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news & views Bomb Gaddafi’s runways / 6 U.S. needs to take decisive action on Libya by Paul Danish On the cover: Teed off / 12 Lawmakers could raid workers’ comp firm accused of taking lavish trips by Jefferson Dodge
buzz Bass instinct / 18 Stanley Clarke on winning a Grammy and Return to Forever by Dave Kirby Arts & Culture: Naropa student’s book of art to benefit girls’ school / 23 Overtones: Now two-strong, Tanya Morgan keeps rolling / 24 Overtones: Asylum Street Spankers call it quits / 25 Panorama: What to do and where to go / 27 Sophisticated Sex: Orgasmic delivery / 33 Elevation: Keystone for kids / 34 Screen: Rango; Take Me Home Tonight / 37 Reel 2 Reel: Pick your flick / 38 Cuisine: Locals explore adventures in eating / 42 Cuisine Review: Sun Rose Café / 43 Dessert Diva: Triple Chocolate Fudge Tart / 44
departments Letters: We have other priorities; Booze stings and bureaucrats / 5 The Highroad: Congressional looters / 5 In Case You Missed It: Dude, what’s up?; Baby killer! / 9 Boulderganic: Boulder going Beta / 17 Classifieds: Your community resource / 48 Puzzles: Crossword and sudoku / 49 Free Will Astrology: by Rob Brezsny / 53
staff Publisher, Stewart Sallo Editor, Pamela White Director of Sales & Marketing, Dave Grimsland Director of Operations/Controller, Benecia Beyer Circulation Manager, Cal Winn Editorial Managing Editor, Jefferson Dodge Arts & Entertainment Editor, David Accomazzo Special Editions/Calendar Editor, Katherine Creel Online Editor, Quibian Salazar-Moreno Editorial Interns, Eli BooninVail, Chelsea Long, Kaely Moore Contributing Writers, Peter Alexander, Ana Arias, Rob Brezsny, Chris Callaway, Paul Danish, James Dziezynski, Clay Fong, Charmaine Ortega Getz, Jim Hightower, Dave Kirby, Elizabeth Miller, P.J. Nutting, Brian Palmer, Adam Perry, Danette Randall, Alan Sculley, Isaac Woods Stokes, Andrea Sutherland, Marisa Aragón Ware, Tom Winter, Gary Zeidner Sales Retail Sales Manager, Allen Carmichael Inside Sales Manager, Jay Jacoby Account Executives, Andrea Craven, Mike Cutler, David Hasson Production Production Manager, Dave Kirby Art Director, Susan France Graphic Designer, Mark Goodman General & Administrative Assistant to the Publisher & Heiress, Julia Sallo Office Manager/Advertising Assistant, Yemaya Thayer Circulation Team Dave Hastie, Dan Hill, George LaRoe, Jeffrey Lohrius, Elizabeth Ouslie, Rick Slama
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CORRECTION: A letter to the editor from Carah Wertheimer of Boulder mistakenly carried the name Sarah Krcal of Lafayette. Krcal’s real letter appears in this issue, edited for length.
We have other priorities (Re: “It’s not about the bike,” cover story, March 3.) Interesting article, but (there is always a but) with our nation and communities in such a desperate state of debt, I fail to see why anyone would be looking at ways to spend more taxpayer dollars. I am not a biker (well, I am a Harley biker) but (again) a man of few words, and I would like to see more effort put into cleaning up the politics and getting this country out of debt so our children and grandchildren can look forward to a good life, not one screwed up by bad politicians. That’s all. Ed Hoover/Georgetown
Booze stings are insulting Youth alcohol enforcement officer Carlene Hofmann of the Boulder Police Department says in the Feb. 24 Boulder Weekly that, occasionally, even servers of alcohol who pass an underage alcohol sting “yell and curse at our operatives” (“Buzz Kill,” cover story). I wonder if this sort of reaction raises eyebrows of said operatives, especially since they just handed out a card congratulating the server for passing the compliance test. Personally, I find the idea of government “congratulating” a citizen for com-
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pliance to be — well, arrogant at best. I would, in fact, recoil in disgust from such a creature, and, with some vehemence I’m sure, inform said person that I find her praise sickening, as well as her notion that I in any way adhere to her misguided, petty little brown-shirt belief system. There is something vile about the self-righteousness of those who plan and carry out these stings, as well as their
The Highroad
eware — laissez-faire ideological loonies are loose in Washington! They’re waving machetes, toting sledgehammers, and going right for your Social Security. The system is broke, they shout, so we must reform it. By “reform,” they mean destroy — either by privatizing it or gutting it by slashing benefits and raising our retirement age. Also, when they say that Social Security is broke, there’s one little question they don’t want you to ask: Where did all that money we’ve been paying into the system go? They don’t want you asking that because ... well, because they stole it. Social Security is remarkably effective and has been very efficiently run. However, a change came in 1984 when the payroll tax was increased a bit to create a surplus to cover the future retirement of the Boulder Weekly
inability or unwillingness to discern between underage drinking and alcoholism, between underage drinking and the tragedies of a yahoo, nihilist anti-culture that kills people like Gordon Bailey, and finally the assault on working people who must be punished by the wise and virtuous state for making a mistake, for being distracted, for being momentarily stressed out and not quite up to scratch on the job.
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Congressional looters by Jim Hightower large baby boom population. The extra tax that we’ve been paying into this trust fund for the past 27 years has added up to $2.6 trillion, including interest. Good planning! But no one locked the trust fund! So lawmakers of both parties have routinely been looting our retirement money for nearly three decades to pay for everything from more military spending to tax giveaways for the rich. Every dime of the $2.6 trillion in extra taxes that
There is something vile about the fact that the wisdom and virtue of the state is nothing more than mace, nightstick, gun and bars, the threat of which is brought to bear upon the poor soul who falls for its prank, all because a handful of comfortable, well-proffered bureaucrats like City Attorney Tom Carr take under age drinking “very seriously.” see LETTERS Page 6
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we paid into the fund is gone. So, instead of money to pay Social Security benefits, the system holds a mess of IOUs left by presidents and congress critters as they hauled out the actual cash. Many of the politicos presently decrying Social Security’s fiscal problem are the very ones who caused it. And to “fix” it, they now want to tax you again by reducing your benefits. For a real fix, lawmakers must admit their fraud, apologize to us, and restore the system’s soundness by locking the trust fund, fully applying the payroll tax to the rich, and fully paying what is owed to America’s workers. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com March 10, 2011 5
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This is a college town. It is only natural for a college student to go to a pub, as they have been doing for some thousand years, since Oxford University was founded. And if simple tradition is too loathsome for the “very seriously taking” lawmakers and their thugs, then let us consider, again, that 18 is the age at which we dupe people into doing our dirty work in the Middle East. Scores of thousands dead in Iraq, thousands of “underage drinkers” killed and hideously maimed tending to the desires of their government, their watchdog, their protector. And Tom Carr takes underage drinking very seriously. Doug Richards/Boulder
Danish wrong on labor I am writing to object to Paul Danish’s article titled “Revolution comes to the Midwest” (Danish Plan, Feb. 24). It contains extraordinary inaccuracies and distortions. As an educated community, we deserve much better. It’s one thing to be subjected to such drivel in a letter to the editor, but this garbage should never have seen print. The letter “Danish’s disinformation” (Letters, March 3) did an excellent job of detailing the problems. Please do a better job at the editing stage to prevent such clear disinformation from being published, at least not without a companion article or editorial comments that delineate the inaccuracies. Gary Hardin/Boulder
The arts are essential “If the brilliant are cut, we will progress,” seems somewhat of an oxymoron when uttered by government decision makers, unless of course, you’re speaking in terms of cutting gemstones. The arts are fundamental subjects that help shape brilliant, progressive, innovative minds for our nation’s future. It is economically proven that cutting arts education reduces the future economic prowess of any given nation. Can we afford this in the face of other swiftly growing superpowers? What historical icons could we have lost had they not learned art and music? Our most influential innovators have been artists and musicians, along with being engineers, technologists and inventors, for good reason. How many brilliant minds are we willing to let fall through the cracks that these cuts will make? We will lose future treasure. Moreover, in the science of learning and neurological processes, learning the arts cannot be separated or deducted from learning math and science any more than the idea of pattern can be taken from learning the beauty of a conceptualized algorithm. It cannot be 6 March 10, 2011
separated anymore than you cannot and would not want to take apart a brain, leaving it unwhole with parts of it labeled as less needed, as if the other parts could function fully or better without them. Art and music are more than a mere dollar amount to be assessed and cut. This will affect the very people with the ability to shape our futures. I challenge this as a theoretical quick-fix solution to a numbers spreadsheet, not a true solution in the long run. Finally, on a personal note, please do not cut me. I am this person. I grew up with an education that provided me a pass with one music class throughout my entire middle school experience and one art class through my entire high school experience. There were no options provided by an organization as great as the NEA for me. I believe I speak for many. I came from a blue-collar, but very artistically inclined, family. I grew up falling asleep under my mother’s piano bench as she composed music, loving puzzles and anything artistic. I grew up watching my father build furniture from scratch out of the creativity of his mind. Unfortunately, throughout high school I didn’t want to have anything to do with a lot of things provided without the connection of art and music. My parents could not articulate the importance of my subjects, let alone help me with them. I went through feeling out of place and like an oddball, without a connection. What I wanted to draw was really pictorial quantum physics ideas, but there was no connection to explain what that was, no one to help me know that “art” and “music” are a part of learning science and math. Today I am a single mother turning 30, continuing the mish-mesh education that I received as a young adult and trying to overcome the handicaps that cuts like these induced. Please, please, do not make these cuts. I can only imagine how much more beneficial and how much less of a struggle, how much more of a difference I could have made had I the tools in my hands at the place of my education. Multiply this times the countless individuals this decision will affect. Sarah Krcal/Lafayette
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bama. Bomb the freaking runways. It’s the least you should do. If you want to keep Gaddafi from putting down the popular revolt in Libya and systematically murdering tens of thousands of Libyans — you do, don’t you — then ground his air force. And the simplest, most straight-forward, most bloodless way to ground his air force is to bomb the runways at the airbases that are still under Gaddafi’s control. It isn’t that hard. You could do it by sending stealth bombers from the United States. It does not require moving an aircraft carrier battle group, welcome as that would be, or the cooperation of America’s cringing European allies. It probably doesn’t even require destroying Gaddafi’s obsolete and poorly maintained air defense system, contrary to what Secretary Gates said last week. Jamming it will likely suffice. Grounding the Libyan air force will not guarantee the revolution’s victory, but it will vastly improve the revolution’s prospects of survival. And it will give Libya’s rebels a fighting chance of taking Gaddafi down. Bombing the runways would show the world that the United States is on the side of liberty — for once. It will kill few if any Libyans. And it will show the world you actually have a spine — which is really important at a time when the Middle East is on the knife’s edge
between liberty and tyranny. How to explain it to the world? Well, you could start by saying that in 1991 another American President (George H. W. Bush) allowed another homicidal megalomaniac (Saddam Hussein) to use the remnants of his air force to put down the popular uprising in Iraq that occurred after the first Gulf War and that Saddam then killed about 60,000 people — and that the United States doesn’t intend to repeat that mistake. You might also remind the world that the “no-fly zones” that were subsequently established over northern and southern Iraq were put in place only after Saddam had filled hundreds of mass graves with Iraq’s Kurdish and Shiite rebels, and that such unconscionable tardiness won’t be repeated. And you might add that the best way to establish a no-fly zone is to ensure that the Libyan air force can’t get into the air to begin with. Like I said, bombing the runways is the least you should do. But there are three other things you should do as well. 1. Blockade Tripoli and the other ports that remain in Gaddafi’s control. 2. Short of ordering combat air patrols to enforce a no-fly zone, put up a 24/7 patrol of Predator-type drones off the Libyan coast, which would blast any pro-Gaddafi troop columns that try to move against rebel-held cities. see GADDAFI Page 8
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3. Announce that no matter what happens, Gaddafi will not be allowed to reoccupy the parts of Libya his forces have lost. Period. Doing these things might be enough to persuade Gaddafi’s remaining troops and allies to abandon him. There’s not much point in staying loyal to an aging dictator who’s in a no-win war. Of course, what you should really do is land a few thousand Marines in Tripoli, arrest Gaddafi, lodge him in the Manuel Noriega Suite at Club Fed, and charge him with the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. And how to explain that to the world? Say that mass murder of Americans isn’t covered by the statute of limitations, and that quite apart from the Libyan revolution, the USA has an account to settle with Gaddafi. And that this seems like a particularly opportune time to settle it. In short, support the Libyan revolution. What could possibly go wrong? Everything, of course. It’s a revolution, after all. Then again, what could go wrong if Gaddafi stays? Everything, of course. Guys like Gaddafi don’t deal well with near-death experiences. The two worst things that could go
wrong in a post-Gaddafi Libya are that it could turn into either 1) another Somalia, or 2) another Iran. Both are real possibilities, but there are also good reasons why neither will happen. Libya’s oil wealth may give rise to all sorts of evils, but oil and oil revenue also exert a powerful pull towards material and social modernity that isn’t present in a place like Somalia. Libya’s revolutionaries seem to be organizing provisional governments, not turning to warlords, as the Somalis have. That’s a good sign. As for the danger of Libya turning into an Islamic republic like Iran, Libya’s revolutionaries have the best of reasons to avoid taking that path: They’ve been there. It’s sometimes forgotten that Gaddafi was the region’s first modern Islamic revolutionary. Thus the green flag and Gaddafi’s little green book. Until Khomeini came along, he was the dean of Third World Islamic berserkers. Libyans are intimately familiar with tyranny in the guise of Islamic piety and misrule in the name of Allah. They seem to be ready to give democracy a try, and we should give them a hand if they want it. Hope and change shouldn’t end at the water’s edge. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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“It is virtually impossible to imagine how one closes Guantánamo in light of this executive order.” —Anthony Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, responding to the announcement that President Obama wants a system of indefinite detention for the inmates at Guantánamo Bay despite previous promises to close the facility “There is no such issue as Chinese police officers beating foreign journalists.” —Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jechi, denying that the government has harassed and assaulted foreign journalists, despite video evidence and eyewitness accounts that show otherwise
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Dude, what is up? Was there a full moon recently? Seems like there has been something in the water, considering the crazy stuff going on. Boulder police say a guy who died in a hit-and-run near Broadway and Baseline Road on March 5 may have actually been lying in the road. Bad way to avoid getting hit. Another pedestrian who was hit by a car on Broadway — but lived — gets a ticket for not using the crosswalk. There are wild tales of kids getting into their parents’ medibles and random bullets flying through windows in Erie. People were getting sexually harassed at IHOP, Eldora was letting people ski for free, and a lady was fined $500 after her dog went running off and knocked down an elderly woman, who later died from complications caused by the fall. Pretty sad when the most normal thing going on locally is the Frozen Dead Guy Days. Baby killer! Then there was the Republican lawmaker in Georgia who wanted to pass a law classifying miscarriages as murder. The bill’s definition of “prenatal murder” includes abortions, of course, and only excludes miscarriages as long as women can demonstrate that there was no human involvement that caused the miscarriage. Guilty until proven innocent. Makes sense, right? This is Rep. Bobby Franklin, the same coot who pushed legislation to reclassify victims of domestic violence as “accusers.” Hey Bobby, note to self. This is 2011, and that’s not how we roll. This guy is definitely not winning. Barack a gangster? Teabagger Michele Bachmann, that wacky Republican from Minnesota, won’t back down from calling the Barack Obama administration a “gangster” government. Nice. She originally used the phrase at a tea party gathering last April, and when given the opportunity to retract it March 6 on NBC’s Meet the Press, she stuck to her guns, so to speak. The thing is, when you’re speaking to rednecks in the Tea Party movement, you probably don’t want to give them even more ammunition, for lack of a better term, to think their racist, possiBoulder Weekly
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our nation? We can’t decide who’s worse — Palin or Bachmann. A mud-wrestling match between the two might be in order. That might divert them John Deere hat-wearing,
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the fallout continues over the golf-and-liquor junkets taken by executives at the state’s workers’ compensation company, Pinnacol Assurance, some lawmakers are privately reviving the idea of using the group’s millions in surplus funds to help shore up the state’s crip-
pled budget. And this time, it might offset some of those steep hikes that businesses are seeing in their unemployment insurance rates. Pinnacol, a quasi-governmental agency that gets state tax breaks in exchange for serving as the “insurer of last resort” for workers’ compensation coverage, came under fire last May after Denver television station KMGH 7News uncovered the latest in a string of questionable expenditures by the company: a five-day trip to Pebble Beach that cost more than $318,000. The company’s board is appointed by the governor, and its employees are eligible for the state’s retirement plan. But Pinnacol officials say the luxury trips are justified because it is charged by the state to be run as a private insurance company. State officials disagree, and have been proposing an array of measures aimed at reining in Pinnacol’s spending habits.
