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Highroad Explaining congressional morality by Jim Hightower

t’s always interesting to see Congress in action — though “interesting” can also be appalling. For example, what a sight it is to watch Republican leaders as they gleefully try to repeal Obamacare — the law extending health care coverage to all Americans. As they vote one-by-one to kill it, their mantra is, “No to biggovernment health care!” What you can’t see, however, is

them later slipping down the hallways of the Capitol to a little-known, exclusive medical office that gives them free health care, paid for by the same “big government” they were just ranting about. You might think that such raw hypocrisy would cause them to feel at least a twinge of moral discomfort — but apparently they’ve been immunized to prevent such outbreaks of morality. A good illustration of the congressional mindset is presently making the rounds on the Internet. Called “The Haircut,” it tells the story of a barber who cut the hair of a florist, but refused to take payment from the flower peddler. “I’m doing community service this week,” he explained. The next morning when the barber went to his shop, he found a thank-you note and a dozen roses at his door. His next customer was a police officer needing a trim. Again, the barber declined any payment. The next morning, he found a “thank you” note and a

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dozen donuts waiting for him, a gift from the grateful cop. Then, lo and behold, a congressman came in for a haircut. When he tried to pay, the barber once more waved off the money, repeating his commitment to community service. The lawmaker was delighted by this generous gesture. And, sure enough, when the barber went to his shop the next morning, he was greeted by another surprise: a dozen Congress critters lined up waiting for a free haircut. See, it’s just a matter of one’s moral make-up. Assuming, of course, that you have a moral make-up. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. February 5, 2015 5

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r. Mitchell Gershten of There is another U.S. industry rakPaonia had a letter to the ing in hundreds of billions of dollars in editor in the Daily Camera profits annually while killing hundreds last Saturday certain to of thousands of Americans — the have set atwitter the heart health care industry. of every oil company hater in Boulder How many people does the health County. care industry kill every year? Between The letter, which appeared under 210,000 and 440,000, according to a the headline “Enough!” deserves to be study published in the Journal of quoted in full: Patient Safety in 2013. And that’s just “It is long past time to hold pollutin hospitals. It doesn’t include errors ers responsible for their failures. The that occur in doctors’ offices and elsepublic is time and again asked to where in the health care system. shoulder the burden of toxic spills That makes “preventable medical occurring as a result of carelessness, errors” the third leading cause of death ignorance, shoddy workmanship or in the United States (after heart discutting of corners in service of the bot- ease and cancer). Moreover, the study tom line. Oceans, said the number of rivers, streams, patients who expelands and air are rience serious harm routinely fouled due to preventable with toxic chemismedical error but TIME TO PUT try and for too survive could be 10 long, American to 20 times more. SOME TEETH INTO THE citizens have been Enough! asked to socialize To paraphrase LAW AND INTO the costs of corpoDr. Gershten, it is rate pollution well past time to ENFORCEMENT OF THE while oil and gas put some teeth companies privainto the law and LAW REGARDING MEDItize the profits. into enforcement CAL MALPRACTICE AND Enough. of the law regard“How many ing medical malNEGLIGENCE. more blowouts in practice and neglithe Gulf, spills gence. It is time to into Yellowstone revoke the licenses River, or tank rollof mal-practicing overs into Parachute Creek must doctors and the corporate charters of we endure? How much more benzene hospitals and medical practices who in our water, or methane in our air fail to protect the public’s health. It is must we accept to support the illusion time for hospitals, doctors and health of a sustainable economy? No more. care workers “to do things properly, Enough. 100 percent of the time. Period. No “It is well past time to put some exceptions. If they cannot or will not, teeth into the law and into enforcethey must be dissolved.” ment of the law. It is time to assess Of course, there is a small problem polluting companies with fines that with attempting to apply Dr. have real sting and which will be Gershten’s standards for regulating the noticed by shareholders who might just oil and gas industry — do things propdemand better performance and greater erly 100 percent of the time, period, no accountability. It is time to revoke the exceptions or have your business discorporate charters of companies who solved — to the health care industry, which makes 440,000 fatal mistakes a fail to protect the public’s assets. It is year: Before too long most of the hostime for petroleum extraction and transport companies to do things prop- pitals in the U.S. would be out of business and a huge number of doctors erly, 100 percent of the time. Period. would have had their licenses pulled. No exceptions. If they cannot or will The wait time to be admitted to one of not, they must be dissolved.” Yes! Splendid idea! see DANISH PLAN Page 9 But why stop with oil companies?

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Dyertimes The collapse of compassion by Joel Dyer

nne Harper and her family, along with their 14 or so neighbors, have a serious problem. The place they care about most, their home, is about to be changed forever and not in a good way. They are trying desperately to save their small rural community, which the locals call Pleasant View, from yet another oil and gas industry assault — but no one seems to be listening to their pleas for help, no one seems to care about their plight, no one. In the past, I might have used this spot in my column to describe the health and economic dangers of fracking, the lost property values, the skin rashes, bloody noses or elevated levels of carcinogens such as benzene that can enter the bloodstream from constantly breathing in the Volatile Organic Compounds off-gassed by the industry’s production platforms — platforms that are several acres in size (these are the same industrial production platforms that the industry lies about in its TV commercials by claiming that they are about the size of your garage, which is true if you happen to have a 1,200car garage attached to your house). Not so long ago, in order to make my point stick, I would have described Anne’s sleepless nights, her tears, her fears of what will be lost when the oil industry sets up shop just a stone’s throw from her dream home in the

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even hundreds or thousands of times, we feel little. The new research says that this collapse of compassion is actually a mental self-defense mechanism. Our brains create no empathy or compassion out of fear such mass tragedy might cause us to lose control, to hurt too much. We protect ourselves by becoming deaf, literally numb to the pain of others. I’m afraid I am a case in point. Anne Harper first started leaving messages on my phone at the paper more than two months ago. In those recordings, left over several weeks, she described her small community of homes with passion, clarity and an understandable sense of panic. Over the course of several missed calls, she described the historical significance of the old Pleasant View cemetery and schoolhouse. She described the breathtaking views of the Back Range from her front window. She also bemoaned how that view would soon be decimated by the dozens of tall towers and tanks planned for the two five-acre production platforms about to be built just west of her home (think 2,400-car garage that stands about 40 feet tall). She also expressed worry about the coming months and years of drilling activity with its sleepdepriving lights and noise along with foundation-shaking vibrations and screaming gas flares that will accompany the 12 new wells that the state has already approved for Encana even though several questions about locations and access have yet to be resolved. She doesn’t understand how her community will be able to use its tiny onelane road if it has to share it with a hundred thousand truck trips. In December, Anne left me phone messages and emails about all the Weld County bureaucrats she was talking to as well as the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, the governor-appointed board that is charged with both promoting and regulating the oil industry — a task it does half right. In the later messages she wondered aloud why she was being ignored, why the policy makers had stopped taking her calls, why no one offered any help or hope or even empathy for her situation and effort to save her home and community. She also wondered why I hadn’t returned her calls for more than a month. I wondered that myself. I knew exactly where Anne lived. Her home sits ever so slightly across the invisible line that separates Boulder and Weld counties. Her house is just about the same distance on the wrong

side of that line as my home is on the right side. Right and wrong being defined only by which side of County Line Road has a Boulder County moratorium on drilling permits and a Longmont fracking ban and which side doesn’t. Her side doesn’t. I have driven past the Pleasant View schoolhouse and cemetery a thousand times, almost daily except when the flood took out the bridge between my house and Anne’s. I’ve parked and walked among the weathered gravestones looking west at the snowcapped mountains. Yes, I have shared Anne’s view many times. It is one of my favorite vistas anywhere. But I could not bring myself to call her back. What could I say, “I’m sorry”? “I’m sorry you had the bad luck to live 1,000 feet into Weld County so the state of Colorado is going to allow, even encourage, Encana to destroy everything you have worked for your entire life”? Would it have made her feel better to know that her incomprehensibly unfair situation was in no way unique — that the state and oil industry are so in bed with one another that they have done the exact same thing to thousands of other innocent taxpaying homeowners cursed to live in places with shale oil and spineless local officials? Would it have helped for me to tell her that her community’s tragic story isn’t even news anymore because sticking oil and gas wells next to people’s houses potentially making them sick and threatening their property values has become so commonplace? Would it have encouraged her to hear that there is nothing that anyone can do to stop what is happening to her, except maybe to pray that the price of oil quickly collapses to $35 a barrel, causing Encana to lay over its rigs and crawl back to Canada to wait for the next boom? Even if I told her that I truly believe Coloradans are going to make absolutely sure no one trades away our right to vote for an oil and gas community control amendment to the state constitution the next time around in 2016, it wouldn’t make any difference. By 2016, it will be too late for Anne, her family, her neighbors and their way of life. Also, as a rural Weld County resident, there is no incorporated legal municipality or willing county government to protect her rights. The rigs are on the way and I fear it will take a miracle in the oil market to stop them cold. I now realize I didn’t call Anne Boulder Weekly

dyertimes back because I didn’t think I had anything left to say. Her story was not that different from the others I hadn’t written about of late. In hindsight, I had run out of words for people like Anne who leave me desperate messages every month about how the oil and gas industry is ruining their lives, their health or their life savings by way of diminished home values. I had stopped feeling their pain. My compassion had collapsed. From Pennsylvania to California, from North Dakota to Texas to Colorado, the sheer numbers of lives unfairly harmed by the oil and gas industry coupled with clueless politicians and poor regulation had made me somewhat deaf to the pain of those looking to BW for help. I eventually called Anne and went to see her. I have no doubt she did far more for me than I did for her. She turned my world of negative oil and gas statistics back into one family’s tragedy. Her willingness to fight on against all odds inspired me. Her decision to get baseline measurements of her family’s blood, the area’s groundwater and air, to have her home appraised before the wells move in said

it all. She may not be able to stop Encana from invading her neighborhood, but she may be able to make them pay for the damages they may cause to her family’s health, the environment and her home’s value. Maybe her actions will inspire other families and entire communities to do the same thing, get the baseline information before the wells are drilled. Such action could help stop the current industry excuse that gets tossed out every time contamination is found in air or water or cancer-causing benzene appears in the blood of someone living near a well or production platform; namely, “You can’t prove it wasn’t already that way before we came along.” Perhaps Anne’s battle to save her Pleasant View community will change all that. Maybe her battle will help create a more fair regulatory system, one that puts surface owners on equal footing with mineral owners and oil companies. Who knows? For now I’m just relieved that I can answer the phone calls for help again, and have empathy and compassion for the callers. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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Recently with the closure of the Boulder Café, the Boulder Army Store and the departure of the Colorado Bookstore, I realized that Boulder had lost so many of its signature cafes, restaurants, and stores that it will soon have to sign its name with an “X”. I miss the Miracle Whip mural of Art Hardware and the “Truckin Bugs Bunny” on Broadway, and all the places that have disappeared. The exodus of places led me to compile this list of other departed Boulder places, since 1980: Bars/Restaurants Aristocrat Bunga’s Celler What’s Up Fred’s Pearl’s Potter’s The New York Deli Golden Mountain Hunan Garden Orchid Pavilion Le Francais Russian Tea House De Napoli Mr. Lee’s Winston’s Nancy’s John’s The James Round the Corner Café Roma Brillig Works Mother’s Pete’s LA Diner Taylor’s Al fresco Modena European Café Laudisio A La Carte Catacombs Mezzanine J.J. McCabes Jose Muldoon’s Senior Miguel’s Pour La France Gerard’s Blue Note China Garden Teddy Roosevelt’s Rocky Mountain Joe’s 14th Street Grill Casa Alvarez Q’s Red Robin (restaurant) Burnt Toast Taste of Heaven Broken Drum Corelli’s

Rudi’s Restaraunt La Iguana Harvest House FAC Tulagi Harvest Pelican Pete’s Folsom Grill Bookend Café Penny Lane Philly Diner Boulder Café Oasis Canyon Inn Trio’s Dandelion Korean Grill Boulder Coast Yocum Studio Trattoria Girasole Daddy Bruce BBQ Old Dunkin Donuts Dairy Queen Juanita’s Tico’s Voula’s Tom’s Tavern Blue Moon Berardi’s The Frog (we called it the Lawyer Bar) Chris’s Kettle Golden Dragon Goldini’s Peggy’s Hi-Lo Jay Benedict’s Marie’s Michele’s Paolino’s Sebastian’s Naoki’s Place North Boulder Cafe Outside of Boulder Neapolitan’s Andrea’s La Chaumiere Karen’s Country Kitchen Other places Art Cinema on Pearl Street

Bluebird Drive In The Spoke Swiss Chalet Pearl Street Barket More than a Grocery Ideal Market Grocery Warehouse Country Store Cornucopia Colony IGA Ead’s Colorado Bookstore Dillon Bookstore Hatch’s Books Printed Page Stage House II Aione Books Boot Hill May D&F James Travel Strawberry Fields Watts Hardy Pedal Pushers Cyclery The High Wheeler Golden Buff Motel Look Photo Gart Bro’s Dave Cook Jones Drug Kinsey & Co. Mann Theaters Basemar Theater Regency Theater Fox Theater (for Movies) Art Hardware KBCO (No longer in Boulder) FlatIron Theater Cotrell’s Everybody Ltd. Doll House Frank Shorter Crystal Markup Wild Oats Hugh M. Woods Sutherland’s Lumber Time Out Meadow Gold The Bagel Bakery UA Theaters

Then I read the recent article in the Weekly [Re: Where’d that place go?, Jan. 22] on the departing Boulder institutions. My nostalgia and your story reminded me of when I revisited McCall, Idaho, in 1998 and found the young baby boomer mountain town I knew of 1982 vanished as if it had never been. So it can be after long absence. But having lived here since 1979, I realized that you don’t have to move away to see someplace new. Your town and friends will depart slowly, in front of you, while you live there and you’ll find yourself a stranger in a new city without moving at all. — David M. Hays/Boulder Boulder Weekly

