle Village, 2100 28th St., # B-C, Boulder, 303-875-2241. Sunday, Feb. 27 Boulder Road Runners Group Run. 9 a.m. Meet at The First National Bank, 3033 Iris Ave., Boulder, www.boulderroadrunners. org.

Monday, Feb. 28 Ladies Bike Mechanics 101. 5:30-6:30 a.m. Community Cycles, 2805 Wilderness Pl., Ste. 1000, Boulder, 720-565-6019. Tuesday, March 1 Nicaragua by Joshua Berman. 7 p.m. Changes in Latitude Travel Store, 2525 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-786-8406. Tuesday Hiking. 9 a.m. North Boulder Park, 7th and Bellwood streets, Boulder, 303-494-9735.

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staff year-round now,” Tim adds. Never Summer has approximately 40 employees at its Denver headquarters and factory. The newest snowboard added to the NS line is the Proto CT, which basically fills the gap between the SL and the twintipped EVO. The Proto CT incorporates the powerful flex of the time-tested SL and blends it with the responsive damping of the EVO to create the ultimate allmountain true twin. “We were one of the first to jump on this technology,” Tracey says of the rocker design, adding, “Some of the bigger competitors, like Burton, missed the window and are now trying to play catch-up.” Tracey believes that perhaps the most exciting development ahead for snowboarding is splitboards. “Our Summit and SL splitboards are assembled snowboards that disconnect and turn into a pair of touring or cross-country skis,” he says. “The splitboard replaces snowshoes, so you can climb up mountain sides to snowfields.” But the Canaday brothers are both affable and humble, and they don’t like to disparage their competitors or make themselves out to be vainglorious bastards.

This humbleness makes it all that more difficult to conduct an interview with them, because outside of work they’d rather talk to you about their hobbies, have a cold one, or do whatever it is you’d like to do, rather than talk shop. “It’s fun to have other types of hobbies, because it keeps your mind fresh and keeps you from getting burned out,” Tracey offers. “[Hunting] has been what’s kept us from getting burned out after 20 years.” The two brothers have their own favorite types of prey. For Tracey it’s whitetail deer, especially back on the family’s private land in Illinois. Tim says his is pheasant hunting, “but I don’t get out with my bird dogs as much as I’d like to.” “Most of our retailers know we hunt,” Tracey says. “We’re not trying to hide the fact. Actually, we started out by putting out elk jerky at trade shows about 10 years ago.” Another thing that keeps both brothers busy is family life. Tracey and his wife Kristy have three children; Tim and his wife Catherine have two. “My kids are getting old enough that they can keep up with us on snowboards, so I imagine we’ll get up more as they get older,” Tim says. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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magine the cast of Beverly Hills, 90210 being dropped into Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters from the X-Men movies and you’ll have a sense of the uneven pastiche that is I Am Number

Four. After being outed as “some kind of freak,” handsome teen John Smith (Alex Pettyfer) and his guardian Henri (Timothy Olyphant) throw their belongings into their car and burn photographs and anything else that connects them to their Florida community. “This is the part I hate the most. The running,” John explains in a lengthy voiceover, as they head to the tiny town of Paradise, Ohio, where they just happen to have a long-vacant house on the edge of town. Then the backstory really gets confusing. John is one of nine alien kids from planet Lorien who have special “legacies” that make them extraordinarily powerful. Henri is a warrior assigned to guard John. The bad guys are also aliens, the Mogadorians, or “The Mogs,” and after invading Lorien they’re tracking down The Nine to kill them, apparently in preparation for invading Earth. The real problem with I Am Number Four, however, is pacing. After an exciting first 10 minutes, the film

settles into a cliché-laden teen school soap opera, including John, the lone outsider, the bullied science nerd Sam (Callan McAuliffe), the jock bully Mark ( Jake Abel) and his posse, and super-cute Sarah (Dianna Agron), who falls for John, which — surprise! — angers ex-bf Mark. Yadda yadda, you’ve seen all these trite interchanges a thousand times before on the big screen. After an hour or so of high school drama, the Mogs finally show up, along with the sexy Number Six (Teresa Palmer), and the action finally resumes. There are some inspired ideas in I Am Number

Four, including the chimera that turns out to be a second guardian for Number Four, shape-shifting in interesting, if predictable ways. Each legacy alien also has spiral-shaped tattoos that connect them with the other eight, and when one dies, the mark burns. Cool, but pointless. There are also a few violent scenes that younger viewers may find upsetting, even with the film’s PG-13 rating. Gore doesn’t splatter on screen (a welcome relief ), but there’s a scene where a UFO-conspiracy Web nerd is killed by the Mogs that’s definitely disturbing, and another where a school janitor vanishes and we see his floor waxer leaving a wide red swath across the floor, presumably of blood. If you like films about teens trying to fit in to the pecking order of a small-town school, interwoven with an alien conspiracy story highlighted by entertaining action sequences, films that feature an allbeautiful cast, then you might get quite a kick out of I Am Number Four. It’s certainly a good “date night” film for high school kids. But, ultimately, it’s not much more than that, though it clearly ended with sequels in mind. Respond:letters@boulderweekly.com

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leek and, until a stupidly violent climax, very entertaining, Unknown is the opposite of Memento. It’s about a man who knows who he is but everybody around him has forgotten, or thinks he’s delusional, or lying. In other words, it’s a metaphor for the film industry. Liam Neeson stars. Thanks in no small part to the popular 2008 revenge picture Taken, Neeson needn’t worry about being forgotten. He’s a good actor and his own kind of action star. More subtly than Harrison Ford, Neeson excels at the slow fuse snaking its way to explosive revenge. Arriving in Berlin for a biotechnology summit, botanist Martin Harris and his wife, Liz, check into their hotel. Harris instantly realizes he has left a crucial suitcase on a luggage cart back at the airport. One near-fatal taxicab accident later, Harris is in a coma. When he comes out of it, everything has changed. Liz, played by January Jones with a petulance above and beyond what the script requires, believes the man claiming to be her husband is a stalker. The “real” Martin Harris, played by Aidan Quinn, makes a convincing account of Harris’ resume, biography, memories, all the quotidian details that make up a lifetime. It’s up to Martin (Neeson edition) to persuade the one woman who believes him, the undocumented Boulder Weekly

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Bosnian cabdriver played by Diane Kruger, and to figure out what’s behind the curtain of deceit. This being a thriller produced by Joel Silver, most of the tangy, witty original novel, by French novelist Didier van Cauwelaert, has been stripped away to make room for not one but two bombastic car chases, and for a much higher body count. The protagonist’s philosophical musings and self-loathing? Gone. (Sample observation from the book to be found nowhere near the film: “I know why the other man is a fake. You can see it in his face, his ease, his detachment. He has never known shame, has never sought out the contempt in a girl’s eyes.”)

