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mazon’s notorious attempt to squeeze $3 billion in subsidies from New York taxpayers had two very positive results: One, it shoved these immoral bribery schemes into the glare of the national spotlight; and two, it showed that outraged commoners can push back and push out a corporate bully that considered itself untouchable royalty. Local activists pulled the curtain on the sordid affair between CEO Jeff Bezos and Gov. Andrew Cuomo and — whoa! — even jaded New Yorkers were aghast at the buck naked ugliness they saw. In a city with a housing crisis, a broken subway sysI

tem, and other crying needs for public investment, taxpayer funds were to be doled out to a monopolistic, taxdodging, anti-union colossus. Then, when ordinary people and grassroots leaders dared to denounce the hubris and greed behind this raw deal, mighty Amazon turned out to be a fraidy-cat. Facing protest rallies and — worst of all — public questioning, Bezos & Company chose to scamper away rather than engage the community and find a way to become a good neighbor — starting by rejecting the money and apologizing for trying to rob the people. We need a national discussion about how to end these corporate shakedowns FEBRUARY 28, 2019

that are now rampant across our country. They won’t stop until We the People stop them — indeed, half a dozen states went running to Bezos the moment he fled New York, begging him to take their tax dollars. To break this sick civic cycle — which diverts public funds from infrastructure, education and other needs that actually create real economic growth for all — let’s join people in Arizona, Florida, Illinois and elsewhere who are pushing an interstate compact called the End Corporate Welfare Act. For more information on how we can stop profiteers like Amazon from pitting us against each other, go to: GoodJobsFirst.org. This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. I

The anti-Electoral College compact may come with a nasty surprise By Paul Danish

he Colorado legislature approved a bill on Feb. 21 to cast Colorado’s electoral votes for president for the candidate who gets the most popular votes nationally, even if that candidate loses in Colorado. Governor Polis has announced he’ll sign the bill. First, some background. In 2000 and again in 2016, the Democratic candidate (Al Gore in 2000 and Hillary Clinton in 2016) won the national popular vote but lost in the Electoral College. (Colorado voted for Bush in 2000 and Clinton in 2016.) Democrats were outraged by this, so they came up with a clever scheme to keep it from happening again — while avoiding the near-impossible task of amending the Constitution to abolish the Electoral College. The Democrats’ alternative to a Constitutional amendment was an interstate compact that would require a state that joined it to cast its electoral votes for the candidate who won the national popular vote, even if the voters in the state voted for the candidate who finished second nationally. The compact wouldn’t go into effect until states with 270 electoral votes among them (the number of electoral votes a candidate needs to win the presidency) had opted in. If Polis signs the bill, Colorado will become the 12th state to join the compact; the District of Columbia has also joined. With the addition of Colorado, the signatories of the compact will have 181 of the 270 electoral votes needed to trigger it. In an interview last Sunday, Polis called the Electoral College an “undemocratic relic” and said the compact is “a way to move towards direct election of the president.” But is the compact constitutional? Probably. Some additional background: As things now stand, there is no such thing as a national presidential election in the U.S. The American president is elected in 51 separate elections held in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The 8

voters in those elections do not vote directly for a presidential candidate (even if they think that’s what they’re doing). Instead, they vote for a slate of presidential electors pledged to vote for one of the presidential candidates. The electors are the ones who actually elect the president. A state’s electoral votes aren’t a political abstraction. They are cast by real human beings who are elected to cast them by the people of their state. A presidential elector is a popularly elected official, same as a state’s governor or members of a state’s legislature. So how can a state legislature decide to give a state’s electoral votes to a candidate who a) didn’t win the popular vote in the state, and b) whose slate of electors therefore lost their election within the state? Because of Article II, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution, which reads in part as follows (italics added): “Each state shall appoint, in such manner as the legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors, equal to the whole number of senators and representatives to which the state may be entitled in Congress...” Under the National Popular Vote compact, a state’s “chief election official,” presumably the Secretary of State in the case of Colorado, would be required to declare the slate of electors for the candidate who got the largest national popular vote total as Colorado’s Electoral College members, even if they lost the election in Colorado — because Article II, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution gave the legislature the power to direct him or her to do so. Pretty clever, huh? But maybe too clever by half. Move on from Article II, Section 1 to the Fourteenth Amendment’s Section 2. Section 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment doesn’t get a lot of attention these days, but it contains some language that might give supporters of the National Popular Vote see DANISH PLAN Page 9

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On Venezuela In today’s mainstream media, meaning among Hillary Clinton Democrats and all Republicans, Trump’s aggression against Venezuela is being viewed as a bold stroke for human freedom. But Venezuelan rightists are more fascist than freedom fighter, and unfolding here is another ugly episode in “regime change” and modern American empire. Washington’s rationales are preposterous, particularly its claims to have international law on its side. An analogy: somewhere, from this world or elsewhere, there is an immensely powerful nation; its military power dwarfs even ours; it doesn’t like the United States, or at least, our government. Thus, SuperNation launches an economic blockade against our country, crippling us. It claims it’s doing this for the most noble reasons, mind you: they’re incensed at the way President Trump is treating the American people. And in their deep compassion for us, they want to help, to be a good and strong older brother who will see that right is done. So, of course, they decide to recognize House Speaker Pelosi as our new president. She’s delighted, can’t stop passionately pounding her chest, her heart pulsating with “liberty” and “freedom!” Incredibly, many other governments, often at the insistence of SuperNation, now recognize Pelosi as our legitimate president. But there’s resistance from some misguided souls in the American military and among a huge portion of the I

people; thus, SuperNation decides to send 5 million troops to sit on the Canadian border — for our own good, of course. As for generals who haven’t yet gone over to the “good guys,” they can be bought for five million apiece — mere pocket change for SuperNation. Congratulations, President Pelosi! And thank you, compassionate SuperNation, for saving us from the “bad guys.” What our analogy leaves out is SuperNation’s desire to control Venezuela’s oil. Thus, Trump’s National Security Advisor, John Bolton, says overthrowing Venezuela’s government will allow American oil companies to “really invest in and produce the oil capabilities in Venezuela.” And how is it that democracy, the rule of a nation by its people, can mean submitting to the domination of a foreign power? Just what kind of “democracy” are we fostering in Venezuela? I believe the phrase is “puppet government.” Those living in imperial nations are taught to believe that they’re making the world a better place, doing something noble and humanitarian. But there’s nothing vaguely democratic, humanitarian, decent or kind about running an empire; it’s the moral equivalent of owning slaves and running a plantation. Let’s free our “slaves” and wash the blood of neocolonialism off our nation’s hands. Negotiations in Venezuela (as endorsed by the Vatican, Mexico and Uruguay) and an end to the blockade see LETTERS Page 9

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compact pause. Here’s the text in full, with the parts that might be triggered by the National Popular Vote compact in italics: “Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and

Vice President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the inhabitants of such State, being eighteen years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the propor-

tion which the number of such citizens shall bear to the whole number of citizens eighteen years of age in such State.” In other words, Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution gives the Colorado legislature the power to designate a slate of candidates that finished second as the state’s electors — even though this self-evidently abridges the voting rights of the Coloradans who cast ballots for the

slate that finished first — by rendering their votes meaningless. But Section 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment suggests that if the Colorado legislature follows through and does this, the state could lose at least half of its seats in Congress. Be careful what you wish for, because you might get it — good and hard. This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly.

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Once again, Paul Danish seems more interested in scoring rhetorical points than providing realistic ideas to address the problems we face (Re: “The Green New Deal and the mother of all Kinsley gaffes,” Danish Plan, Feb. 14, 2019). You know what? Nobody of consequence — left, right, center or otherwise — is going to support policies that provide income to those unwilling to work. You know what else? Scientists tell us we are running out of time to prevent an absolute climate catastrophe. We’re already seeing a drying of Colorado’s climate, devastating fires and heat waves in California, and more powerful hurricanes. The humanitarian disasters in Syria and Yemen are partly the result of droughts caused by climate change. In a few years we’ll see refugees from regions with inundated coastlines. This is not hypothetical for the young people demanding action on climate and leading the effort for a Green New Deal. They’ll have to deal with what we’ve already seen, and much worse, for their entire lives. Legions of those of us with kids, as well as those who just plain care, are working to leave our children a livable climate. We owe them nothing less, and a Green New Deal would be an outstanding down payment. It’d be great if Paul Danish had something constructive to contribute. Right now he looks like a selfish bystander, sneering from the sidelines. Eric Johnson/Boulder BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE

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hen Diana Zuniga Sophie was a baby, her parDanison, Diana ents brought her to Zuniga and Salt Lake City, Hilary Byrne Utah. It’s where her aunts and uncles were living, in the shadow of the Wasatch Mountains, so it made sense to settle down in the bustling city and its robust economy. It’s where everyone could make better lives for themselves, secure better education, feel safer — at least compared to the prospects facing them in Guanajuato, Mexico. Zuniga explains this and the emotional toll that comes with being a young undocumented person in the U.S. — the stress of waiting for some sort of immigration relief, the love she has for skiing and for her college classes, the fear she has here was Latino.” about her unknown future — in In Colorado, the demographics of Quiet Force, a film about the Latino ski resort counties are no different. immigrant workforce in U.S. ski Eagle County, where folks within Vail towns. Resorts’ infrastructure live, eat and go “I love skiing because it brings me to school, is currently 29.7 percent joy, it brings me happiness, it fills me Latino. Garfield County, serving the with love.” Zuniga’s voice is layered Aspen area, registers nearly as many: over footage of her carving down a 28.6 percent. Both counties host a slope, woven between voices and stohigher concentration than the rest of ries of other folks much like her. “It’s Colorado; statewide, 21.5 percent of a place where nothing else matters registered residents are Latino. except for the next turn, and the next As one woman in Quiet Force three after that.” says, without a Latino workforce in Unlike other ski films, which tend ski towns, “The whole infrastructure to blend clips of skiers slicing through would fall apart.” pristine powdery slopes and helicopNoah Novogrodsky, professor of ters criss-crossing bluebird skies, law and ethics at the University of Quiet Force zooms away from the Wyoming adds, “There are costs elite, predominantly white, usually associated with an undocumented male class of superstars. Instead, immigrant population, needing bilindirectors Hilary Byrne and Sophie gual city or town employees, not Danison take their cameras behind being able to predict the kinds of the scenes of the ski industry, taking a educational and medical services that critical look at the folks that keep ski are needed, but they are far, far outresort towns running and the layered, weighed by the need and economic complex issues they face — issues the driver that is a diverse immigrant vast majority of skiers don’t ever have community.” to think about, like deportation or It wasn’t something Byrne nor access to community resources. Danison necessarily realized, either, “This was something that wasn’t until they read David Page’s 2015 being talked about at all,” Byrne says. article in Powder Magazine, “The At the time she and Danison were Quiet Force.” Page details not only working on the film, they were both the critical roles that migrants play in based in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. “In the inner workings of ski resorts — fact, a lot of people around had no from staffing cash registers to carpenidea that 30 percent of the population try jobs, from cleaning hotel rooms to

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cooking in town and on the mountain — but he also highlights the value of the connection to the outdoors these folks forged since their arrival. At the turn of the century, Page notes, migrants started bypassing traditional urban destinations. More than 60 percent of the folks that arrived in the U.S. between 2000 and 2010 “instead landed in far-flung suburbs or smaller rural communities.” These are areas like Wyoming’s Jackson, California’s Mammoth Lakes and Colorado’s Vail — “places that Cornell University sociologist Daniel Lichter calls ‘Hispanic boomtowns,’” according to Page, “where there’s not only the promise of work to be had, but also relatively decent and safe living conditions.” Byrne and Danison visited Jackson, Mammoth, Vail and other ski hubs in the U.S. while researching and filming Quiet Force. Having both been involved in ski media for years, the duo was ready to dig below the powdery fluff of typical ski films. Then the 2016 election happened, Byrne says, and with Page’s article fresh on their minds coupled with the new administration’s anti-immigrant rhetoric and policy, “We were like, ‘OK, let’s really make this happen.” Quickly, however, “We realized this is a much deeper story about immigration policy,” Danison says. FEBRUARY 28, 2019

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“And without going down that road, you’re left with a sense of, ‘Oh. So this is what’s happening. But what does this all mean? How does it connect to the big picture?’” So they decided to go down that road. They traveled to the border, interviewing migrants and support groups along the way. “Everything was changing and things were heating up as we were doing this,” Byrne says. As they continued developing the film over the next two years, “there was that urgency to dive deeper as well as understand more.” As they prepared to show the film, they extended that ethos, making Quiet Force’s film screenings about more than just watching the film. After each showing they hold panel discussions with local experts and nonprofit representatives. At the Breckenridge and Silverthorne showings (in English, with Spanish subtitles), the immigration rights’ organization Mountain Dreamers will host the panel discussion. “Then people can at least ask the questions they want to ask, and have a way for direct action after the film. At the bare minimum, they become a part of the conversation,” Danison says. Byrne adds: “Rather than saying this is a film that starts a conversation, we’re actually creating a space for the conversation to happen.” I