2009 raid attempt In 2009, state leaders discussed raiding $500 million from Pinnacol’s surplus funds to backfill the ailing state budget. The idea was eventually abandoned, in part because Republicans and Pinnacol argued that the surplus rightfully belongs to its policyholders — or maybe the injured workers owed benefits. But House Minority Leader Sal Pace, D-Pueblo, who already has a bill in this session targeting Pinnacol’s lavish trips, told Boulder Weekly that there have been private discussions among legislators about resurrecting the idea of using the compa-
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ny’s surplus funds to shore up the state budget and avoid some of the severe cuts proposed by Gov. John Hickenlooper, like those targeting education. Pace says that since Republicans would like to see private businesses benefit from any use of Pinnacol’s surplus, one idea being considered is to apply those funds toward the state’s unemployment insurance debt, which theoretically would take some pressure off the state’s budget crunch. According to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, the recession took a serious toll on the state’s unemployment trust fund, and the state is hiking the rates paid by private businesses. Bill Thoennes, spokesperson for the department, says state statute requires special tax formulas to be triggered when the trust fund drops below a certain threshold, and many businesses are seeing a significant increase in their rates. In July 2009, the balance of that trust fund was about $339 million. Today, it is about $518 million in the red. At the end of 2010, the Pinnacol surplus was $548 million. “We could use that,” Thoennes joked when informed of the surplus amount. Colorado’s ongoing cost of paying unemployment benefits to Colorado workers is being loaned by the federal government. And while a swing of nearly $860 million may seem like a lot, Colorado is in the middle of the pack when it comes to states
that owe money to their jobless fund — on the high end, California is $10.1 billion in the red. Using Pinnacol’s surplus funding to bolster Colorado’s unemployment trust fund could benefit businesses because it should lower the rates they pay for unemployment insurance, which may appeal to Republicans. But John Cevette, who is chief of staff to Senate President Brandon Shaffer, D-Longmont, and who was recently appointed to the Pinnacol board by Hickenlooper, doubts that such a plan will get off the ground. For one thing, he says, the deadline for introducing bills has passed, so Shaffer or his counterpart in the House, Frank McNulty, R-Highlands Ranch, would have to approve “late-bill status” for any new legislation. And Shaffer is not eager to do so. “I am ready to move beyond the Pinnacol chronicles,” Shaffer told Boulder Weekly. “I don’t want to foreclose all possibilities; if somebody has a great idea out there, I’m always willing to listen, but I haven’t heard this one yet. No one has pitched this to me, so I’m not inclined to go down this road at this time.” He also noted that a coalition of business groups has already issued a proposal for addressing the state’s unemployment debt. But Pinnacol is not out of the woods yet. Cevette was on the winning side of the board’s recent close vote to yank Pinnacol CEO Ken Ross’s 2010 bonus of $163,000 as punishment for his altercation with KMGH 7News reporter Tony Kovaleski in May 2010. Footage shows that Ross had to be physically restrained while lunging at Kovaleski, and at one point he tells the reporter, “Point your finger at me again, I’m gonna break it, you get it?” “The trip was ill-advised,” Cevette says. “I don’t know how, in this day and age, anyone can spend that type of money on a five-day trip. And secondly, the physical confrontation was just unacceptable. You cannot have a CEO putting his hands over the lens of the camera and having to be physically restrained and going after the reporter.”
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More Pinnacol board action could be coming. Cevette is also serving on a four-person task force the Pinnacol board agreed to form to examine the company’s travel and expense vouchers over the past two years. Prompted by a request from the governor, the task force is expected to issue its report in 60 days, and its findings will determine whether additional sanctions or personnel actions are warranted. “It’s a good company. It has good people working for it. It just got a bit off track, and we just need to get it back on track,” Cevette says. “And that’s basically to explore all of these rumors and all of this negative stuff and find out if it’s true or not. And if it is true, we correct it, and if it’s not, we just lay it out there and say this is what the situation is, and do it in a very transparent way so that there’s no question about where we are.”
Pace’s bill When asked about his legislation to rein in the amount that Pinnacol is allowed to spend on travel, Pace rattles off a litany of Pinnacol expenses racked up during that ill-fated Pebble Beach trip. • $39,659 in golf and spa services, including sports pedicures and pebble massages • $19,120 for one dinner, including seven bottles of $100 Chardonnay • $8,091 for a special wine tour by bus • $1,795 on Jack Daniels, bottles of wine and filet mignon in a single night • $1,040 in penalties for no-shows at golf tee times • $325 for special pink golf balls “I don’t understand the need for pink golf balls,” Pace says. “Maybe it flies farther.” And according to Pace, the Pebble Beach trip was not the first junket taken by Pinnacol executives over the past few years. He lists $133,000 for a trip to the Four Seasons in Scottsdale, Ariz., $109,000 for an island getaway in South Carolina and $25,000 for a two-night stay at a Ritz-Carlton. Pace says Pinnacol also paid $14,393 for a luxury suite at Invesco Field. He scoffs at the notion that the company is simply doing what other insurance companies do to remain competitive, retain their sales staff and keep them motivated. “If we didn’t create Pinnacol and give them a market and give them tax breaks and put their employees on our state retirement system and appoint their board, maybe we’re talking about a private insurance company,” Pace says. “But they’re not.” Pace’s House Bill 1211 would prohibit any statechartered entity from paying any travel-related expense on behalf of a board member, officer or employee in excess of twice the annual per diem rate allowed by the federal government. But he was contacted by several state agencies, including the University of Colorado, that asked him to narrow the scope of his bill so that they would be excluded. In the case of CU, Pace said, he was told by a CU lobbyist that athletics squads like the women’s bas-
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ketball team and the football team would be unable to adhere to such restrictions, and that CU researchers engaged in remote projects, such as taking icecore samples in Greenland, for example, would be unable to come in under twice the federal per diem. He was urged to narrow the scope of the bill to apply only to Pinnacol, which he says he will do, with reservations. “I’m willing to do that, to get it passed,” Pace says. “It does disturb me that so many other state entities have said they can’t live within these very generous amounts that I’ve offered them.” He adds, “If this is good policy for Pinnacol, it’s good for any state agency. I don’t think any taxpayer dollars should be abused in the lavish way that Pinnacol has been traveling.” “They can say it’s not taxpayer dollars,” Pace continues. “They can argue that. But it’s not their money either. According to statute, it belongs to the ratepayers, which are the businesses of Colorado.” Pace’s latest bill is the successor to others he introduced last year. One that passed, he says, targeted Pinnacol for not paying workers’ compensation benefits in a timely fashion. The other, which died, would have curtailed Pinnacol’s surveillance efforts. According to Pace, the company was paying more that $5 million a year to spy on injured workers to make sure they weren’t abusing the system. In some cases, he says, they were targeting people who had lost arms and legs on the job. “How does someone grow a leg back?” Pace asks. “We literally had those witnesses come in. … A lot of injured workers would settle for far less than they were asking, just to get the surveillance off their backs.”
‘A good first step’ Asked about the board’s decision to pull the Pinnacol CEO’s bonus, Pace says, “I think it’s a good first step.” Other legislators agreed. “I would say that’s a good place to start,” says Rep. Claire Levy, D-Boulder, who sits on the House State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee, which is slated to hear Pace’s amended bill today, March 10. “There isn’t any disagreement on the fact that Pinnacol has behaved really atrociously and they’ve spent money in a really irresponsible way on this travel stuff,” she told Boulder Weekly. “And I don’t think that’s a partisan issue. When you look at what they treated themselves to — using the money that businesses pay them to provide workers’ compensation insurance — is pretty outrageous. I think something ought to be done about it, and I think most people agree with that.” Asked about the idea of using the Pinnocal surplus to help the state budget, Levy endorsed the idea, as long as enough reserves are left to cover the company’s potential liabilities. “That might be a pretty sound way to use that money, assuming you can do it actuarially, without
putting Pinnacol at risk,” she says, adding that the company no longer seems to be primarily providing the public service of giving coverage to small businesses that can’t afford regular market rates. “We’ve probably given them too generous a deal.” “Anybody that carries that kind of reserve is either charging too much to their business customers or not paying enough to injured workers,” adds Rep. Matt Jones, D-Louisville, who served in the Legislature about two decades ago and fought unsuccessfully against a bill that Pinnacol supported, a bill that he says took benefits away from workers injured on the job. “They did a schedule: if it was that your hand came off, it was this much money, if it was your arm, it was this much money,” he says. “I can’t quote you the amount of money, but it ain’t a whole lot of money. … Insurance companies were put into place to protect employers, but also to make sure that workers weren’t adversely affected when they’re injured on the job, and we need to make sure we continue to take care of the workers.” Jones says he would probably support tapping into Pinnacol’s surplus, or at least bringing the company back under more state control. “A few years ago, we gave them more autonomy, and I think that’s what gave people the idea that they could treat this like their own private business, which it is not,” he says. “You’d think they had gotten the message about lavish trips, and they still did it, so I think they need to be closely monitored.” The effort to rein in Pinnacol’s junkets seems to be bipartisan. Rep. Mark Waller, R-Colorado Springs, a member of the House state affairs committee that is poised to consider Pace’s bill, says he is ready to support the legislation, with minor amendments. He says opinions are still divided about whether the Pinnacol surplus belongs to the taxpayers, the ratepayers or the injured workers, “If you ask three different people here, you’ll get three different answers,” he says. “Good, bad, right or wrong, [Pinnacol is] held to this different standard, because they’re in this sort of private sector/ government no-man’s land. The board of [insurance company] USAA doesn’t come to the Colorado Legislature for oversight. Pinnacol does. Republicans and Democrats are working together to overcome this issue of excessive travel.” In response to a request for comment, Pinnacol spokesperson Suzi Stolte wrote in an e-mail, “The May 2010 agent incentive event has been discussed for nearly a year, and last week the Pinnacol Board of Directors made a decision to not award CEO Ken Ross his 2010 bonus of $163,000 because of his behavior during that event. The board has established a special committee to perform a general review of the agent incentive trip as well as other relevant matters. It will be delivered to the governor at his request no later than May 2, 2011. We won’t have anything further to say until after the special committee issues its report.” Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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4:30 in the morning, halfway across the world in Australia, and Stanley Clarke is resting the world’s most renowned electric bass chops when the call comes. “My little cell phone, as they say, blew up,” Clarke told Boulder Weekly. “Ninety text messages. I mean, I didn’t know I had that many friends.” Clarke got the word that his 2010 release The Stanley Clarke Band had just scored a Grammy for Best Contemporary Jazz Album. A sprawling, deeply arranged blend of newand old-school fusion jazz, poised ballads, oldschool funk and bruising jazz calisthenics, the CD was matched against releases like John McLaughlin’s fiery and elegant To The One and the surprise breakout of the year, Trombone Shorty’s Backatown. But Clarke, whose career extends back four decades across ensemble projects, all-star touring groups and a staggering resumé of soundtrack and production work, took the whole event as a nice compliment, and immediately gave a nod to his younger recording partners. “I’ve won a few Grammys before — early on in the ’70s — and been nominated I don’t know how many times. For me, it was nice to sort of feel this from the point of view of the young guys in my band. It was their first nomination … and they won. Did Clarke get that same rush when he won for the first time? “I did, absolutely. It was in ’74, when Return to Forever [RTF] won a Grammy for the album No Mystery.” The interesting twist here is that Clarke re-recorded the title tune from that RTF album, a fiendishly braided composition written by Chick Corea, for this CD, and the new version — Clarke playing electric this time, rather than the standup he used for the original — was nominated this year for Best Pop Instrumental Performance, though the statuette went to Jeff Beck, Clarke’s old buddy and former touring partner. see BASS Page 20
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Grease screens at the St. Julien on Sunday, March 13.