Some displaced Lyons folks may be able to vote

I wonder if the Town of Lyons has come to the correct conclusion that the residents, temporarily displaced from town because of the flood, are ineligible to vote in its special election in March. This is a major thesis of the Weekly’s article entitled “Out like a lamb,” published on Jan. 15, 2015. State law, CRS 31-20-201 governs “Qualifications of Municipal Electors.” In section 201(3)(b) the statute states that a voter’s principal or primary home or place of abode is that home or place in which his habitation is fixed, and to which a person, whenever he is absent, has the present intention of returning. The State Supreme Court case Gordon v. Blackburn, 1980, decided that a couple who had lived in a Colorado municipality, and who were registered to vote there, were entitled to vote in the municipality’s election even though they were not at the time of the election living in that municipality, but were renting elsewhere while their new home was being constructed in the town. That may fit a number of people who have become displaced by the 2013 flood, but who hold a present intention to return to Lyons. Also, while the post office will not forward an official ballot, as the article states, there is nothing prohibiting the voter from asking that his or her ballot be sent to a temporary address. I did this while we were displaced after the flood; Boulder County was willing to send my ballot to my temporary location. I don’t pretend to understand this area of municipal law, but this statute seems to raise the question: are we in Lyons doing right by our displaced sisters and brothers? —Julie Cimmet/Lyons

Lucky is missed

Thank you for putting Lucky Hudson on your cover [Re: Where’d that place go?, Jan. 22]. We were lucky (ha) enough to meet Elizabeth — one of your distribution staff — dropping off papers today. She took the time to tell us about the cover photo. 13th & Pearl, Boulder Cafe misses his presence! Rock on. — Sarah & Paul/Boulder

Danish off target

Danish misses the point in last week’s column [Re: “Real tax reform means everybody pays something,” Danish Plan, Jan. 22], again. Social cohesion (or buy-in to the social contract) lowers as income inequality rises. In other words, people know when the game is rigged. Rearranging the tax system so that it seems fair (with everyBoulder Weekly

one paying in) only does justice to social cohesion if it reduces income inequality. Danish’s suggestion of a national sales tax hardly aims in that direction. —John Chavis/Gunbarrel

Voter fraud

Our immigration policy is a mess! It was designed to fail. The politicians do not want solutions; they want an ongoing crisis that generates media controversy, campaign donations and more government interventions. Both Republicans and Democrats want to secure a new block of voters. The Motor Voter Act does just this, by giving access to voting to anyone who applies for a driver license and, in many states, when they register for school, healthcare or other public services. County Registrar of Voters and poll workers are forbidden to ask if a person is a citizen! It is estimated that 14 percent of non-citizens are registered and 5 percent regularly vote. They mostly vote for Democrats who offer access to government services… which is why Democrats will not secure the border or amend the voter registration law. In effect, Democrats first induce non-citizens to register and then entice them to vote. However, voting by noncitizens is a felony which disqualifies them from citizenship. Any real Immigration Reform would first correct the Motor Voter Act by asking: Are you a citizen? Congress should fix the Voter Registration Law first. —Michael McCarthy/via Internet

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DON’T GET TAKEN Locksmith industry still scam prone IN unregulated Colorado by Elizabeth Miller

hen Longmont resident Nikki Kayser needed to replace the deadbolt on her door on Thanksgiving Day, she turned to the Internet for a locksmith who would work holidays, and found herself connecting to someone through a personal cell phone he answered with a gruff “hello” instead of a business name. She describes his manner when he arrived as “impatient,” and said he was difficult to communicate with. They settled on a $200 deadbolt she would need a key to operate, and she realized only after he left that it stuck so much that she was unable to open the door. He wouldn’t return to fix it. Later, she saw that same lock for sale in a hardware store for $20. She was billed a total of $530 for the lock and services, and was asked to pay in cash — he offered to drive her to the ATM if she didn’t have the amount on hand. Kayser’s friend later contacted the locksmith to see if she could get more information from him, tried to set up an appointment, and asked for his last name during that process. His texted response: one million dollars. She questioned what he meant by that, and received only “bye-bye” in response. It’s an all too common scenario. A car or home lockout leaves someone in a desperate situation, and phony locksmiths step in, offering low-ball bids by phone that are then tripled on arrival. Scam locksmiths will post multiple

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phone book and Internet listings with multiple false addresses and phone numbers. Consumer calls go to out-of-state operations that quote a reasonable price by phone, but when the locksmith bills, it’s significantly more, according to the Associated Locksmiths of America. Most often, complaints of these practices follow car lockouts, and consumers report being given estimates of roughly $45, then billed for $135 to $150 with the claim that servicing has increased the costs. The locksmiths association also reports consumers locked out of their homes being charged $900 to $1,700 to replace a $12 lock. The New York Times reported in 2011 that there were, according to Yelp, 3,000 locksmiths working in Seattle, and most of those listed businesses connected to phone banks far from Seattle, sometimes overseas, and sent in someone poorly trained who’d do poor quality work at two or three times the estimated cost. “They’re all over the place, especially around metro areas,” says Russell Harverson with Flatirons Locksmiths of Lafayette. Companies advertise as if they’re local, but the calls go to a call center that’s often out of state and hires people to come out who then take a quote that began as low as $15 and ask for $150 for the service. “They’re taking advantage of people being in a bind,” he says. If the customer declines service, the technicians will ask for a Boulder Weekly

cancellation fee on top of the trip charge — and no one should have to pay the cancellation. He’s had experiences where he talked to someone, gave an estimate, and the customer went with a lower estimate only to call back later when that other locksmith arrived and wanted $150. In the end, because that locksmith was there, and the price suddenly dropped when Harverson was called, the customer went with the scammer. “So who gets screwed there? He does, because he’s paying more than he would with me, and I do, because I’m a local locksmith trying to do a legitimate business and these guys are stealing money from us as well,” Harverson says. Wes Sugden of Seahorse Safe & Lockout Service investigated some of the 183 fellow locksmiths in Longmont listed in the Yellow Pages a number of years ago and found addresses that led to a Burger King and an industrial building where chai tea is brewed. Just cross-checking addresses for Boulder County locksmiths with Google streetview shows that those addresses direct to nonexistent locations, private homes and even a post office. “Colorado doesn’t license locksmiths,” Sugden says. “What that means is that in Colorado, anybody can hang out a shingle and say, ‘I’m a locksmith.’” He’s reached out to state Rep. Jonathan Singer to take up the issue in legislation. Sugden has also encountered other locksmiths working with lock pick sets ordered off the Internet and next to no training. Sugden is a Certified Registered Locksmith through the Associated Locksmiths of America, the professional organization for locksmiths that self-regulates and standardizes curriculum for locksmith training, and has been in the business 35 years. Sugden argues the system needs to change. “This is not the kind of field that should be open to just anybody. It needs to be regulated, it needs to be controlled, and it’s not. The most that happens is, like when I started out here, I got a business license and that’s all I need,” says Sugden. “But as far as a locksmith license, a lot of states have them, but Colorado is not one and that’s why these phony locksmiths are able to come in here and operate because they’re not regulated. … They can do whatever they want to, they can ask whatever they want to.” They’re probably not paying sales tax to the city or state either, he adds. And just how much should a person expect to pay for a car lockout or replacing a home deadbolt? “That’s kind of hard to tell,” he says. Trip charges and labor costs vary, and time of day can change the costs, too — if it’s after 5 p.m., the price goes up. Bottom line, he says, is get an estimate before asking a locksmith to come out and if they ask for more, don’t feel obligated to pay more than a trip charge — and “when that happens, just call the police right away, there’s a guy out here who’s trying to rip you off.” The Better Business Bureau for Denver and Boulder has more than 20 F-rated locksmiths just in their service area and says that in a recent year, they received almost 50 complaints against locksmiths. The Better Business Bureau recommends asking for the legal name of a business; obtaining an estimate that includes additional fees like mileage charges, minimum service fees or late-night surcharges before the locksmith arrives; looking for a service vehicle or van marked with that business name; requesting identification in the form of a business card or invoice with the company name; insisting on an itemized invoice; asking for information on the locksmith’s insurance; and paying by credit cards rather than cash to utilize built-in fraud protections. Boulder Weekly

“If you’re calling a locksmith, you want a local company so … the first thing you should ask when they answer the phone, ‘Such-and-such locksmith, how can I help you?’ is, ‘Where are you located?’” Harverson says. They might not have a shop, he says — he doesn’t, he runs a mobile operation, as does Sugden — but he still answers that he’s based in Lafayette and services all of Boulder County. “If they can’t tell you a specific area where they’re located, it’s a scam company,” he says. The Associated Locksmiths of America’s 10-point checklist for detecting locksmith schemes includes that the locksmith may seem unfamiliar with the area, answers the phone as “locksmith service” instead of providing a company name and the advertising for the company may not make the business name clear. The Federal Trade Commission, the national consumer protection agency, has similarly reported that locksmiths advertising in local phone directories may not be local at all and that the operators working in those call centers are dispatching untrained individuals to open doors to cars and homes. The commission reports 30 or more listings in the same phone book may all connect to the same call center. Requesting cash payments are also a red flag, and a locksmith who says the remedy for a lockout is to drill or replace the lock isn’t an experienced locksmith. The FTC reiterates advice for confirming addresses and getting detailed estimates and itemized invoices. Only Alabama, California, Illinois, Louisiana, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas require locksmiths to be licensed, according to the FTC. The Associated Locksmiths of America adds to that list Connecticut, Maryland, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon and Virginia. State Rep. Jonathan Singer (D-Longmont) says he’s aware of locksmith scams personally — his wife had some direct experience with “the financial scams locksmiths play,” he says — and through a constituent who is a locksmith and has been pressing for increased regulation of the industry to prevent criminals from entering the profession. “I was considering legislation this year, and I’ll still be looking at it but I’m speaking with individuals in the senate right now, and the senate has been very reluctant to do anything that changes the way regulations happen in Colorado and it’s been very concerning,” Singer says. He points to the bill he drafted with Sen. Rollie Heath (D-Boulder) that would require background checks for coaches who work with kids and was killed in the state senate. “These are people that not only have access to your valuables, but that have access to your most valuable resource — your kids, and we’re trying to figure out if there’s another Jerry Sandusky waiting in the wings to target kids and we can’t even require coaches to get background checks,” he says. “So with that being said, I don’t know what kind of success we would have with a locksmith bill.” He adds that he’s still taking it into consideration and will see if there is support in the senate to address this issue this year. “With the change in the balance of power in the senate with a Republican takeover, they’ve shown ideologically that they’re not ready even to do background checks on coaches that are going to be working directly with our kids, so I don’t hold out a lot of hope for something like this,” he says. Any complaints over problem locksmiths can be filed with the Federal Trade Commission and the Colorado attorney general. Locksmiths affiliated with the Associated Locksmiths of America can be found at www.findalocksmith.com. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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he Buffalo Field Field Campaign board member Campaign, which and Nez Perce tribe member. monitors the Holt was instrumental in Yellowstone border reuniting the Nez Pearce with and tracks the park’s the Yellowstone herd. He has bison management activities, called the current bison manreports that 410 wild bison have agement “misguided,” and has been trapped and removed for argued that the slaughter proslaughter in recent weeks. gram should not trump treaty “We don’t know exact numhunting in the Greater bers because the park service Yellowstone area. will not tell us,” says Stephany “The buffalo have always Seay, Buffalo Field Campaign been a figure of wisdom and (BFC) media coordinator. power, similar to the grizzly bear Their estimates, based on in a lot of ways. The buffalo the field campaign’s ongoing have a unique spiritual power,” Buffalo Field Campaign has been documenting the management activities under the Interagency Bison monitoring of bison manageHolt says of the buffalo’s place Management Plan, including the capture and ship to slaughter of bison. ment and the park’s biweekly in the Nez Pearce tribe. “Those reports, is that 135 have been that focused on the teachings of taken through hunting, 270 to the buffalo were often seen as slaughter and at least five to a wise men and medicine people research facility. Field campaign and we’d turn to them for staff have also reported seeing knowledge.” buffalo hazed by management Each tribe member’s spirituagency staff on horseback to al relationship would be differsteer them away from tribal ent, he says. Some would lands where hunters awaited an become so devoted to the buffaopportunity to fulfill their trealo nation that to eat buffalo ty-promised hunting rights. the population to around 3,000 to meat would feel akin to cannifor opportunities to haze and capture As of Feb. 3, another 59 bison were 3,500. In 2014, about 600 bison were balism, and some would go into cerebison to work towards our population reported by BFC field patrols to be in removed from Yellowstone’s herd. goal. Our intent is to do so while work- monies with buffalo skulls and buffalo robes. the trap used by the Yellowstone park “It’s awful to see such a wild and ing to avoid conflict with the hunting service and Montana Division of majestic animal get shipped off like cat- opportunities.” Because of the management policies Livestock. Stock trailers have been tle to a slaughter house,” a Buffalo Staff makes their best determination currently in place, the tribal members removing bison from the Stephens Field Campaign volunteer who witare being forced to amend their philoson where bison and how many may Creek bison trap, the site of last spring’s nessed the bison removal said in a press move across park boundaries. ophies for hunting time to what the direct action by Comfrey Jacobs, the release. park service will allow, moving the “I certainly see that there might be young Coloradan who chained himself The Yellowstone herd is comprised practice from September and October occasions where we may make a judgto a 55-gallon drum full of cement and of descendents of the only wild buffalo into January and February. ment about where we anticipate bison rebar to stop bison removal actions. to escape slaughter — roughly two At that time of year, not only do the will move, take an action about hazing “This is a profoundly tragic event,” dozen retreated into the Yellowstone tribes miss the opportunity to include and those bison may or may not move Seay said in a press release. “These buf- mountains in the late 1800s and buffalo in their midwinter ceremonies in the numbers that we otherwise falo are a national treasure, a native escaped extinction there. It is considand feasts, which fall before the winter expected across the park boundary and keystone species beloved the world over, ered unique among bison herds as the Solstice in December, but they also make themselves available for hunters,” and are the most important bison poponly genetically pure and persistently Nash says, conceding that “it is certain- run the risk of shooting pregnant cows ulation in the world. Yellowstone wild population of buffalo in the U.S. by waiting until later in winter to hunt. ly an imperfect approach.” should be preventing harm to the bufBuffalo Field Campaign volunteers “That’s taboo among the members,” The park service supports tribes in falo, not bending also reported seeing exercising their treaty rights to hunt, he Holt says. “It’s not something that is over backwards for park service and condoned, but yet here we are today adds, but it’s the state of Montana that cattle interests by Montana having that as some of the only means reviewed their petitions and crafted the ON THE BILL: The Buffalo Field Campaign is hosting a Department of participating in their available to us and that fact alone flies policies for tribal hunters. gala and benefit at 6 p.m. on Livestock staff on destruction.” in the face of what we’re taught as traBuffalo play a key role in Nez Friday, March 27 at the Space horseback chasing Yellowstone and ditional people.” Pearce ceremonies and tribal history, Gallery in Denver. Additional information will be available at and baiting a group its partners in the and their treaty hunting rights, susThe impacts of current managewww.buffalofieldcampaign.org. of about 40 bison Interagency Bison pended since the 1800s, were only ment, he says, come on both a spiritual toward traps and Management Plan restored in 2005 and are limited to the and a subsistence level. He argues that away from national began its annual Gallatin National Forest adjacent to the management is done in the name of bison capture operations at the forest lands where Native American Yellowstone National Park. preserving the interests of the cattle Stephens Creek facility in mid-January. hunters were waiting to take bison per “We’ve kind of witnessed the boxing industry. Management plan agencies have agreed their treaty tribal rights. “It’s a disheartening situation to see in, the minimizing of treaty hunting to the removal of 800 to 900 bison this “I don’t know any specifics about rights to what it is today. In a way, it’s a a federal agency taking this stance,” year, expecting 350 to go to hunting, any particular hazing activities this management tool for population control Holt says. “I think the world would be a better place and would restore a balboth by tribes and by state permit, and year,” says Al Nash, chief of public rather than what its supposed to be — 500 to 600 to be captured, slaughtered affairs at Yellowstone National Park. “I a sacred relationship, a means to subsist ance to that area and to Indian people and transferred to tribal groups for food can tell you that as bison move toward but also a spiritual connection for the and ceremonial use. 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if the buffalo were allowed to flourish again. So I would hope that in the future they would see the folly of their ways right now and they would discontinue these hazing operations and the trap-to-slaughter herd control.” He suggests exploring possibilities of shipping bison to tribes to supplement their herds, to other national parks and open prairie landscapes. Because bison in Yellowstone are known to be infected with brucellosis, a disease that also affects cattle and can cause them to spontaneously abort, bison can only be transported to a terminal facility, Nash says. They cannot be transported live and used to augment or start a new herd elsewhere The state, federal and tribal agencies participating in the Interagency Bison Management Plan are revisiting the plan this year for a comprehensive overhaul. The National Parks Service and state of Montana have begun work on a new environmental impact statement, and public scoping is expected to begin some time this year. “The whole intent is to take advantage of our collective experience managing bison and to look at the science that is now available that wasn’t when the existing plan was adopted to see how we might make changes to the current bison management plan,” Nash says. Everything will be open for examination, and anything could change. “This was a court mediated settlement that led to the 2000 record of decision but over time, the group of partners has expanded,” Nash says. “There have been fruitful discussions that have led to some adaptive manage-