But on its own Joel Silver terms, Unknown is engaging, and better directed than you’d expect coming from director Jaume Collet-Serra (House of Wax, Orphan). He and cinematographer Flavio Labiano make Berlin in wintertime as glamorous as that sounds. No, I kid, Berlin. But each suspicious glance, every chilly, gray, sunless interior, adds to the menace. The movie plays an effective guessing game. The supporting players include Bruno Ganz as an ex-Stasi agent and Frank Langella as Harris’ botany colleague from the states. The movie is all about its plot, and about a corkscrew storytelling development late in the game that will either work for you or won’t. It worked for me, largely because Neeson and Kruger play their scenes for relatable emotion and plausibly high stakes, no matter how cockamamie the developments. A more faithful adaptation of the novel might’ve made a great black comedy as directed by, say, Roman Polanski. This is not that movie. Yet the cast, the location work, even the judicious computer-generated effects carry the day with conviction, and Neeson guides Unknown like the calm-before-the-storm professional he is. —MCT, Tribune Media Service Respond:letters@boulderweekly.com

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The Apple

Black Swan

This campy cult classic charts the fortunes of fresh-faced Canadian musical duo Alphie (George Gilmour) and Bibi (Catherine Mary Stewart), who enter the Worldvision Song Contest and lose thanks to a scheming record industry titan named Mr. Boogalow (Vladek Sheybal). Though he rigged the competition, Boogalow offers the pair a contract that only Bibi accepts — and she soon becomes a pop star. Meanwhile, Alphie hooks up with a gang of hippies. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society

Mainlining Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake” ballet score like a drug addict, this film pushes Nina (Natalie Portman), a Manhattan ballerina devoted to her craft, to the brink of insanity and then a couple of subway stops beyond. Rated R. At Mayan, Colony Square, Century and Flatiron. — Michael Phillips Blue Valentine

Barney’s Version

Based on Mordecai Richler’s prize-winning comic novel, Barney’s Version is the warm, wise and witty story of Barney Panofsky (Paul Giamatti), a seemingly ordinary man who lives an extraordinary life. A candid confessional, told from Barney’s point of view, the film spans four decades and two continents, taking us through the different “acts” of his unusual history. At Esquire. — Landmark Theatres Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son

There is something a little sad — OK, really sad — in watching Martin Lawrence don fat-woman drag for this desperate attempt to make another hit movie. But will this joke seem funny to anyone anymore? Rated PG-13. At Twin Peaks. —

AMC Flatiron Crossing, 61 W. Flatiron Cir., Broomfield, 303-790-4262 Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son Thu-Wed: 11:40, 2:35, 5:20, 8:10, 10:50 Black Swan Thu-Wed: 6:55, 9:45 The Eagle Thu-Wed: 10:40, 4:30, 10:05 Gnomeo & Juliet Thu-Wed: 11:55, 2:15, 4:40, 6:45, 9:20 Green Hornet Thu: 1:20, 4:25, 7:15 FriWed: 1:45, 7:20 Hall Pass Fri-Wed: 11, 1:40, 4:20, 7, 9:40 I Am Number Four Thu-Wed: 11:45, 2:30, 5:15, 8, 10:40 Just Go With It Thu: 11:20, 2:20, 5:10, 8:05, 10:45 Fri-Wed: 10:30, 1:10, 3:55, 6:50, 9:35 Justin Bieber Never Say Never ThuWed: 11:30, 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:10 The King’s Speech Thu-Wed: 11, 1:55, 4:45, 7:40, 10:30 No Strings Attached Thu-Wed: 2, 5, 7:50, Sanctum Thu-Wed: 11:50, 2:45, 5:30, 8:20 True Grit Thu-Wed: 10:45, 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50 Unknown Fri-Wed: 10:35, 1:20, 4:05, 7:10, 10 Century Boulder, 1700 29th St., Boulder, 303-442-1815 Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son Thu: 11:05, 1:40, 4:20, 7, 9:40 Fri-Wed: 11:40, 2:20, 4:55, 7:40, 10:35 Cedar Rapids Thu: 12, 2:45, 5, 7:45, 10 FriWed: 12:30, 3, 5:15, 7:45, 10:25 Drive Angry Fri-Wed: 11:10, 1:40, 4:20, 7, 9:0 The Eagle Thu: 1, 4, 6:40, 9:20 The Fighter Thu: 11:05, 1:50, 4:45, 7:30, 10:25 Fri-Wed: 12:35, 3:35, 6:50, 9:35 Gnomeo & Juliet Thu: 11:45, 1:55, 4:05, 6:20, 8:30 Fri-Wed: 11:35, 1:55, 4:10, 6:20, 8:20, 10:40 Hall Pass Fri-Wed: 12:05, 1:25, 2:45, 4, 6:45, 8:05, 9:25, 10:45 I Am Number Four Thu: 11:10, 12:35, 4:55, 6:15, 7:35, 8:55, 10:15 Fri-Wed: 11:45, 1:05, 3:45, 6:30, 7:55, 9:10, 10:30

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The Eagle

“Looks like you’ve got an impacted wisdom tooth. Gonna have to get that out before it gets infected.” Rene Rodriguez Bhutto Bhutto tells the epic story of one of the most fascinating characters of our time — Benazir Bhutto, the first woman in history to lead a Muslim nation. A favored daughter of the family often called the “Kennedys of Pakistan,” Benazir

was elected Prime Minister after her father was overthrown and executed by his own military. Her two terms in power saw extreme acts of courage and controversy as she tried to clean up Pakistan’s corrupt political culture, while quelling the fires of radical Islam that threaten to engulf the region. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society

local theaters Just Go With It Thu: 1:10, 2:30, 4:15, 5:35, 7:20, 8:45 Fri-Wed: 11, 1:50, 4:35, 7:20, 10:10 Justin Bieber: Never Say Never Thu: 11, 1:35, 4:25, 6:55, 9:35 Fri-Wed: 11, 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 10 The King’s Speech Thu: 11:15, 2:15, 5:15, 8:15 Fri-Wed: 12:15, 3:15, 6:35, 9:20 No Strings Attached Thu: 12:15, 2:50, 5:25, 8, 10:35 Fri-Wed: 3:20, 9 True Grit Thu: 1:20, 3:55, 6:30, 9:05 FriWed: 11:20, 2:15, 5, 7:35, 10:20 Unknown Thu: 11:25, 12:50, 2:05, 3:35, 6:15, 8:55, 10:15 Fri-Wed: 12:45, 3:25, 6:05, 7:25, 8:45, 10:05