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igh levels of harmful atmospheric pollutants (such as nitrogen oxides, methane and volatile organic compounds (VOCs)) are regularly blown into Boulder County from oil and gas wells to our east. The wind carries these emissions across the plains, an invisible gaseous river, flowing over county lines and between jurisdictions. That’s according to research from Dr. Detlev Helmig, an associate professor at the University of Colorado’s Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), which he presented at a meeting of 350 Boulder County last Thursday, Feb. 21. Helmig studies biosphere-atmosphere trace gas fluxes and their environmental controls. He and his team have been measuring atmospheric concentrations of several key pollutants at a monitoring station at the Boulder Reservoir since the spring of 2017. Over the last several months he’s been on the speaking circuit, presenting his findings — giving similar talks for the Boulder County Commissioners, Longmont community groups and others. His research was done in partnership with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) and was sponsored in large part by Boulder County (with some interim support from the

national nonprofit Earthworks). The study aims to measure the effects of oil and gas emissions on air quality in this county, something that has not previously been quantified or explored to this extent. And the results suggest that those effects are far from trivial. “Right now we’ve run 8,000 samples for VOCs, over 60,000 measurements of methane, 200,000 measurements of nitrogen oxide,” Helmig told the group during his presentation. “This is the state record. There’s no other place, program, organization in the state that has run that many samples for these types of gasses.” INSTAAR’s website for the Boulder Reservoir monitoring station provides “near-real time monitoring” of what Helmig and his team are currently detecting in the air: from ethane, butane and benzene levels, to nitrogen oxides and methane. It allows anyone interested to check in on the content of the air in the County, to see what they’re breathing at any given time of day. So far, that website has over 16,000 views, which Helmig points out is reflective of people’s genuine interest in this subject. Since April 2017, Helmig and his team have been recording and compiling this data: running backtrajectories for emission spikes, cal-

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culating the travel time for different gasses, the distance between source wells and their monitoring stations, wind speed and direction. They catalogued event after event after event, correlating each one to their downwind measurements from the Reservoir. “We focused on nitrogen oxides, methane and volatile organic compounds because, on the large scale, those affect the greatest number of people,” Helmig said. “And they don’t just impact people that are in close proximity to these [drilling] operations.” Time and again, Helmig said, he and his team watched concentrations of these emissions spike in Boulder County when northeasterly winds picked up. It indicates a clear oil and gas correla- JOEL DYER tion and suggests that the air Boulder’s breathing is not as clean as many would like to imagine. Nitrogen oxide can cause inflammation of people’s airways, lung infections and can increase the risk of respiratory conditions. High levels of methane can cause headaches, dizziness, nausea and even suffocation. And, while the health effects of VOCs range widely, benzene, which researchers have observed flowing into Boulder County (likely from oil and gas operations), is a known carcinogen that can be deadly in high enough concentrations. Then there’s ozone, the product of reactions between VOCs, nitrogen oxide and sunlight. In-and-ofitself, ozone pollution presents a significant problem for Boulder County and the Front Range: Since 2004 this region has exceeded the U.S. Ambient Air Quality Standards for ground-level ozone. It’s something the County calls a “serious concern,” on its website. While some of the emissions measured at the Boulder Reservoir may have originated at oil and gas wells in this county, most come from elsewhere. Air from other heavily drilled places like Weld County is BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE

often blown into Boulder, according to Helmig’s research, which makes this problem particularly difficult to remedy. Oil and gas emissions are widely shared between counties with greatly differing policies on oil and gas activity, and that means a real solution will necessitate state action. State Democrats, who now hold both the legislature and the governor’s mansion, campaigned in 2018 on a platform of stricter oil and gas regulations and more local control. They are now preparing to put forward their legislation as early as March, which they claim will do just that. On the other hand, skeptics of the Democrats and their new rules claim that the oil industry has been too involved with the process for any meaningful reform. Time will tell. When Helmig finished his presentation, people broke into small action-groups to discuss measures for reducing the risk to air quality at the Boulder Reservoir and throughout the county. In large part, those “actions” boiled down to calling and emailing state representatives. “Clearly not nearly enough is being done to protect people from this,” says Micah Parkin, the executive director and cofounder of 350 Colorado, which hosted Helmig’s latest presentation, as well as a climate lobbying day at the state capital earlier on Thursday. “I don’t think most people are even aware of it or how serious it is. And meanwhile more and more fracking permits are being allowed every month.” As more wells are drilled in the regions to Boulder’s north and east (and potentially even within County limits) the air quality here will likely worsen if Helmig’s findings are anything to go by. Whether or not those calls and emails to our state representatives will speak louder than the money and influence of oil and gas companies remains to be seen. I

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t was hot the day Nigel Knutzen stepped out of his front door in Edwardsville, Illinois. He hoisted an 80-liter pack onto his back and cinched down the shoulder straps. Maybe 50 pounds, he gauged. Loaded with the bare minimum he’d need to survive — clothes, snacks, a sleeping bag and a tent — he glanced up at the cloudless blue July sky and took a deep breath. This was it. This was the beginning. Knutzen stepped off his porch and started down the street, walking away from the campus of Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. Those were the first steps of what became a 925-mile journey. A crosscountry, campus-to-campus adventure that would, if all went well, deliver him to the front door of Boulder’s Naropa University, where he’d enrolled in the MFA theater program. It was sure to be anything but a typical stroll to school. Not only because of the distance that stood between him and his goal, and not due to his humble $30 budget, but because Knutzen was out to prove something to the world. A couple of things, actually: first, that people and the world are generally good. And second, that chasing your dreams is as easy as packing a bag and hitting the road. It would test Knutzen, no doubt, both mentally and physically — spiritually, even — but it would also test the world. Could a person pull up stakes and leave one place to pursue their vision in another? Could they do it without a huge sum saved, without a job lined up and without a place to live once they arrived? Knutzen, with his trusty pack and steely optimism, was going to find out. Even if the answers to those questions challenged his hopeful views. “I was broke where I was,” he says, smiling. “At least if I was broke in Boulder I’d be going to grad school, and I’d still be moving in the right direction.” In the weeks prior to his departure, Knutzen offhandedly mentioned to a friend the idea of walking the whole way to Naropa. “They laughed that off and kind of let it go,” 18

middle America, bound for a brighter future. It wasn’t long before Knutzen started to encounter the altruism he’d set out to prove exists, and it garnered a lot of hope — not just for his journey, but for his idea of humankind at large. Sometimes it was an anonymous stranger who paid for his meal out of the blue. Sometimes it was a curious driver who slowed down and offered him a ride. Once, in Marysville, Kansas he even met a man who offered him a job. “This town needs more good people like you,” the man had told him. Tempted as he may have been, Knutzen knew his aim. And he wasn’t about to be derailed in Kansas, or anywhere else, en route to it. He pressed on. One morning, a few days later, he awoke to a drizzling pitter-patter on his tent fly. Rain. He was in the middle of nowhere, without rain gear. As he began to pack his things, a downpour erupted. Knutzen was very suddenly faced with a choice: keep walking and gamble on the storm letting up — or turn tail and retreat several miles back the way WHEN NIGEL Knutzen found Knutzen says. But he’d been he’d come the night prior. out he’d been accepted to serious, and the more he The thought of backtracking was graduate school at Naropa thought about it, the better idea disheartening, but he had no choice, University, he wasn’t sure how he’d manage to get there it seemed. “Anyone who has hiked knows, if you financially. So, he walked “Due to my financial situadestroy your feet because they’re wet, from Illinois. tion, I didn’t know how else I you’re done. You aren’t going to walk was going to get there,” he says. anywhere.” He had a goal of not soliciting any help along So, with haste, he packed up and took off. the way — no hitchhiking, no cardboard signs, no When he arrived back in town, his pack was relying on the support of others. Not unless they soaked through, his clothes, shoes and belongings offered it to him, in which case, he says, he’d let were all sopping wet and the rain was still coming whatever happened, happen. down in torrents. He sought refuge in a local coffee Knutzen posted to Facebook after the first day shop to dry out, recharge and wait out the storm. of his trip. “My route takes me along the river roads Minutes turned to hours, the morning turned into afternoon, and soon it would be dark, Knutzen until Hannibal, MO where I’ll jump on 36, west realized, watching the unrelenting storm. And when until Denver.” that shop closed, he’d be back out in it — for better One day after the next Knutzen made his way or for worse. from the grassy plains of Missouri through the flat A sense of wet doom began to creep over him. farmlands of Kansas on towards the Rocky Just then he received a Facebook message. It was Mountains. He was living his own On the Road an old friend of his from Illinois, asking how close he adventure, Dharma bumming his way through cofwas to certain hotel. “Not far,” he replied. “Only a fee shops and city parks, skipping like a stone across FEBRUARY 28, 2019

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was moved beyond words. He fell in love at first sight: the cool green lawn scattered with students sitting in circles laughing and talking, the August breeze whispering through the trees that cast shade upon his soon-to-be peers. It was more beautiful than he could have ever imagined. Knutzen had arrived. But arrival, he knew, did not mean conclusion. His journey was far from over. “For me, the walk was just phase one,” he says. “The work really started when I arrived in Boulder.” With the guidance of his recuiter, Knutzen got a job working as the patron services associate at the Dairy Center for the Arts, and through the Dairy, he met someone who helped him find a place to live. In the span of a week, he had landed and established everything he needed to get by. Of course, that doesn’t mean he isn’t still facing challenges today, Knutzen admits. He’s still living paycheck to paycheck, he’s in class from 9-to-5 and then works in the evening after that. He performs when he can and helps choreograph action scenes for peer theater projects. Time is not something he has in excess. Still, Knutzen seems to be loving where he’s at. He’ll be performing in two upcoming shows at the Dairy: the first, The Royal Players’ Guild: Seven Revels, during the last week in March, and the second, Escape will run the last two weeks of August. Knutzen’s journey wasn’t just about him, he says. It was for the wider world, for everyone who has ever wondered if the grass is actually greener on the other side. “I want this to be an example for other people, for how they can improve their own situations in life.” Change can be as simple as walking out your front door. If you need a reminder, just look to Knutzen. You might actually see him around town. Without a car or a bike, his feet remain his primary mode of transportation. He walks everywhere in Boulder — walking to class, walking to work, walking around — the walking man, walking on. I

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don’t take notes as Arthur Secunda talks to me; I’m too focused on hearing him, and it strikes me that the scratching of a pen against paper would make it harder. We’re alone in a small meeting room in the front lobby of ManorCare, where the 91-year-old artist lives, late afternoon sunlight gilding the room. It’s quiet, but I slide my recorder closer, lean in and tilt my ear more toward the sound of Secunda’s voice. Parkinson’s disease has made Secunda’s voice softer, breathy. It makes his once steady hands tremble. Macular degeneration has severely limited his eyesight — and yet Secunda continues to create art, just as he has for the last 80 years.

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by Caitlin Rockett “I used to enjoy details, geometry, all that,” he says, slowly drawing a small circle on the table with one hand. Coral-colored polish on his nails is chipping, but vibrant. “I can’t do that anymore. I have to rely on other people. The simplest things... It’s very frustrating, but you know, the result is what counts.” A small but stirring collection of Secunda’s more recent sculptures and mixed media paintings is currently on display at Bricolage Gallery in Art Parts Creative Reuse Center. The collection — Everyday Magic — pays homage to the things we often pay no mind at all: shoelaces, coins, paperclips, fire wood... even Secunda’s own hair makes its way into one painting. It’s an intimate show, with bits of Secunda’s personal history scattered throughout like breadcrumbs forming a trail to the artist’s heart. There’s “Art Forest,” where Secunda’s old paint brushes seem to reach upwards in search of the light of a blue sun (one of his granddaughter’s many figure skating medals). In another, the skeleton of the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow fame — now missing his right foot — hovers about the stalactites and stalagmites of the caves of Dordogne, France. Secunda spent much of his life and career in France, and the caves of Dordogne, with their prehistoric drawings, could be considered one of the world’s first art galleries. Then there’s “Music Machine,” a towering sculpture built around a working music box — an enlarged version of the kind with the little ballerinas that pop up when you open the box. Gilded buttons and knickknacks of indefinable origin cover the machine, which forms a steeple of sorts from a xylophone and a guitar head. On the back door of the music box is a message from Secunda: “This kalliope music machine compiled 1964 is dedicated to those that love music and beauty in all its forms.” Perhaps it’s here, within this sculpture, that we find the beating heart of Arthur Secunda: artist, jazz pianist, creator, lover of life. Everyday Magic is a snapshot of a life filled with magic. It proves that Arthur Secunda has never taken much of anything for granted, least of all his ability to create.