ment changes and we certainly feel that we’ve had an opportunity to learn, to adapt, to improve our efforts, but we also recognize that it’s time for us to take a comprehensive review of the current bison management activities and see if it is possible for us to come up with an appropriate replacement to the present approach.” Buffalo Field Campaign and the Denver-based Friends of Animals Wildlife Law Program have filed an emergency rule-making petition and lawsuit in an effort to halt the slaughter and the Field Campaign, with Western Watersheds Project, filed a petition in November to list Yellowstone bison under the Endangered Species Act. The request for rulemaking asks the National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service to conduct a population study, revise the bison management plan to “correct scientific deficiencies” and “make the plan consistent with the best available science,” and asked that pending that decision, the capture, removal or killing of bison be ceased. “We’d like to see increased tolerance, viable habitat, viable herd size before we start to take bison. They’re saying that the herd size is larger than what Yellowstone National Park says the park’s carrying capacity is and … we’d like to have some real science done on what is a true carrying capacity,” says Justine Sanchez, a Buffalo Field Campaign board member who lives in Ward, Colo. “We are really looking at just continuing to keep the pressure on the management agencies both in the courts and in the field.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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While gender discrimination is rampant in law enforcement, it’s unlikely it played a role in the death of Jessica Hernandez by Caitlin Rockett

Monday, Jan. 26, Denver police officers opened fire on a reportedly stolen car, killing the driver, 17-year-old Jessica “Jessie” Hernandez. The teen’s death has sparked outrage in the LGBTQ community, who say that Hernandez suffered discrimination at the hands of law enforcement because she was young, Latina and gender non-conforming. “[Branching Seedz of Resistence] and the Colorado Anti-Violence Program recognize Jessie’s case as [sic] direct result of the pattern of police violence that targets queer and gender non-conforming young people of color in the U.S.,” read a Feb. 2 press release from Branching Seedz of Resistance (BSEEDZ), a youth-led component of the Colorado Anti-Violence Program. However tragic the loss of a young life, and despite questions about Denver police conduct in the incident, police officers never questioned Hernandez or the four other passengers in the car before opening fire, raising questions about how the officers could have possibly targeted Hernandez for her sexual Courtesy of the Hernandez family or gender orientations. BSEEDZ responded to Hernandez’ death by asking “our local and national community to stand with Jessie Hernandez’s family as they mourn the loss of this young life and demand a thorough and independent autopsy for Jessie’s body as well as a special prosecutor and federal investigation of the case.” Jordan T. Garcia, immigrant ally organizing director with the American Friends Service Committee, was listed on the press release. While Garcia did not write the press release, he did stand behind the statement that there is a growing trend in violence against transgender youth of color. However, Garcia admits Jessica “Jessie” Hernandez that there’s little possibility the police officers involved was shot and killed by could have known that Hernandez was queer. Denver police on Jan. 26, “I think they could have known something about but it’s unlikely that her gender indentity played a her gender identity if they had talked to her before role. shooting her,” Garcia says. “I think the fact the police opened fire on a car, which is not OK even by their own standards, is wildly inappropriate. I think they will find in the investigation, [her death] was totally avoidable. [The police officers] may not have known how she identified because that probably wouldn’t have been part of the discussion, but actually talking to her instead of opening fire would have been a really good way to start that.” Eleanor Dewey, media contact for the Colorado Anti-Violence Program and one of the writers of the press release, could not be reached for comment before press time. Still, there is much discussion across the nation of violence against transgender people of color, particularly women. In Los Angeles, 33-year-old black transgender woman Michelle Vash Payne was fatally stabbed in late January. The initial Los Angeles Police Department news release mistakenly identified Payne as a man. In Texas, 24-year-old Ty Underwood, also a black transgender woman, was shot and killed while driving, also in January. Other stories of violence against transgender women of color have arisen this year out of Norfolk, Va., and Louisville, Ky. The BSEEDZ press release listed statistics from the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Program’s 2013 report “Hate Violence Against LGBTQ and HIVAffected Communities in the United States,” including figures linking transgender and gender nonconforming people of color survivors to six times the likelihood of experiencing physical violence from the police compared to white, gender conforming (sometimes called cisgender) survivors and victims. “I think something we’ve noticed is that people are coming out younger and younger,” Garcia says. “So they are coming as gay, lesbian bisexual or transsexual just younger than they used to, even from when I was even a kid. I think what we’re going to find is younger and younger people are coming out and experiencing violence and transphobia.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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COGCC regulators were permitting operations to begin without ensuring that the “as far as possible” mandate was met or even recognized. The affected sites and permits have resulted in 951 wells, 1,221 oil and condensate tanks and 932 separators. Most of the approved incomplete applications were for sites in Weld, Garfield and La Plata counties, where most of the state’s drilling is concentrated. Lauren Bushong, a DU student attorney who worked on the report, says her team was surprised to find so many applications that missed critical information. “I expected there to be human error, stuff happens, some mistake, but I think the sheer number of permits that were lacking this information but were yet approved really did surprise us. Maybe it doesn’t surprise people in the community where oil and gas industry is in their backyard,” Bushong says, adding that her team members all live in Denver

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“I guess I had hoped that we would see that the COGCC was in fact doing everything within their power to enforce the setback regulations,” Collentine says. “We’ve long been advocates that setbacks putting oil and gas operations further from communities … is the way to go. So to see that the COGCC isn’t always pushing that as far as they can, it just again raises our concerns both for the need of citizen engagement and the need for local governments to take a stand; for communities to engage and say, ‘This is too close’; for citizens to stand up and say, ‘Not here, this is not what I was looking for when I moved into this great area next to a good school where I can raise my kids.’” The report outlines a number of recommendations that both Collentine and Bushong say they hope the COGCC will take. Those recommendations include rejecting any application within a buffer zone that fails to include all required documentation; having operators notify all within a 1,000-foot zone of potential well sites; and giving the public more opportunities and time to submit feedback. One way to do that, Collentine says, is to increase the functionality of the COGCC website. By adding more timely and easy-to-use features and maps, citizens in potential drilling areas can be informed about any drilling plans. Giving citizens the power to do that will help prove the COGCC has their interests in mind, and not the drilling industry’s, Collentine says. “I think that when you look at the tasks laid out before the COGCC, it’s all about prioritizing public input and

protecting public health and the environment over seeing those permits go through. It raises concerns for me that if the COGCC is not enforcing these regulations, it’s that the COGCC is putting these permits ahead of communities and the environment,” Collentine says. “I believe that when they go back to the heart of their mission, it does require them to take a step back and say, ‘What are we putting first, and if it’s not the health and safety of communities and Coloradans, then what is it? And how can we go back to making Colorado a safer place?’” As for if she thinks the report will make an impact in COGCC operations, Bushong says she’s heard that the commission is looking to update their website and have already started to modify the 2A well site application forms. Collentine says there are still a lot more obstacles in the way of a well-functioning COGCC. “At this point there is more work to be done,” Collentine says. “When you look at how the Hickenlooper administration has prioritized the idea of setback enforcement and stated that it is a priority for the COGCC, and [then when you] look at the data and see that it is in fact not being followed in its entirety, I think that it is a priority for them to improve and show the public and follow through on enforcing the regulations in place. They have the tools they need to do that, it’s a matter of following through.” Because after all, Collentine says, “a setback is only as good as the enforcement of it.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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Approximately 350 participants attended the “Banking on Colorado” conference at the First Universalist Church in Denver on Saturday, Jan. 31.

anking might not seem like the answer to a culture and renewable energy, enhance energy efficiency healthier environment, but there’s a growing and improve public transportation. movement in Boulder that believes public “In Germany, where there is public bank in every banking could fund environmental projects community, they have been leaders in the field of solarfrom solar development to local organic izing their electric grid and creating all sorts of green farms… even a municipalized electric grid. economic development and new job opportunities,” Public banking is a simple concept: it’s a bank Hallsmith says. “That’s the important point: public owned by the people for the benefit of the people. banks are owned by the public and they can therefore Unlike a credit union, a public bank’s profits go to all of respond to our most pressing public priorities.” the taxpayers of whatever entity forms the bank — For Alison Burchell, a geologist and founding memwhether that’s a city, state or even just a community ber of Clean Energy Action, Boulder’s muncipialization within a city — not just the members of a single credit effort is a pressing priority. Burchell says that she began union. Also unlike traditional banks, public banks don’t to seriously look into how public banking could push Brad Thacker allow for individual or business municipalization forward about two checking accounts. Deposits are and a half years ago. accepted only from the municipality Burchell took a look at the city’s or state body that created the bank. financial statement for 2013 and Essentially, a public bank allows a found that all combined — from municipality to invest its own money general reserves to waste water and in its own bank and make interest on downtown funds — the city has that money, then the bank can issue $269 million in reserve funds. “So [on average] you need $25 itself — or citizens — loans for inframillion to set up a bank,” Burchell structure or other projects. says. “Every $25 million gets you “The beauty of public banking is $250 million in loan credits. The that the public sets the agenda of the thing that stopped me in my tracks is banks,” says Gwen Hallsmith, execuwhat is the other $250 million numtive director of the Public Banking ber we know floating around our Institute in Sonoma, Calif. “If the mission of the bank is to foster suscommunity?” tainable food and renewable energy The estimated funds needed to Ellen Brown, founder of the Public and locally created businesses and municipalize Boulder’s electric utility. Banking Institute, speaks at the Jan. jobs, then that’s where the bank will “The interesting thing about that 31 conference on public banking in Denver. focus its resources instead of in the money, [and] I don’t know where risky derivatives market and overseas that money sits, but let’s say it sits in investments involving slave labor and Wells Fargo. What’s the interest environmental destruction.” we’re getting on it now — 1 percent, something like Sounds like a good fit for the environment-loving that?” Burchell says. “When we go to borrow it back we population of the Centennial State. In fact, the concept have to pay loan fees and interest on what we borrow of public banking has gained enough traction in back. Colorado to merit a conference on the topic that took “Whether with municipalization or not, there are place on Jan. 31 in Denver. In addition to the Denver going to be improvements to the way we produce and conference, Clean Energy Action of Boulder held a spe- consume our electrons,” she says. “It’s very, very expencial breakout session at Impact Hub on Jan. 29, where sive if we go through a series of banks and a series of Hallsmith discussed the role that a public bank funded loan agencies … These are high risk projects, and it’s by the City of Boulder could play in financing not only very expensive to loan or bond them. If we set up our Boulder’s stalled municipal electric utility, but could also own bank, we can begin to loan to ourselves and collect create affordable housing, increase farm-to-table agriinterest on our own money, and it doesn’t have to be Boulder Weekly

these exorbitant interests, it could be more reasonable rates of interest, 3 or 4 percent, and still make a great profit.” As a geologist, Burchell says she is drawn to concepts like public banking because of the environmental projects such institutions can fund. She makes no attempt to disguise that for her, municipalization is key where public banking in Boulder is concerned — and she’s not alone. Amanda Bybee, vice president of Namesté Solar in Boulder, originally hails from Austin, Texas, where the utility is municipally owned. Bybee sat on a panel at the Jan. 31 public banking conference in Denver to discuss the need for local funding. “I think there’s a lot to be said of public institutions that are accountable to the public. In Austin the utility is the primary fund that supports every other budget the city has, and that’s a great thing,” Bybee says. “And they’re able to say, ‘We care about where our energy comes from, we care about climate change, we care about economic development’ … but it’s hard to do. Look at what Boulder has had to put in place to even get as far as it is has [with municipalization].” Beyond municpalization, Bybee says that public banking could simply provide a better option for individuals and businesses that want to get loans to install solar systems. “So [the] solar [industry] is in a good position in the sense we have a good number of financing options, and there are a number of groups out there that provide solar loans and opportunities to make this accessible to people,” she says. “But the question for [Namesté Solar] is less about ‘Do we have access at all?’ and more about ‘Is there a better way to go about it that benefits the local economy?’” On the Jan. 31 panel with Bybee was August Miller, co-founder of FoodShed Productions in Longmont, a group that works with local residents and farmers to teach them how to produce organic food. Unlike the solar industry, small farmers struggle more to secure financing to purchase land or equipment because of the extremely low average pay for a U.S. farm worker — according to Miller, between $2,500 and $5,000 annually. “My wife and I earned a little over $6,000 in 10 months See BANKING Page 24

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According to the U.S. Green Building Council, Colorado has the second most LEED-certified space in terms of square feet per resident in the United States, with nearly 16 million square feet. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is a rating system encompassing design, construction, operation and maintenance of sustainable buildings — those that use less energy and water, and thus reduce carbon emissions. Colorado, second only to Illinois, made a leap from its position at eighth place last year. The annual Top Ten States for LEED, now in its fifth year, is based on the most recent U.S. Census data from 2010, and includes commercial and institutional green building projects that were certified through 2014. “LEED-certified buildings and the innovations they have driven contribute substantially to our national economic growth, create jobs and improve the quality of life in the communities where they are found,” Rick Fedrizzi, CEO and founding chair for the U.S. Green Building Council, said in a press release.