The lllusionist Thu-Wed: 4:15, 7, 9:30 The King’s Speech Thu-Fri: 4:30, 7:15, 9:50 Oscar Nominated Short Films 2011: Animated Thu: 7:30 p.m. Oscar Nominated Shorts Films 2011: Live Action Thu-Fri: 4:45, 9:40 Vanishing on 7th Street Fri-Wed: 1:30, 9:30

Colony Square, 1164 Dillon Rd., Louisville, 303-604-2641 Barney’s Version Thu-Wed: 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:25 Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son Thu-Wed: 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:05 The Eagle Thu-Wed: 2, 4:50, 7:35, 10:20 Gnomeo & Juliet Thu-Wed: 1:10, 3:40, 7, 9:40 Hall Pass Fri-Wed: 1:50, 4:45, 7:50, 10:25 I Am Number Four Thu-Wed: 1, 4, 7:05, 9:50 Just Go With It Thu-Wed: 12:50, 4:10, 7:10, 9:50 Justin Bieber: Never Say Never ThuWed: 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10 The King’s Speech Thu-Wed: 12:40, 3:50, 7:25, 10:15 True Grit Thu-Wed: 4:35, 10:35 Unknown Thu-Wed: 1:40, 4:40, 7:40, 10:30

Landmark Mayan, 110 Broadway, Denver, 303-352-1992 Black Swan Thu: 4:15, 7, 9:45 Fri-Wed: 1:30, 4:15, 7, 9:30 Blue Valentine Thu-Wed: 4, 7:15, 9:45 Cedar Rapids Thu-Wed: 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, 10

Landmark Chez Artiste, 2800 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver, 303-352-1992 The Housemaid Fri-Wed: 4:15, 7

Landmark Esquire, 590 Downing St., Denver, 303-352-1992 Barney’s Version Thu: 4, 7, 9:50 Fri-Wed: 5, 8 The King’s Speech Thu-Wed: 4:15, 7, 9:40

Denver FilmCenter, 2510 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-820-3456 The Apple Fri: 10 p.m. Bhutto Thu: 5:15 p.m. The Illusionist Fri-Sun: 11:30, 7:30, 9:30 Mon-Wed: 4:45, 7:30, 9:30 The Other Woman Thu: 4:30, 7:15, 9:45 Oscar Nominated Short Documentary Films Thu: 1:30, 7:35 FriSun: 1:30 p.m. Rabbit Hole Thu: 4:40, 9:40 Fri-Sat: 5:15 p.m. Secret Sunshine Fri-Wed: 2, 7:10 The Social Network Thu: 2 p.m. FriWed: 1:55 p.m. Snowbeast Fri-Sat: 8 p.m. Tetsuo:The Bullet Man Sat: 11:59 p.m.

Blue Valentine depicts a working-class marriage hanging by threads of resentment, contempt and love. At its best, the drama captures little bits and pieces of a relationship, the telltale signs and clues to its undoing. In the end, it sympathizes more with the wronged, childlike husband than with the numbly exasperated wife. At least, that’s the way it’s written; as performed, thankfully, it’s more intriguing. Rated R. At Mayan and Century. — Michael Phillips Cedar Rapids In Miguel Arteta’s new comedy Cedar Rapids, Tim Lippe was the guy people always thought would go places, but then he just didn’t. He’s been living in sleepy Brown Valley, Wisc., his whole life, still “preengaged” to his seventh-grade teacher Millie Vanderhei, selling insurance to protect other people’s dreams. But Tim’s stalled life is about to get a kick-start because, for the first time in his 34 years,

We Are What We Are Fri-Wed: 5, 10 Winter’s Bone Thu: 2:30 p.m. Fri-Sun: 11:45, 4:30 Mon-Wed: 4:30, 9:50 UA Twin Peaks, 1250 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-651-2434 Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son Thu-Wed: 1:25, 4:25, 7:25, 9:55 Drive Angry Fri-Wed: 1:40, 4:40, 7:40, 10:05 The Eagle Thu: 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10 Fri-Wed: 1:30, 7:30 Gnomeo & Juliet Thu-Wed: 1:10, 4:10, 6:50, 9:35 Hall Pass Fri-Wed: 1:45, 4:45, 7:45, 10:10 I Am Number Four Thu-Wed: 1:15, 4:15, 7:10, 9:45 Just Go With It Thu-Wed: 1, 4, 7, 9:45 Justin Bieber: Never Say Never ThuWed: 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 9:55 The King’s Speech Thu-Wed: 12:50, 3:50, 7:05, 9:50 The Roommate Thu: 1:50, 4:50, 7:50, 10:05 Fri-Wed: 4:30, 10 Unknown Fri-Wed: 1:35, 4:35, 7:35, 10:05 Boulder Public Library Film Program, Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3197

Ten Minutes to Live Thu: 7 p.m. Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? Mon: 7 p.m. International Film Series, Muenzinger Auditorium, CU campus, 303-492-1531 Enemies of the People Wed: 7, 9 Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts Thu-Sat: 7 p.m. Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts Thu-Sat: 9:30 p.m. As times are always subject to change, we request that you verify all movie listings beforehand. Daily updated information can be viewed on our website, www.boulderweekly.com.