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Singles & Meet-ups Wine Tasting & Show — Who knows? You could meet the wino of your dreams. 6 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-6652757.
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Release Party for Hoppy Man Imperial IPA — Make like a rabbit and hop over to Twisted Pine for their newest beer. 12-9 p.m. Twisted Pine Tap Room, 3201 Walnut St., #A, Boulder, 303-7869270.
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Springdale Quartet — Funk, funk and more funk. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.
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Grease — You may not know this, but Grease’s historic 1978 release marked the first time the words “pussy wagon” were sung in a major Hollywood film. 7:30 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.
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“So, You’re a Poet” — Open mic poetry. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.
Tuesday, March 15
Super Sessions with Supercollider — Watch these cats stretch out their chops and cut loose. 8:30 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303-440-4628.
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Just Sit — Just check out the title. 7 to 9 p.m. Boulder Shambhala Meditation Center, 1345 Spruce St., Boulder, 303444-0190.
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But Clarke, who turns 60 later this year, also acknowledges that this win was hard-fought recognition for a serious and deeply invested project. We remarked, after spinning through the CD a few times, that what struck us was that he and his band really leaned into the thing — broad arrangements, carefully placed soloing, room to breathe at the right times and seamless band interplay at others, with, among other blessings, the brilliant young Japanese pianist Hiromi Uehara alternately gracing and turbocharging the proceedings with her astounding chops and evocative vamping. “A lot of it came from me, and I have to acknowledge that a lot of it came from the younger guys,” Clarke says. “It reminds me of what Miles Davis said, when someone asked him what he liked about playing with the younger players” — here he mimics Davis’ trademark rasp — “‘They play faster and harder.’ Takes it down to the basics. “There’s one tune on the record called ‘How’s The Weather Up There,’ which was a direct take-off of a tune I wrote [from RTF’s Hymn To The Seventh Galaxy] called ‘After The Cosmic Rain,’ and they’d say ‘We like that tune, but let’s do it like this.’ And that’s what happened — we got the inspiration from that old tune. “So, for me, it was really nice to see these guys … they put a lot of work into
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something, and they got rewarded for it. Grammy triumph and eagerly looking They got two Grammy nominations, and forward to taking this band out on the won one. That’s kind of rare in the jazz road. He has been lately dividing his world.” time with his own projects and the reWe asked if it was a little conflicting formed Return to Forever, with whom for Clarke to hear and experience these he was on tour in Australia two weeks young players (drummer Ronald Bruner, ago when the Grammy news came in. keyboardist Ruslan Sirota) touching on RTF, of course, was fusion’s brightest bits of Clarke’s distant past and hoisting commercial star in the early ’70s, a colthem up as models for their 2010 collab- laboration between Clarke and Miles oration. Clarke himself has had a lengthy, Davis keyboard alum Corea, melding tangled relationship rock-dynamic with his Return To amplification with On the Bill: Forever past, the post-bop jazz virtuStanley Clarke Band and groundbreaking osity. After a string Victor Wooten Band play the Boulder Theater on fusion band he of successful albums, Saturday, March 12. Show formed with Chick Corea shelved the starts at 8 p.m. Tickets start Corea in 1972 and franchise, and it lay at $34.50. with which he has dormant for almost recently reunited, as 30 years, with variwell as his own solo pop-fusion hit, ous members over the years resisting 1976’s “School Days.” Must have been a calls from the dwindling fusion faithful little spooky to hear it all referenced by to saddle up again. In 2008, the soplayers half his age in the studio. called classic lineup — Corea, Clarke, “It was a little shocking at first,” guitarist Al DiMeola and drummer Clarke admits. “There’s always a sort of Lenny White — finally cleared their retrospective process involved. [Young schedules for half a year and took the players are] always looking at something stage again, to the rapturous reception in their past. I mean, anybody. I’ll bet of their now-middle-aged fans and the even Justin Bieber heard a Marvin Gaye predictable diffidence of professional record or a Michael Jackson record, fusion skeptics. something. It’s just a little weird when it’s Corea’s longtime guitarist Frank you you’re looking back at.” Gambale has since replaced DiMeola, For now, Clarke is savoring his and the band — dubbed Return to
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Forever 4 — remains an active franchise. We asked Clarke if he was pleased with that. “It’s kind of a love/hate thing for me. Now Chick, if you pin him down, doesn’t use terms like that. … I think he’s usually more positive about it. “What I’d really like is to do a tour, with Return to Forever, of just playing clubs. … But, like with any big band, it’s a huge setup. You can’t play a club and make a couple of grand for the night and try to pay 20 people. That’s just the reality of it.” Before his schedule pulled him away, we asked about the tune on the new CD called Sonny Rollins, a tribute to one of Clarke’s heroes, and a tune he recorded with Charlie Mingus’ old standup, unmodified since the master himself played it, an instrument given to him some years ago by friend and longtime jazz fanatic Bill Cosby. “Yeah, I’m lookin’ at it right now,” Clarke says. “Killer, man. Best soundin’ bass I have.” No young jazz bassist passes the threshold without offering props to Mingus. “Yep, you got that right,” Clarke says. “I was lucky to have a couple of meals with him. That’s a whole other interview right there.” Respond:letters@boulderweekly.com
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lying to Bali this past September for a semester of for-credit study abroad, 24-year-old Naropa University student Jacqueline Tardie had no idea what to expect. A senior with dual majors in art and religion, Tardie didn’t know the Bahasa Indonesia language or what she’d be working on for her final required independent-study project. She also didn’t know the bathroom situation would be so different from what she’s used to in America. “I had never thought, ‘Oh, you’re gonna be doing squat toilets’ and ‘Oh, you’re gonna be showering with a trough of water and a bucket for four months,’” Tardie says. “That was the biggest shock. It was extremely challenging. But it’s a very forgiving culture.” After two months in Bali, Tardie heard about the Seniwati Gallery — a school and gallery for female artists ages 6 to 16 — and almost immediately knew she’d found her project. “I looked back at my journal from the first week I was there and realized I had written about working with kids and books and art,” she says. “I didn’t really think about it that much, and then it happened. I heard about this gallery in Ubud and I went and met the women who worked there. They held these art classes for young girls, and I was like, ‘This is perfect. I want to work here.’” Fluent in Bahasa Indonesia by the end of her stay in Bali, Tardie decided to make a beautiful full-color 30-page collection of art and stories — called Seniwati Sanggar Muda, all the work of the young women at the Seniwati Gallery — and sell it to make money to help the school keep going. She was able to raise enough money to have the book printed, and all of the proceeds are going back to the school. Book sales will help at least 300 girls afford to study at the Seniwati Gallery. Tardie printed 1,000 copies of the book (buy the book at jackandbali.wordpress.com or by contacting Tardie at jacquelinelate@gmail.com) and brought 400 copies back to Boulder. The young artists’ vibrant works
in oil pastel and colored pencil depict wildly vivid mountains, flowers, gods and goddesses, birds and smiling children. The accompanying stories and descriptions, written by the girls and translated by Tardie, melt the heart and — like the book’s wonderful paintings and drawings — make one marvel at the talent of these Balinese artists. Surprisingly, it cost Tardie about the same amount of money to spend an inspiring semester in Bali as it would’ve for her to remain at Naropa, the school from which she’ll be graduating in May. And the natural juxtaposition of art and spirituality in Balinese culture was
a perfect fit for her interests. “It was my intent to study art and religion,” Tardie says, “but when I asked these girls to draw something I wanted it to be a free expression of what was important to them, for them to tell their story as artists and young women in Bali. I just wanted it to come out, and in that you have explanations of religious ceremonies. “I think that art is often expressed on such a deep subconscious level, and religious or spiritual experiences happen on that same level.” The head of the household where Tardie was staying in Bali — Ibu Surini, a woman in her early 60s — was killed in a motorbike accident near the end of Tardie’s semester abroad, and the funeral turned out to be one of the most moving events the student-artist has experienced. “We brought her ashes to the sea, and it was the most beautiful thing to be there,” she says. “The ocean has always been a very cleansing place for me, and thinking of how beautiful it was for her to be returned to the ocean is so powerful. Also, experiencing death there is so incredibly different. There’s room for mourning, but it’s such a beautiful thing. It’s not scary. It’s really wonderful to be returned to that cycle of life. That was the most amazing thing — I was happy for her. I loved her and I was sad she wasn’t here anymore, but there was no fear because I knew she was well. There was a sadness, for sure, but she’s not gone.” In the past 70 years, Bali has struggled to free itself from Dutch and Japanese rule, not to mention the “puppet master” president Suharto, but with creative institutions such as the Seniwati Gallery — and the help of passionate outsiders such as Tardie — the “Glorious Bali Island” of almost 4 million people is now revealing its singular beauty to the world. As 12-year-old Ni Putu Atik Purdhana writes in Senawati Sanggar Muda, “The Balinese are proud to see their own culture become famous. I am also proud.” Respond:letters@boulderweekly.com
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Now two-strong, Tanya Morgan keeps rolling by Quibian Salazar-Moreno
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n 2011, it’s not that uncommon for likeminded people to meet online and create a project together. It has become more prevalent, especially in hip-hop, for producers and vocalists to e-mail each other tracks and vocals for potential songs. Hip-hop group Tanya Morgan can thank the Internet as a whole for the group’s existence. Group members Donwill, Von Pea and Ilyas met through Okayplayer.com, a website owned and operated by hip-hop band The Roots, while discussing the latest in hip-hop trends and toiling away at their day jobs. With the group splitting time between Cincinnati and Brooklyn, they had no choice but to e-mail tracks among each other as opposed to the traditional process of sitting in a studio as a group bouncing around ideas, music and recording songs. The trio released several projects using this process, including their critically acclaimed albums Moonlighting (2006) and Brooklynati (2009), but that is about to change with their upcoming untitled album. Donwill recently made the move from Cincinnati to Brooklyn, joining Von Pea; however, Ilyas chose to stay in Cincinnati and take a bit of a backseat in the group for the new album. Don’t get it twisted, though. There’s no beef. “It’s just a life thing, ’ya know? People would like it to be you start doing music and just be on a tour bus for the next 30 years of your life,” Von Pea says. “But in reality it’s hard to do everything, have your regular life and be this person in a rap group. Ilyas wanted to do his music from Ohio and the direction he wanted to take was from Ohio versus us in New York doing the Tanya Morgan thing. We just sat down one day and he said that he would like to take a lesser role in the group.”
“He will be on the album,” Donwill adds. “It won’t be ... 12 songs with three people on it; he’ll just be a feature this time around.” Tanya Morgan is often described as ’90s-influenced hip-hop, with the group’s sound mostly handled in-house. Their sound is one of the main reasons why they have such a dedicated fan base, but it’s also the reason why, at times, critics dismiss them. Fans may notice some different sounds and production styles on the new album, but it won’t be unfamiliar, the duo says. “Every Tanya Morgan project we have done, production-wise it was me and [Ohio producer] Brickbeats,” Von Pea says. “So now, for the time being, that the makeup is different, it’s going to be a combination of Donwill’s producers from his solo album Don Cusack in High Fidelity [2010] and my producers from my album Pea’s Gotta Have It [2010]. We don’t
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want to give you a Tanya Morgan album missing Ilyas. So it’s almost like a new group, but still made up of what people like about us.” “We definitely don’t want it to sound like a compilation album, like ‘Tanya Morgan tries dubstep.’” Donwill says. “I’m really big on aesthetic and I feel like that’s the one thing that a lot of music is missing nowadays. That’s why certain artists break through the filter because they have this well-groomed aesthetic, and that’s part of what helped us in the beginning. We maintained a certain aesthetic and even if people want to call us ’90s-retro boom-bap, it sounded a certain way.” The duo says that the new album is just now taking shape and starting to form a focus. And while their ideas for the new project continue to formulate and marinate, they’re gearing up to head out on their second tour this year. Although all of the group members have their own independent projects, they’re focused on building things under the Tanya Morgan umbrella. It seems to be working — they’re no longer confused for some soul singer named Tanya. “When we first came out, we would do shows and, like I say on the album, you get to the door and the bouncer asks ‘Where’s Tanya Morgan at?’” Von Pea says. “Now they just seem to know at this point. We show up and I say I’m a part of Tanya Morgan and they let us in.” “At this point, enough know what it is that the people that don’t know, act like they do,” Donwill adds. “It’s happened to me once or twice where I’m asked ‘who is Tanya Morgan?’ But I haven’t answered that question in a while. People have accepted it and it’s kind of cool.” Respond:letters@boulderweekly.com
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Asylum Street Spankers call it quits by Cory O’Brien
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n 1984, Frank Zappa released his landmark live album Does Humor Belong In Music? Based on the state of pop music over the past two-and-ahalf decades, the answer has been an overwhelming no. Aside from a few sardonic cracks from clever indie bands like the Hold Steady and Los Campesinos and the witty verbal gymnastics of hip-hop stars like Lil Wayne and Ludacris, recent pop music has taken itself too seriously to even crack a smile. All the more reason the music world will miss the Asylum Street Spankers, who are calling it quits after pony-tail sporting, beerloving, Hawaiian-shirt-enthusiast Wammo left the band in the summer, leaving sultry singer and musical director Christina Marrs as the sole remaining original Spanker. “I had envisioned that we would continue to play around Austin and do some festivals,” Marrs says, “but then Wammo just left, and I was the last original member. It just seemed kind of inauthentic to continue playing under the Spanker name.” The band is going out in style, putting together a massive farewell tour after 17 years of mixing pot jokes with political satire. “We were definitely a fringe band from the very beginning,” says Marrs. “It’s odd because there has been a shift away from humorous acts in pop music. We try to mix the reverent with the irreverent on the same record, and try to strike a balance between the two.” Nowhere is this mix more apparent than on the band’s most successful song, the YouTube hit “Stick Magnetic Ribbons on Your SUV.” It’s gleefully dirty and unabashedly silly, but its brand of anti-war, antihypocrisy political protest is also catchier, more relevant and far less annoying than the joyless pontificating of U2 or the shallow insincerity of Bush-era records by Pink or the Black Eyed Peas.