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Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1927, Secunda describes his early childhood as “terrible.” His father died when Arthur was just two, leaving his mother the nearly impossible task of supporting a child on her own. As a result, Secunda went to live on his Ukrainian-born grandmother’s chicken farm. “So much anti-Semitism everywhere,” Secunda says of the late ’30s in Jersey. “The Ku Klux Klan was there. I was referred to in class as the ‘Jew boy’ by the teacher. It was just a very difficult time without my parents, working on the farm.” In 1935, when Secunda was 8, he reunited with his mother and the two moved to Manhattan — 71st and Broadway — where the young artist’s life drastically improved. There he was surrounded by art and music and a stream of immigrants (many of whom spoke Russian, as Secunda did) and culture. He recalls walking down 57th Street one day and hearing live music coming from inside the nearby building. A security guard noticed the young man listening and told

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him it was Sergei Rachmaninoff. The building was Carnegie Hall. “He let me stand by the door and listen,” Secunda says of the guard. “Things like that just don’t happen anymore.” The young Secunda also developed a taste for jazz. He started learning to play piano at 10, and eventually began to mimic the sounds of the “boogie woogie” records of the ’40s that he and his friends loved to listen to and analyze. By the time Secunda was a teenager, he was steeped in visual art as well, having made his first sculpture at around 10 years old. He traveled to Detroit after being accepted into Cass Technical High School, where he met and befriended fellow artist Ray Johnson, a soon-to-be pioneering figure in the pop art movement. After Secunda returned to New York upon graduation in the mid ’40s, he began a decades-long mail correspondence with the Detroit-based Johnson. The two wrote letters filled with cartoon-like drawings and captions, many of which Secunda still has today. In these letters, Johnson often asked Secunda for any celebrity ephemera Secunda could get his hands on in New York. Johnson credited his correspondence with Secunda as the beginning of the mail art activities that would typify his artistic career. Secunda joined the Air Force in 1946. As an artist, he “drew cartoons for Air Force Magazine, painted nude ladies on airplanes, [and made] portraits of generals.” The G.I. Bill opened up new educational opportunities, though not all of these experiences were as edifying as his time at Cass Tech. He spent two “conservative, uninspiring, stultifying” semesters at New York University studying art before moving on to the far more enriching Art Students League of New York, where he studied painting with Harry

Sternberg and Julian Levi. Eventually Secunda made his way to Europe. It was, in a way, a homecoming for Secunda’s soul. In Paris and Rome, he found the teachers who would instill in him the business of art, particularly Russian-born sculptor Ossip Zadkine and painter Andre L’hote. Zadkine taught Secunda to treat art like any other job: Begin your day at a set time every morning; set up your studio in a functional way; persevere through the hard times; and never forget the value of your unique creations. “They were so dedicated, so sincere,” Secunda says of the artists he worked with in Europe in the late ’40s. “Sincerity is something that in America we laugh at sometimes, but in Europe it’s very important.” Always eager to explore new artistic terrain, Secunda went on to work at the Esmerald Escuela de Pintura y Escultura in Mexico City, where he learned the art of woodcarving and woodcut printing. He’s been making “junk art,” as he calls his bricolage works, since the ’60s when he was living in Los Angeles. His studio was close to the Watts neighborhood in south LA, where rioting broke out for six days in August 1965. Neighbors brought him debris to work into his art. As someone who’d personally experienced discrimination, Secunda followed the Civil Rights movement with empathy — and horror. Over the eight years following the Watts Riots in LA, Secunda documented subsequent violence and bigotry across the nation through a series of approximately 50 paintings, collages, sculptures and graphics. “Arthur will never say that he’s a political artist,” says longtime friend and LA-based filmmaker Matteo MarchisanoAdamo. “But a lot of his work deals with political ideas and circumstances and the

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actual physical objects [of political unrest].” Marchisano-Adamo has spent the last 20 years getting to know Secunda after the two were introduced through the Phoenix, Arizona, chapter of the French Alliance. (Secunda lived and maintained a gallery for many years in Scottsdale, Arizona.) “I asked him questions about politics once and he said, ‘Well, you know, if I do a painting of two people talking in a cafe in Paris, that’s a political painting.’ So for art, it doesn’t have to be about the Watts [Riots] in order to be political. [His art] kind of transcends that. He doesn’t think in boxes.” Secunda spent the next half a century or so traveling, raising his children, creating, teaching, writing, curating and editing. He became an instructor and lecturer at UCLA and a curator of education at the Santa Barbara Art Museum. He produced a weekly TV program called Arts of All Times and was the founding editor of the renowned Artforum magazine. Today his art can be found in permanent collections the world over, from the Museum of Modern Art in New York to the Library of Congress in D.C. to Tel Aviv Museum in Israel. Museums across Europe hold pieces of Secunda’s work, as do private collectors like C. Edward Wall. In 2012, Wall, a longtime friend of Secunda’s and perhaps his biggest promoter, helped fund and found the Arthur Secunda Museum at Cleary University in Michigan. There you can see much of the colorful, abstract landscape art for which Secunda is often recognized today. It’s a long and storied career that Marchisano-Adamo desperately wanted to capture on film. But for much of their friendship, Secunda preferred to talk about his artist friends, like Ray Johnson. It wasn’t until 2015, after Secunda had been living in Boulder for more than a decade, that he invited Marchisano-Adamo out to film a documentary about his life and work. The film, Ten Days with Art, is an intimate portrait of an artist who refuses to stop creating — not because of any egotistical need to be known, but simply because it’s what he must do. Secunda is built to make art. It pours out of him, and it seems there is no force other than death that is capable of ending his creative output. But it does take help these days, though that isn’t hard for Secunda to find. Arizona-based mixed media artist Joseph Breton has known Secunda — whom he lovingly calls Arturo — since the ’80s, and the two have been making art collaboratively since the ’90s. Just five years ago, Breton spent weeks with

Secunda in a large-scale garage in Scottsdale working on a 10-by-65-foot painting that now hangs in the Arthur Secunda Museum. Ten Days with Art captures the familial relationship between these two artists as Breton aids Secunda with painting some of the finer details that Parkinson’s has made nearly impossible for Secunda to complete himself. “In doing this [particular] painting that you see in the documentary, he wanted me to paint but I was determined not to participate. I wanted him to do it, but I ended up helping him,” Breton says. “But I maintained this was his painting, it was his vision. When we completed the painting, when it was time to sign it, he gave me the brush and said, ‘You sign it first.’ I said, ‘No, it’s your painting, your idea. I only assisted.’ I made that point clear.” Secunda worried that his friend was embarrassed by the work. “I’ve never been embarrassed by any of the work I’ve done with Arturo,” Breton says, his voice heavy with the weight of his emotion. “That particular painting, the reason for not [signing it] is because ... that painting captures the soul of the artist as he’s reaching his diminishing years. Matteo’s plan for the film was to depict an artist, a well-known, accomplished artist at the end of his years. And the difficulty that he had with holding the brush, opening the jar of paint, executing the brush strokes, and that was the end result. “That’s why I could not sign it — would not sign it.” Breton and Marchisano-Adamo believe the core of Secunda’s success as an artist rests with his passion for and appreciation of life. “He has alway been a very unselfish individual,” Breton says. “He is so rich in knowledge, about technique, about art, about markets, about everything. Arturo seemed to be the only kid on the block who wanted to play. Many other artists, they don’t want to talk art, talk technique. I get excited with Arturo because we talk about art.” “He doesn’t care if he’s showing at the LACMA or Golden West (assisted living),” Marchisano-Adamo adds. “It means so much for him to be an artist, to be among those who came before him, to advance art in some way or to give some wisdom for the art. He feels honored to be part of that and he should. His contribution, I feel is kind of like an American secret.” For more information about the documentary Ten Days with Art, visit matteomarchisanoadamo.com/ten-days-with-art-documentary

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ichael Butterman, music director of the Boulder Philharmonic, thinks that Beethoven and the English composer Sir Edward Elgar go well together, but he’s not quite sure why. “I always think of Beethoven and Elgar as complementary,” he says. “It’s a gut sense, and I can’t put my finger on it.” Finger on it or not, when the guest soloist for Saturday’s concert, cellist Astrid Schween, was selected to play the Elgar Cello Concerto, Butterman picked Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony for the same program. Also on the program is the first Colorado performance of Dune Acres, a new work by Boulder native Kristin Kuster. The Boulder Philharmonic’s executive director, Katherine Lehman, heard Schween play the Elgar Concerto several years ago. When she became ED of the Boulder Philharmonic, Lehman asked Schween to play the concerto in Boulder. Schween had recently joined the Juilliard Quartet, so it took some time to find a date that was open for her and the orchestra. “I was so happy that my quartet colleagues have cleared space in our schedule for me to do this,” Schween says. The Elgar Concerto has not always been a staple of cellists’ repertoire. It was not well received at its first performance in 1919, and was largely neglected for many years. That changed in 1965, when the 20-year-old cellist Jacqueline du Pré recorded the concerto. That recording, known for both its passion and its technical polish, made du Pré’s reputation and inspired an entire generation of young cellists. Among them was Schween. Du Pré’s performance “was so arresting for its honesty,” Schween says. “She had a reckless abandon about [her playing] that was just unbelievable. And incredibly high quality, and that’s an unusual

combination.” Schween collected all of du Pré’s recordings, and later had lessons with her. “I met her when I was quite young and saw her on and off for seven years,” Schween says. “I was an incredibly lucky young person. She was my idol, and I treasure those memories and those lessons together.” The concerto is written in four movements, but with only one break between two and three, making it sound like a single, long rhapsody. The mood is mostly one of lamenting, possibly reflecting the times after World War I when it was written. For Schween, the intensity of emotion is challenging. “There are places where the cellist has to become desperate in their expression,” she says. “It’s physically exhausting, it’s emotionally exhausting. Playing with the orchestral forces for which it’s scored is a heavy lift. “In many ways, the cello against the orchestra is the drama of this piece.” Kuster’s score recalls annual summer trips with family that she took as a child, from Boulder to northern Indiana to visit her grandparents. They lived in Dune Acres, a private neighborhood on the south shore of Lake Michigan. “To me as kid this was the most magical place on Earth,” she says. “Having your own private beach right there on Lake Michigan — it was such a privilege to spend our summers there.” Dune Acres was also where Kuster first began making up her own music. “There were a couple of secret little patios on the side of the house where you could always hear the lake,” she says. “I would sit there and make up a song, and then go in the lake. I always thought it was fun to go underwater and hum. That’s a weird sound for a kid, so I think that’s where I really started being a person who wanted to make music.” The movements reflect different

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ON THE BILL: Elgar and Beethoven — performed by Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Butterman, music director, with Astrid Schween, cello; with the world premiere of ‘Dune Acres’ by Kristin Kuster. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 2, Macky Auditorium, 1595 Pleasant St., Boulder, boulderphil.org/ event/elgar-beethoven. There will a free program at 6:30 p.m. in Macky Auditorium, hosted by Marilyn Cooley of Colorado Public Radio, with Butterman, Schween and Kuster.

aspects of the family trips: “A kid. A station wagon. Colorado to Indiana”; ““The Great Lake is still. The fog rolls in”; and “Immersed in the Great Lake.” The second combines her sadness as a kid on days that she could not go into the lake, and her adult mourning for the environmental loss of the lakeshore, while the finale is about wanting to “jump in the lake and splash around.” As for the program’s Beethoven offering, the Fourth is one of the least familiar of Beethoven’s symphonies, and one of the most cheerful. “It’s Haydn-esque Beethoven, especially in the first movement and the last movement,” Butterman says. The first movement starts with a slow introduction that “seems like there might be some very serious subject matter coming up,” he says. “But [then] we start ripping along. It’s certainly more sprightly and fleet-footed. The second movement is just a beautiful song with a gracious accompaniment, which is rather elegant but sometimes given to timpani and basses.” The finale goes very fast, and contains woodwind solos that have become standard test pieces, especially for clarinet and bassoon. Depending on the conductor’s tempos, here is reckless abandon of another kind — and a brilliant way to end a program. FEBRUARY 28, 2019

ack for a 15th year, the Boulder International Film Festival (BIFF), Feb. 28–March 3, has expanded its usual scope. With over 50 features and shorts screening, 2019 marks the first year the festival extends to Fort Collins for an additional weekend of films slated for March 8–9. But here in Boulder County, 2019 BIFF feels as familiar as BIFFs before. Using the Boulder Theater as the nexus point, BIFF spans out to several venues across the city as well as Longmont Museum’s Stewart Auditorium. The festival kicks off Thursday, Feb. 28, with an opening night red carpet gala and the Colorado premiere of the documentary David Crosby: Remember My Name. As a bonus, the legendary musician will be there in person and joined by director A.J. Eaton and executive producer Jill Mazursky for a post-screening interview with Ron Bostwick. Crosby isn’t the only guest attending this year’s BIFF; over 20 filmmakers from both sides of the camera will be on hand for various talks around town. Of them, premiere alternative rock presence/manager Bobby Whittaker will be in person following the Boulder premiere of the documentary Return to Mount Kennedy. On the surface, Return to Mount Kennedy, directed by Eric Becker, looks like your typical climbing doc, but Mount Kennedy is anything but. Jumping back and forth between 1965 and 2015, Return to Mount Kennedy focuses on Bobby Whittaker, a constant presence in the 1980s–’90s Seattle music scene, and his father, Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mount Everest. After coming down Everest in 1963, Jim Whittaker was hailed as a hero and found himself hobnobbing with celebrities and politicians, including the Kennedy family. Then, after JFK was assassinated that November, the Canadian government named a mountain in the president’s honor as a gesture of the two countries’ kinship. Who should be the first man to summit the mountain?