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icole DeBoom was watching the Ironman childhood. She says her parents encourTriathlon World Championship in 1982 aged her to learn goal-setting, and even as Julie Moss entered her final mile of the as early as fourth grade, she would write race with a comfortable lead and her body down her swim goals and put them on began to give up. Moss collapsed and got the mirror. back up several times until she couldn’t stand, and “You need trifecta to be an amazing then she crawled to the finish line. She finished secathlete,” she says. “You need to have ond. some talent, hard work ethic and mental “I remember seeing it as a kid,” says DeBoom. toughness — that’s the real kicker.” “Instead of the usual response of, ‘Why you would She did her first race in ’94, a full want to do that to yourself?’ I thought it looked so season in ’95 and went professional in cool. I knew I wanted to push my body to the limits.” ’99. Throughout her career, DeBoom What piqued her interest that day eventually led to continually used the mental aspect to a deep, lifelong investment in athletics, competing persevere through her races. professionally in triathlons and working to increase the “Every Ironman, I questioned if I presence, welcome and equality women feel in sports. should keep going at one or two or Her now 10-year-old clothing company has become more points along the way,” she says. “It the business venture to fit her drive to see women always just seems too hard, too long, too well-represented in competitive sports and pursuing far. But the option to drop out, you Courtesy of Nicole DeBoom active, healthy lifestyles. might question it in Nicole DeBoom in her Boulder office with her new product line. DeBoom had always been an your head, but it was active kid, and found a niche in never an option for swimming. She went on to become me. It was never that women who are 20 years older than her, she realizes one of the fastest swimmers in the bad. You just keep going.” how different her experience was. nation, even qualifying for the Competing in triathlons did more “I truly believe that my generation is the first that Olympic trials in 1988. Later, she than provide physical and mental fitdidn’t have the same kind of barriers. Ten or 15 years was recruited to swim for Yale. After ness. In 1995 on a plane to a compebefore there weren’t sports available,” she says. “I graduating in 1994, DeBoom says, tition in Cancun she met her future always did sports and never felt like I couldn’t.” she had some soul-searching to do husband Tim DeBoom, a fellow triThroughout her childhood, she had female sports since she knew she wasn’t fast athlete who would go on to win two icons to look up to — Olympic gold medal runner enough to swim professionally. She Mary Teresa Slaney, swimmers Janet Evans and Tracy world Ironmans. The pair married a was looking for direction and had a Caulkins, and Joan Benoit Samuelson, who won gold year later and moved to Boulder. realization. in the first women’s marathon in the 1984 Olympics. Along with competing in triathlons, “I benefitted from the previous generation’s work,” “This mantra emerged and carshe was a swim coach for the she says. “Those women allowed us to be seen as releried me through my life: ‘When my Longmont Redtails. vant and feel noteworthy and important.” body is fit and strong, my mind is fitThough there has been a womDeBoom winning her first Ironman en’s category in triathlons almost as DeBoom says she still saw women athletes marter and stronger too,’” she says. “It’s in the first Skirt Sports prototype. ginalized in sports though. simple, but I knew then that when long as there have been national “I felt empowered because I was a strong woman I’m not in shape, I’m not happy. My competitive triathlons, participation athlete, but I felt frustrated at the lack of attention body needs to be strong for my mind to function prowasn’t equal. In certain races, she says, there would paid to women in any sport, not just my sport,” she ductively.” be six pro women at the starting line versus 25 men. says. Remembering her interest in triathlons, she decidBut, she says, there was something special about Her senior thesis, “The Female Athlete: an ed to give them a try while she was doing odd jobs being a female triathlete, and she felt that she was in Oxymoron,” featured interviews with her athlete and waiting tables. The first race DeBoom attempted a pioneering area. friends about their experience in various sports and was “nothing special.” She hadn’t trained and did it on Despite the unequal numbers, women have made a whim. several major strides in the sports world. The National analyzed the conflicting media messages for women in sports. “I remember coming home after the first one and Coalition for Women and Girls in Education reports “The magazines were showing us that women need having this release — I started crying. I didn’t like it, that in 1972, when Title IX passed, 7 percent of girls to be really thin, not have a lot of muscle tone and but I really wanted to like it,” she says. “It was a loveparticipated in high school sports. In 2011, that numhave on lots of make-up to be pretty and beautiful. hate relationship from the very beginning.” ber was 41 percent. According to a recent Ironman As time went on, she needed to try it again, but press release, last year’s world championship race saw a But athletes have to be strong, usually bigger, powerful and aggressive to be good athletes. Those ideas were this time she trained and took it more seriously. She 9 percent increase in female participants from the year totally at odds,” she says. didn’t like to fail, she says, and wanted to see it before. And over the past four years, the triathlon has Another struggle for DeBoom was the disconnect through in this sport she calls masochistic and still seen 80 percent growth in female registration and a describes as one for people who like to suffer. 275 percent international increase. DeBoom was born see DRESSED Page 28 That self-motivation was ingrained in her since the same year Title IX was passed. When talking to

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between being an athlete and a woman in terms of what she wore. For part of the day, she trained in generic workout clothes, and then outside the gym she wore something completely different. At the time, there weren’t many fitness clothing options for women. DeBoom says the two main choices were running shorts that bunched in all the wrong places, causing painful friction between the thighs, and skin-tight Susan France spandex that put everything on display. There was little variety, color or design. In late 2003, with no business or fashion design experience, DeBoom got inspired to start a women’s fitness clothing brand, which would later become Skirt Sports. She wanted something to wear when she worked out that would match her bright and bold personality. “It wasn’t about looking hot and sexy for anybody else. … I wanted to look like myself.” DeBoom says. “For some women, the clothing wouldn’t be a trigger, but it was for me. Clothes are really important for me, especially when I can infuse my attitude into them.” In 2004, DeBoom tried out her first prototype. She was still competing professionally and entered the Wisconsin Ironman. There, she debuted a running skirt that was essentially a race belt where she could hook her number, with a skirt attached and a pocket in the back. It was in this race, wearing the first running skirt, that DeBoom won her first and only Ironman. “It was like a perfect storm of all these things coming at once,” she says. “While I was on the course people started chanting, ‘Go skirt!’ It was like a revolution was happening.” DeBoom took her $5,000 prize money and incorporated Skirt Sports three days later. That first prototype is still on display at Skirt Sports headquarters in Boulder. The office has bright pink walls covered in motivational running posters with Ryan Gosling and slogans like “Run for the doughnuts” and “Run with your heart, not your Legs.” The occasional exercise ball can be seen rolling down the hall, and around noon the staff pulls out yoga mats for quick midday workouts. “One of our core values is fitness … and the big question of how you fit it in your busy life,” DeBoom says, adding that she would rather pay for the time for Skirt Sports employees to take a class, even if it means working less, so

that while they’re working they’re feeling fresh and productive. Skirt Sports also now owns a 5k, 10k and half-marathon, and has launched a Kick Start program to match a beginner runner with a training plan and a running mentor. While Skirt Sports initially produced some technical racing pieces, DeBoom says they’ve shifted to provide for women of all sizes and fitness levels. Her personal perspectives have also adjusted, particularly with the arrival of her now 3-year-old daughter. “I used to think two workouts a day was the standard, and if you did less than that you were a slacker. I believed that for myself; I don’t anymore,” she says. “It took a while for that to change. Since I had a baby, I can’t even fathom two workouts a day. There’s too much going on.” DeBoom continues to do marathons, trail races, swim meets and sprint triathlons. In 2014, her New Year’s resolution was to do a race a month — and she completed 10. Over the years, DeBoom has seen body perspectives change from her days as a college athlete. “Now in society we’re saying, strong is beautiful,” DeBoom says. “Size doesn’t matter. It’s a big message that’s coming out in the past 20 years.” Today, she says, women have more options and can wear what they want. “I think that women, somewhere along the line, felt like they had permission to let their feminine side out,” DeBoom says. “Prior to that women felt like they had to fight for that. It was like they had to be like the men to be taken seriously. In the last 10 years women have gotten stronger and said they’re just as awesome, just as serious, just as talented.” DeBoom hopes to inspire other women the way she was inspired by female athletes and strong women. “When you see someone else succeeding, you gain strength and confidence,” she says. “I want to be that for my daughter and the girls I used to coach. They’re strong women. It’s important for them to see other women doing strong things. [My daughter] should be empowered to do anything she wants to do, whether it’s athletic or in any other area. It’s all wide open for her.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly

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or more than a decade, we’ve been able to make little stops by this small, fictional town of Holt, out on the eastern plains of Colorado. We were first delivered there in Plainsong, the 1999 novel about two aging brothers, cattle ranchers who take in a pregnant, homeless teenager and allow her and her baby to change their lives and their meaning of family. We returned there with them in 2004 for Eventide, which continues the story of the McPheron brothers and Victoria, that teenager turned mother, as they are forced to embrace life with an unexpected child in tow and move on from an unexpected death. In 2013, that question of how we handle death is viewed headon, as Benediction came out with its lengthy meditation on dying and how life coexists alongside it. The stories are told in spare language and dialogue light on syllables but heavy with subtext. The cutting simplicity of the language eliminates so much of the saccharine or bombastic rhetoric writing about the American West can be particularly prone to. Each of these installations, authored by Colorado’s Kent Haruf have also been adapted to the Denver Center Theatre Company’s stage. That last installation, Benediction, opened this month with some bitter sweetness. Boulder Weekly

Haruf ’s life, and recent death, are heavy on the mind. A lifelong writer and teacher, Kent Haruf preached a gospel of hard work outweighing whatever natural endowments a person was bestowed. “As a writer, I want to be thought of as somebody who had a very small talent but worked as best he could at using that talent. I want to think that I have written as close to the bone as I could. By that I mean that I was trying to get down to the fundamental, irreducible structure of life, and of our lives with one another,” Haruf told Denver Center’s theater writer John Moore in his final interview, given in late November just days before he died.

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playwright, several cast members and Haruf had decided he wanted to be know is that the trust I had in being designers had all worked with Haruf on a writer in his early 20s and had able to write every day was helpful. … Plainsong and Eventide when they came wedged his way into the writers’ workIn some ways it felt as if that was what shop at the University of Iowa through was keeping me alive. It was something to the stage. persistence as much as promise. It “I think it was especially hard at the significant for me to get up for every would take decades, and cost a marbeginning because we have such an day.” riage, before his first published novel, That novel, to be published in May, attachment to him as an artist and a The Tie That Binds, was released. human being,” says Kent Thompson, will be another stop into the town of “By that time I was 41 years old and Holt. producing artistic director for had been writing as hard as I could for He’d been too ill to attend the read- Benediction and the person who first almost 20 years,” he wrote in an essay ing of Benediction at the 2014 Colorado brought Haruf ’s work to the Denver published in the October edition of the New Play Summit, but the Denver Center. literary journal Granta. “If I had learned Center taped the reading and Haruf “I feel like he’s in the room, and anything over those years of work and some of that’s because I feel like, we had been in touch with the playwright persistence, it was that Jennifer M. Koskinen wish he was there to you had to believe in give us more specific yourself even when no direction, but we also one else did.” kind of know what he Later, he translated would say often,” that to his graduate Thompson says. students this way: What he says time “You have to believe in and again, and playyourself despite the wright Eric Schmiedl evidence.” echoes, is that what Plainsong was a they most admired in National Book Award Haruf ’s work and finalist, and he also made every effort to received the Whiting preserve in the stage versions, was a sense Foundation Award, of authenticity. Center of the “Not only are the American West’s stories wonderfully Wallace Stegner dramatic and vivid, but Award and a special they’re unsentimental,” citation from the Schmiedl says. “They PEN/Hemingway Mike Hartman and Joyce Cohen in Benediction. Hartman appeared in Plainsong and Eventide as one of the McPheron brothers. deal with wonderfully Foundation. celebratory moments Benediction was a in life but also very difficult moments finalist for the inaugural Folio Prize adapting the novel, exchanging phone in characters’ lives with an unsentimenfrom the Folio Society in Britain. calls and notes as the script progressed. tal, very realistic eye that reflects the Haruf hammered away at a typeAt the time he was talking to Moore, writer — stationed, for the last 13 years Haruf expressed hope that he might see communities, in this case, in the eastern plains of Colorado.” of his life, in a little shed behind the the premiere of Benediction and had “He’s the anti-Hallmark version of home he shared with his wife of almost purchased tickets for his family for life in a small rural town,” says 20 years, Cathy — with his eyes closed. opening night, Feb. 6. Thompson, who saw in Haruf ’s Haruf was diagnosed with intersti“They didn’t give me any special Plainsong the Our Town for today’s tial lung disease in 2007, and told it number of days or anything,” Haruf small town America. was terminal in Feburary 2014. In May, said, according to Moore’s interview “It’s filled, like the rest of life, with he went out to the little shed behind transcript. “But one of the pulmonolopeople with good intentions and people his home in Salida and began to write gists said, ‘You may just smolder on for with not such good intentions, and what would be his last novel, Our Souls a while … until you stop smoldering.’ Kent [Haruf ] was kind of looking at it, at Night. At the time it seemed such a crazy fig“The idea for the book has been ure of speech, but maybe it’s more accu- almost like a Chekov or Hemingway, with such lyrical and simple language, floating around in my mind for quite a rate than I know. I’ve gone up and and he was so compassionate to the while. Now that I know I have, you down. Right now, I don’t feel like death know — a limited time — it was is right around the corner, but if it is, it’s characters but never sentimental or never tried to cover up their good and important to me to try to make good a bigger corner than I thought it was.” bad sides,” Thompson says. use of that time. So I went out there He was also in the process of If there was ever a doubt about every day,” Haruf told Moore in reviewing final copy edits for Our Souls whether an artistic choice was preservNovember. “I went out every day trustat Night, that novel he’d said the work ing that authenticity, Thompson, ing myself to be able to add to the story of which had felt like it was keeping Schmiedl, a cast member or a designer each day. So I essentially wrote a new him alive. He returned those edits to would go back to Haruf and ask. short chapter of the book every day. I’ve his publisher just before he died, five Schmiedl recalls Haruf being parnever had that experience before. I days after that last interview with ticularly caught up with a scene in don’t want to get too fancy about it, but Moore and a month before the Denver it was like something else was working Center began rehearsals for Benediction. Plainsong when the McPheron brothers to help me get this done. Call it a muse Haruf ’s loss was keenly felt as those or spiritual guidance, I don’t know. All I rehearsals picked up — the director, see BENEDICTION Page 34 32 February 5, 2015