Mostly, however, it is their musical virtuosity and showmanship that set them apart and allow the band to toe the line between the silly and the sublime. Song titles like “The Scrotum Song” and “Funny Cigarette” seem like they could be outtakes from a lost Adam Sandler album, but the band is so adept at pulling from the best of early jazz, ragtime, country-western and Texas swing that no one would ever dream of demeaning them with the dreaded “novelty band” label. Asylum Street Spankers are a rare case of serious musicians who don’t take themselves too seriously. “My favorite periods of the band was when we could incorporate humor into the show, but still focus on the musicianship,” Marrs recalls. “That’s the key for us.” That musicianship, combined with their unmistakable humor, has made their live show a can’t-miss act. Rooted in the original line-up’s background in theater and cultivated by performing for their first 10 years with no amplification, it feels much more like a show or a piece of performance art than a concert. Its multiple singers, comedic interludes and tongue-in-
cheek take on bygone genres and sensibilities are kind of like an R-rated version of A Prairie Home Companion, only without Garrison Keiller around to slow down the proceedings. Marrs says that vaudevillian “let’s put on a show” aesthetic developed organically, almost out of necessity. “I think in the beginning, the way our show was set up, with no microphones or PA, it required a different kind of show,” she says. “It required a seated audience that is paying more attention, kind of like a show or theatrical performance. Our musical style is really conducive to that, also. If we were a bunch of shoegazers, it wouldn’t make a lot of sense to do it in a theater style.” That theatrical approach illustrates that first and foremost, the Spankers are here to entertain. Sure, music needs bands like U2 to document the injustice and alienation in the world, but it’s just as important that we have artists who take a step back and remind us all that music is a form of entertainment, and as such it would be nice if it were fun every once in a while. For 17 years, they filled that much-needed role as the merry jesters of the music world. “I really think it’s a shame, this aversion to humor in music,” Marrs says. “Humor and laughter are such large parts of human emotion, it’s odd that they are left out of contemporary music, as if you aren’t a serious musician if you have humor in your music.” While fans will miss the irreverent streak that made the Spankers stand out, Marrs isn’t waxing nostalgic as the band enters its final month, which fits with the group’s rag-tag, happy-go-lucky style. “You know, I’m not really getting overly emotional,” she says. “I’ve had enough time to get used to the idea by now. I think we’re all just ready for something new at this point.” Respond:letters@boulderweekly.com
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a.m. Whole Being Explorations, 1800 30th St., Suite 307, Boulder, 303-545-5562. Second Annual Fashion Under the Flatirons. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Q’s Food & Wine Series Presents: Chateau St. Jean Wine Dinner. 6:30 p.m. Q’s Restaurant, Hotel Boulderado, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-4344. Secrets to Healthy and Beautiful Skin. 7 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Rd., Boulder, 303-442-3282. Singles & Meet-ups Wine Tasting & Show. 6 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757.
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Boulder/Denver Area An Instinct Toward Life — Sculptures by Dario Robleto. MCA Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303298-7554. Through May 15. Bloodlines — Paintings by Hermann Nitsch. MCA Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Through May 29. The Hopkins Family Quilt in Context — 19th century quilt colletion. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave., Denver, 720-865-5000. Through March 20. Western Horizons: Landscapes from the Contemporary Realism
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Collection — By various artists. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave., Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Aug. 28. NCAR Community Art Program Gallery I — Paintings by Peggy Morgan Stenmark. NCAR Mesa Laboratory, 1850 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 303-497-2408. Through March 31. NCAR Community Art Program Gallery II — Art by Paula Gillen. NCAR Mesa Laboratory, 1850 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 303-497-2408. Through March 31. Notes from a Quiet Life —
Photographs by Robert Benjamin. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave., Denver, 720-865-5000. Through May 29. Orphan Paintings — Russian avantgarde paintings by various artists. MCA Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303298-7554. Piece Work — Sculptures by Allison Smith. MCA Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Through May 29. Running the Numbers: Portraits of Mass Consumption — Photographs by Chris Jordan. BioLounge, CU Museum, 1035 Broadway, Boulder, 303-492-6892.
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Back to the Woods. 5 p.m. Folsom Street Coffee, 1795 Folsom St., Boulder, 303-440-8808. Bluezhouse. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Bop Skizzum. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Brad Upton Quartet. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. Doug Yeager Band. 8 p.m. The Rib House, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-303-442-RIBS. The Dream Doctors. 7 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Guitarasaurus and Chordzilla. 5 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-4636683. Horn-Dog. First Street Pub, 35 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-0782. Joe Apice, Cowgirl Radio. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Jubal & The Rude Boys. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400. Music on the Mezz — With Salsa Samba. 5 p.m. Hotel Boulderado, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-4344. Orange Free State. 7:30 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303443-5108. Ostevetto. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475. Papa Juke. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. The Riot. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Small Potatoes. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003. Spring Creek. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Thomas Hine. 5 p.m. Folsom Street Coffee, 1795 Folsom St., Boulder, 303-440-8808. Tony Furtado Band. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303-777-1003.
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Annie. Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303449-6000. Through March 31. Camelot. The Jesters Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont, 303-682-9980. Through April 17. Susannah. Presented by CU Theatre & Dance. Irey Theatre, CU campus, 303-492-8181. Through March 13. Swing! Boulder’s Dinner Theatre,
Vibesquad. 10:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.
events 6th Annual Gatekeepers Keys:Tools for Depression and Suicide Prevention. 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Congregation Har HaShem, 3950 Baseline Rd., Boulder, 303-444-6970. The Boulder Filmmaking Incubator! 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276. Button Wagon — Circus/theater show. 8 p.m. Nomad Theater, 1410 Quince Ave., Boulder, 303443-7510. Comida Mobile Mexi-Feast. 4:30-7 p.m. Asher Brewing Co., 4699 Nautilus Court, Boulder, 303-530-1381. The Mexico Experience Premiere & Benefit — With Jonny Rodgers. 7 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Much Unseen is Also Here — BFA dance concert. Irey Theatre, CU campus, 303-494-8181. Through March 13. Salsa Dancing. 10:30 p.m. Trattoria on Pearl, 1430 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-544-0008.
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Wed., March 16th
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Friday, Mar. 18th - Monocle Sunday, Mar. 20th - Open Stage Monday, Mar. 21st - George Nelson Quartet Wednesday, Mar. 23rd - Dechen Hawk Trio Friday, Mar. 25th - David Tiller Sunday, Mar. 27th - Open Stage Monday, Mar. 28th - The Heavy Cats Wednesday, Mar. 30th - Ground Up
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words Thursday, March 10 Rabbi Naomi Levy’s Hope Will Find You. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074. Thursday Night Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-579-1644.
Sunday, March 13 Local Authors Afternoon. 2 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.
Monday, March 14
“So You’re a Poet” — Open mic poetry. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.
Tuesday, March 15 Tracy Ross’s The Source of All Things: A Memoir. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Bookstore, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074. Tuesday Night Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Book Store, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-579-1644.
5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303449-6000. Through May 8. ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore. Presented by CU Theatre & Dance. Loft Theatre, CU campus, 303-4928008. Through March 13. Wizard of OZ. Presented by Boulder Ballet. Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303440-7826. Through March 13.
Susannah. 7:30 p.m. Macky Auditorium, CU campus, 303-492-8008. Release Party for Hoppy Man Imperial IPA. 12-9 p.m. Twisted Pine Tap Room, 3201 Walnut St., #A, Boulder, 303-786-9270.
Saturday, March 12
music Alive on Arrival. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Americanum Centurum: A Choral Collection. 7:30 p.m. Niwot High School, 8989 Niwot Rd., Longmont, 303-651-7664. Colorado Spirit! Chorus Spring Fling. 1:30 p.m. Legacy High School, 2701 W. 136th Ave., Broomfield, 303-460-8651. Dry Bones Benefit with Sarah Peacock and Jessi Lynn. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Ferver and Steal Hearts. 4 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Hot Soup. 10 p.m. Lazy Dog, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355. Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399. Jimmy Thackery. 8 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-4433322. The Love Royale. 9:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. The Magpies and Friends. 7:30 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. Notes & Oats Musical Breakfast — With Boulder Ukulele Group. 10 a.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303443-5108. Prophet Massive. 1 a.m. (Sunday), Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399. The Robinson Quartet. 7 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Springdale Quartet. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Stanley Clark and Victor Wooten Band. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303786-7030. Tempa and the Tantrums. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400.
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The Ticket. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Tyler Farr Jazz Duo. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475. Väsen — With Mike Marshall & Darol Anger. 8 p.m. Swallow Hill, 71 E.Yale Ave., Denver, 303777-1003. Wadirum. 8:30 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.
events Afternoon Tea. 2 p.m. Jill’s Restaurant at St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-4069696. Auditions for The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940. 12 p.m. Longmont Theatre Co., 513 Main St., Longmont, 303-772-5200. Beginning/Intermediate Hoopdance. 10 a.m. Kakes Studio, 2115 Pearl St., Boulder, 303918-6617. D Note’s Rummage Sale and Community Charity Donation Drop. 12 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683.
Sunday, March 13
music Asher Bluegrass Pick. 4-6 p.m. Asher Brewing Co., 4699 Nautilus Court., Boulder, 303-530-1381. Asylum Street Spankers. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Bluegrass Pick — All levels welcome. 12-3 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover St., Longmont, 303-485-9400. Blues Jam. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites, 800 28th St., Boulder, 303-443-3322. Funko Moderno. 4 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. The Hip Replacements. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Irish Session. 7 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Kort McCumber and High Road. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, 1555 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-485-9400. Leah Holz,The Hollands, John Statz. 8:15 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Lisa Bell. 6 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475. Mellow Cello Sunday Brunch. 11 a.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-4636683. Open Stage. 9 p.m. Pearl Street Pub, 1108 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-939-9900. Solas. 3 p.m. Rialto Theater, 228 E. 4th St., Loveland, 970-962-2120. Spring Creek. 10 p.m. Mountain Sun Pub, 1535 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-546-0886.
events Boulder Folders Origami Festival. 1-5 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Continuing Hawaiian Hula Class. 5:30 p.m. Boulder Ballet Studio, The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-447-9772. Grease. 7:30 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Welcome to Longmont Tea & Talk. 1:30
p.m. Historic Thompson House & Tea Room, 1887 537 Terry St., Longmont, 303-651-1121.
Monday, March 14
music Brad Goode Jazz Jam. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. Jay Ryan’s Big Top. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave.,Arvada, 303-463-6683. Kort McCumber. 10 p.m. Southern Sun Pub, 627 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-0886. Open Mic. 7 p.m. Rock N Soul Café, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Suite 1, Boulder, 303-443-5108.
events Free Open Class — Meditation instruction. 7-9 p.m. Boulder Shambhala Meditation Center, 1345 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-444-0190. Marketing With Social Media. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-8750276. Words to Stir the Soul and Reckon with Reality:The Six-Month Anniversary of the Fourmile Canyon Fire. 7 p.m. Wolf Law Building, CU campus, 303-492-4879.
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Adams 50 District Jazz Band. 6 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-4636683. Bonnie and the Clydes. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. The Broken Column. 7:30 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303443-5108. Gobs O’ Phun. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Jay Ryan’s Acoustic Showcase. 8 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-4636683. The Next Stage. 7 p.m. Caffè Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985. Open Mic — With Danny Shafer. 8 p.m./7 p.m. sign-up. Conor O’Neills, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Open Mic. First Street Pub, 35 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-0782. Super Sessions with Supercollider. 8:30 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder. 303440-4628.
events Flamenco Dance Technique. 5:50 p.m. Kakes Studios, 2115 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-786-7050, www.flamenco-boulder.com. Free Sony Demo:The Next Generation of Sony Cameras. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-875-0276. Healing Space With Alan McAllister. 4-6 p.m. Whole Being Explorations, 1800 30th St., Boulder, 303-545-5562. Mastering Final Cut Pro. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-8750276. Sustaining Chautauqua for Future Generations. 7:30 a.m. Chautauqua Community House, 900 Baseline Rd., Boulder, 303-442-3282.
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music Acoustic Africa. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. The Clamdaddys Transcendental Blues Jam. 7:30 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Colannon. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 N. Park Dr., Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Combo Showcase. 7 p.m. Rock N Soul Cafe, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Ste. I, Boulder, 303-4435108.
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Gasoline Lollipops. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Holly de Hoog. 7 p.m. Cuvée, 946 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-0475. Jack Hadley Trio. 7:30 p.m. St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Lesley Kernochan. 8:30 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. The New Mastersounds. 9 p.m. Fox
Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399. Tribute to The Band. 7 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-8236685.
events Chautauqua Silent Film Series: True Heart Susie. 7:30 p.m. Chautauqua Community House, 900 Baseline Rd., Boulder, 303-442-3282.
Just Sit. 7 to 9 p.m. Boulder Shambhala Meditation Center, 1345 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-444-0190. Swing Blues Dance Lessons. 7 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-463-6683. Vajrayana Buddhist Meditation. 7 p.m. Mipham Shedra, 2860 Bluff St., Boulder, 303-4490319.
Kids’ Calendar Thursday, March 10 So Rim Kung Fu for Children. 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. A Place to B Studio, 1750 30th St., Boulder, 303-440-8007.