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wilderness is all he needs. But Whittaker’s brother, Leif, followed a little closer in their father’s footsteps, summiting Everest twice. As Whittaker says, he teased Leif: What are you going to do, climb it a third time? Let’s do Kennedy instead. Leif agreed, much to Whittaker’s chagrin — “I always say I’m half-kidding,” he explains — and the two invited Chris Kennedy along for the climb and called up Becker to document it. “And, as a result, I think [Becker] kind of captured a pretty cool, rare bird,” Whittaker says. “I appreciate it now, but it wasn’t easy when it was happening.” And though the familial connection of the climb wasn’t Whittaker’s initial motivation, Becker found a beautiful rhyme in watching three sons follow in their fathers’ footsteps. “There’s a moment in the film where [Becker] splits between old footage and new footage,” Whittaker explains, “where we’re all roped up going up Cathedral [Glacier], and it’s just incredible.” Return to Mount Kennedy screens Saturday, March 2 at 7:30 p.m. at Boulder High School, and at Longmont

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Bobby Kennedy, of course. And Jim Whittaker was just the man to take him there. But RFK was no climber, and neither is Bobby Whittaker — who decided to climb the mountain with his brother, Leif Whittaker, and RFK’s son, Chris Kennedy, on the 50th anniversary of their fathers’ climb — but that didn’t stop either. “Not only do I sit behind a desk all day,” an out-ofbreath Whittaker says in Mount Kennedy during a training exercise four months before the climb, “I follow that with a five-hour dinner of rich food and wine. My philosophy has always been — Fuck, I’ve never had one.” “I’m a lowland trail guy,” Whittaker tells the Weekly. “I like the outdoors, but I’m not a big mountain guy.” Whittaker doesn’t need the thrill of the summit to derive an emotional connection to nature — the history of conservation and the civic duty behind preserving the

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OTHERS TO SEE The Silence of Others Friday, March 1, 12:15 p.m., First Presbyterian Church Return to Mount Kennedy and Remember My Name are far from the only documentaries worth seeking out this BIFF. The Silence of Others from Spain tracks a court case to bring justice to the perpetrators of Francisco Franco Bahamonde’s vicious nationalist rule. You don’t have to look too hard to see echoes of America’s past and present, but focusing too much on modern-day parallels will dilute a horrific time and the palatable resolve of these senior citizens. The Hummingbird Project Friday, March 1, 7:45 p.m., Boulder Theater Cousins Vincent (Jesse Eisenberg) and Anton

If that isn’t reason enough to see The Hummingbird Project, then a silverhaired, purple-sunglassessporting, high-powered Salma Hayek as Vincent and Anton’s former boss should be.

(Alexander Skarsgård) have a plan so crazy it just might work: Dig a one-foot-wide, thousand-mile-long tunnel from Kansas to New Jersey, install a fiber optic cable and strip an algorithm down to its bare code. Why? Because they’ll have trading information traveling from the Kansas City Live Stock Exchange to New York in 16 milliseconds, one millisecond faster than the competition. Doesn’t sound like much, but that one millisecond — roughly one beat of a hummingbird’s wings — could give Vincent and Anton’s company the edge to generate hundreds of millions of dollars in a matter of weeks, all while trading futures on lemon farms in Africa. But what about the lemon farmers, a bartender asks after Anton explains the plan. Well, they haven’t thought through that part of the equation yet. Set in 2011, The Hummingbird Project pairs a conniving, sniveling Eisenberg with an unrecognizable Skarsgård — sporting male pattern baldness and constantly hunched shoulders — in a high stakes scheme that is both eternally relevant and immediately obsolete. Faster, better, stronger is the mantra that drives capitalism, but at what cost and who gets left behind?

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FRI. APR 12

SOUTHERN AVENUE

BOULDER WEEKLY & TERRAPIN CARE STATION PRESENT

POLICULTURE

INDUBIOUS, HUGH MANATEE WED. MAR 27 105.5 THE COLORADO SOUND & BOULDER WEEKLY PRESENT

SISTER SPARROW & THE DIRTY BIRDS THURS. MAR 28

BOULDER WEEKLY & TERRAPIN CARE STATION PRESENT

THE CREAM CHEESE ACCIDENT + CONSIDER THE SOURCE BOULDER SOUND LAB FRI. MAR 29

GHOST LIGHT

KEVIN FITZGERALD

JOSEPH

HALEY JOHNSEN SAT. APR 13 97.3 KBCO PRESENTS 35TH ANNIVERSARY - “BACK WHERE IT ALL BEGAN”

CHRIS DANIELS & THE KINGS

WITH FREDDI GOWDY AND FRIENDS, HAZEL MILLER, KENNY PASSARELLI, STANLEY SHELDON TUES. APR 16 TAKE ME AS I AM 2019 TOUR

AN EVENING WITH

CHRISTOPHER CROSS SAT. APR 20

ESCORT LIVE BAND THE JIVE TRIBE, PHIL BERARDUCCI

SAT. MAR 30

FRI. APR 26

88.5 KGNU, WESTWORD & PARTY GURU PRODUCTIONS PRESENT

88.5 KGNU PRESENTS 27TH ANNUAL MICROBREWERIES FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

BY THE LIGHT OF THE DARK MOON TOUR 2019

AYLA NEREO

ELIJAH RAY, AMBER LILY

DAVE BRUZZA UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED FT. LYLE BREWER, MIKE SHIMMIN, MAT ROWLAND, DOMINIC DAVIS

TUES. APR 2

SUN. APR 28

95.7 THE PARTY PRESENTS

THE SPRING QUARTET

JULIA MICHAELS BILLY RAFFOUL

THURS. APR 4 BOULDER WEEKLY PRESENTS

ROBERT WALTER’S 20TH CONGRESS + EUFORQUESTRA THE ANGLE

FRI. APR 5 KUVO 89.3 & GRATEFUL WEB PRESENT

JAZZ IS PHSH

JACK DEJOHNETTE, JOE LOVANO, ESPERANZA SPALDING & LEO GENOVESE MAY 9 .............................................................................. YACHT ROCK REVUE MAY 16 ............................................................................................ ELLE KING MAY 24 ........................................................................................... RIVERSIDE MAY 29 ................................................................................................... SLEEP JUL 6 ...................................................................... THE MARCUS KING BAND JUL 27 .......................................................... JOEY ALEXANDER (NEW DATE!) AUG 7 ............................................................................. ARTURO SANDOVAL

SKY POND, KALEID

APR 6 .............................................. FRONT COUNTRY + THE MIGHTY PINES APR 7 ...................................................................................................... SUSTO APR 10 ................................................................................. SOCCER MOMMY APR 11 ........................................................................................ SLOW MAGIC APR 12 ................................................................................................ TRAMPA APR 17 ................................................................. REVEREND HORTON HEAT APR 19 ...................................................... THRIFTWORKS + MARVEL YEARS

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

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BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE

CHARLIE GROSS

Meshell Ndegeocello. 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 5, Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. On her most recent album, ‘Ventriloquism,’ bassist Meshell Ndegeocello pays tribute to a few of her diverse influences across 11 covers. The reimagining affords not just a new musical experience, but also a comment on the narrow expectations of sounds and structures for black artists and black music. Tickets are $30-$35.

see EVENTS Page 30

events

THERESA PETERSON

RAYLAND BAXTER.

‘TRANSFIXED’ OPENING RECEPTION.

As the son of Bucky Baxter, a musician who collaborated with legendary artists such as Bob Dylan, Rayland Baxter has understandably developed an intriguing blend of rock, indie and blues. With little more than a guitar and a keyboard, the Nashvillebased singer-songwriter holed up in an old rubber band factory in Kentucky to create his new LP ‘Wide Awake.’ The result is an insightful collection of songs that take a sardonic view of the violence, greed and division that seem to define the modern American landscape. Tickets range from $15-$18.

Boulder Creative Collective (BCC) joins galleries, museums and schools around the region for Month of Photography, presenting Transfixed on March 2. All work in the show will include photography as a major part of any number of diverse artistic styles including digital, alternative processes, mixed media and collage. BCC founders Addrienne Amato and Kelly Cope Russack developed this nonprofit organization to not only help artists find studio space and exhibit their work, but also to engage the community through classes and workshops. Transfixed will be open to the public through March 30.

7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 2, Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095. SHERVIN LAINEZ

BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE

6 p.m. Saturday, March 2, Boulder Creative Collective, 2500 47th St., Boulder.

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

BOULDER IN-THE-ROUND PRESENTS THE PLUS ONE SHOW.

7 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-443-8696.

Every first Wednesday of the month, singer-songwriter Theresa Peterson hosts Boulder In-The-Round, a curated showcase of some of Boulder County’s best lyricists and musicians. This month’s performers are Americana/indie rock band Copper Leaf, guitarist and music therapist Lyla Yaner, and the host herself. RSVP is formally requested but admission is free.

words THURSDAY, FEB. 28 Open Improv: Long Form. 7 p.m. Wesley Chapel, 1290 Folsom St., Boulder. Irving Kaufman Arenberg — Killing Vincent. 7 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Jojo Watts — Imagine That. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder.

SATURDAY, MARCH 2

Live Entertainment Nightly at our 1709 Pearl St location THURSDAY FEBRUARY 28

GRUPO CHEGANDO LÁ AND FRANCISCO MARQUES 8PM FRIDAY MARCH 1

RAMAYA & THE TROUBADOURS 8PM SATURDAY MARCH 2

VERONIQUE VAN PELT PRESENTS:

THE DEEP CUTS SHOWCASE NO. 3 8PM SUNDAY MARCH 3

CLARE THÉRÈSE 8PM TYLER ADAMS AND CATON SOLLENBERGER 9PM MONDAY MARCH 4

DAVID WILLIAMS & THE TRICKSTERS 8PM TUESDAY MARCH 5

COTTONWOOD BAND 8PM WEDNESDAY MARCH 6

LET THE BEAT SPEAK 8PM THURSDAY MARCH 7

LOGAN THOMAS 8PM MATT CAMPBELL 9PM FRIDAY MARCH 8

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY!

WOMEN IN SONG HOSTED BY SHANNA IN A DRESS 8PM Happy Hour 4-8 Every Day THELAUGHINGGOAT.COM

Boulder Writing Dates. 9 a.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder. Chelsea Flagg — Tinsey Clover. 2 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Poetry Night. 7 p.m. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont.

SUNDAY, MARCH 3 Dana Sher — Sleepytime Stories. 11 a.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder. Sunday Night Poetry Slam. 7 p.m. Mercury Cafe, 2199 California St., Denver.

MONDAY, MARCH 4 Mesa de Português. 4 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder. Dahr Jamail — The End of Ice. 7 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.

PHUONG THAO VUONG’S ‘The House I Inherit’ captures grief in its most present and to-the-bone form. In three parts, this careful and tender collection takes readers through a father’s violence and the inheritance of trauma, attempts to redraw the self from this pain, and offers a door through which we can reconcile our “artifacts of grief.” While the history of the Vietnam War, imperialism and familial trauma each demand their own narrative, ‘The House I Inherit’ proposes the radical notion that silence can be both needle and thread, weaving these narratives into a whole. Vuong will speak at Innisfree on March 6 at 6 p.m.

MEGAN ZAPANTA

Kim O’Reilly — We Love You, But You’re Going to Hell. 7 p.m. Tattered Cover Book, 1628 16th St., Denver.

Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder.

Joshua Sbicca — Food Justice Now!. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder.

Peter Heller — The River. 7 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.

So, You’re a Poet. 8:45 p.m. Wesley Theater, 1290 Folsom St., Boulder.

Katherine Harmon Courage — Cultured. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder.

TUESDAY, MARCH 5

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6

Writers’ Group. 6 p.m. Longmont Public Library, 409 Fourth Ave., Longmont.

Phuong Thao Vuong — The House I Inherit. 6 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder.

Buddy. a lit zine. 6 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder.

Megan Griswold — The Book of Help. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28 Music An All-Star Tribute to Alanis Morissette. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095. Ben Markley Quartet. 8 p.m. Muse Performance Space, 200 E. South Boulder Road, Lafayette, 720-352-4327. Ed Rush, Optical. 8 p.m. Marquis Theatre, 2009 Larimer St., Denver, 303-487-0111. Grupo Chegando Lá and Francisco Marques. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Listen to the music of Steve Glotzer and Kevin Packard. 6 p.m. La Vita Bella Cafe, 471 Main St., Longmont, 720-204-4525. Naomi Siegel Trio. 8:30 p.m. Muse Performance Space, 200 E. South Boulder Road, Lafayette, 720-352-4327. Sammy Brue. 8 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-291-1007. Swing Night with Chez Coucou. 8 p.m. The Waterloo, 817 Main St., Louisville, 303-5226162. The Talbott Brothers House Concert (adults only). 7 p.m. Sounds of Simon House Concerts, 1086 East Roggen Way, Superior. Wood & Wire — Pick & Howl, Jimi Mittens. 7:30 p.m. Cervantes’ Other Side, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772. Events Boulder Blind Cafe Experience. 5:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. First Congregational Church, 1128 Pine St., Boulder, 720-495-7797.

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Boulder International Film Festival (BIFF). 5 p.m. various locations in Downtown Boulder, 2338 Broadway (BIFF Office), Boulder, 303449-2289. See page 26 for more on this year’s BIFF. For a full schedule, visit biff1.com. Dancing In The Showroom. 6 p.m. Gebhardt Volkswagen, 2470 49th St., Boulder, 303-4157813. Deconstructing the Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour. 2:30 and 7 p.m. Dairy Arts Center, Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Family Viewing: ‘Popeye’ (114 min.). 7 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Maz Jobrani. 8 p.m. Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., Denver, 303-595-3637. More performances at comedyworks.com. ‘Once Upon A Superhero.’ 8 p.m. Bug Theater, 3654 Navajo St., Denver. Oscar Shorts: Animation. 4:30 p.m. Dairy Arts Center, Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Views & Brews American Landscape Film Series: ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind.’ 7 p.m. Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont, 303-651-8374.