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Jennifer M. Koskinen were pregnancy testing their cows, a process that would require a squeeze chute, a metal cage that pins a cow in place while a rancher does whatever it is the rancher needs to do. “Haruf was adamant that if we were going to do that scene, we had to have a squeeze chute on stage and that squeeze chute had to sound and look and work like a real squeeze chute,” Schmiedl says. But a squeeze chute is heavy, and enormous, so the production staff worked to create a modified, slightly shortened version that could fit on the elevator used to deliver set pieces to the stage. He recalls Benediction, which features Zoe Delaney Stahlhut, Billie McBride, Nance Williamson and Haruf scrutinizing it in the Kathleen McCall, returns to Kent Haruf’s question on if only bloodlines can define a family. rehearsal hall with arms folded, evolve over eight years. It really is waiting and listening as someone threw They’ve all become friends over the the lever, and then approving when he years — recovering from an early draft of unheard of,” Schmiedl says. He opted not to visit the towns heard it make that familiar clanging the script for Plainsong in which Haruf Haruf based his fictional Holt on, sound as it banged shut. expressed doubts that Schmiedl was the instead preferring to see them as Haruf “He would come in and he would fit for the job, and Thompson counseled did and as he relayed in his novels. say things like, ‘Well that character patience. He meanwhile advised “Working in adaptation, I’ve always wouldn’t do that,’ or ‘I think the motiSchmiedl to take a sense for Plainsong kind of felt like, I always try and look vation for that character is this,’ or ‘I that, although the story was small in for what I feel like is the heart of the think the storyline is this from the some regards, made it epic in scale — 21 novel or the heart of whatever we’re book,’ or ‘The way I was thinking about cast members in 36 roles worth of epic, adapting and then that usually lets you this was…’ and we’d talk about that and an extravagance he wasn’t sure he could know which parts of the story you need we’d always try it that way, and about afford at the time, but knew was importo keep. That kind of gives you the 80 percent of the time, he was right,” tant to build a sense of the community in structure of what you’re going to do, Thompson says. Holt. and then the most difficult part is trySchmiedl had Thompson ON THE BILL: Benediction runs ing to find the breath or the vernacular been in the practice recalls a connection at the Denver Center Theatre of the piece, and that took us a couple of going back to with Haruf that Company through March 1. Tickets times, honestly,” he says. For Haruf with quesformed over their at 303-893-4100. Kent Haruf’s life will be celebrated Benediction, he says, much of that heart tions and clarificashared experiences at a free event at 10 a.m. on Feb. 7 tions on how to of having grown up was found in idea of life and death hapat the Denver Center. There will be interpret a moment the sons of preach- pening side by side. music by the composer who has worked on all three plays and a In Benediction, Haruf returns to in the novel. Then, ers in farming and reading from Haruf’s forthcoming some of the questions that were central suddenly, Haruf was ranching communovel, Our Souls at Night. to Plainsong and Eventide. gone. nities where strug“He kept coming back to the ques“It was heartgle was common. tion of who is your family, really? Is it breaking,” Schmiedl Schmiedl talks the people you’re related to by blood or says, and pauses. about bonding over, is it in fact the people that choose to care “He was very gentle, soft-spoken, very unlikely though it sounds, football. for you, that choose to try to help you, much like one of the characters in one of Having logged eight years together, that choose to try to respond to you and his novels, very much like the McPheron when they started Benediction, their pay attention to you? I find that incredibrothers,” he adds, referencing two of the third project together, Schmiedl says he bly resonant in my own life, and in so characters central to Plainsong. relied on that existing relationship and many people’s lives,” Thompson says. He has pointed to a moment in time spent together to make new and “He was somebody that had a more proPlainsong when the McPheron brothers different artistic choices for this work, found view of people and human beings are asked if they will let back in the which is so different from its predecesand what we go through. … He was just pregnant teenager they’d housed after sors Plainsong and Eventide. so intensely driven to be a writer, and I she’s left briefly, and one observes that “I just reiterate that it was remarkjust admire that kind of ability to, I she’s changed them. And that’s how ably generous for [Haruf ] to share, to guess, know yourself and also be willing Schmiedl feels with Haruf. An unexallow us to explore the stories in a difto express it, to constantly look for what pected presence in his life, a stranger ferent vernacular, in a different stage, and you know, I can’t say enough what are the truths and the realities of our who has come to stay, has altered the a remarkable investment it is from Kent lives, and he just chose to focus through course of his life. Thompson and the Denver Center to a small town that he knew.” “For me, he was a mentor and a allow a friendship, a collaboration, to Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com remarkable teacher,” Schmiedl says.

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overtones moe. blows out a few candles

The band gives their moe.down festival a rest — for now by Dave Kirby

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bout three weeks ago, the dutiful webmaster running moe.’s homepage linked to a piece lauding the band’s long-tenured moe.down festival, held in upstate New York, as one of the world’s best music festivals, putting the low-key and locally beloved event alongside such notable crowdcrushes as Glastonbury, Coachella, Dia de los Meurtos and Morocco’s Gnaoua World Music Festival. We’re not sure if the fest300.com site was really ranking them, rather than eagerly scraping up every festival they could find a reference to on the Internet, but the shout-out made for a little press for the kickoff of band’s 25th WIth a burgeoning number of festivals in the U.S., moe. decided it was time to give moe.down a rest — for now. anniversary year. About 10 days later, the same webmaster posted a link that informed his as one of the essential stops on the mainstream, but there are some posireaders that, well, moe.down wasn’t groove scene circuit, reinforcing the tives to it.” actually happening this year. Still a notion that moe. was one of the primary As it happened, we caught Amico great festival, mind you, but don’t look stanchions in the last two decades’ jam during that weirdly frenetic interval for tickets this September. band movement. That vestigial tag con- most performing musicians know well, We caught up to Vinnie Amico, tinues to follow the band around, at between sound check and showtime, moe.’s drummer, last week and asked, least in some of the press and promoter but not for moe. Amico was getting what gives? blather around them, and it’s probably ready for a small theater gig in “It’s been a 15-year-running festival, misplaced. One need look no further Oneonta, N.Y., playing brushes for which is longer than most, and the last than the band’s 2014 release No Guts No Floodwood, the newgrass side project couple of years, the numbers weren’t Glory¸ a sleeves-rolled-up workshop in he plays in with moe. guitarist Al bad, they just hadn’t grown,” Amico grindy alt-roots guitar rock — the gran- Schnier. The band did a week-long said. “We just ite-textured swing through Colorado early last year, thought, ‘Eh, give it “Annihilation Blues,” including gigs at Hodi’s, Cervantes and ON THE BILL: moe. Fox a year off, maybe the bluesy midsection a couple of ski towns. Theater, 1135 13th St., Boulder increase the demand howl of “White “It takes me back a long ways, since Feb. 5 Doors: 8:30 p.m. Show: 9 p.m. All ages. moe. Three-Day for it a little, and go Lightning Turpentine” I used to play this stuff in college,” he CO Ticket includes one ticket back and ensure that and the grassy “Do or said. “We did this for years; a lot of each to the Fox Theatre (Feb. 5) and Ogden Theatre (Feb. 6 we’re doing it right.’” Die” defining the acoustic music, great instrumentation, and 7). This three-day ticket is To be fair, festival outer perimeters, amazing players.” the only way to get into the Feb. 5 show at the Fox Theatre. culture has grown to while the quirky “Billy Before we released Amico from his Single day tickets are available immense proportion Goat” and Sgt press duties, we wanted to express, on for the Ogden Theatre shows. here in the States; Pepper-y lysergia of behalf of writers across the globe, our planetary axis-tilting “Silver Sun” deftly affectionate consternation at the strict events like Coachella harken back to the rules regarding the representation of and Bonnaroo were either just getting band’s offbeat early days playing clubs moe.’s name in print. (Lower case, folstarted or merely a twinkle in some in and around Buffalo, N.Y. lowed by a period.) We have always promoter’s eye when moe. started their The band hits a lot of its influences imagined this as another of the subtle annual gathering. here — blues, granny-glass psychedelia, press jabs that were once common in “This is our thing and has been all acoustic Americana — but only a couple the alt-rock scene in the ’80s and ’90s, along, but there are so many festivals of songs exceed five minutes in length, along with hidden CD tracks and intenout there now, we just thought maybe and the vibe overall is straightforward. tionally mislabeled song sequences on this was the time to give people an Amico is diffident about the jam CD sleeves. The lower case/mandatory opportunity to say, ‘Wow, that was a band label. period thing has endearingly bedeviled really good festival, I hope it comes “It has its good and its bad,” he said. writers and copy editors for a quarter back,’” Amico said. “Being tagged with that, you get access century — computers made it a little In the immortal words of Dan Hicks, to a fan base that’s… what, 100,000 easier, once you turned spell check off. how can I miss you if you won’t go away? 150,000 strong? But what it does nega“Ha! You’re welcome. That was Amico laughed. “Exactly.” tively is, one, it shuts you off from the exactly why we did that!” moe.down did carry an early repute Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com mainstream… Not that we want to be Boulder Weekly

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Pro Musica Colorado offers four seasons

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he Colorado Pro Musica Glass’ Seasons are a response to the four Chamber Orchestra will per- violin concertos portraying the seasons by form Philip Glass’ Violin Baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi. Concerto No. 2: “The “McDuffie wanted a companion American Four Seasons,” but piece to the Vivaldi Seasons,” Katsarelis don’t ask which season each movement says. “He and Philip Glass had talked represents. about it for years. Glass wasn’t exactly Conductor Cynthia Katsarelis sure how this would work in practice, explains that the R.R. Jones but McDuffie just composer left it encouraged him up to the listener to do his thing to decide: “The and see how it concerto was turned out.” commissioned by The result is in violinist Robert some ways very McDuffie,” she different from says. “But when Vivaldi’s set, which McDuffie and comprises four Glass got togethseparate concertos, er, they didn’t each named for agree on which one of the seasons. Glass wrote a sinparts went with gle work of four which season. movements for “Glass saw violin and orchesthat as an opportra — none with tunity for the listitles identifying tener to make the season — each their own interpreceded with a pretation — and that’s the invitawritten-out cadention to our audiza for solo violin. Violinist Yumi Hwang-Williams joins Pro ence.” “What Glass Musica Colorado for a pair of concerts conductor Cynthia Katsarelis calls an antidote does really, really The perforto a year of horrific news. mances Friday, magnificently is that, Feb. 6, in Denver without getting speand Saturday, Feb. 7, in Boulder, will cific, he manages to evoke the feeling of feature violinist Yumi Hwang-Williams, seasons,” Katsarelis says. “It is fabulously concertmaster of the Colorado beautiful, and it has a real sense of narraSymphony, as soloist. Other works on tive between the soloist and the orchestra.” the program will be the world premiere Katsarelis thinks that Hwangof . . . I Give you my Sprig of Lilac by CU Williams is the ideal interpreter for composition student Daniel Cox, and Glass’s concerto. “Yumi’s appetite for the Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis music goes beyond the orchestral,” by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Katsarelis says.

“She is a concertmaster who runs nature of life and death,” Cox wrote on the full gamut of repertoire, as concerto the score. “The result is one of coexistsoloist she runs the gamut, she has paring sadness and beauty in the fleeting ticular experience in the contemporary world that surrounds us.” repertoire, and she’s a formidable chamKatsarelis says Cox has translated ber musician. All of that comes to bear the deep emotions of Whitman’s poem in making her one of the most fabulous- into music. ly intelligent and deep feeling soloists “The piece is a beautiful elegy, even that you could have.” though he doesn’t call it that,” she says. Composer Daniel Cox, whose work “It’s very evocative, a lovely work that will receive its premiere at the concert, we’re very proud to be able to present. won a competition at We’re really grateful to the CU College of the CU composition Music in which studepartment, who ON THE BILL: “American Seasons” Pro Musical Colorado dents were asked to enabled it.” Chamber Orchestra. Cynthia submit scores they Katsarelis also Katsarelis conductor, with Yumi had written. Four expresses gratitude to Hwang-Williams, violin. 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6, St. John’s were then passed on Thurston Manning, a Cathedral, 1350 Washington St., long-time supporter of to Katsarelis, and Denver. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, CU who passed away from those she Feb. 7, First United Methodist Church, 1421 Spruce St., four days after authoselected the winner, Boulder. For tickets: 720-443rizing his support for who received a com0565. http://www.promusithe commission. “This mission to write a cacolorado.org/buy-tickets was a project he was new piece for the very excited about and orchestra. wanted to see to frui“I told [Cox] tion,” she says. what our program was, and what the The other piece on the program is parameters were — for string orchestra, a another lovely work for strings that shorter piece around eight minutes,” refers to earlier music. VaughanKatsarelis says. “And the piece he’s writWilliams’ Fantasia uses music by the ten is just beautiful.” English Renaissance composer Thomas Cox described the piece as a musical Tallis to construct a complex web of response to Walt Whitman’s Lincoln string sounds in an early 20th-century elegy, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d.” The title of the piece neo-Romantic style. “It’s been referred to as one of the is a line from the poem where Whitman most beautiful pieces ever written,” describes Lincoln’s funeral procession Katsarelis says. passing through towns across America. “We’ve had a year of horrific news, Whitman recounts giving a sprig of lilac and I think this is a great program to sit as an act of both homage and grief: and take in some of the best that “Here, coffin that slowly passes, / I give humanity has to offer as an antidote. you my sprig of lilac.” That’s what music can do for us.” “Whitman’s poem uses natural and Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com idyllic imagery to ruminate on the

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7:30 p.m. Saturday to Sunday, Feb. 7 to 8, The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826

8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11, Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-7867030

The BRIAH Danse company is ready to bring a fresh voice to the dance community of Colorado, and The Dairy is hosting its debut. The troupe blends classical and contemporary with ballet and modern dance by mixing dancers from multiple worlds of discipline. The troupe’s underlying concept is to express the diversity of human experience through movement. They will also be collaborating with visual artist Karen Feuer Schwager and will perform in costumes painted by Kathryn Wagner. The performance will also feature different styles of music from the classical musings of Bach to the electronic pop sounds of Blue Stone. Tickets are $18-35.