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Sunday, March 13 Baby Boogie — Bring kids to dance. 2 p.m. D Note, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada, 303-4636683.
Monday, March 14 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303441-3100. Rise & Shine Storytime. 9:30 a.m. Barnes & Noble, Crossroads Commons, 2999 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-0349.
Tuesday, March 15 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303441-3100. Storytime for Children. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, George Reynolds Branch, 3595 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, 303-441-3120. Tactile Tuesday. 9-11 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303604-2424.
Wednesday, March 16 Children’s Storytime. 10:15 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
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Orgasmic delivery by Dr. Jenni Skyler Dear Dr. Jenni, Can a woman actually have an orgasm during labor? —Incredulously Curious
consider where you deliver and who supports you and the process. You may also want to purchase the documentary Orgasmic Childbirth to see how other couples have approached childbirth and surrendered to the potential of an intimate birthing experience.
Dear Incredulously, In short, the answer is yes. Physiologically, orgasm is a reflex generated from effective stimulation. What Dear Dr. Jenni, initiates orgasm for women is the puboMy girlfriend and I have great sex. No coccygeal muscle, a cluster of striated worries there! But she is really loud, and muscles that holds the genitals together. even louder when she has an orgasm. The If you think about childbirth, the baby problem is that I live in a small condo passes through this muscle band on its complex and I worry about bothering my way through the birth canal. In addition, neighbors, and perhaps even being kicked labor releases prolactin, oxytocin and out. I like her noises, don’t get me wrong, other beta-endorphins— the same horbut sometimes she even hurts my earmones released drums. She claims upon sexual pleasure she can’t control herQuestions and orgasm. self, nor does she Send questions for Jenni While orgasmic want to because that Skyler to drjenni@ childbirth is not would stifle her sextheintimacyinstitute.org. common in our culual energy. But I feel ture, Dr. Christiane really bad for waking Northrup claims my neighbors and don’t know what to do. this might be because we are ingrained —Too Loud For the Neighbors with the idea that childbirth is a medical emergency that can be dangerous and painful, rather than natural and intimate. Dear Too Loud, However, the majority of women Of all problems to have, this seems who have undergone a vaginal delivery, like a really good one. I don’t think you and in particular without an epidural, can be kicked out of a condo for loud sex. attest to enormous pain. But even if your At most, you might get a warning from tolerance for pain is high, pain in general your management office. If your neighcan inhibit orgasm. bors have not yet made any complaints, Alternatively, some women may fear then I would say you are in the clear. For having an orgasm during childbirth all you know, your girlfriend’s pleasure because they find such an expression to screams sexually arouse your neighbors. be inappropriate. Sexual pleasure is often They may be getting all hot and bothered not a permissible emotion to express in and getting it on themselves. our society, particularly in public. You might even try being loud yourHowever, you may want to consider that self. You may find that your own noises if you had an orgasm making the baby, generate even more pleasure and sexual why is it not permissible to have one energy for you as well. Of course, you while delivering it? Perhaps having an may want to try this one out at her orgasm in front of your delivery staff place. seems more embarrassing than screamIf the neighbors do complain, you ing angry curse words? could ask your girlfriend to periodically Remember that orgasm is not somescream into a pillow to mitigate her thing you can achieve or make someone sounds, especially if you are having sex have. Orgasm is about letting go and sur- in the middle of the night. Or you can rendering to your highest pleasure poten- agree to only have sex at your place if tial. To surrender to yourself, your partner, you do it during the day. As for your eardrums, consider earand/or the experience, you need trust and plugs! the ability to be vulnerable. Thus, surrenSend questions for Jenni Skyler, Ph.D., dering to labor, especially with your first to drjenni@theintimacyinstitute.org. Skyler baby, can be very scary as you are most likely encountering many unknowns. is a sex therapist and board-certified sexoloIf you are interested in having an gist who runs The Intimacy Institute in orgasmic childbirth, you may want to Boulder, www.theintimacyinstitute.org.
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was feeling a little giddy. Yes, I was stoked to be grinding up the hill in Keystone Adventure Tours’ (KAT) all-world powder snowcat on a bluebird day to the Dead blaring “Truckin’.” But these days, what Daddy really likes is a happy family posse.
I’ll confess that in the four years and four ski seasons since my son was born I have been torn; I could either log major time in magic-carpet land or focus on my own skiing. I choose the latter, in all honesty, as an escape hatch to sanity from the hand-to-hand combat/20-minute pajama negotiations/never-ending toy batterychanging of small-child rearing. But being in Boulder, I was wracked with guilt watching my son’s toddler peers whipped into pre-Olympic training regimes. If my Logan was ever to emulate Coloradan Lindsey Vonn, “Bon” as he called her, we needed to get with the program ASAP. I immediately thought of Keystone. I have always felt the resort is one of the most underrated in Colorado. In the pre-Daddy dirtbag days, I used to happily shred up the always uncrowded Outback, loving the high-
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speed lifts, glades and long vertical on tap everywhere on the hill. I liked the free, close-in parking and the sense of place as you strolled through the River Run village over the wooden bridge, the top-notch java and breakfast at the Inkspot café, the lively après scene. Of all the large resorts, Keystone seemed the most low-key, friendly and approachable. The lovely alpine drive back over Loveland Pass was always a bonus, too. So now, the ultimate challenge is trying to make Pop, Mama and Junior genuinely happy all in one weekend. Who would vote whom off the ski vacation island first? Luckily, despite spending a ridiculous amount of time filling the car with ski swag, snacks to supply a diminutive army, and multiple fleece blankets with every licensed action figure known to mankind, we were off. First points for Keystone, it is close, and on family road trips every second counts when that Buzz Lightyear DVD ends. Second, it’s affordable, with aggressively priced package deals on lodging and tickets for slopeside accommodations — Daddy digs that. Lastly, because you haven’t run a logistical marathon and bused in from parking lot ZZZ or a condo 20 minutes away, the morning of the vacation actually feels like one, with an easy stroll through the village to the lifts. Keystone loves on little kids. Having an enclosed gondola right at the base is a huge bonus, meaning you don’t have to battle cold before you even try to get your progeny to make one pizza pie turn. The gondola drops you off directly next to three strategic items: a giant kid’s snow fort, a restaurant selling hot chocolate and other edible bribes, and an enclosed magic carpet (genius). The appeal of having a safe, lowangle learning area up high with great views can’t be underestimated. The kids feel included and in rhythm with the sport. The highlight of our day was a breezy cruise down the meandering, completely trustworthy and gentle Schoolmarm. This trail is three miles long, and my son was able to make 100 times the practice turns he ever got in an entire day on the bunny hill. He was beaming, and
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so were we. The resort continues its childfriendly ways with the Kidtopia season-long series, offering fireworks, movie nights, face painting, western BBQs, teen night adventures, glow bug skate nights, the very popular tubing hill and more. The slogan is “The only rule is that kids rule!” Sounds like our house at Rancho Darley. They know the mindset of their demographic. Sunday found our boy parked happily at the cheerful and professional daycare right in River Run. He was thrilled to have the new toys galore and smiling Australian nannies at his beck and call. I was grinning, too, as my ever-game wife and I had booked a KAT powdercat tour in the 12,000-foot-high playground of Independence Bowl and beyond. I have been lucky enough to sample a number of cat operations in Colorado, and while each was dreamy, this is arguably numero uno. It’s the cheapest, and since the only way you get a dollar bill out of my hand is to pry one finger off at a time, me likey. The cost of $225 seems pricey, but when you factor in that a plain vanilla ticket at any resort is nearly a Franklin, and that the included performance powder skis would rent for $50, and that the gourmet hot lunch served in a private woodstove-heated backcountry yurt would be another $40 easy, it all makes ski-cents. Even better, look for early-season reservation specials on the KAT for $179 that can be booked for the remainder of the year. That’s a Charlie Sheen-crazy low price. Skiing untracked alpine lines all day with friendly expert guides shepherding you to each delectable stash is a bit beyond words; you need to sample it for yourself. But let me end with this: As our day happened to be around a certain mid-February romantic holiday that gives many husbands night sweats, I heard the words from my bride every man dreams of hearing at 12,000 feet or anywhere else — “Best Valentine’s present ever!” Go to www.keystoneresort.com for details on family ski trips, KAT powder skiing and ski/stay package deals galore. Respond: letters@boulderweekly .com
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s a family demographic product, Rango has a million selling points, among them an unusually strong voice cast headed by Johnny Depp in tremulous-aesthete mode, a popular live-action director making his feature animation debut, and a twist on a genre temporarily back in vogue, thanks to True Grit. It is, for what it is, a work of considerable care and craft. And it’s completely soulless. I may be in the minority. But seeing this sour riff on everything from Cat Ballou to Chinatown to The Shakiest Gun in the West, with a big suburban preview audience, was instructive. Not much laughter. Moans and sobs of pre-teen fright whenever Rattlesnake Jake slithered into view, threatening murder. Any one crowd’s response to any movie may not be indicative; nonetheless the audience’s mood seemed in sync with my own. The best contemporary animation, from Pixar to (occasionally) DreamWorks, works for various ages in varying ways. Rango, written in a spirit of strained homage by John Logan and directed by Gore Verbinski (of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise), seems to be made for an audience of jaded Sergio Leone fanatics. Too bad, because the premise isn’t bad. A terrarium-confined chameleon finds himself suddenly free but lost in the Mohave Desert, guided by a Quixotelike armadillo toward his destiny. This involves becoming the new sheriff of a miserable town called Dirt, not
far from modern-day Las Vegas. Dirt’s mayor controls the precious water supply. No one expects the new, citified boy in town to last long. No one seems to care if he lives or dies. The violence, both threatened and depicted, is squarely in the spirit of the Leone Westerns, where the hyperbole and the stylization make sense as well as make some great cinema. Here it does not. In fact, there is no stylization, which brings us to the most interesting question posed by Rango. When computergenerated animation sticks this closely to photo-realistic landscapes and gunplay and menace, even with a cast of animated lizards and prairie dogs and birds, does the result feel like something for kids? Logan’s script creates a fully populated world of
greed, malice and One True Inadvertent Hero, but the wit and charm is scant. Logan and Verbinski rely mostly on references to other films that were not animated but were in fact full of life, either comic (the onscreen troubadors of Cat Ballou are repurposed here as a mariachi quartet) or dramatic (the Chinatown greedy-developer scenario). Roger Deakins, the True Grit cinematographer who got passed over for an Oscar last week, served as visual consultant on Rango, as he did on the far, far superior How to Train Your Dragon. The shimmer of the setting desert sun, the dust-choked streets, the highnoon gunslingers’ showdown — all the pictorial tropes are present, accounted for and handsomely realized. And they come to almost nothing. Rango never shuts up, but he never has anything funny or touching or clever to say. By the time The Man With No Name (Clint Eastwood, but voiced by Timothy Olyphant) arrives to make jokes about the lusciousness of Kim Novak, it’s like: Huh? Wha? “I found a human spinal column in my food once,” goes one line. References to shooting off critters’ “giblets” or “unmentionables” abound. One character walks around with an arrow sticking out of his eye. Leave it to the Motion Picture Association of America to rate Rango for “rude humor, language, action and smoking” but not, apparently, for the v-word. —MCT, Tribune Media Service Respond:letters@boulderweekly.com
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he mystery of Topher Grace’s film career, and why it isn’t better, continues with Take Me Home Tonight. Shot in early 2007, the movie stars the genial, talented alum of TV’s That ’70s Show, this time moving forward a decade to headline a beery, coke-y tale set among early 20-somethings looking for love and meaning in various corners of greater Los Angeles. Grace plays a disillusioned MIT graduate stuck working at a Suncoast Video store in 1988, when cell phones the size of dinosaurs ruled the earth. The comedy echoes one ’80s artifact after another. It has the visual ambience (minus the self-importance) of Less Than Zero. Its romantic wish fulfillment — young Matt yearns for his high school crush, an investment whiz played by Teresa Palmer — is straight out of a John Hughes picture. The modest raunch, if such an oxymoron exists, harkens back to Risky Business. Only a Boulder Weekly
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sight gag involving an airbag and some blow takes you by surprise. Part of the problem here is Dan Fogler, who plays the nice-but-lost hero’s abrasive coke-hound friend.