A Bear Duo. 5 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303-776-1914. Beethoven Symphony No. 7. 7:30 p.m. Boettcher Concert Hall, 1000 14th St., Denver, 720-865-4220. BIFF Singer-Songwriter Showcase. 6:30 p.m. The Post Brewing Company Boulder, 2027 13th St., Boulder. Bill McCrossen & Friends Quartet. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. Colorado Children’s Chorale. 7:30 p.m. St. Johns Episcopal Cathedral, 1350 Washington St., Denver, 303-892-5600. Denver Philharmonic: ‘Valor.’ 7:30 p.m. The Church, 1160 Lincoln St., Denver, 303-8322383. G. Love & Special Sauce — with Ben Sparaco and The New Effect. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095. The Jellyroll Bakers. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tap Room, 921 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-7761914. Julie Stratton. 6:30 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-204-6064.

Music

Live eTown Radio Show Taping — with Greensky Bluegrass, Israel Nash. 7 p.m. eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-443-8696.

Alchemical Yellow in Dreams and Image. 7 p.m. Community United Church of Christ, 2650 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 720-938-6054.

Rastasaurus, The Jauntee. 9 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-291-1007.

An All Star Tribute to Alanis Morissette featuring Jennifer Hartswick (Trey Anastasio Band), Shira. 9 p.m. Cervantes Masterpiece, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772.

Rooster Cockburn. 8 p.m. Bluff Street Bar & Billiards, 2690 28th St., Boulder, 303-444-1562.

BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE

FRIDAY, MARCH 1

BOULDER COUNTYâ€™S INDEPENDENT VOICE

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

EVENTS AND MUSIC FOR 12pm-6pm GRANDPA’S MALL CRAWL ON FIRST STREET 12pm-9pm REANIMATE YOURSELF TENT OPEN Guerico Field

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FRIDAY, MARCH 8

4pm-1am BLUE BALL HAWAIIAN LUAU ReAnimate Yourself Tent

11am-10pm NOT YET DEAD IN NED TENT OPEN 1st St.

11am-10pm REANIMATE YOURSELF TENT OPEN Guerico Field

10:30am-5:30pm “GRANDPA’S IN THE TUFF SHED” DOCUMENTARY

Caribou Shopping Center, 20 Lakeview Dr.

11:00am “CALL ME NED” MUSICAL PERFORMANCE Backdoor Theater, 243 W 4th St.

Noon PARADE OF COFFIN RACERS AND HEARSES Noon– 4pm SNOWY HUMAN FOOSBALL 100 East 1st St.

1pm-1:15pm THE NEWLY DEAD GAME — COUPLES EDITION

SATURDAY, MARCH 9

8am-11am FDGD PANCAKE BREAKFAST Community Center

9am-12pm REGISTRATION & WRISTBAND PICK-UP Teen Center, 151 East St. (East

end of 1st St.)

11am-8pm GRANDPA’S MALL CRAWL 11am-10pm BACON BOURBON & BREWS (3B) TENT OPEN Guercio Field

ALL 3 FDGD TENTS OPEN

Caribou Shopping Center, 20 Lakeview Dr.

1pm – 2pm COSTUMED POLAR PLUNGE Guercio Field

2pm – 3:30pm COFFIN RACES Guercio Field

2pm-4pm ICE CARVING COMPETITION 100 East 1st St.

3:00 pm PIONEER INN’S FROZEN T-SHIRT CONTEST Pioneer Inn, 15 E. 1st St.

3pm-4pm BRAIN FREEZE CONTEST On 1st St. in front of the NYD tent

3pm-5pm ICY TURKEY BOWLING

On 1st St. across from the NYD tent

4:00pm FROZEN FIX-A-FLAT

On the Clock Tower patio at 112 E 2nd St.

4:00pm “CALL ME NED” MUSICAL PERFORMANCE Backdoor Theater, 243 W 4th St.

5:00pm PIONEER INN’S FROZEN T-SHIRT CONTEST Pioneer Inn, 15 E. 1st St.

5pm-5:15pm THE NEWLY DEAD GAME — COUPLES EDITION

Caribou Shopping Center, 20 Lakeview Dr.

5pm-6pm HOT WING TRIVIA Ned’s, 121 N. Jefferson St.

5pm-6pm FROZEN DEAD POET SLAM On 1st St. across from the NYD tent

SUNDAY, MARCH 10

8am-11am FDGD PANCAKE BREAKFAST Community Center

10:30am-5:30pm “GRANDPA’S IN THE TUFF SHED” DOCUMENTARY

Caribou Shopping Center, 20 Lakeview Dr.

11:00am “CALL ME NED” MUSICAL PERFORMANCE Backdoor Theater, 243 W 4th St.

ALL 3 FDGD TENTS OPEN 12pm-12:15pm THE NEWLY DEAD GAME — COUPLES EDITION

12pm-9pm NOT YET DEAD IN NED TENT OPEN 1st St.

12pm-9pm BACON BOURBON & BREWS (3B) TENT OPEN Guercio Field

1:00pm PIONEER INN’S FROZEN T-SHIRT CONTEST Pioneer Inn, 15 E. 1st St.

1pm-1:30pm BRING OUT YOUR BEARDS! On 1st St. in front of the NYD tent

1pm-3pm SNOWY HUMAN FOOSBALL 100 East 1st St.

1pm-3pm ICE CARVING COMPETITION 100 East 1st St.

1pm-3pm ICY TURKEY BOWLING 1st St. across from the NYD tent

2:00pm FROZEN FIX-A-FLAT On the Clock Tower patio at 112 E 2nd St.

2pm-3pm BRAIN FREEZE CONTEST 1st St. in front of the NYD tent

2pm-5pm FROZEN DEAD POET SLAM On 1st St. across from the NYD tent

4pm-4:15pm THE NEWLY DEAD GAME — COUPLES EDITION

Caribou Shopping Center, 20 Lakeview Dr. EVENT VIEWING & ACCESS TO OUTDOOR BEER, BAR & FOOD GARDEN FREE! $20 WRISTBAND FOR ENTRANCE INTO ALL THREE LIVE MUSIC TENTS SAT/SUN/ purchase at any tent entrance.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 10 REANIMATE YOURSELF TENT 11AM-NOON RIOT PILOTS 12:30PM-2PM FOXFEATHER 2:30PM-4PM THE ALCAPONES 4:30PM-6PM LOS CHEESIES 6:30PM-8PM FLETCHER’S GROVE 8:30PM-10PM THE HIGGS

NOT YET DEAD IN NED TENT 11AM-NOON STRANGEBYRDS 12:30PM-2PM FLASH MOUNTAIN FLOOD 2:30PM-4PM BANSHEE TREE 4:30PM-6PM ELECTRIC TOAST 6:30PM-8PM POWER LUNG RANGERS 8:30PM-10PM ASTRO CAT

BACON, BOURBON & BREWS TENT 11AM-NOON WHAT ABOUT JIM 12:30PM-2PM EMMA MAYES & THE HIP 2:30PM-4PM BLACK DOG FRIDAY 4:30PM-6PM WOODSHED RED 6:30PM-8PM DEAD PAY RENT 8:30PM-10PM SWAPPERS

TWEENER STAGE

IN THE DRINKING AREA BEHIND THE NYD TENT 12PM & 2PM BURNEY SISTERS 4PM ERIC RICHARD STONE

SUNDAY, MARCH 10 REANIMATE YOURSELF TENT 12:30PM-1:30PM THE ANGLE 2PM-3:30PM AVENHEART 4:30PM-5:30PM THIN AIR 6PM-7:30PM THE JAUNTEE

NOT YET DEAD IN NED TENT 12PM-1:15PM THE GAEL 1:45PM-3:15PM SEEING STARS 3:45PM-5:15PM NEW FAMILY DOG 5:45PM-7:15PM GREEN BUDDHA

BACON, BOURBON & BREWS TENT 12:30PM-1:30PM CARD CATALOG 2PM-3:30PM WOOD BELLY 4PM-5:30PM SHADY GROVE 6PM-7:30PM ELECTRIC MONEY ORCHESTRA — ALMOST BROTHERS BAND

TWEENER STAGE

IN THE DRINKING AREA BEHIND THE NYD TENT 11:30AM LUCAS WOLF 1:15PM JW SCHULLER TRIO 3:15PM ERIC RICHARD STONE

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LIVE MUSIC!

theater Alice in Wonderland. Jesters Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont. Through March 9.

Robby Wicks Friday, March 1 7–10 PM The Robby Wicks Band blends rock, folk and soul into their original arrangements. 1795 Pearl St., Boulder, Co 80302 www.tunupboulder.com

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Blessed Assurance. Coal Creek Theater, 801 Grant Ave., Louisville. Through March 9. The Diary of Anne Frank. Arvada Center for the Arts and Humantiies, Black Box Theatre, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Through May 17. Disenchanted!. BDT Stage, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. Through March 31.

IT IS THE TURBULENT Freedom Summer of 1964. Olivia, the cook for the Whitehouse Café, has shocked her small southern town by marching up the courthouse steps demanding to register to vote. She is attacked from all sides, even by those closest to her. ‘Blessed Assurance’ shows Olivia, and the people close to her, how her choice to stand up for her rights forces them all to confront the hatred, ignorance and injustice of the town. Coal Creek Theater in Louisville presents ‘Blessed Assurance’ through March 9.

Flight 232 — presented by The Catamounts. Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Through March 9.

atre, 224 Main St., Longmont. Through April 14.

A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. Vintage Theater, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. Through March 24.

Magnets on the Fridge. Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan St., Denver. Shows the first Wednesday of the month from February-June.

Into the Woods — presented by CU Theater & Dance. University Theatre, University of Colorado Boulder, 1595 Pleasant St., Boulder. Through March 3.

A Midwinter Night’s Scream. Theater Company of Lafayette, 300 E. Simpson St., Lafayette. Through March 3.

Jekyll & Hyde, The Musical. Jesters Dinner The-

Lost in Yonkers. Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden. Through March 3.

The Moors. Arvada Center, Black Box Theatre, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Through May 18.

Nunsense. Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, 4747 Marketplace Drive, Johnstown. Through March 3. The Play That Goes Wrong. Denver Center for Performing Arts, Buell Theatre, 14th and Curtis streets, Denver. Opens March 5. Through March 17. The Rembrandt —presented by Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company. Dairy Arts Center, Grace Gamm Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Through March 3.

The Rembrandt Room. Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan St., Denver. Through March 9. Rock of Aging — presented by Firehouse Theater. The John Hand Theater, 7653 E. First Place, Denver. Through March 16. The Whistleblower. Denver Center for Performing Arts, Space Theatre, 14th and Curtis streets, Denver. Through March 10. Xanadu. Denver Center for Performing Arts, Garner Galleria Theatre, 14th and Curtis streets, Denver. Through March 31.

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7:00 PM

The Three Coins Restaurant: Fine Dining and Music in Louisville. 6 p.m. Louisville Public Library, 951 Spruce St., Louisville, 303-335-4849.

9:00 PM

Westword Artopia 2019. 7 p.m. The Church, 1160 Lincoln St., Denver, 303-832-2383.

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 28

BLACK HOLES: THE OTHER SIDE OF INFINITY LASER STRANGER THINGS FRIDAY MARCH 1 7:00 PM

BEARS AND AURORA OF ALASKA 9:00 PM

LIQUID SKY PRETTY LIGHTS 10:30 PM

FISKEDM: MUSIC OF DROELOE 11:59 PM

LASER FLOYD: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON SATURDAY MARCH 2 1:00 PM

DOUBLE FEATURE: LIFE OF TREES/ HABITAT EARTH 2:30 PM

STARS AND LASER GALACTIC ODYSSEY 8:00 PM

LIVE CONCERT: SOURCE “TOTALITY” 10:30 PM

LASER FOO FIGHTERS 11:59 PM

LASER ZEPPELIN: WHOLE LOTTA LED

Events Banff Mountain Film Festival. 6:30 p.m. Paramount Denver, 1621 Glenarm Place, Denver, 303-623-0106. Barley-Har-Har Comedy Open Mic Night. 7:30 p.m. 300 Suns Brewing, 335 First Ave., Unit C, Longmont, 720-442-8292. Boulder Blind Cafe Experience. 5:30 and 8:30 p.m. First Congregational Church, 1128 Pine St., Boulder, 720-495-7797. More dates and times at theblindcafe.com/boulder. Boulder International Film Festival Teen Opening Night Party. 6 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Comedian David Arnold. 7:30 p.m. Denver Improv, 8246 Northfield Ave., Denver, 303-307-1777. Film Night. 6:30 p.m. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303-651-2787.

12:00 PM

Friday Night Weird: ‘Princess Mononoke.’ 8:45 p.m. Dairy Arts Center, Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

1:30 PM

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

3:00 PM

SATURDAY, MARCH 2

4:30 PM

Music

SUNDAY MARCH 3

DOUBLE FEATURE: WE ARE STARS & PERSEUS & ANDROMEDA STARS AND MOONS WE ARE STARS BEARS AND AURORA OF ALASKA

Fiske Planetarium - Regent Drive

Action Bronson — with Meyhem Lauren. 8:15 p.m. Cervantes Masterpiece, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772.

www.colorado.edu/fiske 303-492-5002

BIFF Singer-Songwriter Showcase. 6:30 p.m. The Post Brewing Company Boulder, 2027 13th St., Boulder.

(Next to Coors Event Center, main campus CU Boulder)

Young Dubliners. 8 p.m. Soiled Dove Underground, 7401 E. First Ave., Denver, 303-830-9214.