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he’s headed to a “major” metropolis — Cedar Rapids, Iowa — where he must try to save his company at a do-or-die insurance convention that, for him, will be entirely nonconventional. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres The Eagle

Kevin Macdonald directs this epic adventure about a Roman soldier (Channing Tatum) and his dutiful slave (Jamie Bell) who fight to restore a legion’s honor in war-torn Britain. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Rene Rodriguez Enemies of the People

One of the most harrowing and compelling personal documentaries of our time, Enemies of the People exposes for the first time the truth about the Killing Fields and the Khmer Rouge who were behind Cambodia’s genocide. More than simply an inquiry into Cambodia’s experience, however, Enemies of the People is a profound meditation on the nature of good and evil, shedding light on the capacity of some people to do terrible things and for others to forgive them. At Muenzinger Auditorium. — Denver Film Society The Fighter This movie is an off-center but exceptional boxing film that feels like it comes from real life as well as the movies. Set and shot mostly in Lowell, Mass., this is the true story of welterweight Micky Ward (Mark Wahlberg) and his trainerbrother, Dicky Eklund (Christian Bale), careening from addiction themes to brotherly love and familial crises. Nearly all of the acting performances are fantastic, including Amy Adams as Micky’s lover. This film is one of the year’s best. Rated PG-13. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Michael Phillips Gnomeo & Juliet

Shakespeare’s best-known tragedy gets a kidfriendly, computer-animated reimagining, with a pair of star-cross’d garden gnomes (voiced by James McAvoy and Emily Blunt) trying to live happily ever after despite the ongoing feud between their respective families. Rated G. — Rene Rodgriguez Green Hornet Michel Gondry directs this big-screen spin-off of the classic TV series, with Seth Rogen and Jay Chou as the mask-wearing vigilantes. Inglourious Basterd’s Christoph Waltz co-stars as the crime kingpin who wants to take them down. Rated PG-13. At Flatiron. — Rene Rodriguez The Housemaid

This deliriously stylish, searingly erotic thriller tells what happens to an innocent young girl who takes a position with a rich and powerful family, in a household that resembles a pit of vipers. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres I Am Number Four

A teenager (Alex Pettyfer) discovers he is next on the hit list of a group of killers out to exterminate people who possess a mysterious superpower. Rated PG-13. At Twin Peaks. — Rene Rodriguez The Illusionist

The Illusionist is a story about two paths that cross. An outdated, aging magician, forced to wander from country to country, city to city and station to station in search of a stage to perform his act meets a young girl at the start of her life’s journey. Alice is a teenage girl with all her capacity for childish wonder still intact. She plays at being a woman without realizing the day to stop pretending is fast approaching. She doesn’t know yet that she loves The 40 February 24, 2011

Illusionist like she would a father; he already knows that he loves her as he would a daughter. Their destinies will collide, but nothing — not even magic or the power of illusion — can stop the voyage of discovery. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres Just Go With It

In order to convince the girl of his dreams that he’s a family-oriented guy, a man (Adam Sandler) enlists the help of a single mother (Jennifer Aniston) and her kids. Rated PG-13. — Rene Rodriguez Justin Bieber: Never Say Never

Filmed during the worldwide teen idol’s 2010 concert tour, this documentary looks at the meteoric rise of the former YouTube celebrity. Rated G. — Rene Rodriguez The King’s Speech Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush are both Oscarworthy in this heartfelt, funny, gripping story. Firth plays Bertie, the second son of King George V, afflicted with a stammer and overshadowed by his confident older brother. Bertie’s loving wife Elizabeth has tried everything to help him and finally discovers something that works: maverick Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue (Rush). Initially the enthusiastic, ultra-casual Logue and the repressed, oh-so-formal Bertie clash, but neither will give up, and ultimately they become good friends. When Bertie’s brother becomes King Edward VIII in 1936, he refuses to give up his lover, resulting in his abdication and Bertie’s reluctant ascension to the throne as King George VI, leading a nation facing the horrors of looming war. At Chez Artiste, Esquire, Colony Square and Flatiron. — Landmark Theatres No Strings Attached Lifelong friends Emma and Adam try to maintain a purely physical relationship without any emotional expectations or entanglements. Rated R. At Flatiron and Century. — Los Angeles Times/ MCT The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2011: Animated

Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see all five Academy Award nominees in the category of Best Animated Short and more! Program includes Pixar’s “Day & Night,” “The Gruffalo,” “Let’s Pollute,” “The Lost Thing” and “Madagascar, Carnet De Voyage.” At Chez Artiste. and Muenzinger Auditorium. — Landmark Theatres The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2011: Live Action

Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see all five Academy Award nominees in the category of Best Live Action Short! Program includes “The Confession,” “The Crush,” “God of Love,” “Wish 143” and “Na Wewe.” At Chez Artiste and Muenzinger Auditorium. — Landmark Theatres The Other Woman

Emilia is a Harvard law school graduate and a newlywed, having just married Jack, a high-powered New York lawyer, who was her boss — and married — when she began working at his law firm. Unfortunately, her life takes an unexpected turn when Jack and Emilia lose their newborn daughter. Emilia struggles through her grief to connect with her new stepson, William, but is finding it hard to connect with the precocious child. Perhaps the most difficult obstacle of all for Emilia is trying to cope with the constant interferences of her husband’s angry, jealous exwife, Carolyn. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society

Rabbit Hole A husband and wife are eight months into the emptier lives they now lead after losing their son. Becca, played by Nicole Kidman in a surprisingly fullblooded, brittle and fuming performance, is a woman deep in the rabbit hole of grief and in denial about it. She can’t or won’t let go of her emotions and, as the cliché goes, “get it all out.” She is moving on but shutting down. Howie (Aaron Eckhart) is the one trying to fix things, to get them to support group meetings. He seems further along in the process, but is he? Maybe he’s just starting to resent the distance that’s come between them, emotional and sexual. Kidman sparkles in scene after withering scene. The marvel of Rabbit Hole is that it sets us up to judge and then upends those judgments. Rated PG-13. At Century and Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Roger Moore

years ago while supposedly married to a philandering, jobless man. The marriage license was actually a dog license. They had a fight and he shot her without fatally wounding her. A fake alibi led to his acquittal, and he still continues his philandering. As the godfather finishes his story, she shows up at her ex-lover’s table, shooting him and only slightly wounding him. Afterward she receives a note from him stating that she only has 10 minutes to live. Much of the film was shot silent, during the period of transition into sound films, and the sound was added later on. At Boulder Public Library. — BPL Unknown

See full review on Page 37. Rated PG-13. At Twin Peaks, Century, Colony Square and Flatiron.

The Roommate

Vanising on 7th Street

A college student (Minka Kelly) starts to suspect her new dorm roommate (Leighton Meester) is a crazy, deranged stalker. Rated PG-13. At Twin Peaks. — Rene Rodriguez

An unexplained blackout plunges the city of Detroit into total darkness, and by the time the sun rises, only a few people remain — surrounded by heaps of empty clothing, abandoned cars and lengthening shadows. A small handful of strangers that have survived the night (Hayden Christensen, Thandie Newton, John Leguizamo and newcomer Jacob Latimore) each find their way to a rundown bar, whose gasoline-powered generator and stockpile of food and drink make it the last refuge in a deserted city. With daylight beginning to disappear completely and whispering shadows surrounding the survivors, they soon discover that the enemy is the darkness itself, and only the few remaining light sources can keep them safe.