I’ve seen Fogler on stage and he’s funny — big, often overscaled, but funny. In the movies he’s consistently, flagrantly too much. And he just about murders an already ailing film directed, drably, by Michael Dowse. Any coming-of-age film takes a huge risk concocting a narrative reliant on a massive lie, a deception that must be maintained until the breaking point. Here, the improbable fib is Matt’s: He tells his crush that he’s really a Goldman Sachs hotshot, to impress her. Then he must maintain the ruse. Fine. But we need better lines than “What am I doing? I’ll never get this girl!” to justify such strenuous complication. Please take the time to see Adventureland, a great coming-of-age comic romance set in 1987. Especially if you haven’t seen it. Take Me Home Tonight, believe me, you’ve already seen. Respond:letters@boulderweekly.com
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7th Annual Brakhage Center Symposium
Beastly Alex Pettyfer stars as the handsome, winning young man who is transformed into a hideous monster so he can understand the true meaning of love. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Rene Rodriguez
The Brakhage Center Symposium, already a tradition in the not very traditional world of avant-garde filmmaking, will again be hosted this year by the University of Colorado at Boulder. In a weekend dedicated to the exploration of new ideas in cinema art, guest curators Sally Berger, Scott MacDonald and Bill Nichols will explore expanded notions of documentary and ethnography. Presenters include James Benning, Nao Bustamente, Alfred Guzzetti, Abraham Ravett and Lucien Taylor. At Visual Arts Complex at CU. — IFS
Beyond Belief
35 Shots of Rum This is a beautiful film that examines the relationship between a retiring train conductor and his daughter. It’s set in a rundown section of Paris, but despite the financial hardships, Denis provides us with a film that is an homage to Yasujiro Ozu’s Late Spring and which also taps into the tenderness she saw within her own family (specifically the way her own mother interacted with her grandfather). At Boulder Public Library. — BPL The Adjustment Bureau In this adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s short story, a politician (Matt Damon) falls hard for a ballerina (Emily Blunt), then discovers a sinister government agency that relishes controlling people’s futures has decided the two don’t belong together. At Twin Peaks, Colony Square, Century and AMC Flatiron Crossing, 61 W. Flatiron Cir., Broomfield, 303-790-4262 The Adjustment Bureau Thu: 11:50, 2:20, 4:50, 7:20, 10 Fri-Wed: 11:20, 1:50, 4:20, 7, 9:30 Battle: Los Angeles Fri-Wed: 11:50, 3:15, 6:15, 9:15 Beastly Thu: 10:35, 12:50, 3:05, 5:25, 7:45, 10:10 Fri-Wed: 11, 1:15, 350, 6:10, 8:30, 10:45 Black Swan Thu-Wed: 11:30, 2:25, 5:15, 8:10, 10:50 Gnomeo & Juliet Thu: 11:10, 1:35, 4, 6:40, 9 Fri-Wed: 10:25, 12:30, 2:40, 4:55 Hall Pass Thu: 11:55, 2:45, 5:35, 8:15, 10:50 Fri-Wed: 3, 5:40, 8:20, 10:55 I Am Number Four Thu: 11:25, 2:15, 5:10, 8, 10:45 Fri-Wed: 7:10, 10 Just Go With It Thu-Wed: 1:45, 4:35, 7:40, 10:30 The King’s Speech Thu-Wed: 11, 2, 4:50, 7:40, 10:40 Mars Needs Moms Fri-Wed: 11:15, 1:40, 4, 6:30, 9 Rango Thu: 10:30, 1:10, 3:45, 6:30, 9:10 FriWed: 10:40, 1:20, 4, 6:45, 9:25 Red Riding Hood Fri-Wed: 10:20, 12:45, 3:10, 5:35, 8, 10:35 Take Me Home Tonight Thu: 11:15, 1:50, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50 Fri-Wed: 12:20 p.m. Century Boulder, 1700 29th St., Boulder, 303442-1815 The Adjustment Bureau Thu: 12, 1:30, 3, 4:15, 5:35, 7, 8:10, 9:35, 10:45 Fri-Wed: 1:05, 2:30, 3:55, 5, 6:30, 7:45, 9:10 Barney’s Version Fri-Wed: 12, 3:15, 6:25, 9:30 Battle: Los Angeles Fri-Wed: 12:25, 3:10, 6:10, 8:55 Beastly Thu: 12:05, 2:35, 4:55, 7:10, 9:25 FriWed: 11:20, 1:35, 4:05, 6:40, 9:15 Cedar Rapids Thu: 11:30, 1:45, 4, 6:15, 8:30, 10:45 Fri-Wed: 12:35, 2:50, 5:25, 8, 10:20 Gnomeo & Juliet Thu-Wed: 11:05, 1:15, 3:30, 6:05, 8:20, 10:40 Just Go With It Thu: 12:45, 3:50, 6:40, 9:45 Fri-Wed: 3:45, 9:35
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Susan Retik and Patti Quigley are two ordinary moms living in the affluent suburbs of Boston until tragedy strikes. Rather than turning inwards, grief compels these women to focus on the country where the terrorists who took their husbands’ lives were trained: Afghanistan. Over the course of two years, as they cope with loss and struggle to raise their families as single mothers, these extraordinary women dedicate themselves to empowering Afghan widows whose lives have been ravaged by decades of war, poverty and oppression — factors they consider to be the root causes of terrorism. At Denver FilmCenter/ Colfax. — Denver Film Society Black Swan
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Based on Mordecai Richler’s prize-winning comic novel, Barney’s Version is the warm, wise and witty story of Barney Panofsky (Paul Giamatti), a seemingly ordinary man who lives an extraordinary life. At Esquire.
Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez and Bridget Moynahan are among the U.S. Marines squaring off against alien invaders in this special-effects extravaganza. Rated PG-13. — Rene Rodriguez
local theaters The King’s Speech Thu-Wed: 11:15, 2, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15 Mars Needs Moms Fri-Wed: 11:45, 2:15, 4:30, 6:45, 9 Rango Thu-Wed: 12:20, 3, 5:45, 8:35, 9:40 Red Riding Hood Fri-Wed: 11:30, 1:55, 4:20, 7, 9:25 Take Me Home Tonight Thu: 12:20, 2:45, 5:10, 7:35, 10 Fri-Wed: 12:45, 6:50 True Grit Thu: 11:20, 1:55, 4:35, 7:15, 9:50 FriWed: 11:10, 1:50, 4:25, 7:15, 9:50 Colony Square, 1164 Dillon Rd., Louisville, 303-604-2641 The Adjustment Bureau Thu-Wed: 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10 Battle: Los Angeles Fri-Wed: 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 Beastly Thu-Wed: 2, 4:50, 8, 10:10 The Fighter Thu: 1:35, 7:55 Fri-Wed: 4:05, 10:05 Gnomeo & Juliet Thu-Wed: 1:45, 4:15, 6:50, 9:30 Hall Pass Thu: 1:50, 4:45, 7:50, 10:25 Fri-Wed: 2:10, 7:50 I Am Number Four Thu: 1, 4, 7:05, 9:50 FriWed: 5, 10:35 Just Go With It Thu-Wed: 12:50, 4:10, 7:10, 9:50 The King’s Speech Thu-Wed: 12:40, 3:40, 7:25, 10:15 Mars Needs Moms Fri-Wed: 1:30, 3:50, 7, 9:20 Rango Thu: 1:10, 3:50, 7, 9:40 Fri-Wed: 1, 3:55, 6:55 Red Riding Hood Fri-Wed: 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 Take Me Home Tonight Thu: 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:05 Fri-Wed: 12:55, 7:35
Landmark Chez Artiste, 2800 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver, 303-352-1992 Even the Rain Fri-Wed: 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30 The King’s Speech Thu-Wed: 4:15, 7:15, 9:50 Oscar Nominated Short Films 2011: Animated Thu: 7 p.m. Oscar Nominated Shorts Films 2011: Live Action Thu: 4:45, 9:40 Poetry Thu: 4:15, 9:30 Fri-Wed: 1:45, 5, 8:15 Landmark Esquire, 590 Downing St., Denver, 303-352-1992 Barney’s Version Thu: 5, 8 The King’s Speech Thu-Wed: 4:15, 7, 9:35 The Last Lions Fri-Wed: 4:30, 7:15, 9:45 Landmark Mayan, 110 Broadway, Denver, 303-352-1992 Black Swan Thu: 4:15, 7, 9:30 Blue Valentine Thu: 4, 7:15, 9:45 Cedar Rapids Thu-Wed: 4:30, 7:30, 10 Kaboom Fri-Wed: 1, 4, 7:15, 9:45 Denver FilmCenter, 2510 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-820-3456 10 to Midnight Fri: 10 p.m. Beyond Belief Sat: 12 p.m. Cold Weather Fri-Wed: 4:30, 7:30, 9:50 The Housemaid Thu: 4:15, 7:10, 9:45 The Illusionist Thu: 2:15 p.m. Jane Eyre Sun: 7 p.m. Jucy Sat: 9:15 p.m. Mother Sun: 4 p.m. Phil Ochs:There But For Fortune Thu: 2, 4:30, 7:25, 9:30 Fri-Wed: 1:45 p.m. Pink Saris Sat: 7 p.m. Potiche Fri: 7 p.m. A Powerful Noise Sat: 5 p.m. Pushing the Elephant Thu: 7 p.m.
Mainlining Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake” ballet score like a drug addict, this film pushes Nina (Natalie Portman), a Manhattan ballerina devoted to her craft, to the brink of insanity and then a couple of subway stops beyond. Rated R. At Mayan, Colony Square, Century and Flatiron. — Michael Phillips
Queen to Play Fri: 9:15 p.m. Winter’s Bone Thu: 2:30, 4:45 UA Twin Peaks, 1250 S. Hover Rd., Longmont, 303-651-2434 The Adjustment Bureau Thu-Wed: 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10 Battle: Los Angeles Fri-Wed: 1, 4, 7, 9:40 Beastly Thu: 1:40, 4:40, 7:40, 9:50 Fri-Wed: 1:50, 4:50, 7:50, 10 Gnomeo & Juliet Thu-Wed: 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 9:45 Justin Bieber: Never Say Never Thu: 1, 7 Fri-Wed: 4:05, 9:45 The King’s Speech Thu-Wed: 12:50, 3:50, 7:05, 9:50 Mars Needs Moms Fri-Wed: 1:20, 4:20,7:20, 9:45 Rango Thu-Wed: 1:10, 4:10, 6:50, 9:40 Red Riding Hood Fri-Wed: 1:40, 4:40, 7:40, 10:10 Take Me Home Tonight Thu: 1:50, 4:50, 7:50, 10:10 Fri-Wed: 4:35, 10 Unknown Thu: 1:25, 4:25, 7:10, 9:45 Fri-Wed: 1:35, 7:35 Boulder Public Library Film Program, Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 303-441-3197
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The Illusionist
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Blue Valentine depicts a working-class marriage hanging by threads of resentment, contempt and love. At its best, the drama captures little bits and pieces of a relationship, the telltale signs and clues to its undoing. Rated R. At Mayan. — Michael Phillips
An outdated, aging magician, forced to wander from country to country, city to city in search of a stage to perform his act meets a young girl at the start of her life’s journey. Alice is a teenage girl with her capacity for childish wonder still intact. She doesn’t know yet that she loves the Illusionist like a father; he already knows that he loves her as he would a daughter. Their destinies will collide, but nothing — not even magic or the power of illusion — can stop the voyage of discovery. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres
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Cedar Rapids Tim Lippe was the guy people always thought would go places, but then he just didn’t. He’s been living in sleepy Brown Valley, Wisc., his whole life, selling insurance to protect other people’s dreams. But Tim’s life is about to get a kick-start because, for the first time in his 34 years, he’s headed to a major metropolis — Cedar Rapids, Iowa — where he must try to save his company at a do-or-die insurance convention that, for him, will be nonconventional. At Century. — Landmark Theatres Cold Weather After abandoning a promising academic career in forensic science, a self-styled Sherlock Holmes, Doug, returns to Portland to live with his more responsible big sister, Gail. He lands a job working in an ice factory, but soon finds an opportunity to use his passion and skill in detective work when his exgirlfriend, Rachel, goes missing. Enlisting a team of ramshackle slacker-sleuths, Doug leads his team down a complex trail of clues. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society Even the Rain A Spanish film crew arrives in Bolivia to make a film about Columbus in the New World. Idealistic director Sebastian wants to denounce the injustices of the past, focusing on exploitation of the indigenous people. Practical producer Costa has chosen Bolivia, one of Latin America’s poorest countries, to stand in for Santo Domingo because extras will work for only $2 a day. After an open casting call almost degenerates into a riot, Sebastian hires outspoken Daniel to play the rebel Indian leader. But when the locals begin demonstrations against a multinational’s plans to privatize water — even the rain — Daniel is in the thick of them, endangering the film’s shooting schedule. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres The Fighter This is the true story of welterweight Micky Ward and his trainer-brother, Dicky Eklund, careening from addiction themes to brotherly love and familial crises. Rated PG-13. At Flatiron, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Michael Phillips Gnomeo & Juliet Shakespeare’s best-known tragedy gets a kidfriendly, computer-animated reimagining, with a pair of star-cross’d garden gnomes trying to live happily ever after despite the ongoing feud between their respective families. Rated G. — Rene Rodgriguez Hall Pass Two restless friends are given a free pass by their wives to do whatever they want for one week. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Los Angeles Times/MCT The Housemaid This deliriously stylish, searingly erotic thriller tells what happens to an innocent young girl who takes a position with a rich and powerful family, in a household that resembles a pit of vipers. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres I Am Number Four A teenager discovers he is next on the hit list of a group of killers out to exterminate people who possess a mysterious superpower. Rated PG-13. At Twin Peaks. — Rene Rodriguez
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Jane Eyre Jane Eyre flees Thornfield Hall, where she works as a governess for wealthy Edward Rochester. As she reflects upon the people and emotions that have defined her, it is clear the isolated and imposing residence — and Mr. Rochester’s coldness — have tested the young woman’s resilience. She must now act decisively to secure her own future and come to terms with the past that haunts her — and the terrible secret that Mr. Rochester is hiding. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society Jucy Jackie and Lucy are two twenty-something best friends who are so inseparable that they’ve earned the collective nickname “Jucy.” Working together in an alternative video store, they smoke marijuana, play video games and actively encourage each other’s eccentricities and often-delusional world views. Jucy is expansive in tone, moving from the zany details of the women’s everyday lives into a nuanced and dramatic portrayal of a friendship at a crossroads. One of the film’s many fine features is its skillful observance of the undertones and intricacies of female communication, so rarely depicted in mainstream cinema. Jucy delivers one of its characters’ favorite things — a perfect “womantic” night out. Showing at Denver FilmCenter/Coldfax. — Denver Film Society Just Go With It In order to convince the girl of his dreams that he’s a family-oriented guy, a man (Adam Sandler) enlists the help of a single mother (Jennifer Aniston) and her kids. Rated PG-13. — Rene Rodriguez Kaboom Kaboom is a wild, witty, sex-drenched horrorcomedy thriller, the latest film from iconoclastic independent filmmaker Gregg Araki. Featuring a gorgeous young cast, this hyperstylized Twin Peaks for the Coachella generation tells the story of Smith, an ambisexual 18-year-old college freshman who stumbles upon a monstrous conspiracy in a seemingly idyllic Southern California seaside town. At Mayan. — Landmark Theatres The King’s Speech Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush are both Oscar-worthy in this heartfelt, funny, gripping story. Firth plays Bertie, the second son of King George V, afflicted with a stammer and overshadowed by his confident older brother. Bertie’s loving wife Elizabeth finally discovers something that works: maverick Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue. At Chez Artiste, Esquire, Colony Square and Flatiron. — Landmark Theatres The Last Lions From the lush wetlands of Botswana’s Okavango Delta comes the suspense-filled story of a determined lioness ready to try anything and willing to risk everything to keep her family alive. At Esquire. — Landmark Theatres Mars Needs Moms Disney goes 1950s sci-fi with its latest animated feature about a boy fighting to rescue his mom after she’s kidnapped by Martians. Rated