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Boulder Phil: Elgar & Beethoven. 7:30 p.m. Macky Auditorium, 1595 Pleasant St., Boulder, 303-492-8423. Ceramic Animal, Spendtime Palace. 9 p.m. Lost Lake, 3602 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Coop and the Chicken Pluckers. 4:30 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303-776-1914. Diana Ross Tribute: The Mary Louise Lee Band. 8 p.m. The Clocktower Cabaret, 1601 Arapahoe St., Denver, 303-293-0075. An Evening with The Neal Morse Band. 7 p.m. Summit, 1902 Blake St., Denver, 303-487-0111. G. Love & Special Sauce — with Ben Sparaco and The New Effect. 9 p.m. The Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-832-1874. Gluten for Punishment. 6 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont, 303-652-4186. Greg Adams, East Bay Soul. 8 p.m. Soiled Dove Underground, 7401 E. First Ave., Denver, 303-830-9214. Joe Anderies Quartet. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637 S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985. Lyons Old-time Square Dance. 7 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-827-6322.

Boulder, 303-441-3100. Tourist. 10:30 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-291-1007. Veronique Van Pelt presents: the Deep Cuts Showcase no. 3. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Events 2019 Mile High Beer Festival. 1 p.m. Number 38, 3560 Chestnut Place, Denver. Boulder International Film Festival Youth Pavilion. 9 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Boulder Phil: Meet the Maestro — with Michael Butterman. 3 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-4413100. Denver Mardi Gras. 6 p.m. EXDO Event Center, 1399 35th St., Denver, 303-468-5443. First Saturday Yoga. 11 a.m. George Reynolds Branch Library, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-441-3120. Harlem Globetrotters Fan Powered World Tour. 1 p.m. Pepsi Center, 1000 Chopper Circle, Denver. Junior Ranger Adventures. 11 a.m. Mud Lake Open Space, Boulder. Mardi Gras Party. 7 p.m. Denver Press Club, 1330 Glenarm Place, Denver.

Maha Shivaratri Chant Immersion 3/2 & 3/3. 7 p.m. The Vali Soul Sanctuary, 6717 Valmont Road, Boulder.

Rocky Mountain STEAM Fest. 10 a.m. Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Longmont.

Old’s Cool Rock. 10 p.m. The Dark Horse, 2922 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-442-8162.

‘Ski Bum: The Warren Miller Story.’ 9:30 p.m. Boulder High School, 1604 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder.

Pandas & People. 9 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver, 303-296-1003. Peter Yarrow. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill Music, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003. Saturday Sing-Along: Era of Jazz. 3 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave.,

Tinyest Mardi-Gras Parade. 4 p.m. Longtucky, 350 Terry St., Unit 120, Longmont, 720-545-2017. ‘UNREST,’ A Film and Forum Event. 1:30 p.m. Co-Op At 1st, 5045 W. First Ave., Denver, 303-465-3272.

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CU INFO. THURSDAY, FEB. 28 H. W. Brands: The West and the Growing Pains of Democracy. 6:30 p.m. Eaton Humanities, Room 1B50, 1610 Pleasant St., Boulder. Prof. Lori Garner — Old English Riddles and Medical Lore. 12:30 p.m. Norlin Library, N424B, 1157 18th St., Boulder. LASC Latin American and Latinx Film Series: Madeinusa. 6 p.m. Eaton Humanities, 135, 1610 Pleasant St., Boulder. Open Space: Curated by CU Dance Connection. University Theatre, Charlotte York Irey Theatre, 1515 Central

Campus Mall, Boulder. More dates: Friday, March 1, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, March 2, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, March 3, 2 p.m.

Guest Recital: SheBop: Celebrating Young Women in Jazz. 7:30 p.m. Old Main, 1600 Pleasant St., Boulder.

FRIDAY, MARCH 1

Live Concert: SOURCE — Totality. Fiske Planetarium and Science Center, 2414 Regent Drive, Boulder.

Climate change or something more? Living with a dying lake on the Bolivian Altiplano. 3:30 p.m. Guggenheim Geography, 205, 1475 Central Campus Mall, Boulder.

SATURDAY, MARCH 2 Boulder Philharmonic: Elgar & Beethoven. 7:30 p.m. Macky Auditorium, 1595 Pleasant St., Boulder.

SUNDAY, MARCH 3 Music AJ Mitchell. 7:30 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-291-1007. Boulder Friends of Jazz Jam Session. 1 p.m. Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-875-2292.

MONDAY, MARCH 4 Art History Visiting Scholar: Jed Perl. 5:30 p.m. Norlin Library, Center for British Studies, 5th Floor, 1157 18th St., Boulder. Tafelmusik: Tales of Two Cities: The Leipzig-Damascus Coffee House. 7:30 p.m. Macky Auditorium, 1595 Pleasant St., Boulder.

TUESDAY, MARCH 5 New Venture Challenge: Research & Development Track Semi-Finals. 5:30 p.m. BioFrontiers Institute, Room B115, 3415 Colorado Ave., Boulder. Urgent Elements: Eco-Video from Southeast Asia — Screening and Conversation with artists Khvay Samnang and UuDam Tran Nguyen. 6:30 p.m. Visual Arts Complex, Art & Art History Building, Auditorium 1B20, 1085 18th St., Boulder. What’s Old is New: Revivals in Pueblo Pottery — with Dr. Steve Lekson, curator of Archaeology. 7 p.m. Hale

Science, 270, 1350 Pleasant Drive, Boulder. Faculty Tuesdays: Age of Anxiety. 7:30 p.m. Imig Music, Grusin Music Hall, 1020 18th St., Boulder.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6 Biochemistry Seminar: David Savage. 3:30 p.m. Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotec Building, Butcher Auditorium, 3415 Colorado Ave., Boulder. Guest Recital: Victor Rosenbaum, piano. 7:30 p.m. Imig Music, Grusin Music Hall, 1020 18th St., Boulder.

Celebrating 15 Years in Boulder!

Boulder Philharmonic: Build It! Community Concert. 3:30 p.m. Pinnacle Performing Arts Complex, 1001 W. 84th Ave., Denver, 303-443-9203. Clare Thérèse. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Free Creation Event With David Rives. 9 a.m. Candlelight Fellowship Longmont, 1225 Ken Pratt Blvd., Suite 228, Longmont, 720-5260975. Khabu’s Magic Number Series. 7 p.m. Muse Performance Space, 200 E. South Boulder Road, Lafayette, 720-352-4327. Longmont Youth Symphony Finale Concert. 2 p.m. Longmont High School, 1040 Sunset St., Longmont, 303-776-6014.

When: Saturday, March 16th 9AM Where: Celestial Seasonings Cafe 4600 Sleepytime Dr - Boulder

music@theJ: Celebrating Sondheim. 7 p.m. Boulder Jewish Community Center, 6007 Oreg Ave., Boulder, 720-749-2531. Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas. 7 p.m. Swallow Hill Music, 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003. Tyler Adams and Caton Sollenberger. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. The Way Of Love — with Jai Jagdeesh. 2 p.m. Yoga Loft South Boulder, 33 S. Broadway, Boulder, 720-612-4321.

Come out and help make a difference! All ages and hair length welcome!

Events

BIFF: Closing Night Awards and Film: ‘Echo In The Canyon’ — with special guest Jakob Dylan. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Comedian David Arnold. 7:30 p.m. Denver Improv, 8246 Northfield Ave., Denver, 303-3071777.

MONDAY, MARCH 4 Music EnChantMent — with Tina Fields. 6 p.m. Boulder Circus Center, 4747 26th St., Boulder, 303-444-8110. Daniel Weidlein’s ‘A Winter’s Lullaby.’ 6:30 p.m. Muse Performance Space, 200 E. South see EVENTS Page 36

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Aftereffect: Georgia O’Keeffe and Contemporary Painting. Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St., Denver. Through May 26. Amanda Wachob: Tattoo This. Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St., Denver. Through May 26. Andrew Jensdotter: Flak. Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St., Denver. Through May 26. Ansel Adams: Early works exhibit. Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont. Through May 26.

Binding Wounds, Pushing Boundaries: African Americans in Civil War Medicine. Norlin Library, STEAM Gallery, Second floor southwest, 1157 18th St., Boulder. Through March 16. Colorado’s Most Significant Artifacts. Lyons Redstone Museum, 340 High St., Lyons. Ongoing exhibit. Creativity in Action — by Kongtrul Jigme Namgyel. Nalanda and Cube galleries, 6287 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. Through March 15. Don Coen: The Migrant Series. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St.,Boulder. Through May 27. Dinosaurs: Land Of Fire and Ice. Museum of Boulder, 2205 Broadway, Boulder. Through May 12. DIOR: From Paris to the World. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through March 17.

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ARTHUR SECUNDA is an internationally renowned artist whose art has been exhibited worldwide in more than 140 solo shows in Europe, Asia and the U.S. ‘Everyday Magic.’ now showing at Bricolage Gallery through April 6, features Secunda’s mixed media paintings, where everyday objects add meaning and dimensionality to his brilliant and seductive artworks. See page 21 for more about Secunda. Documenting Change: Our Climate, the Rockies. CU Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder. Through May 2019. Everyday Magic: Mixed Media Paintings by Arthur Secunda. Bricolage Gallery, 2860 Bluff St., Boulder. Through April 6. Front Range Rising. Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont. Permanent exhibit. The Incubation Effect. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Sept. 9. Jordan Casteel: Returning the Gaze. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Aug. 18. Karen Kitchel: Grasslands. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder. Through April 21. Living with Wolves. Museum of Boulder, 2205 Broadway, Boulder. Through May 20.

Matthew Pevear: Mastering the Art of French Cooking. BMoCA at Macky, Macky Auditorium Concert Hall, University of Colorado Boulder, 1595 Pleasant St., Unit 104, Boulder. Through May 5. Month of Photography: Noah Mclaurine and Leah Schretenthaler. NCAR’s Mesa Laboratory, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder. Opens March 6. Through April 7. Pard Morrison: Heartmouth. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder. Through Sept. 1.

Poveka: Master Potter Maria Martinez. Museum of Natural History (Henderson), Anthropology Hall, 1035 Broadway, Boulder. Through Sept. 8. Roberta Restaino — Giardino Surreale: Recoding Natural History. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont. Through March 2. Touch: Breaking the barrier between art and viewer. Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Through March. 3. Treasures of British Art: The Berger Collection. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Opens March 2. Through January 2020. Vance Brand: Ambassador of Exploration. Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont. Permanent exhibit. Water Flow: Under the Colorado River. Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont. Through May 26.

EVENTS from Page 35

Boulder Road, Lafayette, 720-352-4327. David Williams & The Tricksters. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Events Citizenship Classes. 6 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Conversations in English Mondays. 10:30 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Latin Jazz Class with Judy Kreith. 5:30 p.m. Boulder Jewish Community Center, 6007 Oreg Ave., Boulder, 720-749-2531.

TUESDAY, MARCH 5 Music

Meek Mill: The Motivation Tour. 7 p.m. Fillmore Auditorium, 1510 Clarkson St., Denver, 303-837-0360. Ned and the Dirt. 8 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-291-1007.

MoJazz Duo. 6:30 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-204-6064.

Around the World Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

New Moon Psychic Tea Akashic Record Sound Bath. 6 p.m. Green Light Reiki, 2954 Welton St., Denver, 303-522-8460.

Boulder World Affairs Discussion Group. 10 a.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Slate Magazine Presents: Dear Prudence and Friends Live — with Nicole Cliffe. 7:30 p.m. Soiled Dove Underground, 7401 E. First Ave., Denver, 303-830-9214.

Conversations in English Tuesdays. 6 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. GED Preparation Class. 10 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Boulder Bach Festival — Free Concert. 2:30 p.m. The Nomad Playhouse, 1410 Quince Ave., Boulder, 720-507-5052.

The Joy of Salsa (4 Week Intermediate Salsa Class). 7 p.m. A Place to B, 1750 30th St., Suite 64, Boulder, 303-440-8007.

Cottonwood Band. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731.

Reynolds Reading Pals. 4:30 p.m. George Reynolds Branch Library, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-441-3120.

Face. 5:30 p.m. BDT Stage, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000. Fat Tuesday celebration — with Mama Roux and the music of New Orleans. 7 p.m. Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. The Glorious Sons — with Liily and JJ Wilde. 7:30 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver, 303-296-1003.

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Let the Beat Speak. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731.

Events

Albert Hammond. 8 p.m. Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-377-1666.

Defunkt Railroad. 9 p.m. Dark Horse Bar and Grill, 2922 Baseline Road, Boulder.

Katastro, The Holdup. 8 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-291-1007.

Youth Maker Hangout. 4 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6 Music Blues Night. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. The Final Mike Stud Tour. 8:15 p.m. Cervantes Masterpiece, 2637 Welton St., Denver, 303-297-1772.

Unplugged Drop-In Acoustic Jam. 6 p.m. 300 Suns Brewing, 335 First Ave., Unit C, Longmont, 720-442-8292. Welcome To Night Vale — ‘A Spy In The Desert.’ 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Events Ash Wednesday Service. Noon. Trinity Lutheran Church, 2200 Broadway, Boulder, 303-442-2300. Ash Wednesday Service. 7 p.m. Heart of Longmont, 350 11th Ave., Longmont, 303-776-3523. The Big Lebowski CHILL OUT. 5 p.m. Very Nice Brewing Company/The Backdoor Theatre, 20 Lakeview Drive, Nederland, 303-258-0806. CSC Movie Night: Screening ‘Wind.’ 7 p.m. Sie FilmCenter, 2510 E. Colfax, Denver, 720-381-0813.