Sanctum James Cameron produced this 3-D action thriller about a team of professional scuba divers who must contend with natural disasters while trying to reach the largest and most remote underwater cave on the planet. The Abyss II, anyone? Rated R. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Rene Rodriguez Secret Sunshine

In this somber Korean drama, a young mother and widow, Shin-ae, moves with her young son, Jun, from Seoul to a small town called Miryang following her husband’s death. Having given up on her career as a concert pianist when she married her husband, she starts up a piano school, but soon it begins to feel like the polite people who inhabit her new home aren’t as friendly as they seem on the surface. Judgmental whispers and disapproving gossip begin to reach Shin-ae’s ears, and pressure to join the Christian cult that thrives in the town begins to mount. She’s hesitant until an unimaginable tragedy alters her life forever, setting Shin-ae on a dark path of withdrawal from society as a whole. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax — Denver Film Society Snowbeast

A yeti attacks Crested Butte, Colo., (oh, no!) and terrorizes the town during their big Winter Carnival (which looks about as fun as sing-a-long hour in a nursing home, so really, the yeti did them a favor). Won’t give away the ending, but you can bet your ass the Snowbeast doesn’t end up putting the star on top of the Christmas tree. This bumble don’t bounce. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society The Social Network On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. At Denver FilmCenter/ Colfax. — Denver Film Society Ten Minutes to Live

In this melodrama with an all black cast, a movie producer offers a nightclub singer a role in his latest film, a cowboy picture. His real intention is to seduce her. Knowingly she accepts the role. That evening at the nighclub a man proposes to a young woman despite her godfather’s disapproval. The godfather tells the movie producer to expect to see a murder in the club, and explains that the young woman had a baby 15

We Are What We Are

It begins with the death of an older, nondescript gentleman in a busy public walkway; after cleaning up his blood and removing his body, the police are in no rush to identify him in a city of anonymous millions. By the family he has left behind, however, he is desperately missed: three teenagers and a loyal wife have suddenly been sent into a tailspin. As we soon learn, this quartet lives by a set of very strict, cannibalistic rites that not only guide their daily activities but nourish them as well — and Papa was the only one who had mastered the rituals of hunting and preparation that must now be performed by the oldest child, Alfredo. His grieving mother and younger brother Julian — sociopathic even by the standards of this clan — initially object. But their survival depends on Alfredo’s ability to pull himself up his bootstraps, head out into Mexico City’s bustling streets and make the most of his dark inheritance. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?

In this excoriating satire of the fashion industry, Polly Maggoo is a 20-year-old Brooklyn-born fashion model working in Paris on the runways of the big fashion shows. She becomes the subject of an episode of a vapid TV news show produced by the Office de Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française, a documentary series “Qui êtes-vous?” She is pursued by the filmmaker, as well as the prince of a province in the Soviet bloc who wants to possess her. As the documentary is shot we await Polly’s arrival in the principality, observe a lunch in the suburbs and learn of her childhood. At Boulder Public Library. — BPL Winter’s Bone

This tense, naturalistic thriller follows 17-yearold Ree Dolly as she confronts the local criminal underworld and the harsh Ozark wilderness in order to track down her father, who has put up the family homestead for his bail. Winter’s Bone is one of the most-critically acclaimed films of the year. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society

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by Chelsea Long Courtesy of Tiare Technology

lagstaff House may have finally found something that distracts guests from the view of Boulder through their windows — the shiny new iPad sitting at the

table. The restaurant, on its 40th birthday, chose to replace the books that housed the list of their 3,000 wines with 13 iPads. Each iPad is loaded with Tiare Technology’s Wireless WineList system. “As soon as I saw the iPad come out, I started thinking about how great it would be to have it as a wine list,” says Scott Monette, who owns the restaurant with his family. Tiare Technology approached him with the idea, which he’d already been considering, and the Monettes worked alongside the company to customize the experience for visitors at the restaurant. The result was something unique. “There have been other systems that I’ve seen before, but they were all so cumbersome and challenging to work that I would never have brought them in,” Monette says. “But this is so clean, and so intuitive, and so fun.” So intuitive, in fact, that customers have had no trouble working the device, even without explanation. “We haven’t even been describing it, we’ve just been handing people the list,” he says. “It’s that user-friendly, that you don’t need a tutorial.” That, says Julie Werbitt, CEO of Tiare Technology, was the goal in creating the product. “The litmus test for us is to put it in front of someone with limited experience with computers, and they can be able to open it up and be able to use it right away,” she says. The system allows customers to search by price, region and variety among the several thousand wines offered by Flagstaff House, a function that was impossible with a paper list. “It’s so hard to search in a paper list like that. How

could you see all the cabernets in the world at once?” Monette asks. “Or all the Merlots?” If a customer was looking for a specific Sonoma Merlot, for example, the search function could easily find it. The customer could start by looking at Merlots, and then narrow the search to Merlots from California, then Napa, then Sonoma County. One of the other functions that helps customers find the best wine for their evening is the Consideration List, which allows them to select multiple wines, which the wine steward can then explain in detail. They can also e-mail their selection, if they liked it, to themselves at the end of the evening. “[The Consideration List] adds to the experience,” Monette says. “People can read a little about the wine first, and that provides a starting point for the conversation with the wine steward.” The new iPad lists aren’t an attempt to replace the knowledgeable wine stewards at Flagstaff, but to continue to add to the experience that users get. “A lot of times a wine list, especially one of that size,