Years ago, Mark Hogancamp was beaten senseless by five youths. He lost his memory, his motor skills, and amazingly, his alcoholism. He also lost much of his life. “After the attack,” defines the time of Mark’s life where he lives now. It’s as though he were born again. He used to draw and write in journals, but his hands no longer work like they used to. When the money ran out for physical therapy, he continued his own therapy by working with scale-model dolls, buildings, and vehicles. Instead of drawing, he stages and photographs scenes that tell stories set in the fictional town of Marwencol, Belgium, during World War II. At Muenzinger Auditorium. — IFS
barriers to rise up and claim a voice in their societies. Through their empowerment and ability to empower others, Hanh, Nada and Jacqueline are sparking remarkable changes: fighting AIDS, rebuilding communities, educating girls. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society Pushing the Elephant In the late 1990s, Rose Mapendo lost her family and home to the violence that engulfed the Democratic Republic of Congo. In a country where ethnic violence has created seemingly irreparable rifts among Tutsis, Hutus and other Congolese, this remarkable woman is a vital voice in her beleaguered nation’s search for peace. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society
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Mother breaks a 40-year taboo by bringing to light an issue that silently fuels our most pressing environmental, humanitarian, and social crises — population growth. Compounded with our ravenous appetite for natural resources, population growth is putting an unprecedented burden on the life system we all depend on, as we refuse to face the fact that more people equals more problems. At Denver FilmCenter/ Colfax. — Denver Film Society
A husband and wife are eight months into the emptier lives they now lead after losing their son. Becca, played by Nicole Kidman in a surprisingly full-blooded, brittle and fuming performance, is a woman deep in the rabbit hole of grief and in denial about it. Rated PG-13. At Century and Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Roger Moore
The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2011: Animated
Director Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight, Thirteen) turns the old fable into a medieval horror film starring Amanda Seyfried as the young woman trying to outrun a werewolf. Rated PG-13. — Rene Rodriguez
Program includes Pixar’s “Day & Night,” “The Gruffalo,” “Let’s Pollute,” “The Lost Thing” and “Madagascar, Carnet De Voyage.” At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2011: Live Action Program includes “The Confession,” “The Crush,” “God of Love,” “Wish 143” and “Na Wewe.” At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune Over the course of a meteoric music career that spanned two turbulent decades, Phil Ochs sought the bright lights of fame and social justice in equal measure — a contradiction that eventually tore him apart. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society Pink Saris “If you’re shy, you’ll die.” This is just one of the catchy aphorisms uttered by the formidable Sampat Pal Devi, leader of the Gulabi Gang (a.k.a. the “Pink Gang”), the centre of this stirring film. Her base is northern India’s state of Uttar Pradesh, where entrenched tradition continues to condone child marriages, dowry deaths and abuse inflicted upon wives by husbands and in-laws. The Gulabi Gang seeks to help women from the lowest caste, known as dalits or “untouchables.” The female gang members assert their presence by wearing bright pink saris and make good on Sampat Pal’s assertion: “There is no higher power than a woman.” At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society Poetry Mija is a beautiful woman in her 60s who moves gracefully through life, contemplating a daily routine that is ill-suited to her refined persona. On a whim, Mija enrolls in a poetry class at the local cultural center and begins a personal quest to find the perfect words to describe her feelings. When her world is turned upside down by the discovery of a monstrous crime, it is Mija’s unique and touching poetry that allows her to continue to embrace life. At Chez Artiste. — Landmark Theatres
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Sweetgrass A surprise hit on the festival circuit last year, Sweetgrass depicts a year in the life of several flocks in the Absaroka and Beartooth mountain ranges in Montana. At Muenzinger Auditorium. — IFS Take Me Home Tonight See full review on Page 37. At Flatiron, Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. The Third Man The film takes place in immediately post-war Vienna, with mountains of rubble on every block. Such an environment makes for a healthy black market, and as Holly Martins arrives, he slowly learns that his good friend Harry Lime wasn’t entirely on the up and up. At Mayan. — IFS Unknown After waking from a coma, a doctor (Liam Neeson) learns that someone else has assumed his identity and is living his life — and even his wife has fallen for the scam. Rated PG-13. At Twin Peaks — Rene Rodriguez Winter’s Bone This tense thriller follows 17-year-old Ree Dolly as she confronts the local criminal underworld and the harsh Ozark wilderness in order to find her father, who has put up the family homestead for his bail. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society !Women, Art, Revolution An entertaining and revelatory “secret history” of Feminist Art, !Women Art Revolution deftly illuminates this under-explored movement through conversations, observations, archival footage and works of visionary artists, historians, curators and critics. At Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. — Denver Film Society
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Young Voices on Climate Change
Hanh is an HIV-positive widow in Vietnam, Nada is a survivor of the Bosnian war, and Jacqueline works the slums of Bamako, Mali. Although the three live very different lives, they have one thing in common — power. These women are each overcoming gender
Lynne Cherry, award-winning children’s book author & illustrator, presents Young Voices on Climate Change, which tells stories of young people who have reduced the carbon footprint of their homes, schools and communities. At Boulder Public Library. — BPL
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on Emanuel is on a quest to convince people that offal isn’t actually awful. The founder and organizer of the Denver Adventurous Eaters Club, Emanuel sets up dinners with restaurants and chefs who aren’t afraid to eat anything. Their last dinner, at the Sons of Norway Lodge in Denver, was an experience with lutefisk, cod that’s cured in lye (the main ingredient in soap) for a few months, until it’s got the texture of jelly. Yes, the DAEC was excited about getting to try lutefisk. Just like they were excited about balut, what Emanuel considers the “Mount Everest” of adventurous eating. It’s a hard-boiled, fertilized duck egg, about 17 or 18 days old, that actually has the duckling inside. It’s popular in the Philippines, but not so much here in Colorado. That’s what gets Emanuel excited about the club. “We’re not just an eating contest. We look for cuisine that uses challenging ingredients, things that are outside of our culture. And then we have a discussion and fun events around it,” he says. Mike Paige, a Boulder resident who’s been part of the club for three years, likes that he’s getting to experience things out of his comfort zone. “Chinese food was exotic for me growing up,” Paige says. “I grew up in a sheltered food world in the South. Now I can actually try some of these really bizarre and strange foods from all over the world.” And yes, he tried the balut. Some of his other experiences with the DAEC have let him try durian, a Southeast Asian fruit with an aroma that has been compared to socks, onions or rotting flesh.
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“I see [the smell] as closer to a petroleum product,” Paige says. “But the flavor’s not so bad.” Most of the club’s eating ventures are centered around offal categories, though. Offal food is the parts of a butchered animal that are considered inedible by humans. Not by the Adventurous Eaters. “You can’t just throw something away or turn it into dog food because you think it’s gross,” Emanuel says. “Put yourself in the animal’s place — gee, thanks! You’ll eat my tenderloin but you won’t eat my tail? I like my tail! “You should make maximum usage of a harvested animal. That’s another driving factor behind the group. From a responsible omnivore’s perspective, you shouldn’t discount parts of an animal simply because you might consider them undesirable to your palate,”
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Emanuel says. He’ll be teaching an offal cooking class, in fact, on April 10, at the Project Angel Heart kitchen, where Emanuel is a chef. The menu includes head cheese, grilled lamb hearts, Bolivian-style beef tongue and veal sweetbreads (the thymus gland or pancreas). Information on that event, and others, like the tentatively scheduled March 27 potluck, also to be held at the Project Angel Heart kitchen, can be found along with reservation details online at www. meetup.com/denver-adventurous-eatersclub. Though the menus might make stomachs turn, Emanuel says that’s not — and has never been — the goal of the club. “We’re not trying to gross anyone out. We’re looking at it as cuisine, above and beyond anything else,” Emanuel
says. Cuisine that comes from around the world, which is what Paige appreciates. “All these foods that we try have a basis in other cultures,” Paige says. “It’s a way for me to explore the world.” One of the member favorites was a dinner at Parallel 17, hosted by Chef Mary Nguyen. On that menu, ant larvae, anchovy spawn, silkworms, blood sausage and sea urchin cheesecake were featured. Both Paige and Emanuel, though, hope to feature a Boulder restaurant in the club’s repertoire. “Boulder has some really great cuisine,” Paige says, listing The Kitchen and The Pinyon as favorites, “but see ADVENTURE Page 45
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friend recently analogized ied aioli and melted fontina. The poultry that Boulder is to was better than what you’d find on most Longmont as Manhattan is restaurant sandwiches, with a clean, unproto Brooklyn. From a dining cessed taste. The cup of chicken soup, standpoint, there’s more freighted with potato and vegetable and than a grain of truth in this analogy. correctly seasoned with a peppery underBoulder, like Manhattan, has more than its current, had the robust flavor and texture fair share of press-worthy, high-buck eaterof a well-crafted homemade version. ies whose prices are driven in no small part Feeling carnivorous, I ordered the by premium real estate values. Longmont, $8.95 Tradizionale, a sandwich featuring like Brooklyn, can better incubate smaller, an array of cold cuts, including salami, reasonably priced eateries that differentiate capicolla and mortadella. Other fillings themselves on the basis of offering ethnic included creamy provolone and Roma fare or solid positioning as a neighborhood tomatoes dressed with classic garnishes of establishment. vinegar and oil on a hefty and pleasantly One such welcoming downtown chewy roll. While this might not be the Longmont spot is the Sun Rose Café, equal of something found in a Brooklyn or whose rugged brick interior hosts a sucSan Francisco Italian deli, it was nothing cessful hybrid of hospitable country café to sneeze at. Lesser Italian sandwiches and sophisticated bistro. There’s also live tend to have all the meat flavors run music on selected evenings, contributing to together, and in this example each cold cut a festive atmosphere that takes away nothike many downtown Longmont venues, the Sun Rose Café had a distinct taste and texture of its own, ing from the café’s neighborly appeal. The space has gone through many incarnations, including a stint a surefire indicator of quality. A side salad menu ranges from omelets and basted eggs as a J.C. Penney store. Before there was a J.C. Penney, featuring tender artichoke leafs was in the morning to panini and soups during Longmont entrepreneur T.M. Callahan opened the Golden intriguing, light and indicative of Sun the day, and concludes with such dinnerRule dry goods store after moving here in 1889. Callahan’s Rose’s commitment to serving a side dish time entrees as portabella mushroom ravibusiness expanded to include several stores scattered around that’s a cut above. oli and apricot-glazed salmon salad. the West. Callahan’s Kemmerer, Wyo., location was run by a Continuing the Italian theme, we Based on the strengths of a fine breakyoung man who had failed at his attempt to run a butcher ended our meal with a $4.95 Della Nonna, fast I sampled late last year, I decided to shop on Longmont’s Main Street. This employee found better or grandmother’s cake, a refreshing contry lunch with colleague Susan on a chilly luck as a merchandise retailer, and eventually he ran his own fection spotlighting lemon and pine nuts. afternoon. A simple but elegant $7.95 stores, under his name, J.C. Penney. Not too heavy, yet unquestionably satisfyappetizer of mushrooms, olives and ing, the understated creaminess of this almonds opened the meal, brought to the dessert presented a counterpoint to the table by our informative but unobstrusive server. I was strangely addictive $2.75 lavender lemonade, a comheartiness of our sandwiches. This selection was defipleasantly surprised by the subtlety of this selection, pelling balance of sweet, tart and herbal, washed this nitely better than the price would indicate. Like much as the nuts had a low-key, almost vanilla tone, and the all down. of the menu, the Della Nonna combined big city olives had their flavor shine through without a sodium Susan went for the $8.95 soup and sandwich spe(think Brooklyn) sophistication with reasonable prices surplus. The mushrooms were gently marinated, mak- cial. The sandwich was a satisfying number, stacked and smaller town charm. ing for an earthy delicacy with a hint of tartness. A high with hot lean turkey, rendered rich by a full-bodRespond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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eople who like to bathe in chocolate, this one’s for you. Me, I happen to be one of those people. It beats Irish Spring any day of the week. Triple Chocolate Fudge Tart, yes, triple chocolate fudge tart, a dessert so nice I had to say it twice. Imagine a hot fudge brownie mating with a sexy chocolate cake. The result is this “oh baby” of a dessert. It is rich, moist and has a deep chocolate flavor. The wonderful part is the simplicity of ingredients and producing a dessert worth serving anytime, anywhere. You can use semi-sweet chocolate, or of course you can use a higher level or lower level of chocolate — this dessert responds to all levels of fancy. I use cocoa powder and chocolate whipped cream to top this treat off. I mean, come on, we all know whipped cream is a key ingredient in the coming together of two things as beautiful as cake and brownies. That is not a metaphor, just so you know, although I, for one, am never too far away from a good helping of whipped cream. Anyhoo, I’m convinced you make these once, you make these twice. The brown sugar, chocolate, buttery mix all baked up in a tart pan will make you happier than Lindsay Lohan in a jewelry store, or a nightclub, or a bad situation. My opinion is this recipe will be a favorite, and baking one or two a week won’t be out of the question. Maybe in one of the batches you can sneak a fingernail file and ship it off to Lindsay. Just looking ahead for a good deed done. I know how charitable we are here in Boulder. Now follow the directions, put some love into it and invite me over when it’s done.