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all star triBute to alaNis Morissette

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Fat tuesdays

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here is nothing connected with the staging of a motion picture that a woman cannot do as easily as a man, and there is no reason why she cannot completely master every technicality of the art.” So wrote Alice Guy-Blaché in the trade paper, Moving Picture World in an article titled, “Woman’s Place in Photoplay Production.” The year was 1914 and Guy-Blaché wasn’t just fighting for her present, she was fighting for her past. As most history books recount, the movies were born, more or less, on March 22, 1895, with Louis Lumière’s 46-second film of workers leaving a factory. What’s often left out of that origin story is the presence of Alice Guy, a 22-year-old Gaumont secretary, in the audience. How enchanted she must have been by those flickering images because one year later, she would direct her own movie, a simple fantasy called The Cabbage Fairy — arguably the world’s first narrative film. Over the next 25 years, Guy-Blaché (she married Herbert Blaché in 1907) wrote, directed, produced and oversaw roughly 700 short films for Gaumont Productions. She experimented endlessly, including hand-colored films and even early forms of synchronized sound. In 1907 she made The Life of Christ, a blockbuster production with 300 extras. In 1912, she made A Fool and His Money, the first film starring an all-black cast. While cinema was still finding its footing, Guy-Blaché pulled off the training wheels and pushed movies into maturity. But, as the old sayON THE BILL: Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché. Boulder ing goes, history is written by the victors, International Film Festival. Saturday, and when younger male directors supMarch 2, 2:30 p.m. First Presbyterian planted Guy-Blaché’s position, so too Church, 1820 15th St., Boulder, and went her story. Some histories include Saturday, March 2, 4:45 p.m.. City of Longmont Museum, Stewart Auditorium, Guy-Blaché, but not enough. And those 400 Quail Rd., Longmont. that do, get many of the facts wrong. Enter filmmaker Pamela B. Green Women+Film Festival Kickoff with Pamela Green in person. Thursday, and her new documentary, Be Natural: March 7, 7:00 p.m. Sie FilmCenter, The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché, a 2510 E Colfax Ave., Denver. work that looks to right the history books and exalt Guy-Blaché to her rightful International Film Series. Friday, March 8, 7:30 p.m. Muenzinger Auditorium, place as one of cinema’s true pioneers. 1905 Colorado Ave., Boulder. Since so much of Guy-Blaché’s work and life is unknown, a good portion of Be Natural is a detective story; the kind video essayist Kevin B. Lee calls “the desktop documentary.” Smashing together Google searches, Skype conversations, maps, family trees and archival footage — most of which was discovered by Green’s team in the making of the doc — Green doesn’t just tell Guy-Blaché’s story, she resurrects it. Taking what could be dry-as-dust history, Green instills it with a breakneck pace of discovery. Be Natural should be required viewing for anyone at least halfway interested in the history of cinema, doubly so for those who think the pantheon of filmmakers belongs solely to one gender. When we talk about cinema, we talk about the history of cinema. It’s an incomplete history; it always has been and always will be. But, thanks to Be Natural, we can start to see what the whole picture looks like. What a beautiful picture it is.

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aBou is not your $100 steak kind of neighborhood. Located east of Foothills Parkway, north of Arapahoe, south of Valmont and west of 63rd, EaBou is Boulder’s forgotten zone. The dusty area is packed with construction yards, car repair, supply warehouses, car dealerships, food production, mobile home parks and the gritty industrial infrastructure every city needs. Maybe its isolation at 4700 Pearl St. is the reason why one of Boulder’s longest-lasting eateries is a wellkept secret. The Parkway Cafe started serving breakfast, lunch and Mexican fare more than 30 years ago. Pearl Street between First and Folsom is cute and popular. Pearl Street between 47th and 55th is a downto-earth working-person’s place and a ghost town after dark, at least until recent years. Now the neighborhood is home to Boulder’s bumper crop of tasting rooms. The Parkway Cafe is now located within about a mile of J & L Distilling, Stein Brewing, Twisted Pine Brewing, Sanitas Brewing, Vapor Distillery, Wild Woods Brewery, BRU, Fate, Deviant Spirits Distillery, Boulder Beer and Redstone Meadery. There are more than a dozen more brewpubs and tasting rooms in a 5-mile radius and most don’t serve food, although many have visiting food trucks. What EaBou needed was a night diner, an affordable place where you can get dinner after happy hour or BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE

By John Lehndorff breakfast before a night of sipping local whiskies. Boulder is just not a 3 a.m. nighthawks-at-the-diner, clean, well-lighted kind of town. The town’s ill-fated night diner history has included the New York Deli (where Mork from Ork worked), the LA Diner (with roller skating waiters), Eddie Lubin’s Magic Diner and chain diners like the now-closed Denny’s near CU. Today, real breakfast is only served at night at IHOP and the all-night, downtown Yellow Deli, part of a group of religious-based eateries. But now, the family-owned Parkway is open at night for the first time, Monday to Friday until 7 p.m. I’ve visited many times in the morning for the blueberry pancakes, omelets, biscuits and gravy, benedicts and “Hi Hon” service. I appreciate a kitchen that takes breakfast seriously and makes their own hash browns, home fries and corned beef hash. The Mexican selections range beyond huevos rancheros to migas, chilaquiles, tamale omelets and nopales with scrambled eggs, tomatoes, onions and green chile. I

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The night I visited, I overlooked breakfast for the lunch — and now dinner — menu. Diners are famous for serving crowd-pleasers and the Parkway delivers classic patty melts on marble rye, BLTs, steaks, salads and Philly steak sandwiches. Homestyle nightly specials have ranged from chicken schnitzel and meatloaf with mashers to mac-n-cheese with shrimp and bacon. The evening Mexican choices include veggie enchiladas, street tacos (chicken, steak, al pastor or carnitas) and chile rellenos. Everything is available Christmasstyle: smothered in red and green chile sauces. While diving into the menu, we happily crunched freshly fried chicharrón — puffed pig skin — coated in chile-lime salt. They popped like Rice Krispies when dipped in a brick-red chile sauce. At this stage our palates were reminded that the Parkway Cafe doesn’t serve beer, but that GrubHub delivers to all those nearby tasting rooms. What grabbed our attention were the unexpectedly see NIBBLES Page 44

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by Matt Cortina ON THE MENU: ‘Food of the Italian South’ Book Dinner at Frasca Food and Wine with Katie Parla. Monday, March 25. Frasca Food and Wine. Price: $125 (includes four-course menu, wine flight, and signed copy of the book). frascafoodandwine.com

atie Parla’s grandmother had told her that their family was from Naples. So when Parla moved to Rome in 2003, she took trips south to explore the city of her ancestors. She became convinced after several trips that the connection she felt to sprawling, robust, unique Naples was in her blood. Then, after her grandmother passed, Parla learned she wasn’t from Naples after all. That was only her ancestor’s port of departure, like so many southern Italians in the early 20th century. Looking back on the revelation, Parla writes in her new cookbook, Food of the Italian South, “We had no reason to doubt my grandmother and no one on her side of the family — especially not her upwardly mobile parents and grandparents — was particularly keen on preserving memories of the impoverished past they had fled.” Parla learned from her grandmother’s documents that her family was from Spinoso, a remote village located on Italy’s ankle in the Basilicata region. And so it was that FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Parla began exploring the CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Manell’: Italian south, partly to trace fried polenta fritters; speher family’s origins (for real zzatino all uva: pork this time) and partly cooked with grapes; crobecause she soon found stada di rotonda: jam tart with lard crust; all from the region, so often out‘Food of the Italian shone by other parts of South.’ Italy, had so much to offer: wide open pastures, a unique culinary tradition, and friendly people. But on trips to the south, Parla encountered somewhat of a catch-22. The relative isolation from tourism in the region had preserved much of its culture and culinary traditions, but it also meant that communities were growing older and sparser, never replacing the people who had left decades prior for the U.S. and the rest of Europe, and not offering enough for young people to stick around. “You have a sense this is very high stakes,” Parla says of visiting the region. “I’m baring witness to some sort of decline, and it’s overwhelming. A food culture is in decline because people are dying out and young people aren’t staying because there are no jobs.” That’s what compelled Parla to document the food and culture she found from Basilicata to Calabria to Campania. In the resulting book, she provides histories and recipes for regional dishes — fried polenta fritters, bean and chestnut soup, pasta with ‘nduja (a spreadable pork salami), swordI

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fish rolls, anchovy and spring vegetable stew, country-style suckling goat, to name just a few — because the stories and recipes for those dishes may soon be lost otherwise, just as Parla’s true family history would’ve been lost had she never found her grandmother’s immigration documents. The dozens of dialects spoken in the region complicated Parla’s research in these remote, unique villages. She found that when she spoke Italian to gather stories and recipes, “people could understand it, but they responded in a dialect that was almost incomprehensible to me.” Parla relied on local guides and translators to bridge those gaps, as villages 20 miles from each other can have completely different manners of speaking. “But the way people tell you about themselves and their history, its something that’s pertinent,” she says, adding that those differences in language provide hints to how certain cultural tendencies and culinary traditions took root in the region. People in Puglia are always talking about their Greek influence, while people in Campania still call themselves Samnites, a pre-Roman culture, and Albanians have roots in Basilicata. Though there are regional threads that bind the food of the Italian south, its unique histories vary from village to village, giving every community its own culinary story. “There’s no such thing as Italian food,” Parla says. “There are thousands of subcultures.” Parla’s route to writing a book about food in the Italian south was winding. She first fell in love with Italy, Rome in particular, on a trip with her high school Latin class. After that, she did “weird, Type A, overachiever things to put myself on a path to Rome,” like studying art history at Rutgers while still in high school during the summers, and following that up with a degree in art history from Yale. When she got to Rome, she wrote guide books, when “guide books used to be a thing,” to supplement her income, and gave walking tours of the city. But she found her favorite part of the tours wasn’t sharing facts about ancient history, but plotting out little food maps for people after the tour was finished. Despite the fact that she’d “been actively trying to never write anything after college,” Parla parlayed that culinary interest into several books about Roman food. Parla will bring several dishes from her new cookbook to a wine dinner at Frasca on March 25, but her hope is people will read the book and be inspired to explore the Italian south and support the people who are keeping its traditions alive. She says some food from the region is making its way over here, including ‘nduja, corbara

tomatoes, and different varieties of beans, which may get into the U.S. via Central and South American producers. Still, there’s nothing like the real thing, Parla says: “I’m hoping people will go to Italy to eat mozzarella so they can see what it really tastes like. ... I know that’s a big ask.” Photos reprinted from Food of the Italian South. Copyright © 2019 by Katie Parla. Photographs copyright © 2019 by Ed Anderson. Published by Clarkson Potter, an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC.

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ake Evans of Wild Woods Brewery and Sam Scruby of Upslope Brewing Company are ready to do something stupid. Or, as Scruby quickly corrects, “Something revolutionary.” “The beer world is not ready for this,” Scruby proclaims with a wide grin, one that quickly gives way to a hearty, deep laugh. “Tan and Black, never forget!” Tan and Black — an inversion of the iconic Irish beer cocktail, Black and Tan — will be one of the beers poured at this year’s Collaboration Beer Festival in March. Put on by Two Parts, a food event company, and the Colorado Brewers Guild and held at Denver’s Hyatt Regency, Collab Fest (as the attendees call it) brings together over 200 brewers to cook up specialty one-off beers for a festival specifically designed to highlight the collaborative community of the craft beer world. Of the 100-plus beers poured at the festival, most are irreverent approaches to brewing; many of them are interesting, some are even phenomenal. For Evans and Scruby, Collab Fest gives them a chance to put their money where their mouths are. Though both have frequented each other’s facilities for a pint or three, this is the first time they’ve gotten to brew together. And with this year’s Collab Fest falling on March 16, the decision to brew the Tan and Black is more than appropriate. “We got to turn heads somehow,” Scruby says, noting the overwhelming display of creativity at Collab Fest, and across the craft beer market in general. Meaning, Evans and Scruby need to brew two beers to make the drink — an Irishstyle dry stout and an English-style pale ale — while many others will brew just one. First up, the stout — a sort of Guinness clone they’ve tweaked to give the beer a greater density, aged on wood chips soaked in Jameson whiskey. In between checking temperatures and keeping an eye on the two-barrel mash tun, Evans heads to the back and returns grinning widely. In his hand, a small silver bar spoon, the kind used to float the top beer in the cocktail. “Your brew day souvenir,” Evans says as he bestows the spoon to Scruby. Both laugh at the tininess of the spoon in contrast to the number of people expected at the festival. “It might be ambitious to make [Tan and Blacks] for every single person,” Scruby says with a shrug. “We’ll cross that bridge when we get there.” Seven days later, with the stout aging away, Evans heads to Upslope’s Lee Hill brewery where Scruby plays host while brewing a seven-barrel batch of pale ale. As they work, Scruby shows off Upslope’s barrel-aging program as well as their latest brown ale made with coffee beans from Rwanda. “It’s exciting to see how other people do things and what I can learn,” Evans says. The spirit of Collab Fest — both the playful and the educational — is alive and well. For tickets and a chance to sample Evans and Scruby’s Tan and Black, visit collaborationfest.com. BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE

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Many are on the job for fourteen hours a day, six days a week. That’s why a new concept in vacations has emerged there. People take sabbaticals by checking into Prison Inside Me, a facility designed like a jail. For a while, they do without cell phones and Internet and important appointments. Freed of normal stresses and stripped of obsessive concerns, they turn inward and recharge their spiritual batteries. I’d love to see you treat yourself to a getaway like this — minus the incarceration theme, of course. You’d benefit from a quiet, spacious, low-pressure escape.