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is daunting,” Werbitt says. “So [the system] allows the customer to have a starting point, and then to engage the server or the sommelier. We don’t look to replace the service, we look to enhance it.” Monette believes the information available on the iPads allows users to feel less intimidated by the depth of their list. “Wine should be fun. We hate to think it’s intimidating at all,” Monette says. “[The system] allows you to pull up more information on the wine. It gives you a nice picture of the label, as well as a description of the wine. You feel more confident, because you have a little more information about it.” Customers seem to agree. “Some people just want to keep it all night,” Monette says. “They’ll show it to everyone at the table. People love it.” It’s also a benefit to Flagstaff House because it cuts the cost, economically and environmentally, of printing. The restaurant used to have to update its wine list when it added or removed a wine, which meant printing 13 new copies of a section. The cost of the printing alone significantly offsets the cost of the iPads, and the restaurant is also using the technology for their new inventory system, which they’d been looking to upgrade. “In my mind, you almost have to do it, if you have something this powerful and this fun to use,” Monette says. And the timing, which coincidentally occurred just as the restaurant was celebrating its 40th anniversary, couldn’t have been better. “It was great timing. It’s a great time to say, we’re still finding new things,” he says. “I think it’s important that we’re on top of the new of everything. New food, new wines, new technology. My expectation of a highend restaurant is to have all those things and to have that excitement.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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ressed for time, colleague going for $7.25. We opted for the $6.75 Carin and I weren’t enthused medium bowl, which provides enough to to seek a blah lunch at a hosatisfy most diners. hum sandwich shop or fast“This isn’t a salad,” I informed Carin, food joint during a recent gesturing to the plate of garnishes delivjourney to Broomfield. I also realized it ered by our efficient server. These condihad been some time since I had enjoyed a ments are often an accurate predictor of bowl of pho, Vietnamese beef noodle soup. soup quality, and here this fine blend of Consequently, I hoped 120th Avenue’s ingredients could easily have been mistakPho 79 could address our cravings for en for a first-rate main course. Carin was Southeast Asian cuisine in a quick and impressed by the quality and quantity of inexpensive manner. fresh basil, surrounded by an abundance of Located in the same retail complex as verdant saw herb, plump lime wedges, the Pacific Ocean Marketplace supermarcrisp bean sprouts, and slices of hot chile ket, Pho 79 is squarely situated in one of pepper. the most pho-dense neighborhoods in the The soup arrived soon after, which metro area. There are competitors a few allowed us, pun intended, to get to the doors down and across the street. Yet this meat of the matter. The chief measure of a eatery distinguishes itself from the others quality pho is the broth. Pho 79’s exemthrough décor that’s a cut or two above the plary liquid base possessed a rich and rest. The comfortable interior possesses a unmuddied beef flavor, not too salty, with subtly elegant charm, set off by a vintage a clean, clear appearance. A spritz of lime bicycle pedicab perched near the front ho 84 was one of the first Vietnamese soup spots in and letting a few pepper slices steep in the door. Oakland, opening in the mid-’80s on Alice Street. While this broth made for ideal flavor that compleDespite the slightly fancy ambience, restaurant has since relocated, and one hears the pho is not mented the nicely textured thin rice noothe menu here should be extremely familwhat it was years ago, the original location was a favorite teen dles. iar to pho habitués. There’s the expected hangout of mine. Nowadays, Pho Hoa Lao on International The beef was above reproach, with smattering of entrée rice plates and spring Boulevard (formerly East 14th Street) is my go-to venue when I thin slices of steak mingling well with the rolls. Naturally, one can also select from a return to the Bay Area. A popular spot with Oakland motorcypleasing chewiness of the tendon and voluminous selection of intriguing bevercle police, this always-busy venue is noteworthy for consistent tripe, which isn’t as pungent as it is in ages ranging from French-influenced quality and speedy service — I’ve never waited more than menudo. The brisket varieties contributed pressed coffees sweetened with condensed three minutes after ordering my pho. heft, although the fattiness quotient might milk to tropical fruit shakes. But as is the be too much for some diners. Finishing case with most pho restaurants, the star my soup, I concluded that Pho 79 is as attraction is the soup, available in permutarare steak. I went for the more ambitious number 10, adept in preparing its namesake dish as tions running the gamut from the spartan to the a mélange of rare steak, tendon, tripe and a blend of any other. As a matter of fact, the ingredient and indulgent. well-done and marbled brisket. Soup pricing is based preparation quality approaches, if not equals, some of As Carin is a pho beginner, I advised her to order on size, rather than number of ingredients, with small my favorite San Francisco Bay Area spots. a number six, an uncomplicated mix of brisket and bowls coming in at a modest $5.95 and large portions Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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Cherry Pie Bars 2-1/2 cups dried cherries 1/2 cup water 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1 tbsp. lemon juice 2 cups flour 1 tsp. cinnamon 1/4 tsp. salt 1 tsp. baking soda 1 cup softened unsalted butter 2 cups brown sugar 3 eggs 1 tsp. vanilla 3 cups oatmeal (quick oats) 1/2 cup sliced almonds Powdered sugar for dusting In small saucepan, combine dried cherries, water, sugar and lemon juice. Bring to a boil, turn down heat and let simmer 8-10 minutes until it thickens. Take off heat and set aside. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9-by-13-inch baking pan with foil, leaving foil coming up the sides for easy removal. Spray lightly with a nonstick cooking spray. In small bowl, combine flour, cinnamon, salt and baking soda. Set aside. In large bowl, beat softened butter and brown sugar until smooth. Add eggs and vanilla. Beat until well combined. Add in flour, mix until just incorporated. Add oatmeal and stir until batter is combined. Pour a little more than half of batter into prepared baking pan. Smooth out evenly in pan. Pour prepared cherry mixture on top and spread evenly. Add remaining batter over top of cherries and smooth. It won’t be enough to cover all the way to edges, and that’s OK. Sprinkle sliced almonds over top. Bake for 25 minutes, until top is golden brown. Take out and let cool. Grab foil, and pull bars out of pan. Fold down edges of foil. Dust with powdered sugar. Cut into 16 bars (you can make bars big or small, depending on what you like). Enjoy! You can watch the Dessert Diva every Monday at 8:35 a.m. on Channel 2. To contact Danette at the station, visit 2thedeuce.com, and click on Daybreak on the Deuce. To chat and/or send comments and suggestions, write to jdromega@aol.com.

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TIDBITES Food happenings around town Pancakes for pennies The Broomfield Open Space Foundation is cooking up some funds. On Sunday, March 12, the BOSF will hold a pancake breakfast fundraiser at Applebee’s, located at 6405 W. 120th Ave., in Broomfield, from 7 to 9:30 a.m. Broomfield Mayor Pat Quinn along with other members of the BOSF, will be serving pancakes to guests. Tickets will be sold for $7 the morning of the event, as well as before the event, by calling 303-3594167.

Denver’s Judi House. The barbeque will be provided by Chef Rob Green; the beer will be an anniversary release of Chupacabra, an imperial Mexican lager dry-hopped with mint leaves and aged in oak; and the live music will be provided the By All Means Band. The brewery is expected to be finished by the fall of 2011, which means Mountain Sun and Southern Sun Pub & Brewery won’t have to supply the house brews for the Denver pub any longer.