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Chocolate Whipped Cream 1 cup heavy whipping cream 1/4 tsp. almond extract (you can use vanilla) 3 tbsp. powdered sugar 1 1/2 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder Beat until soft peaks form Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9-inch tart pan with removable bottom. In small pan over low heat (or glass bowl in microwave) slowly melt chocolate chips and butter. Stir until smooth, let cool down. In small bowl, combine flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt. Set aside. In large bowl, stir together eggs and sugar until well-combined. Mix in almond extract and instant espresso. Add chocolate/butter mix to egg mixture and stir until smooth. Add in flour mixture, stir until just incorporated. Place prepared tart pan on a baking sheet. Pour batter into pan. Bake for 35-40 minutes (36 minutes was perfect). Take out and let cool completely. Pop tart out of pan and place on serving platter. Cut tart into wedges. Serve covered with chocolate whipped cream and a dusting of powdered sugar. Enjoy! Note: You can omit the whipped cream (although it’s great) and just dust with powdered sugar if desired. This also works well with fresh berries. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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TIDBITES Food happenings around town Twisted Patrick’s Day On St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, Boulder’s Twisted Pine Brewing Company will be rereleasing Peppermint Paddy, a chocolate mint stout. In addition, the brewery will be serving corned beef and hash until 1 p.m., and corned beef and cabbage all night long. The brewery will be open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. In related news, starting Monday, March 14, Twisted Pine will be open for lunch seven days a week. Their hours will be 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, noon to 9 p.m. Saturdays, and noon to 6 p.m. on Sundays. In addition, every Monday in March $1 of every pint sold will benefit the Kiwanis Club of the Foothills Service Dogs for Kids Project. The money goes to help train service dogs that are donated to children afflicted with debilitating allergies and disabilities. A new beer, aargh On March 4, Wynkoop
Brewing Company released a new beer, Skull & Crossbones Black Ale. The beer has been brewed in conjunction with the Denver Museum of Nature & Science’s exhibition “Real Pirates: The Untold Story of the Whydah from Slave Ship to Pirate Ship,” which opened the same day. Skull & Crossbones is a darkbut-hoppy beer brewed with black patent malt, flaked barley, caramalt and other specialty grains. The beer is made with dried lemon and lime peel for citrusy notes that complement the beer’s roasted flavors — and combat scurvy for sailing types. An addition of molasses gives the beer extra complexity, and its unique aroma comes from a new hop, El Dorado, used in the beer. The beer is a limited-release with 6.3 percent alcohol, and it is available on draft only at Wynkoop and a few beer-minded establishments in the Denver area. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com
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as far as really out there, exotic foods, it doesn’t seem like a lot of places here are doing that. They’re not serving intestines or eyeballs.” And if they’re not, it will not impress members. “We went to an Ethiopian place once, and I had thought that maybe just something being from a different culture might be considered adventurous,” Emanuel says. “But I was very wrong about that. We have to make [members] say, ‘Wow, I’ve never had that before!’ Just going to a sushi place is not going to cut it.” Members are only Duck tongues impressed by the wildest culinary experiences, like duck tongues, pig intestines or a pork brain lettuce wrap. Or by the Emanuel. “All we want to do is get peowildest cultures, as a way to travel the ple to try and enjoy new things. We’re world, and appreciate places they’ve not intimidating, even though the never seen before. menus may look that way.” “But you don’t have to like it,” says Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
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izzeria Locale is the eagerly anticipated Naples-influenced establishment from the same folks who brought you the celebrated Frasca. The menu includes salads, contorni (side dishes), desserts and pizzas ranging in price from $9 for a Marinara to $18 for a deluxe version featuring prosciutto and arugula. Standout selections include the traditional Margherita, with fresh basil, tomato and mozzarella, as well as the Cassata, chocolate cake freighted with sweet ricotta and candied fruit.
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he modernistic locavore philosophy that influences most local restaurants is also readily apparent at Salt. But this establishment parts company from the others by way of a heavy emphasis on comfort foods, albeit prepared with artisan ingredients. Menu highlights include ahi nicoise salad featuring local green beans, lamb meatballs, chicken pot pie and can’tmiss salted caramel chocolate tart.
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standout among the area’s purveyors of Vietnamese soup, Broomfield’s Pho 79 serves up a noteworthy and affordable version of this beef noodle specialty. The broth is wonderfully rich, the product of a long, slow simmer of beef bones, onion and herbs. Thin rice noodles possess perfect texture, and the garnishes of lime, bean sprouts, chile peppers and basil are fresh and abundant. Not bad for a place where a large portion of soup sells for just $7.25.
The Savory Café 20 Lakeview Drive, #207 Nederland 303-258-7329
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erving dinner, lunch and weekend brunch, Nederland’s Savory Cafe offers everything from lemon ricotta beignets to seared duck breast to $1 tacos each Wednesday. The setting is simple mountain town café, and the humble ambience fails to prepare the diner for the high quality of the food. Highlights include the hanger steak sandwiches with blue cheese and arugula, and the crispy rock shrimp salad.
The Pinyon 1710 Pearl St., Boulder 720-306-8248
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he Pinyon is an inviting and airy venue on Pearl Street specializing in new takes on old classics, ranging from catfish po’ boys to hot fudge sundaes. But there’s more than a whiff of culinary sophistication here, demonstrated by such offerings as cola-braised kobe beef and wild prawns with grits. Yet it’s an old favorite, fried chicken, that steals the show. The Pinyon’s version may be the best you’ve tasted. 46 March 10, 2011
Las Palmeras 199 S. Main St., Longmont 303-848-0103
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Gindi Café 3601 Arapahoe Ave., #181 Boulder 720-242-8961
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indi Cafe offers up a slate of such lightmeal standbys as soup, salads and sandwiches. Dinner is available from Thursday to Saturday night with a reasonably priced menu in the $9.50-and-up range, featuring burgers, stuffed squash and ahi tuna. Breakfast features a three-egg special, and lunch highlights include soups (the rosemary chicken is tasty) and the tuna salad sandwich.
Erhard’s European Café and Bakery 4800 Baseline Rd., Suite A109 Boulder 303-494-3635
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rhard’s European Café and Bakery is a low-key yet elegant cash-only business situated near the intersection of Baseline and Foothills in Boulder. Sandwiches, soups and sausage meals with potato salad make up the lunch choices, but the baked goods are perhaps the most distinctive items offered. Fruit turnovers, cookies and Linzer and marzipan tarts are just some of the tempting choices.
Pizzeria da Lupo 2525 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder 303-396-6365
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he newest entry in the fancy pizza sweepstakes, Pizzeria da Lupo features a
relatively simple menu spotlighting antipasti, sandwiches, salads and daily specials ranging from roast chicken to salt cod. Of course, the main attraction is the pizza, which is baked in a wood-fired oven and has an outstanding crust. The Saliche pie is notable, topped with fennel sausage, rapini and firstrate ricotta and mozzarella.
as Palmeras is a classic familyfriendly Mexican joint with all the staple items of the classic menu. Fajitas, burritos and rellenos are present and accounted for. There are also a number of intriguing seafood dishes, such as shrimp wrapped in bacon and octopus in ranchero sauce. The menudo here is wonderfully comforting, with the spotlighted tripe cooked to ideal tenderness.
May Wah 2500 Baseline Rd. Boulder 303-499-6477
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hile the menu here consists of straightforward Italian fare, this isn’t just another spaghetti and meatballs joint. The most expensive entrée is the Steak Florentine, a $25 number consisting of a half-pound filet mignon melded with mushrooms and Alaskan crab. More modest — but equally satisfying — choices include simple angel hair pasta with tomato, basil, garlic and olive oil. There are also calzones, pizza, cioppino seafood stew and kids’ menu pastas.
Café Aion 1235 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder 303-993-8131
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he key to Café Aion’s success is in its ability to take the familiar and make it seem new, primarily through top-notch prep and ingredients. Serving all three meals, its offerings include tapas like chicken liver pâté sourced locally and continental standards like paella and grilled hanger steak. Breakfast standouts include fresh-baked croissants and donuts, and a highlight is the distinctive
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ay Wah is the archetypal Chinese- American restaurant, featuring a reasonably priced menu that holds few surprises. The most expensive a la carte options consists of $13.95 seafood offerings. Lunch specials start at $6.95 and work their way up to $8.50. While the menu may seem typical, May Wah doesn’t take its customers for granted, as exemplified by flavorful Mongolian beef and crisp sesame chicken.
Lefty’s Gourmet Pizza and Ice Cream 364 2nd Ave. Niwot 303-652-3100
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efty’s is a New England pizza joint transplanted to Niwot. The bill of fare consists of the expected pizza, as well as subs, salads, calzones and pasta. Spaghetti and meatballs are affordable, with a wonderfully tangy marinara sauce and a side of buttery garlic bread. The thincrust pies have a fine texture, and those featuring the garlic and olive oil sauce pack a flavorful punch. Respond: letters@boulderweekly.com Boulder Weekly
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Your meditation for this week comes from writer H. P. Lovecraft. “What a man does for pay is of little significance. What he is, as a sensitive instrument responsive to the world’s beauty, is everything!” While that’s always good counsel, I think it’s especially apt for you right now. You’re in a phase of your astrological cycle when you’d be smart to evaluate your own worth based less on what job you do and more on who you are. Practice thinking this healing idea: The soulfulness you embody and express from moment to moment is the single greatest measure of your success as a human being.
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May 21-June 20:
One of my favorite peculiarities about the English language is the idiosyncratic words it uses to characterize groups of specific animals. For example, the correct term for many owls gathered together is not “flock” but “parliament”: a “parliament of owls.” Likewise, we say a “rabble of butterflies,” a “prickle of hedgehogs,” a “shrewdness of apes,” and a “murder of crows.” If I had to come up with a comparable term for the human members of your tribe, it might be something like a “zeal of Geminis” or a “charm of Geminis” or a “romp of Geminis” or an “exaltation of Geminis.” All those words capture part of the glory that will be you, especially for the next few weeks.
CANCER June 21-July 22:
The roots of the lotus are anchored in muck at the pond’s bottom. Its leaves float on the water and its dramatic flower rises above on a thick stem. It’s an evocative plant that is featured in many ancient myths. For Buddhists, it was an emblem of enlightenment: beauty ascending from the mud. In India, a thousand-petaled golden lotus symbolized the miracle of creation. To the Egyptians, it represented rebirth. Even modern science has contributed to building the mystique of the lotus, having determined that its seeds can remain viable for many centuries. It’s not a fragile marvel! In the 16th-century Chinese folk tale “Monkey,” a teacher instructed the hero on how to achieve a long life. “Even amidst fierce flames,” he said, “the Golden Lotus can be planted.” For the foreseeable future, Cancerian, the lotus is your power object.
LEO
July 23-Aug. 22:
“Picture a very complicated combination lock, one that requires dialing up eight different numbers to open,” writes Arianna Huffington. “You have seven of the numbers, but the lock still won’t open until you hit upon that final number. One-eighth may not seem as ‘big’ as seven-eighths, but without the final click of the combination, the tumblers won’t fall into place.” Sound familiar, Leo? In my astrological opinion, you have dialed up the first seven numbers but you don’t know what the eighth is yet; until you discover it, the lock will stay closed. Where should you look for the missing info? It’s now within your reach, and it wasn’t before.
VIRGO
Aug. 23-Sept. 22:
In the coming week, it’s very important that you stay out of other people’s hells — even if they invite you in with a big welcome, and even if you’re tempted to join them there in their infernos as a misguided way of proving your love. Be compassionate, Virgo, but don’t be manipulated or foolish. The best thing you can do to help others is to cultivate your own mental health with ingenuity, trusting in its radiant power to heal by example.
LIBRA
Sept. 23-Oct. 22:
“Two paradoxes are better than one,” said physicist Edward Teller. “They may even suggest a solution.” I hope this gives
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Despite the wealth and renown he has accumulated during his influential career, musician Brian Eno is a big fan of raw simplicity. Speaking about R&B, soul music and psychedelia, he said, “These earlier eras of pop music were characterized not by the search for perfection but by bizarre enthusiasms, small budgets, erratic technique, crummy equipment and wild abandon.” Would you consider playing with that approach in the coming weeks, Scorpio? It’s not necessarily something you should do all the time, but right now I suspect it’s a formula for the most interesting kind of success.
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SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22-Dec. 21:
Research Digest Blog asked eminent psychologists to write about the theme “one nagging thing you still don’t understand about yourself.” One expert wondered why he always overestimates how much work he can get done. Another pondered the fact that he falls prey to his own irrational biases even though he’s well aware he has them. A third said he can’t fathom why it’s so easy for him to learn some things and so hard to learn others. What would your answer be, Sagittarius? This is an excellent time, astrologically speaking, to see if you can get to the bottom of a truth about yourself that has always eluded you. (To read the story, go here: http://tinyurl.com/DontKnowYet.)
CAPRICORN Dec. 22-Jan. 19:
I suspect that you will either be spectacularly right or breathtakingly wrong in the coming days. Which way it goes will all depend on whether you’re observing and responding to the actual events unfolding in front of you or else are more focused on the images dancing around in your imagination. Of course it’s always a good idea to get your biases and projections out of the way so you can see life as it really is, but it’s especially crucial now. So much is contingent upon your ability to be acutely perceptive and crisply objective.
AQUARIUS Jan. 20-Feb. 18:
In the old fairy tale, the character known as Rumpelstiltskin had the power to spin straw into gold. That skill has a metaphorical resemblance to the wizardry you could pull off in the coming weeks: transforming seemingly ordinary or worthless stuff into a valuable asset. Although your work might seem a bit miraculous and make some people wonder if you’ve used hocus-pocus, the fact is that it may at times feel tedious or extremely demanding to you. Be gutsy in your mastery of the intricate details, Aquarius. I’ll be thinking of you as the Gritty Magician.
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“Good things may come to those who wait — but they’re mostly just the things left behind by those who hustle and bustle.” That message was in the fortune cookie I got with my Chinese take-out food tonight. It happens to be a perfect fit for your current astrological omens, so I’m handing it over to you. In the coming week, I don’t recommend that you sit around patiently and watch how the trends ripen. I don’t think you should bide your time or be cautious in making a commitment. Be proactive, Pisces — maybe even gung ho. Carpe the freaking diem.
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