It’s hard to fit the Dirty Heads into a genre. There’s some melodic rock with a touch of ska and a dash of hip-hop/rap and reggae thrown in. Given their a laid-back attitude, it’s not surprising that their roots spring from California. They play the music you need when you want to have a good time. It’s a vibe that the band knowingly infuses into their sound. Their albums always have a high energy that easily translates to the stage. Check them out at the Boulder Theater. Tickets are $25 in advance and $27.50 at the doors.

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Carry the Tune. 7 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Expert Talk: Meaning and Place. 6 p.m. Boulder

Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122.

Music Tunes Jam. 7 p.m. 230 S. Cleveland Ave., Louisville, 720-890-7568.

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Friday, February 6 Music ACL: Mardi Gras. 6 p.m. Elks Lodge, 3975 28th St., Boulder, 303-527-0888. Acoustic Stew. 6 p.m. Sun Rose Cafe, 379 Main

St., Longmont, 303-651-3533.

Americana Highway. 7 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. Atomic Pablo. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Brian McKlosky. 5 p.m. Pearl St. Pub, 1108 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-777-6768. Cameron Powers Project CD Release Party. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303499-2985. Cascade Kinzie. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709

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

David Daniel Dennis. 7 p.m. Very Nice Brewing

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

Delta Moon Band. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade

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

DJ Wushu. 10 p.m. Tahona Tequila Bistro, 1035 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-938-9600. Ed Poullard and Preston Frank. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-8236685.

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Phil Bender. Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-8987200. Through March 29. rePOPulated: Contemporary Perspectives on Pop Art. Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200. Through March 29.

Drawings — by Carroll Dunham. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Feb. 15. Echoes. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303-6512787. Through Feb. 22.

Seeing, as I am, showing at BMoCA, features a series of intimate portraits taken in a highly controlled environment.

David Booker. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues CyclHOPS,

600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303-776-BIKE.

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Brilliant: Cartier in the 20th Century. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through March 15.

First Glance/Second Look: Quilts from the Denver Art Museum Collection. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through April 19.

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

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Oil Paintings by Shari Farabaugh. Community Art Program Gallery, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303497-1174. Through March 28.

Dave Grimsland. 8 p.m. Liquid Mechanics Brewing

Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-204-6064.

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Beyond Words: Contemporary Book Art. Foothills Art Center, 809 15th St., Golden, 303-279-3922. Through March 22.

Fire and Rain. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Connor Magyar. 6:30 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115

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The Guardians of the Spirit. The Dairy Cen-

ter for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Printed and Painted: The Art of Bark Cloth — Various artists. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Aug. 27, 2017. Matisse and Friends. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-8655000.Through Feb. 8. Myopia — by Mark Mothersbaugh. Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Through April 12.

Sean O’Meallie: Freeplay. Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200. Through March 29.

Seeing, as I am — by Conor King. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Through March 29. Substrate. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Through April 5. Textile Art by Annette Kennedy. Community Art Program Gallery, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1174. Through March 28. Trespassing — by William Matthews. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through May 17. Vessels: Environmental Parables. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

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

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

First Friday Jam. 5 p.m. Left Hand Brewing Company, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-7720258. Gin Doctors. 9 p.m. Illegal Pete’s, 1447 Pearl St.,

Boulder, 303-440-3955.

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Nom de Guerres CD Release Party. 8 p.m. Stage

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Phutureprimitive and Kaminanda. 7 p.m. eTown

Main St., Lyons, 303-823-2472.

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

Jimtown Calamity. 6 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile

Pianos Alive. 7 p.m. First Presbyterian Church,

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

1820 15th St., Boulder, 303-402-6400.

Kevin Mermel. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709

The Prairie Scholars Trio With Craig Naylon. 5 p.m.

Cantina, 400 W. South Boulder Road, Lafayette, 720-612-7315.

The Long Run — ‘A Tribute to The Eagles.’ 7:30

Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-6650625.

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

Sixty Minute Men. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Tradi-

tional Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-4491922.

p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Drive, Lafayette, 303665-2757.

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

Medeski, Martin and Wood. 7:30 p.m. Macky

Thomas Jack. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1128 13th St.,

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Night of Hope. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300

Paul Sullivan’s Folk-a-rama. 6 p.m. Cannon Mine

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If Music Be the Food of Love. 7:30 p.m. St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 3700 W. Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-494-8094.

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Monte and Selby. 7 p.m. Bittersweet Cafe & Con-

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Travis Matte and The Kingpins’ Mardi Gras Party. 9

p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328. Whitewater Ramble. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel and

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

Wilson Harwood. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company (Flatiron Park), 1898 S. Flatiron Court, Boulder, 508-873-9185.

Events Avery Brewing FC vs. Colorado Blizzard. 8 p.m.

Longmont Indoor Soccer, 795 S. Sherman St., Unit 8, Longmont, 303-916-7896. Club de literatura en español. 4 p.m. Boulder

Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-4413100.

Coffee Cupping. 11 a.m. Innisfree Poetry Book-

store & Cafe, 1203 13th St., Boulder, 303-4953303.

Family Game Night. 4:30 p.m. Meadows Branch

Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-4414390.

First Friday Art Gallery Opening. 6 p.m. Vilona Gal-

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Trunk Show of Global Textiles. 10 a.m. Shuttles, Spindles & Skeins, Table Mesa Shopping Center, 635 S. Broadway St., Unit E, Boulder, 303-4941071.

Saturday, February 7

Wendell Locke Field

Music

Saturday, Feb. 7

Al Chesis and Bob Pelligrino. 4:30 p.m. Oskar

Leaving Before the Rains Come — by Alexandra Fuller. 5 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

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

The Aristocats. 7:30 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee,

210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0625.

Monday, Feb. 9

Augustus. 7 p.m. Twisted Pine Brewing Co., 3201

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

Walnut St., Boulder, 303-786-9270.

Bear. 6 p.m. Club Ned, 154 W. Highway 72, Nederland, 303-258-7981.

Tuesday, Feb. 10 Innisfree Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-495-3303.

The Casual Sinners. 7 p.m. The 28th Street Tavern,

2690 28th St., Boulder, 303-444-1562.

Chando with Skymatic. 10 p.m. The Lazy Dog

Sports Bar & Grill, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303440-3355.

Wednesday, Feb. 11 Jesus Was a Shaktipat Guru — by Swami Shraddhananda 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

CU Museum Concert for Kids with Jeff and Paige.

11 a.m and 1 p.m. CU Museum of Natural History, Henderson Building UCB 218, 1030 Broadway, Boulder, 303-492-6892.

Alexandra Fuller uses her own past to inspire her new book Leaving Before the Rain Comes. See her at the Boulder Book Store on Feb. 7.

Dan Treanor’s Afrosippi Band with Erica Brown.

7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-4859400.

Danny Shafer & 21st Century. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-8236685.

2861 Eldora Ski Road, Suite 140, Eldora Mountain Resort, Nederland.

Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-2046064.

Derek Gumuchian. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat,

Travis Matte and The Kingpins’ Mardi Gras Party. 9

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

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

Slay the Giants Equipping Seminar. 9 a.m. Front Range Christian Fellowship, 10667 Parkridge Ave., Longmont, 303-776-1722.

DJ B-Times. 10 p.m. Tahona Tequila Bistro, 1035 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-938-9600.

Whiskey Autumn. 3 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Traditional Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

STEAM Saturdays - Learn coding with Coder Dojo and BitsBox. 1 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapa-

Funky Tonk Heroes. 9 p.m. Stage Stop, 60 Main

Events

St., Rollinsville, 303-258-0649.

G. Love and Special Sauce. 8:30 p.m. Boulder

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

Hot Foot. 8 p.m. Liquid Mechanics Brewing Co.,

297 N. U.S. Highway 287, Suite 100, Lafayette, 303-908-6036.

Jeff Austin Band featuring Danny Barnes, Eric Thorin and Ross Martin. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1128

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

Josh Danie and Mark Shmidt. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Justin Konrad and Dave Willis from Mayhem Gulch. 8 p.m. Longs Peak Pub, 600 Longs Peak

Ave., Longmont, 303-651-7886.

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

Nick Willis Band. 7 p.m. Odd 13 Brewing, 301 E.

Second Acts. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S. Broad-

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6:30 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Fishing Tailwaters with Pat Dorsey. 10 a.m. Front

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

SFI. 9 p.m. Illegal Pete’s, 1447 Pearl St., Boulder,

303-440-3955.

Trunk Show of Global Textiles. 10 a.m. Shuttles,

Spindles & Skeins, Table Mesa Shopping Center, 635 S. Broadway St., Unit E, Boulder, 303-4941071.

Volunteer/ Member Orientation. 10 a.m. Com-

munity Cycles, 2805 Wilderness Place, Boulder, 720-565-6019.

Whiplash. 4 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. The Boedecker

Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Sunday, February 8 Music

Range Anglers, 2344 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4941375.

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

Fleet Feet Nordic Walking Class. 8:30 a.m. Fleet

AfroZep. 10 p.m. Mountain Sun Pub, 1535 Pearl

Free Fly Tying Classes. 10 a.m. Rocky Mountain

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

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Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity. 2 p.m. and

Mountain Meadow String Band. 6:30 p.m. St

The River Arkansas. 8 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile

Birds of Prey Driving Tour. 10 a.m. Boulder, 303-

Feet Sports Boulder, 2624 Broadway St., Boulder, 303-939-8000.

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

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All Ages Art Class. 10 a.m. Tinker Art Studio, 1300 Yellow Pine Ave., Suite B, Boulder, 303503-1902.

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

New Family Dog. 7 p.m. Very Nice Brewing

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alition, 6185 Arapahoe, Boulder, 303-440-8303.

Latlaus Sky. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709

Julien Hotel and Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

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Third Mardi Gras Party. 7 p.m. Boulder Dance Co-

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

Anglers, 1904 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-4472400. Lyons Old-Time Square Dance. 7 p.m. Oskar Blues

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

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

St., Boulder, 303-546-0886.

Blue Canyon Boys. 4 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill &

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

Bluegrass Pick. 12 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade

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

Bonnie and Taylor Sims. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues

Mardi Gras Gala. 5:30 p.m. Boulder Marriott,

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

Mardis Gras Dance and Benefit. 6:30 p.m. Avalon Ballroom Boulder, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303.

Brandon Hagen. 9:30 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Canyon at 28th, Boulder, 303-440-8877.

Radiate Unified Dance Party with DJ Mr Gettdowne. 8:30 p.m. Shine Restaurant, 2027 13th St.,

Boulder, 720-629-0598.

Reynolds Reading Pals. 4:30 p.m. George

Steve Manshel. 7 p.m. Oskar Blues CyclHOPS, 600

S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303-776-BIKE.

Reynolds Branch Library, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-441-3120.

Strangebyrds. 2 p.m. Ski Eldora (Corona Bar),

Sabrina Pitman Opening Reception. 5 p.m. Still

Brett Dennen: Solo Acoustic. 8 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1128 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095. Coop & the Chicken Pluckers. 3 p.m. Oskar Blues

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

David Amram’s America. 8 p.m. Chautauqua Com-

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

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events Denny Driscoll. 4:30 p.m. Left Hand Brewing

Company, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-7720258. If Music Be the Food of Love. 2 p.m. St. Andrew

Presbyterian Church, 3700 W. Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-494-8094.

Nick O’Connor. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709

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

Old’s Cool Rock. 7 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park

Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Sunday Afternoon Tea Dance. 1 p.m. Avalon

Ballroom Boulder, 6185 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 303-440-8303.

9:15 a.m. Home of Judith Haskins, Lafayette, 303-673-0158.

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

Riverside, 1724 Broadway St., Boulder, 720-4774164.

Tuesday, February 10

Joy Circle. 6:30 p.m. Unity of Boulder Spiritual

St. Paul & The Broken Bones. 8:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Open Bluegrass Pick. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Events

Open Mic. 9 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St.,

Nederland, 303-258-7733.

Reynolds Branch Library, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-441-3120.

Open Mic Night. 8 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Traditional Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

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

Robert Johnson Jazz Duo. 8 p.m. Agora at the

see EVENTS Page 46

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

Music Borgore. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1128 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095. Chance Trio. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709

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

Funk Jam with Technicolor Tone Factory. 7 p.m.

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

Boulder Folders- Learn Origami. 6:30 p.m. George

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

Traditional Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303449-1922. WAH! The Healing Concert. 7 p.m. Fiske Plan-

etarium - CU Boulder Campus, 2414 Regent Drive, Boulder, 303-516-1004. Events Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity. 4:30 p.m.

The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Boulder Comedy Show. 7 p.m. Bohemian Biergar-

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

Celebrate Celtic Goddess Brigid at Imbolc. 2:30

p.m. First United Methodist Church of Boulder, 1421 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-442-3770.

GriefShare Support Group. 11:45 a.m. Longs Peak

United Methodist Church, 1421 Elmhurst Drive, Longmont, 303-776-0399.

How to Make An Origami Trinket box. 2 p.m. Soft

Voices Art, Kimbark, Longmont, 303-776-0410. Reynolds Teen Advisory Group (TAG). 2:30 p.m.

George Reynolds Branch Library, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-441-3120. Signs of Life Wildlife in Winter Hike. 10 a.m. Cari-

bou Ranch Open Space, Boulder, 303-678-6200. Whiplash. 7 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590

Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Monday, February 9 Music

AfroZep. 10 p.m. Southern Sun Pub & Brewery,

627 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-0886.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Open Stage with Danny Shafer. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues

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

Social Livers. 9 p.m. Pearl Street Pub, 1108 Pearl

St., Boulder, 303-777-6768. Events

Cinema Program free screening of Scopitones.