Oh boy, oysters! It’s Jax’s Oyster Month, and they’ll be filling you up — as well as stocking EFAA’s shelves. Jax Fish House in Denver and Boulder will be participating in the 13th Annual Oyster Month, with specials and events throughout the month. Oyster Month benefits EFAA, the Emergency Family Assistance Association, which helps to meet the needs for food, shelter and other basic necessities to families in need. The event will also benefit The Gathering Place, a safe daytime refuge for selfsufficiency for women and children. The Boulder Jax will have weekly oyster specials, including a five-course shell dinner on March 21 at 7:30 p.m.; a three-course oyster tasting menu the week of March 14, for $35 a person; and the Boulder Oyster Eating Contest on March 20, with doors opening at 2 p.m. There will also be a 13 oysters for $13 special. On March 8, Jax will take a break from celebrating oysters and celebrate Mardi Gras with a $35 three-course dinner, which includes a traditional crawfish gumbo, shrimp hush puppies and a blackened red trout. Call 303-444-1811 for reservations at Jax Fish House Boulder for any of these events.

Love the earth, plant a seed Door to Door Organics is spreading the Earth Day love with organic seeds for sale, as well as an educational event, at Growing Gardens on Saturday, April 23. For the month leading up to the event, from March 23 to April 23, Door to Door will sell the organic seeds from local vendor Bounty Beyond Belief, with 10 percent of the seed sale proceeds going to Growing Gardens. Growing Gardens places an emphasis on sustainable gardening, education and community building. The Earth Day event, which will be held from 9 a.m. to noon, is open to all Door to Door Organics customers, friends and families. Visitors can tour the gardens, experience four garden learning stations in the Children’s Peace Garden, make butterfly masks, learn about worm composting, plant and participate in a tasting tour. To register for the event, e-mail Colorado@doortodoororganics.com, and to get more information about Door to Door Organics, or to order seeds, visit http://colorado.doorto doororganics.com.

Brewery and birthday bash Denver’s Vine Street Pub, the younger sibling of Boulder’s Mountain Sun and Southern Sun Pubs, is celebrating the ground-breaking of its new brewery at the “Smokin’ Hot Anniversary Party,” on Wednesday, April 20. Beginning at 4:20 p.m., and continuing until the restaurant closes, Vine Street Pub will be offering barbeque, beer and live music to benefit

Odell unleashed Odell Brewing, located in Fort Collins, will unleash its new creation, Myrcenary Double IPA, as a yearround four-pack on Feb. 26. Named for Myrcene, a component of the essential oils found in a hop flower, Myrcenary is brewed with nearly six pounds of seven different hop varieties in each barrel. In addition to the four-packs, Myrcenary is also now available on draft at most Old Chicago locations. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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The Savory Café 20 Lakeview Drive #207 Nederland 303-258-7329

erving dinner, lunch and weekend brunch, Nederland’s Savory Cafe offers everything from lemon ricotta beignets to seared duck breast to $1 tacos each Wednesday. The setting is simple mountain town café, and the humble ambience fails to prepare the diner for the high quality of the food. Highlights include the hanger steak sandwiches with blue cheese and arugula, and the crispy rock shrimp salad.

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featuring a reasonably priced menu that holds few surprises. The most expensive a la carte options consists of $13.95 seafood offerings. Lunch specials start at $6.95 and work their way up to $8.50. While the menu may seem typical, May Wah doesn’t take its customers for granted, as exemplified by flavorful Mongolian beef and crisp sesame chicken.

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Lefty’s Gourmet Pizza and Ice Cream 364 2nd Ave. Niwot 303-652-3100

The Pinyon 1710 Pearl St., Boulder 720-306-8248

efty’s is a New England pizza joint transplanted to Niwot. The bill of fare consists of the expected pizza, as well as subs, salads, calzones and pasta. Spaghetti and meatballs are affordable, with a wonderfully tangy marinara sauce and a side of buttery garlic bread. The thin-crust pies have a fine texture, and those featuring the garlic and olive oil sauce pack a flavorful punch.

he Pinyon is an inviting and airy venue on Pearl Street specializing in new takes on old classics, ranging from catfish po’ boys to hot fudge sundaes. But there’s more than a whiff of culinary sophistication here, as demonstrated by such offerings as colabraised kobe beef and wild prawns with grits. Yet it’s an old favorite, fried chicken, that steals the show. Pinyon’s version may be the best you’ve tasted.

Gindi Café 3601 Arapahoe Ave. #181 Boulder 720-242-8961

indi Cafe, located in Boulder’s Peloton residences, offers up a slate of such light-meal standbys as soup, salads and sandwiches. Dinner is available from Thursday to Saturday night with a reasonably priced menu in the $9.50-and-up range, featuring burgers, stuffed squash and ahi tuna. Breakfast features a three-egg special, and lunch highlights include soups (the rosemary chicken is tasty) and the tuna salad sandwich.

Erhard’s European Café and Bakery 4800 Baseline Rd., Suite A109 Boulder 303-494-3635

rhard’s European Café and Bakery is a low-key yet elegant cash-only business situated near the intersection of Baseline and Foothills in Boulder. Sandwiches, soups and sausage meals with potato salad make up the lunch choices, but the baked goods are perhaps the most distinctive items offered. Fruit turnovers, cookies and Linzer and marzipan tarts are just some of the tempting choices.

Pizzeria da Lupo 2525 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder 303-396-6365

he newest entry in the fancy pizza sweepstakes, Pizzeria da Lupo, features a rela-

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tively simple menu spotlighting antipasti, sandwiches, salads and daily specials ranging from roast chicken to salt cod. Of course, the main attraction is the pizza, which is baked in a wood-fired oven and has an outstanding crust. The Saliche pie is notable, topped with fennel sausage, rapini and firstrate ricotta and mozzarella.

Via Toscana Ristorante 356 S. McCaslin Blvd., Louisville 303-604-6960

hile the menu here consists of straightforward Italian fare, this isn’t just another spaghetti and meatballs joint. The most expensive entrée is the Steak Florentine, a $25 number consisting of a half-pound filet mignon melded with mushrooms and Alaskan crab. More modest — but perhaps equally satisfying — choices include simple angel hair pasta with tomato, basil, garlic and olive oil. There are also calzones, pizza, cioppino seafood stew and kids’ menu pastas.

Café Aion 1235 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder 303-993-8131

he key to Café Aion’s success is in its ability to take the familiar and make it seem new, primarily through topnotch prep and ingredients. Serving all three meals, its offerings include tapas like chicken liver pâté sourced locally and continental standards like paella and grilled hanger steak. Breakfast standouts include fresh-baked croissants and donuts, and a highlight is the distinctive

house-cured ham, bacon or sausage.