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APRIL 20-MAY 20: The astrology column you’re

reading is published in periodicals in four countries: the U.S., Canada, Italy and France. In all of these places, women have had a hard time acquiring political power. Neither the U.S. nor Italy has ever had a female head of government. France has had one, Édith Cresson, who served less than a year as Prime Minister. Canada has had one, Kim Campbell, who was in office for 132 days. That’s the bad news. The good news is that the coming months will be a more favorable time than usual to boost feminine authority and enhance women’s ability to shape our shared reality. And you Tauruses of all genders will be in prime position to foster that outcome. Homework: Meditate on specific ways you could contribute, even if just through your personal interactions.

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SEPT. 23-OCT. 22: Charles Grey was the second Earl of Grey, as well as Prime Minister of England from 1830 to 1834. His time in office produced pivotal changes, including the abolition of slavery, reform of child labor laws and more democracy in the nation’s electoral process. But most people today know nothing of those triumphs. Rather he is immortalized for the Earl Grey tea that he made popular. I suspect that in the coming weeks, one of your fine efforts may also get less attention than a more modest success. But don’t worry about it. Instead, be content with congratulating yourself for your excellent work. I think that’s the key to you ultimately getting proper appreciation for your bigger accomplishment.

SCORPIO

OCT. 23-NOV. 21: At a young age, budding Scorpio poet Sylvia Plath came to a tough realization: “I can never read all the books I want,” she wrote in her journal. “I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones, and variations of mental and physical experience possible in life.” Judging by current astrological omens, I can imagine you saying something like that right now. I bet your longing for total immersion in life’s pleasures is especially intense and a bit frustrated. But I’m pleased to predict that in the next four weeks, you’ll be able to live and feel more shades, tones, and variations of experience than you have in a long time.

MAY 21-JUNE 20: A 19-year-old guy named Anson

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pied North America, they displaced many indigenous people from their ancestral lands. There were a few notable exceptions, including five tribes in what’s now Maine and Eastern Canada. They are known as the Wabanaki confederacy: the Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Micmac, Maliseet and Abenaki. Although they had to adjust to and compromise with colonialism, they were never defeated by it. I propose we make them your heroic symbols for the coming weeks. May their resilient determination to remain connected to their roots and origins motivate you to draw ever-fresh power from your own roots and origins.

Lemmer started a job as a pizza delivery man in Glenwood, Colorado. On his second night, he arrived with a hot pizza at a house where an emergency was in progress. A man was lying on the ground in distress. Having been trained in CPR, Lemmer leaped to his rescue and saved his life. I expect that you, too, will perform a heroic act sometime soon, Gemini — maybe not as monumental as Lemmer’s, but nonetheless impressive. And I bet it will have an enduring impact, sending out reverberations that redound to your benefit for quite some time.

JUNE 21-JULY 22: Scientist Michael Dillon was shocked

when he learned that some bees can buzz around at lofty altitudes where the oxygen is sparse. He and a colleague even found two of them at 29,525 feet — higher than Mt. Everest. How could the bees fly in such thin air? They “didn’t beat their wings faster,” according to a report in National Geographic, but rather “swung their wings through a wider arc.” I propose that we regard these highflying marvels as your soul animals for the coming weeks. Metaphorically speaking, you will have the power and ingenuity and adaptability to go higher than you’ve been in a long time.

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JULY 23-AUG. 22: Do you find it a challenge to commit to

an entirely plant-based diet? If so, you might appreciate flexitarianism, which is a less-perfectionist approach that focuses on eating vegetables but doesn’t make you feel guilty if you eat a bit of meat now and then. In general, I recommend you experiment with a similar attitude toward pretty much everything in the coming weeks. Be strong-minded, idealistic, willful and intent on serving your wellbeing — but without being a maniacal purist.

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AUG. 23-SEPT. 22: If you gorge on sugary treats and

soft drinks, you ingest a lot of empty calories. They have a low nutrient density, and provide you with a scant amount of minerals, vitamins, protein and other necessities. Since I am committed to helping you treat yourself with utmost respect, I always discourage you from that behavior. But I’m especially hopeful you will avoid it during the next three weeks, both in the literal and metaphorical senses. Please refrain from absorbing barren, vacant stuff into the sacred temple of your mind and body — including images, stories, sounds and ideas, as well as food and drink.

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DEC. 22-JAN. 19: Capricorn javelin thrower Julius

Yego won a silver medial at the 2016 Summer Olympics. How did he get so skilled? Not in the typical way. He gained preliminary proficiency while competing for his high school team, but after graduation, he was too poor to keep developing his mastery. So he turned to Youtube, where he studied videos by great javelin throwers to benefit from their training strategies and techniques. Now that you’re in an intense learning phase of your cycle, Capricorn, I suggest that you, too, be ready to draw on sources that may be unexpected or unusual or alternative.

AQUARIUS

JAN. 20-FEB. 18: The first edition of Action Comics,

which launched the story of the fictional character Superman, cost ten cents in 1938. Nowadays it’s worth three million dollars. I’ll make a bold prediction that you, too, will be worth considerably more on December 31, 2019 than you are right now. The increase won’t be as dramatic as that of the Superman comic, but still: I expect a significant boost. And what you do in the next four weeks could have a lot to do with making my prediction come true.

PISCES

FEB. 19-MARCH 20: Until the 16th century in much of

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girlfriend is keeping a secret from her family and friends, BASHED, and she has to hide you to protect that secret. You’re keeping a secret from your girlfriend: being hidden, being treated like her dirtiest secret, is making you miserable. Tell her how you feel about being hidden — because she needs to know being hidden is making you miserable. 2. “Don’t date closet cases” is one of my rules for out folks, BASHED, but there are exceptions to every rule. If an out person meets someone on their way out or someone who, for good reasons, can’t be come out this minute (they’re dependent on bigoted parents) or possibly ever (they live in a part of the world where it’s too dangerous to be out), an out person can date a closeted person. But dating someone who can be out and isn’t and has no plans to come out? They’re not dating you, they’re dragging you back into the closet. Just say no. Dear Dan: I’m a 20-year-old submissive woman. I’m currently in a confusing affair with a 50-year-old dominant married man. He lives in Europe and has two kids close to my age. We met online when I was 17 and starting to explore my BDSM desires — out of the reach of my overbear-

ing, sex-shaming, disastrously religious parents — and we’ve been texting daily ever since. We’ve since met in different countries and spent a total of three weeks together. Those weeks were amazing, both sexually and emotionally, and he says he loves me. (Some will assume, because of the age difference, that he “groomed” me. He did not.) I date vanilla boys my age, with his full support, while we continue to text daily. I don’t know what to do. I don’t want to blow up his family if (or when) our affair is discovered. But at the same time, our relationship has really helped me navigate my kinks and my sexuality. Expecting him to leave his wife for me is a highly unrealistic cliché, I am aware. Yet I fear I’ve become dependent on his conversation and advice. I’m graduating soon and have a big job lined up in a big city. I’ll finally be financially independent, and I’d like to start making the right choices. Any perspective you have would be much appreciated. —Things Must Improve Dear TMI: He is not going to leave his wife for you, and you shouldn’t assume his wife is going to leave him if (or when) this affair is discovered (or exposed). Divorce may be the default setting in the U.S. in the wake of an affair, TMI, but Europeans take a much more, well, European attitude toward infidelity. Definitely not cricket, not

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necessarily fatal. And you don’t need him to leave his wife for you, TMI. OK, OK — you’re in love, and the three weeks you’ve managed to spend together were amazing. But don’t fall into the trap of believing a romantic relationship requires a tidy ending; film, television and literature beat it into our heads that romantic relationships end either happily at the altar (à la Pride and Prejudice) or tragically at the morgue (à la Forensic Files). But romantic relationships take many forms, TMI, as does romantic success. And this relationship, such as it is, this relationship as-is, sounds like an ongoing success. In other words, TMI, I think you’re confused about this relationship because there won’t be a resolution that fits into a familiar mold. But you don’t need a resolution: You can continue to text with him, and he can continue to provide you with his advice and support while you continue to date single, available and kinky men (no more vanilla boys!) closer to your own age and/or on your own continent. Eventually you’ll meet a new guy you’re crazy about — someone you can see for more than one week a year — and you’ll feel less dependent on and connected to your old flame. On the Lovecast, Dan chats with Eric Leue from the Free Speech Coalition: savagelovecast.com

Ladies of Paradise expand to Denver by sidni west

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ating a female-oriented cannabis space. The brand was launched in 2016 by stylists, stoners and creative powerhouses Jade Daniels and Harlee Case. When the Ladies aren’t planning events and creating content for some of the biggest cannabis names in the biz, they’re hanging out at their brick-andmortar store in southeast Portland, the physical retail space they use as a platform for supporting their fellow cannababes and LGBTQA artists. They’re incredibly popular, leaving a trail of sold-out cannabis parties and 40,000 Instagram followers in their wake. Their first cannabis product — a pack of branded prerolls called Lady Jays — sold out within a week. Though Daniels and Case had always had a positive relationship with cannabis, their dedication to community came when they were inspired to build something they felt was missing. They wanted to support brands that aligned with their values and create inclusive spaces for everyone to access high-quality cannabis products in a judgment-free environment that promotes fun and self expression. Now LOP is expanding to the Mile High City with their next party, on March 9 at Denver’s Cultivated Synergy. The theme is ‘Electric Avenue, a Holographic Disco’. LOP focuses on curating an immersion of all five

senses coupled with a pretty good understanding of what entertains us when we’re high. It’s a much more elevated experience so forget the sorts of activities you’d enjoy at a cocktail party. We want entirely different environments with cannabinoids in our system. Straying away from typical, mundane cannabis events and trade shows, the LOP team strives to create experiential consumption parties where cannabis brands can showcase themselves in artistic ways. Electric Avenue will showcase Colorado cannabis, optical illusions, interactive installations and awesome music, all coming together to create the ultimate trippy vibe. There will be different activations such as a mass media consumption lounge with Native Roots and a hologram bar featuring Denver-based edible brand 1906 New Highs. 1906 will be debuting their Bliss peanut butter chocolates with limited-edition holographic packaging available at the party. LOP are more than a pretty aesthetic or a #squadgoals post on Instagram. In the cannabis industry, they’ve made squadding serious business. That’s what they want to inspire in other groups of friends: the culture to support and amplify each other, being proud of the power that naturally flows when people come together. Electric Avenue is free for registered guests who are 21 and older. Along with interactive art installations, there will be dancing, photobooths, goodie bags that include products from Cannabombz, MJ Arsenal and the best people you could find yourself with that night.

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olorado Senator Cory Gardner told him, “I don’t like this, this isn’t somerecently opened up about his thing I support,” but that he felt it was too interactions with President Trump late to reverse the decision. regarding former Attorney “This sounds like something my General Jeff Sessions’ decision to grandpa said in the 1950s,” was an exact scrap the Cole Memo and what followed. phrase Trump used, according to Gardner told an interviewer on a Gardner. Cannabis Economy podcast that GAGE SKIDMORE Trump called for undoing Sessions’ decision as soon as Gardner raised the issue with him. Gardner said he raised the issue with Trump following an Oval Office meeting on trade, but that before he could finish a sentence Trump interrupted him to say “we need to undo this” and Sessions “needs to stop this.” The Cole Memo, which was issued by the Obama Justice Department after Colorado and Washington voted to legalize pot, said the department wouldn’t prosecute people in states that had legalized recreational or medical marijuana under the Federal Controlled Substances Act, so long as they were That convinced Gardner that he had abiding by state laws. an ally in the president. Sessions repealed the memo, apparGardner raked Sessions over the ently hoping to crush the legalization coals in a speech on the Senate floor and movement by enforcing federal laws then started blocking Justice Department against marijuana in states where it was nominees until Sessions relented. legal. Sessions never did. But after two or three Gardner said Trump wasn’t buying it. months, Trump called Gardner and asked “It was very clear to me at that point him to ease off because there was one that there was a disagreement between nominee in particular he wanted to conthe president and the attorney general on firm. this,” Gardner said, adding that Trump Gardner said he would, in return for

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At the time Gardner announced that he would not give up the fight, so he will presumably re-introduce it at some point during the current Congress. He might have a better chance of getting some traction for the legislation this time. Diehard pot prohibitionist Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) had stepped down as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The new Chairman is Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina). Graham is considered much more open-minded on marijuana issues, especially medical marijuana issues, than Grassley was. And while he isn’t considered a supporter of recreational marijuana, he is likely more open to giving Gardner’s bill a hearing if and when it’s re-introduced. • • • • Trust but verify department: According to the website Marijuana Moment, researchers Michele Baggio of the University of Connecticut and Alberto Chong of Georgia State University have uncovered smoking-gun evidence (so to speak) that marijuana causes the munchies. Using data from thousands of retail scanners, the pair discovered that in counties located in states that legalized recreational marijuana, “monthly sales of high-calorie food increased by 3.1 percent for ice cream, 4.1 percent for cookies, and 5.3 percent for chips.” “The increase in sales starts at the time the legislation becomes effective,” they found, but “the effect slightly decreases in the semesters thereafter for ice cream and chips, but not for cookies.”

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