6:30 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Open Mic. 7 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company (Lee

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

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Pages and Paws. 3:30 p.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-4414390. Reynolds Reading Pals. 4:30 p.m. George Reynolds Branch Library, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-441-3120. Smokes and Jokes. 8:30 p.m. Johnny’s Cigar Bar, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0884. Trivia Night. 6:30 p.m. Crystal Springs Brewing

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ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT

Set during the first World War, All Quiet on the Western Front shows the mixed feelings and harsh realities that come with serving your country. Only 7:30 p.m. Feb. 5, IFS at VAC Basement Auditorium.

THE BABADOOK

This movie is being pigeon-holed as horror, but don’t discount it. It compares well with Kubricks’s The Shining and Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby as a deeply nuanced and powerful film, well worth the scary bits. It tells a story of repressed grief and the difficulties of childhood and parenting, which is emotionally charged territory for most of us. At Boedecker — Boedecker Theater

BORN TO FLY: ELIZABETH STREB VS. GRAVITY

Elizabeth Streb’s Extreme Action Company is to American Ballet Theater as Spider-Man is to a National Geographic special on arachnids. Working out of an industrial building in Williamsburg, her troupe hones dangerous, mindboggling feats: hybrids of dance, acrobatics, performance art, and maybe just plain cruelty. The spiky-haired Streb, outfitted in motorcycle boots and de rigeur black everything, is a surprisingly gamine woman whose charisma is as palpable as the affection and compassion she affords her dancers. At Boedecker — Boedecker Theater

CARRY THE TUNE

This inspiring documentary features a plethora of local music groups and students to show that learning music often starts in school, but need not end there. It can become a life-long source of joy and connection to community. Opening night features filmmaker Q&A, and select screenings will feature live music with performers in the movie. At Boedecker — Boedecker Theater

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Los Angeles is home to more than 3 million souls and Lou Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal) was just another one, drifting aimlessly until he met Joe Loder (Bill Paxton).

As a freelance videographer, Loder cruises the mean streets of LA, listening to police scanners, trying to be the first one on the scene of a burglary, a hit and run, a homicide, or, as news producer Nina (Rene Russo) puts it, “A screaming woman running down the street with her throat cut.” Thanks to “if it bleeds, it leads” sensationalism, nightcrawlers are there to capture the grisly aftermath and sell the footage to the highest bidder before most people get down their first cup of coffee. As far as Bloom’s concerned, it’s good work if you can get it. A couple of happy accidents later, Bloom is in business with Nina as his go-to customer. Bloom hires another wandering soul (Riz Ahmed) as his assistant, takes out the competition and begins to wonder if finding the grisly aftermath is enough. What if he began creating it himself? Only 7:30 p.m. Feb. 10, IFS at Muenzinger Auditorium. — Michael J. Casey

OPERA: L’ELISIR D’AMORE

Laurent Pelly’s acclaimed production of Donizetti’s opera radiates tenderness, humor and southern sunshine, starring Vittorio Grigolo, Lucy Crowe and Bryn Terfel. At Boedecker — Boedecker Theater

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THE RED VIOLIN

A perfect, red-colored violin inspires passion, making its way through three centuries and five countries, eventually ending up at an auction where it’s origin is discovered. We are screening this in coordination with the Boulder Philharmonic Valentine’s Day performance of John Corigliano’s Red Violin Concerto, the expanded version of his score for the film. At Boedecker — Boedecker Theater

WHIPLASH

A promising young drummer enrolls at a cutthroat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student’s potential. Miles Teller and J.K. Simmons both shine in this intense study in character and relationship. At Boedecker — Boedecker Theater Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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roject Almanac understands what people really want in a time-travel movie: long stretches of people soldering circuit boards and buying batteries. I mean, why waste time pondering temporal paradoxes when audiences just want to sit back and marvel at the thrill of people drawing circles on a chalkboard? Director Dean Israelite and writers Andrew Deutschman and Jason Pagan have finally freed science fiction from the burden of having to be smart or interesting, reducing it to attractive young people dry humping. About time! Before we get to the unrepentant shallow narcissism at the core of this crapfest, we need to talk about the flagrantly stupid decision to use a “found footage” approach. The characters film themselves committing a crime. Twice. I am willing to accept that high school students have the funding and mental fcapacity to warp space-time, but even self-obsessed jagholes would stop filming themselves while bleeding and rundning from the police. Man, you know a movie is bad when writing a review for it ruins your mood. Let’s get this over with… David ( Jonny Weston) is a genius who just got into MIT but acts like he cneeds to write a note on his hand reminding him it goes “unzip, then pee.” His dead dad was an inventor who left an unfinished time machine in the basement, like dads do from time to time. David finds it, and he and his sister, Christina (Virginia Gardner), and best buds, Quinn (Sam Lerner) and Adam (Allen Evangelista), finish it. Jessie (Sofia Black-D’Elia) stumbles upon the gang’s shenanigans, and they let her in on the secret because she’s really pretty. When they finish the machine, they euse it to go to Lollapalooza. I swear to you, Lollapalooza is a huge, massive plot point in this film. “We have this device that can change the world! Let’s go back and watch Imagine Dragons do that one song!” I don’t know if I’m more concerned that Boulder Weekly

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was in another diner in Boulder one morning about a month ago when I overheard a conversation between two long-timers about iconic restaurants in town. When the name Lucile’s was uttered, sentimental and adoring gasps were released. And then again recently I heard clamor about Lucile’s, about a place that caters to a very specific hankering. Lucile’s Creole Café — with locations throughout the Front Range — comes up time and time again in conversations about great Boulder restaurants. It strikes a chord in the community. When we talk about the Boulder location, we talk about the Victorian home just off Pearl Street in which diners cram in to every corner every morning. We talk about the worn fabric rags the silverware comes in, the chicory coffee and the Creole art on the walls. Most of all though, we talk about the food. Lucile’s Creole Cafe Maybe that’s because it’s 2124 14th St., Boulder, one of the only places to get 303-442-4743 New Orleans breakfast and lunch specialties in Boulder County — beignets, pain Susan France perdu, red beans and rice, shrimp and grits, and praline waffles. Or maybe it’s because the food is just good, and you don’t need to eat again until dinner after a brunch at Lucile’s. So when the name Lucile’s came up again one lazy morning recently, there was no hesitation in returning to the landmark once again. First came a plate of billowy beignets. They’re puffed pillows of fried dough, topped with powder sugar. You tear the beignet apart, you dip it in the rich and strong coffee at Lucile’s and you’re off to a really great start. In the summer, when the old home gets a little stuffy and the murmur of singsong conversations echo off the walls, and you’re dipping beignets, it almost feels like you’re in Café du Monde on some humid, lively day. More so, you’re taking part in the ritual of a slow meal with friends, but even more, you’re just eating some damn good doughnuts. Then it was time for the wash day meal of red beans and rice. Wash day, or Monday, is the day in which New Orleans women traditionally put on a big pot of beans and, well, did the wash. Added into the beans were bits of ham and whatever bone was left over from the meal the night before, and after simmering it all day, what comes out of the pot is savory magic.

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The food and vibe of Lucile’s in Boulder by Matt Cortina Lucile’s wash day meal certainly lives up to the tradition — and it needn’t be Monday to get it. The red beans come thick and goopy, and rest on top of the white rice with a sprig of parsley. Sitting proud and gray on top of the heap is a split andouille sausage, pressed and charred into a grill. It’s a satisfying and filling meal, alright. It’s a belly warmer, and it’s comforting. On the side is a big block of cornbread, on which either the apple butter or the strawberry rhubarb jam is fantastic. Around the table, there’s a Cajun breakfast of poached eggs over red beans with hollandaise sauce, and several buttery biscuits that go down without a fight. Other Lucille’s favorites not ordered that day but are definitely worth an order include the pain perdu (French toast) and the eggs New Orleans (fried eggplant slices topped with Creole sauce, poached eggs and hollandaise.) It’s also worth noting that the Boulder location doesn’t serve alcohol due to building restrictions, but you can take home a bottle of their robust bloody mary mix and add it to, oh, whatever brand of vodka you have lying around the office. That’s what we did and boy did les bon temps rouler. Followed by naps. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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Rootz Cafe is a perfect example of a changing Steamboat Springs. The juice bar/breakfast and lunch cafe has been packed since its opening last year with numerous gluten-free, vegan and vegetarian choices. The arrival of the town’s first Natural Grocers store two years ago helped usher in the arrival of fresh organic foods year round. “The local nickname for town is ‘The Bubble’ due to the fact we’re off the beaten ski path, we’re not near Summit County,” Racoma says. “So change comes slower here — the old ways are more entrenched but definitely changing.” Change is something Katherine Zambrana, owner of Sweet Pea Market and Restaurant, is acquainted with. Since her arrival in 1994, she has witnessed Steamboat transform from sleepy ranching town with streets only crowded during ski season to a year-round destination as visitors enjoy all the region has to offer. “When we first opened 11 years ago it was as a fruit and veggie stand selling produce from the Western Slope. We only added a kitchen as an afterthought,” Zambrana says. “As the town has moved into the mainstream, we decided to convert into a full-time restaurant selling the freshest food possible.” see STEAMBOAT Page 56

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With Chef Pete List, formerly of Denver hot spot Beatrice and Woodsley, helming the kitchen, the focus is on seasonal American cuisine with a nod to the classics. “I look to the past to move forward, to refine and redefine comfort food,” List says. “We make our own bacon, sausage, bread, pastries and jellies by hand. The menu reflects the quality of our ingredients in a relaxed environment.”

One restaurant that bucked the trend and helped alter the way gourmands viewed Steamboat was bistro c.v. Chef and co-owner Brian Vaughn would be in high demand regardless of the city he chose to live in. With a pedigree that includes cooking with culinary superstars such as Daniel Boulud, Charlie Trotter and Claudia Fleming, he constantly pushes the boundaries in search of new flavors and

exciting combinations. Like an artist beginning with a blank canvas, Vaughn adapts the bistro c.v. menu daily to create dishes that highlight the fresh ingredients he has on hand. A fan of “sous vide” cooking since opening eight years ago, his four immersion cookers run at all times, turning out perfectly cooked meats and veggies. “We are always changing, looking for new ways to cook. Lately we are

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bout 50 million cases of beer for small wine producers. were purchased on Super According to a recent Beverage Bowl Sunday. It’s no wonder Information Group study, consumers Anheuser-Busch, America’s are replacing mass-produced beer with largest brewer, purchased craft beer, wine and small-batch spirits. three and a half minutes of ad time Sure, Budweiser’s core drinkers during the big game. might never take an interest in craft Two of the beer company’s combeer. Consumers who purchase mercials were widely praised. Bud Barefoot Bubbly might never care Light’s spot made virtually every viewer about great wine. But fewer Americans hope for an epic evening in a life-sized are willing to drink without thinking, Pac-Man maze. Budweiser’s tale of a despite Budweiser’s best efforts. lost puppy find- Wikipedia Just as the ing his way clothing you home melted wear and the millions of politicians you hearts. But vote for say Anheusersomething about Busch’s third who you are, so commercial, does what you which mocked eat and drink. craft beer and No drinks the people who enthusiast wants enjoy it, left a to tout the virbitter taste in tues of many mouths. Budweiser or “Proudly a Cupcake macro beer, Chardonnay. But [Budweiser is] a local craft not brewed to brewer? Or a be fussed over,” young, natural Americans’ growing love of craft beer is also the spot began. helping the wine industry. winemaker from “It’s brewed for the Loire Valley? drinking. Not dissecting. The people Many wine producers haven’t yet who drink our beer are people who like benefitted from this trend, but that’s drinking beer … Let them sip their explained almost entirely by economics. pumpkin peach ale. We’ll be brewing us Consumers can pick up a mixed sixsome golden suds.” pack of exciting craft beer for less than In this narrative, craft beer drinkers a single bottle of fine wine. In the notare fussy hipsters who dine on chicken too-distant future, America’s 75 million liver mousse at cerebral, trendy restaumillennials will hold the vast majority rants. Budweiser fans, by contrast, are of the nation’s wealth and be at the blue-blooded men who drive trucks and center of luxury goods sales. They’ll don’t really care what they drink. drink more critically than their parents, The motivation for this commerreplacing soulless, huge producers with cial? Fear. Americans have been abancraft brewers and small wineries. doning Budweiser for more than 25 On Super Bowl Sunday, many years. While the company sold nearly Seahawks fans reached for offerings 50 million barrels of its iconic beer in from Washington’s 201 craft breweries. 1988, it sold just 16 million in 2013. Many Patriots filled their ice buckets Many Americans have moved to light with beers from Massachusetts’ 57 beer, but Budweiser is most worried breweries. Many oenophiles skipped about the rise of craft beer, especially beer entirely, instead opening smallamong 20-somethings. production wines. Among 21- to 27-year-old drinkers, Mainstream America is starting to more than four in 10 say they’ve never fuss over their booze. Like a Super even tried Budweiser. In this demoBowl win, that’s worth celebrating. graphic, craft beer makes up 15 percent David White is the founder and editor of beer purchases, compared with 10 of Terroirist.com. His columns are housed percent for older generations. This at Grape Collective. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com trend is accelerating, and it’s great news

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In 1979, Monty Python comedian John Cleese helped direct a fournight extravaganza, The Secret Policeman’s Ball. It was a benefit to raise money for the human rights organization Amnesty International. The musicians known as Sting, Bono and Peter Gabriel later testified that the show was a key factor in igniting their social activism. I see the potential of a comparable stimulus in your near future, Aries. Imminent developments could amp up your passion for a good cause that transcends your immediate self-interests.

Hall-of-Fame basketball player Hakeem Olajuwon had a signature set of fancy moves that were collectively known as the Dream Shake. It consisted of numerous spins and fakes and moves that could be combined in various ways to outfox his opponents and score points. The coming weeks would be an excellent time for you to work on your equivalent of the Dream Shake, Libra. You’re at the peak of your ability to figure out how to coordinate and synergize your several talents.

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In the film Kill Bill: Volume 1, Taurus actress Uma Thurman plays a martial artist who has exceptional skill at wielding a Samurai sword. At one point, her sword maker evaluates her reflexes by hurling a baseball in her direction. With a masterful swoop, she slices the ball in half before it reaches her. I suggest you seek out similar tests in the coming days, Taurus. Check up on the current status of your top skills. Are any of them rusty? Should you update them? Are they still of maximum practical use to you? Do whatever’s necessary to ensure they are as strong and sharp as ever.