Aunt Alice’s Kitchen 1805 Main St. Longmont 303-651-0495

Salt 1049 Pearl St., Boulder 303-444-7258

he modernistic locavore philosophy that influences most local restaurants is also readily apparent at Salt. But this establishment parts company from the others by way of a heavy emphasis on comfort foods, albeit prepared with artisan ingredients. Menu highlights include ahi nicoise salad featuring local green beans, lamb meatballs, chicken pot pie and the can’t-miss-it salted caramel chocolate tart.

ou’d be hard-pressed to find a superior alternative to Longmont’s Aunt Alice’s for an affordable coffee shop breakfast. This eatery has retro charm and features overstuffed omelets such as the Works: four eggs, bacon, sausage, cheddar cheese, mushrooms, onions and bell peppers. Other choices range from simple oatmeal to surprisingly good steak and eggs. The lunch and dinner menu features classic old favorites such as patty melts and fried chicken.

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as Palmeras is a classic family-friendly Mexican joint with all the staple items of the classic menu. Fajitas, burritos and rellenos are present and accounted for. There are also intriguing seafood dishes, such as shrimp wrapped in bacon and octopus in ranchero sauce. The menudo here is comforting, with the spotlighted tripe cooked to ideal tenderness.

May Wah 2500 Baseline Rd., Boulder 303-499-6477

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l Pastaio’s a petite spot near the 30th Street King Soopers. The menu relies heavily on fresh pasta, ranging from ribbons of fettuccine to delicious stuffed ravioli, topped with anything from creamy Alfredo to herbaceous pesto. Of note are the hear ty lasagnas, available in meatless, turkey and beef versions, and the raviolis, which are great paired with tomato cream sauce. The availability of sauces and noodles to go is a blessing for the cook desiring Italian at home. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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“Newspapers are unable, seemingly, to discriminate between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilization,” said George Bernard Shaw more than six decades ago — and it’s still true. It’s very important that you be more discerning than newspapers in the coming weeks, Aries. You can’t afford to confuse a minor mess with a major snafu; it would be a big mistake to treat a small temporary detour as a permanent loss of momentum. Please keep your melodramatic tendencies in check, even as you appreciate the entertainment value of your ever-shifting story.

TAURUS

April 20-May 20:

I know many Tauruses who are skilled at selling products and services, but less adept at presenting themselves. They don’t mind being pushy and strategic when it comes to shaping the opinions of others, as long as they can remain a bit shy about showing others exactly who they are. If this is true about you, I propose that you work on changing it. The coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to be bold about expressing the totality of your beauty and making sure that everyone who matters to you gets to see it in its full glory.

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focus on doing what gives me pleasure, the horoscopes write themselves.” I hope this testimony helps you in your own life right now, Libra. If you’re afraid that you’re in danger of repeating yourself, start playing more. Look for what amuses you, for what scrambles your expectations in entertaining ways. Decide that you’re going to put the emphasis on provoking delight in yourself, not preserving your image.

SCORPIO Oct. 23-Nov. 21:

I am a big fan of your analytical intellect and would never advise you to shove it out of the way so that your emotional intelligence can rule uncontested. But this is one time when I think the latter needs to get more say than the former; your emotional intelligence has license to take precedence over your analytical intellect. In that light, please consider the following counsel from my Facebook friend Sophia Veleda: “I do not consider emotions to be the dirty redheaded stepchild of the frontal cortex. Our emotional selves are more intuitive, faster, smarter (by means of being able to take in more data at once), and just as capable. The frontal cortex is as likely to make errors due to data omission as the emotional center is likely to get a degree of magnitude wrong.”

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You’re not scared of acquiring more clout and luster, right? You won’t get nervous if you suddenly have to deal with more success than usual, right? You won’t run away if a power spot you’ve been cultivating for yourself finally starts providing you with the opportunities and responsibilities you’d been hoping for, right? I just hope you’re ready to handle the good stuff that’s available, Gemini. Please don’t confuse this enjoyable stress with the other kind.

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In her essay “The Possible Human,” Jean Houston describes amazing capacities that are within reach of any of us who are brazen and cagey enough to cultivate them. We can learn to thoroughly enjoy being in our bodies, for example. We can summon enormous power to heal ourselves; develop an acute memory; enter at will into the alpha and theta wave states that encourage meditation and creative reverie; cultivate an acute perceptual apparatus that can see “infinity in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower;” and practice the art of being deeply empathetic. Guess what, Cancerian: The next six months will be one of the best times ever for you to work on developing these superpowers. To get started, answer this question: Is there any attitude or belief you have that might be standing in the way? (Here’s Houston’s essay: tinyurl.com/PossibleHuman.)

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The depths are calling to you, Leo. Can you hear their subtle melodies? Don’t worry: I’m not referring to the icky, stinky, creepy depths; I don’t mean that you’ll have to lose yourself in a chaotic miasma, or wander speechless in a claustrophobic maze. No: The deep place I’m talking about is maybe the cleanest, most well-lit abyss you’ve ever had the complicated pleasure to explore. I’m not saying there’ll be no hairy riddles to deal with; but I am saying that even the hairy riddles will be interesting, at least a little fun, and helpful in your efforts to purify yourself.

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I’m no fan of the climate change that’s rocking every corner of the planet. In fact, I oppose it; I protest it; I resist it. However, I do need to acknowledge that there is at least one upside: The world is becoming more fragrant. Scientists say that as carbon dioxide levels rise, plants will release more aromatic chemicals known as “biogenic volatile organic compounds.” The smell of growing vegetation could intensify by as much as 40 percent in the coming decades. This situation is not a precise metaphorical match for your upcoming destiny, Virgo, but I do see some similarities. Things are going to be getting hotter for you, emotionally speaking — and that will be stimulating, often even pleasurable, to your senses.

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An interviewer asked me, “What is the most difficult aspect of what you do?” Here’s what I said: “Not repeating myself is the hardest thing. And yet it’s also a lot of fun. There’s nothing more exciting for me than to keep being surprised by what I write. It’s deeply enjoyable to be able to feed people clues they haven’t heard from me before. And when I

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I’m hoping that you will grant your ego more permission to shine in the coming weeks, Pisces. I’m hoping you will allow it to unveil more flash, feel more zeal and exert more force. After all your earnest bouts of self-sacrifice, you deserve a poetic license to brag like a hip-hop millionaire. After putting in such tireless devotion to maintaining an oceanic sense of self, you have every right to bust out a crisp, ferocious blast of “I am!”

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