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French Impressionist painter Claude Monet loved to paint the rock formations near the beach at Étretrat, a village in Normandy. During the summer of 1886, he worked serially on six separate canvases, moving from one to another throughout his work day to capture the light and shadow as they changed with the weather and the position of the sun. He focused intently on one painting at a time. He didn’t have a brush in each hand and one in his mouth, simultaneously applying paint to various canvases. His specific approach to multitasking would generate good results for you in the coming weeks, Gemini. (P.S. The other kind of multitasking — where you do several different things at the same time — will yield mostly mediocre results.)

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In 1849, author Edgar Allen Poe died in his hometown of Baltimore. A century later, a mysterious admirer began a new tradition. Every January 19, on the anniversary of Poe’s birth, this cloaked visitor appeared at his grave in the early morning hours and left behind three roses and a bottle of cognac. I invite you, Cancerian, to initiate a comparable ritual. Can you imagine paying periodic tribute to an important influence in your own life — someone who has given you much and touched you deeply? Don’t do it for nostalgia’s sake, but rather as a way to affirm that the gifts you’ve received from this evocative influence will continue to evolve within you. Keep them ever-fresh.

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JULY 23-AUG. 22:

“What happens to a dream deferred?” asked Langston Hughes in his poem “Harlem.” “Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore — And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over — like a syrupy sweet?” As your soul’s cheerleader and coach, Leo, I hope you won’t explore the answer to Hughes’ questions. If you have a dream, don’t defer it. If you have been deferring your dream, take at least one dramatic step to stop deferring it.

VIRGO

AUG. 23-SEPT. 22:

Virgo author John Creasey struggled in his early efforts at getting published. For a time he had to support himself with jobs as a salesman and clerk. Before his first book was published, he had gathered 743 rejection slips. Eventually, though, he broke through and achieved monumental success. He wrote more than 550 novels, several of which were made into movies. He won two prestigious awards and sold 80 million books. I’m not promising that your own frustrations will ultimately pave the way for a prodigious triumph like his. But in the coming months, I do expect significant progress toward a gritty accomplishment. For best results, work for your own satisfaction more than for the approval of others.

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In 1837, Victoria became Queen of England following the death of her uncle, King William IV. She was 18 years old. Her first royal act was to move her bed out of the room she had long shared with her meddling, overbearing mother. I propose that you use this as one of your guiding metaphors in the immediate future. Even if your parents are saints, and even if you haven’t lived with them for years, I suspect you would benefit by upgrading your independence from their influence. Are you still a bit inhibited by the nagging of their voices in your head? Does your desire to avoid hurting them thwart you from rising to a higher level of authority and authenticity? Be a good-natured rebel.

SAGITTARIUS NOV. 22-DEC. 21:

The most crooked street in the world is a one-way, blocklong span of San Francisco’s Lombard Street. It consists of eight hairpin turns down a very steep hill. The recommended top speed for a car is five miles per hour. So on the one hand, you’ve got to proceed with caution. On the other hand, the quaint, brick-paved road is lined with flowerbeds, and creeping along its wacky route is a whimsical amusement. I suspect you will soon encounter experiences that have metaphorical resemblances to Lombard Street, Sagittarius. In fact, I urge you to seek them out.

CAPRICORN

DEC. 22-JAN. 19:

In the baseball film The Natural, the hero Roy Hobbs has a special bat he calls “Wonderboy.” Carved out of a tree that was split by a lightning bolt, it seems to give Hobbs an extraordinary skill at hitting a baseball. There’s a similar theme at work in the Australian musical instrument known as the didgeridoo. It’s created from a eucalyptus tree whose inner wood has been eaten away by termites. Both Wonderboy and the didgeridoo are the results of natural forces that could be seen as adverse but that are actually useful. Is there a comparable situation in your own life, Capricorn? I’m guessing there is. If you have not yet discovered what it is, now is a good time to do so.

AQUARIUS

JAN. 20-FEB. 18:

In 1753, Benjamin Franklin published helpful instructions on how to avoid being struck by lightning during stormy weather. Wear a lightning rod in your hat, he said, and attach it to a long, thin metal ribbon that trails behind you as you walk. In response to his article, a fashion fad erupted. Taking his advice, fancy ladies in Europe actually wore such hats. From a metaphorical perspective, it would make sense for you Aquarians to don similar headwear in the coming weeks. Bolts of inspiration will be arriving on a regular basis. To ensure you are able to integrate and use them — not just be titillated and agitated — you will have to be well grounded.

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According to the Bible, Jesus said, “You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” Author David Foster Wallace added a caveat. “The truth will set you free,” he wrote, “but not until it is finished with you.” All this is apropos for the current phase of your journey, Pisces. By my estimation, you will soon discover an important truth that you have never before been ready to grasp. Once that magic transpires, however, you will have to wait a while until the truth is fully finished with you. Only then will it set you free. But it will set you free. And I suspect that you will ultimately be grateful that it took its sweet time.

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Dear Dan: My husband and I are a straight couple in our early 50s, and we’ve been married for more than 30 years. We were raised to wait for sex till we got married — this was back in the early ’80s — and we did. Our wedding night was pretty disappointing since neither of us knew what we were doing. He got off, but I didn’t. We both assumed that there was something wrong with me, because he didn’t have any problem coming, right? We were both raised to believe that sex was something men took from women, that it was difficult for women to orgasm, and that no woman wanted sex as much as a man did. We read books, we went to counseling, but nothing changed. This went on for a couple of decades. He’s a great guy — funny, loyal, faithful, great dad to our kids — so I figured I was lousy in bed and I was lucky he put up with me. Recently, I got my hands on a vibrator. OH. MY. GOD. There’s nothing wrong with me! Now I think my libido might actually be stronger than his. But even with what I now know about my sexuality, we have been unable to figure out how to get me to orgasm when we are together. I’ve suggested some milder forms of kink, but he isn’t interested. I suspect we’re just incompatible in bed, which has made me a fairly vocal opponent of the “waiting for marriage” garbage, much to my husband’s consternation. He thinks it’s so sweet that neither of us has ever had sex with someone else. So you can probably see my dilemma. Neither of us has ever been unfaithful, and neither of us is okay with being unfaithful — I know he isn’t. Even though I’m intrigued by the idea, I don’t think I could pull off the lying and deceit required to do it behind his back. We also live in a small town where it would be nearly impossible to have a discreet affair. I don’t really want a divorce, because it means losing the entire life we’ve built together, which is no small thing. But when I think about never having good sex in my entire life, I can hardly stand it. What would you do? — Bored In Bed For An Unbearably Long Time

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Dear BIBFAULT: What would I do? I would be unfaithful, BIBFAULT. And since there’s no guarantee that I would click sexually with the first guy I fucked other than my husband — or the second guy or the third guy or the fourth guy — I would go right on fucking other guys until I fucked a guy who was spectacular in bed. (Please note: While “spectacular in bed” sounds like some sort of objective standard, it’s actually a highly subjective and personal experience. One person’s spectacular sex partner is another person’s meh-to-traumatizing sex partner. So while BIBFAULT and her husband aren’t a match — clearly — he has matches out there and so does she.) I’m not telling you what to do, BIBFAULT, I’m just answering the question you posed: “What would you do?” If I were in your shoes, if I had suffered through three decades of subjectively lousy sex, if I were staring down the possibility of going to my grave without ever having experienced good-to-great sex (not even once!), I would cheat on my husband of 30 years. I would’ve cheated on him already, past tense, a decade or two ago and probably at regular intervals. (I also would’ve sued all those counselors who failed to suggest buying a vibrator when I complained about my difficulty achieving orgasm.) But that’s me, BIBFAULT. What should you do? I really couldn’t tell you. That’s not true. I could tell you what to do. Telling people what to do is pretty much my fucking job. But in all honesty, I’m not sure what you should do. You say you’re not okay with cheating, and I almost believe you — you wouldn’t have written if you weren’t okay with cheating on some level and/or

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seeking permission to cheat — and cheating would be logistically complicated, given your circumstances, and it would put everything you have with your husband, who you genuinely love, at risk. So I’m not going to tell you to cheat. But I will tell you this: You may have an easier time not cheating — an easier time not going out there and actively seeking out sex with other men, an easier time not seizing the first opportunity to cheat that comes your way — if you give yourself permission to cheat if an opportunity to cheat discreetly and with minimal deceit comes along. Telling yourself it will never happen, that you’ll never have good sex, means living in despair, and despair isn’t good for individuals or marriages. But telling yourself that it might happen — but only if the planets have all aligned perfectly (you’re out of town, it’s someone you trust, you won’t have to actively lie) — means living in hope, and hope is good for individuals and marriages. And knowing that you can cheat when the right opportunity presents itself will make it easier for you to resist cheating — to resist doing something reckless — when the wrong opportunities present themselves. Dear Dan: My wife, who is 35, had sex with a 25-year-old neighbor when she was barely 15 years old. (It was two days after her 15th birthday.) I should say “was raped by,” not “had sex with.” She insists it was consensual, claims she wasn’t traumatized by it, and is actually Facebook friends with the man who raped her. I think this is unhealthy. How do I get through to her? — Totally Unacknowledged Trauma Dear TUT: I had sex with someone

in their mid-20s when I was 15 — I had sex with two mid-20s someones at the same time when I was 15 — and I regard that encounter as consensual and I wasn’t traumatized by it. So you can take this question to some other advice columnist, TUT, or you can stop policing your wife’s feelings about her own sexual history. Dear Dan: I’m a merrily married straight woman with an amazing husband and what was once a thriving sex life. Recently, my husband had what was supposed to have been a routine surgical procedure. He ended up having basically every complication possible, short of dismemberment and death. I had no problem being his caregiver during this time, but I’m now having trouble mentally reigniting the erotic spark. He’s recovered and interested, and I want to be intimate again, but I find myself thinking that he looks pale or that position X might be too much for him, and it’s very difficult to get in, and remain in, the mood for sex. How do I turn off caregiver mode and get back to being a sexual partner? — Missing My Sex Life Dear MMSL: The next time you’re having sex and that little voice in your head says, “This position might be tough on him,” MMSL, ignore it and power through. It may not be particularly fulfilling sex for you — you may not be fully present and in the moment — but the quickest way to prove to yourself that your husband isn’t too fragile for sex (or too pale for it) is to have sex a few times. After you’ve seen with your own eyes that sex didn’t break him (and may have brought some color back to his skin!), that little voice in your head — the voice of the caretaker he needed when he was sick but doesn’t need now — should fade away. Send questions to mail@savagelove.net and follow @fakedansavage on Twitter. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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suggests the same kind of bias in this work. I realize that every study can’t be considered correct or be included. But there isn’t really one good thing to say about cannabis use in the entire document. It’s all about possible negative effects. “It’s a helpful gathering of all that data,” Elliott says. “It would have been nice to have it look into medicinal benefits, which is a bit frustrating. It’s good to have the info, but I don’t think it’s going to have much impact.” There is no mention of the state’s recent decision to fund eight medical marijuana studies that look at whether cannabis might help alleviate symptoms of adolescent inflammatory bowel disease, Parkinson’s tremors, PTSD, pediatric epilepsy and brain tumors. Results from those studies will take several years, probably after the next two-year state study will be produced. Also important to note is that the report admits that none of the studies can absolutely prove a causality between cannabis use and adverse health effects. “Rather than continue to review existing evidence about marijuana, the state should start investigating whether allowing adults to use marijuana might result in less alcohol use and fewer alcohol-related problems,” says Mason Tvert of the Marijuana Policy Project. “Looking at marijuana in a vacuum does little to advance the dialogue.” You can hear Leland discuss his most recent column and Colorado cannabis issues each Thursday morning on KGNU. http://news.kgnu.org/weed Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT by Boulder Weekly staff NOW I’M REALLY DEPRESSED Feeling blue? Perhaps a few rounds of St. John’s wort will put a hop back in your step, or maybe not. That’s because there may not be any St. John’s wort in your St. John’s wort, which sounds like something that W.C. Fields might say but unfortunately, this pronouncement came right out of the mouth of New York’s attorney general. The NY AG’s office did extensive DNA testing of store-brand supplements found on the shelves of Target, Walgreens, Wal-Mart and GNC and found that 79 percent of the samples tested didn’t have any of the ingredients listed on the label or, at best, also contained ingredients that weren’t listed. This latter finding creates potential problems for folks with food allergies, as non-listed ingredients found in the supplements included wheat, pine, citrus, asparagus, primrose, houseplant, wild carrot, rice and beans, among others. The AG noted that in some instances these nonreported ingredients were the only plant material found in the supplement. As a result of its findings, the AG’s office told the four major chains to stop selling their store brand supplements including the popular echinacea (colds), ginseng (energy) and St. John’s wort (depression). People have been concerned with the lack of regulation and oversight of the supplement business for quite some time. While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration enforces laws that require companies to verify the safety of their products through proper labeling, supplements aren’t subject to such FDA rules. Looks like its about time for somebody to start protecting us from what has clearly become just another greedy industry. BACKYARD GUN RANGES, WHAT A GREAT IDEA So what do Florida and Colorado have in common? Both states seem hellbent on putting their citizens at risk for purely political reasons. In Colorado, oil and gas extraction has caused our elected officials to suppress their better judgment and remove their backbones by insisting that local governments have no say in regulating oil and gas drilling or the industrial production platforms being stuck in our neighborhoods. The state insists only it has the power to regulate this dirty industry, allowing it to do whatever it wants, wherever it wants, regardless of the damage to human health, property values and quality of life. Florida’s state elected officials may be even more stupid and self-serving. And you thought that was impossible. In Florida, it’s the gun lobby that owns the legislature. As a result, it’s now legal to set up a gun range in your backyard even if it’s in the middle of a neighborhood with kids playing in the yard next door. Not kidding. That oft-drunken, redneck A-hole who lives behind you can now dump a mound of dirt in his backyard, stick a target on it and fire away. And the cops can’t do anything about it until the shooter does something that can be proven to be irresponsible. Apparently putting in a backyard shooting range in a subdivison doesn’t qualify as “irresponsible,” so it’s likely that a bullet will have to fly through your kitchen window or your kid before anyone will shut it down. The Florida Legislature is so afraid that local communities might try to put their own restrictions on the gun industry that it has now passed a law making it illegal for a local politician to try and pass any gun restriction. The penalty for a local city council member trying to get kids out of the crosshairs while playing in their own backyards: a $5,000 fine and removal from office. It’s what Hickenlooper wishes he could do to local elected officials instead of suing their cities over fracking bans and stricter regulations on the oil industry.

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